CrystalTech News Posts

Phoenix, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – November 17, 2008 – Newtek Business Services’ Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech, will be attending the Adobe MAX conference in San Francisco, California, being held through November 19th.

CrystalTech, a long time Adobe partner and ColdFusion hosting provider’s representatives are attending many of the conference’s hands-on labs and sessions, covering design and development topics relating to Adobe products such as Creative Suite and ColdFusion.

Robert Cichon, President and Chief Operating Officer of Newtek Technology Services noted, ”As a web hosting company that specifically caters to designers and developers, it was important that we attended this year’s Adobe MAX conference. With a large segment of our customers using products such as Photoshop, Flash, or ColdFusion to deploy websites and applications in our hosting environment, the knowledge and techniques our staff acquires through the conference’s hands-on labs and sessions gives us the opportunity to better support the ever-evolving needs of our customers.”

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Phoenix, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – August 6, 2008 – Newtek Business Services’ provider of Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech Web Hosting, is offering new virtual private server (VPS) plans powered by Microsoft’s latest virtualization platform, Hyper-V.

Robert Cichon, President and Chief Operating Officer of Newtek Technology Services noted, ”As one of the first web hosts to offer Microsoft Windows Server 2008 earlier this year, CrystalTech has had the opportunity to test Hyper-V in a dedicated environment for several months now. The fact that we are able to provide a VPS solution so quickly after Hyper-V was released to the market illustrates our commitment to offering the latest cutting-edge technologies to our customer base.”

Hyper-V, a key feature of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, is a hypervisor-based technology that provides a scalable, reliable, and tightly integrated virtualization platform within the Microsoft Windows environment. Hyper-V powered VPS plans, which are now available for pre-order at CrystalTech starting at $99.95, will provide developers and businesses with operating system level control, like a dedicated server, including root access and the ability to install many common software packages and toolsets, without the overall costs and management responsibilities associated with a dedicated server.

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Phoenix, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – March 5, 2008 – Subsidiary of Newtek Business Services and a provider of Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech Web Hosting, will sponsor the Sandbox-in-the-Sky event at Microsoft MIX08, beginning March 5, 2008, at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech noted, ”As a key participant at MIX08, CrystalTech is further solidifying its status as an important partner to Microsoft with respect to web hosting and web-related technologies. MIX08 affords us a great opportunity to not only meet with individuals who count on CrystalTech for their web hosting needs, but also allows us to interact with the designers and developers who will produce the next generation in cutting-edge websites and web applications.”

The sandbox will be held on the fourth floor of the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino meeting space and will consist of over 60 personal computers (PCs) in a 4,000 square foot area. Developers and designers will be able to take part in high-quality hands-on labs, as well as test samples of products and technologies showcased at MIX08.Participants will also have the opportunity to try demos, dive into code, and publish web content on complementary Sandbox-in-the-Sky websites hosted by CrystalTech.

The conference will also highlight the latest on ASP.NET and Expression, among other key technologies. In conjunction with products discussed at MIX, CrystalTech is thrilled to announce its offering of free Microsoft Expression licenses to dedicated hosting customers. Expression is a professional design tool with built-in support for today’s modern web standards, and makes it easy for users to optimize accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.

The first 300 customers to select the Expression software option when purchasing a dedicated server will be provided with a free license.

Mr. Cichon noted, ”Our ability to provide free Expression licenses, through our partnership with Microsoft, is an incredible opportunity for our customer base to experience the innovation this product has to offer.”

Newtek Business Services, Inc. is a direct distributor of a wide range of business services and financial products to the small- to medium-sized business market under the Newtek brand.
Since 1999, Newtek has provided small- and medium-sized business owners with tools to manage and grow businesses. Newtek provides one or more of its services to over 84,000 business accounts, and has positioned the Newtek brand as a one-stop-shop provider of business services to the small- and medium-sized business market. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there are over 26.8 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms. Read more of this news »

Phoenix, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – February 28, 2008 – Subsidiary of Newtek Business Services and a provider of Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech Web Hosting, is participating in Microsoft’s 2008 Global Launch Wave as an official partner.

Bob Cichon, President of CrystalTech noted, ”As a longtime Microsoft partner, CrystalTech has consistently been at the forefront of new Microsoft technologies. Their highly-anticipated new operating system, Windows Server 2008, provides us with an ideal environment to support the vast needs of our web developer customer base. This especially includes security and innovations that improve administration and development.”

