Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Dotster (dotster.com) announced on Wednesday it is including SWsoft (swsoft.com) SiteBuilder for Windows software for free with its Windows hosting plans. Dotster has extended its existing SWsoft PEM solution to include the customer delivery, billing, and service management processes associated with SiteBuilder.

By offering SiteBuilder for Windows, Dotster enables customers to easily publish Web sites. The tool includes 300 modern templates and a five-step wizard. Customers can also add a range of free interactive features such as blogs, forums, feedback forms, guest books and image galleries.

Dotster is using the PEM software to manage its hosting environment, including the newly added SiteBuilder service. PEM enables Dotster customers to manage their hosting services using a simple control panel, and helps Dotster automate billing and provisioning.

“By integrating SWsoft SiteBuilder into our Windows hosting platforms, we are giving our customers the best web site publishing tool on the Internet,” says Marci Hansen, marketing director for Dotster. “It’s ideal for helping individuals or businesses quickly build a website that promotes their company and is an ideal for converting site traffic into a new client base.”

On Wednesday, Dotster launched a new promotional campaign for its MyInternet Web site services. (Read more ...)

Internet service provider EarthLink (earthlink.com) announced on Wednesday that a federal judge in Atlanta has awarded the company an $11 million judgment against Nevada Internet marketing company KSTM for sending millions of illegal mortgage related email advertisements.

“This judgment should be fair warning that if you spam, we will sue,” says Larry Slovensky, assistant general counsel for EarthLink.

EarthLink claimed in the lawsuit that KSTM used false and misleading header information in its emails promoting the Web site “lmlgdnhk.info”, which violates the CAN-SPAM Act. EarthLink also charged KSTM with breaking the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act and state and federal racketeering laws.

Under penalty of contempt, KSTM is prohibited from engaging in such conduct as falsifying the “from” field in the email address, hiding the identity of the email sender, selling email addresses, and accessing or obtaining EarthLink accounts. Since 1996, EarthLink has sued hundreds of spammers and won more than $200 million in judgments, including two criminal convictions against spammers who received prison sentences for their offenses. (Read more ...)

Internet streaming and content delivery services provider UpStream Networks (upstreamnetworks.com) announced on Wednesday that it had launched its ServePOP content delivery network.

New points of presence enable UpStream Networks to offer worldwide streaming to points closer to its customers’ end users throughout the world. Customer media files are replicated to multiple locations so that when an end user requests a video or audio stream, they are automatically connected to the nearest network distribution point for accelerated delivery.

“UpStream Networks continues to offer our customers the best possible performance and overall experience for end users by adding services such as our new ServePOP content delivery network,” says John Keagy, president of UpStream Networks. “While most of our competitors are focused on large companies, UpStream Networks strives to make this high performance available to any business that wants to provide its customers with an excellent experience. The ServePOP content delivery network ensures better quality and performance because the video and audio streams faster locally. That means happier customers and more repeat business.”

UpStream Networks targets small and medium-sized businesses that want to add live and on-demand Windows’ audio and video streaming to their Web sites. (Read more ...)

Software development and publishing company Tugboat Enterprises (tugboatenterprises.com) announced on Tuesday it has launched Dockspace, a new Web hosting service.

Tugboat Enterprises provides a full range of data management products, which include Lifeboat Data Rescue, Nauticus Deep Data Storage, Coracle Data Transfer and freeware The Hook. Dockspace is provided in part through the contracted services of Web host Rackspace, who is a principal provider for Tugboat’s on-line sales of its data management product line.

“We only want to offer our customers the best products, and the best service. With Dockspace, we are expanding our suite to provide custom solutions for each account,” says Judi Tyabji Wilson, CEO of Tugboat Enterprises. “We look forward to offering an affordable Web hosting service to small business, professionals and individuals.”

Tugboat Enterprises owns an independent technology for a bootable operating system. The company specializes in innovative utilities and programs in data recovery and data management in the PC and laptop market, specifically all Windows systems. (Read more ...)

Site building software vendor Stellar Image (stellarimagedesign.com) announced on Wednesday it has added a Web hosting package to its services.

Stellar Image says its Premier Package, along with its online template customization, is an easy alternative for small businesses that want an all-in-one solution. The company says Web statistics, referral sites and keyword referrals at an affordable price makes the Stellar Image package hard to beat.

The Premier Package, priced at $15 per month, comes with free setup and domain name, unlimited email and technical service support.

Stellar Image provides over 3,000 business with Web site designs, creative customization, e-books and software. (Read more ...)