SCRANTON, PA (US) / MANCHESTER (UK) - August 30, 2010 - BurstNET Technologies, Inc.™ (http://www.burst.net), a leading provider of budget web hosting services, has announced its expansion into the European hosting marketplace, with the opening of its wholly-owned subsidiary, BurstNET® Limited (http://www.burstnet.eu). To support its expansion into Europe, BurstNET® has selected Manchester, United Kingdom, for it's European base of operations, where it will meet both international customer demand and globally redundant hosted infrastructure needs. BurstNET® aims to continue its solid expansion and to further consolidate its leading position in web hosting worldwide.
The new BurstNET® European network gives clientele access to fully redundant multi-10Gbps connectivity between BurstNET's® US and EU/UK network, as well as major Internet hubs in Manchester, London, & Amsterdam, for transit and European peering exchange access. Upon turn-up, BurstNET® immediately has one of the largest webhosting-specific networks in Europe, with many providers still operating on 1Gbps connections, rather than 10Gbps.
"The demand for our services to be expanded to other regions, particularly in Europe, has been heard loud and clear", stated BurstNET® CEO Shawn M. Arcus. "We've had serious interest from our existing client base, which solidified that the time was right to move forward. We've had this effort in development for many months and are extremely pleased to be able to go live with our European service. We look forward to meeting the needs of our European clientele, and providing the unmatched service and support, at extremely low price points, that we have been known for in the US."
BurstNET® has seen significant growth in its US hosting business, bringing the company to more than 10,000 dedicated and virtual private servers currently in service. Founded in 1991, BurstNET® is one of the oldest web hosting operations in the industry. The company is known as a pioneer of the Web Hosting industry, having been heavily involved in the creation of the industry standard CPanel® control panel (http://www.cpanel.net), and co-creator of the industry's first $99 dedicated server. The company operates one of the oldest and largest resale programs in the industry, servicing thousands of resellers, as the backend for many popular hosting companies.
Monday, December 27, 2010
eUKhost Announces Christmas Web Hosting Promotion
Announces the launch of Christmas offers on its various web hosting services for its customers.
eUKhost Ltd., a provider of Shared, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers, today announced discounts and offers on its Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Cloud Servers and Dedicated Servers such as 20% off, free domain names, two months free hosting and free space and bandwidth upgrades. The company avers that all customers making direct online purchases from its official website can enjoy these promotional offers valid till January 15th 2011.
It articulates that available to all new orders, the promotions include 20% off on Shared and Reseller Hosting, additional 20 GB space and 200 GB bandwidth free on all Cloud Servers and two months free on all Dedicated Servers with an annual contract. Using the coupon code 'XMAS20', the 20% discount can be availed on Linux/Windows Shared Hosting as well as Linux/Windows Reseller Hosting. There is also a special offer on Cloud Servers where-in all new orders are eligible for extra 20 GB space and 200 GB bandwidth completely free. Even the fully managed Dedicated Servers offered by the company come with a 12+2 offer. With this exclusive 12+2 offer, it is offering two months of free Dedicated Server hosting with the annual purchase of any of its Dedicated Servers.
According to the company, Christmas symbolizes happiness, love and prosperity for everyone and it has introduced all these offers to make sure that they create a stronger bond with its clients. These offers have been designed keeping client's benefit in mind, covering all major services while keeping the cost attractive and affordable.
"We believe Christmas should be a time for giving, and we wanted to make sure we did our bit. We always endeavor to give our best to our customers and this is a step forward in terms of pricing and promotions. The offer will be valid only for a limited period and customers need to hurry up in order to avail these discounts," said Ryan Watson, Sales Manager of eUKhost.
eUKhost Ltd., a provider of Shared, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers, today announced discounts and offers on its Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Cloud Servers and Dedicated Servers such as 20% off, free domain names, two months free hosting and free space and bandwidth upgrades. The company avers that all customers making direct online purchases from its official website can enjoy these promotional offers valid till January 15th 2011.
It articulates that available to all new orders, the promotions include 20% off on Shared and Reseller Hosting, additional 20 GB space and 200 GB bandwidth free on all Cloud Servers and two months free on all Dedicated Servers with an annual contract. Using the coupon code 'XMAS20', the 20% discount can be availed on Linux/Windows Shared Hosting as well as Linux/Windows Reseller Hosting. There is also a special offer on Cloud Servers where-in all new orders are eligible for extra 20 GB space and 200 GB bandwidth completely free. Even the fully managed Dedicated Servers offered by the company come with a 12+2 offer. With this exclusive 12+2 offer, it is offering two months of free Dedicated Server hosting with the annual purchase of any of its Dedicated Servers.
According to the company, Christmas symbolizes happiness, love and prosperity for everyone and it has introduced all these offers to make sure that they create a stronger bond with its clients. These offers have been designed keeping client's benefit in mind, covering all major services while keeping the cost attractive and affordable.
"We believe Christmas should be a time for giving, and we wanted to make sure we did our bit. We always endeavor to give our best to our customers and this is a step forward in terms of pricing and promotions. The offer will be valid only for a limited period and customers need to hurry up in order to avail these discounts," said Ryan Watson, Sales Manager of eUKhost.
Dell to Acquire InSite One
Company adds healthcare industry's cloud-based medical archiving, storage and disaster-recovery capabilities to portfolio.
Dell yesterday announced its intent to acquire InSite One, Inc., a cloud-based medical archiving provider, to help healthcare organizations simplify retention of healthcare data. The company claims that the InSite One solution helps customers reduce costs associated with long-term data storage and migration and eliminates one of the biggest shortcomings in healthcare today - the lack of sharing of images between medical professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The combination of InSite One's cloud-based, vendor-neutral archive software and storage services with the company's Unified Clinical Archive solution will simplify data retention and let medical professionals access and share images regardless of the technology employed. Terms of the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, were not disclosed.
It explains that InSite One has become the preferred archiving platform for the diagnostic imaging industry. InSite One's secure, scalable cloud infrastructure supports all PACS, data sources and modalities. Its patented tools along with expert services simplify the transition of medical information archiving to the cloud and address long-standing data management and retention challenges including:
* Image size & complexity - InSite One manages one of the world's largest image databases
* Incomplete patient records - InSite One gives clinicians web-enabled image access
* Image delivery speeds - InSite One provides rapid indexing and sharing across systems
* Data security & privacy - InSite One's data centers provide security, reliability and redundancy
* Increasing costs - InSite One's hosted capabilities lower total cost of ownership
The company states that InSite One will provide it a storage-as-a-service platform to archive digital content for companies in other industries on a subscription or pay-as-you-go basis. Its strategy is to provide customers open and scalable solutions with deployment options that dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of storage and data management.
It further explains that the company and InSite One will provide healthcare customers with a secure, scalable, cloud-based, unified medical archive solution that supports HIPAA compliance and eliminates the silos of image information created when hospitals use multiple PACS. InSite One extends the company's Unified Clinical Archive solution and complements existing PACS environments. It combines vendor-neutral archive software with object-based storage to simplify archiving for IT staff and improves access to images for medical professionals. By moving archiving to the cloud, the company can further reduce the overall cost of data storage and retention for hospitals, freeing up resources for critical business objectives and for improving the delivery of healthcare. InSite One's data migration and recovery/backup services will also simplify the transition to the cloud for customers and ensure that information is managed safely and securely.
"Our customers have told us that managing the growing demands of both digital images and patient records is one of their greatest concerns," said James Coffin, Vice President of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. "We are dramatically simplifying archiving and retention of clinical data, both medical images and electronic medical records. This will allow our customers to improve care and support medical innovation through the efficient use of IT, and we're doing it in a way that actually simplifies access to the information when it's needed by clinicians."
"As the first company to bring cloud technology to the medical archive space, InSite One will help Dell's healthcare customers take advantage of the economics and scalability of the cloud for medical archiving and retention," said Berk Smith, Vice President of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences Services. "And looking beyond archiving, the cloud will also be a valuable tool for information exchange which is foundational to the transformation of healthcare."
"The InSite One team is thrilled to be joining the Dell team," said Jim Champagne, CEO of InSite One. "As the industry's leading provider of healthcare IT services, Dell will give InSite One an opportunity to reach more customers and expand our impact on the healthcare industry."
Dell yesterday announced its intent to acquire InSite One, Inc., a cloud-based medical archiving provider, to help healthcare organizations simplify retention of healthcare data. The company claims that the InSite One solution helps customers reduce costs associated with long-term data storage and migration and eliminates one of the biggest shortcomings in healthcare today - the lack of sharing of images between medical professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The combination of InSite One's cloud-based, vendor-neutral archive software and storage services with the company's Unified Clinical Archive solution will simplify data retention and let medical professionals access and share images regardless of the technology employed. Terms of the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, were not disclosed.
It explains that InSite One has become the preferred archiving platform for the diagnostic imaging industry. InSite One's secure, scalable cloud infrastructure supports all PACS, data sources and modalities. Its patented tools along with expert services simplify the transition of medical information archiving to the cloud and address long-standing data management and retention challenges including:
* Image size & complexity - InSite One manages one of the world's largest image databases
* Incomplete patient records - InSite One gives clinicians web-enabled image access
* Image delivery speeds - InSite One provides rapid indexing and sharing across systems
* Data security & privacy - InSite One's data centers provide security, reliability and redundancy
* Increasing costs - InSite One's hosted capabilities lower total cost of ownership
The company states that InSite One will provide it a storage-as-a-service platform to archive digital content for companies in other industries on a subscription or pay-as-you-go basis. Its strategy is to provide customers open and scalable solutions with deployment options that dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of storage and data management.
It further explains that the company and InSite One will provide healthcare customers with a secure, scalable, cloud-based, unified medical archive solution that supports HIPAA compliance and eliminates the silos of image information created when hospitals use multiple PACS. InSite One extends the company's Unified Clinical Archive solution and complements existing PACS environments. It combines vendor-neutral archive software with object-based storage to simplify archiving for IT staff and improves access to images for medical professionals. By moving archiving to the cloud, the company can further reduce the overall cost of data storage and retention for hospitals, freeing up resources for critical business objectives and for improving the delivery of healthcare. InSite One's data migration and recovery/backup services will also simplify the transition to the cloud for customers and ensure that information is managed safely and securely.
"Our customers have told us that managing the growing demands of both digital images and patient records is one of their greatest concerns," said James Coffin, Vice President of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. "We are dramatically simplifying archiving and retention of clinical data, both medical images and electronic medical records. This will allow our customers to improve care and support medical innovation through the efficient use of IT, and we're doing it in a way that actually simplifies access to the information when it's needed by clinicians."
"As the first company to bring cloud technology to the medical archive space, InSite One will help Dell's healthcare customers take advantage of the economics and scalability of the cloud for medical archiving and retention," said Berk Smith, Vice President of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences Services. "And looking beyond archiving, the cloud will also be a valuable tool for information exchange which is foundational to the transformation of healthcare."
"The InSite One team is thrilled to be joining the Dell team," said Jim Champagne, CEO of InSite One. "As the industry's leading provider of healthcare IT services, Dell will give InSite One an opportunity to reach more customers and expand our impact on the healthcare industry."
FairSSL Becomes a GlobalSign Platinum Partner
FairSSL moves to the next partnership level within SSL Partner Program.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that FairSSL, a dedicated SSL provider and its existing partner, has chosen to further its commitment with the company by upgrading its partnership status to become a Platinum Partner. The company says that since joining its Partner Program back in 2009, FairSSL has successfully launched the company's SSL Certificate offering to its Nordic customer base and as demand and sales have continued to rise, has decided to advance to the Platinum level to benefit from the additional features that the Program has to offer.
It explains that specialist in reselling SSL Certificates, FairSSL first joined the Partner Program to complement its existing product portfolio with the company's range of SSL Certificates. The partnership upgrade will allow FairSSL to have access to additional features such as innovative delivery platforms like One-Click SSL, co-branded marketing materials, product and feature development priority and quarterly ROI Review, allowing it to further lead the way in SSL online security within its market. In the meantime, FairSSL customers will continue to benefit from cost effective and easy to manage SSL security to secure their purchasing, checkout, login pages and other next generation online services using the company's 2048 bit SSL technology.
The company further explains that FairSSL will continue to offer its future-proof SSL Certificates to its customers as part of the Platinum Partner Program, which includes all three types of SSL available in today's market, fast issuance Domain Validation SSL, traditional Organization Validation SSL, and the standardized Extended Validation (EV) SSL, which activates the green address bar interface in the latest browsers. Customers can benefit from advanced features including free Server Gated Cryptography (SGC), unlimited server licensing and high browser compatibility, in the knowledge that all Certificates are issued from its widely distributed 2048 bit Root CA Certificate.
"Since joining our Program designed for Channel Resellers, FairSSL has clearly demonstrated its commitment to bringing the best SSL security solutions to its extensive customer base and we are delighted to be able to help them to further meet their customers' specific requirements," said Paul Tourret, Managing Director, GlobalSign. "By FairSSL upgrading their partner level just over a year after initially joining the program, makes this partnership another key success story for both companies involved, which we hope will only continue and expand in the future."
"GlobalSign provided us with all the resources we needed to quickly and efficiently launch the GlobalSign product range into our existing SSL portfolio and its success to date has been such that we have decided to take our partnership to the next level," said Sanne Rasmussen, Managing Director, FairSSL. "The GlobalSign Partner Program simply offers everything we need - advanced features, technical capabilities, competitive pricing, as well as an outstanding customer service. Partnering with credible and forward thinking vendors like GlobalSign is a key success factor to our business."
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that FairSSL, a dedicated SSL provider and its existing partner, has chosen to further its commitment with the company by upgrading its partnership status to become a Platinum Partner. The company says that since joining its Partner Program back in 2009, FairSSL has successfully launched the company's SSL Certificate offering to its Nordic customer base and as demand and sales have continued to rise, has decided to advance to the Platinum level to benefit from the additional features that the Program has to offer.
It explains that specialist in reselling SSL Certificates, FairSSL first joined the Partner Program to complement its existing product portfolio with the company's range of SSL Certificates. The partnership upgrade will allow FairSSL to have access to additional features such as innovative delivery platforms like One-Click SSL, co-branded marketing materials, product and feature development priority and quarterly ROI Review, allowing it to further lead the way in SSL online security within its market. In the meantime, FairSSL customers will continue to benefit from cost effective and easy to manage SSL security to secure their purchasing, checkout, login pages and other next generation online services using the company's 2048 bit SSL technology.
The company further explains that FairSSL will continue to offer its future-proof SSL Certificates to its customers as part of the Platinum Partner Program, which includes all three types of SSL available in today's market, fast issuance Domain Validation SSL, traditional Organization Validation SSL, and the standardized Extended Validation (EV) SSL, which activates the green address bar interface in the latest browsers. Customers can benefit from advanced features including free Server Gated Cryptography (SGC), unlimited server licensing and high browser compatibility, in the knowledge that all Certificates are issued from its widely distributed 2048 bit Root CA Certificate.
"Since joining our Program designed for Channel Resellers, FairSSL has clearly demonstrated its commitment to bringing the best SSL security solutions to its extensive customer base and we are delighted to be able to help them to further meet their customers' specific requirements," said Paul Tourret, Managing Director, GlobalSign. "By FairSSL upgrading their partner level just over a year after initially joining the program, makes this partnership another key success story for both companies involved, which we hope will only continue and expand in the future."
"GlobalSign provided us with all the resources we needed to quickly and efficiently launch the GlobalSign product range into our existing SSL portfolio and its success to date has been such that we have decided to take our partnership to the next level," said Sanne Rasmussen, Managing Director, FairSSL. "The GlobalSign Partner Program simply offers everything we need - advanced features, technical capabilities, competitive pricing, as well as an outstanding customer service. Partnering with credible and forward thinking vendors like GlobalSign is a key success factor to our business."
LCN.COM Announces Ecommerce Hosting Promotion
Offers three months free on all yearly purchases of its ecommerce hosting packages.
LCN.COM, a web hosting and domain registration company, today announced a new promotion which offers three months free on all yearly purchases of its ecommerce hosting packages. The company avers that this offer, which will run until 3 January 2011, is applied to its all three ecommerce hosting solutions and allows customers to set up and run an online shop for as little as GBP 6.70/month.
According to the company, the 'Personal' package gives customers everything they need to start selling online within minutes. The 'Professional' package offers powerful marketing tools such as newsletters, blogs and third party integration with comparison websites. The 'Enterprise' package provides shop owners with every feature of the powerful software needed to provide the ultimate online experience to their visitors, including forums, coupons and product ratings and comparisons. Step-by-step support for this product is offered through a range of easy to use PDF help documents, video tutorials, and a dedicated eShop support forum, all accessible on the company website.
Mark Boost, Managing Director, LCN.COM, said, "Our ecommerce solutions incorporate all of the key functionality any online ecommerce business might need. Customers can choose from over 300 professionally styled shop templates and integrate a wide range of payment processing solutions in minutes. In addition, LCN.COM customers will have access to a suite of powerful marketing tools within their packages, to help grow their business online."
LCN.COM, a web hosting and domain registration company, today announced a new promotion which offers three months free on all yearly purchases of its ecommerce hosting packages. The company avers that this offer, which will run until 3 January 2011, is applied to its all three ecommerce hosting solutions and allows customers to set up and run an online shop for as little as GBP 6.70/month.
