iWeb activates its 1000th Smart Server and reaches a milestone of 14000 dedicated servers

MONTREAL, Jan. 24 /CNW/ -- 
MONTREAL, Jan. 24 /CNW Telbec/ - iWeb (TSX-V :IWB),  a global  provider
 of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure announces  that, in
 less than 3 months, has activated 1000 SMART Servers.


Launched in mid October 2010, Smart Servers represent iWeb's  largest 
 innovation to-date. In only 3 months, the Smart Server has secured a 
 very important place in the company's portfolio of products. The 
 launching this new line of dedicated servers marked the first step in 
 the company's transformation into one of the most innovative
 providers of automated hosting services.


Today, iWeb hosts approximately 15 000 dedicated servers in 4 data
 centers in the Montreal area.


"The popularity of Smart Servers clearly demonstrates clients' need for 
 autonomy in managing their hosting infrastructure." asserts Martin 
 Leclair, Co-Founder and President of iWeb Technologies. "In barely 3 
 months, the Smart Server has become a product that is highly valued by 
 our customer. Delivering our 1000th Smart Server confirms that we 
 developed a really innovative and promising product." adds Éric 
 Chouinard, iWeb Co-Founder and CEO.


The Evolution of Smart Servers


Smart Servers were designed with evolution in mind. To underline this 
 milestone and to offer even more control to clients,  iWeb has updated 
 its platform to allow users to reinstall their OS or their  cPanel 
 configuration Control Panel on their own, directly from the
 Control Center.


More new features and functions are scheduled for release over the next 
 few months, in particular, support of RAID Hardware, integration of 
 Intel's new line of iCore processors, the addition of R1Soft backup 
 solutions as well as new firewall functionalities.


For more details on Smart Servers, see iWeb's website:
http://iweb.com/dedicated/smart-servers/


The initial press release announcing the launch of Smart Servers can be
 found here: http://blog.iweb.com/en/2010/10/dedicated-gets-smarter-with-iwebs-biggest-product-innovation-to-date/5663.html


About iWeb


iWeb provides Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure to nearly 
 24,000 customers in 150 countries. With its four data centers, iWeb's 
 total capacity has reached 34,000 dedicated servers, over 1,100 
 co-location cabinets and 77 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of Internet 
 connectivity, from 9 separate providers.


One of Canada's 100 fastest growing companies according to PROFIT 
 Magazine, iWeb now generates more than 60% of its revenues from
 abroad. Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb shares are traded on the TSX
 Venture  Exchange under the symbol "IWB".


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