Cpanel takes control of Windows servers
Cpanel, one of the leading providers of control panels for Linux and FreeBSD web hosting servers has announced that it would be releasing a beta version of a new Cpanel Server Suite that would be its first Microsoft Windows Server® 2008-based product line.
A Slashbot job advert seems to suggest that Cpanel is recruiting Windows application developers for this new venture.
Cpanel has been working on this Windows version for some time now. The only difference this time is that they are re-staffing and commiting more time and resources to it. Cpanel is expecting to release the beta version of the product on December 15th 2007 and have the production release available by March 30th 2008.
A press release by Microsoft quotes cPanel CEO J. Nick Koston as saying:
“Microsoft has shown a strong commitment to the hosting industry over the past several years. cPanel’s Windows development team feels that IIS7 offers a robust, high-performance Web server with increased security that the industry will quickly adopt. Microsoft Server 2008 and IIS7 with its modern architecture and support for legacy products was the natural starting point for our expanded product offering.”
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One Response to “Cpanel takes control of Windows servers”
Brian Says:
March 26th, 2008 at 6:10 am
I’ve used cpanel for years on the Linux platform. It’s great and allows most people without linux knowledge to maintain their linux sites. I’m not sure how helpful this will be on a windows platform, since it doesn’t seem like it would be needed as much. However, if the windows cpanel server could integrate with the linux cpanel, for items such as backups and site transfers, that would be really handy for webhosting providers.