Latest News 
3.7.2008
CrystalTech awarded Best E-Commerce Host, March 2008
3.7.2008
Microsoft Profiles CrystalTech in Case Study
3.5.2008
CrystalTech sponsors Sandbox-in-the-Sky at Microsoft MIX08
2.27.2008
Windows Server 2008 is now available on dedicated servers.
12.10.2007
Dedicated ColdFusion Licenses Now Available.
11.28.2007
CrystalTech kicks off Midnight Madness with the release of .NET 3.5 plans.
11.01.2007
CrystalTech Announces NEW 64-bit Dedicated Servers featuring Intel based Dual and Quad-Core processors.
08.14.2007
SmarterMail Recognized as Least Vulnerable Mail Server.
08.13.2007
CrystalTech is now offering ColdFusion 8 web hosting plans
07.30.2007
CrystalTech is proud to become one of the first hosts to offer beta hosting for Microsoft's latest ASP.NET 3.5 framework.
07.17.2007
CrystalTech was chosen as a Shared Web Hosting Award Winning Provider for the month of July 2007 by Web Host Directory, webhostdir.com. The directory's awards panel visit the top voted hosts by site visitors in each category and then determine the winners.
07.05.2007
CrystalTech was once again selected as one of the Top 10 Hosts in the Best Dedicated Server Package category by HostReview.com. This is the second consecutive month that CrystalTech has been chosen for this award.
06.18.2007
CrystalTech was chosen as a Windows Web Hosting Award Winner for the month of June 2007 by Web Host Directory, webhostdir.com. The directory's awards panel visit the top voted hosts by site visitors in each category and then determine the winners.
06.15.2007
Receive FREE HOSTING ‘TIL 2008!* Just use SUMMER07 as your promo code when you order any new plan priced $7.95/month and up, and you’ll just pay for the first 2 months and the setup fee upfront.
06.07.2007
CrystalTech was selected as one of the Top 10 Hosts in the Best Dedicated Server Package category by HostReview.com, a leading hosting directory, for the month of June. HostReview’s awards are based on the overall product offering, value, customer service and users' reviews.
05.17.2007
We launched a new promotion that offers up to $200 in Microsoft adCenter credit for new and existing customers which can be utilized with a new CPC (Cost-Per-Click) advertising campaign.
05.02.2007
We just released a free beta developer plan that offers the use of IIS 7 and Windows Longhorn. CrystalTech is one of few select hosts participating in this official beta and the only one offering integrated control panel management of IIS7.
04.24.2007
Our April promotions continue until the end of the month. You can receive a free setup on a new Shared Plan, free managed services on a new Dedicated Server and double the RAM for no extra charge on any Dual Xeon Dedicated Server.
04.24.2007
We have made MySQL 5 available across our shared network. For our hosting plans that support this database, you now have the ability to choose between using MySQL 4 or MySQL 5.
04.24.2007
We will soon make greylisting available on all of our SmarterMail 4 servers. Greylisting is a new method of blocking spam where the receiving mail server temporarily rejects any email from a sender it does not recognize.
04.24.2007
CrystalTech’s Vice President, Derek Curtis, will be speaking at the Microsoft MIX07 conference held April 30th through May 2nd in Las Vegas. You can learn more at http://www.visitmix.com.
04.19.2007
We have added some new logos to our image gallery. These can be used by customers who would like to display or refer to CrystalTech as their host and can be found at http://www.crystaltech.com/ctgallery.aspx.
04.12.2007
We have just released a new dedicated hosting plan that offers a sizeable amount of storage space. Our new Dual Xeon Raid 5 Plus Dedicated server offers 273GB of storage along with a dual processor configuration for an advanced level of performance.
04.02.2007
We are offering a free setup on any new Shared or Semi-Dedicated Hosting plan priced $7.95 and up during the month of April. Use promotional code APRILFOOLS to receive the waived setup.
04.02.2007
Customers will receive 6 months of Managed Services (monthly patch and fix management, service monitoring, etc.) for free on all new Pentium 4 or up Dedicated Hosting plans ordered throughout April.
