(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider iWeb announced on Monday that its shared hosting division Funio is now a completely separate entity. According to a blog post, Funio began managing its own operations as of Monday morning.
iWeb launched Funio in October 2011 to consolidate its shared hosting and domain name reservation activities so iWeb could focus on development of its dedicated servers.
iWeb listed the changes effective immediately, including a new telephone number for support and billing, and new support hours. Funio will also have a separate social media identity from iWeb and its own customer support tools.
According to the blog post, invoices from this point forward will be issued in the name of Funio and customers that currently get shared hosting/domain name services and dedicated server will now deal with two separate companies.
Funio has a new interface for domain name registration, as well as a knowledgebase for its customers. It also has live chat support on its website. For the full list of changes, view the blog post.
The WHIR interviewed Funio president Sylvain Leclair about iWeb’s new company in October. Funio’s separation is right on schedule, as Leclair said it would be autonomous at the beginning of 2012.
“It would be harmful to cling to iWeb’s brand since Funio and iWeb will not target the same markets anymore. Different markets mean different branding strategies and approach,” Leclair said in an email interview in October. “The goal for Funio will be to build his own brand, its own enterprise culture, being autonomous within the next months, to be closer to our existing customers and potential customers.”
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider LeaseWeb announced on Monday that it has partnered with CloudLinux to offer its customers increased control over resources with the CloudLinux OS.
This news comes less than a week after CloudLinux integrated its OS with managed online backup software StoreGrid.
LeaseWeb says its resellers will be able to manage resources available to their shared hosting customers, and control CPU, memory and connections available to each tenant. CloudLinux prevents one site from slowing down or taking down an entire server, allowing web hosts to increase server density. This capability is available through CloudLinux’s “lightweight virtual environment,” an isolation technology that limits and controls resources available to a specific process or user.
“The integration of the CloudLinux OS into LeaseWeb’s hosting environment gives shared hosters ready access to deliver an enhanced, secure and stable experience to their customers,” Igor Seletskiy, CloudLinux CEO said in a statement. “We are excited to be able to offer this service to LeaseWeb and look forward to working with the company in rolling this out to their global customer base.”
The CloudLinux partner program offers automated ordering through its API, marketing and content support, participation in joint press releases, unlimited 24/7 support and access to its partner portal. CloudLinux launched its preferred partner program in November 2011.
LeaseWeb says CloudLinux OS licenses can be purchased directly from its website and that existing customers can license existing infrastructure through the customer portal.
“Our resellers expect that they get access to all building blocks to deploy a robust platform to offer services to their end-customers,” Rolph Haspers, operations director at LeaseWeb said in a statement. “With this partnership, LeaseWeb is extending its industry leadership in providing the broadest choice of x86-based operating systems to their resellers.”
LeaseWeb offers dedicated servers, virtualization and cloud, and colocation from eight data centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Brussels and Washington, DC.
Other LeaseWeb partners include Microsoft, VMware, IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco, Juniper, cPanel and Parallels.
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