Germany’s Alfa Hosting Launches CM4all OnlineDrive and CM4all WebsiteCreator

December 07, 2008

Cologne, Germany; Boston, USA – December 05, 2008 - Founded in 1999, Alfahosting specializes in web hosting and networking technology. After having searched the market for new developments and services to add value and bolster its product offering for consumers, Alfahosting selected the CM4all OnlineDrive and CM4all WebsiteCreator Consumer Edition.

“Satisfied clients are the basis of our success. Therefore we are always trying to add more value to our services”, explains Moritz Bartsch, Managing Director of Alfahosting GmbH. “With the addition of CM4all’s products we can offer a scalable online storage service and a proven website building solution both dedicated to our residential users’ specific requirements.”

“Alfahosting is a dynamic provider and we welcome them to our German OEM Partner network,” says Robert Schovenberg, CEO of CM4all. “It’s a pleasure for us to deliver two trusted and strategically important Value Added Service products in tandem. We are confident that the unique combination of CM4all OnlineDrive and CM4all WebsiteCreator will form a valuable suite of services to ensure Alfahosting’s customers both enjoy and benefit from time spent online.”

With the CM4all WebsiteCreator Consumer Edition, customers will be able to create private, family and professional web sites intuitively and without complexity. Thanks to a variety of wizards, no special technical knowledge is required. Customers simply choose from a variety of topics to theme their web sites and each category produces professionally designed templates to match. The web sites include easy navigation and innovative Web 2.0 features such as the Community Media Album, Multi-Author Video Blog, Microsoft® Maps and Directions, Flash animations, guest books, feedback forms, online forums and voting tools. Photos, videos and music files are easily uploaded to the website and community-friendly contribution features allow family and friends to participate in the creation of dynamic private groups.

The CM4all OnlineDrive is the ideal complement to the CM4all WebsiteCreator. As a file manager, viewer and sharing application with data center levels of file protection and Web 2.0 file management, the CM4all OnlineDrive also offers drag & drop; an ActiveX uploader for multiple image files or ZIP archives, an image editor, comprehensive file presentations, extensive file searching options and file sharing profiles with filters.

In addition, the application yields a branded and platform-neutral Backup Client for file synchronization, advanced scheduling options and WebDAV access to smoothly ensure that Alfahosting’s customers have access to the latest versions of their photos, videos, music, e-mails, documents and project files at all times.

Both user interfaces are adapted to Alfahosting’s corporate design and will be installed with a German language interface. CM4all will administer the software remotely, safeguard its availability with 24/7 support and continuously update both the Operating System and applications.

About CM4all
About CM4all: With 3 million paying customers worldwide, CM4all is a leading developer of Web-based applications for the Internet. CM4all software is currently being distributed worldwide via leading telcos, MSOs, ISPs and web hosting companies, like 1&1 Internet AG, Deutsche Telekom AG, Endurance International Group Inc., Hostway, NTT Communications, Swisscom AG, Terra Networks S.A., Tiscali S.p.A., Unitymedia GmbH and Verio Inc.

Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, Robert Schovenberg and Cornel Schnietz founded Content Management AG (CM-AG) in 1999. CM-AG develops and distributes software and infrastructure solutions based on CM4all’s scalable software, which allows for the creation, maintenance and easy-updating of websites and mobile devices, while also providing highly effective online file storage, management and sharing solutions.

CM4all’s technology is based on a high-speed XML application server and is operated on an ASP model. The company’s core product is the most popular online website creation software CM4all WebsiteCreator, which is adapted for and licensed to individual OEM partners and is available in 20+ different languages.

Please visit www.cm4all.com for more information.