Drift2 Hosting Acquires Shared Web Host Utaria.Net

April 27, 2009; 02:54 AM

PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2009 – Drift2 Web Services, Inc. (http://www.drift2.com), a provider of shared and reseller hosting services, announced today the acquisition of Utaria.net, also a provider of shared hosting. Utaria.net was previously based in Baltimore, Md.

Today’s acquisition will enable Drift2 to serve a broader variety of shared hosting clients and grow at a faster pace. Both Utaria.net and Drift2 currently utilize the H-Sphere control panel to provision and manage shared hosting accounts, making the integration of the two companies virtually seamless. Drift2 plans to integrate all existing Utaria.net customers into its primary server cluster and ultimately manage all customers under the Drift2 brand.

The Utaria.net brand will be discontinued once the migration is complete and all customers are informed of the change.

Serving customers for more than six years, Utaria.net originally started in Duluth, Minnesota before being acquired by a Baltimore-based owner. It currently operates hosting servers in multiple datacenters and serves customers from eight countries.

“Utaria.net has offered valuable and quality hosting services successfully for the last six years. With our acquisition, we intend to introduce a level of service for Utaria.net customers that offers more personalized customer support and access to a more robust collection of features,” said Greg Pruitt, CEO of Drift2 Web Services, Inc.

Shared web hosting plans from Drift2 start at just $4.95 per month for personal hosting and range to $49.95 per month for corporate hosting packages.

To learn more about Drift2, please visit http://www.drift2.com.

To learn more about Utaria.net, please visit http://www.utaria.net.

About Drift2 Web Services, Inc.

Since April 2003, Drift2 has provided award-winning shared and reseller hosting services to businesses and individuals in the United States and abroad. It currently supports the Linux platform and operates an H-Sphere powered cluster.