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TurnKey Internet Introduces Green-Friendly Hybrid Web Server Line

2009-10-30T12:43:00-04:00

Albany, NY (Gawkwire.com) Using the latest advances in server hardware combined with industry-leading virtualization software Virtuozzo, TurnKey Internet has created a new line of hybrid servers. These fully-managed hybrids offer the performance and reliability of TurnKey’s dedicated servers, with increased energy efficiency at an affordable price.

While a traditional dedicated web server is often under-utilized and idle between tasks, it still consumes a large amount of electricity. The optimized resources on TurnKey Internet’s hybrid servers provide dedicated web server performance for up to 8 clients on one machine. This ensures peak operation while using less energy per client, allowing environmentally conscious businesses and individuals the opportunity to purchase a high-quality web hosting solution that saves them money while reducing their carbon footprint.

“The hybrid server finds the perfect balance of price, performance and reliability and it’s very environmentally friendly,” said Adam Wills, President and CEO of TurnKey Internet. “Choosing a hybrid server over a dedicated server is like car-pooling, saving energy while still getting where you need to go.”

All of TurnKey Internet’s hybrid servers are backed by 24x7 gold-level, fully-managed support previously only available on their dedicated line. With a choice of Windows or Linux, each hybrid server includes free cPanel or Plesk, bare metal off-site back-ups, a managed firewall, system administrative assistance, security monitoring and auditing and free server migration assistance.

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LeaseWeb Parent OCOM Group Ranked Number 27 in Deloitte Fast50

2009-10-30T10:48:00-04:00

Amsterdam (Gawkwire.com) The OCOM Group finished number 27 in the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast50, the annual election of the fifty fastest-growing technology firms in the Netherlands. OCOM is the owner of hosting provider LeaseWeb, the CO2-neutral data center EvoSwitch, and network service provider FiberRing.

OCOM’s ranking in the Fast50 was announced during the official Fast50 award ceremony at The Talent Factory in ’s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday, October 29. Being number 27 in the Deloitte Technology Fast50 actually means that OCOM is the fastest-growing Internet service provider in the Netherlands. OCOM achieved sales growth of 860 percent, to 24.5 million euros, over a five-year period (2004 through 2008). For 2009, OCOM is expecting to generate sales worth 35 million euros.

The current growth rate is expected to continue since OCOM sells its products in an international market, with the global Internet services market as its area of operations. About 70 percent of its sales is generated outside the Netherlands. This is the second time for OCOM to earn a ranking in the Deloitte Technology Fast50 as one of the fastest-growing technology firms. The first time, OCOM eventually finished number 18 with a five-year growth rate of 1,087 percent.

OCOM Internet Services
The OCOM Group is an international leader in Internet infrastructure services with brands such as LeaseWeb, EvoSwitch and FiberRing. LeaseWeb is the Netherlands’ largest hosting provider and a global Top-20 player with clients such as the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Heineken, Hyves, AFAS and Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé.

EvoSwitch is a carrier-neutral data center with a green reputation (CO2-neutral). Its clients include Wikipedia, the Parnassia Bavo Group, Logica, NTT and Codemasters. FiberRing is a network service provider that focuses on networks in metropolitan areas (Metro Area Networks). FiberRing’s clients and partners include such companies as TeliaSonera, KPN, Citrix and TATA.

“It’s fantastic to see a company our size win a Fast50 award for the second time,” says Con Zwinkels, managing director and co-founder of OCOM. “This award reflects the commitment of OCOM’s companies over the past few years. It’s also an incentive to achieve our ambitions for further growth. Growth and expansion are crucial to the international competitiveness of Internet services and to the specific market proposition of OCOM’s companies.”

Con Zwinkels and Laurens Rosenthal
Con Zwinkels and his business partner Laurens Rosenthal are the joint founders and owners of the OCOM Group. Zwinkels and Rosenthal were still in college when they started to host websites on a server from their proverbial attic room. OCOM’s operations have since expanded to include more than just hosting. Its companies each serve their own segment of the Internet services market.

“LeaseWeb especially has been very successful in the hosting market for several years now,” says Zwinkels. “LeaseWeb handles more than 450 Gigabits of Internet traffic per second, which is processed each day by the company’s own worldwide hosting network via telecom carriers and Internet exchanges. The network now includes more than 22,000 servers.”

Zwinkels: “Although EvoSwitch was founded a little later, it is developing to become an attractive, financially sound company. The energy efficiency and efficient layout of the EvoSwitch data center enhance its attractiveness in the market.”

2009 Deloitte Technology Fast50
The Deloitte Technology Fast50 is an annual election of the fifty fastest-growing technology firms. The Technology Fast50 is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. This was an opportunity to expand its scope and participants now include Belgian companies in addition to Dutch companies. The selection is based on growth rates achieved over the past five years (2004 - 2008). Participants can be from the public and private sectors, and represent all technology segments, including software, the Internet, biotechnological and medical equipment, computers and peripheral equipment, semiconductors, communication equipment and networks, media and entertainment, and green-tech.

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Rackspace Bolsters Enterprise Product and Service Portfolio

2009-10-30T07:03:00-04:00

San Antonio, TX (Gawkwire.com) Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, is enhancing its portfolio of services designed for the needs of large enterprises with a focus on disaster recovery, managed storage and application-level hosting. These new services are designed to meet the enterprise-grade needs of large organizations across all industries with a focus on performance, flexibility and control.

“Rackspace’s enterprise solutions can allow our customers to respond quickly to market changes, yet stay mindful of risky capital expenditures and rapidly evolving technologies,” said Taylor Rhodes, VP & GM of Enterprise Services for Rackspace. “We evolve our enterprise offerings based on customer feedback. They’re telling us they need a partner to provide important but non-strategic functions, and they want to buy them as services rather than pouring their own capital and IT resources into them. We are now able to offer our most complex customers solutions designed for their storage and data replication needs.”

Storage and Disaster Recovery Solutions
Regulatory compliance, on-line transaction processing and rich media are just a few of the factors driving an exponential demand for enterprise-class storage and replication services. To meet these needs, Rackspace recently began offering dedicated SAN (dSAN) and dedicated NAS (dNAS) enterprise-class managed storage solutions.

• dSAN: Highly scalable storage, leveraging Dell® EMC® CX4 Array technology, is ideal for databases and high transaction applications.

• dNAS: High capacity solution, built on NetApp® technology for media rich applications and sites and large volume file level storage.

Both provide high performance, flexible and fully managed storage services that are customized for the mission critical data assurance needs of the Enterprise.

Rackspace has recently launched its Disaster Recovery Services portfolio. The ability to recover and reinstate mission-critical data is a necessity for most any enterprise, especially in the event of an unplanned regional disaster or outage. Rackspace offers solutions to meet diverse customer needs and budgets.

• Host Based Replication - Data Center to Data Center replication can rapidly and affordably recover critical data in the event of a disaster. Host Based Replication is managed by a dedicated team of certified DR professionals and includes a free DNS failover service.

• Enterprise Replication Services— Data Center to Data Center replication and rapid failover for mission critical data stored using Rackspace dNAS services. Enterprise Replication Services is powered by NetApp NAS and SnapMirror® technologies and is customized and managed by a team of certified NAS engineers.

• Professional Services—Rackspace has a dedicated Professional Services team that delivers customized DR solutions for enterprise customers. For customers seeking a customized, end-to-end DR solution, Rackspace offers Professional Services capabilities that include application, database and full server failover.

Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Solutions
Collaboration and email are critical to most all businesses, and the applications required to deliver these services to the enterprise are growing increasingly complex. Rackspace Messaging & Collaboration Solutions can provide a better alternative to managing Exchange and Sharepoint environments in-house. Our Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint (Dedicated) solutions can allow customers to free up resources while improving the uptime and performance in their critical messaging and collaboration environments.

• Microsoft Exchange 2007-Dedicated and SharePoint-Dedicated: Rackspace has enhanced its dedicated application hosting offerings, including Microsoft Exchange 2007 and SharePoint. The service offerings include the design, deployment, hosting, support, and administration of Microsoft Exchange and/or SharePoint on dedicated servers by a team of experts.

For more information about Rackspace managed hosting offerings, please visit: http://www.rackspace.com/solutions/managed_hosting/index.php.

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DNS Made Easy Announces Successful Launch of their Educational Webinars

2009-10-30T07:02:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) DNS Made Easy (dnsmadeeasy.com), the leading IP Anycast managed DNS service provider, announced a successful launch of their new webinar series “Increasing Uptime Though Education”. The first two webinars took place earlier in October 2009. These webinars were attended by hundreds of DNS Made Easy customers. The first presentation of the series covered DNS Record Types and the second webinar covered increasing mail availability and deliverablility. Both webinars received overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees.

Richard Smith, currently a senior sales engineer with DNS Made Easy, presented the both of the first two webinars in the series. During the first webinar, “DNS Record Types”, Mr. Smith’s presentation used real world examples live on the DNS Made Easy enterprise DNS servers to help convey the ideas illustrated in the presentation. This made the material easy to grasp and taught everyone in attendance something new, regardless of their skill level. Attendees were able to make DNS queries from their computer after every example to see DNS entries change as they watched modifications made by the presenter through the DNS Made Easy web interface.

“Being able to show hundreds of users real world examples in real-time was a valuable experience,” stated Richard Smith. “Many users commented afterwards that they were able to run their tests online against our name servers and saw them change the very second that a change was made on the webinar. They were shocked with the power and ease of use that DNS Made Easy allowed them to have over their DNS configuration.”

The second webinar, “Increasing Mail Availability”, covered the many different parts of an enterprise email system and how these parts can be configured for high redundancy and availability. Mail deliverability for outgoing email was also discussed including the DNS records that can help support higher deliverability levels. “Something as simple as a DNS SPF record can aid our customers in getting their emails delivered, but often this is overlooked by administrators until they have problems with email deliverability and bounces.” stated Smith. “We are helping our users get out in front of these topics before they become an issue for them.”

At the conclusion of the webinars, question and answer sessions were held with attendees. This allowed DNS Made Easy clients to submit related questions for review. Some of the questions were given directly to Smith, who then answered them for the benefit of all attendees. Some of the DNS Made Easy staff were also available for the duration of the presentation to answer any questions that viewers had during the presentation.

DNS Made Easy has released a schedule of upcoming Webinar topics, including topics such as Rebranding DNS Services, Reverse DNS, and configuring email services. DNS Made Easy plans to release videos of all past presentations and is considering offering additional webinars on specific topics for users that cannot attend the initial presentation.

Based on the great success of the “Increasing Uptime Through Education” webinar series thus far, the remainder of the series should shape up to be very impressive. As more advanced topics are covered, DNS Made Easy clients will surely benefit from these interactive demonstrations and strategic insights that help to apply these advanced networking topics and best practices to their specific business. Each presentation comes straight from the experts, all with the goal of increasing your uptime and productivity through education.

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RhinoSEO.com Releases New Feature for In-depth Analysis of Website Activity

2009-10-30T07:01:00-04:00

Charleston, SC (Gawkwire.com) Think New Creative Solutions, Inc. has been working tirelessly to improve the RhinoSEO website analytics system and its usefulness to their users. In the most recent set of updates, RhinoSEO added a great piece of functionality that they feel is one of the most important features of the system to date.

As of today, RhinoSEO offers its users an unparalleled way of viewing page activity on their websites.

Normally, you can monitor traffic all day long and put together the pieces of where things are going wrong based on who does not click your calls to action. We have found this to be somewhat cumbersome, even with what the tools already provided.

To solve that, RhinoSEO can now show the activity on each page of your site visually by charting every click on the site.

The new 'Heat Map' feature provides an in-depth look into how your viewers use your website. Now you can easily identify if your call to action is located in the wrong spot on the page by looking at the active areas of each page.

"We are extremely excited about the new 'Heat Map' feature and we hope that it provides our users with the next level of analysis that it has provided us. This is only the beginning of what this feature provides and we will continue to grow it as we grow the other tools." says Adam Coburn, Founder and Senior Developer.

Why switch to RhinoSEO.com? RhinoSEO.com not only offers unparalleled SEO analytics software and a website grader, but the company also provides SEO service; all for the same price per month as other SEO tools. RhinoSEO.com does not require yearly upfront cost, nor does it require term contracts.

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Afilias’ Matt Pounsett Elected Director-at-Large for DNS - OARC

2009-10-30T06:59:00-04:00

Dublin, Ireland (Gawkwire.com) Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that Matt Pounsett, a lead member of the Afilias Content Propagation and Resolution Services team, has been selected as a board member of the DNS Operations, Analysis, and Research Center (OARC).

The DNS-OARC is an organization that provides a platform for the DNS operations community to share information and data. It also measures performance and traffic load data to provide short and long-term analysis in order to learn and develop remedies to attacks and other problems affecting the DNS.

“Ensuring the stability of the DNS is essential to continuing the communication, e-commerce, and business channels that have become imperative to today’s societies,” said Mr. Pounsett. “I am excited to be able to provide my expertise from Afilias to ensure that the DNS remains reliable, secure, and resilient.”

Mr. Pounsett recently joined Afilias in 2009 and helps manage Afilias’ DNS infrastructure which supports nearly 10% of the Internet, including 15 Top Level Domains as well as Afilias’ Managed DNS Services customers.

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Host4Yourself.com Acquires iWebFusion Technologies & New Datacenter Space

2009-10-29T14:11:00-04:00

Endicott, NY (Gawkwire.com) H4Y Technologies LLC, an established leader in web hosting and internet services, today announced its acquisition of iWebFusion Technologies LLC of Oregon (iWebFusion.net). iWebFusion will continue to operate as a separate brand under H4Y Technologies LLC. iWebFusion brings an entirely new customer base to H4Y Technologies LLC. Host4Yourself.com, the primary brand of H4Y Technologies, focuses on development, enterprise class and mission critical managed hosting, dedicated servers, and colocation, while iWebFusion.net has made a successful name for itself based on its economical shared, reseller, and VPS product lines.

Evan Kamlet, LLC Member of H4Y Technologies, said, "As if Host4Yourself.com didn't already offer a huge range of options to our clients, the purchase of iWebFusion.net should make us attractive to just about every conceivable consumer and business. With the resources and capital on tap at H4Y, we foresee a very rosy picture for iWebFusion.net in the coming months and years. It is very exciting for all of us".

iWebFusion.net's staff, billing, and structure will not change. Existing customers will encounter no ill effects as no equipment will be moved. A portion of iWebFusion.net's equipment was already under the ownership of H4Y Technologies LLC before the acquisition. It is still up for debate whether the pricing model will remain unchanged, but clients have been guaranteed that existing accounts will never increase in price, nor will future sign- ups for clients with existing accounts.

H4Y also worked out a partnership arrangement with USSHC (United States Secure Hosting Center) in Monticello, IA. The underground bomb and EMP resistant datacenter boasts its status as "the most secure datacenter in the United States". iWebFusion VPS nodes and dedicated servers currently occupy a small portion of datacenter space at this facility. The existing infrastructure will not change, but H4Y Technologies will add to it and offer Host4Yourself.com customers a new line of mission-critical hosting products based on this new partnership.

Host4Yourself.com already offered a linear upgrade path for its clientele. With this acquisition, the entry level for prospective clients is lower than ever before and the scalability options are nearly unlimited with products and plans at nearly every imaginable price point.

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NYI Unveils New Data Center in Grand Style

2009-10-29T06:50:00-04:00

Bridgewater, NY (Gawkwire.com) The New York Internet Company (NYI), an award-winning mission-critical service provider, is feeling festive. To celebrate the opening of its new 40,000 square foot data center, at 999 Frontier Road, in Bridgewater, NJ, NYI has partnered with the New Jersey Technology Council (www.njtc.org) to present a full day of special events, Wednesday, Oct. 28, that marks their entrance into the market and salutes the Garden State as a leading disaster recovery/business continuity destination.

The highlight of the day will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony officiated by the Mayor of Bridgewater Township, Patricia Flannery. There will also be panel discussions on the future of broadband and energy efficiency in IT. The former will be hosted by Doug Schoenberger, VP of Public Policy, Verizon, along with New Jersey State Assemblyman Upendra Chivulula. Other highlights will include tours of the facility, and an evening networking party where executives from the New York and New Jersey technology industries will mix and mingle in a relaxed but professional setting.

"It is an honor to welcome the New York Internet Company at 999 Frontier," said Paul Frank, Vice President of Membership, New Jersey Technology Council. "NYI's reputation as one of the smartest and most customer-centric colocation specialists makes them a perfect fit for both our membership and the broader technological needs of New Jersey companies."

"We are proud to join the New Jersey business community, and look forward to introducing customers on this side of the river to the NYI experience," said Phillip Koblence, VP, NYI, adding, "In addition to our traditional services, our new facility at 999 Frontier offers a unique opportunity to provide relevant, flexible and comprehensive solutions for DR and BCP applications."

Facility Specifications:

Standalone building w/over 40,000 Square Feet
5 MW of Power Available, 20 MW available for future upgrade
2N + 1 UPS Configuration (Over 2 MW Capacity)
2N Generator Configuration
24" Raised Floor
Power Density Over 150 Watts/Foot
Fully Meshed, Fault Tolerant NYI Network Available for Customer Use
Multiple Fiber Entry Points (Current Fiber Providers: Lightpath,
AboveNet, Verizon Business, AT&T)
24x7x365 Biometric Access to Facility
Client Lounge Available for Onsite Technicians
Custom hotseat configuration for companies requiring DR/BCP office space
Proximity of less than 50 fiber miles to NYC for low-latency connectivity for trading platforms and real-time backup

NYI is an award-winning mission-critical service provider which has been named a top service provider five times this year alone, by networking analysis experts Netcraft. In keeping with their track record of excellence, 999 Frontier operates seamlessly with NYI's main data center in Lower Manhattan, right in the heart of Wall Street, while offering the most advanced and secure suite of services available anywhere.

If you are a representative of a technology company or university who would like to attend the 999 Frontier grand opening, visit: www.njtc.org/events.

For more information or to schedule a tour, contact: salesteam(at)nyi(dot)net.

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Network Solutions Names Kurt Gastrock as New Senior Vice President

2009-10-29T06:49:00-04:00

HERNDON, VA (Gawkwire.com) Network Solutions® announced today that Kurt Gastrock has been named Senior Vice President, with responsibilities spanning three key areas: Product, Sales and Wholesale. Gastrock will be a catalyst for product innovation and customer growth. He is charged with extending the company’s suite of products and services through online and new sales channels and developing new private label offerings to a growing portfolio of partners.

“Kurt brings a wealth of experience in product development and channel strategy to the company,” said Tim Kelly, President of Network Solutions. “He is a great complement to the existing team members.”

