Acquisition to enable the company to focus on providing a fully integrated Internet presence solution to small businesses.

Aplus.Net, a web hosting company and Internet solutions provider, announced the acquisition of WebImage, a full-service Internet marketing and website development company based in White Plains, New York.

With a business model focused on premium Internet presence solutions for small businesses, WebImage is best known for its highly streamlined approach to volume web design. In addition, WebImage positions itself as a business partner for small-to-medium-sized businesses seeking a single business partner to provide an Internet presence solution complete with design, hosting and marketing services.

"We firmly believe that the remaining 40 percent of small businesses that have yet to establish an Internet presence are unlikely to rely on do-it-yourself web design solutions," said Gabriel Murphy, Aplus.Net's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Instead, they will demand a complete Internet solution with web design, hosting and marketing services fully integrated into one package. The acquisition of WebImage offers a significant component to our focus on providing a fully integrated Internet presence solution to small businesses. WebImage's reputation for providing high-quality web design services based on a streamlined, efficient process was very attractive to us. The company is far ahead of other bulk web design firms in terms of their value proposition, quality of design and process efficiency."

"The WebImage acquisition furthers our vision of providing a broad portfolio of web presence and software services to small- and medium-sized businesses," commented Tyler Newton, Chairman of Aplus.Net and a partner with New York-based Catalyst Investors, the majority owner of Aplus.Net. "By bringing together these two companies, Aplus.Net advances its position as a leader in the fragmented web hosting industry."