Easy to Set Up and Maintain, Gateway's Professional Website Services
Help Small and Medium Businesses Build their Internet Presence
Editor's Summary
-- Gateway offers Professional Website plans designed to meet a range of
small and medium business needs. Available today, prices range from
$19.95 to $69.95 per month.
-- Gateway also helps customers register a Web address, providing the
convenience of one-stop shopping for their business Internet needs.
Through May 31, 2000, clients can register their Web address for $35
for two years, a tremendous value compared to competitive offerings.
-- For a limited time, Gateway will waive the one-time set-up fee of $50
and include one month of free service for clients who sign up for one
year of service on all plans.
-- Providing maximum security and reliability, each site is hosted in a
totally secure, shared server environment, with automatic data backups
and server redundancy, providing 99 percent uptime.
-- Additional information on Gateway's web-hosting solutions can be found
at http://www.gateway-hosting.com.
SAN DIEGO, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- As the trusted technology guide for
small and medium businesses, Gateway, Inc. today announced the immediate
availability of a new slate of Web-hosting programs for small and medium
businesses, the first of several new initiatives available under Gateway's
e-business services. These solutions are built on top of one of the world's
largest Web-hosting infrastructures -- a network provided by Verio that
already includes over 395,000 Web sites spanning more than 170 countries
around the world. (See separate news release, Gateway and Verio Form
Strategic Alliance.) Available today, Gateway's Professional Websites offer
small and medium businesses a quick and easy way to develop comprehensive Web
sites that enhance and build on their overall marketing efforts.
For growing businesses looking to establish their presence on the Web or
transition from their first Web site to a flexible high-performance solution
that grows with their business, Gateway has a Professional Website plan to
meet their needs and budgets. Gateway's EZ Website starter kit allows clients
to develop a seven-page Web site within minutes, while the High Volume program
can support up to 20GB of data transfer per month. All programs include an
optimal combination of storage, transfer rates and email capabilities,
providing clients with a balanced Web-hosting solution. For maximum
flexibility, clients can design and maintain their own Web site or have
Gateway manage it for them. Beginning in June, customers will be able choose
additional Internet services including e-commerce, DSL, dedicated connectivity
and dial-up Internet access.
The Gateway Advantage
For maximum security and reliability, each site is hosted in a totally
secure, shared server environment, with automatic daily data backups and
server redundancy, providing 99 percent uptime. Gateway also provides clients
with 24-hour, 7-day a week phone support, while an online help database
provides general information on Web-hosting to help guide them toward the
solution most appropriate for their needs. Other advantages to Gateway's
Web-hosting services include:
-- High speed Tier 1 backbone with more than 200 U.S. points of presence
-- High-powered servers running customized Apache Web server software
-- Multiple T3 connections
-- Cisco routers using BGP4 protocol
-- UPS power back-up and diesel back-up generator to avoid server
downtime
Easy and Convenient Domain Name Registration
Gateway also helps customers register a Web address, providing the
convenience of one-stop shopping for their business Internet needs. Through
May 31, 2000, clients can register their Web address for $35 for two years, a
tremendous value compared to competitive offerings. Gateway's online help
database explains domain name registration and provides links to other sites
with additional information.
EZ Website Gets Customers on the Web in Minutes
This low-cost, do-it-yourself plan is ideal for small companies just
getting started on the Web. For just $19.95 a month, clients receive a
working site and up to seven pages for providing information about their
company. A simple tutorial guides clients through the process of developing
their Web site -- no special tools, additional software or Web skills are
required. Customers can customize their site with the professional
photography offered in the tutorial, insert their logo or other images, select
fonts and create hyperlinks to other pages. Customers can experience just how
easy it is to design their own Web site under the EZ Website plan by following
along with the interactive demo at http://www.gateway-hosting.com. This program also
includes 10 email accounts, 10MB of disk space and 1GB per month of data
transfers.
Basic Website Offers Support for Multimedia, Forms and Database
Capabilities
Gateway's Basic Website plan is ideal for small business customers who
want a basic site enhanced with multimedia, forms and database capabilities.
For $24.95 per month, these advanced capabilities allow sites to grow with a
company's needs.
Enhanced Website Delivers Increased Functionality with Support for
CyberCash
The Enhanced Website plan includes advanced capabilities and features
designed to support even the most demanding sites. Just $29.95 per month,
this plan includes full hosting capabilities, and adds support for RealAudio
and RealVideo for enhanced multimedia applications, and mSQL and MySQL
database access, enabling clients to manage their inventory from their Web
site. For increased functionality, this plan also offers secure transmission
of credit card information through Gateway's SSL secure server and support for
CyberCash, which verifies credit card numbers and account information. Future
e-commerce capabilities will enable sites to use shopping carts and real time
credit card authorization.
Premium Website Features Advanced Capabilities for Busier Sites
Designed to handle increased traffic, Gateway's Premium program builds on
the Enhanced plan by offering higher data transfer limits, additional disk
space and a greater number of email options. For $39.95 a month, customers
get the benefits of higher volume features without the need to purchase a
dedicated server.
High Volume Website Handles the Most Demanding Sites
Gateway's premiere program for the busiest and most demanding sites, the
High Volume provides a maximum storage capacity of 200MB of disk space and
20GB per month of data transfer. For $69.95 per month, it includes 51 email
accounts and all the multimedia capabilities and increased functionality of
the Premium program.
Availability and Special Promotions
Gateway's Professional Website service plans are available now directly
from Gateway. For a limited time, Gateway will waive the one-time set-up fee
of $50 and include one month of free service for all 12-month contracts.
Through May 31, 2000, clients can register their Web address for $35 for two
years, a tremendous value compared to competitive offerings. For more
information about Gateway's Web-hosting services, call 1-800-371-1525, visit
the company's web site at http://www.gateway-hosting.com or stop in one of the more
than 260 Gateway Country(R) stores.
About Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a Fortune 250 company founded in 1985, focuses on
building lifelong relationships with consumers and businesses through complete
technology personalization. Gateway ranked number one in U.S. consumer PC
revenue in 1999 (1) and was rated among the top ten best corporate reputations
in America according to a survey conducted in August of 1999 by Harris
Interactive and the Reputation Institute and published in The Wall Street
Journal. Gateway employees worldwide provide clients with services and built-
to-order computers that consistently win top awards from leading industry
publications. Gateway had total global revenue of $8.65 billion in 1999 and
shipped 4.68 million systems. For more information, visit our Web site at
http://www.gateway.com.
(1) According to GartnerGroup/Dataquest US PC Quarterly statistics.
Gateway and the Gateway stylized logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Gateway, Inc. Prices and configurations subject to change
without notice or obligation. All other brands and product names are the
property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Gateway, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Ruth Rosene of Gateway Business,
949-609-4498, ruth.rosene@gateway.com
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