The provider of Windows web hosting, has made available the Windows Server 2008 on shared and dedicated hosting plans, in addition to being named an official partner in Microsoft’s ”Heroes Happen Here” 2008 campaign.

With built-in web technologies, lead by the robust capabilities of Internet Information Services (IIS) 7, Windows Server 2008 has been built specifically for the web, featuring new security enhancements and a reliable foundation on which to develop, deliver and support web applications. As one of the few web hosts to offer Windows Server 2008 as a release candidate, CrystalTech has already been supporting Microsoft’s latest operating system for several weeks in their own environment in preparation of the official launch.

Windows Server 2008 is designed to enable developers to deliver rich web-based applications efficiently and effectively, and will improve administration, diagnostics, and application tools. The new operating system also includes built-in server virtualization technology that can reduce costs, increase hardware utilization, and improve availability. Read more of this news »

Phoenix, Arizona – (Website Hosting Directory) – December 10, 2007 – Windows web hosting provider, and Newtek Business Services company’s CrystalTech Web Hosting, has premiered the availability of ColdFusion 8 Enterprise as an option on all Windows dedicated hosting plans.

Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech offered, ”This is an ideal option for any ColdFusion developer as it provides them with the privacy of being the sole user on the server without the huge cost of purchasing their own license. Our new partnership with Adobe has given us the means to provide a truly cost-effective way for our customers to take advantage of this powerful web environment.”

As the first product release since CrystalTech announced their new partnership with Adobe on December 3rd, the monthly licensing structure provides developers and business owners an affordable alternative to purchasing a ColdFusion 8 Enterprise license on their own, which has a retail cost of over $7,000 USD. The Enterprise edition includes a number of robust features, including sandboxing, event gateway architecture, PDF and document services, high-performance email delivery, multi-threaded CFML, and J2EE application server deployment.

The ColdFusion license offering follows CrystalTech’s recent release of new 64-bit dedicated servers, making their dedicated options some of the most powerful and cost effective solutions in the industry. Mr. Cichon added, ”We’ve always been know for our outstanding ColdFusion shared hosting support. Our push for new and exciting options for our dedicated customers will really solidify us as one of the premier providers in Windows and ColdFusion hosting.” Read more of this news »

Phoenix, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – December 4, 2007 – Subsidiary of Newtek Business Services and a provider of Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech Web Hosting, has launched a new line of hosting plans featuring Microsoft’s latest version 3.5 .NET Framework.

As part of its Midnight Madness release, CrystalTech made the new .NET 3.5 plans available for purchase. Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech offered, ”It was great to see all the excitement around this release. We had a large number of customers, including resellers and core members from our large .NET development community staying up late to order the new plans.”

As one of the select web hosts to participate in Microsoft’s official beta release program, CrystalTech had the unique opportunity to fully test and integrate the latest .NET framework into their shared hosting environment well before Microsoft’s final release. This placed CrystalTech at the forefront of .NET 3.5 hosting in terms of preparation and in offering a reliable solution so quickly after Microsoft made the final release available.

.NET 3.5 builds incrementally on new features previously added in .NET 2.0 and 3.0 and sites currently built using .NET 2.0 should experience a seamless migration when upgrading. Read more of this news »

Phoenix, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – November 5, 2007 – Windows web hosting provider, and Newtek Business Services company, CrystalTech Web Hosting, has unveiled its new 64-bit dedicated servers, featuring dual and quad-core processors, with Windows Server 2008.

The new dedicated Linux plan will feature CentOS 5 along with the latest versions of Apache, PHP and MySQL. Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech remarked, ”The move to multi-core processors places CrystalTech at the forefront of server technology and will offer customers fast, reliable and energy-efficient performance that can handle data and processor-intensive web applications. Our new dedicated servers not only provide tremendous power, but also one of the most highly anticipated operating systems from Microsoft.” Read more of this news »

Phoenix, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – September 12, 2007 – Subsidiary of Newtek Business Services and a provider of Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech Web Hosting, has reached its 100,000 domain hosting milestone. In celebration, the company will be giving away commemorative t-shirts to randomly-selected customers purchasing a hosting plan through the month of September.

CrystalTech credits their 100,000 domain accomplishment to their customer-first business model which has facilitated a grassroots style growth among web developers, resellers, and business owners since the company was founded in 1997.

Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech remarked, ”CrystalTech has always gone to great lengths to provide superior customer service to every one of our clients. This accounts for our high regard within the development community. The fact that we were able to reach 100,000 domains mostly through customer referrals, versus high-cost traditional marketing, speaks immensely to our ability to provide a premier hosting service that is also affordable.”

Earlier this summer, CrystalTech completed a move to a new datacenter and just recently transitioned to a new technology framework, upgrading their backend infrastructure and systems. These recent moves will help the company meet the growing needs for their customers for years to come.

Mr. Cichon added, ”This is turning out to be a landmark year for us. We are ecstatic about reaching 100,000 domains and are just as happy to be celebrating this landmark moment with our loyal customers.”

Founded in 1992, CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc. is one of the largest Windows-based web hosting companies in the world, hosting customers in over 100 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. CrystalTech is responsible for hundreds of millions of visits each day on the Internet and uses a data center that includes redundancy throughout core systems such as, power, air conditioning, network connectivity, network transportation, as well as a secured environment for their network operations center. CrystalTech is a subsidiary of Newtek Business Services, Inc., a provider of business services and financial products to small and medium-sized businesses. For more information about CrystalTech, please contact 877-323-4678. Read more of this news »

Phoenix, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – August 13, 2007 – Windows web hosting provider, and Newtek Business Services company, CrystalTech Web Hosting, has debuted the release of its ColdFusion 8 web hosting plans.

The upgrade to ColdFusion 8 not only expands the features of CFMX 7, but also builds on the strong relationship between CrystalTech and the Adobe community. This also continues CrystalTech’s support of the ColdFusion development and gives CrystalTech customers an effective way to deploy a ColdFusion site.

Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech offered, ”CrystalTech has a well-respected reputation within the ColdFusion developer community for our advanced infrastructure, fast adoption and affordability. We are very proud to offer our renowned support to developers and look forward to continuing our commitment to bringing the latest technology to our new and existing customer base.”

The new version of ColdFusion adds new features for developers including interactive debugger, multi-threaded processing, Adobe Flex integration, .NET integration, strong encryption libraries, and provides administrator and RDS account sandboxing.

‘Mr. Cichon added, ‘CrystalTech offers quick and effective ways to build and deploy powerful applications with this new version of ColdFusion on both shared and semi-dedicated hosting plans. As soon as ColdFusion 8 was released, CrystalTech was able to test and fully integrate this version with our WebControlCenter to offer more administration tools than any other control panel. We look forward to continuing this relationship and building on our respected status as a highly reliable ColdFusion host.” Read more of this news »

Phoenix, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – July 24, 2007 – Windows web hosting provider, and Newtek Business Services company, CrystalTech Web Hosting, has developed a new beta version of Microsoft’s .NET framework, version 3.5.

While the upcoming release of Microsoft’s .NET framework contains several bug fixes and updates (so-called ”red bits”), it also brings a number of new assemblies and technologies (so called ”green bits”) that net developers have been waiting to get their hands on. These green bits include AJAX, LINQ for both C# and VB, and enhancements to the tool sets that will help ease building applications using Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation.

Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech offered, ”CrystalTech prides itself as one of the premiere Microsoft partners specializing in Windows web hosting. We have been part of the Beta program with Microsoft and .NET since day one, and we were one of the first, if not THE first, to have a full-fledged web site management application based on the .NET framework. Our WebControlCenter is a prime example of the reliability, stability and security you can get when using the .NET framework.”

As with previous beta hosting plans CrystalTech offered, the plan based on .NET 3.5 will be free for a limited time. The Plan will offer enough disk space and bandwidth so that early adopters can get running on .NET 3.5 as quickly as possible. In addition, CrystalTech is considering offering .NET 3.5 on Windows Server 2008 and IIS7 as a separate beta Plan.

Mr. Cichon continued, ”The future is now. Even though Microsoft is still a few months away from having a release to market of its next generation server OS and platform, there’s no reason people can’t start seeing what is on the horizon. This is a great way for those who are unfamiliar with our reputation for providing first-rate hosting solutions with the highest levels of service and support to try us out. CrystalTech was founded by developers and for developers. Catering to that market and following that business plan has served us well for the past ten years; there’s no reason to stop now.”

CrystalTech will release the beta plan for public consumption by the end of July. Read more of this news »