Coral Springs, Florida - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - October 1, 2007 - Host Depot, a hosting solutions company focused on the SMB sector, has entered into a partnership with interactive consumer feedback platform and quality assurance certification firm, RatePoint.

Founded by the former executives of GeoTrust, RatePoint’s Consumer Approval Program has been engaged to provide Host Depot customers with access to the service offering, through the hosting account control panel. RatePoint is designed to allow businesses to manage their online reputation by easily capturing and publishing consumer reviews and feedback directly from web sites. RatePoint verifies actual consumer ratings for authenticity, and businesses then have an opportunity to respond to feedback. Read more of this news »

Coral Springs, Florida - (The Hosting News) - June 26, 2007 - Host Depot, a hosting solutions company focused on the small to medium business sector, has debuted a new promotional offering, designed to provide new and existing web hosting customers, with a complimentary coupon for Microsoft adCenter valued at up to $200.

The Microsoft adCenter is a platform developed for advertisers to create, manage and optimize their search marketing campaigns and target buyers from a pool of millions of search users on the MSN and Windows Live networks.

Mark Erskine, President and CEO of Host Depot offered, ”We’re very excited to be one of the first web hosts to offer this Microsoft adCenter promotion to our customers. Microsoft adCenter is a valuable tool for anyone that wants to drive targeted traffic to their web site.”

David Jakubowski, General Manager at Microsoft adCenter added, ”By working with companies like Host Depot, we’re able to offer customers an effective entry point into paid search advertising. We’re excited to help these customers grow their business by expanding their online reach with Microsoft adCenter.”

The Microsoft adCenter promotion is available to all Host Depot hosting customers as well as Search Engine Optimization (SEO) customers. The coupon value is based on the customer’s current plan type at the time the coupon is assigned. A one-time, non-refundable five dollar activation fee is required to open a new Microsoft adCenter account.

In related news, Host Depot enhanced its dedicated server offerings, with an Ensim Pro X Windows promotion, in connection with its integrated e-commerce platform.
Under the new program, Host Depot offers Ensim Pro X for Windows free to all Host Depot customers for the remainder of 2007. The free Ensim Pro X promotional license with an updated web services API and comprehensive Power Tools framework is attractive for developers and web hosting resellers as it allows for unlimited domains to be used. As the industry’s leading single-server hosting automation and control panel solution for hosted web sites, email, and online applications, it significantly reduces barriers for hosting providers.
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Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - April 20, 2007 - Web hosting solutions firm, Host Depot, has chosen service enablement and automation software for hosted IP and application services, Ensim’s Pro X, as its automation control panel for its hosting solutions.

Ensim Pro is a single-server hosting automation and control panel solution for hosted web sites, email and online applications, including comprehensive tools designed to enable hosting providers to create, control and deliver a variety of professional-quality hosting plans. Ensim Pro instantly transforms a server into a professional hosting business, supporting reseller capabilities and third-party application integration. The Ensim control panel solution is a vital addition to the dedicated server initiative, allowing resellers to take advantage of carrier class technology with a control panel known for its scalability and stability.

Certified for both Windows and Linux, Ensim Pro X allows hosting providers, their resellers and their site owners to centrally control and automate key hosting operations. The product comes bundled with Power Tools, a powerful package that enables web hosts to easily add the most popular applications to customer web sites.

Host Depot has chosen to work with Ensim for its Dedicated Server Initiative, with Ensim Pro as its control panel of choice. With Ensim, Host Depot now offers a server package with the only control panel certified for Windows and Linux. This brings a simple but powerful customizable user interface allowing multi-level branding for all resellers. Read more of this news »

Coral Springs, Florida - (The Hosting News) - March 5, 2007 - Web hosting solutions firm, Host Depot, will offer a comprehensive dedicated server solution to members of the VAR, ISV and SMB markets, through a new partnership with MailEnable.

The new partnership is part of Host Depot’s recently launched initiative to bring members of the aforementioned markets up to speed with today’s server technology, offering next generation, carrier class servers with first rate service and top quality software solutions.

