Web Hosting News
Web Hosting Infrastructure Provider, iWeb Group, Expands to 15 Gbps Capacity
Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 22, 2008 - Internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc. and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, will soon be completing its network expansion, to upgrade total network capacity to 15Gbps.
While adding three new carriers, the addition of these three new transit providers will mean better diversity, redundancy and reachability for all our customers and partners.
The following new carriers will be added to iWeb’s Network:
- T-Systems / Deutsche Telekom (In production)
- 3Men@Work / Bell Peering (In production)
- Level 3 Communications (Coming at the end of August)
With the additional transit providers, iWeb will be directly linked to more networks which will result in connections being more direct and more efficient for all customers. These additions will affect mostly the High Quality Network customers, but will also enhance incoming routes for its Redundant Unmetered Network customers; while also providing additional redundancy.
The Unmetered Network upgrade includes additional Cogent Bandwidth.
Once all the upgrades will be completed, iWeb’s network will have a total network capacity of 15 Gbps dedicated to hosting services. The High-Quality Network and incoming routes will combine the networks of 7 carriers for a total of 11 Gbps, while the Redundant Unmetered Network (Cogent-based) now totals 4 Gbps. It is important to note that each part of iWeb’s network (High Quality and Unmetered) is configured to backup the other if necessary and that customers of both networks benefit from all available routes for incoming traffic.
Below is complete list of its network composition:
- 3 Gbps with Videotron Telecom
- 3 Gbps with Tata Communications, formerly Teleglobe
- 4 Gbps with Cogent Communications (Unmetered Network)
- 1 Gbps with Peer1 Network
- 1 Gbps with Priority Colo (TorIX peering)
- 1 Gbps with Level 3 Communications (Coming at the end of August)
- 1 Gbps from 3 Men @ Work (Bell peering)
- 1 Gbps from T-Systems / Deutsche Telekom
iWeb’s first telecom link, back in 2000, was a 100 Mbps link, which had less than 1% of the capacity offered to iWeb customers currently. In the next few months, the company also expects to upgrade its main transit providers to 10Gbps.
Earlier this summer, the company attained ranking among Profit Magazine’s top 100 Canadian companies, based on revenue growth over the past 5 years. From 2002 to 2007, the company’s revenues have gone from 1.35 million to 9.82 million as of October 1st 2007, an increase of 627%; enough for iWeb to make its entry into the 100th position on the annual ranking.
The PROFIT 100 is the annual ranking which rates the top 100 Canadian companies based on the percentage of their revenue growth over a 5-year span. Produced by the business magazine PROFIT, 2008 marks the 20th edition of the ranking.
Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or colocation in three data centers, featuring over 52,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to clients in more than 130 countries.
To learn more, please visit: www.iweb.com.
Dedicated Servers for Technical Computing Workloads, Expanded by Sun Microsystem
Santa Clara , California - (The Hosting News) - August 22, 2008 - Technology firm and web hosting provider, Sun Microsystems, Inc., has released a new extended line of Intel Xeon-based Sun Fire servers, with two new offerings for High Performance Computing (HPC), Web 2.0 and back office computing workloads.
The new solutions include the fastest 1U server for HPC workloads and the most expandable 2U enterprise-class system based on Intel Xeon processors. The Sun Fire X2250 and Sun Fire X4250 servers, powered by one or two dual- or quad-core Intel Xeon processors 5200 or 5400 series, run a variety of operating systems, including the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS), Linux and Windows.
Bob McGaughey, VP of product management for the Systems Group, Sun Microsystems noted, ”Sun’s Intel Xeon-based product line has proven to be wildly popular with customers. To keep up with demand, we are already announcing the seventh and eighth Xeon-based systems since our strategic alliance with Intel in 2007. Today we’re extending the value of the line by introducing fast, energy-efficient systems with larger memory footprints that scale to address the needs of our HPC and Web 2.0 customers.”
The Sun Fire X2250 server is a perfect 1U server for HPC workloads such as MCAE, EDA, energy and financial services, giving customers an inexpensive compute engine for highly dense, power-sensitive environments that delivers lightning-fast performance and can easily scale for parallel processing. When used in conjunction with the freely available Lustre file system, customers running these applications can scale to tens of thousands of nodes, petabytes of data, and billions of files. Other key features include:
- Low power consumption: Featuring the low-power Intel Xeon Processor 5400 series, each processor dissipates a maximum of 50W of power, or 12.5W per core 35 percent lower than standard 80W parts found on the IBM System X3450 server.
- Lightning fast speeds: The memory subsystem and Front Side Bus (FSB) bandwidth of the Sun Fire X2250 server are up to 20 percent faster than that of the Dell PowerEdge 1950, allowing HPC users to simulate more realistic, higher-resolution crash tests. In addition, the processing speed of the Sun Fire X2250 server using the Intel Xeon Processor L5420 (2.5GHz, 50W) is 133MHz faster than the fastest 50W processor found on the HP ProLiant DL160 G5 server. This attribute lets energy-conscious datacenter managers save the maximum level of power possible, without compromising the performance their engineers need to meet project deadlines.