04.02.2007
We will double the RAM for no extra charge on any new Dual Xeon Dedicated Servers ordered during the month of April. Along with the increased memory, customers will also receive 6 free months of the Managed Services option as well.
03.27.2007
We have changed the software that runs our public forums, and they are now available at a new URL, http://forums.crystaltech.com. The new forums offer a more modernized look, easier navigation, advanced search options and other useful features. Users will need to reset their passwords on account of this change.
03.19.2007
We now offer a Customer Server Summary in the WebControlCenter. With this tool, customers with multiple hosting plans can see a list of their corresponding web, mail and database servers in use within the CrystalTech network.
03.19.2007
You can now apply for CTmerchant, CTmerchantlite and CTinsurance directly from within the WebControlCenter. These applications can be found in the Resources menu of the WCC
03.12.2007
CrystalTech has a new mailing address. For customers who send in payments, our new address is 1125 W. Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 103, Phoenix, Arizona 85027.
03.05.2007
We have added a new Developer plan for PHP 5. For just $2.95/month, you can develop and test your PHP 5 applications and sites on a live server. And when your testing is complete, you can easily move to a production server with a plan change request in the WebControlCenter™.
02.28.2007
PHP 5 is now available for use on our shared hosting servers. You now have a choice between PHP 4 or PHP 5 in our online order form for any new shared plan you order that supports PHP. Existing plans can be moved to a server with PHP 5 by requesting a plan change in the WebControlCenter.
02.28.2007
We recently added ionCube PHP Encoder to our shared servers running PHP. The ionCube PHP Encoder allows encrypted PHP code to now be run on our servers.
02.28.2007
We recently upgraded the version of Zend Optimizer installed on our shared servers running PHP. Zend Optimizer v2.6.2 runs files encoded by the Zend Guard, the component that parses and executes PHP files, while enhancing the performance of PHP applications.
02.15.2007
CrystalTech is one of few select hosts that allows the use of PayPalSDKs on our shared servers. A PayPal Software Development Kit (SDK) can be used to easily invoke API operations.
02.13.2007
We recently added the 1000th Article to the CrystalTech Knowledge Base. Helping our customers and the online community, the Knowledge Base provides a vast online library of articles regarding CrystalTech tools, programming tips and other useful information.
02.08.2007
Read the latest blog comments about small business and web hosting from Bob Cichon, president of CrystalTech, at the Web Hosting Industry Review, located at http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/robert-cichon.
02.05.2007
We just passed a significant milestone as we now host over 90,000 domains here at CrystalTech. A special thanks goes to all of our customers for your continued business over the years.
02.02.2007
We just launched our ColdFusion Semi-Dedicated plan which provides a robust environment with a low number of sites per server. Not only does it offer both ColdFusion MX 7.0.2 and ASP.NET 2.0, users will experience an advanced level of site performance without the management requirements of their own dedicated server.
02.02.2007
We have added the latest version of DotNetNuke, Version 4.4.1, to the WebControlCenter. It is available for automatic install on our ASP.NET 2.0 Intermediate plans and up and can be found in the Resources section of the Menu.
02.02.2007
We are proud to announce support for the just released ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 framework on all of our ASP.NET 2.0 shared hosting plans.
02.02.2007
We recently added a new tool to the WebControlCenter that automates backups or restores of SQL databases stored on our shared servers.
02.02.2007
CrystalTech was selected by HostReview.com, a leading hosting directory, as one of the Best Web Hosting companies of 2006 in two separate categories – Best Windows Hosting and Best Budget Hosting.
02.02.2007
CrystalTech was chosen by Web Host Directory, webhostdir.com, as a Windows Hosting Award Winner for the month of January 2007.
01.23.2007
CrystalTech completed its busiest year ever as we added new products and made numerous enhancements through 2006. We also reached significant milestones including our 9th year of hosting and our 80,000 hosted domain.
01.23.2007
We have extended the free trial period of our new online collaboration service. It can help web designers and developers communicate with clients more effectively regardless of location and significantly help small businesses improve individual and team productivity and efficiency.
