December 21, 2007 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Independent IT research firm Tier1 Research (t1r.com) 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. This is the third report in the 2007 T1R Mass-Market Quarterly Series, which is designed to provide timely analysis and perspective on key technology trends and marketplace developments in mass-market hosting.
“The mass-market Web hosting sector is a space that is fragmented, under pressure and in the middle of an important transformation period,” says Philbert Shih, senior analyst at T1R and lead author of the report. “Change is being driven by the proliferation of broadband access, Web-enabled mobile devices, and users’ willingness to take more of their personal and business lives online. This has led to the growing importance of back-end applications such as messaging and collaboration tools, which are adding a layer of value for an industry that has been focused on outward-facing Web presence for most of its history.”
In the 67-page report, titled ‘Mass Market Hosting Quarterly Winter 2007′, Shih summarizes the major events of the recent quarter and assesses their impact. The report analyzes these significant changes in market share, the important trends and developments that were driving the mass-market hosting sector and the future of the market.
The report includes trends such as M&A activity changes direction, answering Amazon’s S3, the case for on-demand service, revisiting Internet giants and more moves from Google. The report covers more than 20 key public and private companies in the mass-market hosting sector, including 1&1, Amazon, Facebook, Go Daddy, Google, Hostopia, Microsoft, NaviSite, Peer1, Rackspace, SWSoft, The Planet, Tucows, Verio, Web.com and Yahoo.
