Ensim Announces Scalable, Professional Grade Solution for Mass-Shared Hosting [3rd November 2003]

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 3, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ensim Corporation, the global leader in hosting automation software, today announced the immediate availability of Ensim Extend, a highly scalable, professional grade solution for mass-shared hosting. In conjunction with Ensim WEBppliance Pro for Linux, Ensim Extend enables hosting service providers (HSPs) to seamlessly grow their businesses from one server supporting a few web sites to thousands of servers supporting tens of thousands of domains. With Ensim Extend, HSPs can easily manage the growth of their businesses, efficiently and profitably.

"NeoVerve is growing rapidly, so we need to find ways to expand our customer base without replacing our entire infrastructure," said Kurt Davey, president and CEO of NeoVerve, Inc., a San Diego-based hosting and design firm. "With Ensim Extend, we can streamline many repetitive hosting tasks, saving us time, reducing errors and increasing our profits."

With Ensim Extend, large scale hosters benefit from centralized provisioning, DNS, resource management and IP address management. Small hosters can seamlessly layer Ensim Extend's centralized capabilities on top of their existing Ensim WEBppliance Pro deployments, enabling them to smoothly scale their businesses.

"Since its introduction earlier this year, Ensim WEBppliance Pro has rapidly become the preferred software for professional small scale hosting," said Steve Dauber, vice president of marketing at Ensim Corporation. "With Ensim Extend, we're bringing the same caliber of capabilities to mid and large scale hosts, enabling our customers to seamlessly grow their businesses as they succeed in the market."

Features and Benefits

Ensim Extend automates and simplifies the day-to-day Web hosting processes to reduce an HSP's overall operations costs. It offers:

-- A single interface to manage thousands of web sites, regardless of
which servers are hosting them
-- Automatic selection and provisioning of web sites on servers based on
usage, server characteristics and the HSP's policies
-- Complete support for delegating resources to reseller distribution
channels, including domains, server resources, IP addresses, and
private label DNS
-- Easy migration of web sites between servers for better load balancing
-- Centralized allocation of IP addresses and reporting for ARIN
compliance
-- Centralized, fault tolerant DNS management for all domains regardless
of the server hosting them
-- Centralized monitoring of HTTP, FTP, POP and SMTP across all servers
-- Centralized resource tracking and alerting for disk, CPU, bandwidth and
memory usage across all servers and web sites
-- Open, central interfaces for billing and order processing integration

Pricing and Availability

Ensim Extend is available immediately from Ensim and select hosting service providers. Customers can try Ensim Extend at no charge through December 31, 2003. After that time, it will be available at a list price of $149.00 per month per 500 domains.

About Ensim Corporation

Ensim Corporation is the global leader in developing and providing software solutions for the Web and application hosting industry. Over 18,000 service providers worldwide use Ensim's products to automate the provisioning, metering and management of their hosting offerings. Ensim's professional- grade software currently hosts more than 500,000 Web sites and five million mailboxes, with an annual growth rate exceeding 100 percent. The company's comprehensive product line includes control panels, virtual private servers, server management, as well as the industry's first Operations Support System for hosting applications. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.ensim.com, or call toll free 1-877-693-6746 within the United States, or 1-408-745-3300 if you are calling from outside the United States.

NOTE: Ensim and the Ensim logo are registered trademarks of Ensim Corporation and WEBppliance is a trademark of Ensim Corporation. All trademarks or registered trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE Ensim Corporation

Helen K. Thorvald of Ensim Corporation, +1-408-745-3306, or
hthorvald@ensim.com