According to the company, the 'Personal' package gives customers everything they need to start selling online within minutes. The 'Professional' package offers powerful marketing tools such as newsletters, blogs and third party integration with comparison websites. The 'Enterprise' package provides shop owners with every feature of the powerful software needed to provide the ultimate online experience to their visitors, including forums, coupons and product ratings and comparisons. Step-by-step support for this product is offered through a range of easy to use PDF help documents, video tutorials, and a dedicated eShop support forum, all accessible on the company website.
Mark Boost, Managing Director, LCN.COM, said, "Our ecommerce solutions incorporate all of the key functionality any online ecommerce business might need. Customers can choose from over 300 professionally styled shop templates and integrate a wide range of payment processing solutions in minutes. In addition, LCN.COM customers will have access to a suite of powerful marketing tools within their packages, to help grow their business online."
EarthLink to Acquire One Communications Corp.
Acquisition expands EarthLink Business fiber network and customer base in Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.
EarthLink, Inc., an internet service provider, yesterday announced a definitive merger agreement under which it will acquire One Communications Corp. (One Comm), a telecommunications solutions provider, for $370 million, which includes payment of approximately $285 million of One Comm net debt. The company mentions that One Comm stockholders have the right to elect to receive the net merger consideration in the form of cash or EarthLink common stock. The transaction purchase price represents a multiple of approximately 3.7x Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended September 30, 2010, including $20 million in expected cost synergies and excluding one-time transaction costs. One Comm's shareholders will retain liability for all costs relating to One Comm's pending litigation with Verizon New York Inc. It adds that the merger has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and the stockholders of One Comm.
The company says that the acquisition will provide it with:
* A strong IP network footprint in the Northeast, Midwest, and Mid Atlantic regions
* Overlapping connection cities with EarthLink Business (formerly Deltacom) long-haul routes in major markets including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City
* Geographical expansion and scale for managed IP services product strategy supported by One Comm employee base
* A foundation for potential future acquisitions of revenue bases in the region
According to it, One Comm serves approximately 113,000 small and mid-sized business customers in 17 states across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Upper Midwest, including the major metropolitan markets of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and the District of Columbia. One Comm's products include a wide range of data, voice (both traditional and VoIP) and integrated voice/data solutions that scale with bandwidths ranging from T1s to fiber-based speeds. One Comm's network consists of 629 collocations, connected by more than 11,700 route miles of fiber.
The company states that it plans to integrate One Comm into its newly established EarthLink Business division, which currently consists of products and capabilities of its former New Edge Network, Deltacom and EarthLink Business Solutions divisions. After the closing of this transaction, EarthLink Business will operate a nationwide IP network with underlying fiber assets in 30 of the top 50 MSAs in the country. The combined fiber network will span approximately 28,000 route miles across 27 states, with 923 collocations, 55 IP and circuit-based switches and 68 metro fiber rings. With the addition of One Comm, the company will have nearly 3,500 employees nationwide.
It further states that the agreement provides for the company's acquisition of One Comm by means of a merger of a newly formed indirect subsidiary with and into One Comm, with One Comm surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, closing conditions and escrow and indemnification protection. All of One Comm's outstanding indebtedness will be paid by the shareholders of One Comm from the cash proceeds of the merger. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2011.
The company avers that Greenhill & Co. LLC acted as its financial advisor and rendered a fairness opinion to its Board of Directors in connection with the transaction. Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. also rendered a fairness opinion to the company's Board. King & Spalding LLP was its M&A legal counsel. Blackstone Advisory Services L.P. acted as financial advisor to One Comm, and Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP was its legal counsel.
"The acquisition of One Communications is a significant development in further transforming EarthLink into one of the largest IP services companies in the U.S. We will now have a fiber-based IP network that covers a substantial portion of the key business markets across the eastern half of the United States, as well as substantial revenue and EBITDA scale in our strategic line of business," said EarthLink Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rolla P. Huff. "We fully recognize the declining trend line of One Comm's revenue and EBITDA as the company has struggled to deal with the uncertainty of their debt covenants and pending litigation. We have taken the opportunity to acquire their network assets and customer base at an attractive valuation multiple. We are confident that EarthLink's nationwide IP service offering, substantial free cash flow, strong balance sheet, and strong track record of customer service and operating excellence will add meaningful stability to the financial and operating performance of the company."
"As part of our evolution, our management team and Board of Directors have carefully evaluated our capital structure alternatives for our transformed business. Given the substantial opportunities we believe exist for continued value creation by investing in our strategic line of business, the Board of Directors has decided to adjust the EarthLink quarterly dividend rate to $0.05 per share. We are pleased that EarthLink will be uniquely positioned in this industry to offer its shareholders a dividend yield," added Huff.
EarthLink, Inc., an internet service provider, yesterday announced a definitive merger agreement under which it will acquire One Communications Corp. (One Comm), a telecommunications solutions provider, for $370 million, which includes payment of approximately $285 million of One Comm net debt. The company mentions that One Comm stockholders have the right to elect to receive the net merger consideration in the form of cash or EarthLink common stock. The transaction purchase price represents a multiple of approximately 3.7x Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended September 30, 2010, including $20 million in expected cost synergies and excluding one-time transaction costs. One Comm's shareholders will retain liability for all costs relating to One Comm's pending litigation with Verizon New York Inc. It adds that the merger has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and the stockholders of One Comm.
The company says that the acquisition will provide it with:
* A strong IP network footprint in the Northeast, Midwest, and Mid Atlantic regions
* Overlapping connection cities with EarthLink Business (formerly Deltacom) long-haul routes in major markets including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City
* Geographical expansion and scale for managed IP services product strategy supported by One Comm employee base
* A foundation for potential future acquisitions of revenue bases in the region
According to it, One Comm serves approximately 113,000 small and mid-sized business customers in 17 states across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Upper Midwest, including the major metropolitan markets of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and the District of Columbia. One Comm's products include a wide range of data, voice (both traditional and VoIP) and integrated voice/data solutions that scale with bandwidths ranging from T1s to fiber-based speeds. One Comm's network consists of 629 collocations, connected by more than 11,700 route miles of fiber.
The company states that it plans to integrate One Comm into its newly established EarthLink Business division, which currently consists of products and capabilities of its former New Edge Network, Deltacom and EarthLink Business Solutions divisions. After the closing of this transaction, EarthLink Business will operate a nationwide IP network with underlying fiber assets in 30 of the top 50 MSAs in the country. The combined fiber network will span approximately 28,000 route miles across 27 states, with 923 collocations, 55 IP and circuit-based switches and 68 metro fiber rings. With the addition of One Comm, the company will have nearly 3,500 employees nationwide.
It further states that the agreement provides for the company's acquisition of One Comm by means of a merger of a newly formed indirect subsidiary with and into One Comm, with One Comm surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, closing conditions and escrow and indemnification protection. All of One Comm's outstanding indebtedness will be paid by the shareholders of One Comm from the cash proceeds of the merger. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2011.
The company avers that Greenhill & Co. LLC acted as its financial advisor and rendered a fairness opinion to its Board of Directors in connection with the transaction. Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. also rendered a fairness opinion to the company's Board. King & Spalding LLP was its M&A legal counsel. Blackstone Advisory Services L.P. acted as financial advisor to One Comm, and Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP was its legal counsel.
"The acquisition of One Communications is a significant development in further transforming EarthLink into one of the largest IP services companies in the U.S. We will now have a fiber-based IP network that covers a substantial portion of the key business markets across the eastern half of the United States, as well as substantial revenue and EBITDA scale in our strategic line of business," said EarthLink Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rolla P. Huff. "We fully recognize the declining trend line of One Comm's revenue and EBITDA as the company has struggled to deal with the uncertainty of their debt covenants and pending litigation. We have taken the opportunity to acquire their network assets and customer base at an attractive valuation multiple. We are confident that EarthLink's nationwide IP service offering, substantial free cash flow, strong balance sheet, and strong track record of customer service and operating excellence will add meaningful stability to the financial and operating performance of the company."
"As part of our evolution, our management team and Board of Directors have carefully evaluated our capital structure alternatives for our transformed business. Given the substantial opportunities we believe exist for continued value creation by investing in our strategic line of business, the Board of Directors has decided to adjust the EarthLink quarterly dividend rate to $0.05 per share. We are pleased that EarthLink will be uniquely positioned in this industry to offer its shareholders a dividend yield," added Huff.
Infinitely Virtual Announces New Hosting Plans
Company announces the availability of two new plans - the Diamond and Diamond+ for Linux Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting.
Infinitely Virtual, a provider of virtual server technology, yesterday announced the availability of two new plans - the Diamond and Diamond+ for Linux Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting.
It articulates that with a Linux Virtual Dedicated Server plan, Debian and CentOS are installed on virtual hardware, giving access to the root login which allows users to modify the installation of Linux, install any software, and manage the server on their own. The InfinitePanel allows for the management of multiple servers from one control panel and the instant addition of applications like WordPress and Drupal. Every server has between 1 and 8 2.53 GHz virtual CPUs, shared on hosts operating, on average, below 30% CPU utilization. The company ensures that every server is backed by 100% of the RAM included in each respective plan, up to 16 GB. Other server features include: Virtual KVM, Virtual CD/DVD & Floppy, Virtual Power Buttons, and Performance Charts.
It states that with its Virtual Dedicated Server, the client is always protected. The company's Enterprise Virtualization Environment (E.V.E.), includes features such as clustered NetApp SAN with RAID-DP, VMware HA clustering, and clustered enterprise firewalls, and a 100% uptime guarantee.
The company lists the features of the two plans as below -
Diamond Plan Features:
* 6 CPU Cores (Max: 8 Cores)
* 6 GB RAM (Max: 16 GB)
* 60 GB of Storage (Max: 2 TB)
* Unlimited Bandwidth
* Monthly price of $179.99
Diamond+ Plan Features:
* 8 CPU Cores (Max: 8 Cores)
* 8 GB RAM (Max: 16 GB)
* 70 GB of Storage (Max: 2TB)
* Unlimited Bandwidth
* Monthly price of $209.99
"Our new Diamond and Diamond+ Linux plans are the most powerful virtual server plans from any vendor. When combined with E.V.E., these plans leave very little room for dedicated server hosting," said Adam Stern, President and CEO of Infinitely Virtual.
Infinitely Virtual, a provider of virtual server technology, yesterday announced the availability of two new plans - the Diamond and Diamond+ for Linux Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting.
It articulates that with a Linux Virtual Dedicated Server plan, Debian and CentOS are installed on virtual hardware, giving access to the root login which allows users to modify the installation of Linux, install any software, and manage the server on their own. The InfinitePanel allows for the management of multiple servers from one control panel and the instant addition of applications like WordPress and Drupal. Every server has between 1 and 8 2.53 GHz virtual CPUs, shared on hosts operating, on average, below 30% CPU utilization. The company ensures that every server is backed by 100% of the RAM included in each respective plan, up to 16 GB. Other server features include: Virtual KVM, Virtual CD/DVD & Floppy, Virtual Power Buttons, and Performance Charts.
It states that with its Virtual Dedicated Server, the client is always protected. The company's Enterprise Virtualization Environment (E.V.E.), includes features such as clustered NetApp SAN with RAID-DP, VMware HA clustering, and clustered enterprise firewalls, and a 100% uptime guarantee.
The company lists the features of the two plans as below -
Diamond Plan Features:
* 6 CPU Cores (Max: 8 Cores)
* 6 GB RAM (Max: 16 GB)
* 60 GB of Storage (Max: 2 TB)
* Unlimited Bandwidth
* Monthly price of $179.99
Diamond+ Plan Features:
* 8 CPU Cores (Max: 8 Cores)
* 8 GB RAM (Max: 16 GB)
* 70 GB of Storage (Max: 2TB)
* Unlimited Bandwidth
* Monthly price of $209.99
"Our new Diamond and Diamond+ Linux plans are the most powerful virtual server plans from any vendor. When combined with E.V.E., these plans leave very little room for dedicated server hosting," said Adam Stern, President and CEO of Infinitely Virtual.
Tenzing Partners with Apprenda
Partnership to help ISV (independent software vendor) customers accelerate their migration to a SaaS business model and speed application development.
Tenzing Managed IT Services (Tenzing), a provider of hosting solutions for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers and Ecommerce systems integrators, today announced a strategic partnership with Apprenda, a provider of Software-as-a-Service applications, that will help new and existing ISV (independent software vendor) customers accelerate their migration to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model and speed application development.
It explains that clients have found that moving to a SaaS model by using a foundational technology like Apprenda's SaaSGrid cloud middleware can speed time to market by 40 to 60 per cent and lower overall development costs substantially. Through this partnership, the company and Apprenda provide a true end-to-end SaaS delivery platform that enables ISVs to bring their SaaS offerings to market faster with the lowest ongoing cost of service delivery. Together, its EVEREST platform, a mission-critical Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering, and Apprenda's SaaSGrid enable ISVs to migrate and transform traditional on-premise software to a SaaS model, while reducing capital requirements and minimizing the need for ongoing R&D budgets for SaaS-specific architecture maintenance.
According to the company, making the business model change to SaaS can also be a daunting task for ISVs that have built processes and workforces based on selling software using a traditional perpetual licensing model. Drawing on its expertise, it consults ISVs on how to address business processes such as marketing and sales force compensation strategies, and identifies how other partners from its portfolio of SaaS enablement services can be best leveraged to help ISVs meet their SaaS goals.
"Tenzing is a SaaS enablement company. Utilizing our EVEREST platform, methodical and solid operational foundation in practices such as ITSM/ITIL, and investment in security certifications like ISO 27001, our SaaS practice is engineered from the ground up to reduce the risks and costs associated with supporting ISVs," said Raj Atwal, Vice President, Engineering and Partner Development for Tenzing. "By building on our respective domain expertise, Tenzing and Apprenda are able to tailor solutions to make SaaS migration easy for the ISV community, helping them meet their SaaS goals - all with the added benefit of using Canadian-based hosting services."
"Traditional ISVs often struggle with migration to SaaS as a result of limited resources," said Will Childs, Director of Tenzing's SaaS Practice. "With Tenzing's ongoing support and Apprenda's SaaS tool set, ISVs don't have to reinvent the wheel when migrating to SaaS. They can minimize changes to their existing code and use their existing intellectual property and expertise to get to market faster and more efficiently."
"ISVs need a true SaaS delivery platform to solve both the operational and commercialization challenges of bringing a SaaS product to market. By leveraging SaaSGrid, they can focus on their core competencies of developing new software functionality and selling that product in market," said Devon Watson, Director of Business Development at Apprenda. "By partnering with Tenzing, we offer an 'out-of-the-box' platform that slashes time to revenue; solves both the upfront and ongoing technical and business challenges of delivering Software-as-a-Service; and reduces risk thanks to Tenzing's ability to support application-level SLAs."
Tenzing Managed IT Services (Tenzing), a provider of hosting solutions for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers and Ecommerce systems integrators, today announced a strategic partnership with Apprenda, a provider of Software-as-a-Service applications, that will help new and existing ISV (independent software vendor) customers accelerate their migration to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model and speed application development.
It explains that clients have found that moving to a SaaS model by using a foundational technology like Apprenda's SaaSGrid cloud middleware can speed time to market by 40 to 60 per cent and lower overall development costs substantially. Through this partnership, the company and Apprenda provide a true end-to-end SaaS delivery platform that enables ISVs to bring their SaaS offerings to market faster with the lowest ongoing cost of service delivery. Together, its EVEREST platform, a mission-critical Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering, and Apprenda's SaaSGrid enable ISVs to migrate and transform traditional on-premise software to a SaaS model, while reducing capital requirements and minimizing the need for ongoing R&D budgets for SaaS-specific architecture maintenance.
According to the company, making the business model change to SaaS can also be a daunting task for ISVs that have built processes and workforces based on selling software using a traditional perpetual licensing model. Drawing on its expertise, it consults ISVs on how to address business processes such as marketing and sales force compensation strategies, and identifies how other partners from its portfolio of SaaS enablement services can be best leveraged to help ISVs meet their SaaS goals.
"Tenzing is a SaaS enablement company. Utilizing our EVEREST platform, methodical and solid operational foundation in practices such as ITSM/ITIL, and investment in security certifications like ISO 27001, our SaaS practice is engineered from the ground up to reduce the risks and costs associated with supporting ISVs," said Raj Atwal, Vice President, Engineering and Partner Development for Tenzing. "By building on our respective domain expertise, Tenzing and Apprenda are able to tailor solutions to make SaaS migration easy for the ISV community, helping them meet their SaaS goals - all with the added benefit of using Canadian-based hosting services."
"Traditional ISVs often struggle with migration to SaaS as a result of limited resources," said Will Childs, Director of Tenzing's SaaS Practice. "With Tenzing's ongoing support and Apprenda's SaaS tool set, ISVs don't have to reinvent the wheel when migrating to SaaS. They can minimize changes to their existing code and use their existing intellectual property and expertise to get to market faster and more efficiently."
"ISVs need a true SaaS delivery platform to solve both the operational and commercialization challenges of bringing a SaaS product to market. By leveraging SaaSGrid, they can focus on their core competencies of developing new software functionality and selling that product in market," said Devon Watson, Director of Business Development at Apprenda. "By partnering with Tenzing, we offer an 'out-of-the-box' platform that slashes time to revenue; solves both the upfront and ongoing technical and business challenges of delivering Software-as-a-Service; and reduces risk thanks to Tenzing's ability to support application-level SLAs."
