GearHost to enhance cloud hosting offerings with the company's SSL Certificate solutions.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced a new partnership with GearHost, a global provider of enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions and services in the cloud. The company avers that the partnership will enhance GearHost's cloud hosting solutions by allowing customers to access its 2048 bit SSL technology directly from their control panel to protect and secure sensitive online data, login pages, webmail, servers, and connections.
It articulates that as a global IT infrastructure provider specializing in cloud hosting solutions, GearHost decided to incorporate SSL Certificates into their already comprehensive line of products to meet their customers' security needs. GearHost cloud hosting solutions are already used by some of the most recognized names in the retail, financial services, healthcare, government, and technology industries, and with their strong reputation they have set the industry standard in customer service, consultation and responsiveness. For this reason, GearHost maintains a set of strict requirements for vendors. Priding themselves on customer service, GearHost requires their vendors to uphold the same set of standards that they hold themselves.
The company states that its complete support solution for GearHost customers during the vetting process and after care services meet GearHost's stringent set of requirements. In addition, GearHost sought an SSL Certificate provider who could offer a comprehensive line of products with a streamlined approval process. The company was able to meet this requirement with its full range of SSL Certificates integrated directly into GearHost's control panel, including fast issuance Domain Validated SSL, traditional Organization Validated SSL, and the standardized Extended Validation (EV) SSL, which activates the green address bar interface in IE7+, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari browsers.
It adds that currently GearHost offers the company's range of 2048 bit root SSL Certificates as a standalone product through their control panel and the company has plans to make them a standard feature on all cloud hosting plans free of charge, which goes hand in hand with their focus on secure web hosting.
According to the company, its SSL Partner Program is a flexible reseller program designed to fit the needs of web hosts, ISPs, Integrators, Domain Registrars, and VARs to enable SSL Certificates to easily be integrated into product ranges as a value-add or revenue-generating product. With four partnership levels available, the Program was conceived to match specific requirements, as partners can benefit from varying levels of pricing discounts, product integration, customer support and marketing and sales resources to further enhance the SSL reselling opportunity. GearHost has signed up as a Gold Partner allowing them to take advantage of exclusive benefits including additional sales and marketing support and resources.
"GlobalSign is delighted to welcome GearHost, an industry leading cloud hosting service provider as the latest organization to join our partner program," said Katsuo Chujo, Vice President of Marketing, GlobalSign. "With the addition of SSL Certificates, GearHost will be able to deliver dynamic and flexible security solutions for customer's implementing cloud based deployments."
"At GearHost we pride ourselves in our customer service and we require that our vendors uphold the same set of standards that we hold ourselves," said Ryan Kekos, GearHost. "In addition to customer service, a comprehensive line of products with a streamlined approval process is required. GlobalSign does this and allows GearHost to offer a complete digital certificate solution to our customers with ease."
Friday, October 8, 2010
Interxion Extends Zurich Data Center, Upgrades Power
The new space provides an energy-efficient, secure, standards-based environment for housing customer equipment, with 2N UPS and N+1 backup generators.
Interxion, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation data center services, today announced that the first phase of a major expansion and upgrade of its ZUR1 data center in Zurich-Glattbrugg is now complete, meeting growing customer demand for high-power-density colocation infrastructure.
The company mentions that 700 m2 of new data center space is now ready for service in the first of three phased expansions which will increase the total equipped space in the data center by almost 2700 m2. At the same time, an upgraded redundant grid connection of 20 MVA is being installed, which will enable the facility to support ultra-high-density power configurations.
It explains that the new space provides an energy-efficient, secure, standards-based environment for housing customer equipment, with 2N UPS and N+1 backup generators, providing up to 99.999% availability. In-house connectivity options include over 30 carriers and ISPs as well as SwissIX, the leading neutral Swiss Internet exchange. The facility and its operational systems have been independently assessed and accredited for the ISO 27001 and BS25999 standards for information security and business continuity, and also comply with all FINMA [Swiss Financial Markets Authority] directives.
"Well over half of the new space has already been allocated, demonstrating the continuing desirability of high-end, connectivity-rich infrastructure for leading organizations," said Eddy Van den Broeck, Interxion Switzerland Managing Director. "We will continue to enhance our facilities and build on our standards to support customer communities in all sectors as they expand, develop and launch the latest mission-critical applications."
Interxion, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation data center services, today announced that the first phase of a major expansion and upgrade of its ZUR1 data center in Zurich-Glattbrugg is now complete, meeting growing customer demand for high-power-density colocation infrastructure.
The company mentions that 700 m2 of new data center space is now ready for service in the first of three phased expansions which will increase the total equipped space in the data center by almost 2700 m2. At the same time, an upgraded redundant grid connection of 20 MVA is being installed, which will enable the facility to support ultra-high-density power configurations.
It explains that the new space provides an energy-efficient, secure, standards-based environment for housing customer equipment, with 2N UPS and N+1 backup generators, providing up to 99.999% availability. In-house connectivity options include over 30 carriers and ISPs as well as SwissIX, the leading neutral Swiss Internet exchange. The facility and its operational systems have been independently assessed and accredited for the ISO 27001 and BS25999 standards for information security and business continuity, and also comply with all FINMA [Swiss Financial Markets Authority] directives.
"Well over half of the new space has already been allocated, demonstrating the continuing desirability of high-end, connectivity-rich infrastructure for leading organizations," said Eddy Van den Broeck, Interxion Switzerland Managing Director. "We will continue to enhance our facilities and build on our standards to support customer communities in all sectors as they expand, develop and launch the latest mission-critical applications."
Neustar Names Lisa Hook New Chief Executive Officer
The appointment is the culmination of a succession plan three years in the making.
Neustar, Inc., a provider of managed authoritative DNS services, yesterday announced that its Board of Directors has elected Lisa Hook as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. The company says that Hook currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer and succeeds Jeffrey E. Ganek, founding CEO of the company, who will remain as Chairman of the Board. It adds that the appointment is the culmination of a succession plan three years in the making and is official on October 15, 2010.
The company states that before her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Neustar, Hook has served as the company's President and COO. She joined the company in January 2008. Prior to joining Neustar, Hook was President and CEO of Sunrocket, Inc., a consumer VOIP company. Hook is a director of Reed Elsevier PLC, Reed Elsevier NV and Reed Elsevier Group PLC. She is also a director of The Ocean Foundation. She is a graduate of Duke University and the Dickinson School of Law.
"Three years ago, the Board and I set in motion an executive succession plan that culminates today," said Ganek. "We recruited Lisa as President and COO with the belief that she would be a strong candidate to advance to the position of CEO. This she has proved to be, and we are pleased to announce that Lisa will succeed me." Since joining Neustar in 2008, Hook has strengthened its market position and helped the company become an important partner to the content and media industries. "Her experience at AOL brought to us a powerful understanding of the internet, the needs of the IP (Internet Protocol) markets and the role Neustar can play," Ganek added.
"As President and COO, Lisa has demonstrated mastery of our business by delivering strong operating results and growth, while strengthening the management team. As an insider who knows us and our markets well, Lisa is perfectly positioned to be our next CEO and leader," continued Ganek. "This is the right moment for succession in leadership. Today, we are reaffirming our financial guidance for 2010. Prospects for future performance are bright. Now is the time to put in place the CEO who will lead us into the next phase of Neustar's growth, and Lisa is the ideal leader. The time is right for the next generation to set the direction for Neustar."
"It is an honor to become CEO of Neustar, and to follow a visionary leader like Jeff Ganek," said Hook. "I welcome this chance to work with my colleagues and the Board to lead Neustar at a moment of great opportunity. I'm grateful for having had the benefit of learning from Jeff, and I look forward to building on his legacy."
"Jeff Ganek has done an outstanding job as CEO," said James G. Cullen, Lead Independent Director, on behalf of the Board. "The Board is grateful for Jeff's vision and leadership of Neustar, and he has positioned Neustar on a clear path to continued growth and success. We look forward to working with Lisa as she assumes the leadership of Neustar."
Neustar, Inc., a provider of managed authoritative DNS services, yesterday announced that its Board of Directors has elected Lisa Hook as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. The company says that Hook currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer and succeeds Jeffrey E. Ganek, founding CEO of the company, who will remain as Chairman of the Board. It adds that the appointment is the culmination of a succession plan three years in the making and is official on October 15, 2010.
The company states that before her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Neustar, Hook has served as the company's President and COO. She joined the company in January 2008. Prior to joining Neustar, Hook was President and CEO of Sunrocket, Inc., a consumer VOIP company. Hook is a director of Reed Elsevier PLC, Reed Elsevier NV and Reed Elsevier Group PLC. She is also a director of The Ocean Foundation. She is a graduate of Duke University and the Dickinson School of Law.
"Three years ago, the Board and I set in motion an executive succession plan that culminates today," said Ganek. "We recruited Lisa as President and COO with the belief that she would be a strong candidate to advance to the position of CEO. This she has proved to be, and we are pleased to announce that Lisa will succeed me." Since joining Neustar in 2008, Hook has strengthened its market position and helped the company become an important partner to the content and media industries. "Her experience at AOL brought to us a powerful understanding of the internet, the needs of the IP (Internet Protocol) markets and the role Neustar can play," Ganek added.
"As President and COO, Lisa has demonstrated mastery of our business by delivering strong operating results and growth, while strengthening the management team. As an insider who knows us and our markets well, Lisa is perfectly positioned to be our next CEO and leader," continued Ganek. "This is the right moment for succession in leadership. Today, we are reaffirming our financial guidance for 2010. Prospects for future performance are bright. Now is the time to put in place the CEO who will lead us into the next phase of Neustar's growth, and Lisa is the ideal leader. The time is right for the next generation to set the direction for Neustar."
"It is an honor to become CEO of Neustar, and to follow a visionary leader like Jeff Ganek," said Hook. "I welcome this chance to work with my colleagues and the Board to lead Neustar at a moment of great opportunity. I'm grateful for having had the benefit of learning from Jeff, and I look forward to building on his legacy."
"Jeff Ganek has done an outstanding job as CEO," said James G. Cullen, Lead Independent Director, on behalf of the Board. "The Board is grateful for Jeff's vision and leadership of Neustar, and he has positioned Neustar on a clear path to continued growth and success. We look forward to working with Lisa as she assumes the leadership of Neustar."
Bell Announces Two Executive Team Appointments
Bell Mobility President Wade Oosterman will also lead Bell Residential Services; John Watson promoted to Executive Vice President, Customer Operations.
Bell, a communications company, yesterday announced two Executive Team appointments, following the announcement today by CTVglobemedia that Kevin Crull, President of Bell Residential Services, will join the organization as its Chief Operating Officer. The company claims that these appointments of its current senior leaders will enhance its ability to execute its strategic imperatives to improve customer service, leverage wireline momentum and accelerate wireless.
According to it, President of Bell Mobility Wade Oosterman will also assume leadership of Bell Residential Services, the national business unit providing Bell TV, Bell Internet and Bell Home Phone services to millions of Canadians. At the same time, John Watson will be promoted to the role of Executive Vice President, Customer Operations, responsible for all residential and wireless customer service across the company. Both appointments are effective January 1, 2011.
The company states that as Bell Mobility President since 2006, Oosterman's accomplishments include the launch of its HSPA+ wireless network and leveraging of its broadband capabilities with data services such as its Mobile TV service and smartphones. In his role as the company's Chief Brand Officer, Oosterman has also led the revitalization of the Bell brand and the company's high-profile marketing success at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.
It further states that Watson is a senior executive with more than 15 years of experience in Canadian communications, previously serving as president of the consumer division of one of Canada's largest telecom companies. Watson joined Bell Mobility earlier this year as Senior VP, Operations, quickly applying his strategic expertise in service, retention and distribution channel operations by introducing new programs and tools enabling Bell team members and channel partners to deliver an enhanced wireless customer experience at every level.
"Wade Oosterman and John Watson are renowned innovators and team-builders in Canadian communications with a clear commitment to Bell's customer-focused strategy," said George Cope, President and CEO of Bell and BCE. "Their new cross-functional roles will enhance the execution of our service improvement and wireline and wireless growth imperatives, ensuring we keep Bell's strong momentum rolling forward."
"Kevin Crull is the ideal choice to join CTVglobemedia's leadership team as its Chief Operating Officer. Under his leadership, Bell has successfully delivered world-class media across a variety of digital platforms, including Canada's #1 Internet and online portal services, the nation's leading digital HD provider Bell TV and, most recently, Bell Fibe TV, the exciting next generation TV service delivered over our broadband fiber network," said Cope. "In the last 5 years, Kevin has grown Bell TV from just 20 HD channels to an industry leading 100-plus today, while doubling revenue, increasing subscribers by a third and delivering significant profitability improvement."
Bell, a communications company, yesterday announced two Executive Team appointments, following the announcement today by CTVglobemedia that Kevin Crull, President of Bell Residential Services, will join the organization as its Chief Operating Officer. The company claims that these appointments of its current senior leaders will enhance its ability to execute its strategic imperatives to improve customer service, leverage wireline momentum and accelerate wireless.
According to it, President of Bell Mobility Wade Oosterman will also assume leadership of Bell Residential Services, the national business unit providing Bell TV, Bell Internet and Bell Home Phone services to millions of Canadians. At the same time, John Watson will be promoted to the role of Executive Vice President, Customer Operations, responsible for all residential and wireless customer service across the company. Both appointments are effective January 1, 2011.
The company states that as Bell Mobility President since 2006, Oosterman's accomplishments include the launch of its HSPA+ wireless network and leveraging of its broadband capabilities with data services such as its Mobile TV service and smartphones. In his role as the company's Chief Brand Officer, Oosterman has also led the revitalization of the Bell brand and the company's high-profile marketing success at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.
It further states that Watson is a senior executive with more than 15 years of experience in Canadian communications, previously serving as president of the consumer division of one of Canada's largest telecom companies. Watson joined Bell Mobility earlier this year as Senior VP, Operations, quickly applying his strategic expertise in service, retention and distribution channel operations by introducing new programs and tools enabling Bell team members and channel partners to deliver an enhanced wireless customer experience at every level.
"Wade Oosterman and John Watson are renowned innovators and team-builders in Canadian communications with a clear commitment to Bell's customer-focused strategy," said George Cope, President and CEO of Bell and BCE. "Their new cross-functional roles will enhance the execution of our service improvement and wireline and wireless growth imperatives, ensuring we keep Bell's strong momentum rolling forward."
"Kevin Crull is the ideal choice to join CTVglobemedia's leadership team as its Chief Operating Officer. Under his leadership, Bell has successfully delivered world-class media across a variety of digital platforms, including Canada's #1 Internet and online portal services, the nation's leading digital HD provider Bell TV and, most recently, Bell Fibe TV, the exciting next generation TV service delivered over our broadband fiber network," said Cope. "In the last 5 years, Kevin has grown Bell TV from just 20 HD channels to an industry leading 100-plus today, while doubling revenue, increasing subscribers by a third and delivering significant profitability improvement."
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Microsoft Acquires AVIcode
The acquisition will help provide the company's customers with unified management for physical, virtualized and cloud applications.
