Company names Karl Pichler as the Chief Financial Officer.
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced the appointment of Karl Pichler, 39, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Principal Financial Officer, effective November 10, 2011. Pichler has been serving as interim CFO since April 15, 2011.
The company states that Pichler joined it in 2005 as Vice President of Finance. In April 2009, Pichler was appointed to its Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) team and served as the company's International Finance Director. As of April 15, 2011, Pichler served as acting CFO, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer. Over his tenure, he has had several roles at the company including the further development of the finance function and the design and implementation of the company's global financing activities.
"Karl has added tremendous value to Rackspace over the last six years and brings a depth of experience to the role," said Lanham Napier, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Karl is a veteran Racker who knows our business well and shares our values. We are excited to have Karl take this next step with us as we move the company forward."
Friday, November 11, 2011
Equinix Opens Second Data Center in Hong Kong
Company continues expansion in Asia-Pacific with opening of second IBX data center in Hong Kong.
Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services, recently announced the opening of the first phase of its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Hong Kong. The new IBX data center, called HK2, was built to meet the increasing demand for premium colocation and interconnection data center services, particularly from financial services organizations and cloud service providers operating in the city. HK2 represents an investment of USD 63 million and extends Platform Equinix to a total of 99 data centers, across 38 strategic markets around the world.
The company avers that located near the existing HK1 IBX data center in the western part of the New Territories region, the first phase of HK2, an investment of USD 20 million (HKD 156M), will provide 450 cabinet equivalents, expanding to 1,450 at full build-out. With direct fiber connection to HK1, the HK2 IBX data center builds on the company's existing rich network density, providing customers with a wide range of connectivity options. Major networks operating within HK2 include PCCW and Wharf T&T.
It mentions that the HK2 facility will also meet an increase in demand for data center capacity driven by the appetite for cloud computing in the market. With its world leading broadband penetration and excellent international connectivity, coupled with good policy governance, Hong Kong is rapidly becoming a desired location for cloud service providers. HK2 will offer cloud service providers access to multiple networks, which is critical to enhance application performance and ensure redundancy. BrightHost, a leading supplier of high-capacity cloud infrastructure and web hosting solutions, deployed its cloud offering within the company's HK1 data center earlier this year to meet its blue-chip customers' requirement for a presence in Asia.
The company says that in addition to having access to a carrier neutral, dense network environment, businesses deployed in HK2 will be able to enjoy close proximity and access to a vast ecosystem of partners and potential customers, enabling them to maximize business opportunities within the data center. The HK2 IBX data center offers a variety of premium data center services including colocation, interconnection and peering and direct cross connect between networks. Customers will also have access to the Equinix Marketplace, giving them the ability to discover new partners and locate services where they are required. It adds that HK2 is the third new IBX data center to be opened by the company in the Asia-Pacific region this year as part of its plans to expand Platform Equinix in the region. Earlier this year the company opened IBX data centers in Sydney (SY3) and Tokyo (TY3) - the third in both cities.
"Commercial growth and the continuation of Hong Kong's dominance as a financial hub in Asia are key drivers of demand for data center services in the local market," said Alex Tam, Managing Director, Equinix Greater China. "Data centers are an essential part of the city's infrastructure and the opening of HK2 ensures the supply of data center availability needed to support the sustainable growth of traditional pillar industries such as financial services and trading."
"Hong Kong is a key location for regional and global businesses that are keen to expand operations and build business ecosystems in this important financial market. Our global reach also means that customers looking to enter new markets can do so confidently, knowing they will receive the same level of service. Growing our global platform allows us to meet customers' ongoing needs for premium, well-connected, data center services," added Tam.
Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services, recently announced the opening of the first phase of its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Hong Kong. The new IBX data center, called HK2, was built to meet the increasing demand for premium colocation and interconnection data center services, particularly from financial services organizations and cloud service providers operating in the city. HK2 represents an investment of USD 63 million and extends Platform Equinix to a total of 99 data centers, across 38 strategic markets around the world.
The company avers that located near the existing HK1 IBX data center in the western part of the New Territories region, the first phase of HK2, an investment of USD 20 million (HKD 156M), will provide 450 cabinet equivalents, expanding to 1,450 at full build-out. With direct fiber connection to HK1, the HK2 IBX data center builds on the company's existing rich network density, providing customers with a wide range of connectivity options. Major networks operating within HK2 include PCCW and Wharf T&T.
It mentions that the HK2 facility will also meet an increase in demand for data center capacity driven by the appetite for cloud computing in the market. With its world leading broadband penetration and excellent international connectivity, coupled with good policy governance, Hong Kong is rapidly becoming a desired location for cloud service providers. HK2 will offer cloud service providers access to multiple networks, which is critical to enhance application performance and ensure redundancy. BrightHost, a leading supplier of high-capacity cloud infrastructure and web hosting solutions, deployed its cloud offering within the company's HK1 data center earlier this year to meet its blue-chip customers' requirement for a presence in Asia.
The company says that in addition to having access to a carrier neutral, dense network environment, businesses deployed in HK2 will be able to enjoy close proximity and access to a vast ecosystem of partners and potential customers, enabling them to maximize business opportunities within the data center. The HK2 IBX data center offers a variety of premium data center services including colocation, interconnection and peering and direct cross connect between networks. Customers will also have access to the Equinix Marketplace, giving them the ability to discover new partners and locate services where they are required. It adds that HK2 is the third new IBX data center to be opened by the company in the Asia-Pacific region this year as part of its plans to expand Platform Equinix in the region. Earlier this year the company opened IBX data centers in Sydney (SY3) and Tokyo (TY3) - the third in both cities.
"Commercial growth and the continuation of Hong Kong's dominance as a financial hub in Asia are key drivers of demand for data center services in the local market," said Alex Tam, Managing Director, Equinix Greater China. "Data centers are an essential part of the city's infrastructure and the opening of HK2 ensures the supply of data center availability needed to support the sustainable growth of traditional pillar industries such as financial services and trading."
"Hong Kong is a key location for regional and global businesses that are keen to expand operations and build business ecosystems in this important financial market. Our global reach also means that customers looking to enter new markets can do so confidently, knowing they will receive the same level of service. Growing our global platform allows us to meet customers' ongoing needs for premium, well-connected, data center services," added Tam.
CloudSigma Launches First SSD Storage Product in Public Cloud IaaS
Company's SSD storage eliminates I/O bottlenecks and allows for higher performance in multi-tenant, public cloud environments.
CloudSigma AG, a provider of cloud servers, recently launched a solid-state drive (SSD) storage solution for a public cloud IaaS environment at the 2011 Cloud Computing Expo.
According to the company, the new solution is designed to help eliminate the growing storage bottlenecks and variable performance in the cloud brought on by traditional magnetic-based storage solutions' inability to keep pace with the requirements of a multi-tenant environment. With its SSD storage product, companies can achieve higher performance than dedicated or private cloud arrangements, even in a public cloud, multi-tenant environment. Being able to handle the explosion of Input/Output (I/O) operations caused by the increasing adoption of server virtualization was identified by the company at an early stage as a key success factor for its cloud.
It explains that the growth in large-scale virtual deployments has caused a surge in the amount of random I/Os between virtual machines (VMs) and magnetic storage systems. As I/O operations become even more random in multi-tenant, public cloud environments, magnetic storage solutions that rely on physical, spinning disks simply cannot keep up. Additionally, pathways to storage systems are only so big and this rise in errant I/Os causes a massive performance bottleneck for storage systems and networks. This is especially the case since magnetic storage products can only process thousands of I/O operations per second, meaning they force today's powerful CPUs to wait until the I/O transactions have completed, thereby holding up data access, resources and performance. With server virtualization sales for public clouds predicted to grow to USD 718 million by 2014, according to research from IDC, the storage I/O bottleneck will increasingly challenge companies investing in the cloud, creating poor price-performance, as well as cloud migration issues for infrastructure that requires stable, high-capacity storage performance.
The company further explains that with a solution like its SSD storage, however, companies have the ability to create a tiered storage system by staging critical application data and files on SSD, which effectively gets rid of the CPU wait time. This multi drive-to-server model significantly improves system performance, as eliminating CPU wait time results in better resource utilization and cost performance. Additionally, since SSD storage doesn't have physical moving parts like magnetic storage solutions, it can handle the more random nature of I/O loads in public cloud environments, while sustaining a higher level of performance and without slowing down. This allows for significantly higher I/O bandwidth with lower, more stable data access latencies. To support today's higher bandwidth and lower latency requirements, the company has already upgraded its cloud to 10GigE networking.
"Many companies try to tackle storage problems in the cloud by adding more servers with magnetic storage; however, this only creates a disparity in computing resources with under-utilized servers, over-provisioned storage drives, excessive costs and storage sprawl," said Patrick Baillie, CloudSigma CEO. "With our new SSD storage product, companies can, for the first time, easily handle the random nature of I/O loads in public clouds while minimizing necessary servers and realizing significant cost savings. Because the storage performance of hard drives has not kept pace with server performance or networking bandwidths, incorporating an SSD storage solution was a necessity, and will significantly expand the breadth of computing tasks that our public cloud can handle effectively. Because the storage performance of hard drives has not kept pace with server performance or networking bandwidths, incorporating an SSD storage solution was a necessity, and will significantly expand the breadth of computing tasks that our public cloud can handle effectively."
CloudSigma AG, a provider of cloud servers, recently launched a solid-state drive (SSD) storage solution for a public cloud IaaS environment at the 2011 Cloud Computing Expo.
According to the company, the new solution is designed to help eliminate the growing storage bottlenecks and variable performance in the cloud brought on by traditional magnetic-based storage solutions' inability to keep pace with the requirements of a multi-tenant environment. With its SSD storage product, companies can achieve higher performance than dedicated or private cloud arrangements, even in a public cloud, multi-tenant environment. Being able to handle the explosion of Input/Output (I/O) operations caused by the increasing adoption of server virtualization was identified by the company at an early stage as a key success factor for its cloud.
It explains that the growth in large-scale virtual deployments has caused a surge in the amount of random I/Os between virtual machines (VMs) and magnetic storage systems. As I/O operations become even more random in multi-tenant, public cloud environments, magnetic storage solutions that rely on physical, spinning disks simply cannot keep up. Additionally, pathways to storage systems are only so big and this rise in errant I/Os causes a massive performance bottleneck for storage systems and networks. This is especially the case since magnetic storage products can only process thousands of I/O operations per second, meaning they force today's powerful CPUs to wait until the I/O transactions have completed, thereby holding up data access, resources and performance. With server virtualization sales for public clouds predicted to grow to USD 718 million by 2014, according to research from IDC, the storage I/O bottleneck will increasingly challenge companies investing in the cloud, creating poor price-performance, as well as cloud migration issues for infrastructure that requires stable, high-capacity storage performance.
The company further explains that with a solution like its SSD storage, however, companies have the ability to create a tiered storage system by staging critical application data and files on SSD, which effectively gets rid of the CPU wait time. This multi drive-to-server model significantly improves system performance, as eliminating CPU wait time results in better resource utilization and cost performance. Additionally, since SSD storage doesn't have physical moving parts like magnetic storage solutions, it can handle the more random nature of I/O loads in public cloud environments, while sustaining a higher level of performance and without slowing down. This allows for significantly higher I/O bandwidth with lower, more stable data access latencies. To support today's higher bandwidth and lower latency requirements, the company has already upgraded its cloud to 10GigE networking.
"Many companies try to tackle storage problems in the cloud by adding more servers with magnetic storage; however, this only creates a disparity in computing resources with under-utilized servers, over-provisioned storage drives, excessive costs and storage sprawl," said Patrick Baillie, CloudSigma CEO. "With our new SSD storage product, companies can, for the first time, easily handle the random nature of I/O loads in public clouds while minimizing necessary servers and realizing significant cost savings. Because the storage performance of hard drives has not kept pace with server performance or networking bandwidths, incorporating an SSD storage solution was a necessity, and will significantly expand the breadth of computing tasks that our public cloud can handle effectively. Because the storage performance of hard drives has not kept pace with server performance or networking bandwidths, incorporating an SSD storage solution was a necessity, and will significantly expand the breadth of computing tasks that our public cloud can handle effectively."
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Fujitsu Launches Dynamic Infrastructure Blocks (DI Blocks)
DI Blocks enable enterprises to take a modular, step-by-step approach towards consolidating and reshaping their data centers.
Fujitsu, a technology services and solutions provider, yesterday announced the global launch of Dynamic Infrastructure Blocks (DI Blocks), which enable enterprises to take a modular, step-by-step approach towards consolidating and reshaping their data centers. Enterprises gain a competitive edge from DI Blocks by ensuring that their IT operations are always available to meet changing business needs, and ready for on-premise private cloud infrastructures.
The company articulates that being a powerful but simple interface to fully-automated data center resources, DI Blocks are comprised of orchestrated server, storage, network, and virtualization technology, wrapped with integrated dynamic resource management software. Pools of infrastructure resources in data centers enable enterprises to quickly and easily provision IT services. As the needs of enterprise business change, DI Blocks provide an escape from the complexity and rigidity of last-generation silo technology. Data centers are transformed into highly-flexible and powerful automated pools of computing resources. Furthermore, integration and lifetime services including hardware and operating system maintenance can be provided by the company's consulting and operations support services.
It mentions that pre-integrated and factory-configured, customized DI Blocks enable enterprises to move towards scaled-out private cloud-based computing environments. Total cost of ownership is reduced by improving the overall use of server, storage, software, and networking components. IT resources are allocated on-demand, delivering improved productivity by provisioning logical infrastructure environments within minutes.
According to the company, enterprises can dynamically assign computing components as and when needed with management software such as its ServerView Resource Orchestrator which manages all physical and virtual elements, including leading virtualization technology from the company's partners, VMware and Microsoft. ServerView Resource Orchestrator supports the flexible and rapid utilization of IT resources in private clouds through dynamic resource management for physical and virtual computing resources and levers the company's public cloud expertise.
It says that DI Blocks are dedicated appliances for enterprise virtualization and private cloud infrastructures. The first set of DI Blocks will be commercially available in January 2012. Availability may vary by region. Pricing varies according to configuration. Starting at 48 cores, DI Blocks system configurations scale to more than 1700 Intel Xeon 5600 series cores, with memory of up to almost 21,000 GB and disk storage capacities of more than 900 TB, requiring 10 GB Ethernet or 8 GB Fiber Channel networks.
Yoichi Hori, President of Platform Software Unit at Fujitsu Limited said, "For enterprises, it is impossible to predict future resource requirements from IT systems, but with DI Blocks it is possible to create flexible, future-proof systems that are agile enough to meet ever-changing needs. This represents a major shift in how forward-looking companies are making the move to IT that supports their needs, rather than being restricted by rigid, outdated systems."
Fujitsu, a technology services and solutions provider, yesterday announced the global launch of Dynamic Infrastructure Blocks (DI Blocks), which enable enterprises to take a modular, step-by-step approach towards consolidating and reshaping their data centers. Enterprises gain a competitive edge from DI Blocks by ensuring that their IT operations are always available to meet changing business needs, and ready for on-premise private cloud infrastructures.
The company articulates that being a powerful but simple interface to fully-automated data center resources, DI Blocks are comprised of orchestrated server, storage, network, and virtualization technology, wrapped with integrated dynamic resource management software. Pools of infrastructure resources in data centers enable enterprises to quickly and easily provision IT services. As the needs of enterprise business change, DI Blocks provide an escape from the complexity and rigidity of last-generation silo technology. Data centers are transformed into highly-flexible and powerful automated pools of computing resources. Furthermore, integration and lifetime services including hardware and operating system maintenance can be provided by the company's consulting and operations support services.
It mentions that pre-integrated and factory-configured, customized DI Blocks enable enterprises to move towards scaled-out private cloud-based computing environments. Total cost of ownership is reduced by improving the overall use of server, storage, software, and networking components. IT resources are allocated on-demand, delivering improved productivity by provisioning logical infrastructure environments within minutes.
According to the company, enterprises can dynamically assign computing components as and when needed with management software such as its ServerView Resource Orchestrator which manages all physical and virtual elements, including leading virtualization technology from the company's partners, VMware and Microsoft. ServerView Resource Orchestrator supports the flexible and rapid utilization of IT resources in private clouds through dynamic resource management for physical and virtual computing resources and levers the company's public cloud expertise.
It says that DI Blocks are dedicated appliances for enterprise virtualization and private cloud infrastructures. The first set of DI Blocks will be commercially available in January 2012. Availability may vary by region. Pricing varies according to configuration. Starting at 48 cores, DI Blocks system configurations scale to more than 1700 Intel Xeon 5600 series cores, with memory of up to almost 21,000 GB and disk storage capacities of more than 900 TB, requiring 10 GB Ethernet or 8 GB Fiber Channel networks.
Yoichi Hori, President of Platform Software Unit at Fujitsu Limited said, "For enterprises, it is impossible to predict future resource requirements from IT systems, but with DI Blocks it is possible to create flexible, future-proof systems that are agile enough to meet ever-changing needs. This represents a major shift in how forward-looking companies are making the move to IT that supports their needs, rather than being restricted by rigid, outdated systems."
SunGard Availability Services Announces Managed Recovery Program
With this service, SunGard experts manage the entire recovery lifecycle for organizations, helping lower the cost, burden and risk in the recovery processes.
SunGard Availability Services, a provider of disaster recovery services, yesterday announced its Managed Recovery Program (MRP), a new offering that takes the pain out of application recovery for complex IT environments. With this service, SunGard experts manage the entire recovery lifecycle for organizations, helping lower the cost, burden and risk in the recovery processes. Organizations working with its Managed Recovery Program have been able to raise their confidence in recovery, while refocusing their efforts on primary production operations.
