Herndon, Virginia - (The Hosting News) - May 9, 2006 - Website hosting automation company, SWsoft, has expanded its agenda for the first SWsoft Global Hosting Partner Summit taking place May 30 - June 1 at the Dulles Hyatt Hotel in Herndon, Virginia. 

Added to the agenda is a key partner presentation by Microsoft and VeriSign along with an available Air and Space Museum tour and a D.C. Dinner Boat Cruise for all attendees. 

SWsoft has already confirmed attending partners from 14 countries: the US, Canada, UK, Spain, South Africa, Singapore, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Egypt, Columbia, China, Austria, and Australia.

This first SWsoft partner event will provide over 400 current partners the ability to network with many of leaders in the hosting industry, build stronger relationships, preview upcoming product releases and demos, provide direct feedback, and discover new ways of growing their hosting businesses.

Kurt Daniel, Vice President of Marketing and Alliances commented, ''We are excited to organize an event with and for our partners to explore futures in hosting software and the industry in general but also enjoy the DC area. Participating partners will be able to leverage significant technology updates and roadmap previews, demonstrations and best practices as well as promotional offers and fun giveaways including several Blackberrys and iPods.''

Participating partners will be able to:

· Receive previews of upcoming products and roadmaps
· Learn new ways to grow revenue
· Network with leading industry partners and peers
· Preview ''live'' demos of the latest products
· Interact face-to-face with senior SWsoft engineers
· Participate in product feedback sessions
· Become eligible for special promotions
· Enjoy DC/Northern Virginia in late spring

SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft's suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world, SWsoft is a high growth company funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital. SWsoft offers comprehensive solutions - transparently integrated through the Open Fusion Initiative - including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.

To learn more about the agenda of currently planned sessions and activities, please visit: www.swsoft.com/en/hostingsummit/agenda/.

For more information about SWsoft, visit www.swsoft.com.