New Cloud Control Panel integrates cloud email control with server management.
iomart Hosting, a managed hosting and data center company, today announced that it has introduced a new customer Control Panel for its email and hosting customers.
The company says that the new Control Panel will provide customers with a 360 degree view over their company mail systems as well as giving them management control over their cloud and managed server environments. The Control Panel contains current, historic and predicted usage figures for ease of management planning.
It avers that the new email functionality contained within the Control Panel will enable systems administrators to:
Create, update and remove mailboxes across all of their domains
Manage mailbox aliases and forwarding addresses
Decide which services are active on a per domain or per mailbox level
Control the level of mail filtering on a per domain or per mailbox level
Whitelist or blacklist individual email addresses or entire domains
Decide which users have permission to search archive and quarantine folders
Search across all archives or quarantine folders
Sarah Haran, Managing Director of iomart Hosting, said, "We have created a more intuitive and cleaner looking interface, making navigation easier and more user-friendly. By integrating our hosted email platform into the Control Panel, we can now give our customers a single management console for both their hosting and their messaging services."
Sarah Haran added, "We recognized that our customers wanted a single portal at their fingertips where they could provision and manage all of their hosting services and stay in contact with us 24/7and that's what we've delivered. We are building on the investment that we have already made in our Control Panel and we believe that this latest version takes enterprise cloud hosting control to another level."
Thursday, September 29, 2011
WHMCS Billing Platform Integrates GlobalSign's OneClickSSL Technology
Hosting companies using WHMCS can now fully automate SSL reselling through the company's new provisioning system, saving time and support costs.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority (CA) and provider of SSL Partner Programs, recently announced that its new OneClickSSL technology allowing the automation of SSL reselling, has been integrated into the latest version of WHMCS's billing platform.
The company states that since partnering with WHMCS and initially embedding its SSL reselling module into its platform in 2010, hundreds of hosting providers around the world have benefited from the simplicity of controlling the billing cycle of all hosting products they chose to resell, including the company's SSL Certificates. Over this time, the company and WHMCS have worked closely together in developing the module to incorporate its full range of SSL Certificates, including basic level Domain Validated SSL, to the most advanced Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, opening up many new opportunities for its SSL Resellers. Now OneClickSSL has been added, WHMCS offers the complete SSL portfolio offered by the company.
It further states that with OneClickSSL, hosting customers purchase Secure Site Vouchers from their hosting provider. The customer goes on to redeem the voucher via any one of the OneClickSSL plug-ins, (including cPanel, Parallels, Plesk, IIS and Apache), by simply entering the voucher code and clicking 'Activate SSL'. Customers have an SSL secured website in only seconds, reducing the support overhead and overall involvement of the hosting company, generating higher margins from the opportunity reselling SSL has to offer, enabling hosts to focus on their core business. The OneClickSSL module will be included in the next release of WHMCS V4.6 as standard. If users are running on version 4.5 or earlier, the module will need to be installed and can be found at http://www.whmcs.com/globalsignssl.php.
"Making OneClickSSL vouchers available through WHMCS further helps hosts offer SSL security to customers of all technical abilities," said Steve Roylance, Business Development Director, GlobalSign. "The vouchers and plug-ins do all of the technical work, including key generation, creation of Certificate Signing Request, validation of control of domain and installation of SSL Certificate, all within 45 seconds."
"We are always eager to keep up to date with the latest hosting and security technologies and we are proud to be the first billing platform to be able to offer GlobalSign's new OneClickSSL service," said Matthew Pugh, Lead Developer, WHMCS. "Putting WHMCS users ahead of the competition is a key strategy for us and we look forward to integrating future GlobalSign SSL developments in the near future."
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority (CA) and provider of SSL Partner Programs, recently announced that its new OneClickSSL technology allowing the automation of SSL reselling, has been integrated into the latest version of WHMCS's billing platform.
The company states that since partnering with WHMCS and initially embedding its SSL reselling module into its platform in 2010, hundreds of hosting providers around the world have benefited from the simplicity of controlling the billing cycle of all hosting products they chose to resell, including the company's SSL Certificates. Over this time, the company and WHMCS have worked closely together in developing the module to incorporate its full range of SSL Certificates, including basic level Domain Validated SSL, to the most advanced Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, opening up many new opportunities for its SSL Resellers. Now OneClickSSL has been added, WHMCS offers the complete SSL portfolio offered by the company.
It further states that with OneClickSSL, hosting customers purchase Secure Site Vouchers from their hosting provider. The customer goes on to redeem the voucher via any one of the OneClickSSL plug-ins, (including cPanel, Parallels, Plesk, IIS and Apache), by simply entering the voucher code and clicking 'Activate SSL'. Customers have an SSL secured website in only seconds, reducing the support overhead and overall involvement of the hosting company, generating higher margins from the opportunity reselling SSL has to offer, enabling hosts to focus on their core business. The OneClickSSL module will be included in the next release of WHMCS V4.6 as standard. If users are running on version 4.5 or earlier, the module will need to be installed and can be found at http://www.whmcs.com/globalsignssl.php.
"Making OneClickSSL vouchers available through WHMCS further helps hosts offer SSL security to customers of all technical abilities," said Steve Roylance, Business Development Director, GlobalSign. "The vouchers and plug-ins do all of the technical work, including key generation, creation of Certificate Signing Request, validation of control of domain and installation of SSL Certificate, all within 45 seconds."
"We are always eager to keep up to date with the latest hosting and security technologies and we are proud to be the first billing platform to be able to offer GlobalSign's new OneClickSSL service," said Matthew Pugh, Lead Developer, WHMCS. "Putting WHMCS users ahead of the competition is a key strategy for us and we look forward to integrating future GlobalSign SSL developments in the near future."
SoftLayer Launches Mobile Apps for Windows Phone 7 and iPad
Redesigned application brings management tools to tablets and more smartphones.
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, recently announced the release of its Mobile app for Windows Phone 7 and Mobile HD app for iPad. Specifically designed for the Windows Phone 7 environment and iPad's screen size, the new apps bring robust server and account management tools right to its customers' fingertips, anywhere they go.
The company mentions that the new apps feature fast menu navigation and enhanced design, delivering mobile control over many infrastructure management functions also found in its Customer Portal including:
Tickets - Quickly create a new ticket for a support request or view existing support tickets and check their statuses.
Servers - View performance details and control basic functions for your SoftLayer Dedicated Servers and CloudLayer Computing Instances. Easily turn a server off or on, ping the server to test its network availability, or reboot.
Bandwidth - Monitor the bandwidth usage of your SoftLayer Dedicated Servers and CloudLayer Computing Instance.
Accounting - Get up-to-date account information and view and download invoices.
It articulates that the company's Mobile for Windows Phone 7 is available for free download through Marketplace - Microsoft's virtual store - and its Mobile HD for iPad is available for free download through the iTunes Store. Updates and enhancements have also been made to iOS versions of the app and are available for free download through the iTunes Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The company's applications for other mobile devices, including Android smartphones, are also available for free download.
"We focus on giving customers total control over their infrastructure. This means being able to manage your services when, where, how, and on whatever device you want," said Nathan Day, Chief Scientist for SoftLayer. "Our Mobile app for Windows Phone 7 and Mobile HD app for the iPad extend our suite of management clients to the mobile platforms our customers use most, and that includes Android as well. We're already hard at work innovating the next versions of these apps so our customers can take advantage of even more features and functionality."
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, recently announced the release of its Mobile app for Windows Phone 7 and Mobile HD app for iPad. Specifically designed for the Windows Phone 7 environment and iPad's screen size, the new apps bring robust server and account management tools right to its customers' fingertips, anywhere they go.
The company mentions that the new apps feature fast menu navigation and enhanced design, delivering mobile control over many infrastructure management functions also found in its Customer Portal including:
Tickets - Quickly create a new ticket for a support request or view existing support tickets and check their statuses.
Servers - View performance details and control basic functions for your SoftLayer Dedicated Servers and CloudLayer Computing Instances. Easily turn a server off or on, ping the server to test its network availability, or reboot.
Bandwidth - Monitor the bandwidth usage of your SoftLayer Dedicated Servers and CloudLayer Computing Instance.
Accounting - Get up-to-date account information and view and download invoices.
It articulates that the company's Mobile for Windows Phone 7 is available for free download through Marketplace - Microsoft's virtual store - and its Mobile HD for iPad is available for free download through the iTunes Store. Updates and enhancements have also been made to iOS versions of the app and are available for free download through the iTunes Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The company's applications for other mobile devices, including Android smartphones, are also available for free download.
"We focus on giving customers total control over their infrastructure. This means being able to manage your services when, where, how, and on whatever device you want," said Nathan Day, Chief Scientist for SoftLayer. "Our Mobile app for Windows Phone 7 and Mobile HD app for the iPad extend our suite of management clients to the mobile platforms our customers use most, and that includes Android as well. We're already hard at work innovating the next versions of these apps so our customers can take advantage of even more features and functionality."
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
DiscountASP.NET Extends Free VSS to TFS Migration
Company extends the offer of free migration from Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution until the end of 2011.
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced extending its offer of free migration from Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution until the end of 2011.
The company avers that Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 is a collaboration platform that is at the core of Microsoft's application lifecycle management solution. With the company's TFS hosting solution, Microsoft developers can use familiar development tools to manage source control and track work items and bugs, whether the developer works in a team or by themselves. To qualify for this free VSS migration offer, the company requires pre-screening.
"With mainstream support for Visual SourceSafe slated to end next year, we want to help VSS users make the move to Team Foundation Server now," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "Through the rest of 2011, we will help developers migrate from VSS to TFS. And with our 30 days free offer, we make it extremely easy for developers to experience TFS."
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced extending its offer of free migration from Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution until the end of 2011.
The company avers that Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 is a collaboration platform that is at the core of Microsoft's application lifecycle management solution. With the company's TFS hosting solution, Microsoft developers can use familiar development tools to manage source control and track work items and bugs, whether the developer works in a team or by themselves. To qualify for this free VSS migration offer, the company requires pre-screening.
"With mainstream support for Visual SourceSafe slated to end next year, we want to help VSS users make the move to Team Foundation Server now," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "Through the rest of 2011, we will help developers migrate from VSS to TFS. And with our 30 days free offer, we make it extremely easy for developers to experience TFS."
Nimbula Releases Nimbula Director 1.5
The software helps enterprises and service providers build powerful private, public and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Nimbula, a startup founded by former Amazon executives, yesterday announced the immediate availability of Nimbula Director 1.5, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for managing compute and storage resources. The software helps enterprises and service providers build powerful private, public and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
The company says that Nimbula Director 1.5 supports a geographically distributed cloud. The software can manage this multi-site cloud from a single view. This dramatically improves the cloud experience for end users because they now have a single login from which they can access any resource worldwide and deploy their workloads to any site in a self-service manner.
It claims that in addition to executing on the core vision of a global cloud, the company has delivered critical functionality for taking Nimbula Director clouds into production while ensuring simple and efficient operations with these features:
Policy based automation for compute and storage that delivers an extremely simple mechanism for requesting resources
Persistent block store that offers the self-service interfaces of cloud storage with enterprise-class service level selection across a wide range of vendors
Simplicity with flexibility provides a customizable installer for packaging a choice of operating system, drivers and management software
The company articulates that it continues to grow its best-of-breed partner ecosystem to expand support of Nimbula Director from Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and DevOps application lifecycle management to persistent storage solutions. It announced partnerships with Atalanta Systems, Electric Cloud and Standing Cloud in order to provide the optimal platform for developers to build and deploy applications. The company also announced partnerships with Gluster and Scality to expand Nimbula Director's support for persistent storage solutions with world-class storage leaders.
It mentions that Nimbula Director 1.5 is available for download at: http://nimbula.com. Pricing and packaging remain unchanged. For deployments on infrastructure up to and including 40 cores, Nimbula Director is licensed free of charge. A paid support option is available for users of the free version. For deployments on infrastructure with more than 40 cores, Nimbula Director is licensed on an annual subscription basis and includes both maintenance and support services.
"Nimbula is continuing its commitment in building a rich, diverse partner base to serve the new use cases and solutions enabled by cloud computing," said Reza Malekzadeh, VP of Marketing at Nimbula. "We are able to strengthen our complete end-to-end solution offerings by supporting PaaS and DevOps use cases for agile application development and by supporting additional storage solutions."
"Interest in private and hybrid clouds is growing at an incredible pace, and Nimbula has put together a hugely polished and well architected solution. Integrating with Chef makes that story even more compelling, and we're thrilled that Nimbula has chosen us to be a part of both writing and telling that story, and bringing its benefits to the market," said Helena Nelson-Smith, Founder and CEO of Atalanta Systems.
"Cloud infrastructure is widely used among engineering teams in the enterprise to support software development, testing and deployment. Nimbula Director is designed to service that market. With Nimbula and Electric Cloud, teams can automatically manage the lifecycle of cloud resources to achieve greater development agility, create higher quality software and speed time-to-market," quoted Mike Maciag, CEO of Electric Cloud.
"Standing Cloud's partnership with Nimbula is an exciting development in the industry. Now, service providers can offer PaaS along with their public IaaS, without additional effort. A Nimbula-based cloud will be immediately differentiated from infrastructure-only offerings. For the service provider's customers, Standing Cloud's PaaS lets them set up applications in minutes and provides an easy interface for developing and managing those applications," said David J. Jilk, CEO of Standing Cloud.
"Adoption of cloud computing is increasing dramatically and enterprises are quickly realizing the importance in selecting a scale-out storage solution that will meet the needs of these new highly-dynamic cloud environments. Our scale-out NAS storage perfectly complements Nimbula's innovative cloud solutions and allows joint customers to achieve flexible and scalable storage cost effectively. We are extremely pleased with this partnership and the value it brings our customers," stated Lori Budin, VP, Channels and Partnerships at Gluster.
"Scality is pleased to compliment Nimbula's innovative cloud computing solution with our object based storage offering. Together these solutions provide an integrated private, public or hybrid cloud offering," mentioned Brad King, Director of Customer Architecture at Scality.
Nimbula, a startup founded by former Amazon executives, yesterday announced the immediate availability of Nimbula Director 1.5, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for managing compute and storage resources. The software helps enterprises and service providers build powerful private, public and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
The company says that Nimbula Director 1.5 supports a geographically distributed cloud. The software can manage this multi-site cloud from a single view. This dramatically improves the cloud experience for end users because they now have a single login from which they can access any resource worldwide and deploy their workloads to any site in a self-service manner.
It claims that in addition to executing on the core vision of a global cloud, the company has delivered critical functionality for taking Nimbula Director clouds into production while ensuring simple and efficient operations with these features:
Policy based automation for compute and storage that delivers an extremely simple mechanism for requesting resources
Persistent block store that offers the self-service interfaces of cloud storage with enterprise-class service level selection across a wide range of vendors
Simplicity with flexibility provides a customizable installer for packaging a choice of operating system, drivers and management software
The company articulates that it continues to grow its best-of-breed partner ecosystem to expand support of Nimbula Director from Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and DevOps application lifecycle management to persistent storage solutions. It announced partnerships with Atalanta Systems, Electric Cloud and Standing Cloud in order to provide the optimal platform for developers to build and deploy applications. The company also announced partnerships with Gluster and Scality to expand Nimbula Director's support for persistent storage solutions with world-class storage leaders.
It mentions that Nimbula Director 1.5 is available for download at: http://nimbula.com. Pricing and packaging remain unchanged. For deployments on infrastructure up to and including 40 cores, Nimbula Director is licensed free of charge. A paid support option is available for users of the free version. For deployments on infrastructure with more than 40 cores, Nimbula Director is licensed on an annual subscription basis and includes both maintenance and support services.
"Nimbula is continuing its commitment in building a rich, diverse partner base to serve the new use cases and solutions enabled by cloud computing," said Reza Malekzadeh, VP of Marketing at Nimbula. "We are able to strengthen our complete end-to-end solution offerings by supporting PaaS and DevOps use cases for agile application development and by supporting additional storage solutions."
"Interest in private and hybrid clouds is growing at an incredible pace, and Nimbula has put together a hugely polished and well architected solution. Integrating with Chef makes that story even more compelling, and we're thrilled that Nimbula has chosen us to be a part of both writing and telling that story, and bringing its benefits to the market," said Helena Nelson-Smith, Founder and CEO of Atalanta Systems.
"Cloud infrastructure is widely used among engineering teams in the enterprise to support software development, testing and deployment. Nimbula Director is designed to service that market. With Nimbula and Electric Cloud, teams can automatically manage the lifecycle of cloud resources to achieve greater development agility, create higher quality software and speed time-to-market," quoted Mike Maciag, CEO of Electric Cloud.
"Standing Cloud's partnership with Nimbula is an exciting development in the industry. Now, service providers can offer PaaS along with their public IaaS, without additional effort. A Nimbula-based cloud will be immediately differentiated from infrastructure-only offerings. For the service provider's customers, Standing Cloud's PaaS lets them set up applications in minutes and provides an easy interface for developing and managing those applications," said David J. Jilk, CEO of Standing Cloud.
"Adoption of cloud computing is increasing dramatically and enterprises are quickly realizing the importance in selecting a scale-out storage solution that will meet the needs of these new highly-dynamic cloud environments. Our scale-out NAS storage perfectly complements Nimbula's innovative cloud solutions and allows joint customers to achieve flexible and scalable storage cost effectively. We are extremely pleased with this partnership and the value it brings our customers," stated Lori Budin, VP, Channels and Partnerships at Gluster.