- Ultimate performance: The Sun Fire X2250 server achieved record-breaking integer, floating point and integer throughput scores on the industry-standard SPEC CPU2006 benchmark, which measures the performance of the processor, memory and compiler on the tested system by executing a range of tasks and capturing the time it takes to complete each of them. Sun’s server shows versatility by delivering these results under the OpenSolaris(TM) and Linux operating systems. In addition to being the industry’s first submission under the OpenSolaris OS, the Sun Fire X2250 server used Sun(TM) Studio software to deliver a world-record SPECompM2001 score for all systems running four threads(2), clearly demonstrating to start-ups and developers the value and advanced features of the community-developed open-source OS and award-winning compiler tools.
The Sun Fire X4250 server is the most expandable 2U enterprise-class system powered by Intel Xeon processors, with the highest disk count of any comparable server in the market. It is an ideal platform for customers running Web 2.0, back office and database applications who want the features of the Sun Fire X4150 server, but need more internal storage and PCI Express slots for expandability. Features include:
- Highest disk count: With 16 SAS disk drives, the Sun Fire X4250 server offers the highest disk count of any server of its kind — allowing local hosting for large database applications so most companies no longer need to purchase a separate storage unit. As a result, operational costs for space, energy and cooling are decreased while more work is performed.
- More memory: The Sun Fire X4250 server features the highest memory capacity of comparable servers, with up to 16 memory slots delivering 64 GB of fully buffered DDR2 memory.
- Better expansion possibilities: The Sun Fire X4250 server supports six PCI Express slots, compared to three or four PCI Express slots supported on competitive servers by Dell, HP and IBM.
Mentor Graphics, Oregon State University and the San Diego Supercomputer Center are among customers currently testing the Sun Fire X2250 server in an HPC environment.
Sun offers an array of services to optimize Sun Fire X2250 and Sun Fire X4250 server performance and computing workloads, including heterogeneous support, HPC services and training.
The Sun Fire X2250 and X4250 servers powered by Intel Xeon 5200 and 5400 series processors are shipping now, with entry-level pricing starting at $1,495 and $3,195, respectively.
The Sun Startup Essentials program is designed to help eligible U.S. based startup companies get to market faster while conserving cash. The program offers its members a range of discounted Sun products and services, including its award-winning Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Fire servers with CoolThreads technology, and Sun’s select StorageTek line of products, including modular disk arrays, NAS and tape storage products.
In addition to offering products and services to eligible U.S. based members, Sun also is offering free technical advice via email and access to free software such as Apache, MySQL and Perl (AMP) optimized to run on the Solaris 10 OS. Program members can also select the web hosting infrastructure from Sun partners based on Sun technologies along with services they need, in case they choose not to build and operate the infrastructure themselves. Sun develops technologies designed to power comprehensive markets, in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about the special offers and promotions for the Sun Fire X2250 and Sun Fire X4250 servers, please visit: www.sun.com/tryandbuy.
To learn more about Sun’s Startup Essentials program, visit: www.sun.com/startups.
Web Hosting Company, VIA Networks USA, Chosen by EDG, for Managed SharePoint
Atlanta, Georgia - (The Hosting News) - August 22, 2008 - Web hosting and managed services company, VIA Networks USA, has been selected by EDG, Inc., for Managed SharePoint Services.
Kelly Holstorm, Information Manager at EDG noted, ”We made a great decision selecting VIA Networks as our managed services partner. The VIA Networks team quickly demonstrated superior technical knowledge and the necessary resources required to handle our fast-paced and quickly-growing SharePoint business. The VIA Networks hosting solution is a fully-managed, dedicated environment that not only provides us with improved operational efficiency, but also enabled us to reduce IT costs.”
Managed SharePoint will enable EDG’s teams to securely access information from remote locations around the world, including critical project documentation. The solution will also serve as a foundation for improving the organization’s knowledge management system, while facilitating communication and collaboration among the consultant team members. By choosing VIA Networks to support their SharePoint environment, EDG can focus attention on client projects and not on system maintenance.
Nieva Cavitt, Business Development Manager for VIA Networks USA remarked, ”EDG is an exciting client. The company has a great reputation in the Oil and Gas industry and is one of the fastest-growing consulting firms in the country. We are pleased that EDG has chosen VIA Networks as their managed services provider and look forward to growing the relationship.”
EDG, Inc. is a full-service, multi-discipline, international consulting firm serving the oil and gas and industrial markets. Founded in 1982, EDG is a global, privately held company that is a leader in providing cost-effective, innovative and complete solutions for upstream and midstream industries, including Oil and Gas, Marine and Terminals and Cement and Bulks.
EDG employs 450-plus engineering professionals in a variety of disciplines, including Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering. Its domestic operations are located in Houston, Texas, New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, and Columbus, Ohio. EDG has also established one of the first engineering companies in Luanda, Angola, West Africa. With service bases located within the Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, India and West Africa, EDG is positioned globally to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of all our customers.