Citrix to Acquire Netviewer
Acquisition helps to meet surging European demand for SaaS collaboration and IT services.
Citrix Systems, Inc., a provider of virtualization, networking and Software-as-a-Service technologies, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Netviewer AG, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor in collaboration and IT services. The company avers that Netviewer AG will become part of its online services division, Citrix Online, and the acquisition will enable the extension of its SaaS leadership in Europe. The transaction is expected to close in early 2011, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions.
It articulates that Citrix Online is expanding globally and this acquisition will accelerate its growth in Europe by combining two complementary market leaders with a shared vision for virtual workstyles, innovation and delivering an excellent customer experience. This vision is central to the company's virtual computing strategy. Netviewer has customers in many countries throughout Europe, including the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Benelux, the Nordics, Italy and Spain.
The company states that market research and local operating experience indicate continued rapidly growing demand for collaboration and IT services in Europe. Macro-economic trends such as globalization, distributed teams, and environmental concerns are driving the need for more virtual communications and workstyles throughout the European region. Citrix Online is at the forefront of driving these transitions with its customers. This acquisition will enable Citrix Online to expand its presence more quickly in Europe just as demand surges.
It mentions that Netviewer has built an installed base of more than 18,000 customers, from global blue chip companies to small- and medium-sized enterprises as a result of a dedicated focus on providing an excellent customer experience. Its product strategy and approach to customer success is similar to Citrix Online's 'simpler is better', customer-centric products and services. The company adds that upon the closing of the acquisition, Robert Gratzl, Netviewer's Board Spokesperson will be appointed as the Vice President and General Manager for Citrix Online in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Netviewer's Karlsruhe office will remain an important center for Citrix Online's operations in the region.
"SaaS-based collaboration and IT services have been key to our growth story. We believe there is even more opportunity ahead as the global market matures and customers look for a strong, experienced partner," said Brett Caine, Senior Vice President, Online Services Division, Citrix Systems, Inc. "With the acquisition of a company that shares our vision, we will continue to execute on our strategy for global expansion and accelerated growth by delivering products that offer a simpler, better experience to enable customers to succeed."
Robert Gratzl added, "In Citrix Online, we found a partner with a similar market philosophy, good cultural alignment and the drive, passion and resources to leverage the accelerating growth opportunities across Europe. Our customers will benefit enormously from our combined resources through greater innovation and faster time to market."
Citrix Systems, Inc., a provider of virtualization, networking and Software-as-a-Service technologies, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Netviewer AG, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor in collaboration and IT services. The company avers that Netviewer AG will become part of its online services division, Citrix Online, and the acquisition will enable the extension of its SaaS leadership in Europe. The transaction is expected to close in early 2011, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions.
It articulates that Citrix Online is expanding globally and this acquisition will accelerate its growth in Europe by combining two complementary market leaders with a shared vision for virtual workstyles, innovation and delivering an excellent customer experience. This vision is central to the company's virtual computing strategy. Netviewer has customers in many countries throughout Europe, including the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Benelux, the Nordics, Italy and Spain.
The company states that market research and local operating experience indicate continued rapidly growing demand for collaboration and IT services in Europe. Macro-economic trends such as globalization, distributed teams, and environmental concerns are driving the need for more virtual communications and workstyles throughout the European region. Citrix Online is at the forefront of driving these transitions with its customers. This acquisition will enable Citrix Online to expand its presence more quickly in Europe just as demand surges.
It mentions that Netviewer has built an installed base of more than 18,000 customers, from global blue chip companies to small- and medium-sized enterprises as a result of a dedicated focus on providing an excellent customer experience. Its product strategy and approach to customer success is similar to Citrix Online's 'simpler is better', customer-centric products and services. The company adds that upon the closing of the acquisition, Robert Gratzl, Netviewer's Board Spokesperson will be appointed as the Vice President and General Manager for Citrix Online in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Netviewer's Karlsruhe office will remain an important center for Citrix Online's operations in the region.
"SaaS-based collaboration and IT services have been key to our growth story. We believe there is even more opportunity ahead as the global market matures and customers look for a strong, experienced partner," said Brett Caine, Senior Vice President, Online Services Division, Citrix Systems, Inc. "With the acquisition of a company that shares our vision, we will continue to execute on our strategy for global expansion and accelerated growth by delivering products that offer a simpler, better experience to enable customers to succeed."
Robert Gratzl added, "In Citrix Online, we found a partner with a similar market philosophy, good cultural alignment and the drive, passion and resources to leverage the accelerating growth opportunities across Europe. Our customers will benefit enormously from our combined resources through greater innovation and faster time to market."
Friday, December 17, 2010
.ME Registry Deploys DNSSEC
Enables Domain Name System Security Extensions for .ME domain names.
The .ME Registry, alongwith with its technology partner Afilias, today announced that .ME domains are now enabled with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).
The company states that DNSSEC ensures that when a user requests a website, the correct address is both received and used for the connection. Without DNSSEC, a malicious attacker could insert the wrong address, directing the user to a forged website. DNSSEC adds digital signatures to the information in the DNS and automatically ensures users are not redirected to an unintended destination.
It further states that a 'friends and family' period is now in effect, allowing the public to learn more about DNSSEC using a select group of second level .ME domain names. The list of 'friends and family' domains includes: nic.me, domain.me, menet.me and telenor.me. Comcast, the largest ISP in the United States, is also participating. Comcast has signed xfinity.me, its local consumer cable brand, as well as 15 other .ME domains.
"Dot-ME is a popular and innovative top-level domain option offering many unique ways to personalize any site," said Predrag Lesic, Executive Director of the .ME Registry. "Ensuring that dot-ME remains a useful and intuitive domain space is our main goal, but we also recognize the need to deploy the newest innovations in security. Enabling DNSSEC allows us to provide a safer and more trustworthy experience for .ME website owners and visitors."
"We congratulate the .ME Registry for taking this step to ensure a safer internet for all dot-ME users, and are happy to provide the technology that makes DNSSEC implementation possible," said Philipp Grabensee, Chairman of Afilias.
The .ME Registry, alongwith with its technology partner Afilias, today announced that .ME domains are now enabled with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).
The company states that DNSSEC ensures that when a user requests a website, the correct address is both received and used for the connection. Without DNSSEC, a malicious attacker could insert the wrong address, directing the user to a forged website. DNSSEC adds digital signatures to the information in the DNS and automatically ensures users are not redirected to an unintended destination.
It further states that a 'friends and family' period is now in effect, allowing the public to learn more about DNSSEC using a select group of second level .ME domain names. The list of 'friends and family' domains includes: nic.me, domain.me, menet.me and telenor.me. Comcast, the largest ISP in the United States, is also participating. Comcast has signed xfinity.me, its local consumer cable brand, as well as 15 other .ME domains.
"Dot-ME is a popular and innovative top-level domain option offering many unique ways to personalize any site," said Predrag Lesic, Executive Director of the .ME Registry. "Ensuring that dot-ME remains a useful and intuitive domain space is our main goal, but we also recognize the need to deploy the newest innovations in security. Enabling DNSSEC allows us to provide a safer and more trustworthy experience for .ME website owners and visitors."
"We congratulate the .ME Registry for taking this step to ensure a safer internet for all dot-ME users, and are happy to provide the technology that makes DNSSEC implementation possible," said Philipp Grabensee, Chairman of Afilias.
Atlantic.Net Launches Atlantic.Net Cloud Servers
Company launches industrial-grade, scalable, secure and robust cloud computing platform.
Atlantic.Net, a hosting solutions provider, yesterday announced the launch of 'Atlantic.Net Cloud Servers,' an industrial-grade, scalable, secure and robust cloud computing platform.
According to the company, it offers several variations of its cloud product, including public cloud for self-serve provisioning, private cloud for individual companies, and hybrid solutions, mixing cloud with an array of the latest web technologies. Cloud servers put an end to constant upgrade cycles and reduce capital expenditures for corporations, allowing computing resources to scale up and down with demand. Its cloud servers enable organizations of all sizes to build, test, and deploy Windows or Linux servers instantly and enjoy the benefits of pay-as-you-go billing, free set-up, no contracts, and no commitments.
It claims that its cloud servers provision instantly, provide fast disk performance, bill by the second versus monthly or hourly and can be customized to the specific needs of clients. In addition, its core cloud computing infrastructure operates at 40 gigabits per second, between four and 400 times faster than competing products. The company adds that for a limited time, it is offering a free trial of its public cloud platform to show organizations the benefits of moving to the cloud - savings, simplicity, flexibility, security, speed and live expert support 24x7x365!
"With over 16 years of industry experience, we optimized our cloud computing platform to deliver the best experience with today's hottest applications on the web," said Marty Puranik, Founder, President, and CEO of Atlantic.Net.
Josh Simon, Director of Data Center Services, stated, "Our product development team worked tirelessly to deliver a unique, robust, one-of-a-kind solution tuned for web applications. We studied what was available and decided to make the leap to the next generation of computing technology. From the ground up, our cloud platform implements many innovative features not available in any other platform. We addressed storage, computing capacity, provisioning, and even billing in a whole new way. The resulting computing experience is totally different and more secure than anything that's been available." "Our platform is designed to surpass all of the hype and uncertainty and clear up the confusion surrounding cloud computing," added Simon.
Atlantic.Net, a hosting solutions provider, yesterday announced the launch of 'Atlantic.Net Cloud Servers,' an industrial-grade, scalable, secure and robust cloud computing platform.
According to the company, it offers several variations of its cloud product, including public cloud for self-serve provisioning, private cloud for individual companies, and hybrid solutions, mixing cloud with an array of the latest web technologies. Cloud servers put an end to constant upgrade cycles and reduce capital expenditures for corporations, allowing computing resources to scale up and down with demand. Its cloud servers enable organizations of all sizes to build, test, and deploy Windows or Linux servers instantly and enjoy the benefits of pay-as-you-go billing, free set-up, no contracts, and no commitments.
It claims that its cloud servers provision instantly, provide fast disk performance, bill by the second versus monthly or hourly and can be customized to the specific needs of clients. In addition, its core cloud computing infrastructure operates at 40 gigabits per second, between four and 400 times faster than competing products. The company adds that for a limited time, it is offering a free trial of its public cloud platform to show organizations the benefits of moving to the cloud - savings, simplicity, flexibility, security, speed and live expert support 24x7x365!
"With over 16 years of industry experience, we optimized our cloud computing platform to deliver the best experience with today's hottest applications on the web," said Marty Puranik, Founder, President, and CEO of Atlantic.Net.
Josh Simon, Director of Data Center Services, stated, "Our product development team worked tirelessly to deliver a unique, robust, one-of-a-kind solution tuned for web applications. We studied what was available and decided to make the leap to the next generation of computing technology. From the ground up, our cloud platform implements many innovative features not available in any other platform. We addressed storage, computing capacity, provisioning, and even billing in a whole new way. The resulting computing experience is totally different and more secure than anything that's been available." "Our platform is designed to surpass all of the hype and uncertainty and clear up the confusion surrounding cloud computing," added Simon.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Rackspace Acquires Cloudkick
Cloudkick's tools will combine with the company's Fanatical Support to further the benefits of cloud computing.
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, today announced its acquisition of Cloudkick, a provider of web applications for easy and efficient cloud-server management. The company mentions that Cloudkick offers what amounts to a cockpit for navigating complex cloud environments, with all the information and controls in one elegant, convenient panel to help developers and system administrators deploy and manage their cloud environments.
It articulates that a two-year-old startup initially funded by Y Combinator and based in San Francisco, Cloudkick serves more than 1,500 businesses from Fortune 500 enterprises to nimble startups - and has seen more than 1 million servers pass through its tools. Cloudkick helps its customers manage and monitor their servers across multiple providers from a single dashboard - no matter how large or complex the deployment. That dashboard lets customers manage a hybrid infrastructure, across both multi-tenant virtualized servers and dedicated hardware. The company adds that in the two years since its launch, Cloudkick has grown rapidly and is working with well-known companies such as Mozilla and National Instruments. Cloudkick has been an active member of the OpenStack community, an open-source cloud project founded by the company, and will continue to serve as an excellent option to monitor and manage OpenStack clouds.
It states that it has in recent years extended its services to cloud computing and hybrid hosting. Earlier this week, it defined a new category of hosting, managed cloud, which offers a new level of Fanatical Support to business users of cloud computing. It expects its acquisition of Cloudkick to enable it to deliver even better support through superior management tools that will be available directly to customers and also to the Rackers who serve them. The company will also broaden its presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, making Cloudkick's headquarters the latest outpost for delivering Fanatical Support and innovation in cloud computing.
"Until now, the cloud has been about automating hardware and making it more agile and efficient," said Lew Moorman, Chief Strategy Officer of Rackspace. "But as cloud computing has made it easier to launch servers, companies launch a lot more of them, and use many of them inefficiently - and even lose track of some. Cloudkick brings order to that chaos and sprawl. It takes cloud computing to a new level: into automation of the work of system administrators. In addition to providing robust cloud health information, Cloudkick enables automation around deployment and scaling. It makes cloud computing more powerful, with less expense."
"Bringing Cloudkick into the Rackspace fold, and integrating its expertise into our own, is a bold step toward ensuring Rackspace's position as the leading global cloud provider for years to come," added Moorman. "As we continue to deliver Fanatical Support in all that we do, Rackspace now has expanded its team and offerings to make managing IT infrastructure more seamless across various platforms."
"We built Cloudkick to make the lives of system administrators easier," said Alex Polvi, Founder of Cloudkick. "With the support of Rackspace we look forward to fulfilling our vision, while getting our tools directly into the hands of customers as they adopt cloud computing."
"Y Combinator has funded a lot of startups, but it was clear from early on that Cloudkick was going to be one of the big winners. They're a layer of the cloud computing infrastructure that practically everyone needs," said Paul Graham, Partner of Y Combinator. "Rackspace plus Cloudkick should be a good match, thanks to Cloudkick's service focus and dedication to the open-source community, and Rackspace's market reach."
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, today announced its acquisition of Cloudkick, a provider of web applications for easy and efficient cloud-server management. The company mentions that Cloudkick offers what amounts to a cockpit for navigating complex cloud environments, with all the information and controls in one elegant, convenient panel to help developers and system administrators deploy and manage their cloud environments.
It articulates that a two-year-old startup initially funded by Y Combinator and based in San Francisco, Cloudkick serves more than 1,500 businesses from Fortune 500 enterprises to nimble startups - and has seen more than 1 million servers pass through its tools. Cloudkick helps its customers manage and monitor their servers across multiple providers from a single dashboard - no matter how large or complex the deployment. That dashboard lets customers manage a hybrid infrastructure, across both multi-tenant virtualized servers and dedicated hardware. The company adds that in the two years since its launch, Cloudkick has grown rapidly and is working with well-known companies such as Mozilla and National Instruments. Cloudkick has been an active member of the OpenStack community, an open-source cloud project founded by the company, and will continue to serve as an excellent option to monitor and manage OpenStack clouds.
It states that it has in recent years extended its services to cloud computing and hybrid hosting. Earlier this week, it defined a new category of hosting, managed cloud, which offers a new level of Fanatical Support to business users of cloud computing. It expects its acquisition of Cloudkick to enable it to deliver even better support through superior management tools that will be available directly to customers and also to the Rackers who serve them. The company will also broaden its presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, making Cloudkick's headquarters the latest outpost for delivering Fanatical Support and innovation in cloud computing.
"Until now, the cloud has been about automating hardware and making it more agile and efficient," said Lew Moorman, Chief Strategy Officer of Rackspace. "But as cloud computing has made it easier to launch servers, companies launch a lot more of them, and use many of them inefficiently - and even lose track of some. Cloudkick brings order to that chaos and sprawl. It takes cloud computing to a new level: into automation of the work of system administrators. In addition to providing robust cloud health information, Cloudkick enables automation around deployment and scaling. It makes cloud computing more powerful, with less expense."
"Bringing Cloudkick into the Rackspace fold, and integrating its expertise into our own, is a bold step toward ensuring Rackspace's position as the leading global cloud provider for years to come," added Moorman. "As we continue to deliver Fanatical Support in all that we do, Rackspace now has expanded its team and offerings to make managing IT infrastructure more seamless across various platforms."
"We built Cloudkick to make the lives of system administrators easier," said Alex Polvi, Founder of Cloudkick. "With the support of Rackspace we look forward to fulfilling our vision, while getting our tools directly into the hands of customers as they adopt cloud computing."
"Y Combinator has funded a lot of startups, but it was clear from early on that Cloudkick was going to be one of the big winners. They're a layer of the cloud computing infrastructure that practically everyone needs," said Paul Graham, Partner of Y Combinator. "Rackspace plus Cloudkick should be a good match, thanks to Cloudkick's service focus and dedication to the open-source community, and Rackspace's market reach."
Content Management AG Partners with iWelt AG
iWelt AG signs OEM partner agreement for the company's site builder and online storage solution.
Content Management AG (CM-AG), a provider of web-based applications, today announced that iWelt AG, an internet service provider, recently signed a multi-year OEM partner agreement for CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition and CM4all OnlineDrive.
According to the company, Using CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition, SMEs will be able to create and maintain their own professional websites without any programming knowledge required. They will benefit from industry-related design templates and powerful features such as online shops, business blogs, RSS feeds, live statistics and search engine optimization.
