Hostway's New Hybrid Microsoft Exchange Platform Delivers the Most Affordable Business Class Email

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 31, 2009—Hostway Corporation, the global Web services leader, launched its Hybrid Exchange email platform this week. Now all new customer accounts will automatically be placed on this platform at no extra charge, allowing them to mix and match email plans for the perfect fit.

“Using proprietary routing technology, we’ve done away with the all-or-nothing approach to hosted Exchange,” said John Lee, senior vice president of small business hosting.“Hostway’s new Hybrid Exchange helps bridge the gap between traditional POP3/IMAP and hosted Exchange email. The synergy of our new platform will allow our customers to create their own email solutions.”

Now, any business that needs the full collaboration features of Microsoft Exchange, but was not able to justify the cost for every employee, can enjoy the benefit of Microsoft Exchange for its power users without having to pay for it for every employee.

Hosted Microsoft Exchange is the world’s leading corporate email platform with shared calendars, task lists and contacts plus fully synchronized mobile functionality.  While some companies charge additional fees for setup and ActiveSync, Hostway includes them free in every Exchange plan.

SiteMail is Hostway’s standard business email solution that is included free in all Web hosting plans. SiteMail includes Web access to email accounts, spam and virus filters and unlimited forwarding.

So far, 2009 has been a year of innovation for Hostway Corporation. In January, the company launched FlexCloud, the first major cloud structure in the shared Web hosting industry that scales storage and traffic bandwidth up and down on command. All new shared Web hosting accounts are automatically placed on both the FlexCloud and Hybrid Exchange Platforms at no additional cost to customers.

About Hostway Corporation

Hostway Corporation provides domain name registration, Web hosting and ecommerce, colocation, managed dedicated hosting, SaaS hosting, Web design and online marketing services to over 1.4 million Web sites and 2 million customers worldwide. It operates over 250,000 square feet of state-of-the-art data centers that reduce the complexity and cost of Web-based technologies for small businesses and large enterprises. Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the world’s largest Web hosting companies with a direct presence in 13 countries, 17 worldwide operation centers and more than 700 employees.