VIA USA is one of the oldest Microsoft hosting companies in existence today, having served the Microsoft hosting community for more than a decade. The company provides a full range of Internet-based solutions focused on small to medium businesses. VIA USA is a fully owned subsidiary of the Claranet Group, the UK’s largest non-telco ISP and serves customers in 85 countries around the globe.
For more information on EDG, please visit: www.edg.net.
To learn more about VIA USA, please visit: www.vianetworks.net.
Web Hosting, Virtual Server Environment Protegrity Firewall Application, Awarded
Stamford, Connecticut - (The Hosting News) - August 22, 2008 - Data Security Management solutions firm, Protegrity Corporation’s Defiance Threat Management System, has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services Award.
The solution was named as the best web application firewall (WAF) in Network Products Guide’s Reader Trust Awards. Gordon Rapkin, CEO for Protegrity remarked, ”We are extremely pleased to have been recognized in the Reader Trust Awards as the best web application firewall. Defiance Threat Management System is a critical part of a complete security solution that ensures customers can defend their web applications against a growing number of attacks from increasingly sophisticated hackers.”
According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, over 236 million data records have been compromised since January 2005. Approximately half of those records were compromised by hacking. Today’s hackers are more organized and have a clear sense of purpose — stealing sensitive data.
The need to protect web applications form hackers is further reinforced by Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) section 6.6 which requires organizations that accept credit card payments to either complete a full software code review of all of their web applications or deploy a web application firewall. Achieving PCI compliance compels organizations to not only protect their web applications but also protect their stored data, restrict access to sensitive data, and maintain an information security policy.
Phil Dinsmore, General Manager of Web Application Security for Protegrity added, ”Web applications are unfortunately too easy to exploit. Anyone with a browser has an entry point into unprotected applications and the data they use. Protegrity’s web application firewall, Defiance Threat Management System, combines enterprise class performance and configuration options to detect threats, block attacks, and generate application security alerts and reports.”
Defiance Threat Management System operates as an in-line gateway or out-of-band monitor. It can be deployed as software, a soft appliance, a hardware appliance or any combination of the three. The ability to be a completely ‘green’ solution, coupled with unparalleled deployment flexibility, make it an ideal choice for shared hosting and virtual server environments.
Protegrity delivers centralized data security management solutions that protect sensitive information from acquisition to deletion across the enterprise. Protegrity’s customers maintain complete protection over their data and business by employing software and solutions specifically designed to encrypt data, safeguard web applications, and manage and report on security policy.
The company’s singular focus is on developing solutions that protect data. Protegrity employees are security technology specialists with deep expertise in encryption, key management, web application firewalls and security policy in distributed environments. Maximize security with minimal business impact with Protegrity’s Defiance Suite, the high performance, transparent solution optimized for the dynamic enterprise.
To learn more, please visit: www.protegrity.com.
The Planet Web Hosting, Revives Double Down, Triple Play Promotions
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 21, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has launched new promotions that offer discounts on a selection of dedicated servers and new technologies.
Leading the promotional lineup are two of the company’s most popular options: Double Down and Triple Play. Beginning today, customers can double RAM, hard drive disk space or bandwidth at no additional cost on new server orders. Or, they can triple their performance by doubling RAM, hard disk space and bandwidth for a nominal $47 per month. The above offers are good through Aug. 31, 2008, or while limited promotional supplies last.
The company also unveiled new low pricing on select servers. The Xeon 3210 SAS regularly priced at $249 per month - is now $199, a savings of 20 percent. The Xeon 3210 SATA is now $179 per month, down from $199. Additionally, The Planet is offering the Dual Xeon 2.4 SCSI for $115 per month, a 47 percent discount and its lowest-ever listed price from The Planet. The offer includes free setup, a $25 value.
Urvish Vashi, General Manager for dedicated hosting at The Planet noted, ”As customers begin to ramp up their businesses for the fall, these new promotions offer something for everyone, from low single-server pricing to discounts on our advanced Private Rack solution. Along with the quality of our network and data centers, these promotions mean that businesses can gain a significant competitive advantage by outsourcing their IT infrastructure with The Planet.”
The Planet is offering a free fifth server for customers who purchase four servers in a Dedicated Private Rack, a complex hosting solution with customizable options for bandwidth, networking and advanced hosting technologies such as load balancers and firewalls. Customers can also receive free setup - a savings of up to $1,000 - when they add a load balancer to any Private Rack or Virtual Private Rack order.
Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:
- High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
- Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
- Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
- Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
- Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business
The Planet hosts over 22,000 small and medium-size businesses and 7.7 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24×7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.
For more information about the promotion, please visit: www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/server-specials.
To learn more about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.
Web Hosting Provider, Rackspace’s Mosso, Appoints New Chief Uptime Officer
San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 21, 2008 - Clustered hosting provider, and Rackspace Hosting’s cloud division, Mosso, has named technology industry and operations veteran, Bruce Runyan, as its new Chief Uptime Officer.