The company states that with the Managed Recovery Program, it goes beyond infrastructure and assumes complete responsibility from customer IT staffs for applications-focused recovery. The program includes planning, scoping, implementing, testing and operating recovery processes. Its programmatic approach helps customers identify and address root cause recovery pain points, such as change management for disaster recovery plans and procedures, and staff availability and skill levels needed to support testing and recovery activities. For each customer, the company assigns a service delivery manager who works as a seamless extension of the internal IT staff to coordinate testing activities and management of the recovery lifecycle.
It avers that the Managed Recovery Program includes all of the service components required to ensure successful application recovery throughout the entire recovery lifecycle including:
Definition and maintenance of recovery plans, procedures and recovery infrastructure configurations
Recovery procedure execution including startup of operating system, network and backup servers
Recovery management during disasters
Post-test reporting including detailed review of test activities, gap analysis, recommendations for improvements, remediation plans, program status reporting, contract maintenance and updates
"Managing applications recovery is a tough challenge in today's complex and changing applications environments, requiring specialized expertise, mature and repeatable best practices, and advanced recovery tools," said Larry Coble, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Recovery Services at SunGard Availability Services. "The Managed Recovery Program is unique in combining these elements to deliver confidence in applications recovery, using a lifecycle approach that enables recovery to stay current with production changes."
"SunGard's Managed Recovery Program alleviates the pain associated with application recovery and the related challenges of change management and updating recovery plans, by allowing organizations to outsource these critical but oftentimes neglected tasks," said Lauren Whitehouse, Senior Analyst, ESG. "SunGard's program is differentiated by addressing change management explicitly for each client organization, solving a root cause problem that too often undermines recovery planning. Organizations working with SunGard MRP can expect to avoid surprises in the recovery process which can lead to significant business impacts - and strengthen production operations as part of the package."
SunGard Availability Services, a provider of disaster recovery services, yesterday announced its Managed Recovery Program (MRP), a new offering that takes the pain out of application recovery for complex IT environments. With this service, SunGard experts manage the entire recovery lifecycle for organizations, helping lower the cost, burden and risk in the recovery processes. Organizations working with its Managed Recovery Program have been able to raise their confidence in recovery, while refocusing their efforts on primary production operations.
The company states that with the Managed Recovery Program, it goes beyond infrastructure and assumes complete responsibility from customer IT staffs for applications-focused recovery. The program includes planning, scoping, implementing, testing and operating recovery processes. Its programmatic approach helps customers identify and address root cause recovery pain points, such as change management for disaster recovery plans and procedures, and staff availability and skill levels needed to support testing and recovery activities. For each customer, the company assigns a service delivery manager who works as a seamless extension of the internal IT staff to coordinate testing activities and management of the recovery lifecycle.
It avers that the Managed Recovery Program includes all of the service components required to ensure successful application recovery throughout the entire recovery lifecycle including:
Definition and maintenance of recovery plans, procedures and recovery infrastructure configurations
Recovery procedure execution including startup of operating system, network and backup servers
Recovery management during disasters
Post-test reporting including detailed review of test activities, gap analysis, recommendations for improvements, remediation plans, program status reporting, contract maintenance and updates
"Managing applications recovery is a tough challenge in today's complex and changing applications environments, requiring specialized expertise, mature and repeatable best practices, and advanced recovery tools," said Larry Coble, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Recovery Services at SunGard Availability Services. "The Managed Recovery Program is unique in combining these elements to deliver confidence in applications recovery, using a lifecycle approach that enables recovery to stay current with production changes."
"SunGard's Managed Recovery Program alleviates the pain associated with application recovery and the related challenges of change management and updating recovery plans, by allowing organizations to outsource these critical but oftentimes neglected tasks," said Lauren Whitehouse, Senior Analyst, ESG. "SunGard's program is differentiated by addressing change management explicitly for each client organization, solving a root cause problem that too often undermines recovery planning. Organizations working with SunGard MRP can expect to avoid surprises in the recovery process which can lead to significant business impacts - and strengthen production operations as part of the package."
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
DiscountASP.NET Launches Premium Managed TFS Hosting Solutions
Company expands its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution with managed TFS hosting services.
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced expanding its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution with managed TFS hosting services.
According to the company, the managed TFS hosting is a premium service that gives customers their own instance of Team Foundation Server on a dedicated VM which is not shared with any other customer. While source control and work item tracking is part of the managed TFS hosting solution, the customer also has the option for SharePoint and reporting as well. Managed TFS hosting is available in USA-based and Europe-based data centers.
"We are expanding our TFS hosting service in part by listening to feedback from our customer surveys," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "We heard that customers wanted more options and we are delivering on this. We will continue to improve and evolve our TFS hosting service."
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced expanding its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution with managed TFS hosting services.
According to the company, the managed TFS hosting is a premium service that gives customers their own instance of Team Foundation Server on a dedicated VM which is not shared with any other customer. While source control and work item tracking is part of the managed TFS hosting solution, the customer also has the option for SharePoint and reporting as well. Managed TFS hosting is available in USA-based and Europe-based data centers.
"We are expanding our TFS hosting service in part by listening to feedback from our customer surveys," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "We heard that customers wanted more options and we are delivering on this. We will continue to improve and evolve our TFS hosting service."
SingleHop Releases Third Generation of LEAP
Complete redesign of interface & platform provides clients with a new level of on-demand control.
SingleHop, Inc., a dedicated and managed web hosting provider, recently announced the release of the third generation of LEAP, its proprietary infrastructure management platform. In addition to an entirely revamped interface, LEAP v3 offers clients true on-demand access to their systems, and enables clients to design infrastructure solutions from any combination of dedicated server, public or private cloud components.
The company articulates that core and unique to LEAP v3 is the Crowdsourced Marketplace, with the tag-line 'Infrastructure by Democracy'. The program allows anyone to join the community and design solutions for any particular application. Once designed, solutions can be submitted for approval, and if accepted, will be made available to other clients of the company. True to its on-demand nature, all IaaS products offered by the company, including solutions from the Crowdsourced Marketplace, can be deployed with one click through the LEAP Solutions Center.
It avers that LEAP v3 offers the following:
Ability to design hybrid solutions using a wide range of components & deploy with one click
Crowdsourced Marketplace allows hybrid solutions to be designed by the community, providing a wider range of ideas and possibilities
Organize and group any infrastructure components into solutions, which can be quickly deployed with the push of a button
Increased productivity for IT departments with a better range of IaaS management tools
Modernized user interface, designed to support hybrid computing and to facilitate agility and speed
"In LEAP v3, we've completely rewritten the book on how solutions are designed, deployed, and managed in the data center. Our clients can either build their own hybrid solution and deploy it from our new and robust Solutions Center, or they can leverage our Crowdsourced Marketplace to choose a solution designed by the independent systems architects, software companies, or other SingleHop clients," said Zak Boca, Chief Executive Officer.
"Providing high levels of automation has been at the core of our business strategy. Now, by giving our clients the ability to design and deploy their own hybrid solution, or use a solution available through our Crowdsourced Marketplace, we're even finding more ways to leverage the platform that we've built," said Marc Bollinger, Senior Project Manager.
SingleHop, Inc., a dedicated and managed web hosting provider, recently announced the release of the third generation of LEAP, its proprietary infrastructure management platform. In addition to an entirely revamped interface, LEAP v3 offers clients true on-demand access to their systems, and enables clients to design infrastructure solutions from any combination of dedicated server, public or private cloud components.
The company articulates that core and unique to LEAP v3 is the Crowdsourced Marketplace, with the tag-line 'Infrastructure by Democracy'. The program allows anyone to join the community and design solutions for any particular application. Once designed, solutions can be submitted for approval, and if accepted, will be made available to other clients of the company. True to its on-demand nature, all IaaS products offered by the company, including solutions from the Crowdsourced Marketplace, can be deployed with one click through the LEAP Solutions Center.
It avers that LEAP v3 offers the following:
Ability to design hybrid solutions using a wide range of components & deploy with one click
Crowdsourced Marketplace allows hybrid solutions to be designed by the community, providing a wider range of ideas and possibilities
Organize and group any infrastructure components into solutions, which can be quickly deployed with the push of a button
Increased productivity for IT departments with a better range of IaaS management tools
Modernized user interface, designed to support hybrid computing and to facilitate agility and speed
"In LEAP v3, we've completely rewritten the book on how solutions are designed, deployed, and managed in the data center. Our clients can either build their own hybrid solution and deploy it from our new and robust Solutions Center, or they can leverage our Crowdsourced Marketplace to choose a solution designed by the independent systems architects, software companies, or other SingleHop clients," said Zak Boca, Chief Executive Officer.
"Providing high levels of automation has been at the core of our business strategy. Now, by giving our clients the ability to design and deploy their own hybrid solution, or use a solution available through our Crowdsourced Marketplace, we're even finding more ways to leverage the platform that we've built," said Marc Bollinger, Senior Project Manager.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
SoftLayer Partners with RightScale
Collaboration and integration gives customers the power to manage workloads on the company's global cloud infrastructure using the RightScale Cloud Management Platform.
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, alongwith RightScale, Inc., a provider of cloud computing management services, today announced that they are developing the ability to manage and deploy the company's cloud computing services through the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. Customers will be able to globally deploy, automate and manage their toughest computing workloads utilizing RightScale cloud management on the company's public and private cloud infrastructure.
It states that with this partnership, customers will be able to choose and deploy workloads on the company's global cloud infrastructure based in the US, Europe and Asia with RightScale Cloud Management. With a global footprint of 13 data centers, it will be the first to offer a mainland Europe public cloud through the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. The RightScale Cloud Management Platform provides pre-built Server Templates for faster cloud on-boarding and automation capabilities for increased efficiency. This partnership will also provide customers with access to the RightScale MultiCloud Marketplace that includes pre-built cloud Server Templates, scripts, and architectures published by RightScale, ISV, and SI partners. All of these pre-built configurations are fully customizable and provide a variety of solutions to get started ranging from standard application stacks to database solutions.
The company further states that its cloud servers, part of its family of CloudLayer services, leverage its proprietary network architecture to allow seamless integration of virtual and dedicated computing resources. These hybrid environments can be managed through a single Customer Portal and API, providing the highest level of efficiency, control, and scalability. With RightScale, customers will have the ability to manage the company's public and private cloud workloads through a 'single pane of glass' with portability across private and public clouds.
"We are excited to partner with RightScale and empower customers to leverage our services' unique advantages with RightScale cloud computing management," said Duke Skarda, SoftLayer Chief Technology Officer. "The benefits that RightScale has brought to the marketplace align directly with our founding mission to provide customers total flexibility and control."
"SoftLayer has created an impressive cloud offering with a truly global service. We look forward to the partnership, supporting their growing cloud services and global rollout," said Michael Crandell, Co-founder and CEO of RightScale. "RightScale is committed to supporting major cloud infrastructure providers such as SoftLayer and offering the highest caliber of management solutions for their customers."
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, alongwith RightScale, Inc., a provider of cloud computing management services, today announced that they are developing the ability to manage and deploy the company's cloud computing services through the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. Customers will be able to globally deploy, automate and manage their toughest computing workloads utilizing RightScale cloud management on the company's public and private cloud infrastructure.
It states that with this partnership, customers will be able to choose and deploy workloads on the company's global cloud infrastructure based in the US, Europe and Asia with RightScale Cloud Management. With a global footprint of 13 data centers, it will be the first to offer a mainland Europe public cloud through the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. The RightScale Cloud Management Platform provides pre-built Server Templates for faster cloud on-boarding and automation capabilities for increased efficiency. This partnership will also provide customers with access to the RightScale MultiCloud Marketplace that includes pre-built cloud Server Templates, scripts, and architectures published by RightScale, ISV, and SI partners. All of these pre-built configurations are fully customizable and provide a variety of solutions to get started ranging from standard application stacks to database solutions.
The company further states that its cloud servers, part of its family of CloudLayer services, leverage its proprietary network architecture to allow seamless integration of virtual and dedicated computing resources. These hybrid environments can be managed through a single Customer Portal and API, providing the highest level of efficiency, control, and scalability. With RightScale, customers will have the ability to manage the company's public and private cloud workloads through a 'single pane of glass' with portability across private and public clouds.
"We are excited to partner with RightScale and empower customers to leverage our services' unique advantages with RightScale cloud computing management," said Duke Skarda, SoftLayer Chief Technology Officer. "The benefits that RightScale has brought to the marketplace align directly with our founding mission to provide customers total flexibility and control."
"SoftLayer has created an impressive cloud offering with a truly global service. We look forward to the partnership, supporting their growing cloud services and global rollout," said Michael Crandell, Co-founder and CEO of RightScale. "RightScale is committed to supporting major cloud infrastructure providers such as SoftLayer and offering the highest caliber of management solutions for their customers."
Neutral Tandem to Offer Cloud-Based Unified Communications
New service will utilize Cisco's hosted collaboration solution platform to offer VARs and Integrators Turn-Key, Hosted UC solutions.
Neutral Tandem, Inc., a provider of interconnection services, yesterday announced its plans to introduce the first cloud-based collaboration service in the United States specifically developed to be resold by Cisco's Value-Added Reseller (VAR) community and System Integrators (SIs). The new cloud-based service is based on Cisco's next-generation Unified Communications infrastructure and will leverage the company's expertise in operating and managing IP networks. It has entered into HCS Trial agreements with select Cisco authorized VARs and is trialing the service with them.
The company articulates that the service, based on Cisco's Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS), will enable VARs/SIs to deliver a full suite of unified communication and collaboration applications, including Single Number Reach, Integrated Messaging and Presence, Video Calling and WebEx integration. HCS provides support for single site, multi-site and hybrid premise-based implementations that allow significant flexibility to business customers. This solution will enable VARs/SIs to sell a monthly subscription based solution under their own brand. Additionally, VARs/SIs can provide customized solutions to their client base by overlaying HCS with their own managed services. This will offer VARs/SIs the unique opportunity to differentiate themselves while growing their revenue predictably and without heavy front-end CAPEX costs for themselves or their customers.
It mentions that the service will provide a robust set of tools necessary for Cisco VARs/SIs to sell and manage the full suite of HCS services. This new service is designed to integrate with a VAR's/SI's existing unified communications and collaboration services provisioning and management processes. Furthermore, its focus on providing solutions to the wholesale market will preserve the end-user customer relationships with the VAR/SI.
According to the company, Cisco's research shows that the market for hosted unified communications and collaboration solutions is growing significantly. By 2013, hosted collaboration is projected to grow to $8 billion, comprising 31 percent of the Unified Communications market. Reselling the company's wholesale HCS offering will allow VARs/SIs to meet the growing demand for cloud solutions.
"We are excited to develop this new hosted offer together with Cisco and expand our product portfolio to include cloud-based services that will help companies cost effectively meet the unified communication needs of the market," added Surendra Saboo, President and COO of Neutral Tandem. "This will be an ideal way for VARs and system integrators to be able to offer a Hosted Collaboration Solution to their enterprise customers while benefiting from a new stream of recurring revenue."
"Cisco has a range of go-to-market strategies to meet the growing demand for cloud collaboration services and Neutral Tandem's white label offering of HCS is one model that presents a significant business opportunity for channel partners," said Richard McLeod, Senior Director for Cisco's Worldwide Partner Collaboration Sales and Practice Management. "As the first US-based partner to bring a white-label HCS offering to market, Neutral Tandem will help VARs and integrators drive growth and profitability while providing end customers with a proven collaboration solution."
Nexus IS, Inc., a Cisco Gold Certified Partner focused on offering collaboration, data center, borderless networks, business video and managed services, is the first Cisco channel partner to trial the company's new HCS offer. "We are pleased to be involved in the proof-of-concept phase for Cisco Systems and Neutral Tandem's new collaborative HCS solution. We are particularly impressed by Neutral Tandem's detailed understanding of the market and network neutrality. Our customers have been asking for a solution like this and Neutral Tandem's network neutrality is what drew us to their offer," said Mike Heiman, VP of Engineering of Nexus IS, Inc. "This is a great program that will provide us the ability to differentiate ourselves while competing more effectively."
Neutral Tandem, Inc., a provider of interconnection services, yesterday announced its plans to introduce the first cloud-based collaboration service in the United States specifically developed to be resold by Cisco's Value-Added Reseller (VAR) community and System Integrators (SIs). The new cloud-based service is based on Cisco's next-generation Unified Communications infrastructure and will leverage the company's expertise in operating and managing IP networks. It has entered into HCS Trial agreements with select Cisco authorized VARs and is trialing the service with them.
The company articulates that the service, based on Cisco's Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS), will enable VARs/SIs to deliver a full suite of unified communication and collaboration applications, including Single Number Reach, Integrated Messaging and Presence, Video Calling and WebEx integration. HCS provides support for single site, multi-site and hybrid premise-based implementations that allow significant flexibility to business customers. This solution will enable VARs/SIs to sell a monthly subscription based solution under their own brand. Additionally, VARs/SIs can provide customized solutions to their client base by overlaying HCS with their own managed services. This will offer VARs/SIs the unique opportunity to differentiate themselves while growing their revenue predictably and without heavy front-end CAPEX costs for themselves or their customers.
It mentions that the service will provide a robust set of tools necessary for Cisco VARs/SIs to sell and manage the full suite of HCS services. This new service is designed to integrate with a VAR's/SI's existing unified communications and collaboration services provisioning and management processes. Furthermore, its focus on providing solutions to the wholesale market will preserve the end-user customer relationships with the VAR/SI.
