Netfirms Web Hosting Firm, Includes Dot Asia Domain Names

Toronto, Canada - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - April 9, 2008 - Web hosting provider for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB), Netfirms, and ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrar, is now offering .asia domain names.

The addition of .asia domain names to their product line corresponds with today’s official .asia top level domain launch.

Netfirms encourages North American businesses to protect their brands and trademarks by registering their businessname with the new .asia domain extension. Registrants outside of Asia can meet Charter Eligibility Requirements by assigning Netfirms as their technical contact.

For $19.95 per year (minimum two year subscription) and an additional $5.00 per year per domain to assign Netfirms as their technical contact, customers registering .asia domain names through Netfirms receive:

An .asia domain name
A basic webpage with 25MB of disk space that can be edited immediately.
An email account at the domain including a calendar, address book and spam filtering.
Full DNS management with the user-friendly Netfirms Control Panel.

Thomas Savundra, President of Netfirms noted, ''We are excited to offer .asia domains to customers around the world. We've made things easy for customers anywhere to register .asia domain names by streamlining the registration and qualification process. By adding .asia to our domain name product line, we're giving businesses the opportunity to expand their efforts into the world's largest market while protecting their brands online.''

Late last year, Netfirms reported an increased demand for its MultiPlatform technology, since it debuted in early February 2007, which allows web developers to use both Microsoft Windows and Linux-based web development tools simultaneously.

Netfirms recently surveyed 1,000 customers about which features were most important in their decision to choose Netfirms MultiPlatform. Results indicated that Microsoft features, including MSSQL, ASP.Net 2.x and ASP.Net 1.x were most important. In terms of Linux features, web developers ranked PHP 4/5 and MySQL as most important.

Overall, Windows and Linux MultiPlatform features ranked most important to web developers when choosing a web host, above price, online research, and advice from colleagues or friends. The findings indicate a strong attraction to the flexibility of being able to use Microsoft Windows and Linux features on one single account.

Netfirms Multiplatform is available on Netfirms Business and Netfirms Enterprise hosting plans starting at $14.95/month, which include ASP.NET 1.0 and 2.0, SQL Server 2005, Apache, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Perl, and PHP. Customers who select the Netfirms Business plan can build their website with both Microsoft and Linux functionality plus get 300 GB of disk space, 3,000 GB transfer, five free domain names, email, e-commerce, statistics and 24/7 customer support.

Netfirms, Inc., founded in 1998, provides web hosting solutions and technology to successful small and medium-sized businesses, home office, entrepreneurs and individuals worldwide. Netfirms hosts over 1,200,000 websites, with offices in the U.S. and Canada. Netfirms was selected in 2006 as one of HostReview.com's Top 10 Fastest Growing Web Hosting Companies.

To learn more about Netfirms About Netfirms: Netfirms, Inc., founded in 1998, provides web hosting solutions and technology to successful small and medium-sized businesses, home office, entrepreneurs and individuals worldwide. Netfirms hosts over 1.2 million websites, with offices in the U.S. and Canada.

For more information about Netfirms' .asia domain names, please visit: www.netfirms.com/domain-names/asia.

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