Herndon, Virginia - (The Hosting News) - December 6, 2005 - Web hosting automation and software company, SWsoft, has announced that IT Week, a news weekly for more than 100,000 IT professionals, has recognized the company as a Top 50 Technology Innovator of 2005.

The Top 50 Technology Innovators are the 50 companies that have been judged to be the most innovative on the technology front in the last year. SWsoft was chosen for the innovations it has brought to the enterprise and service provider markets through its unique Virtuozzo server virtualization solution.

Ken Durham, Editor of IT Week magazine commented on the honor, ''It was very difficult to select a small number of winners with so many outstanding products in the market, but in the end we chose technologies and solutions that demonstrated true innovation and impact in the past year. IT Week is very pleased to recognize these standout products and companies for their technical prowess and true excellence.''

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft added, ''We are honored that IT Week has recognized our unique operating system-level approach to server virtualization and automation. Virtuozzo's class-leading performance, multi-platform support and powerful management tools continue to deliver clear benefits to a rapidly expanding base of enterprise and service provider customers.''

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.