May 18, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Fusepoint Managed Services (fusepoint.com) announced on Tuesday that it has been selected by online dating service Lemontonic as its Web hosting and managed IT services provider. Under the agreement, Fusepoint will manage Lemontonic’s entire IT infrastructure, hosting and managing the Web site and all its messaging, e-commerce and database applications.
Mark Pavan, CEO of Lemontonic, said the company chose Fuespoint from a group of six providers because of its superior capabilities in patch and application management, intrusion detection, proactive monitoring, and overall customer service.
“The needs of the online dating market are evolving, and the technical challenges associated with launching an integrated Web and instant messaging offering are significant,” says Pavan. “This service will represent the world’s first deployment of this architecture into the consumer market. As such, we required a technical partner that not only could provide managed hosting and IT services, but also could work with us through product development ? finding solutions to challenges as they presented themselves.”
Fusepoint will host Lemontonic’s infrastructure out of its data center facility in Toronto, Canada. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
