Go
Daddy Provides Customers Advanced Web Site Development
Capabilities With New Microsoft SQL Server Hosting Support
[October 12, 2004]
SCOTTSDALE,
Ariz. (October 12, 2004) – The Go Daddy Group,
Inc., parent company of GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar
of new domain names, today announced the release of
Microsoft SQL Server support for its hosting customers
using the Microsoft Windows platforms.
Go Daddy customers utilizing Microsoft SQL Server can
create advanced, dynamic Web sites while hosting their
e-commerce data in a secure, scalable environment. An
advanced database engine coupled with simplified database
administration, Microsoft SQL Server provides features
welcome to Go Daddy customers looking to employ large-scale
online transactional processing, data warehousing and
e-commerce applications.
“The scalability of Microsoft SQL Server provides
a perfect complement to our current Windows hosting
environment,” said Bob Parsons, president and
founder of Go Daddy. “Adding Microsoft SQL Server
support, in conjunction with ASP.NET and our recent
hosting upgrades, creates a foundation on which customers
can build a dynamic Web site with robust security and
high-availability. Those advantages, in addition to
more disk space and increased monthly data transfer,
are a direct response to our customers Web site business
challenges.”
Offered to Go Daddy’s Windows Deluxe, Windows
Premium and Windows Premium Plus customers, the Microsoft
SQL Server support hosting is available to customers
starting at $9.95 per month with 2,000 MB of disk space
and 100 GB of monthly data transfer. With 200 email
accounts or more included in select plans, the Microsoft
SQL Server hosting is the perfect package for Web sites
looking for strong visual appeal or large customer relationship
management tools.
“Microsoft SQL Server allows businesses to grow
their enterprises and their applications without putting
a limit on their Web site, and Go Daddy supports that
growth without significantly adding to businesses’
costs,” says Pascal Martin, General Manager of
Microsoft Corp.’s Hosting and Application Solution
team.
This new database offering provides Go Daddy hosting
customers who want to use the robust capabilities and
features of Microsoft SQL Server the advantage of Go
Daddy’s low-cost, high-quality hosting packages.
“Go Daddy adding Microsoft SQL Server support
has enabled me to build
www.pathworksenterprises.com into a more robust Web
site without adding to my hosting costs,” says
Jim Geissler, president of Pathworks Enterprises, a
Huntington Beach, Calif.-based powerwashing company.
“By offering Microsoft SQL Server support, Go
Daddy enables me to create the Web site I want at a
price my company can afford, and provides me the advantage
of 24/7 Customer Support when I need it.”
About
The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
The Go Daddy Group, the industry leader in new domain
name registration, enables individuals and businesses
to acquire, create and safeguard their unique identities
and brands on the Internet by offering a complete line
of web development tools including domain name registration,
hosting, email systems, SSL certificates and complementary
products and services. Together, The Go Daddy Group
companies includes three ICANN-accredited domain name
registrars: flagship domain name registrar GoDaddy.com
(www.GoDaddy.com); membership-based domain name registrar
Blue Razor Domains, Inc., (www.bluerazor.com) and domain
reseller support organization Wild West Domains, Inc.,
(www.wildwestdomains.com). The Go Daddy Group also offers
private domain name registration service Domains By
Proxy, Inc., (www.domainsbyproxy.com); as well as SSL
Certificate Authority Starfield Technologies, Inc.,
(www.starfieldtech.com).
Contact:
Hollie Costello
Sr. Communications Specialist
480.505.8800 ext. 4435
hcostello@godaddy.com
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