2009 press releases

Web hosting specialist, Webfusion, has acquired the hosting assets of XCalibre Communications to strengthen its entry level managed hosting business.  The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, will enable Webfusion to extend its offering and provide XCalibre customers with access to a variety of products, along with 24×7 support.

The remaining XCalibre business will transfer to Flexiant Ltd.  Webfusion, in partnership with Flexiant, will trial the FlexiScale cloud computing platform and it is hoped that FlexiScale will eventually be offered as a service to Webfusion customers.

Thomas Vollrath, Managing Director of Webfusion, comments, “XCalibre has an excellent portfolio of hosting products and we are delighted to partner with them. The acquired Xcalibre customer base will benefit from an increased product set and more choice in entry level managed hosting packages. We look forward to the opportunities to widen our portfolio and present these customers with a greater choice of hosting and web security solutions.”

Tony Lucas, CEO of XCalibre, comments: “This partnership with Webfusion is very important to us and will allow us to strengthen our focus on the continued development of FlexiScale platform and other software products. Our roots are in hosting but our passion is development and going forward this experience will shape our transition into and growth as a software and services company, pioneering cloud computing.”

Customers of XCalibre Communications will become clients of Webfusion with immediate effect.  There will not be any changes to control panels or services provided. In addition, customers will benefit from Webfusion’s UK-based data centre, round the clock support teams and access to a wider range of products and services.

Webfusion is part of the Host Europe Group, which is owned by Oakley Capital.

123-reg is offering an alternative gift this Christmas, with .info domains a fraction of their usual price at just 49p. A huge festive saving of £9.50, .info domains will be on offer from today until 30 December.

.info domains are perfect for personal or business use and are especially suitable for anyone who has an information service or educational website. .info is one of the most popular domains on the internet due to universal understanding, and 123-reg is giving customers the chance to grab a slice of the web at a fraction of the cost.

Thomas Vollrath, managing director at 123-reg, comments, “People are often looking for an unusual or different Christmas present, and a domain is the ideal solution as it gives a personalised space on the web, all for less than 50 pence.”

About 123-reg

123-reg is one of the UK´s top registrars, registering every fifth .co.uk domain. It leads the market in both domain name registration (2.2 million domains) and web hosting solutions. With extensive experience of the industry, the company is able to offer high quality, technically advanced yet cost-effective products to a wide range of customers. 123-reg was voted most popular domain name provider by Domain Directory for five consecutive months during 2009.

www.123-reg.co.uk is part of the UK’s leading web hosting group, Webfusion. The group also consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.corporate.webfusion.co.uk. www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk, each making every step of setting up online as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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With 93 per cent of consumers expected to buy online this Christmas, 123-reg is offering a free SSL certificate worth £99.99 to ensure maximum internet security. The free certificate comes with every purchase of a 123-reg ecommerce package, which start from as little as £8.99 a month, helping potential etailers capitalise on the explosion in internet shopping this festive season.

An SSL certificate encrypts data transmitted over the internet by online merchants. The free SSL domain wildcard certificate from 123-reg provides security for a domain name and unlimited sub domains, ensuring that consumers have confidence when shopping online that a site is fully secure. Research has shown that online retailers in Britain could be missing out on $5 billion of revenue because customers are concerned about internet security, so 123-reg is tackling the issue with the free SSL certificate to ensure its customers can maximise online sales.

Thomas Vollrath, managing director of 123-reg, comments, “Online shopping sees huge growth every Christmas and we want our customers to take advantage of this and generate that extra income in the run-up to Christmas. Security is a vital consideration for consumers when buying online, so with our free SSL certificate for those that open an online shop, they can secure their domain and unlimited sub-domains to provide customers with peace of mind and of course, protect themselves.”

The SSL certificate, free with every purchase of an ecommerce package, is installed by 123-reg, so fully-secure online shops can be set-up easily and simply.

123-reg offers three levels of ecommerce packages, starting at just £8.99 a month, providing everything needed to start an online shop with no technical knowledge necessary, including catalogue, shopping basket, payment and marketing tools.

