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The internet is an ever-growing sea of entrepreneurs and small business owners, and with every passing day new people are joining the gold rush trying to get their piece of the pie. If you are in this situation and you’re trying to make a name for yourself in the online world, then you’ll need a web hosting solution. Simply put, you’re site cannot exist without a web host. A web hosting plan gives your site access to a web server, which stores all of the site’s data and makes this information viewable to the world. Selecting a web hosting plan when you know absolutely nothing about web hosting or site creation can be nearly impossible to do correctly. In fact, you’ll almost always regret your first decision unless you do all of the research necessary before deciding upon a web hosting solution. If you’re having trouble figuring out which hosting plan would be right for you, then you may want to consider a free web hosting solution.
Free Web Hosting Really Exists?
Yes. You can get free web hosting from many different companies, the only set back is you’re not going to be able to build your business with free web hosting. However, you can become acquainted with the web hosting industry and you can learn how to build and operate your site with a basic free web hosting solution. Instead of spending your money on a plan that you’re not sure about, you can opt to test the waters with free web hosting instead. If you are looking for a free web host, just do a web search for the term “free web hosting.”
What Can I Do With Free Web Hosting?
The answer to this question is a broad one, in that you can do pretty much anything you would do with a regular hosting plan, except you are limited by the amount of server resources. Free web hosting provides a sample of what web hosting is like, and it let’s you site up a small site that you could use as a personal profile or a small personal blog. Free web hosting is similar to the food sample you’ll find at the food court in the mall – you can get a taste of what is on offer, but don’t expect to make an entire meal out of it!
Can I Upgrade My Free Web Hosting Plan?
One of the best aspects of free web hosting plans is that most web hosting companies will let you upgrade your free plan to a more inclusive paid plan. Many times upgrading is as simple as sending an email or making a phone call. If you are looking for a way to test the waters before you set your boat a sail, you may want to consider free web hosting with a company that offers the option to upgrade. Since free web hosting is such a limited solution, you are undoubtedly going to have the need for an upgrade in the near future, so you’ll want to leave this option open and make the transition as smooth as possible.
123Together.com Expands Its Suite of Hosted Business Services with the Addition of Desktop Data Backup
Web-Based Automatic Desktop Backup And On-Demand File Recovery Ensures Data Protection And Provides Peace of Mind to Small Businesses at a Cost Effective Price.
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts – February 10, 2010 – 123Together.com – a mindSHIFT Technologies company and the leading provider of hosted email and collaboration services – today announced the immediate availability of its Desktop Data Backup service to its small business customers. This online data backup service, powered by Iron Mountain, successfully removes the constant threat of data loss from PC or Mac desktops and laptops by automatically backing up users’ files as they go about their normal business day.
“For many small business owners, their livelihood is on their computer and data management and protection are a constant concern,” said William Flynn, Senior Executive Officer for 123Together.com. “Online data backup and recovery is a great complement to our suite of online communication, file protection, storage and data management solutions. We can now provide our customers with a comprehensive small business insurance policy, protecting their most valuable business assets.”
Faulkner Information Services, a leading market research firm, has found that 50% of businesses that lose their information due to disasters go out of business within 24 months, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor has reported that 93% are out of business within five years. 123Together.com’s Desktop Backup service effectively removes the threat of data loss from lost or stolen laptops, computer viruses, data corruption or human error.
This web-based hosted service provides users with automated protection of their entire desktop or select files at a time that can be pre-selected by them or done on-demand – ensuring that data is backed-up at a time that is most convenient. This “set it and forget it” capability enables users to carry on with their daily activities while the Desktop Backup service runs in the background. On-demand data restoration can be done quickly by the user from any computer with an internet connection. 123Together.com provides all users with live 24×7 technical support. The ability for users to restore their own data on-demand and contact 123Together.com with any questions at any time, dramatically reduces the workload of a company’s IT staff, enabling them to focus on their primary responsibilities.
