Nov, 2001 : Telewest Announces Broadband Migration to Zeus

📅 November 22, 2001 - Telewest Broadband (telewest.co.uk) has signed an agreementwith Zeus Technology (zeus.com) to migrate its Telewest blueyonder broadband Internet customer Web presence hosting service to upgraded servers running Zeus software.

According to Telewest Broadband, the move away from the existing MCIS(Microsoft Commercial Internet System) IIS platform is being driven by theneed for a fully featured Web hosting platform capable of meeting thedemanding requirements of a broadband service.
The move to Zeus means that blueyonder customers will benefit from a morereliable and secure hosting service, as Zeus software can guarantee thelevels of resilience, security and performance of the service. The Zeusplatform is also highly scalable, allowing surges in site traffic to behandled at the same performance levels and on existing hardware,significantly reducing upgrade time and expenses previously faced byTelewest Broadband. New functionality added by using Zeus includes PHPscripts, ChiliSoft ASP, secure CGI scripts and extensive online reportingstatistics for end users.
"We are confident that the new Zeus platform will provide us with thesecurity, resilience, scalability, and full feature set required to satisfyeven the most demanding of our customers' creative needs on our broadbandservice," said Alex Brown, Webmaster, Telewest Broadband.
Zeus Global Services Consultants have provided Telewest Broadband withauditing services to ensure that Web hosting is supported by a resilientinfrastructure. The new Zeus based platform is also being made available toblueyonder's dial-up user base. The entire Web hosting service is scheduledto be running on the Zeus platform by Spring 2002.

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