For further information please visit www.123-reg.co.uk

Web hosting expert, Webfusion, is today launching a new and improved Hosted Exchange solution, designed to provide businesses with improved email functionality, whilst reducing the hassle of administration. To mark the launch of Hosted Exchange, Webfusion will be offering a free copy of Microsoft Outlook (worth £99.99) with every mailbox.

With 4GB of mailbox data space per user, Hosted Exchange allows businesses to share large folders, documents, calendars and contacts effortlessly throughout an organisation. As users stay connected to the same Hosted Exchange server, inboxes remain synchronised, regardless of the email client being used. Mailboxes are made secure by inclusive email security and antivirus features. Webfusion offers a 99.9 per cent uptime Service Level Agreement and supports Hosted Exchange customers with 24/7, UK-based support teams.

In addition, Webfusion’s Hosted Exchange offers extra functionality such as BlackBerry and SharePoint services. The SharePoint service allows users to create, manage and build their own team, document or project sub-sites like an intranet, providing everyone in the company with accessibility. The Webfusion BlackBerry Wireless Exchange allows users to send and receive emails, edit documents, view calendars, tasks and more through their BlackBerry and other smart phones such as the Apple iPhone.

Thomas Vollrath, CEO of Webfusion says, “We understand what businesses want from their email solutions: the latest and most reliable functionality without the hassle of having to maintain and administer it 24/7. Hosted Exchange takes this resource drain away from companies, offering very reliable and easy to use business critical features that prove beneficial, whatever the size of the organisation.”

About Webfusion

Webfusion Ltd is one of the UK’s leading web hosting groups with 1.4 million hosted websites and 2.15 million registered domains. As one of the UK´s top registrars, the company registers every fifth .co.uk domain. Webfusion offers cost-effective, feature-rich hosting packages for a diverse customer-base – from web developers, designers and hobbyists to businesses with complex e-commerce operations. Webfusion’s customers benefit from market-leading security and service, including 24×7 technical support and state-of-the-art UK data centres. The group consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.123-reg.co.uk, www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk

For more information, please visit www.webfusion.co.uk

123-Reg, one of the UK’s leading domain name registrars, is going all continental and offering 6000 .EU domain names at a credit crunch busting 97p each, for the first year of registration.

This is a whopping 90 per cent saving on the usual £9.99 per year price tag for a .EU domain name – meaning those looking to create their own website, whether in a personal or commercial capacity, will not be able to find a cheaper offer on the market.

123-Reg is so confident that a better deal cannot be found, the company expects .EU domain names to fly off the shelf. So to help customers get there before they’re all gone, 123-Reg has created www.97p.eu, a real-time countdown ticker that will show how many of the 6000 .EU domain names remain.

Thomas Vollrath, MD of 123-Reg explains, “In the run up to Christmas, and with the UK still in the midst of a recession, none of us can afford to be frivolous with money. When it comes to registering .EU domain names, you won’t find a better deal than this but you’ll need to get there quick as once they’re gone, they’re gone!”

About 123-reg

123-reg is one of the UK´s top registrars, registering every fifth .co.uk domain. It leads the market in both domain name registration (2.2 million domains) and web hosting solutions. With extensive experience of the industry, the company is able to offer high quality, technically advanced yet cost-effective products to a wide range of customers. 123-reg received Best Domain Registration in Host Review’s “Best of the Best” Small Business Service Providers awards in 2008.

www.123-reg.co.uk is part of the UK’s leading web hosting group, Webfusion. The group also consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk, each making every step of setting up online as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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123-reg customers can now install applications on their hosting packages with just one click, thanks to the web hosting and domain expert’s free addition of APS (Application Packaging Standard) technology.

One of the first to use APS in the UK, 123-reg customers will be able to easily install blogs, photo galleries, content management systems and much more in just seconds, without any complex setup.

To install an application, all  123-reg customers need to do is choose which one they would like, select the domain/hosting package they would like it on and click install.

