Web hosting software developer SWsoft and Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Monday the first implementation of the Application Packaging Standard. Developed by SWsoft, the APS standard enables software vendors to easily integrate their applications into hosting environments and deliver software as a service solutions.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Thursday that Web site improves interaction between consumers and businesses, and lack of a Web site could repel business away, according to the results of a recent survey it performed.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Thursday it has conducted a survey that found that more than 30 percent of small business owners said they have opted to use a do-it-yourself package to create their organization’s Web site.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Tuesday it has signed a partnership with messaging and collaboration solutions provider Open-Xchange where 1&1 will base its forthcoming range of hosted email and collaboration packages upon Open-Xchange’s Smart Collaboration technology. The move represents 1&1’s progression within the global software as a service market, its confidence in open-source alternatives and its commitment to the open-source community.

Data networks provider American Fiber Systems announced on Wednesday it has completed a metropolitan fiber network solution in the Kansas City metropolitan area for Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet.

Internet research organization Netcraft recently announced New York Internet, Web.com and iWeb8 Technologies as the most reliable Web hosting providers for January 2007.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Tuesday it has launched its new Lenexa, Kansas data center and unveiled its new line of dedicated and virtual private servers that will be housed in this facility.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Tuesday that it had released the results of its EU Domain Survey, a Europe-wide study looking at the use of the .eu domain name.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Thursday it has launched the 1&1 America’s Cup Affiliate Competition. The contest will reward the company’s top three affiliate partners for January and February with a three-day, all expenses-paid trip to Valencia, Spain for the 2007 America’s Cup Race.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Tuesday it is offering a 50 percent, six-month discount on its shared Web hosting packages. The offer is good until January 31 and is based upon a 12-month term minimum.

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Monday it has launched a new line of virtual private servers for its UK customers.