Lunarpages Web Hosting, provider of affordable and reliable website solutions for personal users, bloggers, and small to enterprise businesses, announced today a new addition to their web hosting plans – a software and services bundle valued at $775. This software and webmaster services bundle is completely free to all new and existing Lunarpages customers!

Lunarpages has partnered with ten successful companies to offer solutions that will please every customer. They are giving away free with every hosting account full registered versions of Parallels Workstation, WinSettings, an award winning Windows security software from FileStream that helps you gain maximum performance from your PC; Photo TurboBackup, a very popular backup software also from FileStream, which easily backs up your photos and saves them in various formats; two editions of The Logo Creator’s logo design software; 2 months free with RatePoint; 3 months free subscription to Visitorville, the website statistics program that’s Sims meets stats; 15 DNS level accounts from Gafana to offer 100% accurate spam and virus protection; DMXReady’s Contact Us Manager to update your contact forms effortlessly from anywhere in the world; 3 months free of SiteScout; $100 free advertising from LinkWorth; $20 free advertising from BidVertiser!

“We’ve chosen to partner with some of the biggest and best companies in the world, and this is just the beginning!” said Amy Armitage, Director of Lunarpages Business Development. “In the coming months, we will be adding more, so stay tuned!”

“Lunarpages again demonstrates their leadership position in the hosting industry”, said Soeren von Varchmin, VP of SaaS at Parallels. “We’re pleased to partner with Lunarpages to offer users Parallels’ industry-leading desktop virtualization products such as Parallels Desktop for Mac and Parallels Workstation”

“I’ve been an entirely satisfied customer of Lunarpages for years, and know firsthand how great their service and support is,” said founder and self-appointed Mayor of Visitorville, Robert Savage. “It was only natural that I would want to partner with such a great organization. This is going to be wonderful!”

“In working with Lunarpages, I’ve learned that they are a fantastic company run by genuine people who truly care about their customers,” said found of Gafana, Gabriel Afana. “Our offer includes our 100% accurate spam solution, virus protection, consolidation of multiple email addresses into one place, public calendar with txt message and telephone reminders, auto-updating address book, media storage/sharing, and much more. This package is valued at $125 but in staying true to their commitment to their customers, Lunarpages has arranged to have this service provided for free.”

“We are extremely excited to have Lunarpages join us as a partner!” said Tom Serani, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, RatePoint. “Lunarpages’ commitment to offering the RatePoint offering is another clear sign that merchants are looking for powerful customer feedback solutions and additional ways to connect with their customers.”

“I think it says a lot about a company that actively seeks for additional value to extend to their customers,” said CEO of LinkWorth, Ron Wikcer. “For customers, after finding the perfect hosting company, the next logical step is marketing your site. LinkWorth has agreed to help all Lunarpages customers get off to the right start with a $100 advertising credit.”

“It was a pleasure partnering with Lunarpages and we are thrilled to offer their customers their first boost of traffic for free using the BidVertiser $20 advertising credit”, said Shahar Jacobi, CEO of BidVertiser. “Best of all, this credit does not require any initial deposit. Setting up a website is not enough and you have to drive targeted traffic to it – Lunarpages now gives their customers a way to do it for free.”

Lunarpages is currently offering their award-winning Basic Hosting Plan for $4.95/month, which includes Free Domain Name, Unlimited Emails, Ecommerce & Blog Software, and more. Add that intense discount to this new software bundle worth over $775 and you have a web hosting value that cannot be beat.

“I’ve been online selling my software since 1998 and had countless hosting providers over the past 10 years,” said CEO and Founder of The Logo Creator, Marc Sylvester. “All of them lacked certain things I wanted and specific things I needed. I was lucky enough to finally find Lunarpages, where they provide incredible customer support, easy to use back end tools, and my hosting plan is the fastest I’ve ever had. What I really like about them is their personal touch to everything. I’m proud to offer my software to all Lunarpages members. We’re all family – and it really feels that way.”

For more information on this new software bundle available exclusively from Lunarpages, visit http://www.lunarpages.com/free-bonus.php

About Lunarpages Web Hosting: Lunarpages Web Hosting, based in California and serving over 150,000 customers in over 200 countries, offers affordable, award-winning Linux and Windows personal, small business, VPS and dedicated Web Hosting Solution.. Lunarpages has the staff, patience and high service levels expected to assist their webmaster community to easily and quickly build and maintain a website that is customized to their individual needs. They are consistently rated the most dependable, responsive, and recommended web host.

