April 2006: Australian Technology & Business - You can hire a server and you can hire a consultant to run it so why not hire your applications too? David Braue finds out why this time round, software as a service is finally catching on.
1 April 2006: Dynamic Small Business - Multi-channel selling in becoming increasingly crucial for businesses to survive in the electronic age.
29 March 2006: Australian Reseller News - The pay-as-you-go software model is attracting a new following with the temptation of quicker access to software updates, no upfront costs and a reduction in maintenance fees.
28 March 2006: The Australian - Software as a service is gaining momentum because of its rapid deployment, instant upgrades and low hardware overheads.
15 March 2006: Australian Reseller News - Applications hosting provider, WebCentral, has struck its larger ever channel partnership with IT services company, Invizage.
8 March 2006: AustralianIT - Hosting group WebCentral has taken another step in its bid to push hosted, “software as a service” applications to Australian small businesses, signing a wholesale agreement with SME services group Invizage, a division of Telstra’s Sensis.
7 March 2006: CRN - Australian web and application hosting company, WebCentral has reduced its domain name pricing.
7 March 2006: Australian Financial Review - WebCentral has recorded annualised revenues of $4 million for a nascent software hosting business that has quickly become a key plank in its plan to return to stable growth.
14 February 2006: The Australian - Hosting group WebCentral wants to ride the boom in hosted applications, and is planning to launch its own customer relationship management and financials packages.
3 February 2006: CRN - WebCentral has doubled partner numbers in the past year through strong demand for its hosting services.
November 2005: Managing Information Strategies - Our expert judging panel chose the following 25 from an extensive list of local players as organisations that display an impressive local business focus as well as often performing well on foreign shores.
October 2005: Shares - WebCentral Group has two completely different revenue sources, and both are gaining strength.
6 September 2005: Australian Financial Review - Australia’s biggest web-hosting company, WebCentral Group, issued a bullish outlook for the year ahead, following a surge in sales for the 2005 financial year.
20 July 2005: Australian Reseller News - WebCentral was crowned Asia-Pacific Hosting Server Provider of the Year for the second time at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis last week.
1 May 2005: Dynamic Small Business - The prospect of setting up an e-commerce system seems both scary and pointless to many business owners.
May 2005: Australian Technology & Business - It has taken only four years for spam to become the bane of business but, as SMBs are finding, spam can be killed before it enters inboxes with the use of a hosted provider.
1 April 2005: Australian Technology & Business - Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena - all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider.
29 March 2005: The Age - ADSL2 is finally on its way but for many it can't come fast enough.
25 February 2005: The Australian - The virtual world is a powerful marketing tool.
24 February 2005: Australian Financial Review - As companies evolve from basic web sites to more elaborate, interactive or transaction-based sites, they are more likely to want professional help with the site.
23 February 2005: Australian Reseller News - ASX-listed WebCentral Group has attributed a fivefold increase in its half-yearly revenue to the acquisition of its online hosting provider, WebCentral.
15 February 2005: Australian Financial Review - WebCentral Group, Australia's biggest web hosting company, said yesterday its interim profit had risen sixfold after it acquired full ownership of its main operating business, and demand for its services increased.
15 February 2005: The Courier Mail - One of Australia's businesses has snared ex-premiers of Queensland and NSW to boost corporate and government work.
27 July 2004: The Age - Sean Howard, Trevor Kennedy, Malcolm Turnbull and Lucy Turnbull list their tech investment vehicle.
15 July 2004: Broadcast News - Ten - WebCentral wins Microsoft hosting provider of the year award.
14 July 2004: iTNews - Three Australian partners have won reseller gongs at Microsoft's PartnerWorld conference in Canada.
23 October 2003: Business Review Weekly - The 10 Fastest: The Winners.
4 June 2003: ZDNet - The Australian Rugby Union is relying on the web to interact with rugby fans.
1 April 2003: Australian IT - Web sites, email and internet access for all Queensland public schools will be managed as a single network.