In this role, Mr. Runyan is responsible for ensuring that Mosso continues to provide a reliable and consistent customer experience as the cloud scales, and creating an environment that allows Mosso to introduce new capabilities and capacity without impacting the experience.
With a background spanning leadership positions in the high technology sector, from startups to Global 100 enterprises, as well as extensive technical consulting, Mr. Runyan brings broad management, operations, and customer service expertise to this newly created position at Mosso.
Jonathan Bryce, Co-founder of Mosso noted, ”Our goal at Mosso is to minimize downtime as much as possible, and we’re looking forward to working with Bruce to improve our processes, and infrastructure, in order to ensure that The Hosting Cloud delivers the performance and uptime that our customers expect and deserve.”
Mr. Runyan remarked, ”I’ve been helping companies improve their operations, effectiveness, and customer experience for decades, and I’m excited at the opportunity to bring my expertise and focus to the unique challenges now facing emerging cloud environments. Rackspace and Mosso are well known for their extremely rigorous SLA’s, and industry-leading Fanatical Support. My job is to integrate these capabilities, and then take them to the next level, by providing bulletproof reliability, consistency, and scalability so that our customers can have complete confidence and trust in the cloud.”
Prior to Mosso, Mr. Runyan served as VP of Operations and Customer Care at open source solutions provider Fonality. While at Fonality, Runyan significantly scaled service and manufacturing capacity while simultaneously reducing operating costs. Before Fonality, Runyan was the director of Global IT solutions at Autodesk where he was responsible for IT Governance, and the optimization of the company’s front and back office systems. Other positions have included VP and GM of Professional Services at Genesys Telecommunications, President and COO at TelePost, and VP and CIO at Borland International.
Mr. Runyan holds a BS in Physics from Purdue University, and an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University.
A recognized leader in the global IT marketplace, Rackspace delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support. Rackspace serves as an extension of its customers’ IT departments, by handling infrastructure maintenance and management. Rackspace’s portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso cloud computing platform and Mailtrust, a provider of business-class hosted email solutions. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting, email hosting and cloud hosting.
Mosso, LLC is the home of The Hosting Cloud, providing enterprise-grade hosting through an easily managed interface so that developers, designers and IT managers can deploy reliable web applications quickly and easily. Founded by two former Rackspace employees, The Hosting Cloud is built upon a cross platform, clustered-computing architecture.
To learn more about Rackspace, please visit: www.rackspace.com.
For more information, please visit: www.mosso.com.
Hosted VoIP Services, Supported by Etelos Marketplace, with MTP Partnership
San Mateo, California - (The Hosting News) - August 21, 2008 - A new hosted-VoIP service and hosted web conferencing solution, are making debut as they join MTP’s existing teleconferencing application, in the Etelos Marketplace.
Jeffrey L. Garon, Etelos President and CEO noted, ”MTP has seen the value that the Etelos Marketplace provides not only for application providers, but for application users. Etelos is out to create a Marketplace that is capable of addressing any issue or problem a business may face and address it with the best possible solution.”
MTP Hosted VoIP Service, powered by Global Phone, is a business-grade hosted PBX system using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) that provides your business with a reliable alternative to costly PBX, IP PBX or Centrex lines. MTP is using the Dimdim platform to deliver Web conferencing as well. Dimdim is an open source Web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, share documents, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via Web cam with absolutely no download required for attendees.
Thomas A. Capone, CEO of MTP remarked, ”MTP has been selling IT and telecom solutions since 1983 so we have first-hand experience with every type of sales channel imaginable. Etelos provides MTP with an efficient way to deliver best-of-breed solutions to clients anywhere in the world, with excellent customer service and support. Half the battle in selling any type of IT product or service is getting customers to experience the savings, and the promised ROI of the offer. Etelos makes that problem disappear from the sales cycle.”
Etelos provides on-demand browser-based applications on the hosting environment that you choose. Etelos technology for developing and deploying on-demand applications is revolutionizing the world of software distribution. The Etelos Marketplace gives developers an easy way to license, distribute and host their applications, and businesses a wide selection of fully customizable, on-demand applications. Etelos, Etelos CRM, Etelos Projects, and Etelos Marketplace are trademarks of Etelos, Inc.; other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
MTP is one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in the United States. MTP boasts a management team composed of telecommunications industry veterans, most of whom have 20+ years experience in the competitive telecommunications business. MTP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the TAC family of companies. Since 1983, TAC has delivered significant savings and quality of service on the voice, data, wireless, IT, telecom and technology products and services used by Fortune 500 companies world-wide. TAC is one of the world’s premiere information technology resources. TAC’s core values of integrity, knowledge, innovation, flexibility and caring - guide us to exceed the expectations of our co-workers, partners and customers.
For more information, please visit: www.MTP-USA.com.
To learn more about MTP’s products or the Etelos Marketplace, please visit: www.etelos.com.
Web Hosted Business Solutions for RingCentral, Powered by XO’s Concentric
Redwood City, California - (The Hosting News) - August 21, 2008 - Web host, Internet and telecommunications services company, XO Communications’ Concentric, has partnered with RingCentral, to provide enterprise-class hosted applications.
