Web Hosting Year in Review: Mergers and Acquisitions

December 28, 2009 -- Despite the recession weighing down on just about every industry this year, the IT industry saw a fair share of significant acquisitions made throughout 2009.

Hostopia Solves Mass Email Migration Problems With SNAP

November 10, 2009 -- Hostopia has successfully developed and deployed SNAP, a new technology that helps migrate email users without the risks of service interruption, email content errors and the inevitable end-user churn that can result from these problems.

Deluxe Acquires Aplus.net Web Services Customers

August 4, 2009 -- Web hosting provider Hostopia, the web hosting division of Deluxe Corporation, announced on Monday it has closed its acquisition of shared Web services customer assets of Aplus.net.

Aplus.net Launches New Hosting Brand, Codero

July 21, 2009 -- Less than a month after announcing it would be selling its various lower-end web services customer assets, web host Aplus.net has launched Codero, a business entity focused solely on dedicated and managed hosting services for small and medium-sized businesses.

Web Host Hostopia To Buy Part of Aplus.net

July 8, 2009 -- The web services division of Deluxe Corporation, Hostopia has signed a definitive agreement to purchase certain shared web services customer assets from web host Aplus.net, and it has also completed the purchase of the search engine marketing firm MerchEngines.

Eircom Signs Hostopia at Dublin Data Center

April 17, 2009 -- Ireland-based telecommunications provider Eircom announced on Friday it has signed web hosting provider Hostopia as a tenant in its $130 million managed services data center in Clonshaugh, Dublin.

Hostopia, Deluxe Merger Approved

July 31, 2008 -- Hostopia stockholders have approved the adoption of the agreement and plan of merger among Hostopia, Deluxe Corporation, Deluxe Business Operations, and Helix Merger, at a special meeting of stockholders held Wednesday.

HostingCon 2008 Wraps Up Today

July 30, 2008 -- In its final year of planning the event, Interjuncture hosts the final day of the hosted services industry's largest conference and trade show, HostingCon 2008, from Chicago's Navy Pier.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

June 20, 2008 -- Like the week before last, the biggest story this week was the relatively unexpected announcement of a major acquisition that brought a significant new player into the Web hosting business.

Web Host Hostopia Acquired for $124M

June 19, 2008 -- Shortly after announcing a fairly significant acquisition of its own, private-label web hosting provider Hostopia reported this week that it had entered an agreement to be acquired by Deluxe Corporation.

Hostopia, Deluxe Discuss The Deal

June 19, 2008 -- When Hostopia reported Thursday morning that it had been acquired by brand-building products provider Deluxe, it came as a bit of a surprise.

Web Hosting Mergers and Acquisitions - April 2008

Posted on 2008-05-31

April was a bit more active than March. I am getting some good "vibes" pre HostingCon and ISPCON was better than expected. My firm closed a couple of transactions which is always nice. So here we go...

Hostopia Adds Fax-to-Email Services

May 12, 2008 -- Reseller web hosting provider Hostopia announced on Monday that it has launched a private labeled fax-to-email service that telecoms and other service providers can sell to their small business customers.

Planet Online Acquires SEO Service

May 9, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Planet Online (planetonline.net) announced on Friday that it has acquired SeeMoreSearch in an effort to expand its services.

Hostopia Buys Tucows Hosting Assets

May 6, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Hostopia, and Internet services company Tucows announced on Tuesday it signed a definitive agreement yesterday for Hostopia to acquire Tucows' shared hosting customer assets.

Hostopia to Acquire uplinkearth

April 28, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Hostopia announced on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the customer assets of Web hosting provider Luxomovera, which operates as uplinkearth.

Tier1 Releases Q4 2007 Market Report

March 13, 2008 -- Tier 1 Research announced it has released a new report on the mass-market hosting sector that reveals that the mass-market hosting sector is developing into a space that is fragmented, under pressure and transforming rapidly.

Hostopia Offers Blackberry Support

March 7, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Hostopia announced on Thursday that its Hostopia email service now offers integrated support for mobile technology BlackBerry Internet Service from Research In Motion.

Hostopia Reports Q3 Results

February 12, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Hostopia announced on Tuesday that it has reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007.

Open-Xchange Appoints New CEO

January 14, 2008 -- Open source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange recently announced that it has named co-founder and chairman of the board, Rafael Laguna, its new CEO.

Nexthaus Launches SyncJe for Palm OS

January 3, 2008 -- Nexthaus, the SyncML technology unit of Web hosting provider Hostopia released on Thursday its latest wireless mobility data synchronization application, SyncJe, for Palm OS.

Tier1 Releases Mass-Market Report

December 21, 2007 -- Independent IT research firm Tier1 Research announced on Thursday it has released a new report that finds that transformation and mergers and acquisitions activity continue to occur in the mass-market hosting sector.

Nexthaus Supports Open-Xchange

December 13, 2007 -- Nexthaus said Wednesday it is collaborating with open source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange to enable Open-Xchange Server 5 to sync contacts, calendars and tasks with Blackberry devices.

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