According to the company, Host Depot chose MailEnable as a preferred Windows mail solution to coincide with its dedicated server initiative for a number of reasons. MailEnable offers a quickly installed, robust and scalable email solution that provides easy administration, while lowering implementation and management costs. It has the capacity to host several thousand users and domains, and offer high-end features such as web mail, IMAP and anti-virus scanning, whilst only requiring minimal hardware. The ability to cluster servers provides the scalability that Host Depot requires in order to expand with its growing customer base and allows their customers to take advantage of these same capabilities.

Peter Fregon, Product Services Director for MailEnable remarked, “MailEnable is glad to work with Host Depot by providing them with a solid platform for mail hosting that will ensure they can provide cost-effective and reliable email services to its clients.”

Jeff Pettit, VP of Sales and Marketing for Host Depot added, “This new relationship with MailEnable gives us an e-mail solution that works very well with our dedicated server offerings. By working in conjunction with our partners we are not only offering our customers carrier class servers at a great price, but we’re offering easy to administer software solutions to go along with our award-winning service; it’s a very comprehensive package that will continue to grow in the coming weeks.”

This initiative allows members of the VAR, ISV and SMB markets to purchase one of three new Dell PowerEdge(TM) server models starting at an introductory price of under $100 while the higher end models will remain under $400. The four service offerings include the server, operating system, large amounts of bandwidth and additional products such as MailEnable as a complete mail server solution. In addition, these plans allow members of the VAR, ISV and SMB markets the flexibility to customize their solutions to suit their needs, such as choosing different levels of MailEnable software, the standard version of which comes free.

MailEnable provides a powerful, scalable, hosted messaging platform for Microsoft Windows. MailEnable offers stability, flexibility and an extensive feature set allowing you to provide cost-effective mail services.

Host Depot, Inc. was founded in September of 1997 as a technology company with a focus on hosting and the development of integrated e-commerce solutions tailored for small, medium, and large businesses. Since their inception, they have grown to provide a breadth of new services including Internet access products, web site development, promotional services, and high-end e-commerce hosting solutions, delivered through high-performance networks, with experienced professionals.

For more information about MailEnable, please visit: www.mailenable.com.

To learn more, Host Depot, please visit: www.hostdepot.com.

Coral Springs, Florida - (The Hosting News) - February 26, 2007 - Web hosting solutions firm, Host Depot, has launched a new next generation dedicated server offering, powered by Dells’ new PowerEdge line. In concert with its partners, Host Depot will provide a product set to provide VARs, ISVs and members of the small to medium sized business (SMB) market with a carrier class server and industry-leading service.

Host Depot is offering three new Dell PowerEdge server models, starting at an introductory price of under $100 dollars while the higher end models will remain under $400. The four service offerings include the server, operating system, large amounts of bandwidth and additional products and services offered by Host Depot as part of the introductory price. In addition, these plans allow the VARs, ISVs and members of the SMB market the flexibility to customize their solutions to suit their needs, while providing them with the class of service businesses in the new year will come to expect from a hosting provider.

Jeff Pettit, VP of Sales and Marketing for Host Depot explained, “Put simply, it’s a great product backed by great service at a great price point. People depend on the hardware and software solutions to fulfill their business needs. It is for this reason we are extending this carrier grade technology to the SMB market. This is an opportunity to leverage the latest next generation technology and the Host Depot service as part of their businesses.”

Mr. Pettit continued, “We’re able to provide these prices because our solution partners such as Dell, Microsoft and many others understand the challenges this market segment has in acquiring top rated technology. By becoming focused and strategic with our partners this allows us to put together a comprehensive program that can greatly benefit customers and allow them to grow or even start their business with top of the line next generation technology and service.”

Host Depot, Inc. was founded in September of 1997 as a technology company with a focus on hosting and the development of integrated e-commerce solutions tailored for small, medium, and large businesses. Since their inception, they have grown to provide a breadth of new services including Internet access products, web site development, promotional services, and high-end e-commerce hosting solutions, delivered through high-performance networks, with experienced professionals.

To learn more, Host Depot, please visit: www.hostdepot.com.