Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English - Discussion and Essays, printed single-sided, grade: Sehr gut (Bestnote), Vienna University of Technology (Außeninstitut), language: English, abstract: The web hosting market always was and still is amazingly fast growing. As internet usage worldwide continues to increase, the demand for web hosting is growing. The market is driven by a steady demand and fierce competition among the competitors [TheWhir200409]. Unfortunately there is a huge number of wannabe web hosting companies because market entry got so easy. These companies often fail due to the price war, security breaches, support issues or technical malfunction. This elaboration is motivated to determine the factors of success for web hosting services. It shall give an idea of how a new web hoster can succeed in the complex market of today.