It has been announced that SWSoft (the makers of Plesk and Virtuozzo) has acquired Webhost Automation Ltd (A UK Company). Webhost Automation (WHA) are the makers of the Helm control panel.

On the WHA website concerning the sale, it is stated that the future is “in very good hands” for Helm.

Reaction on the thriving WHA forums has been a mixture of surprise and anticipation of how the product will be taken forward. In particular, there are still many Helm v3 owners who still cannot upgrade to Helm v4 due to bugs in the upgrade tool.

This effort follows 3 automation software acquisitions that SWsoft made just months earlier - Sphera, Ensim Pro and Positive Software (Makers of HSphere).

In reality this does not leave very much competition in the web hosting control panel market.

Many Helm owners will be hoping this is a positive step forward for the Helm product, others will be looking at the few alternatives on the market.

SWSoft is an undeniable market leader in the virtualization and automation software industry. Their software products are currently used by more than 700,000 clients in 125 countries world wide. Founded in 1999, the company has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Following our previous announcement on the 9th October 2007, we have prepared a document to describe the changes to the hosting features. We hope you find these changes welcome. More info...

We are announcing an official end of life for our control panel system. After 7 years of service, we say goodby to the RCP and SiteAdmin tools.
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We have now adopted CDP technology from R1Soft.com as the main platform for backing up our servers. This allows us to backup our Linux servers on an hourly basis and our Windows servers on a daily basis.

We have partnered with the creators of cPanel and as a result we can now provide cPanel based Virtual Private Servers. cPanel is a linux hosting control panel boasting a huge range of features and designed with simplicity in mind. More details...

We are now providing Virtual Private Servers on the Windows 2003 server platform using Virtuozzo technology. Our Windows VPS hosting provides the ability to manage your own virtual envinronment with complete administrator access and a full copy of Plesk 7.5 for Windows! Find out more...

We are excited to announce that all our VPS hosting servers now come with the fantastic Plesk 7.5 Reloaded control panel. You can host 100 domains and we pay for the Plesk license! Find out more...

We have now made available the fantastic Mambo CMS with selected hosting packages. Mambo is a very comprehensive tool to allow you to create and manage your website content through your web browser with hundreds of advanced fetaures. Mambo can be installed into your website in seconds using the Application Vault found in your Plesk control panel. More about Mambo hosting

We have been delighted with the response to our Christmas sale and have decided to extend the offer until December 31st. We would like to thank all customers who have participated and we extend a warm welcome to all the clients who have taken advantage of this great offer

We have recently upgraded our bandwidth capacity. As a result, we have reduced ALL bandwidth overages to just £0.001 per MB per month. This makes us one of the cheapest providers in the UK for ultra fast bandwidth. To reflect this, we have upgraded the bandwidth on all Reseller and Shared hosting packages on both Linux and Windows hosting by as much as 10 times the previous offering. For example, if your plan had 1GB - it is now 10GB. Read more...

We would like to wish all our clients, old and new, a very happy Christmas. If you are considering to sign up for an additional hosting package, or if you are new to Interhost, then we would like to offer you a 20% discount off all our virtual web hosting and reseller hosting packages. This offer is valid between 1st December 2005 and expires 24th December 2005. The 20% discount will be applied to your first invoice, so if you pay annually you will get the discount on your whole yearly fee. If you elect to pay monthly then you will get the discount off your first months invoice.

We are now providing Virtual Private Servers (VPSs), using Virtuozzo technology. A VPS allows you to have your own private server dedicated to your websites for a fraction of the cost of a true dedicated server. Read more about Virtual Private Server (VPS) technology.

We have now upgraded all of our network devices and equipment. This investment in our infrastructure gives us a greater capacity to expand. We are currently utilising less than 10% of the resources available to us.

We have now upgraded our Windows 2003 servers to include the use of the extremely popular email component, w3 JMail. This is very easy to use and a great addition to our feature list. Read more about w3 JMail

To celebrate the launch of our new Windows hosting plans we are offering Smarterstats professional graphical reporting free of charge (normally £2.50/mth) for a strictly limited time. Read about Smarterstats

These tutorials cover many aspects of managing your hosting account through the Helm control panel.
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We have reviewed our Windows hosting plans and have launched new reseller, shared and dedicated hosting plans all including the Helm control panel.

This tutorial covers getting started with your new Windows reseller account.
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