It claims that thanks to CM4all OnlineDrive, iWelt AG will offer a product that fulfills the constantly growing demand for online storage and backup solutions. The clearly structured file manager and the user-friendly backup client will facilitate both file administration and backup and ensure permanent availability. Stored data will be protected from unauthorized access with 128-bit encryption. The company says that iWelt AG customers will be able to log in to their accounts from any computer in order to download, edit, and save their digital documents, music and image files. Guest accounts created by the account owner will permit friends and colleagues to access shared folders and allow for cooperation regardless of the user's location.
"We are pleased to welcome iWelt AG, another German partner, to our global OEM network. With the upcoming integration of CM4all WebsiteCreator and CM4all OnlineDrive, the company will expand its service portfolio in these specific areas and invest in both long-term customer satisfaction and customer retention," said Robert Schovenberg, CEO of Content Management AG.
"During our extensive product tests, the CM4all software revealed outstanding front- and back-end capabilities. In the future, CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition and CM4all OnlineDrive will enable us to offer our customers user-friendly tools for do-it-yourself website creation as well as online storage and data management," explained Hans Stolz, CEO of iWelt AG.
Content Management AG (CM-AG), a provider of web-based applications, today announced that iWelt AG, an internet service provider, recently signed a multi-year OEM partner agreement for CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition and CM4all OnlineDrive.
According to the company, Using CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition, SMEs will be able to create and maintain their own professional websites without any programming knowledge required. They will benefit from industry-related design templates and powerful features such as online shops, business blogs, RSS feeds, live statistics and search engine optimization.
It claims that thanks to CM4all OnlineDrive, iWelt AG will offer a product that fulfills the constantly growing demand for online storage and backup solutions. The clearly structured file manager and the user-friendly backup client will facilitate both file administration and backup and ensure permanent availability. Stored data will be protected from unauthorized access with 128-bit encryption. The company says that iWelt AG customers will be able to log in to their accounts from any computer in order to download, edit, and save their digital documents, music and image files. Guest accounts created by the account owner will permit friends and colleagues to access shared folders and allow for cooperation regardless of the user's location.
"We are pleased to welcome iWelt AG, another German partner, to our global OEM network. With the upcoming integration of CM4all WebsiteCreator and CM4all OnlineDrive, the company will expand its service portfolio in these specific areas and invest in both long-term customer satisfaction and customer retention," said Robert Schovenberg, CEO of Content Management AG.
"During our extensive product tests, the CM4all software revealed outstanding front- and back-end capabilities. In the future, CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition and CM4all OnlineDrive will enable us to offer our customers user-friendly tools for do-it-yourself website creation as well as online storage and data management," explained Hans Stolz, CEO of iWelt AG.
IBSPoint Joins GlobalSign SSL Partner Program
IBSPoint will be reselling the full range of the company's SSL Certificates to its customer base, further complementing its current product portfolio.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, yesterday announced that IBSPoint, an internet business solutions provider, has joined its SSL Partner Program, becoming a primary value-added reseller of SSL Certificates in the Middle East. The company claims that IBSPoint chose to partner with it to improve availability of the highest levels of SSL security to the market, and will be reselling the full range of the company's SSL Certificates to its customer base, further complementing its current product portfolio.
It explains that IBSPoint is an internet solutions provider to the whole of the Middle East. Services include domain registration, hosting, web development, SEO, email solutions, Software as a Service, SaaS hosting and internet marketing. Dedicated to increasing awareness of online security issues in the Middle East, IBSPoint is keen to provide the highest levels of SSL security to its customers. SSL Certificates are an essential tool in online security, encrypting information provided to a website, such as credit card transactions, logins, databases and webmail, thus preventing phishing attacks and identity fraud.
The company further explains that as an authorized partner, IBSPoint will be offering the full range of SSL Certificates, including Domain Validated SSL Certificates, Organization Validated and Extended Validated Certificates to provide the highest level of security and brand protection to its customers. As well as encrypting information, OrganizationSSL Certificates display the organization's details telling visitors that the website is legitimate, whilst the latest Extended Validation (EV) technology also turns browser address bars green in IE7+, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari. Through the new partnership, IBSPoint will be able to educate businesses and end users alike on how to adopt and recognize the highest levels of security online, hence enhancing security on the Internet as a whole.
It states that SSL Certificates are the ideal add-on to IBSPoint internet solutions and the company's Partner Program simplifies the reselling experience. The integration of its SSL module in the latest version of the WHMCS management hosting solution platform allows IBSPoint to conveniently manage and automate reselling of its SSL Certificates, complementing its portfolio and generating new revenue streams with minimum cost and effort. With the company's Partner Program, IBSPoint can benefit from a simplified and cost-effective product range, as well as sales training and marketing support to help educate consumers about SSL security.
The company further states that its Partner Program is designed to enable SSL Certificates to easily be integrated into product ranges as a value-add or revenue-generating product. An increasing number of internet solutions providers are switching to it to take advantage of its SSL Program and the financial opportunity it offers. With four partnership levels, the Program was conceived to match specific partner requirements, offering varying levels of pricing discounts, product integration, customer support and marketing and sales resources to further enhance the SSL reselling opportunity.
"We are delighted to welcome IBSPoint on board our Partner Program and their dedication to educating customers to best practices in the field of online security is inspiring," said Steve Waite, Channel Director at GlobalSign. "This is another example of how the integration of the GlobalSign SSL reselling module into WHMCS and other control panels is facilitating the SSL reselling experience for hosting companies, Internet Services Providers, and registrars all over the world."
"IBSPoint aims to provide a one-stop shop solution to our customers and online security is an integral part of what we do," said Sami Al-Taher, CEO at IBSPoint. "Through our partnership with GlobalSign we can make the highest levels of security easily accessible to organizations of all sizes in the Middle East and we are expecting a considerable increase in the number of SSL Certificates used by website owners in the Middle East in the next few months."
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, yesterday announced that IBSPoint, an internet business solutions provider, has joined its SSL Partner Program, becoming a primary value-added reseller of SSL Certificates in the Middle East. The company claims that IBSPoint chose to partner with it to improve availability of the highest levels of SSL security to the market, and will be reselling the full range of the company's SSL Certificates to its customer base, further complementing its current product portfolio.
It explains that IBSPoint is an internet solutions provider to the whole of the Middle East. Services include domain registration, hosting, web development, SEO, email solutions, Software as a Service, SaaS hosting and internet marketing. Dedicated to increasing awareness of online security issues in the Middle East, IBSPoint is keen to provide the highest levels of SSL security to its customers. SSL Certificates are an essential tool in online security, encrypting information provided to a website, such as credit card transactions, logins, databases and webmail, thus preventing phishing attacks and identity fraud.
The company further explains that as an authorized partner, IBSPoint will be offering the full range of SSL Certificates, including Domain Validated SSL Certificates, Organization Validated and Extended Validated Certificates to provide the highest level of security and brand protection to its customers. As well as encrypting information, OrganizationSSL Certificates display the organization's details telling visitors that the website is legitimate, whilst the latest Extended Validation (EV) technology also turns browser address bars green in IE7+, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari. Through the new partnership, IBSPoint will be able to educate businesses and end users alike on how to adopt and recognize the highest levels of security online, hence enhancing security on the Internet as a whole.
It states that SSL Certificates are the ideal add-on to IBSPoint internet solutions and the company's Partner Program simplifies the reselling experience. The integration of its SSL module in the latest version of the WHMCS management hosting solution platform allows IBSPoint to conveniently manage and automate reselling of its SSL Certificates, complementing its portfolio and generating new revenue streams with minimum cost and effort. With the company's Partner Program, IBSPoint can benefit from a simplified and cost-effective product range, as well as sales training and marketing support to help educate consumers about SSL security.
The company further states that its Partner Program is designed to enable SSL Certificates to easily be integrated into product ranges as a value-add or revenue-generating product. An increasing number of internet solutions providers are switching to it to take advantage of its SSL Program and the financial opportunity it offers. With four partnership levels, the Program was conceived to match specific partner requirements, offering varying levels of pricing discounts, product integration, customer support and marketing and sales resources to further enhance the SSL reselling opportunity.
"We are delighted to welcome IBSPoint on board our Partner Program and their dedication to educating customers to best practices in the field of online security is inspiring," said Steve Waite, Channel Director at GlobalSign. "This is another example of how the integration of the GlobalSign SSL reselling module into WHMCS and other control panels is facilitating the SSL reselling experience for hosting companies, Internet Services Providers, and registrars all over the world."
"IBSPoint aims to provide a one-stop shop solution to our customers and online security is an integral part of what we do," said Sami Al-Taher, CEO at IBSPoint. "Through our partnership with GlobalSign we can make the highest levels of security easily accessible to organizations of all sizes in the Middle East and we are expecting a considerable increase in the number of SSL Certificates used by website owners in the Middle East in the next few months."
iWeb Obtains SAS 70 Type II Certification
Co-location hosting services data center located in Montreal, Canada, has been granted Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II Certification.
iWeb Group Inc., a provider of internet hosting services and IT infrastructure, recently announced that its iWeb-CO co-location hosting services data center located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has successfully been granted Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II Certification. The company says that the SAS 70 standard is a widely recognized auditing standard that confirms, after an audit from a independent, external firm, that the company has control procedures and that they are adequately implemented.
It avers that the company's review was conducted by Deloitte & Touche LLP and included extensive testing performed over a six-month period. The review and report notably included a full assessment of:
* Infrastructure and physical security measures
* Human resources policies and procedures
* Insurance coverage
"In obtaining this certification, iWeb had two main objectives, confirming the existence of the numerous procedures that were put into action over the last couple of years and demonstrating to its actual and potential customers the rigor of its operations. These two goals were successfully achieved," said Martin Leclair, iWeb's President of Products and Technology.
"The review highlighted the measures implemented to control physical access to our facilities, with surveillance cameras, access cards and biometric checkpoints. The audit also confirmed the quality of the maintenance procedures of our electromechanical and fire control equipment. We were confident that we were doing it right and now it is official," declared Cyrille Mertes, iWeb's Chief Technology Officer.
Michel Thivierge, iWeb's Human Resources Director, who also played a critical role in obtaining this certification, added, "the SAS70 Type II Certification confirms to our customers that the policies and procedures set forth by iWeb to ensure the competence of its employees are effectively implemented, and that our employees will use their talents in the interest of customers. We always knew that this was so, but it is now confirmed by our auditors and we are really proud of it!"
iWeb Group Inc., a provider of internet hosting services and IT infrastructure, recently announced that its iWeb-CO co-location hosting services data center located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has successfully been granted Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II Certification. The company says that the SAS 70 standard is a widely recognized auditing standard that confirms, after an audit from a independent, external firm, that the company has control procedures and that they are adequately implemented.
It avers that the company's review was conducted by Deloitte & Touche LLP and included extensive testing performed over a six-month period. The review and report notably included a full assessment of:
* Infrastructure and physical security measures
* Human resources policies and procedures
* Insurance coverage
"In obtaining this certification, iWeb had two main objectives, confirming the existence of the numerous procedures that were put into action over the last couple of years and demonstrating to its actual and potential customers the rigor of its operations. These two goals were successfully achieved," said Martin Leclair, iWeb's President of Products and Technology.
"The review highlighted the measures implemented to control physical access to our facilities, with surveillance cameras, access cards and biometric checkpoints. The audit also confirmed the quality of the maintenance procedures of our electromechanical and fire control equipment. We were confident that we were doing it right and now it is official," declared Cyrille Mertes, iWeb's Chief Technology Officer.
Michel Thivierge, iWeb's Human Resources Director, who also played a critical role in obtaining this certification, added, "the SAS70 Type II Certification confirms to our customers that the policies and procedures set forth by iWeb to ensure the competence of its employees are effectively implemented, and that our employees will use their talents in the interest of customers. We always knew that this was so, but it is now confirmed by our auditors and we are really proud of it!"
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
ZNet Announces Hosting Promotion
Launches Christmas offer for its customers by giving 50% discount on web hosting.
ZNet Technologies, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, today announced Christmas bonanza on web hosting for its clientele.
The company mentions that it will offer 50% discount on web hosting in order to celebrate this festive Christmas season. The offer will be available on Shared Web Hosting, VPS Hosting and Reseller Hosting for a limited period. The offer will be valid till 31st Dec 2010. It has an international presence and will offer discount to its UK, USA, and Indian clientele. It avers that USA clientele can get the offer at http://www.znetlive.com, UK customer can get the offer at http://znet.uk.com/, and Indian customer at http://www.znet.in. The user has to use promo code - holiday10 in order to get the discount.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, ZNet Technologies, stated, "Christmas is a festive season and ZNet has tried to make it more festive by offering 50% flat discount on web hosting. We always endeavor to give our best and this is a step forward in terms of pricing. The offer will be valid for Christmas month and customers need to hurry up in order to avail the discount."
ZNet Technologies, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, today announced Christmas bonanza on web hosting for its clientele.
The company mentions that it will offer 50% discount on web hosting in order to celebrate this festive Christmas season. The offer will be available on Shared Web Hosting, VPS Hosting and Reseller Hosting for a limited period. The offer will be valid till 31st Dec 2010. It has an international presence and will offer discount to its UK, USA, and Indian clientele. It avers that USA clientele can get the offer at http://www.znetlive.com, UK customer can get the offer at http://znet.uk.com/, and Indian customer at http://www.znet.in. The user has to use promo code - holiday10 in order to get the discount.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, ZNet Technologies, stated, "Christmas is a festive season and ZNet has tried to make it more festive by offering 50% flat discount on web hosting. We always endeavor to give our best and this is a step forward in terms of pricing. The offer will be valid for Christmas month and customers need to hurry up in order to avail the discount."
OpSource Launches Managed Services in the Cloud
This offering enables organizations to experience the cost benefits of the public cloud while mitigating the security, control and integration issues.
OpSource, Inc., a provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services, today announced Managed Services for the cloud, a full suite of application and system management services that provides businesses and developers with a more operationally- efficient model for migrating and scaling mission-critical applications in the public cloud. The company claims that this offering enables organizations to experience the cost benefits of the public cloud while mitigating the security, control and integration issues that have inhibited the adoption of cloud services in the past. It is the first public cloud provider to offer this combination of application and system management services in the cloud, which can be customized by choosing from two different levels:
* OpSource Tech Ops: Provides smaller organizations with the system monitoring, server administration, and OS support required to get up and running with cloud computing while minimizing operational risk
* OpSource App Ops: Offers the application deployment, change management, data management, performance management, optimization management and compliance services that organizations need to scale cloud operations while minimizing operating expense and risk
It explains that the company is making it easy and affordable for organizations to get up and running with cloud services by offering a pricing structure for that scales with cloud computing usage. Managed Services for the cloud are priced between $0.05 and $0.60 per CPU hour, based on volume and term commitments. Its 'pay-as-you-go' pricing structure is a system that allows an organization to pay for enterprise-quality computing capability when they need it, paying for it only when it is being used. This flexible, frictionless sales model reduces the pricing barriers for many organizations, enabling companies to more seriously consider cloud-based managed services.
The company states that in a move to further ease the transition to cloud services, it has also announced the availability of Hybrid Connect, a secure Ethernet VLAN connection that links its Managed Hosting and Cloud Hosting environments. With Hybrid Connect, organizations can leverage the flexibility of the public cloud and the performance of dedicated physical servers in the OpSource Managed Hosting environment.
It further explains that as a long-standing leader in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) space, the company helped pioneer the SaaS hosting market by providing complex application hosting solutions to ISVs such as Adobe, SAP, CA, Taleo and Xactly. This in combination with its experience developing best practices in the areas of infrastructure hosting, monitoring, application and system monitoring, performance management, application deployment, change management and database management - makes the company's hybrid solution a powerful model for companies launching applications and IT infrastructures in the cloud.
"With Managed Service for the cloud, we now have the ability to align our customer's unique application requirements with the right combination of managed services and hosting resources," said Treb Ryan, CEO for OpSource. "This enables us to provide companies with a customized solution that can help them to more confidently deliver their web-based services from the cloud without the complexity, operational issues and expense associated with supporting these applications on their own infrastructure. When you combine our managed services with our flexible pricing models and ability to scale service on demand, OpSource has removed any remaining barriers to enterprise adoption of cloud services today."
Gartner estimates the market for cloud computing services will grow over the next few years, reaching $150 billion by 20131. Research VP for Gartner, Lydia Leong commented on the migration to cloud-based services, "Adoption of cloud infrastructure services is accelerating across businesses of all sizes. However, many organizations do not want to self-manage their infrastructure and cannot fully realize either the cost or agility benefits of the cloud without managed services. Some businesses lack the in-house expertise to manage their cloud servers, while others seek to free their IT organization of the need to do systems administration tasks that add no business value. A 'menu' of managed services on top of cloud infrastructure allows businesses to select the solutions that best fit their needs."