Network Solutions is focused on providing businesses with quality products and services that make it easy for them to establish and grow their companies using the Internet. The product portfolio spans a wide range of services – from web hosting to online marketing services – that are supported with free, 24/7 customer service support, certified by JD Power & Associates year after year.

“I am happy to be part of the Network Solutions team,” said Kurt Gastrock. “The company continues to develop, refine and expand its product portfolio and open new sales channels to deliver products and services that deliver results small businesses expect.”

Prior to joining Network Solutions, Gastrock served as the Senior Vice President for Sales and Business Development at NextG Networks. His past experience includes leading the day-to-day operations of Convera Corporation where he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Gastrock also spent a number of years at Sprint Nextel Corporation where he held senior level posts in their wireless site development, hosting, and E|Solutions business units.

Gastrock earned a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University.

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LogicMonitor Joins The NetApp Alliance Partner Program

2009-10-29T06:48:00-04:00

Santa Barbara, CA (Gawkwire.com) LogicMonitor, provider of Hosted Monitoring, the best-of-breed solution that offers customers unmatched visibility into the health and performance of their datacenters, today announced membership in the NetApp Alliance Partner Program as an Advantage Alliance Partner. LogicMonitor is collaborating with NetApp to tightly integrate its Hosted Monitoring solution for datacenter monitoring. Through this partnership, NetApp customers will now be able to benefit from a hosted storage monitoring system, providing 24/7 smart views of their storage and servers, which saves time, increases efficiency, and reduces downtime.

LogicMonitor Hosted Monitoring is a fully hosted, fully automated datacenter monitoring service that offers customers ongoing, active discovery, effectively monitoring all load balancers, databases, server equipment, applications, and network and storage devices for organizations of any size. With this NetApp partnership, LogicMonitor will continue to smoothly integrate NetApp's customers' needs into its flagship Hosted Monitoring service, as well as develop new features that enhance the benefits of NetApp® storage.

"As a NetApp Advantage Partner, LogicMonitor's customers will enjoy our unmatched monitoring combined with NetApp's best-of-breed storage services to keep their datacenters running smoothly and reduce the complexity of their storage environments," said LogicMonitor CEO Steve Francis. "We'll continue to improve our service using the NetApp API, allowing further improvements in cost-effectiveness and performance validation, and incorporating support for more NetApp platforms."

"One of the goals of the NetApp Alliance Partner Program is to work with companies that have a shared vision of addressing the storage and data infrastructure needs of today's complex enterprise environments," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions and Alliances at NetApp. "LogicMonitor's membership in the NetApp Alliance Partner Program means that our customers will benefit from their Hosted Monitoring solution, which simplifies business-critical datacenter monitoring, delivering more visibility and automated alerting."

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OpenOffice.org Clocks up One Million Downloads

2009-10-29T06:46:00-04:00

Edinburgh, Scotland (Gawkwire.com) Yesterday, Wednesday 28th., the one hundred millionth person clicked on the Download OpenOffice.org button since version 3.0 of the software was announced just over one year ago. With a follow up 3.1 release in May this year, and a 3.2 release already in the hands of beta testers, the world's leading open-source office productivity suite is continuing to generate enthusiasm among developers and end users alike. The champagne bottles are already being prepared for celebrations at the community's annual conference next week in Orvieto, Italy.

Italo Vignoli, spokesman for the conference organising team, explained the significance of the milestone and the event. "We are delighted to have the global OpenOffice.org community coming to Italy at such a memorable time. Here in Italy we have seen 8 million downloads of the Italian version in the twelve months to October 2009, against less than 7 million new PCs sold in the same period. This proves our market share in the segment of personal productivity office suites is growing strongly and steadily. Users are asking for a personal productivity suite, and we are giving them exactly what they want - without trying to force them to use other products they don't need. Our Conference is open to anyone interested in OpenOffice.org - please come along and join the celebrations".

What makes the statistics impressive is that they only record downloads via the OpenOffice.org website, and exclude for example large numbers of Linux users who generally download software from their own distributor. In addition, many users obtain OpenOffice.org via other mirrors, peer-to-peer networks, CDs, or other media.

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Greg O'Connor to Present AppZero Data Center/Cloud Provisioning Case Study

2009-10-29T06:45:00-04:00

Andover, MA (Gawkwire.com) AppZero's CEO Greg O'Connor will be a featured speaker at SYS-CON's 4th annual Cloud Computing Conference, which is co-located at the Santa Clara Convention Center with the 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo November 2-4. O'Connor's session is entitled, "Case Study: Fortune100 data center provisions to and from * Cloud with Virtual Application Appliances".

In this session, O'Connor will detail the real-world experience of an AppZero Fortune 100 customer using a single gold server-application image for cross-domain provisioning of the data center, to multiple clouds and back. The ability to move server-based applications across VMs -VMware, Xen, and Hyper-V - without any modifications freed this Fortune 100 company from infrastructure lock-in. Greg examines the multiplier effect of that freedom across the data center to *clouds, where * = any combination of Disaster Cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud on any combination of cloud vendors' offerings.

Continuing on the theme of practicality, Greg O'Connor will also participate in a Power Panel titled, "Enterprise-Level Cloud Computing: Far-Off Dream or Present Reality?", moderated by conference chair, Jeremy Gleelan. This panel presentation will be simulcast Web-wide on SYS-CON TV.

Commenting on the impact of these sessions, O'Connor reflected, "The days of hype are over. There is a real hunger out there for practical how-to guidance. The confluence of technological maturity with a dampened economy forms a fertile ground for the cost-slashing innovation that AppZero brings to server-side application provisioning. Yes, that capability is powerful as enterprises look to move across clouds without any modification, but there is a corollary requirement within the data center. Functionally, AppZero blurs the lines between those spheres of operation. We've found that SYS-CON is a solid venue for showcasing our technology to an audience that is knowledgeable and actively engaged in both cloud and earth-based virtualization."

O'Connor is responsible for translating AppZero's vision into strategic business objectives and financial results. He has over 25 years of management and technical experience in the computer industry, having previously been founder and president of Sonic Software, acquired in 2005 by Progress Software (PRGS). There he grew the company from concept to over $40 million in revenue. At Sonic, he evangelized and created the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) product category, which is generally accepted today as the foundation for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Follow O'Connor on Twitter @gregoryjoconnor

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New Q3'09 malware data, and the Dasient Infection Library

2009-10-27T19:03:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) As we've discussed in this space before, we are seeing a fundamental shift in how malware is being distributed: Attackers are focusing more than ever on compromising legitimate websites and using them to distribute malware. As a result, more and more sites are feeling the effects of web-based malware infection, which can include loss of traffic, decline in revenue, and damage to brand equity.

This trend is underlined by the data we've gathered on the third quarter of 2009, which saw significant activity on the web-based malware front. During that span, Dasient identified more than 52,000 web-based malware infections, making for a total of more than 72,000 unique malware infections identified and catalogued since our malware analysis platform launched.

Based on the telemetry data we've gathered from the web, we estimate that more than 640,000 sites and approximately 5.8 million pages were infected in the quarter. This is a substantial increase from data published by Microsoft in April 2009, which pegged the number of infected pages per quarter at a little more than 3 million. This increased activity is also reflected in the rapid growth of theblacklists maintained by search engines, browsers, and anti-virus software companies. The Google blacklist alone has more than doubled in the last year, and at certain points has been adding 40,000 new sites per week.

This shift has been accelerated by the fact that using legitimate sites as a delivery method enables attackers to infect large numbers of endpoints at once, and by the trend toward increasing complexity in and interoperability between websites and web applications (which is in turn opening up more and more attack surfaces).

Substantial portions of sites being infected

While it often takes only a couple of infected pages to harm users or land a site on one of the many blacklists, our research suggests that when sites are infected, the bad code is installed on a significant portion of the pages on those sites. In Q3'09, the infections on newly compromised sites of 10 pages or more spread to an average of 19% of those sites' pages.

This number is significant for a couple of reasons. For one, the greater the percentage of a site that's infected, the greater the chances are that the site will spread malware to users or be flagged by a blacklist provider. For another, modern web-based malware infections are frequently complex and heavily obfuscated, making it a challenge even for experienced webmasters to identify all the bad code on the site and remove it. The more infected pages there are on the site, the longer it can take to address the infection. And if the site has already been blacklisted (which is often the case), then the site will take a hit in traffic, reputation, and revenue with each day that passes during the cleanup and blacklist appeal process.

High reinfection rate

Another trend worth noting from Q3 is the high reinfection rate for sites, which came in at 39.6%. There are a number of factors that could contribute to a high reinfection rate, including the tendency for attackers to look for attack vectors common to large numbers of sites and then develop automated attack scripts that will repeatedly seek out those vectors and exploit them.

The sheer number of available attack vectors likely also plays a part. Common attack vectors include compromised FTP credentials, server-side vulnerabilities, unpatched or unknown web application vulnerabilities, and syndicated ad networks serving malicious ads. With attackers embracing scale and automation, and with so many ways for even well-secured sites to be compromised, it's becoming more and more important for site owners to employ tools that can help them regularly monitor their sites for infection and quickly address any issues that arise.

New attack techniques

As you can see in the graph below, the vast majority of the web-based malware attacks in Q3 could be classified as JavaScript (54.8%) and iFrame (37.1%) attacks, with "other" attacks accounting for only 8.1%.

One of the challenging things about trying to protect sites from the threat of web-based malware is that the attacks often evolve very quickly and make use of a number of obfuscation techniques to evade traditional malware scanners. We saw plenty of this activity in Q3, with some notable recent examples being dynamically generating the SRC attribute in iFrames to foil scanners that look at SRC attributes; using partially or fully encoded URLs to frustrate scanners that look for regular expressions; and adding phrases like "analytics-google" to malicious code to fool webmasters into thinking the code is legitimate.

Dasient to open up web-based malware Infection Library

The Dasient Web-Anti Malware (WAM) service regularly monitors our customers' sites for signs of a web-based malware infection. When an infection is detected, it notifies the customer immediately, providing full diagnostic information on the infection. It can also automatically strip out the bad code from infected pages before they're served to the site's users -- keeping those users safe and keeping the site off the blacklist. We're proud to be able to provide this service to our customers, and have received great feedback since launching earlier this year.

But as the threat of web-based malware continues to grow, one of the things we're hearing from the web, security, and IT professionals we work with is that they need more information to help them keep track of the threat and ensure that they have the tools they need to address it. With that in mind, we will now start providing these professionals with a view into the Dasient Infection Library, which in just a few months has accumulated data on more than 70,000 different web-based malware infections.

To start, we'll be providing information on the top 10 web-based malware attacks for the week, as well as some other basic trend information on the latest attacks. We'll also be publishing relatively new infections that our platform finds to a dedicated Twitter feed. We hope to expand the view we offer into our Infection Library in the future, and are looking forward to your feedback on the kinds of data and functionality you'd find useful.

If you're a business owner and you'd like to learn more about how Dasient WAM can help protect your business, head here. If you're a web hosting provider and you'd like to learn about partnership opportunities with Dasient, check out this page. And no matter who you are, please be sure to check out our Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/dasient for all the latest in web-based malware and general security news.

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Hosting Now Available from IT Solutions Now

2009-10-28T07:01:00-04:00

Jacksonville, FL (Gawkwire.com) IT Solutions Now announces the launch of its CRM 4.0 hosting service, featuring Microsoft Dynamics CRM Hosting. This hosted service offers organizations fully integrated customer relationship management software that creates and maintains a clear view of customers from first contact through post-sales.

"Now clients can easily track all of the stages of planning and executing marketing campaigns, including planning, tactics and follow-up," says Billy Forte, CEO of IT Solutions Now, a leading Microsoft Exchange Hosting organization. "Most importantly, managers can manage leads better to convert them into sales."

Now clients can easily track all of the stages of planning and executing marketing campaigns, including planning, tactics and follow-up

Most importantly, managers can manage leads better to convert them into sales.

CRM hosting enables clients to assign, schedule and track marketing campaign activities, as well as easily measure campaign performance, creating a more efficient way to market both new and existing products and services. CRM 4.0 hosting is integrated with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, allowing a minimal learning curve and quick return on investment.

CRM 4. 0 hosting offers many benefits to organizations and businesses. With a hosted service, organizations can customize a CRM solution to the needs of each customer, and can integrate sales marketing and service processes, creating a professional image to present to clients. An organization can used CRM 4.0 hosting to automate task planning, cost tracking and many other tasks involved in complex marketing campaigns, saving staff time and reducing room for error. A hosted service also allows for quicker follow-up on leads and makes it easier to connect with prospects and customers.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Hosting users can also track responses to mailings and e-mail marketing to stay in constant contact. The service also features full synchronicity with Outlook e-mail, tasks, contacts and calendars, and makes it easy to export data into Excel for fast analysis and reporting.

Overall, CRM 4.0 hosting leads to increased brand awareness, more efficient lead generation and better management of existing customer data to grow market share.
For more information about the new Microsoft Dynamics CRM hosting service available from IT Solutions Now, visit http://www.exchangemailhosting.com/microsoft-dynamics-crm/index.html.

About IT Solutions Now
IT Solutions Now, as a single outsourced service, delivers all the functions of a Fortune 500 IT department--and provides these functions with unmatched stability--at a fraction of the cost. Structured for companies that either do not desire an IT department, or wish to relieve their in-house IT personnel of tedious everyday IT functions, IT Solutions Now is your answer to IT. For more information, visit www.exchangemailhosting.com.

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TGogax offers FREE KVM Over IP on dedicated servers

2009-10-28T07:00:00-04:00

Montreal, Canada (Gawkwire.com) Gogax, a Canadian dedicated server provider is offering “total control” of its dedicated servers to customers through KVM (keyboard, video, and mouse) over IP technology. Gogax includes this option at no cost on all its regular server offerings. It is a permanent kvm over ip which is installed on the server’s motherboard, making it accessible at all time with no requirement for our techs to plug in an external kvm over IP, giving customers total peace of mind.

With KVM over IP, customers will be able to have remote access to their dedicated server to install and run applications, troubleshoot all the way down to BIOS-level, reinstall the server operating system, view system health status, remote media features and much more…

Eliran Mimran, Account Director at Gogax explains, “This solution does not only give 100% control to our customers over their services with us, but it also allows our tech support to remotely provide support to customers even if their server does not have connectivity. It is also very efficient for our provisioning team to assign servers to new customers incredibly fast since we can leverage this solution as well by installing remotely the OS on new servers.”

For complete details of KVM Over IP and its features, visit: http://www.gogax.com/servers/kvm.php

For more details on Gogax servers offering KVM Over IP, please visit: http://www.gogax.com/servers

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SEO.com Caps Record Year with ‘Emerging Elite’ Award

2009-10-28T07:04:00-04:00

Salt Lake City, UT (Gawkwire.com) SEO.com capped its record year with one of the highest achievements for young Utah businesses. MountainWest Capital Network selected the Internet marketing company as one of 12 newer "Emerging Elite" companies at the Utah Top 100, an event recognizing the fastest-growing businesses in the state of Utah.

"It is truly an honor to receive this award," said David Bascom, CEO of SEO.com. "We have worked hard to be successful as a company, but there are so many other great companies here in Utah, I feel like we must be doing something right to be recognized in this way."
The Emerging Elite were selected among companies less than five years old that had significant increase in revenue, and also showed considerable promise for future success. The Utah 100 was determined by the percentage of revenue increase from 2004 through 2008.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert addressed the Utah Top 100 crowd that gathered in the Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, and told them their success is providing the backbone of strength that Utah needs to be competitive with the rest of the world.

"I appreciate the good work you all do to make Utah the great state it is," Herbert said. "My No. 1 priority as the governor is to grow the economy. You are the engine driving the economy, and we are here to highlight those that are making that effort."

The Emerging Elite award comes after both PromotionWorld and TOP SEOs recognized SEO.com as a top 10 SEO company in the country, and the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum named the search engine marketing firm among the Top 25 fastest growing Utah businesses under five years old.

In the last year, SEO.com’s monthly revenue has increased more than 300 percent; the company moved headquarters to accommodate its rapid growth; and it acquired Graphics.net to offer full-service Web design along with an array of SEO services. Since its launch in June, 2007, SEO.com has hired more than 40 employees and helped numerous clients climb to the top of the search engines. Currently, SEO.com has more than 100 clients that range from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies.

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The Planet Reports Third Quarter Results

2009-10-28T06:59:00-04:00

HOUSTON, TX (Gawkwire.com) The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today discussed its results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009. The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress.

“We continue to experience the largest growth from our existing customer install base and from our complex infrastructure solutions, which has been a common theme throughout the year,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas J. Erwin. “Our performance this quarter provides cautious optimism about an emerging economic turn-around, with indicators moving in the right direction. Our business experienced an upturn with new, more complex transactions and a healthier, more robust pipeline of opportunities than we’ve seen during the past three years.

“Our focus on the basics, including customer care, operational excellence across the board, and financial controls, places us in a strong competitive position. We’re expanding our product portfolio, based on customer feedback, and will announce several new services over the next six months. The channel expansion we announced this quarter should begin to pay dividends, and customer satisfaction, which we believe is a key indicator, has never been higher.”

“We ended the third quarter with continued strong EBITDA performance in the 30%+ range, and we had another solid cash flow quarter,” said Chief Financial Officer Kevin Klausmeyer. “We continued to pay down our debt, and have reached substantial borrowing capacity in the event we were to choose to be opportunistic in the marketplace.”

Second Quarter Highlights
Complex Infrastructure Growth: The company’s complex infrastructure solutions, which include virtual and private racks, experienced double-digit increases quarter-over-quarter, making them the fastest-growing products in the portfolio.

New Partner Plus Channel Program: The company introduced its new Partner Plus Program, which provides significant extensions to an already-strong partner program. It includes three specific partner models designed to fit the business requirements of customers, with industry-leading commission rates up to 20 percent for companies that introduce their customers to The Planet’s products and services.

Company Taps CAPSTAR Commercial for Colocation Leasing: The company appointed CAPSTAR Commercial Real Estate Services to lease its fifth and newest data center in the Dallas Metroplex. The 106,000-square-foot facility provides environmentally friendly white-floor space that is complete and ready for leasing.

ContentActive Video: The company featured a new video with Houston-based ContentActive (http://www.contentactive.com). ContentActive develops an extensive array of Web site and communications solutions for its clients to support their online businesses. The company’s portfolio includes content management, mobile solutions, document management, hosting, and search engine marketing and optimization.

