Hostbasket: The first live Microsoft-1-click-hosting provider in Europe

Hostbasket is a leading European hosting provider offering scalable and reliable .NET hosting and completes herewith its range of hosting solutions. On top of that, Hostbasket is the first live European hosting provider listed in Visual Studio.NET Start Page enabling 1 Click Hosting" of .NET applications.

Hostbasket: The leading European .NET hosting provider

Hostbaskets mission is to offer its clients the most reliable, powerful and affordable hosting solutions. Now that the final version of the .NET framework is available, Hostbasket has added this technology to its products line.

Since we are convinced that the .NET revolution is extremely important for the future of webdevelopment and webhosting, we want to enable everyone to develop and test his .NET applications" says Alex Van Overloop, CEO Hostbasket. That is why we are offering a free .NET hosting account, SQL Server 2000 Database inclusive, during 30 days."

For those already convinced, Hostbasket has set-up even more complete .NET hosting plans: more webspace, use of own domain name and e-mail addresses etc. As the needs change, plans can be effortlessly upgraded or downgraded. Hostbasket guarantees lifecycle hosting by serving applications throughout their lifecycle: from shared hosting over dedicated hosting up to managed services for complex hosting activities.

Hostbasket: One Click Hosting via Visual Studio.NET

The Microsoft .NET architecture causes a real revolution in the development world in which Internet becomes the centre. Every developer will need a hosting provider to publish his websites and webservices on the Internet. In order to facilitate this evolution as much as possible, Microsoft created the One Click Hosting" concept. One click hosting makes it possible to configure a hosting account in one click from within the Visual Studio.NET development environment.

In order to ensure the highest quality, Microsoft is very cautious in selecting the hosting providers for the Visual Studio.NET Start Page" comments Wilfried Grommen, General Manager .NET EMEA Microsoft. We are happy to announce the introduction of the leading European player, Hostbasket, to this list. Their broad experience in the hosting market, their high quality standards and their expertise in .NET development, made Hostbasket a great early adopter."    

Hostbasket has fully integrated its .NET hosting infrastructure with the Visual Studio.NET environment. Use is made of the new Frontpage Server Extensions 2002 and an XML-interface for authentication of the user and for exchanging the account data. The result is a user-friendly webinterface within Visual Studio.NET to upload projects and files. Very soon also Microsoft Passport will be supported for authentication of hosting accounts.

Hostbasket on the European market

Hostbasket, the result of a cooperation between the hosting companies Dedigate and 2-Consult, offers hosting solutions for all possible internet needs: from shared hosting over dedicated hosting to managed services for the most complex internet activities. Hostbasket stands out amongst competitors through a state-of-the-art infrastructure that relies on advanced automation technologies.
This gives way to many advantages: shared and dedicated hosting plan can be customized, calculated and ordered on-line and are almost instantly available. The advanced control panels offer the user a lot of freedom in configuring the domain names, websites, statistics, e-mail, database etc. Thanks to this high level of automation, Hostbasket can dedicate its resources fully to the support of its customers and resellers. This is a very important asset, since we have noticed an increasing need for more efficient and professional support in the hosting market" states Hostbaskets CEO Alex Van Overloop. In order to reach and serve the SME market best, Hostbasket strongly believes in its reseller program directed to IT integrators, web designers and consultants.