Inside Hostopia November 2015 In 2016, all of our partners will be upgraded from your existing Control Panel to Portal. The culmination of a multi-year development and acquisition has resulted in a new web services platform that will be launched with all partners. Your new web services platform, Portal, will allow you to compete with pure play hosting providers, providing the latest in SaaS website design (Online Presence Builder), and redefining how customers purchase and consume add-ons (Shop & Web Points). The platform uses a back-end analytics engine to personalize the customer journey and identify and position upsell opportunities (Right-Time Engagement). What does this mean for you We have internally finalized the release schedule for 2016. You will receive a more detailed communication, including your cutover date, within the coming weeks. This has been a sizeable and important development for both Hostopia and our partners. We’re passionate about this platform, and look forward taking this step ahead, together. A new platform for our partners, and a new look for Hostopia As outlined above, you can expect to hear more around launching your new services platform (Portal) and brand new site-builder in the coming weeks. Our product roadmap for 2016 includes major launches for both our web services portal and Webmail (look for more details in the next few months), and we felt it was an opportune time to refresh our own brand and inject some of the energy and modernity you will see with these initiatives. We are proud and excited to unveil an updated look for Hostopia today, as well as a new website at www.hostopia.com. We’ve refreshed our logo and color scheme, trade marked an updated tagline, and re-imagined the way we showcase our products and services. You will see the refreshed brand in your regular communications and interactions with Hostopia from today onward. 2016 will be an exciting year for us both. Cheers. Peter Kostandenou President, Hostopia '451 Research. October, 2015.