Alabanza Enables Their Hosting Resellers to Sell Dedicated Servers [26th August 2003]

BALTIMORE, Aug 26, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Alabanza, a leader in automated web hosting solutions, today announced the release of their Tier2 Dedicated Servers and Services, in the latest version of Alabanza's Domain System Manager (DSM) automation software suite. This update includes various configurations of dedicated servers, a growing requirement for many businesses, and offers clients security and monitoring products that boast the most comprehensive managed service available.

The Tier2 Suite is designed to provide innovative products that answer two fundamental needs within the hosting industry: growth and security. As websites get more sophisticated and become critical to a business' ability to capture customers and revenue, many companies are moving from a shared hosting environment to a dedicated server. This ensures that your server's performance will be available exclusively for your website, ideal for high- traffic/high-content sites, or those using database-driven applications. Now Alabanza gives their clients the option of purchasing a dedicated server that can be resold to their customers, who can now continue to grow without needing to find another solution.

The Tier2 Suite includes Alaguard(SM), the most comprehensive and reliable performance and security monitoring solution which includes proactive port and process monitoring and service, plus performs software upgrades on servers as necessary. The Tier2 Suite also offers a fully managed data backup solution that uses a separate system to store data, represents additional security and revenue opportunities that can be bundled with a resold dedicated server, giving Alabanza clients the peace of mind that comes with knowing their customer data is safe.

This Tier2Server program was designed to help Alabanza resellers increase their margins on every dedicated hosting solution sold. One unique feature of the Alabanza program is that it provides resellers the ability to private label both security solutions, Alaguard and Managed Backup. All of these products can be ordered seamlessly through the DSM and while the Alabanza reseller is the "face" to their customer, the "managed" server is monitored and maintained by world-class systems and staff.

"Alabanza has always had the most sophisticated, turnkey virtual hosting software available, so our clients could instantly operate successful hosting companies with little technical background or staff. Now, with this upgrade, they have the ability to `graduate' all of their existing clients to dedicated servers and have the option of bundling Alaguard and Managed Backup options to provide complete blanketed protection. Companies running Internet-based businesses, database-driven applications or larger businesses with high- traffic websites absolutely require this level of service. A whole new target market has just become available to our resellers by virtue of this new product offering," elaborated Tom Cunningham, CEO of Alabanza and hosting industry veteran.

The newest DSM continues to build on a suite of business management tools that enable clients to focus on marketing, sales and other revenue-generating activities. Additional new feature introductions in this release include SpamGuard, which filters by email address, domain name or keywords, Quaranteen(SM), which filters out dangerous attachments, IMAP email option, CW2 requirement on order forms to reduce fraud, DSM user limits and other upgrades that make the Control Panel even more user friendly and functional. These powerful packages continue to place Alabanza in a position of leadership for the automated hosting environment. Additional details on these new updates are available at www.alabanza.com .

About Alabanza

Alabanza is an award-winning provider of turnkey Web hosting solutions founded in 1995. With more than 400 customers in 54 countries hosting over 200,000 Websites worldwide, Alabanza's high-performance Linux-based servers, comprehensive hosting automation software, secure, high-speed Internet connection, and 24x7x365 support power the Web's most profitable hosting businesses. Alabanza's automation software addresses the demands of hosts, resellers, and Webmasters, delivering functionality for host administration, billing, site deployment, and e-commerce all in English, Spanish, French, and German. For more information, visit www.alabanza.com .

SOURCE Alabanza Inc.

Deborah Barnett, Alabanza Inc., +1-410-735-3423 or
dbarnett@alabanza.com