Solutions will include Web site hosting, business email, Microsoft Hosted Exchange, corporate domain management and perimeter email protection. Concentric customers will have access to RingCentral’s hosted business phone system and Internet fax to streamline and enhance their business communications.
Barbara Branaman, Executive Vice President of product and marketing for Concentric explained, ”’Small to medium businesses need streamlined communications solutions that are affordable and do not require the purchase of complex technology. The RingCentral hosted business phone system compliments a small business’s voice services by providing a centralized phone and Internet fax solution for mobile and distributed employees. With RingCentral, we now offer a comprehensive suite of affordable small business services including everything a small business needs to create a big business presence on the web and on the phone.”
RingCentral’s hosted services help people connect to businesses and mobile professionals worldwide. Delivering the power of a sophisticated phone system without expensive hardware to buy or maintain, RingCentral takes the high cost and hassle out of communications proving you don’t need a ”big company” budget to look like a big company. RingCentral combines a toll-free or local number with advanced call management, PBX, voicemail and Internet fax, enabling customers to set up multiple extensions with voicemail, automatically screen, forward and place calls, allow their customers to click-to-call directly from the website, view call logs for sales leads, send and receive faxes, and receive message alerts.
Vlad Shmunis, President and CEO of RingCentral noted, ”Growing businesses rely on Concentric web hosting and messaging services to reach their customers effectively and project an established, professional image. The RingCentral hosted business phone system is a perfect fit with these services enabling businesses to extend their professional image and brand through the most critical communication channel, their phone. We are thrilled to partner with Concentric, a recognized leader in business IT infrastructure.”
The new service is available August 11, 2008. For a limited time, existing Concentric customers will receive the first 30 days free when signing up for the RingCentral service through a link in the Concentric Customer Gateway.
Ron Heradian, Chief Systems Architect for long-time Concentric customer, Global System Services Corporation offered, ”We were really pleased to find RingCentral through Concentric. RingCentral streamlines our messaging platform for global communications. By utilizing this service, we have consolidated our phone services, resulting in better service for our customers at a lower total cost. Now, we have a solid business communications capability that enhances our highly mobile business model.”
RingCentral provides an award-winning hosted business phone system for small business. With top industry honors, including PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award and Small Business Computing’s Excellence in Technology, RingCentral offers full-access to core small business phone services and helps improve productivity for tens of thousands of customers worldwide. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, RingCentral is privately held with backing from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and DAG Ventures.
Concentric, founded in 1997, is a business unit of XO Communications Services, Inc. Concentric provides enterprise-class hosted applications including web site hosting, business email, corporate domain management and perimeter email protection. Leveraging its patented Clustered Hosting Architecture, Concentric delivers superior performance, reliability, and security. Concentric accounts are backed by a three month Satisfaction Guarantee and 24×7 U.S.-based telephone technical support.
XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc., is a provider of national and local telecommunications services to businesses, large enterprises and communications service providers. XO offers a portfolio of services, including local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private networking, data transport, and web hosting services, as well as bundled voice and Internet solutions. XO provides these services over an advanced, nationwide facilities-based IP network and serves 75 metropolitan markets across the United States.
To learn more about RingCentral services, please visit: www.ringcentral.com/concentric/rco.
For more information about Concentric, please visit: www.concentric.com.
To learn more information about XO, please visit:
www.xo.com.
Web Hosting Resource Firm, iNET Interactive, Acquires Search Marketing Standard
West Chester, Ohio - (The Hosting News) - August 20, 2008 - Web hosting industry resource firm, iNET Interactive, has acquired print publication serving the search engine industry, Search Marketing Standard.
The acquisition also includes associated web properties, SearchMarketingStandard.com, PayPerClickUniverse.com and SEMCompare.com. Launched in early 2006, with the goal to provide readers with practical, relevant and easy-to-understand Internet Marketing information, Search Marketing Standard magazine has grown from a newcomer in the field to an authoritative resource used by over 50,000 search engine advertisers and Internet marketers. Search Marketing Standard’s websites incorporate user-contributed ratings, reviews, and discussion along with professionally-produced, instructional content focused on helping businesses succeed within the rapidly growing field of search and Internet marketing.
Troy Augustine, President and CEO of iNET remarked, ”We are very excited to be able to add Search Marketing Standard to iNET Interactive’s portfolio of media brands. Search Marketing Standard is a strong brand, and it is a perfect complement to our strengths in the web development and web hosting areas.”
The addition of Search Marketing Standard is a natural extension for iNET Interactive, further strengthening its position as the leading media company serving Internet professionals and technology enthusiasts. The iNET Interactive portfolio also includes Web Hosting Talk, the largest online community serving the web hosting and hosted services industry, and Hot Scripts, the largest directory of scripts for the web development community.
Search Marketing Standard was founded by Boris Mordkovich and Eugene Mordkovich and headed by the Editor-in-Chief, Andrey Milyan. Boris will remain engaged with Search Marketing Standard as an advisor while Andrey Milyan will remain editor-in-chief joined with other Search Marketing Standard veterans to continue their sales and editorial roles.