Microsoft, a software provider, today announced the acquisition of AVIcode, a company that develops a realtime application monitoring software for the .NET Framework. The company says that the acquisition will help provide its customers with unified management for physical, virtualized and cloud applications, whether they are running in a customer, service provider or the company's data center. Terms of the deal were not disclosed by it.
According to the company, AVIcode's software will be available through its System Center product family. AVIcode's products include a variety of application monitoring services for the full application lifecycle. AVIcode's monitoring capabilities includes, a specialized Silverlight monitoring product, data on how an end user measures an application's performance and quality, the ability to trace the performance of critical business transactions, and allows administrators to access detailed information regarding the hardware and software components of a distributed application or service.
Brad Anderson, Microsoft's CVP, Management & Security Division, said, "Bringing together the capabilities of Operations Manager with the enhancements from AVIcode enables organizations to truly get the 360-degree view of their service-independent of where the service is hosted, whether a data center/cloud, in a partner's hosted data center/cloud, or from a public cloud solution such as Windows Azure."
Microsoft, a software provider, today announced the acquisition of AVIcode, a company that develops a realtime application monitoring software for the .NET Framework. The company says that the acquisition will help provide its customers with unified management for physical, virtualized and cloud applications, whether they are running in a customer, service provider or the company's data center. Terms of the deal were not disclosed by it.
According to the company, AVIcode's software will be available through its System Center product family. AVIcode's products include a variety of application monitoring services for the full application lifecycle. AVIcode's monitoring capabilities includes, a specialized Silverlight monitoring product, data on how an end user measures an application's performance and quality, the ability to trace the performance of critical business transactions, and allows administrators to access detailed information regarding the hardware and software components of a distributed application or service.
Brad Anderson, Microsoft's CVP, Management & Security Division, said, "Bringing together the capabilities of Operations Manager with the enhancements from AVIcode enables organizations to truly get the 360-degree view of their service-independent of where the service is hosted, whether a data center/cloud, in a partner's hosted data center/cloud, or from a public cloud solution such as Windows Azure."
Hosting Metro Acquires Bizwala Hosting
The move expands the company's customer support through a dedicated 24-hour support line.
Hosting Metro, a hosting provider, today announced that it has acquired Bizwala Hosting, a hosting provider. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed by the company.
It mentions that this is the company's second acquisition in two months. The company bought Win Web Hosting in August. With the acquisition of Bizwala, the company will move its existing services and marketing to its own operations.
The company states that the move expands its customer support through a dedicated 24-hour support line, as well as additional hosting features previously unavailable to Bizwala Hosting customers including expanded VPS options, dedicated servers and shared hosting. As part of the transition, the company is also expanding its colocation capabilities by expanding its Western US operations and giving its customers the ability to colocate in Dallas or Las Vegas. Jon Remund, former CEO of Bizwala Hosting, will stay on with the new company and will continue to provide development and design services dedicated to the Hosting Metro community.
"By acquiring Bizwala Hosting, we looked to increase our hosting options on the west coast and improve our dedicated server management capabilities by integrating the knowledge of Bizwala's support team and technology into our already reliable infrastructure," said Tony Chu, CEO of Hosting Metro. "As a hosting company who specializes in business-class web hosting and support, these added capabilities are something that our customers have been asking for. We want to give our customers every edge to compete in today's market and with Bizwala onboard we believe that we have done just that."
Hosting Metro, a hosting provider, today announced that it has acquired Bizwala Hosting, a hosting provider. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed by the company.
It mentions that this is the company's second acquisition in two months. The company bought Win Web Hosting in August. With the acquisition of Bizwala, the company will move its existing services and marketing to its own operations.
The company states that the move expands its customer support through a dedicated 24-hour support line, as well as additional hosting features previously unavailable to Bizwala Hosting customers including expanded VPS options, dedicated servers and shared hosting. As part of the transition, the company is also expanding its colocation capabilities by expanding its Western US operations and giving its customers the ability to colocate in Dallas or Las Vegas. Jon Remund, former CEO of Bizwala Hosting, will stay on with the new company and will continue to provide development and design services dedicated to the Hosting Metro community.
"By acquiring Bizwala Hosting, we looked to increase our hosting options on the west coast and improve our dedicated server management capabilities by integrating the knowledge of Bizwala's support team and technology into our already reliable infrastructure," said Tony Chu, CEO of Hosting Metro. "As a hosting company who specializes in business-class web hosting and support, these added capabilities are something that our customers have been asking for. We want to give our customers every edge to compete in today's market and with Bizwala onboard we believe that we have done just that."
Black Lotus Partners with ServerOrigin Communications
The partnership offers customers the ability to experience DDoS protection and mitigation capabilities beyond the traditional scope of DDoS protection services.
Black Lotus, a provider of distributed denial-of-service protection solutions, yesterday announced its new partnership with ServerOrigin Communications, a provider of enterprise-grade denial-of-service mitigation and hosting services. The company claims that the partnership offers customers the ability to experience DDoS protection and mitigation capabilities beyond the traditional scope of DDoS protection services. Additionally, the partnership offers customers robust, high capacity, enterprise grade DDoS protection solutions with the ability to generate enhanced network integrity, cost reduction opportunities, and significant productivity gains.
It states that the company has officially named ServerOrigin as a Solutions Partner. ServerOrigin will be using the company's new MitigationPro appliances by IntruGuard - network behavior analysis appliances designed to stop DDoS attacks. ServerOrigin will also receive IP connectivity from the company's network in Los Angeles. ServerOrigin will combine internal, proprietary filtering technology and experience with commercially available DDoS protection solutions from the company.
The company avers that it has been providing DDoS protection services at every level, from DDoS protected dedicated servers to colocation, web hosting DDoS protection, and LotusCloud VM to prevent DDoS attacks. Its DDoS protection network is capable of multi-gigabit DDoS mitigation and can process millions of packets per second from every type of known attack.
It further states that the partnership will leverage synergies between the company's technology and ServerOrigin DDoS hosting solutions to market distributed denial of service protection more efficiently and cost effectively, resulting in an improved customer experience. Its MitigationPro DDoS platform will also allow the company and ServerOrigin to work in tandem to defeat new, zero day attacks and botnets.
"As an industry pioneer, Black Lotus brings over 10 years of DDoS mitigation experience to ServerOrigin in order to allow them to continue their rapid growth as one of the emerging leaders in the DDoS mitigated hosting and protection industry," said Jeffrey Lyon, Director of Black Lotus. "Black Lotus MitigationPro appliances will allow ServerOrigin to provide DDoS protection hosting services at a savings of at least 53%. This savings can then be passed on to ServerOrigin customers."
"ServerOrigin prides itself in creative partnerships that provide more ROI for our customers," said Kevin Hatfield, Director of Operations of ServerOrigin. "Denial-of-service is becoming a fast growing problem with average attack sizes increasing every year. The partnership with Black Lotus allows us to take advantage of the knowledge and expertise that has made Black Lotus the well-known brand that it is today. By working together with Black Lotus, we are mixing two of the best brands in the DDoS protection host industry to create a service where the customer truly benefits in terms of service and price for DDoS protected hosting services."
"Building a network resilient to large-scale DDoS attacks is a tremendous challenge," said Hatfield. "It requires vast experience, a significant investment, and ongoing upkeep in order to remain stable in the face of multi-Gbps attacks. This is where both the Black Lotus network and MitigationPro appliances shine. Black Lotus has already made a big investment and their infrastructure is a solid building block for us to continue our DDoS protection hosting business while allowing Black Lotus to do what they do best."
Black Lotus, a provider of distributed denial-of-service protection solutions, yesterday announced its new partnership with ServerOrigin Communications, a provider of enterprise-grade denial-of-service mitigation and hosting services. The company claims that the partnership offers customers the ability to experience DDoS protection and mitigation capabilities beyond the traditional scope of DDoS protection services. Additionally, the partnership offers customers robust, high capacity, enterprise grade DDoS protection solutions with the ability to generate enhanced network integrity, cost reduction opportunities, and significant productivity gains.
It states that the company has officially named ServerOrigin as a Solutions Partner. ServerOrigin will be using the company's new MitigationPro appliances by IntruGuard - network behavior analysis appliances designed to stop DDoS attacks. ServerOrigin will also receive IP connectivity from the company's network in Los Angeles. ServerOrigin will combine internal, proprietary filtering technology and experience with commercially available DDoS protection solutions from the company.
The company avers that it has been providing DDoS protection services at every level, from DDoS protected dedicated servers to colocation, web hosting DDoS protection, and LotusCloud VM to prevent DDoS attacks. Its DDoS protection network is capable of multi-gigabit DDoS mitigation and can process millions of packets per second from every type of known attack.
It further states that the partnership will leverage synergies between the company's technology and ServerOrigin DDoS hosting solutions to market distributed denial of service protection more efficiently and cost effectively, resulting in an improved customer experience. Its MitigationPro DDoS platform will also allow the company and ServerOrigin to work in tandem to defeat new, zero day attacks and botnets.
"As an industry pioneer, Black Lotus brings over 10 years of DDoS mitigation experience to ServerOrigin in order to allow them to continue their rapid growth as one of the emerging leaders in the DDoS mitigated hosting and protection industry," said Jeffrey Lyon, Director of Black Lotus. "Black Lotus MitigationPro appliances will allow ServerOrigin to provide DDoS protection hosting services at a savings of at least 53%. This savings can then be passed on to ServerOrigin customers."
"ServerOrigin prides itself in creative partnerships that provide more ROI for our customers," said Kevin Hatfield, Director of Operations of ServerOrigin. "Denial-of-service is becoming a fast growing problem with average attack sizes increasing every year. The partnership with Black Lotus allows us to take advantage of the knowledge and expertise that has made Black Lotus the well-known brand that it is today. By working together with Black Lotus, we are mixing two of the best brands in the DDoS protection host industry to create a service where the customer truly benefits in terms of service and price for DDoS protected hosting services."
"Building a network resilient to large-scale DDoS attacks is a tremendous challenge," said Hatfield. "It requires vast experience, a significant investment, and ongoing upkeep in order to remain stable in the face of multi-Gbps attacks. This is where both the Black Lotus network and MitigationPro appliances shine. Black Lotus has already made a big investment and their infrastructure is a solid building block for us to continue our DDoS protection hosting business while allowing Black Lotus to do what they do best."
SEPATON Names SVP of Business Development and Product Management
In this new role, Joe Forgione will provide focused leadership in identifying, negotiating, and executing strategic alliances and business relationships.
SEPATON, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class disk-based data protection solutions, yesterday announced the appointment of Joe Forgione as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Product Management.
The company articulates that in this new role, Forgione will provide focused leadership in identifying, negotiating, and executing strategic alliances and business relationships to enable its continued growth and to further strengthen its position as an industry leader. Forgione will also lead the company's Product Management team to ensure that its business development strategy, product development, and business development efforts are strategically aligned. He will report to Fidelma Russo, the company's Chief Operating Officer.
According to it, Forgione brings to this position extensive senior management experience in large high technology companies. Most recently, he was CEO of mValent, a data center applications management software company, where he formed a major reseller partnership with HP and subsequently negotiated mValent's acquisition by Oracle in 2009. Forgione holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of business and a BS in Engineering from MIT.
"Joe's broad experience in business development and senior management, along with his many years of experience in the information technology industry, make him a key addition to our team," said Russo. "I expect him to work very closely with our executive team to ensure our customers continue to receive the enterprise-class products and services that SEPATON customers have come to expect."
"SEPATON is taking the right approach by focusing on high-performance, grid scalability, as well as advanced reporting and management to deliver intelligent data protection," said Forgione. "That's where data protection needs to go and where our customers, partners and the market want us to take it. The unique capabilities of SEPATON's portfolio give me a strong platform upon which to build highly leveraged strategic partnerships with other major players in the industry."
SEPATON, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class disk-based data protection solutions, yesterday announced the appointment of Joe Forgione as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Product Management.
The company articulates that in this new role, Forgione will provide focused leadership in identifying, negotiating, and executing strategic alliances and business relationships to enable its continued growth and to further strengthen its position as an industry leader. Forgione will also lead the company's Product Management team to ensure that its business development strategy, product development, and business development efforts are strategically aligned. He will report to Fidelma Russo, the company's Chief Operating Officer.
According to it, Forgione brings to this position extensive senior management experience in large high technology companies. Most recently, he was CEO of mValent, a data center applications management software company, where he formed a major reseller partnership with HP and subsequently negotiated mValent's acquisition by Oracle in 2009. Forgione holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of business and a BS in Engineering from MIT.
"Joe's broad experience in business development and senior management, along with his many years of experience in the information technology industry, make him a key addition to our team," said Russo. "I expect him to work very closely with our executive team to ensure our customers continue to receive the enterprise-class products and services that SEPATON customers have come to expect."
"SEPATON is taking the right approach by focusing on high-performance, grid scalability, as well as advanced reporting and management to deliver intelligent data protection," said Forgione. "That's where data protection needs to go and where our customers, partners and the market want us to take it. The unique capabilities of SEPATON's portfolio give me a strong platform upon which to build highly leveraged strategic partnerships with other major players in the industry."
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Parallels Adds Partner Storefront to Plesk Panel 10
Small businesses get access to more than 100 applications and services through the company's Partner Storefront.
Parallels, a provider of virtualization and automation software, today announced that the Parallels Partner Storefront has been added to Parallels Plesk Panel 10 to help service providers profit from the cloud. The company avers that its Partners are preparing today to launch Parallels Plesk Panel 10 for general release in early November. It adds that Parallels Partner Storefront, formerly known as Parallels Partner Marketplace, will allow customers to select, purchase and install more than 100 applications quickly and easily while ordering, licensing, billing and subscriptions are managed through the storefront.
The company mentions that it will be making available more than 100 applications and services, including commercial solutions such as Norton Internet Security, Kaspersky Mail Anti-Virus, Mobile Web by Unity Mobile, Persony Web Conferencing and KeepIt online backup, plus popular open source solutions such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and an array of SSL certificates and domain registration services. New applications and services will be added to the storefront over time.
It articulates that the complexity of IT can easily become an expensive and time-consuming distraction for small businesses. Acquiring applications and services through the cloud removes both the significant initial expense of in-house IT operations, and simplifies decision-making as small businesses can get a range of services from a single provider they already work with and trust. The company's Partners interested in generating additional revenue can activate their customized storefront by visiting http://www.parallels.com/products/plesk/storefront.
"Service providers already serve hundreds of millions of small businesses globally," said Jack Zubarev, President of Marketing and Alliances at Parallels. "These providers can now easily launch their own branded storefront and grow revenue by offering an array of applications and services to their small business customers."
"What attracts us to the Parallels Partner Storefront is its simplicity. Integrated with Parallels Plesk Panel 10, it delivers a centralized control panel that allows us to manage our small business customer requests," said Charles Nix, Public Relations Manager, ZipServers. "Our customers can access the cloud applications they need in a few clicks while all the back-end management of the transaction is managed by Parallels, allowing us to get on with our core business."
"Parallels Partner Storefront helps us target small business customers and become more successful," said Daniel West, CEO at Unity Mobile. "In partnership with Parallels we are delivering our innovative solution to convert mobile opportunities to revenue for small businesses."
