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April '08 Kate Makes Shortlist For The BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards

Guildford, Surrey 9 April 2008, Kate Craig-Wood, Memset's Managing Director, has been named as a finalist in the BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards for Best Use of Technology by a Woman in Small to Medium Business.

Kate has been shortlisted, in large part, for her pioneering development of Memset's Miniserver Virtual Machines™, the UK's first virtual server solution that gives customers truly dedicated resources and all the benefits of a normal server without needing an entire modern, powerful machine. Kate intends to continue to push the boundaries of data centre and virtualisation technologies in the hope of making Memset the UK's leading utility computing provider.

Together with this, her clever use of open source solutions which she has adapted to suit her needs has made the company operate more efficiently and her power saving initiatives implemented in the data centre is another example where she has continued to innovatively use technology in her business.

Now in its third year, the BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards was established to celebrate the achievements of women using technology, both within and beyond the IT sector, to bring their outstanding contributions to business and beyond via the use of technology into the public eye.

Kate Craig-Wood, said, "I am delighted to be a finalist in the BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards. The IT industry is suffering badly from a shortage of women, and these awards really help to change this, by highlighting the important contributions that women are making. I think that my focus on green IT is perhaps what made my entry stand out, and again I'm thrilled that my commitment to championing the cause of energy efficient technology is being recognised."

The winners of the BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards will be announced at the prestigious awards ceremony being held at The Marriott Grosvenor Square, London on Tuesday 6th May 2008.

March '08 IT Host, Memset Shortlisted in the European Green IT Awards

Recognised for Market Leadership in Driving Change in Green IT

Guildford, Surrey 12 March 2008, Memset, the UK's leading provider of Web & IT hosting solutions, has been named as a finalist in the European Green IT Awards, in the Market Leadership - Driving Change in Green IT category.

Memset has been shortlisted for their ongoing commitment to exploring ways that new technologies can be used to not only reduce their environmental impact, but that of their customers as well.

Memset's pioneering development of their Miniserver™ Virtual Machines and ambition to become the leading provider of utility computing facilities in the UK could play an instrumental role in driving change in green IT.

If server virtualisation and a utility computing approach were adopted en-masse in the UK the huge power consumption of data centres (currently around 1.9% of total grid power) could easily be more than halved. Memset have led the way by producing a cost-effective virtual machine solution that is truly like a normal dedicated server, but offer the customer significant cost-savings due to less wasted resource as they are provided with truly dedicated resources (RAM, disk, CPU), which are not shared with other users of the same hosted hardware.

Memset's power saving initiatives implemented in the data centre, being the first ISP to go carbon neutral in 2006, and founder, Kate Craig-Wood's unrelenting campaign to promote green IT and her hands-on involvement with Intellect UK have all contributed to the IT host being shortlisted for this European award.

But, they are up against tough competition who all deserved to be recognised for the work they are doing in changing attitudes towards green IT. Finalists include:

- Tier 1 Asset Management
- Compellent
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Tideway
- Logicalis UK
- BT Global Services
- Ricoh

Kate Craig-Wood, Memset's co-founder said, "We are thrilled to be a finalist in the European Green IT Awards, and to be recognised for our efforts in reducing the impact IT has on the environment. Our initiatives, are not only good for the environment but for business too, and we hope other businesses will be encouraged to look at their environmental impact as well."

The winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner on Thursday 13th March at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London.

January '08 Memset recieves Guildford Green award

Memset is recognised for its initiatives to minimise their impact on the environment, winning the Guildford Green Award at the annual 2007/2008 Guildford Life with Style Awards.

The company states that judged by a panel of senior executives from organisations around the borough, the judges were impressed with their initiatives to not only minimise their impact on the environment, but to benefit the wider community as well.

The company avers that it was their investment in energy-saving technologies for its business with their Miniserver Virtual Machines, being the first ISP to go carbon neutral in 2006 and their scheme for staff to travel to and from work on electric bikes that saw them placed among 40 finalists selected from over 300 entries.