According to the company, Cisco's research shows that the market for hosted unified communications and collaboration solutions is growing significantly. By 2013, hosted collaboration is projected to grow to $8 billion, comprising 31 percent of the Unified Communications market. Reselling the company's wholesale HCS offering will allow VARs/SIs to meet the growing demand for cloud solutions.
"We are excited to develop this new hosted offer together with Cisco and expand our product portfolio to include cloud-based services that will help companies cost effectively meet the unified communication needs of the market," added Surendra Saboo, President and COO of Neutral Tandem. "This will be an ideal way for VARs and system integrators to be able to offer a Hosted Collaboration Solution to their enterprise customers while benefiting from a new stream of recurring revenue."
"Cisco has a range of go-to-market strategies to meet the growing demand for cloud collaboration services and Neutral Tandem's white label offering of HCS is one model that presents a significant business opportunity for channel partners," said Richard McLeod, Senior Director for Cisco's Worldwide Partner Collaboration Sales and Practice Management. "As the first US-based partner to bring a white-label HCS offering to market, Neutral Tandem will help VARs and integrators drive growth and profitability while providing end customers with a proven collaboration solution."
Nexus IS, Inc., a Cisco Gold Certified Partner focused on offering collaboration, data center, borderless networks, business video and managed services, is the first Cisco channel partner to trial the company's new HCS offer. "We are pleased to be involved in the proof-of-concept phase for Cisco Systems and Neutral Tandem's new collaborative HCS solution. We are particularly impressed by Neutral Tandem's detailed understanding of the market and network neutrality. Our customers have been asking for a solution like this and Neutral Tandem's network neutrality is what drew us to their offer," said Mike Heiman, VP of Engineering of Nexus IS, Inc. "This is a great program that will provide us the ability to differentiate ourselves while competing more effectively."
OpSource Announces Availability of Cloud Software
Solution enables organizations to consume enterprise products such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and database and middleware platforms on a pay-for-use basis.
OpSource, Inc., a provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services, yesterday announced the launch of OpSource Cloud Software, a commercial software solution that enables organizations to consume enterprise products such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and leading database and middleware platforms on a pay-for-use basis. The company claims that available on demand and priced hourly and monthly, OpSource Cloud Software has been tested by it and is enterprise-ready, making it ideal for testing and development as well as production environments. Because this new offering enables organizations to more efficiently consume software, companies are able to realize a level of cost savings previously only attained with cloud-based infrastructure services.
It avers that Cloud Software is ideal for SaaS ISVs and mid-sized businesses that want to reduce software licensing costs for temporary application testing and development as well as launching new application initiatives. Available in two different pricing models, Cloud Software is enterprise-ready, offering organizations the security, flexibility and proven support typically associated with its cloud-based offerings.
The company says that Cloud Software is available for popular commercial software including, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and leading enterprise database and middleware platforms. The company is able to support monthly and hourly pricing models to accommodate software that is priced per server or per CPU:
Per Server priced Cloud Software incurs a specific rate per hour when a server is running and a specific rate per hour when a server is stopped. This hourly rate is the same regardless of the number of CPUs configured on the server.
Per CPU priced Cloud Software incurs a specific rate per hour per CPU when a server is running and a specific rate per hour per CPU when a server is stopped. In this case, the overall rate varies based on the number of CPU associated with the server.
It adds that the company will continue to add Cloud Software from other vendors based on client demand and successful integration testing.
"To date, organizations that want to take advantage of the productivity gains and cost reductions associated with cloud-based services have only benefited from half of the equation," said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. "Cloud computing infrastructure as a service has made a big impact on reducing IT expense, but the full savings cannot be realized as long as companies are still paying full licensing fees for temporary workloads. With Cloud Software, businesses can consume software the same way they consumer infrastructure - conveniently while paying for only what is needed."
"OpSource continuing to innovate in cloud offerings," said Charlie Burns, Vice President, Saugatuck, an IT research and advisory firm specializing in SaaS and cloud infrastructure. "The reality is that not all commercial software is available with 'on-demand' licensing and pricing. Conventional software licensing fees can easily exceed the cost of cloud computing resources. OpSource has recognized this and is striving to better align the economics of software licensing and cloud infrastructure."
OpSource, Inc., a provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services, yesterday announced the launch of OpSource Cloud Software, a commercial software solution that enables organizations to consume enterprise products such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and leading database and middleware platforms on a pay-for-use basis. The company claims that available on demand and priced hourly and monthly, OpSource Cloud Software has been tested by it and is enterprise-ready, making it ideal for testing and development as well as production environments. Because this new offering enables organizations to more efficiently consume software, companies are able to realize a level of cost savings previously only attained with cloud-based infrastructure services.
It avers that Cloud Software is ideal for SaaS ISVs and mid-sized businesses that want to reduce software licensing costs for temporary application testing and development as well as launching new application initiatives. Available in two different pricing models, Cloud Software is enterprise-ready, offering organizations the security, flexibility and proven support typically associated with its cloud-based offerings.
The company says that Cloud Software is available for popular commercial software including, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and leading enterprise database and middleware platforms. The company is able to support monthly and hourly pricing models to accommodate software that is priced per server or per CPU:
Per Server priced Cloud Software incurs a specific rate per hour when a server is running and a specific rate per hour when a server is stopped. This hourly rate is the same regardless of the number of CPUs configured on the server.
Per CPU priced Cloud Software incurs a specific rate per hour per CPU when a server is running and a specific rate per hour per CPU when a server is stopped. In this case, the overall rate varies based on the number of CPU associated with the server.
It adds that the company will continue to add Cloud Software from other vendors based on client demand and successful integration testing.
"To date, organizations that want to take advantage of the productivity gains and cost reductions associated with cloud-based services have only benefited from half of the equation," said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. "Cloud computing infrastructure as a service has made a big impact on reducing IT expense, but the full savings cannot be realized as long as companies are still paying full licensing fees for temporary workloads. With Cloud Software, businesses can consume software the same way they consumer infrastructure - conveniently while paying for only what is needed."
"OpSource continuing to innovate in cloud offerings," said Charlie Burns, Vice President, Saugatuck, an IT research and advisory firm specializing in SaaS and cloud infrastructure. "The reality is that not all commercial software is available with 'on-demand' licensing and pricing. Conventional software licensing fees can easily exceed the cost of cloud computing resources. OpSource has recognized this and is striving to better align the economics of software licensing and cloud infrastructure."
Saturday, November 5, 2011
ZNet Wins The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2011 Award
Company is ranked number 19th fastest growing technology company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2011.
ZNet Technologies, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, today announced that it ranked number 19th on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2011, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years.
The company says that it grew 193% percent during this period. The company previously won Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2010 & Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2010.
ZNet Technologies Pvt Ltd's CEO, Munesh Jadoun, credits best customer services, right pricing & updated products/services for the company's 193% revenue growth over the past three years. He said, "We are happy to be awarded with the Fast 50 India 2011 Award for the second time. The growth of ZNet is phenomenal not only in terms of revenue but also in terms of customer service too. We thank Deloitte for conducting this award in order to felicitate the best growing companies of India."
"Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is commendable in today's highly competitive technology industry," said P N Sudarshan, Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited (partner in charge of Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 India program). "We congratulate ZNet Technologies Pvt Ltd on being one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India."
ZNet Technologies, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, today announced that it ranked number 19th on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2011, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years.
The company says that it grew 193% percent during this period. The company previously won Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2010 & Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2010.
ZNet Technologies Pvt Ltd's CEO, Munesh Jadoun, credits best customer services, right pricing & updated products/services for the company's 193% revenue growth over the past three years. He said, "We are happy to be awarded with the Fast 50 India 2011 Award for the second time. The growth of ZNet is phenomenal not only in terms of revenue but also in terms of customer service too. We thank Deloitte for conducting this award in order to felicitate the best growing companies of India."
"Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is commendable in today's highly competitive technology industry," said P N Sudarshan, Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited (partner in charge of Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 India program). "We congratulate ZNet Technologies Pvt Ltd on being one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India."
Friday, November 4, 2011
Lumison Names Non-Executive Chairman
Pieter Knook joins the company to develop future growth strategies to support its aggressive expansion plans.
Lumison, a web hosting provider, yesterday announced the appointment of Pieter Knook as Non-executive Chairman. Knook joins the company to develop future growth strategies to support its aggressive expansion plans. It recently announced the acquisition of Dedipower Managed Hosting Ltd. This acquisition was part of the company's business growth strategy, which has seen its revenues increase from GBP 6.4m to GBP 27.5m over the last three years.
The company avers that Knook brings a deep knowledge of internet, mobile and cloud-based services, which he will utilize within the company as it aims to become the largest UK managed services company to specifically serve the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market. At Vodafone, Knook was responsible for Internet Services, building a suite of cloud based services to reinvent Vodafone Live.
It mentions that the company will focus on providing practical, cost-effective solutions to customers' business IT issues, by providing reliable IT infrastructure-as-a-service, as the need for a scalable and flexible way of working grows. It offers colocation, managed hosting and cloud services to UK 'mid market' companies hosting their online operations, business applications and development environments. It employs 130 staff across the UK and provides managed IT services to 2500 British businesses.
Lumison, a web hosting provider, yesterday announced the appointment of Pieter Knook as Non-executive Chairman. Knook joins the company to develop future growth strategies to support its aggressive expansion plans. It recently announced the acquisition of Dedipower Managed Hosting Ltd. This acquisition was part of the company's business growth strategy, which has seen its revenues increase from GBP 6.4m to GBP 27.5m over the last three years.
The company avers that Knook brings a deep knowledge of internet, mobile and cloud-based services, which he will utilize within the company as it aims to become the largest UK managed services company to specifically serve the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market. At Vodafone, Knook was responsible for Internet Services, building a suite of cloud based services to reinvent Vodafone Live.
It mentions that the company will focus on providing practical, cost-effective solutions to customers' business IT issues, by providing reliable IT infrastructure-as-a-service, as the need for a scalable and flexible way of working grows. It offers colocation, managed hosting and cloud services to UK 'mid market' companies hosting their online operations, business applications and development environments. It employs 130 staff across the UK and provides managed IT services to 2500 British businesses.
CoreXchange Offers Online Ordering Through Enhanced Website
In addition to new low pricing, the company is waiving the set up fee on all orders placed online by November 30th.
CoreXchange, a colocation and internet services provider, recently announced the release of its new online ordering of enterprise-level colocation and bandwidth solutions. In addition to new low pricing, the company is waiving the set up fee on all orders placed online by November 30th.
The company claims that its bundled colocation packages include all the space, power, bandwidth and security for the most demanding data center and networking requirements. All solutions include options for the following features:
Simplified colocation and connectivity solutions
All colocation packages include space, power, bandwidth, and IP addresses
100% power and network SLA's available
Bandwidth from 1 Mbps to 1000 Mbps (up to 10 Gig available)
Burstable or unmetered bandwidth options
Selections for redundant power drops, network handoffs and cross connects
Basic or advanced monitoring and off-site data storage options available
Economical and flexible pricing options:
Half Cabinet - from USD 299 month with USD 299 setup fee
Full Cabinet - from USD 399 with USD 399 setup fee
Private Cages - from USD 1899 with USD 1996 setup fee
According to it, the company offers all the same enterprise-level features and benefits online with a professional and knowledgeable sales staff available to assist with orders. Advantages include:
Scalable Data Center Space
SAS70 Type II audited data center facilities (currently under SSAE16 audit)
Facilities designed and managed by the company
Redundant power and HVAC cooling systems
High Performance Network
Premium bandwidth mesh of multiple, Tier-1 internet carriers with BGP routing
Latest generation routing and switching equipment
Carrier neutral options available
Owned and managed transport to Equinix with access to all Equinix carriers
Onsite Support and Secure Access
24-hour onsite NOC support
FREE Remote hands and eyes services including reboots
24/7/365 physical access for customers
Pre-approved control access list with ID check-in plus secure badge system
CoreXchange, a colocation and internet services provider, recently announced the release of its new online ordering of enterprise-level colocation and bandwidth solutions. In addition to new low pricing, the company is waiving the set up fee on all orders placed online by November 30th.
The company claims that its bundled colocation packages include all the space, power, bandwidth and security for the most demanding data center and networking requirements. All solutions include options for the following features:
Simplified colocation and connectivity solutions
All colocation packages include space, power, bandwidth, and IP addresses
100% power and network SLA's available
Bandwidth from 1 Mbps to 1000 Mbps (up to 10 Gig available)
Burstable or unmetered bandwidth options
Selections for redundant power drops, network handoffs and cross connects
Basic or advanced monitoring and off-site data storage options available
Economical and flexible pricing options:
Half Cabinet - from USD 299 month with USD 299 setup fee
Full Cabinet - from USD 399 with USD 399 setup fee
Private Cages - from USD 1899 with USD 1996 setup fee
According to it, the company offers all the same enterprise-level features and benefits online with a professional and knowledgeable sales staff available to assist with orders. Advantages include:
Scalable Data Center Space
SAS70 Type II audited data center facilities (currently under SSAE16 audit)
Facilities designed and managed by the company
Redundant power and HVAC cooling systems
High Performance Network
Premium bandwidth mesh of multiple, Tier-1 internet carriers with BGP routing
Latest generation routing and switching equipment
Carrier neutral options available
Owned and managed transport to Equinix with access to all Equinix carriers
Onsite Support and Secure Access
24-hour onsite NOC support
FREE Remote hands and eyes services including reboots
24/7/365 physical access for customers
Pre-approved control access list with ID check-in plus secure badge system
Rackspace Joins EMC Velocity Service Provider Partner Program
Relationship to broaden IT buyers' access to cloud-based services.
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced that it will expand its relationship with EMC by joining the EMC Velocity Service Provider Program to develop new cloud-based service offerings. The two companies have collaborated since 2001 to bring a full range of innovative solutions leveraging EMC's portfolio of information infrastructure products including virtual storage and a range of cloud-based data management services.
The company avers that with the expanded relationship, the two companies will work together on new, joint solutions that will enable enterprises to optimize efficiencies and reduce costs. Through the Velocity Service Provider Partner Program, EMC will work with the company to enable it to deliver a wide variety of cloud-based IT services to the global IT market.
It mentions that current service offerings include Rackspace managed Enterprise Private Clouds that are based on EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX unified storage to deliver enterprise storage area networks. Additionally, the company provides data replication services based on EMC RecoverPoint, EMC Data Domain, and EMC Isilon products. Rackspace also offers EMC solutions with Fanatical Support, giving end-users a wider choice of cloud-based IT strategies and tactical advantages such as cost savings, flexibility and scalability coupled with world-class support to boost its efficiency.
"Our end-users will benefit from the relationship between EMC and Rackspace as it provides the IT solutions from both companies on one seamless offering while lowering costs," said Jim Lewandowski, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Rackspace. "In the past, meeting computing needs meant you had to buy servers, hire technical talent and then continually reinvest to keep up with technology. Now the end-users can shift their focus to their mission-critical apps, core competencies and innovation while being supported by our hallmark Fanatical Support."
"As long time partners, the expansion of our relationship to develop new cloud-based solutions is a natural evolution. Rackspace's rock solid foundation and world class Fanatical Support combined with EMC's portfolio of products that are optimized for virtual environments will enable Rackspace to deliver innovative cloud computing offerings," said EMC's Dennis Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Service Providers. "EMC is committed to working with service providers like Rackspace to deliver trusted, enterprise-class cloud services that allow our mutual customers to choose the right source for every IT workload."
Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced that it will expand its relationship with EMC by joining the EMC Velocity Service Provider Program to develop new cloud-based service offerings. The two companies have collaborated since 2001 to bring a full range of innovative solutions leveraging EMC's portfolio of information infrastructure products including virtual storage and a range of cloud-based data management services.
The company avers that with the expanded relationship, the two companies will work together on new, joint solutions that will enable enterprises to optimize efficiencies and reduce costs. Through the Velocity Service Provider Partner Program, EMC will work with the company to enable it to deliver a wide variety of cloud-based IT services to the global IT market.
It mentions that current service offerings include Rackspace managed Enterprise Private Clouds that are based on EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX unified storage to deliver enterprise storage area networks. Additionally, the company provides data replication services based on EMC RecoverPoint, EMC Data Domain, and EMC Isilon products. Rackspace also offers EMC solutions with Fanatical Support, giving end-users a wider choice of cloud-based IT strategies and tactical advantages such as cost savings, flexibility and scalability coupled with world-class support to boost its efficiency.
"Our end-users will benefit from the relationship between EMC and Rackspace as it provides the IT solutions from both companies on one seamless offering while lowering costs," said Jim Lewandowski, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Rackspace. "In the past, meeting computing needs meant you had to buy servers, hire technical talent and then continually reinvest to keep up with technology. Now the end-users can shift their focus to their mission-critical apps, core competencies and innovation while being supported by our hallmark Fanatical Support."
"As long time partners, the expansion of our relationship to develop new cloud-based solutions is a natural evolution. Rackspace's rock solid foundation and world class Fanatical Support combined with EMC's portfolio of products that are optimized for virtual environments will enable Rackspace to deliver innovative cloud computing offerings," said EMC's Dennis Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Service Providers. "EMC is committed to working with service providers like Rackspace to deliver trusted, enterprise-class cloud services that allow our mutual customers to choose the right source for every IT workload."
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Nicline Extends .EU Promotion
Company will be offering discount on .EU domains till 30th November.
Nicline, an ICANN accredited Registrar for domain name resellers, today announced that it has extended its .EU promotion till 30th November, 2011.