"Scality is pleased to compliment Nimbula's innovative cloud computing solution with our object based storage offering. Together these solutions provide an integrated private, public or hybrid cloud offering," mentioned Brad King, Director of Customer Architecture at Scality.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
HP Names Meg Whitman President and CEO
Ray Lane appointed Executive Chairman; Leo Apotheker steps down as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director.
HP recently announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as President and Chief Executive Officer.
The company says that in addition, Ray Lane has moved from Non-executive Chairman to Executive Chairman of the board of directors, and the board intends to appoint a lead independent director promptly. These leadership appointments are effective immediately and follow the decision that Leo Apotheker step down as President and Chief Executive Officer and resign as a Director of the company.
"We are fortunate to have someone of Meg Whitman's caliber and experience step up to lead HP," said Lane. "We are at a critical moment and we need renewed leadership to successfully implement our strategy and take advantage of the market opportunities ahead. Meg is a technology visionary with a proven track record of execution. She is a strong communicator who is customer focused with deep leadership capabilities. Furthermore, as a member of HP's board of directors for the past eight months, Meg has a solid understanding of our products and markets."
Speaking on behalf of the board, Lane said, "We very much appreciate Leo's efforts and his service to HP since his appointment last year. The board believes that the job of the HP CEO now requires additional attributes to successfully execute on the company's strategy. Meg Whitman has the right operational and communication skills and leadership abilities to deliver improved execution and financial performance."
Whitman said, "I am honored and excited to lead HP. I believe HP matters - it matters to Silicon Valley, California, the country and the world."
HP recently announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as President and Chief Executive Officer.
The company says that in addition, Ray Lane has moved from Non-executive Chairman to Executive Chairman of the board of directors, and the board intends to appoint a lead independent director promptly. These leadership appointments are effective immediately and follow the decision that Leo Apotheker step down as President and Chief Executive Officer and resign as a Director of the company.
"We are fortunate to have someone of Meg Whitman's caliber and experience step up to lead HP," said Lane. "We are at a critical moment and we need renewed leadership to successfully implement our strategy and take advantage of the market opportunities ahead. Meg is a technology visionary with a proven track record of execution. She is a strong communicator who is customer focused with deep leadership capabilities. Furthermore, as a member of HP's board of directors for the past eight months, Meg has a solid understanding of our products and markets."
Speaking on behalf of the board, Lane said, "We very much appreciate Leo's efforts and his service to HP since his appointment last year. The board believes that the job of the HP CEO now requires additional attributes to successfully execute on the company's strategy. Meg Whitman has the right operational and communication skills and leadership abilities to deliver improved execution and financial performance."
Whitman said, "I am honored and excited to lead HP. I believe HP matters - it matters to Silicon Valley, California, the country and the world."
Terremark Opens NAP of Amsterdam
Company adds connected, secure facility to global footprint of top-tier data centers.
Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a provider of managed IT infrastructure services, recently announced the opening of the Network Access Point (NAP) of Amsterdam, as part of its focus on delivering secure IT infrastructure solutions to enterprises and government agencies across the globe. The NAP of Amsterdam joins its network of more than 10 top-tier data centers across Europe that serve as the foundation for the secure, enterprise-class services the company offers to customers throughout the world.
The company avers that its new European flagship facility provides 25,000 square feet of data center space inside the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Area, meeting in-region demand for advanced cloud computing, security and IT infrastructure services. The NAP of Amsterdam was strategically built to access one of the world's largest internet hubs in terms of traffic and members. Additionally, the new NAP is directly connected to AMS-IX, one of the world's largest internet exchanges with more than 350 members. Through the presence of AMS-IX, the company's enterprise and government customers can leverage the hundreds of global networks while reducing latency and controlling transit costs.
It mentions that with space available for enterprises today, the new center features the latest in technological and engineering advancement. The NAP of Amsterdam was designed with advanced cooling, power, redundancy and sustainability features to maintain the availability of business-critical applications while reducing energy consumption.
The company claims that the NAP of Amsterdam expands its presence in Europe, adding to key sites in Spain, the United Kingdom and Turkey. Across the globe, this facility enhances its global footprint of close to 50 state-of-the-art data center facilities that offer enterprise-class cloud infrastructure, cyber security solutions and the company's complete suite of highly reliable IT infrastructure services.
"The opening of the NAP of Amsterdam represents an important milestone in Verizon's continued strategic investment in expanding Terremark's global data center footprint," said Kerry Bailey, President of Terremark. "The expanded portfolio of facilities and services that we are bringing to market enables our customers throughout Europe to tap into a highly differentiated set of enterprise-class services that meet our high requirements for security, performance and reliability in the industry."
"Amsterdam is an established central business hub for more than 500 international companies, and we are uniquely positioned to tap this market," said Herman Oggel, President of Terremark's European business unit. "The NAP of Amsterdam will enhance our ability to provide the secure and highly sophisticated solutions customers have come to expect from us."
Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a provider of managed IT infrastructure services, recently announced the opening of the Network Access Point (NAP) of Amsterdam, as part of its focus on delivering secure IT infrastructure solutions to enterprises and government agencies across the globe. The NAP of Amsterdam joins its network of more than 10 top-tier data centers across Europe that serve as the foundation for the secure, enterprise-class services the company offers to customers throughout the world.
The company avers that its new European flagship facility provides 25,000 square feet of data center space inside the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Area, meeting in-region demand for advanced cloud computing, security and IT infrastructure services. The NAP of Amsterdam was strategically built to access one of the world's largest internet hubs in terms of traffic and members. Additionally, the new NAP is directly connected to AMS-IX, one of the world's largest internet exchanges with more than 350 members. Through the presence of AMS-IX, the company's enterprise and government customers can leverage the hundreds of global networks while reducing latency and controlling transit costs.
It mentions that with space available for enterprises today, the new center features the latest in technological and engineering advancement. The NAP of Amsterdam was designed with advanced cooling, power, redundancy and sustainability features to maintain the availability of business-critical applications while reducing energy consumption.
The company claims that the NAP of Amsterdam expands its presence in Europe, adding to key sites in Spain, the United Kingdom and Turkey. Across the globe, this facility enhances its global footprint of close to 50 state-of-the-art data center facilities that offer enterprise-class cloud infrastructure, cyber security solutions and the company's complete suite of highly reliable IT infrastructure services.
"The opening of the NAP of Amsterdam represents an important milestone in Verizon's continued strategic investment in expanding Terremark's global data center footprint," said Kerry Bailey, President of Terremark. "The expanded portfolio of facilities and services that we are bringing to market enables our customers throughout Europe to tap into a highly differentiated set of enterprise-class services that meet our high requirements for security, performance and reliability in the industry."
"Amsterdam is an established central business hub for more than 500 international companies, and we are uniquely positioned to tap this market," said Herman Oggel, President of Terremark's European business unit. "The NAP of Amsterdam will enhance our ability to provide the secure and highly sophisticated solutions customers have come to expect from us."
Open-Xchange Enhances Integration with Parallels Automation Software
Company adds support for Parallels Business Automation Standard.
Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, recently announced a tighter integration with Parallels Automation at the Parallels APAC Summit in Singapore, enabling web hosts and service providers to more easily offer advanced email and teamwork capabilities to their customers.
The company states that the Open-Xchange 4PSA OXtender for Plesk, a software connector that makes deployment and billing of Open-Xchange simple for service providers and customers using Parallels Plesk Panel and Parallels Automation, now also supports Parallels Business Automation Standard. Parallels Business Automation Standard is the first available hosting automation software that manages all business aspects of shared hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated hosting from a single management system. Integration of Open-Xchange with Parallels control panel and hosting automation software, enables web hosters and their resellers to enter into the business application market with Open-Xchange. Hosting providers can easily replace the Standard Plesk Webmail in existing shared hosting environments with the feature-rich AJAX interface of Open-Xchange and deliver business-class email and collaboration features.
It further states that Open-Xchange integrates email, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Appointments and team meetings can be scheduled efficiently with team calendars. Using shared folders, team members get access to all important documents, tasks, appointments and contacts. Central storage of documents prevents duplicated work and reduces the amount of email traffic. Cutting-edge social network integration enables aggregation of email and contact information from external mail services and social networks.
The company explains that Open-Xchange's unique Social OX features give users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts - for example from Google and Yahoo - into a folder in Open-Xchange so they can be managed more easily. Plus, contact details from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Xing can be added automatically to the Open-Xchange address book - giving users easy access to the latest contact information within their personal network. Also, users can merge their calendar and address books from Google into Open-Xchange. It adds that the company is a technology supplier of hosted groupware and SaaS partners include 1&1 Internet, STRATO, Network Solutions, Versatel, Dotster, Surftown and Hostpoint.
"Small businesses are increasingly looking to purchase multiple services - such as domains, website hosting, messaging and collaboration services and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications - from a single source," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "Parallels control panels and automation tools help hosters run their operations as efficiently as possible, while Open-Xchange provides hosters and their resellers with attractive features to differentiate in the market and increase the average revenue per user."
"Open-Xchange offers a great, yet simple business model for hosters and service providers using Parallels Plesk Panel to deliver true business-class e-mail features including groupware, social networks-enabled collaboration and mobile sync solutions," said John Zanni, Vice President of Service Provider Marketing and Alliances at Parallels. "Hosters remain competitive by replacing old webmail for all existing e-mail accounts in a very cost-effective and profitable way and without changing their existing e-mail infrastructure."
Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, recently announced a tighter integration with Parallels Automation at the Parallels APAC Summit in Singapore, enabling web hosts and service providers to more easily offer advanced email and teamwork capabilities to their customers.
The company states that the Open-Xchange 4PSA OXtender for Plesk, a software connector that makes deployment and billing of Open-Xchange simple for service providers and customers using Parallels Plesk Panel and Parallels Automation, now also supports Parallels Business Automation Standard. Parallels Business Automation Standard is the first available hosting automation software that manages all business aspects of shared hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated hosting from a single management system. Integration of Open-Xchange with Parallels control panel and hosting automation software, enables web hosters and their resellers to enter into the business application market with Open-Xchange. Hosting providers can easily replace the Standard Plesk Webmail in existing shared hosting environments with the feature-rich AJAX interface of Open-Xchange and deliver business-class email and collaboration features.
It further states that Open-Xchange integrates email, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Appointments and team meetings can be scheduled efficiently with team calendars. Using shared folders, team members get access to all important documents, tasks, appointments and contacts. Central storage of documents prevents duplicated work and reduces the amount of email traffic. Cutting-edge social network integration enables aggregation of email and contact information from external mail services and social networks.
The company explains that Open-Xchange's unique Social OX features give users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts - for example from Google and Yahoo - into a folder in Open-Xchange so they can be managed more easily. Plus, contact details from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Xing can be added automatically to the Open-Xchange address book - giving users easy access to the latest contact information within their personal network. Also, users can merge their calendar and address books from Google into Open-Xchange. It adds that the company is a technology supplier of hosted groupware and SaaS partners include 1&1 Internet, STRATO, Network Solutions, Versatel, Dotster, Surftown and Hostpoint.
"Small businesses are increasingly looking to purchase multiple services - such as domains, website hosting, messaging and collaboration services and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications - from a single source," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "Parallels control panels and automation tools help hosters run their operations as efficiently as possible, while Open-Xchange provides hosters and their resellers with attractive features to differentiate in the market and increase the average revenue per user."
"Open-Xchange offers a great, yet simple business model for hosters and service providers using Parallels Plesk Panel to deliver true business-class e-mail features including groupware, social networks-enabled collaboration and mobile sync solutions," said John Zanni, Vice President of Service Provider Marketing and Alliances at Parallels. "Hosters remain competitive by replacing old webmail for all existing e-mail accounts in a very cost-effective and profitable way and without changing their existing e-mail infrastructure."
Host The Best Announces SiteLock Security
New solution offers security solutions for small businesses.
Host The Best, a provider of software development and scalable shared, reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting solutions, recently announced the debut of a new service, SiteLock, which offers security solutions for small businesses.
The company articulates that it offers three tiers of service, based on the individual needs of the client. The SiteLock service is intended to offer the same level of security that was previously only available to major corporations with large IT budgets. Every day, customers of the SiteLock service will see their website scanned for multiple threats, allowing them to quickly and easily repair any problems that would result in adverse search engine action or security exposures. Some of the many exposures SiteLock scans for include presence on blacklists, which can negatively impact a website, as well as verification of the site's SSL certificate and contact information, allowing those that subscribe to the SiteLock service to increase consumer confidence.
"SiteLock assures your customers that your business is trustworthy by verifying your credentials and scanning your website for online threats," the company announced on its website.
Host The Best, a provider of software development and scalable shared, reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting solutions, recently announced the debut of a new service, SiteLock, which offers security solutions for small businesses.
The company articulates that it offers three tiers of service, based on the individual needs of the client. The SiteLock service is intended to offer the same level of security that was previously only available to major corporations with large IT budgets. Every day, customers of the SiteLock service will see their website scanned for multiple threats, allowing them to quickly and easily repair any problems that would result in adverse search engine action or security exposures. Some of the many exposures SiteLock scans for include presence on blacklists, which can negatively impact a website, as well as verification of the site's SSL certificate and contact information, allowing those that subscribe to the SiteLock service to increase consumer confidence.
"SiteLock assures your customers that your business is trustworthy by verifying your credentials and scanning your website for online threats," the company announced on its website.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Alert Logic Partners with Datapipe
Partnership provides Amazon Web Services customers access to managed services.
Alert Logic, a provider of log management, intrusion detection and cloud security solutions for enterprises and service providers, yesterday announced the limited availability of the first fully managed advanced network security solution in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment. The result of a joint development program with Datapipe, a provider of managed IT services, the company's managed network security solution for Amazon EC2 environments addresses the pressing challenge of network based intrusion detection, a key requirement for PCI compliance.
The company states that initially, its managed network security solution for Amazon Web Services will be offered exclusively through Datapipe's Managed Cloud offering. Through the Datapipe Managed Cloud, its fully managed intrusion detection solution supports elastic scale-out deployment and automated provisioning and dynamic network addressing. It fully integrates with the company's Security Operations Center (SOC) services, which provide 24/7 monitoring and expert human guidance. These fully managed network security capabilities enhance Datapipe Managed Cloud's all-inclusive suite of managed services featuring architecture and design, forklifting, 24x7x365 technician-based monitoring and management, patching and OS maintenance, auto-scaling and self-healing enablement, and change management.
"Datapipe has an established, proven record of excellence in customer support and technology leadership in providing managed services in the Amazon EC2 environment. Taking many of the lessons learned from working with Datapipe in their traditional hosting business, we were able to expand our Security-as-a-Service offering to address cloud environments," said Gray Hall, CEO of Alert Logic. "Building on our years of experience with service providers, Alert Logic was able to integrate quickly and easily into Datapipe's portfolio of services, even in the fully managed Amazon environment."
"Strong security controls are a requirement for many mission-critical IT workloads. Customers demand that service providers address security as they move IT infrastructure to fully elastic public cloud environments," said Joel Friedman, Chief Security Officer of Datapipe. "Our partnership with Alert Logic provides a fully managed solution to ensure a high level of security in the cloud."
Alert Logic, a provider of log management, intrusion detection and cloud security solutions for enterprises and service providers, yesterday announced the limited availability of the first fully managed advanced network security solution in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment. The result of a joint development program with Datapipe, a provider of managed IT services, the company's managed network security solution for Amazon EC2 environments addresses the pressing challenge of network based intrusion detection, a key requirement for PCI compliance.
The company states that initially, its managed network security solution for Amazon Web Services will be offered exclusively through Datapipe's Managed Cloud offering. Through the Datapipe Managed Cloud, its fully managed intrusion detection solution supports elastic scale-out deployment and automated provisioning and dynamic network addressing. It fully integrates with the company's Security Operations Center (SOC) services, which provide 24/7 monitoring and expert human guidance. These fully managed network security capabilities enhance Datapipe Managed Cloud's all-inclusive suite of managed services featuring architecture and design, forklifting, 24x7x365 technician-based monitoring and management, patching and OS maintenance, auto-scaling and self-healing enablement, and change management.
"Datapipe has an established, proven record of excellence in customer support and technology leadership in providing managed services in the Amazon EC2 environment. Taking many of the lessons learned from working with Datapipe in their traditional hosting business, we were able to expand our Security-as-a-Service offering to address cloud environments," said Gray Hall, CEO of Alert Logic. "Building on our years of experience with service providers, Alert Logic was able to integrate quickly and easily into Datapipe's portfolio of services, even in the fully managed Amazon environment."
"Strong security controls are a requirement for many mission-critical IT workloads. Customers demand that service providers address security as they move IT infrastructure to fully elastic public cloud environments," said Joel Friedman, Chief Security Officer of Datapipe. "Our partnership with Alert Logic provides a fully managed solution to ensure a high level of security in the cloud."
OpSource Opens U.S. West Coast Facility
New facility lowers the network latency for the company's West Coast clients and provides a secondary back-up site for its existing clients.
OpSource, Inc., a provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services, yesterday announced the opening of a new cloud hosting facility in Santa Clara, California, offering its enterprise, service provider and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) clients a highly-secure, enterprise-class hosting solution for both development and production cloud environments. This new facility lowers the network latency for the company's West Coast clients and provides a secondary back-up site for the company's existing clients.
The company mentions that as is the case with all of its managed and cloud hosting engagements, clients and partners are able to provision, access and manage multiple locations through a single, cohesive web-based user interface. The facility is enterprise-ready, offering multiple layers of security, administrative controls, high-performance SLAs and integrated management and billing. Clients using services across multiple hosting locations will be able to receive a single bill integrating the usage across all facilities.
