Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup (November 14, 2008) - Similar to last week, this week's sales and promotions targeted individuals all the way up to large web-based businesses strapped for cash due to the credit crisis. From Blackfoot's discounted shared hosting packages to The Planet and ServerPronto's discounts on dedicated servers, these web hosts have been appealing to customers concerned about the possibility of shrinking IT budgets.
123Together.com Eliminates Hosted Exchange Setup Fees
Massachusetts-based hosted messaging and collaboration solutions provider 123Together.com (www.123together.com) has eliminated setup fees for all new shared and dedicated hosted Exchange Server customers. Ending at the end of the month, 123Together's deal is geared toward small and medium-sized businesses is intended to help them decrease overhead, cut operating costs and get the most value from every IT dollar they spend.
The Planet Announces November Server Sale
After announcing several discounts last week including cutting private private and virtual rack additions in half, discounting multi-server environments and providing cheaper RAID Cards, IT hosting provider The Planet (www.theplanet.com) has lowered the price of select servers from its high-performance portfolio by more than 50 percent including Dual Xeon models. The DX 2.8 is now priced at $125 per month, down from $259, and the DX 3.2 at $135, down from $299.
Additionally, The Planet's lowest-priced server, the Celeron 2.0, is now $69 per month, from $89. High-end servers are also discounted. the Dual Xeon 5405 is 25 percent cheaper at $299 per month, and the Xeon 3210, priced at $179 per month, down from $199. The Planet also discounted its data protection servers, secure backup appliances featuring CDPServer software from R1Soft (www.r1soft.com) this week. Data protection servers with 1TB of storage capacity are now priced at $319 per month, and servers with 6TB of capacity are priced at $929. It is also re-offering its "Double Down Select" that lets customers choose between doubling hard drive space, RAM or bandwidth for free on select servers. The promotions end Sunday, November 16, 2008.
Blackfoot Offers Domain and Hosting Discounts
Fareham, Hampshire-based web host Blackfoot (www.blackfoot.co.uk) has launched a variety of discounted plans, packages to help individuals and small businesses "maintain their online presence cheaply during the credit crunch."
The company has reduced its .com pricing and redesigned its hosting plans, including an entry-level package for £40, which includes 500MB of web space, 5GB bandwidth and five email accounts. Its business hosting packages start at £50 annually for 1,000MB of space, 20GB of bandwidth and 100 POP3 mailboxes.
ServerPronto Adds Economy Dedicated Server Packages
Part of the "Pronto family" of companies including MailPronto and ColoPronto, discount dedicated server company ServerPronto (www.serverpronto.com) has revamped its entire line of dedicated server packages "to address recessionary fears and stalled IT budgets," according to the company. ServerPronto has added a $29.95 "Starter" package that includes 1GB of RAM and a $349.95 "Xtreme Plus" package with 8GB. It has also increased hard disk space, CPU speeds and bandwidth allotments.
ServerPronto Changes Server Pricing (June 29, 2006) - Infolink (infolink.com) subsidiary and dedicated server hosting provider ServerPronto (serverpronto.com) announced on Thursday it is discontinuing its one-price-fits-all approach to dedicated servers, and is now offering a new pricing plan that enables customers to customize features to suit their needs.
Whether customers choose the $29.95 Starter package, the $69.96 Power package, the $249.95 Xtreme Power package, or one of their other affordable packages, ServerPronto allows customers to control how much RAM, hard drive space and multi-homed bandwidth they purchase. Customers can also choose their operating system, control panel, firewall, monitoring, additional IP addresses and port.
"Our enterprise customers have made it clear that they want customization," says Chris Kurzweg, COO of ServerPronto. "That's why ServerPronto has developed this customized approach to dedicated servers. Now customers can get the resources they need, when they need them."
ServerPronto's new customization features also enable customers to upgrade based on their changing demands. And since ServerPronto does not require long-term contracts, customers can freely upgrade without being locked in to impractical pricing schemes.
Web Host ServerPronto Adds Capacity (February 9, 2006) - Dedicated hosting provider ServerPronto (serverpronto.com) announced on Wednesday it is offering its customers to take advantage of its new optional gigabit port. The expanded capacity enables customers to withstand malicious attacks or massive intended traffic spikes, without harming their applications.
"We've added a gibabit port option on all of our packages," says Chris Kurzweg, COO of ServerPronto. "We know that distributed denial of service attacks could come in at 100 Mbps and completely disable most dedicated servers. Our gigabit port connections allow you to withstand attacks."
The gigabit port option is priced at $65 per month. Dedicated server plans start at $29.95 a month for the starter package to $249.95 a month for the Xtreme Power package, and require no contractual obligation.
ServerPronto is a dedicated hosting subsidiary of data center operator Infolink. ServerPronto offers redundant power, fast fiber connections, and round-the-clock support.
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