XO Named Hosting Provider for Microsoft bCentral and .NET Vision
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The relationship also includes future plans to integrate key bCentral(bcentral.com) services into the popular XO flat-rate Xoptions packages of local, long distance, Internet Access and Web Hosting services that are offered on one telecommunications bill.
Microsoft's bCentral is a leading Internet resource for Web-based businesstools and applications and offers an easy-to-use suite of services, based onthe .NET Platform, specifically designed to help small companies bettermanage their everyday business processes.
Using the XO hosting platform will enable Microsoft bCentral to offer anumber of service enhancements to its customers, including nearly a two-foldincrease in available disk space and data transfer limits and an increasednumber of email boxes. These enhancements enable small businesses tocontinually scale their website requirements as they grow their ownbusinesses.
In addition, XO and Microsoft are working together to build a technologyalliance in support of the Microsoft.NET services, including Passport for acommon authentication scheme and Exchange to enable higher-end businessmessaging and collaboration services.
"Being named the key hosting provider for Microsoft bCentral is a tremendousvalidation of our leadership in the hosting marketplace," said Nancy Gofus,executive vice president of marketing and Customer Care at XO. "We'vedeveloped an extremely capable hosting platform and view this relationshipas a confirmation of the success of our efforts. While we at XO take pridein being selected by Microsoft bCentral to provide these services, we areequally excited about the opportunity to integrate key bCentral servicesinto our Xoptions packages, to further simplify a customer'stelecommunications buying decision by extending our cost-effective flat-ratecommunication bundles with additional business enhancing online subscriptionservices."
XO will integrate key bCentral services into the infrastructure of the XOshared hosting platform, providing these services to existing and futurebCentral users. These integrated features will also be made available to allexisting XO shared hosting customers.
In addition, the bCentral services will be offered as an integrated solutionwithin future XOption service bundles, which are sold throughout the countryby the 800+ XO direct sales force and through XO in-direct sales agents. KeybCentral services being integrated into the XO shared hosting platforminclude:
Traffic Builder - search engine registration and email newslettercampaignsCommerce manager - online catalog for selling on the Internet, fullcapabilities for managing and processing orders for inventory, and abilityto publish catalogs to a variety of e-commerce marketplacesSubmit It - tool for submitting a customer's Web site URL toglobally driven search enginesList Builder - an email marketing solution that includes capabilityfor building and maintaining customer databases and mailing listsAppointment manager - enables the Web-based coordination ofmeetings and appointments for businesses involved in the service industry
The XO shared hosting platform being offered to Microsoft bCentral'scustomers is comprised of fault tolerant, load sharing server clusters thatprovide enhanced and reliable service by sharing user request loads acrossmultiple servers. This sharing capability allows for top performance, evenamid large network traffic spikes or individual hardware failures.
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
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👈 Official Responses: 0 -> akamai.com) announced yesterday astrategic relationship with Microsoft Corp. (microsoft.com) through which XOwas selected as Microsoft's private label hosting provider for its 1.6million bCentral registered users.
The relationship also includes future plans to integrate key bCentral(bcentral.com) services into the popular XO flat-rate Xoptions packages of local, long distance, Internet Access and Web Hosting services that are offered on one telecommunications bill.
Microsoft's bCentral is a leading Internet resource for Web-based businesstools and applications and offers an easy-to-use suite of services, based onthe .NET Platform, specifically designed to help small companies bettermanage their everyday business processes.
Using the XO hosting platform will enable Microsoft bCentral to offer anumber of service enhancements to its customers, including nearly a two-foldincrease in available disk space and data transfer limits and an increasednumber of email boxes. These enhancements enable small businesses tocontinually scale their website requirements as they grow their ownbusinesses.
In addition, XO and Microsoft are working together to build a technologyalliance in support of the Microsoft.NET services, including Passport for acommon authentication scheme and Exchange to enable higher-end businessmessaging and collaboration services.
"Being named the key hosting provider for Microsoft bCentral is a tremendousvalidation of our leadership in the hosting marketplace," said Nancy Gofus,executive vice president of marketing and Customer Care at XO. "We'vedeveloped an extremely capable hosting platform and view this relationshipas a confirmation of the success of our efforts. While we at XO take pridein being selected by Microsoft bCentral to provide these services, we areequally excited about the opportunity to integrate key bCentral servicesinto our Xoptions packages, to further simplify a customer'stelecommunications buying decision by extending our cost-effective flat-ratecommunication bundles with additional business enhancing online subscriptionservices."
XO will integrate key bCentral services into the infrastructure of the XOshared hosting platform, providing these services to existing and futurebCentral users. These integrated features will also be made available to allexisting XO shared hosting customers.
In addition, the bCentral services will be offered as an integrated solutionwithin future XOption service bundles, which are sold throughout the countryby the 800+ XO direct sales force and through XO in-direct sales agents. KeybCentral services being integrated into the XO shared hosting platforminclude:
Traffic Builder - search engine registration and email newslettercampaignsCommerce manager - online catalog for selling on the Internet, fullcapabilities for managing and processing orders for inventory, and abilityto publish catalogs to a variety of e-commerce marketplacesSubmit It - tool for submitting a customer's Web site URL toglobally driven search enginesList Builder - an email marketing solution that includes capabilityfor building and maintaining customer databases and mailing listsAppointment manager - enables the Web-based coordination ofmeetings and appointments for businesses involved in the service industry
The XO shared hosting platform being offered to Microsoft bCentral'scustomers is comprised of fault tolerant, load sharing server clusters thatprovide enhanced and reliable service by sharing user request loads acrossmultiple servers. This sharing capability allows for top performance, evenamid large network traffic spikes or individual hardware failures.
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