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Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - December 21, 2007 - Shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting firm, Host Gator, is offering 4,500 free website templates to customers and resellers, covering nearly 120 different types of businesses, designed to enable non-technical building of effective websites.

Brent Oxley, Founder and President of HostGator remarked, ”These templates are free to any Website hosted by HostGator, whether on a shared or dedicated hosting plan, or through a hosting reseller. We want to make hosting domains or building websites as painless as possible, that’s why we offer the free templates. We also offer free Site Builder, one of the easiest tools available for anybody wanting to custom build a website, rather than use a template.”

The free templates cover a broad range of page designs suitable for nearly 120 different types of small and medium-sized businesses - from accountants and auto dealers, to cleaning services, consultants, martial arts studios, toy stores, women’s health clinics, and everything in between. The wide variety of templates makes it easier for resellers to attract people and businesses who want websites, but don’t have the knowledge or design abilities needed to create good looking websites.

Although it’s common for Web hosting companies to offer a variety of perks, including free or low cost Web tools, and even a limited number of templates, Mr. Oxley says the number of free templates HostGator has is far beyond the average, adding, ”I really don’t know of any other large hosting company offering this many templates. We may be setting the trend here.”

To apply the free templates, a reseller or webmaster may browse through the templates, select one or more to use, and they automatically begin downloading to the omputer. Hosting resellers and webmasters are also welcome to modify and HostGator’s templates, so long as the websites remain hosted by HostGator.

As an added feature, resellers can actually mirror HostGator’s templates pages to show to their customers. That makes accessing the templates easy, while maintaining control over who can accesss them.

Mr. Oxley concludes, ”The only restriction is that the templates can’t be sold or distributed for use on websites not hosted by us.”

Host Gator is a provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting services focused on the consumer and small business markets. Founded in 2002, Host Gator has become a leader in reseller hosting, assisting over 15,000 businesses become web hosting companies. Host Gator has offices in Houston, Texas and its data center operations are co-located out of The Planet’s facility in Dallas, Texas, enabling it to access Tier-1 backbone providers such as UUNet, Sprint, Level 3, Global Crossing, Verio and AT and T and AboveNet. HostGator’s shared hosting plans are supported by HostGator’s 24/7/365 phone support, and comes with a 99.9% uptime and 30-day money-back guarantee.

For more information about Host Gator, please visit: www.hostgator.com.

Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - December 21, 2007 - Web hosting and Internet solutions company, Future Hosting, LLC, has opened an additional datacenter location for its Virtual Private Server (VPS) offerings, in Seattle, Washington.

Vik Patel, Future Hosting president and CEO noted, ”We have business customers from all over the world, and many are focused on providing their services in one or two separate locations. We feel offering a variety of geographic locations provides additional value for our customers.”

Seattle offers another geographic location with distinctive advantages to help the company target local businesses and vertical markets. Namely, Seattle VPS plans are ideal for customers in northwestern parts of the United States and southwestern Canada. The location also offers lower-latency connections to most of Asia.

The technical specifications of the new datacenter are very similar to the company’s other facilities, in both Chicago, Ill. and Dallas, Texas. All facilities feature redundant infrastructure, robust security, and 10G connections to the InterNap and Qwest backbones.

For customers requiring high availability solutions, Future Hosting offers load balancing between physically separate VPS accounts, on separate networks. The company also offers data backups in 12 hour increments.

Managed Virtual Private Server plans from Future Hosting, hosted in Dallas, Texas; Chicago, Ill.; or now Seattle, Wash., start at $34.95/monthly. Introductory plans include 200GB of monthly data transfer and 10GB of SA-SCSI disk space. Customers can choose either a cPanel- or Plesk-based management platform.

For more information about Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.biz.

Recently, the company attained exclusive SWsoft Platinum Partner status, as recognition of its commitment to the software company’s control panel and server management solutions. Allowing Future Hosting to more closely collaborate with SWsoft on the implementation of its software, the company currently uses SWsoft’s control panel and server management solutions for its shared, VPS and reseller hosting offerings.

The partnership also provides Future Hosting with larger discounts on SWsoft products and services and access to higher priority technical support, should a software issue be detected. As a Platinum Partner, Future Hosting is also invited to participate more broadly in SWsoft software beta programs, allowing customers to get a glimpse at the next generation of hosting technology before it is released to the public.

Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is privately held Internet Solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including both Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers. The company has developed competitive pricing models, and offers a 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Livonia, Michigan.

To learn more about Future Hosting, please visit: www.futurehosting.biz.

