Hanover, Germany - (The Hosting News) - March 6, 2008 - Webhosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has chosen to offer open source applications certified with the Application Packaging Standard (APS), to 1.7 million German-speaking hosting customers.

Andreas Gauger, Chairman of 1 and 1 Internet Inc. noted, ”Adoption of the APS standard will provide a sizeable new business opportunity for 1 and 1 and for the entire web hosting and software industries worldwide. The standard is open to everyone and will provide exciting new sales channels for hosting providers as well as other Internet service providers (ISPs). Our customers and ISVs will benefit from the expected growth of new APS-compliant applications.”

Parallels, which maintains the APS standard, made the announcement with 1 and 1 today at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. The APS standard was developed by Parallels to simplify integration of web applications into hosting environments for delivery as software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions. The standard is a packaging format that makes it easier for service providers to deliver hosted applications developed by independent software vendors (ISVs). APS-certified applications can be easily plugged into hosting platforms that conform to the standard.

1 and 1’s new service includes open source applications, such as Joomla, PostNuke, PhpBB, SMF, Serendipity, Moodle, MediaWiki, Mantis, phpMyVisites, PHProject and WebCalendar. While these applications are free, they require significant time and skill to install and maintain. APS simplifies installation and update management of web applications, and removes the need for downloads, registrations and passwords. Read more of this news »

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - January 24, 2008 - Webhosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, is supported by Foundry Networks, Inc., with its installation of the NetIron XMR 4000 backbone routers, to power the network for scalable growth and allow for significant capital and operating expenditure savings.

During the planning phase of this major backbone upgrade, 1 and 1 chose Foundry’s NetIron XMR 4000 for its port density and performance, while also offering compelling economies of scale and long-term investment protection. 1 and 1 initially installed the NetIron XMR routers in the European part of the backbone and after successful results expanded the installation to the Kansas City Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).

Due to the large scale, 1 and 1 is running its own transcontinental Wide Area Network (WAN) - which differentiates the company from other web hosting firms. On the equipment side, backbone routers of multiple vendors are used to ensure maximum redundancy, reliability and security. On the network structure side, two independent ring systems in Europe and the United States are connected redundantly via two transatlantic connections and grant access to more than 400 other providers via 700 BGP routing sessions. Read more of this news »

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - (Website Hosting Directory) - January 22, 2008 - Webhosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has completed a comprehensive extension of its wide area network (WAN), with an overall bandwidth of more than 120 Gigabit per second.

For the first time, 1 and 1 is connected directly to a large Internet Exchange point outside of Europe at Equinix in Chicago. The development means that the external connectivity of the world’s largest web host has tripled over the past twelve months.

Andreas Gauger, Chairman of the Board, 1 and 1 Internet Inc., noted, ”With the upgrade of our Internet bandwidth, our millions of web hosting customers in Europe and the U.S. can be sure that their content will reach Internet users worldwide even faster and more reliably. As a result of multimedia applications like video streaming, the demand for bandwidth has grown enormously over the last few years.”

The data volume transmitted from 1 and 1’s data centers has in fact nearly doubled over the past year from 3,500 Terabytes (3.5 million Gigabytes) in January 2007, to 6,500 Terabytes in December 2007. Read more of this news »

Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - January 17, 2008 - Webhosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has debuted its 20th anniversary sales promotion, which includes a 50 percent discount savings on all of its hosting packages.

1 and 1 is currently offering US customers a 50 percent discount for the first 3 months. The discount applies to all packages including web hosting from $2.00 per month, servers from $49.50 per month, and Microsoft Exchange from $3.50 per month. 1 and 1 provides web solutions for small to medium businesses and private users with tools to create, publish and manage a professional web presence. Read more of this news »

1&1 (1and1.com) is offering a deal to save over 40% on one of their most popular web hosting packages, the 1&1 Business Package.

The 1&1 Business Package gives web hosting customers

• 250 GB web space
• 2,500 GB monthly transfer volume
• 25 FTP accounts
• 2,500 e-mail addresses

The 1&1 business web hosting package deal also includes extra features like the 1&1 Mailing List, Driving Directions, 1&1 E-mail Marketing Tool, In2Site Live Dialogue, 1&1 Form Builder and the new Spreadshirt Merchandizing shop.

For a limited time, save $50* on the 1&1 Business Web hosting Package when signing up for a 1 year plan–that’s a savings of over 40%.

Also at 1and1.com, .biz domains are on sale for just $2.99/year*. Get a .biz domain for your business website. Free private registration is included with all domains.

Related: 1&1 Review

After seizing a great portion of the U.S. domain marketshare over the years with low registration prices and free domain privacy, 1&1 Internet announced that the company would increase their pricing of domain purchases and renewals by $1.00 USD. This comes as no surprise to domain watchers who observed earlier this year that Verisign, controller of the .com and other top level domains would increase prices by 7% on registrars.

1&1 Internet domain name customers received the following statement from the company:

We are writing today to inform you that it has become necessary for us
to increase the rates for some domains due to price increases by the major
domain registries.