For more information please visit http://www.lunarpages.com

Software vendors issue serial numbers that control how many computers can run a software license. Users can easily and securely move a license between computers. A software vendor can use QuickLicense to configure how a license works by selecting options from a dialog. License options include time or execution limited trial editions, computer specific activation, paired user name and activation code, periodic software subscriptions or secure license block and unblock features. The Windows or Mac OS X runtime file is distributed royalty-free with the vendor’s software.

A licensed computer does not require an Internet connection. Activation codes can be acquired with any online computer, by phone or by email. The new license block and unblock feature in QuickLicense makes it easy for a vendor to issue refunds and ensure an unauthorized license cannot be used.

The flexible design of WebActivation makes it easy to customize user visible web forms and integrate the license management process into an existing order management or customer database application. Within hours, a webmaster can configure WebActivation to manage any number of products or serial numbers.

WebActivation 1.0 is $2500 for one web server. It normally requires a dedicated web hosting account that allows ASP files to run executables that read, write and delete files stored on the vendor’s web site. The WebActivation system includes an application to edit data files that store serial numbers and license data. It includes a printed and PDF User Guide with ready-to-use web forms, design diagrams plus free technical phone and email support.

QuickLicense 2.2 is $495 for a Single User License on Windows (98 through Vista) or Mac OS X (PPC and Intel) or $795 for both platforms. The package includes an integrated help system, examples, tutorial, PDF and printed manual. Each license purchase includes royalty-free distribution of the QuickLicense runtime file for any number of products or licenses on that computer platform. The QuickLicense movie may be downloaded from the company web site for a demonstration of how the license configuration and activation process works.

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

Around 75 new high-wage jobs will be created over the next three years, following the move into new international corporate headquarters in Newark, Delaware earlier this year.

Governor Ruth Ann Minner noted, ”’HostMySite.com’s confidence in the state of Delaware and our partnership with the company is a testament to my Administration’s dedication to growing our technology-based industries. I am extremely pleased that HostMySite.com continues to choose Delaware as the perfect location to expand.”

The Delaware Economic Development Office awarded HostMySite.com a Strategic Fund Grant in the amount of $274,000 for the purchase of three new generators required for the company’s data center expansion. HostMySite.com provides highly scalable hosting solutions including managed hosting, dedicated hosting, virtual private servers, and shared hosting. The investment will generate an additional $3.5 million, bringing the company’s total economic impact to more than $16.5 million annually.

Judy McKinney-Cherry, Director of DEDO remarked, ”At the Delaware Economic Development Office, part of our job is to recognize entrepreneurial efforts and assist gazelle firms like HostMySite.com become more successful. As a company that has already experienced exceptional growth, HostMySite.com is expected to provide a significant return on investment for the State.”

HostMySite.com.com was founded in 1997 and has grown from a two-man operation, to one of the top web hosting companies, serving more than 60,000 customers in 130 countries. When HostMySite.com applied for the Strategic Fund Grant, the company employed 165 professionals. Just a few months later, they now employ 250 professionals. It is recognized by Delaware Today as one of the ‘Great Places to Work’ and by INC. 500 lists as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States.

Lou Honick, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of HostMySite.com commented, ”HostMySite.com is honored to be recognized by Governor Minner for our contribution to the Delaware economy. It is a tribute to the entire HostMySite.com team who has worked to grow our operations exponentially over the past few years. Judy McKinney-Cherry and her staff at DEDO have created a great win-win situation with this investment in future job growth for the state. We applaud her efforts and look forward to continued economic expansion.”

In the past year, HostMySite.com.com has provided customers with an upgraded call center, a new hosting control panel, and the build out of an additional state-of-the-art data center. Last week, the company also announced it was acquired by Wachovia Capital Partners, the private equity investing arm of Wachovia Corporation, the fourth largest bank holding company in the U.S. With the backing of a strong financial partner, the company will continue to grow as a leading managed web hosting company.

The Delaware Economic Development Office is an executive state of Delaware agency responsible for attracting new investors and businesses to the state, promoting the expansion of existing industry, assisting small and minority-owned businesses, promoting and developing tourism and creating new and improved employment opportunities for all citizens of the State.