Kate Craig-Wood, MD of Memset was in attendance to receive the award and commented: "We're delighted to have won this category in the Guildford awards. Since I founded the company in 2002, I have always ensured that we remain committed to the environment and make sure we minimise the impact of every business activity we perform. The initiatives that we have been recognised for, are not only good for the environment but for business too, and we hope other businesses will be encouraged to look at their impact on the environment as well."

David Hill, Chief Executive of Guildford Borough Council: "This year, we had a record number of some 300 nominations, presenting judges with a very challenging job. The number and quality of nominations clearly demonstrates why we should be proud of our borough and its achievements. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners and thank the judges and sponsors along with all those who put forward nominations."

December '07 Memset voted UK's Best Web Host for second year running

Memset was last night voted as the UK's Best Web Host in the annual PC Pro Service and Reliability Awards 2007.

Not only is this the second year in a row that Memset has been bestowed this prestigious award, but they also scored sixes all around for customer support, reliability and value for money. The results also showed that almost all (98%) of Memset's customers would recommend them to others.

The PC Pro Awards comprised 12 categories of PC-related hardware, software and services. The awards were based on a user survey which generated a response from more than 20,000 individuals.

By delving into their readers' experiences to reveal the winners, PC Pro shortlisted the companies in each category based the feedback obtained across a wide range of different questions.

"We are truly delighted to have won this award two years in a row,""It's a fantastic testament that our customers think so highly of our service and we are grateful for their continued business".

The awards ceremony was held on the 4th December at the Science Museum and included a short set by comedian Frankie Boyle (star of Mock the Week).

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November '07 Memset shortlisted in Prestigious Industry Awards - Finalists in the Annual PC Pro and Computing Awards for Excellence 2007

Memset, the award-winning dedicated web hosting company, looks to retain their title as the Best Web Host in the annual PC Pro Service and Reliability Awards.

The awards are the most comprehensive guide to customer support and product reliability in Europe, let alone the UK, compiled from the UK's largest independent survey of IT customer satisfaction.

Already taking the prestigious title of Best Web Host in the 2006 PC Pro Awards, Memset is looking to continue their reign of this highly influential title. The managed web hosting provider has also been recognised for their innovative environmental initiatives implemented throughout the year by being short-listed for PC Pro's new awards category of 'Environmental Innovator'. Memset will find out if they have been successful in both categories at the awards ceremony being held at the Science Museum on the 4th December 2007.

Memset were also delighted to be recognised in the annual Computing Awards for Excellence 2007, being shortlisted in the 'Best Small Business IT Strategy' category. The Web host has made the shortlist thanks to their their innovative approach to systems development, good use of Open Source Technology to improve business efficiency and for their launch of their Xen-based Miniserver product, the UK's first hosted virtual dedicated server solution to be operationally indistinguishable from a normal server.

The award nominations come hot on the heels of Memset recently winning the 'Impact of Technology on your Business' category at the British Chambers of Commerce South East Awards, and subsequent entry as a finalist for the national award in that category.

September '07 Memset wins "The Impact of Technology on Your Business" category at The British Chambers of Commerce South East Awards

Memset, the award-winning dedicated web hosting provider and member of the Surrey Chamber of Commerce was last night announced as the regional winner of the Microsoft Award for "The Impact of Technology on Your Business" in the South East for the British Chambers of Commerce, Chamber Awards 2007.

The Chamber Awards 2007, now in its fourth year is organised by The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Microsoft and was developed to recognise outstanding business achievement within the UK business community.

The judges were impressed with Memset's innovative approach of taking existing open source technologies and adapting them to make their business operate more efficiently.

Memset will now go through to national judging and the chance to win the top prize of £25,000. The National Winners of the Chamber Awards 2007 will be announced at a Gala Dinner and award ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on November 29th, 2007.

Peter Mileham, President of the BCC, said; "Memset really demonstrated how they are using technology to create a competitive advantage in the market place. Their investment in technology has really paid off, especially with good bottom line performance. They are a fine example of a business who has looked closely at how technology could make them operate more efficiently."

