Vortech Hosting Announces Acquisition of RocketColo
ORLANDO, FL (9/6/05) - 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 1000 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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