MELBOURNE – February 25, 2004 - destra Corporation Limited (ASX: DES), Australia’s No. 2 Virtual Web-hosting Company, OzHosting.com (destra Corporation Limited ASX:DES), announced today a wholesale web hosting partnership with leading telecommunications provider, Primus Telecom.
“This is an exciting new partnership where we will provide wholesale web hosting products and services for Primus customers over the next three years and integrate with Primus’ domain registration business, Planet Domain,” said destra CEO, Mr. Domenic Carosa.
“We are both fast-growing dynamic companies who will now work in partnership to offer extra services to our significant business customer base. This will extend the existing relationship between the two businesses where destra makes use of the national Primus infrastructure,” said Primus Telecom General Manager Product Management, Development and Strategy, Mr. Campbell Sallabank.
“As a major player in the Australian telecommunications market, it is important for Primus Telecom to have the very best and latest technology to coordinate its web hosting needs with its data requirements,” added Carosa.
“These are exciting times and we are confident this partnership will attract many more companies to using web based technology for their business and future growth,” said Mr. Carosa.
Planet Domain customers will now have access to OzHosting.com’s virtual and advanced web hosting along with Email Anti-Virus Solutions, Shared SQL Advanced Hosting and SME eCommerce products. Primus Telecom also intends to explore opportunities to further extend the OzHosting.com product range across its Corporate and Hotkey businesses.
Planet Domain was launched in December 2000 and has enjoyed growth rates in excess of 100% a year to place it as one of Australia’s leading registry businesses.