Thomas Vollrath, CEO of 123-reg comments, “As consumer demand grows, websites are having to evolve and become far more than static pages. For many organisations, websites are the primary resource for engaging with a customer base or community. It’s therefore essential to meet demands and embrace functionality that enables users to interact with a website. APS makes adding such interactive functionality easy and, best of all, it’s free!”

A wide variety of the latest applications are available from the launch of the new 123-reg one click technology. Content Management Systems such as Joomla, phpNuke and tikiwiki can be installed quickly and easily, without the usual complex configuration. Photo gallery applications such as Coppermine and Gallery, customer support applications such as Sugar CRM and Mantis, plus blogging applications such as WordPress and Drupal are  a few of the instantly available applications open to 123-reg shared hosting customers.

Up to five applications can be installed on the 123-reg Expert hosting packages, three on the Plus packages and one on the Pro package.

Visit http://www.123-reg.co.uk/web-hosting/

About 123-reg

123-reg is one of the UK´s top registrars, registering every fifth .co.uk domain. It leads the market in both domain name registration (2.15 million domains) and web hosting solutions. With extensive experience of the industry, the company is able to offer high quality, technically advanced yet cost-effective products to a wide range of customers. 123-reg received Best Domain Registration in Host Review’s “Best of the Best” Small Business Service Providers awards in 2008.

www.123-reg.co.uk is part of the UK’s leading web hosting group, Webfusion. The group also consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk, each making every step of setting up online as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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With Halloween around the corner, leading website registrar 123-reg will be offering a devilishly wicked treat for those wanting to register a dot com domain name – and don’t worry this treat comes without a trick!

The normal price for a dot com domain name is £9.99 per year but, from the 29^th of October to the 2^nd of November, the price will drop to a haunting £6.66, when purchased at www.123-reg.co.uk using the voucher code Hoct31.

And that’s not the only offer bubbling away in the 123-reg cauldron. In the run up to Bonfire Night, for those after a glittering Guy Fawkes dot net domain deal, 123-reg will be offering website registrations at £5.55 – a cracking 45 per cent off the normal price. This sizzling offer is enough to make Guy Fawkes himself look cool and will be available between the 4^th and 9^th of November – using voucher code GFNov05.

So what are you waiting for? Don’t miss out – visit www.123-reg.co.uk before the Guys and goblins do!

About 123-reg

123-reg is one of the UK´s top registrars, registering every fifth .co.uk domain. It leads the market in both domain name registration (2.4 million domains) and web hosting solutions. With extensive experience of the industry, the company is able to offer high quality, technically advanced yet cost-effective products to a wide range of customers. 123-reg received Best Domain Registration in Host Review’s “Best of the Best” Small Business Service Providers awards in 2008.

www.123-reg.co.uk is part of the UK’s leading web hosting group, Webfusion. The group also consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk, each making every step of setting up online as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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123-reg, the UK’s biggest domain registration company, is partnering with Google and Clickstream Technologies, the web transformation company, to offer its customers free automated tools to generate revenue from Google AdSense. The innovative offer, a first for the UK, will make the advertising programme available to new and existing customers of 123-reg’s shared hosting, InstantSite and ecommerce packages. They can earn income from contextually and geographically relevant advertising, without making any changes to their website.

Google AdSense is an advertising programme that enables customers of all sizes and technical ability to earn additional revenue from an automated display of relevant Google adverts. Google manages relationships with a vast network of advertisers and agencies and can ensure the advertising is tailored to the interests of the website’s target audience, which maximises income from visitors who click on the ads.

Collaborating with Clickstream makes the process as easy-to-use as possible for 123-reg customers. Clickstream’s Datasherpa™ for Hosting, automatically creates space for advertisements on a website. It automatically inserts tags to match adverts to content on a site hosted by 123-reg, without the need for manual coding. To use the service, 123-reg customers simply visit their 123-reg control panel, register to obtain a Google AdSense account and select the advertising formats they want to display, including size, position and colour scheme.