It says that the ability to co-locate data and mitigate risk by backing it up or replicating it on the opposite coast has become a must-have for enterprises considering a move to the cloud. The company offers an enterprise-class cloud IaaS platform, which includes hardware-based security and scalability, complete customization and control, easy integration, 24x7 live support and 100 percent availability guaranteed. It has a wide range of flexible and competitive pricing plans to suit every business.
"As home to the highest concentration of software and web-based businesses in the world, Silicon Valley is a natural fit for this newest hosting facility," said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. "In a place this innovative and fast-paced, a secure, low-latency development environment for testing applications and services in the cloud is a necessity. Companies looking for a true enterprise-class public cloud IaaS platform need look no further than OpSource."
"Migrating our monitoring solution to the OpSource cloud via their hosting facility on the east coast has been extremely beneficial in scaling our business," said Dovik Nissim, Sr. Operations Manager for Nimsoft on Demand. "We are excited about the possibility of expanding this capability."
OpSource, Inc., a provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services, yesterday announced the opening of a new cloud hosting facility in Santa Clara, California, offering its enterprise, service provider and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) clients a highly-secure, enterprise-class hosting solution for both development and production cloud environments. This new facility lowers the network latency for the company's West Coast clients and provides a secondary back-up site for the company's existing clients.
The company mentions that as is the case with all of its managed and cloud hosting engagements, clients and partners are able to provision, access and manage multiple locations through a single, cohesive web-based user interface. The facility is enterprise-ready, offering multiple layers of security, administrative controls, high-performance SLAs and integrated management and billing. Clients using services across multiple hosting locations will be able to receive a single bill integrating the usage across all facilities.
It says that the ability to co-locate data and mitigate risk by backing it up or replicating it on the opposite coast has become a must-have for enterprises considering a move to the cloud. The company offers an enterprise-class cloud IaaS platform, which includes hardware-based security and scalability, complete customization and control, easy integration, 24x7 live support and 100 percent availability guaranteed. It has a wide range of flexible and competitive pricing plans to suit every business.
"As home to the highest concentration of software and web-based businesses in the world, Silicon Valley is a natural fit for this newest hosting facility," said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. "In a place this innovative and fast-paced, a secure, low-latency development environment for testing applications and services in the cloud is a necessity. Companies looking for a true enterprise-class public cloud IaaS platform need look no further than OpSource."
"Migrating our monitoring solution to the OpSource cloud via their hosting facility on the east coast has been extremely beneficial in scaling our business," said Dovik Nissim, Sr. Operations Manager for Nimsoft on Demand. "We are excited about the possibility of expanding this capability."
Digital Realty Completes Arizona Data Center Expansion
Large expansion delivers Turn-Key Datacenter and Powered Base Building space to supply-constrained Phoenix market.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a wholesale data center provider, recently announced that it has completed the expansion to its existing 293,000 square feet data center facility at 2121 S. Price Road in Chandler, Arizona. The expansion, which began in the first quarter of 2011, has added approximately 226,000 rentable square feet of data center space and 13 megawatts of additional power to meet customer demand in the Phoenix market. The company has completed the building shell and will deliver the first three 1125 kilowatt move-in ready Turn-Key Datacenters in the fourth quarter of 2011 for immediate leasing and occupancy.
"Phoenix is a strong data center market not only because of demand from Arizona-based companies, but also because so many companies based elsewhere in the Unites States view it as an ideal location for both primary and backup data centers," said Dave Caron, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management at Digital Realty. "Those two factors, along with low cost of power and a pro-business economic environment, have made demand for data center space robust in Phoenix, but the market has long been constrained in terms of data center space. This project in Chandler brings a significant volume of high-quality data center space online to meet that demand, providing critical infrastructure to support economic growth in the Phoenix metro area."
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a wholesale data center provider, recently announced that it has completed the expansion to its existing 293,000 square feet data center facility at 2121 S. Price Road in Chandler, Arizona. The expansion, which began in the first quarter of 2011, has added approximately 226,000 rentable square feet of data center space and 13 megawatts of additional power to meet customer demand in the Phoenix market. The company has completed the building shell and will deliver the first three 1125 kilowatt move-in ready Turn-Key Datacenters in the fourth quarter of 2011 for immediate leasing and occupancy.
"Phoenix is a strong data center market not only because of demand from Arizona-based companies, but also because so many companies based elsewhere in the Unites States view it as an ideal location for both primary and backup data centers," said Dave Caron, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management at Digital Realty. "Those two factors, along with low cost of power and a pro-business economic environment, have made demand for data center space robust in Phoenix, but the market has long been constrained in terms of data center space. This project in Chandler brings a significant volume of high-quality data center space online to meet that demand, providing critical infrastructure to support economic growth in the Phoenix metro area."
DiscountASP.NET Offers Free Hosting Sandbox for the Web Developer Community
Company announces a free Web Matrix v2 beta hosting sandbox program to experience the next-generation version of Web Matrix.
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced a free Web Matrix v2 beta hosting sandbox program for the web developer community to experience the next-generation version of Web Matrix which was first unveiled at the Microsoft //BUILD Conference mid-September 2011.
The company avers that Microsoft Web Matrix is an all-in-one web development tool that allows web developers to easily install open source web applications, or use web templates as a starting point to develop customized web sites. Web Matrix v2 contains enhancements like remote editing, integrated ASP.NET Web Pages package service, enhanced editing capabilities for HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and PHP, integrated color picker, improved database management, and much more.
It says that the free sandbox hosting program is a limited program offered as an open beta on a first come first serve basis. The beta hosting account comes with 50 MB of disk space and 50 MB of SQL Server 2008 R2 database space and 50 MB of MySQL database space. The sandbox site works with a subdomain of DiscountASP.NET. This platform is only intended for testing and should not be used for production purposes. The program ends November 30, 2011. The company adds that interested developers can sign up at http://labs.discountasp.net.
"Microsoft continues to simplify the web development and deployment experience with their next-generation development tools," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "Our free Web Matrix hosting sandbox will provide the web developer community an opportunity to get an early jump start with Web Matrix v2."
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced a free Web Matrix v2 beta hosting sandbox program for the web developer community to experience the next-generation version of Web Matrix which was first unveiled at the Microsoft //BUILD Conference mid-September 2011.
The company avers that Microsoft Web Matrix is an all-in-one web development tool that allows web developers to easily install open source web applications, or use web templates as a starting point to develop customized web sites. Web Matrix v2 contains enhancements like remote editing, integrated ASP.NET Web Pages package service, enhanced editing capabilities for HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and PHP, integrated color picker, improved database management, and much more.
It says that the free sandbox hosting program is a limited program offered as an open beta on a first come first serve basis. The beta hosting account comes with 50 MB of disk space and 50 MB of SQL Server 2008 R2 database space and 50 MB of MySQL database space. The sandbox site works with a subdomain of DiscountASP.NET. This platform is only intended for testing and should not be used for production purposes. The program ends November 30, 2011. The company adds that interested developers can sign up at http://labs.discountasp.net.
"Microsoft continues to simplify the web development and deployment experience with their next-generation development tools," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "Our free Web Matrix hosting sandbox will provide the web developer community an opportunity to get an early jump start with Web Matrix v2."
Rackspace Launches Hosted Virtual Desktop Platform in EMEA Region
Cloud hosted infrastructure solution helps reduce IT resource needs and delivers desktop virtualization benefits.
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced the EMEA launch of its new Hosted Virtual Desktop platform. Available immediately, the service enables customers to host their virtual desktops on a choice of dedicated and/or cloud-based infrastructures. It leverages desktop virtualization technologies from Citrix, NetApp and other company solution partners.
The company explains that the Hosted Virtual Desktop (HVD) platform combines compute platforms with highly scalable and efficient NetApp storage to enable the provisioning of thousands of virtual desktops quickly with virtually instant desktop cloning. By using the new service to host desktop virtualization solutions, such as Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp, companies benefit from on-demand virtual desktops and applications on almost any device, including PCs, smartphones and even tablets.
It further explains that the platform combines the company's hybrid cloud offering, RackConnect, with its Fanatical Support to deliver a powerful and flexible new service. With RackConnect, customers have the best of both worlds. It allows them to deploy a virtual desktop solution that utilizes a private cloud - which helps address security and compliance concerns and gives them the ability to manage and control servers - and The Rackspace Cloud - giving them the benefits of the scalability and cost effectiveness of the cloud servers for XenApp environments. Working with vendor partners Citrix and NetApp, the company has selected a number of desktop virtualization solutions specialists with whom it can offer a comprehensive HVD solution to the market. These include Infosys, Point to Point, Centralis and Intrinsic Technology.
David Kelly, UK MD and SVP of International, Rackspace, said, "Hosting virtual desktops with Rackspace allows companies to reduce deployment times of upgrades and new desktop infrastructure while reducing capital expenditure. Simultaneously, this will allow companies to free up IT resources for more critical internal business operations."
"We're tapping our community of partners and their networks to provide our European customers with a hosted virtual desktop platform that offers them choices," said Kelly. "Providing Fanatical Support on top of our solutions portfolio produces exceptional business outcomes for our customers and that is what we do best. By working with partners such as Citrix and its network of nearly 9,000 global partners, enterprises now have instant access to the infrastructure they need, whether it's a dedicated environment for virtual desktop infrastructure or for shared hosted desktops."
"NetApp is proud to be collaborating with Rackspace's solution partners to underpin this virtual desktop platform in EMEA," said Nick Thurlow, VP, EMEA Partner and Pathways at NetApp. "Rackspace has taken full advantage of NetApp's Service Provider Partner Program in order to develop this offering, which can ultimately lead to greater flexibility and efficiency for its customers."
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced the EMEA launch of its new Hosted Virtual Desktop platform. Available immediately, the service enables customers to host their virtual desktops on a choice of dedicated and/or cloud-based infrastructures. It leverages desktop virtualization technologies from Citrix, NetApp and other company solution partners.
The company explains that the Hosted Virtual Desktop (HVD) platform combines compute platforms with highly scalable and efficient NetApp storage to enable the provisioning of thousands of virtual desktops quickly with virtually instant desktop cloning. By using the new service to host desktop virtualization solutions, such as Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp, companies benefit from on-demand virtual desktops and applications on almost any device, including PCs, smartphones and even tablets.
It further explains that the platform combines the company's hybrid cloud offering, RackConnect, with its Fanatical Support to deliver a powerful and flexible new service. With RackConnect, customers have the best of both worlds. It allows them to deploy a virtual desktop solution that utilizes a private cloud - which helps address security and compliance concerns and gives them the ability to manage and control servers - and The Rackspace Cloud - giving them the benefits of the scalability and cost effectiveness of the cloud servers for XenApp environments. Working with vendor partners Citrix and NetApp, the company has selected a number of desktop virtualization solutions specialists with whom it can offer a comprehensive HVD solution to the market. These include Infosys, Point to Point, Centralis and Intrinsic Technology.
David Kelly, UK MD and SVP of International, Rackspace, said, "Hosting virtual desktops with Rackspace allows companies to reduce deployment times of upgrades and new desktop infrastructure while reducing capital expenditure. Simultaneously, this will allow companies to free up IT resources for more critical internal business operations."
"We're tapping our community of partners and their networks to provide our European customers with a hosted virtual desktop platform that offers them choices," said Kelly. "Providing Fanatical Support on top of our solutions portfolio produces exceptional business outcomes for our customers and that is what we do best. By working with partners such as Citrix and its network of nearly 9,000 global partners, enterprises now have instant access to the infrastructure they need, whether it's a dedicated environment for virtual desktop infrastructure or for shared hosted desktops."
"NetApp is proud to be collaborating with Rackspace's solution partners to underpin this virtual desktop platform in EMEA," said Nick Thurlow, VP, EMEA Partner and Pathways at NetApp. "Rackspace has taken full advantage of NetApp's Service Provider Partner Program in order to develop this offering, which can ultimately lead to greater flexibility and efficiency for its customers."
SoftLayer Launches Asia-Pacific Operations
Extends footprint with Singapore data center and network PoPs in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced the upcoming opening of the company's new data center in Singapore and network Points of Presence (PoPs) in Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Beginning Sept. 23, customers can pre-order services in the new data center, to be deployed when the data center and PoPs officially 'go live' on Oct. 3. Designated SNG01, the new data center features the following:
Capacity for more than 16,000 servers
Redundant network infrastructure
Fully-automated platform
Unique pod design concept
The company states that SNG01 and the Tokyo and Hong Kong PoPs feature connectivity from multiple Tier-1 network carriers, including NTT, Tata, and Equinix, with direct network connections to its facilities in San Jose and Los Angeles. With the strategic location of the Asia-Pacific operations and the speed of the company network, customers and end users anywhere in the region can connect to its services with less than 40ms of latency.
It further states that the opening of the Asia facilities will soon be followed by the launch of the company's Amsterdam data center and European PoPs, scheduled for early November. It will then have 13 data centers and 16 PoPs worldwide. Each data center is functionally independent with distinct and redundant resources, as well as fully integrated with all company facilities. Its global network fully integrates three distinct and redundant network architectures - Public, Private, and Data Center to Data Center - into the industry's first Network-Within-a-Network topology for maximum accessibility, security, and control.
"We are excited to bring our unique solutions to hosting to the Asia-Pacific region," said Lance Crosby, Chief Executive Officer for SoftLayer. "We've had an international customer base for quite some time, with almost half of our 23,000 customers coming from more than 140 countries besides the U.S. But we couldn't be happier to now have a truly international presence, putting our industry-leading solutions so much closer to our customers and their countless end users."
"Everything we do is designed to give customers more control, and this expansion is no different," said George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer for SoftLayer. "New and existing customers across the region will now have direct access through the SoftLayer Private Network to our automated platform. They can manage and deploy their dedicated and cloud services on their own terms - whether that's in Singapore or in any of our other data centers. And they can provide an experience that's better than ever for their end users in the region."
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced the upcoming opening of the company's new data center in Singapore and network Points of Presence (PoPs) in Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Beginning Sept. 23, customers can pre-order services in the new data center, to be deployed when the data center and PoPs officially 'go live' on Oct. 3. Designated SNG01, the new data center features the following:
Capacity for more than 16,000 servers
Redundant network infrastructure
Fully-automated platform
Unique pod design concept
The company states that SNG01 and the Tokyo and Hong Kong PoPs feature connectivity from multiple Tier-1 network carriers, including NTT, Tata, and Equinix, with direct network connections to its facilities in San Jose and Los Angeles. With the strategic location of the Asia-Pacific operations and the speed of the company network, customers and end users anywhere in the region can connect to its services with less than 40ms of latency.
It further states that the opening of the Asia facilities will soon be followed by the launch of the company's Amsterdam data center and European PoPs, scheduled for early November. It will then have 13 data centers and 16 PoPs worldwide. Each data center is functionally independent with distinct and redundant resources, as well as fully integrated with all company facilities. Its global network fully integrates three distinct and redundant network architectures - Public, Private, and Data Center to Data Center - into the industry's first Network-Within-a-Network topology for maximum accessibility, security, and control.
"We are excited to bring our unique solutions to hosting to the Asia-Pacific region," said Lance Crosby, Chief Executive Officer for SoftLayer. "We've had an international customer base for quite some time, with almost half of our 23,000 customers coming from more than 140 countries besides the U.S. But we couldn't be happier to now have a truly international presence, putting our industry-leading solutions so much closer to our customers and their countless end users."
"Everything we do is designed to give customers more control, and this expansion is no different," said George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer for SoftLayer. "New and existing customers across the region will now have direct access through the SoftLayer Private Network to our automated platform. They can manage and deploy their dedicated and cloud services on their own terms - whether that's in Singapore or in any of our other data centers. And they can provide an experience that's better than ever for their end users in the region."
DemoWolf Acquires DemoDemo.com, iDemos.com
Acquisition enables the company to consolidate its position in the hosting tutorials market.
DemoWolf, a Flash support tutorials provider for web hosting companies, today announced the acquisition of DemoDemo.com, a competitor offering Flash-based support tutorials to hosting companies.
It articulates that starting in 2002, DemoDemo was in fact the first company to offer a 're-branding' service, whereby they created sets (or series) of multiple tutorials for specific hosting applications, and offered to re-brand them for any hosting company that purchased them. Hosting companies would then place these 'branded' Flash tutorials on their websites, usually in their support pages and their clients would have the ability to watch videos showing them how to do common tasks within their hosting control panels. Because these tutorials could be sold many times over, DemoDemo was able to offer them at a substantial discount to what it would normally cost a hosting company to develop them in-house. DemoDemo videos are simple, concise, and to-the-point.
The company mentions that its tutorials are different than DemoDemo's in that they are offered in 'Voice' versions. Flash video tutorials that include professional voice narration for a cleaner more professional experience for the viewer. In addition, it offers all tutorials in Flash, Video (MP4) and Text formats, whereas DemoDemo currently only offers the Flash format.
According to it, the company and DemoDemo will continue to operate as separate business entities. DemoDemo's former owner Vito Ceniti will be providing consulting services to both the company and DemoDemo. In addition to acquiring DemoDemo, the company has also acquired the domain name idemos.com. Specific plans for idemos.com have not yet been disclosed.
"With this acquisition, there's no question we are the dominant player in the hosting tutorials market," said Rob Moore, Founder and President of DemoWolf. "Now we must refocus our efforts to producing newer tutorials so our clients continue to see us as their partners in support, providing tutorials for the latest hosting-related technologies."
