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Secure Certificates Distributed by AIT

Online sales are expected to rise, according to experts, and AIT, a secure certificates distributor, is making it easier for businesses to take part in this surge. The company has announced that it will include a free secure certificate and domain registration with the purchase of select dedicated hosting accounts. A secure certificate ensures consumer confidence which is critical as shoppers turn to the Internet for purchasing decisions more and more. `The peak e-commerce season only lasts so long, so we want to help people put their businesses online and be ready to facilitate transactions as quickly as possible,` said Clarence Briggs, AIT`s Chief Executive Officer. `Saving folks a couple of hundred bucks coming out of the gate helps with that.`

Regardless of what a merchant earns during this part of the year, online spending will continue during the other 11 months of the year, too. Even so, security remains a nagging concern, and that`s where the secure certificate comes into play. `An online transaction involves very sensitive information, and it`s natural that a consumer would want to guard that,` said Briggs. `A secure certificate makes the process more comfortable for both sides.`

The secure cert and domain registration offers are tied to a trio of Xeon-powered dedicated servers ? two are self-managed machines and the third is a fully-managed solution. The servers come with a minimum of 80GB of disk space and 2,000GB of monthly data transfer. Though the holiday season is already underway, online merchants still have time to get in on the anticipated $20-billion that will be spent on Internet sites, a 24% spending increase from last year.