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2008 SingleHop Press Releases

07.24.2008 | SingleHop offers FREE hardware upgrade to all existing customers, and upgraded server packages for all new customers
Chicago, IL, July 28, 2008: Chicago-based managed and dedicated hosting provider, SingleHop, announced today that it will be upgrading all server configurations to a minimum of 2GB of RAM for new clients. The company will also be giving existing clients a free upgrade to 2GB of RAM. The resulting hardware upgrades will allow SingleHop's customer's servers to run at levels exceeding industry standards.

07.21.2008 | SingleHop, Inc., Introduces World's First Webtop-Style Dedicated Server Interface: LEAP v 1.2 Beta
CHICAGO, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Anyone who has owned a dedicated server knows that the typical hosting provider's control panel (or portal) interface has not drastically changed over the past ten years, which provided the impetus for today's public launch of SingleHop's LEAP: the world's first Webtop-style interface allowing users complete management of their dedicated servers.

06.17.2008 | SingleHop Named #1 Dedicated Service Provider for third time by FindMyHost.com
Chicago, IL, June 17, 2008: Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, SingleHop, Inc. has received its third citation as the indistry's #1 dedicated service provider by FindMyHost.com, qualifying as the Editor's Choice award, which only ranks companies that meet guaranteed host program guidelines.

06.05.2008 | SingleHop, Inc. to offer Lifetime Price Lock and $200 Cash Back for new customers who switch from another Dedicated Server or Managed Hosting Provider
Chicago, IL, June 5, 2008: In response to the controversy surrounding recent price hikes by several managed hosting providers, SingleHop, Inc. is extending an indefinite price-lock guarantee to any new customers who choose to switch during the month of June, 2008. SingleHop is also offering a $200 Cash Back incentive to any client who switches service from another provider.

05.12.2008 | SingleHop offers savings of at least $3336 per year or more for Load Balancing customers!
Chicago, IL, May 12, 2008: Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, SingleHop Inc., today announced an aggressive offer to any customer who purchases two or more identical servers: free load balancing. The service typically costs $139 per month per server, resulting in a savings of at least $3336 per year or more, depending on the number of servers purchased.

04.16.2008 | SingleHop, Inc, Launches the Limited Time Offer Paramount Series: Flexible & Upgradable Servers Exclusively Tailored for Any Size Business
Chicago, IL, April 16, 2008: Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, SingleHop Inc., today launched a new line of server dubbed the PARAMOUNT Series of Servers. The servers, which are designed specifically for any size business, and supported by SingleHop's most robust managed support package.

02.11.2008 | SingleHop, Inc, Offering $1 a month Managed Dedicated Servers to Inaugurate Hosting Industry's Most User-Friendly Website
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, SingleHop Inc., is today offering a new promotion allowing customers to try a managed dedicated server for only $1 for the first month. In conjunction with this no-obligation offer, the company is launching a new website layout that may be the hosting industry’s most user friendly, utilizing an exclusive navigation scheme.

2007 SingleHop Press Releases

12.05.2007 | Leading Internet Server Provider, SingleHop, Inc. Continues to Expand in Chicago
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider SingleHop, Inc. announces the addition of Trey Gardner to Director of Business Development and Marketing. In this capacity, Gardner is responsible for the design, development and growth of several marketing and business development initiatives including the new SingleHop reseller and affiliate programs. He will also be in charge of establishing relationships with several of the other large dedicated server business providers, looking for synergistic partnerships in order to help SingleHop further develop these relationships.

10.17.2007 | SingleHop, Inc. Launches Benchmarking New Power Saving Server Immediate Discount Program
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider SingleHop, Inc. is setting a new industry standard with a program rewarding customers for using their new energy efficient servers: an immediate 10% discount for each new customer and for all customers who have signed on in the past three months.

10.07.2007 | SingleHop, Inc. Expands into New Chicago Datacenter
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider SingleHop, Inc. is moving to a new large datacenter facility, having outgrown their current facility in less than a year.

02.21.2007 | SingleHop Powers Fight to Save the Internet with Freepress.net
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, SingleHop, Inc., is providing servers and complete dedicated managed hosting services to freepress.net to aid in their attempt to preserve “Net Neutrality.� Their message is delivered through freepress.net and savetheinternet.com.

02.12.2007 | Don’t Open any Email with Love in the Title this Valentine’s Day Cautions SingleHop, Inc.
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider SingleHop, Inc. warns to be especially wary of any emails with Valentine’s Day themed subject lines: the new Nurech.A worm has been recently been discovered in emails with headlines like “Together You and I.� Virus writers are historically in love with holidays for themed spamming because recipients are accustomed to opening e-cards and attachments they might typically avoid during.

01.30.2007 | Storm Worm Virus pushes Spam to record levels according to SingleHop, Inc.
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, SingleHop, Inc., has seen spam distributed as much as 2000 emails in five minutes since the Storm virus broke on U.S. shores late last week. Spam increased 6% to 96% because of the virus. According to an eweek article the virus first appeared in Europe and is called Storm because of major storm references in the subject line like “230 dead as storm Europe.�

01.23.2007 | SingleHop Nets over 400 Million Pieces of Spam in Just Two Months with Barracuda Networks Email Security Appliance
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider SingleHop, Inc. has already netted a whopping 400 million pieces of spam through the use of Barracuda Networks, Inc.’s enterprise-class Barracuda Spam Firewall – Outbound appliance.

01.16.2007 | SingleHop to Sponsor TECH Cocktail 3
SingleHop, Inc., a Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, is once again the major sponsor of TECH cocktail 3, the increasingly popular social networking event for the Chicago area technology community. A quarterly event now being held for the third time, TECH cocktail 3 will take place on Thursday, January 25, 2007, from 6:30pm - 9pm at Amira, located at the base of the NBC Tower, 455 N. Cityfront Plaza in downtown Chicago.

01.11.2007 | midPhase and SingleHop CEO Zak Boca Named one of Inc. Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Entrepreneurs of the Year: 2006
Zak Boca, co-founder and CEO of Chicago-based managed server provider, MidPhase, was just selected as one of the Inc. Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2006. Boca, 23, is also the CEO and founder of SingleHop, a dedicated managed server provider.

2006 SingleHop Press Releases

12.20.2006 | Top Five Ways Spam Can Ruin Your Holidays According to SingleHop
Chicago-based managed dedicated server provider, SingleHop, Inc., warns businesses to prepare for a record breaking spam season, fueled largely in part by the increase in online consumer spending.

12.05.2006 | SingleHop Offers SWsoft Plesk with its Managed Dedicated Hosting Solution
SingleHop today announced that it has partnered with SWsoft, a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software, to offer its customers SWsoft Plesk.

11.27.2006 | Walmart.com and Amazon.com May Only be First Retail Websites to Fail Due To Overwhelming Holiday Demand
If the Thursday November 23 failure of Amazon.com and the Friday November 24 failure of walmart.com are indications of things to come online shoppers may be stalled at the gate this holiday season. When online usage exceeds capability the results are outages, which a company may try to thinly veil as “scheduled maintenance,� says SingleHop, Inc., a full service managed hosting provider.

11.20.2006 | Expect Retail Website Failures Due to Overwhelming Holiday...
Online shoppers may be stalled at the online gate if online usage exceeds capability and results in the kind of website failures seen by some large retailers earlier this year says SingleHop, Inc., a full service managed hosting provider.

10.25.2006 | Business Managed Hosting Provider SingleHop Launches with...
SingleHop, Inc, a full service managed hosting provider offering solutions tailored for businesses today launched with the industry’s only fully transparent managed service offering on dedicated servers.