HostWorks, Inc.

• Author: Gilpatrick, Paul
• Position: Corporate Advertising Profile

Celebrating eight years of success, HostWorks, Inc. is one of the oldest Colorado companies in the web services industry. "Believe it or not, eight years is unusual in our industry. We're one of the few firms that offer a complete suite of web services. We do the development, the hosting as well as the maintenance and management of the account. That makes us unique," said Paul Gilpatrick, president, CEO and founder.

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Scaling their services from sole-proprietor to Fortune 100 firms, HostWorks has established itself as the web services partner for business that range from individual e-tailers to companies that include Gates Rubber and Colorado Lottery. This web-development, managed hosting and turnkey products firm has differentiated itself by providing the same level of comprehensive service to all its clients. "It doesn't matter who they are; everyone is a premium client," said Gilpatrick.

Part of that level of service includes offering a "one-stop" approach to businesses' web service needs. "Since day one, we've always tried to uniquely be able to be our clients' web technology partner. We don't think it makes sense for companies to juggle multiple vendors. Our clients can pick up the phone and talk to one person at HostWorks who understands everything that encompasses all of their web services," said Gilpatrick

The company's managed hosting service offers clients true peace of mind. HostWorks not only provides world-class hosting for its clients, it also manages their entire e-commerce process. "We truly do go farther than most. We go the extra mile to make sure that site is operating at capacity 24/7," said Gilpatrick.

HostWorks has built a number of software management tools to allow constant management of sites. If problems arise, the company has...