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Solution provides Brasil Telecom with unparalleled operational scalability enablingefficient and automated customer provisioning and service
Jersey City, NJ (Nov 21st 2006) - Comodo, through their Web Hosting and serverautomation division PSOFT, today announced that Brasil Telecom has selected Comodo'sH-Sphere solution to provide web hosting automation for its new line of internetservices dedicated to small and medium size businesses (SMB), called iG Empresas.The multi-year deal is seen as a critical enabling technology for iG to be able togenerate and fully leverage revenue from their large and growing base of 40,000 webhost customers.
Brasil Telecom Group is a leading telecommunications and web hosting operator inBrazil. Brasil Telecom Group offers a full range of services: local fixed-linetelecommunications, domestic and international long distance fixed-linetelecommunications, mobile telecommunications, data transmission, data center andInternet services, which provide a full range of converging services with a unifiedvision and mutual synergy. iG is the largest internet access provider (ISP) of LatinAmerica, reaching 28% of the Brazilian residences that has computers and was thefirst free Internet access provider in Brasil. Today, beyond free access andbroadband access, value-added services offered include e-mail, hosting, multimediacontent, Wi-fi, among others. Approximately 1 million subscribers pay for services,including broadband access and value-added services.
Internet Group Ltda (iG) chose H-Sphere over rival solutions primarily because ofthe unparalleled ease with which it can be integrated into iG's existing, wellestablished infrastructure. H-Sphere's built in billing system and multi-currencysupport allowed iG to provision its very large local customer base without recourseto a third party solution outside of the control panel. H-Sphere's multi-languagesupport and almost infinite scalability also were key criterion in H-Sphere'sselection by iG.
H-Sphere is a leading web hosting control panel widely recognized as uniquely suitedto meet the demands of large scale hosting operations. It offers a complete clientcontrol panel, an admin interface, private label reselling, built-in SSL certificatemanagement tools, virtual private servers, dedicated server hosting, MS Exchangehosting, integrated billing, trouble ticket system and powerful clusteringcapabilities - even allowing the management of multiple Linux, FreeBSD & Win200xservers in one centralized cluster. For a full list of feature, please visit us at:http://www.psoft.net/promo
"H-Sphere has proven itself to be one of the world's most scalable, cost effectiveand versatile web host control panel and we are delighted to be able to offer thisfunctionality to iG," said Melih Abdulhayoglu, President and CEO of Comodo. "Thispartnership represents a perfect synergy between two forward-looking and innovativecompanies. iG can now offer their customers a single, centralized control system forthe management and development of websites while benefiting from H-Spheres uniquebilling solution and multi currency and language support."
About Comodo
Comodo is a leading global provider of Identity and Trust Assurance services on theInternet, with over 200,000 customers worldwide. With global offices in the US, UK,Ukraine and India, the company offers businesses and consumers the intelligentsecurity, authentication and assurance services necessary to ensure trust in onlinetransactions.
As a leading Certification Authority, and in combination with the Digital Trust Lab(DTL), Comodo helps enterprises address digital ecommerce and infrastructure needswith reliable, third generation solutions that improve customer relationships,enhance customer trust and create efficiencies across digital ecommerce operations.Comodo's solutions include integrated Web hosting management solutions,infrastructure services, digital e-commerce services, digital certification,identity assurance, customer privacy and vulnerability management solutions. Foradditional information on Comodo - Creating Trust Online - please visit:www.comodogroup.com.
A bout Brasil Telecom
Brasil Telecom S/A is the principal fixed telephony operator in the Federal Districtof Sà o Paulo and the states of Acre, Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul,Tocantins, Goià s, Santa Catarina, Paranà and Rio Grande do Sul. The company provideslocal and intra-regional long distance voice and data services. Brasil Telecom'snetwork covers 33 percent of the country and serves 23 percent of the population(approximately 40 million inhabitants) in a geographic area that represents 25percent of the country's GDP (approximately $280 billion reais). Today BrasilTelecom has more than 10 million installed lines and more than 285,000 publictelephones, of which 97 percent are digital. More information about Brasil Telecomcan be obtained at www.brasiltelecom.com.br.
