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Our Creative Services and customer engagement strategy team plays a key role at the heart of our product concepts and services sales of the company. We are currently seeking a Creative Writer / Editor to support our creative marketing efforts, including proposal development, presentations, sell sheets, website content and any other creative communication.

Reporting to the Director of Design and User Experience and working closely with the business development and product strategy team, the Creative Writer / Editor must have the ability to join the creative and business objectives of the company by creating a unique showcase for all marketing materials.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Write, revise and edit clear and convincing test for all documentation pertaining to business development, including proposals, presentations, sell sheets, websites and other communications;
• Ensure the brand consistency, for our company and the licenses of our customers, as well as professional consistency across our entire company’s written documentation;
• Correct all typos, grammatical and printing errors as well as illustrations inaccuracies in order to ensure proposal requirements are met;
• Develop templates, standards and other tools and processes to make procedures more efficient;
• Work with Communications Director on internal and external mandates of society;

Skills:

• Degree or diploma in Communications / Marketing or relevant work experience in a similar role;
• At least 4 years of experience in an agency, writing and proofreading for presentations, sales sheets, proposals, videos and websites;
• Experience working with designers, strategists, graphic designers, illustrators and creative directors in a dynamic and creative environment;
• Experience with the web hosting industry or web application services is an asset;
• Proficiency in all aspects of the English language and its creative potential;
• French is an asset;
• Knowledge of Windows PC, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook;
• General understanding graphic design and software principles such as Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs;
• Documents and editorial portfolio of completed work required;

QUALITIES:

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage several projects with several stakeholders, set priorities and effectively communicate results to management;
• Highly productive person with an entrepreneurial spirit and a sense of initiative with strong work ethic, willing to meet and exceed objectives and take on more responsibility;
• Ability to make timely decisions, anticipate problems and propose creative solutions, while using good judgment at all times;
• Attention to detail;
• Excellent communication and listening skills;
• Ability to work with a variety of styles.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Flexible working hours;
• Growing company;
• Young and dynamic work environment;
• Unique opportunity to develop and work with the latest technology in web hosting and infrastructure management;
• Full time permanent position;
• Competitive salary and benefit package.

NB: In the job description above, the masculine is used without discrimination, for the sole purpose of brevity.

Thank you for sending your application to the Human Resources Department by email: cv@iWeb.com

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You can now rename your Cloud servers with the alias of your choice.

Montreal, QC, May 2nd, 2012 – iWeb ranks 107th in the 2012 edition of Branham300, the annual list of the 300 largest Internet and Communications Technology (ICT) companies in Canada, based on revenue. iWeb, who incidentally provides cloud computing infrastructure to several of the companies that made this year’s ranking, continues its climb, from 241st in 2006 to 107th in 2012.

“First things first: congratulations to all our clients and partners who made it into the 2012 ranking!” says Eric Chouinard, iWeb President and Chairman, recently back from a trade mission in Brazil.

The company’s 2011 revenues exceeded US $36M, up 24% from $29.5M in 2010.

“This year’s ranking suggests that the Canadian technology industry is in good shape, a very promising indicator for our future growth in the Canadian market,” adds Chouinard, who co-founded the Montreal-based IT Infrastructure company in 1996 with Martin Leclair. “We are delighted to be recognized among the leading Canadian IT companies, and we are particularly proud that our 24% growth rate compares very well with the ranking’s 11.75% average. It would be great to break into the Top 100 next year! ”

According to the Branham Group, Canada’s ICT industry got back on track in 2011, as cumulative revenues for the Top 250 Canadian Tech companies combined to set a new Branham300 revenue record in 2011, increasing sales by 11.75% to $82.62B. The previous year’s growth was only 3.66%.

Since its inception, iWeb has created over 200 jobs, opened four IT and data centers in Montreal and, after being publicly-traded for eight years, completed its privatization in June of 2011. iWeb recently released a new “kinder” Cloud Server service, powered by its Smart Layer technology. Furthermore, it ranked 18th among the 42 Quebec companies who made it into the 2012 ranking and has no intention of slowing its financial or technological growth.

About iWeb (iWeb.com)

iWeb provides the on-demand server and cloud infrastructure that allows over 20,000 customers worldwide to deliver today’s Internet-based technologies and to create tomorrow’s online innovations. Since 1996, Montreal-based iWeb has been rated among the world’s top web infrastructure providers based on performance and reliability and among Canada’s fastest growing companies.

http://www.iweb.com

About Branham Group Inc.