12.15.2006
We have just launched our new ASP.NET 2.0 Semi-Dedicated plan. Ideal for customers seeking an advanced level of website performance without the requirements of server management, it includes sizeable amounts of disk storage and bandwidth and a low number of sites per server.
12.15.2006
Our Holiday Specials continue which provide three free months of hosting with no setup when you pay for three months up front. Customers ordering new shared plans can use HOLIDAY2006 while those ordering new dedicated servers can use DED2006 when ordering online.
12.15.2006
Dedicated customers can take advantage of a free trial of the Managed Services option until the end of the year. It offers patch and fix management for the OS and preinstalled software, 24/7/365 monitoring and more.
12.4.2006
For a limited time, for hosting and additional options alike, get FREE setup and three FREE months on select Windows dedicated servers.
12.4.2006
CrystalTech has been nominated for the 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards in the ColdFusion MX Web Hosting category.
12.4.2006
You can receive a 20% discount off the retail price of FusionReactor and FusionDebug, an interactive debugger for ColdFusion MX that is perfect for your development environment or dedicated server.
12.4.2006
CrystalTech recently completed a SAS 70 Type I audit, an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
11.22.2006
Effective December 1st, 2006, significant upgrades to our ASP.NET and ColdFusion Intermediate plans and up will be made. These changes include increased website and database disk space, larger allocations of bandwidth and additional email boxes. These upgrades will be done automatically with absolutely no increase in monthly hosting fees.
11.22.2006
Receive three full months of service for free when you order a new shared hosting plan priced $7.95/month and up. When you use promotion code ‘HOLIDAY2006’, you will pay for the first three months of hosting upfront to receive three additional months for free with a waived setup.
11.22.2006
We are currently offering a free trial for the new version of SharePoint Services. Version 3 improves on previous versions of SharePoint with new features to further increase business efficiency and team productivity, including improved collaboration workspaces, enhanced content storage and a more robust foundation for web applications.
11.22.2006
We are currently testing a beta version of SmarterMail 4.x. The new version of SmarterMail offers some dramatic changes over the current version, including an added emphasis on anti-spam measures, redesigned webmail and system admin interfaces, multiple skins, etc.
10.31.2006
We are pleased to be rolling out a few key changes to the way you communicate issues to us as well as changes to the way your information will be available from within WebControlCenter. These changes will better protect your personal information and provide the utmost in account security.
10.16.2006
If your domain name is registered elsewhere for more than $8.50 per year or if you would like to consolidate your hosting and registration to one convenient source, you can easily transfer your domain names to our registrar partner from within the Control Center.
10.16.2006
You can show your support for CrystalTech by voting for us at independent hosting resource sites like Web Host Directory and Host Index. Links are available at http://www.crystaltech.com/awards.aspx. Thanks for your votes.
10.01.2006
CrystalTech has just released a new and innovative website inspired by modern web site design and techniques. With a new streamlined menu, content and look, you’ll be able to find the information you need and the services you want to order much faster and easier.
09.15.2006
CrystalTech has formed a partnership with Intergral to use FusionReactor™ on shared ColdFusion servers to increase our overall stability and performance for an even more robust CFMX web hosting environment.
09.15.2006
CrystalTech is now an official sponsor of the DotNetNuke Open Source Project. With financial support for projects like DNN, we remain committed to the open source community.
09.15.2006
We will be launching a new version of the CrystalTech website very soon. While maintaining the same level of helpful content and informative plan descriptions, we’ve streamlined the menu structure and presentation in the new version of the site.
08.28.2006
We have just updated the versions of DotNetNuke available. On our ASP.NET 1.1 servers, we have updated DNN to version 3.3.4 while on our ASP.NET 2.0 servers, we now offer version 4.3.4.
08.14.2006
We recently added a new SSL (Secure Socket Layer) feature to both the SmarterMail and SmarterStats web interfaces. Now, you can login securely either from within the Control Center or by typing in the secure URL directly into any standard browser.
