HostReview Gathers Web Hosting Industry Leaders at Round Table

February 9, 2005; 06:53 PM

February 09, 2005 - San Diego, California - DevStart, Inc. (www.devstart.com), a leading internet media company serving the web development and promotion markets, today announced the launch of a Web Hosting Round Table feature on its network site HostReview (www.hostreview.com). The Round Table gathers prominent industry leaders and presents their views on current web hosting industry trends.

12 industry leaders accepted the invitation to present their views on the current issues and trends within the web hosting industry. The list of attendees includes CEOs and marketing managers from some of the most successful web hosting firms:

 Guy Yalif, Senior Product Manager, Yahoo! Small Business group
 David Chao, Vice President of Product Management and Strategic Alliances for Verio's Global Solutions
 Thomas Vollrath, CEO North America, 1&1 Internet, Inc.
 Ivan Vachovsky, founder and CEO Aplus.Net
 Lance Crosby, Chief Operating Officer of The Planet
 Curtis Curtis, VP of Sales & Marketing Superb Internet
 Jeremy Sabil, Director of IT GOT Corp.
 Bevan Erickson Director, Sales & Marketing WestHost Inc.
 Kurt Daniel, Director of Marketing and Business Development for SWsoft
 Jay Adelson, founder and Chief Technology Officer of Equinix, Inc.
 Manny Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark
 Bob Leffler, Director of Hosting Services, Pathlore. 

The Round Table is a shot of the industry spirit, and presents what these leaders see as the trends to watch for this year.  Some of the prognoses for 2005 include customer support, new technology and industry innovation.

"The acquisition of AT&T by SBC is an indication that the landscape of hosting is not finished changing," said David Chao, Vice President of Product Management and Strategic Alliances for Verio's Global Solutions.

The HostReview Round table feature can be found at: http://www.hostreview.com/interviews/interview/roundtable/050209webhostingroundtable1.html. 
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