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Phoenix, Arizona (IPRWIRE) Wed, Mar. 28th, 2007 -- CrystalTech Web Hosting™ (www.crystaltech.com a Newtek Business Services™ company (NASDAQ: NEWT) and a leading provider of Windows web hosting, is pleased to announce they have increased their sponsorship commitment of the open source web application platform DotNetNuke™ (DNN). The upgrade to Platinum Sponsorship not only expands the partnership between CrystalTech and the DNN Core Team, but also continues CrystalTech’s support of the development community in general and gives CrystalTech customers an efficient way to create anything from a simple website to a full corporate intranet.

“CrystalTech has long had a well-regarded reputation within the developer community for our high level of service, fast adoption of the latest technologies and the sense of community found on our public forums,” said Robert Cichon, President of CrystalTech. “These are all core values found within the entire DotNetNuke team. We are, understandably, very proud to offer our continued support to developers and look forward to bringing the newest technology to our customers faster and more affordably than any other host in the industry.”

CrystalTech offers a simple, convenient method to implement and use DotNetNuke on their shared .NET 2.0 Intermediate and above hosting plans. Using the first fully-automated DNN installation tool from within CrystalTech’s WebControlCenter, customers can quickly and easily get started creating, deploying and managing up to 100 different websites and portals -- all within the same hosting plan.

"With their latest release of version 4.4.x, DotNetNuke has increased base performance while significantly reducing the amount of memory usage each installation consumes," says Cichon. "Apart from the benefits we see server-side, this performance increase offers a significant reduction in page load times, which translates to more visitors staying on an end-user's site. The dedication to continued improvement on both the administration as well as end-user side makes our support for DNN a very easy decision to make."

Full details regarding the ASP.NET 2.0 plans with DotNetNuke 4.4.x can be found at http://www.crystaltech.com/landingdnn.aspx. For more information on DotNetNuke, see www.dotnetnuke.com.
 

About CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Newtek Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEWT), CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc. is one of the largest Windows-based web hosting companies in the world, hosting customers in over 100 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. CrystalTech is responsible for hundreds of millions of visits each day on the Internet and uses a state-of-the-art data center that includes redundancy throughout core systems like power, air conditioning, network connectivity, network transportation, as well as a secured environment for their network operations center. For more information about CrystalTech, please contact 877-323-4678 or visit http://www.crystaltech.com.

About Newtek Business Services, Inc.
Newtek Business Services, Inc. is a direct distributor to the small to medium-sized business market under the Newtek ™ brand. According to the SBA, there are over 25.8 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7% of all employer firms, generate 60 – 80% of all new jobs annually and create more than 50% of non-farm private GDP. Since 1999, Newtek has helped these business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools needed to manage and grow their businesses. Newtek focuses on providing its 75,000 customers with access to financial, management and technological resources that enable them to better grow and compete in today’s marketplace. Newtek’s products and services include:

• Business Lending: Business loans to start up, acquire, or expand a business
• Electronic Payment Processing: Credit card, debit card, check conversion, and ACH solutions
• Insurance Services: Nationwide commercial and personal lines of insurance
• Outsourced Digital Bookkeeping: Bookkeeping and recordkeeping at a fraction of the cost of in-house staff
• Web Hosting: Full service web host including domain registration and online shopping cart tools
• Web Design and Development: Customized web design and development services for a powerful web presence
• Tax Preparation and Advisory Services: Expert tax planning and consultation for your business
• Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup, storage and retrieval
• Business Plan Preparation: Professional business plan assistance providing a roadmap for success
• Payroll: Payroll management processing and employee tax filing