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| type = Private

| industry = Web Hosting

| founded = USA ~~(1998~~)

| founded = 1998 (USA)

| headquarters = Hostway Corporation, 100 N Riverside, ~~Suite 800.~~ Chicago,~~ ~~ IL 60606 ~~ ~~USA

| headquarters = Hostway Corporation,

| keypeople = [[Lucas Roh]], President and CEO [[M. Jay Sinder]], CFO

100 N Riverside, Suite 800

Chicago, IL 60606

| country = USA

| keypeople = [[Lucas Roh]], President and CEO

[[M. Jay Sinder]], CFO

| website = http://www.hostway.com/

}}

'''HostWay''' is a web hosting company. Founded in ~~1008~~, ~~his~~ multinational company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois ~~and has~~ 15 worldwide operations centers, and major offices in the US, Canada, Korea, Australia, India, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>. With web hosting and web developing services, HostWay also provides internet marketing solution, web best email and other internet ~~relared~~ services. Hostway currently has about 600,000 customers ~~from all over the world~~ including Coca-Cola, Disney, McGraw-Hill, Sony/BMG, Wrigley Company, Hershey’s, Fox News Channel and [[Wikimedia]] as ~~the major~~ clients.

'''HostWay''' is a web hosting company. Founded in 1998, this multinational company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with 15 worldwide operations centers, and major offices in the US, Canada, Korea, Australia, India, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>. With web hosting and web developing services, HostWay also provides internet marketing solution, web best email and other internet related services. Hostway currently has about 600,000 customers worldwide including Coca-Cola, Disney, McGraw-Hill, Sony/BMG, Wrigley Company, Hershey’s, Fox News Channel and [[Wikimedia]] as clients.

==History==

In 1998, [[Lucas Roh]], [[John Lee]], and [[Arnold Choi]], along with two other business partners, acquired [[Spectronet Inc]]., a Web hosting company that had an annual revenues of $30,000 at that time. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>They renamed the company Hostway Corporation and began preparations to expand its reach in the US and international markets. According to the CEO Lucas Roh ~~When~~ HostWay was founded it was one of 10,000 Web hosting companies and by 2003 it became ~~the company had it place as~~ one of the top 10.<ref> [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20031029/PAGES/1426/40-under-40-2003 Chicago Business]</ref>

In 1998, [[Lucas Roh]], [[John Lee]], and [[Arnold Choi]], along with two other business partners, acquired [[Spectronet Inc]]., a Web hosting company that had an annual revenues of $30,000 at that time. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>They renamed the company Hostway Corporation and began preparations to expand its reach in the US and international markets. According to the CEO Lucas Roh, when HostWay was founded it was one of 10,000 Web hosting companies and by 2003 it became one of the top 10.<ref> [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20031029/PAGES/1426/40-under-40-2003 Chicago Business]</ref>

In April 2002, Hostway acquired acquired Iarna.com, a web hosting company from London, Uk.[http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/042902_%0D%0AHostway_Acquires_UK-Based_Web_Hosting/? the WebHost Industry review]</ref>

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In August 2003, HostWay merged with [[NetNation]] Communications, Inc. a web hosting and domain registration company from Canada resulting the newly merged company to be one of the largest web service providing company in the world.<ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106814187.html highbeam]</ref> Also in August2003, HostWay bought another web hosting company [[Neutelligent]] from Tampa.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2003/08/25/daily11.html Tampa Bbay Business Journal]</ref> Later that year, HostWay acquired [[GlobalHost]], a web hosting company from Australia. <ref> [http://www.itnews.com.au/News/12576,hostway-announces-reseller-program.aspx itnews.au]</ref>

HostWay bought [[Enterprise Networks]] (EPN), a ~~Critical~~ Data Center and Hosting Business in Korea

In January 2004 HostWay bought [[Enterprise Networks]] (EPN), a Data Center and Hosting Business based in Korea. <ref> [http://www.hostway.com/press-releases/2004/0113.html highbeam]</ref>

~~in January 2004~~. <ref> [http://www.hostway.com/press-releases/2004/0113.html highbeam]</ref>

In January 2006, Hostway announced a plan to build a new data center in the Boeing building, along the west bank of the Chicago River. <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2006/01/18/hostway-plans-new-chicago-data-center/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. HostWay was later headquartered in that location.