With a combination of sophisticated hosting technology and applied business knowledge, HostMySite.com.com provides individuals, small businesses, and large corporations with affordable managed dedicated servers, VPS, and shared web hosting solutions.

The solutions are supported by HostMySite.com.com’s commitment to customer satisfaction, through the development of long-term customer relationships based on trust, integrity, quality, and business solutions designed to produce the greatest total value. The company’s award-winning customer service includes 24×7x365 live support through toll-free telephone, email, and live online chat.

To learn more The Delaware Economic Development Office, please visit: dedo.delaware.gov.

For more information about HostMySite.com, please visit: www.hostmysite.com.

Designed for customers that require a fully integrated, on-demand, customer relationship management (CRM) system, the solution offers businesses a centralized repository of customer data that can easily be accessed by employees throughout the company and around the world. As a hosted solution, CRM 4.0 is considered quick to market and extremely affordable.

Rob LaMear, President of Frontpages noted, ”Our hosted CRM offerings allow customers to begin utilizing the system quicker and at a lower cost than in-house solutions.”

From Small Business to Enterprise, the flexibility of CRM enables customers to scale functionality to meet their needs. Additionally, this highly adaptable system easily integrates with Microsoft Office and Outlook to improve business processes for your sales, marketing and customer service teams.

Prices start as low as $99 per month for Small Business, $495 per month for Corporate and $4,595 per month at the Enterprise level.

Frontpages Web Hosting Network provides managed hosting services for SharePoint, Exchange, CRM, Project, PerformancePoint, Office Communications Server, SQL and dedicated server solutions to customers around the world. As one of the largest independent, U.S.-owned, managed hosting providers today, they serve companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to the SME (small and medium-enterprise) market.

To learn more, please visit: www.fpweb.net.

Aaron Weller, Director of Crucial Paradigm noted, ”With this new line of plans, businesses or individuals wishing to start using Windows Server 2008 can take advantage of our easy-to-use, robust Virtual Private Server solutions that avoid the costs and limitations of a dedicated server. Virtual Private Servers allow our customers to completely configure and control their entire hosting environment, without being limited by container-based technology that prevents customization. Windows Server 2008 takes our Virtual Private Servers to the next level, and we are excited to introduce it to our customers.”

Released just three months ago, Windows Server 2008 is the latest version of Microsoft’s enterprise operating system, sharing similar software architecture with Windows Vista. Windows Server 2008 allows hosting users to take advantage of native IPv6 support; a self-healing NTFS file system that corrects data corruption in real-time; the ability to install Windows 2008 Server Core, which is a significantly scaled down install without Windows Explorer; and other security and usability enhancements. Many of the new features will be ideal for Virtual Private Server users, who require an extra level of flexibility and security.

Crucial Paradigm will initially offer Windows Server 2008 on two plans, starting at $80/monthly for 35GB of data storage, 300GB of monthly data transfer, and 1GB of server RAM. Customers can choose from three versions of Windows Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter.

Founded in 2003, Crucial Paradigm operates in multiple locations around the world. The privately-owned, debt-free company offers a wide range of hosting solutions from Basic Web Hosting to Reseller Hosting, Virtual Dedicated Servers, Dedicated Servers and High Traffic Clusters, custom designed, based on each client’s individual requirements.

To learn more about Windows Server 2008 Virtual Private Server plans from Crucial Paradigm, please visit: www.crucialp.com/virtual-dedicated-servers-vds/windows-2008-server.php.

For more information about Crucial Paradigm, please visit: www.crucialp.com.

Rob LaMear, President at Frontpages remarked, ”Through the promise of a fully managed solution, Total Care Support provides the customer with the sense of security they require. Our hope is that by eliminating the need to worry, the customer can fully focus all resources on their core business and, thus, become more successful.”

Dedicated customers who sign up for this service will receive 24/7 hardware monitoring and alerting, including critical services. Frontpages will also provide monthly reporting of critical hardware thresholds, including disk space, CPU and memory. In addition, Total Care ensures controlled patching, with critical security patches applied within 72 hours of release. Standard patches will be applied as requested or within 14 days of release. In order to guarantee safety of the customer’s solution, however, patch application may be delayed based upon patch testing results in the test lab environment.