"Our focus has been on making quality tutorials, providing superb customer service, and automation," added Rob Moore. "With the introduction of professional voice narration, and developing a tutorial branding system that is completely automated and controlled by our clients, DemoWolf provides additional services that were unavailable to DemoDemo clients, until now."
DemoWolf, a Flash support tutorials provider for web hosting companies, today announced the acquisition of DemoDemo.com, a competitor offering Flash-based support tutorials to hosting companies.
It articulates that starting in 2002, DemoDemo was in fact the first company to offer a 're-branding' service, whereby they created sets (or series) of multiple tutorials for specific hosting applications, and offered to re-brand them for any hosting company that purchased them. Hosting companies would then place these 'branded' Flash tutorials on their websites, usually in their support pages and their clients would have the ability to watch videos showing them how to do common tasks within their hosting control panels. Because these tutorials could be sold many times over, DemoDemo was able to offer them at a substantial discount to what it would normally cost a hosting company to develop them in-house. DemoDemo videos are simple, concise, and to-the-point.
The company mentions that its tutorials are different than DemoDemo's in that they are offered in 'Voice' versions. Flash video tutorials that include professional voice narration for a cleaner more professional experience for the viewer. In addition, it offers all tutorials in Flash, Video (MP4) and Text formats, whereas DemoDemo currently only offers the Flash format.
According to it, the company and DemoDemo will continue to operate as separate business entities. DemoDemo's former owner Vito Ceniti will be providing consulting services to both the company and DemoDemo. In addition to acquiring DemoDemo, the company has also acquired the domain name idemos.com. Specific plans for idemos.com have not yet been disclosed.
"With this acquisition, there's no question we are the dominant player in the hosting tutorials market," said Rob Moore, Founder and President of DemoWolf. "Now we must refocus our efforts to producing newer tutorials so our clients continue to see us as their partners in support, providing tutorials for the latest hosting-related technologies."
"Our focus has been on making quality tutorials, providing superb customer service, and automation," added Rob Moore. "With the introduction of professional voice narration, and developing a tutorial branding system that is completely automated and controlled by our clients, DemoWolf provides additional services that were unavailable to DemoDemo clients, until now."
Interoute Acquires Quantix
Managed application services added to the company's unified computing portfolio.
Interoute Communications Ltd, a telecom provider, today announced that it has acquired Quantix, a cloud services provider. The company claims that this acquisition bolsters its cloud-based unified ICT strategy by adding managed application services to its unified computing and managed hosting portfolio. Utilising Quantix's 'OraCloud' platform, the company will look to manage its international customers' database applications, including Oracle and SQL, as a cloud based service.
According to it, Quantix's expertise lies in managing database applications and their associated infrastructure. Quantix is an Oracle platinum partner. The company plans to build on the rich pool of specialist skills at Quantix's headquarters in Nottingham and turn it into its center of excellence for application management and cloud services development.
Gareth Williams, Interoute CEO, commented, "Our strategy is based around providing customers with a comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services from the Ground (infrastructure and connectivity) to the cloud (fully managed services hosted within the Interoute private cloud). We are focused on service innovation combined with a constant drive for efficiency to bring value to customers and keep ahead of the market. Our enterprise strategy 'Unified ICT' is an approach to creating and managing all enterprise ICT infrastructures as a service, delivered from a secure networking platform."
Commenting on the deal, Quantix's MD, Simon Goodenough said, "We have built a strong and loyal customer base in the UK, which we will continue to serve as usual. By joining forces with Interoute we are now able to take our services across Europe. We believe there is a natural affinity between our offering and Interoute's and we are excited to be part of the journey towards becoming the leading provider of cloud-based services in Europe."
Interoute Communications Ltd, a telecom provider, today announced that it has acquired Quantix, a cloud services provider. The company claims that this acquisition bolsters its cloud-based unified ICT strategy by adding managed application services to its unified computing and managed hosting portfolio. Utilising Quantix's 'OraCloud' platform, the company will look to manage its international customers' database applications, including Oracle and SQL, as a cloud based service.
According to it, Quantix's expertise lies in managing database applications and their associated infrastructure. Quantix is an Oracle platinum partner. The company plans to build on the rich pool of specialist skills at Quantix's headquarters in Nottingham and turn it into its center of excellence for application management and cloud services development.
Gareth Williams, Interoute CEO, commented, "Our strategy is based around providing customers with a comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services from the Ground (infrastructure and connectivity) to the cloud (fully managed services hosted within the Interoute private cloud). We are focused on service innovation combined with a constant drive for efficiency to bring value to customers and keep ahead of the market. Our enterprise strategy 'Unified ICT' is an approach to creating and managing all enterprise ICT infrastructures as a service, delivered from a secure networking platform."
Commenting on the deal, Quantix's MD, Simon Goodenough said, "We have built a strong and loyal customer base in the UK, which we will continue to serve as usual. By joining forces with Interoute we are now able to take our services across Europe. We believe there is a natural affinity between our offering and Interoute's and we are excited to be part of the journey towards becoming the leading provider of cloud-based services in Europe."
F5 Collaborates with Latisys
Company helps Latisys offer differentiated private cloud and enhanced managed services.
F5 Networks, Inc., a provider of Application Delivery Networking, yesterday announced that Latisys, a colocation and managed hosting provider, is implementing F5 VIPRION Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) as a foundation of its private cloud and managed hosting solutions.
The company mentions that Latisys provides IT outsourcing - such as data center colocation services, managed hosting, and cloud solutions - from its secure, high-density, Tier III data centers across the United States. The company is enhancing its high availability enterprise-grade managed services offering, which provides security, backup and recovery, storage, compute resources, and load balancing, to achieve service provider-grade performance levels. Through Latisys cloud services, customers will be able to expand their IT infrastructures dynamically to meet sudden increases in demand for computing resources while benefiting from a highly secure, fully redundant platform.
It explains that VIPRION, a chassis-based hardware platform with high-performance modular blades, is the most flexible and scalable ADC on the market. With VIPRION, Latisys can scale on demand to deliver higher levels of throughput and transactions per second without adding more devices, disrupting users or applications, or increasing management costs. Latisys chose the VIPRION 2400 as the cornerstone of its private cloud-based service delivery network. Using this midrange platform, Latisys can intelligently manage CapEx and OpEx while delivering a true pay-as-you-go deployment model for its customers.
The company states that leveraging its existing BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and Global Traffic Manager deployments, Latisys can use iControl, the company's open application programming interface (API), to dynamically provision additional resources and ensure high availability. iControl enables Latisys' management and orchestration tools to communicate directly with the BIG-IP devices, so application servers can be added to a pool when traffic load increases and removed as traffic volume drops. In addition, Latisys can take advantage of BIG-IP secure sockets layer (SSL) offload capabilities, which decrease server CPU utilization to provide additional cost benefits and resource conservation.
It further states that VIPRION devices also provide Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP) technology, which combines virtualization and multi-tenancy capabilities. With vCMP, multiple instances of BIG-IP software can run on one device, so, for example, up to 16 individual BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager instances could run on a single, fully-loaded VIPRION chassis. vCMP enables organizations like Latisys to further maximize data center resources and efficiently manage application delivery services.
"We're thrilled that Latisys is counting on VIPRION and BIG-IP technology to differentiate its new private cloud services," said Jason Needham, Sr. Director of Product Management at F5. "The cloud deployment model is based on the premise of improving IT agility, reliability, and cost-efficiency. With the flexibility and advanced technology that F5 solutions provide, Latisys will be able to scale dynamically to meet customer demand and isolate virtual ADCs to provide each customer with the control they need."
"Serving both enterprises and carriers, we need to ensure that our private cloud resources scale reliably," said Christian Teeft, VP of Engineering at Latisys. "F5's VIPRION is a high performance, cost-effective solution that delivers the on-demand resource provisioning we require."
Before selecting the VIPRION solution, Latisys evaluated application delivery products from competing vendors. "F5 came out on top in all categories, including performance, scale, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, we have firsthand experience with the company's superior support team - and F5 is our customers' first choice," said Evans Mullan, Chief Operating Officer at Latisys.
F5 Networks, Inc., a provider of Application Delivery Networking, yesterday announced that Latisys, a colocation and managed hosting provider, is implementing F5 VIPRION Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) as a foundation of its private cloud and managed hosting solutions.
The company mentions that Latisys provides IT outsourcing - such as data center colocation services, managed hosting, and cloud solutions - from its secure, high-density, Tier III data centers across the United States. The company is enhancing its high availability enterprise-grade managed services offering, which provides security, backup and recovery, storage, compute resources, and load balancing, to achieve service provider-grade performance levels. Through Latisys cloud services, customers will be able to expand their IT infrastructures dynamically to meet sudden increases in demand for computing resources while benefiting from a highly secure, fully redundant platform.
It explains that VIPRION, a chassis-based hardware platform with high-performance modular blades, is the most flexible and scalable ADC on the market. With VIPRION, Latisys can scale on demand to deliver higher levels of throughput and transactions per second without adding more devices, disrupting users or applications, or increasing management costs. Latisys chose the VIPRION 2400 as the cornerstone of its private cloud-based service delivery network. Using this midrange platform, Latisys can intelligently manage CapEx and OpEx while delivering a true pay-as-you-go deployment model for its customers.
The company states that leveraging its existing BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and Global Traffic Manager deployments, Latisys can use iControl, the company's open application programming interface (API), to dynamically provision additional resources and ensure high availability. iControl enables Latisys' management and orchestration tools to communicate directly with the BIG-IP devices, so application servers can be added to a pool when traffic load increases and removed as traffic volume drops. In addition, Latisys can take advantage of BIG-IP secure sockets layer (SSL) offload capabilities, which decrease server CPU utilization to provide additional cost benefits and resource conservation.
It further states that VIPRION devices also provide Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP) technology, which combines virtualization and multi-tenancy capabilities. With vCMP, multiple instances of BIG-IP software can run on one device, so, for example, up to 16 individual BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager instances could run on a single, fully-loaded VIPRION chassis. vCMP enables organizations like Latisys to further maximize data center resources and efficiently manage application delivery services.
"We're thrilled that Latisys is counting on VIPRION and BIG-IP technology to differentiate its new private cloud services," said Jason Needham, Sr. Director of Product Management at F5. "The cloud deployment model is based on the premise of improving IT agility, reliability, and cost-efficiency. With the flexibility and advanced technology that F5 solutions provide, Latisys will be able to scale dynamically to meet customer demand and isolate virtual ADCs to provide each customer with the control they need."
"Serving both enterprises and carriers, we need to ensure that our private cloud resources scale reliably," said Christian Teeft, VP of Engineering at Latisys. "F5's VIPRION is a high performance, cost-effective solution that delivers the on-demand resource provisioning we require."
Before selecting the VIPRION solution, Latisys evaluated application delivery products from competing vendors. "F5 came out on top in all categories, including performance, scale, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, we have firsthand experience with the company's superior support team - and F5 is our customers' first choice," said Evans Mullan, Chief Operating Officer at Latisys.
Intermedia Launches Secure Microsoft Lync Service in the Cloud
Latest instant messaging and conferencing tool available as part of the company's Office in the Cloud.
Intermedia, a web hosting and business email services provider for small and medium enterprises, yesterday announced that it has launched Microsoft Lync - the latest instant messaging and conferencing service. Lync is available as a standalone product or, for the best value, as part of its Office in the Cloud suite of plans. Lync is also available for Mac and for resale by the company's partners.
The company avers that customers manage Lync and their other company cloud services through its proprietary HostPilot Control Panel. The control panel's intuitive features enable technical administration to be delegated to non-technical staff.
It says that Lync is a cloud-based instant messaging, conferencing and collaboration service and integrates advanced web conference tools. Users manage instant messaging, voice chat, video chat, meetings and shared whiteboard sessions right from their PC. Lync is particularly useful for organizations with more than one office or remote employees. Complete with security and corporate directory integration, Lync is an advanced business-grade unified communications product. Its features include:
Instant Messaging
Rich Presence Capabilities
Group Chat
File Transfer
Desktop Sharing
Voice and Video Chat
Join or Schedule Online Meetings
Desktop and Application Sharing
Virtual Whiteboard
Integrated in Outlook Web Access 2010
Conversation History
"Lync is a powerful instant messaging and conferencing tool," said Michael D. Osterman, President Osterman Research, Inc. "Realizing its full potential takes the right set of supporting communication, collaboration and content management capabilities - along with 24/7 support and tight security. A simple, cost-effective way for small and mid-size businesses to achieve this mix is Intermedia's Office in the Cloud suite. It combines popular Microsoft services such as Exchange and Lync with Intermedia's premium support and security, as well as tools for backup, mobility and other options."
Intermedia, a web hosting and business email services provider for small and medium enterprises, yesterday announced that it has launched Microsoft Lync - the latest instant messaging and conferencing service. Lync is available as a standalone product or, for the best value, as part of its Office in the Cloud suite of plans. Lync is also available for Mac and for resale by the company's partners.
The company avers that customers manage Lync and their other company cloud services through its proprietary HostPilot Control Panel. The control panel's intuitive features enable technical administration to be delegated to non-technical staff.
It says that Lync is a cloud-based instant messaging, conferencing and collaboration service and integrates advanced web conference tools. Users manage instant messaging, voice chat, video chat, meetings and shared whiteboard sessions right from their PC. Lync is particularly useful for organizations with more than one office or remote employees. Complete with security and corporate directory integration, Lync is an advanced business-grade unified communications product. Its features include:
Instant Messaging
Rich Presence Capabilities
Group Chat
File Transfer
Desktop Sharing
Voice and Video Chat
Join or Schedule Online Meetings
Desktop and Application Sharing
Virtual Whiteboard
Integrated in Outlook Web Access 2010
Conversation History
"Lync is a powerful instant messaging and conferencing tool," said Michael D. Osterman, President Osterman Research, Inc. "Realizing its full potential takes the right set of supporting communication, collaboration and content management capabilities - along with 24/7 support and tight security. A simple, cost-effective way for small and mid-size businesses to achieve this mix is Intermedia's Office in the Cloud suite. It combines popular Microsoft services such as Exchange and Lync with Intermedia's premium support and security, as well as tools for backup, mobility and other options."
Friday, September 16, 2011
Dot19 Launches Grid19
Company launches a community exclusive for hosting companies & professionals.
Dot19, a brand & marketing solution provider, yesterday announced the launch of Grid19 (http://www.grid19.com), a community exclusive for hosting companies & professionals. The community can be joined for free by registering from here : http://www.grid19.com/index.php/sign-up.
The company avers that Grid19 is an initiative by it to bring all web hosters at a common platform to share their ideas, views, etc with the web hosting professionals. Grid19 provides various features alike to Facebook & LinkedIn. One can create an event, group, upload videos & photos, invite friends, etc.
It says that Grid19 is open exclusively for the hosting companies & professionals. Each user needs to register with professional/corporate email id. Grid19 admin approves each registration by checking the authenticity and the relevance of the user in the community. It provides an exclusive networking site to web hosters to discuss specific subjects ranging from network performance to cloud computing and hosting technologies.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, Dot19, quoted, "Grid19 is World's first web hosting community website. We are happy to launch this exclusive community that can connect thousands of hosting companies & professionals. We feel elated to fill the communication gap that existed between hosting professionals before the launch of this community. The community is getting great response and is already been joined by Softlayer, SmarterTools and many other hosting company personnel."
Dot19, a brand & marketing solution provider, yesterday announced the launch of Grid19 (http://www.grid19.com), a community exclusive for hosting companies & professionals. The community can be joined for free by registering from here : http://www.grid19.com/index.php/sign-up.
The company avers that Grid19 is an initiative by it to bring all web hosters at a common platform to share their ideas, views, etc with the web hosting professionals. Grid19 provides various features alike to Facebook & LinkedIn. One can create an event, group, upload videos & photos, invite friends, etc.
It says that Grid19 is open exclusively for the hosting companies & professionals. Each user needs to register with professional/corporate email id. Grid19 admin approves each registration by checking the authenticity and the relevance of the user in the community. It provides an exclusive networking site to web hosters to discuss specific subjects ranging from network performance to cloud computing and hosting technologies.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, Dot19, quoted, "Grid19 is World's first web hosting community website. We are happy to launch this exclusive community that can connect thousands of hosting companies & professionals. We feel elated to fill the communication gap that existed between hosting professionals before the launch of this community. The community is getting great response and is already been joined by Softlayer, SmarterTools and many other hosting company personnel."
AT&T Launches Mobile Website Builder
Self-service tool easily converts existing small business websites to mobile format, making them simple to find and view via customer smartphones.
AT&T, a telecommunications provider, yesterday announced that it has launched a new tool for small businesses to create mobile websites. Plans vary in price, starting as low as $12 per month.
The company states that the tool allows small businesses to create their own web-site using its easy-to-use Do-It-Yourself tool and auto-create a mobile version that is compatible and clearly viewed with smartphones. The cloud-based service also includes traditional website hosting and email services offered by the company. The tool creates mobile websites in one-click, according to the press release, and automatically updates the mobile version when changes are made to the main website.
It further states that the tool offers multiple design templates that are customizable through color. It also offers the option to have a click-to-call feature and integrate a map and directions. In addition, the tool offers mobile website analytics to offer insight into customer search and buying patterns.
