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Wachovia Capital Partners, the private equity arm of the Wachovia Corp. bank acquired web hosting provider HostMySite (www.hostmysite.com) today. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. HostMySite operates more than 4,000 servers and has more than 250 employees. They targetted the small-to-medium sized businesses which is becoming the host spot in the web hosting busienss.

Web hosting provider DreamHost has recently given its customers the rather unusual advice of choosing Google’s Gmail (mail.google.com) over its own email service, telling them that “it’s something Google…can do better.”

DreamHost currently hosts more than 700k websites and is suggesting that all of their customers switch to use Gmail for their email needs instead of DreamHosts’ mail servers. DreamHost will continue to support its existing email servers but for new setups and current customers, they are encourage to make the switch. More than half of their support requests and tickets dealt with email, which is part of why this change is being made.

I had been searching for a cpanel web hosting company that would work best for me. I came across this company called McKremie that seems to have it all. Packages start at just $9.95 per month and you receive 5000 MB of disk space, 1000 GB of data transfer, unlimited mysql databases, and best of all, it uses cpanel. If you are looking for more disk space, you can purchase their Business plan for only $5 more per month ($14.95/month) and you get 3 times as much space (15000 MB).

If you are unsure about what they can offer you, they even offer a demo available. After checking it out myself, I am happy to say that I was very pleased as to what was offered for the plans they have. Another plus that is provided to you is the use of SSH access. I know of other companies that only provide this if you purchase a dedicated server. So having SSH access at only $9.95 or $14.95 is highly beneficial.

To add to all of this, you receive 24/7 phone and email support. This is practically unheard of especially when you can get the plans for the prices McKremie charges. Most places make you pay $100+ a month to have 24/7 support. Check it out and setup a plan. You have nothing to lose especially since they have a 30-day money back guarantee.

Web hosting provider Hosted Solutions (hostedsolutions.com) announced on Monday that it has signed a multi-year contract with sales tax compliance service provider Tax Technology Services (certcapture.com).

Under the agreement, Hosted Solutions says it will provide TTS with a “comprehensive solution,” including dedicated servers, managed firewall, monitoring and redundant Internet services.

According to its recent press release, TTS provides an online-based service called CertCapture for companies that pay taxes in multiple states. TTS says “the application enables them to manage and track their Sales Tax Exemption Certificates by scanning and mapping them to a specialized online database for review and analysis, protecting them in the event of an audit.”

“TTS has truly developed an industry changing solution that enables large enterprises with multi-state operations to easily digitize and store tax related certificates that have been fully vetted by qualified tax professionals without investing in software, hardware or IT support,” says Brian Baker, VP of sales with Hosted Solutions. “We are proud to play a critical role in their success and growth by providing a secure, reliable and robust online environment for their customers to store and report critical information to state tax professionals around the country.”

Founded in 2001 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Hosted Solutions says it offers “high quality data center and managed hosting services,” and operates facilities in Charlotte, Raleigh and Cary, NC as well as in Boston.

Last month, theWHIR reported that Hosted Solutions has been acquired by media and communications private equity firm ABRY Partners for $140 million.

Source: http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/050508_TTS_Partners_with_Hosted_Solutions.cfm

Irish hosting market further strengthened by acquisition, offering customers a single solution provider for their hosting, data centre, broadband and telecoms needs.

April 8, 2008 - (TopHosts News Brief) - Digiweb, a leading supplier of web hosting and telecoms based in Ireland, announced on Monday that they have acquired reputable web hosting company, Novara.

Operating under the trade names host.ie and register.ie, web host and domain registrar, Novara, adds over eight years of intensive industry experience to Digiweb’s existing specialist hosting team and data centre services.

“Our drive to bring better services and value to the Irish hosting market has been further strengthened by the acquisition of Novara,” explained Dan King, Hosting and Managed Infrastructure Manager with Digiweb. “We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome Novara’s experienced and knowledgeable team to Digiweb, and look forward to supporting existing Novara customers with the same expert team and top service they already enjoy, and offering them now a single solution provider for their hosting, datacentre, broadband and telecoms needs.”

Having been fragmented for some time now, this merger represents the first major acquisition and consolidation in the Irish hosting industry in 10 years. Since Digiweb’s re-entry into the hosting market in 2006, the company has captured momentous market share and high profile customers.

Eoin Costello, Founder and Managing Director of Novara added: “Novara customers and staff will benefit hugely from Digiweb’s proven commitment to the Irish hosting industry. Digiweb’s determination to become the number one provider in the Irish hosting market, there being a wholly owned Irish business with strong customer service and business growth as a focus, made them the obvious choice as the best long term home to our customers. We know that they will be well looked after.”

Source: http://www.tophosts.com/articles/007226.html

HostGator provides Shared, Reseller and Dedicated hosting solutions. Their servers are designed for both beginners and professionals. Every single one of their plans include a 99.9% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support and a 45-day money back guarantee!

Host Gator is one of the fastest growing shared and reseller web hosting companies in the United States. They don’t require for any customers to sign up for anything longer then a month to month contract. They also do not have any setup fees on reseller and shared plans.

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