123Together.com customers are able to leverage the expertise of the larger mindSHIFT Technologies organization which currently provides online data backup and restoration services to its small and mid-size customers. mindSHIFT backed-up 372 terabytes of customer data in 2009 and restored more than 11,000,000 files which totaled 360 gigabytes of data. mindSHIFT’s advanced systems and processes, along with its highly secure, off-site Equinix data center, ensure the highest level of physical and data security. All files are encrypted at the users’ computer before data transfer begins using 128-bit encryption and remain encrypted during transfer to this International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center. Data remains encrypted while in storage and the network is monitored around the clock.
123Together.com offers hosted Desktop Backup and all of its online business services for a small monthly fee. No new hardware or software is required and there are no upfront expenses or contracts to sign.
About 123Together.com
Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a mindSHIFT company, is the leading provider of hosted email and collaboration services to small and mid-size companies who want to increase productivity and decrease cost. The Company’s suite of hosted services includes Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, archiving, and spam filtering. Users of popular smartphones including BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm Pixi, and Google Nexus One stay connected with its hosted Exchange mobility service. All customers receive live, 24×7 U.S.-based technical support and up to a 100% uptime guarantee. Additional information can be found at www.123Together.com.
Contact:
Lisa Masiello
123Together.com
781-418-1652
lmasiello@123Together.com
(The Hosting News) – Small business tool provider Newtek Business Services, Inc. , today released it’s newest brand of Ecommerce tools, NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM), which will assist the online operations during the start up period for small businesses.
In response to the needs of its small business customers, Newtek created NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM) to deliver a seamless, online Ecommerce solution by harnessing the knowledge and expertise of two of Newtek’s primary small business services, Newtek Web Services and Newtek Merchant Processing. Both products draw on the three core areas necessary for an effective Ecommerce product:
* accelerated approval for merchant payment processing accounts; * 48 hour availability of funds from online transactions; and * a single telephone number to call for all facets of online storefront activity including website access, hosting, gateway, shopping cart and electronic payment processing.
“In handling online, electronic storefronts as well as the brick and mortar presence for tens of thousands of business owners over the past decade, we found that most customers had similar Ecommerce needs,” commented Barry Sloane, CEO and Chairman of Newtek. “NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM) were developed with those client demands in mind, including increased security and compliance updates which incorporate the latest directives for data center protection and PCI Compliance.”
NewtPay(TM) is primarily focused on the Website Designer and Developer community as well as business owners establishing their initial online e-commerce presence to provide a competitive solution to PayPal(TM), with superior pricing, customer funds availability and Newtek’s standard, superior customer service. NewtPay Pro(TM) provides features and enhanced functionality to those businesses that currently have an online presence. Given that small business owners across the U.S continue to fight through a tough economy, Newtek is in the market everyday doing what it can to help businesses reduce costs, provide needed capital and solve their Ecommerce needs.
New Tools for Business Released By Newtek Business Services, Inc.(Nasdaq:NEWT) is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.
(The Hosting News) – Small business tool provider Newtek Business Services, Inc. , today released it’s newest brand of Ecommerce tools, NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM), which will assist the online operations during the start up period for small businesses.
In response to the needs of its small business customers, Newtek created NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM) to deliver a seamless, online Ecommerce solution by harnessing the knowledge and expertise of two of Newtek’s primary small business services, Newtek Web Services and Newtek Merchant Processing. Both products draw on the three core areas necessary for an effective Ecommerce product:
* accelerated approval for merchant payment processing accounts; * 48 hour availability of funds from online transactions; and * a single telephone number to call for all facets of online storefront activity including website access, hosting, gateway, shopping cart and electronic payment processing.
“In handling online, electronic storefronts as well as the brick and mortar presence for tens of thousands of business owners over the past decade, we found that most customers had similar Ecommerce needs,” commented Barry Sloane, CEO and Chairman of Newtek. “NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM) were developed with those client demands in mind, including increased security and compliance updates which incorporate the latest directives for data center protection and PCI Compliance.”