"Having a website is crucial for small businesses, which need to be accessible to their customers anytime and anywhere," said Ebrahim Keshavarz, AT&T Vice President of Small Business Product Management. "With Mobile Website Hosting, we're giving small businesses an easy and affordable way to literally convert their websites into mobile sites. Especially in today's economy, small businesses are using every tool at their disposal to stay connected to their customers and keep the cash register ringing - and we're committed to helping them do this with solutions like Mobile Website Hosting."
AT&T, a telecommunications provider, yesterday announced that it has launched a new tool for small businesses to create mobile websites. Plans vary in price, starting as low as $12 per month.
The company states that the tool allows small businesses to create their own web-site using its easy-to-use Do-It-Yourself tool and auto-create a mobile version that is compatible and clearly viewed with smartphones. The cloud-based service also includes traditional website hosting and email services offered by the company. The tool creates mobile websites in one-click, according to the press release, and automatically updates the mobile version when changes are made to the main website.
It further states that the tool offers multiple design templates that are customizable through color. It also offers the option to have a click-to-call feature and integrate a map and directions. In addition, the tool offers mobile website analytics to offer insight into customer search and buying patterns.
"Having a website is crucial for small businesses, which need to be accessible to their customers anytime and anywhere," said Ebrahim Keshavarz, AT&T Vice President of Small Business Product Management. "With Mobile Website Hosting, we're giving small businesses an easy and affordable way to literally convert their websites into mobile sites. Especially in today's economy, small businesses are using every tool at their disposal to stay connected to their customers and keep the cash register ringing - and we're committed to helping them do this with solutions like Mobile Website Hosting."
Layered Tech Names Jeff Reich New Chief Risk Officer
Reich will further expand the company's position in providing compliant cloud, dedicated and hybrid hosting environments.
Layered Technologies, Inc., a provider of on-demand IT infrastructure, yesterday named Jeff Reich as the new Chief Risk Officer. With more than 30 years of security, risk and compliance expertise, Reich will further expand the company's position in providing compliant cloud, dedicated and hybrid hosting environments. Reich will deliver significant value to its clients, whose compliance needs are growing in areas such as PCI DSS and HIPAA.
The company mentions that Reich has extensive experience in cloud computing. Most recently he served as the director of operations for the Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) at The University of Texas at San Antonio, where he developed and led its cloud computing security research lab. Reich is a Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Security Association, a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance, and he has held Certification in Homeland Security at Level III (CHS-III) since 2005.
"We are pleased to welcome Jeff as Chief Risk Officer. His experience fits perfectly with Layered Tech's core focus on delivering highly secure and compliant cloud and managed hosting solutions to customers worldwide," said Brad Hokamp, President of Layered Tech. "Jeff is a visionary in the field of security and risk management, and his thought leadership will be instrumental in creating new customer solutions and further establishing Layered Tech as the leader in the compliant hosting market."
"I'm thrilled to be a part of Layered Tech, and I look forward to building on the success its innovative team has already achieved. Layered Tech's leading-edge compliance, security and risk management solutions set it apart from other cloud and managed hosting companies, and I'm focused on significantly expanding the compliant and secure cloud services that we already provide," said Reich. "Layered Tech already has the industry's longest track record of delivering PCI DSS compliant hosting services, and we look forward to continuing to grow our business in the healthcare HIPAA/HITECH market and expand our compliance capabilities in other commercial and federal government markets."
Layered Technologies, Inc., a provider of on-demand IT infrastructure, yesterday named Jeff Reich as the new Chief Risk Officer. With more than 30 years of security, risk and compliance expertise, Reich will further expand the company's position in providing compliant cloud, dedicated and hybrid hosting environments. Reich will deliver significant value to its clients, whose compliance needs are growing in areas such as PCI DSS and HIPAA.
The company mentions that Reich has extensive experience in cloud computing. Most recently he served as the director of operations for the Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) at The University of Texas at San Antonio, where he developed and led its cloud computing security research lab. Reich is a Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Security Association, a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance, and he has held Certification in Homeland Security at Level III (CHS-III) since 2005.
"We are pleased to welcome Jeff as Chief Risk Officer. His experience fits perfectly with Layered Tech's core focus on delivering highly secure and compliant cloud and managed hosting solutions to customers worldwide," said Brad Hokamp, President of Layered Tech. "Jeff is a visionary in the field of security and risk management, and his thought leadership will be instrumental in creating new customer solutions and further establishing Layered Tech as the leader in the compliant hosting market."
"I'm thrilled to be a part of Layered Tech, and I look forward to building on the success its innovative team has already achieved. Layered Tech's leading-edge compliance, security and risk management solutions set it apart from other cloud and managed hosting companies, and I'm focused on significantly expanding the compliant and secure cloud services that we already provide," said Reich. "Layered Tech already has the industry's longest track record of delivering PCI DSS compliant hosting services, and we look forward to continuing to grow our business in the healthcare HIPAA/HITECH market and expand our compliance capabilities in other commercial and federal government markets."
Spiral Hosting Acquires Fresh Hosting
The move highlights the company's continued expansion.
Spiral Hosting Ltd, a web hosting solutions provider, yesterday announced the acquisition of Fresh Hosting, a web hosting form. The move highlights the company's continued expansion, coming just a few months after their purchase of web hosting company, Aventure Host. Fresh Hosting's clients will reap many benefits as a result of the takeover, including the company's 24/7 customer support, software and years of experience.
"We're delighted to have acquired Fresh Hosting - the deal compliments our recent growth and provides us with an excellent opportunity to build business relationships with their clients," said Peter Armstrong, Spiral Hosting's Managing Director. "At Spiral Hosting, we pride ourselves on the first class service that we provide to customers. Doing everything possible to meet their needs and keep them informed is central to what we do here. I'm positive that Fresh Hosting's clients will be very happy with what we have to offer."
Spiral Hosting Ltd, a web hosting solutions provider, yesterday announced the acquisition of Fresh Hosting, a web hosting form. The move highlights the company's continued expansion, coming just a few months after their purchase of web hosting company, Aventure Host. Fresh Hosting's clients will reap many benefits as a result of the takeover, including the company's 24/7 customer support, software and years of experience.
"We're delighted to have acquired Fresh Hosting - the deal compliments our recent growth and provides us with an excellent opportunity to build business relationships with their clients," said Peter Armstrong, Spiral Hosting's Managing Director. "At Spiral Hosting, we pride ourselves on the first class service that we provide to customers. Doing everything possible to meet their needs and keep them informed is central to what we do here. I'm positive that Fresh Hosting's clients will be very happy with what we have to offer."
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
SoftLayer Expands Network Capacity and Routing Footprint
Company quadruples routing capacity across the United States.
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced that it has completed upgrading the edge network routers across its wide area network (WAN). The company's networking team installed Juniper Networks MX 3D Universal Edge Routers to all facilities and network points-of-presence. The newly implemented routers increase its routing footprint by 400 percent adding four times the port capacity.
The company avers that key advantages include:
Faster performance
Greater stability
Increased reliability
Better visibility into network traffic
It says that the addition of higher capacity networking gear enables it to build a foundation for a truly global footprint across the company backbone network. These upgrades provide high performance over geographically diverse facilities to customers and end-users around the world. The Juniper Networks MX Series routers have been installed in all the company data centers and points of presence. Additional facilities in the coming months will be built with the same robust networking technology.
"Providing the best network performance and reliability is essential to our goal of giving customers the highest level of control over their infrastructure," said Will Charnock, Vice President of Network Engineering for SoftLayer. "SoftLayer's existing backbone routers were beginning to approach capacity. But rather than simply meeting those challenges, these upgrades boost performance, decrease latency, and give us capacity that will meet the demands of our growing customer base well into the future."
"At the core of Juniper's partnership with SoftLayer is the shared desire to deliver the best service and value in the industry, including supporting SoftLayer's rapidly growing cloud-based and hosted subscribers," said Mike Marcellin, Vice President of Systems Strategy and Marketing at Juniper Networks. "Critical features, including the unmatched scalability, enhanced security and automated provisioning and management of the MX Series, along with the proven reliability of the Junos operating system, makes the MX Series the right choice for creating and supporting demanding cloud environments like SoftLayer. We look forward to continuing to work with the SoftLayer team to find and implement new ways to improve value and service delivery to their customers."
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced that it has completed upgrading the edge network routers across its wide area network (WAN). The company's networking team installed Juniper Networks MX 3D Universal Edge Routers to all facilities and network points-of-presence. The newly implemented routers increase its routing footprint by 400 percent adding four times the port capacity.
The company avers that key advantages include:
Faster performance
Greater stability
Increased reliability
Better visibility into network traffic
It says that the addition of higher capacity networking gear enables it to build a foundation for a truly global footprint across the company backbone network. These upgrades provide high performance over geographically diverse facilities to customers and end-users around the world. The Juniper Networks MX Series routers have been installed in all the company data centers and points of presence. Additional facilities in the coming months will be built with the same robust networking technology.
"Providing the best network performance and reliability is essential to our goal of giving customers the highest level of control over their infrastructure," said Will Charnock, Vice President of Network Engineering for SoftLayer. "SoftLayer's existing backbone routers were beginning to approach capacity. But rather than simply meeting those challenges, these upgrades boost performance, decrease latency, and give us capacity that will meet the demands of our growing customer base well into the future."
"At the core of Juniper's partnership with SoftLayer is the shared desire to deliver the best service and value in the industry, including supporting SoftLayer's rapidly growing cloud-based and hosted subscribers," said Mike Marcellin, Vice President of Systems Strategy and Marketing at Juniper Networks. "Critical features, including the unmatched scalability, enhanced security and automated provisioning and management of the MX Series, along with the proven reliability of the Junos operating system, makes the MX Series the right choice for creating and supporting demanding cloud environments like SoftLayer. We look forward to continuing to work with the SoftLayer team to find and implement new ways to improve value and service delivery to their customers."
GoGrid Launches Referral Program
The program enables businesses to seamlessly grow their cloud infrastructure offerings.
GoGrid, a cloud infrastructure hosting provider, yesterday introduced a referral program designed to provide organizations with the essential tools necessary to understand, enter, and grow their cloud businesses. The Referral Program, created for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), IT consultants, and infrastructure-focused organizations, offers unique tools and sales and marketing services that accelerate new revenue streams from cloud-based services.
It mentions that companies utilizing its Referral Program who are interested in expanding their cloud offerings benefit from:
A consultative partnership approach
One-on-one training sessions with the company's industry leading experts
Co-branded marketing programs and materials
Mentorship from solution architects to address unique needs
The company states that its Partners leverage its expertise to educate their customers on deploying infrastructure in the cloud and win new business. The company's support phones and online chat are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Referral Program provides comprehensive go-to-market programs that help generate leads through co-branded webinars, white papers, and joint case studies.
"GoGrid is excited to help businesses develop their cloud strategy using our experienced and talented cloud experts. The migration to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) can often be complex and we are committed to making the transition as fast and easy as possible," said Jeffrey Samuels, Chief Marketing Officer, GoGrid. "Managed Service Providers of all sizes are recognizing the importance of moving to the cloud. GoGrid has established this growth-oriented program to help our partners get their customers to the cloud faster and more efficiently by leveraging our years of industry leadership and our dedication to innovative programs."
"GoGrid understands that each business has specific requirements and their referral program supports this," said Matthew Scalf, Co-founder of izoox, a Managed Service Provider of web development, hosting and design services. "Their personal account manager and solution architects truly allowed us to ramp up quickly and profitably grow our cloud service offering."
GoGrid, a cloud infrastructure hosting provider, yesterday introduced a referral program designed to provide organizations with the essential tools necessary to understand, enter, and grow their cloud businesses. The Referral Program, created for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), IT consultants, and infrastructure-focused organizations, offers unique tools and sales and marketing services that accelerate new revenue streams from cloud-based services.
It mentions that companies utilizing its Referral Program who are interested in expanding their cloud offerings benefit from:
A consultative partnership approach
One-on-one training sessions with the company's industry leading experts
Co-branded marketing programs and materials
Mentorship from solution architects to address unique needs
The company states that its Partners leverage its expertise to educate their customers on deploying infrastructure in the cloud and win new business. The company's support phones and online chat are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Referral Program provides comprehensive go-to-market programs that help generate leads through co-branded webinars, white papers, and joint case studies.
"GoGrid is excited to help businesses develop their cloud strategy using our experienced and talented cloud experts. The migration to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) can often be complex and we are committed to making the transition as fast and easy as possible," said Jeffrey Samuels, Chief Marketing Officer, GoGrid. "Managed Service Providers of all sizes are recognizing the importance of moving to the cloud. GoGrid has established this growth-oriented program to help our partners get their customers to the cloud faster and more efficiently by leveraging our years of industry leadership and our dedication to innovative programs."
"GoGrid understands that each business has specific requirements and their referral program supports this," said Matthew Scalf, Co-founder of izoox, a Managed Service Provider of web development, hosting and design services. "Their personal account manager and solution architects truly allowed us to ramp up quickly and profitably grow our cloud service offering."
Hexagrid Launches New Software Certification Program
Company certifies software partners for VxDatacenter cloud delivery.
Hexagrid Computing, a developer of IaaS cloud computing solutions, yesterday announced a new Software Certification Program that tests and promotes certified software solutions within its worldwide network of enterprise, service provider, and reseller cloud communities.
The company articulates that its tiered software certification program allows software developers to control partnership progression and increase the scope of software delivery through the wide-range of potential VxDatacenter outlets. At the most basic level, Bronze Certified Software solutions have been tested for distribution and self-provisioning through the VxDatacenter AppMarket which facilitates adoption of those solutions within the company's cloud community.
It explains that Silver and Gold Certified Partners offer and receive several additional advantages to increase VxDatacenter cloud-based software sales. These partners offer vendor support and participate in joint marketing efforts to promote their software solutions within the company's service provider and enterprise distribution channels. It will also put Silver and Gold Certified Software software in the V3Cloud AppMarket which is the company's hosted VxDatacenter solution exclusively available to service providers and resellers.
The company adds that apart from these advantages, Gold Certified Partners deliver Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud solutions to their entire worldwide market via VxDatacenter. These software developers can build their own cloud or host the cloud with any of its cloud partners at a discounted rate and will be invited to co-market their SaaS solutions with the company at worldwide industry events.
"The Software Certification Program is a great fit for Hexagrid's channel-friendly partner profile which emphasizes business value to the entire VxDatacenter cloud community," said Dave Rokita, Hexagrid's Vice President of Technology Operations. "This program offers VxDatacenter users a selection of software solutions that have been tested and are ready for licensing and distribution to cloud end-users through VxDatacenter's built-in AppMarket. Service providers, resellers, software developers, and end-users alike benefit from efficient software self-provisioning via cloud, and this certification program promotes expanded use of this key VxDatacenter functionality."
"Hexagrid's Software Certification Program takes the term 'cloud ecosystem' to a whole new level," said Daniel Thomas, Director of Compare the Cloud. "As a cloud consultant and business analyst, I advise my clients to think big, and Hexagrid simplifies the worldwide cloud ecosystem concept by making cloud revenue accessible at every level of the distribution channel. From the largest data centers and service providers to smaller MSPs and resellers, from large-scale enterprise to SMBs, Hexagrid's VxDatacenter cloud technology enables business efficiency with optimal agility. Hexagrid's Software Certification Program completes the picture by involving software partnerships as a key value-added component to strengthen the entire cloud ecosystem."
Hexagrid Computing, a developer of IaaS cloud computing solutions, yesterday announced a new Software Certification Program that tests and promotes certified software solutions within its worldwide network of enterprise, service provider, and reseller cloud communities.
The company articulates that its tiered software certification program allows software developers to control partnership progression and increase the scope of software delivery through the wide-range of potential VxDatacenter outlets. At the most basic level, Bronze Certified Software solutions have been tested for distribution and self-provisioning through the VxDatacenter AppMarket which facilitates adoption of those solutions within the company's cloud community.
It explains that Silver and Gold Certified Partners offer and receive several additional advantages to increase VxDatacenter cloud-based software sales. These partners offer vendor support and participate in joint marketing efforts to promote their software solutions within the company's service provider and enterprise distribution channels. It will also put Silver and Gold Certified Software software in the V3Cloud AppMarket which is the company's hosted VxDatacenter solution exclusively available to service providers and resellers.
The company adds that apart from these advantages, Gold Certified Partners deliver Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud solutions to their entire worldwide market via VxDatacenter. These software developers can build their own cloud or host the cloud with any of its cloud partners at a discounted rate and will be invited to co-market their SaaS solutions with the company at worldwide industry events.
"The Software Certification Program is a great fit for Hexagrid's channel-friendly partner profile which emphasizes business value to the entire VxDatacenter cloud community," said Dave Rokita, Hexagrid's Vice President of Technology Operations. "This program offers VxDatacenter users a selection of software solutions that have been tested and are ready for licensing and distribution to cloud end-users through VxDatacenter's built-in AppMarket. Service providers, resellers, software developers, and end-users alike benefit from efficient software self-provisioning via cloud, and this certification program promotes expanded use of this key VxDatacenter functionality."
"Hexagrid's Software Certification Program takes the term 'cloud ecosystem' to a whole new level," said Daniel Thomas, Director of Compare the Cloud. "As a cloud consultant and business analyst, I advise my clients to think big, and Hexagrid simplifies the worldwide cloud ecosystem concept by making cloud revenue accessible at every level of the distribution channel. From the largest data centers and service providers to smaller MSPs and resellers, from large-scale enterprise to SMBs, Hexagrid's VxDatacenter cloud technology enables business efficiency with optimal agility. Hexagrid's Software Certification Program completes the picture by involving software partnerships as a key value-added component to strengthen the entire cloud ecosystem."