Branham Group Inc. is a leading industry analyst and strategic consulting company servicing the global information, communication, and entertainment (ICE) technology marketplace. Branham Group assists technology companies and related institutions in achieving market success through its custom consulting services (Planning, Marketing and Partnering), and through its multi-client research subscription programs (Digital Health, Green IT and Cloud). Branham also produces an annual listing of the top ICT companies in Canada (www.branham300.com) and monitors over 450 Digital Health vendors. 
http://www.branhamgroup.com.

Contact:
Bernard Dahl
Media Relations / Public Relations
514-762-6468
bernard@presentis.ca

You probably already heard the term «cluster». In computer technology a cluster is a group of computers configured to work as if they were a unique system, allowing to maintain high availability of a service, notably by managing load balancing and parallel data processing.

Do I really need a cluster you may ask? This short article will give you more information on the concept and its advantages, so you can take a better decision. (more…)

Bandwidth is the amount of data that is exchanged between your server and the outside world. There are two main reasons why you must monitor its use. (more…)

Windows Server® 2008 R2 is the newest Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Designed to help organizations reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies, Windows Server 2008 R2 provides enhanced management control over resources across the enterprise. (more…)

You are looking for a performing server to support your task-intensive applications? Build one around the Xeon Quad Core Nehalem processor from Intel®.

With increased cache memory and higher frequencies you’ll get ultimate performances. These processors are equipped with Intel® Turbo Boost technology that automatically adapts the core frequency to their load (a kind of automatic overclocking). (more…)

Here’s the latest iWeb releases:

Mac mini server edition:
What is Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server?

Exactly what you’d expect — a Mac mini specifically designed to be a server with Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server unlimited preinstalled. Instead of a SuperDrive, there are two 500GB hard drives that give you all the power and storage you need to help your group work more efficiently than ever.

SSD Drives:
Database servers just got better.
Can you imagine getting 350 X the speed of a standard HDD ?
That’s what a SSD is all about in average random access time.

Firewall (RV042 firewal + firewall management):
Iweb has now a full professionnal line of CISCO Firewalls to accomodate your needs.
Starting from as low as 49$ per month and which can also be taken care of by our team with a Firewall management Package, these product can be used to protect and secure a single server to a advanced clustered solution

Contact our Sales team now to take advantage of these new offers.

Hi folks, my name is Nik and I’m an Open Source Strategy Lead at Microsoft Canada. Yes, you read it right… Open Source and Microsoft. Many people get surprised when they hear my title, or when I tell them there’s a Technology Centre at Microsoft dedicated to making Open Source apps work well on Windows. Many will probably be surprised to hear that iWeb and Microsoft have been working together to offer a Windows Server package for running many popular Open Source applications. Why are we doing this?

In the past we’ve often heard our customers at iWeb and Microsoft Canada say: “Hey, I want to run a blog, or a CMS on my site. I use Windows, but want to use WordPress, or Drupal, or Joomla! What are you guys doing to make it easy for me?” Well, now we have an easy answer for you!

We’ve created an installer called…. Web Platform Installer — I know, we’re so creative in our naming –specifically for Open Source applications, including many popular PHP apps like WordPress, Gallery 2, Aquia Drupal, and most recently Joomla! It’s easy to get them running on Windows server with just a couple of clicks and filling out simple wizard for admin & database info. WebPI checks the server for what’s installed, such as the right version of PHP, modules, etc., understands all the dependencies, and then goes out and downloads + installs all the components. It’s crazy simple. You can read more on it here.

You may ask us why we care about PHP, or who would want to run OSS apps on Windows? I like the fact that with iWeb’s Windows Server package you get both the PHP and .NET frameworks installed, so now you’ll have access to both PHP apps and also .NET apps like DotNetNuke – from the Web Platform Installer. And you also get your choice of databases including SQL Server 2008 Express. And with iWeb’s dedicated server promo starting at $79/month, it’s an offer you can’t refuse!

I’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions about PHP apps on Windows, as we work with iWeb on more cool offers, so hit me up on twitter @Nik_G or @PHPonWindows.

We invite you to share with us your expertise and become an international Web star via this newsletter!

iWeb is accelerating product development with new hosting platforms planned in the next 6 months. We’re looking to get your feedback, as a iWeb customer. If you are missing technology features, if you would like more performance, more speed or better user interfaces from iWeb, we would love to have your opinion in this month’s iWeb customer poll

The survey can be filled in less than 5 minutes, and also has an open-ended question, if you would like to write a special message to the iWeb team.

