Hostopia Wins 2005 Technology Award from South Florida Business Journal

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – August 20, 2005 – Hostopia, a private-label wholesale provider of hosting, email, and applications, has won prestigious recognition at the South Florida Business Journal’s Technology Awards. Hostopia was named the “Best Internet-Based Technology Company,” above many applicants and four highly-successful finalists at the recently held annual ceremony.

“We’re proud to have our company’s global headquarters located in South Florida” says Franc Nemanic, Hostopia’s president, “and very pleased to receive this prominent award”. He adds, “Hostopia is one of the world’s fastest growing private-label wholesale Web hosting, email, and online application service providers. Our rapid growth can be directly attributed to the hardworking and dedicated members of the Hostopia team, our employees, as well as our loyal customers.”

Hostopia opened its first Ft. Lauderdale offices in November, 2000 and later established the location as its headquarters, locating senior management, sales, and network staff there. Nemanic notes, “the location has proven exceptional for network connectivity via the Nap of the Americas, general business environment, and qualified talent pool in the area.”

Stacy Stern, Marketing Director said, “Congratulations to Hostopia for being innovative in the field of technology, having a financially sound company with continued growth and satisfied employees.”

About South Florida Business Journal
The South Florida Business Journal is a weekly publication covering business throughout the tri-county area. We are known for breaking news, in-depth industry reports, and our lists of the biggest players in their industries. We offer business news updated throughout the day at www.southflorida.bizjournals.com. The SFBJ is part of American City Business Journals, whose more than 40 newspapers make it the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers.

About Hostopia
Hostopia provides wholesale private-label hosting, managed email, and application services to North America’s most demanding and successful Telco’s, ISPs, cable companies, hosting providers, and domain registrars.

Hostopia’s automated provisioning and support platforms enable service providers to increase their profits, offer superior features to their end-users, and virtually eliminating the risks and challenges of delivering reliable, high-performance online small-business applications, as well as business-class and personal email.