In April 2007, HostWay acquired [[Affinity Internet Inc]]., a web hosting company from Florida, USA founded in 1996 having almost 300 employees and 200,000 customers at that time. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/070405hostwaycorporation.html Host Review]</ref>

In April 2007, HostWay acquired Affinity Internet Inc., a web hosting company from Florida, USA founded in 1996 having almost 300 employees and 200,000 customers at that time. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/070405hostwaycorporation.html Host Review]</ref>

In July 2007, HostWay moved the [[Affinity Miami data center]] which at that time had clients ~~like~~ ValueWeb and Gate.com. The migration had a disastrous affect specially on ValueWeb leaving leaving thousands of sites offline for almost three days. <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/07/31/data-center-migration-goes-awry-at-valueweb/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. This incident was reported to be the second of top 8 ~~Datacenter Disaster~~ of 2007 by IT Management Magazine. <ref> [http://www.itmanagement.com/features/top-8-012808/ It Management.com]</ref>

In July 2007, HostWay moved the Affinity Miami data center which at that time had clients such as ValueWeb and Gate.com. The migration had a disastrous affect specially on ValueWeb leaving leaving thousands of sites offline for almost three days. <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/07/31/data-center-migration-goes-awry-at-valueweb/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. This incident was reported to be the second of top 8 Data center Disasters of 2007 by IT Management Magazine. <ref> [http://www.itmanagement.com/features/top-8-012808/ It Management.com]</ref>

In May 2009, HostWay sold its FL Data Center to [[Host.net]], a Florida based Internet business company. <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/04/hostnet-buys-hostway-data-center/ Data Center Knowledge.com]</ref>

==Products and Services==

According to its official website, HostWay provides web solution, virtual private server, exchange hosting, dedicated server, cloud hosting etc to small business or individual entities. It also provides higher priced dedicated hosting services for more ~~professional~~ large scale ~~clientiles~~.

According to its official website, HostWay provides web solution, virtual private server, exchange hosting, dedicated server, cloud hosting etc to small business or individual entities. It also provides higher priced dedicated hosting services for more large scale clientele.

Hostway also provides various service to its clients though its partners. It has partnership with [[Cisco Systems®]], [[HP]], [[Juniper Networks]], [[Microsft]], [[RedHat]], [[Attracta]], [[IBM]], [[VeriSign]], [[Trend Micro]], [[PayPal]], [[American Express]], [[Suntrust]], [[First Data]], [[Google]], [[Real]] etc.

==Awards==

In 2009, HostWay won "UNIX Web Hosting Award" for multiple months by Web Host Directory and "Reseller Hosting Award" for multiple months by Dedicated server Directory.It also won HostReview, HostReview FindmyHost etc recognitions.

* In 2008 HostWay won "Best Web Hosting Company of the Year", "Best Dedicated Server Package of the Year" , "Best Cloud Service of the Year" , "Best Dedicated Server Package (January)" by HostReview; "UNIX Web Hosting Award (January and February)" by FindMyHost and "#2 Windows Dedicated Server Plan" (January) from WebHostDirectory. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/110209hostway.html HostReviews.com]</ref>

In 2008 HostWay won "Best Web Hosting Company of the Year", "Best Dedicated Server Package of the Year" , "Best Cloud Service of the Year" , "Best Dedicated Server Package (January)" by HostReview; "UNIX Web Hosting Award (January and February)" by FindMyHost and "#2 Windows Dedicated Server Plan" (January) from WebHostDirectory. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/110209hostway.html HostReviews.com]</ref> It was also honored to be on the top list by several web review companies like Dedicated Server Directory, FindMyHost, Web Host Directory, Top Host, Netcraft, Host Index etc sometimes for muliple months a year starting from its establishment year, 1999.<ref> [http://www.hostway.com/dedicated/about/awards.html HostWay.com]</ref>

* In 2009, HostWay won "UNIX Web Hosting Award" for multiple months by Web Host Directory and "Reseller Hosting Award" for multiple months by Dedicated server Directory.It also won HostReview, HostReview FindmyHost etc recognitions.

