The company's recent signups include a large telco with 15,000 web sites; a power utility's ISP subsidiary with 3,000 sites, and an e-commerce specialist with 4,000 sites ...the list goes on. Not that Hostopia turns away small operator with dozens, rather than thousands, of customers, but even if all you have is 30 sites, isn't knowing the same platform could take you through 1,000 times growth comforting?

Hostopia's user base number more than 150,000 from 200 partners; most aim for 75-plus percent gross margins.