SWsoft, 1&1 Offer SaaS Standard

June 18, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting control panel provider SWsoft (swsoft.com) and Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet (1and1.com) announced on Monday the first implementation of the Application Packaging Standard. Developed by SWsoft, the APS standard enables software vendors to easily integrate their applications into hosting environments and deliver software as a service solutions.

1&1 says it helped SWsoft design requirements for hosting providers and is the first service provider to implement support for the APS standard in its Click-n-Build Web hosting platform. The APS standard will help hosting providers take advantage of SaaS and offer customers a greater variety of services, says SWsoft. It will also help open the hosting channel for independent software vendors by enabling them to deliver hosted applications to more end users.

SWsoft also announced an APS certification program for ISVs and will soon be announcing a certification program for hosting providers.

"Hosting providers are an ideal delivery channel for SaaS with ISVs as another essential ingredient," says Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft. "We developed an open, flexible, easy to implement standard to help advance the adoption of SaaS solutions for the benefit of end users."

SWsoft also recently began offering discounts for service providers who purchase select SWsoft Virtuozzo and SWsoft HSPcomplete licenses during June.