Aplus.Net Deploys New Control Panel
 

San Diego, California – Aplus.Net, a leading provider of Internet services, announced today that they have deployed a new, improved version of their award-winning control panel for web hosting.

The control panel has a user-friendly graphical interface and provides powerful multi-plan administration. Control panel users can conveniently manage all of their hosting services, web sites, FTP accounts, domains and emails from one location with a single log-in.

The control panel is available now for most Aplus.Net customers. Excluded are some old plans and Windows based hosting. Aplus.Net plans to make the control panel available to those two groups by the end of September, 2003. New and existing customers can access the control panel and the accompanying tutorial at http://cp.aplus.net.
Aplus.Net resellers and resold accounts also have immediate access to the control panel. Resellers are provided with branded control panel access and the ability to create sub-accounts for each of their customers. All default images in the control panel are fully customizable to make the control panel look like it's the resellers.

One of the most important new features of the control panel is support for multiple logins with different permissions. This allows customers to have multiple developers, designers and maintenance staff working separately and independently of each other on different parts of a web site.

There are also several new “support” features, such as a searchable knowledge base, “on the fly” help, live chat and an online forum that enable Aplus.Net to provide exceptional customer service. Additionally, the latest control panel is easier to navigate and has a better intuitive interface.

“We have the best control panel in the industry,” said Ivan Vachovsky, chief executive officer of Aplus.Net. “We worked on the control panel for almost a year and during that time we evaluated and tested a dozen of the leading products. Consequently, we are confident that we have built a superior product.”


Aplus.Net’s control panel is the most comprehensive in the industry offering numerous useful features, including:

• Account Management – edit plan details, view billing statements, view invoices, change account settings and payment information
• Website Setup – file and archive manipulation, database set-up, domain and sub domain management, security settings and merchant account
• Website Design – “do it yourself” web design, manage website content, edit images and include add-ons, such as counters, forums, live chat, surveys, guestbook and online email tools (i.e. form mail and mailing list manager)
• Website Marketing - prepare web sites for optimized submission to search engines, submit to search engines, check search engine rankings, optimize web sites for fast loading, stress test and complete network troubleshooting
• E-mail Management - manage emails, change passwords, use web based email and forwarding options, configure mailing lists and groups
• FTP Accounts - edit current ftp accounts, change passwords and add additional FTPs
• Domain Names - modify contact information, change the DNS, transfer domains, renew domains and register new ones
• Reseller Accounts – set up reseller accounts and access helpful information

“We look at our control panel as a continual work in progress,” adds Ivan Vachovsky, chief executive officer of Aplus.Net. “For instance, there are more than 6 new buttons scheduled for development and implementation before the end of the year.”

The control panel will be mated with Rodopi (www.rodopi.com) billing and provisioning software to provide a complete turn key hosted solution for resellers. This program will be called the “Platinum Reseller” program and it will be launched in September, 2003.


About Aplus.Net (www.aplus.net)
Aplus.Net is a world leader in Internet services. The company’s headquarters are located in San Diego, CA with other offices in Anaheim, CA, Sacramento, CA, Atlanta, GA and Europe. Aplus.Net specializes in providing a complete Internet presence to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals. This includes domain name registration, corporate identity on the Internet, matching e-mail addresses, website design, website hosting, e-commerce, credit card processing tools, maintenance etc. Aplus.Net is among the ten largest privately held web hosting and domain name registration companies in the USA. Aplus.Net is a facilities based provider. The Company owns and operates its own data center in San Diego. Aplus.Net a.k.a. Names4Ever is an ICANN accredited domain names registrar.

About Rodopi Software (www.rodopi.com)
Rodopi 5.4 is a comprehensive provisioning, billing, and customer care software for ISP, VoIP, wireless, domain name registrars and web hosting service providers. Rodopi is a completely web-enabled product that is available as a software product and as ASP service. Rodopi 5.4 allows service providers to streamline and automate their operations which reduces staff, minimizes expenses, eliminates human errors, eliminates giveaway services and improves customer satisfaction. More than 1,000 service providers in over 60 countries are using Rodopi. It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French and 7 other languages.