Press Releases & By-lined Articles
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PRESS RELEASES
 20-08-2007 - 44% of IT managers fed up with buying storage they don’t need
04-04-2007 - Hostway Corporation Acquires Affinity Internet
02-04-2007 - Hostway launches offensive on spammers and cybersquatters with Release of
DomainGuard and WhoisProtector
01-02-2007 - Hostway launches Spring Domain Sale and Global ccTLDs
15-01-2007 - Hostway Launches Mobile Sitebuilder To Help The .Mobi Revolution
16-10-2006 - Hostway Launches New Pay Per Gigabyte On Demand Managed Storage Services
07-08-2006 - Consumer survey highlights problems with accessing the Internet on the move
05-06-2006 - Hostway launch hosted Exchange with integrated MS Sharepoint
17-05-2006 - Hostway poised for dawn of new domain name for mobile sites
09-02-2006 - Hostway warns companies that their European brand identity could be at risk
30-01-2006 - Design UK Partners with Hostway to Enable Fast, Effective Online Marketing
09-01-2006 - 42% of Consumers experienced problems accessing January Sales Websites
31-10-2005 - Survey indicates .eu domain set to rival .com
26-09-2005 - Research highlights Blogs will have a major Impact on Purchasing Decisions
06-09-2005 - Business continues to choose Hostway for Enterprise Level Managed Hosting
07-03-2005 - .Pro - The Internet for Professionals
28-02-2005 - Merchant Manager 2.0
12-01-2005 - PHP / RHEL
31-11-2004 - Christmas Shopping research
29-09-2004 - National Federation of Enterprise Agencies (NFEA)
BY-LINED ARTICLES
2006 - Why isn’t mobile Internet working?
 (Mad)
2006 - Changing Hosting Platform (Q&A)
(.net magazine)
2006 - Fraud Sites and Insecure Communications (Q&A)
(Microscope)
2006 - Reselling Web Hosting
(Microscope)
2006 - Hosting Linux Websites and Applications
(Linux User & Developer)
2006 - Microsoft Launches Visual Studio 2005 – Can the FOSS community compete?
(Linux User & Developer)
2006 - Linux vs Windows Server – the truth is out there
(Linux User & Developer)
2006 - Hosting Ecommerce sites with OSCommerce
(Linux User & Developer)
2006 - Virtuozzo and Virtual Private Servers
(Linux User & Developer)
PRESS RELEASES
20 August 2007
44% of IT managers fed up with buying storage they don’t need
Companies are wasting thousands of pounds every year on unnecessary storage research commissioned by Hostway has found. Almost half of IT managers are fed up because they have to buy more storage than they need. 44% of those surveyed admitted that despite sensibly investing in extra capacity for the future growth of stored data, they are often forced into purchasing storage that is superfluous. According to the research, an average UK company has 38% of its total storage unused and is therefore not gaining benefit from 38% of capital expenditure on disk storage.
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04 April 2007
Hostway Corporation Acquires Affinity Internet
Hostway Corporation and Affinity Internet Inc. today announced that Hostway has acquired Affinity, combining two of the most prominent web-centric service providers, with clients ranging from consumers, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises. The new company will offer customers all the products, tools and services necessary to build and operate an effective online business on a global scale - from professional web development and design, results-oriented online advertising solutions, to powerful hosting and eCommerce applications.
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02 April 2007
Hostway launches offensive on spammers and cybersquatters
Hostway Corporation, a global leader in web hosting and managed services, today launches two services to help companies protect their privacy and security online. Hostway's WhoisProtector service maintains a company's privacy on the publicly-accessible domain name registration list held by ICANN, whilst DomainGuard adds an additional layer of security to critical parts of its website, ensuring that only the owner of the site can make or authorise fundamental changes.
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01 February 2007
Hostway launches Spring Domain Sale and Global ccTLDs
Hostway have today announced the availability of over 90 new country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) to its customers, alongside a spring domain sale which will last throughout February and March. Almost 100 new ccTLDs have been integrated into the new domain offering from Hostway, amongst them .it (Italy) .in (India) .cn (China) and .at (Austria). Some of the new ccTLDs are effectively ‘unrestricted’ in terms of a registrant’s right to apply for them, meaning people who have thus far struggled to secure their domain of choice, may be able to do so under a different extension.
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15 January 2007
Hostway Launches Mobile Sitebuilder To Help The .Mobi Revolution
Hostway, the leading provider of web hosting and online services, today announced the launch of its new Mobile SiteBuilder tool to help businesses and consumers build mobile device-friendly websites quickly and easily. Following the launch of the .mobi domain name, businesses have been keen to make the most of the mobile web, and the tool has been launched to aid this. Mobile SiteBuilder uses a wizard to guide users through creating sites and makes it easy to add text, upload images and video clips as well as allowing users to select pre-existing templates to quickly create and format the site before publishing online.
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16 October 2006
Hostway Launches New Pay Per Gbyte On Demand Managed Storage Services
Hostway, the leading provider of web hosting and online services, today announced the launch of its new managed storage service. By using a subscription based storage service, businesses in the UK and throughout Europe will benefit from a cost effective and highly flexible way of managing their storage requirements. The unique service will allow businesses to purchase SAN/NAS storage capacity on a gigabyte per month basis, rather than having to make the significant investment required to gain the benefits of a best-of-breed SAN/NAS system. To deliver these new services, which start from just a few pounds per month, Hostway has selected the Pillar Axiom™ storage system from Pillar Data Systems.
