Business Editors/Technology Writers
LOS ANGELES & LA JOLLA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000
Managed Hosting Solution Offers Marine Mall 24x7,
Secure and Reliable Web Presence
Web4Boats.com, Inc., (OTCBB:EBOT) (www.web4boats.com), an Internet-based marine marketplace featuring a classified ad directory for boats, and HostPro, Inc., the Web and applications hosting subsidiary of Micron Electronics, Inc., (Nasdaq:MUEI), today announced that HostPro has been selected as the official Web host provider for Web4Boats.com.
In order to handle its increasing traffic, Web4Boats.com is leveraging HostPro's managed dedicated hosting expertise through a dedicated NT-based Web server with SQL 7.0 backend database, located in HostPro's newly opened Los Angeles data center. The 14,000 square foot facility provides Web4Boats.com with an ideal environment in which to host its Internet-based e-business platform.
"We are extremely proud to be served by one of the giants in the e-commerce industry," said Blair Merriam, general manager of Web4Boats.com. "To further develop Web4Boats.com's premier position in the Internet marine marketplace, we chose to host our Internet-based e-business platform in HostPro's new Los Angeles facility, providing us with redundant platforms and powerful servers to assure speed, security and stability for the continual increase in traffic to our website. As our Web hosting needs grow, HostPro can scale with our business, giving us assurance that Web4Boats.com will be virtually free of any down-time with 365 days a year, twenty-four hours a day, seven-days-a-week monitoring of traffic flow and volume."
"As Web-based companies like Web4Boats.com find continued success and popularity on the Internet, it is critical for their businesses to be available 24x7," says Alex Kazerani, area vice president for hosting, HostPro. "HostPro is dedicated to delivering our customers the best quality of service and support as well as the right e-commerce tools so that they can focus on their own core competencies."
Web4boats selected HostPro based on exemplary credentials, reputation, size, growth potential and capability to beneficially manage Web4Boats.com's e-commerce services. HostPro has also been the recipient of numerous industry Web host awards highlighting excellent customer service and support.
Web4Boats.com targets the $23 billion recreational boating industry, and is quickly becoming the one-stop destination for recreational boating. The Web site currently lists more than 30,000 recreational boats of every type for sale with anticipation to have up to 170,000 boats listed for sale by this time next year, capturing nearly 1% of the total boats owned in the United States.
Boaters can visit the Web4Boats' Web-based marine mall to purchase recreational and commercial equipment as well as apparel and accessories. They can also find marine weather reports and information about boat insurance, financing and transportation services from "e-tailer" affiliates.
An important component of Web4Boats success is its dynamic affiliations with Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN), West Marine, Inc. (Nasdaq:WMAR), a leading marine product distributor, and other manufacturers, insurers, lenders, and content providers.
About Web4boats.com, Inc.
Web4Boats.com, an Internet-based classified ad directory for boats, celebrated its first anniversary this past Labor Day weekend. It currently lists more than 30,000 recreational boats of every type and projects to have up to 100,000 listed by end of December 2000. There are approximately 17 Million boats registered in the US and Web4boats.com's goal is to have 1% of those listed on the site continuously within the next year. As Internet awareness and branding builds, that would represent approximately 170,000 boats listed for sale at no less than $14.95 per month. Creating over $2 Million in monthly classified ad sales. Boaters may come to Web4Boats.com's growing Marine Mall to purchase everything from recreational and commercial equipment, apparel and accessories as well as to find boat insurance, financing and transportation services from e-tailer affiliates. For further information on Web4boats.com, Inc., please visit: www.web4boats.com
About HostPro
HostPro, Inc., the Internet and Web hosting subsidiary of Micron Electronics, Inc., manages more than 114,000 paid hosted Web sites and more than 57,000 paid hosting accounts. The company offers managed dedicated hosting solutions and a broad range of e-commerce, application hosting, connectivity solutions, and entry-level shared and virtual Web hosting products. With data centers in Los Angeles; Seattle; Moses Lake, Washington; Boca Raton, Florida and Boise, HostPro provides industry-leading Web and application hosting solutions to small and medium-sized businesses around the world. More information about HostPro can be found at http://www.hostpro.com.
About Micron Electronics
Micron Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MUEI) is a leading Internet-centric computing company, providing award-winning computer products and services, Internet offerings, Web hosting and business-to-business e-commerce applications for the small- and medium-size business, government, education and consumer markets. In addition to its direct business-to-business sales channel, Micron products are sold in partnership with leading retailers nationwide. Micron Electronics and its subsidiaries have more than 3,200 employees and approximately $1.6 billion in fiscal 2000 revenues. The company is based in Nampa, Idaho, and can be reached at www.micronpc.com.
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