HostReview.com Web Hosting Interviews

An Interview with
Web Hosting Roundtable - Industry Trends 2005: Guy Yalif, David Chao,Thomas Vollrath, Ivan Vachovsky, Lance Crosby, Curtis Curtis, Jeremy Sabil, Bevan Erickson, Kurt Daniel, Jay Adelson, Manny Medina, and Bob Leffler,

By Milena Sotirova
Editor DevStart, Inc.

February 09, 2005

1. Please can you tell us some words about you and your position in the company?
2. Where do you see the Industry growth in this starting year? What are the trends you are expecting to see growing in the next 12 months?
3. Discuss your vision for this year in regard to security. Do you see more challenges in this aspect for the Web Hosting Industry?
4. Where do you see the challenges before your company and how do you see overcoming the obstacles going along with the growth?
5. What will be the major acquisition you can predict for this year?
6. If you can summarize Industry 2005 in one sentence, what it will be?

6. If you can summarize Industry 2005 in one sentence, what it will be?

Guy Yalif:
2005 will be a good year for the hosting customer.

David Chao:
Get ready for some exciting shifts in the hosting industry that promise to change the way business is done.

Ivan Vachovsky:
Fierce competition and survival of the fittest.

Curtis Curtis:
Actually I can sum it up in one word - "frenetic".

Bevan Erickson:
With the initiatives to increase value, 2005 will be the year of the stretched consumer dollar in the web hosting industry.

Kurt Daniel:
The Web hosting industry in 2005 becomes a larger, less fragmented, more established, more trusted market for customers relying more on its providers for increased and more advanced services.

Thomas Vollrath:
Optimistic yet cautious because of the vulnerable times we live in.

Jay Adelson:
There will be strong growth for exchange services driven by the proliferation of broadband and new, large downloadable applications.

Lance Crosby:
2005 will be the year of security, ASPs, server on demand, and consolidation.

Manny Medina:
2005 will be a great come-back year for Latin America in terms of IT as company's begin to realize that there is huge potential right in their own backyard.