Sydney– April 2, 2003– Hostway Corporation, a global leader of web hosting services and online business tools for small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SME), today announced the launch of their Sydney office confirming the company‚s strategy to position itself as the only web hosting company with a comprehensive global service strategy.

Hostway's latest office, the second in the Asia Pacific region, is part of the company's global growth plan of opening strategically placed offices in countries that have a large SME sector.

Established in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, Hostway supports web hosting provision for more than 100,000 domain customers globally and has been profitable every quarter since its inception. With hosting entres located in Amsterdam, Chicago, London and Seoul, the Australian office has been launched in a market environment where it is already managing hundreds of existing sites.

Hostway will offer Australian SMEs choice in a full set of products and services supporting both Microsoft and Linux platforms, including domain name registration, shared hosting, e-commerce hosting, dedicated servers and fully-managed complex hosting solutions.

Michael Farrell, General Manager of Hostway Corporation in Australia, said, "Australia has a relatively large SME sector, many of whom are still non- web-enabled making for a strong potential target segment. We will increase our present Australian market share by competing on reliability, breadth of product and most importantly economic value for our customers.

All this will be backed up by providing excellence in round the clock customer service supporting customers any place, any time", he added.

With an office located in North Sydney, Hostway plans to increase its present employee base in accordance with expected growth. While hosting for Australian organisations will initially be handled from the company's Chicago web hosting centre, Hostway plans to open an Australian data centre later in the year.

Lucas Roh, CEO and founder of Hostway Corporation, said, "Australia and the Asia Pacific region is integral to our international development. The sophistication of the market coupled with the typical size of companies makes it a very attractive investment for our hosting solutions which enable organisations to gain a rapid return on investment while being able to concentrate on their core business activity."

Hostway is one of the five largest pure-play web hosting companies in the world and has not used any outside debt for capital funding.

About Hostway
Hostway Corporation is a provider of award-winning Web hosting services and tools, supported by superior customer service. Working primarily with small- and medium-sized businesses, Hostway provides the best of hosting technology with innovative online tools to help customers broaden their reach and grow their business. Hostway offers a wide range of shared and dedicated server plans to partner with their customers – from the launch of a Web site through every stage of online growth.

Founded in 1996, the Chicago-based company supports more than 100,000 Web sites worldwide and facilitates millions of dollars in e-commerce transactions each month. Hostway expanded its global reach in 2000 by opening an office in Korea and again in 2001 with the opening of a London office. Hostway is a private company, has posted a profit every quarter since its inception and does not rely on outside capital.

For more information on Hostway Corporation please visit www.hostway.com.au or call 1-888-290-5170.