Mr. Mordkovich added, ”Troy and his team fully embrace the commitment our team has given to our loyal readers and advertisers in producing a high-quality publication and online media properties. We have complete confidence that iNET Interactive will continue to grow and develop Search Marketing Standard with the same energy and dedication that we poured into it.”
Search Marketing Standard is the leading print publication covering the search marketing industry along with its associated online properties, including PayPerClickUniverse.com and SEMCompare.com. It was launched in early 2006 with the goal to provide readers with practical, relevant and easy-to-understand information that they could apply to directly improve their search engine marketing campaigns.
Founded in 2002, iNET Interactive embraced social media before the term was coined. iNET Interactive operates some of the most prominent online communities, including Web Hosting Talk and HotScripts.com, designed for technology professionals and technology enthusiasts. Its vertically-focused communities incorporate user-contributed ratings, reviews, and discussion augmented with professionally-produced content.
To learn more about iNET Interactive, please visit: www.inetinteractive.com.
ServePath Dedicated Server Web Host, GoGrid, Debuts Windows Cloud Server 2008
San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - August 20, 2008 - Dedicated server provider and colocation hosting specialist, ServePath’s GoGrid, has developed and made available, its 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 within the Cloud Computing infrastructure.
The new release allows GoGrid to become one of the first Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers to offer Windows Server 2008 ”in the cloud.” The new Windows Server 2008 operating system from Microsoft sets new benchmarks for server stability, manageability, and security; therefore, interest from Windows Server customers wanting to try it out has been high. GoGrid customers can now deploy Windows Server 2008 servers in just a few minutes for as little as 19 cents an hour, with no commitment.
Jason Hermitage, Director of Windows Server marketing at Microsoft Corp. remarked, ”The ability to deploy and manage critical infrastructure systems in the Cloud is becoming increasingly important to customers. We’re excited that with Windows Server 2008 offered on GoGrid, customers will be able to run our most powerful enterprise server software in the Cloud and take advantage of the increased security, reliability and ease of management that Windows Server 2008 can bring.”
GoGrid is the Cloud Computing service that enables system administrators to quickly and easily create, deploy, load-balance and manage Windows and Linux cloud servers within minutes. GoGrid offers true ”Control in the Cloud” with its web-based, Graphical User Interface (GUI) which allows for ”point and click” deployment of complex and flexible network infrastructures, which include load balancing and multiple web and database servers, all set up with icons through the GUI.
Initial Windows Server 2008 offerings on GoGrid include both 32-bit and 64-bit preconfigured templates. GoGrid users select the desired operating system and then choose preconfigured templates in order to minimize time to deploy. Pre-configurations include:
- Windows Server 2008 Standard with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7)
- Windows Server 2008 Standard with IIS 7 and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
- Windows Server 2008 Standard with IIS 7, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and ASP.NET
Windows Server 2008 Standard includes Terminal Services Gateway, Remote Desktop Client for Terminal Services, Application Server, Active Directory Domain Services, DHCP Server, DNS Server, and SMTP.
GoGrid continues to offer Cloud servers for Windows Server 2003 as well as various Linux distributions and will continue to expand GoGrid’s ”Control in the Cloud” offerings in the future.
ServePath is a dedicated server and managed hosting specialist, providing custom services to businesses that need powerful Internet hosting platforms. Its new 10,000% Guaranteed Service Level Agreement is unique in the web hosting industry, promising specific levels of network performance and 100% uptime with a 100x guarantee. ServePath also provides colocation services through its ColoServe division. The employee-owned company has been in business for five years and operates its own San Francisco data center.
To learn more about Windows Server 2008, please visit: www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/default.aspx.
For more information about ServePath, please visit: www.servepath.com.
Web Hosting Server Liquid Cooling for ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, Unveils at CoolIT
Alberta, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 20, 2008 - Web hosting server cooling facilitator, CoolIT, has released its Dual Drive Bay VGA Cooler, designed to cool AMD’s new ATI RadeonTM HD 4870 X2 Graphics card.
Dr. Gamal Refai-Ahmed, AMD Fellow and Chief Thermal Architect, AMD Graphics Product Group noted, ”The liquid cooling technology that AMD co-developed with CoolIT provides superior cooling protection for users who want to operate their ATI Radeon graphics processors at high clock speeds for extended periods of time. By delivering an innovative, compelling solution inside a unique form factor, CoolIT helps enable ATI Radeon graphics processors to perform at high levels.”
The form factor is designed to enable high-level computing performance for PC Enthusiasts and Gamers. In recent testing, the liquid cooled cards were stably clocked up to 880MHz (13.5% Increase) core clock speed and the GDDR5 memory pushed to 1GHz (11% increase).
Geoff Lyon, CEO of CoolIT Systems comments “As the technology continues to evolve in advanced GPU technology, the value of efficient liquid cooling translates directly to the performance gains demonstrated in our lab. We recently benchmarked this card using 3D Mark Vantage and increased the Graphics score from X7125 at stock settings to X8148 which represents a performance increase of well over 10%.”