NewtPay(TM) is primarily focused on the Website Designer and Developer community as well as business owners establishing their initial online e-commerce presence to provide a competitive solution to PayPal(TM), with superior pricing, customer funds availability and Newtek’s standard, superior customer service. NewtPay Pro(TM) provides features and enhanced functionality to those businesses that currently have an online presence. Given that small business owners across the U.S continue to fight through a tough economy, Newtek is in the market everyday doing what it can to help businesses reduce costs, provide needed capital and solve their Ecommerce needs.
New Tools for Business Released By Newtek Business Services, Inc.(Nasdaq:NEWT) is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.
(The Hosting News)- Ex-US Army Special Forces operator Kenneth Briggs and Clarence Briggs, the CEO of AIT, Inc. have a lot in common. These two men have achieved veteran status in their quest to take charge not only on the battlefield but also in the civilian world. Briggs and his compelling story of the rise of AIT from the garage to a fourteen year old web hosting and domain registration firm was an exemplary cause for Rivers to launch his own web design and development venture earning a six figure income with the AIT Web Hosting and Domain Registration Reseller Programs.
“We love stories like this,” said Avery Skelton VP of Sales and Marketing for AIT, a two time Inc. 500 Company and D&T Fast 500 Award Recipient. “Given that 80% percent of the company is prior military, it’s always fulfilling to see those who have served in the armed forces come to us and say that they have been inspired to start their own company based on the AIT story,” continued Skelton, who is also a veteran who has served with the U.S. Armed Forces. “We offer over 100 Free, private label Web Hosting and Domain Registration services so our Resellers can profit and preserve their anonymity. Their clients don’t even know we exist if they don’t want them to know.”
In the early 1990’s Infantry officer, Clarence Briggs, decided after suffering a serious injury during a parachuting exercise that the business of web hosting and domain name registration represented a significant opportunity and soon converted his garage into the company’s first operations center. Several years the company moved into a 5,000 square foot building. The company now, with customers in over one hundred and seven countries, owns and operates a 93,000 square foot facility and Data Center located in Fayetteville, NC that the company plans to convert to solar power as part of a green initiative.
“Like most of our small business owners, I was working a full time job, coming home and putting in eight to ten hours at night and on the weekends. It wasn’t easy but a little tenacity goes along way.” Said Briggs. “The thing that made us different from other web hosting companies is a fanatical commitment to customer service and our web hosting and domain name reseller programs. We’ve always tried to keep the entrepreneurial spirit alive, developing products and services for corporate clients as well as those who are working part time from home-based startups,” continued Briggs.
“Small businesses are the key to any free enterprise economy and they are a key part of our client portfolio,” said Briggs.
Rivers claims the Hosting Reseller Programs of AIT were the perfect answer to the transition his military career to the civilian world. “I was actually working my new business part time while still in the military,” said Rivers. “AIT provides the solid foundation that has made my company successful. Our latest project, WACommerce.org is a hosted economic development tool which helps the local community to keep local dollars local by empowering area businesses with a simple tool to find contracts and subcontracting opportunities at both the municipal, state, and federal level,” continued Rivers.
Wacommerce.org is hosted by AIT and is powered by the company’s proprietary technology, GovTide™ which has a proven track record in North Carolina branded as MatchForce.org.
Rhonda Perkins, shares the enthusiasm of Rivers as she has recently resigned from her position as a purchaser of government products to dedicate full time to her business which specializes in Internet Marketing and web design services. “I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to learn how to be a server administrator overnight so I started researching companies that specialize in managed reseller hosting and dedicated servers,” said Perkins. “I found AIT nine months ago and since then I’ve tripled my revenue due to all of the private label web hosting services offered by AIT. I also signed up to be my own Domain Name Registrar at www.AITdomains.com. AITs email marketer application has added an entire new bundle of Internet Marketing solutions to my portfolio. I will hire my third full time employee within the next month,” said Perkins.
AIT Web Offers Expanded US Business is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.