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07 August 2006
Consumer survey highlights problems with accessing the Internet on the move
Research from Hostway has found that although many people can access Internet services from their mobile phone, three quarters (73%) are not taking advantage of this. Amongst the reasons for not using mobile Internet were being frustrated by slow-loading pages (38%), problems with navigating websites from a phone or PDA (27%) and some websites being completely unavailable on mobile phones (25%). The research, commissioned by Hostway, was conducted by independent research body TNS and surveyed 1484 consumers in Great Britain.
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05 June 2006
Hostway launch hosted Exchange with integrated MS Sharepoint
Hostway has today announced the launch of hosted Microsoft Exchange, the email and collaboration software package which is fast becoming a key communication and information sharing resource for many businesses. The new solution allows companies to access email via the conventional PC, mobile device or webmail interface without having to purchase their own exchange server or maintain and manage the new solution.
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17 May 2006
Hostway poised for dawn of new domain name for mobile sites
Hostway is advising companies that the industry sunrise period for the new .mobi is now here. Pre-registration for the new domain name opens on 17th May, industry members can register for their .mobi domain name from 29th May and general trademark holders will be able to register from 12th June. The new domain name is different to any other because the web pages must be certified suitable for mobile browsing before going live.
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09 February 2006
Hostway warns companies that their European brand identity could be at risk
Following the opening of the second sunrise period for the new .eu domain name on the 7th of February, Hostway is warning companies that they only have two months until the floodgates for general registration open on the 7th of April. The second sunrise period allows all those previously eligible to register for the dot eu domain name, and now also allows other claimants with a valid stake to a name to register, for example, family names. Companies and other individuals which do not act to protect their brand identity before the 7th of April risk losing the domain name to other companies or cybersquatters.
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30 January 2006
Design UK Partners with Hostway to Enable Fast, Effective Online Marketing
Without the right technical knowledge and with internal IT resources often limited or tied up with company wide roll-outs, marketing professionals can end up outsourcing website management at great expense. A partnership between Design UK, an independent digital agency, and Hostway, a leading web hosting company, has helped to overcome this problem by enabling marketing professionals from companies such as Selfridges, Hackett and the Royal Society to carry out cost effective online marketing without requiring internal or external IT support.
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09 January 2006
42% of Consumers experienced problems accessing January Sales Websites
A survey from Hostway has found that 42% of consumers hunting for online bargains in the January sales found ecommerce sites sluggish, unresponsive or completely unavailable. Many shops helped customers avoid the post-Christmas sales crush by offering the same bargains online as in store, but consumers were frustrated by problems experienced when trying to reach the site, hunting for bargains or completing their transaction.
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31 October 2005
Survey indicates .eu domain set to rival .com
A survey from Hostway has found that the new .eu domain name is set to be as big as .com. According to the survey, nearly two thirds of businesses (64%) feel that the new domain name will be important to their business operations in Europe. The majority of respondents (60%) believed that customers will eventually use .eu rather than .com when looking for companies based in the European Union. Hostway conducted the survey with 200 of its business customers.
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26 September 2005
Research highlights Blogs will have a major Impact on Purchasing Decisions
Research commissioned by Hostway and carried out by TNS who questioned 1,100 consumers across the UK, has today shown that blogs are set to fuel consumer power. The majority of consumers believe blogs are a good way to get honest and reliable information about a company and its products, and the survey also highlights the need for organisations to manage more formally how blogs are used by employees.
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06 September 2005
Business continues to choose Hostway for Enterprise Level Managed Hosting
Hostway, a global leader in hosting services, today announced that it is continuing to see growth in demand for its enterprise level managed hosting services. One well known company, The Number (118118.com) - a directory assistance service, is using a managed Linux based service from Hostway.
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07 March 2005
.Pro offers Enhanced Security and Identity Verification
Hostway UK today announced availability of the .Pro top level domain (TLD), a domain name extension aimed exclusively at those working in the medical, legal, accounting and engineering sectors.
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28 February 2005
Hostway redefines the Role of Ecommerce Businesses with new Merchant Manager 2.0
Hostway UK today announced availability of Merchant Manager 2.0, a website tool that allows businesses to create professional looking online stores and catalogues. The upgraded version includes a number of new features designed to make it even easier to manage an ecommerce operation.
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12 January 2005
Hostway announces support for PHP5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hostway UK today announced its support for PHP5 on all of its Linux shared hosting plans, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core on all of its Linux Root Dedicated Servers.
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31 November 2004
Survey Indicates that the Key to Sales of Sexy Lingerie this Christmas is not Dutch Courage but a Strong Performing Website
94% of men are planning to shop online this Christmas, with risqué gifts such as lingerie topping the list of presents they would prefer to purchase online rather than having to visit the shops, according to a survey undertaken by Hostway, a global provider of hosting services.
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29 October 2004
Hostway Launches A Guide To Getting Your Business Online In Association With The National Federation Of Enterprise Agencies
Hostway, one of the UK's leading providers of web and managed hosting services, today announced that it has teamed up with the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies to produce a handbook giving small and medium-sized UK businesses the inside track on getting the most out of being online.
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