ASP.NET hosting and SQL hosting provider, DiscountASP.NET (http://www.DiscountASP.NET), proudly announces receiving the "Best ASP.NET Web Hosting" award from leading technology publication, Visual Studio Magazine in their 2005 Readers' Choice Award.

The Readers' Choice Award winners are chosen by Visual Studio Magazine readers, who are developers that use Visual Studio .NET on a daily basis. The readers voted for their favorite products in 22 categories and the products receiving the highly coveted awards represent the readers' choice for the best and most innovative products. Visual Studio Magazine announced the 13th annual Readers' Choice Award winners during a reception at the VSLive! May 2005 Las Vegas conference.

Patrick Meader, Visual Studio Magazine editor-in-chief, said, "Third party products represent an invaluable service to the Visual Studio developer community, and save developers almost incalculable amounts of time and money. It is always gratifying to see companies receive the recognition they deserve from the people who matter most: the developers who use their products."

"Winning this award for Best ASP.NET Web Hosting is truly an honor," added Takeshi Eto, DiscountASP.NET VP Marketing, "We are extremely happy that all our hard work is being recognized by the Visual Studio developer community. Our entire company is energized and we will continue to evolve our web hosting product to meet the needs of the Visual Studio developer."

DiscountASP.NET recently introduced free ASP.NET 2.0 beta hosting for all their hosting customers to get a head start and begin experimenting the with the next-generation Visual Studio tools.

About Visual Studio Magazine:
Visual Studio Magazine, formerly Visual Basic Programmer's Journal, has been the leading independent source for technical information for professional developers working with Microsoft-based toolsets and technologies for almost 14 years. A free trial subscription of Visual Studio Magazine is available online.

For more information: http://www.visualstudiomagazine.com