ITEI Survey Results: More than one-in-four respondents of the IT Effectiveness Index (ITEI) received a “D” or “F” grade, according to results from the new online survey, while another 37 percent of small businesses scored only a “C” grade. Spearheaded by The Planet in cooperation with other companies that have a core interest in the SMB market, the survey provides insight and counsel for improving business processes and IT effectiveness. Members of the consortium include HostSearch (http://www.hostsearch.com); Kennesaw State University (http://www.kennesaw.edu); Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com); SmallBizTechnology.com (http://smallbiztechnology.com); Small Business Trends (http://smallbiztrends.com); SMB Nation (http://www. smbnation.com); and Yankee Group (http://www.yankeegroup.com).

Microsoft BizSpark: The company announced its membership in the Microsoft BizSpark Program, which allows The Planet to provide early-stage startups with free Microsoft software that would otherwise be unaffordable for these organizations. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, The Planet offers the program to qualified companies through its status as an official Network Partner and Hosting Provider.

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference: For the second year, the company participated in the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference as a bronze-level conference sponsor. The Planet showcased its hosting partner and IT infrastructure solutions at the show, with a second point of presence at the Microsoft Software-Plus-Services Pavilion.

About The Planet
The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 20,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 18.5 million Web sites worldwide. Customers have the power to choose from the broadest range of hosting solutions in the industry, from dedicated servers, Managed Dedicated Servers, Northstar Managed Hosting and data center colocation, all backed by 24x7x365 support. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class service, backed by state-of-the-art data centers and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses. For additional information, visit http://www.theplanet.com.

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Best Landing Page Optimization Firms Named by topseos.com for October

2009-10-27T06:38:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) The independent authority in search, topseos.com names the Best Landing Page Optimization Companies in the United States. Each of the companies in this list went through an extensive evaluation process that measure their understanding of landing page optimization. As a result, they were able to compile a list of companies that best represents the industry of landing page optimization.

A landing page is the section of a website where the links found in search engine results point to. Its purpose is to be an effective way to capture a web user's attention. Landing pages make use of SEO tactics to make them easy to be accessed by people who use search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo. Landing pages must have content that advocate the user to look further into the site.

The Best Landing Page Optimisation Firm and other great companies highlighted are:

1.   Webimax - New Jersey
2.   Ion Interactive Inc. - Florida
3.   SiteTurners.com - California
4.   WiderFunnel Marketing Inc. - Arizona
5.   SiteSpects Inc. - Minnesota
6.   Performics Inc. - Illinois
7.   FutureNow Inc. - new York
8.   Stratigent LLC - Illinois
9.   Hiconversion, Inc.
10.   Nimbletoad, Inc.

To be included in this list, topseos.com had to interview at least three clients of the applicants in order to measure their understanding of landing page optimization, the rate of return that they provide, and their dedication to customer satisfaction. Clients are also asked what three things they would change about their experience with the company. The preceding companies are industry leaders.

Landing Page Optimization Companies that would like to be considered for the topseos.com rankings can apply at:
http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the top companies that can optimize landing pages for you

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Web Host, Rochen, Employs Rebootless Update Technology

2009-10-27T06:37:00-04:00

Dallas, TX (Gawkwire.com) to Rochento Rochen, a web hosting provider specializing in premium shared and reseller hosting as well as enterprise hosting, announced that today it has signed an agreement with Ksplice, a start-up that provides a new technology called Uptrack for keeping operating systems up to date without the need to reboot.

The use of the new Uptrack technology removes the need to deploy kernel updates manually as well as the need to reboot servers to initialize an update, meaning updates are deployed faster and without downtime. Now, when kernel updates are distributed by an operating system vendor, the wait time for them to be deployed is almost eliminated.

"Deploying Kpslice's Uptrack technology across all of our servers will allow Linux Kernel security updates to be rolled out faster to our customers than ever before, without any downtime or disruption in service due to reboots," says Chris Adams, CEO, Rochen Ltd.

The technology will be used across all of Rochen's servers, including shared and reseller, as well as Managed Virtual Servers, Rochen's proactively managed VPS service. There will be no additional charge for Rochen customers.

"Now that Rochen's servers are protected with Ksplice Uptrack, their customers can get the critical security benefits of the latest OS updates without the disruption of rebooting. Hosting companies that aren't constantly innovating like Rochen simply can't serve their customers as well," says Waseem Daher, COO, Ksplice Inc.

This is especially beneficial for customers looking to host Joomla powered websites. Rochen is the official web hosting provider for the Joomla open source content management system. Rochen also announced today that they will be one of the lead sponsors of Joomla's Developer Conference on December 5th and 6th 2009 in New York City.

For more information about Rochen and its web hosting services, visit the website at: http://www.rochenhost.com/.

To learn more about the Ksplice Uptrack technology, visit the website at: http://www.ksplice.com/.

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Pay Per Click Summit Announces New Sessions on Maximizing SEM Results

2009-10-27T06:36:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) PPC Summit announces the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) training session line-up for the Chicago Summit scheduled on November 4-5, 2009. As businesses are forced to do more with less today, savvy marketers turn to search engine marketing to maximize their customer outreach and ensure a lower cost per acquisition. PPC Summit training is designed to help marketers overcome online advertising performance challenges and teach businesses how to integrate Search Engine Marketing and Pay Per Click advertising into their overall marketing plan. The last PPC Summit training event this year will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Chicago, IL where 17 top-notch SEM trainers will share insider strategies, solutions and resources for improving online marketing results.

Attendees can expect to gain practical knowledge and actionable techniques from leading experts who have years of experience managing successful campaigns on Google, Microsoft/Bing, Yahoo! Search Marketing and all search engines. During two days and 20+ educational Search Engine Marketing sessions, the PPC Summit trainers will lead case study lessons learned, hands-on workshops and how-to sessions covering Search Engine Marketing: Google, Bing, Yahoo and all engines, Contextual Advertising, Paid and Organic Search, Quality Score, AdWords, Landing Page and Website Optimization, Social Media and much more!

Pay Per Click Summit Chicago Speaker and Session Line-Up Includes:
Check out all sessions at PPC Summit Agenda
1. Landing Page Optimization for Increased Conversions - Tim Ash, Site Tuners
2. Improving Quality Score to Skyrocket Results - Bill Barnes, Enquiro
3. Google AdWords Strategies to Beat Competitors - Craig Danuloff, ClickEquations
4. Why Content Ads Are Your Ace In The Hole - David Szetela, Clix Marketing
5. Paid and Organic Search to Maximize ROI - Leisa Hall, Anvil Media
6. Pay-Per-Click and Your Search Engine Marketing Strategy - Maggie Strevell, Naper Solutions
7. Advanced Keyword Research & Targeting - Larry Kim, WordStream
8. Meaningful Web Analytics - Beyond the Numbers - Jamie Smith, Engine Ready

PPC Summit is dedicated to providing businesses with in-depth Search Engine Marketing education and training to improve online advertising results. PPC Summit event sponsors and partners include: ADOTAS, American Advertising Federation of Northern Illinois, Anvil Media, Apogee Search, Business.com, Chicago Association of Direct Marketing, ClickEquations, Conversion Voodoo, Direct Marketing Association, dmPulse, Engine Ready, eComxpo, International Internet Marketing Association, Naper Solutions, Online Strategies Magazine, SEMpdx, SEMPO, Search Marketing Standard, Web Host Industry Review, Web Marketing Association and Website Magazine.

The upcoming PPC Summit will be held on Nov. 4-5, 2009 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Chicago, IL. All interested participants can register online at http://www.ppcsummit.com/?pr3.

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SupplierSoft Named in Top 10 Companies to Watch in 2010

2009-10-27T06:34:00-04:00

Santa Clara, CA (Gawkwire.com) SupplierSoft a pioneer in cloud-computing based Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solutions, today announced that Managing Automation named SupplierSoft in the list of Top 10 Companies to Watch in 2010. Full details of the article are available at 2010's 10 Companies to Watch: SupplierSoft

SupplierSoft helps companies automate any and all supplier-facing business processes. The supplier relationship management suite includes Enviromental Compliance (RoHS/REACH), Procure-To-Pay, Supplier Risk Management, Supplier Contract Management, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Supplier Quality Management, Supplier Qualification and Information Management, and Supplier Audit Management. SupplierSoft supplier relationship management solutions reduce operational costs and supplier risk, ensure supplier compliance, improve supplier quality and improve customer satisfaction. SupplierSoft solutions are low risk and available for a 30 day free trial

"Each year in its Companies to Watch issue, Managing Automation highlights technology suppliers that are helping manufacturers in their quest for efficiency and competitive advantage," said Chris Chiappinelli, Editor, ManagingAutomation.com. "This year, SupplierSoft stood out for its efforts to bring rigor and automation to the all-important supplier relationship, a critical function for many companies in today's distributed manufacturing value chain."

"Given the current economic environment, companies are cutting costs by increasing outsourcing and improving productivity. To effectively manage suppliers in this environment, they are looking for low risk, pay-as-you-go, quick-to-implement supplier relationship management solutions that do not require extensive IT customization and achieve quick ROI," said Balu Sharma, CEO of SupplierSoft. "We are proud that Managing Automation, a reputed publication catering to progressive manufacturers, has selected SupplierSoft in Top 10 Companies to watch in 2010."

"Built on the Force.com platform, SupplierSoft solutions enable companies to realize business success with the reliability, scalability and performance of cloud computing," said Kendall Collins, chief marketing officer, salesforce.com. "As companies seek greater flexibility to innovate, SupplierSoft's solutions offer the advantages of the cloud delivered on the proven, secure Force.com platform."

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FastHosts Unveils All New Dedicated Servers

2009-10-27T06:32:00-04:00

Gloucester, UK (Gawkwire.com) IT professionals are offered an impressive range of new high-performance dedicated servers at low prices, today debuted by Fasthosts Internet Ltd, (www.fasthosts.co.uk), a leading web hosting provider. Priced from only £59/month+VAT, the new solutions feature the latest Intel Dual Core, Quad Core or Xeon Quad Core processors, 100Mbps connection and Fasthosts’ unlimited bandwidth. Deployed instantly and available in either Linux or Microsoft operating systems, the servers provide a reliable, secure and highly flexible server platform. Fasthosts’ robust network and unlimited data transfer would be of benefit to individuals and enterprises that generate or process large volumes of data.

Dedicated servers are a cost effective and reliable solution for hosting core IT infrastructure such as websites or business application software. They provide a secure and private environment for the user’s applications to be operated and data to be stored. A business user enjoys the full power of the hardware and guaranteed access to bandwidth, and retains complete hands on (KVM) remote control of their server at all times. Each Fasthosts server is maintained with the latest operating system updates to maximise efficiency and security.

Fasthosts Dedicated Server packages are the ideal solution for IT professionals and businesses that require reliable server operations without the capital expenditure investment in the servers or in the physical space associated with running hardware on their premises 24/7. The latest-spec Intel processor in every Fasthosts server delivers powerful, energy-efficient performance so you can run several intensive programs at once without slowing down.

Fasthosts’ brand new range of Dedicated Server packages comprises the DS300 (Dual Core & 2GB RAM), priced from only £59/month+VAT, DS500 (Dual Core & 4GB RAM), priced from £79/month+VAT, the DS700 (Quad Core & 8GB RAM), priced from £119/month+VAT, DS900X (Xeon Quad Core & 8GB RAM), priced from £149/month+VAT, and the DS1000XX (Xeon Quad Core & 16GB RAM), priced from £209/month + VAT. All packages are currently offered with 1 month free. Servers are available in either Linux or Windows configurations and feature full admin control as well as Fasthosts’ unlimited bandwidth and 100Mbps high-speed virtual data pipe. Technical support is provided 24/7 from UK by email or phone.

Steve Holford, CMO Fasthosts Internet Ltd., said "We have upgraded and invested in our Dedicated Server range to ensure unbeatable service delivery and excellent ROI for business users. Put simply, the combination of the latest Intel technology and free high-speed bandwidth is an excellent proposition for many users. In an increasingly digital economy, success often begins with a robust and reliable server access that you have confidence will be working for you round the clock, day in day out, with all the benefits, but none of the high costs of running it as an internal operation”.

Fasthosts offer a range of powerful control panels enabling the user to set up websites and applications quickly and easily, meaning more time to focus on running their business. For only £14.99/month+VAT, the award-winning Plesk 9 control panel interface provides ultra-intuitive server maintenance and control. Fully customisable and featuring the Powerpack bundle, Fasthosts currently offers Plesk 9 with 1 month free.

Businesses are assured that Fasthosts guarantees 99.9% or higher server uptime. Servers are located within the company’s state-of-the-art UK data centres, where all operations are protected against compromise by hardware, power or network failures or unapproved site access.

As a leading web host, Fasthosts offers a comprehensive range of web solutions including domain name registrations, email solutions (including mobile email services), shared web hosting, online payment services, reseller web hosting and feature-rich broadband packages.

For more information see the website at http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/dedicatedservers/

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SKGold Hosting Encourages Non-Profits to Apply for Free Lifetime Web Hosting Account

2009-10-26T06:17:00-04:00

Calgary, Alberta (Gawkwire.com) Seizing an opportunity to return something to the community, SkGold Hosting announced today that non-profit and charitable organizations in Canada and the US can sign up for a Baby Website Hosting account, totally free of charge.

In today's challenging global economy, it is absolutely essential that all businesses, including non-profits and charities, stretch every dollar in their budgets to the maximum. This offer should help ease some of the financial burden associated with maintaining an online presence for organizations that are not political or religious and that qualify as Canadian Registered Charities or 501(c)(3) organizations in the US.

"We believe it is an honor to be able to put back into our community. When we contribute where ever we can, we help to build a stronger community," says Sergey Krongold, CEO of SkGold Hosting, one of Canada's leading providers of shared web hosting. To give additional weight to his offer, Mr. Krongold promises that the company will not attach banners or other outside advertising to the non-profit accounts that it hosts for free.

To be eligible for a free Baby Website Hosting account, non-profit and charitable organizations must be able to demonstrate that they operate solely for the purpose of improving in some way the corner of the world they serve. Agencies that address human rights issues, protect animal welfare and track environmental concerns are only a few of the organizations that can take advantage of this offer.

The process to apply for a free account is very straightforward, according to Mr. Krongold. Those who are interested can simply send an email message describing their organization and what it does. The note must identify a contact person for the organization and include complete contact information, including telephone number, mailing address and website address.

In addition, it is essential that Canadian organizations include their Charitable Registration Number; groups in the US must forward proof of their 501(c)(3) status. The staff at SKGold hosting will review the materials and contact applicants within ten days.

More information about SkGold Hosting is available at SKGoldHosting.com.

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Pay-For-Performance Model: Future of Search Engine Optimization Industry

2009-10-26T06:16:00-04:00

Miami, FL (Gawkwire.com) Pay-For-Performance SEO Model: Future of Search Engine Optimization Industry says HappyRankings.com

HappyRankings.com, a Miami-Based Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Company plans on shaking-up the SEO Industry with a Patent-Pending, Performance-Based SEO Process that goes against the grain in the rapidly-growing Search Optimization Industry. Currently, SEO Companies small and large enjoy the luxury of billing Clients on a Time & Materials basis with little or no direct relationship to actual Search Engine Rankings achieved. The current industry practice is to obtain new Clients with the lure of High Search Engine Rankings, commit them to long-term contracts carrying fixed monthly fees, and preach patience as a virtue and persistence as the path to glory, but as many Clients find out too often too late, Money + Patience + Persistence do not always equal Top Search Engine Rankings.

So, is Pay-For-Performance SEO as good as it sounds, and can any SEO Company sustain such a Business Model while maintaining profitability and stability? Marcio Andrade, CEO of HappyRankings.com says it can be done, and bets everything on its Patent-Pending, Accountable, Measurable, Performance-Based SEO Process. When it comes to Pay-For-Performance SEO, risk is transferred from the SEO Client to the SEO Company, which is obviously in the best interest of Clients. So, should Clients switch over to a Pay-For-Performance engagement like that offered by HappyRankings.com? Well, the answer depends on each Client's situation, and not every Client will make a good Candidate for Pay-For-Performance SEO. Marcio Andrade says the ideal Client will have the following attributes:

IDEAL PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE SEO CLIENT:
1. Business is profitable, well-funded, and well-managed.
2. Product/Service is of good quality and/or unique.
3. Product/Service has a limited number of Main Keywords, such as no more than 20 Main Keywords.
4. Monthly Budget for SEO is at least $5,000, ideally $10,000+.
5. Follows instructions of SEO Company in a timely and accurate manner.

Attribute number 3 is the one that excludes many (but not all) eCommerce Clients from the HappyRankings.com Pay-For-Performance Model. The reason for that is because eCommerce Websites will usually have hundreds or thousands of Keywords. Take Amazon.com for instance -To say they have thousands of keywords is a gross understatement - They have hundreds of thousands of Keywords. To create a Pay-For-Performance Contracts with that many Keywords would be nearly impossible - Search Engine Optimization of eCommerce Websites will always be mostly focused on the Website's extensive Content Management System (CMS), or in other words, almost entirely On-Site Optimization. Although not every Client may be a good fit for this Pay-For-Performance Model, the concept is certainly here to stay.

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Best Australian Web Design Agencies Ranked by topseos.com.au for October

2009-10-26T06:15:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) topseos.com.au, the independent authority on search vendors, has reviewed and ranked the Best Australian Website Design Agencies for October 2009.

Site visitors are much tougher on design than they used to be. If a site doesn't have a clean, creative, and coherent design, visitors have no problem moving on. A good web design company knows the intricacies of design including how to create a sight that is creative without being overwhelming. topseos.com.au has ranked the best in web design for your benefit.

These are the Best Web Designing Experts for October 2009:

1.   Adrenalyn Web Marketing
2.   Linc Digital
3.   BlackMax Media
4.   Glass Onion
5.   Able Net Design
6.   Click2it
7.   BMC Optimise
8.   Definite Web Australia
9.   Kanga Internet
10.   Web Profits Pty Ltd

Each company is placed through a set review process. Companies are reviewed based on their qualifications as well as their performance in customer service. At least three clients of each company are interviewed concerning their experiences. Project specific queries include, but are not limited to, "What form of planning and strategy was undertaken by the agency before they started on your project?" and "Does your website have a search engine friendly design? What components of your design and stragey included SEO?" The preceding companies exceed the criteria set by topseos.com.au.

Learn more about the Top Web Designer and other great companies

Agencies interested in being listed should apply for ranking at: http://www.topseos.com.au/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

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Best Australian Web Design Agencies Ranked by topseos.com.au for October

2009-10-26T06:15:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) topseos.com.au, the independent authority on search vendors, has reviewed and ranked the Best Australian Website Design Agencies for October 2009.