The Dual Drive Bay VGA Cooler for HD 4870 X2 ATI Radeon Graphics cards will be available in September, with pricing to be later determined.
CoolIT Systems has been working with industry leaders in the computer industry to research, design, and deliver next generation cooling products that provide a comprehensive solution while exceeding high OEM standards for reliability and maintenance-free operation. This carefully designed and patented technology unleashes the full potential of a PC, providing superior cooling performance while reducing system level noise and improving reliability of vital components. The CoolIT MTEC Technology can be found in the top names in performance computing like Dell, Alienware, Velocity Micro, MAINGEAR, Hypersonic, Biohazard, Ultra, Ultraforce, Systemax, War Machine and Shuttle. CoolIT also works with the AMD engineering group to provide the Reference cooling solution for the latest high performance video cards.
To learn more, please visit: www.coolitsystems.com.
Dedicated Server Web Hosting Award, Garnered by Alentus
Laguna Niguel, California - (The Hosting News) - August 20, 2008 - Shared and dedicated web hosting services firm, Alentus Corporation, has been awarded the #1 Dedicated Server placement for the month of August, in 2008, by the Dedicated Server Directory.
William King, CEO of Alentus remarked, ”The Dedicated Server Award is a great honor to receive. The feedback provided from the end-users is very important to us and is a motivating factor for Alentus to continue to provide the high-level of product and service offerings for our clients. The dedicated hosting arena is highly competitive and we feel that our outstanding customer service separates us from the rest.”
DedicatedServerDir.com is an industry leading web host directory and review site for dedicated hosting. The award is bestowed to the winner on a monthly basis and is the result of votes submitted by end-users. This is the latest of awards Alentus has received, and the seventh award from Dedicated Server Directory.
In May, the company acquired the Austin, Texas-based Linux website hosting firms, Website Source, Inc. and SpeedFox. Financial details of the cash and stock transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition immediately adds $2.6M in annual revenue to Alentus’ current long-term profitable operations record and will add an additional 14,000 clients to Alentus already impressive client portfolio. The current Website Source infrastructure is being integrated into the Alentus global, redundant Cisco-powered network, and all Texas staff has been retained.
Founded in 1998, Website Source and SpeedFox offer Linux-based shared web site hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Servers, E-Commerce, and Domain Registration services. WebSite Source operates a Cisco-powered network in downtown Austin, TX and manages over 200 servers.
Alentus Corporation is based in Laguna Niguel, California, with Data Center and Network Operations Center facilities in Edmonton, Alberta. The company provides Windows web hosting, SharePoint Hosting, SQL Hosting, Microsoft Exchange hosting, and Windows Dedicated Servers to thousands of small- to medium-sized companies and customized solutions to larger organizations including many Fortune 500 clients. Alentus is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and in discussions with several North American and European hosting and managed services providers to further enhance network and service offerings.
For more information about Alentus’ dedicated hosting solutions, please visit: www.alentus.com/dedicated-hosting/server.asp.
To learn more about Alentus Internet Services, please visit: www.alentus.com.
Web Hosting Demo Player, Enhances Got Web Host Service Portfolio
Valparaiso, Indiana - (The Hosting News) - August 19, 2008 - Web hosting provider, Got Web Host, has released its SEO and Web Hosting Demo Player, to provide access for over 160 video tutorials.
The tutorials cover such subjects as the use of the Direct Admin control panel, transferring domains between various registrars, setting up private nameservers, use of phpMyAdmin and many more common tasks that a web host client might undertake.
Tanya Martin, Director of Internet Marketing explained, ”With our demo player you can see Flash tutorials on many web hosting and search engine optimization topics. Plus when we add more demos or tutorials you will get them automatically each time you start the player. You will only need to download a file again when we update the SEO and Web Hosting Demo Player.”
Lloyd Brown, Director of Sales and Business Development, commented, ”We launched our demo player with over 160 tutorials, covering such topics as using phpMyAdmin and managing MySQL, how to manage DNS nameservers and transferring domains with 15 popular registrars like Godaddy and Dotster. We also cover use of popular email programs, use of various FTP clients, and more.”
These tutorials are available free of charge to everyone. New topics will be added regularly and users are free to suggest additional topics.
Mr. Brown added, ”Our tutorials will help people with specific tasks related to web hosting or SEO a lot easier.” To download the player in either .exe or .zip formats click SEO and Web Hosting Demo.exe for the .EXE or SEO and Web Hosting Demo.zip for the .ZIP file. For more information please go to http://seo.gotwebhost.com/seo-web-hosting-demo-player/. Visit the Got Web Host knowledge base at http://seo.gotwebhost.com/ for more SEO and web hosting related topics.
In June, the company instituted an SEO web hosting plan, for its shared plans, as the latest in its web hosting plan offerings. Got Web Host provides SEO web hosting plans for companies concerned with host crowding penalties associated with search engine optimization. Got Web Host offers Multiple Class C IPs to their users. Many companies specializing in SEO have requested or searched for hosting that provided this type of service, we bring it to you with many different packages.