Straight from our research center, we just added the newsletter to our already extensive arsenal of communication tools which features: corporate blog, Twitter account, facebook, LinkedIn and several others. 13 years was needed to develop this ultimate tool, but it has finally arrived. On a more serious note, we hope you will enjoy and contribute with your precious knowledge to this newsletter.

Our newsletter will allow us to maintain an exclusive relationship with you, our dear customers. We want to share useful information with you on several topics related to the wonderful world of web hosting and everything attached to it. On a more ”Insider” approach, the newsletter will feature collaborators like you and the professionals working at iWeb.

The topics are:
* Web Expert Corner: You are a PHP expert or an infrastructure Guru? We want to know more about your specialty and knowledge that could benefit the hosting community.
* Partners and Clients highlights: Tell us more about you, your product, your business, your hosting experience.
* New Product & Updates: iWeb is constantly evolving and we always work hard to improve our products. This section will list the different updates and new product release that were done during the month so feel free to send us your suggestions.
* Comments and suggestions: Contests, surveys, and more. Share your thoughts!
* Helpful Hints: Useful tips and tricks about iWeb services and products every month!
* CEO’s Message: They love to share their opinion on a thing or two.

Your legendary cooperation and opinion is more than welcome and we hope that this tool will will make you a superstar!

One of the major advantage of MySQL is the power to select, add, create, modify and use different storage engines. MySQL is structured to allows you to choose the one that best suits your needs. If none of the available storage engines do what you need, it’s also possible to add Storage Engines developed by third parties.

Every year, new groups and companies are promoting new engines during the MySQL User Conference. Despite the growing number, a few were more noticeable than others. Amongst the most popular are:
- Maria (developed by Michael “Monty” Widenius, MySQL founder)
- Falcon (developed by MySQL AB, now Oracle)
- Percona XtraDB (developed by Percona)

Of course, there are many others. But how do you know which is best for you? Hard to say. Most people don’t even know the differences between the main Storage Engines supplied with MySQL. Regularly, we face misconceptions such as “MyISAM is faster in read”, or “MEMORY is faster because it’s in RAM”but we shouldn’t be influenced by these claims. Certain factors might get them completely irrelevant.

Beyond performance, you should be aware of the different features available. Sphinx uses full-text indexes for fast searches in large paragraphs. Spider supports XA transactions, partitioning and clustering. These are great alternatives if your application needs the functionality they provide.

But how to choose between two engines that seem to provide the same feature set ? Try comparing the following
- the different locking mechanisms
- transactions management
- the different cache and buffers
- backup techniques
- techniques and recovery time
- partitioning algorithms
- indexes
- etc.

These are small details that make a difference! It’s important to know how each of these assets could benefit your application. Not all Storage Engines apply to all situations. You need to know how your application’s requirements are impacted by a Storage engine’s features to make the right choice.

Do you use different storage engines from those provided by MySQL?

Hi all, I’m in charge of managing delivery of new products/services with our IT, sales, customer service and Marketing team at iWeb.

I know a few of you will answer that a backup is simply an external hard drive connected to your server. That’s not it. It’s only part of the answer.

For those who may ask the question, RAID is not a backup.I faced with a few customers some situations where even with a RAID5 array, due to failure of 2 disk, the data were totally lost and without a prepared backup plan in place (and a backup on another machine let’s say), data were lost forever.This is just a reminder that RAID is not a backup, it only may help you not to have a server completely down due to a single drive failure.

You have to be prepared with a plan and procedures in case you loose your server/data and settings. Because yes, hard disk drives fail and operating systems can get to a non-recoverable state.

For me, the crucial advantage of R1soft backup solution is that it is image-based.That means that it does an image (at the block level of the OS) of the hard disk drive and can be easily restored using the “bare metal restore” and the last working image.

You do not have to readjust the settings in Windows or Linux in case an OS reinstallation is necessary! Just use the last working image, launch the restore with our team and within one hour (it’s an average time of course), your new server should be ready to serve pages with all your previous settings and files.

The installation is done by our team (can be added after the initial delivery) and the backup are scheduled automatically once a day with a daily log email sent from the system. Also included in the R1soft backupis access to a web-based admin console where you can restore files individually if somehow some files are deleted by mistake on your server.