These are the Best Web Designing Experts for October 2009:

Learn more about the Top Web Designer and other great companies

Agencies interested in being listed should apply for ranking at: http://www.topseos.com.au/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

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Craigslist Founder to Keynote ICCA Conference

2009-10-26T06:13:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Craig Newmark - the Craig in craigslist.org - will deliver a community keynote address on the history and culture of craigslist, and the rise of social media at the Independent Computer Consultants Association [ICCA - icca.org 32nd national conference. Meeting from November 13-15 in San Francisco at the Stanford Court Hotel, ICCA's annual conference theme is: Moving from Striving to Thriving in Today's Economy. Registration includes a choice of two pre-conference events on November 13. For newcomers to computer consulting, Steve Epner will lead a day-long practice building seminar. More established computer consultants may listen to updates from some of the Silicon Valley technology companies like Ingram Micro, SonicWALL, Google, Microsoft, and more. ICCA speakers include Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel, Mitchell Goozé, Bayard Bookman, Bernard Golden, C. J. Hayden, Pam Viveiros, Ted Janusz, Philippa Gamse, Larry Oxenham, Dr. Kurt Beyer, Craig Newmark, Michael McLaughlin, Allen Peterson, and Larry Mandelberg. For more information on speakers, sessions or events, or to register to attend, contact ICCA at 314.892.1675 or visit http://www.icca.org/conferences.php.

St. Louis, Missouri (PRWEB) October 24, 2009 -- Craig Newmark - the Craig in craigslist.org - will deliver a community keynote address on the history and culture of craigslist, and the rise of social media at the Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA - icca.org) 32nd national conference. Meeting from November 13-15 in San Francisco at the Stanford Court Hotel, ICCA's annual conference theme is: Moving from Striving to Thriving in Today's Economy. Registration includes a choice of two pre-conference events on November 13. For newcomers to computer consulting, Steve Epner will lead a day-long practice building seminar. More established computer consultants may listen to updates from some of the Silicon Valley technology companies like Ingram Micro, SonicWALL, Google, Microsoft, and more. ICCA speakers include Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel, Mitchell Goozé, Bayard Bookman, Bernard Golden, C. J. Hayden, Pam Viveiros, Ted Janusz, Philippa Gamse, Larry Oxenham, Dr. Kurt Beyer, Craig Newmark, Michael McLaughlin, Allen Peterson, and Larry Mandelberg. For more information on speakers, sessions or events, or to register to attend, contact ICCA at 314.892.1675 or visit http://www.icca.org/conferences.php.

ICCA Conference Registration Includes Building a Successful Computer Consulting Practice
Seminar with Steve Epner on November 13 OR an Industry Update Day with leading Silicon Valley Technology Companies

Steve Epner's Starting a Single Shingle Shop™ Seminar gives attendees a full-day of interactive instruction along with a set of CDs and a workbook, a $595 value. To sustain success, Steve will lead attendees in a year-long mastermind group. A technology expert and a faculty member and Innovator in Residence at Saint Louis University, Steve has spoken to hundreds of businesses, guiding them towards the future. Debuting his workshop for consultants at the ICCA conference, Steve is widely published and quoted in various publications including the Wall Street Journal.

More experienced computer consultants will want to attend the industry update sessions from leading Silicon Valley companies. After hearing from these companies, attendees will participate in an interactive discussion called "You Make the Call"- how to handle sticky situations, make better business decisions and meet challenges with creative solutions. After the practice building seminar and technology industry updates, a networking reception with a ''Top Chef'' theme caps off the day with entertainment and socializing.

ICCA Sessions Cover Computer Consulting Practice Building: Moving from Striving to Thriving

Opening on November 14 and running through November 15, ICCA conference topics cover leadership, conducting successful customer interviews, consulting 2.0 - virtualization, cloud computing and open source, marketing systems, social media- LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, how to get clients now, website optimization, law, taxes, proposal strategies, managed services, and value-based marketing. Highlights include Dr. Kurt Beyer on What Would Grace Hopper Do? Lessons from the Mother of the Information Age. Ms. Hopper addressed ICCA in the 80s. After Dr. Beyer's presentation, Craig Newmark will talk about the history and culture of craigslist, and the rise of social media. Larry Mandelberg will moderate ''The Dating Game,'' which matches business owners to consultants as the closing session. All in all, the conference guarantees a great networking experience.

ICCA Invites Computer Consultants to Attend, Learn, Network, Enjoy and Grow

David A. Zimmer, PMP, MS CS, CCP, ICCA president and co-author of Speaking of Success with Stephen R. Covey, and Jack Canfield, invites anyone interested in owning a thriving computer consulting practice or those who already do, to attend the national conference, "Personally, when I evaluate a conference I consider three factors: content, networking and location. Our content covers business development, technology insights, legislative issues and motivational strategies," David says. "Our attendees/members represent the diversity of expertise and experience in the computer consulting range. Meeting in San Francisco where technology is a key industry is a benefit for local members as well as those who want to get away to one of American's most popular travel destinations."

About Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA)
Founded in 1976, The Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) is an international not-for-profit trade association that helps grow technology consulting businesses with professional development opportunities and business support programs for independent computer consultants and their business clients worldwide. ICCA members are computer and software experts who have practical experience with the industry's rapidly changing technology. They use, recommend and install the latest products, and help corporations and individuals utilize their technology's capabilities. For additional information, contact the ICCA at 314-892-1675 or visit www.icca.org.

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IT Decision Makers Scared of Cloud Hosting

2009-10-23T13:00:00-04:00

VANCOUVER, BC (Gawkwire.com) A study commissioned by PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX), the global online business hosting provider has found that 88% of IT decision makers do not use cloud technologies, with 39% of respondents claiming that lack of knowledge is putting them off. The independent study which canvassed the opinions of over 200 IT decision makers reveals that concerns about security put off 24% of would-be cloud users, whilst 21% perceive that lack of control outweighs the benefits of cloud hosting.

Despite the concerns, 49% of those surveyed say that they are considering the technology. The availability and reliability of cloud computing are viewed as key benefits for 69% of respondents, whilst another 63% are attracted to its performance benefits. Scalability and flexibility are both factors that appeal to over 60% of potential cloud hosting users, with 43% citing security as being a reason to choose cloud hosting.

Tim Varma, Director of Product Management at PEER 1 commented: “We commissioned this study in order to get a clear view of the perceptions surrounding cloud hosting. We were surprised by the degree to which confusion about the benefits and limitations of cloud hosting seem to prevail, often conflicting with each other. For example, the security of cloud hosting appealed to 43% of decision makers – whilst 23% cite their perceived lack of security as a deterrent.

“More needs to be done to explain the benefits and address the concerns surrounding cloud technologies if the uptake is to accelerate. Cloud can reduce costs and increase flexibility for businesses, which is appealing for any IT decision maker. The industry needs to work together to provide standards that will address concerns around security and compliance.”

PEER 1 this year launched its CloudXcelerator™ program to foster and support the growth of cloud computing. The CloudXcelerator™ program allows qualifying partners to develop, test and run cloud applications on PEER 1’s high performance 10GB SuperNetwork™ infrastructure, helping them to bring cloud innovations to fruition faster, more reliably and more cost-effectively.

Sinclair Schuller, CEO at Apprenda, a member of PEER 1’s CloudXcelerator™ program said: “Our involvement in PEER 1’s CloudXcelerator™ program has highlighted to us the importance of working with partners who truly understand cloud technology. We are still in the early days, and as this research shows, key industry players are only just beginning to test the water. The more we, PEER 1 and other cloud providers can demystify the topic, the more confidence and adoption will grow.”

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i/o Data Centers Continues To Expand

2009-10-23T06:34:00-04:00

Phoenix, AZ (Gawkwire.com) i/o Data Centers, the premier provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, began construction on Phase Two of its industry-leading Phoenix ONE facility. The addition of new inventory comes two years ahead of schedule and is the result of unprecedented demand for the company's offerings. i/o Data Centers designs, builds and operates data centers for some of the world's largest corporations and Web properties.

i/o Data Centers' Phoenix ONE data center is one of the largest commercially available data centers in the United States. Construction of the Phoenix, Arizona based data center began in February 2009. Phase One, which consists of 180,000 square feet of 36 inch raised floor and 20 MW of conditioned, uninterruptible power, is quickly reaching full occupancy.

"Sales activity has been unprecedented", says George Slessman, CEO of i/o Data Centers. "We are extremely pleased with the demand we have seen so far. Our decision to bring additional inventory online and begin construction of Phase Two comes almost two years ahead of schedule. We believe this second phase will address the need for highly reliable and efficient data centers," says Slessman.

i/o Data Centers' Phoenix ONE data center contains over 57 miles of network cabling and Type I access to more than a dozen telecommunications carriers, including many of the largest in North America. i/o Data Centers, which is carrier-neutral, continues to see strong demand from network customers because of its interconnection and free cross connect service.

i/o Data Centers Phase Two construction plans include 180,000 square feet of raised floor, 20 MW of UPS and 36 MW of backup. This will bring the Phoenix ONE facility to 360,000 square feet of raised floor, 40 MW of fully redundant UPS and 72 MW of backup generation for data center power. As part of the expansion, the company is also increasing the capacity of its on-site substation to 123 MVA. "This will give us additional flexibility to bring another 20 MW of UPS online and continue to meet the needs of our customers," says Slessman.

About i/o Data Centers
i/o Data Centers is the premier provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions. Based in Arizona, i/o Data Centers designs, builds and operates highly reliable and efficient data centers for some of the world's largest corporations and web properties. i/o Data Centers offers a variety of innovative and flexible solutions including colocation cabinets, colocation cages, data center suites and containerized data centers.

For more information on i/o Data Centers visit: www.iodatacenters.com

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SES Chicago Goes Beyond SEM Attendees to Reach Mainstream Marketers

2009-10-23T06:32:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) Wanting to provide the latest thinking and trends in search engine marketing (SEM), including search engine optimization (SEO) and pay per click (PPC), to mainstream marketers, Search Engine Strategies (SES) Chicago has added sessions that will appeal to non-techie attendees. SES Chicago, scheduled for December 7-11, 2009 at the Chicago Hilton, will offer presentations and panels to the broader audience of traditional marketers, including small business owners and their staffs.

"We've found there is a lot of interest in the industry among marketers who don't need to get into the nuts and bolts of SEM, but who want to get a higher level view of how these practices can benefit their marketing programs," said Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media's Interactive Marketing Group, including Search Engine Strategies, Search Engine Watch and ClickZ.com. "Especially relevant are the sessions that include information on social media trends, including one that brings together big brand and small business marketers who've experienced groundbreaking Facebook success."

SES Chicago will feature three full days of conference sessions, including three keynote presentations, solo presentations and panels. The last two days of the conference will be devoted to SEM training. Discount registration for SES Chicago is available through November 20. The agenda for the conference can be found at: http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/agenda.html

Among the social media sessions that will appeal to the traditional marketer are What's the Link Between Search and Social?, which is about how brand marketers are managing their presence across the converging channels, such as with Twitter and Facebook, and a session in the Small Business track, Small Voices, Big Impact: Social Media for the Little Guy, which is about using social media to conduct market research and organize focus groups. Another session, the PR, Social Media and Search session, will examine case studies that integrate social media and search into a PR strategy, including Dell's "Take Your Own Path" campaign.

For marketers wanting to begin international marketing and advertising campaigns, the session New Exporters: How Search Marketing Can Be Used to Build Overseas Trade covers many of the getting-started tactics, including using keyword research to identify marketing targets, how to use testing to minimize roll-out risks, and how to ensure payment.

A session that is bound to appeal to the traditional marketer in today's tough economic climate is How to Cut Your Corporate Budget Without Cutting Leads or Sales. Case studies illustrating how companies cut back on their budgets and actually increased their businesses will be presented.
For more information about SES Chicago and to register for the conference, visit: http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/registration-details.html. The advanced rate is available through November 20 for a savings of up to $200.

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topseos.com Ranks the Best Web Design Firms for October 2009

2009-10-22T18:30:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) topseos.com regularly evaluates the Top Website Design Companies and compares those companies to their peers. At the end of the process, topseos.com has a list of the industry leaders in web design.

A good web designer can create a site map that makes navigating a website flow. Oftentimes, fickle customers won't spend the time looking a website if it isn't organized and attractive. Web designers create a journey for the visitor that is the most effective experience possible with that website.

The Best Web Page Design Agencies are:

1.   MindSmack.com
2.   Crea7ive Web Design
3.   Oxygen Productions
4.   POP Interactive
5.   DeepBlue
6.   352 Media Group
7.   2advanced.com
8.   Studio 7 Designs
9.   lifeBLUE Media
10.   Oxidev Interactive

This list of web design firms is filled with industry leaders. The evaluation criterion for web design companies is widely made up of interviewing clients and finding whether they are happy with their results from each company. How would they change their experience? What type of ROI did they achieve? Clients are a perfect measure of how well a company is doing. These web design agencies are the best at what they do according to topseos.com.

Web Design Companies that would like to be considered for topseos.com should apply for ranking here: http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the Top Web Site Design Firms.

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Sibername.com Inc. Announces New Advertising Feature for .tel Domains

2009-10-23T06:27:00-04:00

Ottawa, Canada (Gawkwire.com) Sibername.com Inc. (http://www.sibername.com) the Canadian registrar for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that it is delivering a new solution for text-based advertising listings for the .tel domain, enabling .tel domain owners to use more traditional and measurable domain monetization techniques. .tel domains provide new ways of generating revenue through the support and optimization of premium rate telephone numbers, software downloads, ringtones and competition-based formats. It is recognized that those used to traditional monetization methods still felt somewhat restricted. Therefore, it is enabled .tel owners to include clearly identifiable, text-based sponsored advertising links. In this way, a .tel domain is maintained as a single point of contact whilst also meeting the requirements for monetization across all internet-enabled devices.

The solution has been to introduce a special sub-type of a text (TXT) record with a '.tad' suffix. This is stored in a special folder within the .tel domain. This record contains the title, label, description and URL to use in the advertisement, as well as display settings which enable the domain owner to position the advert in their chosen place on the page (top, bottom or right) when the content is delivered to the proxy page.

When the proxy loads a .tel domain, it checks the format and settings of the adverts and displays them accordingly.

For more information about .tel domains, please visit .TEL Domain Name Registration web site.

For an example of the text-based advertising listings, please visit Sibername.com Inc .TEL Web Site

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GlobalSign to provide cost effective, future-proof SSL certificates

2009-10-21T18:42:00-04:00

Portsmouth, NH (Gawkwire.com) GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com), one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialists in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that AB Connect, a leading French hosting provider, has joined the GlobalSign Partner Program and will be promoting GlobalSign's full range of SSL Certificates to its existing and new customer base via its website www.hosteur.com. The newly formed partnership will allow AB Connect to complement its existing hosting product portfolio with GlobalSign's highly trusted 2048bit SSL technology enabling their customers to secure websites, online transactions, web mail and other next generation online services

Hosting thousands of domain names for clients ranging from large enterprises to smaller organizations and individuals, it is essential for AB Connect to provide efficient and reliable online security solutions to protect its customers from the increased threat of phishing attacks and online fraud. AB Connect made the decision to switch to GlobalSign's Partner Program from another leading SSL provider after considering a number of different vendors. GlobalSign was chosen for the quality of its products as well as its simplified product range. GlobalSign SSL Certificates can easily be matched to individual customer requirements; from quick issuance Domain validated SSL, traditional Organisation validated SSL, to the most advanced Extended Validated SSL, which activates the green address bar in new high security browsers such as IE8, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari. AB Connect is also keen to be able to benefit from GlobalSign's quick and effective support services as well as its all round excellent value for money.

GlobalSign's Partner Program will enable AB Connect to offer SSL solutions that secure our customers' websites quickly and efficiently. We want to be able to provide a safe and secure environment for our customer's website visitors', said Laurent Escart, Sales Director, AB Connect. "We chose to partner with GlobalSign as they listened to our organization specific requirements and were able to provide the perfect SSL reseller solution that fitted neatly within our hosting platform".

"GlobalSign is very pleased that AB Connect is joining our Partner Program and will provide a full range of SSL Certificates to its large international hosting customer base", said Paul Tourret, Managing Director, GlobalSign. "GlobalSign's Partner Program provides web hosts the ability to generate an extra revenue stream from a competitive product line by offering a product that their customers require and already buy from elsewhere".

AB Connect will be providing GlobalSign's full range of SSL Certificates via its hosting packages and as single products via its website. All certificates are issued from GlobalSign's widely distributed 2048 bit Root CA Certificate and are compatible with all browsers, operating systems and applications, ensuring high levels of trust. GlobalSign's certificates are feature rich and inclusive of Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) (to "step up" weak 40 bit browser to server connections to strong 128 bit) and have the option of including additional premium features (for example, Subject Alternative Names (SANs) and wildcard characters to allow the securing of multiple sites with a single certificate).

GlobalSign's Partner Program is designed for ISP's, Web Hosts, Integrators, Domain Registrars and VARs and enables SSL Certificates to easily be integrated into product ranges as value add options. Brands can become more competitive, new revenue streams are opened and the amount of revenue received per customer is maximised, all with minimal costs and a fast go-to-market. GlobalSign's Pay As You Go, no commit purchasing scheme, web based certificate management interface or API for an easy integration into existing workflows and comprehensive marketing support, furthermore enhance the SSL reselling opportunity.

GlobalSign SSL Certificates are now currently available through AB Connect at www.hosteur.com

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wunderloop and TGP announce plans to merge their targeting systems

2009-10-22T06:39:00-04:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) United Internet Media, a predictive-targeting pioneer and technology leader, and wunderloop, the leading independent provider of targeting services, today announced plans to merge their TGP and wunderloop targeting systems in order to create Europe's leading targeting product based on an integrated technology. The two companies are now in contract negotiations, with the aim of United Internet Media contributing its TGP targeting system including all assets into wunderloop S.A. wunderloop would ensure the future development and distribution of TGP technology as an independent, neutral service provider. In return, 1&1 Internet AG would receive a minority stake in wunderloop S.A.

The merger of the two targeting systems will result in a suite of products that caters to customers across the market and whose combination of real-time and predictive targeting not only delivers the most technolo¬gically comprehensive and mature solutions, but also target-group products that cover the full spectrum of targeting and offer specific solutions for all relevant market segments. Until the merge has been concluded, the two systems will both be sold on the market, with TGP continuing to be offered to the 'Publishers' market segment.

