(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider C I Host (www.cihost.com) announced on Tuesday it has sold its shared web hosting business to X7 Hosting (www.x7hosting.com), a web services provider operated by Hostopia (www.hostopia.com).
Just less than a year ago, Hostopia itself was acquired by Deluxe Corporation for about $124 million Canadian.
According to the press release, the sale allows CI Host and Cassiopeia Internet to “focus on their managed, dedicated and colocation hosting for their mid and large market enterprise customers while ensuring improved services for the accounts to be acquired by X7 Hosting.”
C I Host, which celebrates its 13th year in the industry next month, has traditionally focused on the small and medium business market.
However, with the return of company co-founder Erin Bullock in August as executive director of business development, C I Host has made significant changes to its business strategy, concentrating more on the enterprise market.
“We believe that focus and specialization is a key factor of success in the hosting marketplace,” says Chris Faulkner, founder and CEO of C I Host. “Our company growth and operational expertise has moved towards the mid-and large market services.”
Along with this focus on mid-and large market services, C I Host plans to refine its customer services, including the introduction of dedicated sales and support teams to better meet the needs of customers.
Additionally, C I Host has also signed a marketing agreement with X7 Hosting to refer new small business users interested in shared hosting and related services to the X7 Hosting service.
According to the X7 Hosting website, which currently offers an FAQ page addressing the acquisition, existing customers of C I Host will see no visible changes to their accounts during the migration.
Starting April 1, X7 Hosting customers will be able to login to their new X7hosting.com control panel and access their email via webmail.
The Dallas/Fort Worth-based C I Host recently expanded both its corporate office and data center space.
In October, the company leased 60,156 square feet in two buildings in northwest Dallas for a new corporate office and data center location.
The company also announced it will soon open a 60,000 square foot data center space in Dallas.
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