EarthLink Names SVP of Public Policy
Chris Murray joins the company as Senior Vice President of Public Policy.
EarthLink, Inc., an internet service provider, recently announced that Chris Murray has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Public Policy.
According to the company, Murray will lead its public policy positioning and interface with lawmakers and regulators. Based in Washington, D.C., Murray will work to ensure that the company is not disadvantaged by new regulation and legislation, and that it seizes opportunities in that environment. Murray's experiences include his recent tenure as Vice President of External Affairs for Clearwire, where he helped maintain a spectrum portfolio for this mobile broadband internet provider. Murray earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
EarthLink Chief Executive Officer Rolla Huff said, "Regulation and public policy are significant factors that influence the competitive landscape and the economics of this industry. Chris' public policy and advocacy experience will be a tremendous asset moving into this next phase of our growth."
"I'm excited to join EarthLink at a time when its business is growing and transforming - its entry into managed services is supported by a strong underlying network," commented Murray. "Maintaining competition is as important as ever, and EarthLink is well poised to continue to innovate and provide choice in the marketplace."
EarthLink, Inc., an internet service provider, recently announced that Chris Murray has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Public Policy.
According to the company, Murray will lead its public policy positioning and interface with lawmakers and regulators. Based in Washington, D.C., Murray will work to ensure that the company is not disadvantaged by new regulation and legislation, and that it seizes opportunities in that environment. Murray's experiences include his recent tenure as Vice President of External Affairs for Clearwire, where he helped maintain a spectrum portfolio for this mobile broadband internet provider. Murray earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
EarthLink Chief Executive Officer Rolla Huff said, "Regulation and public policy are significant factors that influence the competitive landscape and the economics of this industry. Chris' public policy and advocacy experience will be a tremendous asset moving into this next phase of our growth."
"I'm excited to join EarthLink at a time when its business is growing and transforming - its entry into managed services is supported by a strong underlying network," commented Murray. "Maintaining competition is as important as ever, and EarthLink is well poised to continue to innovate and provide choice in the marketplace."
1&1 Extends Hosting Portfolio
Company expands its hosting product portfolio with new Business hosting package; enhances Dynamic Cloud Server with new features.
1&1 Internet, a web hosting company, today announced that it has launched an optimized product portfolio for the British market. Its new Business hosting package provides unrestricted use of its professional hosting at an affordable price. Furthermore, its Dynamic Cloud Servers have been enhanced with additional features.
The company says that with the new flagship Business shared hosting package, it is creating new avenues for customers with an powerful hosting plan. For only GBP 9.99/month+VAT, and currently offered 6 months free, the Business package includes unlimited web space, website traffic, Click & Build applications, email addresses, MySQL databases and FTP accounts, as well as 1 free .UK domain and Dedicated SSL Certificate included for the life of the package.
It mentions that the Dynamic Cloud Server, priced from GBP 29.99/month+VAT, and currently offered 3 months free, is now even more attractive due to enhancements to its performance-features. Customers can now benefit from a maximum of 6 instead of 4 processor cores, 800 GB of storage, and 24 GB RAM, raised from 15 GB. The Dynamic Cloud Server provides excellent scalability - RAM, processor-cores and hard disk-space can be easily modified by simply moving a slider within the 1&1 Control Panel. As integral to cloud-services, users only pay for the resources they specify.
1&1 Internet, a web hosting company, today announced that it has launched an optimized product portfolio for the British market. Its new Business hosting package provides unrestricted use of its professional hosting at an affordable price. Furthermore, its Dynamic Cloud Servers have been enhanced with additional features.
The company says that with the new flagship Business shared hosting package, it is creating new avenues for customers with an powerful hosting plan. For only GBP 9.99/month+VAT, and currently offered 6 months free, the Business package includes unlimited web space, website traffic, Click & Build applications, email addresses, MySQL databases and FTP accounts, as well as 1 free .UK domain and Dedicated SSL Certificate included for the life of the package.
It mentions that the Dynamic Cloud Server, priced from GBP 29.99/month+VAT, and currently offered 3 months free, is now even more attractive due to enhancements to its performance-features. Customers can now benefit from a maximum of 6 instead of 4 processor cores, 800 GB of storage, and 24 GB RAM, raised from 15 GB. The Dynamic Cloud Server provides excellent scalability - RAM, processor-cores and hard disk-space can be easily modified by simply moving a slider within the 1&1 Control Panel. As integral to cloud-services, users only pay for the resources they specify.
Internetworks Signs OEM Partner Agreement with CM4all
Internetworks selects the company's premium website building solution CM4all Sites.
Content Management AG (CM-AG), a provider of web-based applications, yesterday announced that Internetworks, a web services provider, recently signed a multi-year OEM partner agreement for CM4all Sites. Internetworks offers hosting, domain registration, cloud hosting, dedicated servers, web design, and online advertising. With more than 35,000 customers in Mexico and 20 other countries around the world, the company is Mexico's largest web hosting provider.
The company states that in addition to the simplified template concept, CM4all Sites provides numerous innovations including an instant setup page, an enhanced WYSIWYG editor, and a comprehensive file browser with an interactive drop zone. Thanks to CM4all's new widget technology, all levels of users will be able to integrate sophisticated features into their websites ranging from contact forms through weather forecasts to social media connectivity with Twitter and Facebook. Additionally, CM4all Sites is designed with an open widget API that enables the integration of third-party services and allows for continuous development of widgets by the company, OEM partners, and external software engineers. CM4all Sites will be installed in a multitude of different language versions in Internetworks' data centers to meet its individual requirements for each of its target markets.
"We are pleased to welcome Internetworks to our global OEM network as our first Mexican partner. Looking forward to a successful long-term partnership, we are confident that CM4all Sites will help this dynamic hosting provider acquire new customers as well as increase both customer satisfaction and customer retention," said Robert Schovenberg, CEO of Content Management AG.
"Besides its outstanding customization options and usability, one of the main reasons for selecting CM4all Sites was its new concept of simplified design templates which will enable us to extend the existing catalog of CSS templates by adding our own custom-made designs," said Javier G. Cordova, IT Manager of Internetworks.
Content Management AG (CM-AG), a provider of web-based applications, yesterday announced that Internetworks, a web services provider, recently signed a multi-year OEM partner agreement for CM4all Sites. Internetworks offers hosting, domain registration, cloud hosting, dedicated servers, web design, and online advertising. With more than 35,000 customers in Mexico and 20 other countries around the world, the company is Mexico's largest web hosting provider.
The company states that in addition to the simplified template concept, CM4all Sites provides numerous innovations including an instant setup page, an enhanced WYSIWYG editor, and a comprehensive file browser with an interactive drop zone. Thanks to CM4all's new widget technology, all levels of users will be able to integrate sophisticated features into their websites ranging from contact forms through weather forecasts to social media connectivity with Twitter and Facebook. Additionally, CM4all Sites is designed with an open widget API that enables the integration of third-party services and allows for continuous development of widgets by the company, OEM partners, and external software engineers. CM4all Sites will be installed in a multitude of different language versions in Internetworks' data centers to meet its individual requirements for each of its target markets.
"We are pleased to welcome Internetworks to our global OEM network as our first Mexican partner. Looking forward to a successful long-term partnership, we are confident that CM4all Sites will help this dynamic hosting provider acquire new customers as well as increase both customer satisfaction and customer retention," said Robert Schovenberg, CEO of Content Management AG.
"Besides its outstanding customization options and usability, one of the main reasons for selecting CM4all Sites was its new concept of simplified design templates which will enable us to extend the existing catalog of CSS templates by adding our own custom-made designs," said Javier G. Cordova, IT Manager of Internetworks.
Hostek.com Launches New Linux ColdFusion Hosting Service
Company now offers ColdFusion Linux hosting to customers and hosting resellers.
Hostek.com, a provider of Adobe ColdFusion 9 web hosting and Microsoft ASP.NET web hosting, yesterday announced a competitive new choice of Linux ColdFusion website hosting options. The company claims that by offering customers and resellers this useful alternative to its popular Windows hosting services, it is making it easier than ever to develop rich and exciting new web applications. By adding a selection of ColdFusion 9 Linux hosting services to an already varied and popular choice of Windows ColdFusion plans, the company is now offering a varied service range that is sure to maintain customer satisfaction and encourage future growth.
It explains that ColdFusion Markup Language, or CFML, is a scripting language that uses simple, easily understandable syntax to handle data from a database, and ultimately to display this data to visitors in new and interesting ways. By using ColdFusion Markup Language on a ColdFusion server, developers can create and deploy dynamic, content-rich, and highly interactive web applications. Without the use of a scripting language with the power and versatility of CFML, developers can find their web presences overly static, lacking the true interactivity that defines the online experience. The company launched its range of Windows ColdFusion hosting services in 2002 and has since helped businesses and individuals worldwide to transform their online activity.
The company further explains that the ability of ColdFusion to deliver creative new web applications is consistent regardless of operating system, but it is outside of ColdFusion that the choice of Linux or Windows comes into play. While ColdFusion Windows hosting allows the use of alternative scripting languages such as Microsoft ASP.NET or classic ASP, developers who do not use these facilities may be better suited to a Linux plan. One specific example is the option to use cPanel, one of the most popular website control panels available, which is offered as standard on all Linux ColdFusion 9 hosting plans offered by the company. This feature-rich control panel offers unrivalled control to users of Linux web hosting solutions. In addition, some ColdFusion developers may wish to use other common applications such as Wordpress or osCommerce and, as a matter of preference, choose to do this on Linux.
"We have been offering Windows ColdFusion hosting services for almost ten years, and have been an Adobe Solution Partner since 2009," said Jon Cavanaugh, Director of Business Development at Hostek.com. "Customers have joined and remained with Hostek.com because we truly understand ColdFusion website hosting and work to develop services for ColdFusion. As a result of our ongoing success in this area, we are proud to give our customers and hosting resellers the chance to customize their ColdFusion 9 hosting service with a choice of operating systems."
"ColdFusion hosting is a powerful, versatile way to develop web applications, whatever operating system it is offered on," said Cavanaugh. "Our customers have proven just how vital a dependable, reliable ColdFusion server is in modern web development, and we have seen continued growth in this area of business in recent years. Our decision to launch Linux ColdFusion 9 services comes as a result of ongoing demand for the flexibility of ColdFusion on a Linux server with Linux-specific hosting features and cPanel included as standard."
"At the end of the day, this is a matter of taste," added Cavanaugh. "Some people just prefer to work with Linux rather than Windows. Now, we are adding yet another customization option for every Hostek.com customer and every Hostek.com reseller. We have been consistently serious about our role in ColdFusion hosting and, with this new option to operate on Linux, we remain committed to offering the most competitive ColdFusion hosting services."
Hostek.com, a provider of Adobe ColdFusion 9 web hosting and Microsoft ASP.NET web hosting, yesterday announced a competitive new choice of Linux ColdFusion website hosting options. The company claims that by offering customers and resellers this useful alternative to its popular Windows hosting services, it is making it easier than ever to develop rich and exciting new web applications. By adding a selection of ColdFusion 9 Linux hosting services to an already varied and popular choice of Windows ColdFusion plans, the company is now offering a varied service range that is sure to maintain customer satisfaction and encourage future growth.
It explains that ColdFusion Markup Language, or CFML, is a scripting language that uses simple, easily understandable syntax to handle data from a database, and ultimately to display this data to visitors in new and interesting ways. By using ColdFusion Markup Language on a ColdFusion server, developers can create and deploy dynamic, content-rich, and highly interactive web applications. Without the use of a scripting language with the power and versatility of CFML, developers can find their web presences overly static, lacking the true interactivity that defines the online experience. The company launched its range of Windows ColdFusion hosting services in 2002 and has since helped businesses and individuals worldwide to transform their online activity.
The company further explains that the ability of ColdFusion to deliver creative new web applications is consistent regardless of operating system, but it is outside of ColdFusion that the choice of Linux or Windows comes into play. While ColdFusion Windows hosting allows the use of alternative scripting languages such as Microsoft ASP.NET or classic ASP, developers who do not use these facilities may be better suited to a Linux plan. One specific example is the option to use cPanel, one of the most popular website control panels available, which is offered as standard on all Linux ColdFusion 9 hosting plans offered by the company. This feature-rich control panel offers unrivalled control to users of Linux web hosting solutions. In addition, some ColdFusion developers may wish to use other common applications such as Wordpress or osCommerce and, as a matter of preference, choose to do this on Linux.
"We have been offering Windows ColdFusion hosting services for almost ten years, and have been an Adobe Solution Partner since 2009," said Jon Cavanaugh, Director of Business Development at Hostek.com. "Customers have joined and remained with Hostek.com because we truly understand ColdFusion website hosting and work to develop services for ColdFusion. As a result of our ongoing success in this area, we are proud to give our customers and hosting resellers the chance to customize their ColdFusion 9 hosting service with a choice of operating systems."
"ColdFusion hosting is a powerful, versatile way to develop web applications, whatever operating system it is offered on," said Cavanaugh. "Our customers have proven just how vital a dependable, reliable ColdFusion server is in modern web development, and we have seen continued growth in this area of business in recent years. Our decision to launch Linux ColdFusion 9 services comes as a result of ongoing demand for the flexibility of ColdFusion on a Linux server with Linux-specific hosting features and cPanel included as standard."
"At the end of the day, this is a matter of taste," added Cavanaugh. "Some people just prefer to work with Linux rather than Windows. Now, we are adding yet another customization option for every Hostek.com customer and every Hostek.com reseller. We have been consistently serious about our role in ColdFusion hosting and, with this new option to operate on Linux, we remain committed to offering the most competitive ColdFusion hosting services."
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Zen Internet Launches Managed Cloud Servers
Company offers businesses of all sizes the opportunity to benefit from cloud-based technology, to work more efficiently and reduce IT costs.
Zen Internet, an internet service provider, today announced that it has launched Managed Cloud Servers, offering businesses of all sizes the opportunity to benefit from cloud-based technology, to work more efficiently and reduce IT costs.
The company states that configured around a business's specific requirements, its Managed Cloud Server delivers optimized resource for its hosted applications and services. This means businesses are better able to align what they pay for with what they need. According to figures from virtualization specialists VMWare, the overall savings of cloud computing can be as high as 50% in capital expenditure, 33% in administration costs and 80% in power and cooling. The company's Managed Cloud Server delivers flexibility and choice, offering scalable options for internet bandwidth, server memory, CPU and data storage. This means it can provide a Cloud Server which is tuned perfectly to a business's hosted applications. There's also flexibility and choice at the operating system level too, with options for both Windows and Linux platforms.
It further states that the company's hosting environment is self-aware and self-healing. If an element of the hosting environment fails, or needs to go into maintenance mode, then it automatically shifts the Cloud Servers to available resources located elsewhere in the resource pool. By protecting against physical host server failure it is able to offer minimum 99.99% availability SLA. As well as ensuring that a business's Cloud Server is available, it also ensures that a server's data is fully recoverable too. Data is backed up on a daily basis and retained for a period of 28 days. In the unlikely event that a server needs rebuilding then the company can do it quickly and comprehensively. The company completes its Managed Cloud Server service by providing operating system support, service monitoring, full data back-up (retained for 28 days) and 24/7 UK based telephone support.
The company mentions that moving applications and services into the cloud places additional demands on networks and connectivity solutions. With a cloud-based service, success depends on the reliability and quality of the connection from the business premises or user to the cloud service. For organizations deploying cloud based solutions it is essential that they work with a good, reliable network services provider, so that customers can ensure that their network is ready for the demands of cloud-based applications. It adds that Superfast Fiber broadband is the key enabling technology for cloud computing. The company's Fiber to the Cabinet (FTTC) fiber-optic broadband is already bringing superfast 'up to 40Mbps' broadband to many of its customers, enabling a wider range of organizations to benefit from bandwidth-intensive, IP-based applications.
"We are delighted to be able to provide this new Managed Cloud Server product. The Managed Cloud Server delivers an unprecedented level of flexibility and choice, whilst being backed up with our award-winning network, service and support. We are committed to expanding our hosting portfolio to meet our customers' requirements and are continually investing in other hosting products and services," said Andrew Saunders, Head of Product Management and Marketing.
"We see Superfast Fiber broadband as the key enabling technology for a whole range of business internet services such as e-commerce, cloud computing, video-conferencing, VoIP and remote working in order to make UK business more productive while minimizing costs. Working with a good, reliable network services provider ensures that a business's network is ready for the demands of cloud-based applications, and optimizes the user experience," added Andrew.
Zen Internet, an internet service provider, today announced that it has launched Managed Cloud Servers, offering businesses of all sizes the opportunity to benefit from cloud-based technology, to work more efficiently and reduce IT costs.
The company states that configured around a business's specific requirements, its Managed Cloud Server delivers optimized resource for its hosted applications and services. This means businesses are better able to align what they pay for with what they need. According to figures from virtualization specialists VMWare, the overall savings of cloud computing can be as high as 50% in capital expenditure, 33% in administration costs and 80% in power and cooling. The company's Managed Cloud Server delivers flexibility and choice, offering scalable options for internet bandwidth, server memory, CPU and data storage. This means it can provide a Cloud Server which is tuned perfectly to a business's hosted applications. There's also flexibility and choice at the operating system level too, with options for both Windows and Linux platforms.
