November 30, 2006 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Tier1 Research (http://www.tier1research.com) has announced their release of a new report which identifies current and possible future trends in the “mass-market” web hosting sector. The report looks at the shared, VPS and standardized dedicated server segments of the industry.
The report considers a market in transition through the “adoption of broadband and multiple web presence possibilities for consumers, businesses and everything in between” being shaped by “industry consolidation, IPOs, domain monetization models and license agreement lawsuits”. According to the report doors are open for “new leaders” while web giants are trying to “increase their leads over the mass-market sector.”
"Raw shared hosting accounts remain under attack by functional services, and the principles of shared infrastructure continue to drive dedicated server hosters to consider virtualized service platforms. Meanwhile, online advertising successfully entered the sector, upsetting the revenue apple-cart of many leaders and opening the door for new leaders, yet leaving many to think the web giants can own the mass-market sector," explained Philbert Shih, Research Analyst at T1R and lead author of the report. "We believe the transformation taking place will present some significant challenges and opportunities in this sector."
The report covers more than 25 key public and private companies in the hosting sector including Active24, Affinity Internet, Alabanza, Demand Media, eBay, Endurance International, Freenet, GeoTrust, GI Partners, Go Daddy, Google, Hostopia, Hostway, iPOWER, MelbourneIT, Microsoft, NetBenefit, Oversee.net, Rackspace, SWsoft, The Planet/EV1Servers, Tucows, United Internet, VeriSign, WebCentral, Web.com and Yahoo.
