Hostway acquires Sydney-based IntaServe

Stan Beer
Wednesday, 30 March 2005 00:45

IT Industry - Development

US-based web hosting provider, Hostway, has acquired the assets of Sydney-based mission critical hosting provider, IntaServe, adding to Hostway’s existing customer base and becoming an AU accredited Domain Registrar in the process.

Hostway offers Australian SMEs choice in wholesale products and services supporting both Microsoft and Linux platforms, including domain name registration, shared hosting, e-commerce hosting, dedicated servers and fully-managed complex hosting solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, IntaServe will now operate as a parallel brand offering through its resellers a range of hosting, domain-based services and managed services.

IntaServe is an accredited Domain Name Registrar and was originally established in 2000.  The company has more than 200 Domain Name Registration and Web Hosting reseller partners with an end user customer base of more than 7,000 SME companies. 

Lucas Roh, president and CEO of Hostway, said, “Australia represents a growth market right now and this acquisition is exactly what wanted to build on our commitment to the local market with more resources, a strong reseller network and provision for a greater range of services.”

The combined resources and technical experience of the two organisations, will also enable Hostway to offer complex high end hosting solutions for new markets, including enterprise and government which have more complex e-commerce requirements.

Amin Kroll, formerly managing director of IntaServe, is now MD of Hostway in Australia.

The IntaServe acquisition is Hostway’s third local acquisition in Australia since it launched Australian operations in 2003.  The company purchased Sydney-based GlobalHost and Dedicated Hosting in the same year enabling it to launch local data centre facilities. As with these previous acquisitions, Hostway is contractually obliged to support and honour current IntaServe customer agreements.

Established in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, Hostway supports web hosting provision for more than 300,000 customers and 400,000 domains globally.