October 21, 2005 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – SWsoft has announced its acquisition of ValueOf Software Technology Co. Ltd, China’s leading web hosting software company. SWsoft acquired ValueOf for an ‘undisclosed amount’ and has used the acquisition to form a wholly owned Chinese subsidiary called SWsoft China. The subsidiary will service SWsoft’s Chinese service provider customers.
“By partnering with a global leader in hosting automation and virtualization software, we are well positioned to deliver leading products and solutions to the Chinese hosting market” said Zhang Zili, CEO, SWsoft China. “China represents one of the top hosting markets worldwide, and our dedicated team based in Beijing is now prepared to fully support its growth with SWsoft’s complete server automation and virtualization solutions including Plesk, Virtuozzo, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.”
SWsoft is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and employs more than 650 employees in the US, Europe, Japan and now China. Discussing the acquisition, Soeren von Varchmin, Managing Director of European and Asian Operations at SWsoft suggested, “With this acquisition and the creation of SWsoft China, we are furthering our commitment to accelerate the growth of the Greater China region including Taiwan, Hong Kong and beyond.” He added “SWsoft China will continue to sell, develop and support Prim@hosting, 3Biz and other existing ValuOf Software solutions and will benefit from the addition of our proven automation and virtualization solutions which will be fully localized, translated and locally supported. Furthermore, SWsoft will strengthen business relationships across Asia-Pacific and help drive our partner and customer success to new levels.” |
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