Web Hosting Provider 1&1 Internet Launches Microsoft Exchange

8th September 2004 - London - 1&1 Internet Ltd, the world's largest web hosting provider by known servers, today launched Microsoft SharePoint Hosting and Microsoft Exchange products.  Priced at £14.99 a month, 1&1 Microsoft SharePoint Hosting enables users to share and collaborate on documents, whilst 1&1 Microsoft Exchange, at £5.99 a month, equips business users with a full range of features for email communication.  The solutions are extremely cost effective, flexible and secure ways to exchange business data and can improve productivity and knowledge sharing within any sized organisation. 

1&1 Microsoft SharePoint Hosting is the ideal solution for teams that need to share and adapt documents, web links and contact lists.  The package enables small businesses to create and manage their own collaborative website that can be accessed across work teams.  Users can oversee multiple teams and projects using sub sites.  SharePoint Hosting allows businesses to work smarter by collaborating on materials and sharing knowledge, thus increasing individual and team productivity and facilitating more flexible working patterns. 

1&1 Microsoft SharePoint Hosting comes with 100MB web space, up to 50 user accounts, 25 POP3 accounts, password protection, Microsoft Office system integration and picture library.  Users also benefit from the security of 1&1's 99.9% uptime guarantee, 18,000 MBit connectivity and the safety that all data is protected 24/7 against fire, gas, water, and unauthorised access - human and even magnetic. 

1&1 Microsoft Exchange provides the powerful communication and collaboration features of Microsoft Exchange without the need to invest in and maintain your own Exchange server.  Users can read, send and receive e-mail and access folders, contact data, tasks and calendars at anytime, from anywhere via Outlook or web browser.  All team members can use 1&1 Microsoft Exchange without the need for a LAN.  The solution is ideal for consolidating contacts within one location, announcing company events and creating access to Excel or Word documents using folders.

1&1 Microsoft Exchange provides 500MB of email storage space, Outlook Web Access, virus scanning, mobile functionality via Mobile ActiveSync and email auto-responders.  Group functionality is a unique feature of Microsoft exchange, allowing users to collect, organise and share information effectively within a team via public folders. 

Andreas Gauger, CEO 1&1 Internet, said "We are delighted to offer these new Microsoft SharePoint Hosting and Exchange products.  Both solutions provide a highly cost effective way to communicate and collaborate with colleagues anywhere and anytime, meaning that businesses can accelerate workflows and maintain a competitive edge".

For more information on 1&1 Internet Ltd visit the website at www.1and1.co.uk

About 1&1 Internet Ltd

1&1 Internet Ltd based in Slough, west of London, is Europe's No.1 web hosting and domain name registration company. 1&1 Internet Ltd is the UK arm of 1&1 Internet AG based in Germany (a subsidiary of United Internet Group, a public company of some 4,300 employees). 1&1 was established in 1992 and employs 1,300 people. It currently holds over 3 million British, German, French and US customer contracts and serves 4.4 million domain names at its 25,000 server strong European Data Centres. 1&1 prides itself in being the one-stop-shop for all web solutions.

1&1 Internet Ltd entered the UK domain registration and web hosting market in June 2000. As a well funded profitable company, it is in a strong position to deliver a high quality service at low cost. 1&1 is an accredited Registrar with ICANN (.com), Nominet (.co.uk), Afilias (.info) and NeuLevel (.biz). 1&1 are also Microsoft Joint Development Partners being the first to launch Microsoft .NET Server 2003 hosting in Europe.