Atlanta, Georgia – (The Hosting News) – June 4, 2007 – Website and Internet services company, Web.com, Inc., has been awarded its twenty-first patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, number 7,225,272, entitled ”Method and Apparatus for Providing Name Services,” filed in July 2002.
Details of the patent specify that ”An embodiment of the invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing dynamic name resolution services based on information stored and served in a root server. A multi-part reference to the name resolution server is stored on the root servers. By analyzing the reference to the name resolution server, the name resolution server is capable of dynamically generating a canonical name associated with a domain and/or a host name. The domain and/or host name may be further examined by network resource servers to determine further information about a requested resource. ”
In other news, Web.com recently participated in two financial conferences in New York City: The Friedman Billings Ramsey and Co. 2007 Growth Conference at The Grand Hyatt, and the Cowen and Company 35th Annual SMid-Cap Technology Conference at The New York Palace Hotel. A live webcast of both presentations will be available through the investor relations section of Web.com’s website at www.web.com/ir.
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Friedman, Billings, Ramsey and Co., Inc. 2007 Growth Conference will feature presentations from approximately 200 public and a select group of private companies. Presentations from more than 100 public companies in the TMT, Consumer and Healthcare sectors.
Company sectors to featured included:
Technology, Media and Telecom
o Cable and Broadband
o Enterprise Hardware
o Enterprise Services
o Financial Technology
o Internet Services
o Publishing and Education Services
o Semiconductor Devices
o Semiconductor Manufacturing
o Software
o Solar Manufacturing
o Telecommunications
Healthcare
o Biotechnology
o Emerging Pharmaceuticals
o Healthcare Services
o Healthcare Information Technology
o Pharmaceutical Informatics
o Senior Care
o Specialty Pharmaceuticals
Consumer
o Entertainment and Leisure
o Hardline Retail and Other
o Restaurants
o Specialty Apparel
Cowen and Company’s foundation of research, trading and investment banking, include the Health Care, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Consumer, and Aerospace and Defense sectors. Nearly 90 years of growth through bull and bear markets has been recognized by clients.
Web.com, formerly Interland, Inc., offers do-it-yourself and professional website design, website hosting, ecommerce, web marketing, developer hosting, and e-mail resources, since 1995.More than 4 million websites have been built using Web.com’s proprietary tools, services and patented technology. As one of the longest-standing leaders in the website hosting industry, Web.com offers proprietary, point-and-click technologies and expert support professionals to ensure simplicity and ease-of-use at every step of the process. Distribution Partners include: Yellow Pages directories, broadband services, telecommunications, retail, and others. Strategic distribution partners include: R.H. Donnelley, Dex Media, EarthLink, British Telecom, Terra Lycos, Thomas Publishing, Ambassador Yellow Pages, Hawaiian Telcom, Encore Software, Office Depot, CompUSA, Amazon.com, and Monster Worldwide. Technology Partners include: Cisco, Compaq, Foundry Networks, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Lycos, Macromedia, Miva, Microsoft, Network Associates, Openwave, PayPal, RealNetworks, Red Hat, Staples, Sun Microsystems, VeriSign, Verizon, VERITAS, Yahoo, and WebTrends.
Web.com has been honored with the following accolades:
- Deloitte, Technology Fast 50 Winner, 2005 and 2006
- Excellence in Technology 2005 Awards – Ecommerce, SmallBusinessComputing.com
- # 12 on Deloitte’s 2004 Technology Fast 500
- #1 Web Design, Development and Services Company 2005, Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Frost and Sullivan Market Leadership Award 2003
- Who’s Who in Technology 2003 and 2004, Atlanta Business Chronicle
To learn more about Web.com, please visit: www.web.com.