Parallels, a provider of virtualization and automation software, today announced that the Parallels Partner Storefront has been added to Parallels Plesk Panel 10 to help service providers profit from the cloud. The company avers that its Partners are preparing today to launch Parallels Plesk Panel 10 for general release in early November. It adds that Parallels Partner Storefront, formerly known as Parallels Partner Marketplace, will allow customers to select, purchase and install more than 100 applications quickly and easily while ordering, licensing, billing and subscriptions are managed through the storefront.
The company mentions that it will be making available more than 100 applications and services, including commercial solutions such as Norton Internet Security, Kaspersky Mail Anti-Virus, Mobile Web by Unity Mobile, Persony Web Conferencing and KeepIt online backup, plus popular open source solutions such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and an array of SSL certificates and domain registration services. New applications and services will be added to the storefront over time.
It articulates that the complexity of IT can easily become an expensive and time-consuming distraction for small businesses. Acquiring applications and services through the cloud removes both the significant initial expense of in-house IT operations, and simplifies decision-making as small businesses can get a range of services from a single provider they already work with and trust. The company's Partners interested in generating additional revenue can activate their customized storefront by visiting http://www.parallels.com/products/plesk/storefront.
"Service providers already serve hundreds of millions of small businesses globally," said Jack Zubarev, President of Marketing and Alliances at Parallels. "These providers can now easily launch their own branded storefront and grow revenue by offering an array of applications and services to their small business customers."
"What attracts us to the Parallels Partner Storefront is its simplicity. Integrated with Parallels Plesk Panel 10, it delivers a centralized control panel that allows us to manage our small business customer requests," said Charles Nix, Public Relations Manager, ZipServers. "Our customers can access the cloud applications they need in a few clicks while all the back-end management of the transaction is managed by Parallels, allowing us to get on with our core business."
"Parallels Partner Storefront helps us target small business customers and become more successful," said Daniel West, CEO at Unity Mobile. "In partnership with Parallels we are delivering our innovative solution to convert mobile opportunities to revenue for small businesses."
GlobalSign Expands Digital Certificate Portfolio for Channel Partners
Company offers a comprehensive Digital Certificate product range available through its Partner Program, further maximizing the reselling opportunity to partners.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that it has expanded its product portfolio available to channel partners to include its full range of Client Certificates. The company mentions that in addition to partners being able to resell SSL Certificates to secure customer websites, it has expanded the reseller opportunity by enabling partners to offer customers Digital Certificates for securing code, encrypting email, digitally signing documents and utilizing the online authentication capabilities of browsers and VPNs.
It avers that the company now offers a comprehensive range of Digital Certificates available via its partner program, consisting of:
* SSL - activates the browser padlock and green bar and signifies to consumers the connection with the website they are visiting is secure
* Code Signing - enables developers to digitally sign (virtual world equivalent of shrink wrapping) and bind their authenticated publisher identity to the software they distribute
* PersonalSign - enables users to digitally sign and encrypt email using mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, digitally sign Microsoft Office documents, as well as authenticate to online resources via browser based VPNs
* DocumentSign - enables users to digitally sign Adobe PDF documents to prove authenticity, authorship, and time of creation
The company explains that its on-demand Digital Certificate management platform, known as the GlobalSign Certificate Center (GCC), provides partners with a single Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to manage the application, issuance and renewal for their customer's Digital Certificate requirements. Existing SSL Certificate resellers will see additional features within their account allowing them to resell all types of Client Certificates, whilst new resellers upon sign up will be given access to a new GCC account enabling them to start reselling certificates easily, quickly and effectively. Via its Certificate Center, partners can also benefit from centralized purchasing and reporting functions, granular user management (essential for organizations with distributed departments) and simplified ordering and renewal processes.
It further explains that verticals like consultants, integrators and independent software vendors will now be able to benefit from the variety of Client Certificates available for resale. For example, companies consulting on FDA ESG document submission practices can directly offer PersonalSign Digital IDs that can be used during the submission process, or Developers building client applications can directly offer Code Signing Certificates used for securing their clients' code, and Engineering and Construction Consultants can directly offer DocumentSign solutions typically used to digitally sign engineering and product PDFs.
The company states that its existing partners will also immediately reap the benefits of implementing additional Digital Certificates within their product portfolios, as brands become more competitive, substantial revenue opportunities are opened, and the amount of revenue received per customer maximized - all with minimal costs and fast go-to-market. Its Pay As You Go, no commit purchasing scheme, web based certificate management interface and comprehensive marketing support, furthermore enhance the channel reselling opportunity that the company has to offer, aiding its success within the Digital Certificate Market.
"Since the launch of our SSL Reselling program back in July 2007, we have seen an unprecedented number of partners, large and small alike, take advantage of the business opportunities that reselling GlobalSign's industry leading SSL Certificates has to offer," said Lila Kee, Vice President of Product Development, GlobalSign. "By expanding our channel portfolio to include Client Certificates we hope to attract a wider channel audience who can benefit from integrating GlobalSign's security solutions into their core product range, favorably positioning themselves against their industry specific competition."
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that it has expanded its product portfolio available to channel partners to include its full range of Client Certificates. The company mentions that in addition to partners being able to resell SSL Certificates to secure customer websites, it has expanded the reseller opportunity by enabling partners to offer customers Digital Certificates for securing code, encrypting email, digitally signing documents and utilizing the online authentication capabilities of browsers and VPNs.
It avers that the company now offers a comprehensive range of Digital Certificates available via its partner program, consisting of:
* SSL - activates the browser padlock and green bar and signifies to consumers the connection with the website they are visiting is secure
* Code Signing - enables developers to digitally sign (virtual world equivalent of shrink wrapping) and bind their authenticated publisher identity to the software they distribute
* PersonalSign - enables users to digitally sign and encrypt email using mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, digitally sign Microsoft Office documents, as well as authenticate to online resources via browser based VPNs
* DocumentSign - enables users to digitally sign Adobe PDF documents to prove authenticity, authorship, and time of creation
The company explains that its on-demand Digital Certificate management platform, known as the GlobalSign Certificate Center (GCC), provides partners with a single Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to manage the application, issuance and renewal for their customer's Digital Certificate requirements. Existing SSL Certificate resellers will see additional features within their account allowing them to resell all types of Client Certificates, whilst new resellers upon sign up will be given access to a new GCC account enabling them to start reselling certificates easily, quickly and effectively. Via its Certificate Center, partners can also benefit from centralized purchasing and reporting functions, granular user management (essential for organizations with distributed departments) and simplified ordering and renewal processes.
It further explains that verticals like consultants, integrators and independent software vendors will now be able to benefit from the variety of Client Certificates available for resale. For example, companies consulting on FDA ESG document submission practices can directly offer PersonalSign Digital IDs that can be used during the submission process, or Developers building client applications can directly offer Code Signing Certificates used for securing their clients' code, and Engineering and Construction Consultants can directly offer DocumentSign solutions typically used to digitally sign engineering and product PDFs.
The company states that its existing partners will also immediately reap the benefits of implementing additional Digital Certificates within their product portfolios, as brands become more competitive, substantial revenue opportunities are opened, and the amount of revenue received per customer maximized - all with minimal costs and fast go-to-market. Its Pay As You Go, no commit purchasing scheme, web based certificate management interface and comprehensive marketing support, furthermore enhance the channel reselling opportunity that the company has to offer, aiding its success within the Digital Certificate Market.
"Since the launch of our SSL Reselling program back in July 2007, we have seen an unprecedented number of partners, large and small alike, take advantage of the business opportunities that reselling GlobalSign's industry leading SSL Certificates has to offer," said Lila Kee, Vice President of Product Development, GlobalSign. "By expanding our channel portfolio to include Client Certificates we hope to attract a wider channel audience who can benefit from integrating GlobalSign's security solutions into their core product range, favorably positioning themselves against their industry specific competition."
Arsys Launches CloudBuilder in the Spanish Market
The cloud solution enables investment in IT infrastructures to be cut by up to 73%.
Arsys, a provider of internet services, today announced that it has launched CloudBuilder in the Spanish market. The company says that the service was presented to trade specialists today at the SIMO Network 2010 event, and is now available on www.cloudbuilder.es.
The company states that CloudBuilder is a cloud hosting solution in Spain that enables customers to have their own technology infrastructures adaptable to peaks and troughs in demand, with an efficient pay-per-use system. CloudBuilder enables projects to be developed more efficiently than with conventional hosting services, as it eliminates the need to have under-used resources, thus reducing the investment entailed by technology infrastructure by up to 73%.
It further states that CloudBuilder users administer their own virtual data centre via a simple control panel that enables them to configure numerous technical resources: CPU, memory, local storage, shared storage, templates, ISO, firewall policies, IP addressing, server connectivity, load balancing groups, server grouping, back-ups, operating systems and applications. These resources are customized in small sections of elements so that users only hire those services that they actually need and not others that will then be under-used. The service is thus adjusted to fit the specific needs of each business. The CloudBuilder Privado extension enables users to choose between different levels of isolation for their virtual data centers: they can have their own, exclusive IT resources (and opt for different levels of VPN (Virtual Private Network) isolation) in their own private cloud.
The company claims that the availability of the data housed in CloudBuilder is backed up technologically by its cloud hosting platform, which uses technologies in each sector, such as the VMware vSphere cloud operating system, IBM servers, 3PAR storage containers and the company data centre, capable of handling over 15,000 servers. It avers that these technical assurances are supplemented by the company's 24/7 in-house customer service and stringent service level agreements (SLAs), which feature compensation for unavailability of up to 20 times the amount contracted. Moreover, the company's cloud hosting platform is located in Spain, and CloudBuilder complies with Spanish legislation on data protection (LOPD).
Nieves Franco, Commercial Manager of Arsys, said, "CloudBuilder enables each firm to configure its own cloud in minutes, tailored to its own needs, to launch an advertising campaign or support corporate applications. It is the solution that Spanish firms were calling out for, and it enables them to outsource their infrastructures with full guarantees and profitability and avoid having to concern themselves with technical issues unrelated to their business."
Arsys, a provider of internet services, today announced that it has launched CloudBuilder in the Spanish market. The company says that the service was presented to trade specialists today at the SIMO Network 2010 event, and is now available on www.cloudbuilder.es.
The company states that CloudBuilder is a cloud hosting solution in Spain that enables customers to have their own technology infrastructures adaptable to peaks and troughs in demand, with an efficient pay-per-use system. CloudBuilder enables projects to be developed more efficiently than with conventional hosting services, as it eliminates the need to have under-used resources, thus reducing the investment entailed by technology infrastructure by up to 73%.
It further states that CloudBuilder users administer their own virtual data centre via a simple control panel that enables them to configure numerous technical resources: CPU, memory, local storage, shared storage, templates, ISO, firewall policies, IP addressing, server connectivity, load balancing groups, server grouping, back-ups, operating systems and applications. These resources are customized in small sections of elements so that users only hire those services that they actually need and not others that will then be under-used. The service is thus adjusted to fit the specific needs of each business. The CloudBuilder Privado extension enables users to choose between different levels of isolation for their virtual data centers: they can have their own, exclusive IT resources (and opt for different levels of VPN (Virtual Private Network) isolation) in their own private cloud.
The company claims that the availability of the data housed in CloudBuilder is backed up technologically by its cloud hosting platform, which uses technologies in each sector, such as the VMware vSphere cloud operating system, IBM servers, 3PAR storage containers and the company data centre, capable of handling over 15,000 servers. It avers that these technical assurances are supplemented by the company's 24/7 in-house customer service and stringent service level agreements (SLAs), which feature compensation for unavailability of up to 20 times the amount contracted. Moreover, the company's cloud hosting platform is located in Spain, and CloudBuilder complies with Spanish legislation on data protection (LOPD).
Nieves Franco, Commercial Manager of Arsys, said, "CloudBuilder enables each firm to configure its own cloud in minutes, tailored to its own needs, to launch an advertising campaign or support corporate applications. It is the solution that Spanish firms were calling out for, and it enables them to outsource their infrastructures with full guarantees and profitability and avoid having to concern themselves with technical issues unrelated to their business."
Tiscali Partners with Scality
Tiscali selects the company to develop its high performance cloud storage services.
Scality, a developer of scalable object storage software for email and cloud storage applications, today announced that Tiscali S.p.A., an alternative telecommunications provider, has selected the company and its object-based RING storage platform to develop its own public cloud service platform in Italy.
The company articulates that Scality RING is an object-based storage software infrastructure that enables mail service providers, hosted services providers and Telco companies to offer the high performance of a storage area network with the cost savings and scalability of the cloud. Its technology will allow Tiscali to manage a storage pool with unlimited capacity, sure in the knowledge that data is completely load-balanced and replicated so that, when a drive or a whole machine fails - for whatever reason - the data integrity of the storage pool remains intact.
According to it, the Scality RING platform creates a series of nodes that are built using off-the-shelf servers. Each node on the RING controls its own segment of the overall storage pool. By monitoring other segments and constantly replicating - as well as load balancing - the data, the storage becomes self-healing in the event of a drive or segment of the pool failing for whatever reason. As well as supporting a 'no single point of failure' storage pool, the resultant cloud storage service is available 24x7 to end user businesses with no service interruptions whatsoever.
Jerome Lecat, Scality's CEO, said, "We have a long lasting relationship with Tiscali. We are very proud of this renewed trust under these new Cloud Storage services. Our hardware-agnostic technology is a perfect fit for Tiscali. The power and unlimited scalability of our RING technology will allow Tiscali to retain its data close to customers, meaning that lower latency and higher reliability levels become an integral feature of its REST compliant range of cloud services."
"Scalable, reliable and cost-effective storage lies at the heart of offering carrier-grade cloud services," explained Salvatore Pulvirenti, Tiscali's CIO. "We found with Scality's RING technology the best software solution to develop the new service platform we are planning to market in the next future."
Scality, a developer of scalable object storage software for email and cloud storage applications, today announced that Tiscali S.p.A., an alternative telecommunications provider, has selected the company and its object-based RING storage platform to develop its own public cloud service platform in Italy.
The company articulates that Scality RING is an object-based storage software infrastructure that enables mail service providers, hosted services providers and Telco companies to offer the high performance of a storage area network with the cost savings and scalability of the cloud. Its technology will allow Tiscali to manage a storage pool with unlimited capacity, sure in the knowledge that data is completely load-balanced and replicated so that, when a drive or a whole machine fails - for whatever reason - the data integrity of the storage pool remains intact.
According to it, the Scality RING platform creates a series of nodes that are built using off-the-shelf servers. Each node on the RING controls its own segment of the overall storage pool. By monitoring other segments and constantly replicating - as well as load balancing - the data, the storage becomes self-healing in the event of a drive or segment of the pool failing for whatever reason. As well as supporting a 'no single point of failure' storage pool, the resultant cloud storage service is available 24x7 to end user businesses with no service interruptions whatsoever.
Jerome Lecat, Scality's CEO, said, "We have a long lasting relationship with Tiscali. We are very proud of this renewed trust under these new Cloud Storage services. Our hardware-agnostic technology is a perfect fit for Tiscali. The power and unlimited scalability of our RING technology will allow Tiscali to retain its data close to customers, meaning that lower latency and higher reliability levels become an integral feature of its REST compliant range of cloud services."