Thomas Vollrath, CEO of 123-reg adds, “At 123-reg, we are always looking for ways to offer our customers a wider choice of revenue generating abilities. We place a great deal of value in the ease of this process and partnering with Google and Clickstream provides our customers with a method of making money online which is as easy as 1,2,3. Clickstream’s technology means our customers don’t have the arduous task of tagging complex JavaScript code into their pages.”

Brewster Barclay, Managing Director, Business Development at Clickstream concludes, “123-reg is one of the leading shared hosting providers in the UK with thousands of clients who have created websites, either for a small business or leisure purposes.  Now they will now have a simple way to make regular income from their websites without having to understand technology or implement any coding.  They can access the best-known advertising platform available and receive earnings from Google AdSense delivered directly into their bank accounts every month.”

123-reg is offering the Google Adsense service across its shared web hosting, InstantSite and ecommerce packages. 123-reg hosting packages start from just £2.49 per month and include up to 10GB of online space and up to 150GB of data transfer. Hosted in a secure UK-based data centre with UK telephone support, 123-reg customers also benefit from a variety of security features and a wide choice in databases.

Clickstream’s Datasherpa™ platform and patented ‘tagging automation’ technology means that, 123-reg customers can avoid the time-consuming inclusion and maintenance of small JavaScript code snippets (‘page tags’) on every website page.

123-reg's easy to use Google AdSense Automation service

About 123-reg

123-reg is the UK´s biggest domain registrar with over 2.15 million domain names. It leads the market in both domain name registration and web hosting solutions. With extensive experience of the industry, the company is able to offer high quality, technically advanced yet cost-effective products to a wide range of customers. 123-reg received Best Domain Registration in Host Review’s “Best of the Best” Small Business Service Providers awards in 2008.

www.123-reg.co.uk is part of the UK’s largest web hosting group, Webfusion. The group also consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk, each making every step of setting up online as easy as 1, 2, 3.

For further press information please contact:

Stephanie Marshall

Berkeley Public Relations International Ltd

Tel: 01629 826942

123-reg@berkeleypr.co.uk

www.berkeleypr.co.uk

About Google

Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google’s targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

For questions regarding Google AdSense accounts, ad serving and payments please visit the Google’s Help Center at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/

About Clickstream Technologies PLC

Clickstream is an independent company enabling automated ‘on the fly’ insertion and modification of any third party web content including website application tags, internet marketing tools and more.  When a browser makes a request for a web page the Datasherpa™ Software understands the structure and content of the page in near real time and then, based on pre-configured rules, can manipulate any part of the HTML.

This manipulation, which takes place in milliseconds, can be as simple as adding the code for Google Analytics to each page, modifying the headers for SEO optimisation, adding multiple applications tags per page, capturing content based on rules and adding new content to the page.

The web page then arrives at the browser and behaves exactly as if the page had been formed by the originating web server. All tags fire, all content is delivered, all ads are tracked. It’s as simple as that and the process is repeated for the next request.

This instant website tagging technology is of significant value to Enterprises looking to enhance web and ecommerce initiatives, dramatically reduce application implementation costs and increase speed to market and Web Hosting customers looking to derive more value from their existing customer base and enrich their product offerings with differentiated and sought after tools.  It can offer online businesses 10-fold improvements in ROI with dramatic reduction in the total cost of ownership.

For more information please contact

Joanna Burton

Marketing Communications

t: 020 7509 9509

e: Joanna.Burton@Clickstream.com

UK hosting expert, Webfusion, today launches the latest Windows 2008 operating system to its dedicated server customers. To celebrate the launch, Webfusion will be offering 30 days free windows licensing plus free Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

The most robust Windows Server Web application platform to date, Windows 2008 offers IT professionals the ability to increase reliability and flexibility in their server infrastructures, as well as introduce new features such as virtualisation tools and Windows 7 integration. Webfusion dedicated server customers can now experience the benefits of the Windows 2008 free of charge for 30 days and then from as little as £69.99 per month.

