Defender Hosting Acquires Market-leading VPS Provider PowerVPS

Defender Hosting Acquires Market-leading VPS Provider PowerVPS
Release Date: 9/22/2004

Ashburn, VA (September 22nd, 2004) – Defender Hosting announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire PowerVPS, one of the industries leading Virtual Private Server providers. Upon closing of the deal, PowerVPS will continue to operate as a stand-alone brand.

“We are proud to merge PowerVPS into our portfolio of companies. Since its entrance into this market, PowerVPS has clearly stood out as a market leader by focusing on their commitment to customer service. Month after month, PowerVPS customers continually rate the level of service and support they receive 5 out of 5 stars. PowerVPS clearly shares our commitment and vision of providing performance based hosting with integrity, to each and every customer” states Thomas Kiblin, CEO of Defender Hosting.

“We are excited to be able to merge our operations with Defender. This allows us to share the economies of scale that Defender truly brings to the table, such as operating out of Equinix IBX carrier class datacenters coast to coast, and truly redundant multi-homed networks. PowerVPS will be the only VPS provider that can offer you Virtual Private Servers coast to coast, and soon you will be able to have your VPS server hosted out of an International location as well”, stated Gary Reid, CEO of PowerVPS.

About Defender Hosting
Defender Hosting (http://www.defenderhosting.com/) is a full service Internet hosting provider that has been providing businesses and individuals around the globe with Life Cycle Hosting solutions since 2001. Their network hosts dozens of game server companies and is built to deliver streaming video over a low-latency network. They have experienced extensive growth in the managed web hosting, software development, and related consulting businesses. Defender Hosting offers hosting solutions out of Equinix Data Centers located in Ashburn, VA, Chicago, IL, and San Jose, CA. For more information about Defender Hosting, please contact sales@defenderhosting.com.

About PowerVPS
PowerVPS (http://www.PowerVPS.com/) offers market-leading Virtual Private Servers to the masses. PowerVPS has been focused exclusively on the Virtual Private Service market since its inception in January 2004. They are one of the only providers that can offer a full range of options including SWsoft’s Plesk and Confixx, cPanel and DirectAdmin, and add-ons such as Fantastico and ClientExec. PowerVPS uses market-leading software from SWsoft called Virtuozzo to provide enterprise class Virtual Private Servers to their customer base out of their New Jersey datacenter. For more information about PowerVPS, please contact sales@powervps.com.

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