OpSource, Inc., a provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services, today announced Managed Services for the cloud, a full suite of application and system management services that provides businesses and developers with a more operationally- efficient model for migrating and scaling mission-critical applications in the public cloud. The company claims that this offering enables organizations to experience the cost benefits of the public cloud while mitigating the security, control and integration issues that have inhibited the adoption of cloud services in the past. It is the first public cloud provider to offer this combination of application and system management services in the cloud, which can be customized by choosing from two different levels:
* OpSource Tech Ops: Provides smaller organizations with the system monitoring, server administration, and OS support required to get up and running with cloud computing while minimizing operational risk
* OpSource App Ops: Offers the application deployment, change management, data management, performance management, optimization management and compliance services that organizations need to scale cloud operations while minimizing operating expense and risk
It explains that the company is making it easy and affordable for organizations to get up and running with cloud services by offering a pricing structure for that scales with cloud computing usage. Managed Services for the cloud are priced between $0.05 and $0.60 per CPU hour, based on volume and term commitments. Its 'pay-as-you-go' pricing structure is a system that allows an organization to pay for enterprise-quality computing capability when they need it, paying for it only when it is being used. This flexible, frictionless sales model reduces the pricing barriers for many organizations, enabling companies to more seriously consider cloud-based managed services.
The company states that in a move to further ease the transition to cloud services, it has also announced the availability of Hybrid Connect, a secure Ethernet VLAN connection that links its Managed Hosting and Cloud Hosting environments. With Hybrid Connect, organizations can leverage the flexibility of the public cloud and the performance of dedicated physical servers in the OpSource Managed Hosting environment.
It further explains that as a long-standing leader in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) space, the company helped pioneer the SaaS hosting market by providing complex application hosting solutions to ISVs such as Adobe, SAP, CA, Taleo and Xactly. This in combination with its experience developing best practices in the areas of infrastructure hosting, monitoring, application and system monitoring, performance management, application deployment, change management and database management - makes the company's hybrid solution a powerful model for companies launching applications and IT infrastructures in the cloud.
"With Managed Service for the cloud, we now have the ability to align our customer's unique application requirements with the right combination of managed services and hosting resources," said Treb Ryan, CEO for OpSource. "This enables us to provide companies with a customized solution that can help them to more confidently deliver their web-based services from the cloud without the complexity, operational issues and expense associated with supporting these applications on their own infrastructure. When you combine our managed services with our flexible pricing models and ability to scale service on demand, OpSource has removed any remaining barriers to enterprise adoption of cloud services today."
Gartner estimates the market for cloud computing services will grow over the next few years, reaching $150 billion by 20131. Research VP for Gartner, Lydia Leong commented on the migration to cloud-based services, "Adoption of cloud infrastructure services is accelerating across businesses of all sizes. However, many organizations do not want to self-manage their infrastructure and cannot fully realize either the cost or agility benefits of the cloud without managed services. Some businesses lack the in-house expertise to manage their cloud servers, while others seek to free their IT organization of the need to do systems administration tasks that add no business value. A 'menu' of managed services on top of cloud infrastructure allows businesses to select the solutions that best fit their needs."
Host Color Unveils Hosting Promotion
Company provides 23% instant savings on its Shared Hosting service plans.
Host Color, a web hosting provider, today announced the opening of its annual Christmas promotional campaign on web hosting services.
The company articulates that it has released code CHRISTMAS2010 which provides 23% instant savings on its Shared Hosting service plans. Customer's of one of them - Multi Site - now get free domain name, free SSL Certificate and free SEO consultation and extended money back guarantee. Now Social Web (http://www.hostcolor.com/webhosting/socialwebhosting), one of the company's most popular hosting plans costs only $4.64/month purchased with coupon code CHRISTMAS2010. The Social Web features 20 GB disc space, 150 GB monthly bandwidth and allows site owners to host 5 different websites as add-on domains in cPanel.
According to it, another Shared plan, a multi domain hosting (http://www.hostcolor.com/webhosting/multidomainhosting) solution named Multi Site that features 75 GB disc space, unlimited bandwidth and allows site owners to host unlimited websites as add-on domains, now offers free SSL Certificate, free Dedicated IP, free domain name, free SEO consultation (Fast SEO), 99.99% uptime and 45 days extended money back guarantee. The price of Multi Site is $6.95/month with coupon code CHRISTMAS2010.
It says that all its Shared Hosting plans feature: PHP 5.2.9, MySQL 5.0.90, PostgreSQL 81.18, Apache 2.2.11, phpMyAdmin, CGI-BIN, Fantastico software library, Dolphin social networking website platform, MediaWiki, Pligg, WordPress MU community blogging CMS, LimeSurvey polls and surveys software, PHPBB community board, Simple Machines Forums, Vanilla Forums, WordPress, TextPattern, Joomla, Drupal, MODx CMS and many other popular open source applications. The company adds that it also offers Reseller Hosting, Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Hosting and SSL Certificates at nice prices. All promotional offerings are available in web hosting coupons section at the company website.
Host Color, a web hosting provider, today announced the opening of its annual Christmas promotional campaign on web hosting services.
The company articulates that it has released code CHRISTMAS2010 which provides 23% instant savings on its Shared Hosting service plans. Customer's of one of them - Multi Site - now get free domain name, free SSL Certificate and free SEO consultation and extended money back guarantee. Now Social Web (http://www.hostcolor.com/webhosting/socialwebhosting), one of the company's most popular hosting plans costs only $4.64/month purchased with coupon code CHRISTMAS2010. The Social Web features 20 GB disc space, 150 GB monthly bandwidth and allows site owners to host 5 different websites as add-on domains in cPanel.
According to it, another Shared plan, a multi domain hosting (http://www.hostcolor.com/webhosting/multidomainhosting) solution named Multi Site that features 75 GB disc space, unlimited bandwidth and allows site owners to host unlimited websites as add-on domains, now offers free SSL Certificate, free Dedicated IP, free domain name, free SEO consultation (Fast SEO), 99.99% uptime and 45 days extended money back guarantee. The price of Multi Site is $6.95/month with coupon code CHRISTMAS2010.
It says that all its Shared Hosting plans feature: PHP 5.2.9, MySQL 5.0.90, PostgreSQL 81.18, Apache 2.2.11, phpMyAdmin, CGI-BIN, Fantastico software library, Dolphin social networking website platform, MediaWiki, Pligg, WordPress MU community blogging CMS, LimeSurvey polls and surveys software, PHPBB community board, Simple Machines Forums, Vanilla Forums, WordPress, TextPattern, Joomla, Drupal, MODx CMS and many other popular open source applications. The company adds that it also offers Reseller Hosting, Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Hosting and SSL Certificates at nice prices. All promotional offerings are available in web hosting coupons section at the company website.
WebHostUK Launches Hosting Promotion
Announces discounts on Shared Web Hosting, Reseller Web Hosting, VPS Web Hosting and Dedicated Web Hosting plans.
WebHostUK Limited, a web hosting provider, today announced discounts on Shared Web Hosting, Reseller Web Hosting, VPS Web Hosting and Dedicated Web Hosting plans such as free one year hosting and 5% to 15% discounts available for the respective plans available on its website.
According to the company, the offers are -
* Shared Web Hosting Xmas Offer: With this exclusive UK Web Hosting offer, it is offering one year of free web hosting with the biannual purchase of any of their Linux or Windows Shared Web Hosting plans. The 2 + 1 year offer can be enjoyed by using the coupon code 'Xmas' while trying to signup with any of the Linux or Windows Shared Web Hosting plans available at http://www.webhost.uk.net/shared_hosting.html and http://www.webhost.uk.net/shared_win_hosting.html respectively.
* Reseller Web Hosting Xmas Offer: The deal includes one complete year of free Reseller Web Hosting by signing up biennially with any of the Linux or Windows Reseller Web Hosting plans available at http://www.webhost.uk.net/reseller_hosting.html and http://www.webhost.uk.net/reseller_win_hosting.html respectively. The 2 + 1 year Reseller Hosting offer is valid only for biannual payment mode and can be grabbed by using the coupon code 'Xmas'.
* Linux Cpanel VPS Web Hosting Xmas Offer: This offers 20% recurring off with any of the Linux VPS Web Hosting plans listed at http://www.webhosting.uk.net/linuxvps.html. It also offers free Cpanel control panel and free management services with any of their Linux VPS Web Hosting plans for this 2010 holiday season. Using the coupon code 'VPSXmas', the 20% recurring off can be enjoyed on monthly or annual payment modes.
* Dedicated Server Xmas Offer: There are two offers here -
Special Dedicated Christmas Offer 1: A limited number of HP ProLiant Dual-Core Server with 4 GB RAM for just GBP 84 a month. Using the promotion code 'XMASHP', one can avail 20% off the usual monthly price -
o HP ProLiant: Intel Xeon X3065, 2.33 Ghz Dual-Core
o 4 GB DDR2 RAM
o 2 x 160 GB SATA HDD
o Linux/Windows (added charge)
o 5000 GB Monthly Transfer
o Up to 8 IP Addresses
o Monthly: GBP 84.00 per month
o Coupon: XMASHP
Special Dedicated Christmas Offer 2: Offers discounts from 5% to 15% with all range of Linux and Windows Dedicated Servers available at http://www.webhosting.uk.net/linux_dedicated.html and http://www.webhosting.uk.net/windows_dedicated.html respectively -
o Get 5% monthly recurring discount with any of the available Linux or Windows Dedicated Servers. The 5% discount is offer is applicable on monthly billing.
o Get 10% semi-annual recurring discount with any of the Linux or Windows Dedicated Servers by signing up semi-annually.
o Get 15% annual recurring discount by signing up with the available Linux or Windows Dedicated Servers annually.
WebHostUK Limited, a web hosting provider, today announced discounts on Shared Web Hosting, Reseller Web Hosting, VPS Web Hosting and Dedicated Web Hosting plans such as free one year hosting and 5% to 15% discounts available for the respective plans available on its website.
According to the company, the offers are -
* Shared Web Hosting Xmas Offer: With this exclusive UK Web Hosting offer, it is offering one year of free web hosting with the biannual purchase of any of their Linux or Windows Shared Web Hosting plans. The 2 + 1 year offer can be enjoyed by using the coupon code 'Xmas' while trying to signup with any of the Linux or Windows Shared Web Hosting plans available at http://www.webhost.uk.net/shared_hosting.html and http://www.webhost.uk.net/shared_win_hosting.html respectively.
* Reseller Web Hosting Xmas Offer: The deal includes one complete year of free Reseller Web Hosting by signing up biennially with any of the Linux or Windows Reseller Web Hosting plans available at http://www.webhost.uk.net/reseller_hosting.html and http://www.webhost.uk.net/reseller_win_hosting.html respectively. The 2 + 1 year Reseller Hosting offer is valid only for biannual payment mode and can be grabbed by using the coupon code 'Xmas'.
* Linux Cpanel VPS Web Hosting Xmas Offer: This offers 20% recurring off with any of the Linux VPS Web Hosting plans listed at http://www.webhosting.uk.net/linuxvps.html. It also offers free Cpanel control panel and free management services with any of their Linux VPS Web Hosting plans for this 2010 holiday season. Using the coupon code 'VPSXmas', the 20% recurring off can be enjoyed on monthly or annual payment modes.
* Dedicated Server Xmas Offer: There are two offers here -
Special Dedicated Christmas Offer 1: A limited number of HP ProLiant Dual-Core Server with 4 GB RAM for just GBP 84 a month. Using the promotion code 'XMASHP', one can avail 20% off the usual monthly price -
o HP ProLiant: Intel Xeon X3065, 2.33 Ghz Dual-Core
o 4 GB DDR2 RAM
o 2 x 160 GB SATA HDD
o Linux/Windows (added charge)
o 5000 GB Monthly Transfer
o Up to 8 IP Addresses
o Monthly: GBP 84.00 per month
o Coupon: XMASHP
Special Dedicated Christmas Offer 2: Offers discounts from 5% to 15% with all range of Linux and Windows Dedicated Servers available at http://www.webhosting.uk.net/linux_dedicated.html and http://www.webhosting.uk.net/windows_dedicated.html respectively -
o Get 5% monthly recurring discount with any of the available Linux or Windows Dedicated Servers. The 5% discount is offer is applicable on monthly billing.
o Get 10% semi-annual recurring discount with any of the Linux or Windows Dedicated Servers by signing up semi-annually.
o Get 15% annual recurring discount by signing up with the available Linux or Windows Dedicated Servers annually.
Dell to Acquire Compellent
The acquisition is the latest strategic investment by the company as it expands its portfolio of enterprise-class storage solutions.
Dell yesterday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Compellent Technologies, Inc., a provider of Fluid Data storage solutions, for it to acquire Compellent. The company says that the acquisition is its latest strategic investment as it expands its portfolio of enterprise-class storage solutions and is consistent with the company's strategy to help customers better manage data growth, reduce storage costs and dramatically simplify the management of IT infrastructure.
It claims that the acquisition of Compellent will deliver on the company's commitment to provide its customers solutions that are open, capable and affordable. The company delivers an open and integrated approach to data management that drives efficiency and dramatically reduces costs by streamlining operations.
The company states that upon closing the transaction, it will quickly make Compellent an integral part of its storage portfolio, including PowerVault, EqualLogic and Dell/EMC. Compellent expands the company's storage solutions, which now offers customers systems and choice at every storage tier, from direct-attach to highly-virtualized SANs. it also plans to keep Compellent's existing operations in Eden Prairie, Minn., and will invest in engineering, support, operations and sales capability to grow this business.
It articulates that Compellent sells its solutions through an extensive network of channel partners. The company plans to maintain and enhance the strong channel program that Compellent has developed. It also signed a reseller agreement with Compellent that extends the storage portfolio it can offer its worldwide customer base, effective immediately.
The company further states that under terms of the agreement, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, it will pay $27.75 per share in cash for each share of Compellent for a total equity value of approximately $960 million, and aggregate purchase price of approximately $820 million, net of Compellent's cash. The transaction, which is subject to approval by Compellent's shareholders and customary closing conditions, is expected to close in early 2011.
"Compellent is a natural complement to Dell's expanding enterprise storage portfolio. The Compellent storage platform will enable Dell to provide customers additional mid- and high-end network storage solutions that simplify and reduce the cost of data management," said Brad Anderson, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Product Group. "Compellent's design focus on intelligently managing data to increase efficiency, agility and resiliency is consistent with Dell's approach of building solutions that can quickly scale to meet the most demanding enterprise environment."
"We are excited about our merger with Dell. This is the next logical step in our goal to scale our products, channel and team worldwide," said Phil Soran, President, CEO and Chairman of Compellent. "With Dell's scale and technology leadership, we accelerate the adoption of our virtualized platform, Fluid Data, to redefine the value of enterprise storage for data centers and cloud computing."
Dell yesterday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Compellent Technologies, Inc., a provider of Fluid Data storage solutions, for it to acquire Compellent. The company says that the acquisition is its latest strategic investment as it expands its portfolio of enterprise-class storage solutions and is consistent with the company's strategy to help customers better manage data growth, reduce storage costs and dramatically simplify the management of IT infrastructure.
It claims that the acquisition of Compellent will deliver on the company's commitment to provide its customers solutions that are open, capable and affordable. The company delivers an open and integrated approach to data management that drives efficiency and dramatically reduces costs by streamlining operations.
The company states that upon closing the transaction, it will quickly make Compellent an integral part of its storage portfolio, including PowerVault, EqualLogic and Dell/EMC. Compellent expands the company's storage solutions, which now offers customers systems and choice at every storage tier, from direct-attach to highly-virtualized SANs. it also plans to keep Compellent's existing operations in Eden Prairie, Minn., and will invest in engineering, support, operations and sales capability to grow this business.
It articulates that Compellent sells its solutions through an extensive network of channel partners. The company plans to maintain and enhance the strong channel program that Compellent has developed. It also signed a reseller agreement with Compellent that extends the storage portfolio it can offer its worldwide customer base, effective immediately.
The company further states that under terms of the agreement, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, it will pay $27.75 per share in cash for each share of Compellent for a total equity value of approximately $960 million, and aggregate purchase price of approximately $820 million, net of Compellent's cash. The transaction, which is subject to approval by Compellent's shareholders and customary closing conditions, is expected to close in early 2011.
"Compellent is a natural complement to Dell's expanding enterprise storage portfolio. The Compellent storage platform will enable Dell to provide customers additional mid- and high-end network storage solutions that simplify and reduce the cost of data management," said Brad Anderson, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Product Group. "Compellent's design focus on intelligently managing data to increase efficiency, agility and resiliency is consistent with Dell's approach of building solutions that can quickly scale to meet the most demanding enterprise environment."
"We are excited about our merger with Dell. This is the next logical step in our goal to scale our products, channel and team worldwide," said Phil Soran, President, CEO and Chairman of Compellent. "With Dell's scale and technology leadership, we accelerate the adoption of our virtualized platform, Fluid Data, to redefine the value of enterprise storage for data centers and cloud computing."
Queplix Announces Advantage Partner Program
New Advantage Partner Program designed to address the challenge of application and data integration and data management.
Queplix Corp., a provider of data virtualization, yesterday announced its new Advantage Partner Program to provide value added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and system integrators and professional services (SIPS) with advanced data virtualization solutions. The company avers that included in the program are training tools, joint marketing programs and go-to-market resources that enable partners to effectively address the challenge of integrating data and applications and data management across both on-premise and cloud platforms.
It explains that presenting a combined market opportunity estimated by analysts to be approaching $10 billion, enterprises today rely on customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, business process management and many other operational focused technologies to drive their businesses forward. Historically, companies have struggled with viewing, managing and updating information across these systems using legacy technologies such as ETL, EII, EAI and master data management. But each of these tools provides only a partial solution to a bigger problem. Advanced data virtualization with the use of persistent metadata takes a larger view, and approaches the problem as a data management continuum. Companies can view, build and manage data across their application fabric regardless of the underlying infrastructure and applications. This abstraction of data from the physical layer streamlines business and transforms day-to-day operations.