"Scalable, reliable and cost-effective storage lies at the heart of offering carrier-grade cloud services," explained Salvatore Pulvirenti, Tiscali's CIO. "We found with Scality's RING technology the best software solution to develop the new service platform we are planning to market in the next future."
Monday, October 4, 2010
ViaWest Acquires Consonus Data Center Assets in Salt Lake City
Acquisition increases the company's footprint in Utah to six data centers.
ViaWest, a provider of managed hosting solutions, today announced the acquisition of the Utah data center assets of Consonus, a provider of managed IT services and data center facilities. The company claims that with the acquisition, it will increase its footprint to six data centers encompassing approximately 100,000 square feet of usable raised floor in the greater Salt Lake City area.
It mentions that heading up the its consolidation will be Bob Newman, the company's Senior Vice President & Utah General Manager, and a former IT Director at the LDS Church. Bob will be managing all aspects of the integration of the business and customer base, as well as the day to day operational elements.
"Consonus has been at the very heart of the Utah data center business for years," said Roy J. Dimoff, ViaWest's Chairman & CEO. "ViaWest's acquisition of these data centers, including their marquee customers and dedicated professional staff, significantly increases our service capabilities in the Utah market. This is an excellent opportunity for ViaWest to deliver essential services to a discerning and growing customer base."
"With the acquisition, we will have over 50 employees in Utah, and we only see that number growing in the near future," said Bob Newman. "Salt Lake City has deep technology roots and a great business community that drives innovation. ViaWest's expansion in the market demonstrates our intent to support that innovation, and partner in the technology community's growth."
"We are pleased that our customers and employees are now going to be part of the ViaWest family, and would like to express our sincere gratitude to them for their contribution to the success of Consonus," stated Nana Baffour, Executive Chairman of Consonus Technologies & Managing Principal of Knox Lawrence International. "We are confident these customers will continue to receive the same high level of offerings and support from ViaWest that they have become accustomed to."
ViaWest, a provider of managed hosting solutions, today announced the acquisition of the Utah data center assets of Consonus, a provider of managed IT services and data center facilities. The company claims that with the acquisition, it will increase its footprint to six data centers encompassing approximately 100,000 square feet of usable raised floor in the greater Salt Lake City area.
It mentions that heading up the its consolidation will be Bob Newman, the company's Senior Vice President & Utah General Manager, and a former IT Director at the LDS Church. Bob will be managing all aspects of the integration of the business and customer base, as well as the day to day operational elements.
"Consonus has been at the very heart of the Utah data center business for years," said Roy J. Dimoff, ViaWest's Chairman & CEO. "ViaWest's acquisition of these data centers, including their marquee customers and dedicated professional staff, significantly increases our service capabilities in the Utah market. This is an excellent opportunity for ViaWest to deliver essential services to a discerning and growing customer base."
"With the acquisition, we will have over 50 employees in Utah, and we only see that number growing in the near future," said Bob Newman. "Salt Lake City has deep technology roots and a great business community that drives innovation. ViaWest's expansion in the market demonstrates our intent to support that innovation, and partner in the technology community's growth."
"We are pleased that our customers and employees are now going to be part of the ViaWest family, and would like to express our sincere gratitude to them for their contribution to the success of Consonus," stated Nana Baffour, Executive Chairman of Consonus Technologies & Managing Principal of Knox Lawrence International. "We are confident these customers will continue to receive the same high level of offerings and support from ViaWest that they have become accustomed to."
Neutral Tandem Completes Acquisition of Tinet SpA
The combination expands the company's IP-based network internationally, enabling global end to end delivery of wholesale Voice, IP Transit and Ethernet solutions.
Neutral Tandem, Inc., a provider of interconnection services, recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Tinet, SpA, a global carrier exclusively committed to the IP and Ethernet wholesale market. The company avers that the combination immediately expands its IP-based network internationally, enabling global end to end delivery of wholesale Voice, IP Transit and Ethernet solutions. It adds that the acquired business will now be a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.
According to it, the company and Tinet announced the signing of a definitive agreement on September 9, 2010. To acquire Tinet, the company paid cash consideration of approximately 74.5 million Euros (approximately $99.8 million), which reflects certain purchase price adjustments and includes the following assumption of cash and repayment of long-term debt. As part of the 74.5 million Euros purchase price, it assumed approximately 5.2 million Euros in cash (approximately $7 million) and caused Tinet to pay off approximately 18.2 million Euros in long-term debt (approximately $24.4 million).
"We believe that this deal will allow us to leverage our core competencies, expand our global footprint, accelerate our Ethernet initiatives and move beyond voice into data solutions," said Rian Wren, President and CEO of Neutral Tandem. "We are pleased to have completed this acquisition and are excited to begin our efforts to capitalize on the new opportunities created by the transaction."
Neutral Tandem, Inc., a provider of interconnection services, recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Tinet, SpA, a global carrier exclusively committed to the IP and Ethernet wholesale market. The company avers that the combination immediately expands its IP-based network internationally, enabling global end to end delivery of wholesale Voice, IP Transit and Ethernet solutions. It adds that the acquired business will now be a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.
According to it, the company and Tinet announced the signing of a definitive agreement on September 9, 2010. To acquire Tinet, the company paid cash consideration of approximately 74.5 million Euros (approximately $99.8 million), which reflects certain purchase price adjustments and includes the following assumption of cash and repayment of long-term debt. As part of the 74.5 million Euros purchase price, it assumed approximately 5.2 million Euros in cash (approximately $7 million) and caused Tinet to pay off approximately 18.2 million Euros in long-term debt (approximately $24.4 million).
"We believe that this deal will allow us to leverage our core competencies, expand our global footprint, accelerate our Ethernet initiatives and move beyond voice into data solutions," said Rian Wren, President and CEO of Neutral Tandem. "We are pleased to have completed this acquisition and are excited to begin our efforts to capitalize on the new opportunities created by the transaction."
Flax Partners with Lucid Imagination
Partnership to further enable the company to supply and support search solutions.
Flax, a search solutions provider, today announced that it has been selected as authorized partner by Lucid Imagination, the commercial provider of Apache Lucene technology.
The company articulates that Apache Lucene and Solr, available as open source software from the Apache Software Foundation, are powerful, scalable, reliable and fully-featured search technologies. Solr is the Lucene Search Server, making it easy to build search applications for the enterprise. It will offer installation, integration and commercial support packages for Lucene and Solr, backed by Lucid Imagination.
Charlie Hull, who leads the Flax team, said, "Solr is a powerful, scalable search engine already in use at some of the world's leading companies, including The Guardian, Elsevier, The Motley Fool, and Cisco. Our long experience in implementing search solutions using open source technology made this partnership a natural fit. We're very excited about the partnership and how it will further enable us to supply and support cutting-edge search solutions." Companies such as the Newspaper Licensing Agency, Mydeco and the University of Cambridge have already benefited from the expertise of the Flax team.
"The Lucene/Solr ecosystem is growing at an accelerated rate, with more and more organizations enjoying the economic benefits and flexibility of the open source model," said Eric Gries, CEO of Lucid Imagination. "The Flax team, with their decades of experience implementing search solutions, are perfectly placed to help customers create a search strategy for competitive advantage."
Flax, a search solutions provider, today announced that it has been selected as authorized partner by Lucid Imagination, the commercial provider of Apache Lucene technology.
The company articulates that Apache Lucene and Solr, available as open source software from the Apache Software Foundation, are powerful, scalable, reliable and fully-featured search technologies. Solr is the Lucene Search Server, making it easy to build search applications for the enterprise. It will offer installation, integration and commercial support packages for Lucene and Solr, backed by Lucid Imagination.
Charlie Hull, who leads the Flax team, said, "Solr is a powerful, scalable search engine already in use at some of the world's leading companies, including The Guardian, Elsevier, The Motley Fool, and Cisco. Our long experience in implementing search solutions using open source technology made this partnership a natural fit. We're very excited about the partnership and how it will further enable us to supply and support cutting-edge search solutions." Companies such as the Newspaper Licensing Agency, Mydeco and the University of Cambridge have already benefited from the expertise of the Flax team.
"The Lucene/Solr ecosystem is growing at an accelerated rate, with more and more organizations enjoying the economic benefits and flexibility of the open source model," said Eric Gries, CEO of Lucid Imagination. "The Flax team, with their decades of experience implementing search solutions, are perfectly placed to help customers create a search strategy for competitive advantage."
Mozilla Joins Open Invention Network
This week Mozilla joined Open Invention Network as a licensee. OIN is an organization which helps protect the Linux ecosystem by building a variety of defenses against patent attacks. These defenses include both traditional mechanisms, like defensive patent pools, and more innovative approaches, like the Linux Defenders project, which uses a variety of methods to proactively prevent the publication of particularly egregious patents. As a licensee, we’ll have access to OIN resources in case we’re threatened by operating entities with patents, and over time we’ll likely become more involved in providing our own ideas and resources to OIN projects.
Patents owned by Open Invention Network are available royalty-free to any company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System. By joining, Mozilla receives cross-licenses from other OIN licensees, but more importantly, for the long term, it affords us a chance to work with OIN in reducing IP threats to open source development and innovation. This may include a defensive publications program that would make it harder for others to patent work created by Mozilla contributors, sharing defensive tactics, and cooperation to minimize patent threats.
This doesn’t mean we’re suddenly enthused about patents in any way, but OIN is doing some good work, and I believe that any protections that they afford Mozilla are on the whole more positive, and outweigh reservations about the patent the system.
Patents owned by Open Invention Network are available royalty-free to any company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System. By joining, Mozilla receives cross-licenses from other OIN licensees, but more importantly, for the long term, it affords us a chance to work with OIN in reducing IP threats to open source development and innovation. This may include a defensive publications program that would make it harder for others to patent work created by Mozilla contributors, sharing defensive tactics, and cooperation to minimize patent threats.
This doesn’t mean we’re suddenly enthused about patents in any way, but OIN is doing some good work, and I believe that any protections that they afford Mozilla are on the whole more positive, and outweigh reservations about the patent the system.
Network Solutions Free Webinar Shows How a Website Redesign can Improve Results
Network Solutions® will offer a free webinar on September 28, 2010 at 2 pm EDT, for businesses interested in learning how a website redesign can improve their results. The webinar will discuss the basics of website redesign and navigation, as well as how changes in both can help convert visitors into customers.
Herndon, VA — September 21, 2010 – Network Solutions® is inviting small businesses to learn how a website redesign can improve their results in a free webinar on September 28, 2010, at 2 pm EDT. During the hour-long webinar, attendees will learn about the basics of website design and navigation and how they impact sales.
“Website design is so much more than what initially meets the eye,” said Randy Windsor, Network Solutions Marketing Manager. “And while all websites are unique, there are certain elements of website design and navigation that can improve any website’s performance.”
Attendees will learn about best practices in website design and navigation and how following these practices can keep visitors coming back to their website. The webinar will also offer website design tips that can help convert visitors into customers.
“In today’s competitive market, having a strong website is an absolute essential for businesses of all sizes,” Windsor added. “A professional, well-designed website can help any business increase visibility, promote awareness of its products and establish credibility.”
Herndon, VA — September 21, 2010 – Network Solutions® is inviting small businesses to learn how a website redesign can improve their results in a free webinar on September 28, 2010, at 2 pm EDT. During the hour-long webinar, attendees will learn about the basics of website design and navigation and how they impact sales.
“Website design is so much more than what initially meets the eye,” said Randy Windsor, Network Solutions Marketing Manager. “And while all websites are unique, there are certain elements of website design and navigation that can improve any website’s performance.”
Attendees will learn about best practices in website design and navigation and how following these practices can keep visitors coming back to their website. The webinar will also offer website design tips that can help convert visitors into customers.
“In today’s competitive market, having a strong website is an absolute essential for businesses of all sizes,” Windsor added. “A professional, well-designed website can help any business increase visibility, promote awareness of its products and establish credibility.”
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Top 5 blogger forums
Recently I was looking for some good-looking templates. The default templates being provided in the Blogger when you create a blog just bore me. I was looking for some really cool templates, which may be 3-column blog template, or 2 column blog templates.
So here I am sharing with you the best of templates, which I like most, and which I could use to change my default Blogger template.
1 - Blogger forum
2 - Bloggertalk Forum
3 - Bloggeries blogger forum
4 - Forum for bloggers
5 - Blogger Talk
So here I am sharing with you the best of templates, which I like most, and which I could use to change my default Blogger template.
1 - Blogger forum
2 - Bloggertalk Forum
3 - Bloggeries blogger forum
4 - Forum for bloggers
5 - Blogger Talk
Ranking Global - Top Ten
1 http://google.com
The search Engine which helps you to search Images, Maps, News, Books Etc., It Provides Gmail, Orkut, Youtube and also Many Popular Application like Sketchup, Picasa, Google Earth, Gtalk Etc.,
2 http://facebook.com
The Yahoo's Product It is a social Networking utility that connects people, to keep touch with friends, Here u Can upload photos, share links and Much More.
3 http://youtube.com
Youtube - Broadcast yourself, Search, watch & enjoy any videos. You can Upload Your Valuable Videos and Publish to the world. You Need to just sign up then u can tag and share.
4 http://yahoo.com
yahoo the Powerful Search Engine. It Provides Chatrooms, yahoomail, Current affairs, Cinemas etc., For more yahoo Products you can search everything.yahoo.com.
5 http://live.com
Windows Live is Search engine from Microsoft. You can search Images, Music, Videos, News Etc., It Also Provide Famous search Engine http://Bing.com
6 http://baidu.com
This is the leading Chinese language search engine. It provides simple and reliable search for users.
7 http://wikipedia.com
It is free Encyclopedia Provides the article for any word in the world.
8 http://blogger.com
Create your blog with Beautiful templates. Customize your layout, fonts, colors and more. Share your thoughts, photos, and more with your friends and the world. Easy to use. It’s easy to post text, photos, and videos from the web or your mobile phone.
9 http://msn.com
Famous for shopping, news and money, e-mail, search, and chat.
10 http://qq.com
It is also a Chinese Search Engine You can Search the web, images, videos etc.,
The search Engine which helps you to search Images, Maps, News, Books Etc., It Provides Gmail, Orkut, Youtube and also Many Popular Application like Sketchup, Picasa, Google Earth, Gtalk Etc.,
2 http://facebook.com
The Yahoo's Product It is a social Networking utility that connects people, to keep touch with friends, Here u Can upload photos, share links and Much More.
3 http://youtube.com
Youtube - Broadcast yourself, Search, watch & enjoy any videos. You can Upload Your Valuable Videos and Publish to the world. You Need to just sign up then u can tag and share.
4 http://yahoo.com
yahoo the Powerful Search Engine. It Provides Chatrooms, yahoomail, Current affairs, Cinemas etc., For more yahoo Products you can search everything.yahoo.com.
5 http://live.com
Windows Live is Search engine from Microsoft. You can search Images, Music, Videos, News Etc., It Also Provide Famous search Engine http://Bing.com
6 http://baidu.com
This is the leading Chinese language search engine. It provides simple and reliable search for users.
