Chicago, Illinois – (The Hosting News) – August 2, 2007 – Web hosting provider for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB), Netfirms, at the recent HostingCon 2007 event held in Chicago, hosted a major topic of discussion on clustered server (grid) hosting, at the ”The Future of Service Enablement” keynote.

The majority of the panel agreed that clustered technology is the way of the future. Philbert Shih, Senior Analyst, Tier1 Research recognized Netfirms as a leader in clustered hosting, during his HostingCon session titled ”Marketing Web Hosting Services in a Rapidly Transforming Market.”

Tophosts.com also recognized Netfirms as a leader in clustered server technology during the event. The article titled ”The Benefits of Clustered Web Hosting” showcases the Netfirms clustered hosting platform. Jason Matheson, Product Manager at Netfirms remarked, ”Clustered hosting is better on all levels. It’s faster to develop on, it’s more reliable because there’s no single point of failure and it’s going to be up 100 per cent of the time. We offer clustered hosting because it increases efficiency and reliability, two things our customers expect from us. It’s only a matter of time before other hosts realize clustered hosting is the way to go.”

Netfirms, Inc., founded in 1998, provides web hosting solutions and technology to successful small and medium-sized businesses, home office, entrepreneurs and individuals worldwide. Netfirms hosts over 1,000,000 websites, with offices in the U.S. and Canada. Netfirms was selected in 2006 as one of HostReview.com’s Top 10 Fastest Growing Web Hosting Companies.

For more information on HostingCon 2007, please visit: http://hostingcon.com/2007.

To learn more about Tophosts.com, please visit: www.tophosts.com/articles/005528.html.

For more information about Netfirms clustered server technology, please visit: www.netfirms.com/enterprise-hosting.

To learn more about Netfirms, please visit: www.netfirms.com.

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