(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Software developer Hosting Controller (www.hostingcontroller.com), which develops automation solutions for shared and enterprise hosting, has released “HCnix,” a Linux-based automation web hosting control panel that lets web hosts manage multiple Web, mail, database and DNS servers on different GNU/Linux flavors within a cluster.
Known as pioneer in windows hosting automation solutions, Hosting Controller is now offering its customers a wider choice of platforms for Linux, according to its announcement late last week. HCnix was developed from the ground up in native Linux technologies to provide the greatest flexibility. It is specifically designed to be used in a distributed server environment as an independent Linux control panel.
“HCnix significantly extend the attributes for which the HC products are renowned and it was important to us that we continue to meet our customers’ needs, giving them the ability to offer the broadest range of solutions, whether on Windows or Linux,” Hosting Controller founder and chief executive officer Syed N Hashmi said in a statement. “Hosting Controller always goes extra mile to support and facilitate web hosts and the release of HCnix is continuation of our decade-long vision to provide quality automation solution for hosting service providers.”
Hosting Controller now fully automates Windows and Linux-based web hosting services as well as enterprise hosting such as Microsoft Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2010 Services, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Office Communicate Server and Microsoft Hyper-V server.
Late last year, in an effort to promote its Linux control panel software, Hosting Controller began offering a free trial of HC Linux Control Panel 8 for new and existing customers up until April 30, 2010.
HCnix removes the limitation on HC8, which requires the control server to have Windows servers installed and have a web-server role.. And while this provides the flexibility to manage Windows (IIS) and Linux (Apache) web servers in a cluster simultaneously through a centralized single interface, Windows server is not required for running HCnix.