(The Hosting News)- Ex-US Army Special Forces operator Kenneth Briggs and Clarence Briggs, the CEO of AIT, Inc. have a lot in common. These two men have achieved veteran status in their quest to take charge not only on the battlefield but also in the civilian world. Briggs and his compelling story of the rise of AIT from the garage to a fourteen year old web hosting and domain registration firm was an exemplary cause for Rivers to launch his own web design and development venture earning a six figure income with the AIT Web Hosting and Domain Registration Reseller Programs.
“We love stories like this,” said Avery Skelton VP of Sales and Marketing for AIT, a two time Inc. 500 Company and D&T Fast 500 Award Recipient. “Given that 80% percent of the company is prior military, it’s always fulfilling to see those who have served in the armed forces come to us and say that they have been inspired to start their own company based on the AIT story,” continued Skelton, who is also a veteran who has served with the U.S. Armed Forces. “We offer over 100 Free, private label Web Hosting and Domain Registration services so our Resellers can profit and preserve their anonymity. Their clients don’t even know we exist if they don’t want them to know.”
In the early 1990’s Infantry officer, Clarence Briggs, decided after suffering a serious injury during a parachuting exercise that the business of web hosting and domain name registration represented a significant opportunity and soon converted his garage into the company’s first operations center. Several years the company moved into a 5,000 square foot building. The company now, with customers in over one hundred and seven countries, owns and operates a 93,000 square foot facility and Data Center located in Fayetteville, NC that the company plans to convert to solar power as part of a green initiative.
“Like most of our small business owners, I was working a full time job, coming home and putting in eight to ten hours at night and on the weekends. It wasn’t easy but a little tenacity goes along way.” Said Briggs. “The thing that made us different from other web hosting companies is a fanatical commitment to customer service and our web hosting and domain name reseller programs. We’ve always tried to keep the entrepreneurial spirit alive, developing products and services for corporate clients as well as those who are working part time from home-based startups,” continued Briggs.
“Small businesses are the key to any free enterprise economy and they are a key part of our client portfolio,” said Briggs.
Rivers claims the Hosting Reseller Programs of AIT were the perfect answer to the transition his military career to the civilian world. “I was actually working my new business part time while still in the military,” said Rivers. “AIT provides the solid foundation that has made my company successful. Our latest project, WACommerce.org is a hosted economic development tool which helps the local community to keep local dollars local by empowering area businesses with a simple tool to find contracts and subcontracting opportunities at both the municipal, state, and federal level,” continued Rivers.
Wacommerce.org is hosted by AIT and is powered by the company’s proprietary technology, GovTide™ which has a proven track record in North Carolina branded as MatchForce.org.
Rhonda Perkins, shares the enthusiasm of Rivers as she has recently resigned from her position as a purchaser of government products to dedicate full time to her business which specializes in Internet Marketing and web design services. “I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to learn how to be a server administrator overnight so I started researching companies that specialize in managed reseller hosting and dedicated servers,” said Perkins. “I found AIT nine months ago and since then I’ve tripled my revenue due to all of the private label web hosting services offered by AIT. I also signed up to be my own Domain Name Registrar at www.AITdomains.com. AITs email marketer application has added an entire new bundle of Internet Marketing solutions to my portfolio. I will hire my third full time employee within the next month,” said Perkins.
AIT Web Offers Expanded US Business is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.
You thought Yahoo! was a Search Engine?
Yep, Yahoo Web Hosting. That’s www.yahoo.com, one of the biggest search engine companies on the world wide web, now provides small business web hosting for companies that are just getting started on the web and want a way to communicate with their customers online, attract new customers, and sell their products using the internet. This Yahoo Small Business Hosting web hosting review should give you a feel of the options that Yahoo Small Business Hosting provides.