"By merging the wunderloop and TGP technologies, we set a new market standard in online targeting and offer our customers an enormous technology edge. We will continue to expand our European market leadership and, as a service provider, offer specific targeting solutions to all market participants across the market", said wunderloop CEO Torsten Ahlers, commenting on the move.

United Internet Media AG CEO Matthias Ehrlich declared: "By transferring the TGP technology to an independent service provider, we are setting up our proprietary targeting system in its own right and deliver on our promise of giving the online media market an independent, top-quality targeting standard with regard to privacy protection compliance and targeting systema¬tisation. We also give the past success of our own product attractive future prospects thanks to the chance of building maximum market reach via TGP. In addition, we are further enhancing United Internet Media's quality leadership in target group-marketing by adding real-time targeting to WEB.DE and GMX".

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Hostway Corporation Forms New Network Services Group

2009-10-22T06:38:00-04:00

CHICAGO, IL (Gawkwire.com) Hostway Corporation, one of the world’s largest hosting and web application companies, announced today that it will add network services to the portfolio of products offered by its Enterprise Services business division. The new Network Services Group will offer IP transit, Layer 2 VPN (transport), IPV6, distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection, and customized bandwidth management solutions to new and existing wholesale and retail customers.

Hostway Enterprise Services already offers dedicated servers and managed services, colocation, cloud technologies, and other enterprise class hosted solutions. The new services will further enhance Hostway’s ability to provide end-to-end, customized solutions to corporations, government agencies and utilities, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, and other online application companies.

We’re excited about the potential of the new team and the implications for our existing enterprise offerings,” said Todd Benjamin, director of Hostway Enterprise Services. “As more enterprise applications move to the cloud, offering our customers an end-to-end managed solution for hosted computing and bandwidth infrastructure will enhance those customers’ ability to increase performance, reliability, and affordability of their hosted applications.”

Hostway Network Services will be available immediately on Hostway’s fully redundant global backbone network, with points of presence (PoPs) in New York, Miami, Tampa, Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, Austin, London, and Amsterdam. Additional services and PoPs will be rolled out to meet the evolving needs of companies leveraging internet based technologies.
For more information, contact Hostway Network Services at network.sales@hostwayenterprise.com, or visit our website at www.hostwayenterprise.com/network-services.html

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Gigatribe Version 3 Now Available. Ultimate Free Secure File-Sharing Software

2009-10-22T06:36:00-04:00

Suresnes, France (Gawkwire.com) GigaTribe http://www.gigatribe.com, the over one million member software community revolutionizing file-sharing, today announced the availability of GigaTribe Version 3 FREE file sharing software -- the must-have software to share unlimited amounts of photos, videos, music, and other files with your “tribe” of friends, in a private, fully-encrypted peer-to-peer environment.

Instantly Updates Files – No Need to Upload

GigaTribe members decide exactly what they want to share and with whom. All files remain in the private environment of their hard drive -- always secure and up to date. Only people selected by GigaTribe members can see the selected files and can decide whether or not they wish to download them. There are no files to upload, no size limitations, and all transfers are encrypted, so file sharing is fully secure. Users can share individual files or entire folders, and file transfers can be resumed if a user goes offline.

New GigaTribe Version 3 Features:
• Recently shared files are displayed with a different color so they are easily noticeable.
• Shared files can be customized with a photo or comment.
• The ‘Chat’ interface has been completely revamped to state-of-the-art standards.
• A Private Blog allows users to post messages that can only be seen by members of their private network.

Basic is Free with Optional “Ultimate” Version Available

GigaTribe Version 3 “basic” is available for free and GigaTribe version 3 “Ultimate” is priced at only $4.99/month or $29.95 a year with additional features, such as faster downloads and remote Internet access. For general information on GigaTribe, see: www.gigatribe.com.

Join GigaTribe’s Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=93429137480&ref=ts

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Zend Server 5.0 Boosts Performance of PHP Web Apps

2009-10-21T06:16:00-04:00

San Jose, CA (Gawkwire.com) Zend Technologies, the PHP company, today released a public beta of Zend Server 5.0, a major new version of the company’s enterprise-ready PHP Web application server. Zend Server 5.0 includes a ground-breaking new feature – Code Tracing – that enables users to slash problem resolution time by up to 50 percent. For the first time, PHP developers and administrators can quickly pinpoint the root cause of a problem in production by viewing a “digital documentary” of the execution of their application – similar to a black box flight recorder in an airplane – and avoid the time-consuming task of recreating the problem.

“Zend Server gives organizations everything they need to deploy and manage business-critical Web applications, including the most up-to-date PHP, advanced application monitoring, and consistently high performance,” said Andi Gutmans, CEO and co-founder at Zend. “With Zend Server 5.0, we are revolutionizing how PHP developers can manage their production servers, significantly reducing the time spent on root cause analysis and resolution. We are proud to be the first to deliver this enterprise-grade feature to businesses using PHP.”

Zend Server is an essential part of Zend’s professional integrated solutions for developing and managing business-critical Web applications. Zend Server includes a complete, up-to-date PHP stack for PCI compliance, advanced monitoring and diagnostics for application reliability, industry leading code acceleration and page caching to maximize performance. This is coupled with access to Zend’s expert technical support, online updates, hot fixes and security patches. Zend Server is fully integrated with Zend’s Studio PHP IDE, Zend Framework, the most popular open source framework creating the fastest and easiest solution for developing and deploying reliable and secure Web applications.

The Code Tracing feature in Zend Server 5.0 takes root cause analysis to a whole new level, enabling operations, quality assurance, and development staff to significantly boost productivity and enhance application reliability. Similar in concept to an airplane black box flight recorder that captures the data required to analyze flight problems, Zend Server Code Tracing captures the full execution of an application in real-time, so IT staff can quickly find the root cause of a problem without having to reproduce it. Code Tracing can be turned on and off by Zend Server’s Event Monitoring capability so that real-time PHP code execution is captured only during specified events, such as those triggered by performance degradation or other error conditions. The trace is displayed in the Zend Server Web console to enable staff to view the complete execution history of an application and definitively pinpoint a problem’s root cause. Zend Server Code Tracing can cut problem identification and resolution time by up to 50 percent.

In addition to Code Tracing, Zend Server 5.0 includes many other features to maximize the performance and reliability of PHP Web applications, such as Job Queues. Zend Server Job Queues increases application performance and responsiveness by allowing jobs (tasks) to be performed asynchronously or at recurring intervals, offloading long-running tasks from Web servers to back-end servers. End users experience snappy responses in their Web browser while long-running jobs like credit card processing, shipping and other activities proceed in the background. In addition, maintenance tasks such as database cleanup and RSS feed pulls can be run at specific times or at recurring intervals. The Job Queue feature is fully integrated into the Zend Server monitoring system and Web console, giving developers and other IT staff one place to monitor the overall execution of their application.

Zend Server also includes support for PHP 5.3, enabling programmers to more easily maintain, organize, and deploy concise, professional code for their applications with modern language features like namespaces and closures.

With Zend Server 5.0, the product line will also support IBM i, in addition to Linux and Windows.

For a complete list of new features and functionality in Zend Server 5.0, please go to the Zend Web site at http://www.zend.com/products/server/zend-server-5-new.

Availability
A public beta version of Zend Server 5.0 is available today and can be downloaded directly from the Zend Web site at http://www.zend.com/products/server/zend-server-5-new. The Zend Server 5.0 production release will be available by the end of the year.

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86 Percent of IT Leaders Plan to Deploy Windows 7 in Next 18 Months

2009-10-21T06:15:00-04:00

TEMPE, AZ (Gawkwire.com) Ensynch, Inc., the Southwest’s leading provider of IT consulting and staffing services, today announced the results of a survey of business and IT executives in Arizona and Southern California, indicating a boost in spending on technology in next 18 months, with heated interest in upgrading to Windows 7. Based on surveys completed by 152 IT and business executives in September and October 2009, results indicate 86 percent of respondents plan on deploying Windows 7 within the next 18 months.

The research was conducted at a series of customer events across the Southwest hosted by Ensynch and partners – Microsoft, Quest Software, and Softchoice, where hundreds of executives expressed astounding interest in deploying the next generation of desktop and virtualization technologies, based on the capabilities of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 Operating System (launching publicly this week).

“These results reinforce the idea that there is tremendous pent-up market demand based on companies that skipped deploying Windows Vista and stayed on Windows XP,” said Ensynch CEO Gene Holmquist. “People who talk about having to upgrade to Windows 7 because support of XP will end are missing the point of the game-changing business value provided by Windows 7 and related technologies.” The Wall Street Journal’s Walter Mossberg echoed this idea, saying, “An 8-year old operating system is the equivalent of a 20-year old car.”

The tech industry has also connected the dots as to the business implications of Windows 7. CRN Magazine’s Windows 7 Test Center Review (Sep. 2009) elaborated, “Windows 7 is an integral part of an enhanced Windows ecosystem; major improvements and new features in Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 and Office 2010 are all designed to take advantage of the feature set in Windows 7…including the powerful extension of the virtualization platform Microsoft engineered with Hyper-V on Server 2008 R2.”

The magnitude of change from market adoption of these solutions will have a quantifiable positive impact for technology vendors, solution providers, and the economy. A recent IDC study cited that for every dollar of revenue Microsoft gets for U.S. sales of Windows 7 until the end of 2010, partners will reap $18.51 dollars in related products and services revenue. The study also predicted in the same timeframe 2 million IT jobs will be related to Windows 7. When you combine these factors with the scale of businesses that will deploy Windows 7, it stands to be a significant contributor to the economic turnaround.

New desktop technologies built around Windows 7 are part of what many are calling the next-generation optimized desktop. “We see the outcome of this pent-up tsunami of technology being as big of a paradigm shift as going from landline home phones to mobile phones,” said Holmquist. “It’s going to be hard for us to meet the demand once customers realize what’s in front of them. We already have a waiting list of customers interested in our Next Generation Desktop Assessments, and we couldn’t be more excited.”

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SES & SES New York Offers SEM Training

2009-10-21T06:13:00-04:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) With a savings of as much as $1495, Search Engine Strategies (SES) is offering marketers access to both New York search engine marketing (SEM) training courses on Thursday, November 5, 2009, as well as a Platinum Pass to SES New York to be held March 23-25, 2009. This pass entitles the holder to all conference sessions, the keynote address and the exhibit hall.

The SEM training, which also encompasses search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) workshops, will be held in less than three weeks at the Downtown Conference Center, 157 William Street. It includes one all-day session in a two-part workshop and two half-day workshops. The morning sessions will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and the afternoon sessions will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The training is geared to in-house and agency marketing professionals, consultants, site designers and website owners and offers an opportunity to interact with SEM and SEO experts in a small-class setting.

Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media's Interactive Marketing Group, including Search Engine Strategies, Search Engine Watch and ClickZ.com, said, "In today's economy, companies are looking for ways to educate their staff and stay within their shrinking budgets. Given the importance of staying abreast of the latest SEM and SEO trends, we wanted to do our part to continue the learning momentum by offering this cost-effective package. The New York training provides a very hands-on experience and, considering its size and reputation, SES New York provides quite expansive exposure to people, products and services in the entire industry."

The New York Workshops: November 5, 2009
The Call to Action Workshop - Conversion Optimization Training is a full-day workshop in two four-hour parts. Led by Bryan Eisenberg, Co-Founder of Future Now, Inc., the workshop will demonstrate how these skills are essential for building a user- and search-friendly site that converts visitors into buyers. Working from their laptops on their own websites, participants will learn the roles of web analytics, web design and usability, information architecture and search engine optimization in the context of conversion rate marketing.

The Social Media - Planning Strategy, Monitoring & Measuring Your Way to Success half-day workshop, taught by Liana Evans, Director of Social Media for Serengeti Communications, runs from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Marketers already implementing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn as a component of their marketing strategy can benefit from this workshop which goes into the strategy, monitoring and measuring of social media components. Workshop attendees will learn how to research, plan, monitor and measure their way to successful, cost-effective social media marketing

The How to Create a Successful SEO In-House Program half-day workshop from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. will be led by Jessica Bowman, SEO Strategist and In-house SEO Expert, SEMinhouse.com. Suitable for companies beginning an in-house SEO program and for companies facing the challenges of implementing an SEO program, the workshop assists participants in creating a specific action plan for getting their SEO changes incorporated into the organization.

To register for the SES New York training workshops, visit http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/training/newyork/

For more information on the SES New York conference and expo, visit:
http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/

About SES
Incisive Media's Search Engine Strategies is a leading global conference and training series focused on search engine optimization and search engine marketing. Other Incisive resources for interactive marketers include ClickZ.com for digital marketing news, information, commentary, advice, opinion and research and Search Engine Watch which provides news and information about search, analysis of the search engine industry and tools for improving search marketing effectiveness.

Incisive Media is a leading global provider of specialized business news and information, in print, in person and online. The company's principal markets include financial services, legal services, commercial real estate, marketing services and risk management. Incisive Media's market-leading brands include Accountancy Age, Computing, Investment Week, Legal Week, Post, Risk, and Search Engine Strategies. For more information, visit www.IncisiveMedia.com.

For additional news, updates and discussions on Search Engine Strategies events visit us on the SES blog at: http://blog.searchenginestrategies.com/

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Hostway Corporation Announces New Enterprise Services Division

2009-10-21T06:11:00-04:00

CHICAGO, IL (Gawkwire.com) Hostway Corporation, one of the world’s largest hosting and web application companies, announced today that it has formed a new business unit to provide dedicated and managed servers, cloud applications, colocation and other hosted computing and infrastructure solutions. This new unit has been given the name of “Hostway Enterprise Services” and will operate as a strategic business unit within the Hostway Corporation family of companies.

“The introduction of a business unit dedicated to the needs of enterprise-class clients further demonstrates Hostway’s continuing commitment to our market,” said Todd Benjamin, director of Hostway Enterprise Services. “We’ve been continually upgrading our data center and network infrastructure, as well as our portfolio of enterprise class products and services to better focus and serve some of the most substantial hosted customers in the world.”

Enterprise Services will control the data center and network infrastructure, support personnel, sales and marketing, and information systems that service enterprise class customers. In addition to these “behind the scenes” organizational initiatives, Enterprise Services will host a dedicated web presence at www.hostwayenterprise.com. New product collateral and marketing materials, including a new enterprise only newsletter, will help communicate a wealth of planned new product introductions and new programs designed to enhance the user experience and hosting success of this important market segment.

For more information about Hostway Enterprise Services, contact us at sales@hostwayenterprise.com or visit our new web site at www.hostwayenterprise.com.

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Open-Xchange & SugarCRM Partner to Combine Open Source/CRM Efforts

2009-10-21T06:09:00-04:00

NUREMBERG, Germany and CUPERTINO, CA (Gawkwire.com) Open-Xchange, the leading provider of open source groupware, and SugarCRM, the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced cooperation to integrate data from SugarCRM and Open-Xchange collaboration software.

The integration enables users to gather and aggregate data from their social network profiles (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Xing), as well as their SugarCRM application, to store it in an Open-Xchange address book as well as share it with others. This information can then be moved to the SugarCRM application. In addition, the SugarCRM data imported into Open-Xchange can be accessed from smartphones, or published to the Internet.

“SugarCRM is the first software to build on the social networking capabilities in Open-Xchange, which opens the potential for a whole new class of integrated solutions,” said Juergen Geck, Open-Xchange CTO. “Social Open-Xchange in combination with SugarCRM will create an ecosystem of data that spans many social networks and software programs.”

“We see incredible potential for data integration, for Social CRM. The focus of the IT industry is moving towards how data can be shared among users to increase knowledge among groups of people,” said Clint Oram, vice president of products and co-founder, SugarCRM. “We believe pooling previously disparate islands of information can deliver additional value to our users.”

Open-Xchange uses a data format that is based on work at microformats.org, for data import and export. The Open-Xchange Micro Format (OXMF, oxmf.org) lets users import their data from social networks and other software applications, manage it, and export it back to other supporters of the format – whether those are hosted/Saas, on-premise or a combination of those.

SugarCRM has integrated support for OXMF into its software, which is available at www.sugarforge.org/projects/sugaroxmf. Open-Xchange can be tested at http://ox.io.

Open-Xchange offers open source collaboration software for both on-premise and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementations using exactly the same source code -- enabling SaaS providers and on-premise channel partners to leverage their respective strengths. System integrators and resellers can partner with service providers to offer hosted Open-Xchange to their customer base without the upfront investments required to set up a complex and secure hosting infrastructure. SaaS providers can benefit from resellers' and system integrators' local and regional customer base and in-depth technical and consulting expertise.

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2010 Golf Tournament at TPC San Antonio to Raise Funds for IT Education

2009-10-20T11:50:00-04:00

Oakbrook Terrace, IL (Gawkwire.com) Celebrity Golf Pro and CBS Television Analyst Ian Baker-Finch will return for the CompTIA Educational Foundation's 2010 Creating Futures Charity Golf Classic. The event will run August 9, 2010, at the TPC San Antonio golf course, during CompTIA's annual Breakaway conference.

Baker-Finch participated in the 2009 Creating Futures Charity Golf Classic in Las Vegas, giving a golf clinic to attendees and discussing humorous highlights of his career with participants.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Foundation's Creating Futures program which provides training and certification opportunities to populations who have historically been under-represented in the information technology (IT) workforce, including U.S. veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, minorities, at-risk youth and dislocated workers. Creating Futures works with employers to identify their hiring needs, then tailors its training to help individuals obtain the skills employers require.

"Ian's wit, easy-going attitude and enjoyable golf stories thoroughly entertained us in Las Vegas. He went above and beyond to help attendees feel comfortable on the course and keep the awards presentation light-hearted after our round of golf," commented John Venator, president and CEO, CompTIA Educational Foundation. "We're delighted that Ian can join us again in 2010, as we strive to raise more funds for Creating Futures."

Baker-Finch began his career on the Australian tour, turning pro in 1979 and winning his first professional tournament at the 1983 New Zealand Open. His other golf victories include the 1985 Scandinavian Enterprise Open, the 1989 Southwestern Bell Colonial and the 1991 British Open. In 2003, 2005 and 2007 Baker-Finch served as Gary Player's captain's assistant for the International team in the Presidents Cup. In January 2008, he joined the Gary Player Group as an international brand ambassador and golf course designer. He plans to compete on the Champions Tour after he turns 50 next year.

"Creating Futures helps people open the doors to a worthwhile career, and in this economy, everyone can use a little extra help getting their foot in the door to a new job," said Baker-Finch. "I look forward to playing in the Creating Futures Charity Golf Classic, meeting with the program's supporters and helping more people jumpstart their careers."