The company articulates that .EU domains can be registered under promotion for EUR 3 only (regular price: from EUR 6.19). .EU domain celebrated its fifth birthday last April 2011 with 3.4 million domains registered. Since it was first launched in 2006, European users trust in .EU extension, number of registered domain names has doubled. In the last months, .EU domain names registrations have increased in 16 European Union countries, which show a growing interest among European Union businesses, organizations and residents.
Nicline, an ICANN accredited Registrar for domain name resellers, today announced that it has extended its .EU promotion till 30th November, 2011.
The company articulates that .EU domains can be registered under promotion for EUR 3 only (regular price: from EUR 6.19). .EU domain celebrated its fifth birthday last April 2011 with 3.4 million domains registered. Since it was first launched in 2006, European users trust in .EU extension, number of registered domain names has doubled. In the last months, .EU domain names registrations have increased in 16 European Union countries, which show a growing interest among European Union businesses, organizations and residents.
1&1 Launches Domain Registration Mobile App
Company makes domain registration possible from anywhere with mobile apps.
1&1 Internet Ltd, a web hosting company, yesterday announced that it has developed a Smartphone app which makes it possible to order a domain anywhere and at any time.
The company says that the new Domain Order App runs on iPhone, iPod Touch and Android-based Smartphones. Downloads are available for free under the following links:
iOS: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1-1-domains/id468630810
Android: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.oneandone.de.domainordering&hl=en
According to it, the free app is easy to use. After downloading it from Apple iTunes or Google Android Market, a customer only needs to register with their 1&1 customer ID and password. Then he or she can just order a domain when on the go - for instance, while one is traveling to a meeting. The availability of the domain will be checked through an automatic 'Who is' query integrated into the app. The company adds that within its many special offers, many domains are greatly reduced in price. For example, a Top Level Domain such as .COM, is available for USD 0.99 a year.
1&1 Internet Ltd, a web hosting company, yesterday announced that it has developed a Smartphone app which makes it possible to order a domain anywhere and at any time.
The company says that the new Domain Order App runs on iPhone, iPod Touch and Android-based Smartphones. Downloads are available for free under the following links:
iOS: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1-1-domains/id468630810
Android: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.oneandone.de.domainordering&hl=en
According to it, the free app is easy to use. After downloading it from Apple iTunes or Google Android Market, a customer only needs to register with their 1&1 customer ID and password. Then he or she can just order a domain when on the go - for instance, while one is traveling to a meeting. The availability of the domain will be checked through an automatic 'Who is' query integrated into the app. The company adds that within its many special offers, many domains are greatly reduced in price. For example, a Top Level Domain such as .COM, is available for USD 0.99 a year.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
LogicBoxes Crosses 6 Million Domains
Company now powers 6 Million Domain Names on its proprietary platform - OrderBox.
LogicBoxes, a Registrar software and consulting company, today announced that it has crossed the 6 Million mark for Domains registered through its platform - OrderBox.
It took the company a little under a year to grow from 4 Million to 5 Million Domains, a milestone it crossed at the start of this year. Comparatively, the latest Million was achieved in just over 9 months!
The company owes this achievement to its extensive channel partner network that includes 90+ ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars and over 60,000+ Resellers. Every partner has access to a basket of 50+ Domain Name extensions and Web Service products like Web Hosting, Email Hosting, Website Builders and Digital Certificates. This has allowed each partner to quickly setup successful online businesses and play a first-hand role in increasing the online penetration of their local region.
"We've been consistently introducing newer TLDs and products into the system to ensure that our Registrars have all the tools they need to capture their target markets," said Sandeep Ramchandani, Director, LogicBoxes. "We've also been working closely with various Domain Registries to garner the best domain rates for our Registrars and plan on further boosting these activities in the coming months."
About LogicBoxes:
LogicBoxes is a Web Products and Consulting Company that specializes in providing private labeled, web presence and communication applications to ICANN Registrars, Large Web Hosts, Domain Resellers, ISPs and Telcos via a turnkey SaaS platform which provides end-to-end business automation to our clients. LogicBoxes is also the world's premiere ICANN Accreditation Consultancy provider. Through Accreditation.com, we enable clients to obtain an ICANN Accreditation with minimal time or cost commitments from their side.
Over 20% of the world's ICANN Accredited Registrars have been accredited through its consultancy service. LogicBoxes' product portfolio includes a comprehensive provisioning & management platform for various web products and services such as Domain Registration, Windows/Linux Web Hosting, Email Hosting, SSL, Website Builder etc. LogicBoxes recently launched their FREE DNS Service and other products such as Domain and Mail Forwarding and Chat (IM) are expected to go free shortly. For more details, visit http://www.logicboxes.com.
LogicBoxes, a Registrar software and consulting company, today announced that it has crossed the 6 Million mark for Domains registered through its platform - OrderBox.
It took the company a little under a year to grow from 4 Million to 5 Million Domains, a milestone it crossed at the start of this year. Comparatively, the latest Million was achieved in just over 9 months!
The company owes this achievement to its extensive channel partner network that includes 90+ ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars and over 60,000+ Resellers. Every partner has access to a basket of 50+ Domain Name extensions and Web Service products like Web Hosting, Email Hosting, Website Builders and Digital Certificates. This has allowed each partner to quickly setup successful online businesses and play a first-hand role in increasing the online penetration of their local region.
"We've been consistently introducing newer TLDs and products into the system to ensure that our Registrars have all the tools they need to capture their target markets," said Sandeep Ramchandani, Director, LogicBoxes. "We've also been working closely with various Domain Registries to garner the best domain rates for our Registrars and plan on further boosting these activities in the coming months."
About LogicBoxes:
LogicBoxes is a Web Products and Consulting Company that specializes in providing private labeled, web presence and communication applications to ICANN Registrars, Large Web Hosts, Domain Resellers, ISPs and Telcos via a turnkey SaaS platform which provides end-to-end business automation to our clients. LogicBoxes is also the world's premiere ICANN Accreditation Consultancy provider. Through Accreditation.com, we enable clients to obtain an ICANN Accreditation with minimal time or cost commitments from their side.
Over 20% of the world's ICANN Accredited Registrars have been accredited through its consultancy service. LogicBoxes' product portfolio includes a comprehensive provisioning & management platform for various web products and services such as Domain Registration, Windows/Linux Web Hosting, Email Hosting, SSL, Website Builder etc. LogicBoxes recently launched their FREE DNS Service and other products such as Domain and Mail Forwarding and Chat (IM) are expected to go free shortly. For more details, visit http://www.logicboxes.com.
Peak 10 Opens Third Data Center in Louisville
New facility continues company's expansion and growth strategy for 2011.
Peak 10 Inc., a managed services company, yesterday announced the opening of its third enterprise-class facility contiguous with current operations in Louisville. Ky. The 11,500 square-foot addition brings its total footprint to nearly 25,000 square feet and is the company's 20th data center facility within its 10 US markets.
The company mentions that the third Louisville data center is engineered with multiple levels of security, uninterruptible power, HVAC systems, fire suppression and around-the-clock monitoring and management. It is interconnected with the company's private network, providing customers with the advantage of highly available internet access and the ability to leverage 17 data centers in nine other markets when implementing disaster recovery solutions.
The company states that to ensure an unparalleled level of stability and facility integrity, the new Louisville site underwent a formal commissioning process prior to customer installations. Leveraging an industry-leading facilities engineering and IT consulting firm, its data center commissioning is a structured process which establishes the capability and reliability of mission-critical infrastructure. The process includes multiple and repeated test cycles using equipment that simulates how the data center operates at various load levels and failover conditions.
It further states that the company's cloud, managed IT and data center services improve performance and reliability, lower costs and maximize internal resources for customers while keeping their valuable information technology assets close to the business. The company combines its secure, private network and enterprise-class data centers with world-class engineering and support to serve market-leading companies nationwide. As a managed services leader, it offers a wide range of technology solutions including cloud, virtualization and managed hosting services in a cost-efficient and reliable platform for its customers. The company owns and operates data centers in 10 key markets.
"We are excited about the opening of our third state-of-the-art facility," said Matt Phillips, Vice President and General Manager of Peak 10 Louisville. "As the go-to trusted IT advisor in the greater Louisville region, we continue to experience strong demand for our expertise and rock solid solutions. Louisville 3 will give us the added capacity to further serve the growing technology needs of our business community."
"As a new customer in the Louisville 3 facility, we were impressed by its technical features, HIPAA/HITECH compliance and support, and the overall expertise of the local engineering team," said Chuck Fitch, Chief Information Officer at University of Louisville Physicians. "We are in the process of expanding our group and implementing new technologies, and the need for a sound IT partner is imperative. Peak 10 is definitely a trusted advisor that we can grow with in the years to come."
Peak 10 Inc., a managed services company, yesterday announced the opening of its third enterprise-class facility contiguous with current operations in Louisville. Ky. The 11,500 square-foot addition brings its total footprint to nearly 25,000 square feet and is the company's 20th data center facility within its 10 US markets.
The company mentions that the third Louisville data center is engineered with multiple levels of security, uninterruptible power, HVAC systems, fire suppression and around-the-clock monitoring and management. It is interconnected with the company's private network, providing customers with the advantage of highly available internet access and the ability to leverage 17 data centers in nine other markets when implementing disaster recovery solutions.
The company states that to ensure an unparalleled level of stability and facility integrity, the new Louisville site underwent a formal commissioning process prior to customer installations. Leveraging an industry-leading facilities engineering and IT consulting firm, its data center commissioning is a structured process which establishes the capability and reliability of mission-critical infrastructure. The process includes multiple and repeated test cycles using equipment that simulates how the data center operates at various load levels and failover conditions.
It further states that the company's cloud, managed IT and data center services improve performance and reliability, lower costs and maximize internal resources for customers while keeping their valuable information technology assets close to the business. The company combines its secure, private network and enterprise-class data centers with world-class engineering and support to serve market-leading companies nationwide. As a managed services leader, it offers a wide range of technology solutions including cloud, virtualization and managed hosting services in a cost-efficient and reliable platform for its customers. The company owns and operates data centers in 10 key markets.
"We are excited about the opening of our third state-of-the-art facility," said Matt Phillips, Vice President and General Manager of Peak 10 Louisville. "As the go-to trusted IT advisor in the greater Louisville region, we continue to experience strong demand for our expertise and rock solid solutions. Louisville 3 will give us the added capacity to further serve the growing technology needs of our business community."
"As a new customer in the Louisville 3 facility, we were impressed by its technical features, HIPAA/HITECH compliance and support, and the overall expertise of the local engineering team," said Chuck Fitch, Chief Information Officer at University of Louisville Physicians. "We are in the process of expanding our group and implementing new technologies, and the need for a sound IT partner is imperative. Peak 10 is definitely a trusted advisor that we can grow with in the years to come."
ViaWest Launches KINECTed Cloud
New service offers customers a choice in between two different hypervisors.
ViaWest, a provider of managed hosting solutions, yesterday announced the launch of its KINECTed Cloud service, which, unlike other cloud computing offerings, provides users a choice between two different hypervisors: a VMware-based vCloud Powered hypervisor and an open source Xen-based hypervisor. With KINECTed Cloud, users can choose the cloud type that best meets their needs and avoid the pitfalls of a 'one-size-fits-all' solution.
The company avers that KINECTed Cloud is a 'community' cloud where members reside within its data center facilities and abide by its acceptable use policies, while taking advantage of attractive entry-level pricing. The KINECTed Cloud is a flexible service designed to accommodate businesses at every stage of their lifecycle.
It articulates that KINECTed Cloud provides a dynamic pool of computing, storage, and networking resources and doesn't demand a capital outlay or ongoing personnel costs. Through resource pooling, KINECTed Cloud offers an elastic, yet measurable, service that is ideal for public-facing content, or for serving as a vital component in disaster recovery planning. The KINECTed Cloud can also be used as a staging, test, and development platform, because it gives developers the computing power to test multiple scenarios economically. And, as companies needs change, KINECTed Cloud scales to meet them on two vectors, not just one. Additionally, KINECTed Cloud boasts vCloud Powered status, a service badge for hybrid cloud services based on VMware's vSphere and vCloud Director, which support the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) for image upload and download. This best-of-breed technology offers users a competitive advantage by allowing them to increase their speed-to-market and decrease infrastructure costs, without sacrificing control.
The company mentions that the introduction of KINECTed Cloud continues its growth of the last 12 months. During that time, the company opened its Synergy Park data center in Dallas, Texas and Hillboro II facility in Portland, Oregon. With these additions, the company now has 22 data centers offering more than 410,000 square feet of usable raised floor.
It says that KINECTed Cloud is an extension of its hybrid services philosophy. From colocation to managed hosting, and now KINECTed Cloud, the company allows customers to purchase any combination of services to best meet their needs. According to Roy Dimoff, Chairman and CEO of ViaWest, "Our strategy is to offer a flexible cloud service that businesses of all sizes and technology preferences can embrace. Customers have the ability to mix and match cloud and traditional infrastructure to form a single, optimized solution."
"We found ViaWest's cloud offering to be incredibly reliable and predictable. Coupled with ViaWest's hands-on customer service, we have determined that KINECTed Cloud is the ideal platform for our company's ever-changing needs," remarked Colin Hostert, CIO of Grooveshark, a ViaWest KINECTed Cloud customer.
ViaWest, a provider of managed hosting solutions, yesterday announced the launch of its KINECTed Cloud service, which, unlike other cloud computing offerings, provides users a choice between two different hypervisors: a VMware-based vCloud Powered hypervisor and an open source Xen-based hypervisor. With KINECTed Cloud, users can choose the cloud type that best meets their needs and avoid the pitfalls of a 'one-size-fits-all' solution.
The company avers that KINECTed Cloud is a 'community' cloud where members reside within its data center facilities and abide by its acceptable use policies, while taking advantage of attractive entry-level pricing. The KINECTed Cloud is a flexible service designed to accommodate businesses at every stage of their lifecycle.
It articulates that KINECTed Cloud provides a dynamic pool of computing, storage, and networking resources and doesn't demand a capital outlay or ongoing personnel costs. Through resource pooling, KINECTed Cloud offers an elastic, yet measurable, service that is ideal for public-facing content, or for serving as a vital component in disaster recovery planning. The KINECTed Cloud can also be used as a staging, test, and development platform, because it gives developers the computing power to test multiple scenarios economically. And, as companies needs change, KINECTed Cloud scales to meet them on two vectors, not just one. Additionally, KINECTed Cloud boasts vCloud Powered status, a service badge for hybrid cloud services based on VMware's vSphere and vCloud Director, which support the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) for image upload and download. This best-of-breed technology offers users a competitive advantage by allowing them to increase their speed-to-market and decrease infrastructure costs, without sacrificing control.
The company mentions that the introduction of KINECTed Cloud continues its growth of the last 12 months. During that time, the company opened its Synergy Park data center in Dallas, Texas and Hillboro II facility in Portland, Oregon. With these additions, the company now has 22 data centers offering more than 410,000 square feet of usable raised floor.
It says that KINECTed Cloud is an extension of its hybrid services philosophy. From colocation to managed hosting, and now KINECTed Cloud, the company allows customers to purchase any combination of services to best meet their needs. According to Roy Dimoff, Chairman and CEO of ViaWest, "Our strategy is to offer a flexible cloud service that businesses of all sizes and technology preferences can embrace. Customers have the ability to mix and match cloud and traditional infrastructure to form a single, optimized solution."
"We found ViaWest's cloud offering to be incredibly reliable and predictable. Coupled with ViaWest's hands-on customer service, we have determined that KINECTed Cloud is the ideal platform for our company's ever-changing needs," remarked Colin Hostert, CIO of Grooveshark, a ViaWest KINECTed Cloud customer.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
DiscountASP.NET Partners with Telerik
Partnership to help improve developer productivity with TeamPulse.
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced a partnership with Telerik, a vendor of development tools and user interface components for .NET, to help improve development team productivity. Under this partnership, the company's customers can receive a 15% discount on the Telerik TeamPulse, a project management solution based on Agile best practices meant to increase software team productivity. This offer is only available for a limited time and expires on November 30, 2011.
The company says that TeamPulse is an integrated suite of tools for managing requirements, scheduling releases, tracking progress, and managing customer feedback designed to enrich team dynamics, by bridging the boundaries between different stakeholders and providing greater insight into project context. TeamPulse also provides two-way synchronization of requirements and tasks with Microsoft TFS Server 2010. Its customers can get more information on how to redeem this offer through their TFS hosting control panel marketplace.
"We launched a hosted TFS service last year and we are always interested in partnering with leading companies like Telerik to help improve our customer's application development experience," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "TeamPulse is a sophisticated application that is sure to improve development team's productivity. We know because our in-house development team also uses TeamPulse."
"We are really excited to be partnering with DiscountASP.Net. We believe that their industry-leading Team Foundation Hosting Service coupled with the TeamPulse unique TFS synchronization and project management capabilities will give software teams the flexibility and scalability needed to take their business to the next level," said Joel Semeniuk, Vice President of Telerik Agile Project Management Division.
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced a partnership with Telerik, a vendor of development tools and user interface components for .NET, to help improve development team productivity. Under this partnership, the company's customers can receive a 15% discount on the Telerik TeamPulse, a project management solution based on Agile best practices meant to increase software team productivity. This offer is only available for a limited time and expires on November 30, 2011.
The company says that TeamPulse is an integrated suite of tools for managing requirements, scheduling releases, tracking progress, and managing customer feedback designed to enrich team dynamics, by bridging the boundaries between different stakeholders and providing greater insight into project context. TeamPulse also provides two-way synchronization of requirements and tasks with Microsoft TFS Server 2010. Its customers can get more information on how to redeem this offer through their TFS hosting control panel marketplace.