The company claims that the results of this transformation are operational efficiency improvements in Salesforce automation and other enterprise applications, product and service availability, interdepartmental collaboration and a faster, more flexible response to market changes. Businesses will also benefit from having fewer systems to support, as well as less data repository and software facility costs.
It states that the Queplix Virtual Data Manager is a data management solution that substantially automates application and data integration and provides ongoing data harmonization. The persistent metadata server at the core of Virtual Data Manager enables a consistent and accurate view of customer, product and financial data across software systems.
According to the company, the Advantage Partner Program provides it partners with access to its data virtualization technology, training, marketing and customer support programs. It also provides a framework for a variety of other programs designed to maximize success for partners' go to market initiatives. The benefits include:
* Training to become a certified partner
* Attractive margins and fees
* Joint marketing programs of many kinds
* Information on product development
* Queplix product advisory board participation options
* Support for partner marketing and sales activity
"Partners are a key component of our delivery strategy as we focus on providing advanced data virtualization solutions to customers," said Mark Cashman, CEO, Queplix. "The goal of the Advantage Partner Program is two-fold: to help our partners capitalize on and benefit from the next wave of virtualization by providing access to the training and certification needed for rapid implementation of our technology across a broad spectrum of data discovery, data integration, data migration and master data management projects; and enable customers to move faster to complete successful implementations and realize the return on investment they expect."
"IdealNet's extensive domain experience in life sciences positions it strongly as one of our lead partners for pharmaceutical, medical device and health insurance companies. We're pleased and delighted to have such a strong services partner on our team," said Michael Zuckerman, Chief Marketing Officer, Queplix. "As a premier partner with application integration, data integration and master data management expertise, their support as a go-to-market partner will be an excellent showcase of Queplix in these environments."
"Queplix data virtualization gives IdealNet the ability to solve the full spectrum of data integration problems with a high degree of automation, faster and easier, and at far lower costs for our clients," said Chris Biddle, CEO, IdealNet. "Data virtualization is much easier to implement - our ETL team feels they can be more than twice as efficient. All of the integrations we implement with Queplix can roll into an implementation strategy for master data alignment across the enterprise. You can virtualize a source once and then integrate many times easily from the server. This is a new and disruptive architecture for data integration - no other vendor can give us this capability."
Queplix Corp., a provider of data virtualization, yesterday announced its new Advantage Partner Program to provide value added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and system integrators and professional services (SIPS) with advanced data virtualization solutions. The company avers that included in the program are training tools, joint marketing programs and go-to-market resources that enable partners to effectively address the challenge of integrating data and applications and data management across both on-premise and cloud platforms.
It explains that presenting a combined market opportunity estimated by analysts to be approaching $10 billion, enterprises today rely on customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, business process management and many other operational focused technologies to drive their businesses forward. Historically, companies have struggled with viewing, managing and updating information across these systems using legacy technologies such as ETL, EII, EAI and master data management. But each of these tools provides only a partial solution to a bigger problem. Advanced data virtualization with the use of persistent metadata takes a larger view, and approaches the problem as a data management continuum. Companies can view, build and manage data across their application fabric regardless of the underlying infrastructure and applications. This abstraction of data from the physical layer streamlines business and transforms day-to-day operations.
The company claims that the results of this transformation are operational efficiency improvements in Salesforce automation and other enterprise applications, product and service availability, interdepartmental collaboration and a faster, more flexible response to market changes. Businesses will also benefit from having fewer systems to support, as well as less data repository and software facility costs.
It states that the Queplix Virtual Data Manager is a data management solution that substantially automates application and data integration and provides ongoing data harmonization. The persistent metadata server at the core of Virtual Data Manager enables a consistent and accurate view of customer, product and financial data across software systems.
According to the company, the Advantage Partner Program provides it partners with access to its data virtualization technology, training, marketing and customer support programs. It also provides a framework for a variety of other programs designed to maximize success for partners' go to market initiatives. The benefits include:
* Training to become a certified partner
* Attractive margins and fees
* Joint marketing programs of many kinds
* Information on product development
* Queplix product advisory board participation options
* Support for partner marketing and sales activity
"Partners are a key component of our delivery strategy as we focus on providing advanced data virtualization solutions to customers," said Mark Cashman, CEO, Queplix. "The goal of the Advantage Partner Program is two-fold: to help our partners capitalize on and benefit from the next wave of virtualization by providing access to the training and certification needed for rapid implementation of our technology across a broad spectrum of data discovery, data integration, data migration and master data management projects; and enable customers to move faster to complete successful implementations and realize the return on investment they expect."
"IdealNet's extensive domain experience in life sciences positions it strongly as one of our lead partners for pharmaceutical, medical device and health insurance companies. We're pleased and delighted to have such a strong services partner on our team," said Michael Zuckerman, Chief Marketing Officer, Queplix. "As a premier partner with application integration, data integration and master data management expertise, their support as a go-to-market partner will be an excellent showcase of Queplix in these environments."
"Queplix data virtualization gives IdealNet the ability to solve the full spectrum of data integration problems with a high degree of automation, faster and easier, and at far lower costs for our clients," said Chris Biddle, CEO, IdealNet. "Data virtualization is much easier to implement - our ETL team feels they can be more than twice as efficient. All of the integrations we implement with Queplix can roll into an implementation strategy for master data alignment across the enterprise. You can virtualize a source once and then integrate many times easily from the server. This is a new and disruptive architecture for data integration - no other vendor can give us this capability."
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
LeaseWeb Acquires netdirekt
Acquisition of netdirekt brings the company closer to German, Austrian and Swiss market and customers.
LeaseWeb, a web hosting provider, today announced the acquisition of netdirekt, a web hosting provider. The company claims that its goal is to offer its solutions and services directly across the German-speaking markets and to become the leading web hoster in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
It mentions that Frankfurt is by far the most important network node in Germany and its internet exchange is one of the top three in Europe, alongside Amsterdam and London, enabling the company to offer its international customers a strong internet infrastructure. Frankfurt is also its gateway to Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries.
The company says that Wiethold Wagner, Managing Director of its new branch in Germany and former owner and Managing Director of netdirekt, will take over management of the business in the region. The acquisition of netdirekt means that German-speaking customers now have local access to the company's services providing them with support in their own language from data centers in Frankfurt and Wuppertal. It adds that as part of the company's ongoing international strategy, it will also open a data center in North America in early 2011 in order to increase its global customer base.
It articulates that the company was founded in 1997. Headquartered in Amsterdam, it offers dedicated and co-located hosting, virtualization, cloud offerings, tailored IT infrastructure solutions and much more. The company has a bandwidth capacity of more than one and a half terabit per second (1.5 Tbps) in Europe and North America. Its customers include Heineken, Starbucks, Kelkoo and Wikimedia. netdirekt was founded in 1996 and currently has around 3,000 customers and manages a total of 6,000 servers. The total number of business and retail customers served by the company after the acquisition is more than 12,000 with 36,000 servers in its network.
"This step represents a significant milestone for us and our priority for 2011 will be the successful integration of netdirekt into LeaseWeb and to create new job opportunities in addition to retaining all current netdirekt employees," commented Ivo Roomer, Manager of M&A integration for LeaseWeb. Roomer continued, "Thanks to our international focus and local presence, customers will be able to benefit from the provision of secure and top quality hosting services from LeaseWeb with direct regional support."
"Competition in the German web hosting market is certainly one of the most toughly contested globally and is about to go through a marked period of consolidation. This makes the move from LeaseWeb even more of an accolade for us in that it demonstrates the potential seen in netdirekt. Our extremely flexible structure, solid financial basis, strong international focus and our bundled know-how puts us in an ideal position to take on the competition," said Wiethold Wagner. He added, "Both LeaseWeb and netdirekt have always relied on close customer proximity as the basis of their business success. We will stick to this strategy in future to ensure we meet the needs of our customers as well as fueling further growth and market share."
LeaseWeb, a web hosting provider, today announced the acquisition of netdirekt, a web hosting provider. The company claims that its goal is to offer its solutions and services directly across the German-speaking markets and to become the leading web hoster in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
It mentions that Frankfurt is by far the most important network node in Germany and its internet exchange is one of the top three in Europe, alongside Amsterdam and London, enabling the company to offer its international customers a strong internet infrastructure. Frankfurt is also its gateway to Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries.
The company says that Wiethold Wagner, Managing Director of its new branch in Germany and former owner and Managing Director of netdirekt, will take over management of the business in the region. The acquisition of netdirekt means that German-speaking customers now have local access to the company's services providing them with support in their own language from data centers in Frankfurt and Wuppertal. It adds that as part of the company's ongoing international strategy, it will also open a data center in North America in early 2011 in order to increase its global customer base.
It articulates that the company was founded in 1997. Headquartered in Amsterdam, it offers dedicated and co-located hosting, virtualization, cloud offerings, tailored IT infrastructure solutions and much more. The company has a bandwidth capacity of more than one and a half terabit per second (1.5 Tbps) in Europe and North America. Its customers include Heineken, Starbucks, Kelkoo and Wikimedia. netdirekt was founded in 1996 and currently has around 3,000 customers and manages a total of 6,000 servers. The total number of business and retail customers served by the company after the acquisition is more than 12,000 with 36,000 servers in its network.
"This step represents a significant milestone for us and our priority for 2011 will be the successful integration of netdirekt into LeaseWeb and to create new job opportunities in addition to retaining all current netdirekt employees," commented Ivo Roomer, Manager of M&A integration for LeaseWeb. Roomer continued, "Thanks to our international focus and local presence, customers will be able to benefit from the provision of secure and top quality hosting services from LeaseWeb with direct regional support."
"Competition in the German web hosting market is certainly one of the most toughly contested globally and is about to go through a marked period of consolidation. This makes the move from LeaseWeb even more of an accolade for us in that it demonstrates the potential seen in netdirekt. Our extremely flexible structure, solid financial basis, strong international focus and our bundled know-how puts us in an ideal position to take on the competition," said Wiethold Wagner. He added, "Both LeaseWeb and netdirekt have always relied on close customer proximity as the basis of their business success. We will stick to this strategy in future to ensure we meet the needs of our customers as well as fueling further growth and market share."
Heart Internet Announces Reseller Hosting Promotion
All new reseller hosting customers can now get their first month for only GBP 1.
Heart Internet, a web hosting provider, today announced the launch of its 'Try us for a GBP 1' promotion. The company avers that normally priced from GBP 29.99 per month, all new reseller hosting customers can now get their first month for only GBP 1.
It claims that backed by 24x7 UK support, its Reseller Pro account allows resellers to sell an unlimited number of websites and domain names, with every aspect of the service fully customizable to fit in with a brand's look and feel. With access to exclusive discounts, the company's web hosting resellers can also resell dedicated servers, Hosted Exchange, domain names and Premium Email under their own brand to complement existing services or as a dedicated web hosting reseller.
"Reselling web hosting is one of the most profitable opportunities for any online entrepreneur, and a fantastic way for agencies to develop recurring revenue. We want to break down any barriers preventing prospective hosting resellers from taking advantage of such a high margin product," said Heart Internet Director Jonathan Brealey. "There are too many designers, marketers and IT service professionals missing out due to perceived cost barriers. Our first month for a GBP 1 and 30 day money back guarantee will encourage people to integrate hosting in to their portfolio and earn even more."
Heart Internet, a web hosting provider, today announced the launch of its 'Try us for a GBP 1' promotion. The company avers that normally priced from GBP 29.99 per month, all new reseller hosting customers can now get their first month for only GBP 1.
It claims that backed by 24x7 UK support, its Reseller Pro account allows resellers to sell an unlimited number of websites and domain names, with every aspect of the service fully customizable to fit in with a brand's look and feel. With access to exclusive discounts, the company's web hosting resellers can also resell dedicated servers, Hosted Exchange, domain names and Premium Email under their own brand to complement existing services or as a dedicated web hosting reseller.
"Reselling web hosting is one of the most profitable opportunities for any online entrepreneur, and a fantastic way for agencies to develop recurring revenue. We want to break down any barriers preventing prospective hosting resellers from taking advantage of such a high margin product," said Heart Internet Director Jonathan Brealey. "There are too many designers, marketers and IT service professionals missing out due to perceived cost barriers. Our first month for a GBP 1 and 30 day money back guarantee will encourage people to integrate hosting in to their portfolio and earn even more."
VEXXHOST Partners with CloudFlare
Partnership allows the company's clients to take advantage of CloudFlare's cloud-based technologies.
VEXXHOST, a web hosting company, today announced it's new key partnership with CloudFlare, a web service performance and security solution provider.
According to the company, CloudFlare protects and accelerates any website online. CloudFlare automatically optimizes the delivery of web pages. CloudFlare also blocks threats, limits abusive bots and crawlers from wasting site bandwidth and server resources. The result: CloudFlare-powered websites see a significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
"The implementation of CloudFlare within our existing web hosting infrastructure will allow us to improve the security and speed of our websites. Our clients will be able to enable CloudFlare on the fly within seconds," mentioned Mohammed Naser, COO for VEXXHOST. "The addition of CloudFlare reinforces our brand, in order to bring enterprise grade technologies to all websites."
"We are pleased to be working with VEXXHOST to extend performance and security resources to their customers," stated Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare. "VEXXHOST has integrated CloudFlare directly into their cPanel making it simple for any customer to access."
VEXXHOST, a web hosting company, today announced it's new key partnership with CloudFlare, a web service performance and security solution provider.
According to the company, CloudFlare protects and accelerates any website online. CloudFlare automatically optimizes the delivery of web pages. CloudFlare also blocks threats, limits abusive bots and crawlers from wasting site bandwidth and server resources. The result: CloudFlare-powered websites see a significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
"The implementation of CloudFlare within our existing web hosting infrastructure will allow us to improve the security and speed of our websites. Our clients will be able to enable CloudFlare on the fly within seconds," mentioned Mohammed Naser, COO for VEXXHOST. "The addition of CloudFlare reinforces our brand, in order to bring enterprise grade technologies to all websites."
"We are pleased to be working with VEXXHOST to extend performance and security resources to their customers," stated Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare. "VEXXHOST has integrated CloudFlare directly into their cPanel making it simple for any customer to access."
Webvanta Offers Private-Label Hosted CMS
Company now offers a private-label system, priority support, and more through its new Design Partner Program.
Webvanta, a provider of hosted content management and site-building solutions for professional designers and agencies, yesterday announced that it now offers a private-label system, priority support, and more through its new Design Partner Program.
The company states that by becoming Design Partners, professional web designers can customize all the branding of this hosted CMS, reinforcing their brand whenever their customers log in to edit their sites. It remains a fully managed SaaS content management system, eliminating all concerns about hosting, security, and upgrades. Design Partners also get personalized training, priority support, discounts, and a listing in the company's web designer directory. It adds that the company already has more than 30 Design Partners, and their experience demonstrates how it helps them increase their productivity, profits, and customer satisfaction.
The company further states that since inception in 1995 till recently, its design partner Outer Banks Internet (OBI) performed all development in-house with staff programmers. Now, since Outer Banks Internet has become its Design Partner, most of its development work is handled by the company team - or made unnecessary by the features built in to the company's platform.
It explains that its design partner Inspira Digital is a full-service web design firm in the U.K. Inspira's search for a web content management solution focused on a number of key areas. It had to be easy for customers to use, and have the technical breadth to empower the firm to deliver more effectively and efficiently for its clients. The company emerged as a perfect fit and has become the first choice web platform for many Inspira Digital clients. The software-as-a-service content management system (CMS) enables web designers to build dynamic, database-driven websites easily and quickly.
With the opportunity to create database-driven sites more easily, OBI completes projects faster now. "Webvanta allows us to offer additional capabilities to advance our clients' sites," Hess said. "It was very important to us to have a solution where the software is continuously updated, patched and advanced without our having to get involved." By comparison, Hess notes that other content management solutions like WordPress and Joomla would require regular patching, plug-ins and upgrades, all of which would add additional cost to the client. Additionally, OBI now affordably offers greater site control to all clients with the company's CMS. Clients can edit their own content without waiting or having to engage OBI, helping keep content fresher. "By completing sites faster, we can take on more projects, which increases our monthly revenue."
"If it's easy for customers to update their content," said Luke Green, Inspira Digital Director, "then they are inclined to keep it more current, and get more value from their sites. Because we can bring many of our database-driven sites into our core team, we now have more control over the direction of projects and consequently the quality control. We can be absolutely sure we're delivering the best product to the client." "We've cut about a third off our development time. We're more efficient and responsive, and more profitable when delivering websites using Webvanta," Green added.
Webvanta, a provider of hosted content management and site-building solutions for professional designers and agencies, yesterday announced that it now offers a private-label system, priority support, and more through its new Design Partner Program.
The company states that by becoming Design Partners, professional web designers can customize all the branding of this hosted CMS, reinforcing their brand whenever their customers log in to edit their sites. It remains a fully managed SaaS content management system, eliminating all concerns about hosting, security, and upgrades. Design Partners also get personalized training, priority support, discounts, and a listing in the company's web designer directory. It adds that the company already has more than 30 Design Partners, and their experience demonstrates how it helps them increase their productivity, profits, and customer satisfaction.
