Sunnyvale, Calif., -- Nov 16, 2004 -- Ensim announces immediate availability of Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows, the next major release of Ensim’s flagship hosting automation product. Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows, built natively on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and based on an extensible platform, delivers a significantly enhanced new user interface, expanded portfolio of applications and a capability to offer additional applications and services.
Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows was built natively on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and is the fourth generation hosting automation solution for the Microsoft Windows platform; it adheres closely to the guidelines in Microsoft’s Solution for Windows-based Hosting. This newest version of Ensim Pro for Windows comes pre-installed with the Microsoft .NET Framework, and has built-in support for a variety of core Microsoft products and technologies, including Internet Information Services 6.0, Windows Server 2003 FTP Service, Microsoft Domain Name Service (DNS) server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) and FrontPage Server Extensions.
The redesigned user interface in Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows was developed as a result of extensive interaction with customers, resellers and site owners. The result is a compelling new interface that limits the number of required clicks to accomplish key tasks, and provides one-click access to the most commonly used operations and information.
Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows, with its extensible framework, provides integration to Ensim Power Tools and Ensim Ignite, a suite of productivity tools that can easily be deployed by service providers. Ensim Power Tools offers a portfolio of applications and services such as blogging, bulletin board and photo album management. Ensim Ignite provides value-added services for site owners, including payment systems, email marketing, and search engine optimization. With these pre-bundled applications and services, Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows provides an unprecedented way for service providers to offer rich hosting plans to their customers and add new applications and services in the future.
“Ensim Pro 4.0 is an integral part of our market strategy to grow our Windows hosting business,” said Chris Silkman, business manager at OLM, LLC. “The sophistication and extensibility of the Ensim Pro control panel enables us to create and launch new offerings to our diversified customer base. There’s absolutely nothing else like it on the market today.”
Major new features in Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows include:
Enhanced domain management that supports parked domains and subdomains
New bandwidth management tools allowing detailed tracking of bandwidth utilization for service providers and resellers
DNS and IP management tools designed to automate many advanced functions and further decrease support costs
New hosting features such as shared SSL, enhanced log file, backup and restore management
Advanced search capabilities that deliver significantly improved performance benefits
New migration tools provide service providers with site preview before DNS is resolved to ensure compatibility
“Ensim continues to build on a solid reputation as the global leader in the hosting automation software market,” says Shay Mowlem, vice president of marketing and alliances at Ensim. “Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows brings a new level of automation with a rich set of enhancements, partner integrations, and a significantly enhanced user interface to help our customers achieve their business needs. Ensim Pro 4.0 for Windows demonstrates our continued commitment to our customers, our belief that Windows-based hosting will continue to grow, and our ongoing cooperation with Microsoft.”
“The market for Windows-based hosting is showing strong growth”, said Pascal Martin, general manager for Hosting Solutions at Microsoft Corp. “Ensim’s collaboration with Microsoft enables service providers to benefit from Microsoft’s ongoing technology investments, including the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting and the Windows Server System.”
About Ensim Corporation
Ensim Corporation is the global leader in developing and providing software solutions for the Web and application hosting industry. More than 80 tier one hosting service providers (HSPs), including over one half of the top U.S. HSPs, use Ensim’s products to automate the provisioning, metering and management of their hosting offerings. Ensim’s professional-grade software currently hosts more than 750,000 Web sites and five million mailboxes, with an annual growth rate exceeding 100 percent. The company’s comprehensive product line includes control panels, virtual private servers, server management, as well as the industry’s first multi-service delivery platform. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.ensim.com, or call toll free 1/877-693-6746 within the United States, or 1/408-745-3300 if you are calling from outside the United States.