FWHN provides managed web hosting services for SharePoint, Exchange, CRM and dedicated server solutions to customers around the world. As one of the largest independent, U.S.-owned, managed hosting providers today, they serve companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to the SME (small and medium-enterprise) market.

To learn more about FWHN, please visit: www.fpweb.net.

The Readers’ Choice poll for asp.netPRO Magazine determines the outcome of which firm will receive the title. During March/April 2008, asp.netPRO Magazine asked their readers to participate in voting for their favorite ASP.NET products and services. There were over 20 categories, including Best IDE, Best Forum Application, and Best Hosting Services.

Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing at DiscountASP.NET noted, ”We are extremely proud to win this recognition and we thank the asp.netPRO magazine readership and the ASP.NET developer community for their continued support. Our team is energized by this win and remains committed to innovation and cutting-edge Windows hosting.”

Recently, DiscountASP.NET entered into a partnership with vendor of advanced ASP.NET user interface components and .NET reporting solutions, Telerik. Under the partnership, DiscountASP.NET customers can receive a $50 discount on Telerik RadControls and Reporting solutions. Telerik users can get 6 months free hosting for the first year of DiscountASP.NET’s base ASP.NET hosting annual plan.

Last month, DiscountASP.NET debuted the integration of Microsoft Windows 2008 Hosting, on its enterprise-class shared hosting infrastructure.
The new Windows 2008 hosting platform includes many new enhancements, including:

1. Windows Server 2008 Standard edition
2. Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7)
3. FTP 7 (including FTP over SSL)
4. PHP5
5. Trust Level Control
6. Microsoft IIS Manager access

DiscountASP.NET introduces two new Control Panel tools for IIS7 hosting management. Customers can use the Application Pool Pipeline Mode chooser tool to switch between Classic and Integrated mode. In addition, a new Microsoft IIS Manager Permission tool is introduced allowing customers to manage the users that can have IIS 7 Manager access privileges.

asp.netPRO is an information resource for the ASP.NET developer community. Through its magazine and website, asp.netPRO provides valuable programming techniques through real-world applications and code, as well as expert opinion and strategy. asp.netPRO is focused on helping professional software developers build, deploy, and run the next generation of dynamic, distributed web applications.

DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting provider, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET and SQL database hosting. A Microsoft Gold Certified partner, DiscountASP.NET was one of the first hosts to launch Windows 2008 hosting, and .NET 3.5 hosting supporting LINQ and ASP.NET AJAX hosting.

To learn more about asp.netPRO, please visit: www.aspnetpro.com.

For more information about DiscountASP.NET, please visit: www.discountasp.net.

BURLINGTON, MA – [Hosting Headlines] – groupSPARK, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and the leading provider of private label hosted software services including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, today announced its private label SaaS services are now being offered as part of Ingram Micro’s Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse. The new agreement includes groupSPARK’s hosted Exchange Server 2007 and 2003, as well as Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and Dynamics CRM 4.0.

Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) is the world’s leading distributor of technology products and services to the IT industry. Ingram Micro’s Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse is part of the distributor’s North America Services Division which provides VARs with a full range of managed IT services, professional IT labor services, and warranty contract management services and enables VARs to offer customers a variety of hosted software services. This new agreement enables Ingram Micro Seismic to immediately offer industry leading private label hosted messaging and collaboration solutions from groupSPARK to partners in the U.S. and Canada.

groupSPARK’s unique Private Label Application Delivery (PLAD) platform was designed to enable resellers to offer the company’s hosted services completely under their own corporate brand, URL, and look and feel. This private label solution reinforces the resellers’ brand with their customers, deepens their market penetration and enables them to offer their customers’ enterprise-class hosted email and collaboration solutions at a price set solely by the VAR. In addition, groupSPARK’s hosted Exchange, hosted SharePoint and hosted CRM offering fortifies customer retention and provides Ingram Micro Seismic partners with the opportunity to earn additional monthly recurring revenue per user.

As part of Seismic’s hosted solutions portfolio, groupSPARK will maintain, monitor and upgrade all hardware and software allowing Seismic partners to offer these hosted software services to their customers without incurring any upfront expense, delay or risk in attempting to deploy the services on their own. groupSPARK will also enable Seismic partners to offer 2-way wireless synchronization with BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), Windows Mobile and Good Mobile Messaging.