"We launched a hosted TFS service last year and we are always interested in partnering with leading companies like Telerik to help improve our customer's application development experience," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "TeamPulse is a sophisticated application that is sure to improve development team's productivity. We know because our in-house development team also uses TeamPulse."
"We are really excited to be partnering with DiscountASP.Net. We believe that their industry-leading Team Foundation Hosting Service coupled with the TeamPulse unique TFS synchronization and project management capabilities will give software teams the flexibility and scalability needed to take their business to the next level," said Joel Semeniuk, Vice President of Telerik Agile Project Management Division.
F5 Networks Names New SVP
Manny Rivelo joins the company as Senior Vice President, Security and Strategic Solutions.
F5 Networks, Inc., a provider of Application Delivery Networking, yesterday announced that Manny Rivelo has joined company as Senior Vice President, Security and Strategic Solutions. Rivelo will report to its President and Chief Executive Officer, John McAdam. He joins the company after a 19 year career at Cisco Systems, Inc., where he most recently served as Senior Vice President - Engineering Operations and Systems.
The company avers that Rivelo's managerial career spans over 25 years in product engineering, operations, field engineering sales and IT. He serves on the board of directors of Apollo Group, Inc., one of the world's largest private education providers. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology.
"We are very pleased to have Manny on our team here at F5," said McAdam. "He brings to F5 a strong track record of success, a keen business sense, deep engineering and operations experience, and a customer focused mindset. I'm confident that Manny will help accelerate F5's expansion in the security market and take advantage of the many new strategic opportunities we are encountering, leveraging the success of our core ADC market solutions."
F5 Networks, Inc., a provider of Application Delivery Networking, yesterday announced that Manny Rivelo has joined company as Senior Vice President, Security and Strategic Solutions. Rivelo will report to its President and Chief Executive Officer, John McAdam. He joins the company after a 19 year career at Cisco Systems, Inc., where he most recently served as Senior Vice President - Engineering Operations and Systems.
The company avers that Rivelo's managerial career spans over 25 years in product engineering, operations, field engineering sales and IT. He serves on the board of directors of Apollo Group, Inc., one of the world's largest private education providers. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology.
"We are very pleased to have Manny on our team here at F5," said McAdam. "He brings to F5 a strong track record of success, a keen business sense, deep engineering and operations experience, and a customer focused mindset. I'm confident that Manny will help accelerate F5's expansion in the security market and take advantage of the many new strategic opportunities we are encountering, leveraging the success of our core ADC market solutions."
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Oracle Buys RightNow
Company adds customer service cloud offering to its Public Cloud.
Oracle, a provider of software for information management, yesterday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire RightNow Technologies, Inc., a provider of cloud-based customer service, for USD 43.00 per share or approximately USD 1.5 billion net of RightNow's cash and debt. RightNow's Customer Service Cloud helps organizations deliver customer experiences across call centers, the web and social networks. Together, the company and RightNow can enable a superior customer experience at every contact and across every channel.
The company says that the Board of Directors of RightNow Technologies has unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction is expected to close by late 2011 or early 2012, subject to RightNow stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
"Oracle is moving aggressively to offer customers a full range of cloud solutions including sales force automation, human resources, talent management, social networking, databases and Java as part of the Oracle Public Cloud," said Thomas Kurian, Executive Vice President, Oracle Development. "RightNow's leading customer service cloud is a very important addition to Oracle's Public Cloud."
"RightNow's products add leading customer experience capabilities that help empower companies to interact with and provide a consistent experience to customers across channels," said Greg Gianforte, CEO, RightNow. "We look forward to combining our complementary capabilities along with maintaining and expanding our presence in Bozeman, Montana in order to better service our customers."
Oracle, a provider of software for information management, yesterday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire RightNow Technologies, Inc., a provider of cloud-based customer service, for USD 43.00 per share or approximately USD 1.5 billion net of RightNow's cash and debt. RightNow's Customer Service Cloud helps organizations deliver customer experiences across call centers, the web and social networks. Together, the company and RightNow can enable a superior customer experience at every contact and across every channel.
The company says that the Board of Directors of RightNow Technologies has unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction is expected to close by late 2011 or early 2012, subject to RightNow stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
"Oracle is moving aggressively to offer customers a full range of cloud solutions including sales force automation, human resources, talent management, social networking, databases and Java as part of the Oracle Public Cloud," said Thomas Kurian, Executive Vice President, Oracle Development. "RightNow's leading customer service cloud is a very important addition to Oracle's Public Cloud."
"RightNow's products add leading customer experience capabilities that help empower companies to interact with and provide a consistent experience to customers across channels," said Greg Gianforte, CEO, RightNow. "We look forward to combining our complementary capabilities along with maintaining and expanding our presence in Bozeman, Montana in order to better service our customers."
4PSA Announces Major New Add-ons for Parallels Plesk Panel
Company releases latest versions of its hosting products range for Parallels Plesk Panel.
4PSA, a cloud computing software technology company, yesterday announced the release of the latest versions of its hosting products range for Parallels Plesk Panel. Its add-ons Clean Server, Spam Guardian, Total Backup, Central Login, and 4PSA OXtender provide now new functionalities, integrating perfectly into the Parallels Plesk Panel 10 business flows.
The company articulates that Clean Server and Spam Guardian have been redesigned for Plesk Panel 10. The antivirus and anti-spam services are now registered as additional Plesk services, simplifying management and integration with third-party provisioning tools such as Plesk Billing. Clean Server and Spam Guardian feature new reporting areas that simplify provisioning of cloud services. They enable service providers to charge customers based on service utilization. Moreover, the latest versions also introduce IMAP quarantine folders for infected emails.
It states that Total Backup continues to provide superior server level backup and disaster recovery functionalities with low I/O usage and remote storage facilities Total Backup is capable of encrypting the backup archives, which means that they can be safely stored on shared storage infrastructures, reducing costs and increasing flexibility. The add-ons for Plesk can be purchased from the company online store starting at USD 99.
"Back in 2003, 4PSA introduced email antivirus and anti-spam capabilities to Parallels Plesk Panel. In 2011, scanning and filtering are still crucial to any hosting service and 4PSA add-ons are preferred due to their accuracy and scalability. Both Clean Server and Spam Guardian support distributed workloads without affecting other hosting services," said Elena Carstoiu, 4PSA's VP of Sales and Marketing.
4PSA, a cloud computing software technology company, yesterday announced the release of the latest versions of its hosting products range for Parallels Plesk Panel. Its add-ons Clean Server, Spam Guardian, Total Backup, Central Login, and 4PSA OXtender provide now new functionalities, integrating perfectly into the Parallels Plesk Panel 10 business flows.
The company articulates that Clean Server and Spam Guardian have been redesigned for Plesk Panel 10. The antivirus and anti-spam services are now registered as additional Plesk services, simplifying management and integration with third-party provisioning tools such as Plesk Billing. Clean Server and Spam Guardian feature new reporting areas that simplify provisioning of cloud services. They enable service providers to charge customers based on service utilization. Moreover, the latest versions also introduce IMAP quarantine folders for infected emails.
It states that Total Backup continues to provide superior server level backup and disaster recovery functionalities with low I/O usage and remote storage facilities Total Backup is capable of encrypting the backup archives, which means that they can be safely stored on shared storage infrastructures, reducing costs and increasing flexibility. The add-ons for Plesk can be purchased from the company online store starting at USD 99.
"Back in 2003, 4PSA introduced email antivirus and anti-spam capabilities to Parallels Plesk Panel. In 2011, scanning and filtering are still crucial to any hosting service and 4PSA add-ons are preferred due to their accuracy and scalability. Both Clean Server and Spam Guardian support distributed workloads without affecting other hosting services," said Elena Carstoiu, 4PSA's VP of Sales and Marketing.
Canadian Web Hosting Launches Canadian Cloud Hosting Solution
The CA Cloud is the first cloud hosting solution designed for Canadians that is able to meet the needs of the most demanding business critical applications.
Canadian Web Hosting, a provider of web hosting and infrastructure services, yesterday announced the launch of its new cloud hosting services including enterprise ready CA Cloud Servers and Cloud Hosting solutions.
The company mentions that in combination with its CICA 5970 and SAS70 Type II certifications, its cloud hosting solutions address the needs of Canadians by delivering reliability and corporate governance for Canadian companies who are running critical applications for their businesses. To achieve this, the company is utilizing the virtualization technology from VMware and expanding its already reliable Xen and Hyper-V cloud solutions to help meet every customer's web hosting requirements from shared hosting to virtual and cloud servers.
It avers that included with every CA Cloud enterprise server, its certified support teams manage CA Cloud Servers from top to bottom including server deployment, patching, vulnerability updates, application and database server management, server hardening, firewalls, networking, back-ups and storage, allowing their customers to focus on their critical business needs.
"With Canadian Web Hosting's full spectrum of web hosting capabilities and industry best support, organizations looking to the cloud no longer have to worry about their data leaving Canada, keeping critical applications staying online, or competing for resources with those of other organizations, your cloud is dedicated to your business," said Kevin Liang, Chief Technology Officer at Canadian Web Hosting. "Our CA Clouds facilitate customization and integration that is an exact match to our client's requirements from shared cloud hosting to high performing VPS'. With each solution, our clients get highly redundant dedicated components that yield a higher-level of performance and availability for their critical infrastructure. This is something that is not always possible in typical Public Clouds today."
"Combining VMware, the web hosting industries leading virtualization technology, with flexible and highly scalable cloud hosting options, it's now easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings provided by the cloud, and increase your uptime without the need for significant capital investment," said Matt McKinney, Business and Marketing Officer of Canadian Web Hosting. "This, in combination with our proven business and security practices and support capabilities, makes for a very compelling cloud service offering that is uniquely Canadian. It adopts our value system and ensures that every Canadian business has access to a enterprise ready cloud hosting service that fits a wide range of budget constraints."
Canadian Web Hosting, a provider of web hosting and infrastructure services, yesterday announced the launch of its new cloud hosting services including enterprise ready CA Cloud Servers and Cloud Hosting solutions.
The company mentions that in combination with its CICA 5970 and SAS70 Type II certifications, its cloud hosting solutions address the needs of Canadians by delivering reliability and corporate governance for Canadian companies who are running critical applications for their businesses. To achieve this, the company is utilizing the virtualization technology from VMware and expanding its already reliable Xen and Hyper-V cloud solutions to help meet every customer's web hosting requirements from shared hosting to virtual and cloud servers.
It avers that included with every CA Cloud enterprise server, its certified support teams manage CA Cloud Servers from top to bottom including server deployment, patching, vulnerability updates, application and database server management, server hardening, firewalls, networking, back-ups and storage, allowing their customers to focus on their critical business needs.
"With Canadian Web Hosting's full spectrum of web hosting capabilities and industry best support, organizations looking to the cloud no longer have to worry about their data leaving Canada, keeping critical applications staying online, or competing for resources with those of other organizations, your cloud is dedicated to your business," said Kevin Liang, Chief Technology Officer at Canadian Web Hosting. "Our CA Clouds facilitate customization and integration that is an exact match to our client's requirements from shared cloud hosting to high performing VPS'. With each solution, our clients get highly redundant dedicated components that yield a higher-level of performance and availability for their critical infrastructure. This is something that is not always possible in typical Public Clouds today."
"Combining VMware, the web hosting industries leading virtualization technology, with flexible and highly scalable cloud hosting options, it's now easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings provided by the cloud, and increase your uptime without the need for significant capital investment," said Matt McKinney, Business and Marketing Officer of Canadian Web Hosting. "This, in combination with our proven business and security practices and support capabilities, makes for a very compelling cloud service offering that is uniquely Canadian. It adopts our value system and ensures that every Canadian business has access to a enterprise ready cloud hosting service that fits a wide range of budget constraints."
Friday, October 21, 2011
Fasthosts Launches New Dedicated Servers
Company further bolsters its Dedicated Server range.
Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a web hosting provider, today announced the launch of two new servers to further bolster its Dedicated Server range.
The company avers that the new DS710i and DS910i both boast the new Sandy Bridge chipset and Intel Core i5 Processors, providing faster processing speeds and supreme reliability. Both solutions can be run via the latest CentOS 6 operating system and Plesk 10, and feature generous allowances of storage space, RAM and RAID1 protection. The company's Dedicated Servers, currently with 50 per cent off for 2 months, offer enterprises a powerful and secure server platform and far greater flexibility than on-premise solutions.
It articulates that Dedicated Servers are the ideal solution for IT professionals and businesses that require robust server operations for applications and data storage without the capital expenditure or the physical space required for running hardware 24/7 on their premises. Its servers use the latest Intel processors to deliver powerful, energy-efficient performance, meaning intensive programs can be run simultaneously without the need to slow down. Users enjoy guaranteed access to unlimited bandwidth, and retain complete hands on (KVM) remote control of their server at all times.
The company mentions that priced from GBP 64.50/month+VAT for first 2 months, and GBP 129/month+VAT thereafter, its DS710i Dedicated Server solution delivers high performance via its 2.8Ghz Intel Quad Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM and 2 x 1000GB RAID protected hard disk drives. The DS910i solution priced from GBP 84.50/month+VAT for first 2 months, and GBP 169/month+VAT thereafter, offers even higher performance with a 3.1Ghz Intel Quad Core i5 processor, 12GB RAM and 2 x 2000GB RAID protected hard disk drives. Further savings are available for annual payments. It adds that the company also includes free SSL certificates for the first year. Plesk 10 can be added for only GBP 14.99/month+VAT. Currently, all servers are provided with 50GB of free Online Backup for Windows servers.
It claims that especially important for business users, all data is hosted in the company's highly secure state-of-the-art UK data centers, and receives its unlimited bandwidth and 100Mbps high-speed virtual data pipe. Every server is maintained with the latest operating system updates to maximize efficiency and security. Technical support is provided 24/7 from the UK via the phone or online.
Steve Holford, Marketing Director, Fasthosts Internet Ltd, said, "Our latest servers have been added to ensure we keep ahead of the competition. Our fusion of Intel Sandy Bridge Quad Core processors with world-class UK infrastructure means Fasthosts servers will be an excellent proposition for demanding users."
Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a web hosting provider, today announced the launch of two new servers to further bolster its Dedicated Server range.
The company avers that the new DS710i and DS910i both boast the new Sandy Bridge chipset and Intel Core i5 Processors, providing faster processing speeds and supreme reliability. Both solutions can be run via the latest CentOS 6 operating system and Plesk 10, and feature generous allowances of storage space, RAM and RAID1 protection. The company's Dedicated Servers, currently with 50 per cent off for 2 months, offer enterprises a powerful and secure server platform and far greater flexibility than on-premise solutions.
It articulates that Dedicated Servers are the ideal solution for IT professionals and businesses that require robust server operations for applications and data storage without the capital expenditure or the physical space required for running hardware 24/7 on their premises. Its servers use the latest Intel processors to deliver powerful, energy-efficient performance, meaning intensive programs can be run simultaneously without the need to slow down. Users enjoy guaranteed access to unlimited bandwidth, and retain complete hands on (KVM) remote control of their server at all times.
The company mentions that priced from GBP 64.50/month+VAT for first 2 months, and GBP 129/month+VAT thereafter, its DS710i Dedicated Server solution delivers high performance via its 2.8Ghz Intel Quad Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM and 2 x 1000GB RAID protected hard disk drives. The DS910i solution priced from GBP 84.50/month+VAT for first 2 months, and GBP 169/month+VAT thereafter, offers even higher performance with a 3.1Ghz Intel Quad Core i5 processor, 12GB RAM and 2 x 2000GB RAID protected hard disk drives. Further savings are available for annual payments. It adds that the company also includes free SSL certificates for the first year. Plesk 10 can be added for only GBP 14.99/month+VAT. Currently, all servers are provided with 50GB of free Online Backup for Windows servers.
It claims that especially important for business users, all data is hosted in the company's highly secure state-of-the-art UK data centers, and receives its unlimited bandwidth and 100Mbps high-speed virtual data pipe. Every server is maintained with the latest operating system updates to maximize efficiency and security. Technical support is provided 24/7 from the UK via the phone or online.
Steve Holford, Marketing Director, Fasthosts Internet Ltd, said, "Our latest servers have been added to ensure we keep ahead of the competition. Our fusion of Intel Sandy Bridge Quad Core processors with world-class UK infrastructure means Fasthosts servers will be an excellent proposition for demanding users."
Datapipe Partners with Shanghai Data Solution
Partnership enables the company to enhance service offering in Mainland China.
Datapipe, a provider of managed IT services, yesterday announced a strategic partnership with Shanghai Data Solution Co., Ltd. (SDS), a provider of data center and network services.
The company explains that the partnership enables it and SDS to offer a unique combination of services to multinational companies in China, as well as Chinese enterprises overseas. SDS owns and operates fully redundant Tier 4 grade data center facilities with one of the few premier carrier neutral network platforms in China. SDS possesses a full complement of IDC, ISP and ICP licenses to operate such services in China.
"SDS has a strong reputation for delivering a high level of service to multinational corporations, many of which are existing Datapipe clients," said Robb Allen, CEO, Datapipe. "As a result, we see great potential for this strategic relationship and look forward to providing SDS clients with Datapipe's enterprise ready, mission-critical IT services."
"Our team at SDS works hard to fully satisfy our customers with mission critical applications through the reliable and secure IDC and network platforms that SDS has built over the past 12 years," said Dr. Zhang Jianfeng, CEO of SDS. "Working in partnership with Datapipe, SDS is now able to extend the scope of our services to include a complete solution for IT outsourcing and cloud computing services."
Datapipe, a provider of managed IT services, yesterday announced a strategic partnership with Shanghai Data Solution Co., Ltd. (SDS), a provider of data center and network services.