Kate Craig-Wood, Managing Director of Memset, comments: "We are thrilled that Memset has been awarded this prestigious accolade. It's a great honour to be recognised and it is a great compliment for our employees who are all equally committed to exploring the role of new technology within the business."

August '07 Win More Business By Going Carbon Neutral

Dedicated Web Hosting Company, Memset has seen business increase by over 65% since they went Carbon Neutral last year.

Becoming carbon neutral can be hugely beneficial for winning new business, revealed dedicated web hosting company, Memset. The web host qualified as the UK.s first carbon-neutral ISP with the Carbon Neutral Company in August 2006. Since gaining the certification, they have seen business increase by 68% year on year.

A recent survey of 140 new customers revealed that one in three selected Memset as their web hosting company due to the carbon-neutral certification, and almost half said that Memset's commitment to energy efficiency was an important factor in their buying decision.

Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of Memset commented; "We decided to join the Carbon Neutral scheme last year, in part because we have always been conscience of our impact on the environment and wanted to do something to positively offset our carbon footprint, and also in order to gain a stamp of approval on our pre-existing commitment to developing energy-efficient hosting technologies. The fact that we have gained new business as a result really reflects the changing attitudes of businesses wanting to work with environmentally-friendly suppliers".

In becoming Carbon Neutral, Memset worked with The CarbonNeutral Company to identify their 'carbon footprint', or the approximate volume of CO2 generated by the organisation. It is calculated by assessing energy usage, business travel, and all components of the company's operations that consume power or generate waste and by-products. Memset uses a very large amount of electricity for powering servers, and that formed the vast bulk of their carbon footprint.

The next stage in the process is to explore ways to reduce this footprint and energy use wherever possible. This has included a review of current suppliers to explore the viability of using .green. suppliers or energy from renewable resources, and also examined efficiency technologies already in use such as Memset's Miniserver virtual machines. Finally in order to 'neutralise' unavoidable CO2 emissions, an organisation is encouraged to support a range of 'offset projects' to absorb or save the same amount of CO2 emissions as are being created.

Memset was initially supporting a sustainable forestry project, i.e. planting a tree each time it buys a new server, however, in response to concerns over the validity of forestry as a carbon offsetting measure, Memset are moving their investment to support a new methane capture project which has very measurable benefits (methane is 21 times more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas).

August '07 On-demand facilities and seperate power charging - a step closer to utility computing

Memset, the award-winning managed services provider has today announced plans to address the spiralling cost of powering and cooling a datacentre by adapting an on-demand model charging businesses for power consumption separately.

Memset is currently testing a system that will automatically power down some servers in a customer's managed cluster when underused, and will bring them online as load increases. This allows customers to have burst capacity available at short notice without wasting power when at normal loads. Customers with managed clusters will then only be charged for the power used, enabling Memset to pass on cost savings.

Whilst most providers already charge for bandwidth separately, the market has yet to look at charging for power. This is surprising, as power is fast becoming the single largest cost (ahead of bandwidth, hardware and maintenance) for hosting providers, including Memset.

"Integrating a scaling up and down model, and thereby reducing power consumption when its not needed, is one way of addressing the increasing energy costs facing companies and overcoming London's electricity restrictions," comments Kate Craig-Wood, MD of Memset.

A study published last year found that the average energy bill to run a corporate datacentre in the UK is about £5.3m per year and prices are currently doubling every three years. By charging for energy costs on demand, Memset believes companies could considerably reduce their current hosting costs without compromising available capacity. Servers still use a more than half of their full power requirements when idling, and the even the latest generation of low-power features has not significantly addressed idle-power requirements. Therefore, its paramount to make sure servers are fully utilised to not only make them more efficient but to reduce the supporting infrastructure required, such as cooling, thus lessening the amount of power needed to run a datacentre.