7 http://wikipedia.com
It is free Encyclopedia Provides the article for any word in the world.
8 http://blogger.com
Create your blog with Beautiful templates. Customize your layout, fonts, colors and more. Share your thoughts, photos, and more with your friends and the world. Easy to use. It’s easy to post text, photos, and videos from the web or your mobile phone.
9 http://msn.com
Famous for shopping, news and money, e-mail, search, and chat.
10 http://qq.com
It is also a Chinese Search Engine You can Search the web, images, videos etc.,
Saturday, October 2, 2010
1&1 Internet Announces Hosting Promotion
Company offers 6 months free in 1&1 Home hosting and 1&1 Home eShop packages.
1&1 Internet Ltd, a web hosting company, today announced competitive new offers for its shared hosting packages and ecommerce solutions. The company says that until 31 October, it will offer the 1&1 Home hosting package and the 1&1 Home eShop package free for the first 6 months of a new contract. Both products allow businesses and consumers alike to develop a unique online presence using web solutions.
It states that with a new 12-month minimum contract, the 1&1 Home shared hosting package is free for the first 6 months and priced at GBP 4.99/month+VAT thereafter with a one-time set-up fee of GBP 4.99. Customers can also choose the Microsoft Windows platform to best suit their needs or skill level, with the 1&1 MS Home package also free for the first 6 months and priced at GBP 5.99/month+VAT thereafter with a one-time set-up fee of GBP 4.99. In addition to 10 GB of web space, the 1&1 Home and 1&1 MS Home hosting packages also boast 1 inclusive .UK domain, 1&1 WebsiteBuilder, 1 database, 1&1 Dynamic Content, 1&1 Online Office and unlimited website traffic. Customers currently also receive the professional web design software, NetObjects Fusion 1&1 Edition, (Windows OS only), ideal for optimizing websites for viewing on mobile devices.
The company further states that the 1&1 Home eShop (suitable for up to 100 items) is also offered with 6 months free on a new 12-month minimum contract term, then priced at GBP 4.99/month+VAT with a one-time set up fee of GBP 4.99. This ecommerce solution is well placed to serve small- to medium-sized businesses and private users in need of an economical yet effective retail business platform. Standard features include eBay integration, Shop Designer, Payment Shipping and order management modules with Kelkoo product search. The 6 months free special offer pricing also applies to new customers who combine the 1&1 Home web hosting package with a 1&1 Home eShop.
1&1 Internet Ltd, a web hosting company, today announced competitive new offers for its shared hosting packages and ecommerce solutions. The company says that until 31 October, it will offer the 1&1 Home hosting package and the 1&1 Home eShop package free for the first 6 months of a new contract. Both products allow businesses and consumers alike to develop a unique online presence using web solutions.
It states that with a new 12-month minimum contract, the 1&1 Home shared hosting package is free for the first 6 months and priced at GBP 4.99/month+VAT thereafter with a one-time set-up fee of GBP 4.99. Customers can also choose the Microsoft Windows platform to best suit their needs or skill level, with the 1&1 MS Home package also free for the first 6 months and priced at GBP 5.99/month+VAT thereafter with a one-time set-up fee of GBP 4.99. In addition to 10 GB of web space, the 1&1 Home and 1&1 MS Home hosting packages also boast 1 inclusive .UK domain, 1&1 WebsiteBuilder, 1 database, 1&1 Dynamic Content, 1&1 Online Office and unlimited website traffic. Customers currently also receive the professional web design software, NetObjects Fusion 1&1 Edition, (Windows OS only), ideal for optimizing websites for viewing on mobile devices.
The company further states that the 1&1 Home eShop (suitable for up to 100 items) is also offered with 6 months free on a new 12-month minimum contract term, then priced at GBP 4.99/month+VAT with a one-time set up fee of GBP 4.99. This ecommerce solution is well placed to serve small- to medium-sized businesses and private users in need of an economical yet effective retail business platform. Standard features include eBay integration, Shop Designer, Payment Shipping and order management modules with Kelkoo product search. The 6 months free special offer pricing also applies to new customers who combine the 1&1 Home web hosting package with a 1&1 Home eShop.
HP Names CEO and President
Leo Apotheker named CEO and President of the company; Ray Lane joins it as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board.
HP, a technology solutions provider, yesterday announced the election of Leo Apotheker as Chief Executive Officer and President. The company mentions that Apotheker, who previously served as CEO of SAP, will also join its Board of Directors. The Board of the company also elected Ray Lane, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, as a new member of the Board and designated him as Non-Executive Chairman. Both elections are effective November 1.
It articulates that during Apotheker's more than 20 years at SAP, he was a driving force in making it the largest business software applications company in the world. Apotheker helped develop and implement the most significant changes in SAP history. During his tenure, he transformed R&D and technology platforms and expanded business models and customer segments. Apotheker also helped lead SAP to 18 consecutive quarters of double-digit software revenue growth between 2004 and 2009. Lane has served on the Board of Directors of more than 20 public and private companies and joined Kleiner Perkins in 2000. The company adds that Apotheker will succeed Cathie Lesjak, who was named interim CEO in August 2010. Lesjak, who has served as its Chief Financial Officer since January 2007, remains CFO and continues to serve as a member of the Executive Council.
"Leo is a strategic thinker with a passion for technology, wide-reaching global experience and proven operational discipline - exactly what we were looking for in a CEO," said Robert Ryan, Lead Independent Director of the Board. "After more than two decades in the industry, he has a strong track record of driving technological innovation, building customer relationships and developing world-class teams."
Ryan continued, "Leo has been a leader in anticipating the transformation taking place in our industry, and we believe he is uniquely positioned to help accelerate HP's strategy. He has demonstrated success in the U.S. market and also has vast international experience - which will be a major asset as HP continues to expand globally, particularly in high-growth emerging markets. HP has the right assets and market positions, and now we have the best team to realize the company's enormous potential."
Ryan added, "Cathie is and will continue to be an important part of HP. We are extremely fortunate to have one of the deepest, most talented senior management teams in the industry and to have someone of Cathie's caliber lead HP during this interim period. On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to thank Cathie and our senior management team for maintaining HP's focus on serving customers and continuing to execute our strategy."
"HP has a powerful mix of businesses, products and services, one of the most innovative cultures in the industry, and an accomplished management team who have played a critical role in its success," said Apotheker. "I am deeply honored to be joining the more than 300,000 dedicated HP employees."
Apotheker continued, "Given HP's diversified products and services, its financial strength, and its leadership position across markets, no other company is as well positioned to drive - and profit from - the revolutionary changes under way in the marketplace. As we move forward, HP will continue to be a valued partner with our customers as well as a fierce competitor. I look forward to working with the outstanding people at HP to write the next chapter in the company's long and proud history."
"I am excited to join the Board of this pioneering company, and look forward to working closely with Leo - and the rest of the Board and senior management team - as they capitalize on the changes taking place across the industry," Lane said. "I have known and admired Leo for almost 20 years. He is ideally suited to build on HP's strong foundation, leverage its many assets and keep the company at the forefront of innovation."
HP, a technology solutions provider, yesterday announced the election of Leo Apotheker as Chief Executive Officer and President. The company mentions that Apotheker, who previously served as CEO of SAP, will also join its Board of Directors. The Board of the company also elected Ray Lane, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, as a new member of the Board and designated him as Non-Executive Chairman. Both elections are effective November 1.
It articulates that during Apotheker's more than 20 years at SAP, he was a driving force in making it the largest business software applications company in the world. Apotheker helped develop and implement the most significant changes in SAP history. During his tenure, he transformed R&D and technology platforms and expanded business models and customer segments. Apotheker also helped lead SAP to 18 consecutive quarters of double-digit software revenue growth between 2004 and 2009. Lane has served on the Board of Directors of more than 20 public and private companies and joined Kleiner Perkins in 2000. The company adds that Apotheker will succeed Cathie Lesjak, who was named interim CEO in August 2010. Lesjak, who has served as its Chief Financial Officer since January 2007, remains CFO and continues to serve as a member of the Executive Council.
"Leo is a strategic thinker with a passion for technology, wide-reaching global experience and proven operational discipline - exactly what we were looking for in a CEO," said Robert Ryan, Lead Independent Director of the Board. "After more than two decades in the industry, he has a strong track record of driving technological innovation, building customer relationships and developing world-class teams."
Ryan continued, "Leo has been a leader in anticipating the transformation taking place in our industry, and we believe he is uniquely positioned to help accelerate HP's strategy. He has demonstrated success in the U.S. market and also has vast international experience - which will be a major asset as HP continues to expand globally, particularly in high-growth emerging markets. HP has the right assets and market positions, and now we have the best team to realize the company's enormous potential."
Ryan added, "Cathie is and will continue to be an important part of HP. We are extremely fortunate to have one of the deepest, most talented senior management teams in the industry and to have someone of Cathie's caliber lead HP during this interim period. On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to thank Cathie and our senior management team for maintaining HP's focus on serving customers and continuing to execute our strategy."
"HP has a powerful mix of businesses, products and services, one of the most innovative cultures in the industry, and an accomplished management team who have played a critical role in its success," said Apotheker. "I am deeply honored to be joining the more than 300,000 dedicated HP employees."
Apotheker continued, "Given HP's diversified products and services, its financial strength, and its leadership position across markets, no other company is as well positioned to drive - and profit from - the revolutionary changes under way in the marketplace. As we move forward, HP will continue to be a valued partner with our customers as well as a fierce competitor. I look forward to working with the outstanding people at HP to write the next chapter in the company's long and proud history."
"I am excited to join the Board of this pioneering company, and look forward to working closely with Leo - and the rest of the Board and senior management team - as they capitalize on the changes taking place across the industry," Lane said. "I have known and admired Leo for almost 20 years. He is ideally suited to build on HP's strong foundation, leverage its many assets and keep the company at the forefront of innovation."
Friday, October 1, 2010
StratoGen Managed Hosting Announces VMware Hosting Promotion
Company offers VMware virtual machines at a 20% discount until 31st October 2010.
StratoGen Managed Hosting, a supplier of cloud hosting services, today announced a 20% discount until the end of October on a range of popular VMware hosting products including private VMware clouds and VMware resource pools.
The company states that its VMware hosting platform is deployed in two separate tier-3 London data centers allowing clients to deploy geographically diverse private clouds with ease. It also offers colocation in these data centers allowing customers to build out complex hybrid cloud platforms. VMware virtual machines start from as little as GBP 49 per month and include Cisco firewall service and unlimited bandwidth usage. Further details can be found at http://www.stratogen.net/products/vmware-hosting.html.
Karl Robinson, Managing Director, said, "We are seeing a shift in the market away from low quality cloud offerings to services based on VMware. Businesses realize that the mantra of zero downtime is only possible with enterprise class infrastructure including quality hardware and technical management. VMware is the only hypervisor that is designed from the ground up for enterprise cloud computing, and therefore has significant advantages over other hypervisors."
David Elliott, Technical Director, commented, "Many of our clients have already made the switch to cloud hosting, but have found downtime to be an issue with their existing provider. The StratoGen VMware platform is technically superior to the vast majority of cloud hosting offerings and that translates to guaranteed 100% uptime for our clients and consistently high performance of the virtual machines."
StratoGen Managed Hosting, a supplier of cloud hosting services, today announced a 20% discount until the end of October on a range of popular VMware hosting products including private VMware clouds and VMware resource pools.
The company states that its VMware hosting platform is deployed in two separate tier-3 London data centers allowing clients to deploy geographically diverse private clouds with ease. It also offers colocation in these data centers allowing customers to build out complex hybrid cloud platforms. VMware virtual machines start from as little as GBP 49 per month and include Cisco firewall service and unlimited bandwidth usage. Further details can be found at http://www.stratogen.net/products/vmware-hosting.html.
Karl Robinson, Managing Director, said, "We are seeing a shift in the market away from low quality cloud offerings to services based on VMware. Businesses realize that the mantra of zero downtime is only possible with enterprise class infrastructure including quality hardware and technical management. VMware is the only hypervisor that is designed from the ground up for enterprise cloud computing, and therefore has significant advantages over other hypervisors."
David Elliott, Technical Director, commented, "Many of our clients have already made the switch to cloud hosting, but have found downtime to be an issue with their existing provider. The StratoGen VMware platform is technically superior to the vast majority of cloud hosting offerings and that translates to guaranteed 100% uptime for our clients and consistently high performance of the virtual machines."
Cloudsoft Appoints Linda Bernardi to Board of Directors; Expands Management Team
Company appoints Linda Bernardi to the Board of Directors; expands its executive team with newly appointed Vice President of Sales, Paul Wiltshire.
Cloudsoft Corporation, a cloud service provider, today announced the appointment of Linda Bernardi to the Board of Directors, as well as the expansion of the company's executive team with newly appointed Vice President of Sales, Paul Wiltshire.
The company articulates that Linda Bernardi has worked with it as an advisor since its inception. She is the chair of the Board at Meteor Solutions and Banshee Bungee, sits on the Board of Director's of the SETI Institute, and is an Emeritus Board member at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. She also serves on the advisory council for Astia and Illuminate Ventures, among several others, and was elected as chair of the high-tech chapter of the National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) in January 2009. Bernardi holds a Master's Degree in applied statistics from UCLA.
According to it, Paul Wiltshire joins the company as Vice President of Sales, where he will be responsible for driving its global revenue growth and meeting increasing market demand for cloud computing software and services. Wiltshire brings more than 25 years of sales management experience in the technology sector, including senior roles at Illumix, DataPower (acquired by IBM), and Times Ten Performance Software (acquired by Oracle Corporation).
"We are thrilled to welcome Linda to Cloudsoft's Board of Directors where she can share her broad industry experience as well as market insight as we take the company to the next level," said Derek Gray, Co-founder and Chairman of Cloudsoft. "This is an exciting period of expansion and market opportunity for Cloudsoft and Linda represents the highest caliber of people we are bringing on board to help us shape the future of the cloud computing market. Likewise, Paul's extensive experience and proven skill-set will help us to build upon our success and extend the reach of the market-defining Monterey solution."
"Intelligent and automated application mobility is and will continue to be one of the key challenges that enterprises face in their migration to cloud computing," said Linda Bernardi. "Cloudsoft's highly advanced and comprehensive application mobility strategy and innovative cloud offering will play a critical role in addressing these application mobility challenges as companies move to the cloud and work to develop sophisticated and easy to administer global cloud strategies."
Cloudsoft Corporation, a cloud service provider, today announced the appointment of Linda Bernardi to the Board of Directors, as well as the expansion of the company's executive team with newly appointed Vice President of Sales, Paul Wiltshire.
The company articulates that Linda Bernardi has worked with it as an advisor since its inception. She is the chair of the Board at Meteor Solutions and Banshee Bungee, sits on the Board of Director's of the SETI Institute, and is an Emeritus Board member at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. She also serves on the advisory council for Astia and Illuminate Ventures, among several others, and was elected as chair of the high-tech chapter of the National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) in January 2009. Bernardi holds a Master's Degree in applied statistics from UCLA.
