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June 24, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sphera Corporation (sphera.com) announced today that Aliant (aliant.net), a Canadian Internet service provider, has chosen Sphera?s HostingBusiness Suite to help streamline its Web hosting service offerings.
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According to Aliant, the partnership with Sphera will allow it to reduce its customer support costs and enable users to provision and manage their Web hosting.
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“We needed to enhance our Web site solution to provide richer feature-functionality and provide business customers with one-stop shopping including flexible and convenient options in a cost-effective manner,” said Dave Grebenc, director of advanced business aolutions at Aliant. “Sphera was instrumental in helping us provide our customers with a professional and affordable Web site delivered on a world-class network infrastructure.”
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Aliant said the ability to leverage Sphera’s solution to add additional revenue sources was also important.
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“As the access market saturates, carriers need to find additional services to fuel their growth and increase average revenue per user. Web hosting has proven to be a valuable tool for accomplishing that goal,” said Scott Armour, vice president of the Americas for Sphera. “The recent deployment at Aliant confirms this need in the carrier space.”
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Sphera Corporation is a developer of Web hosting automation and management software.