The company further states that since inception in 1995 till recently, its design partner Outer Banks Internet (OBI) performed all development in-house with staff programmers. Now, since Outer Banks Internet has become its Design Partner, most of its development work is handled by the company team - or made unnecessary by the features built in to the company's platform.
It explains that its design partner Inspira Digital is a full-service web design firm in the U.K. Inspira's search for a web content management solution focused on a number of key areas. It had to be easy for customers to use, and have the technical breadth to empower the firm to deliver more effectively and efficiently for its clients. The company emerged as a perfect fit and has become the first choice web platform for many Inspira Digital clients. The software-as-a-service content management system (CMS) enables web designers to build dynamic, database-driven websites easily and quickly.
With the opportunity to create database-driven sites more easily, OBI completes projects faster now. "Webvanta allows us to offer additional capabilities to advance our clients' sites," Hess said. "It was very important to us to have a solution where the software is continuously updated, patched and advanced without our having to get involved." By comparison, Hess notes that other content management solutions like WordPress and Joomla would require regular patching, plug-ins and upgrades, all of which would add additional cost to the client. Additionally, OBI now affordably offers greater site control to all clients with the company's CMS. Clients can edit their own content without waiting or having to engage OBI, helping keep content fresher. "By completing sites faster, we can take on more projects, which increases our monthly revenue."
"If it's easy for customers to update their content," said Luke Green, Inspira Digital Director, "then they are inclined to keep it more current, and get more value from their sites. Because we can bring many of our database-driven sites into our core team, we now have more control over the direction of projects and consequently the quality control. We can be absolutely sure we're delivering the best product to the client." "We've cut about a third off our development time. We're more efficient and responsive, and more profitable when delivering websites using Webvanta," Green added.
Rackspace Partners with F5 Networks
Rackspace uses F5 BIG-IP as basis for hybrid cloud solution.
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, recently announced that it has selected BIG-IP products of F5 Networks, Inc., an Application Traffic Management provider, as the foundation for its Cloud Connect service. The company mentions that Cloud Connect is a hybrid architecture that allows customers to combine dedicated and cloud based hosting platforms. With an F5 BIG-IP solution, its customers can provision resources, secure and manage network traffic, and balance workloads in real time among the two environments.
It explains that Cloud Connect lets its customers to gain cloud computing benefits without having to rewrite their entire application to adapt to the cloud. The solution is particularly useful for companies that experience seasonal traffic spikes. The company offers its customers a full range of BIG-IP devices with Local Traffic Manager. The initial setup process connects the customer's dedicated servers to its cloud account, with BIG-IP products acting as a strategic control point between the environments. BIG-IP products automatically connect to dedicated resources, directing traffic to the appropriate application and web pools based on business requirements. It uses F5's open application programming interface solution, iControl, to automate connections between the dedicated and cloud environments.
The company says that Cloud Connect also enhances security as the iControl API contains features that prevent unauthorized access. User connections, data packets, and application data are routed through the BIG-IP device to and from the cloud environment, and are managed according to specific business policies.
"We chose BIG-IP as a cornerstone of Cloud Connect because with it, we can make our customers' dedicated servers and cloud environments communicate seamlessly with each other over a protected, private network," said Toby Owen, Product Manager for hybrid hosting solutions at Rackspace. "This solution does much more than provide a physical connection; it allows customers to take advantage of BIG-IP's intelligent traffic management capabilities between dedicated and cloud servers. Furthermore, BIG-IP has already proven itself as a reliable and cost effective component of our infrastructure."
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, recently announced that it has selected BIG-IP products of F5 Networks, Inc., an Application Traffic Management provider, as the foundation for its Cloud Connect service. The company mentions that Cloud Connect is a hybrid architecture that allows customers to combine dedicated and cloud based hosting platforms. With an F5 BIG-IP solution, its customers can provision resources, secure and manage network traffic, and balance workloads in real time among the two environments.
It explains that Cloud Connect lets its customers to gain cloud computing benefits without having to rewrite their entire application to adapt to the cloud. The solution is particularly useful for companies that experience seasonal traffic spikes. The company offers its customers a full range of BIG-IP devices with Local Traffic Manager. The initial setup process connects the customer's dedicated servers to its cloud account, with BIG-IP products acting as a strategic control point between the environments. BIG-IP products automatically connect to dedicated resources, directing traffic to the appropriate application and web pools based on business requirements. It uses F5's open application programming interface solution, iControl, to automate connections between the dedicated and cloud environments.
The company says that Cloud Connect also enhances security as the iControl API contains features that prevent unauthorized access. User connections, data packets, and application data are routed through the BIG-IP device to and from the cloud environment, and are managed according to specific business policies.
"We chose BIG-IP as a cornerstone of Cloud Connect because with it, we can make our customers' dedicated servers and cloud environments communicate seamlessly with each other over a protected, private network," said Toby Owen, Product Manager for hybrid hosting solutions at Rackspace. "This solution does much more than provide a physical connection; it allows customers to take advantage of BIG-IP's intelligent traffic management capabilities between dedicated and cloud servers. Furthermore, BIG-IP has already proven itself as a reliable and cost effective component of our infrastructure."
Sunday, December 12, 2010
SDN Communications Deploys Infinera End-to-End Network for Broadband Stimulus Project
SDN Communications (SDN) has deployed an Infinera ATN network (Nasdaq: INFN) to support its Project Connect South Dakota project, funded under the U.S. government’s broadband stimulus program in addition to SDN matching funds.
The Infinera ATN network connects with SDN’s Infinera DTN network and extends the Infinera benefits of flexibility, ease of use, and integrated network management throughout the expanded network.
SDN was awarded a $20 million grant from the Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) in December 2009. It is matching the grant with an additional $5 million of construction. When complete, Project Connect South Dakota will add 140 miles of backbone network and 219 miles of middle mile spurs to SDN’s existing 1,850-mile fiber-optic network. It is anticipated that the network expansion will enable the delivery of services of 10 Megabits per second or greater to more than 300 anchor institution customers in rural and underserved areas of the state, including schools, libraries, hospitals, government facilities and public safety offices. SDN is one of the nation’s first broadband stimulus grant recipients to deploy and carry traffic on a stimulus-funded network.
The Infinera Management Suite is engineered to provide seamless integration of SDN’s ATN and DTN networks, with end-to-end service provisioning and visibility. By eliminating back-to-back transponders at network interconnection points, an ATN/DTN network delivers savings in capital expenditure, while extending Infinera’s ease of operation to the metro edge. The ATN supports all metro transport services, including Ethernet, SAN, SONET/SDH, OTN and video services.
Powered by Infinera’s photonic integrated circuits, the Infinera DTN is a Digital ROADM with the efficiencies of integration, as well as network-level benefits including Infinera’s Bandwidth Virtualization and GMPLS intelligence to provision circuits and manage the network. SDN has achieved significant benefits from the existing Infinera DTN network, including savings in floor space and power consumption, and the scalability of being able to add capacity to the network at the touch of a mouse.
“Infinera has enabled us to operate a powerful, scalable, highly reliable optical network that is quick to upgrade and easy to manage,” said SDN CEO Mark Shlanta. “The Infinera ATN was the natural choice to extend all those benefits to the edge of our network.”
“We are pleased to support SDN’s broadband stimulus project with an Infinera ATN network,” said Infinera CEO Tom Fallon. “Infinera’s capital and operational benefits make it an excellent choice for broadband networks in the U.S. and worldwide.”
The Infinera family of optical solutions includes the Infinera DTN, the first optical system based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits, and the Infinera ATN, a compact metro edge platform that extends the benefits of Infinera’s Digital Optical Networks to the metro edge.
The Infinera ATN network connects with SDN’s Infinera DTN network and extends the Infinera benefits of flexibility, ease of use, and integrated network management throughout the expanded network.
SDN was awarded a $20 million grant from the Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) in December 2009. It is matching the grant with an additional $5 million of construction. When complete, Project Connect South Dakota will add 140 miles of backbone network and 219 miles of middle mile spurs to SDN’s existing 1,850-mile fiber-optic network. It is anticipated that the network expansion will enable the delivery of services of 10 Megabits per second or greater to more than 300 anchor institution customers in rural and underserved areas of the state, including schools, libraries, hospitals, government facilities and public safety offices. SDN is one of the nation’s first broadband stimulus grant recipients to deploy and carry traffic on a stimulus-funded network.
The Infinera Management Suite is engineered to provide seamless integration of SDN’s ATN and DTN networks, with end-to-end service provisioning and visibility. By eliminating back-to-back transponders at network interconnection points, an ATN/DTN network delivers savings in capital expenditure, while extending Infinera’s ease of operation to the metro edge. The ATN supports all metro transport services, including Ethernet, SAN, SONET/SDH, OTN and video services.
Powered by Infinera’s photonic integrated circuits, the Infinera DTN is a Digital ROADM with the efficiencies of integration, as well as network-level benefits including Infinera’s Bandwidth Virtualization and GMPLS intelligence to provision circuits and manage the network. SDN has achieved significant benefits from the existing Infinera DTN network, including savings in floor space and power consumption, and the scalability of being able to add capacity to the network at the touch of a mouse.
“Infinera has enabled us to operate a powerful, scalable, highly reliable optical network that is quick to upgrade and easy to manage,” said SDN CEO Mark Shlanta. “The Infinera ATN was the natural choice to extend all those benefits to the edge of our network.”
“We are pleased to support SDN’s broadband stimulus project with an Infinera ATN network,” said Infinera CEO Tom Fallon. “Infinera’s capital and operational benefits make it an excellent choice for broadband networks in the U.S. and worldwide.”
The Infinera family of optical solutions includes the Infinera DTN, the first optical system based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits, and the Infinera ATN, a compact metro edge platform that extends the benefits of Infinera’s Digital Optical Networks to the metro edge.
OVH Partners with Infinera
OVH selects the company for international expansion.
Infinera, a provider of digital optical networking systems to telecommunications carriers worldwide, today announced that OVH, a web hosting company, has selected its digital architecture for its pan-European network. The company avers that OVH has deployed an Infinera Digital Optical Network to offer high-speed connections with reliability, flexibility, and intelligent management throughout its network.
According to it, after an initial deployment of its network and another optical vendor's network between Paris and Roubaix in 2006, OVH has decided to go forward with the company as its provider of optical networks. OVH is utilizing the company's services to connect its peering points in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Frankfurt. A graphical representation of the traffic on the OVH network may be found at http://weathermap.ovh.net. The company adds that OVH is now planning a further major expansion into the U.S. market.
It claims that OVH chose its solution for its ease of operation and network management, including a powerful GMPLS control plane for enabling intelligent, automated network discovery, service provisioning, and service recovery. The company's solution enables OVH to deploy a scalable, flexible and resilient optical infrastructure for its core business, and easily manage its lifecycle with its end-to-end network management solution, Infinera Management Suite (IMS).
The company explains that OVH's aim is to deploy its network as close as possible to its customers so as to maintain the shortest link between its servers and the end-user. OVH has designed its network with high-availability architecture, and its GMPLS capability supports that architecture with re-routing of traffic in case of network issues to guarantee network reliability and uptime. OVH is planning to open two new data centers by the first half of next year, including one in Strasbourg in eastern France to provide connections to Eastern Europe, and one in either the south of France or Spain to provide connectivity to customers in southern Europe. Today OVH operates 80,000 servers, with plans to increase that to 100,000 by the first half of next year.
"OVH is a highly entrepreneurial, technological innovator playing a leading role in making internet services more accessible to millions of people, and we are delighted to support them with a pan-European Infinera network," said Infinera CEO Tom Fallon.
"Initially, we were attracted by the ease of installation and the speed of installation of the Infinera network," commented Octave Klaba, Founder and President of OVH. "Later on, we appreciated the flexibility of the Infinera network, its reliability, and the speed with which we could add capacity to the network." "For us, these Infinera features deliver clear benefits to our business," Klaba explained. "Our customers want us to guarantee network quality, low latency and quick access to their websites, and we get that with our Infinera backbone. These features are critical in several customer segments, including, for example, online gaming. We have had no major incident on our network in four years of working with Infinera and we therefore have confidence in their technology as the platform for our entire network."
Infinera, a provider of digital optical networking systems to telecommunications carriers worldwide, today announced that OVH, a web hosting company, has selected its digital architecture for its pan-European network. The company avers that OVH has deployed an Infinera Digital Optical Network to offer high-speed connections with reliability, flexibility, and intelligent management throughout its network.
According to it, after an initial deployment of its network and another optical vendor's network between Paris and Roubaix in 2006, OVH has decided to go forward with the company as its provider of optical networks. OVH is utilizing the company's services to connect its peering points in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Frankfurt. A graphical representation of the traffic on the OVH network may be found at http://weathermap.ovh.net. The company adds that OVH is now planning a further major expansion into the U.S. market.
It claims that OVH chose its solution for its ease of operation and network management, including a powerful GMPLS control plane for enabling intelligent, automated network discovery, service provisioning, and service recovery. The company's solution enables OVH to deploy a scalable, flexible and resilient optical infrastructure for its core business, and easily manage its lifecycle with its end-to-end network management solution, Infinera Management Suite (IMS).
The company explains that OVH's aim is to deploy its network as close as possible to its customers so as to maintain the shortest link between its servers and the end-user. OVH has designed its network with high-availability architecture, and its GMPLS capability supports that architecture with re-routing of traffic in case of network issues to guarantee network reliability and uptime. OVH is planning to open two new data centers by the first half of next year, including one in Strasbourg in eastern France to provide connections to Eastern Europe, and one in either the south of France or Spain to provide connectivity to customers in southern Europe. Today OVH operates 80,000 servers, with plans to increase that to 100,000 by the first half of next year.
"OVH is a highly entrepreneurial, technological innovator playing a leading role in making internet services more accessible to millions of people, and we are delighted to support them with a pan-European Infinera network," said Infinera CEO Tom Fallon.
"Initially, we were attracted by the ease of installation and the speed of installation of the Infinera network," commented Octave Klaba, Founder and President of OVH. "Later on, we appreciated the flexibility of the Infinera network, its reliability, and the speed with which we could add capacity to the network." "For us, these Infinera features deliver clear benefits to our business," Klaba explained. "Our customers want us to guarantee network quality, low latency and quick access to their websites, and we get that with our Infinera backbone. These features are critical in several customer segments, including, for example, online gaming. We have had no major incident on our network in four years of working with Infinera and we therefore have confidence in their technology as the platform for our entire network."
Friday, December 10, 2010
VeriSign Deploys DNS Security Extensions in .NET Zone
Process of securing Domain Name System builds on effort to protect DNS data from cache poisoning and man-in-the-middle attacks.
VeriSign, Inc., a provider of internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has deployed DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the .NET zone. The company mentions that the .NET zone is the largest yet to be DNSSEC enabled, with more than 13 million domain name registrations worldwide. The .NET signing also represents one of the most critical implementations of DNSSEC technology, since .NET serves as the underpinning for many critical internet functions.
It explains that DNSSEC applies digital signatures to DNS data to authenticate the data's origin and verify its integrity as it moves throughout the Internet. The security extensions are designed to protect the DNS from attacks intended to redirect queries to malicious sites by corrupting DNS data stored on recursive servers. The successful implementation of DNSSEC will greatly reduce a hacker's ability to manipulate DNS data. The resulting digital signatures on that DNS data are validated through a 'chain of trust'.
The company states that the .NET milestone is the latest achievement in its efforts to improve the integrity of internet communications and transactions by implementing DNSSEC throughout the DNS. By protecting the .NET zone with DNSSEC, it can now include DNSSEC-enabled records from domain name Registrars in its authoritative .NET Registry. Today's milestone follows months of deliberate and rigorous testing of DNSSEC, and builds on the company's collaboration with EDUCAUSE and the U.S. Department of Commerce to deploy DNSSEC in the .EDU zone earlier this year. It adds that the company expects to sign .COM by first quarter 2011.
The company further explains that a key part of its DNSSEC collaboration with the Internet community is its operation of the DNSSEC Interoperability Lab. Staffed by the company personnel, the lab helps solution and service providers determine if DNS packets containing DNSSEC information, which are typically larger than standard DNS packets, will cause problems for their internet and enterprise infrastructure components. The lab is helping to ensure that the entire internet communications ecosystem is ready for DNSSEC.
It further states that its DNSSEC initiatives also dovetail with Project Apollo, the company's effort to dramatically scale up the Internet infrastructure that delivers DNS from its current levels by a factor of a thousand. Doing so will help to manage an estimated 4 quadrillion queries per day in 2020. The Apollo effort follows on the heels of the successful completion of the company' Project Titan that aimed to improve DNS infrastructure tenfold over 2007 levels. Project Apollo is designed to move beyond Titan, to help the company meet the Internet infrastructure challenges of the next decade.
"VeriSign's roll-out of DNSSEC is on schedule with the signing of .NET in 2010. The DNS data associated with .NET registrations will be protected from many hackers and identity thieves trying to redirect users' queries to malicious sites through cache poisoning," said Raynor Dahlquist, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Naming Services at VeriSign. "There is, however, more work to be done, as ISPs, browser vendors, Registrars and other members of the DNS ecosystem confirm that their solutions and services are ready for DNSSEC enablement. We'll continue to work with all of those parties to shepherd a stable deployment of DNSSEC, particularly as we prepare to sign the .COM zone in Q1 2011."
