By: Adam Eisner on September 28th, 2009
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Tags: Parallels EMEA Roadshow 2009
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Earlier this month OpenSRS sponsored and participated in Parallels’ EMEA roadshow, which traveled to seven European countries in order to connect with web hosting companies in each region.

Liam Philley, Le Quan Truong and Ben Reuss at the Parallels stop in Stockholm, Sweden

The presentation focused on a wide variety of topics, but among the points I tried to emphasize to the European hosting community were:

• The growth and success of ccTLDs are on the rise. Over the past several years, gTLD market share has dropped while ccTLD market share has increased. Many market-focused web hosting companies have adopted a good range of ccTLDs (including .EU, .CA, .UK, .ME and .DE) and are promoting them aggressively.
• Web hosting companies are getting in front of their brands. According to Mitch Keeler’s count over at The Web Hosting Show (www.webhostingshow.com) , almost 100 web hosting companies are on Twitter, engaging customers, prospects and promoting their brands. Virtually every popular web host is active on Twitter, operates a blog and is very transparent when it comes to how they operate (we’re there too: follow @OpenSRS on Twitter).
• There’s opportunity to be found in leveraging the growth of the ‘personal web’. Whether it’s end users using a domain to tie together their Facebook, Twitter and Flickr pages, or using a domain name and email address to brand oneself (think of the .ME or .NAME extensions, or our own Personal Names service), consumers are quickly finding many personal uses for domain names. Hosting companies that leverage this trend will have an excellent opportunity to introduce a new revenue stream before the competition figures it out.

In talking to attendees at each stop, it was obvious that the hosting companies which attended found it to be worthwhile and informative. If Parallels hosts a similar tour next year, I highly recommend attending. It’s a unique opportunity to connect with other hosts in your area, meet Parallels staff, learn more about the product and check out some potential vendors as well.

By: Mou Mukherjee on September 10th, 2009
Posted in: Events
Tags: cPanel Conference 2009, HostingCon 2009, Parallels EMEA Roadshow 2009
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The OpenSRS team attended HostingCon 2009 last month in Washington DC. Since then we’ve been a little busy preparing for the Parallels EMEA Roadshow which is now in full-swing. However, we wanted to take a few moments to thank everyone that we met this year. We hope some of you had a chance to drop by our booth and pick up some old fashioned stick-candy, and maybe even one of our spiffy new “Service Guy’” toys which we debuted at HostingCon 2009.

This year we had a group of fourteen OpenSRS folks attending and we were able to meet many resellers, prospects, partners, and industry leaders. We also launched our brand new sub-resellers program. Adam Eisner, our Director of Domain Services, presented “20 Ways to Outsmart Your Competitors.” Did you miss it? No problem. You can download Adam’s slides from our HostingCon follow-up page.

Announcing the winner of the Dell Adamo laptop!

As well, we are very pleased to announce the winner of our booth give-away! Congratulations to Eduardo from Hosting Panama the lucky winner of a really cool Dell Adamo laptop!

See you in Austin, Texas for HostingCon 2010 (or maybe sooner)

A special thanks to the team at iNet Interative for putting on a very well-organized and well-attended show. We look forward to seeing everyone next year in Austin for HostingCon 2010.  In the meantime we hope to see you again at one of our upcoming events:

• Parallels EMEA Roadshow – next stop in Paris on September 14
• WHIR Networking, Miami – September 24
• Cpanel Conference, Houston – October 5-7
• WHIR Networking, Washington DC – October 22

By: OpenSRS Team on August 27th, 2009
Posted in: Events, Inside OpenSRS
Tags: Parallels EMEA Roadshow 2009
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The domains business in Europe is booming! Did you know that OpenSRS has nearly 2,500 Resellers in a total of 40 European countries? The European market is one of the fastest-growing areas we service, and we want to make sure our European Resellers know we’re there for you.

OpenSRS in Europe

Over the nine months, our Newcastle, UK office has grown from just one person to more than five! Marco Zuilani, Luigi Lagonigro, and Ben Reuss have been traveling and meeting customers all over Europe.

Parallels EMEA Partner Roadshow

In the next couple of weeks, we may be near you for the Parallels EMEA Roadshow. Plan to attend a Roadshow event in a city near you – it’ll be well worth it and the event is free.

Meet our EMEA team:

Marco Zuliani, Sales Director

Marco was born in Germany to Italian parents. Since his father was a foreign service officer, he grew up all over the world, including stops in Canada and Australia. After taking higher education in the US, he spent seven years with Intel selling enterprise software in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Marco happily joined OpenSRS in 2008 and is the force behind further building our European base.

Married, with one son and one daughter, Marco likes to spend time with his family and with his two Labrador retrievers. His other hobbies include rugby, squash, tennis, surfing (yes, in England!), and messing with his cars and motorcycles.

Luigi Lagonigro, Account Manager

Luigi is originally from the province of Puglia in the southeast of Italy. After college Luigi moved to the UK to work in technical support for Intel. With more IT education, he developed his technical career with various roles across companies in Germany, Switzerland and Holland. Luigi joined OpenSRS in 2008.

Luigi’s hobby is learning new languages. In addition to being fluent in Italian and English, Luigi speaks French and Spanish. He also plays tennis and football, and is an avid swimmer. Being Italian also means Luigi is a connoisseur of good food and fine wine, and he is always on the lookout for great places to eat and drink when he travels.

Ben Reuss, Business Development Manager

Ben is an enthusiastic member of our European team and is very focused on helping OpenSRS Resellers grow their business. After obtaining his education in journalism, Ben worked in a number of companies before joining us in early 2009. He is thriving in his role as Business Development Manager, turning a number of prospects into happy clients.

Being from north-east England, Ben is an avid Newcastle United Fan. His interests also range from traveling, hiking in the mountains and countryside, attending music festivals and writing film and music reviews.

We also have two EMEA Technical Support staff: Feisal Patel and Alastair Hardwick.

Meet Us at the Parallels EMEA Partner Roadshow

Marco, Luigi and Ben will be attending a number of the Parallels events in the coming weeks. They will be joined by LeQuan Truong and Mou Mukherjee of our Marketing team, Adam Eisner (Director, Domain Services), Liam Philley (Director, Email Services) and Dave Woroch, (Executive Vice President, Sales and Support).

Check here for more details about the events and if you attend one of the Roadshow events, be sure to stop by our booth to say hi!

(Ed note: If you are making a map, use the Google Charts API. Great stuff.)