It further states that the company's hosting environment is self-aware and self-healing. If an element of the hosting environment fails, or needs to go into maintenance mode, then it automatically shifts the Cloud Servers to available resources located elsewhere in the resource pool. By protecting against physical host server failure it is able to offer minimum 99.99% availability SLA. As well as ensuring that a business's Cloud Server is available, it also ensures that a server's data is fully recoverable too. Data is backed up on a daily basis and retained for a period of 28 days. In the unlikely event that a server needs rebuilding then the company can do it quickly and comprehensively. The company completes its Managed Cloud Server service by providing operating system support, service monitoring, full data back-up (retained for 28 days) and 24/7 UK based telephone support.
The company mentions that moving applications and services into the cloud places additional demands on networks and connectivity solutions. With a cloud-based service, success depends on the reliability and quality of the connection from the business premises or user to the cloud service. For organizations deploying cloud based solutions it is essential that they work with a good, reliable network services provider, so that customers can ensure that their network is ready for the demands of cloud-based applications. It adds that Superfast Fiber broadband is the key enabling technology for cloud computing. The company's Fiber to the Cabinet (FTTC) fiber-optic broadband is already bringing superfast 'up to 40Mbps' broadband to many of its customers, enabling a wider range of organizations to benefit from bandwidth-intensive, IP-based applications.
"We are delighted to be able to provide this new Managed Cloud Server product. The Managed Cloud Server delivers an unprecedented level of flexibility and choice, whilst being backed up with our award-winning network, service and support. We are committed to expanding our hosting portfolio to meet our customers' requirements and are continually investing in other hosting products and services," said Andrew Saunders, Head of Product Management and Marketing.
"We see Superfast Fiber broadband as the key enabling technology for a whole range of business internet services such as e-commerce, cloud computing, video-conferencing, VoIP and remote working in order to make UK business more productive while minimizing costs. Working with a good, reliable network services provider ensures that a business's network is ready for the demands of cloud-based applications, and optimizes the user experience," added Andrew.
SoftLayer to Offer Microsoft WebMatrix to its Customers
Web development platform provides integrated tools for streamlined site creation.
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, recently announced that the company is making the Microsoft WebMatrix development platform available to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 users. WebMatrix is an all-inclusive, free tool that includes everything developers need to create, customize, and publish websites.
The company avers that key features and advantages include:
Create, customize, and publish websites and applications
Build easily with apps like WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, Umbraco, and more
Deploy ASP.NET and PHP apps on the same server
Support MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases
Increase visibility with search engine optimization tools and reports
Get online with one-click website and database publishing
According to it, WebMatrix can be easily added to any new SoftLayer Dedicated Server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 when ordering through the company's website or Customer Portal. Users simply select Microsoft Windows Server as the operating system and add WebMatrix as an OS-Specific Add-on at the time of ordering. After the server is provisioned, the WebMatrix installation package can be downloaded through a link in the Customer Portal. For a limited time, the company is offering a special introductory promotion for WebMatrix customers. The first 1,000 new dedicated servers or CloudLayer instances ordered with any version of Microsoft Windows Server R2 + WebMatrix installed will receive a combined credit of $40 per month for the first six months.
"Microsoft WebMatrix provides SoftLayer customers an easy-to-use, all-in-one solution for web development," said Andrew Maten, Vice President of IS Windows Systems for SoftLayer. "The WebMatrix platform was designed to streamline web development environments - simply and easily integrating a suite of development applications."
"We are excited to see SoftLayer bring the value and benefits of Windows Server and WebMatrix to its customers," said Gavriella Schuster, General Manager, U.S. Server Marketing & Operations, Microsoft Corp.. "With the integration of WebMatrix, SoftLayer customers will benefit from quick configuration and access to a very powerful and flexible web development platform."
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, recently announced that the company is making the Microsoft WebMatrix development platform available to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 users. WebMatrix is an all-inclusive, free tool that includes everything developers need to create, customize, and publish websites.
The company avers that key features and advantages include:
Create, customize, and publish websites and applications
Build easily with apps like WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, Umbraco, and more
Deploy ASP.NET and PHP apps on the same server
Support MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases
Increase visibility with search engine optimization tools and reports
Get online with one-click website and database publishing
According to it, WebMatrix can be easily added to any new SoftLayer Dedicated Server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 when ordering through the company's website or Customer Portal. Users simply select Microsoft Windows Server as the operating system and add WebMatrix as an OS-Specific Add-on at the time of ordering. After the server is provisioned, the WebMatrix installation package can be downloaded through a link in the Customer Portal. For a limited time, the company is offering a special introductory promotion for WebMatrix customers. The first 1,000 new dedicated servers or CloudLayer instances ordered with any version of Microsoft Windows Server R2 + WebMatrix installed will receive a combined credit of $40 per month for the first six months.
"Microsoft WebMatrix provides SoftLayer customers an easy-to-use, all-in-one solution for web development," said Andrew Maten, Vice President of IS Windows Systems for SoftLayer. "The WebMatrix platform was designed to streamline web development environments - simply and easily integrating a suite of development applications."
"We are excited to see SoftLayer bring the value and benefits of Windows Server and WebMatrix to its customers," said Gavriella Schuster, General Manager, U.S. Server Marketing & Operations, Microsoft Corp.. "With the integration of WebMatrix, SoftLayer customers will benefit from quick configuration and access to a very powerful and flexible web development platform."
Friday, September 9, 2011
CopperEgg Launches RevealCloud Pro
RevealCloud Pro redefines performance monitoring paradigm with easy-to-use service.
CopperEgg, Corp., a cloud monitoring solutions provider, yesterday announced the launch of RevealCloud Pro, a SaaS-based performance monitoring solution that helps companies accelerate the delivery of applications and services across public and private clouds. Now, DevOps and development teams can gain true real-time performance monitoring of cloud systems so they can isolate and solve critical performance problems before they impact application service delivery. RevealCloud Pro helps companies optimize the health - and revenue potential - of applications built in the cloud by providing instantaneous insights into critical IT and business performance metrics.
The company articulates that today users expect applications to respond instantly. If an application stops responding, even for a few seconds, users or customers go away, likely resulting in lost revenue or productivity. Performance monitoring using RevealCloud Pro provides split-second monitoring of the operating and performance metrics of cloud systems that support critical application services, enabling customers to accelerate time to market during the development phase, optimize deployments as they learn customer usage patterns, and identify early warning signals of service degradation.
It mentions that in contrast with legacy performance monitoring solutions that conduct polling in 1-5 minute intervals, RevealCloud Pro is purpose-built to provide actionable analytics in seconds, or less. The solution leverages rapid deployment; a highly distributed data collection model; the extreme speed and scalability of a NoSQL schema-free database; and real-time visualization with in-depth analytics and alerting. Used by DevOps and Application Developers who are building apps in the cloud, RevealCloud Pro will isolate and solve critical performance problems before they impact application service delivery. RevealCloud Pro is available here with a USD 15 instant credit on a pay for consumption basis.
According to the company, key benefits of RevealCloud Pro include:
Installs in seconds: no configuration required; users just copy and paste a single command into their systems to get immediate cloud monitoring
Has high sampling rate and provides deeper, richer performance detail, resulting in:
Data amplification - detects performance-degrading spikes (CPU and memory utilization, network I/O, storage capacity, CPU wait index, blocked processes) legacy monitoring solutions cannot because they are averaged-out in longer sampling intervals
Historical insight - provides drilldown, tracking and analysis capabilities of every aspect of system performance over custom periods, up to 30 days, to uncover trends and gain valuable insights into performance
Resource optimization - provides more accurate auditing and accounting of resource utilization related to cloud-vendor SLA's
Provides immediate alerts: custom settings allow users to set thresholds for alerts and direct them to individuals or groups as applicable for instant insight into the health of a system
Provides birds-eye view of entire infrastructure: has a top systems view so users can see the whole infrastructure in a sortable top level view and then quickly navigate to troublesome systems
Supports hybrid cloud environments: including multiple cloud vendors, virtual/physical data center resources
"As more organizations build business-critical applications in the cloud, it is important to have a solution in place to give them the control and visibility into their systems they need to be successful," said Scott Johnson, CEO of CopperEgg. "The key is providing easy-to-use cloud monitoring products that enable development teams to focus on building valuable applications in the cloud instead of having to spend large amounts of time worrying about the infrastructure being used to support them. Built by developers and for developers, we've designed RevealCloud Pro with these needs in mind."
"Our business is built in the cloud so performance monitoring is critical. With cloud monitoring product RevealCloud Pro, we have an easy to install and easy to use product that gives us everything we need to monitor our instances in real-time and ensure our systems are running optimally," said Eduardo Fernandez, President of ShuttleCloud. "From the high level at-a-glance view of all systems to the drill down details of individual instance health combined with real-time alerting via email and text, using RevealCloud Pro makes it easy for us to ensure our mission critical applications are always performing optimally."
CopperEgg, Corp., a cloud monitoring solutions provider, yesterday announced the launch of RevealCloud Pro, a SaaS-based performance monitoring solution that helps companies accelerate the delivery of applications and services across public and private clouds. Now, DevOps and development teams can gain true real-time performance monitoring of cloud systems so they can isolate and solve critical performance problems before they impact application service delivery. RevealCloud Pro helps companies optimize the health - and revenue potential - of applications built in the cloud by providing instantaneous insights into critical IT and business performance metrics.
The company articulates that today users expect applications to respond instantly. If an application stops responding, even for a few seconds, users or customers go away, likely resulting in lost revenue or productivity. Performance monitoring using RevealCloud Pro provides split-second monitoring of the operating and performance metrics of cloud systems that support critical application services, enabling customers to accelerate time to market during the development phase, optimize deployments as they learn customer usage patterns, and identify early warning signals of service degradation.
It mentions that in contrast with legacy performance monitoring solutions that conduct polling in 1-5 minute intervals, RevealCloud Pro is purpose-built to provide actionable analytics in seconds, or less. The solution leverages rapid deployment; a highly distributed data collection model; the extreme speed and scalability of a NoSQL schema-free database; and real-time visualization with in-depth analytics and alerting. Used by DevOps and Application Developers who are building apps in the cloud, RevealCloud Pro will isolate and solve critical performance problems before they impact application service delivery. RevealCloud Pro is available here with a USD 15 instant credit on a pay for consumption basis.
According to the company, key benefits of RevealCloud Pro include:
Installs in seconds: no configuration required; users just copy and paste a single command into their systems to get immediate cloud monitoring
Has high sampling rate and provides deeper, richer performance detail, resulting in:
Data amplification - detects performance-degrading spikes (CPU and memory utilization, network I/O, storage capacity, CPU wait index, blocked processes) legacy monitoring solutions cannot because they are averaged-out in longer sampling intervals
Historical insight - provides drilldown, tracking and analysis capabilities of every aspect of system performance over custom periods, up to 30 days, to uncover trends and gain valuable insights into performance
Resource optimization - provides more accurate auditing and accounting of resource utilization related to cloud-vendor SLA's
Provides immediate alerts: custom settings allow users to set thresholds for alerts and direct them to individuals or groups as applicable for instant insight into the health of a system
Provides birds-eye view of entire infrastructure: has a top systems view so users can see the whole infrastructure in a sortable top level view and then quickly navigate to troublesome systems
Supports hybrid cloud environments: including multiple cloud vendors, virtual/physical data center resources
"As more organizations build business-critical applications in the cloud, it is important to have a solution in place to give them the control and visibility into their systems they need to be successful," said Scott Johnson, CEO of CopperEgg. "The key is providing easy-to-use cloud monitoring products that enable development teams to focus on building valuable applications in the cloud instead of having to spend large amounts of time worrying about the infrastructure being used to support them. Built by developers and for developers, we've designed RevealCloud Pro with these needs in mind."
"Our business is built in the cloud so performance monitoring is critical. With cloud monitoring product RevealCloud Pro, we have an easy to install and easy to use product that gives us everything we need to monitor our instances in real-time and ensure our systems are running optimally," said Eduardo Fernandez, President of ShuttleCloud. "From the high level at-a-glance view of all systems to the drill down details of individual instance health combined with real-time alerting via email and text, using RevealCloud Pro makes it easy for us to ensure our mission critical applications are always performing optimally."
FiberCloud Completes SAS 70 Type II Audit
Audit results verify the quality and security of its network design and operating effectiveness.
FiberCloud, Inc., an IP solution company, recently announced that it has received SAS 70 Type II audit results verifying the quality and security of its network design and operating effectiveness. The audit began in 2010 and was conducted by Frost, PLCC Certified Public Accountants, an impartial accounting firm that specializes in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and regulations. All five data centers located of the company in Seattle, Everett and Bellingham successfully passed the audit.
The company avers that it received the Type II authorization, which involved over 6 months of compliance tests on its security standards and operating effectiveness. The company has supported government security regulation compliance including SAS 70 since its inception since 2001, but this is the first time the company has applied for and received the SAS 70 Certification.
It says that the company staff performs regular maintenance and maintains strict operating and security standards for all of its data centers to ensure compliance. It did not make any major modifications to its data centers in order to pass the audit, but drew on already secure infrastructure and standard procedures to meet the audit requirements.
"This certificate will make it easy for our customers to ensure regulatory compliance and really validates the rock solid infrastructure and operating procedures that we have worked so hard to maintain," said Gerald Sherrill, Director of Operations and Infrastructure for FiberCloud, Inc. "In the past, FiberCloud has assisted customers with regulatory compliance, including SOX, PCI, and HIPAA. FiberCloud will make its authorization available by request to customers who
require proof of SAS 70 compliance."
FiberCloud, Inc., an IP solution company, recently announced that it has received SAS 70 Type II audit results verifying the quality and security of its network design and operating effectiveness. The audit began in 2010 and was conducted by Frost, PLCC Certified Public Accountants, an impartial accounting firm that specializes in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and regulations. All five data centers located of the company in Seattle, Everett and Bellingham successfully passed the audit.
The company avers that it received the Type II authorization, which involved over 6 months of compliance tests on its security standards and operating effectiveness. The company has supported government security regulation compliance including SAS 70 since its inception since 2001, but this is the first time the company has applied for and received the SAS 70 Certification.
It says that the company staff performs regular maintenance and maintains strict operating and security standards for all of its data centers to ensure compliance. It did not make any major modifications to its data centers in order to pass the audit, but drew on already secure infrastructure and standard procedures to meet the audit requirements.
"This certificate will make it easy for our customers to ensure regulatory compliance and really validates the rock solid infrastructure and operating procedures that we have worked so hard to maintain," said Gerald Sherrill, Director of Operations and Infrastructure for FiberCloud, Inc. "In the past, FiberCloud has assisted customers with regulatory compliance, including SOX, PCI, and HIPAA. FiberCloud will make its authorization available by request to customers who
require proof of SAS 70 compliance."
CWCS Managed Hosting Partners with R1Soft
Company plans to offer fully-managed and self-managed offsite backups featuring R1Soft's Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology for Windows and Linux.
CWCS Managed Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced plans to offer fully-managed and self-managed offsite backups featuring R1Soft's Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology for Windows and Linux.
The company articulates that R1Soft CDP software is unique in its ability to bypass the file system, read data at the sector level, and create point-in-time images. By only recording changes since the last backup during disk sector synchronization, there is no interruption to current server requests. Flexible and robust, R1Soft CDP backups can be instantly deployed, securing the company's clients' critical data in secure, offsite backups. In the unfortunate event of a disaster, R1Soft's high-performance data recovery technology, Bare-Metal Restore (BMR), omits the OS reinstallation step to rapidly restore large file systems. Users will also benefit from the convenience of single file restores that can be performed simultaneously.
It avers that for its clients who prefer autonomous backups, a user-friendly web interface lets end-users browse their backups to download replicated files as an archive or restore from them on demand. CDP backups will be included as an add-on backup service for managed hosting.
"Client data protection is paramount to CWCS, which is why we chose a reputable and demonstrably reliable backup and disaster recovery solution. R1Soft's ongoing technical support is also of great importance, helping CWCS to ensure a smooth backup system implementation and client assistance," said Karl Mendez, Chief Executive Officer of CWCS Managed Hosting.
"As CWCS has found, R1Soft CDP is the answer to any company's remote backup needs. The software is built to be a complete performance and recovery system as it efficiently stores unique disk blocks only once, minimizing storage bandwidth usage," said Domingo Martinez, Global Marketing Manager for R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies.
CWCS Managed Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced plans to offer fully-managed and self-managed offsite backups featuring R1Soft's Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology for Windows and Linux.
The company articulates that R1Soft CDP software is unique in its ability to bypass the file system, read data at the sector level, and create point-in-time images. By only recording changes since the last backup during disk sector synchronization, there is no interruption to current server requests. Flexible and robust, R1Soft CDP backups can be instantly deployed, securing the company's clients' critical data in secure, offsite backups. In the unfortunate event of a disaster, R1Soft's high-performance data recovery technology, Bare-Metal Restore (BMR), omits the OS reinstallation step to rapidly restore large file systems. Users will also benefit from the convenience of single file restores that can be performed simultaneously.
It avers that for its clients who prefer autonomous backups, a user-friendly web interface lets end-users browse their backups to download replicated files as an archive or restore from them on demand. CDP backups will be included as an add-on backup service for managed hosting.
"Client data protection is paramount to CWCS, which is why we chose a reputable and demonstrably reliable backup and disaster recovery solution. R1Soft's ongoing technical support is also of great importance, helping CWCS to ensure a smooth backup system implementation and client assistance," said Karl Mendez, Chief Executive Officer of CWCS Managed Hosting.