"Go Daddy works to keep the Internet safe for all users, and DNSSEC is an important additional step toward keeping the infrastructure more secure," said Warren Adelman, President and Chief Operating Officer of GoDaddy.com, a domain name Registrar. "That's why Go Daddy supports DNSSEC for .NET. We believe DNSSEC helps us continue providing our customers with what they want and need - security and reliability."
VeriSign, Inc., a provider of internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has deployed DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the .NET zone. The company mentions that the .NET zone is the largest yet to be DNSSEC enabled, with more than 13 million domain name registrations worldwide. The .NET signing also represents one of the most critical implementations of DNSSEC technology, since .NET serves as the underpinning for many critical internet functions.
It explains that DNSSEC applies digital signatures to DNS data to authenticate the data's origin and verify its integrity as it moves throughout the Internet. The security extensions are designed to protect the DNS from attacks intended to redirect queries to malicious sites by corrupting DNS data stored on recursive servers. The successful implementation of DNSSEC will greatly reduce a hacker's ability to manipulate DNS data. The resulting digital signatures on that DNS data are validated through a 'chain of trust'.
The company states that the .NET milestone is the latest achievement in its efforts to improve the integrity of internet communications and transactions by implementing DNSSEC throughout the DNS. By protecting the .NET zone with DNSSEC, it can now include DNSSEC-enabled records from domain name Registrars in its authoritative .NET Registry. Today's milestone follows months of deliberate and rigorous testing of DNSSEC, and builds on the company's collaboration with EDUCAUSE and the U.S. Department of Commerce to deploy DNSSEC in the .EDU zone earlier this year. It adds that the company expects to sign .COM by first quarter 2011.
The company further explains that a key part of its DNSSEC collaboration with the Internet community is its operation of the DNSSEC Interoperability Lab. Staffed by the company personnel, the lab helps solution and service providers determine if DNS packets containing DNSSEC information, which are typically larger than standard DNS packets, will cause problems for their internet and enterprise infrastructure components. The lab is helping to ensure that the entire internet communications ecosystem is ready for DNSSEC.
It further states that its DNSSEC initiatives also dovetail with Project Apollo, the company's effort to dramatically scale up the Internet infrastructure that delivers DNS from its current levels by a factor of a thousand. Doing so will help to manage an estimated 4 quadrillion queries per day in 2020. The Apollo effort follows on the heels of the successful completion of the company' Project Titan that aimed to improve DNS infrastructure tenfold over 2007 levels. Project Apollo is designed to move beyond Titan, to help the company meet the Internet infrastructure challenges of the next decade.
"VeriSign's roll-out of DNSSEC is on schedule with the signing of .NET in 2010. The DNS data associated with .NET registrations will be protected from many hackers and identity thieves trying to redirect users' queries to malicious sites through cache poisoning," said Raynor Dahlquist, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Naming Services at VeriSign. "There is, however, more work to be done, as ISPs, browser vendors, Registrars and other members of the DNS ecosystem confirm that their solutions and services are ready for DNSSEC enablement. We'll continue to work with all of those parties to shepherd a stable deployment of DNSSEC, particularly as we prepare to sign the .COM zone in Q1 2011."
"Go Daddy works to keep the Internet safe for all users, and DNSSEC is an important additional step toward keeping the infrastructure more secure," said Warren Adelman, President and Chief Operating Officer of GoDaddy.com, a domain name Registrar. "That's why Go Daddy supports DNSSEC for .NET. We believe DNSSEC helps us continue providing our customers with what they want and need - security and reliability."
nPhase Partners with Terremark
Company to deliver 99.999 percent uptime as new standard for its advanced machine-to-machine cloud platform.
nPhase, a Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm Incorporated joint venture, yesterday announced that it will deliver among the highest levels of availability for machine-to-machine (M2M) enterprise management software, 'five nines,' leveraging its advanced M2M cloud platform and Terremark's IT infrastructure services. The company says that its M2M services will provide standard performance levels of its M2M cloud platform 99.999 percent of the time - 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Implementation will be completed in the first quarter of 2011. It avers that availability is usually expressed as a percentage of uptime in a given year. The difference between 99.9 percent and 99.999 percent availability, for instance, is equal to approximately 8.76 hours of downtime a year versus five minutes.
The company states that its advanced M2M cloud platform is installed and fully operational through Terremark's Highly Managed Hosting service. The Terremark data centers that it is leveraging are geographically redundant and contain exact replicas of the entire infrastructure within the different locations. The company's platform is performance-tuned and load-balanced to dynamically disperse load within the infrastructure and maintain a consistent, high level of performance during various load swings that are anticipated in high-growth businesses. It adds that the company and Terremark will provide further details on this exciting new service and what it means to the M2M industry during a joint webinar January 11, 2011 at 11am EST. To register for this event, one may visit http://www.nphasem2m.com/5-9s.
"Verizon Wireless' customers demand data reliability, and we know it is a top priority for M2M connectivity. We have worked closely with nPhase to bring a new level of reliability to the nPhase M2M cloud platform, which will help our customers receive a consistently high level of performance with Verizon Wireless Machine to Machine services," said John Stratton, Chief Operating Officer, Verizon Wireless.
"We are making significant investments in the nPhase M2M cloud platform in response to industry requirements and to support the high growth that is expected in critical M2M applications such as in healthcare, energy, transportation, consumer electronics, and financial services where failure is simply not acceptable," said Steve Pazol, President of nPhase.
"Terremark's commitment to delivering highly reliable, secure and consistently available IT infrastructure services from massively connected, strategically located data center hubs has distinguished our company as the global provider of choice for organizations running business-critical applications," said Manuel D. Medina, Terremark's Chairman and CEO. "As nPhase's trusted partner, we're proud to be playing a vital role as they set a new standard in availability and reliability in the M2M sector."
nPhase, a Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm Incorporated joint venture, yesterday announced that it will deliver among the highest levels of availability for machine-to-machine (M2M) enterprise management software, 'five nines,' leveraging its advanced M2M cloud platform and Terremark's IT infrastructure services. The company says that its M2M services will provide standard performance levels of its M2M cloud platform 99.999 percent of the time - 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Implementation will be completed in the first quarter of 2011. It avers that availability is usually expressed as a percentage of uptime in a given year. The difference between 99.9 percent and 99.999 percent availability, for instance, is equal to approximately 8.76 hours of downtime a year versus five minutes.
The company states that its advanced M2M cloud platform is installed and fully operational through Terremark's Highly Managed Hosting service. The Terremark data centers that it is leveraging are geographically redundant and contain exact replicas of the entire infrastructure within the different locations. The company's platform is performance-tuned and load-balanced to dynamically disperse load within the infrastructure and maintain a consistent, high level of performance during various load swings that are anticipated in high-growth businesses. It adds that the company and Terremark will provide further details on this exciting new service and what it means to the M2M industry during a joint webinar January 11, 2011 at 11am EST. To register for this event, one may visit http://www.nphasem2m.com/5-9s.
"Verizon Wireless' customers demand data reliability, and we know it is a top priority for M2M connectivity. We have worked closely with nPhase to bring a new level of reliability to the nPhase M2M cloud platform, which will help our customers receive a consistently high level of performance with Verizon Wireless Machine to Machine services," said John Stratton, Chief Operating Officer, Verizon Wireless.
"We are making significant investments in the nPhase M2M cloud platform in response to industry requirements and to support the high growth that is expected in critical M2M applications such as in healthcare, energy, transportation, consumer electronics, and financial services where failure is simply not acceptable," said Steve Pazol, President of nPhase.
"Terremark's commitment to delivering highly reliable, secure and consistently available IT infrastructure services from massively connected, strategically located data center hubs has distinguished our company as the global provider of choice for organizations running business-critical applications," said Manuel D. Medina, Terremark's Chairman and CEO. "As nPhase's trusted partner, we're proud to be playing a vital role as they set a new standard in availability and reliability in the M2M sector."
TelecityGroup Acquires Fifth Amsterdam Data Center
Announces a new 9MW, 6,000 sq.m. data center in its core Amsterdam market.
Telecity Group plc, a provider of network independent data centers, recently announced a new 9MW, 6,000 sq.m. data center in its core Amsterdam market.
According to the company, the new, centrally located, facility will be linked into its existing four data centers in Amsterdam. As such, it will become part of the city's main internet hub, offering high levels of connectivity from opening. The new data center, which will be its fifth in Amsterdam, will open in phases from the end of Q4 2011, underpinning the company's position as the provider of highly connected data centers in the city.
Michael Tobin, CEO of TelecityGroup, commented, "I am very pleased that we have been able to secure this growth capacity in Amsterdam. TelecityGroup has had a strong year in 2010 and together with the builds in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Stockholm, this new data center gives us the opportunity to continue to deliver growth in all of our core markets into the longer-term. At Group level, Telecity now has 107MW of announced capacity, of which 58MW is operational today. We are bringing this new capacity on-line in phases, in response to customer demand. The phased approach has enabled the Group to manage its capital expenditure profile efficiently and achieve continued expansion in operating margins."
Telecity Group plc, a provider of network independent data centers, recently announced a new 9MW, 6,000 sq.m. data center in its core Amsterdam market.
According to the company, the new, centrally located, facility will be linked into its existing four data centers in Amsterdam. As such, it will become part of the city's main internet hub, offering high levels of connectivity from opening. The new data center, which will be its fifth in Amsterdam, will open in phases from the end of Q4 2011, underpinning the company's position as the provider of highly connected data centers in the city.
Michael Tobin, CEO of TelecityGroup, commented, "I am very pleased that we have been able to secure this growth capacity in Amsterdam. TelecityGroup has had a strong year in 2010 and together with the builds in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Stockholm, this new data center gives us the opportunity to continue to deliver growth in all of our core markets into the longer-term. At Group level, Telecity now has 107MW of announced capacity, of which 58MW is operational today. We are bringing this new capacity on-line in phases, in response to customer demand. The phased approach has enabled the Group to manage its capital expenditure profile efficiently and achieve continued expansion in operating margins."
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Softlayer Partners with ZNetsupport.com
Company announced as Softlayer Certified Service Partner.
ZNet Technologies, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, today announced that ZNetsupport.com (http://www.znetsupport.com), a technical/sales dedicated manpower provider, has now became Softlayer Certified Service Partner.
According to it, ZNetsupport.com offers Dedicated 24/7 Server, Technical & Sales Support Services to the global clientele. Its services can be availed by the web hosting companies for hiring dedicated personnel to manage their technical & sales services. It will focus on providing three types of services, namely Technical Services, Technical Hiring and Sales Hiring. The technical services will include Server Administration, Initial Server Setup, Server Monitoring, Server Backup and VPS Administration. The technical and sales hiring will be provided for three levels - Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 with each level personnel competent in providing a specific level of technical/sales services. The company avers that Softlayer has added ZNetsupport.com as a Certified Service Partner at http://www.softlayer.com/partners/certified/.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, ZNet Technologies Private Limited, stated, "Thanks to Softlayer for adding ZNetsupport.com as a certified partner. We have got a good response from many international web hosting companies regarding server administration and tech hiring. Our 10 yrs hosting experience is really paving a path for the success of ZNetsupport.com and partnering with Softlayer will surely help us in attaining heights."
ZNet Technologies, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, today announced that ZNetsupport.com (http://www.znetsupport.com), a technical/sales dedicated manpower provider, has now became Softlayer Certified Service Partner.
According to it, ZNetsupport.com offers Dedicated 24/7 Server, Technical & Sales Support Services to the global clientele. Its services can be availed by the web hosting companies for hiring dedicated personnel to manage their technical & sales services. It will focus on providing three types of services, namely Technical Services, Technical Hiring and Sales Hiring. The technical services will include Server Administration, Initial Server Setup, Server Monitoring, Server Backup and VPS Administration. The technical and sales hiring will be provided for three levels - Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 with each level personnel competent in providing a specific level of technical/sales services. The company avers that Softlayer has added ZNetsupport.com as a Certified Service Partner at http://www.softlayer.com/partners/certified/.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, ZNet Technologies Private Limited, stated, "Thanks to Softlayer for adding ZNetsupport.com as a certified partner. We have got a good response from many international web hosting companies regarding server administration and tech hiring. Our 10 yrs hosting experience is really paving a path for the success of ZNetsupport.com and partnering with Softlayer will surely help us in attaining heights."
LCN.COM Announces Domain Name Promotion
Offers domain names for less than half price.
LCN.COM, a web hosting and domain registration company, today announced that it will be reducing the cost of selected domain extensions to GBP 9.99 for a two year registration. The company adds that this domain price offer runs for one week as part of its December promotions.
It articulates that .NET, .BIZ, .ORG, and .INFO domain names can be registered for two years at this reduced price, providing customers with savings of up to 60 per cent. This offer will run until midnight on 13 December 2010.
The company says that it offers an extensive range of free features alognwith domain names, including web and email forwarding, advanced name server management and MX control. Advanced domain management features such as TXT and SRV options are available for free on all domain names, offering customers complete control over the management of both their domain and web hosting solutions.
Mark Boost, Managing Director, LCN.COM, said, "The end of a year provides companies with a great opportunity to reassess their current providers and search for more reliable, cost effective solutions. Customers who register with LCN.COM can get a great deal on their domain names and choose one of our affordable web hosting packages to create a web presence quickly and easily."
LCN.COM, a web hosting and domain registration company, today announced that it will be reducing the cost of selected domain extensions to GBP 9.99 for a two year registration. The company adds that this domain price offer runs for one week as part of its December promotions.
It articulates that .NET, .BIZ, .ORG, and .INFO domain names can be registered for two years at this reduced price, providing customers with savings of up to 60 per cent. This offer will run until midnight on 13 December 2010.
The company says that it offers an extensive range of free features alognwith domain names, including web and email forwarding, advanced name server management and MX control. Advanced domain management features such as TXT and SRV options are available for free on all domain names, offering customers complete control over the management of both their domain and web hosting solutions.
Mark Boost, Managing Director, LCN.COM, said, "The end of a year provides companies with a great opportunity to reassess their current providers and search for more reliable, cost effective solutions. Customers who register with LCN.COM can get a great deal on their domain names and choose one of our affordable web hosting packages to create a web presence quickly and easily."
Oracle Launches Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2
Offers a complete cloud application infrastructure for consolidating the widest possible range of Java and non-Java application types and workloads.
Oracle, a provider of software for information management, yesterday announced the availability of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2, a complete cloud application infrastructure for consolidating the widest possible range of Java and non-Java application types and workloads and meeting the most demanding service-level requirements.
The company states that Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 is an engineered hardware and software system combining 64-bit x86 processors, an InfiniBand-based I/O fabric and solid-state storage with the Oracle WebLogic Server, other enterprise Java Oracle middleware products and a choice of Oracle Solaris or Oracle Linux operating system software. Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud can support thousands of Java and non-Java applications with differing security, reliability and performance requirements - making it an ideal platform for enterprise-wide data center consolidation and an ideal platform for applications of all types, from small-scale departmental applications to the largest and most demanding ERP and mainframe applications.
It further states that Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud offers performance and reliability for Java applications and accelerates the performance of the entire Oracle Fusion Middleware product portfolio based on Oracle WebLogic Server. The machine is also optimized for integration with Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Real Application Clusters and the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud provides a tuned combination of hardware and software that allows different components of a Java application to interact with essentially zero-copy I/O, enabling as much as a 12x improvement in handling workloads such as web requests. The company mentions that Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud's I/O fabric technology enables a high level of fault tolerance with near-instant failover and 100% isolation of applications, allowing enterprises to consolidate numerous mission-critical applications on a single system with extremely low risk.
"We are excited to announce the availability of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and for our customers to achieve the unmatched Java application performance and reliability, virtually unlimited scale and previously unimagined management simplicity of this engineered system. With this milestone release, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is a giant step forward in realizing Oracle's vision for the data center of the 21st century," said Hasan Rizvi, Senior Vice President, Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Oracle, a provider of software for information management, yesterday announced the availability of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2, a complete cloud application infrastructure for consolidating the widest possible range of Java and non-Java application types and workloads and meeting the most demanding service-level requirements.
The company states that Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 is an engineered hardware and software system combining 64-bit x86 processors, an InfiniBand-based I/O fabric and solid-state storage with the Oracle WebLogic Server, other enterprise Java Oracle middleware products and a choice of Oracle Solaris or Oracle Linux operating system software. Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud can support thousands of Java and non-Java applications with differing security, reliability and performance requirements - making it an ideal platform for enterprise-wide data center consolidation and an ideal platform for applications of all types, from small-scale departmental applications to the largest and most demanding ERP and mainframe applications.
It further states that Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud offers performance and reliability for Java applications and accelerates the performance of the entire Oracle Fusion Middleware product portfolio based on Oracle WebLogic Server. The machine is also optimized for integration with Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Real Application Clusters and the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud provides a tuned combination of hardware and software that allows different components of a Java application to interact with essentially zero-copy I/O, enabling as much as a 12x improvement in handling workloads such as web requests. The company mentions that Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud's I/O fabric technology enables a high level of fault tolerance with near-instant failover and 100% isolation of applications, allowing enterprises to consolidate numerous mission-critical applications on a single system with extremely low risk.
"We are excited to announce the availability of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and for our customers to achieve the unmatched Java application performance and reliability, virtually unlimited scale and previously unimagined management simplicity of this engineered system. With this milestone release, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is a giant step forward in realizing Oracle's vision for the data center of the 21st century," said Hasan Rizvi, Senior Vice President, Oracle Fusion Middleware.
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