Herndon, Virginia - (The Hosting News) - December 21, 2007 - Virtualization software company, SWsoft, has acquired Helm control panel and billing software for Windows and Bristol, U.K. based WebHost Automation Ltd., with nearly 1.5 million end users worldwide.

The acquisition adds more Windows platform expertise to SWsoft, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and strengthens its position as a provider of Windows-based automation software solutions. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Both companies are privately held.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft remarked, ”By integrating Helm into the SWsoft family of automation and virtualization solutions and partners through our Open Fusion initiative, Helm customers will be able to take advantage of a wider array of solutions and new business opportunities such as software as a service (SaaS).”

According to the company, for SWsoft, the acquisition adds a significant worldwide customer base, including strong positions in the U.K. and South America. It also extends the reach of independent software vendors (ISVs) who package their software using the Application Packaging Standard (APS) to more end users who can take advantage of their software solutions. Helm customers benefit from an increased range of automation solutions from SWsoft.

Mark Hall, Chief Operating Officer, WebHost Automation noted, ”Helm customers and partners will benefit from the depth and breadth of solutions and resources offered by SWsoft. As a profitable and rapidly growing company, SWsoft provides the stability and support required by customers investing in software infrastructure solutions.”

John Zanni, Managing Director of Worldwide Hosting for Microsoft Corp. remarked, ”The increasing demand for Windows-based solutions in the hosting industry is providing a tremendous growth opportunity for application and tool vendors. Integrating Helm into its portfolio gives SWsoft the means to reach a wider audience and provider a fuller, richer experience to its customers.”

SWsoft will maintain existing Helm development resources and continue to support Helm solutions through SWsoft’s 24×7 support centers. Over time, SWsoft will incorporate the best features of Helm with existing SWsoft products.

This effort follows 3 automation software acquisitions that SWsoft made just months earlier - Sphera, Ensim Pro and Positive Software.
Open Fusion is an SWsoft technology initiative to improve integration among a wide range of systems, third-party applications and modules, and custom and in-house solutions. The Open Fusion platform enables optimized delivery of SaaS and traditional hosting services to help ISVs and service providers take full advantage of new opportunities in the market. The APS Standard is a key element in this initiative and provides a format for software applications running on hosting platforms.

SWsoft is a global virtualization and automation software firm that helps consumers, businesses, and service providers optimize their use of technology. The company’s software is used by 700,000 customers in 125 countries. The SWsoft product line includes Virtuozzo - the leading operating system virtualization solution, Parallels - the leading desktop virtualization product, and Plesk - the leading server control panel. Founded in 1999, the company has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

To learn more about the acquisition, please visit: www.swsoft.com/helm.

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

Glasgow, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - December 21, 2007 - Web hosting and managed services company, iomart group plc, has released its consolidated interim financial results for the six month period ending 30th September 2007, revealing that the group has been in line with expectations, after a first-half pre-tax loss, due to the initial development of the datacentre business.

Angus MacSween, CEO of iomart remarked, ”We are seeing considerable and growing interest in both our datacentre services and our complex hosting capability - particularly from our target market of blue-chip enterprises seeking long term solutions. These will form the core of the group’s future revenue streams, providing high margin earnings with good visibility.”

The Group posted a pre-tax loss of 435,000 pounds compared with a pre-tax profit of 30,000 pounds a year ago. Revenue fell to 9.6M pounds versus 10.9 M a year earlier. The Group sees positive market dynamics within the datacentre space, as echoed by numerous market commentators. With demand outstripping supply, prices for datacentre space are inevitably increasing.

Mr. MacSween added, ”This increasing market demand, coupled with iomart’s ability to offer the complete set of components in the hosting arena from dedicated servers through to complex managed hosting solutions and co-location space, means that the Group is well positioned to win high-value contracts with large organisations requiring significant amounts of rack space. Contracts of this kind, usually long-term, attract a premium price while offering numerous up-selling opportunities.”

The main focus of the management team, during the reporting period, has been to make the datacentres fully operational and able to deliver according to the highest industry standards. Both the London and Glasgow datacentres are fully operational and commissioning work has begun on the Nottingham and Leicester datacentres.

Mr. MacSween concluded, ”We have significantly increased our profile as a prominent player within the datacentre market, capable of offering a full end-to-end service. As a result of these developments, combined with encouraging market conditions, we are very positive regarding the long term prospects for its datacentre business. We believe that our strategy of becoming a leader in managed complex hosting, leveraging our own national infrastructure and experience will create a business with strong revenue streams, providing high margin earnings and good visibility.”

