Burlington, MA, October 2, 2006 – groupSPARK today announced the signup of the 500th partner for its GAIN Partner Program.  Working from the ground up groupSPARK developed PLAD - Private Label Application Delivery™ Platform - which enables channel partners and resellers to private label the entire Hosted Exchange service – including SharePoint, Blackberry Server, and Good Server. This allows the partners to provide this valuable solution to their small-mid sized customers and create an easy recurring revenue stream with no ongoing work and minimal investment.

“Until recently, ISPs and hosting companies had to develop the service in-house requiring a large capital investment for both equipment and manpower to implement and maintain a Hosted Exchange offering” says Ravi Agarwal, CEO of groupSPARK.  “groupSPARK provides this needed service to ISPs and hosting companies allowing them to tap into a nearly untouched billion dollar market.  We are one of the fastest growing Exchange Hosting companies in the U.S. and reaching this 500 partner milestone proves this out.”

Only four months ago, groupSPARK announced their 400th Hosted Exchange Partner had signed.  “We have been very aggressive with the press and trade shows.  Microsoft has invited us to speak with them and to have a presence in their booths at trade shows.  All of these factors are definitely helping us continue to grow.” says Mr. Agarwal.

Burlington, MASSACHUSETTS, October 1, 2006 – groupSPARK, the #1 Private Label Exchange Hosting provider, today announced their new status as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.  Gold Certified Partners go through a rigorous process that requires them to maintain high standards of technical ability and training, to work with their existing customer base for surveys and references, and to reach certain thresholds for company size and importance to Microsoft’s market plan.

Ravi Agarwal, groupSPARK’s CEO, said “This is a big step for groupSPARK.  There are not very many Gold Certified Partners. The process to gain this certification is a challenge and our customers do not take this status lightly.”

Mr. Agarwal went on to add “We have been working extensively with Microsoft from presenting with them on Exchange Hosting topics to actually being in the Microsoft booth at major industry conferences.  Our Gold status and our work with Microsoft is an affirmation of just how fast we are growing as a company and how important we are to their strategic direction.”

Burlington, MASSACHUSETTS, August 30, 2006 – groupSPARK, the #1 Private Label Exchange Hosting provider, today announced their plans for upcoming conferences in the fall of 2006.  groupSPARK has decided to build on the momentum from their summer conferences and has plans to attend three more shows through the rest of 2006.

After the success of both the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference and HostingCon, both in July, they have added the Hosting Transformation Summit, the ITExpo, and ISPCon to their 2006 conference plans.

The Hosting Transformation Summit takes place in Las Vegas, NV Sept 18-20 which draws in executives from all across the industry to network and discuss the future of the market.  Ravi Agarwal, groupSPARK’s CEO, will be speaking on a panel on hosting software as a service and the challenges that the industry will see in the future.

groupSPARK will also be attending the Internet Telephony Expo in San Diego, CA Oct 10-13.  The ITExpo is the largest west coast conference on IP communications.  Show exhibitors can expect to see around 9,000 people coming through the doors.  Ravi Agarwal, groupSPARK’s CEO said “This is a new direction for groupSPARK.  We get questions all the time from companies in the IP communications market segment and while the industry is still very new, we feel that this will be a big part of our plans in the future.”

groupSPARK will be attending their third ISPCon in Santa Clara, CA Nov 7-9.  ISPCon has been a very good fit for groupSPARK in the past and their attendance at another one demonstrates how important the show is to their continuing efforts with the internet service provider market place.  The difference between this ISPCon and the previous ones is that groupSPARK’s CEO Ravi Agarwal will have a speaking engagement during the conference on the topic of Hosting Reliable and Profitable Exchange Services.

About groupSPARK

groupSPARK is the #1 provider of Microsoft Exchange Hosting services that can be completely private labeled and resold by partners as a part of their own product offerings saving their clients hundreds of thousands in development and support costs.

Its 400+ GAIN partners utilize its turnkey Private Label platform to provide Hosted Exchange services to thousands of their users.  Partners are able to address scalability and uptime concerns by leveraging groupSPARK’s 100% uptime SLA, 24×7x365 support and proactive hardware and software monitoring capabilities.  They also offer mobility, Server-Side SPAM filtering, and SharePoint options.

groupSPARK is a privately owned company.  Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts it is the one of the largest Private Label Microsoft Exchange Hosting providers and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

Burlington, MASSACHUSETTS, June 22, 2006 – groupSPARK, the #1 Private Label Exchange Hosting provider, today announced their plans for upcoming conferences in the summer of 2006.  groupSPARK has stepped up their conference attendance by participating in two new shows this summer.

