Dedicated hosting provider strengthens its product development with the acquisition of Netsimplify, a boutique managed hosting service provider.

iWeb, a provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure, today announced the strategic acquisition of Montreal-based managed hosting provider Netsimplify. The company says that this move brings it closer to providing its own brand of managed hosting services - which represent the majority of Netsimplify's revenues in 2008.

The company states that the transfer of Netsimplify's customers to iWeb is almost complete, a task made easier by the fact that Netsimplify's infrastructure was mostly colocated within its data centers.

"Customers face an increasing complexity in managing their IT infrastructure, and many of our dedicated hosting customers have requested that iWeb provide additional services." says Eric Chouinard, iWeb's President and CEO.  "Netsimplify's customer-driven approach brings a lot of experience, expertise and depth, all of which are important aspects of iWeb's services"

"This is a logical step towards both cloud computing and managed services" said Martin Leclair, iWeb co-founder and President of Products and Technology. He added that "It is also a homecoming of sorts; Netsimplify's founder, Simon Boulet, was one of iWeb's first employees before he left to start his own company nearly three years ago - Welcome back Simon!"