* It was also honored to be on the top list by several web review companies like Dedicated Server Directory, FindMyHost, Web Host Directory, Top Host, Netcraft, Host Index etc sometimes for muliple months a year starting from its establishment year, 1999.<ref> [http://www.hostway.com/dedicated/about/awards.html HostWay.com]</ref>

==References==

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 | type              = Private
 | industry          = Web Hosting
-| founded           = USA (1998)
+| founded           = 1998 (USA)
-| headquarters      = Hostway Corporation,<br/> 100 N Riverside,<br/> Suite 800. Chicago,<br/> IL 60606 <br/>USA
+| headquarters      = Hostway Corporation,<br/>
-| keypeople         = [[Lucas Roh]], President and CEO <br/>[[M. Jay Sinder]], CFO<br>
+N Riverside, Suite 800<br>
+Chicago, IL 60606
+| country           = USA
+| keypeople         = [[Lucas Roh]], President and CEO<br/>
+[[M. Jay Sinder]], CFO<br>
 | website           = http://www.hostway.com/
 }}
-'''HostWay''' is a web hosting company. Founded in 1008, his multinational company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has 15 worldwide operations centers, and major offices in the US, Canada, Korea, Australia, India, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>. With web hosting and web developing services, HostWay also provides internet marketing solution, web best email and other internet relared services. Hostway currently has about 600,000 customers from all over the world including Coca-Cola, Disney, McGraw-Hill, Sony/BMG, Wrigley Company, Hershey’s, Fox News Channel and [[Wikimedia]] as the major clients.
+'''HostWay''' is a web hosting company. Founded in 1998, this multinational company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with 15 worldwide operations centers, and major offices in the US, Canada, Korea, Australia, India, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>. With web hosting and web developing services, HostWay also provides internet marketing solution, web best email and other internet related services. Hostway currently has about 600,000 customers worldwide including Coca-Cola, Disney, McGraw-Hill, Sony/BMG, Wrigley Company, Hershey’s, Fox News Channel and [[Wikimedia]] as clients.
 ==History==
-In 1998, [[Lucas Roh]], [[John Lee]], and [[Arnold Choi]], along with two other business partners, acquired [[Spectronet Inc]]., a Web hosting company that had an annual revenues of $30,000 at that time. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>They renamed the company Hostway Corporation and began preparations to expand its reach in the US and international markets. According to the CEO Lucas Roh When HostWay was  founded it was one of 10,000 Web hosting companies and by 2003 it became the company had it place as one of the top 10.<ref> [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20031029/PAGES/1426/40-under-40-2003 Chicago Business]</ref>
+In 1998, [[Lucas Roh]], [[John Lee]], and [[Arnold Choi]], along with two other business partners, acquired [[Spectronet Inc]]., a Web hosting company that had an annual revenues of $30,000 at that time. <ref> [http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref>They renamed the company Hostway Corporation and began preparations to expand its reach in the US and international markets. According to the CEO Lucas Roh, when HostWay was  founded it was one of 10,000 Web hosting companies and by 2003 it became one of the top 10.<ref> [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20031029/PAGES/1426/40-under-40-2003 Chicago Business]</ref>
 In April 2002, Hostway acquired acquired Iarna.com, a web hosting company from London, Uk.[http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/042902_%0D%0AHostway_Acquires_UK-Based_Web_Hosting/? the WebHost Industry review]</ref>
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 In August 2003, HostWay merged with [[NetNation]] Communications, Inc. a web hosting and domain registration company from Canada resulting the newly merged company to be one of the largest web service providing company in the world.<ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106814187.html highbeam]</ref> Also in August2003, HostWay bought another web hosting company [[Neutelligent]] from Tampa.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2003/08/25/daily11.html Tampa Bbay Business Journal]</ref> Later that year, HostWay acquired [[GlobalHost]], a web hosting company from Australia. <ref> [http://www.itnews.com.au/News/12576,hostway-announces-reseller-program.aspx itnews.au]</ref>
-HostWay bought [[Enterprise Networks]] (EPN), a Critical Data Center and Hosting Business in Korea
+In January 2004 HostWay bought [[Enterprise Networks]] (EPN), a Data Center and Hosting Business based in Korea. <ref> [http://www.hostway.com/press-releases/2004/0113.html highbeam]</ref>
-in January 2004. <ref> [http://www.hostway.com/press-releases/2004/0113.html highbeam]</ref>
