January 25, 2011 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) –
iWeb (TSX-V :IWB), a global provider of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure announces that, in less than 3 months, has activated 1000 SMART Servers.
Launched in mid October 201, Smart Servers represent iWeb's largest innovation to-date. In only 3 months, the Smart Server has secured a very important place in the company's portfolio of products. The launching this new line of dedicated servers marked the first step in the company's transformation into one of the most innovative providers of automated hosting services.
Today, iWeb hosts approximately 15 000 dedicated servers in 4 data centers in the Montreal area.
"The popularity of Smart Servers clearly demonstrates clients' need for autonomy in managing their hosting infrastructure." asserts Martin Leclair, Co-Founder and President of iWeb Technologies. "In barely 3 months, the Smart Server has become a product that is highly valued by our customer. Delivering our 1000th Smart Server confirms that we developed a really innovative and promising product." adds Éric Chouinard, iWeb Co-Founder and CEO.
The Evolution of Smart Servers
Smart Servers were designed with evolution in mind. To underline this milestone and to offer even more control to clients, iWeb has updated its platform to allow users to reinstall their OS or their cPanel configuration Control Panel on their own, directly from the Control Center
More new features and functions are scheduled for release over the next few months, in particular, support of RAID Hardware, integration of Intel's new line of iCore processors, the addition of R1Soft backup solutions as well as new firewall functionalities.
For more details on Smart Servers, see iWeb's website:
http://iweb.com/dedicated/smart-servers/
The initial press release announcing the launch of Smart Servers can be found here:
http://blog.iweb.com/en/2010/10/dedicated-gets-smarter-with-iwebs-biggest-product-innovation-to-date/5663.html
About iWeb
iWeb provides Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure to nearly 24,000 customers in 150 countries. With its four data centers, iWeb’s total capacity has reached 34,000 dedicated servers, over 1,100 co-location cabinets and 77 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of Internet connectivity, from 9 separate providers.
One of Canada’s 100 fastest growing companies according to PROFIT Magazine, iWeb now generates more than 60% of its revenues from abroad. Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb shares are traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “IWB”.
