CrystalTech
Looks to Bring .NET to the Masses [October
13, 2004]
PHOENIX,
Oct 13, 2004 (PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX) -- Newtek
Business Services, Inc. (http://www.newtekbusinessservices.com/),
a provider of business services and financial products
to the small to medium-sized business market, today
announced that it's subsidiary, CrystalTech Web Hosting,
Inc., has released a hosting plan geared towards providing
ASP.NET programmers of all levels with a low-cost, stable
and reliable development environment. The new hosting
plan, labeled the ASP.NET Developer Plan, offers enough
website space, bandwidth and Microsoft SQL Server space
to accommodate any one of a number of varied applications,
from simple websites to more complex applications like
shopping carts and content management systems.
When asked about the initial origin
of the new Plan, Tim Uzzanti, CrystalTech's CEO, said,
"This offer is related to our participation in
the ASP.NET Hosting Advantage program. We felt that
the ASP.NET Developer Plan was perfectly positioned
for this market and we're thrilled to be working with
Microsoft on helping developers move to ASP.NET. Both
experienced and novice developers are looking for a
reasonably priced hosting plan that they can take advantage
of to deploy their ASP.NET applications over the web.
We decided to make this plan available to all potential
CrystalTech customers, as well as to our already sizeable
community of ASP.NET developers." Mr. Uzzanti went
on to say that CrystalTech has production hosting plans
available as well to accommodate developers who are
ready to move their projects from the development stage
to actual deployment. These plans upgrade the allocations
given in as part of the new ASP.NET Developer Plan,
including more disk space and bandwidth, web site statistics,
substantial email accounts and more.
Barry Sloane, Chairman and CEO of Newtek
Business Services, Inc., added "We are thrilled
that Microsoft has recognized CrystalTech to be a high
quality service provider. We believe that this relationship
will lead us to growth in this important division and
allow us to continue to penetrate the small to medium-sized
customer base with high quality products and services."
About CrystalTech
Founded in 1992, CrystalTech Web Hosting,
Inc. is one of the largest Windows-based web hosting
companies in the world, hosting customers in over 80
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 state-of-the-art data center that includes redundancy
throughout core systems like power, air conditioning,
network connectivity, network transportation, as well
as a secured environment for their network operations
center. CrystalTech is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Newtek Business Services, Inc. , a premier provider
of business services and financial products to small
and medium-sized businesses. For more information about
CrystalTech, please contact 877-323-4678 or visit http://www.crystaltech.com/.
About Newtek Business Services, Inc.
Newtek Business Services, Inc. is a
premier provider of business services and financial
products to the small to medium-sized business market.
Newtek's core brands include:
* Newtek Small Business Finance: small
business and U.S. government-
guaranteed lending services;
* Newtek Merchant Solutions: electronic
merchant payment processing
solutions;
* Newtek Insurance Agency: customized
business insurance (to be
operational in 2004);
* Newtek IT Services: complete information
technology solutions;
* CrystalTech Web Hosting: comprehensive
web site services for small and
medium sized businesses;
* Newtek Financial Information Systems:
outsourced digital bookkeeping;
and
* Newtek Tax Services: tax filing, preparation
and advisory services.
The statements in this release may contain forward-looking
statements relating to such matters as anticipated future
business strategies and financial performance, anticipated
future number of customers, business prospects, legislative
developments and similar matters. The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor
for forward looking statements. In order to comply with
the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that
a variety of factors could cause the Company's or CrystalTech's
actual results to differ materially from the anticipated
results expressed in the Company's forward looking statements
such as intensified competition and/or operating problems
and their impact on revenues and profit margins or additional
factors as described in Newtek Business Services' 2003
annual report on Form 10-K and subsequently filed registration
statements.
Contacts:
Newtek Business Services
Barry Sloane
Chairman of the Board & CEO
212-356-9500
bsloane@newtekbusinessservices.com
Dave Gentry
Aurelius Consulting Group, Inc.
407-644-4256
dave@aurcg.com
SOURCE Newtek Business Services, Inc.
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