In order to stay competitive and continue to offer you excellent services,
we have made changes to our pricing structure in accordance with the
changes in the industry.

For domain renewals and orders as of November 2, 2007, the following domain
rates will apply:

* .com, .net, .us, .org, .info, .name domains will be increased from $5.99
to $6.99 per year

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - (Website Hosting Directory) - June 21, 2007 - Webhosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has debuted its new Click-n-Build open source application, developed for web design, in a new platform for hosting packages.

1 and 1 Click-n-Build, bundled with web hosting from $4.99/a month, is designed to deliver powerful open source web building tools, fully developed, installed and ready to apply within a few clicks. The service provides applications including phpBB, Joomla!, TikiWiki, Noah’s Classifieds, Moodle, Mantis and phpAdsNew.

Andreas Gauger, Chairman of the Board, 1 and 1 Internet commented, ”With Click-n- Build, we are proud to offer a significant advancement to web hosting. Open source software has always promised great results but has until now eluded a great number of non-technical users. Our new platform delivers great software within a few clicks, and allows every type of user the full benefit whilst 1&1 handles all of the technicalities.”

The platform is the first solution for installing powerful open source tools within a few clicks, with automatic version updates, security patches and with no intrusion from ads. 1 and 1 Click-n-Build is based upon Application Packaging Standard (APS), the first definitive standard for the integration of open source applications within a hosting environment. APS has been developed by SWSoft, the global leader in server virtualization and automation software. The solution provides 1and 1 web hosting users with one easy-to-use interface for adding, configuring and removing web applications within their web hosting. Whilst open source software is freely available on the Internet, most applications still require significant time and skill to install and maintain.

According to the company, 1 and 1 Click-n-Build adds value to each application by fully managing the installation, latest version updates and automatic security patches, by removing the need for downloads, registrations and passwords, and frees the user to concentrate on leveraging their software. 1 and 1’s service initially comprises of a choice of approximately 20 applications, with more to follow. 1and 1 Click-n-Build is bundled with 1and 1 web hosting and Managed Server packages. The 1and 1 Home package, from $4,99/a month, includes 2 applications, the 1 and 1 Business package, from $9.99/a month, features 5 applications and the 1and 1 Developer package, priced from $19.99/a month, benefits from 10 applications.

In the near future, additional applications for 1 and 1 Click-n-Build will be available for order at any time at the price of $1.99/a month, which is payable with the user’s regular hosting charges. Applications offered include phpBB — one of the most popular Bulletin Board software applications. Such discussion boards are an ideal way to share information with website visitors and foster online communities. The software is a valuable feature for both home and business websites. Joomla!, an award- winning Content Management System (CMS), is also on offer.

The application can deliver a professional looking website through adding content, images and product catalogues. For the more advanced user, TikiWiki is offered as a useful collaboration site based on the same editing software as Wikipedia. Users can update and amend articles with ease to maintain an up-to-date online knowledge base. Advertisement management applications for 1 and 1 Click-n-Build include Noah’s Classifieds and phpAdsNew for banner management. Furthermore, Moodle provides a valuable e-learning application, useful for a range of online learning projects.

Other well-known software available through 1 and 1’s Click-n-Build includes customer service focused Mantis, and groupware applications EGroupWare, WebCalender and phProjekt. Whilst the suite of applications will appeal to a broad range of users, 1 and 1 Click-n-Build is of particular value to home users and SMEs. As well as saving them a lot of time, users also have the peace of mind that their software remains the most secure version available. Read more of this news »

Herndon, Virginia - (The Hosting News) - June 19, 2007 - Webhosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has implemented SWsoft’s new Application Packaging Standard (APS), designed to enable software vendors to integrate applications into hosting environments, to deliver software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions.

1 and 1 assisted SWsoft with the design requirements for hosting providers, and is the first service provider to implement support for the APS standard in its Click-n-Build web hosting platform. SWsoft introduced the APS standard to the software development community in March. The standard will help hosting providers take advantage of SaaS and offer customers a greater variety of services. It will also help open the hosting channel for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) by allowing them to deliver hosted applications to more end users.

SWsoft also announced an APS certification program for ISVs and will soon be announcing a certification program for hosting providers. By advancing a certification program and an APS-compliant hosting platform, SWsoft and 1 and 1 hope to grow the emerging market for hosted SaaS applications. Industry analyst IDC predicts SaaS software revenues will reach $10.7 billion by 2009. (a)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - (The Hosting News) - April 4, 2007 - Web hosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, sponsored a survey of 520 U.S. households, revealing that a web site improves interaction between consumers and businesses, while the lack thereof, may drive business away.

According to the report, more than one-third of respondents (36 percent) agreed that lack of a web site would lead them to shop elsewhere or select an alternative business, while 28 percent agreed that they would have “doubts or reservations buying from a business without a web site.” In addition, an overwhelming number of respondents (76 percent) felt it was easiest to contact a business via a phone number or e-mail address provided online.

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