The Yahoo Small Business Hosting site is well organized and gives you the ability to select from different areas of service to small businesses, such as:
- Web Hosting
- Merchant Solutions
- Sponsored Search
With the Yahoo Small Business Hosting web hosting packages, the idea is to make it possible for small business owners to easily create a professional web site and have secure reliable service that allows them the benefits of a free domain name, unlimited email storage, virtually unlimited web pages and 24-hour toll free customer support.
The starter plans that Yahoo Small Business Hosting offers start from around ten dollars a month, making them ideal for someone who is just getting started on the world wide web and wants to test the waters. The Yahoo Small Business Hosting site is designed to make the entire web site design process easy – you can select the look and feel of your new site from lists of templates provided by Yahoo Small Business Hosting, start entering content, and see what it looks like live on the web right away. If you are just beginning to take your business online, this feature makes it a lot easier for you to set up your web site, especially if you are not particularly technically oriented.
As you progress to higher levels of disk space and bandwidth requirement you can upgrade from the Starter plan to the Standard grade plan and the Professional level plan. Most of the basic features such as the scripts, tools and support are offered for all plans – the only major difference is in the amount of bandwidth and disk space that the plans provide.
Merchant Solutions from the Yahoo Small Business Hosting web hosting provider allow you to quickly set up an ecommerce site, allowing you to make sales over the world wide web and sell your products online at any time of the day or night. The Merchant Solutions from Yahoo Small Business Hosting include a store design wizard that lets you put together an ecommerce site to your own specifications, add your products, set up an online shopping cart system and you can even get support from Yahoo Small Business Hosting in marketing your products online.
Sponsored Search from Yahoo Small Business Hosting works together with the Web Hosting and Merchant Solutions that they offer to give you a full package for creating a site and promoting your business online. With sponsored search results you can pay for impressions on customers who enter a search term related to your business and receive listings in the sponsored search results when someone looks for information.
These plans offered by Yahoo Small Business Hosting make it easy for people without technical skills to quickly put together a professional site, all without spending massive amounts of cash.
Overland Park, Kansas – (The Hosting News) – July 23, 2009 – Aplus.net web hosting company has introduced a new web design product to accompany its shared hosting services, designed to allow business owners to reach the masses through the Internet through a personalized and professional website.
Sharon Bruley, Web Design Manager at Aplus.net noted, “Ecommerce is booming and businesses are finding the Internet is a large source of revenue that is much easier to manage than a brick-n-mortar store. By offering web design with no strings attached, business owners have complete control over what direction they take their website and their business.”
Reducing costs and application integration are currently the top priorities for small-to-medium-size business owners online, according to Emergent Research (http://genylabs.typepad.com/small_biz_labs/2009/06/small-and-midsized-business-software-usage-trends.html). However, only 41 percent of small-business owners operated an online storefront in Sept. 2008, according to a study by Warrilow and Co., which means a majority are unable to reach the 1.6 billion Internet users. (http://www.warrillow.com/Images2/Article_usNews_20080926.pdf).
The Internet provides many benefits for SMBs that include global market penetration, brand enhancement, 24/7/365 support and availability and simplified data collection, just to name a few.
Web Design from Aplus.net is designed to allow SMBs to take advantage of these many opportunities. In addition, SMBs own their designed website-unlike many other website design houses- and may select from 4,000 design templates for full personalization. SMBs will reduce costs by retaining ownership of their website and can seamlessly launch and manage the site through one of Aplus.net’s shared hosting plans. Each design package includes 5 web pages, a free website consultation and a 12-day delivery guarantee so the website can launch on-time. Packages start at $50/month for 12 months or $500/year for HTML-based websites, while new Flash-based websites start at $80/month for 12 months or $850/year.
In addition to standard design packages, Aplus.net offers a variety of service upgrades such as eCommerce, SEO services, maintenance plans and more providing customers with additional revenue generating tools.
Aplus.net specializes in helping small businesses build an online customer base with a comprehensive range of services that includes web design, shared hosting, online marketing, eCommerce, domain name registration, and more. Aplus.net has received multiple awards for excellence, including the prestigious CNET Editors’ Choice Award, and has been featured in top U.S. business publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and PC Magazine.