Got Web Host the SEO web host plans include the following features:
- High Bandwidth Virtual hosting with up to 10 GB of storage and 800 GB of transfer.
- Standard Value Servers with dedicated servers beginning as low as $149 a month.
- SEO Starter web hosting plan with two datacenters, 2 nameservers, 2 Class C IPs.
- Virtual SEO web hosting plans ranging up to 30 IPs, 15 individual Class C IPs and multiple or private nameservers. Multiple data centers are available.
- Dedicated SEO server plans with up to 50 IPs, with up to 10 individual Class C Subnets and multiple private nameservers.
- Customized packages with up to 80 Class C subnets are available upon request.
- Streaming dedicated hosting plans with either BTN or multi-tier one lines.
Got Web Host has been hosting websites since 2002, including Multiple Class C IP addresses for users, as well as a variety of different packages, designed for specific business needs.
For more information about Got Web Host, please visit: www.gotwebhost.com.
R1Soft Web Hosting Software Provider, Releases Windows 2.0 Application
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 19, 2008 - Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft, has
released a public beta version of its Windows 2.0 Continuous Data Protection.
As the latest and most feature-rich version of its high performance backup and recovery solution for Windows Servers, R1Soft’s data protection solution is the only software capable of a Continuous Data Protection style backup for both Windows and Linux servers.
The new Windows 2.0 CDP agent significantly expands the scale and reach of data protection technologies for Windows servers by offering a variety of key features, including Bare-Metal Restore, Open File backups, and backup windows reduced to minutes using CDP synchronization technology. The new Windows 2.0 CDP tools add support for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
David Wartell, Vice President, R1Soft division, BBS Technologies, Inc. noted, ”While R1Soft happens to be the only Continuous Data Protection solution for Linux servers, the Windows market has long been familiar with CDP technology. Typically what we see with other Windows CDP software is that it requires extensive training and support from the vendor and in some products it is impossible to use without the customer investing in specialized Storage Area Network hardware. Most IT environments are mixed-platform, and the market wants an easy to use high performance backup tool for both Windows and Linux. Most IT administrators who try our CDP software for Linux say, ‘Wow that was so easy. R1Soft reduced my Linux server backup window from 8 hours to 15 minutes. Can you do that for Windows too?”’
R1Soft Continuous Data Protection software runs cross-platform allowing IT administrators to manage their environment of choice. Linux servers running R1Soft CDP are even able to provide CDP services for Windows servers.
Windows 2.0 CDP agent is available as a downloadable upgrade at no additional charge for existing R1Soft Windows customers.
Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company’s customer list includes some of the world’s largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for over 85,000 mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc.
For more about R1Soft and Continuous Data Protection, please visit: www.r1soft.com.
Web Hosting Application, Ensim Unify 4.5 Shared Edition, Supports Microsoft HMC
Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - August 19, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application, Ensim Corporation, will support the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Version 4.5 (HMC 4.5).
Francois Depayras, Vice President of marketing and alliances at Ensim Corporation remarked, ”We remain committed to giving our customers the tools that keep them ahead of the curve by supporting a variety of the latest applications. With Unify, service provider customers can focus on delivering their hosted services as opposed to developing them, and are afforded the convenience of deploying these services over any type of infrastructure, whether it be the new HMC 4.5 or a homegrown platform.”
As a participant in Microsoft’s Technical Adoption Program (TAP), Ensim extends Microsoft’s technology with its Ensim Unify Shared Edition, a single, centralized software application that simplifies the day-to-day burden of activating, configuring and managing a service provider’s hosted infrastructure. The latest edition of Unify Shared Edition, Version 4.5, can be installed in a wide range of deployment scenarios, including the new HMC 4.5, HMC 4.0, and homegrown infrastructures.
Some of the features available in Ensim Unify 4.5 are:
Support for Microsoft HMC 4.5: Ensim is pleased to announce that Unify Platform 4.5 is compatible with the latest release of Microsoft’s HMC product
Control Panel Customization Using Role Management: With Unify’s role management feature set, service providers and reseller administrators gain granular control over all operations performed by the system administrators.
Support for Ensim Migration Tool: Service providers can now use the Ensim’s Migration Tool (EMT) to connect to existing organizations, resellers, and users that were created using Microsoft’s HMC solution. This feature can also be used to migrate organizations (OUs) and users (created using a legacy solution) to Ensim Unify without having to re-create them.
New Password Management Enhancements: Service providers can now configure Unify to accept more than one password hint question.
Support for Microsoft .NET 3.0: In Unify platform 4.5.0, the Unify provisioning engine and control panel servers use Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.
New Web Services Methods: Unify platform 4.5.0 includes 50+ new web service methods.
Confirmation for Organization and Reseller Removal: As an added safety precaution, when enabled, this feature requires administrators to enter an authentication password before being able to delete any organization or reseller. Ensim Unify Shared Edition, including support for HMC 4.5, is available for purchase immediately.
Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access control software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft.
For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.