 In January 2006, Hostway announced a plan to build a new data center in the Boeing building, along the west bank of the Chicago River.  <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2006/01/18/hostway-plans-new-chicago-data-center/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. HostWay was later headquartered in that location.
-In April 2007, HostWay acquired [[Affinity Internet Inc]]., a web hosting company from Florida, USA founded in 1996 having almost 300 employees and 200,000 customers at that time. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/070405hostwaycorporation.html Host Review]</ref>
+In April 2007, HostWay acquired Affinity Internet Inc., a web hosting company from Florida, USA founded in 1996 having almost 300 employees and 200,000 customers at that time. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/070405hostwaycorporation.html Host Review]</ref>
-In July 2007, HostWay moved the [[Affinity Miami data center]] which at that time had clients like ValueWeb and Gate.com. The migration had a disastrous affect specially on ValueWeb leaving leaving thousands of sites offline for almost three days. <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/07/31/data-center-migration-goes-awry-at-valueweb/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. This incident was reported to be the second of top 8 Datacenter Disaster of 2007 by IT Management Magazine. <ref> [http://www.itmanagement.com/features/top-8-012808/ It Management.com]</ref>
+In July 2007, HostWay moved the Affinity Miami data center which at that time had clients such as ValueWeb and Gate.com. The migration had a disastrous affect specially on ValueWeb leaving leaving thousands of sites offline for almost three days. <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/07/31/data-center-migration-goes-awry-at-valueweb/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. This incident was reported to be the second of top 8 Data center Disasters of 2007 by IT Management Magazine. <ref> [http://www.itmanagement.com/features/top-8-012808/ It Management.com]</ref>
 In May 2009, HostWay sold its FL Data Center to [[Host.net]], a Florida based Internet business company. <ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/04/hostnet-buys-hostway-data-center/ Data Center Knowledge.com]</ref>
 ==Products and Services==
-According to its official website, HostWay provides web solution, virtual private server, exchange hosting, dedicated server, cloud hosting etc to small business or individual entities. It also provides higher priced dedicated hosting services for more professional large scale clientiles.
+According to its official website, HostWay provides web solution, virtual private server, exchange hosting, dedicated server, cloud hosting etc to small business or individual entities. It also provides higher priced dedicated hosting services for more large scale clientele.
 Hostway also provides various service to its clients though its partners. It has partnership with [[Cisco Systems®]], [[HP]], [[Juniper Networks]], [[Microsft]], [[RedHat]], [[Attracta]], [[IBM]], [[VeriSign]], [[Trend Micro]], [[PayPal]], [[American Express]], [[Suntrust]], [[First Data]], [[Google]], [[Real]] etc.
 ==Awards==
-In 2009, HostWay won "UNIX Web Hosting Award" for multiple months by Web Host Directory and "Reseller Hosting Award" for multiple months by Dedicated server Directory.It also won HostReview, HostReview FindmyHost etc recognitions.
+* In 2008 HostWay won "Best Web Hosting Company of the Year", "Best Dedicated Server Package of the Year" , "Best Cloud Service of the Year" , "Best Dedicated Server Package (January)" by HostReview; "UNIX Web Hosting Award (January and February)" by FindMyHost and "#2 Windows Dedicated Server Plan" (January) from WebHostDirectory. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/110209hostway.html HostReviews.com]</ref>
-In 2008 HostWay won "Best Web Hosting Company of the Year", "Best Dedicated Server Package of the Year" , "Best Cloud Service of the Year" , "Best Dedicated Server Package (January)" by HostReview; "UNIX Web Hosting Award (January and February)" by FindMyHost and "#2 Windows Dedicated Server Plan" (January) from WebHostDirectory. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/110209hostway.html HostReviews.com]</ref> It was also honored to be on the top list by several web review companies like Dedicated Server Directory,  FindMyHost, Web Host Directory, Top Host, Netcraft, Host Index etc sometimes for muliple months a year starting from its establishment year, 1999.<ref> [http://www.hostway.com/dedicated/about/awards.html HostWay.com]</ref>
+* In 2009, HostWay won "UNIX Web Hosting Award" for multiple months by Web Host Directory and "Reseller Hosting Award" for multiple months by Dedicated server Directory.It also won HostReview, HostReview FindmyHost etc recognitions.
+* It was also honored to be on the top list by several web review companies like Dedicated Server Directory,  FindMyHost, Web Host Directory, Top Host, Netcraft, Host Index etc sometimes for muliple months a year starting from its establishment year, 1999.<ref> [http://www.hostway.com/dedicated/about/awards.html HostWay.com]</ref>
 ==References==