Last month, we’ve launched the R1soft backup solution that can be now added on a per-GB plan basis as well as a totally dedicated backup server.

Shared backup prices start at $15/month for 15GB of backup.This means even if you have a 500GB HDD, we can set this up as long as your HDD is not using more than 10-15GB. If ever you need more space, we’ll be able to upgrade the backup plan according to your needs.

For those with several servers needs or bigger backup needed, Dedicated R1soft backup servers start at $249/month for 640GB of usable space. That’s it for this time, if ever you would have some questions, do not hesitate to leave your comments.

You can reboot your server directly from the customer hub?

Watch this little video to learn how.

You can also visit our FAQ section for more tips.

We released today our financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, ended June 30, 2008. The Company’s full interim financial statements and MD&A are available at www.iweb.com and www.sedar.com.

Third quarter highlights :

• Revenue increased 57% to $4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008;
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased to $1.0 million for the third quarter of 2008;
• Infrastructure work has begun on the fourth and final phase of the Couture Data Center;
• An additional $2.7 million of annually recurring revenue generated in the third quarter.

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MONTREAL, QUEBEC – August 12, 2008 – iWeb Group Inc. (TSX-V : IWB) (“iWeb” or the “Company”), a worldwide internet hosting infrastructure provider, today released the financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, ended June 30, 2008. The Company’s full interim financial statements and MD&A are available at www.iweb.com and www.sedar.com.

Third quarter highlights :

- Revenue increased 57% to $4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008, compared to $2.6 million for the same period in 2007;
- Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased to $1.0 million for the third quarter of 2008, compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2007;
- Infrastructure work has begun on the fourth and final phase of the Couture Data Center;
- An additional $2.7 million of annually recurring revenue generated in the third quarter.

“Revenues have continued to grow steadily in the last quarter,” explains Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb. “This progress confirms the effectiveness of recently implemented strategies to support our growth: the new web site, launched in March, improved management of advertising strategies, and a new operational structure in the Company’s sales department. Combined with our standard operations, these strategies are generating remarkable results. In the past three months, we have added $2.7 million in annual recurring revenue to our existing revenues, which bodes very well for the upcoming quarters. ”

Third Quarter of 2008 Financial Review

Revenues for the third quarter ended June 30, 2008 totalled $4.1 million, compared to $2.6 million for the same period of 2007, an increase of $1.5 million, or 57%.

The gross profit margin for the quarter was 49%, compared to 59% for the same period 12 months ago. The strength of the Canadian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar is the main reason for this decrease. The majority of iWeb’s cost of services sold is expensed in Canadian dollars, as opposed to revenues, which are perceived mostly in U.S. dollars. In addition, costs attributed to the co-location site on Nun’s Island, which was brought online on May 1, 2008, have affected the gross profit margin, given the modest revenues recorded thus far for this data center.

Operating expenses have increased, from 47% of revenues one year ago, to 49% of revenues for the third quarter. These additional operating expenses are the result of higher financing costs, due to increased debt facilities, this despite a decrease in sales expenses, the result of the improved management of advertising strategies.

Adjusted EBITDA increased to $1.0 million, or 23% or revenues for the third quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to $0.7 million, or 27% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2007.

Net earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 are close to break-even, at $13,210 or $0.0005 per share compared to $200,848 or $0.0085 per share for the corresponding period of 2007. This decrease in net earnings is the direct result of the lower gross profit margin.

Key Financial Data

*As at September 30, 2007

¹ The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and stock-based compensation.

About iWeb Group Inc.
Founded in 1996, iWeb is today one of the leading Canadian providers of advanced IP hosting services through shared hosting, dedicated servers or co-location in three data centers, featuring over 48,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to more than 14,000 clients from more than 135 countries. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.iweb.com.

Caution concerning forward-looking statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or iWeb?s future economic performance and reflect the current assumptions and expectations of management. Certain unknown factors may affect the events, economic performance and results of operations. iWeb undertakes no obligation, and does not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law.

For more information:

Marc Guindon
iWeb Group Inc.
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
514-286-4242 ext. 121
mguindon@iweb.com

Bernard Dahl
iWeb Group Inc.
Director, Communications and Public Relations
514-286-4242 ext. 115
bdahl@iweb.com

A Scheduled maintenance will temporarily affect the live chat service on iWeb.com. Once completed, the maintenance should help avoid disconnection issues with the livechat service.

