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C I Host Reaches Milestone: 210,000 Customers, 187 Countries |
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Rapid Consistent Growth Due To Business Acumen, Financial Stability
FORT WORTH, TX (May 7, 2004) - C I Host, a global leader in Web hosting and Internet infrastructure, now has 210,000 customers in 187 countries all over the globe, and continues to enjoy one of the lowest churn rates in the industry.
A combination of business acumen, putting the customer first and a solid financial foundation has enabled C I Host to grow consistently since its inception seven years ago with a handful of clients in CEO Christopher Faulkner's college dorm room.
"For seven years, we have grown and expanded and stayed ahead of the curve in the industry," Faulkner said. "We are at the seventh inning stretch now, and we are going to just keep on growing and developing new and better ways to make our customers successful."
Between 2001 and 2003, C I Host doubled its customer base and showed a 690 percent revenue growth. That revenue growth was ploughed back into the company and enabled it to expand its wholly owned, state-of-the-art Texas and Los Angeles facilities and open a new data center in Chicago.
Part of this growth came from C I Host's expertise in what is considered the "sweet spot" in the Web hosting industry - the small- and medium-sized
business market.
"From the start, we have developed our services to best serve SMB owners who need to be able to focus on their core business without having to worry
about building an IT department in the back room," Faulkner said. "We take the hassle out of Web hosting and give them the edge they need to be the
best in their field."
C I Host also took two crucial steps during the first six months of 2003 to position itself to expand its customer base.
The company fulfilled the requirements to receive the federal HIPAA certification, thus making it eligible to provide information technology
services to the more than 2 million health care organizations that must meet strict new patient confidentiality regulations. HIPAA is the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
In addition, C I Host's core data center facility in Texas passed the rigorous audit called the SAS 70, which is required for companies who want to provide IT services to firms with high security and confidentiality requirements.
At the same time, C I Host extended its reach beyond the small- and medium-sized market to serve large corporations. It now hosts more than
5,000 dedicated servers.
"Whether you own a start-up company that needs its first shared hosting Web site, or are part of a major conglomerate with customers all over the globe and require dedicated, managed hosting, C I Host has the package that will meet your needs, not only now, but as you grow," Faulkner said.
About C I Host
C I Host (www.cihost.com), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) serving 210,000 individual consumers and
businesses in 182 countries worldwide.
C I Host creates business-class Web hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names.
C I Host is HIPAA-compliant and has passed the SAS70 audit.
C I Host has been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse,
WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.
C I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce on today's Web. The company offers innovative packages and services to the Internet community.
C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and London.
All telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly owned and operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel generator backups and a
temperature-controlled secure environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire protection guard against any data loss. To deliver speed and reliability, C I Host's servers are
connected to two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3 lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total of more than 2.6 Gigabits of
available bandwidth.
Editorial Contact:
D. Kent Pingel
Public Relations Director
C I Host
888-868-9931 ext. 7006
kentp@cihost.com |
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