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Toronto, Canada - (The Hosting News) - September 5, 2008 - The results of an industry survey, conducted by Tucows Inc.'s reseller services group, OpenSRS at the HostingCon 2008 conference in Chicago last month, have been released.

Survey findings revealed resellers of email and domain names are missing significant business opportunities to tap into social network users. Of the respondents, 60% have their own blog or personal website, and nearly three-fourths use social networks like Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and FriendFeed to share information with friends and family.

Ken Schafer, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Tucows noted, ''While the web hosting industry does not view social networks as a threat to its business, people are going to functional-hosts for services that allow them to share information online. This demonstrates that there are opportunities for web hosts to tap into consumers who embrace social networks - but these opportunities are being overlooked by the very industry that knows the Internet best.''

The survey revealed, that despite the majority of people using social networking services, 81% of the respondents in the web hosting industry do not believe these 'web 2.0' or functional-hosting businesses could hurt their business.

Mr. Schafer added, ''It's important that as the web hosting industry moves forward, we understand that Internet users are seeking a customized, personalized, Internet experience for both personal and professional reasons. Ultimately, it's about customer relationships. Providers and resellers need to work together to provide the support, services and infrastructure that give users the best experience.''

Other results of the survey revealed that 73% of all domain name resellers enjoy working with their provider. In addition, three-fourths of domain name resellers believe their provider understands its needs and nearly one-half have no complaints with their provider, but of those that did, the top complaints were poor communication or support and lack of the full range of services their customers want.

Mr. Schafer noted, ''It's always great to receive positive feedback from the industry - OpenSRS has made a strong commitment to our reseller community because they have been incredibly supportive of us. By making it easy to sell and manage the highest quality Internet services, we give our resellers the tools they need to be successful.''

In 1999, Tucows became the first domain name wholesaler to be accredited by ICANN and chose the name OpenSRS for its domain name service. Recently relaunched to celebrate its resellers sustained loyalty, OpenSRS today remains one of the world's largest wholesale domain registrars as well as the most reseller-friendly, and has expanded its offerings to include hosted email and SSL certificates. OpenSRS has grown steadily each year and today boasts over 9,000 active resellers on six continents. Those resellers, in turn, have the potential to reach millions of end users.

OpenSRS is a global provider of wholesale Internet services to web hosting companies and ISPs. Wholly owned by Tucows, Inc., OpenSRS provides wholesale services for hosted email, domain name registration, Personal Names, and SSL certificates.

Tucows provides Internet services for web hosting companies and ISPs. Through the global network of over 9,000 service providers, its OpenSRS group provides millions of email boxes and manages over eight million domains. Tucows is an accredited registrar with ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). The company holds a domain name portfolio of approximately 150,000 domain names that are available for sale, monetized through advertising and support our wholesale Personal Names Service. Its Retail division sells Tucows services to consumers and small business owners through Domain Direct, IYD (It's Your Domain) and NetIdentity.

To learn more about OpenSRS, please visit: http://opensrs.com.

For more information visit: www.tucowsinc.com.

Heerhugowaard, Netherlands - (The Hosting News) - September 5, 2008 - Continuous Data Protection for Linux and Windows provider, R1Soft, has welcomed enterprise and SaaS hosting firm, Uniserver Internet, to its hosting partnership roster.

Offering a value-added data protection service for its clients, Uniserver Internet gains access to a variety of sales and marketing resources in R1Soft's Partner Program, in addition to priority technical support and pre-release software updates. R1Soft works with its hosting partners to help them maximize their return on investment and effectively deploy Continuous Data Protection.

Ronald Bezuur, CEO of Uniserver Internet noted, ''Providing a reliable data protection service is a sacrosanct commitment for a hosting provider in today's market. We have investigated a variety of backup solutions for both Windows and Linux servers, but none provided the flexibility, scalability and affordability offered by R1Soft's Continuous Data Protection solution. We have no doubt that we have selected the solution that will best meet the needs of our clients, large and small, for many years to come.''

Uniserver Internet will offer Continuous Data Protection as a value-add service for Dedicated Server and Shared Hosting clients. The service will be provided at no charge for Shared Hosting users and Dedicated Hosting clients will have the option to purchase data protection in increments as needed. Dedicated Server users can restore files individually or execute a bare-metal restoration of their entire server from a restore point.

David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft division, BBS Technologies, Inc. remarked, ''Our solution will allow Uniserver Internet to meet the important requirement of providing its clients with data protection at a cost they can afford and with the flexibility they need. We are happy to partner with Uniserver Internet to help deploy this solution across their network.''

Founded in 2001 in the Netherlands, Uniserver Internet specializes in Enterprise and SaaS hosting solutions. The company also provides domain name registration, shared Web hosting and dedicated servers, serving businesses large and small. Uniserver Internet hosts more than 40,000 websites worldwide.

Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company's customer list includes some of the world's largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc.

For more about R1Soft and Continuous Data Protection, please visit: www.r1soft.com.

To learn more about Uniserver Internet, please visit: www.uniserver.nl.