Kate Craig-Wood continued, "Currently, up to 1.5% of UK power goes towards powering servers, and most servers are underused - the average resource utilisation is 10-15% (mainly due to over-provisioning of hardware to cope with spikes in demand). Whilst virtualisation and other innovations can address server utilisation, we knew something had to be done about our power consumption, especially in London where there is practically no power left, and its already being reserved for the 2012 Olympics."

"Power is expensive, and getting more so, whilst at the same time we are under increasing pressure to reduce carbon footprints. Data centres are, for now, unnoticed but I have little doubt that we will have green protesters outside them in coming years," continued Craig-Wood.

"In conjunction with our commitment to virtualisation, this core innovation not only moves Memset one step closer to offering true utility computing but will also increase the energy efficiency of our data centres," concludes Craig-Wood.

June '07 Memset turns to electric bikes to continue to drive down carbon emissions

Memset, the award-winning dedicated web hosting company, has purchased Urban Mover electric bikes for staff to travel to and from the company's offices in Guildford, Surrey.

The move to introduce electric bikes as the preferred mode of transportation for the company.s employees comes not long after Memset qualified as the UK.s first carbon-neutral ISP with the Carbon Neutral Company in September 2006. A government initiative enabling employers to offer their employees an electric bike to use for commuting to and from work, without VAT, income tax or NI payable on the bike, also prompted the decision. Memset are able to give their staff a benefit, similar to a company car, but without the salary-sacrifice.

With road transportation responsible for 30% of greenhouse gases, according to the Energy Saving Trust, and UK road traffic predicted to rocket by up to 160% over the next 20-30 years, Memset.s use of electric bikes will significantly reduce petrol dependency, air pollution, and subsequent greenhouse effects.

The bikes, which are up to 99% less polluting than the cleanest fossil-fuel powered vehicles, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, offers a real alternative to the huge costs of driving.

Tom Edie, from Natural Discovery a leading supplier of electric bikes, commented; "The bikes are virtually maintenance-free as they have few moving parts and fuel costs are minimal. The electricity for charging is the only fuel required and costs about 6p per 20-30km. Switching to a zero-emission electric bike for short journeys will not only save you money but help to spare our increasingly fragile planet at the same time."

Electrically-assisted bicycles are road legal in the UK and require no MOT, no log book, no Tax disc, no congestion charges, no parking charges, no insurance and no rising carbon fuel costs.

Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of Memset and who is currently using one of the bikes, commented; "With three out of every five car journeys being less than five miles, we knew we could reduce the dependency on our cars by using electric bikes for the daily commute to work."

She continued; "It's really just like riding a normal bike, except that the small motor on board helps when you peddle. It takes the sting out of a steep hill or a journey that's a bit too far, and keeps me fit as well. My commute to work is much more enjoyable, and I tend to get to work faster now I.m not stuck in the daily traffic jam."

May '07 Intellect UK board welcomes Kate Craig-Wood, Memset's MD

Kate Craig-Wood, managing director and co-founder of Memset, the award-winning dedicated web hosting company, will from today sit on the Intellect board.

Founded in May 2002, Intellect is the UK trade association for the IT, telecoms and electronics industries.

The board almost entirely comprised of senior executives from the world's most successful and most innovative hi-tech companies who are drawn from Intellect.s membership.

Kate Craig-Wood, 30, is the youngest person to join the board of Intellect, and brings with her considerable experience from the UK IT industry, having co-founded Memset Dedicated Server Hosting in 2002 and prior to that worked in various senior IT roles with Alphameric, Alphawave, Arthur Andersen and Easyspace.

On putting herself up for election onto the board, Kate felt that she could "better represent the interests of small, high-growth IT businesses and the Internet Services sector on the main board." With a mandate to represent the interests of small IT businesses as well as large, Kate feels her experience as an entrepreneur managing a "small business" with a highly innovative approach, makes her a suitable candidate for the Intellect UK Board. The appointment takes effect from 24 May 2007.

Kate hopes to use her position on the board of Intellect to, "not only represent the Internet/hosting sector and interests of small IT businesses but to also use her experience in green computing to make this an issue Intellect UK champions within the industry."