The company explains that the partnership enables it and SDS to offer a unique combination of services to multinational companies in China, as well as Chinese enterprises overseas. SDS owns and operates fully redundant Tier 4 grade data center facilities with one of the few premier carrier neutral network platforms in China. SDS possesses a full complement of IDC, ISP and ICP licenses to operate such services in China.
"SDS has a strong reputation for delivering a high level of service to multinational corporations, many of which are existing Datapipe clients," said Robb Allen, CEO, Datapipe. "As a result, we see great potential for this strategic relationship and look forward to providing SDS clients with Datapipe's enterprise ready, mission-critical IT services."
"Our team at SDS works hard to fully satisfy our customers with mission critical applications through the reliable and secure IDC and network platforms that SDS has built over the past 12 years," said Dr. Zhang Jianfeng, CEO of SDS. "Working in partnership with Datapipe, SDS is now able to extend the scope of our services to include a complete solution for IT outsourcing and cloud computing services."
myhosting.com Re-launches Shared Web Hosting Plans
Re-launches its portfolio of shared web hosting plans based on CentOS Linux and Windows 2008, offering additional and enhanced features for new and existing customers.
myhosting.com, a provider of affordable VPS hosting and cloud services, yesterday announced that it has launched a series of updates to its shared web hosting plans, offering new names and enhanced features for both its Linux and Windows Hosting product lines. The full range of enhanced Shared Web Hosting plans available from myhosting.com are designed specifically with individuals and small to medium sized businesses in mind.
According to the company, the Basic Web Hosting plan, based on the CentOS Linux platform, has been rebranded as the Personal Website Hosting plan, highlighting its popularity for personal uses such as blogging, WordPress hosting as well as Personal and Small Business use. Included with the new package are a USD 25 credit for Bing and Yahoo! Search advertising, as well as a USD 25 Google Adwords credit, for a total of USD 50 in advertising credits.
It says that the Premium Web Hosting plan has also been rebranded as the Business Hosting plan, highlighting its full feature set designed to give SMBs everything they need to get started with their online presence, from Microsoft Exchange-based email, to dual platform Windows and Linux shared hosting platforms as well as USD 100 in search advertising credits.
The company states that the most significant changes come with the launch of the eCommerce Hosting plan, previously known as the Professional package. This hosting package comes with all the standard features in the Business Hosting plan, plus additional mailboxes and databases, as well as bundled eCommerce features that can help get businesses selling their products or services online. Included in the eCommerce features are a free installation and license for Pinnacle Cart, a leading shopping cart solution that touts a user friendly experience, designed specifically from a Marketing perspective, and offering PCI PA-DSS compliant features. Rounding out the package is a free RapidSSL Certificate which can be used with either the shopping cart or shared hosting webspace, as well as USD 150 in credits from Bing & Yahoo! Search advertising and Google Adwords.
"We feel that it's important to help encourage our customers to achieve success, by providing them with the right services, products and incentives to encourage their business," said Tim Attwood, Product Manager for myhosting.com. "When our customers succeed, we will also succeed."
myhosting.com, a provider of affordable VPS hosting and cloud services, yesterday announced that it has launched a series of updates to its shared web hosting plans, offering new names and enhanced features for both its Linux and Windows Hosting product lines. The full range of enhanced Shared Web Hosting plans available from myhosting.com are designed specifically with individuals and small to medium sized businesses in mind.
According to the company, the Basic Web Hosting plan, based on the CentOS Linux platform, has been rebranded as the Personal Website Hosting plan, highlighting its popularity for personal uses such as blogging, WordPress hosting as well as Personal and Small Business use. Included with the new package are a USD 25 credit for Bing and Yahoo! Search advertising, as well as a USD 25 Google Adwords credit, for a total of USD 50 in advertising credits.
It says that the Premium Web Hosting plan has also been rebranded as the Business Hosting plan, highlighting its full feature set designed to give SMBs everything they need to get started with their online presence, from Microsoft Exchange-based email, to dual platform Windows and Linux shared hosting platforms as well as USD 100 in search advertising credits.
The company states that the most significant changes come with the launch of the eCommerce Hosting plan, previously known as the Professional package. This hosting package comes with all the standard features in the Business Hosting plan, plus additional mailboxes and databases, as well as bundled eCommerce features that can help get businesses selling their products or services online. Included in the eCommerce features are a free installation and license for Pinnacle Cart, a leading shopping cart solution that touts a user friendly experience, designed specifically from a Marketing perspective, and offering PCI PA-DSS compliant features. Rounding out the package is a free RapidSSL Certificate which can be used with either the shopping cart or shared hosting webspace, as well as USD 150 in credits from Bing & Yahoo! Search advertising and Google Adwords.
"We feel that it's important to help encourage our customers to achieve success, by providing them with the right services, products and incentives to encourage their business," said Tim Attwood, Product Manager for myhosting.com. "When our customers succeed, we will also succeed."
Thursday, October 20, 2011
iomart Hosting Unveils vCloud
Company's public cloud service attains VMware vCloud Powered validation.
iomart Hosting, a managed hosting and data center company, today announced that its public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company's cloud services are underpinned by VMware's virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), the company provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware.
The company says that its customers have the ability to move workloads from their VMware vSphere-based virtualized or private cloud environment to the VMware vCloud Powered service and back again. This application portability is a key differentiator allowing customers to achieve the flexibility and security they need while enabling increased IT agility.
It articulates that the company sought VMware vCloud Powered validation in order to further expand its VMware-based cloud services and solutions. Its public cloud service has been designed with public cloud and resellers in mind, offering convenient and scalable access to the VMware platform. Customers will be able to use it as their sole source of VMware provisioning or to extend the capacity of their private cloud deployments. As a validated provider, it can now provide users with enhanced responsiveness and agility, and reduced IT costs through increased consolidation, task automation and simplified management.
Sarah Haran, Managing Director of iomart Hosting, said, "iomart Hosting specializes in high availability, fully managed cloud solutions and we quickly realized that to provide market leading solutions we needed industry-leading leading hypervisor and management technology." Sarah Haran added, "Our move into the vCloud Powered program allows us to further expand our range of industry leading solutions for our customers."
Gavin Jackson, Director, vCloud & Service Providers, EMEA, VMware, said, "The VMware vCloud Powered program was developed to enable our service provider partners to differentiate themselves and help them bring their enterprise-class cloud services to market in this competitive landscape. We look forward to supporting iomart Hosting further as it delivers on the agility and performance customers are looking for in the cloud computing landscape."
iomart Hosting, a managed hosting and data center company, today announced that its public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company's cloud services are underpinned by VMware's virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), the company provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware.
The company says that its customers have the ability to move workloads from their VMware vSphere-based virtualized or private cloud environment to the VMware vCloud Powered service and back again. This application portability is a key differentiator allowing customers to achieve the flexibility and security they need while enabling increased IT agility.
It articulates that the company sought VMware vCloud Powered validation in order to further expand its VMware-based cloud services and solutions. Its public cloud service has been designed with public cloud and resellers in mind, offering convenient and scalable access to the VMware platform. Customers will be able to use it as their sole source of VMware provisioning or to extend the capacity of their private cloud deployments. As a validated provider, it can now provide users with enhanced responsiveness and agility, and reduced IT costs through increased consolidation, task automation and simplified management.
Sarah Haran, Managing Director of iomart Hosting, said, "iomart Hosting specializes in high availability, fully managed cloud solutions and we quickly realized that to provide market leading solutions we needed industry-leading leading hypervisor and management technology." Sarah Haran added, "Our move into the vCloud Powered program allows us to further expand our range of industry leading solutions for our customers."
Gavin Jackson, Director, vCloud & Service Providers, EMEA, VMware, said, "The VMware vCloud Powered program was developed to enable our service provider partners to differentiate themselves and help them bring their enterprise-class cloud services to market in this competitive landscape. We look forward to supporting iomart Hosting further as it delivers on the agility and performance customers are looking for in the cloud computing landscape."
SoftLayer Partners with OS NEXUS
Company launches QuantaStor Storage Servers to provide dedicated mass storage appliances.
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced a partnership with OS NEXUS, a developer of next-generation storage management technologies, and the launch of QuantaStor Storage Servers. The offering provides dedicated mass storage appliances with cost-effectiveness, control, and scalability. It is ideal for a range of high performance storage solutions (including private cloud storage), eliminating CAPEX requirements that often hinder deployments.
According to the company, QuantaStor Storage Servers offer the OS NEXUS QuantaStor Storage Appliance OS, a virtual storage solution designed for global manageability, on its Mass Storage dedicated servers. The SAN (iSCSI) + NAS (NFS) storage system delivers advanced storage features including, thin-provisioning, and remote-replication. These capabilities make it ideally suited for a broad set of applications including VM application deployments, virtual desktops, as well as web and application servers. It adds that QuantaStor Mass Storage Servers start priced at USD 1,039/month for up to 12 drives and USD 1,139/month for up to 24 drives.
The company mentions that additional features of the solution include:
Hard Disk or Solid State Drive support
Powerful storage management through an easy interface
iSCSI support for 1GbE and 10GbE Client support for Windows XP, 7, 2003 Server, 2008 Server; VMware ESX/ESXi; Windows Hyper-V; Macintosh OS X; XenServer 5.x; and Linux (all major distributions, open-iSCSI, and hardware initiators)
NFSv3 and NFSv4 support
Thin Provisioning/Over Provisioning to allocate volumes without having to dedicate storage until needed
"When you need massive storage, having the right amount is just one part of the equation," said Nathan Day, Chief Scientist for SoftLayer. "The more storage you have, the more you need location independence, global access, and robust tools to manage it. The QuantaStor Storage Server provides the perfect combination of performance economics, scalability and manageability that our customer's deserve."
"Data storage requirements will grow 4400% over 9 years according to IDC, and budgets are tight," said Steven Umbehocker, CEO and Founder of OS NEXUS. "The use of virtual machine technology has driven down application deployment costs. We are thrilled to partner with SoftLayer, the leader in cloud infrastructure services, to deliver the same economics for storage."
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced a partnership with OS NEXUS, a developer of next-generation storage management technologies, and the launch of QuantaStor Storage Servers. The offering provides dedicated mass storage appliances with cost-effectiveness, control, and scalability. It is ideal for a range of high performance storage solutions (including private cloud storage), eliminating CAPEX requirements that often hinder deployments.
According to the company, QuantaStor Storage Servers offer the OS NEXUS QuantaStor Storage Appliance OS, a virtual storage solution designed for global manageability, on its Mass Storage dedicated servers. The SAN (iSCSI) + NAS (NFS) storage system delivers advanced storage features including, thin-provisioning, and remote-replication. These capabilities make it ideally suited for a broad set of applications including VM application deployments, virtual desktops, as well as web and application servers. It adds that QuantaStor Mass Storage Servers start priced at USD 1,039/month for up to 12 drives and USD 1,139/month for up to 24 drives.
The company mentions that additional features of the solution include:
Hard Disk or Solid State Drive support
Powerful storage management through an easy interface
iSCSI support for 1GbE and 10GbE Client support for Windows XP, 7, 2003 Server, 2008 Server; VMware ESX/ESXi; Windows Hyper-V; Macintosh OS X; XenServer 5.x; and Linux (all major distributions, open-iSCSI, and hardware initiators)
NFSv3 and NFSv4 support
Thin Provisioning/Over Provisioning to allocate volumes without having to dedicate storage until needed
"When you need massive storage, having the right amount is just one part of the equation," said Nathan Day, Chief Scientist for SoftLayer. "The more storage you have, the more you need location independence, global access, and robust tools to manage it. The QuantaStor Storage Server provides the perfect combination of performance economics, scalability and manageability that our customer's deserve."
"Data storage requirements will grow 4400% over 9 years according to IDC, and budgets are tight," said Steven Umbehocker, CEO and Founder of OS NEXUS. "The use of virtual machine technology has driven down application deployment costs. We are thrilled to partner with SoftLayer, the leader in cloud infrastructure services, to deliver the same economics for storage."
PEER 1 Hosting Launches New Data Center
Company launches state-of-the-art green data center in Portsmouth.
PEER 1 Hosting, Inc., a managed hosting provider, today announced the opening of its new 5,372m2 green data center in Portsmouth. The facility in Langstone Technology Park, Portsmouth offers businesses across London and the South East scalable managed hosting, dedicated hosting and colocation services in one of the greenest data centers in the country.
The company explains that within easy reach of London, the center has a 11MVA of available power, room for 20,000 servers, and provides a direct connection to its 10Gb fibre backbone network. The facility is located in one of the most energy-efficient buildings of its type in the UK. Built on a brownfield site in Portsmouth, it is expected to deliver a predicted Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.1. For every one unit of power used for computer equipment, only 0.1 unit is used to power other areas, such as cooling. The industry average is 1.8.
It claims that to achieve this, it is the first in the world to use the energy-efficient Excool cooling system. The system harnesses the natural cooling effect of air and water, using a super-efficient heat exchange system, low-energy fans and water atomisers. In addition to its green credentials, the data center is kept secure through biometric authentication, ultra sound technology and coordinated intruder alarms. Users also have the opportunity to work at the site as catering, Wi-Fi, conference rooms, a 150-seater auditorium and fitness center are available.
"Data center demand shows no signs of slowing down. Our GBP 45 million investment in this state-of-the art facility is testament to PEER 1 delivering the services that our customers need and are going to need in the future. By investing, we have developed a wholly-owned data center that leads the way in reducing the carbon footprint for our customers, delivers 24/7 service and provides customers with the capacity to grow," said Dominic Monkhouse, EMEA Managing Director of PEER 1 Hosting.
Fabio Banducci, President and CEO of PEER 1 Hosting said, "This new data center represents a significant investment for PEER 1 in the UK and European markets. There is a shortage of green data center capacity in the region which creates a great potential for growth. We see this state-of-the-art data center meeting the needs of our customers going forward in an increasingly data rich world."
PEER 1 Hosting, Inc., a managed hosting provider, today announced the opening of its new 5,372m2 green data center in Portsmouth. The facility in Langstone Technology Park, Portsmouth offers businesses across London and the South East scalable managed hosting, dedicated hosting and colocation services in one of the greenest data centers in the country.
The company explains that within easy reach of London, the center has a 11MVA of available power, room for 20,000 servers, and provides a direct connection to its 10Gb fibre backbone network. The facility is located in one of the most energy-efficient buildings of its type in the UK. Built on a brownfield site in Portsmouth, it is expected to deliver a predicted Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.1. For every one unit of power used for computer equipment, only 0.1 unit is used to power other areas, such as cooling. The industry average is 1.8.
It claims that to achieve this, it is the first in the world to use the energy-efficient Excool cooling system. The system harnesses the natural cooling effect of air and water, using a super-efficient heat exchange system, low-energy fans and water atomisers. In addition to its green credentials, the data center is kept secure through biometric authentication, ultra sound technology and coordinated intruder alarms. Users also have the opportunity to work at the site as catering, Wi-Fi, conference rooms, a 150-seater auditorium and fitness center are available.
"Data center demand shows no signs of slowing down. Our GBP 45 million investment in this state-of-the art facility is testament to PEER 1 delivering the services that our customers need and are going to need in the future. By investing, we have developed a wholly-owned data center that leads the way in reducing the carbon footprint for our customers, delivers 24/7 service and provides customers with the capacity to grow," said Dominic Monkhouse, EMEA Managing Director of PEER 1 Hosting.
Fabio Banducci, President and CEO of PEER 1 Hosting said, "This new data center represents a significant investment for PEER 1 in the UK and European markets. There is a shortage of green data center capacity in the region which creates a great potential for growth. We see this state-of-the-art data center meeting the needs of our customers going forward in an increasingly data rich world."
ZNet Announces Hosting at Singapore Data Center
Customers can now host their website at Singapore data center.
Znet, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, recently announced the addition of one more data center location to its multi-location hosting plans. Its customers can now host their website at Singapore data center. The Singapore data center hosting is currently available for Linux - Shared & Reseller Hosting.
The company avers that the Singapore data center shared hosting and reseller hosting plans are as cost effective as the Indian and US hosting plans. Its customers can now choose between three data center i.e., US, India & Singapore. Customers can migrate their website from one data center location to another in order to speed up their website in accordance to their target audience region/country.
It articulates that Singapore is one of Asia-Pacific's preferred regional hubs for financial services, content and digital media, enterprises, network services providers and multinational corporations. It is very well connected to the surrounding Asian countries via submarine cables and therefore is one of the nerve centers in the region chosen by a lot of companies from the rest of the world. The company adds that it is also planning to merge znetindia.com & dotpulse.com to znetlive.com in order to set up its global presence with a single brand name.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, ZNet Technologies quoted, "We are happy to provide one more data center choice to our customers. Singapore data center hosting will provide high bandwidth and low latency to customers. We are also planning to add other data center locations in coming months."
Znet, a web hosting and IT infrastructure company, recently announced the addition of one more data center location to its multi-location hosting plans. Its customers can now host their website at Singapore data center. The Singapore data center hosting is currently available for Linux - Shared & Reseller Hosting.
The company avers that the Singapore data center shared hosting and reseller hosting plans are as cost effective as the Indian and US hosting plans. Its customers can now choose between three data center i.e., US, India & Singapore. Customers can migrate their website from one data center location to another in order to speed up their website in accordance to their target audience region/country.
It articulates that Singapore is one of Asia-Pacific's preferred regional hubs for financial services, content and digital media, enterprises, network services providers and multinational corporations. It is very well connected to the surrounding Asian countries via submarine cables and therefore is one of the nerve centers in the region chosen by a lot of companies from the rest of the world. The company adds that it is also planning to merge znetindia.com & dotpulse.com to znetlive.com in order to set up its global presence with a single brand name.