Microsoft has invited groupSPARK to be in their booth in the Software Hosting Pavilion for the Microsoft World Wide Partner conference in Boston, MA in mid-July.  Ravi Agarwal, groupSPARK’s CEO, said “This is a big honor for groupSPARK.  Only two other companies have been asked to participate in the conference.”  The conference draws attendees from all over the globe and Microsoft expects at least 6,000 people to show up for the three-day event.

groupSPARK will also be attending this year’s HostingCon in Las Vegas, NV the week after the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference.  This will be the first HostingCon event that groupSPARK has attended but given the feedback they have been receiving, the show will be another success for them.  Microsoft has asked them to participate in their booth at the show again so in addition to their own booth, groupSPARK will have a tremendous presence at the show.

About groupSPARK

groupSPARK is the #1 provider of Microsoft Exchange Hosting services that can be completely private labeled and resold by partners as a part of their own product offerings saving their clients hundreds of thousands in development and support costs.

Its 400+ GAIN partners utilize its turnkey Private Label platform to provide Hosted Exchange services to thousands of their users.  Partners are able to address scalability and uptime concerns by leveraging groupSPARK’s 100% uptime SLA, 24×7x365 support and proactive hardware and software monitoring capabilities.  They also offer mobility, Server-Side SPAM filtering, and SharePoint options.

groupSPARK is a privately owned company.  Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts it is the one of the largest Private Label Microsoft Exchange Hosting providers.

Burlington, MASSACHUSETTS, May, 2006 – Arguably the biggest improvement in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 is the efficient Public Folder Settings Wizard allowing for seamless system administration. The addition of this new software package is more than welcoming to the tech support team at GROUPspark.com, a leading exchange hosting company and provider of useful exchange server related news and events, http://www.groupspark.com.

The new Public Folder Settings Wizard replaces the old dated propagate settings with a new “manage settings” selection from the “All Tasks” menu. The older propagate settings were accessed through the menu commands allowing administrators to copy specified properties of a selected public folder to the subfolders beneath it. Now with the selection of “Manage Settings” once right-clicking an administrator is prompted with an easy to follow wizard system.

The Public Folders Wizard will allow an administrator to choose one of three options; modify client permissions, modify lists of replica servers and overwrite settings – make sure to use the settings of the folder that you selected to overwrite the settings of all of its subfolders.

In addition to the Public Folders Wizard, Service Pack 2 has a plethora of options allowing for easier administrator from the ability to synchronize hierarchy, stopping and resuming public folder content replication, tracking public folder deletions, and the ability to delete public folder stores.

Although these additions found in Service Pack 2 can not create a fool proof system things are getting close. Now with the addition of the Public Folder Settings Wizard, administrators can manage their network users and permissions with much ease and organization reducing the amount of clutter commonly found in network hierarchies.

About GROUPspark
GROUPspark, Inc is the #1 rated Exchange Hosting company, thanks to our outstanding uptime, delightful customer service and laser-like focus on running robust Microsoft Exchange 2003 servers.

For nine years now - since 1997, we’ve been in the hosting business. And for the last five years, we have been helping small businesses leverage the power of Microsoft Exchange Server. Our servers are located in a tier-1 data center. With multiple layers of redundancy and focus on the highest levels of security, our infrastructure is designed to make you productive and secure.
For additional information about GROUPspark.com and their exchange hosting, check their web site at http://www.groupspark.com/.

Burlington, MA, May 10, 2006 – groupSPARK today announced that they have signed their 400th business partner.  Working from the ground up groupSPARK developed PLAD - Private Label Application Delivery™ Platform which enables channel partners/resellers to private label the entire Hosted Exchange service without any manual intervention. This allows their partners to provide this valuable service to their SME customers and create an easy recurring revenue stream with no ongoing work and minimal investment.

“Until recently, ISPs and hosting services had to develop the service in-house requiring a large capital investment for both equipment and manpower to implement and maintain” says Ravi Agarwal, CEO of groupSPARK.  “groupSPARK provides this much needed service with a minimal outlay of funds and groupSPARK can have the service up and running, completely transparent to the end customer, in less than 30 minutes.  Definitely an attractive proposition to our partners.”

GroupSPARK can be found this May 16 – 18 at Booth 206 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD.

About GroupSPARK

GroupSPARK is the leading provider of Microsoft Exchange Hosting services that can be completely private labeled and resold by partners as a part of their own product offerings saving their clients hundreds of thousands in development and support costs.

Its 400+ GAIN partners utilize its turnkey Private Label platform to provide Hosted Exchange services to thousands of their users.  Partners are able to address scalability and uptime concerns by leveraging GroupSPARK’s 100% uptime SLA, 24×7x365 support and proactive hardware and software monitoring capabilities.

Group Spark is a privately owned company.  Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts it is the leading provider of a Private Label Microsoft Exchange Hosting Platform.  They are certified Microsoft partners.