Web hosting provider Dreamhost and eCommerce service firm WebAssist teamed up to develop a platform to help businesses quickly create online stores: CafeCommerce. With a simple user-friendly Web interface, business owners can customize their storefront design and easily manage content. Sales and marketing features help companies focus on selling and earning revenues while Web hosting and infrastructure needs are completely looked after.

A screen shot of the CafeCommerce website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Web hosting provider DreamHost ( www.dreamhost.com ) announced on Tuesday it has partnered with ecommerce solution provider WebAssist ( www.webassist.com ) to launch a new software as a service ecommerce solution called CafeCommerce ( www.cafecommerce.com ). CafeCommerce allows any business to quickly create an online storefront through a professional web interface

Bryan Good, VP and GM of marketplace at Parallels (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In his presentation, “Partner Storefront – Full Service in a Flash”. Parallels VP and GM of marketplace Bryan Goode discussed how Parallels Partner Storefront can help small businesses resell IT services to increase their recurring revenue

A screen shot of Parallels Partner Storefront (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT security solutions provider Comodo ( www.comodo.com ) announced on Wednesday that cloud software provider Parallels is now reselling Comodo’s SSL certificates through the Parallels Partner Storefront .

A screenshot from an online tutorial shows the Parallels Plesk Panel 10 interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hosting and cloud software provider Parallels ( www.parallels.com ) announced on Tuesday its Parallels Partner Storefront will be included in Parallels Plesk Panel 10, enabling service providers to profit from delivering cloud-based services through a revenue-share model. Parallels Partner Storefront, formerly Parallels Partner Marketplace, is slotted for general release in early November.

A screenshot from an online tutorial shows the Parallels Plesk Panel 10 interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hosting and cloud software provider Parallels ( www.parallels.com ) announced on Tuesday its Parallels Partner Storefront will be included in Parallels Plesk Panel 10, enabling service providers to profit from delivering cloud-based services through a revenue-share model. Parallels Partner Storefront, formerly Parallels Partner Marketplace, is slotted for general release in early November. Using the storefront, hosting customers will easily be able to select, purchase and install more than 100 applications

The short answer is absolutely, but the more important question is “Are you running an ecommerce business which requires you to be on a PA-DSS certified application?” A quick explanation: PA-DSS is a standard set by the PCI Security Council designed to increase the security of your storefront. The council set a deadline of July 1, 2010 for all merchants to be on a PA-DSS complaint system. Merchants not meeting the deadline could face additional fees from their merchant services provider or loss of their merchant services account entirely