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October 5, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IT service company and Web hosting provider Inforonics (inforonics.com) announced on Wednesday that it has signed a two year contract with WANT AD publications (thewantad.com) to provide managed hosting, application maintenance and Web development. WANT AD is New England's largest online marketplace for used items for the home and business.
Visitors to the website can view ads for approximately 30,000 items every week from WANT AD Publications' two print publications, The WANT ADvertiser - Original and The WANT ADvertiser - Powered.
Under the agreement, Inforonics will provide managed hosting for WANT ADvertiser's website and will include a custom built monitoring solution, conditioned bandwidth, back-up and restore services, management of a shared firewall and distributed denial of service attack protection.
"Inforonics has been working with publishers since its inception in 1962. We have a unique long-term perspective on this industry and have evolved our services throughout the years to best meet the specific needs of this market," says Bruce Mills, president of Inforonics. "WANT AD Publications is a leader in their niche and a staple in New England. We are pleased to add them to our portfolio of publishing clients and look forward to working with them to optimize their back-end systems and improve their customer interface to improve the overall thewantad.com experience."
Inforonics also recently held a Webinar with THINKstrategies about software as a service.
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