Tier 1 Releases Hosting Report

Research and analysis firm Tier 1 Research (tier1research.com) announced on Wednesday it has released a new report that analyzes the mass-market Web hosting sector and identifies the current trends and possible future directions for the marketplace.

The 48-page report, titled “Mass Market Quarterly - IP, IPOs, M&A and URLs top the acronym soup that explains 3Q06 in the mass-market hosting sector,” provides a market review and comparison of companies in the mass-market hosting sector, defined as the shared, VPS and standardized dedicated server segments of the industry. The report includes discussion of the trends and challenges faced by this sector, revenue growth details, analysis of the segment leaders and a look at key mergers and acquisitions activity, as well as an examination of expectations and possible future directions this marketplace might take.

“Raw shared hosting accounts remain under attack by functional services, and the principles of shared infrastructure continue to drive dedicated server hosters to consider virtualized service platforms. Meanwhile, online advertising successfully entered the sector, upsetting the revenue apple-cart of many leaders and opening the door for new leaders, yet leaving many to think the Web giants can own the mass-market sector,” says Philbert Shih, research analyst at T1R and lead author of the report. “We believe the transformation taking place will present some significant challenges and opportunities in this sector.”

The report covers more than 25 key public and private companies in the mass-market hosting sector, including Affinity Internet, eBay, Go Daddy, Hostway, Microsoft and Rackspace.

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