According to it, Paul Wiltshire joins the company as Vice President of Sales, where he will be responsible for driving its global revenue growth and meeting increasing market demand for cloud computing software and services. Wiltshire brings more than 25 years of sales management experience in the technology sector, including senior roles at Illumix, DataPower (acquired by IBM), and Times Ten Performance Software (acquired by Oracle Corporation).
"We are thrilled to welcome Linda to Cloudsoft's Board of Directors where she can share her broad industry experience as well as market insight as we take the company to the next level," said Derek Gray, Co-founder and Chairman of Cloudsoft. "This is an exciting period of expansion and market opportunity for Cloudsoft and Linda represents the highest caliber of people we are bringing on board to help us shape the future of the cloud computing market. Likewise, Paul's extensive experience and proven skill-set will help us to build upon our success and extend the reach of the market-defining Monterey solution."
"Intelligent and automated application mobility is and will continue to be one of the key challenges that enterprises face in their migration to cloud computing," said Linda Bernardi. "Cloudsoft's highly advanced and comprehensive application mobility strategy and innovative cloud offering will play a critical role in addressing these application mobility challenges as companies move to the cloud and work to develop sophisticated and easy to administer global cloud strategies."
Consonus Names Principal Solution Consultant
Chad Fenske joins the company as key member of Solution Development Team.
Consonus, a provider of managed IT services and data center facilities, yesterday announced that Chad Fenske, will be joining the company as Principal Solution Consultant. The company avers that with a broad background that includes application and infrastructure engineering, systems management, and strategic planning, Fenske brings an extensive skill set to it that complements current solution offerings.
It mentions that as Principal Solution Consultant, Fenske will focus on solving customer business issues through the pragmatic use of technology. A recent Technology Consultant Manager for EMC Corporation, Fenske first served the company from 1994 to 2003 and held a variety of roles, including the Director of Enterprise Computing for the Southeast region. In this capacity, Fenske led the sales engineering and professional services efforts in the Southeast and the company's expansion into new geographic markets.
"Chad is a welcomed addition to our Solution Development Team," said Vice President of Consulting and Technical Solutions Michael Overton. "His experience in helping customers reduce costs, manage growth, mitigate business risks, and increase competitive advantage through innovation will be paramount to the success of our customers. These experiences, coupled with his broad, deep industry knowledge will be a great value-add that we look forward to utilizing with our customers."
"It's a privilege to be back with such a world-class organization. I am looking forward to getting in front of our customers and helping them advance their business strategies through IT innovation," said Fenske. "Consonus and I share the same philosophy - technology investments must be driven by business needs. Quite often the best solution is composed of more than just the latest technology, and finding the optimum solution requires that one first develop a holistic understanding of the problem."
Consonus, a provider of managed IT services and data center facilities, yesterday announced that Chad Fenske, will be joining the company as Principal Solution Consultant. The company avers that with a broad background that includes application and infrastructure engineering, systems management, and strategic planning, Fenske brings an extensive skill set to it that complements current solution offerings.
It mentions that as Principal Solution Consultant, Fenske will focus on solving customer business issues through the pragmatic use of technology. A recent Technology Consultant Manager for EMC Corporation, Fenske first served the company from 1994 to 2003 and held a variety of roles, including the Director of Enterprise Computing for the Southeast region. In this capacity, Fenske led the sales engineering and professional services efforts in the Southeast and the company's expansion into new geographic markets.
"Chad is a welcomed addition to our Solution Development Team," said Vice President of Consulting and Technical Solutions Michael Overton. "His experience in helping customers reduce costs, manage growth, mitigate business risks, and increase competitive advantage through innovation will be paramount to the success of our customers. These experiences, coupled with his broad, deep industry knowledge will be a great value-add that we look forward to utilizing with our customers."
"It's a privilege to be back with such a world-class organization. I am looking forward to getting in front of our customers and helping them advance their business strategies through IT innovation," said Fenske. "Consonus and I share the same philosophy - technology investments must be driven by business needs. Quite often the best solution is composed of more than just the latest technology, and finding the optimum solution requires that one first develop a holistic understanding of the problem."
ResellerClub Announces Discounts on .IN, .CN.COM and .ASIA
Company announces a whole suite of promotions on Asian Domains as a follow up to the APAC summit this year.
ResellerClub, a leading web services provider, announced a whole suite of promotions on Asian Domains as a follow up to the APAC summit this year.
New Registrations will now be priced at $4.49 for .ASIA, $1.89 for .IN and $8.99 for .CN.COM, enabling ResellerClub's clients to avail of discounts ranging from 60% to 85%.
"As Asia's largest Registrar, we wanted to celebrate our inaugural participation in the APAC summit with a host of promos on Asian TLDs," said Bhavin Turakhia, CEO & Founder, ResellerClub.
Apart from the .ASIA, .IN, .CN.COM promotions, ResellerClub will also offer a host of other promos which can be viewed at http://www.resellerclub.com/promos.
"Our Domain Registrations have vastly increased during the Mega Bargains Month and with the launch of these new promotions and some great new Products and features, we are expecting a similar increase in the coming months," added Bhavin.
ResellerClub, a Directi Group business, is one of the largest private label Web solutions providers in the world and an industry leader in providing end-to-end automation to Domain Resellers, Web hosts, Web designers, and other Web service companies. They provide the most comprehensive product portfolio at the most competitive prices. ResellerClub currently provides their products and services and powers the backend infrastructure and software of thousands of Web hosts worldwide.
ResellerClub, a leading web services provider, announced a whole suite of promotions on Asian Domains as a follow up to the APAC summit this year.
New Registrations will now be priced at $4.49 for .ASIA, $1.89 for .IN and $8.99 for .CN.COM, enabling ResellerClub's clients to avail of discounts ranging from 60% to 85%.
"As Asia's largest Registrar, we wanted to celebrate our inaugural participation in the APAC summit with a host of promos on Asian TLDs," said Bhavin Turakhia, CEO & Founder, ResellerClub.
Apart from the .ASIA, .IN, .CN.COM promotions, ResellerClub will also offer a host of other promos which can be viewed at http://www.resellerclub.com/promos.
"Our Domain Registrations have vastly increased during the Mega Bargains Month and with the launch of these new promotions and some great new Products and features, we are expecting a similar increase in the coming months," added Bhavin.
ResellerClub, a Directi Group business, is one of the largest private label Web solutions providers in the world and an industry leader in providing end-to-end automation to Domain Resellers, Web hosts, Web designers, and other Web service companies. They provide the most comprehensive product portfolio at the most competitive prices. ResellerClub currently provides their products and services and powers the backend infrastructure and software of thousands of Web hosts worldwide.
GreenQloud Partners with Scality
The move will allow GreenQloud to launch its range of services later this year to users around the world.
Scality, a developer of scalable object storage software for email and cloud storage applications, today announced a technology partnership with GreenQloud, a green public cloud computing service. The company claims that the move will allow GreenQloud to launch its range of groundbreaking services later this year to users around the world. It avers that GreenQloud's partnership with the company represents a union of two schools of thought, one being that a cloud service offering should include features such as flexibility, scalability and 'five nines' (99.999 per cent) up-time - while drastically cutting costs; the other that ecology and sustainability should be a primary concern for all IT companies and providers.
"All magnetic storage drives fail - it's a fact of life. Our technology starts from this premise and allows service providers to develop a fault-tolerant storage platform that works, whatever happens," said Jerome Lecat, Scality's CEO. "It does this, along with unlimited scalability, thanks to inherent features designed and built into the core of the storage platform."
According to Eirikur Hrafnsson, GreenQloud's CEO, "Carbon neutrality is going to be the number one requirement of forward-thinking companies looking to go beyond their regulatory commitments to meet ecological targets. Carbon neutrality will happen as shareholders wake up to the fact that a green strategy is not only desirable, but can also be cost-effective as energy prices continue to rise and carbon taxes are being implemented."
"GreenQloud not only embodies the true advantages of cloud services - elastic scalability of storage and virtual servers, pay as you go business model with no CapEx and automation of scale via APIs - but it raises the bar in terms of its ecological advantages and performance," Hrafnsson said. "This is why GreenQloud was honored with a most promising cloud computing award at the Structure 2010 conference in San Francisco this summer. The company is certain to further hit the headlines as its services enter beta testing in the weeks ahead."
Hrafnsson echoed Lecat's comments, saying, "We are delighted to be working with a likeminded innovator like Scality, and the value this partnership brings to our carbon-neutral cloud services. One of our missions is to be a truly green alternative to Amazon's cloud offering. By leveraging the Scality platform we can offer our customers an enterprise class, secure and infinitely scalable S3 compatible storage service at a competitive price and we will continue to work with Scality to bring new, awesome features in the object storage space in the near future."
"Thanks to these key advantages, it is clear that our services are a win-win-win offering, offering advantages to the storage industry, our clients, and the eco-world as a whole. Our new cloud services are set to become a must-have for companies looking to better their IT efficiencies, and stay green in the process," Hrafnsson added.
Scality, a developer of scalable object storage software for email and cloud storage applications, today announced a technology partnership with GreenQloud, a green public cloud computing service. The company claims that the move will allow GreenQloud to launch its range of groundbreaking services later this year to users around the world. It avers that GreenQloud's partnership with the company represents a union of two schools of thought, one being that a cloud service offering should include features such as flexibility, scalability and 'five nines' (99.999 per cent) up-time - while drastically cutting costs; the other that ecology and sustainability should be a primary concern for all IT companies and providers.
"All magnetic storage drives fail - it's a fact of life. Our technology starts from this premise and allows service providers to develop a fault-tolerant storage platform that works, whatever happens," said Jerome Lecat, Scality's CEO. "It does this, along with unlimited scalability, thanks to inherent features designed and built into the core of the storage platform."
According to Eirikur Hrafnsson, GreenQloud's CEO, "Carbon neutrality is going to be the number one requirement of forward-thinking companies looking to go beyond their regulatory commitments to meet ecological targets. Carbon neutrality will happen as shareholders wake up to the fact that a green strategy is not only desirable, but can also be cost-effective as energy prices continue to rise and carbon taxes are being implemented."
"GreenQloud not only embodies the true advantages of cloud services - elastic scalability of storage and virtual servers, pay as you go business model with no CapEx and automation of scale via APIs - but it raises the bar in terms of its ecological advantages and performance," Hrafnsson said. "This is why GreenQloud was honored with a most promising cloud computing award at the Structure 2010 conference in San Francisco this summer. The company is certain to further hit the headlines as its services enter beta testing in the weeks ahead."
Hrafnsson echoed Lecat's comments, saying, "We are delighted to be working with a likeminded innovator like Scality, and the value this partnership brings to our carbon-neutral cloud services. One of our missions is to be a truly green alternative to Amazon's cloud offering. By leveraging the Scality platform we can offer our customers an enterprise class, secure and infinitely scalable S3 compatible storage service at a competitive price and we will continue to work with Scality to bring new, awesome features in the object storage space in the near future."
"Thanks to these key advantages, it is clear that our services are a win-win-win offering, offering advantages to the storage industry, our clients, and the eco-world as a whole. Our new cloud services are set to become a must-have for companies looking to better their IT efficiencies, and stay green in the process," Hrafnsson added.
SANpulse Launches SANatomy
New software allows information-driven report automation that provides comprehensive storage infrastructure analysis for physical and virtual environments.
SANpulse Technologies, Inc., a provider of data center solutions, yesterday announced the launch of SANatomy software for information-driven report automation that provides comprehensive storage infrastructure analysis for physical and virtual environments. The company says that SANatomy delivers structured reporting on SAN-based storage infrastructures, enabling ongoing operational validation and delivering information necessary to speed storage optimization initiatives.
It explains that the risk of failure in moving or evolving a storage environment is very high. Research has shown that typical enterprise storage migration and data center consolidation projects have a success rate of only 16%. The lack of automation in the lifecycle of a migration, from data collection through correlation leading to the generation of work-files and execution, causes chaos and leads to elevated risk levels when performing these activities. A 10% miscalculation of what an enterprise has in their environment can have a financial impact that runs into the tens of millions of dollars. Failure to incorporate new technologies can lead to a direct negative impact on business growth as well as increased maintenance costs. SANatomy significantly reduces these risks by automating the decision support process and delivering structured reporting on all physical and virtual SAN-based storage components.
The company further explains that SANatomy is an integral part of a decision support system that provides an accurate and comprehensive snapshot of physical and virtual SAN-based storage infrastructures. It ties together interdependencies across the spectrum of components to provide the anatomy of an infrastructure through a cloud based central repository. It discovers and transforms data from storage arrays, switches and servers, providing organized reports about what is at risk, available and used storage, number of assets, storage overhead and more for SAN components. The solution supports single vendor multi-version and heterogeneous environments without agents. Operational teams have the flexibility they need to select products based on price-value, not dependency.
According to it, SANatomy includes a portal front end that highlights the vital questions and answers for the business: what is at risk, what is being used, where is the storage and more. The resulting reports are molded to meet the distinct needs of executives, storage managers, storage operations/engineers and departments and application areas with exportable detailed tables and summary charts, providing an end-to-end view of the SAN environment. This in-depth storage infrastructure information empowers each part of the organization with the detail needed to reduce execution risk and speed technology implementations like virtualization.
The company mentions that SANatomy is now available for environments of 50-5000+ servers. Pricing starts at $22,000 for environments having fewer than 250 servers. Organizations can access SANatomy on a subscription basis at only $1,000 per month for infrastructures with 250 servers or less, beginning in the second contract year.
"Well managed organizations have proactive infrastructure management teams that ensure risk aversion and successful planning and implementation of complex migrations and consolidations," said Marie-Pierre Belanger, Vice President of Product Management. "Access to current and accurate storage infrastructure data is essential for making the correct decisions that lead to flawless execution. Yet, typically, even the most sophisticated infrastructure teams still struggle with the time and expense required to transform data into structured, concise and manageable information to make proactive decisions in their storage management lifecycle. SANatomy significantly reduces the time-to-decision cycle so that teams can mitigate risk and deliver new saving initiatives such as introducing virtualization on time and within budget."
All discovered and analyzed information are populated and maintained in a centralized repository. "The centralized information repository managed by SANatomy allows proper governance through accurate decision making before, during and after the migration process," added Belanger. "It can be leveraged by many departments and projects, from migrating storage environments to ongoing operational validation and optimization initiatives with the end result being a more efficient enterprise."
"Enterprises in the planning stage of a storage migration are often challenged to get an accurate picture of the current state of the data center (server, network, storage), especially in highly dynamic, complex, heterogeneous environments, making it very difficult to identify potential areas of risk," said Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "SANatomy automates the discovery and correlation of that data in order to provide a clear picture of the current environment before attempting any storage initiatives. This eliminates hours or days of manual collection and correlation efforts and can significantly mitigate risk by minimizing human error."
SANpulse Technologies, Inc., a provider of data center solutions, yesterday announced the launch of SANatomy software for information-driven report automation that provides comprehensive storage infrastructure analysis for physical and virtual environments. The company says that SANatomy delivers structured reporting on SAN-based storage infrastructures, enabling ongoing operational validation and delivering information necessary to speed storage optimization initiatives.
