Hostway Offers NCAA Basketball Tournament-Bound Schools Free Cloud Support

CHICAGO, March 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As the NCAA college basketball tournament season approaches, many sports fans dream of a Cinderella team that comes out of nowhere to win it all. Most fans and players probably aren't thinking about the implications for the schools' IT infrastructure, which could buckle under the increased attention. But Hostway, a leading provider of cloud, managed and hybrid hosting services, is standing by to catch the rebound.

Hostway today announced that it will again offer support to NCAA Division I tournament-bound basketball teams that experience web traffic spikes as their Cinderella story plays out during the college basketball finale. Hostway will provide tournament-bound teams with up to three months of free cloud hosting services The company also announced the launch of the 2014 Hostway Bracket Challenge as well as 10 days of basketball-related trivia contests to give participants a way to show off their tournament prediction chops and basketball knowledge – and win prizes.

It's easy to get started and win $1,000 with the Hostway Bracket Challenge: Sports fans can simply visit Hostway's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Hostway) to register and then make their tournament picks on Hostway's Yahoo! Sports bracket app. Participants can share their progress on social media and monitor the leaderboard on Hostway's Facebook page.

As the tournament approaches, Hostway will post trivia challenges on the company Facebook page. The first person who responds with a correct answer will win a prize (limit one prize per week for each individual).

But the real winners will be the Cinderella schools that get an infrastructure layup from Hostway. The company will contact schools that are projected to make the tournament to offer assistance with the unprecedented exposure that can crash university web hosts. Hostway's cloud hosting solution is ideal for this role since it allows websites to scale up quickly to manage web traffic fluctuations and avoid downtime. Any college or university is encouraged to contact Hostway for specific higher education promotions that Hostway will offer during the entire month of March.

As the country goes crazy for college basketball, it's a great time for schools, businesses that serve sports fans, travel companies and others to learn more about how cloud services can help them manage business challenges and spikes in web activity. Find out more about Hostway's scalable, customizable hosting solutions and services at www.hostway.com.

About Hostway

Hostway Corporation is a leader in Cloud, Managed, Web and Hybrid Hosting. Hostway delivers reliable, secure, and scalable Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions to over 500,000 customers worldwide. Hostway has emerged as one of the largest cloud hosting and Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers in the world due to the company's expertise in developing secure, multi-tenant hosting environments and is committed to providing SMB's and large enterprises with cost-effective business solutions. Hostway's core products include Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting, Web Hosting and Email and Applications. For more information, visit www.hostway.com. 

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