This maintenance will take place on July 18th 2008 between 3:00AM EST and 6:00AM EST (Times are GMT-5)

During this period, it is possible that the service may be temporarily unavailable.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us by phone or by email.
http://iweb.com/contacts

Update: The maintenance has been completed successfully. Please contact us of you have any additional problems.

Last week, a report by a Canadian media organization suggested that two Web sites linked to presumed terrorist groups were hosted by iWeb. Because such a simplified version of things does not explain the technical complexity of the situation, it is very important for us to clarify any confusion that may have resulted.

Specifically, two websites that promote the activities of suspected terrorist organizations had indeed found their way onto iWeb?s infrastructure; however these sites were shut down as soon as this was confirmed.

In fact, the sites in question were located on the dedicated server of a client. Most iWeb customers are themselves Web hosting companies that sell, provide and support their own Web hosting services to their specific markets, with their own business model. This is possible because iWeb provides Web hosting infrastructure (electricity, network, dedicated servers). However, iWeb is not involved in the actual management of these servers and exerts no control over their contents. This is similar to an Internet Access Provider who provides ACCESS to the Internet, not the Internet itself. The supplier does not control what’s on the Internet, or how it is used.

During the account activation process, all our customers agree to abide by our terms and conditions, as well as Canadian laws. Unfortunately, it happens that this agreement is not respected, or is interpreted differently by end users who often are not direct iWeb customers (they are in fact the customers of our client). As soon as iWeb has confirmation of abusive or illegal use of it?s infrastructure, it is immediately brought to our client?s attention. The client is then requested to take immediate action to resolve the issue. If appropriate measures are not taken within the given delay, iWeb takes preventative measures which, in extreme cases, may include the immediate suspension of all electronic services.

iWeb strives to react quickly and to promptly address all abuse-related reports and complaints. iWeb reminds everyone that it is virtually impossible to control the flow of content that may find its way onto our clients? servers, in addition to any content from our clients? customers.

iWeb encourages every person who notices or suspects any illegal or abusive use of our network to report it as soon as possible by sending a detailed e-mail to the following address: abuse@iweb.com. Thank you in advance for your vigilance.

For a more detailed explanation, please continue reading.

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Since the new iWeb.com was brought online in March, the volume of online transactions has increased substantially. At the same time, we have also seen a steady increase in the quantity of fraudulent transaction attempts. To ensure high levels of security and protection against these types of transactions, we have recently put several new measures in place to detect fraudulent attempts more efficiently.

Of course, our goal is to avoid causing our clients difficulties and to keep the payment process as simple as possible. These modifications will not have any major impacts on current operations, though you will notice a few differences.

First of all, the most noticeable of these new measures will be the use of the CVV number for online payments and purchases. The CVV is the additional set of three or 4 numbers typically found on the reverse side of your credit card (see illustration below), and is used to confirm that the person making the payment has physical access to the card.

Second, for our clients whose monthly payment is automatically done by pre-authorized payment on their credit card, the next payment will have to be done manually online, which will simultaneously update your credit card info including the CVV code. Detailed instructions will be sent to concerned clients shortly.

Finally, for AMEX cardholders, transactions will be delayed for a few days – payment from these cards will only be possible once an adjustment to the system is completed. We will post an update as soon as these transactions will be accepted once again.

If you are experiencing difficulties making your payment or if it is erroneously identified as a fraudulent transaction, please let us know and we will address the situation as quickly as possible. For all your questions, please contact the billing department at billing@iweb.com or by telephone at 514-286-4242, option 3 then option 2. (For toll-free numbers in your area, please visit www.iweb.com)

Update: As this seems to be a preocupation for some customers, note that we do not store the CVS/CVV number of your card. We do not even store your credit card number on our side. Only our payment processing partner stores your card number. We only send our payment processing partner a transaction ID that allows us to bill your card monthly but we never store your card number.

Please note that today june 24th we are operating with reduced staff because of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec’s National Holiday. We will be also operating with reduced staff next Tuesday July 1 because of Canada day, Canada’s National Holiday. Normal tickets could take a little more time to be answered while emergency tickets and emergency situations will be answered quickly as usual.

We want to wish a nice holiday to our customers from Quebec and Canada.

We are proud to announce our entrance into the PROFIT 100 ranking as one of the Canadian companies with the strongest revenue growth over the past 5 years.