John Higgins, director general of Intellect, comments, "I would like to congratulate Kate on her election to the board. It.s fantastic to see more women and young entrepreneurs joining the board. Kate will add a valuable perspective that will help the board shape the direction of Intellect's work."

May '07 Performance Patrol™ - Enterprise-quality load-balancing at a fraction of the cost

Memset, the award-winning dedicated web hosting company, has developed and launched Performance Patrol™, a sophisticated load-balancing solution, enabling clients to balance traffic across their server cluster with the use of multiple load-balancing servers.

Dual load balancers are typically only employed for large scale web applications and busy websites demanding millions of connections per hour. However, by using the latest open source technology in an innovative way, Memset have devised a system to allow all their clients to benefit from enterprise-quality load-balancing functionality at a fraction of the normal cost.

Performance Patrol™ enables the servers to handle higher work loads, maximises availability and virtually eliminates single points of failure, which are present when a server cluster has a single hardware load balancer.

Since Performance Patrol™ is based upon open source technologies and standard server hardware, it is also far more cost-effective than traditional load balancing solutions.

The system actively monitors all servers in the cluster, ensuring they are up and responding to requests. If any of them "drop out" then the solution will immediately detect this and failover any requests to the other servers in the cluster.

"Performance Patrol™ enables Memset to offer a more reliable, more flexible and more cost effective solution than giving each customer their own single hardware load balancer.", commented Kate Craig-Wood, Managing Director of Memset. She continued, "By using twinned kit with no single point of failure, Memset can save time, money and worry with reduced downtime, complete scalability and minimal download delays.".

This solution can also scale and grow as requirements dictate and front end or database servers can be plugged into the cluster very easily.

As with all Memset hosting packages, clients have the choice whether they would like to manage Performance Patrol™ themselves or have Memset set it up to their requirements and manage it on their behalf.

March '07 UK's #1 Dedicated Server Provider

Memset has been voted the UK's #1 Dedicated Web Hosting provider by the UK Web Host Directory.

The awards are given to the best Web hosts in each of categories by tabulating the votes they receive from Web Host Directory's visitors and review board.

Each Host is given a rating of 1 to 10 (10 being best) in 6 areas of performance, including cost, features, support, reliability and speed.

The votes are tabulated and double checked for accuracy and duplicates from the same person. Web Host Directory does not permit "Stuffing the Ballot Box" for a Web host.

February '07 Innovation in Business Award

Memset has won the Innovation in Business award in the Surrey Business Awards 2006/07. The award recognises the significant development of virtual dedicated servers by Memset. Launched in the latter part of 2006, a new version of Memset's virtual machine created a new generation of virtual dedicated servers. The new machine is able to provide users with all the benefits of a dedicated server but at a fraction of the cost. It was the culmination of three years of progressive development of its Miniserver™ machine, which has made Memset a leading provider of hosting solutions for business users.

Over 300 people attended the glittering awards ceremony at Mercedes Benz World in Weybridge on 8 February 2007. Eagle radio presenter, Peter Gordon, handed the award trophy to Memset's managing director, Kate Craig-Wood, "I am absolutely delighted to receive this award. We strive to take an innovative approach in everything we do at Memset and recognition of that will mean an enormous amount to the team."

As well as pioneering products, Memset also has innovative business systems, including automated billing and administration systems. All are developed in-house. It was also the first UK Web hosting company to become carbon neutral in August 2006.

The Surrey Business award for Business Innovation follows Memset recently being voted Best Web Host of the Year in the highly acclaimed PC Pro Service and Reliability awards. "Coming hot on the heels of being voted the UK's best Web host, this award will really put us on a high for the year", said Craig-Wood.

December '06 Top award for Memset

Memset has been awarded Best Web Host of the Year in this year's PC Pro Service and Reliability awards. Not only did Memset gain the highest marks for value, it also topped the satisfaction chart for customer service and came second for reliability. The results showed that 95% of Memset's customers would recommend their Web host to others.