For more information about Aplus.net, please visit: www.aplus.net.
Overland Park, Kansas – (The Hosting News) – July 23, 2009 – Aplus.net web hosting company has introduced a new web design product to accompany its shared hosting services, designed to allow business owners to reach the masses through the Internet through a personalized and professional website.
Sharon Bruley, Web Design Manager at Aplus.net noted, “Ecommerce is booming and businesses are finding the Internet is a large source of revenue that is much easier to manage than a brick-n-mortar store. By offering web design with no strings attached, business owners have complete control over what direction they take their website and their business.”
Reducing costs and application integration are currently the top priorities for small-to-medium-size business owners online, according to Emergent Research (http://genylabs.typepad.com/small_biz_labs/2009/06/small-and-midsized-business-software-usage-trends.html). However, only 41 percent of small-business owners operated an online storefront in Sept. 2008, according to a study by Warrilow and Co., which means a majority are unable to reach the 1.6 billion Internet users. (http://www.warrillow.com/Images2/Article_usNews_20080926.pdf).
The Internet provides many benefits for SMBs that include global market penetration, brand enhancement, 24/7/365 support and availability and simplified data collection, just to name a few.
Web Design from Aplus.net is designed to allow SMBs to take advantage of these many opportunities. In addition, SMBs own their designed website-unlike many other website design houses- and may select from 4,000 design templates for full personalization. SMBs will reduce costs by retaining ownership of their website and can seamlessly launch and manage the site through one of Aplus.net’s shared hosting plans. Each design package includes 5 web pages, a free website consultation and a 12-day delivery guarantee so the website can launch on-time. Packages start at $50/month for 12 months or $500/year for HTML-based websites, while new Flash-based websites start at $80/month for 12 months or $850/year.
In addition to standard design packages, Aplus.net offers a variety of service upgrades such as eCommerce, SEO services, maintenance plans and more providing customers with additional revenue generating tools.
Aplus.net specializes in helping small businesses build an online customer base with a comprehensive range of services that includes web design, shared hosting, online marketing, eCommerce, domain name registration, and more. Aplus.net has received multiple awards for excellence, including the prestigious CNET Editors’ Choice Award, and has been featured in top U.S. business publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and PC Magazine.
For more information about Aplus.net, please visit: www.aplus.net.
Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – May 20, 2009 – Web hosting provider, domain name registration and services firm, Network Solutions, recently named Miles Reidy as the company’s new Executive Vice President and CFO, previously from Sears Holdings Corporation holding the same positions.
During his tenure as CFO for Sears Holding Company, Mr. Reidy led the development of strategy and financial management for the multi-billion dollar retailer. Prior to this role, he spent more than eight years at Capital One Financial Corporation, leading activities in banking integration, corporate planning and financial strategy. In addition he served as the CFO for Capital One Credit Card and Bank. Mr. Reidy’s experience also includes senior posts at a number of large commercial banks.
Roy Dunbar, CEO of Network Solutions remarked, ”Miles’ proven expertise in developing and directing analytical and data intensive functions will offer us fresh insights into our customers’ needs and the products and services we develop to meet those needs. I look forward to working with Miles and our executive team on further developing the blueprint for our next phase of growth.”
Mr. Reidy explained, ”There is a huge opportunity for companies that pro-actively engage small business owners by making it easy for them to take their companies online and market them. What attracted me to Network Solutions is the strong executive team led by Roy, along with an experienced and involved Board of Directors.”
Mr. Reidy received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Georgetown University and his Master of Science in Economics, from the Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Network Solutions is a provider of web solutions and domain name registration services, offers a full range of web-related services, including web hosting, web design, e-commerce software, search engine marketing, SSL certificates, e-mail services and domain name registration. Network Solutions is privately owned by General Atlantic a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies. General Atlantic combines a collaborative global approach, sector-specific expertise, long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great management and build exceptional businesses worldwide.
For more information, please visit: www.networksolutions.com.
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