MaximumASP Rolls Out Windows Server 2008 / IIS7-Dedicated Server Beta

MaximumASP, a leading provider of Microsoft Windows-based hosting services, today announced that it will add Windows Server 2008 with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) to its dedicated server product offerings using the Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 Go-Live program.

Managing Partner Wade Lewis said, “MaximumASP will again take the lead in the marketplace as one of the first to release a Windows Server 2008 Beta 3-Dedicated Server with IIS7, prior to the Microsoft public release.” Customers can purchase and experience Windows Server 2008 and IIS7 in a hosted environment today and easily migrate to the final product when it is officially released in February 2008. The Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7 beta is a Dell PowerEdge server with two fault-tolerant 80GB SATA drives running RAID 1 along with two Dual Core processors and 1GB of memory. The server can handle robust applications and websites, is a capable SQL database server and it is available for just $299 per month.

Lewis also said, “With our active engagement in early builds of IIS7 and commitment to bringing the latest technology to our customers, it is no surprise that we are among the first Microsoft partners to bring this product to market. Provided in a secured MaximumASP hosted environment, Windows 2008 with IIS 7 customers can acquire and evaluate Microsoft’s new web platform in advance of public release. In addition, MaximumASP also provides the back-end infrastructure and management to ensure maximum reliability and scalability for end users.”

“We are excited to help MaximumASP offer its customers an easy-to-manage and reliable platform for the development and hosting of Web applications and services,” said John Zanni, director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft Corp. “Also, as an early adopter, MaximumASP and its customers will provide feedback that will help contribute to how we shape this new technology.”

MaximumASP customer Deke Hooper, CTO from CyberTV LLC (http://www.cybertvllc.com), is already using Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 with IIS7, and he was eager to comment on the upgrade, “This new server is amazing – it instantly sped up my sites by over 40%; it’s like getting a code rewrite with no work. I can tell you so far that as long as everything keeps on like this I want to use this for ALL of my new IIS servers.”

More direct feedback from Hooper on the overall experience with Windows 2008 Beta 3 and IIS7:

New Management – We can now control the access for multiple managers using IIS allowing or preventing access to different areas.

IIS7′s configuration files can be ‘shared’ across multiple servers! This is perfect for our hosting environment where we have a central storage system and multiple IIS servers accessing it.

PHP – We run mixed sites using multiple programming languages and now PHP is simple to use. 99% of all sites that we build and host are dynamic content -the new caching system is dramatically increasing our speed.

Metabase Hunting – In the new IIS many of the options that were buried in the metabase file are now brought into the management areas. These settings are now accessed via the ASP menu.

DotNetNuke – Windows Server/IIS 7 is like steroids to DNN, like a dream come true; the new server empowers our DNN sites to run faster and in a much more stable manner.

To learn more about this exciting new technology and corresponding support visit: http://www.iis.net

About MaximumASP

MaximumASP, based in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded in 2000 as an outsourcing firm for Microsoft Windows-based hosting services. The company currently hosts more than 44,000 domains for customers in over 60 countries. With a strong focus on hosting solutions that combine advanced monitoring and management tools, MaximumASP has become a top choice for Microsoft developers seeking a robust hosting platform for mission-critical web applications. For more information visit www.maximumasp.com.

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