Munesh Jadoun, CEO, ZNet Technologies quoted, "We are happy to provide one more data center choice to our customers. Singapore data center hosting will provide high bandwidth and low latency to customers. We are also planning to add other data center locations in coming months."
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Open-Xchange Adds SVP Sales and General Manager
Company has turned its sights on expansion in the U.S. by hiring a Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager Americas.
Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, yesterday announced that it has turned its sights on expansion in the U.S. by hiring a Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager Americas.
According to the company, Bob Pacheco was Area Vice President (AVP), Broadband and Wireless at Openwave since 2007 and joins it immediately based in San Francisco. He has a Bachelors in Engineering degree from Pratt Institute in New York. The company also plans to open an office in the greater San Francisco Bay area as part of their focus on the U.S. telecommunications market. The company has grown to more than 40 million users worldwide in 2011 - an increase of nearly 70 percent year-over-year.
It mentions that Open-Xchange integrates email, calendar and contact functionality - with advanced document management capabilities - into a single, intuitive interface. Unique Social OX features give users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts right within the application. Users can automatically add contact details from social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn into a single Open-Xchange contact book and even manage their information anywhere and with virtually any device via Open-Xchange's mobility solution.
"Bob brings to Open-Xchange a wealth of knowledge of the multiple system operator (MSO) market and more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry," said Frank Hoberg, Founder and Executive Vice President Sales, Open-Xchange. "Bringing a strong leader into our sales organization is part of our plan for organic growth and a foundation for additional expansion activities."
Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, yesterday announced that it has turned its sights on expansion in the U.S. by hiring a Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager Americas.
According to the company, Bob Pacheco was Area Vice President (AVP), Broadband and Wireless at Openwave since 2007 and joins it immediately based in San Francisco. He has a Bachelors in Engineering degree from Pratt Institute in New York. The company also plans to open an office in the greater San Francisco Bay area as part of their focus on the U.S. telecommunications market. The company has grown to more than 40 million users worldwide in 2011 - an increase of nearly 70 percent year-over-year.
It mentions that Open-Xchange integrates email, calendar and contact functionality - with advanced document management capabilities - into a single, intuitive interface. Unique Social OX features give users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts right within the application. Users can automatically add contact details from social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn into a single Open-Xchange contact book and even manage their information anywhere and with virtually any device via Open-Xchange's mobility solution.
"Bob brings to Open-Xchange a wealth of knowledge of the multiple system operator (MSO) market and more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry," said Frank Hoberg, Founder and Executive Vice President Sales, Open-Xchange. "Bringing a strong leader into our sales organization is part of our plan for organic growth and a foundation for additional expansion activities."
Nimbula to Add Support for VMware vSphere
Announces auto-scaling and auto-discovery of resources capabilities for VMware Cloud Foundry.
Nimbula, a startup founded by former Amazon executives, yesterday made two announcements around VMware technology and products that further position Nimbula Director as a leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) layer for enterprises and service providers.
The company states that:
VMware Cloud Foundry, an open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), will be integrated with Nimbula Director using the company's Virtual Services framework.
Nimbula Director will add support for VMware vSphere. The addition of support for VMware vSphere will enable customers to leverage its orchestration features on top of the VMware vSphere cloud infrastructure platform. This support will be made available in an upcoming version of Nimbula Director.
It further states that Nimbula Director Virtual Services is a framework that facilitates the provisioning of application, network and core services on top of Nimbula Director. Services run inside a virtual machine providing isolation, high-availability and elasticity. With this integration, Nimbula Director delivers:
Auto-scaling Cloud Foundry: Nimbula Director's Virtual Services will detect when the pool of available Droplet Execution Agents (DEAs) are fully occupied, and automatically start new virtual machines to expand the pool of DEAs. Auto-scaling is also enabled for other Cloud Foundry related services like MongoDB and Redis.
Auto discovery of services: Cloud Foundry on Nimbula Director can provide fully dynamic service discovery, paving the way for auto-scaling Cloud Foundry. This capability creates a simplified model for dynamic service discovery, even across multi-node configurations.
Strong identity and security for multi-tenancy: Running Cloud Foundry on Nimbula's unique IaaS platform, PaaS deployments from multiple tenants can be run in a shared cloud with complete isolation from each other. The PaaS applications and end users for one tenant will be completely isolated from each other in terms of identity, network access, and resource contention.
"Cloud Foundry is a good example of how PaaS can help IT accelerate application delivery and therefore innovation," said Willem van Biljon, Co-founder and VP of Products at Nimbula. "We are committed to delivering great infrastructure support for it and helping further the transition to a developer friendly world."
"Cloud Foundry is the industry's first open PaaS implementation, giving developers a choice of clouds to which to deploy their applications," said Jerry Chen, Vice President, Cloud Application Platform Product Management, VMware. "We're delighted Nimbula's Cloud Foundry integration is giving developers yet another option in a multi-cloud world."
Nimbula, a startup founded by former Amazon executives, yesterday made two announcements around VMware technology and products that further position Nimbula Director as a leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) layer for enterprises and service providers.
The company states that:
VMware Cloud Foundry, an open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), will be integrated with Nimbula Director using the company's Virtual Services framework.
Nimbula Director will add support for VMware vSphere. The addition of support for VMware vSphere will enable customers to leverage its orchestration features on top of the VMware vSphere cloud infrastructure platform. This support will be made available in an upcoming version of Nimbula Director.
It further states that Nimbula Director Virtual Services is a framework that facilitates the provisioning of application, network and core services on top of Nimbula Director. Services run inside a virtual machine providing isolation, high-availability and elasticity. With this integration, Nimbula Director delivers:
Auto-scaling Cloud Foundry: Nimbula Director's Virtual Services will detect when the pool of available Droplet Execution Agents (DEAs) are fully occupied, and automatically start new virtual machines to expand the pool of DEAs. Auto-scaling is also enabled for other Cloud Foundry related services like MongoDB and Redis.
Auto discovery of services: Cloud Foundry on Nimbula Director can provide fully dynamic service discovery, paving the way for auto-scaling Cloud Foundry. This capability creates a simplified model for dynamic service discovery, even across multi-node configurations.
Strong identity and security for multi-tenancy: Running Cloud Foundry on Nimbula's unique IaaS platform, PaaS deployments from multiple tenants can be run in a shared cloud with complete isolation from each other. The PaaS applications and end users for one tenant will be completely isolated from each other in terms of identity, network access, and resource contention.
"Cloud Foundry is a good example of how PaaS can help IT accelerate application delivery and therefore innovation," said Willem van Biljon, Co-founder and VP of Products at Nimbula. "We are committed to delivering great infrastructure support for it and helping further the transition to a developer friendly world."
"Cloud Foundry is the industry's first open PaaS implementation, giving developers a choice of clouds to which to deploy their applications," said Jerry Chen, Vice President, Cloud Application Platform Product Management, VMware. "We're delighted Nimbula's Cloud Foundry integration is giving developers yet another option in a multi-cloud world."
Friday, October 14, 2011
cPanel Announces Bundling of SEO Tools by Attracta
Attracta's Free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools will become a standard feature in future releases of the company.
cPanel, a hosting automation software provider, yesterday announced that Attracta's Free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools will become a standard feature in future releases. Website owners who want more traffic can upgrade to paid plans that include automated SEO Tools and XML Sitemap submission, along with guaranteed listings in up to 100 of the world's top search engines.
The company claims that it powers the web hosting industry with its point-and-click software that automates the provisioning and management of websites. The tens of millions of website owners who host their websites with its hundreds of hosting partners use its easy-to-use interface to manage every aspect of their websites. The bundling of Attracta adds the ability to easily manage their search engine presence with point-and-click SEO Tools.
It mentions that as the Internet matures, and more businesses have websites, two things are happening: the web hosting industry is getting more competitive, and it's getting harder for website owners to make their sites stand out. Attracta's SEO Tools help solve both of these problems through giving web hosts a way to be more competitive by providing their customers with the tools to more effectively promote their websites.
The company avers that Attracta's Free SEO Tools include:
1,000 page XML Sitemap Submission to Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask
Google Blacklist Check
Link Building Tools
Social Networking Tools
SEO Tips and Tutorials
"Attracta is one of the first third party integrations to ever to be bundled in cPanel," said Aaron Philips, cPanel VP of Operations. "Every website needs traffic, and since Attracta's XML Sitemap technology has proven to work well for our customers, it only made sense to include it as a core feature of our control panel software."
"cPanel is the world's most popular Web Hosting automation. When two industry leaders join forces the market benefits by having greater access to technology that helps both websites owners and web hosts become more successful," said Troy McCasland, VP of Business Development for Attracta.
cPanel, a hosting automation software provider, yesterday announced that Attracta's Free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools will become a standard feature in future releases. Website owners who want more traffic can upgrade to paid plans that include automated SEO Tools and XML Sitemap submission, along with guaranteed listings in up to 100 of the world's top search engines.
The company claims that it powers the web hosting industry with its point-and-click software that automates the provisioning and management of websites. The tens of millions of website owners who host their websites with its hundreds of hosting partners use its easy-to-use interface to manage every aspect of their websites. The bundling of Attracta adds the ability to easily manage their search engine presence with point-and-click SEO Tools.
It mentions that as the Internet matures, and more businesses have websites, two things are happening: the web hosting industry is getting more competitive, and it's getting harder for website owners to make their sites stand out. Attracta's SEO Tools help solve both of these problems through giving web hosts a way to be more competitive by providing their customers with the tools to more effectively promote their websites.
The company avers that Attracta's Free SEO Tools include:
1,000 page XML Sitemap Submission to Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask
Google Blacklist Check
Link Building Tools
Social Networking Tools
SEO Tips and Tutorials
"Attracta is one of the first third party integrations to ever to be bundled in cPanel," said Aaron Philips, cPanel VP of Operations. "Every website needs traffic, and since Attracta's XML Sitemap technology has proven to work well for our customers, it only made sense to include it as a core feature of our control panel software."
"cPanel is the world's most popular Web Hosting automation. When two industry leaders join forces the market benefits by having greater access to technology that helps both websites owners and web hosts become more successful," said Troy McCasland, VP of Business Development for Attracta.
Citrix Acquires ShareFile
Company accelerates cloud data strategy with the acquisition.
Citrix Systems, a provider of server and desktop virtualization, networking, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud computing technologies, yesterday announced that it has completed the acquisition of ShareFile sharefile.com, cloud-based data storage provider. The ShareFile product line makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to securely store, sync and share business documents and files, both inside and outside the company. ShareFile's centralized cloud storage capability also allows users to share files across multiple devices and access them from any location. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The company explains that in the PC Era, data was typically stored on a single personal computer, accessed from a physical office, and shared via flash drives or email. As the industry transitions to the Cloud Era, an increasingly mobile workforce is demanding easy access to data that is untethered from offices and devices, and easy to share and collaborate securely with others. These trends are giving rise to the concept of a 'personal cloud' - the aggregation of apps, data, preferences and friends that are unique to each individual employee, and move seamlessly across any device or location. With the acquisition of ShareFile, the company is adding 'follow-me-data' capabilities to its portfolio, allowing business users to access their documents and files from anywhere, share them across multiple devices and collaborate easily with colleagues.
It further explains that the acquisition of ShareFile brings to it a powerful new technology platform and a talented team with deep experience in data services and cloud computing. ShareFile CEO, Jesse Lipson, will become Vice President and General Manager of the newly-formed Data Sharing product group at the company. This group will be responsible for the ShareFile product line, as well as enabling the company's 'follow-me-data' strategy. Taking a platform approach to data will enable the company to:
Make common data services like search, share, sync, secure, authenticate, open and preview available to a wide range of applications, services and use cases through a set of open APIs.
Extend secure data sharing services to new and existing apps stored in public and private clouds and accessed from millions of different business and consumer devices.
Connect data seamlessly to the way people collaborate today, ensuring that the right documents and files are always accessible when needed, and always up to date.
Mark Templeton, President and CEO, Citrix Systems, Inc., said, "This is a highly strategic acquisition that enables Citrix to deliver all three of the critical components for the personal cloud - collaboration, apps and data - with amazing accessibility and productivity on any device. Our follow-me-data strategy means data will be shared across people, across apps and across devices. As customers and partners build on this platform, they will be able to easily add follow-me-data services to their software, leverage the data that other apps store there, and instantly inherit all the management, mobility and scalability that's in the ShareFile infrastructure."
Jesse Lipson, CEO, ShareFile, said, "Joining the Citrix team will provide a great home to the thousands of ShareFile corporate customers, serving millions of users worldwide. The combination of Citrix and ShareFile will also help spur incredible new innovation around the role of data in the new Cloud Era workplace."
Citrix Systems, a provider of server and desktop virtualization, networking, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud computing technologies, yesterday announced that it has completed the acquisition of ShareFile sharefile.com, cloud-based data storage provider. The ShareFile product line makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to securely store, sync and share business documents and files, both inside and outside the company. ShareFile's centralized cloud storage capability also allows users to share files across multiple devices and access them from any location. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The company explains that in the PC Era, data was typically stored on a single personal computer, accessed from a physical office, and shared via flash drives or email. As the industry transitions to the Cloud Era, an increasingly mobile workforce is demanding easy access to data that is untethered from offices and devices, and easy to share and collaborate securely with others. These trends are giving rise to the concept of a 'personal cloud' - the aggregation of apps, data, preferences and friends that are unique to each individual employee, and move seamlessly across any device or location. With the acquisition of ShareFile, the company is adding 'follow-me-data' capabilities to its portfolio, allowing business users to access their documents and files from anywhere, share them across multiple devices and collaborate easily with colleagues.
It further explains that the acquisition of ShareFile brings to it a powerful new technology platform and a talented team with deep experience in data services and cloud computing. ShareFile CEO, Jesse Lipson, will become Vice President and General Manager of the newly-formed Data Sharing product group at the company. This group will be responsible for the ShareFile product line, as well as enabling the company's 'follow-me-data' strategy. Taking a platform approach to data will enable the company to:
Make common data services like search, share, sync, secure, authenticate, open and preview available to a wide range of applications, services and use cases through a set of open APIs.
Extend secure data sharing services to new and existing apps stored in public and private clouds and accessed from millions of different business and consumer devices.
Connect data seamlessly to the way people collaborate today, ensuring that the right documents and files are always accessible when needed, and always up to date.
Mark Templeton, President and CEO, Citrix Systems, Inc., said, "This is a highly strategic acquisition that enables Citrix to deliver all three of the critical components for the personal cloud - collaboration, apps and data - with amazing accessibility and productivity on any device. Our follow-me-data strategy means data will be shared across people, across apps and across devices. As customers and partners build on this platform, they will be able to easily add follow-me-data services to their software, leverage the data that other apps store there, and instantly inherit all the management, mobility and scalability that's in the ShareFile infrastructure."
Jesse Lipson, CEO, ShareFile, said, "Joining the Citrix team will provide a great home to the thousands of ShareFile corporate customers, serving millions of users worldwide. The combination of Citrix and ShareFile will also help spur incredible new innovation around the role of data in the new Cloud Era workplace."
SoftLayer Opens First European Headquarters and Data Center
Company appoints General Manager to lead Dutch and European operations, recruits 25 to staff new data center in Amsterdam.
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced that it has chosen Amsterdam in The Netherlands for its European headquarters and first data center. The company avers that it is investing USD 75 million initially in Holland and its European operations, which also includes new network PoPs in Amsterdam, London, and Frankfurt. In addition, the company has appointed Jonathan Wisler as General Manager for European Operations. The company will also be recruiting a further 25 digital professionals to staff the new data center and support operations.
It articulates that at the end of October customers in Europe will be able to pre-order services to deploy, scale and manage their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions based on the company's public/private network infrastructure. In early November, when the Amsterdam data center opens, it will 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 Network-Within-a-Network topology for maximum accessibility, security, and control.
The company says that the new Amsterdam data center will feature:
Capacity for more than 15,000 servers
Redundant network infrastructure
Fully-automated platform
Unique pod design concept
According to it, the new data center and Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt PoPs feature connectivity from multiple Tier-1 network carriers, including NTT, Telia, Level 3, and Global Exchange, with direct network connections to the company's facilities in Washington, D.C. and New York. With the strategic location of the European 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.
Jonathan Wisler, an Information Technology veteran and now General Manager for SoftLayer in Europe commented, "Given the overall size of The Netherlands compared to the rest of Europe, this country is one of the most advanced in terms of internet infrastructure and networking. We're seeing a thriving community of both established digital entrepreneurs and start-ups here. There is a terrific buzz, particularly in Amsterdam, amongst digital professionals. It's exciting, vibrant and it's lively - the perfect environment from which to launch our European operations."
Jonathan Wisler explained, "SoftLayer is a name well-known in the US, but it's already establishing a prestigious European reputation for delivering flexibility and control to businesses that live on a browser. The technology approach is ground-breaking; the business model unique - we think that an increasing number of Dutch enterprises and organizations will quickly catch on to a new way of managing their digital infrastructures."
"I think it will be internet-savvy small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), social media and gaming start-ups that will be the early arrivals to our new Amsterdam data center. These are the types of companies that make up SoftLayer's core customer base, companies that have their finger on the Internet pulse and need the levels of control and flexibility in the cloud that we can provide," said Wisler.