With improved file-transfer services and .NET support, Windows 2008 requires less effort and time to administer and maintain web-based applications, which helps to reduce costs and improve data management. Webfusion dedicated server customers using Windows 2008 will benefit from superior security levels that prevent data theft through improved network access protection (NAP) and enhanced encryption.

Powerful tools such as Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5, updated Server Manager and Hyper-V platforms and Windows PowerShell version 2.0, combine for greater control, increased efficiency and the ability to react to front-line business needs faster than ever before.

Thomas Vollrath, CEO, Webfusion, says, “We are constantly looking at ways to offer our customers the best opportunities to take their businesses forward. With Windows 2008, customers can more easily deploy and manage web applications, increase server reliability and scalability, as well as customise their web environment with better levels of support than ever. Recent additions to our customer service portfolio, such as Custom Hosting, and further investment in our own UK data centre, help to make us and our customers more flexible and reactive to market conditions, which continues to be a critical business objective into 2010.”

With the added control and customisation tools that Windows 2008 offers, Webfusion sees the OS as an ideal addition to solutions that are geared towards the exact needs of a customer rather than off-the-shelf packages. Custom Hosting too provides levels of customisation without compromise or unnecessary expense with prices not usually associated with such a personal service.

Links:

Windows 2008

Custom Hosting

About Webfusion

Webfusion Ltd is one of the UK’s leading web hosting groups with 1.4 million hosted websites and 2.15 million registered domains. As one of the UK´s top domain registrars, the company registers every fifth .co.uk domain.

Webfusion offers cost-effective, feature-rich hosting packages for a diverse customer-base – from web developers, designers and hobbyists to businesses with complex e-commerce operations. Webfusion’s customers benefit from market-leading security and service, including 24×7 technical support and state-of-the-art UK data centres.

The group consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.123-reg.co.uk, www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk

For more information, please visit www.webfusion.co.uk

123-reg is the first registrar to offer web address owners a way to generate income from their dormant domains. The free service, known as 123-parking, allows customers to earn revenue quickly and easily through adverts placed on their unused domains.

Following a partnership with DomainParking.co.uk, the new 123-reg service fills a dormant page with relevant advertisements from thousands of advertisers worldwide enabling the domain’s owner to receive a referral fee for every link clicked. With over 10 years’ experience, DomainParking.co.uk is the fastest growing domain parking service in the UK.

Thomas Vollrath, Managing Director of 123-reg, explains, “With DomainParking.co.uk, we can now offer customers the opportunity to create another revenue stream from their initial domain investment. Our free parking service means you can now earn money from domain names you’ve purchased and not had time to do anything with at no additional cost or effort.”

The new service inserts context-sensitive advertisements onto pages using words from the domain name and the page itself to display relevant adverts. This targeted advertising can boost click rates significantly, as visitors find the adverts on the parked page relevant to their original search.

Barry Garner, Director of DomainParking.co.uk, comments, “We aim to help domain name owners develop their portfolios into profitable internet real-estate which generates maximum revenue at a click of button. Parked domains should look like a real website, one which is rich in content and imagery and we, in partnership with 123-reg, provide the tools to achieve these goals.”

The new domain parking service is simple to use and allows users to customise their site with relevant content to help generate revenue from their dormant domains immediately.

For more information, please visit http://www.123-parking.co.uk

About 123-reg

123-reg is one of the UK´s top registrars, registering every fifth .co.uk domain. It leads the market in both domain name registration (2.15 million domains) and web hosting solutions. With extensive experience of the industry, the company is able to offer high quality, technically advanced yet cost-effective products to a wide range of customers. 123-reg received Best Domain Registration in Host Review’s “Best of the Best” Small Business Service Providers awards in 2008.

www.123-reg.co.uk is part of the UK’s leading web hosting group, Webfusion. The group also consists of www.webfusion.co.uk, www.donhost.co.uk and www.supanames.co.uk, each making every step of setting up online as easy as 1, 2, 3.