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LATEST NEWS & UPDATES


January 1, 2008
DOTHOST would like to wish their existing (and potential) clients a very Happy, Safe & Prosperous New Year!

There is a lot planned for DOTHOST in 2008, including a BRAND NEW web site, Reseller Hosting, Email Hosting, upgraded Hosting Plans, a new state-of-the-art Support System, and much more! Stay tuned.



January 1, 2008
As of today, GST (Goods and Services Tax) has officially been reduced to 5%! Save even more now on any hosting and/or domain order!



May, 2006
Double the disk space, bandwidth, and much more! DOTHOST has upgraded every single web hosting plan and is now offering a much more extensive amount of resources (without over-selling like our competitors). Take advantage today!



April, 2006
Q1 of 2006 has been our best quarter to date. DOTHOST is growing, and we're taking all of you with us to the top! Stay tuned for many new changes at DOTHOST, including many new features, lower pricing, upgraded servers, and much more in the coming months.



October 10th, 2005
DOTHOST has moved once again!
They say it's a hassle moving into a new space, but we disagree, especially when your new "home" is bigger and better!

Once again, we'd like to thank all of our clients for their continued support and loyalty. Due to growing needs for DOTHOST we've moved into a larger office space to better accommodate our needs. Our new office is located at:

6 Lansing Square, Suite #211
Toronto, Ontario M2J 1T5
Canada

Our new telephone hours of operation are:
Monday - Friday, 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM EST.

Representatives will still be available via e-mail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We thank you for your continued support and look forward to providing you with the most powerful & reliable solutions in Canada.



October 12th, 2004
Having an SSL Certificate is crucial when running an e-commerce web site.
SSL transmits data in an encrypted form, and ensures that the information is sent, unchanged, only to the server you intended to send it to.

Our partnership with GeoTrust allows us to provide our users with state of the art 128-bit SSL Certificates at rates much lower than the average.

Pricing

QuickSSL Premium™
GeoTrust's Price: $229
Our Price: $125
A total savings of $104!

TrueBusinessID®
GeoTrust's Price: $299
Our Price: $175
A total savings of $124!

For more information, please contact us at: sales@dothost.ca.



October 4th, 2004
We'd like to thank all of our clients for their continued support and faith in our company. Due to our growth in the recent months, we've moved into a larger office space to better accommodate our needs. Our new office is located at:

200 Consumers Road, Suite 409
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4R4
Canada

Our new telephone hours of operation are:
Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST.

Representatives will still be available by e-mail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We thank you again for your support and look forward to continue providing you with powerful & reliable solutions at an affordable cost.



September 18th, 2004
With the increase of spam flowing through the web each and every day, it's our duty to stay informed and implement the most efficient software that will help protect our clients from receiving unwanted e-mail's.

The new update allows user's to set their preferences for spam filtering.
Some of the new features include:

  • Define how loose/strong you want filtering to be for your e-mail account(s).
  • Select whether you want spam e-mail's marked as Spam, placed in a special folder, or deleted.
  • Allowed & Blocked Sender's Lists allowing you to list any e-mail's you want to make sure are/aren't tagged.
If you have any questions, please contact us at customer.care@dothost.ca



July 1st, 2004
Two important upgrades were completed today. Our control panel has been upgraded from Ensim WEBppliance Pro 3.5 to Ensim Pro 4.0.1. The latest version is not only more stable, but it carries many new features, such as spam filtering, virus filtering, and more detailed website usage stats.

The second upgrade was made to Urchin. Urchin has been upgraded to its latest version, Urchin 5. Urchin 5 carries many new features, some of which are: detailed and interactive graphs, more accurate traffic tracking, and many more new features.
To learn more about Urchin, and/or view the demo, please click here.



June 28th, 2004
Our existing OS, Red Hat 7.3, has been upgraded on all servers to Red Hat Enterprise.
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the corporate Linux standard. It's already at work running some of the world's largest commercial, government, and academic institutions.

To learn more about Red Hat Enterprise Linux, please review the main site at: http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/



April 4th, 2004
Latest version of Ensim Pro has been implemented. The main feature this brings is the extremely powerful "Power Tools". Powertools lets users install some of the web's most popular scripts with the touch of a button (and a little extra info). This new feature will save many users time, and as we all know - time is money.

Scripts include: PHP Mail Script, Gallery Photo Album Management System, Invision Board, PhpBB Bulletin Board, PHP-Nuke CMS, PostNuke CMS, and the very popular e-commerce software - osCommerce Online Store.



April 1st, 2004
Today, we completed a large upgrade to our webmail system. Many bugs have been fixed, and new features have been implemented. Over the next couple weeks, we will also be re-designing the webmail interface to make it more appealing for our users.



February 11th, 2004
Today, we have partnered with another one of the Web's most popular Search Engines. As many businesses are aware, Overture is a powerful medium in getting targeted leads to your web site.

Our partnership benefits our users by giving them a $20 marketing credit when they open an account with Overture.



November 24th, 2003
We have partnered up with one of the web's most popular "pay-per-click" search engines, Kanoodle™. This new partnership allows us to offer our clients $5 worth of free advertising at Kanoodle. No additional fees or requirements are necessary.



September 26th, 2003
With the increasing demand for e-commerce capabilities, we are now including the leading e-commerce software, MivaMerchant, for FREE with the Starter & Value packages. Users may select this as a free add-on during the signup process. Please note tjat MivaMerchant takes up approximately 10 MB of your web space, so add it on only if you need it.



September 8th, 2003
To help better serve our clients as well as visitors, we have introduced a new form of support. Live Chat will allow users to speak to a live representative and get help with any questions or problems that they come across. To speak with us live, visit our contact page.



September 1st, 2003
Our new online presence is officially launched. As with our service, our focus was on the visitor, striving to make their experience on our site as user-friendly & informative as possible.
As a launch special, new users will receive 20% off their order.




Stay Tuned for more exciting news & updates!