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The iWeb Team is proud to present the new iWeb.com spanish section. We have redesigned several pages as well as the order form for our spanish-speaking visitors, to offer them an optimal and enjoyable experience.

The number of our spanish-speaking customers is increasing at iWeb, we have put together a customer service team dedicated to answer to their needs. We have also added free phone lines in most countries where spanish is the main language.

Did you that the iWeb team comes from more than 25 countries? Our staff have people coming from Mexico, Lebanon, Salvador, Algeria, Peru, France, Haïti, Italiy, Tunisia, Ireland, Chile, Ecuador, Iran, Romania, Argentina, Morocco, Guatemala, Russia, Martinique, Laos, Togo, Maurice Island, Ukraine, Senegal, Afghanistan, Madagascar, etc… We are very proud of our diversity and believe it’s one of our strengths!

What will be the next supported language at iWeb? Arabic? Portuguese? Only the future will tell us! Until then, I invite you to visit ou re-visit our spanish website!

Friday afternoon, after a hard work week, we have tested displaying the newsletter on our blog without really thinking about it, since we were all excited to see the result after several weeks of work. We were planning not to show it on the main blog, but, the surprise was that we didn’t think about those who receive the posts by email!

So, here it is, maybe you were lucky to see our tests during the few minutes it was visible.

If this is the case, we would to have your feedback by sending us an email at marketing@iweb.com, and if this isn’t the case, you should receive it in the inbox of the email you’re using for your iWeb account.

Have a good week!

As promised at the announcement launch of our new Montreal datacenter, we will live this adventure with you 100%. We will therefore share videos, pictures as well as interviews every fridays for the next months, which will make you feel part of the project with us.

Here is a video of the first visit by several iWeb employees at iWeb-NE.

Have a good week-end!

The year 2010 has begun a few days ago and we’re already announcing a new data center with a 31,000 sq feet footprint, with a 20,000 servers capacity. This data center is located in the LaSalle neighborhood, in Montréal’s west, and we will be connected with 10GigE links to our other data centers. We will have now a capacity of 35,000 servers in 4 different strategic locations, which will be fed with 76Gbps Internet connectivity.

“The new center will be built to accomodate our automation needs, which is one of our 2010 priorities, said Cyrille Mertès, chief technical officer (CTO). Since it’s a new data center, we can plan from the beginning according to our current criterias and standards, with a minimum of technological compromise. ”

During the construction, we will communicate regularly with you with photos and videos of the work. We will also share the secrets of this adventure so that you can understand the technologies we will use to host your next servers at iWeb. Like the construction of our other 3 data centers, it will be done in several phases. The end of the  phase 1, which will require a $3,000,000 investment, is planned for April 2010, and will welcome 3,000 servers.

As early as next week, we will begin to show you pictures of our data center! you can become a fan of iWeb on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for real-time information about building at iWeb-NE. You can already see exclusive pictures available on our Flickr and Facebook accounts.

As mentionned on our last post on the year 2009, we are ready for 2010; are you ready to enjoy it?

Official press release here

This fourth data center will consolidate iWeb’s position as the leader in dedicated web hosting in Canada

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – January 12 2010 – iWeb (TSX-V : IWB), a global provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure announced its plans for a new 31,000 square feet data center, in the LaSalle borough (western part of Montreal), with the capacity to host 20,000 dedicated servers. This new facility will bring the total dedicated server capacity of iWeb to nearly 35,000 servers.

“The new data center will be built with automation in mind; automation is one of the Company’s priority in 2010” declared Cyrille Mertes, who was recently named iWeb’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). “Because we are essentially building a new center, we can design it according to current standards with no restrictions due to previous technologies already installed.”

Scheduled to be brought online in April, the data center will initially have the capacity to host 3,000 servers. Because the building has never been used as a data center, it must be adapted to meet the Company’s strict operational standards. iWeb has signed a 30-year lease agreement, with options to purchase at regular intervals.

The facility will require an initial investment of $3 Million in infrastructure. During its recent fourth quarter results conference call with financial analysts, iWeb confirmed finalising a financing agreement with one of its main financial partners.

Details on the new center:

Size: 31,000 square feet
Capacity: 20,000 dedicated servers (phase I: 3,000 servers)
Electrical input: 6,000 Amps
Network: Redundant Fiber-optic interconnection to two of iWeb’s other data centers; iWeb’s current total network capacity is 76 Gbps
Investment: $3,000,000 (for phase I)

The new data center, like iWeb’s three current IP hosting facilities, will feature a redundant electrical system which will be entirely run through uninterrupted power systems (UPS), diesel-powered generators and a ventilation and cooling infrastructure. The facilities and the server will be protected by a multi-layered security system, including biometric recognition, video surveillance, secure access and a VESDA fire-prevention system.

About iWeb Group Inc.

iWeb is a worldwide provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure, with three secured data centers in Montreal. Since 2004, the Company’s compounded annual growth rate has been above 75%, making it one of Canada’s 100 fastest growing companies according to PROFIT Magazine.

Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb now generates more than 60% of its revenues from abroad; and employs over 170 full-time employees providing Dedicated Server Hosting, Co-location and Web Hosting services to close to 20,000 customers in 145 countries. iWeb’s shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V: IWB); for more information please consult http://about.iweb.com

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For more information:

Philip Tousignant
iWeb Group Inc.
Chief Financial Officer
(514) 286-4242 ext. 149
ptousignant@iweb.com

Bernard Dahl
Presentis
Investor Relations / Media Relations
(514) 802-2801
bernard@presentis.ca