It explains that the risk of failure in moving or evolving a storage environment is very high. Research has shown that typical enterprise storage migration and data center consolidation projects have a success rate of only 16%. The lack of automation in the lifecycle of a migration, from data collection through correlation leading to the generation of work-files and execution, causes chaos and leads to elevated risk levels when performing these activities. A 10% miscalculation of what an enterprise has in their environment can have a financial impact that runs into the tens of millions of dollars. Failure to incorporate new technologies can lead to a direct negative impact on business growth as well as increased maintenance costs. SANatomy significantly reduces these risks by automating the decision support process and delivering structured reporting on all physical and virtual SAN-based storage components.
The company further explains that SANatomy is an integral part of a decision support system that provides an accurate and comprehensive snapshot of physical and virtual SAN-based storage infrastructures. It ties together interdependencies across the spectrum of components to provide the anatomy of an infrastructure through a cloud based central repository. It discovers and transforms data from storage arrays, switches and servers, providing organized reports about what is at risk, available and used storage, number of assets, storage overhead and more for SAN components. The solution supports single vendor multi-version and heterogeneous environments without agents. Operational teams have the flexibility they need to select products based on price-value, not dependency.
According to it, SANatomy includes a portal front end that highlights the vital questions and answers for the business: what is at risk, what is being used, where is the storage and more. The resulting reports are molded to meet the distinct needs of executives, storage managers, storage operations/engineers and departments and application areas with exportable detailed tables and summary charts, providing an end-to-end view of the SAN environment. This in-depth storage infrastructure information empowers each part of the organization with the detail needed to reduce execution risk and speed technology implementations like virtualization.
The company mentions that SANatomy is now available for environments of 50-5000+ servers. Pricing starts at $22,000 for environments having fewer than 250 servers. Organizations can access SANatomy on a subscription basis at only $1,000 per month for infrastructures with 250 servers or less, beginning in the second contract year.
"Well managed organizations have proactive infrastructure management teams that ensure risk aversion and successful planning and implementation of complex migrations and consolidations," said Marie-Pierre Belanger, Vice President of Product Management. "Access to current and accurate storage infrastructure data is essential for making the correct decisions that lead to flawless execution. Yet, typically, even the most sophisticated infrastructure teams still struggle with the time and expense required to transform data into structured, concise and manageable information to make proactive decisions in their storage management lifecycle. SANatomy significantly reduces the time-to-decision cycle so that teams can mitigate risk and deliver new saving initiatives such as introducing virtualization on time and within budget."
All discovered and analyzed information are populated and maintained in a centralized repository. "The centralized information repository managed by SANatomy allows proper governance through accurate decision making before, during and after the migration process," added Belanger. "It can be leveraged by many departments and projects, from migrating storage environments to ongoing operational validation and optimization initiatives with the end result being a more efficient enterprise."
"Enterprises in the planning stage of a storage migration are often challenged to get an accurate picture of the current state of the data center (server, network, storage), especially in highly dynamic, complex, heterogeneous environments, making it very difficult to identify potential areas of risk," said Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "SANatomy automates the discovery and correlation of that data in order to provide a clear picture of the current environment before attempting any storage initiatives. This eliminates hours or days of manual collection and correlation efforts and can significantly mitigate risk by minimizing human error."
BlueLock Names CEO and SVP
Company appoints Christopher Clapp as CEO; Founder John Qualls named Senior Vice President, Business Development.
BlueLock, a provider of cloud computing and managed IT services, yesterday announced the appointment of Christopher Clapp as Chief Executive Officer to lead the company through its next phase of growth. John Qualls, Co-founder and CEO since the company's inception in 2006, will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Business Development to help it explore new markets and strategic areas of growth.
The company states that Clapp has served in executive leadership positions for enterprise software organizations for much of his 25- year career. He joined its board of directors in January 2010 and in March 2010, he stepped in to serve as interim Vice President of Operations, making a significant impact in helping the company better serve its clients.
It further states that previously, Clapp guided ANGEL Learning's dynamic growth after assuming company leadership as President and Chief Executive Officer in late 2001 until the sale of the business to Blackboard in May 2009. Qualls and Clapp have been transitioning responsibilities over the past month with Clapp officially assuming the CEO role effective immediately.
"John's initiative, vision, leadership and passion for the business have brought BlueLock to a level of revenue and customer-based size that few start-up companies achieve," said Mark Hill, Chairman of BlueLock's Board of Directors. "Having worked closely with Christopher at ANGEL and now at BlueLock over the past six months, he brings an approach and experience base to BlueLock which are just right for this period of the company's exciting growth."
"It is very significant that Christopher is making this additional commitment to BlueLock at this stage of our business," said Qualls. "I am very proud of what we have already accomplished in helping pioneer and position us as a top cloud hosting company. Christopher brings strategic vision and organizational architecture that will help take BlueLock to the next level."
"John and the founding team at BlueLock have led the company's growth from a small, local start-up, in an incredibly competitive industry, to a top cloud hosting provider," said Clapp. "I'm excited for the opportunity to continue this good work and high growth by focusing on serving our clients well, optimizing the talents of the BlueLock team, and making sound, strategic business decisions."
BlueLock, a provider of cloud computing and managed IT services, yesterday announced the appointment of Christopher Clapp as Chief Executive Officer to lead the company through its next phase of growth. John Qualls, Co-founder and CEO since the company's inception in 2006, will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Business Development to help it explore new markets and strategic areas of growth.
The company states that Clapp has served in executive leadership positions for enterprise software organizations for much of his 25- year career. He joined its board of directors in January 2010 and in March 2010, he stepped in to serve as interim Vice President of Operations, making a significant impact in helping the company better serve its clients.
It further states that previously, Clapp guided ANGEL Learning's dynamic growth after assuming company leadership as President and Chief Executive Officer in late 2001 until the sale of the business to Blackboard in May 2009. Qualls and Clapp have been transitioning responsibilities over the past month with Clapp officially assuming the CEO role effective immediately.
"John's initiative, vision, leadership and passion for the business have brought BlueLock to a level of revenue and customer-based size that few start-up companies achieve," said Mark Hill, Chairman of BlueLock's Board of Directors. "Having worked closely with Christopher at ANGEL and now at BlueLock over the past six months, he brings an approach and experience base to BlueLock which are just right for this period of the company's exciting growth."
"It is very significant that Christopher is making this additional commitment to BlueLock at this stage of our business," said Qualls. "I am very proud of what we have already accomplished in helping pioneer and position us as a top cloud hosting company. Christopher brings strategic vision and organizational architecture that will help take BlueLock to the next level."
"John and the founding team at BlueLock have led the company's growth from a small, local start-up, in an incredibly competitive industry, to a top cloud hosting provider," said Clapp. "I'm excited for the opportunity to continue this good work and high growth by focusing on serving our clients well, optimizing the talents of the BlueLock team, and making sound, strategic business decisions."
CloudFlare Partners with GlobalSign
CloudFlare chooses the company for security component of customer's cloud based deployments.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that CloudFlare, a web service performance and security solution provider, has implemented its SSL technology to secure its cloud offerings. The company avers that the newly formed partnership will allow CloudFlare's customers to easily obtain, install, and activate SSL security to secure and authenticate web applications via its cloud based environment.
It states that CloudFlare offers a comprehensive performance and security solution that protects websites from malicious online behavior. Its unique system contributes data back to the larger pool enabling it to stay up-to-date on new threats. CloudFlare launched to the public at this week annual TechCrunch Disrupt Conference, customers will be able to activate the GlobalSign SSL technology as a Pro feature alongside other premium features available as part of CloudFlare's web performance and security offerings.
The company explains that CloudFlare required a credible provider of SSL security that supported the distinct needs of web applications running in the cloud. After evaluating various providers, CloudFlare selected it due to its cloud licensing model, deployment web services, and certificate options that could support and deliver on-demand security to virtualized environments, and offer a pay per usage structure to meet CloudFlare's customer model.
It further explains that the company's SSL security solutions for the cloud are designed for cloud hosting, application, and storage providers and enable SSL Certificates to easily be integrated as a value add option into any product range. Traditional SSL solutions and licensing models often do not fit with the virtualized environment and pay per usage pricing model of cloud deployments. The company has developed a number of technologies and business models to better suit cloud requirements including unlimited certificate issuance, unlimited server licensing, on demand APIs, multi-domain SSL, and much more.
"We are thrilled to welcome on board CloudFlare as one of GlobalSign's first partners to utilize our expanded SSL solutions tailored for the cloud," said Steve Waite, Chief Marketing Officer, GlobalSign. "Forward thinking enabled us to recognize the rising need for security that meets the requirements of cloud based deployments, and we are excited to begin offering a much more flexible SSL solution."
"Our customers needed a solution that would provide them with SSL security options that were competitively priced, flexible, and easy to deploy," said Matthew Prince, Chief Executive Officer, CloudFlare. "GlobalSign's SSL technology fits our customer's needs and allows us to offer a security solution that can be easily deployed as a service through our cloud."
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that CloudFlare, a web service performance and security solution provider, has implemented its SSL technology to secure its cloud offerings. The company avers that the newly formed partnership will allow CloudFlare's customers to easily obtain, install, and activate SSL security to secure and authenticate web applications via its cloud based environment.
It states that CloudFlare offers a comprehensive performance and security solution that protects websites from malicious online behavior. Its unique system contributes data back to the larger pool enabling it to stay up-to-date on new threats. CloudFlare launched to the public at this week annual TechCrunch Disrupt Conference, customers will be able to activate the GlobalSign SSL technology as a Pro feature alongside other premium features available as part of CloudFlare's web performance and security offerings.
The company explains that CloudFlare required a credible provider of SSL security that supported the distinct needs of web applications running in the cloud. After evaluating various providers, CloudFlare selected it due to its cloud licensing model, deployment web services, and certificate options that could support and deliver on-demand security to virtualized environments, and offer a pay per usage structure to meet CloudFlare's customer model.
It further explains that the company's SSL security solutions for the cloud are designed for cloud hosting, application, and storage providers and enable SSL Certificates to easily be integrated as a value add option into any product range. Traditional SSL solutions and licensing models often do not fit with the virtualized environment and pay per usage pricing model of cloud deployments. The company has developed a number of technologies and business models to better suit cloud requirements including unlimited certificate issuance, unlimited server licensing, on demand APIs, multi-domain SSL, and much more.
"We are thrilled to welcome on board CloudFlare as one of GlobalSign's first partners to utilize our expanded SSL solutions tailored for the cloud," said Steve Waite, Chief Marketing Officer, GlobalSign. "Forward thinking enabled us to recognize the rising need for security that meets the requirements of cloud based deployments, and we are excited to begin offering a much more flexible SSL solution."
"Our customers needed a solution that would provide them with SSL security options that were competitively priced, flexible, and easy to deploy," said Matthew Prince, Chief Executive Officer, CloudFlare. "GlobalSign's SSL technology fits our customer's needs and allows us to offer a security solution that can be easily deployed as a service through our cloud."
Hosting Controller Offers CloudLinux Support
Hosting Controller will include CloudLinux in its control panel offerings HC8 and HCnix.
Cloud Linux Inc., a software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, today announced that Hosting Controller, a developer of automation solution for shared and enterprise hosting, will include CloudLinux in its control panel offerings HC8 and HCnix. The company claims that Hosting Controller chose to include CloudLinux because of its Lightweight Virtual Environment or LVE technology that is designed specifically for hosting service providers to provide greater density and stability in shared hosting and multi-tenant environments.
It states that Hosting Controller also selected CloudLinux because of the added security it can provide to its hosting customers through the innovative SecureLVE feature. SecureLVE is based on LVE and provides a virtualized file system, which separates each user on the server into its own environment, preventing one user from seeing any other users on the server. This new server security makes it difficult for hackers to attack, deface, or steal data from the shared web server.
The company further states that Hosting Controller has two premiere products in its control panel offering. Hosting Controller 8 is a complete web hosting automation control panel that is designed for web hosts to experience infinite hosting possibilities in cluster environment & lower their operational costs. It enables web hosting companies to manage all their servers both Windows & Linux through a centralized interface. HCnix is a Linux based web hosting automation control panel that facilitates web hosts to manage multiple web, mail, database and DNS servers on different GNU/Linux flavors in a cluster through single interface. HCnix is specifically designed for a distributed server environment as an independent control panel.
According to it, what makes CloudLinux so attractive to hosting providers is its core technology Lightweight Virtual Environment, a kernel-level technology that limits the amount of resources (CPU, I/O, memory) available to a group of processes. With LVE, administrators have the tools to control the CPU demands of individual tenants, so that a single site cannot slow or take down a whole server. While similar in approach to container virtualization, LVE is lightweight and transparent. The LVE level fair-share CPU scheduler makes sure that each account gets enough CPU resources to run efficiently. This innovative CloudLinux technology offers service providers increased control as never realized before with traditional OS.
The company avers that CloudLinux provides benefits to Hosting Controller users including:
* Innovative lightweight and transparent LVE technology that increases server stability and performance
* Decreased downtime
* Ability to allocate resources to individual server tenants efficiently
* Increased control over traditional OS
* Complete, 24/7 support
* Easy deployment and management
"We are very excited that Hosting Controller will make CloudLinux available in both its HC8 and HCnix offerings to provide their customers with the most innovative hosting control panel experience," stated Cloud Linux Inc. Founder and CEO Igor Seletskiy. "CloudLinux will allow administrators using Hosting Controller to control usage of the resources on a server at the tenant or application level and leverage SecureLVE which virtualizes a file system to limit the available applications, devices, and what a user can see in the file system and make it harder for an attacker to penetrate the server."
"Supporting CloudLinux in our products is a big win for our customers," stated Babar Zaman, Hosting Controller's VP of Business Development. "We have always been a leading innovator to the hosting community and supporting CloudLinux is another way we deliver the cutting edge latest technology to our users."
Cloud Linux Inc., a software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, today announced that Hosting Controller, a developer of automation solution for shared and enterprise hosting, will include CloudLinux in its control panel offerings HC8 and HCnix. The company claims that Hosting Controller chose to include CloudLinux because of its Lightweight Virtual Environment or LVE technology that is designed specifically for hosting service providers to provide greater density and stability in shared hosting and multi-tenant environments.
It states that Hosting Controller also selected CloudLinux because of the added security it can provide to its hosting customers through the innovative SecureLVE feature. SecureLVE is based on LVE and provides a virtualized file system, which separates each user on the server into its own environment, preventing one user from seeing any other users on the server. This new server security makes it difficult for hackers to attack, deface, or steal data from the shared web server.
The company further states that Hosting Controller has two premiere products in its control panel offering. Hosting Controller 8 is a complete web hosting automation control panel that is designed for web hosts to experience infinite hosting possibilities in cluster environment & lower their operational costs. It enables web hosting companies to manage all their servers both Windows & Linux through a centralized interface. HCnix is a Linux based web hosting automation control panel that facilitates web hosts to manage multiple web, mail, database and DNS servers on different GNU/Linux flavors in a cluster through single interface. HCnix is specifically designed for a distributed server environment as an independent control panel.
