Exciting Announcement From Earth First

Exciting news from us here at Earth First. We have been acquired by an award winning hosting company - Hosting Matters.

What does this mean for you?
Right now it is business as usual. Hosting Matters physically brought the servers last year and have them in there own server racks. They have been involved in full back-end management of the servers since last year, as well as data center management for the past 8 years. This means the pricing will remain the same and in some cases may reduce.

Previous payment preference will need to be updated, clients paying by credit card will continue as usual and those paying by direct credit or automatic payment will need to discontinue those payments to our account. New payment options will be supplied by Hosting Matters and you will be contacting Hosting Matters for all your support needs.

Summing up, with all the equipment currently in the Hosting Matters stable, the only changes that need to be made are whom you contact for support and whom payment is made to. The team at Hosting Matters will contact you in the near future to introduce themselves.

Why has Earth First decided to do this?
Earth First have been among the market leaders in the NZ hosting space for the last 8 years. While it has been an enjoyable and rewarding ride since we first launched in 2001, I personally have other successful ventures contending for my attention and find I cannot continue with the current level of support. I also recognise that the industry has changed, with a lot more security and development issues needing to be addressed. These can be handled better within a larger company, which will be important to your continued success. We have had a great relationship with Hosting Matters over the past 8 years and it made sense to have Hosting Matters take over, with values aligned to our own. We are really excited about the opportunities and products that will become available to you in the near future because of this acquisition.

Who is Hosting Matters?
Hosting Matters is a specialist provider of hosting services. They have been operating for more than 10 years with hundreds of servers under management. Thousands of clients and many thousands of domains are managed with 24/7 support. We are really excited to have such a competent company able to take over the service. You can find out more about Hosting Matters on their website: http://hostingmatters.com

You will shortly receive an email from Hosting Matters Chief Executive, Annette Howard, to officially welcome you as a Hosting Matters customer, and further introduce Hosting Matters .

In the mean time if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me or one of my team.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support over the past 8 years, and I wish you the best of luck with your e-business in the future. It really is very exciting times with the internet changing in many ways and massive opportunity becoming available for us all.

Best regards,
Allan Hall
Managing Director
Earth First LTD