As part of its European drive, the company has also joined the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX). "As one of the world's largest internet exchanges, we're delighted to welcome one of the world's largest hosting companies into our Internet Exchange community," said Job Witteman AMS-IX Chief Executive Officer. He added, "SoftLayer's choice and business potential in Europe show a clear sign that regardless of the financial markets, our (internet) industry and the city of Amsterdam offer one of the best environments for companies, technology and engineering talent to thrive."
SoftLayer Technologies, an on-demand data center services provider, yesterday announced that it has chosen Amsterdam in The Netherlands for its European headquarters and first data center. The company avers that it is investing USD 75 million initially in Holland and its European operations, which also includes new network PoPs in Amsterdam, London, and Frankfurt. In addition, the company has appointed Jonathan Wisler as General Manager for European Operations. The company will also be recruiting a further 25 digital professionals to staff the new data center and support operations.
It articulates that at the end of October customers in Europe will be able to pre-order services to deploy, scale and manage their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions based on the company's public/private network infrastructure. In early November, when the Amsterdam data center opens, it will 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 Network-Within-a-Network topology for maximum accessibility, security, and control.
The company says that the new Amsterdam data center will feature:
Capacity for more than 15,000 servers
Redundant network infrastructure
Fully-automated platform
Unique pod design concept
According to it, the new data center and Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt PoPs feature connectivity from multiple Tier-1 network carriers, including NTT, Telia, Level 3, and Global Exchange, with direct network connections to the company's facilities in Washington, D.C. and New York. With the strategic location of the European 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.
Jonathan Wisler, an Information Technology veteran and now General Manager for SoftLayer in Europe commented, "Given the overall size of The Netherlands compared to the rest of Europe, this country is one of the most advanced in terms of internet infrastructure and networking. We're seeing a thriving community of both established digital entrepreneurs and start-ups here. There is a terrific buzz, particularly in Amsterdam, amongst digital professionals. It's exciting, vibrant and it's lively - the perfect environment from which to launch our European operations."
Jonathan Wisler explained, "SoftLayer is a name well-known in the US, but it's already establishing a prestigious European reputation for delivering flexibility and control to businesses that live on a browser. The technology approach is ground-breaking; the business model unique - we think that an increasing number of Dutch enterprises and organizations will quickly catch on to a new way of managing their digital infrastructures."
"I think it will be internet-savvy small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), social media and gaming start-ups that will be the early arrivals to our new Amsterdam data center. These are the types of companies that make up SoftLayer's core customer base, companies that have their finger on the Internet pulse and need the levels of control and flexibility in the cloud that we can provide," said Wisler.
As part of its European drive, the company has also joined the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX). "As one of the world's largest internet exchanges, we're delighted to welcome one of the world's largest hosting companies into our Internet Exchange community," said Job Witteman AMS-IX Chief Executive Officer. He added, "SoftLayer's choice and business potential in Europe show a clear sign that regardless of the financial markets, our (internet) industry and the city of Amsterdam offer one of the best environments for companies, technology and engineering talent to thrive."
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
4PSA Enhances VoIP Suite with Cloud Telephony Service
The new service delivers access to the telephony network using the SIP protocol and features unlimited concurrent incoming and outgoing calls.
4PSA, a cloud computing software technology company, yesterday announced the public availability of Cloud Telephony, the flexible, next-generation SIP trunking service that can be provisioned within minutes. The Cloud Telephony is available in three packages - Starter, Business and Service Provider, which offer free credit every month and require no commitments.
The company articulates that the new service delivers access to the telephony network using the SIP protocol and features unlimited concurrent incoming and outgoing calls. Moreover, it is possible to choose local phone numbers in over 30 countries around the world with best rates for domestic and international calls. Using VoIP technologies and the Cloud Telephony service, it is not necessary to install physical phone lines and incoming calls are always free.
According to it, the new service is part of the company's strategy to bring the cloud flexibility to resources that traditionally required complicated provisioning processes. Cloud Telephony follows cloud Unified Communications and cloud software licensing as a way to simplify the deployment of traditional telephony services.
The company mentions that Cloud Telephony can be used with any communication system that implements a VoIP SIP interface. When paired with VoipNow Cloud Instance that already offers software, infrastructure and support, it is a complete solution for service providers so that they can start delivering services to their customers immediately, and also for businesses that are looking for a turn-key Unified Communications solution.
"The Cloud Telephony solution is designed to deliver great value to a wide variety of customers, from small businesses to enterprises and also service providers. We cover a wide range of expectations and requirements," said Mike Ross, 4PSA's President. "With the addition of Cloud Telephony to our VoipNow Cloud Instance and Unified Communications suite, the go-to-market time for these services has been greatly reduced," Ross also stated.
"Some customers prefer to host VoipNow on their own infrastructure and choose their favorite carriers. VoipNow Professional is already the optimal solution for these customers with its comprehensive set of features, its flexibility and ability to scale. The new Cloud Telephony helps these installations too because it provides additional carrier services that reduce costs and improve reliability," added Ross.
4PSA, a cloud computing software technology company, yesterday announced the public availability of Cloud Telephony, the flexible, next-generation SIP trunking service that can be provisioned within minutes. The Cloud Telephony is available in three packages - Starter, Business and Service Provider, which offer free credit every month and require no commitments.
The company articulates that the new service delivers access to the telephony network using the SIP protocol and features unlimited concurrent incoming and outgoing calls. Moreover, it is possible to choose local phone numbers in over 30 countries around the world with best rates for domestic and international calls. Using VoIP technologies and the Cloud Telephony service, it is not necessary to install physical phone lines and incoming calls are always free.
According to it, the new service is part of the company's strategy to bring the cloud flexibility to resources that traditionally required complicated provisioning processes. Cloud Telephony follows cloud Unified Communications and cloud software licensing as a way to simplify the deployment of traditional telephony services.
The company mentions that Cloud Telephony can be used with any communication system that implements a VoIP SIP interface. When paired with VoipNow Cloud Instance that already offers software, infrastructure and support, it is a complete solution for service providers so that they can start delivering services to their customers immediately, and also for businesses that are looking for a turn-key Unified Communications solution.
"The Cloud Telephony solution is designed to deliver great value to a wide variety of customers, from small businesses to enterprises and also service providers. We cover a wide range of expectations and requirements," said Mike Ross, 4PSA's President. "With the addition of Cloud Telephony to our VoipNow Cloud Instance and Unified Communications suite, the go-to-market time for these services has been greatly reduced," Ross also stated.
"Some customers prefer to host VoipNow on their own infrastructure and choose their favorite carriers. VoipNow Professional is already the optimal solution for these customers with its comprehensive set of features, its flexibility and ability to scale. The new Cloud Telephony helps these installations too because it provides additional carrier services that reduce costs and improve reliability," added Ross.
SmarterTools Launches Cloud-based Help Desk SmarterTrack.com
Businesses gain another tool for providing superior customer service with SmarterTrack.com.
SmarterTools Inc., an information technology management software provider, yesterday announced that it has launched SmarterTrack.com so companies can use its SmarterTrack help desk software in the cloud and engage with customers on their preferred communication channels. The SaaS-delivered help desk and customer service software is scalable to help even the fastest growing businesses maintain the highest levels of service. The company adds that all features are provided for only $15 per agent/month and a free 30 trial is available on its website.
It says that features of the SmarterTrack service include:
Ticket system
Live chat
VoIP integration and call logging
Time logs
Branding and language support
Task management system
Customer portal
Knowledge base
Reporting and surveys
Event system that can be triggered off any action
"Tens of thousands of companies already trust the installed version of our help desk software for their customer service, sales and support needs. Now we're bringing SmarterTrack to the cloud and offering it as Software-as-a-Service, so organizations can benefit from the same customer service platform without worrying about managing servers, hardware or software updates," said Tim Uzzanti, CEO of SmarterTools Inc.
SmarterTools Inc., an information technology management software provider, yesterday announced that it has launched SmarterTrack.com so companies can use its SmarterTrack help desk software in the cloud and engage with customers on their preferred communication channels. The SaaS-delivered help desk and customer service software is scalable to help even the fastest growing businesses maintain the highest levels of service. The company adds that all features are provided for only $15 per agent/month and a free 30 trial is available on its website.
It says that features of the SmarterTrack service include:
Ticket system
Live chat
VoIP integration and call logging
Time logs
Branding and language support
Task management system
Customer portal
Knowledge base
Reporting and surveys
Event system that can be triggered off any action
"Tens of thousands of companies already trust the installed version of our help desk software for their customer service, sales and support needs. Now we're bringing SmarterTrack to the cloud and offering it as Software-as-a-Service, so organizations can benefit from the same customer service platform without worrying about managing servers, hardware or software updates," said Tim Uzzanti, CEO of SmarterTools Inc.
QualiSpace Launches Managed Servers Services
The managed servers would be available in Indian as well as in USA data centers.
QualiSpace, an ICANN accredited domain name Registrar and web services provider, recently announced that it has launched managed servers services. These managed servers would be available in Indian as well as in USA data centers.
The company avers that the new launch includes Managed Dedicated Servers and Managed Flexi Cloud Servers - both in India as well as USA with Linux/Windows Operating System. Some of the characteristics include fully managed servers, 24 X 7 monitoring & support, server hardening, and multiple freebies.
QualiSpace provides managed services on the overall product line involving Linux/Windows dedicated & cloud servers. "It is essential to stress the fact that we offer managed servers in India and USA. A large number of companies are cynical about transforming the IT operations & web hosting of their servers over to a web hosting service provider, however those who make the most of managed hosting services have realized that IT outsourcing can certainly reduce costs and time whilst allowing them to concentrate on foremost business endeavors," said Ashish Shah, Founder, President & CEO, QualiSpace.
QualiSpace, an ICANN accredited domain name Registrar and web services provider, recently announced that it has launched managed servers services. These managed servers would be available in Indian as well as in USA data centers.
The company avers that the new launch includes Managed Dedicated Servers and Managed Flexi Cloud Servers - both in India as well as USA with Linux/Windows Operating System. Some of the characteristics include fully managed servers, 24 X 7 monitoring & support, server hardening, and multiple freebies.
QualiSpace provides managed services on the overall product line involving Linux/Windows dedicated & cloud servers. "It is essential to stress the fact that we offer managed servers in India and USA. A large number of companies are cynical about transforming the IT operations & web hosting of their servers over to a web hosting service provider, however those who make the most of managed hosting services have realized that IT outsourcing can certainly reduce costs and time whilst allowing them to concentrate on foremost business endeavors," said Ashish Shah, Founder, President & CEO, QualiSpace.
DiscountASP.NET Expands TFS Hosting Solution
Company expands its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution with hosted TFS Build Server in Europe.
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced expanding its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution with hosted TFS Build Server in Europe. Team Foundation Build Server is available as an add-on to the TFS hosting service. Team Foundation Build Server provides the functionality of a build lab in a hosted environment. With this service, build managers can synchronize their project code sources, compile applications, and download builds securely.
The company avers that TFS Build offers many options for build managers. With the build definition feature, build managers are in control of when and how a build is performed. They can trigger manual, scheduled or rolling builds, or take advantage of continuous integration or gated check-in features. Project builds are available for secure download using FTP over SSL.
"Several months ago we launched a TFS Build option for our US-based TFS hosting customers," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "We are now excited to expand our hosted solution for TFS build server to our UK-based data center. We hope that this service will facilitate application development for our European customers and help developer teams increase their productivity."
DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, today announced expanding its Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting solution with hosted TFS Build Server in Europe. Team Foundation Build Server is available as an add-on to the TFS hosting service. Team Foundation Build Server provides the functionality of a build lab in a hosted environment. With this service, build managers can synchronize their project code sources, compile applications, and download builds securely.
The company avers that TFS Build offers many options for build managers. With the build definition feature, build managers are in control of when and how a build is performed. They can trigger manual, scheduled or rolling builds, or take advantage of continuous integration or gated check-in features. Project builds are available for secure download using FTP over SSL.
"Several months ago we launched a TFS Build option for our US-based TFS hosting customers," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "We are now excited to expand our hosted solution for TFS build server to our UK-based data center. We hope that this service will facilitate application development for our European customers and help developer teams increase their productivity."
Hosting.com Acquires NeoSpire
Company expands geographic footprint and depth of service - including extensive security offerings.
Hosting.com, a provider of managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions, yesterday announced the acquisition of NeoSpire, a provider of managed hosting services.
According to the company, the acquisition expands its physical footprint and adds additional expertise to its portfolio of services. With data centers in Dallas, Denver, Irvine CA, Louisville, Newark DE, and San Francisco, the company is well-positioned to offer expanded services to customers in the south with geographic diversity across the country. The company now has over 131,000 square feet of available colocation space in six geographically dispersed cities to deliver business solutions to customers from coast-to-coast.
It states that NeoSpire was founded in 1999 by Mitch Gervis and Derek Wilson. The NeoSpire team operates a wide range of security services and best practices to provide the highest levels of protection for their customers. NeoSpire's security operations center in Dallas delivers a high level of compliance and certification assistance to help companies with complex industry and government regulations. NeoSpire customers will reap the benefits of the company's rich heritage and technical leadership for availability and recovery services. Customers will have access to its entire suite of enterprise-class services, including the recently launched Cloud Replication solution that leverages VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 (SRM 5) to deliver enterprise-class offsite data protection and disaster recovery.
The company further states that it was advised by Alston and Bird LLP, Ernst and Young LLP, W. David Snead, EKS&H, and Moreton & Company. DH Capital, LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to NeoSpire on the transaction. Patton Boggs, LLP acted as legal counsel to NeoSpire in connection with this transaction.
"The synergistic relationship between NeoSpire's managed hosting services, including managed security, application hosting, database administration, exchange hosting, SaaS hosting and colocation work well within the current and future direction of Hosting.com's strategic plans," stated Art Zeile, CEO of Hosting.com. "We're excited to bring their current customers into our portfolio and leverage NeoSpire's extensive security operations and expertise."
Hosting.com is backed by Pamlico Capital, a private equity firm founded in 1988 that invests in growing middle market companies. "Pamlico continues to be a great partner and valuable asset for Hosting.com. Pamlico has been instrumental in advancing Hosting.com's strategy and supporting the company with acquisitions, data center expansions, and investment in cloud hosting and recovery services," added Art Zeile.
"In addition to the expanded service offerings that Hosting.com will bring to the NeoSpire customers, they will benefit from the highest level of service in the industry," commented Joel Daly, Hosting.com COO. "They will also have access to our industry-leading online tools that enable self-management of their deployed services - all of which provide an excellent customer experience."
"NeoSpire is excited about the opportunities this acquisition will provide for our customers," said Mitch Gervis, CEO and Co-founder of NeoSpire. "We started NeoSpire with the vision of providing the best customer service in the managed hosting industry. Hosting.com shares this commitment and will also bring an expanded product line to enhance our current offerings."
Derek Wilson, Chairman and Co-founder of NeoSpire stated, "We have worked very hard to start and successfully build our business. This transaction with an industry leader creates a winning combination for our customers and the NeoSpire team."
Hosting.com, a provider of managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions, yesterday announced the acquisition of NeoSpire, a provider of managed hosting services.
According to the company, the acquisition expands its physical footprint and adds additional expertise to its portfolio of services. With data centers in Dallas, Denver, Irvine CA, Louisville, Newark DE, and San Francisco, the company is well-positioned to offer expanded services to customers in the south with geographic diversity across the country. The company now has over 131,000 square feet of available colocation space in six geographically dispersed cities to deliver business solutions to customers from coast-to-coast.
It states that NeoSpire was founded in 1999 by Mitch Gervis and Derek Wilson. The NeoSpire team operates a wide range of security services and best practices to provide the highest levels of protection for their customers. NeoSpire's security operations center in Dallas delivers a high level of compliance and certification assistance to help companies with complex industry and government regulations. NeoSpire customers will reap the benefits of the company's rich heritage and technical leadership for availability and recovery services. Customers will have access to its entire suite of enterprise-class services, including the recently launched Cloud Replication solution that leverages VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 (SRM 5) to deliver enterprise-class offsite data protection and disaster recovery.
The company further states that it was advised by Alston and Bird LLP, Ernst and Young LLP, W. David Snead, EKS&H, and Moreton & Company. DH Capital, LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to NeoSpire on the transaction. Patton Boggs, LLP acted as legal counsel to NeoSpire in connection with this transaction.
"The synergistic relationship between NeoSpire's managed hosting services, including managed security, application hosting, database administration, exchange hosting, SaaS hosting and colocation work well within the current and future direction of Hosting.com's strategic plans," stated Art Zeile, CEO of Hosting.com. "We're excited to bring their current customers into our portfolio and leverage NeoSpire's extensive security operations and expertise."
Hosting.com is backed by Pamlico Capital, a private equity firm founded in 1988 that invests in growing middle market companies. "Pamlico continues to be a great partner and valuable asset for Hosting.com. Pamlico has been instrumental in advancing Hosting.com's strategy and supporting the company with acquisitions, data center expansions, and investment in cloud hosting and recovery services," added Art Zeile.
"In addition to the expanded service offerings that Hosting.com will bring to the NeoSpire customers, they will benefit from the highest level of service in the industry," commented Joel Daly, Hosting.com COO. "They will also have access to our industry-leading online tools that enable self-management of their deployed services - all of which provide an excellent customer experience."
"NeoSpire is excited about the opportunities this acquisition will provide for our customers," said Mitch Gervis, CEO and Co-founder of NeoSpire. "We started NeoSpire with the vision of providing the best customer service in the managed hosting industry. Hosting.com shares this commitment and will also bring an expanded product line to enhance our current offerings."
Derek Wilson, Chairman and Co-founder of NeoSpire stated, "We have worked very hard to start and successfully build our business. This transaction with an industry leader creates a winning combination for our customers and the NeoSpire team."