The golf event will be held in conjunction with Breakaway 2010, the IT industry's premier education and networking event for CompTIA members, running August 9-12 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas.

Sponsorships for the Creating Futures Charity Golf Classic are available. Premier sponsors will have the opportunity to match shots, have a private instructional clinic and get foursome photos with Baker-Finch. The event allows IT leaders to have hours of one-on-one time with their key partners. Breakaway attendees also can buy foursomes to play in the golf tournament.

Beyond meeting their philanthropic goals and receiving tax benefits, event sponsors reap extra exposure to CompTIA members, Breakaway attendees and the media through the CompTIA Educational Foundation's pre-show and on-site marketing of the event.

Individuals and companies can make a donation to Creating Futures, and prospective participants can apply for training by visiting the Foundation's website, http://www.CompTIA-EF.org. For more golf sponsorship information, visit http://www.comptia-ef.org/GolfClassic.aspx.

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PEER 1 and Alert Logic build on Intrusion Detection Services for IT Compliance

2009-10-20T11:48:00-04:00

Vancouver, BC. and Houston, TX (Gawkwire.com) PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX), the global online business hosting provider, and Alert Logic, Inc., today announced a partnership in which PEER 1 will provide integrated IT-compliant intrusion detection and log management services for its e-commerce customers using Alert Logic's cloud-based IT compliance and security solutions.

PEER 1's numerous customers operating transactional, credit-card based e-Commerce businesses are required to comply with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard), the worldwide security standard designed to help control and prevent online credit card fraud. By partnering with Alert Logic, PEER 1 can ensure IT compliance for Managed Hosting customers as an additional service, without the customer having to invest in security infrastructure or monitoring resources.

Tim Varma, Director of Product Management at PEER 1 commented: "Offering on-demand intrusion detection security and continuous threat monitoring takes away the headaches of compliance for our customers. Through our partnership with Alert Logic, business customers can now benefit from a convenient, compliant and affordable end-to-end security solution that allows them to focus on their business with the peace of mind that their IT solutions are actively being monitored by security experts."

Alert Logic will provide its Threat Manager and Log Manager solutions to address intrusion detection, vulnerability scanning and log management requirements within PCI DSS. PEER 1 Managed Hosting customers will have access to Alert Logic's world-class web-based management portal for easy visibility to issues that could impact the security or compliance status of their IT assets. Through the dashboard interface, customers can view incoming data and traffic analysis from vulnerability scanning, as well as monitoring of traffic and threats inside the firewall.

Varma continues: "Alert Logic offers best-of-breed intrusion detection and proactive threat management, complementing the existing vulnerability and firewall security solutions we offer to customers."

"PCI compliance requires a level of IT security expertise and resources that most smaller merchants just can't support," said Misha Govshteyn, Chief Technology Officer at Alert Logic. "As a result, many businesses have adopted a stop-gap - or "check box" - compliance strategy that satisfies regulators but fails to provide a more comprehensive solution to protect their organization. We're proud to collaborate with PEER 1 in delivering managed security services that require less up-front investment and overhead -- and allow business owners to focus on what they do best."

For more information and availability of the Alert Logic IT compliance solution, PEER 1 customers should contact their account manager or sales representative on 1-866-579-9690.

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New Video Series from IT Company: 'How to Make Money with Google'

2009-10-20T11:47:00-04:00

Louisville, KY (Gawkwire.com) Arnold Information Technology has created a six-video series called "How to Make Money with Google" outlining how people can tap the Google revenue-generating machine. The first video release, detailing how to use Google's Adsense, premiered Oct. 15 at http://www.arnoldit.com/video.

The purpose of this short video series--watching all six videos takes a total of 30 minutes--is to give clear, factual information on four specific ways an enterprising individual, a services company, or a diversified company can use the Google platform to produce revenue while meeting the needs of their customers and prospects. The videos are available for personal and educational use with no fee. Each video is backed by a page of links to sites or services mentioned in the five to seven minute videos.

"Google is an important company, and its technology opens doors to a number of legitimate money-making opportunities," Stephen E. Arnold, president of Arnold Information Technology, said. Arnold has published three Google monographs and these videos are based on the information compiled for The Google Legacy, Google Version 2.0, and Google: The Digital Gutenberg. The monographs are available from Infonortics Ltd., in Tetbury, Glos., at www.infonortics.com.

Other videos include an overview of the four money-making opportunities and why the Google opportunity is similar to the opportunity Microsoft created with its MS DOS software in the early 1980s; search engine optimization consulting and services; the opportunity Google presents programmers who can create applications for the Google platforms such as Android for mobile devices; the Google partner and reseller program; and a video titled "Google Creates Opportunity," which emphasizes the opportunity to grow with Google as the company strives for $100 billion in revenue.

Arnold announced the video series debut at the Internet Librarian International conference in London today during his talk on Google and its publishing capabilities. When asked why make these videos available for free, Arnold said: "I wanted to provide some basic, factual information about what I see as the Google revenue opportunity. Information about Google is everywhere, but the upside of Google as an opportunity is not widely known."

He added, "The increase in "get rich quick" with Google e-mails I was receiving convinced me that a more measured discussion of the opportunities was needed. I will make these videos available without charge in the hopes that the Google revenue opportunities get broader dissemination."

The series will be posted at http://www.arnoldit.com/video. Videos will be released on a 10-day cycle from today to Nov. 20. Arnold Information Technology has no relationship with Google. The information presented in the video represents the views and findings of ArnoldIT.com's analyses of Google. The videos were directed by Chris Forrester, Perceality Productions, at http://twitter.com/perceality. The samba music is courtesy Sounddogs.com. For information about other uses of the videos, contact ArnoldIT.com at seaky2000 [at] yahoo.com.

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SecureMac.com Celebrates 10 Years of Apple Security

2009-10-20T11:46:00-04:00

Las Vegas, NV (Gawkwire.com) SecureMac is celebrating 10 years of success. This year marks the Macintosh security company's ten-year anniversary. Over the past decade, SecureMac has expanded its role as the premier source for Macintosh security news, released its award-winning anti-spyware and privacy program MacScan, and two free trojan removal tools for the most dangerous threats against OS X. SecureMac continues to lead the drive to educate users about the security threats for OS X, and looks forward to more years of continued success.

SecureMac would like to extend thanks to all of our staff, advertisers, industry leaders, fans, and followers. For the past 10 years SecureMac has been at the forefront of Apple (AAPL) Macintosh security news and research, offering security solutions for end users, corporate, educational, and government institutes, and they're promising much more on the horizon.

As a thank you to the community, SecureMac is offering their award winning Mac OS X anti-malware security and privacy software MacScan for just $19.99 -- a 10 dollar discount in honor of their 10th anniversary. To receive the discounted pricing, simply enter the coupon code "10YEARS" during checkout.

MacScan is available for a free thirty-day trial, which can be downloaded directly from SecureMac.com.

For more information, or to download a demo version of MacScan, visit http://macscan.securemac.com/.

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topseos.com Lists the Top 10 PPC Bid Management Companies for October

2009-10-20T11:44:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) topseos.com has evaluated and ranked its preferred PPC Bid Management Companies for the month of October.

One of the most popular ways to advertise on the Web, pay per click tools allow companies to increase visibility and control where they appear. The best pay per bid management are those that give clients measurable results at reasonable prices.

These are the Top Pay Per Click Bid Management Firms for October:

1.   Omniture Search Center- Utah
2.   Lyris HQ Search Marketing- United Kingdom
3.   Marin Software- California
4.   Keyword Max- Minnesota
5.   Atlas One point (SEARCH)- California
6.   Click Equations- Pennsylvania
7.   Coremetrics Search- California
8.   Kenshoo- Isreal
9.   SearchForce- California
10.   Apex Pacific BidMax- Australia

Each of these were reviewed based on evaluation criteria for pay per click bid management companies. topseos.com evaluates these bid management firms through project specific queries such as, "Have efforts been taken to detect and prevent click fraud on the PPC engine?" and "Were advisory services provided for keyword bidding purposes." At least three clients of each engine are asked about the performance of the engine and whether their needs were met by the company. The preceding bid management companies are the industry leaders according to topseos.com, the independent authority on search vendors.

PPC Bid Management Firms interested in being considered should apply for ranking at: http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

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SoftLayer™ Introduces Private Cloud Services

2009-10-20T06:46:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com) SoftLayer Technologies™, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, has continued to enhance its service offering with the addition of Private Cloud services. With CloudLayer™ Private Cloud services, customers do not share physical computing hardware with other users. This gives customers the privacy of dedicated hardware with the scalability of the cloud.

When combined with the SoftLayer Private Network, which is available with all SoftLayer computing environments, customers can utilize the Private Cloud to not only run their applications in an isolated environment, but also transmit data securely. SoftLayer Private Cloud services are ideally suited for enterprise customers that require a dedicated environment rather than shared infrastructure. As with all SoftLayer CloudLayer services, Private Cloud is available on an hourly or monthly basis.

“We’re extremely excited to introduce Private Cloud services to our customers. Private Cloud gives Softlayer customers yet another dynamic, scalable infrastructure option,” said Nathan Day, CTO, SoftLayer. “This will provide a service with segregated physical computing hardware giving customers security and peace of mind with the benefits of unlimited, on-demand scalability.”

Private Cloud customers can select the number of cores needed to adapt to workloads and capacity required, with their choice of hourly and monthly rates:

 1 Core - 1GB RAM - 100GB SAN - $159.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $0.30 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth
 2 Core - 2GB RAM - 100GB SAN - $199.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $0.50 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth
 4 Core - 4GB RAM - 100GB SAN - $299.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $0.75 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth
 8 Core - 8GB RAM - 100GB SAN - $399.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $1.00 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth

SoftLayer’s CloudLayer services provide a wide-range of benefits, including:

 Pay As You Go or Monthly Packages: Monthly billing is based on hourly usage or monthly plans with no long-term commitment, letting customers optimize their return on technology investment by paying only for the resources they need and use. Hourly billing will be offered in the near future.
 Immediate Scalability: Services are added in real time to accommodate unexpected or temporary changes in demand, providing exactly the level of IT power and capacity as needed, when needed.
 Ease of Use and Control: Full control via SoftLayer’s Customer Portal and API provides streamlined, simplified management, as well as direct access to all SoftLayer services and tools.

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DNS Made Easy Expans Network Locations in the US, Europe, & Asia

2009-10-20T06:44:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) DNS Made Easy (dnsmadeeasy.com), the world leading IP Anycast managed DNS service provider, announced new and expanded collocation facilities as part of its continued effort to provide enhanced redundancy and geographical diversity for its IP Anycast DNS infrastructure. New facilites will be opened and existing facilities will be expanded and upgraded.

In New York, New York, DNS Made Easy has added additional infrastructure to compliment its existing location in Manhattan and has deployed equipment at a separate facility to provide additional capacity at one of the major peering points on the east coast of the U.S. Both locations in New York City will provide additional redundancy and faster response times for DNS Made Easy customers and their clients, and provide an optimal expansion location to existing infrastructure in the region. These locations provide excellent peering points to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Internet Service Providers.

In Los Angeles, California, DNS Made Easy has expanded its current infrastructure in the downtown area, which provides direct peering with multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 Internet providers. Additional capacity in downtown Los Angeles will build on the already impressive connectivity at that location and will compliment the existing infrastructure in place in San Jose, California. This ultimately provides additional redundancy and faster response times for DNS Made Easy customers and their clients.

The Dallas, Texas expansion will provide additional resources to handle mid-west traffic and has proven to be a well connected location for Internet connectivity in the region. DNS Made Easy has made plans to revamp the Dallas location by moving to a new facility with increased connectivity to major Internet carriers. The Dallas, Texas location will serve traffic mainly from the mid-west region of the United States and provide redundancy for existing servers in Houston.

European customers will see a major benefit from upgrades in Germany and the United Kingdom. DNS Made Easy will be adding a second facility based in London, which will provide direct peering with Tier 1 providers in the region. Expansion at the Frankfurt, Germany data facility will move traffic from primarily Tier 2 based connectivity to redundant connectivity through multiple Tier 1 providers.

Fast-East Asia Pacific customers will also see a major benefit from the expansion of the current facility based in Kowloon, Hong Kong to provide direct peering with Tier 1 providers. This will increase the existing connectivity at this location to provide faster response times from customers in the region.

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DiscountASP.NET Launches Support for Microsoft Web Deployment Tool

2009-10-20T06:43:00-04:00

Pasadena, CA (Gawkwire.com) Windows hosting leader, DiscountASP.NET announces support for Microsoft's newly released Web Deployment Tool 1.0, also known as MSDeploy on their Windows 2008 hosting platform. The Web Deployment Tool significantly improves the web deployment experience for developers hosting at DiscountASP.NET. The tool allows developers to package their web application configurations and content, including databases, and to use the packages for both deployment and archiving.

With feature delegation support, DiscountASP.NET customers can deploy their application packages to the web and SQL servers using IIS Manager without requiring administrative privileges, including the ability to set folders as an application starting point. The tool also supports the management of parameter changes between development, staging and production environments, for example, updating of the database connection string. During application deployment only files that has changed is synchronized saving both time and bandwidth.

"Over the last couple years, Microsoft has focused on improving the web deployment scenario. Last year, in partnership with Microsoft, we offered a free Web Deployment Tool hosting sandbox for developers to test and provide early feedback on MSDeploy." said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "The launch of the release version of MSDeploy is a significant step toward hassle-free one-click application deployment. We are very pleased to have participated in this early effort and to make this technology available to our customers."

To support this launch and improve the user experience with IIS Manager, DiscountASP.NET introduces a new tool in their hosting control panel to allow customers to enable MSDeploy access.

For more information on the Web Deployment Tool, visit: http://www.iis.net/webdeploymenttool.

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Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect Moves Headquarters

2009-10-20T06:40:00-04:00

Boston, MA (Gawkwire.com) iProspect®, the Original® Search Engine Marketing Firm, announced today that it has relocated its headquarters to the John Hancock Tower in Boston. The firm's continued growth spurred the move to the new location - the tallest building in New England at 60 stories.

A greater-Boston-area firm founded in 1996, iProspect has experienced tremendous growth over the past 13 years, first out-growing its first corporate headquarters in Arlington, Massachusetts, and most recently its Watertown location at the Arsenal on the Charles complex. Today, the search engine marketing firm has offices both across the country and internationally, including: San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Brazil, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia. The firm's continued growth necessitated the move to the John Hancock Tower at 200 Clarendon Street in Boston.

"This is a very exciting time in the history of our company," said Robert Murray, CEO, iProspect. "We've come a long way since the early days in our Massachusetts Avenue office in Arlington. Our move to the Hancock Tower not only underscores the growth trajectory our company has been able to sustain over the years, but also where we are headed."

Considered a thought leader on the world stage of search, and deemed "The IBM of Search Engine Marketing" by a leading independent research firm, iProspect was acquired by U.K.-based Aegis Group PLC in 2004, and is part the Aegis Media global network of leading digital firms. Through collaboration, these agencies offer marketers comprehensive and integrated marketing solutions that span all digital marketing disciplines. At its new location, iProspect will be co-located with other Aegis Media agencies, including Carat and Copernicus.

"Moving our headquarters to the John Hancock Tower will give us the opportunity to collaborate more closely with our sister agencies," said Murray. "While our teams have produced some amazing results for our clients by working together, I think being housed in the same space will boost our joint efforts even more. And our clients will surely reap the benefit of that collaboration."

But the firm's relocation offers the search engine marketing firm more than just close proximity to its fellow Aegis agencies and spectacular views from the 23rd floor. Now squarely in the heart of Boston, iProspect has access to a larger talent pool, which is welcome news since the firm is looking to add staff.

"Our move to Boston couldn't come at a better time," said Murray. "Though the economy is still in recovery mode, we are as busy as ever and looking for talent. Spread the word, iProspect is hiring!"

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ParaScale & Moonwalk Partner to Deliver a Cloud-based Storage Solution

2009-10-19T13:00:00-04:00

ORLANDO, FL (Gawkwire.com) ParaScale, Inc., a leader in developing cloud storage solutions, and Moonwalk Inc., the technology leader in Information Lifecycle Management software, today announced at Gartner ITxpo the availability of an integrated storage management solution that enables organizations to offload infrequently accessed data from expensive primary storage to an economical ParaScale cloud. The combined ParaScale/Moonwalk solution provides a data management framework that reduces costs by decreasing the dependency on expensive primary storage and shrinks backup windows.

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The volume of digital data created and stored by organizations continues to grow exponentially. A large percentage of this data is required to be accessible at all times even though the data may not be accessed frequently. Administrators typically will continue to purchase primary storage to accommodate the growth of this data. This primary storage continues to grow even though the majority of the data may not be accessed for some time and the enterprise ends up paying for capacity to store infrequently accessed files. To assist storage administrators with identifying these files, ParaScale and Moonwalk have partnered to offer an integrated hierarchical storage management solution that empowers administrators to proactively define data migration policies and enable these policies throughout the enterprise. Using such policies, administrators can migrate their infrequently accessed primary data to a private ParaScale storage cloud. The end result is a significant reduction in TCO of purchasing and managing storage.

The ParaScale/Moonwalk solution runs on commodity Linux hardware. Enterprises can start small, try out the solution in a free, low-risk environment, and scale seamlessly to petabyte scale with no downtime. Administrators can migrate data to the ParaScale storage cloud based on policy which they can determine through the use of the Moonwalk software. Users can define data migration rules based on attributes of their data, and run simulations to determine the savings in storage capacity of primary storage before doing the actual migration. By migrating primary data off Tier 1 storage, the amount of storage that needs to be backed up is greatly reduced, thus dramatically shrinking backup windows and reducing cost.

“The amount of unstructured data being generated in home directories, document management systems and other locations is exploding and most users expect this data to be available online without retrieval delays,” said Sajai Krishnan, CEO, ParaScale. “Using ParaScale, enterprises can build a secure private cloud within their data center and transparently migrate data off their primary storage to the cloud using Moonwalk. This value-add solution offers customers an easy-to-use, scalable process for reducing the total cost of storage and is representative of the partnerships ParaScale is forging to deliver practical, affordable private cloud storage to enterprises.”

“Moonwalk software integrates seamlessly with the ParaScale cloud such that Moonwalk can be used to classify and move data based on user-defined attributes completely transparent to the end user,” said Michael Harvey, CTO of Moonwalk. “Once data has been identified, automatic schedules can be setup to transfer files from primary storage to a virtual file system on the ParaScale cloud, providing administrators with a clean and elegant mechanism to decrease their dependency on more expensive primary storage.”

