06/06/2006 Hosting Industry Daily Briefing

Here’s your hosting industry briefing for 06/06/2006

Hyperspin, a provider of hosting services, announced today that they have launched a new reseller API. According to the company, the API is free to use, but you must be a current reseller customer of Hyperspin.

“The API has been designed to afford our resellers both flexibility and stability when interacting with our application. The addition of this tool dramatically increases the revenue potential of our resellers,” says Hyperspin president ChoonKeng Chua. “We have been expanding, refining, and tweaking the API for over six months now, and I am fully confident that it will be embraced by our reseller community. It is certainly one of the most robust and feature-rich APIs in the industry.”

The company states that the new API includes, “billing systems, as well as aiding with creating accounts, obtaining client lists, upgrading client service levels, adding SMS credits, suspending, reinstating or closing accounts and obtaining the reseller’s own account status.”

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HostGator Announces Free PHP and MySQL 5.0

HostGator, a provider of hosting services, announced that they are now providing PHP 5 and MySQL 5 free of charge, for all of their customers.

“We get so many requests from our customers for Php 5 and MySql 5 that we felt compelled to make it available to them for no extra charge,” said Brent Oxley, President and Founder of HostGator. “Our customers find these tools extremely valuable and we are pleased to offer any help we can to increase the utility of the web sites we host. Providing power, ping and pipe and 24-hour support is not enough,” said Oxley. “At HostGator, we feel it is necessary to support all our customer’s specific needs and to make it available to them at the lowest price point possible.”

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SWSoft Releases Site Builder 3.1 for Windows

SWSoft, the maker of the popular utility Site Builder, announced today that they have released Site Builder 3.1 for Windows.

“We have worked in close partnership with Microsoft to increase the overall flexibility and customization potential of SiteBuilder for Windows,” said Kurt Daniel, vice president of marketing and alliances, SWsoft. “Enhancements such as customizable page sets, site families and images deliver increased differentiation for consumers and business end users. In addition, the installation process has been streamlined to give administrators the ability to download only the components they need.”

The new version will be completely integrated with Plesk 7.6, which is due to be released in late June 2006.