Founded in 1998, iomart is recognised as one of Europe’s largest and most established data centre facilities provider, including hosting and managed services.

To learn more, please visit: www.iomart.com.

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - December 20, 2007 - British web hosting company, UK2.net, has launched multiple special offers to celebrate the holidays, including 3 free domain names with its Plus Web Hosting, as well as a Buy a Server and Give a Goat offering. In addition, the company is sponsoring a special Christmas Competition to win an Apple MacBook Pro laptop computer.

Ditlev Bredahl, CEO of UK2 noted, ”These Christmas special offers provide something for everyone. We believe that they are very attractive to our customers and spread the festive spirit. Our competition is fun and will has some wonderful prizes, the free domains add a little extra sparkle to our best selling web hosting package, and with our Buy a Server, Give a Goat promotion we can give something back to communities that are much less fortunate than ourselves.”

Instead of just getting 1 FREE Domain Name with an annual contract on UK2’s Plus web hosting package, the company is offering 3 free domain names. The Plus web hosting package is UK2’s best selling web hosting package and includes the following features:

* 15,000MB Webspace
* 750GB of monthly bandwidth
* Over 100 POP Email accounts
* 30 pounds worth of Google Adwords vouchers
* Cpanel 11
* 25 website sharing domains
* 5 SQL databases

UK2 has teamed up with World Vision to give a goat to African villages every time a customer buys a Gold or Platinum server or a quarterly or annual Bronze or Silver server during December 2007. The offer is part of the World Vision alternative gifts campaign and the goats are given to villages in Africa where they will make a real difference providing essential farming tools and milk to villagers.

For the second year in a row UK2 is running a Christmas Advent Calendar competition this year, and are offering fantastic prizes for the winners. Customers can enter every day in December as long as they answer the crazy question about Christmas or UK2 correctly. First prize is an Apple MacBook Pro. Second Prize is 3 Bronze Dedicated Servers and Third prize is 10 * Business Web Hosting packages, which are new for 2008.

World Vision is a Christian charity and one of the world’s leading relief and development agencies, currently helping more than 100 million people in nearly 100 countries in their struggle against poverty, hunger and injustice, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

UK2.net is one of Britain’s biggest and most innovative hosting companies. With a comprehensive range of domain name registration, web hosting, e-commerce and dedicated server solutions, UK2.net specialize in making it easier, quicker and much cheaper for any consumer, small or large business to have the online presence they need.

To learn more about UK.net, please visit: www.uk2.net.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - December 20, 2007 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has unveiled the extension of full hardware and software configurability for all new servers, in an effort to boost economy-line server efficiency.

Urvish Vashi, Director of Product Management at The Planet remarked, ”Customers have indicated a preference for more powerful entry-level options, and we’re responding. Together with our extensive server fleet, any company looking for hosting requirements can find what they need at The Planet. In addition, our six world-class data centers provide unparalleled network quality, with around-the-clock service and support.”

Customers may add additional RAM or upgrade hard drives to satisfy power requirements for its most affordable, entry-level servers. New upgrade options are available on the Celeron 2.0, Pentium 4-2.4 and the Conroe 3040 models.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 3.1 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

Fenton, Missouri - (The Hosting News) - December 20, 2007 - Managed hosting and dedicated service provider and Internet solutions company, Frontpages Web Hosting Network, has been selected to provide secure dedicated hosting services and high-level IT support for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Rob LaMear, President of Frontpages noted, ”Frontpages is proud to host the managed IT infrastructure for the FAA. By employing Frontpages’ dedicated SharePoint services, the FAA can focus on their core business, while we ensure the integrity and efficiency of their applications.”

The FAA came to Frontpages with a tight project timeline for which they needed a quick, quality solution. Frontpages suggested the Dedicated SharePoint Pro Plus plan to meet its needs. With this plan, the FAA will have maximum SharePoint power, uptime, control and security. Frontpages will not only host their IT infrastructure, but provide complete IT support to back it up.

Earlier this month, Frontpages offered web developer, reseller, non-profit discounted rates, on three different programs. Through the Web Developer Program, customers receive free SharePoint, Exchange, web or dedicated server hosting when they refer two or more customers every six months. Referred customer plans must be of equal or greater value to the free plan in order to qualify.

The Reseller Hosting Program allows customers to start a hosting company without purchasing expensive equipment or hiring engineers. FWHN takes care of it for you. Plus, tiered discounts are applied based on the number of plans purchased, starting with as few as two hosting plans. Customers with multiple hosting accounts should consider reseller hosting, as they can save as much as 40% on shared hosting plans and 10% on dedicated server plans.

