Thread: UTV buys Tibus...

UTV Media plc acquires Tibus

I wonder how much they paid?

£5 million sterling

SiliconRepublic.com: UTV buys web design firm for £5m sterling

I wonder what that means for their colo space in Dublin

In interxion? Probably nothing, Tibus will continue trading as before.

Well it might make up for some of UTV's hosting losses. It is strange that Eircom and Digiweb have not attempted such a landgrab yet. Though given Eircom's woeful performance on the hosting market over the last year or so, any such boost would be good.

Regards...jmcc

Eircom lack clue and Digiweb lack cash.

Originally Posted by hosting365

Eircom lack clue

The strange thing is that between themselves, Eircom and Esat had a lock on the Irish hosting market a few years ago. Eircom still has the marketing power but not the abilities. Esat is in a tailspin on the retail hosting market but that started a long time ago. Eircom's failure to exploit a wonderful marketing opportunity with their business customers was staggering. They just don't get this whole web thing.

Digiweb lack cash.

It is competing in the retail hosting market against operations that don't have the same overheads. While the personal .ie domains have lifted the counts on hosters, many of these may not convert to business customers. And it won't be until December 08/January 09 until the churn/drop factor becomes apparent on the pdns. Digiweb has to make inroads in the quality business hosting part of the market if it is not going to be stuck at the retail end of the market. It has to take business customers from the main players and develop new business customers. Getting the mix of retail/business hosting right is tough.

Regards...jmcc

Digiweb's focus is on cheap hosting and even cheaper high end services - they are cheapest in the market for dedicated servers and colo, and are aiming low.