Hostway and Miva Donate Services for Education - Leading Technology
Companies Parter with Harold Washington College Chicago—March 29, 2001—Two
cutting edge ecommerce leaders have donated goods and services to Harold
Washington College in Chicago. The Hostway Corporation and Miva Corporation
have combined to give Harold Washington College the technology to be at
the forefront of ecommerce education. Miva has donated 35 licenses for
their Miva Merchant ecommerce software package and Hostway will be providing
the server to support the software. The value of these donations is over
$25,000.
"The partnership between Miva, Hostway and Harold Washington College
allows us to provide a low-cost ecommerce curriculum to the residents
of Chicago," said Harold Washington College President Nancy De Sombre.
"With the explosion of Internet based retailers demand has been high
for us to offer courses in ecommerce. Thanks to the generosity of Miva
and Host way we are able to fill this need," continued President
De Sombre.
Hostway was founded in 1996. The company makes its home in Chicago and
is a leader in the Web hosting industry specializing in ecommerce sites.
They are broadening the expectations of what an ISP should be.
The Miva Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in San Diego. They
have partnered with over 800 high-tech companies and are leaders in providing
the leading ecommerce platform for small to mid-size businesses. Their
strength is superserving smaller businesses with their powerful network
of partners in the high-tech world.
The City Colleges of Chicago is comprised of seven separately accredited
public community colleges serving over 180,000 students in credit, non-credit
and Adult Learning Skills programs. Daley College, Kennedy King College,
Malcolm X College, Olive Harvey College, Truman College, Harold Washington
College and Wright College and are the affiliated institutions.
About Hostway Corporation
Hostway Corporation provides domain name registration, Web hosting and ecommerce, colocation, managed dedicated hosting, SaaS hosting, Web design and online marketing services to more than 600,000 customers worldwide. It operates state-of-the art data centers that reduce the complexity and cost of Web-based technologies for small businesses and large enterprises. Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the three largest Web hosting companies in the world with a direct presence in 11 countries, 15 worldwide operation centers and more than 700 employees. Hostway franchises include: Affinity Internet, Bigstep, DiscountDomains, Hostway UK, Hostway Netherlands, Hostway Korea, Hostway Australia, Hostway Denmark, NetNation, PowerMedium, RegistryPro, Server Service, Service Over Internet, ValueWeb and WinSave. |
