Ten New Service Providers Launch Virtuozzo-Based HSPcomplete Hosting; New
Technology Positions IBM, Dell Linux Servers
Jun 10th, 13:40 UTC
AWorldWideMall.com,
Hostica, Neo Code Software, Rackpowered, ServerCentral, USonyx, VIPHost, Others
Use HSPcomplete to Supercharge Intel-Based Hardware, Offer Full-Suite of
Applications, Services, Industry's Lowest-Cost Virtual Private Server (VPS)
Plans S. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,
June 10, 2002 - SWsoft, Inc., a leading advanced server and networking software
company, today announced that ten new hosting service provider (HSP) customers
will automate their infrastructure with the HSPcomplete solution and offer
Virtual Environments (VEs) to customers, an advanced form of the increasingly
popular virtual private server (VPS.) AWorldWideMall.com, Rackpowered, Hostica,
NewDream Networks, ServerCentral, USonyx and VIPHost are the latest additions to
the growing list of companies who have deployed the HSPcomplete solution on
Virtuozzo-based Linux servers.
Given that Virtuozzo-based VEs enable HSPs to offer services at 1/3 the cost,
with end-user pricing for dedicated-like servers starting at less than
$10/month, are more efficient than the Jail-call based partitioning technology
and are much more scalable, industry research suggests the VEs may replace
previous industry standards like the typical shared Web hosting on Apache and
those solutions from NTT/Verio.
New virtualization technologies are providing a low entry-point for Web hosting
and have helped create a new industry business model. The companies are smaller,
move quicker, have less costly infrastructure, can force competition between
multiple suppliers, implement cost-saving technologies and most importantly, are
fast becoming profitable.
HSPcomplete uses the Virtuozzo technology to supercharge Intel-based hardware
and offer these customers performance and scalability similar to that found only
on the mainframe - including support for over a thousand instances of the Linux
(or Linux VPSs) on a single computer, advanced fault-tolerance, clustering,
fair-sharing of system resources, etc.
"The efficiency of Virtuozzo
allows much greater scalability than that of Jail()-based systems with the same
resources," said Dr. Alexander Tormasov, SWsoft's Chief Scientist and authority
on dynamic software partitioning. "There are also implementation restrictions,
serious support problems, no true isolation and poor sharing of disk and other
resources with Jail ()-based systems, making life more difficult for the [HSP's]
customers and significantly increasing TCO."
Joshua Paul, CEO, Neo Code Software,
switched from Jail()-based NTT/Verio technology to a Virtuozzo-based HSPcomplete
system to increase profits and flexibility. "We've managed to be profitable
right now and look to technologies like Virtuozzo to keep us there."
Indeed, increasing positive cash
flow is the theme for these young and aggressive Web hosting companies, as they
look for ways to cut costs. Victor Goree, CEO, Rackpowered, confidently
says, "I only spend money to make money. Running Virtuozzo
on dedicated servers allows me to reduce my administrative costs and overhead -
I'll make sure my staff beats the competition on quality of technical support."
SWsoft sells
HSPcomplete as a flexible software and services solution starting at $2000
(under $20,000 for a cluster of servers.) Single-server appliances with
HSPcomplete pre-installed on Dell or IBM Intel-based servers are also available
for under $15,000. Mehran Khayeri, CEO, VIPHost, chose to deploy an
appliance-version of HSPcomplete based on a single Dell PowerEdge unit.
According to Khayeri, "This is truly a hosting business
in a box. Billing, account management, e-commerce transactions all work from a
single Dell server."
"SWsoft offers a well-designed user experience
for customers, resellers and premium businesses, automatically handling
promotions, billing and installation of my virtual environments and
applications," added Andreas Barth, CEO, AWorldWideMall.com. "Virtuozzo
is such a technology and will enable me to maximize the potential of my
business and my profits."
According to IDC, VPSs will play an increasingly bigger role in the future
of hosting for the small and medium enterprise (SMEs,) as they allow the SME to
run their own e-commerce platforms, obtain secure certificates and utilize
shopping cart software. HSPcomplete uniquely integrates with third-party
billing, plug-ins or modules through, allowing customers to install everything
from the simplest CGI scripts to the most advanced shopping carts via the
extensive set of control panels that come pre-integrated.
Craig Oda, VP Business Development
for SWsoft believes the future of hosting has arrived. "There is incredible
excitement among our hosting companies and sales have never been better. HSPs
need to cut cost and HSPcomplete is the most logical answer."
Pricing of HSPcomplete (www.hspcomplete.com)
and Virtuozzo varies, depending on system configuration. For more information on
the VirtuozzoTM technology, please see
www.virtuozzo.com or contact
sales@sw-soft.com.
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