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Web hosting provider, Spiderhost, has entered into a partnership with Smart City, for Spiderhost's expertise in hosting solutions. Spiderhost will fully manage all web hosting and e-mail activity for Smart City's 1,000-plus hosting clients.

Verio Inc., the leading provider in delivering online business solutions to SMBs worldwide, including web hosting, application hosting and Software as a Service (SaaS), today announced at the viaVerio Partner Summit the launch of a stimulus package to help current and prospective partners grow their business and secure new customers. At a time when many companies are experiencing serious decline and hosting vendors are eliminating partner resources all together, Verio continues to invest in its channel partners to help them grow their business in 2009 and beyond.

The solution is designed to deliver the full range of AT and T's IT infrastructure services to a company's location - whether it is an in-house company data center, remote office, or even third-party center - along with on-site servicing of equipment if needed.

Web hosting provider NaviSite (www.navisite.com) announced on Wednesday it will be providing managed dedicated server and virtual dedicated server solutions to Indian digital media and marketing agency Webchutney (www.webchutney.com) through its dedicated hosting line of business.

Reseller Zoom, a provider of reseller hosting solutions and a division of Hosting Zoom, today unveiled a new lineup of hosting plans for resellers. The company says that Hosting Zoom has also launched new plans for customers of every budget, including shared, semi-dedicated, new hybrid servers, and dedicated servers.

WiredTree (http://www.wiredtree.com), a leading provider of Managed Dedicated, Managed Hybrid and Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting solutions, announced today it will now offer LiteSpeed WebServer as a premium upgrade option for all customers on any hosting plan.

In an effort to provide their reseller hosting clients with more value-added services, Canadian Web Hosting provider, Cirrus Tech, is now offering Plesk Billing 6 on their VPS plans and dedicated servers. Having already offered the industry leading Plesk 9 control panel since late 2008, clients are already enjoying the benefits of Plesk 9 with its improved user interface, stability, and performance.

3FN Inc., a leading US based web hosting provider announces the launch of its VDS/VPS web hosting solutions, which match the power of dedicated servers at much more reasonable price points.

Shared, Reseller, Dedicated and Virtual Private Server hosting solutions provider, Surpass Hosting, has introduced its Developer hosting plan, including over a dozen development frameworks and a wide variety of key tools designed specifically for web developers. Kayla Fleming, vice president of sales, Surpass Hosting remarked, "The Developer Plan is based on a new server architecture that is more pliable for the typical developer and offers many more options for advanced web development, including the cornerstone of the plan, Surpass Hosting Developer Tools

We take a regular look through new job postings on our associated site Web Hosting Jobs (www.webhostingjobs.com) and post a summary here in the WHIR news section incorporating some of the newest openings. Lithium Technologies (Emeryville, California) Last week, Lithium Technologies (www.lithium.com), a company that develops solutions for building online communities, posted two openings - a demand generation manager (a marketing position), and a chief systems architect. Both jobs are located in Emeryville, California. The company posted a third listing for an online moderator, which would be handled remotely.

Hostway Corporation, the global Web services leader, launched its Hybrid Exchange email platform this week. Now all new customer accounts will automatically be placed on this platform at no extra charge, allowing them to mix and match email plans for the perfect fit. "Using proprietary routing technology, we've done away with the all-or-nothing approach to hosted Exchange," said John Lee, senior vice president of small business hosting."Hostway's new Hybrid Exchange helps bridge the gap between traditional POP3/IMAP and hosted Exchange email. The synergy of our new platform will allow our customers to create their own email solutions."

Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, will participate in the Web 2.0 Expo, scheduled for March 31 - April 3 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. The company will showcase its IT infrastructure solutions at booth 723, as well as give away a Flip Video MinoHD camcorder. Expected to draw nearly 8,000 attendees, the Web 2.0 Expo is the industry's leading conference and trade show for those who mold the 'next-generation' web, including designers.

The company offers globally dispersed locations to meet their customers' requirements, wherever they are located around the world. Customers can choose from an on-premise local node in The Planet's Dallas D2 data center, or from locations on the East or West Coasts, Europe or Asia, through its partnership with Nirvanix. The company also offers Storage Cloud options for organizations that do not require hosting solutions.

Hostway, a global leader in the web hosting market, today announced its continuing support for Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition, which includes its joint sponsorship of the unofficial 'Scotch on the Road' ColdFusion event as well as the official ColdFusion User Group. As a premier Adobe ColdFusion solution partner, Hostway has over eight years experience hosting and deploying applications built in ColdFusion.

Technology services division of Newtek Business Services, Inc., Newtek Technology Services, is now capable of taking international payments through a partnership with Payvision, a leading international payment solution provider for the card-not-present marketplace.

Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has included Q Point Technology's new Storage Cloud solution in its portfolio. Based in Mountain View, California, Q Point Technology develops TrueSafe software infrastructure that enables service providers, such as IT managed services providers (MSPs), to offer their own online backup service.

Host Color said to web hosting media that it has discounted the price of its Dedicated Power (http://www.hostcolor.com/dedicatedhosting/dedicated-power) server with 15%. Dedicated Power is a server hosting solution based on 2 x Quad Core Xeon 2.50 GHz machine which features 8 GB RAM and 2 x 500 GB hard drives. The service comes with 2,500 GB (2,5 TB) data transfer quota per month.

Host Color said to web hosting media that it has discounted the price of its Dedicated Power server with 15%. Dedicated Power is a server hosting solution based on 2 x Quad Core Xeon 2.50 GHz machine which features 8 GB RAM and 2 x 500 GB hard drives mirrored by RAID 1. The service comes with 2,500 GB (2,5 TB) data transfer quota per month.

Newtek Technology Services, the technology services division of Newtek Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEWT), recently announced its capabilities to take international payments through a partnership with Payvision, one of the leading international payment solutions providers for the card-not-present marketplace, to expand Newtek's Ecommerce offering to both US and foreign-based web hosting customers.

In today's economy, every business is trying to do more with less. The trick is cutting corners without sacrificing quality, especially when it comes to customer service. Go Daddy, the world's dominant Web hosting domain registrar, is now offering a new software solution to help businesses develop stronger customer relations - at a fraction of the cost they once had to invest.