Web Hosting Firm, DiscountASP.NET, Joins Telerik, for ASP.NET UI Components

Pasadena, California - (The Hosting News) - April 3, 2008 - ASP.net hosting and SQL hosting provider, DiscountASP.NET, has entered into a partnership with vendor of advanced ASP.NET user interface components and .NET reporting solutions, Telerik.

Takeshi Eto, Vice President of Marketing at DiscountASP.NET noted, ''We specialize in ASP.NET hosting and are always interested in partnering with the vendors that provide our customers with the most useful tools that make their life easier and their sites stand out. Telerik is a well known leader in UI components for rich user experiences.''

Under this partnership, DiscountASP.NET customers can receive a $50 discount on Telerik RadControls and Reporting solutions. Telerik users can get 6 months free hosting for the first year of DiscountASP.NET's base ASP.NET hosting annual plan.

Nadia Terzieva, VP Business Development at Telerik remarked, ''The DiscountASP.NET and Telerik partnership is a natural fit. DiscountASP.NET is focused on offering advanced ASP.NET hosting for developers and we provide the tools that take their web applications to the next level.''

Last month, DiscountASP.NET debuted the integration of Microsoft Windows 2008 Hosting, on its enterprise-class shared hosting infrastructure.
The new Windows 2008 hosting platform includes many new enhancements, including:

1. Windows Server 2008 Standard edition
2. Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7)
3. FTP 7 (including FTP over SSL)
4. PHP5
5. Trust Level Control
6. Microsoft IIS Manager access

DiscountASP.NET introduces two new Control Panel tools for IIS7 hosting management. Customers can use the Application Pool Pipeline Mode chooser tool to switch between Classic and Integrated mode. In addition, a new Microsoft IIS Manager Permission tool is introduced allowing customers to manage the users that can have IIS 7 Manager access privileges.

Telerik is a leading vendor of developer tools and components for .NET. Building on our expertise in interface development and Microsoft technologies, Telerik helps customers build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity. Created with passion, Telerik products help thousands of developers every day to be more productive and deliver reliable applications under budget and on time.

DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting provider, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET and SQL database hosting. A Microsoft Gold Certified partner, DiscountASP.NET was one of the first hosts to launch Windows 2008 hosting, and .NET 3.5 hosting supporting LINQ and ASP.NET AJAX hosting.

For more information on Telerik, please visit: www.telerik.com.

For more information about DiscountASP.NET, please visit: www.discountasp.net.