From 2002 to 2007, our revenues have gone from 1.35 million to 9.82 million as of October 1st 2007, an increase of 627%; enough for iWeb to make its entry into the 100th position on the annual ranking.

The increase in revenue is not necessarily the measure of our success, but rather the cumulative result of all our successes combined. Our listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-Venture) in 2004 has been an important milestone in this development.

iWeb has transformed itself a lot since 2002. In 5 years we have gone from 19 to 104 employees, from 500 square feet of web hosting facilities to more than 52 000 square feet in three datacenters, including the opening of a carrier-neutral colocation facility on Nun?s Island in May 2008. Growth management has become as important as technological management.

The PROFIT 100 is the annual ranking which rates the top 100 Canadian companies based on the percentage of their revenue growth over a 5-year span. Produced by the business magazine PROFIT, 2008 marks the 20th edition of the ranking. The complete list will be published in the June edition, as well as on the website: www.profit100.com

Read the complete press release here.

iWeb Technologies is ranked among Profit Magazine’s top 100 Canadian companies, based on revenue growth over the past 5 years.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, June 9th 2008 ? iWeb Group Inc. (TSX-V : IWB) « iWeb », a global Internet infrastructure hosting provider, is proud to have its subsidiary iWeb Technologies Inc. make its way into the PROFIT 100 ranking as one of the Canadian companies with the strongest revenue growth over the past 5 years.

From 2002 to 2007, the company?s revenues have gone from 1.35 million to 9.82 million as of October 1st 2007, an increase of 627%; enough for iWeb to make its entry into the 100th position on the annual ranking.

Eric Chouinard, CEO and co-founder of iWeb; ?The increase in revenue is not necessarily the measure of our success, but rather the cumulative result of all our successes combined.? He then adds that ?our listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-Venture) in 2004 has been an important milestone in this development.?

?iWeb has transformed itself a lot since 2002? comments Martin Leclair, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of iWeb. ?In 5 years we have gone from 19 to 104 employees, from 500 square feet of web hosting facilities to more than 52 000 square feet in three datacenters, including the opening of a carrier-neutral colocation facility on Nun?s Island in May 2008. Growth management has become as important as technological management.? He adds.

The PROFIT 100 is the annual ranking which rates the top 100 Canadian companies based on the percentage of their revenue growth over a 5-year span. Produced by the business magazine PROFIT, 2008 marks the 20th edition of the ranking. The complete list will be published in the June edition, as well as on the website: www.profit100.com

About iWeb Group Inc.
Founded in 1996, iWeb is today one of the leading Canadian providers of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or co-location 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 more than 13,000 clients from more than 135 countries. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.iweb.com.

Caution concerning forward-looking statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or iWeb’s future economic performance and reflect the current assumptions and expectations of management. Certain unknown factors may affect the events, economic performance and results of operations. iWeb undertakes no obligation, and does not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law. The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

For further information:

Marc Guindon
iWeb Group Inc.
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
(514) 286-4242 ext. 121
mg@iweb.com

Sylvain Delisle
iWeb Group Inc.
Communications
(514) 286-4242 ext. 152
sdelisle@iweb.com

The big day has finally arrived for our courageous Yves and it is time to take action. Indeed, here is a picture of Yves with a new haircut for the cause of children suffering from cancer.

Congratulations Yves for this nice gesture and we love your new look!
We would also like to thank all those who contributed to the cause.

Hoping to meet again for another challenge!

As you already know from the last few weeks, our new website is about to see the light pretty soon. Several new features have been added but we would like to talk about one in particular, the sitepal. For those who are not familiar with this communication tool, sitepal is an online service that uses animated virtual agents to provide any kind of information.

Why the sitepal integration? Quite simply because we find the idea of this virtual character fun and it brings a bit of dynamism and accessibility that for us very well reflects what we are!
That is not all, the sitepal is not just any kind of digitalized robot without a soul, behind the image lies an exceptional collaborator working for iWeb for several years; We present you Ariana!

You will see the charismatic Ariana appear very soon on your screens and she has a lot of interesting things to tell you, therefore, stay tuned when you see her! In addition to being present shortly on our new website, Ariana will also be featured in several corporate flavored videos that will make their apparations in the coming weeks, more details will be sent to you regarding that matter.

Finally, we would like to have your impressions about our spokesperson that is the sitepal. Do you find this practical? Are you tempted to take a look at it? Send us your comments, we want to know what you think about this addition.