With the Non-Profit Hosting Program, organizations receive deep discounts on hosting services. Charitable or educational organizations must be able to verify their non-profit status through a 501(c)(3) document or a federal/ state tax exempt form. Non-profit customers receive a 30% discount on all shared hosting plans and a 10% discount on all dedicated server plans.

FWHN is a leader in providing managed web hosting services for SharePoint, Exchange, CRM and dedicated server solutions to customers around the world. As one of the largest independent, U.S.-owned, managed hosting providers today, they serve companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to the SME (small and medium-enterprise) market.

To learn more, please visit: www.fpweb.net.

Wigan, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - December 20, 2007 - Shared web hosting provider, Red Fox Hosting, has completed its acquisition of AGUK Hosting, with all of its customers and domains having been migrated to the Red Fox Hosting platform.

It is hoped that the advanced multi server Windows hosting infrastructure provided by Red Fox Hosting will provide customers with access to advanced hosting services including the latest ASP.NET and SQL Server technologies.

Warren Ashcroft, Director, Red Fox UK Limited noted, ”Red Fox Hosting is pleased to welcome AGUK Hosting customers and we guarantee to continue to provide the same first class service they received from AGUK. Having worked closely with AGUK in the past I know that they have built a strong and loyal base of shared hosting customers. I am happy to welcome them to Red Fox Hosting.”

Andy Gambles, Director, AGUK Solutions Ltd. added, ”The shared hosting market is one which requires the ability to provide first class service with the latest technologies. AGUK has recently moved to providing more managed services which has become one of our main focuses. As a result we wanted to ensure our existing shared hosting customers continued to receive the same high level of service but by a provider dedicated to the continued growth of shared hosting. As such we chose Red Fox Hosting who we know through experience provide excellent service and are at the forefront of technology. I am confident that our shared hosting customers will be well looked after by Warren and his team.”

Red Fox UK Limited has a close working relationship with AGUK Solutions Ltd., having worked on many projects over the past years, as it looks forward to future endeavors. Red Fox Hosting is a subsidiary of Red Fox UK Limited, servicing both small businesses and large corporations. Red Fox Hosting is small/medium established UK based web hosting company with 100% dedication to Windows based web hosting solutions.

To learn more about About Red Fox Hosting, please visit: www.redfoxhosting.com.

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) - December 19, 2007 - Internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc., has released its financial results for the three-month period and year ending September 30, 2007, including revenue of $9.8 million, with a 71% increase over fiscal 2006.

Other financial highlights include:

• Gross profit margin of 57%, compared to 54% in fiscal 2006
• Adjusted EBITDA* (as defined at the end of this release) of $2.8 million, compared to $1.5 million in fiscal 2006
• Earnings before income tax of $0.9 million, compared to $0.7 million in fiscal 2006
• Net earnings of $0.5 million, or $0.02 per share, in-line with $0.5 million, or $0.02 per share in fiscal 2006
• Obtained TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) Tier 1 Issuer status
• Company shares qualified for SMB Growth Stock Plan (ACCRO)
• Subsequent to year end, announced plans to open an 850 cabinet co-location data centre in Montreal
• Subsequent to year end, closed $4.1 million public offering, with net proceeds to primarily fund the third and fourth phase installation of the Company’s second data centre

Eric Chouinard, President and CEO iWeb explained, ”Our strong fiscal 2007 performance reflects the passion and dedication of the entire iWeb team and demonstrates our ability to successfully capitalize on the robust demand in the Internet infrastructure market. We delivered significant organic revenue and EBITDA growth, and, in the second half of the year, we completed the installation of phase two of our second data centre, which expanded our dedicated and co-location hosting capacity. Longer-term, with the build-out of phase three and four of our second data centre already in construction, our third data centre scheduled to open in the beginning of 2008 and a team that is now more than 80 strong people, we believe we are well positioned to continue our growth momentum.”

Total revenue for fiscal 2007 was $9.8 million, an increase of 71% over revenue of $5.8 million in fiscal 2006. iWeb’s year-over-year revenue improvement was driven solely by organic sales growth. For fiscal 2007, iWeb generated 80% of revenue from dedicated hosting, while shared hosting and co-location hosting each accounted for 10% of the Company’s revenue for the year. Revenue for Q4 fiscal 2007 was $3.0 million, a 74% increase over revenue of $1.7 million for Q4 fiscal 2006.

