Web Hosting Firm, DiscountASP.NET, Recognized by asp.netPRO Consumers

Pasadena, California - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - ASP.net hosting and SQL hosting provider, DiscountASP.NET, has been honored through recognition as the Best Hosting Service, for the fourth consecutive year, by the consumers of asp.netPRO.

The Readers' Choice poll for asp.netPRO Magazine determines the outcome of which firm will receive the title. During March/April 2008, asp.netPRO Magazine asked their readers to participate in voting for their favorite ASP.NET products and services. There were over 20 categories, including Best IDE, Best Forum Application, and Best Hosting Services.

Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing at DiscountASP.NET noted, ''We are extremely proud to win this recognition and we thank the asp.netPRO magazine readership and the ASP.NET developer community for their continued support. Our team is energized by this win and remains committed to innovation and cutting-edge Windows hosting.''

Recently, DiscountASP.NET entered into a partnership with vendor of advanced ASP.NET user interface components and .NET reporting solutions, Telerik. Under the partnership, DiscountASP.NET customers can receive a $50 discount on Telerik RadControls and Reporting solutions. Telerik users can get 6 months free hosting for the first year of DiscountASP.NET's base ASP.NET hosting annual plan.

Last month, DiscountASP.NET debuted the integration of Microsoft Windows 2008 Hosting, on its enterprise-class shared hosting infrastructure.
The new Windows 2008 hosting platform includes many new enhancements, including:

Windows Server 2008 Standard edition
Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7)
FTP 7 (including FTP over SSL)
PHP5
Trust Level Control
Microsoft IIS Manager access

DiscountASP.NET introduces two new Control Panel tools for IIS7 hosting management. Customers can use the Application Pool Pipeline Mode chooser tool to switch between Classic and Integrated mode. In addition, a new Microsoft IIS Manager Permission tool is introduced allowing customers to manage the users that can have IIS 7 Manager access privileges.

asp.netPRO is an information resource for the ASP.NET developer community. Through its magazine and website, asp.netPRO provides valuable programming techniques through real-world applications and code, as well as expert opinion and strategy. asp.netPRO is focused on helping professional software developers build, deploy, and run the next generation of dynamic, distributed web applications.

DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting provider, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET and SQL database hosting. A Microsoft Gold Certified partner, DiscountASP.NET was one of the first hosts to launch Windows 2008 hosting, and .NET 3.5 hosting supporting LINQ and ASP.NET AJAX hosting.

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