"As CWCS has found, R1Soft CDP is the answer to any company's remote backup needs. The software is built to be a complete performance and recovery system as it efficiently stores unique disk blocks only once, minimizing storage bandwidth usage," said Domingo Martinez, Global Marketing Manager for R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies.
Oracle Enhances MySQL Installer and High Availability for Windows
New installer streamlines deployment, extends high availability to Windows Server 2008 R2.
Oracle, a provider of software for information management, recently announced the general availability of a new MySQL Installer for Windows, further improving MySQL's capabilities for Microsoft Windows.
The company states that by simplifying and streamlining the installation process for MySQL users running on Windows platforms, the new MySQL Installer for Windows can significantly reduce installation time. To further support Windows users, the company has completed certification of MySQL Enterprise Edition for Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering, enabling Windows users to deploy business-critical applications that demand high levels of availability.
It further states that the company delivers up to 90 percent cost savings over Microsoft SQL Server with MySQL Enterprise Edition, which includes a complete suite of visual tools for modeling, development, monitoring, administration and backup of Windows-based MySQL applications. MySQL Installer for Windows delivers:
An intuitive graphical interface that guides users through the installation process
The ability to install all MySQL products that are required at once
An integrated update system for all MySQL products installed
The company says that certification of MySQL Enterprise Edition with Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering enables users to leverage:
Automatic detection of MySQL or underlying server failures, allowing the MySQL instance to be restarted while applications accessing the database automatically reconnect to the new 'hot running' MySQL instance
An expanded scope of high availability solutions, including replication and MySQL Cluster
"Oracle continues to invest in MySQL to address the evolving needs of Windows users," said Tomas Ulin, Oracle's MySQL Vice President of Engineering. "With MySQL's new installer for Windows and failover clustering certification, enterprise users and ISVs can improve management, reduce cost, and power business critical applications with MySQL Enterprise Edition using native Windows Clustering Services."
Oracle, a provider of software for information management, recently announced the general availability of a new MySQL Installer for Windows, further improving MySQL's capabilities for Microsoft Windows.
The company states that by simplifying and streamlining the installation process for MySQL users running on Windows platforms, the new MySQL Installer for Windows can significantly reduce installation time. To further support Windows users, the company has completed certification of MySQL Enterprise Edition for Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering, enabling Windows users to deploy business-critical applications that demand high levels of availability.
It further states that the company delivers up to 90 percent cost savings over Microsoft SQL Server with MySQL Enterprise Edition, which includes a complete suite of visual tools for modeling, development, monitoring, administration and backup of Windows-based MySQL applications. MySQL Installer for Windows delivers:
An intuitive graphical interface that guides users through the installation process
The ability to install all MySQL products that are required at once
An integrated update system for all MySQL products installed
The company says that certification of MySQL Enterprise Edition with Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering enables users to leverage:
Automatic detection of MySQL or underlying server failures, allowing the MySQL instance to be restarted while applications accessing the database automatically reconnect to the new 'hot running' MySQL instance
An expanded scope of high availability solutions, including replication and MySQL Cluster
"Oracle continues to invest in MySQL to address the evolving needs of Windows users," said Tomas Ulin, Oracle's MySQL Vice President of Engineering. "With MySQL's new installer for Windows and failover clustering certification, enterprise users and ISVs can improve management, reduce cost, and power business critical applications with MySQL Enterprise Edition using native Windows Clustering Services."
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Open-Xchange Partners with Acens
Acens to provide free business-class email to more than 300,000 customers.
Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, today announced an agreement with Acens, a web hosting service provider, to bring cloud-based business email and collaboration capabilities. Acens will replace its Atmail-based webmail system with Open-Xchange providing all 300,000 email accounts with the full webmail, mobility and teamwork capabilities of Open-Xchange. The implementation is scheduled to be completed this fall.
According to the company, Open-Xchange integrates email, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing, along with cutting-edge social network integration. The cloud-based application can be accessed with a standard internet browser (without installing software) and a PC, notebook, iPad or smartphone. The mobility capabilities enable users to receive push email and synchronization of contacts and calendars on their smartphones, including iPhone, Android-based devices, Nokia, Windows Mobile and others.
"Acens will provide its customer base with Open-Xchange's full-featured Mobile WebApp and collaboration capabilities free of charge for an initial trial period," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "We love that approach as we are convinced that this innovative move gives Acens a real competitive advantage against other cloud offerings such as Microsoft Office 365 or Google Apps."
"Acens customers will be able to boost their individual productivity with Open-Xchange in the center of their online communication," said Jose Cerdan Ibanez, CEO, Acens. "They will see how Open-Xchange helps to efficiently manage calendars, contacts and messages from different email accounts, as well as social networks, from a single application."
Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, today announced an agreement with Acens, a web hosting service provider, to bring cloud-based business email and collaboration capabilities. Acens will replace its Atmail-based webmail system with Open-Xchange providing all 300,000 email accounts with the full webmail, mobility and teamwork capabilities of Open-Xchange. The implementation is scheduled to be completed this fall.
According to the company, Open-Xchange integrates email, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing, along with cutting-edge social network integration. The cloud-based application can be accessed with a standard internet browser (without installing software) and a PC, notebook, iPad or smartphone. The mobility capabilities enable users to receive push email and synchronization of contacts and calendars on their smartphones, including iPhone, Android-based devices, Nokia, Windows Mobile and others.
"Acens will provide its customer base with Open-Xchange's full-featured Mobile WebApp and collaboration capabilities free of charge for an initial trial period," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "We love that approach as we are convinced that this innovative move gives Acens a real competitive advantage against other cloud offerings such as Microsoft Office 365 or Google Apps."
"Acens customers will be able to boost their individual productivity with Open-Xchange in the center of their online communication," said Jose Cerdan Ibanez, CEO, Acens. "They will see how Open-Xchange helps to efficiently manage calendars, contacts and messages from different email accounts, as well as social networks, from a single application."
Ensim Enhances Unify SharePoint Manager
SharePoint Manager ensures that when users are provisioned and managed, business and policy objectives are met on a secure, cost-effective basis.
Ensim Corporation, a provider of user provisioning and change management software, yesterday announced significant enhancements in its SharePoint Manager. As part of Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition's suite of integrated tools, SharePoint Manager supports both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010, providing enhanced provisioning, management automation and compliance capabilities for Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2010.
The company avers that managing the functionality of SharePoint while effectively meeting security and compliance requirements has become increasingly critical, particularly within large organizations including information walling capabilities. Ensim Unify SharePoint Manager ensures that when users are provisioned and managed, business and policy objectives are met on a secure, cost-effective basis.
It says that key enhancements for Ensim Unify SharePoint Manager include:
Automated provisioning of SharePoint sites, including site collection and sub-sites - allows administrators to centralize administration of SharePoint and implement chargeback mechanisms if required
Permissions management - managing user permissions on various SharePoint sites enables users to meet compliance goals by providing an accurate picture of who has access to each area
SharePoint group management - allows employees to add themselves to SharePoint groups based on IT policy
"Organizations are taking a more holistic approach to SharePoint service delivery by aiming to meet security and compliance objectives without disrupting ongoing business processes whether it's on premise or in the cloud," said Scott Young, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Ensim. "Our customers expect management automation software to quickly connect to the most appropriate service delivery infrastructure, including cloud-based SharePoint solutions. Our goal is to allow flexible service delivery while ensuring that security and compliance goals are met throughout overall management processes."
Ensim Corporation, a provider of user provisioning and change management software, yesterday announced significant enhancements in its SharePoint Manager. As part of Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition's suite of integrated tools, SharePoint Manager supports both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010, providing enhanced provisioning, management automation and compliance capabilities for Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2010.
The company avers that managing the functionality of SharePoint while effectively meeting security and compliance requirements has become increasingly critical, particularly within large organizations including information walling capabilities. Ensim Unify SharePoint Manager ensures that when users are provisioned and managed, business and policy objectives are met on a secure, cost-effective basis.
It says that key enhancements for Ensim Unify SharePoint Manager include:
Automated provisioning of SharePoint sites, including site collection and sub-sites - allows administrators to centralize administration of SharePoint and implement chargeback mechanisms if required
Permissions management - managing user permissions on various SharePoint sites enables users to meet compliance goals by providing an accurate picture of who has access to each area
SharePoint group management - allows employees to add themselves to SharePoint groups based on IT policy
"Organizations are taking a more holistic approach to SharePoint service delivery by aiming to meet security and compliance objectives without disrupting ongoing business processes whether it's on premise or in the cloud," said Scott Young, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Ensim. "Our customers expect management automation software to quickly connect to the most appropriate service delivery infrastructure, including cloud-based SharePoint solutions. Our goal is to allow flexible service delivery while ensuring that security and compliance goals are met throughout overall management processes."
Hosting Controller Updates Control Panel 8.12
Hosting Controller Updates Control Panel 8.12
7th September 2011
Launches support for IPv6 and Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch.
Hosting Controller, a developer of automation solution for shared and enterprise hosting, recently announced that it has launched support for IPv6 and Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch in its unified control panel. This release is part of HC control panel 8.12 update that supports Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch and IPv6 on Windows & Linux servers.
The company articulates that Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is the first multi-tenant ready Exchange Server version that enables hosting service providers to create and manage multiple organizations in the same Active Directory forest. Recent release of HC control panel offers comprehensive support for Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch in a shared multi-tenant environment that includes automatic provisioning of new accounts. The solution comes with a comprehensive self-serve portal for end customers.
It mentions that HC can be installed on systems having IPv6 or IPv4 only or as a dual stack for IPv4 and IPv6. HC panel also supports IPv6 addresses for Name based and IP based websites, provisioning of AAAA record in DNS Manager and database connectivity using IPv6. The robust API and flexible architecture allow Hosting Controller automations tools to be deployed with new or existing systems.
"HC8.12 release reflects Hosting Controller's commitment to providing its customers with the tools they need to support complex hosting operations," said Babar Zaman, Vice President of Business Development at Hosting Controller Inc. "Since Exchange 2010 SP1 in hosting mode doesn't allow the usage of the Exchange Management Console (EMC), therefore HC control panel becomes the natural choice of hosted service providers to provision organizations and mailboxes in Exchange 2010 using a special '/hosting' switch in 'Hosting Mode'."
Babar added, "Compatibility with IPv6 networking is mainly a responsibility of software companies, as suggested by American Registry for Internet Numbers that all internet servers shall be ready to serve IPv6-only clients by January 2012. So we have made it possible for our customers to use additional features implemented in IPv6."
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7th September 2011
Launches support for IPv6 and Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch.
Hosting Controller, a developer of automation solution for shared and enterprise hosting, recently announced that it has launched support for IPv6 and Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch in its unified control panel. This release is part of HC control panel 8.12 update that supports Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch and IPv6 on Windows & Linux servers.
The company articulates that Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is the first multi-tenant ready Exchange Server version that enables hosting service providers to create and manage multiple organizations in the same Active Directory forest. Recent release of HC control panel offers comprehensive support for Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Switch in a shared multi-tenant environment that includes automatic provisioning of new accounts. The solution comes with a comprehensive self-serve portal for end customers.
It mentions that HC can be installed on systems having IPv6 or IPv4 only or as a dual stack for IPv4 and IPv6. HC panel also supports IPv6 addresses for Name based and IP based websites, provisioning of AAAA record in DNS Manager and database connectivity using IPv6. The robust API and flexible architecture allow Hosting Controller automations tools to be deployed with new or existing systems.
"HC8.12 release reflects Hosting Controller's commitment to providing its customers with the tools they need to support complex hosting operations," said Babar Zaman, Vice President of Business Development at Hosting Controller Inc. "Since Exchange 2010 SP1 in hosting mode doesn't allow the usage of the Exchange Management Console (EMC), therefore HC control panel becomes the natural choice of hosted service providers to provision organizations and mailboxes in Exchange 2010 using a special '/hosting' switch in 'Hosting Mode'."
Babar added, "Compatibility with IPv6 networking is mainly a responsibility of software companies, as suggested by American Registry for Internet Numbers that all internet servers shall be ready to serve IPv6-only clients by January 2012. So we have made it possible for our customers to use additional features implemented in IPv6."
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Zen Internet Enhances Zen Vault Enterprise for the Channel
Company makes further enhancements to its cloud based online data backup solution.
Zen Internet, an internet service provider, today announced that it has now made further enhancements to its cloud based online data backup solution, Zen Vault Enterprise.
The company articulates that there is a huge cost to the UK economy every year to restore business data that has been lost due to either human error or IT failure. This year there has been severe weather conditions, travel strikes, the financial crisis and now the recent UK riots. Whatever the event it is essential that businesses are prepared with an effective disaster recovery plan in place. Zen Vault Enterprise, the cloud based data backup service designed and built based on feedback from Channel Partners, now has enhanced functionality thanks to a platform upgrade.
According to it, the upgrade widens the market opportunity for Partners by providing compatibility with MS Exchange 2010 and MS SharePoint 2010, together with other core business applications. The Management Console now provides Partners with the ability to segment users into meaningful groups via the use of Collections, and the implementation of de-duplication improves the speed and efficiency of backups. Also, for Partners managing large data sets, there are further improvements to the speed of backups thanks to smarter small file management.
The company explains that Zen Vault Enterprise provides automated offsite backup for any combination of servers, desktops and laptops across a business, automation of the backup process is provided using Attix5 Professional backup and recovery software. Specifically designed for businesses with multiple devices and larger storage requirements, Zen Vault Enterprise enables businesses to efficiently centralize data backup within the company's data centers through the provision of a large allocation of mirrored, UK based SAN storage.
It says that Zen Vault Enterprise also gives IT administrators full visibility and control over the backup process through the use of a centralized management console. The management console enables administrators to monitor the performance of device backups through a single portal therefore reducing the time and effort associated with managing backup processes.
"Continually enhancing our value added services like Zen Vault Enterprise clearly demonstrates our commitment to working with our Partners and expanding our services so we can meet all their requirements. Vault Enterprise was specifically designed as a Partner centric product, it requires minimal start-up investment and allows Partners to easily establish themselves as a provider of online data backup solutions. We will continue to work with Partners who share a desire to provide an excellent end-to-end customer experience and understand the value of offering reliable, award winning products and services," said Andrew Saunders, Head of Product Management and Marketing, Zen Internet.
"We've been offering online data backup in various guises to our customers since 1998 and have long said that tape and alternative means have had their day. We've previously run the service in-house ourselves but due to our close and ever-growing relationship with Zen we're delighted to have them running the back-end for us. The Zen Vault Enterprise product brings Windows 7 compatibility to our portfolio as our existing online data backup product will not be compatible for several months. Zen have a similar focus to ourselves with regards to customer service. Over 95% of our clients are connected to the Internet via a Zen connection or have data housed on our Zen Managed or Dedicated Servers. Migrating our clients' backups to Zen Vault Enterprise is a logical progression for us and provides a really effective solution for our clients," stated Clive Sheppard, Technical Consultant, Synapse UK.
Zen Internet, an internet service provider, today announced that it has now made further enhancements to its cloud based online data backup solution, Zen Vault Enterprise.
The company articulates that there is a huge cost to the UK economy every year to restore business data that has been lost due to either human error or IT failure. This year there has been severe weather conditions, travel strikes, the financial crisis and now the recent UK riots. Whatever the event it is essential that businesses are prepared with an effective disaster recovery plan in place. Zen Vault Enterprise, the cloud based data backup service designed and built based on feedback from Channel Partners, now has enhanced functionality thanks to a platform upgrade.
According to it, the upgrade widens the market opportunity for Partners by providing compatibility with MS Exchange 2010 and MS SharePoint 2010, together with other core business applications. The Management Console now provides Partners with the ability to segment users into meaningful groups via the use of Collections, and the implementation of de-duplication improves the speed and efficiency of backups. Also, for Partners managing large data sets, there are further improvements to the speed of backups thanks to smarter small file management.
The company explains that Zen Vault Enterprise provides automated offsite backup for any combination of servers, desktops and laptops across a business, automation of the backup process is provided using Attix5 Professional backup and recovery software. Specifically designed for businesses with multiple devices and larger storage requirements, Zen Vault Enterprise enables businesses to efficiently centralize data backup within the company's data centers through the provision of a large allocation of mirrored, UK based SAN storage.
It says that Zen Vault Enterprise also gives IT administrators full visibility and control over the backup process through the use of a centralized management console. The management console enables administrators to monitor the performance of device backups through a single portal therefore reducing the time and effort associated with managing backup processes.
"Continually enhancing our value added services like Zen Vault Enterprise clearly demonstrates our commitment to working with our Partners and expanding our services so we can meet all their requirements. Vault Enterprise was specifically designed as a Partner centric product, it requires minimal start-up investment and allows Partners to easily establish themselves as a provider of online data backup solutions. We will continue to work with Partners who share a desire to provide an excellent end-to-end customer experience and understand the value of offering reliable, award winning products and services," said Andrew Saunders, Head of Product Management and Marketing, Zen Internet.
"We've been offering online data backup in various guises to our customers since 1998 and have long said that tape and alternative means have had their day. We've previously run the service in-house ourselves but due to our close and ever-growing relationship with Zen we're delighted to have them running the back-end for us. The Zen Vault Enterprise product brings Windows 7 compatibility to our portfolio as our existing online data backup product will not be compatible for several months. Zen have a similar focus to ourselves with regards to customer service. Over 95% of our clients are connected to the Internet via a Zen connection or have data housed on our Zen Managed or Dedicated Servers. Migrating our clients' backups to Zen Vault Enterprise is a logical progression for us and provides a really effective solution for our clients," stated Clive Sheppard, Technical Consultant, Synapse UK.
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