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Colin Campbell, Hostopia's CEO, comments, "We are very pleased to have concluded
this agreement with uplinkearth. They have approximately 12,500 small business
subscribers, which we feel are very compatible with the Hostopia web services
platform. Our strategy will be to migrate all users and present them with many
upgraded features and services. Over time, we will expect additional value-added
services to be a logical upgrade path for many of these small businesses."
Campbell continued, "Hostopia's main focus is private-labeled, wholesale
outsourced web services that we sell to Telco's and
broadband providers.
Acquisitions such as uplinkearth complement our organic growth plan by
adding end-users to our unified platform and giving us revenue-per-user
opportunities through the many additional value-added services we offer, such as
fax-to-email and collaborative email with wireless mobility
synchronization."
Uplinkearth co-founder and President, Michael
Yablonowitz, said, "My partners and I have built a very successful hosting
services business over the years. We are experiencing increased demand for new
services from our customers which can drive opportunity for our business to
grow.
We decided the market timing was ideal to transfer our user base
over to a highly capable provider in the hosting and SaaS arena - one who can
deliver the high-demand services our users need. Hostopia's proven credentials
and track record in migrating large numbers of hosted business customers made
them the ideal choice as our chosen buyer. We think our users will eagerly
respond to the many new upgrades and value-added services Hostopia plans to
offer them." The companies indicated that all users shall continue to be served
under the familiar brand of uplinkearth, which will operate as a managed service
by Hostopia.
About HostopiaHostopia is a leading provider of
web services that enable small- and medium-sized businesses to establish and
maintain an Internet presence. The company's customers are communication
services providers, including telecommunication carriers, cable companies,
Internet service providers, domain registrars, and web hosting service
providers. Hostopia's customers purchase their web services on a wholesale basis
and resell these services under their own brands to small- and medium-sized
businesses. The company provides customers with the technology, infrastructure,
and support services
to enable them to offer web services, while saving them
research and development as well as capital and operating costs typically
associated with the design, development, and delivery of web services. Nexthaus,
Hostopia's wireless mobility technology unit, is a global leader in data and
device synchronization and has developed industry-recognized SyncML solutions
that feature wireless interoperability between PC's, handheld devices and mobile
phones. For more information, visit
www.hostopia.com and ww.nexthaus.com.
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