Fairfax, Virginia - (The Hosting News) - September 5, 2008 - The NatiVIEW Analytics 2.0 web-hosting solution, as well as proprietary data processing software, developed by ALSS, was recently included in an acquisition package between Edmond Scientific Company (ESC) and Access Litigation Support Services (ALSS).

John Pitale, Founder and CEO of ESC noted, ''Initially, when we learned more about the solutions offered by ALSS, we were impressed by the gracefulness and power of the software's native file review, search, analysis, and foreign language processing features, as well as the potential to leapfrog our other development efforts and provide the foundation for our hosted review solution.''

Under the terms of the agreement, ESC purchased existing EDD (Electronic Data Discovery) software. In completing the acquisition, ESC not only complements its flourishing solutions-based litigation support business, but accelerates a strategy of service leadership through technological innovation in a rapidly growing e-discovery market.

Daniel Waldschmidt, CEO of Access explained, ''In keeping with our expressed goal to revolutionize the litigation support industry, we valued Access' market position over other possible alternatives. We intend to use our systems engineering-oriented approach for developing stable, robust solutions specifically tailored for client business processes, quickly building upon the complementary technological strengths and software assets of both companies, so to become a trail-blazer on the EDD frontier. Washington, DC-based Access Litigation couldn't be more pleased with this purchase.''

Mr. Waldschmidt added, ''Starting as a Mom-n-Pop organization, we took Access Litigation as far as we could. The growth of the company, in conjunction with continued software development, required new ideas and mature processes to be able to extend well beyond the e-discovery solutions currently available in the market. Of all the interested buyers, ESC was favored because of their ability to provide complementary skills and new discipline, while maintaining the developmental integrity of our products. We are excited for the future of e-discovery as we move forward with this deal.''

Edmond Scientific Company is a professional services firm that creates innovative business solutions for both government and commercial customers. ESC's systems engineering expertise began with the design and development of mission-critical systems and software for the Department of Defense, and has since applied those skills to both the litigation support and health informatics sectors.

To learn more, please visit: www.edmondsci.com.

Stockholm, Sweden - (The Hosting News) - September 5, 2008 - Californian network and services company Layer42, based in Santa Clara, has improved its network and service,s following an installation of equipment from provider of optical networking solutions, Transmode.

Steve Rubin, President of Layer42 explained, ''Layer42's goal is to deliver the highest-rated level of Internet services and applications to businesses and organizations throughout California. These include reliable, dedicated Internet access and transport, cost-effective web hosting and co-location solutions, network security solutions to protect valuable data, IT outsourcing solutions that address a wide-range of needs and superior customer support.''

Layer42 provides co-location, managed services and Internet services to businesses and organizations throughout the state of California, from its base in Santa Clara, offering a broad range of Internet connectivity and web hosting services for businesses in every stage of development. Its quality hardware and software solutions offer businesses of all sizes access to a carrier-grade, fully redundant network giving customers a combination of reliability, security, and high speed. The company is committed to implementing innovative industry-standard technologies and open standards to guarantee the best network infrastructure for all types of business.

The installation of the Transmode TM-Series equipment was made as direct result of a need for higher bandwidth initially across the fiber network connecting San Francisco with San Jose. The TM-Series was selected as it offered a low initial cost point, while still providing the modularity and high capacity for future expansions.

The TM-Series is a flexible and scalable CWDM / DWDM platform supporting multi-protocol Transponders and Muxponders. Using Intelligent WDM (iWDM) technology, Layer 2 functionality and flexibility, the TM-Series provides network operators and enterprises with a true plug-and-play experience, greatly reducing network and service turn up times, cost and complexity. The initial deployment has already been expanded with additional wavelengths.

Mr. Rubin noted, ''The installation of Transmode's TM Series equipment enables us to meet the bandwidth needs of our customers in our increasingly busy San Francisco to San Jose connection. The fact that the Transmode's system allow us to expand in a modular way was one of the major factors in our choice of this supplier.''

Johan Hammarstrom, Regional Sales Director North America of Transmode added, ''Transmode is pleased to be the key supplier and adviser for Layer 42's expansion in the Californian marketplace. This growth is validation of both Layer 42's business model and of Transmode as their optical networking supplier. With our dedicated North American team and our characteristic consultative sales approach we are in a very strong position to meet the needs of growing US and Canadian communications companies.''

The privately owned - and financially sound - company Layer42 has one simple mission: to be the one-stop shop for all the Internet services that Californian businesses require to succeed. The company offers a broad range of Internet connectivity, web hosting services for businesses in every stage of development. Its quality hardware and software solutions are customized to clients' business requirements - at affordable rates.

Layer 42 engineers are active in the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) and NANOG (North American Network Operators Group) and the company is committed to implementing innovative industry-standard technologies and open standards to guarantee the best network infrastructure for all types of business.

Transmode is a provider of optical networking solutions for transport of data, voice and video traffic, based on WDM-technology (Wavelength Division Multiplexing). Its customer base consists of more than 200 network operators, service providers, large enterprises and public institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Transmode's comprehensive product portfolio and strong global organization enable customers to cost efficiently grow the capacity and to improve service level of their regional, metro and metro access networks, without compromising on functionality.

For more information about Transmode, please visit: www.transmode.com

To learn more about Layer42, please visit: www.layer42.net