PC Pro Awards comprised 12 categories of PC-related hardware, software and services. The awards were based on a user survey which generated a response from more than 16,000 individuals. If enough of its customers took part in the survey, companies were short-listed - in the case of Web hosting eleven companies made the short-list. In the final analysis, the comments were analysed and the Web hosting companies were star rated. Memset achieved a six star rating (out of six) in all three categories: customer support, reliability and satisfaction.

"We are truly delighted to receive this award," says Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of Memset, "it is a great accolade and makes all our dedication and hard work truly worthwhile. We are very grateful to our customers for voting for us in this way."

The winners received their PC Pro awards from television presenter, Suzie Perry, at a ceremony which took place in The Brewery in the City of London.

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November '06: Memset Launches New Generation of Virtual Dedicated Servers

Memset, UK leader in the development of virtual dedicated servers, has launched a new version of its Miniserver™ virtual machines, creating a new generation of virtual dedicated servers. Miniserver™ virtual machines will provide users with all the benefits of a dedicated server but at a fraction of the cost. They run on Intel's new Virtualisation Technology and open source software Xen. Compared to other virtual dedicated servers, they offer unparalleled security, truly dedicated resources and the flexibility of using any operating system, including Windows.

To the user, a Miniserver™ virtual machine is indistinguishable from a physical dedicated server. This is because Memset's Miniserver™ technology enables a server to be effectively divided into multiple machines, each with its own truly dedicated resources. The server is compartmentalised in such a way that each user has their own RAM, disk space, CPU allocation and kernel as well as applications. This provides much greater levels of security than with other virtual dedicated servers on the market where the RAM, disk, CPU and kernel are shared across the users.

A Miniserver™ virtual machine also provides the user with unmatched flexibility. Because each user has their own resources (RAM, disk space, CPU allocation and kernel), they can use any operating system, including Windows and Linux. This enables different users to use different operating systems on the same server, bringing the benefits of virtual machines to a much larger audience, including those who wish to use Microsoft technologies.

They are also easily scalable. A user can take just as much resource as required for their application. However, should circumstances change and they require more, upgrading is easy and requires just a few minutes of downtime. Not only does this approach save the user money, but it also means that there is no wasted resource and no wasted power, which is good for the environment. A typical dedicated server, for example, uses 120Watts even when idling, whereas a Miniserver™ virtual machine uses as little as 10Watts.

Miniserver™ virtual machines provides an ideal testing and development platform: any operating system can be used, the server can be cloned and the developer can choose the amount of resource needed. Furthermore, at any point that the developer may wish, the server can be returned to its initial state.

Memset uses only high-quality, mirrored hardware for hosting its Miniserver™ virtual machines, and has no single-point-of-failure in its network. This gives truly enterprise-level disaster-resilience to all Memset's customers, large and small alike.

October '06: Memset becomes UK's first CarbonNeutral® accredited Web host.

Memset is the first provider of Web hosting servers and solutions in the UK to become carbon neutral. This accreditation by The CarbonNeutral Company acknowledges that Memset has committed to minimising its energy usage and to offsetting its unavoidable carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by supporting a Plan Vivo reforestation project in Uganda. The accreditation was awarded in August 2006.

During the accreditation process, The CarbonNeutral Company worked with Memset to measure the CO2 emissions created by its business operations and advised where any reductions could be made. It found, however, that Memset already had all significant energy saving systems in place. Unavoidable emissions are offset through a reforestation project in Uganda that will absorb 1 tonne of CO2 for every tonne Memset creates as the forest grows to maturity.

The biggest source of CO2 from Memset.s operations is due to the electrical power required to drive its servers, which are core to its business. In fact electricity is its single largest cost and, with recent increases in the commercial energy prices, it is becoming more so.

However, Memset has always invested in the most energy efficient hosting systems. For example, its in-house developed Miniserver™ technology enables customers to have their own dedicated resources without needing an entire physical dedicated server to themselves. This not only has significant cost savings for the customers, it is also very energy efficient. A Memset Miniserver™ virtual machine uses as little as 10Watts; this compares with 120Watts that a typical dedicated server would use, even when idling.