07.31.2006
Our Server team recently updated all of our shared ColdFusion servers to version CFMX 7.0.2. Along with some important fixes, this update provides ColdFusion developers with easy integration between CFMX and Adobe Flex 2 applications.
07.31.2006
We have extended our Summer Spectacular Sale until August 15th. During this shared hosting sale, you can receive four additional months for free when you order a new plan (priced $7.95/month and up) and pay for the first month’s hosting fees and setup upfront.
07.11.2006
You can now get a waived setup by prepaying for your first three months on any new dedicated plan. For an even better deal, you can receive a waived setup and three additional months of hosting for free when the first 12 months are paid for in advance.
07.11.2006
During the Summer Spectacular Sale, you can receive five additional months for no charge when you order a new shared hosting plan (priced $7.95/month and up) and pay for the first month’s hosting fees and setup upfront.
07.01.2006
Just recently, we reached another important milestone in our company’s history as CrystalTech passed the 80,000 domain mark. We now host over 80,000 unique domains for close to 50,000 customers located in over 100 different countries around the world.
06.01.2006
CrystalTech is pleased to announce that we have achieved the Certified Partner status and Advanced Infrastructure Competency with Microsoft. This level of partnership displays our high degree of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies and will allow us to enhance our services with a higher degree of access, training and support from Microsoft.
05.15.2006
We have become an official sponsor of CentOS, an open source enterprise class computing platform for Linux. Sponsoring a product like CentOS displays CrystalTech's continuing support of the open source community. More info about the CentOS Project can be found at http://www.centos.org.
05.12.2006
We are proud to announce that Shawn Armstrong of Vernon, California was the winner of our CTssl Sweepstakes. Shawn purchased a CTssl cert for his CoolCraft.com website that he has hosted here since 2002.
05.08.2006
We have added some new useful features to our Control Center, including the ability to hide passwords, add unique domain descriptions for each of your plans and request domain name transfers.
05.01.2006
Until the end of May, we are offering 4 months of free hosting and a free setup when you purchase 4 months of hosting with the promotional code ‘MAYDEAL’. All new shared hosting plans are eligible for this discount
04.03.2006
We have launched another Linux dedicated hosting plan. This plan features a 2.8GHz Dual Xeon processor, 73GB SCSI hard drive and 1GB of RAM. Like our Celeron plan, it offers the ability to install any software and includes a wide range of software preinstalled.
04.01.2006
During the month of April, for each CTssl certificate you buy, you will receive an entry to win a 30GB Video iPod (courtesy of XRamp). Please visit http://www.crystaltech.com/ctssl.aspx to see the complete rules of our iPod Sweepstakes
03.27.2006
We have finished the upgrade to SmarterMail 3 Enterprise Version on all of our shared mail servers. This upgrade offers some very dramatic and highly useful changes over the last version of this mail software.
03.23.2006
We have updated the versions of DotNetNuke that are available as an automatic install on our ASP.NET Intermediate plans and up. We offer version 4.0.2 (for .NET 2.0 plans) and 3.2 (for .NET 1.1 plans) in the Resources section of the Control Center.
03.06.2006
We just launched a brand new version of the CrystalTech website with an all new, streamlined look. If you link to our website or to pages within our website, you'll want to be aware that all pages on our website now use the .aspx extension versus .htm.
02.20.2006
All dedicated customers now have the ability to increase the amount of memory in their servers. This additional RAM option can be added to any existing or new Dedicated Plan at a competitive cost.
02.13.2006
We now offer a Linux dedicated hosting plan. This plan includes a 2.26GHz Celeron processor, 80GB hard drive and 512MB of RAM. Along with the ability to install any software, the server comes with a wide range of software preinstalled
02.06.2006
CrystalTech was awarded Best E-Commerce Host for February 2006 by FindMyHost.com. You can view it on the 'Latest News & Awards' page found in the 'About' section of our website.
01.05.2006
CrystalTech has been selected by HostReview as one the Top 10 Best Web Hosting Companies of 2005. You can view HostReview's 2005 Top 10 list at http://www.hostreview.com/webhostaward/2005top10year_webhostingcompany.html.
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