Virtual@1-Net uses HSPcomplete's Virtuozzo technology to give customers complete control over their own private e-business server in a shared environment, turning Dell PowerEdge servers into datacenter-class mainframe machines, and effectively eliminating the need for expensive "big-iron."

In addition to hardware cost reductions passed on to the end-user, the solution is designed to give customers better ways to manage their hosting environment through advanced web-based interfaces and rapid application provisioning.

Virtual@1-Net uses the resource management capabilities of Virtuozzo to provide the customer custom services. Customers can purchase a private server with full administrator access for under US$10 per month and upgrade their bandwidth, CPU and storage as their needs increase. For comparison, the U.S. hosting company Verio offers similar services based on in-house technology starting at US$149.95 per month. The companies say the cost savings can be attributed to the efficiency of Swsoft's Virtuozzo technology.

According to Dr. Alexander Tormasov, chief scientist for SWsoft, "Virtuozzo is more advanced than anything else on the market. In this rapidly changing environment, customers are demanding more versatile and flexible hosting environments to manage their business," he said.

This new service is geared toward resellers as it enables them to have total control of the web hosting facility without investing any capital assets. "HSPcomplete with Dell PowerEdge Server infrastructure is designed to help hosting providers offer the best and most cost-effective services from shared web hosting for small and medium businesses to cluster configurations for enterprise customers," said Serguei Beloussov, founder and CEO of SWsoft. "Network infrastructure outsourcing and e-business enablement are the strongest trends of this century."