In addition, Memset has been an early adopter of the most advanced low-power server and CPU architectures such as Sun Fire servers and Intel's Core II processors.

"We pride ourselves on our corporate social responsibility and not harming the environment is particularly important to us," says Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of Memset. "By tackling our climate change impacts and offsetting our unavoidable CO2 emissions with the regeneration of forestry in Uganda, we can ensure that we are minimising our contribution to global warming. Moreover, by being as 'green' as we possibly can, also has some significant commercial benefits to us and to our customers."

Other areas of energy and resource saving looked at by The CarbonNeutral Company included recycling and use of public transport by staff. Again it found that Memset already had all these measures in place.

October '06: Memset short-listed for the PC Pro magazine Best Web Host award.

We are extremely proud to have been selected as a finalist for the PCPro Best Web Host award. Excerpt from their site below:

The following is PC Pro's exclusive list of the top web hosts, as voted for by over 16,000 readers. These companies will all be competing for the prestigious Best Web Host Award at the official awards ceremony on Monday 4 December.

To make this list, the companies must have beaten the industry average for customer support, reliability and customer satisfaction. With opinions given on over 5,000 different web-hosting packages (click here for more information), this is the UK's most comprehensive survey of its kind.

October '06: Memset hosts MobileLocate.

MobileLocate, leading UK provider of mobile phone tracking services, has moved the hosting of its web-based business to Memset. The company was attracted to the exceptionally high levels of security offered by Memset. "The tailored solution that Memset is providing us, far exceeds anything else on the market,", says Jon Magnusson, managing director of MobileLocate.

First launched three years ago, MobileLocate enables firms such as couriers, service engineers and taxis to trace the location of their field workforce by tracking their mobile phone via the internet. They can then optimise the use of their mobile work force; others use it to promote the safety of loan workers.

MobileLocate was unsatisfied with the level of service provided by its previous web-hosting supplier and undertook a yearlong review of the market before selecting Memset. The new hosting package is based on a mid-range Sun server, xFire 2100. "Memset has an excellent range of server options so we were able to choose the right package to meet our needs," says Magnusson. "Maximum uptime and high security are of paramount importance to us. Memset has engineers on standby at all times and so is able to respond within an hour should any problems develop. The company's concern for the environment was also important to us."

The MobileLocate's sister company, ChildLocate has also switched to Memset. ChildLocate provides a similar service, but for parents wanting to keep track of their offspring. It enables parent to establish the location of a child.s mobile phone via the internet.

September '06: Free hosting for charities.

As part of our commitment to responsible business practice we are now offering free hosting for registered UK charities' Web sites, in exchange for linking to us from their Web site. More information.

August '06: New product: Storage Servers.

In response to an ever-increasing demand for high-capacity on-line storage solutions we have started offering purpose-built storage server all using RAID(5) and with a capacity of up to 6 TerraBytes. More information.

June '06: New referrals scheme - free 512MByte USB memory sticks!

We are proud to announce a new referrals scheme that rewards both our loyal customers who recommend us to their friends and colleagues, as well as the referees themselves. More information.

June '06: Windows Miniservers™ coming closer

Now that Dell are able to provide us with servers utilising the new Intel processors with embedded virtualization technology (Vanderpool/VT) technology we are able to move forwards with our aim to be the first UK dedicated server host to provide truly virtualised Windows servers on our world-leading Miniservers™ platform.

This move will also further allow us to lead the server consolidation movement in the UK which is an important part of our energy saving strategy.

May '06: Memset commits to energy efficiency strategy

In the wake of huge rises in the costs of commercial power and electricity over the last year, combined with an ever increasing awareness of the environmental consequences of a power-hungry society, we are now committed to investing in and researching energy efficient hosting systems. We are taking the following steps:

1) To continue to develop and promote Miniservers™ as the ideal basis for mass server consolidation.

2) To invest in the latest power-efficient server technologies, and to keep pressure on our primary suppliers (Dell & Sun) to drive forwards improvements in computing-per-Watt.

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