Vortech Hosting Announces Acquisition of RocketColo
Vortech Incorporated announced today that it has acquired Florida based RocketColo.net, a co-location and dedicated server provider.
ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) September 7, 2005 -- Vortech Incorporated
(http://www.vortechhosting.com), a web hosting provider currently hosting over
120,000 domain names, announced today that it has acquired Florida based
RocketColo.net (http://www.rocketcolo.net), a co-location and dedicated server
provider.
The buyout, which was finalized on Thursday, included the
RocketColo.net network, servers, and all other company assets. RocketColo.net is
currently located in the same datacenter as Vortech Inc, so the transition is
expected to be extremely smooth.
“We are hoping that by purchasing the
assets of RocketColo, we will be able to grow our network and increase our
customer base,” said Vortech Inc owner Brad Pugh.
Financial terms of the
deal were not disclosed, but Pugh says payment was made up front for the
company, and he plans to immediately make beneficial changes for the company’s
customers.
“All clients of RocketColo will enjoy additional connectivity
at no additional charge, as we are including them in our network,” said Pugh.
Connectivity to Progress Telcom, AT&T, Level(3), Sprint, and Cogent has been
added.
In addition, customers of RocketColo.net will be offered an
upgrade to 1,000 GB of monthly bandwidth at no additional charge. No downtime is
expected during the transition.
Vortech currently operates a cluster of
9 mail servers, 40 Windows servers, 20 FreeBSD Systems, 5 MySql, 8 MSsql
servers.
About Vortech Incorporated
Based in Orlando, Florida,
Vortech, Inc. is a debt free, privately owned web hosting company that has
served clients for over 5 years. Specializing in Dedicated, Co-located, and
reseller hosting solutions, the company has a staff of 15. In September 2005,
the company purchased Orlando based RocketColo.net
About
RocketColo.net
Specializing in dedicated servers powered by FreeBSD, Fedora,
and Windows Operating Systems, RocketColo.net operates nearly 100 dedicated,
co-located and managed servers.
In September 2005, the company was
acquired by Orlando based Vortech, Inc.
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