Availability
The integrated ParaScale/Moonwalk cloud-based storage management solution is available immediately and can be downloaded from the ParaScale website. A free version allows enterprises to migrate up to 4 TBs of data from their primary storage to the ParaScale cloud. For more information please visit www.parascale.com.

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Details of the combined solution are available in a white paper located here:
www.parascale.com/index.php/parascale-moonwalk-white-paper

Information about ParaScale Technology Partners is available here:
http://www.parascale.com/index.php/partners/technology-partners

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Prefer Yahoo's yodel in metal, funk, or rap?

2009-10-19T07:01:00-04:00

(cnet) Even a classic jingle needs a refresh now and then.

As part of a $100 million ad campaign, Yahoo had musicians record new versions of the famous Yahoo yodel in 22 musical genres--from disco to ska. The resulting snippets are amazing--in that so-terrible-you-can't-decide-whether-to-stab-your-own-ears-with-a-pen-or-make-these-your-new-ringtone kind of way. At any rate, they've had us cracking up all week, and for this week's Crave Friday Poll, we wanted to invite you to join in on the fun.

So here's a sampling of some of our favorites. Listen to these little bits of musical genius and let us know which one you like best in our poll. We don't want to sway your opinions or anything, but the CNET cubicles have been ringing with (or is that assaulted with?) the sounds of a few editors spontaneously busting out with the final line of "Old Skool 1" at random times. Just sayin'. ...Listen Now

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Instant Software Expands Into the Web-Design and Hosting Industry

2009-10-19T07:00:00-04:00

Basalt, CO (Gawkwire.com) Instant Software, Inc. (ISI), the leading supplier of technology for the Vacation Rental industry, announced today that it has completed a strategic acquisition of TravelStorm Website & Marketing Company, an online development and marketing firm specializing in the travel industry, to bring the most powerful and all-inclusive property management and marketing solutions available worldwide.

As the Vacation Rental industry continues to focus on the importance of gaining National and International exposure as a mainstream travel option, vacation rental managers around the country are eager for a property management and website solution that gives them a competitive edge and unique online brand. ISI's market dominance and TravelStorm's leading edge make joining the companies a natural fit and can together, offer clients the services they need to both compete and prosper in this difficult environment.

"This is an extremely important move for both companies. TravelStorm will allow us to enter an arena where we have long been a spectator, with the ability for us to offer a total suite of services our clients need, from comprehensive PMS software through web design, marketing, and analytics to best practices with increased reservations," said Dave Hopcroft, CEO of Instant Software. "I am extremely pleased that TravelStorm has become an Instant Software company and very excited at the prospects of what we can achieve for our clients."

ISI is the leading provider of technology solutions to the Vacation Rental industry. Offering diverse products with flexible options based on client needs including Entech, First Resort, PropertyPlus and V12.NET, which produce powerful, organized databases and operational interfaces to optimize the capabilities and profitability of its client portfolio, ISI has kept the pulse of the industry as the cornerstone of development and partnerships.

TravelStorm is the result of an eight year journey and the brainchild of two business partners, Joe Scurto and Amber Leto. Both have extensive hands-on experience in the Vacation Rental industry in property management, online marketing, website development and Search Engine Optimization. With the unique perspective of the day to day needs and challenges of the typical Vacation Rental company, TravelStorm has created a revolutionary booking engine and content management system; Rezolution. Rezolution seamlessly integrates with ISI's business solutions and provides clients with powerful tools that are intuitive and simple to use so vacation rental manager's can reclaim control over their marketing future and website presence. Current TravelStorm clients on the Rezolution platform dominate their respective market and have industry leading website technologies.

The inertia created by this significant partnership provides endless possibilities to harvest the unparalleled power of ISI's five software platforms. TravelStorm's budget-conscious Rezolution sites outperform any other product on the market and has capabilities to create fully customized website solutions.

For more information on Instant Software, TravelStorm or Rezolution, please visit www.InstantSoftware.com.

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ColdFusion Hosting Leader, Hostek.com, Launches ColdFusion 9 Hosting

2009-10-19T06:55:00-04:00

Tulsa, OK (Gawkwire.com) Leading ColdFusion Hosting provider, Hostek.com, launched ColdFusion 9 Hosting.

Starting at just $5 per month, ColdFusion developers can build web 2.0 applications quickly with the new features released in Adobe ColdFusion 9 and experience world class customer service at an affordable price with Hostek.com.

Adobe renews interest in ColdFusion application development by adding a new set of tags and tools allowing beginner to advanced developers to quickly code or dive into building rich internet applications for the enterprise.

ColdFusion enthusiasts can begin building rich internet applications with full version, ColdFusion Enterprise hosting at Hostek.com, one of the first hosting companies to offer ColdFusion 9 Beta Hosting and now one of the first to offer ColdFusion 9 Hosting.

"We're excited to be offering ColdFusion 9 Web Hosting at such an early stage, we enjoy helping customers discover their creative abilities by having the latest tools for their development and advanced cloud hosting infrastructure. Our excellent support staff are able to assist customers in doing what they love best by providing quality assistance 24/7, which makes building their applications even easier," says Jon Cavanaugh, Hostek.com operations manager.

Hostek.com's ColdFusion 9 Hosting is deployed on a new application hosting cloud. As an Adobe Solutions Provider partner, Hostek.com is committed to the ColdFusion developer community.

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Network Solutions to Host SEM Seminar for San Diego Area Businesses

2009-10-19T06:54:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) In addition to providing a number of online services for small businesses, Network Solutions® also provides knowledge and expert advice. The company's latest search engine marketing seminar will take place in San Diego, California from 8am-12pm on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina.

The Network Solutions Search Marketing Seminar takes an in-depth look at the theory behind search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), also known as pay per click (PPC). Of particular interest to businesses will be sessions that address the impact of search technology on the bottom line.

Presentations will cover how to develop a website marketing strategy and how to follow through on that strategy once a roadmap has been laid out. Along the way, attendees will learn about some of the tools Network Solutions uses to help small businesses with their online marketing.

"Our San Diego seminar will help companies of all sizes to understand how Google, Yahoo, and Bing can bring them new customers," said Susan Wade of Network Solutions. "We will show the potential benefits and then illustrate how small businesses can take advantage of search engine marketing strategies."

Attendees will learn about developing search engine marketing strategies, what to look for in search-engine-friendly web pages, how to boost rankings in Google® and Yahoo!®, and how to budget marketing dollars and maximize your return. They will also have the opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing search engine optimization and pay per click campaign management.

"We've had a lot of positive feedback on past presentations across the country and at our previous seminar in San Diego," added Wade. "This seminar provides easy-to-understand information for management and marketing people without watering it down too much for the tech crowd. Since Network Solutions works with both markets, it is important for us to address both perspectives."

For more information on the seminar, or to register, visit http://networksolutionsseminars.com.

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Top Site Audit Firms Ranked by topseos.com for October 2009

2009-10-19T06:52:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) As the independent authority in search, topseos.com ranks the best web marketing firms in their specific specializations. They have completed their list of the Best Website Audit Firms after evaluating hundreds of applicants and now they have compiled a list of only the best site auditing firms in the country. The people from topseos.com hopes that the rankings will give the necessary focus on the firms that deliver the best results when it comes to site auditing.

Site auditing is the process of reviewing and reporting all of the possible technical problems that a user might encounter in a website. These problems include both credibility issues and issues with the website's usability.

The factors that a firm might look for when they perform a site audit may include having a clean and professional look for the website, abandonment rates, conversion bottlenecks preventing efficient sales, and hard to find information on a site. Technical issues that are commonly checked when it comes to site auditing are broken links, incorrectly displayed graphics, slow loading pages, and missing or improperly formatted META information.

The companies in this list have proven that they can deliver tangible results. Topseos compiled these companies and recognize their efforts to deliver excellence for their clients. The Top Web Site Audit firms are:

1.   Arteworks SEO - Texas
2.   Intrapromote LLC - Ohio
3.   Audit it - Wisconsin
4.   InterOpsis - North Carolina
5.   Seroka - Wisconsin
6.   Netstrategies - Virginia
7.   Unique IQ Limited - United Kingdom
8.   Box UK - United Kingdom
9.   Acquia- Massachusetts
10.   Quirk- South Africa

For the companies to be included in this prestigious list, they had to go through a stringent evaluation process that gauged their understanding of site auditing, the rate of return they provide and the customer satisfaction that they delivered. topseos.com interviewed at least three of the clients of these firms and asked tough questions like "Does the pricing match up to the services received?", "What industry standards did the audit comply with?" and "Who were the audit panel made up of?"

Site Audit Companies that would like to be considered for the topseos.com rankings can apply at:
http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the Top Site Auditor and other great companies.

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PerfectDisk 10 Exchange Now Supports Exchange Server 2007 SP2

2009-10-19T06:51:00-04:00

Gaithersburg, MD (Gawkwire.com) Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation software, announced today that PerfectDisk® 10 Exchange now supports Microsoft Server Exchange 2007 SP2. PerfectDisk 10 Exchange is the industry's only solution providing award-winning disk drive defragmentation together with automated Exchange data store defragmentation and compaction.

Exchange 2007 SP2 introduced several enhancements, including enhanced auditing, Exchange Volume Snapshot Backup functionality, public folder quota management, and more.

"PerfectDisk 10 Exchange, which includes PerfectDisk 10 Server, stands alone in its ability to provide complete automation of defragmentation and compaction of Exchange data stores and automated disk defragmentation," said Greg Hayes, Raxco Software's manager of technical solutions. "Our support for Microsoft Exchange Server's latest release reaffirms PerfectDisk's leadership position."

PerfectDisk 10 Exchange with support for Microsoft Server Exchange 2007 SP2 is available immediately at www.perfectdisk.com Pricing starts at $399.99 per Exchange server.

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Google's happy days are here again

2009-10-16T07:12:00-04:00

(cnet) Google is ready to once again hit the gas, with plans to invest in people, products, and companies over the next several months now that it feels much more confident about its business and the economy. When the last recession hit in 2001, Google was still a small growing company, but a year ago the crumbling economy spooked executives into caution mode as they tried to anticipate just how bad things might get.

Now they know. "The worst of the recession is clearly behind us," Schmidt said following Google's announcement of third-quarter earnings that were stronger than financial analysts had expected. "Because of what we've seen we can be optimistic about the future."

That means Google is about to go on an investment binge; although, it probably would object to the term "binge." The most likely scenario is that Google plans to buy a few more companies than it has in the past year, open the hiring floodgates to the types of engineers and salespeople that fit within Google culture, and make sure it has the right technology assets to continue to dominate the search landscape.

That's not good news for anybody who competes with Google. Yahoo reports earnings Tuesday, and Microsoft next Friday, so it's hard to know if they are feeling as optimistic about the upcoming quarter. But Yahoo has been focused more on big strategic questions and product rollouts during the past quarter, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CNET earlier this month: "I don't think things are getting worse, but I don't think they're getting a lot better yet either" as Microsoft prepares to launch Windows 7. ...Go to source

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Fpweb.net sponsors 2009 Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas

2009-10-16T07:10:00-04:00

St. Louis, MO (Gawkwire.com) SharePoint Hosting Pioneer™ Fpweb.net (www.fpweb.net) is proud to announce its participation as a gold sponsor in the upcoming Microsoft SharePoint Conference, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 19-22, 2009.

This is the biggest SharePoint Conference in the World, selling out all of its 6,000 seats in record time. Anticipated to be the most blogged conference of the year by Microsoft, it will feature a busy agenda with over 160 breakout sessions. This will also be the conference to learn exciting details concerning Microsoft's new SharePoint 2010 platform through technical sessions, hands-on-labs, and accessible Microsoft staff.

Fpweb.net, the World leader in SharePoint hosting, is gearing up for this exciting gathering. "This event is driven by the upcoming release of SharePoint 2010. We all want to see what it can do and start getting ready for it" says Rob LaMear IV, Founder & CEO at Fpweb.net. "The Microsoft SharePoint Conference brings together the best of everything SharePoint - vendors, content experts, Microsoft MVPs, and power users. Everyone will take valuable information back home." Deemed by Microsoft as the go to SharePoint hosting provider, Fpweb.net is ready to announce brand new products like QuickStart Business Suites and SharePoint cloud computing. With daily NetBook raffles, an exclusive VIP party and some peculiar shwag, there is no doubt that booth #420 will be generating some serious buzz at this SharePoint conference.

Fpweb.net is the SharePoint® Hosting Pioneer™ with a decade of experience and more than 1,000,000 SharePoint users in 80 countries Worldwide. What sets Fpweb.net apart? They know SharePoint - and they don't just support the hardware, they support the application. Increase profitability with their custom MOSS server farms at 60% less cost than on-premise builds. Go to market faster with Fpweb.net rapid deployment of SharePoint, Exchange, CRM and Project Server. Get back to business and forget about the complexities of MOSS. Fpweb.net has earned the trust of US Air Force, NY Yankees and Dow Chemical among others.

For more information on the 2009 SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, go to http://www.mssharepointconference.com. For more information on Fpweb.net, visit their site (www.fpweb.net) or call 866.780.4678 for more information.

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Click Consult Named a Best PPC Management Company by topseos.com

2009-10-16T07:07:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) topseos.com has ranked Click Consult #3 Best Pay Per Click Management Company for the month of October. The company has ranked consistently for the past two months as one of the best.

Click Consult is an internet marketing agency that prides itself "on staying at the cutting edge of the industry in all areas." Not only does it aim to provide the best quality services, it also has "an ethos of innovation running throughout the team," explains Managing Director, Matt Bullas. She adds that the company is always seeking new ways to help clients to find the best results possible.

Click Consult takes no short cuts in managing successful pay per click campaigns. The company combines experience and expertise to guarantee client gets valuable results. "…Detailed keyword research is carried out, adverts are written accurately and monitoring of results and analytics is proactive and regular," adds Bullas.

As the company is always a frontrunner to innovation, its recent development, Clicktelligence®v2.0, is a "reporting suite, which enables our clients to have unparalleled access to the status and progress of all campaigns they have running" with Click Consult. Each client has a unique log-in that allows him to see monthly reports that include updates on all aspects of the strategies put in place. Clients can view analytics data and ranking reports, just to name a few areas accessible. The company prides itself on supplying "transparent internet marketing."

Apart from its new reporting suite, the company has also created Callertrax, which is an "exclusively developed system for tracking individual adverts using unique phone numbers linked to each ad, enabling a much higher level of conversion tracking than previously possible for customers choosing to purchase over the phone rather than online," explains Bullas.

Click Consult will continue to focus on creativity when managing all aspects of internet marketing. The company understands that constant innovation is important to continue its success in offering quality services and quantitative results.

topseos.com is proud to highlight Click Consult as one of its Best Pay Per Click Management Companies.

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OpenService, Inc. Re-Branding Company as LogMatrix

2009-10-16T07:06:00-04:00

Marlborough, MA (Gawkwire.com) OpenService, Inc., a provider of compliance, security, and network management solutions announced today a re-branding of the Company as LogMatrix.

"At a most basic level all of our products and solutions utilize log events. That recognition, combined with an expanded solution focus and new products concluded in a decision to re-brand our Company identity to provide clearer meaning for our customers," said Jeff Aliber, VP of Marketing. "It's important that our name reflects our business focus and strategy. The root word 'Log' literally means 'a record of events' and 'Matrix' means 'something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form'."

Our log management (LogCenter) product is being used in conjunction with our event management (EventCenter) and network management (NerveCenter) products, and our new service management solution to support these customer initiatives. This includes customers currently collecting (and reporting in real-time via ODBC/JDBC/SQL) in excess of 1.5 billion events per day.
"The ability to effectively collect and utilize log events has become an important customer requirement because of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) requirement for log management; the usefulness of detailed and historical log data analysis for breach investigation and general forensics; and the ability to employ log management in front of a SIEM-focused deployment to enable more-selective forwarding of events to correlation engines," said Kelly Kavanagh, Principal Analyst, Information Security & Privacy at Gartner.

"The LogMatrix name better reflects our innovative use of event data to enable our customers to support their regulatory compliance initiatives, detect security threats, and improve service availability and performance -- faster and at a much lower total cost than our competitors", according to Bill Seibel, Chairman of the Company. "Our log management (LogCenter) product is being used in conjunction with our event management (EventCenter) and network management (NerveCenter) products, and our new service management solution to support these customer initiatives. This includes customers currently collecting (and reporting in real-time via ODBC/JDBC/SQL) in excess of 1.5 billion events per day."

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DNS Made Easy Provides Free IPv6 Tools for Network Administrators

2009-10-16T07:05:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) DNS Made Easy (dnsmadeeasy.com), the leading IP Anycast managed DNS service provider, announces the release of free tool to help system and network administrators with IPv6 implementations. This new tool is available for no cost at IPv6Verify.com.

The IPv6Verify.com tool allows network and DNS administrators to check the validity of an IPv6 address and to compare two IPv6 addresses to determine if they are the same. IPv6Verify.com also presents the fully expanded notation for an IPv6 address and provides the full reverse DNS PTR record for an IPv6 address.

“IPv6 adds new complexity to many DNS administrator’s jobs," states Bryan Hughes, Vice President of System Operations at Tiggee. “The task of IPv6 implementation, testing and migration has many DNS administrators over-tasked and merely verifying IPv6 address syntax can be troublesome. There are several different variations in which the same IPv6 address can be written. IPv6 verify allows users to verify an IPv6 address and also compare if two IPv6 addresses are the same. Even DNS administrators with solid IPv6 addressing experience can have issues with reverse DNS for IPv6 and to help them we provide a simple method of determining the reverse DNS PTR for IPv6 addresses.”

DNS Made Easy states that one of the most common questions asked by new users is how to verify if their IPv6 address is correct when entering AAAA records.

DNS Made Easy was one of the first DNS providers in the world to allow the addition of AAAA records in their DNS system. To help reduce the amount of support and complexity for users, DNS Made Easy initially had all users provide IPv6 records by support ticket so that the DNS Made Easy support staff could verify the IPv6 format and validity of the records for customers before they were added to their DNS. Because users have become better educated on IPv6 addressing and now have IPv6 tools available to them, DNS Made Easy now allows AAAA records to be entered online through their web interface.

The IPv6Verify tools are available at www.ipv6verify.com.

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OC3 Networks Selects ParaScale Software for Its Cloud Storage Solution

2009-10-15T08:01:00-04:00

CUPERTINO, CA (Gawkwire.com) ParaScale, Inc., a startup company developing cloud storage software solutions, today announced that OC3 Networks, a leading Los Angeles-based regional provider of enterprise managed hosting services, has selected ParaScale software as its cloud storage solution.

