📅 - Internet service and Web hosting provider Internet America (internetamerica.com) announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its commercial services to include self-managed dedicated servers and value-added data center services.
The new dedicated server line will be marketed under the name of NEO Servers, with prices ranging from $86 to $229 per month for three self-managed dedicated server plans - NEO Graphite, NEO Magnesium, and NEO Titanium. According to the company, customers will have the choice of hardware and software that best suits their hosting requirements. "With over ten years of experience in both colocation and Web site hosting services, the non-managed server hosting space is a natural progression for us," says Billy Ladin, CEO of Internet America. "There is a market for low-cost, high-availability self-managed server solutions in the online community. Internet America's leadership in providing commercial Internet services puts us in a unique position to satisfy this need and to meet the needs of a demanding and savvy end-user."
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