For fiscal 2007, gross profit margin was 57%, compared to 54% in fiscal 2006. The year-over-year improvement reflects increased sales volume and improved cost controls. Total operating expenses in fiscal 2007 were $4.7 million, or 48% of revenue, compared to $2.5 million, or 43% of revenue in fiscal 2006. During fiscal 2007, iWeb increased its investment in sales and marketing and incurred higher administrative expenses in support of the Company’s current and future growth.

iWeb generated Adjusted EBITDA of $2.8 million, or 29% of revenue in fiscal 2007, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $1.5 million, or 25% of revenue in fiscal 2006. The combination of higher revenue performance and tighter cost controls led to the year-over-year improvement.

For fiscal 2007, net earnings were $0.5 million, or $0.02 per share, relatively in-line with $0.5 million, or $0.02 million per share for fiscal 2006. Net earnings for Q4 fiscal 2007 was $0.2 million, or $0.01 per share, compared to $0.1 million, or $0.00 per share for Q4 fiscal 2006.

During fiscal 2007, iWeb invested significantly in the infrastructure required to support its growth throughout the year and into the future. As a result, the Company incurred a year-over-year doubling in amortization expense and added approximately $0.5 million in interest expense, which was driven by the Company’s increased level of debt. In addition, as 70% of the Company’s revenue is denominated in U.S. dollars, the reduction in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar during fiscal 2007 negatively impacted net earnings by a difference of approximately $0.1 million for the year.

Finally, income tax expenses were lower in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2007, since the Company recognized future tax assets of approximately $0.1 million during fiscal 2006.

On October 2, iWeb mannounced plans to open an 850 cabinet equivalent co-location data centre. Scheduled to open in the first quarter of calendar year 2008, the facility will be the Company’s third data centre in Montreal. As iWeb’s two other data centres are both primarily dedicated server hosting facilities, management believes the addition of a strictly co-location hosting data centre will enable the Company to diversify its revenue base, extend its footprint in the Montreal marketplace and target a broader customer base.

On November 30, iWeb closed a public offering of 3.3 million common shares at a price of $1.25 per common share, for gross proceeds of $4.1 million. iWeb intends to use the net proceeds of the offering primarily to fund phases three and four of the installation of its second data centre.

Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or colocation in three data centers, featuring over 52,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to clients in more than 130 countries.

To learn more, please visit: www.iweb8.com.

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - December 19, 2007 - Management software for unified communications and collaborative infrastructure, and web hosting application infrastructure firm, Ensim Corporation, will support the multi-tenant version of Microsoft’s customer relationship management (CRM) application, Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM 4.0.

Ensim’s Unify Shared Edition is the first control panel to provide support for CRM, which will allow providers to easily add Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 as part of their hosted offering and with minimal capital expenditures.

Microsoft CRM addresses the key opportunities - and challenges - that determine the success or failure of any CRM initiative: user adoption, business fit, and total cost of ownership. The Microsoft Dynamics CRM hosted solution is built on the exact same code base as the on-premise Microsoft CRM Professional Edition, providing a choice of user interface, on-line or off-line usage, and flexible solutions and deployment.

Ensim Unify Shared Edition is a single, centralized software application that simplifies the day-to-day burden of activating, configuring and managing a service provider’s unified communications and collaboration infrastructure.

Unify is designed to allow service providers to:


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Gain operational efficiencies through a comprehensive management platform with provisioning automation, resource management, monitoring and metering of hosted services



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Delegate administration to allow resellers, enterprise administrators and end users to manage their hosted services based on credentials



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Create, activate and configure users, applications and devices in a single instance



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Accelerate sales with advanced white-label capabilities, enabling resellers to be launched in minutes and able to manage their own resources and hosted offering



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Customize offerings easily from 15 pre-built connectors to hosted services including Hosted Exchange, SharePoint, BlackBerry and more.

Francois Depayras, Vice President of Marketing and Alliances at Ensim Corporation remarked, ”By supporting Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 on the same week as its general availability, we are able to give our customers a jump start in deploying this exciting new hosted offering. Hosters are able to manage their CRM hosted service alongside existing hosted services, such as Microsoft Hosted Exchange and SharePoint, allowing for tremendous operational efficiencies.”

Ensim Unify Shared Edition, including the new service manager for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, is available for purchase immediately. For more information about Ensim and Ensim Unify, please visit www.ensim.com/products/unify/shared/index.html or call 1-877-693-6746.

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is a provider of management software for unified communications and collaboration infrastructure. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft. For more information, contact Ensim at 1-877-693-6746 or 1-408-496-3700 outside the United States.

For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.