March 9, 2007 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web hosting and colocation services provider NationalNet (http://www.nationalnet.com) has acquired ChiliHost (http://www.chilihost.com), it was announced this week. ChiliHost is based in Panama City, Panama. The terms of the acquisition were not released.
NationalNet will operate ChiliHost as a solution for customers outside the United States. Mr. Luke Hubert will be the International Marketing Manager for both organizations.
"NationalNet is the logical choice for my customers because they have a superior level of customer service that is unparalleled in the industry," explained ChiliHost’s President Mr. Luke Hubert. "With their 24x7x365 tech support and their well known commitment to total customer satisfaction, I feel my customers will benefit from advantages that a small company just can not deliver."
"Luke Hubert has a reputation for providing innovative customer solutions that have sealed ChiliHost’s status as a premier hosting provider. We are proud to have this opportunity to take this company to the next level. We are especially pleased that Luke will continue with the company in a business development and account management capacity," said NationalNet’s CEO, Tony Morgan.
"ChiliHost, the 2006 CyberSocket Industry Choice for Web Hosting Award winner, is a leader in International web hosting and is well known as a customer-focused, high-end web host. ChiliHost brings both a strong US presence to NationalNet as well as an established European hosting solution which will be a new option for our customers," explained NationalNet’s Executive Vice President, Bill VanVorst.
NationalNet plans more acquisitions in 2007 in a bid to expand further into the hosting and managed IT services market. "In my opinion, 2007 will see more consolidation in our industry and we plan on being a big part of it," added Tony Morgan. "We want to be poised to aggressively take advantage of these opportunities as they arise."
