Deloitte & Touche Recognizes C I Host For
Successful Growth Rate [October 21, 2004]
Firm Names Hosting Leader To Prestigious North America
'Technology Fast 500'
List
FORT
WORTH (October 21, 2004) - C I Host, a global leader
in Web hosting and software development, has been recognized
internationally on the esteemed "2004 Deloitte
Technology Fast 500" list compiled by accounting
giant Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP.
C
I Host ranked in the top 30 percent of North American
winners at number 160 and was the eighth highest ranked
firm of the 32 Texas companies on the list. The Technology
Fast 500 is a ranking of the fastest growing technology
companies in North America based on percentage fiscal
year revenue growth rate over five years.
Deloitte
& Touche acknowledged that the 2004 award recipients
have flourished in a more challenging economy than past
winners.
"Making
the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is a testament to C
I Host's commitment to technology," said Mark Evans,
national managing partner of Deloitte's Technology,
Media & Telecommunications Group. "With its
thirteen hundred and seventy-four percent growth rate,
C I Host leadership has proven that its leadership has
the vision and determination to grow in difficult conditions."
Christopher
Faulkner, CEO of C I Host, said, "Any company's
self-promotion has a place in marketing, but an award
based on the numbers and presented by one of the truly
great professional service firms in the world speaks
volumes about C I Host, its work ethic and the customer
service we provide. You can bet this award will be prominently
displayed in all of our data centers across the country."
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--About
C I Host--
C
I Host (www.cihost.com), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth
market, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider,
domain name registrar (DNR) and application service
provider (ASP) serving 210,000 individual consumers
and businesses in 190 countries worldwide.
C
I Host creates business-class Web hosting solutions
for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with
the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added
services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by
ICANN to register domain names.
C
I Host is HIPAA-compliant and has passed the SAS70 Type
I audit.
C
I Host has been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web
Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked
among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000
around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List,
HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I
Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies
by HostIndex.com.
C
I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial
domain name registration to custom dedicated servers
for e-commerce on today's Web. The company offers innovative
packages and services to the Internet community.
C
I Host operates three diverse data centers across the
United States, with its main facility and Network Operations
Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices
in Los Angeles, Chicago and London.
All
telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly owned and
operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel
generator backups and a temperature-controlled secure
environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All
server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal
performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire
protection guard against any data loss. To deliver speed
and reliability, C I Host's servers are connected to
two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3
lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total
of more than 5 Gigabits of
available bandwidth.
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Editorial
Contact:
D.
Kent Pingel
Public Relations Director
C I Host
888-868-9931 ext. 7006
kentp@cihost.com |
