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Huge thanks to all of our customers. For those of you who haven’t heard, Aplus.net was ranked 4,060 on Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. This is a great honor and we owe it all to our customers. Without the business from each and every one of you, we would not have made this list. You can read more about the honor you helped us achieve in our recent press release.

Our customers mean the world to us and we sincerely want to play a part in your professional success by offering products and services that really help your business thrive online. Many of you likely have heard about the coming platform upgrade. This upgrade is an essential move to support the exciting new products and services we have set for upcoming release (email marketing, online collaboration, SEO tools – to give just a few hints!). Other key benefits of the upgrade to the new platform include increased service reliability and performance along with enhanced technical support and billing options.

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Welcome to the New Aplus.net! I would like to personally welcome you to the next generation of web applications for small business.

First, let me introduce myself. I have had the pleasure of building Internet companies for more than 15 years starting in 1993 with the launch of Tucows.com, an Internet service provider and a successful software download website. In 1999 we launched Hostopia.com, today the #1 provider of webservices sold through to telecoms and service providers. Over the years I have had the opportunity to see the Internet evolve from a fledgling network of computers to a thriving environment, bringing about globalization and economic opportunity that we could never have imagined.

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Aplus.net recently agreed to the purchase of its shared hosting business by Hostopia, a leading provider of Web services for small and medium-sized businesses. Hostopia, a unit of Deluxe Corporation, will also provide service and support for all customers with hosted e-commerce stores, managed e-mail services, domains and a variety of Web site management applications. The Aplus.net/Deluxe transaction is expected to close by the end of July.

“Within weeks of closing, Aplus.net’s shared hosting customers will see a service upgrade offering numerous new and enhanced web services including: mobile messaging, logo design, social networking for business, ecommerce, website design, email marketing, and other promotional materials that help small businesses get and keep customers,” said Colin Campbell, president of Hostopia.

Read the full press release here.