iWeb Product updates – 2012/01/31
Version 2.0.1.0
- Beta launch of a new product: “Cloud Server”;
- The features available for now are the creation of a VM (one per customer), connection via SSH as root and deletion of the VM;
- 25 VMs are made available each week to existing Smart Server customers;
- The purpose of this beta is to get customer comments and test our infrastructure.
Control Center
- Complete overhaul of the CC code, now much more stable;
- Faster responsiveness;
- All displayed information now automatically refreshed to better reflect the status of the Smart Servers and Cloud instances in our internal databases;
- Greater freedom and more power for future developments.
iWeb Product updates – 2012/01/19
Version 2.0.0.0
Smart Layer
- Smart Servers are now benefiting from higher performance thanks to the various adjustments made to the new version of Smart Layer.
- The problems encountered by some customers related to the automated installation of R1Soft under CentOS, have been solved through the integration of a patch released by R1Soft.
Version 1.1.19.0
Billing and customer accounts systems, domain names registration website
- Both Funio and iWeb are now autonomous in their operations. Funio now handles its own billing systems and customer account management.
- The domain names registration website has been upgraded and is now fully operated by Funio.
SOPA and PIPA: what are the implications?
SOPA and PIPA are respectively two bills in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
SOPA is the acronym of “Stop Online Piracy Act” and PIPA stands for “Protect Intellectual Property Act”.
The goals of these two bills are to stop copyright infringement on the Web in the United States, originating especially from foreign countries, according to American legislators. Continue reading »
iWeb and Funio are now two separate entities
Hi all! Today is a great day as Funio becomes autonomous and will manage its own operations.
Funio’s new system for managing customer accounts, the new domain names reservation system, the knowledge base and all the other new features previously announced were put into production as of 7 am this morning.
The following changes, which will affect Funio’s shared hosting customers, are effective immediately: Continue reading »
Zero Tolerance for Child Exploitation on the Internet
At iWeb we strongly believe in freedom of speech. In the vast majority of cases we do not interfere with the contents that are hosted on our customers’ (and their customers’) servers.
But there is Zero Tolerance when it comes to illegal activities and especially anything related to children exploitation. Spread the word! Continue reading »
History Of Servers in Pictures, from 1981 to today
A couple of years ago we published this nice roundup. It is always amazing to see how fast technology evolves and how obsolete computer equipment can become.
Now that 2011 is down the drain and a full 30 years have passed since the IBM VM Machine, we thought you’d appreciate us to update and republish it.
Check out the updated ending, enjoy and comment! Continue reading »
Netcraft Ranking: iWeb ends 2011 in the Top 10
Great news to kickstart the new year 2012! Netcraft, a firm which measures reliability, availability and performance of networks, has once again ranked iWeb as one of the web hosting companies operating the most reliable network. Placing fourth in December, iWeb regularly made Netcraft’s Top 10 in 2011. Continue reading »
Season’s Greetings from iWeb!
After what has been a very exciting year, the entire team and family at iWeb wishes you a very merry holiday season.
More specifically, we wish you success, health, wealth, happiness and a bit of luck (if you need it) :-)
Thank you for being an important part of our 15th and busiest year’s successes, we look forward to working with you in 2012!
Together we can keep making the Web a better place for everyone, one project at a time.
Until then, Cheers! Happy Holidays and all the best!
The iWeb Team
P.S. iWeb is available 24/7 during the holiday season. If you need anything please contact us: http://iweb.com/contact-us
An interview with iWeb co-founders
iWeb’s co-founders, Eric Chouinard and Martin Leclair, discuss iWeb’s 15 first years in business and Smart Server’s 1st anniversary. Continue reading »
Become an iWeb Reseller Partner
You are an entrepreneur or you work for a company that offers web hosting services to its clients? You will certainly be interested to hear more about our new reseller program.
By reselling iWeb’s dedicated servers, you will be able to offer value-added services, such as fully-managed hosting, shared hosting, vps hosting, virtualization and so on, without having to manage and invest in costly hosting infrastructure, like datacenters and network. Continue reading »

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