Host Gator Web Host Expands and Opens Canadian Office

Host Gator, a leading provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting, announced today it will open a new subsidiary in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian operations will be the company’s first subsidiary supporting the company’s headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Host Gator Canada will handle both general administrative tasks in addition to support tickets originating out of the US offices in Boca Raton. Approximately a dozen technical system administrations will be working out of the Toronto office by the end of the year. All staff will become direct employees of the company and no sub-contracted workers will be hired.

“Host Gator’s expansion to Canada is a major milestone in our company’s history,” said Brent Oxley, President of Host Gator. “The company has grown rapidly and we felt it was necessary to expand our administrative and technical support infrastructure in order to maintain the level of service our customers are accustomed to.”

A new office was required because of the difficulty in finding technically skilled employees in the Boca Raton area. Host Gator posted an ad for the system administrator position on Craigslist for the Toronto area that quickly attracted more than 60 applications.

“We have had many qualified admins apply from Canada as well as other countries, but because of US laws it’s not easy to get them working here in the United States,” said Oxley. “With our Canadian offices, it will be easier for us to hire from this abundant talent pool and have them work directly out of our office, avoiding the complicated process of securing work visas for international talent.”

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Host Gator is a provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting services focused on the consumer and small business markets. Founded in 2002, Host Gator has become a leader in reseller hosting, helping over 7,000 businesses become Web hosting companies. Host Gator has offices in Boca Raton, Florida and its data center operations are co-located out of The Planet’s facility in Dallas, Texas, enabling it to access Tier-1 backbone providers such as UUNet, Sprint, Level 3, Global Crossing, Verio and AT&T.

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Host Gator Opens Toronto Office

Web hosting provider Host Gator (hostgator.com) announced on Tuesday it is opening a new subsidiary in Toronto, Canada, making it the company’s first subsidiary supporting its Boca Raton, Florida headquarters.

Host Gator Canada will handle both general administrative tasks as well as support tickets originating out of the US offices in Boca Raton. Approximately a dozen technical system administrators will be working out of the Toronto office by the end of the year. All staff will become direct employees of the company and no sub-contracted workers will be hired.

“Host Gator’s expansion to Canada is a major milestone in our company’s history,” says Host Gator president Brent Oxley. “The company has grown rapidly and we felt it was necessary to expand our administrative and technical support infrastructure in order to maintain the level of service our customers are accustomed to.”

The company decided to open a new office after it had difficulty finding technically skilled employees in the Boca Raton area. Host Gator quickly attracted more than 60 applications when it posted an ad for the system administrator position on Craigslist for the Toronto area.

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Webhosting Company, Host Gator, Expands to Canada

Shared, dedicated and reseller hosting leader, Host Gator, has opened a new subsidiary in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian operations will be the company’s first subsidiary supporting the company’s headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. Host Gator Canada will handle both general administrative tasks in addition to support tickets originating out of the US offices in Boca Raton.

Approximately a dozen technical system administrations will be working out of the Toronto office by the end of the year. All staff will become direct employees of the company and no sub-contracted workers will be hired. Brent Oxley, President of Host Gator explained, ”Host Gator’s expansion to Canada is a major milestone in our company’s history. The company has grown rapidly and we felt it was necessary to expand our administrative and technical support infrastructure in order to maintain the level of service our customers are accustomed to.”

HostGator made the decision to open a new office in Boca Raton, to address the challenge of finding technically skilled employees in the Boca Raton area. Host Gator posted an ad for the system administrator position on Craigslist for the Toronto area that quickly attracted more than 60 applications. Mr. Oxley continued, ”We have had many qualified admins apply from Canada as well as other countries, but because of US laws it’s not easy to get them working here in the United States. With our Canadian offices, it will be easier for us to hire from this abundant talent pool and have them work directly out of our office, avoiding the complicated process of securing work visas for international talent.”

Host Gator is a provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting services focused on the consumer and small business markets. Founded in 2002, Host Gator has become a leader in reseller hosting, assisting over 7,000 businesses become web hosting companies. Host Gator has offices in Boca Raton, Florida and its data center operations are co-located out of The Planet’s facility in Dallas, Texas, enabling it to access Tier-1 backbone providers such as UUNet, Sprint, Level 3, Global Crossing, Verio and AT and T. HostGator’s shared hosting plans are priced at $6.95, $9.95, $14.95 per month, with a semi-dedicated virtual hosting plan priced at $74.95 per month. Each plan is supported by HostGator’s 24/7/365 phone support, and comes with a 99.9% uptime and 30-day money-back guarantee.

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A couple of months ago, I decided to start hosting again after a small break. I did a lot of looking around here, and eventually concluded HostGator would be my best option.

I went to their site, which is very easy to navigate and within minutes was signed up to one of their packages and was ready to go.

The only negative thing I can really say is that the cPanel can sometimes be slow to load, but i’ve never used cPanel before so I don’t know if this is the general case with all cPanel’s.

My server has NEVER been down as far as I can tell (I can’t monitor it 24 hours a day after all). Live chat support has always been available, professional and quick to respond (which is more than I can say for the Live Chat of a previous Dedicated Server host…). My websites always load fast, and I get capped out download speeds even though I live in the UK and my servers hosted in the USA.

Overall HostGator seem top notch and have done me well since day 1. I’d definitely reccommend them.

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