“Ingram Micro is at the forefront of the services market in the IT channel and remains committed to identifying best-in-class solutions for our Seismic partners,” said Justin Crotty, vice president of Ingram Micro Services Division, North America. “We selected groupSPARK’s private label hosted Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM services because of its focus on the VAR brand and its proven track record for providing VARs with affordable solutions that deliver the email and collaboration services small and mid-size businesses need to increase productivity and stay connected.”

“As the provider of hosted Exchange Server, SharePoint and CRM to Ingram Micro Seismic, we are dramatically increasing our reseller channel and reaching a new group of small and mid-size businesses,” said Ravi Agarwal, senior executive officer, groupSPARK division of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. “Ingram Micro’s confidence in our hosted services offering and our best-in-class service and support is the direct result of our commitment to and focus on true private label hosting of enterprise-class services.”

About groupSPARK: Located in Burlington, Massachusetts, groupSPARK, a mindSHIFT company, is a leading provider of SaaS services, such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services v3.0, and Dynamics CRM, which can be completely private labeled and resold by partners as a part of their own product offerings saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in development and support costs.

Its partners utilize groupSPARK’s turnkey private label platform to provide hosted services to their users in minutes. Partners are able to address scalability and uptime concerns by leveraging groupSPARK’s 100% uptime SLA, private label 24×7 U.S.-based support and proactive hardware and software monitoring capabilities. For additional information, visit www.groupSPARK.com.

About Ingram Micro, Inc:  As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150 countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.

La Habra, California – [Hosting Headlines] – Lunarpages Dedicated Hosting, the leading provider of Dedicated Server Hosting products worldwide, is giving away a free copy of Microsoft Expression Web and Microsoft Expressions Studio Training absolutely free.

The first 100 customers to sign up for any Windows Dedicated Server plan for 12 or 24 months will receive a free copy of Microsoft Expression Web, the leading WYSIWYG HTML and website editor, and a free year’s subscription to Expression Studio Training from Total Training, which will teach customers how to use the editor and also how to build a site using Windows products and services.

“This is a great bonus for all new Windows Dedicated Server clients,” said Amy Armitage, head of Lunarpages Business Development & Marketing. “They already get 24/7 dedicated technical support and the leading technology in the industry. This offer allows them to also receive an amazing website editor and training package, valued at over $1,000, just as our way to say thanks for signing up. By using these remarkable products from Microsoft, webmasters will be able to easily and efficiently utilize their dedicated server and website hosting.”

Lunarpages Web Hosting also attended Microsoft Hosting Summit 2008, an event only offered to the top-level industry leaders with valuable Microsoft products. “We were really inspired by the events at Microsoft Hosting Summit,” said Armitage. “It was all about growing the internet for the next generation of web users, things we are incredibly passionate about. By combining our state-of-the-art web hosting and server administration tools with Microsoft’s Web Expression editing and Total Training’s tutorials, our new customers can create interactive, dynamic websites using web 2.0 and advanced scripting technology.”

Lunarpages Dedicated Hosting provides over 5 levels of dedicated servers, presenting every imaginable option for your dedicated server hosting needs. Lunarpages hosts the biggest websites in the world, from the Fortune 100 giants to new web 2.0 startups, and is the reliable choice for media server hosting, database and web servers, Microsoft Windows hosting, game servers, and more.

For more information please visit http://lpdedicated.com/free-microsoft-software.php

Rob LaMear, President of Frontpages noted, ”Our goal is to offer clients the power of a dedicated SharePoint server without the big IT costs. With our semi-dedicated plans, WSS and MOSS solutions are available faster and at more affordable prices.”

Frontpages now features semi-dedicated SharePoint hosting plans to provide customers with increased SharePoint power, uptime, control and security, all at affordable prices. Six semi-dedicated hosting plans are available, three for WSS 3.0 and three for MOSS 2007. Semi-dedicated solutions start as low as $175 per month and can be ready in hours, not weeks.

FWHN provides managed web hosting services for SharePoint, Exchange, CRM and dedicated server solutions to customers around the world. As one of the largest independent, U.S.-owned, managed hosting providers today, they serve companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to the SME (small and medium-enterprise) market.

To learn more about FWHN, please visit: www.fpweb.net.