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HOSTWAY ACQUIRES SYDNEY-BASED INTASERVE
Sydney-April 1 , 2005-Hostway, a global
leader in Web hosting and managed services, today announced it has
acquired the assets of Sydney-based mission critical hosting provider,
IntaServe, adding to Hostway's existing customer base and becoming
an AU accredited Domain Registrar in the process.
Hostway offers Australian SMEs choice in a full set of wholesale products
and services supporting both Microsoft and Linux platforms, including
domain name registration, shared hosting, e-commerce hosting, dedicated
servers and fully-managed complex hosting solutions.
Under the terms of the agreement, IntaServe will now operate as a
parallel brand offering through its resellers a range of hosting,
domain-based services and managed services.
IntaServe is an accredited Domain Name Registrar and was originally
established in 2000. The company has enjoyed 50 per cent year on year
growth in a challenging market environment and has more than 200 Domain
Name Registration and Web Hosting reseller partners with an end user
customer base of more than 7,000 small-to medium enterprise companies.
Lucas Roh, president and CEO of Hostway, said, "Australia represents
a growth market right now and this acquisition is exactly what wanted
to build on our commitment to the local market with more resources,
a strong reseller network and provision for a greater range of services."
The combined resources and technical experience of the two organisations,
will also enable Hostway to offer complex high end hosting solutions
for new markets, including enterprise and government which have more
complex
e-commerce requirements.
Amin Kroll, formerly Managing Director of IntaServe and now Managing
Director of Hostway in Australia, said, "Hostway has an unmatched
product suite, world-class customer support and an outstanding reputation
for product reliability. It is a rock solid company and this is an
exciting time to be in the industry. I now look forward to helping
companies address their growing hosting requirements as part of the
Hostway team.
The IntaServe acquisition is Hostway's third local acquisition
in Australia since it launched Australian operations in 2003. The
company purchased Sydney-based GlobalHost and Dedicated Hosting in
the same year enabling it to launch local data centre facilities.
As with these previous acquisitions, Hostway is contractually obliged
to support and honour current IntaServe customer agreements.
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, Hostway supports
web hosting provision for more than 300,000 customers and 400,000
domains globally and has been profitable every quarter since its inception.
About Hostway Corporation
Hostway Corporation provides Web hosting and managed services to more
than 300,000 customers worldwide. Hostway helps individuals, small
businesses and large enterprises achieve more value from state-of-the-art
Web-based technologies by reducing their complexity and cost. Founded
in 1998, Hostway is one of the five largest Web hosting companies
in the world with offices in North America (Chicago, Tampa and Vancouver),
Europe (London and Amsterdam), Asia (Seoul) and Australia (Sydney).
For more information about Hostway Corporation, please visit www.hostway.com
or call 1-888-290-5170.
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