CirtexHosting and HostV Web Hosting Companies Donate to Cancer Research

Web hosting providers, CirtexHosting and HostV, will join the fight against cancer by donating a portion of its sales in October to the Jimmy Fund, which supports cancer research and care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

John Xie, President of Cirtex Corp. remarked, ”In one way or another, cancer affects us all. At Cirtex Corp, we’ve seen the effects of cancer up and close, and it’s our moral obligation to stand up and do our part to help advance the important research that offers the hope of better treatment and higher survival rates. My hope is that we can encourage more individuals and businesses to join our efforts and begin to support causes like this. Sometimes we don’t realize how important medical research is until it’s too late.”

Each year, the Jimmy Fund hosts the Jimmy Fund Walk as part of the Boston Marathon. This year’s walk was held several weeks ago and nearly 800 walkers raised more than $325,000. Cirtex Corp. is making its October donation to the 2009 Jimmy Fund Walk in the name of the walkers in this year’s event.

Cirtex Corp. has supported a variety of charitable initiatives in the past, including the recovery efforts in the wake of the 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province. The company also perpetually supports non-profit open source software development initiatives and conferences, including the WordCamp series for WordPress, as well as programs for Drupal, ClipBucket and PHPMotion.

Founded in 2003, Cirtex Corp. is the leading provider of shared, reseller, virtual and dedicated web hosting solutions. The company serves thousands of customers internationally through two dynamic brands – CirtexHosting and HostV. Cirtex Corp. offers 24/7 technical support and a 30-Day unconditional guarantee.

Posted by Admin on October 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
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iWeb, Join’s the Top 20 Placement.

Provider of Internet hosting service and IT infrastructure, iWeb, has been ranked 8th on the annual listing of the top 300 Canadian Technology companies for Canada’s top 20 movers and shakers in the 2009 Branham300.

With its 59% increase in revenue in 2008, iWeb’s overall ranking has improved by 33 positions, moving it up to 162nd, from 195th in the 2008 ranking. Overcoming increasing economic pressures, the Canadian ICT elite collectively generating $75.97 billion in revenue, an 18 per cent growth from the previous year’s total.

Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb noted, ”We are very excited to be recognized as one of Canada’s top IT companies this year again, we are particularly pleased to be ranked among the companies having experienced the biggest growth over the past 12 months. iWeb’s 59% growth compares well to the 22% average growth rate for companies appearing on the 2009 Branham300.”

The Montreal-based company was ranked in the ICT Hardware and Infrastructure category. iWeb, who recently announced a 92% increase in first quarter revenues, is a finalist for an OCTAS award in May, and has recently announced that it has reached the 10,000 dedicated server mark. Since becoming a public company in 2004, iWeb has been steadily growing to become one of Canada’s largest IP hosting firms.

iWeb is a worldwide provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure, with three secure data centers in Montreal. Since 2004, the company’s compounded annual growth rate has been above 75%, making it one of Canada’s 100 fastest growing companies according to PROFIT Magazine.

Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb now generates more than 60% of its revenues from abroad and employs over 170 full-time employees. providing Dedicated Server Hosting, Colocation and Web Hosting services to more than 20,000 customers in 150 countries. iWeb’s shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V : IWB).

Branham Group Inc. is a strategic marketing consulting firm servicing the global information technology marketplace. Branham Group assists information technology companies and related institutions in achieving market success through its custom consulting services (Planning, Marketing, and Partnering), and through its multi-client research projects (eHealth, Outsourcing, and Wireless). Branham annually produces a listing of the top information technology companies in Canada.

Posted by Admin on May 7th, 2009 | No Comments
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Web Hosting Guide

Web hosting is one of the most important tools to help you build a successful website. If you buy hosting that lacks features and/or functionality, then you are looking at being forced to build a website without having the tools required to do so.  A perfect example of this is trying to build a WordPress website on a web host that does not allow SQL databases.

If you’ve got the idea to build a main domain, with several spinoff subdomains, then your new web host that allows you to add subdomains without an additional charge.  Otherwise, you’d be unable to build a website the way that it was originally designed.  Some of the features you’re going to need to build a successful website are e-mail, FTP accounts, and analytics.  Although you could potentially get by without them, you’re far better off paying a little bit more to get the features that you’ll need to build your website the right way.

There are basically three types of hosting accounts, all of which vary in some form or another.  Shared hosting means that you are sharing resources with several other websites, which can be dangerous if you have a website with a lot of traffic.  VPS hosting is a form of shared hosting, although each website has an instanced server environment that is dedicated for that website.  Dedicated hosting means that you have one server dedicated to your website, which in exchange for providing the most efficiency and speed is also the most expensive.

Buying Web hosting can be a lengthy process but it is important that you spend the time to research all of your options so you can get the most bang for your buck.  Since it is difficult to transfer a website from one host to another, you’re far better off getting it right the first time then trying to transfer it down the road.

One last thing to be cautious of when purchasing web hosting, is that the company you choose has good customer service.  It does you no good to get cheap hosting if you can’t contact your provider in the event of a technical issue or outage.  That is why I’d rather pay a little bit more and have access to customer service and technical support without a hassle.

Posted by Admin on March 5th, 2009 | 3 Comments
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