According to it, what makes CloudLinux so attractive to hosting providers is its core technology Lightweight Virtual Environment, a kernel-level technology that limits the amount of resources (CPU, I/O, memory) available to a group of processes. With LVE, administrators have the tools to control the CPU demands of individual tenants, so that a single site cannot slow or take down a whole server. While similar in approach to container virtualization, LVE is lightweight and transparent. The LVE level fair-share CPU scheduler makes sure that each account gets enough CPU resources to run efficiently. This innovative CloudLinux technology offers service providers increased control as never realized before with traditional OS.
The company avers that CloudLinux provides benefits to Hosting Controller users including:
* Innovative lightweight and transparent LVE technology that increases server stability and performance
* Decreased downtime
* Ability to allocate resources to individual server tenants efficiently
* Increased control over traditional OS
* Complete, 24/7 support
* Easy deployment and management
"We are very excited that Hosting Controller will make CloudLinux available in both its HC8 and HCnix offerings to provide their customers with the most innovative hosting control panel experience," stated Cloud Linux Inc. Founder and CEO Igor Seletskiy. "CloudLinux will allow administrators using Hosting Controller to control usage of the resources on a server at the tenant or application level and leverage SecureLVE which virtualizes a file system to limit the available applications, devices, and what a user can see in the file system and make it harder for an attacker to penetrate the server."
"Supporting CloudLinux in our products is a big win for our customers," stated Babar Zaman, Hosting Controller's VP of Business Development. "We have always been a leading innovator to the hosting community and supporting CloudLinux is another way we deliver the cutting edge latest technology to our users."
CSC Partners with Interxion
CSC selects the company's Austrian facility to support its Managed Services operations.
Interxion, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation data center services, today announced that CSC, an information technology services company, has selected the company's Austrian facility to support its Managed Services operations. The company avers that the move was driven by increasing customer demand for secure applications and infrastructure management services. To provide a secure, scalable, standards-based solution, CSC took a server room with an expandable cage in its VIE1 Vienna facility.
It mentions that carrier neutrality and connectivity were also key criteria in CSC's decision-making process. The VIE1 facility provides direct access to approximately 100 carriers and ISPs, enabling high-speed and cost-effective implementation of peering agreements. In addition, the facility hosts a switch for VIX, the Vienna Internet Exchange.
"CSC is a worldwide, leading IT consulting and service company. The reliability, performance and connectivity of their infrastructure is critical to them and to their customers," said Christian Studeny, Managing Director, Interxion Austria. "Interxion's data centers, design and operation philosophy, customer service structure, and accreditation strategy are all built around these customer needs."
"In Interxion we found an independent, well-certified partner whose core business is the operation of data centers," said Andreas Keisler, Head of Managed Services, Austria and Eastern Europe. "At CSC, our overriding focus is on providing professional services to customers, so we need suppliers that will offer matching levels of high-quality support now and in the future."
Interxion, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation data center services, today announced that CSC, an information technology services company, has selected the company's Austrian facility to support its Managed Services operations. The company avers that the move was driven by increasing customer demand for secure applications and infrastructure management services. To provide a secure, scalable, standards-based solution, CSC took a server room with an expandable cage in its VIE1 Vienna facility.
It mentions that carrier neutrality and connectivity were also key criteria in CSC's decision-making process. The VIE1 facility provides direct access to approximately 100 carriers and ISPs, enabling high-speed and cost-effective implementation of peering agreements. In addition, the facility hosts a switch for VIX, the Vienna Internet Exchange.
"CSC is a worldwide, leading IT consulting and service company. The reliability, performance and connectivity of their infrastructure is critical to them and to their customers," said Christian Studeny, Managing Director, Interxion Austria. "Interxion's data centers, design and operation philosophy, customer service structure, and accreditation strategy are all built around these customer needs."
"In Interxion we found an independent, well-certified partner whose core business is the operation of data centers," said Andreas Keisler, Head of Managed Services, Austria and Eastern Europe. "At CSC, our overriding focus is on providing professional services to customers, so we need suppliers that will offer matching levels of high-quality support now and in the future."
CA Technologies to Acquire Hyperformix
Hyperformix' capacity management solutions will help the company accelerate the customer journey from virtualization to the cloud.
CA Technologies, a provider of IT management software and solutions, today announced a definitive agreement to buy Hyperformix, a provider of capacity management software for dynamic physical, virtual, and cloud IT infrastructures. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the company.
It explains that capacity management enables customers to discover how physical, virtual, hardware, software, storage, and network resources are being used, and to determine what resources will be needed in the future. The technology also helps customers optimize the deployment of those resources to meet business objectives.
The company claims that the acquisition of Hyperformix will help it extend its position in virtualization management, with market-leading virtualization capacity management capabilities that complement its existing virtualization, automation, and assurance solutions. Together these technologies will comprise a comprehensive, integrated solution to help customers evolve from an entry-level virtualization project to a mature dynamic data center and private cloud operation.
It says that specifically, the company's combination with Hyperformix will help organizations:
* Overcome challenges such as VM Sprawl (uncontrolled VM deployments) and VM Stall (the inability to move beyond initial virtualization of 20-30 percent of servers)
* Ensure application performance and service level agreements
* Deliver cost, agility and availability benefits to the business through faster and more reliable data center consolidations, virtualization rollouts, platform refreshes and application migrations
The company articulates that it shares many customers and partners with Hyperformix. This acquisition presents new opportunities for expanding and strengthening relationships with those organizations, while opening new opportunities with ones whose goal is to advance their virtualization operations. The transaction is expected to close within the company's third fiscal quarter, which ends December 31, 2010. Hyperformix' operations and its employees will become part of the Virtualization and Automation business at the company. It intends to expand its integrations with Hyperformix' solutions to include the CA Virtual, CA Service Automation, CA Service Assurance and CA Cloud portfolios.
"Virtualization capacity management is among customers' most critical IT management needs," said Roger Pilc, General Manager of CA Technologies Virtualization and Automation customer solutions business. "An important aspect of our virtualization and cloud strategies is to help customers overcome the 'VM stall' challenges they encounter as they roll out virtualization and progress to a dynamic, cloud-based data center architecture. Hyperformix strengthens our ability to help organizations advance their IT infrastructures to benefit the business."
"Capacity management is an important discipline for customers attempting to expand their virtualization and private cloud deployments," said Peter Klante, President and CEO, Hyperformix. "As a virtualization rollout progresses through the enterprise, insight and comprehensive planning are required to realize its potential. CA Technologies and Hyperformix will deliver on that critical need."
CA Technologies, a provider of IT management software and solutions, today announced a definitive agreement to buy Hyperformix, a provider of capacity management software for dynamic physical, virtual, and cloud IT infrastructures. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the company.
It explains that capacity management enables customers to discover how physical, virtual, hardware, software, storage, and network resources are being used, and to determine what resources will be needed in the future. The technology also helps customers optimize the deployment of those resources to meet business objectives.
The company claims that the acquisition of Hyperformix will help it extend its position in virtualization management, with market-leading virtualization capacity management capabilities that complement its existing virtualization, automation, and assurance solutions. Together these technologies will comprise a comprehensive, integrated solution to help customers evolve from an entry-level virtualization project to a mature dynamic data center and private cloud operation.
It says that specifically, the company's combination with Hyperformix will help organizations:
* Overcome challenges such as VM Sprawl (uncontrolled VM deployments) and VM Stall (the inability to move beyond initial virtualization of 20-30 percent of servers)
* Ensure application performance and service level agreements
* Deliver cost, agility and availability benefits to the business through faster and more reliable data center consolidations, virtualization rollouts, platform refreshes and application migrations
The company articulates that it shares many customers and partners with Hyperformix. This acquisition presents new opportunities for expanding and strengthening relationships with those organizations, while opening new opportunities with ones whose goal is to advance their virtualization operations. The transaction is expected to close within the company's third fiscal quarter, which ends December 31, 2010. Hyperformix' operations and its employees will become part of the Virtualization and Automation business at the company. It intends to expand its integrations with Hyperformix' solutions to include the CA Virtual, CA Service Automation, CA Service Assurance and CA Cloud portfolios.
"Virtualization capacity management is among customers' most critical IT management needs," said Roger Pilc, General Manager of CA Technologies Virtualization and Automation customer solutions business. "An important aspect of our virtualization and cloud strategies is to help customers overcome the 'VM stall' challenges they encounter as they roll out virtualization and progress to a dynamic, cloud-based data center architecture. Hyperformix strengthens our ability to help organizations advance their IT infrastructures to benefit the business."
"Capacity management is an important discipline for customers attempting to expand their virtualization and private cloud deployments," said Peter Klante, President and CEO, Hyperformix. "As a virtualization rollout progresses through the enterprise, insight and comprehensive planning are required to realize its potential. CA Technologies and Hyperformix will deliver on that critical need."
Fleurop AG Signs New Contract Renewal with Attenda
Fleurop AG to host its ecommerce website on the company's cloud computing platform.
Attenda Limited, a managed services company, today announced that it had signed a new four year contract renewal with Fleurop AG to host its ecommerce website on its cloud computing platform.
The company states that under the contract, it is providing a fully managed web applications hosting service for Fleurop's transactional website, which makes a significant contribution to its international sales of flowers, floral arrangements and gifts. Customer orders are fulfilled by arranging to send the flowers from the nearest flower shop to the recipient. It adds that Fleurop AG has been its client since 2002 and this contract renewal reinforces Fleurop's confidence in the company's managed services, to provide the availability, security and performance that it needs for its corporate website.
The company articulates that the solution is based upon its cloud computing platform, Attenda RTI, providing a highly available, scalable blend of cloud computing and managed services, with the capability to flex capacity rapidly in response to the seasonal peaks in website traffic. The new contract is providing Fleurop with high availability service levels, supported by an agile, highly performing, resilient and cost-effective Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution that can scale up or down in line with demand.
Commenting on the contract renewal, Peter Broschinski, IT Manager, Fleurop, said, "Our partnership with Attenda goes back a long way and they have become our trusted hosting services provider. With Attenda RTI we have invested in a technology that enables us to right-size our IT infrastructure, with the capability to respond to the seasonal peaks in our website traffic on demand, with a pay per usage model that reduces our operating costs."
Attenda Limited, a managed services company, today announced that it had signed a new four year contract renewal with Fleurop AG to host its ecommerce website on its cloud computing platform.
The company states that under the contract, it is providing a fully managed web applications hosting service for Fleurop's transactional website, which makes a significant contribution to its international sales of flowers, floral arrangements and gifts. Customer orders are fulfilled by arranging to send the flowers from the nearest flower shop to the recipient. It adds that Fleurop AG has been its client since 2002 and this contract renewal reinforces Fleurop's confidence in the company's managed services, to provide the availability, security and performance that it needs for its corporate website.
The company articulates that the solution is based upon its cloud computing platform, Attenda RTI, providing a highly available, scalable blend of cloud computing and managed services, with the capability to flex capacity rapidly in response to the seasonal peaks in website traffic. The new contract is providing Fleurop with high availability service levels, supported by an agile, highly performing, resilient and cost-effective Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution that can scale up or down in line with demand.
Commenting on the contract renewal, Peter Broschinski, IT Manager, Fleurop, said, "Our partnership with Attenda goes back a long way and they have become our trusted hosting services provider. With Attenda RTI we have invested in a technology that enables us to right-size our IT infrastructure, with the capability to respond to the seasonal peaks in our website traffic on demand, with a pay per usage model that reduces our operating costs."
Colocation America Announces Colocation Specials Promotion
Company offers its Los Angeles Colocation Specials in data centers throughout the Los Angeles area.
Colocation America, a provider of internet transit, network transport, colocation and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services, yesterday announced its Los Angeles Colocation Specials in data centers throughout the Los Angeles area. The company says that it provides data center services and operates in 22 facilities such as New York, New Jersey, San Francisco and Chicago at which they provide colocation, managed services, and dedicated servers to businesses of all sizes.
It explains that with more businesses utilizing virtualization technology, sufficient redundant power and cooling becomes a commodity as more resources are necessary. Even though a well-equipped data center is necessary to support this server infrastructure, right now many businesses are looking for alternatives to building their own data centers. It provides ideal data center conditions to meet each company's unique power, security, and maintenance needs. The company has 22 data centers with direct access to the leading IP infrastructure providers in the world. Located in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco and Chicago, it provides flexible server setups, redundant physical and data security, emergency backups, and virtually unlimited bandwidth transmission.
The company mentions that its five Los Angeles data centers offer expert server configuration and maintenance for regulatory compliance, media transfer, data backup, phone servers, e-commerce sites, and international business needs. Its Los Angeles data center colocation specials start at $75 for 5Mbps of bandwidth which is delivered on a 55% peered fully redundant network and a dedicated 100Mbps uplink port speed.
"For companies focused on getting the most out of every part of their budget, now is a great time to get colocation services," said Michael Trunkett, President of Colocation America. "It is also important to anticipate future expansion, and colocation services at Colocation America make IT growth an easy step." "In addition to saving money on data center expenses, you can leave the server management to us and get expert network engineers and technicians available around the clock," mentioned Trunkett. "More and more companies are saving money and experiencing better data transfer rates with Colocation America's managed colocation services."
"Businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, need a reliable and secure environment for their servers," continued Trunkett. "At Colocation America your IT environment is our primary concern and we deliver premium colocation services by focusing on service quality, investing in new hardware, and maintaining the highest training standards for our employees."
Colocation America, a provider of internet transit, network transport, colocation and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services, yesterday announced its Los Angeles Colocation Specials in data centers throughout the Los Angeles area. The company says that it provides data center services and operates in 22 facilities such as New York, New Jersey, San Francisco and Chicago at which they provide colocation, managed services, and dedicated servers to businesses of all sizes.
It explains that with more businesses utilizing virtualization technology, sufficient redundant power and cooling becomes a commodity as more resources are necessary. Even though a well-equipped data center is necessary to support this server infrastructure, right now many businesses are looking for alternatives to building their own data centers. It provides ideal data center conditions to meet each company's unique power, security, and maintenance needs. The company has 22 data centers with direct access to the leading IP infrastructure providers in the world. Located in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco and Chicago, it provides flexible server setups, redundant physical and data security, emergency backups, and virtually unlimited bandwidth transmission.
The company mentions that its five Los Angeles data centers offer expert server configuration and maintenance for regulatory compliance, media transfer, data backup, phone servers, e-commerce sites, and international business needs. Its Los Angeles data center colocation specials start at $75 for 5Mbps of bandwidth which is delivered on a 55% peered fully redundant network and a dedicated 100Mbps uplink port speed.
"For companies focused on getting the most out of every part of their budget, now is a great time to get colocation services," said Michael Trunkett, President of Colocation America. "It is also important to anticipate future expansion, and colocation services at Colocation America make IT growth an easy step." "In addition to saving money on data center expenses, you can leave the server management to us and get expert network engineers and technicians available around the clock," mentioned Trunkett. "More and more companies are saving money and experiencing better data transfer rates with Colocation America's managed colocation services."
"Businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, need a reliable and secure environment for their servers," continued Trunkett. "At Colocation America your IT environment is our primary concern and we deliver premium colocation services by focusing on service quality, investing in new hardware, and maintaining the highest training standards for our employees."
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