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{{CompanyInfo|
| logo = logo-hostway.jpg
| logo = logo-hostway.jpg
| type = Private
| type = Private
| industry = Web Hostig
| industry = Web Hosting
| founded = USA (1998)
| founded = USA, 1998
| headquarters = Hostway Corporation,<br/> 100 N Riverside,<br/> Suite 800. Chicago,<br/> IL 60606 <br/>USA
| founders =
| keypeople = Lucas Roh [[President and CEO]]<br>
| ownership =
[[M. Jay Sinder]], CFO<br>
| headquarters = Hostway Corporation,<br/>100 N Riverside, Suite 800<br>Chicago, IL 60606
| country = USA
| businesses =
| products =
| employees =
| revenue =
| website = [http://www.hostway.com/ Hostway.com]
| blog =
| facebook =
| linkedin =
| twitter = Hostway
| keypeople = [[Lucas Roh]], President and CEO<br/>
[[M. Jay Sinder]], CFO
}}
}}
'''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 U.S., Canada, Korea, Australia, India, Germany, the U.K., and the Netherlands.<ref>[http://icannwiki.org/Hostway ICANNWIKi.org]</ref> Along with web hosting and web developing services, Hostway also provides internet marketing solutions, 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]].
==History==
==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>
* In April, 2002, Hostway acquired [[Iarna.com]], a web hosting company from London.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/042902_%0D%0AHostway_Acquires_UK-Based_Web_Hosting/? the WebHost Industry review]</ref>
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.[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. [http://www.itnews.com.au/News/12576,hostway-announces-reseller-program.aspx itnews.au]</ref>
* In August, 2003, Hostway merged with [[NetNation]] Communications, Inc. a web hosting and domain registration company from Canada; the merger resulted in one of the largest web service providers in the world.<ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106814187.html highbeam]</ref> At that same time, 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>
* 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, 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 founded in 1996 from Florida, with 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 such as [[ValueWeb]] and [[Gate.com]]. The migration had a disastrous affect, especially on [[ValueWeb]], 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 ranked #2 of the 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>
* In January 2012, Hostway sold its subsidiary [[RegistryPro]] to [[Afilias]] for an undisclosed amount. Hostway retained ownership of their [[Zip.pro]] collection of .pro domains, effectively becoming Registry.pro's biggest customer.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/afilias-acquires-pro-operator-registrypro/ Afilias Acquires .Pro Operator RegistryPro, domainincite.com]</ref>
==Products and Services==
According to its official website, Hostway provides web solutions, virtual private servers, exchange hosting, dedicated servers, cloud hosting, etc., to small businesses or individual entities. It also provides higher priced dedicated hosting services for large-scale clientele.
Hostway also provides various service to its clients though its partners. It has partnerships with [[Cisco Systems®]], [[HP]], [[Juniper Networks]], [[Microsoft]], [[RedHat]], [[Attracta]], [[IBM]], [[Verisign]], [[Trend Micro]], [[PayPal]], [[American Express]], [[Suntrust]], [[First Data]], [[Google]], [[Real]], and others.
==Awards==
* 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)" from HostReview; "UNIX Web Hosting Award (January and February)" from FindMyHost and "#2 Windows Dedicated Server Plan" (January) from WebHostDirectory. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/110209hostway.html HostReviews.com]</ref>
* In 2009, Hostway won "UNIX Web Hosting Award" for multiple months by Web Host Directory and "Reseller Hosting Award" for multiple months from the Dedicated Server Directory. It also won additional recognition from HostReview, FindmyHost, and others.
* In general, it has been honored by several web review companies like Dedicated Server Directory, FindMyHost, Web Host Directory, Top Host, Netcraft, Host Index, etc., sometimes for muliple months, or years, since its foundation in 1999.<ref> [http://www.hostway.com/dedicated/about/awards.html HostWay.com]</ref>
==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}
* [http://www.hostway.com/ hostway.com]
* [http://www.hostway.com/ hostway.com]
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