SWsoft’s HSPcomplete 3.0 RC1 Ready for Public Testing [August 18, 2004]

Full Business Life Cycle Hosting Automation Solution Offers Completely Integrated Plesk and Virtuozzo Servers, New Interface, Reseller Enhancements and More

Herndon, VA — August 18, 2004 – Today, SWsoft, the established leader in hosting automation and server virtualization software, announced the public availability of the first release candidate for HSPcomplete 3.0. This latest version is a major upgrade of the most comprehensive full business life-cycle hosting automation solution out of the box. Hosting service providers can use HSPcomplete to run all aspects of their own hosting business. Providers will now be able to offer, provision, bill and manage shared hosting on Plesk servers. The final release of HSPcomplete 3.0 will be available in September 2004.

“Managing a growing hosting business and all of its facets has never been more challenging,” said Kurt Daniel, director of marketing, SWsoft. “We have seen a significant strain being placed on our customers in managing more and more customers and servers. They need a cost effective solution that can help attract, service, upsell and retain all of their customers regardless of service offering.”

"We have been pleased with our decision to select HSPcomplete as our new primary hosting platform,” said Tamara Field, President, Apollo Hosting. “The combination of Virtuozzo and Plesk integrated into HSPcomplete has enabled us to offer a full spectrum of offerings such as shared hosting, VPS hosting and dedicated hosting. Customers can upgrade instantly, as their business or hosting needs grow, with literally no downtime. We really couldn't have stayed ahead of the market the way we have without the help of SWsoft and their powerful line of products.”

Complete Out of the Box Hosting Solution
HSPcomplete is the only pre-integrated and scalable solution that automates all aspects of the business lifecycle of a hosting service provider. The broad functionality of HSPcomplete includes integrated and flexible billing, provisioning, e-commerce, customer care and more. HSPcomplete significantly reduces the cost of operating a hosting business while enabling faster growth and increased revenues.

A core component of HSPcomplete is SWsoft’s patent-pending Virtuozzo which is the most advanced VPS technology on the market.

Building on its already robust capabilities, HSPcomplete 3.0 delivers many important new features, including:

• Integration with Plesk – Create hosting plans for selling Plesk domains and servers, accept orders and provision domains to Plesk servers, and bill for Plesk-based hosting plans including metered billing.

• New Interface – Offer new skins, including three Windows XP skins (blue, olive and silver) and three Classic skins (blue, red and green).

• Reseller Enhancements – Create unique hosting plans, customize all pricing aspects, leverage rebranding, and provide other capabilities identical to a provider.

• Virtuozzo Name-based Hosting – Enable name-based hosting and sell Name-based VPSs (VPS without dedicated public IP address).

• Event Manager – Make account creation, provisioning, renewal and other processes easier with flexible configuration and execution of custom scripts on events.

Availability and Testing Sign-up
To participate in SWsoft’s testing program or to become a featured SWsoft Certified Hosting Reseller, visit www.sw-soft.com or send email to hspc-rc@sw-soft.com.

About SWsoft
SWsoft is the recognized leader in automation and server virtualization software for hosting service companies, communications providers, and enterprises. The company powers more than 60,000 servers for customers in over 100 countries. SWsoft’s products deliver industry-leading performance, stability and manageability for its customers to increase utilization of their limited IT resources. Headquartered in Herndon, VA, with offices around the world; SWsoft is a privately held, profitable company, offering comprehensive solutions including: Plesk, Virtuozzo, PEM, HSPcomplete and Confixx. For more information about SWsoft, visit www.sw-soft.com.