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“Our customers are always facing storage related challenges and we are being proactive in providing innovative alternatives,” said Ilan Mishan, CEO of OC3 Networks. “After a competitive evaluation, we have selected ParaScale as the basis of our cloud storage solution. We were particularly impressed by the fact that ParaScale delivers a complete solution including access, a comprehensive storage repository and integration and manageability in the context of our existing systems. For every server deployment moving forward, OC3 customers will have direct access over our innovative Private Network to 5GB of free storage to use as they choose. Growth past the complimentary storage will be provided seamlessly as the customers needs grow. ParaScale’s platform allows us to interoperate with customers’ existing applications with zero change and will provide our customers a fully managed storage solution that will allow them to manage data growth efficiently, securely and affordably.”

“Cloud storage is the ideal starting point for cloud providers as it is an easier entry point to the market segment when compared with the cost and complexity of integrating other cloud computing technologies, and customers are buying it,” said Antonio Piraino, analyst at Tier-1 Research. “Cloud services overall are growing at 100% year-over-year for the foreseeable future. In a tough economic environment, this is one of the few bright spots.” Cloud storage continues to be a focus and starting point for many providers looking to offer cloud services. Relatively, cloud computing (renting CPU cycles by the hour) is a medium term opportunity, as it is more complex for the hosting company to deliver, while still requiring the end-customer to have the expertise and time to package up an application to run in the cloud.

By combining ParaScale software and buyer selected standard servers, managed service providers can build different types of storage clouds and offer a variety of unique high-margin, high-value storage cloud services with security and superior performance. ParaScale clouds can be built with practically any kind of Linux server, and a single cloud can consist of different server models, including repurposed servers. Re-using existing servers and turning off-contract server assets into substantive top-line cloud storage opportunities, by simply using ParaScale software is appealing in the current economic climate.

“Looking into Q4 and Q1 many service providers are planning to deploy cloud storage,” said Sajai Krishnan, CEO of ParaScale. “Customers are going to have several choices and service providers have to ask themselves how they can differentiate and thrive against the at-scale mass-market players like Amazon and Google. The highly capable technical and sales teams at OC3 are looking at cloud storage offerings that can help their existing and new customers delay expensive storage capex. Potential new services under consideration include hosted VM repositories, high performance multi-media distribution platforms, private secure hosted clouds amongst others. This innovative team is looking to bring practical new cloud storage services to their customers and fly above the me-too storage cloud.”

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Localization World 2009 Highlights Impressive Speaker Line-up

2009-10-15T07:08:00-04:00

SANTA CLARA, CA (Gawkwire.com) During Localization World 2009, “Know-How for Global Success,” attendees from more than 30 countries will learn globalization best practices and the latest innovations in localization and Web development from speakers who are market leaders in international business. In addition to offering two keynotes, organizers of the conference have gathered senior executives from Yahoo!, facebook, Dell, Cisco Systems, Intel, VeriSign, and Google, among others, to deliver case studies and presentations on topics such as cultural competency, rolling out products in multiple countries simultaneously, and the impact of multilingual content on business success. Research analysts from Common Sense Advisory and the Gilbane Group will also present.

Localization World 2009 delivers comprehensive education and networking opportunities for both beginners and experienced professionals. The programs cover four concurrent program tracks: Global Business Best Practices, Managing Global Websites, Core Localization Competencies and Advanced Localization Management. Some highlighted presentations and panels include:

• Let’s Get Practical: Building a Global Web Community Platform, with speaker Valerie Hufbauer of the World Bank

• Global Megatrends: the Convergence of Globalization, Internet and Innovation, with speaker Nitish Singh of St. Louis University

• Windows 7 Localization Quality: a Journey, with speakers Ulrike Irmler and Jim Rodrigues of Microsoft

• Social Web Localization, with Danica Brinton, Apple/LocLabs; Regina Bustamante, Plaxo; Ghassan Haddad, Facebook; Joaquín Moreno XING AG; Nico Posner, LinkedIn and Siko Bouterse of Hi5

• Special Challenges of Localizing Software as a Service Products, with speakers Shawna Wolverton and Teresa Marshall of SalesForce.com

The two keynotes include Dave Luhr, COO of international ad agency Wieden & Kennedy, and Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine. In his keynote, Wired editor Chis Anderson, author of “FREE,” makes the case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them. More than a promotional gimmick, this is a business strategy that may be essential to a company's survival in a global economy.

“The costs associated with the growing online economy are trending toward zero at an incredible rate. Never in history have the primary inputs to an industrial economy fallen in price so fast and for so long,” says Anderson. “In 1961 a single transistor cost $10, the latest chips have over two billion transistors and sell for $300, with transistors effectively too cheap to price. The traditional economics of scarcity just don’t apply to bandwidth, processing power, and hard-drive storage, and this is just one engine of our new reality.”

Anderson addresses the growth of the reputation economy, explains different models for applying FREE and discusses how to compete when competitors are giving away what you are trying to sell.

On the pre-conference day, there will be several roundtables and also some free “Introduction to Localization” programs. Organizers are holding the line on fees, offering a much expanded program at last year’s rates. The headquarters hotel is the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. The conference, produced by MultiLingual Computing, Inc. and The Localization Institute, will be held October 20 – 22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Event sponsors include: Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., Across Systems, milengo, SimulTrans LLC, and WeLocalize. Full program details and speakers’ biographies are available at http://www.localizationworld.com/ To register: http://www.localizationworld.com/lwsv2009/registration.php

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Innovative SharePoint™ ISV Aptimize Announces Reseller Program

2009-10-15T07:05:00-04:00

Wellington, New Zealand (Gawkwire.com) Aptimize, an innovative ISV focused on the Microsoft SharePoint ecosystem announced today the introduction of their Aptimize Reseller program. Microsoft Partners attending the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas NV, October 19 - 22, 2009 can visit Aptimize at the show for program details or simply visit http://www.aptimize.com/reseller.

Aptimize's Website Accelerator solution improves the performance of websites affording better customer experiences as customer visits are longer, less frustrating due to improved response times, and highly productive as customer tasks are completed quicker.

Based on patent-pending technology, the Aptimize Website Accelerator, requiring no software or hardware modifications, improves SharePoint page loading performance on average 33% to 75%. Research shows that web pages taking longer than 5 seconds to load lose 50% of viewers. Aptimize keeps customers relevant in today's fast past world where waiting, means business lost.

In production use today by companies such as Microsoft, for components of their www.Microsoft.com property, and Service Provider Rackspace, Aptimize's unique technology delivers improved performance and speed, typically in the range of 50%, when customers most demand it. In a recent blog post Microsoft outlined how the Aptimize solution has enhanced their business:

'We can continue to design and build sites in line with industry best practices, while dynamically addressing issues of low bandwidth and high latency. As a result, we can ensure that site visitors all over the world experience the richness of our site, without compromise.'
How we did it: Speeding up SharePoint.Microsoft.com, Microsoft Team Blog.

Please visit Aptimize at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas at booth 1007 to learn in detail about Aptimize and their solution for customers and partners.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/innovative_sharepoint_isv_aptimize_announces_reseller_program.html

An Industry First: Introducing Codero Rewards

2009-10-15T07:00:00-04:00

Overland Park, Kansas (Gawkwire.com) Adding support, security, server tools and more memory for hosting just got easier with Codero's new rewards program. Codero Rewards is the first and only program of its kind in the dedicated server/web hosting industry. Every dollar spent on a dedicated server, managed hosting or custom network configuration earns points towards add-on services designed to boost website and network performance.

"This isn't just another customer loyalty program," notes Ryan Elledge, Codero's Chief Operations Officer. "We believe Codero Rewards offers a unique way to help online businesses grow and enhance their online storefronts, improve security, manage backup, and more. Members can spend their points at anytime and start to leverage the benefits right away."

Program membership is simple: as purchases add up to specific point totals, items may be redeemed from the Codero Rewards Catalog. For example, a Managed Hosting a la carte selection equals 2,000 points, 4 GB of added RAM is 10,000 points, a Cisco Pix 501 Firewall equals 20,000 points, etc. In all, the Rewards Catalog includes 20 server tools and upgrade options - with more items added on a regular basis. What's more: each participant's rate of earning increases over time - from 2 points per dollar after the first month up to 10 points per dollar after four years - and is retroactive to their original start of service date.

Points do matter to small business - an idea that is central to Codero's new Rewards program. A new LinkedIn.com poll from MasterCard bears this out, comparing the value of "points for dollars spent" with "airline miles" and "merchant rebates". See the latest results of this poll at http://polls.linkedin.com/poll-results/52866/okmho.

Codero Rewards is for Codero customers only. It is easy to sign-up for the program -- and automatically receive 200 points just for joining. Go to www.codero.com/company/codero-rewards for a full program description including all Terms & Conditions.

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Latest release from Big Bang LLC enables efficient migration to Windows 7

2009-10-14T06:34:00-04:00

MILWAUKEE, WI (Gawkwire.com) Today, Big Bang LLC announced beta testing for the Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) version 4.5 including new upgrades and features for compatibility with Microsoft’s latest Operating System, Windows 7. The UIU is patented technology that makes possible the creation of a master Windows hard drive image, which, once cloned, can be deployed to any laptop or desktop regardless of manufacturer. The latest version, due for release in quarter four, 2009, was developed specifically for compatibility with Windows 7.

New features of the UIU version 4.5 include: new Windows 7 driver database, support for Macintosh Intel-based hardware via Mac Boot Camp, advanced OS-agnostic UIU Discovery Tool which allows the user to ascertain hardware compatibility for all current Windows Operating Systems, modified Sysprep .xml answer files, new Windows 7 Welcome installation optimization, as well as continued feature updates and support for Windows XP and Vista. These new features allow for the creation and maintenance of a single hardware-independent hard drive image that will minimize the time required to migrate from existing operating systems to Windows 7.

The impending release of version 4.5 is yet another milestone for Big Bang and their mission to create a unique and effective deployment solution for their customers. "We are particularly excited for the release of v4.5," said Big Bang President, Adam Murphy. "There are a lot of organizations out there that decided to pass on [Windows] Vista when it came out, and have since been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Windows 7. We built 4.5 to make the migration from XP to 7 extremely efficient."

Since 2004, the UIU has enabled IT departments to save considerable time and money. The goal of version 4.5 is to make the maintenance and deployment of one Universal Windows image and the migration from existing operating systems to Windows 7 even more efficient.

The UIU has been effectively deployed to over 2 million PCs worldwide for companies, government and healthcare agencies, and educational institutions.

http://www.gawkwire.com/technology/latest_release_from_big_bang_llc_enables_efficient_migration_to_.html

LGG Challenges Businesses to End Computer Carbon Emissions

2009-10-14T06:32:00-04:00

Brisbane (Gawkwire.com) The creators of software that automatically purchases carbon credits to offset a computers emissions have extended a challenge to businesses to play a major part in cutting carbon emissions worldwide.

The Zero Carbon Computing Challenge (ZCCC), launched by the creators of the Little Green Genie, are encouraging businesses to spread the word about zero emissions computing in a bid to try and lower a portion of global carbon emissions.

Entrants in the ZCCC offset the emissions created through the manufacture and use of their computers, making them a zero carbon computer user. They then promote their own online competition page to their network that then take up the challenge to do the same.

Every company (and person) who offsets through an entrant’s page is then added to their carbon total allowing them to compete with others from around the world.

Australian politicians have already come out in support of the challenge including Queensland Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones and Federal Shadow Minister for Climate Change Greg Hunt.

Ms Jones says the Queensland Government supports businesses that are making sustainable choices, because reducing our carbon footprint is everyone's responsibility.

"The Zero Carbon Computer Challenge is a great way for companies to compete against each other for the title of 'greenest' computer user within their network,” Ms Jones says.

Spokesperson for Little Green Genie James Skinner says the challenge is a great way for industry sectors, companies and individuals to compete against each other to vie for the title of the most green computer user within their network.

“With two typical Internet searches using the equivalent energy of boiling an electric kettle (according to a Harvard University study) the benefits eclipse the small financial annual outlay,” Mr Skinner says.

“Computers, which are now critical to personal and business communications worldwide, account for around five percent of the world's total carbon emissions, which is about the same as the airline industry.

“We believe some healthy competition between individuals and organisations is a great way to get the message across, and already we have major companies such as Audi on board.”

Little Green Genie is part of a growing number of social entrepreneur businesses that recognise a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organise, create and manage a venture to make social change.

Enquiry about the program has already been received from over 78 countries including Bangladesh, Slovenia and Lebanon, with subscribers already on board from 39 countries, proving the broad international appeal of carbon offset initiatives.

As computers become more and more crucial to the running of our everyday lives, Mr Skinner sees the LGG as an excellent opportunity to keep the green message in front of people’s faces.

“We’re already seeing other by-products of the initiative such as users reporting that the program is causing them to look at improving their environmental behaviours in other parts of their life,” Mr Skinner says.

“The ZCCC will only further bolster the importance of the zero emissions message, whilst reinforcing the fact that we can all do something to help the planet.”

For more information or to download the Little Green Genie visit www.littlegreengenie.com
To read about the Zero Carbon Computing Challenge go to www. zerocarboncomputing.com

http://www.gawkwire.com/business/lgg_challenges_businesses_to_end_computer_carbon_emissions.html

Web Hosting Provider, FatCow, Debuts Free Web Icons

2009-10-14T06:31:00-04:00

Burlington, MA (Gawkwire.com) Web hosting provider, FatCow, has launched a library of 1000 free web icons that are designed for both PC (XP, Vista) and Mac (OS X) users.

Now available for download, the icons are free to the public for any type of use. The extensive set of free icons includes popular RSS feed, iPod, Twitter and emoticon options, as well as a variety of application commands. The flexible set offers both 16- and 32-pixel versions of each icon, perfect for design applications, custom templates and personal use. Additional versions, suitable for desktop and Photoshop use, will soon be offered on the site in the appropriate formats.

Paul Bukhovko, Marketing Manager at FatCow explained, ”We wanted to do something for the web design community and we’ve seen a demand among our customers for cool, clean icons. You don’t even have to host with FatCow to take advantage of the free web icons.”

Because they are available under a Creative Commons 3.0 License, the icons are open to the public for any type of private or commercial use, provided that proper credit is given to FatCow, with a link to the icon page.

According to Mr. Bukhovko, FatCow is working on additions to the 1000 free web icons, and urges customers to check back with FatCow’s icon page for news on what’s to come. This includes a set of specialized free iPhone custom icons, currently in the works, which will allow users to give their iPhones a personalized look and feel.

FatCow provides shared web hosting solutions for individuals and small to medium sized businesses looking for an affordable, reliable web hosting option. FatCow pioneered the ”one plan one price” philosophy when it began offering its signature all-in-one website hosting solution, The FatCow, back in 1998.

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The 'Tweance': Talk to dead stars on Twitter

2009-10-13T06:52:00-04:00

(cnet) If you have been trying to tweet Michael Jackson over the last few weeks without even a squeak of success, might I sing you a song of hope?

A remarkably forward-thinking psychic has decided to hold a seance on Twitter. A "Tweance," if you will.

According to the Sun newspaper, Jayne Wallace, who claims to have been a psychic since she was (at least) 7 years old, will be available to every member of the world's tweeting population on October 30, between 10 a.m. and noon British Miserable Autumn Time (that's 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. PT).

Your rapt attention span and your rapid powers of cogitation will have noted that the date and time enjoy a chilling proximity to Halloween, the night when many dead people may rise from the grave and dance in unison to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." ...Go to source

http://www.gawkwire.com/technology/the_tweance_talk_to_dead_stars_on_twitter.html

PEER 1 Offers Image Backup and Restore Tools

2009-10-12T06:40:00-04:00

Southampton, UK (Gawkwire.com) PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX:PIX), the global online business hosting provider, has today announced that it will be offering image backup and bare metal recovery (BMR) to its managed backup customers. The BMR functionality will be provided by software from Cristie and will be fully managed by PEER 1 in conjunction with standard managed backup plans. (managed hosting)

The service replaces cumbersome and slow data protection strategies that use backup or replication to tape or disk. Both Windows® and Linux servers can be rapidly recovered to an identical state at a specific point in time, prior to any failure or corruption.

Dominic Monkhouse, UK MD at PEER1 said: "Through this service, clients can back up operating systems and applications so they can easily bounce back from just about anything the world can throw at their infrastructure. Our powerful software regularly backs up their network's key systems, meaning there's much less to reinstall, rebuild and reconfigure if disaster should strike. Clients will be up and running again a whole lot faster, saving valuable time and money. Image backups and restore tools are a must in today's IT environment."

Ian Cameron, Sales Director at Cristie Software said: "We are delighted to be working with PEER 1 to provide full disaster recovery protection to its customers on both Windows and Linux platforms. The PEER 1 solution includes backup software from both IBM and Cristie, providing the fastest possible bare metal restores."

The service consists of a set of server configuration files, and a bootable disaster recovery image held on CD. The boot image contains a customised operating system (Linux or Win PE). The software is designed to maximise speed, flexibility and simplicity of use, dramatically reducing the time to recover servers to just a fraction of the time needed with conventional restoration methods.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/peer_1_offers_image_backup_and_restore_tools.html

AspDotNetStorefront Multi- Store Beta Released

2009-10-12T06:39:00-04:00

Westlake, OH (Gawkwire.com) AspDotNetStorefront announces the official Beta release of the AspDotNetStorefront Multi-Store ecommerce shopping cart platform.

Based on AspDotNetStorefront's industry leading ML shopping cart, AspDotNetStorefront Multi-Store enables online businesses to host multiple distinct ecommerce websites with different products, pricing, branding, SEO settings and content using a single installation of AspDotNetStorefront. By combining multiple stores into a single database and admin console, administration and management of multiple e-commerce sites is made easy and efficient, saving time and money while increasing the flexibility of store owners to segment and organize multiple unique brands and product offerings in whatever manner they choose.

AspDotNetStorefront Multi-Store is packed with intelligent new features including full support for ASP.NET master pages and AJAX controls, the ability to customize the appearance of URLs for SEO purposes, a modular plug-in interface for developers, and a simpler, more intuitive configuration interface designed to reduce site configuration errors. With full support for 64-bit computing platforms and server farms, and costing less than competitive multi-store offerings, AspDotNetStorefront continues its leadership in value, performance and functionality.

"We're very proud of this achievement," said Chief Operations Office and Executive Vice President Dan Van Kuren. "As one of the few shopping carts that offers true multi-store functionality, we are providing enterprise -level features to small and medium business customers, allowing them to increase the efficiency of their operations, lower the infrastructure and administrative costs of running multiple ecommerce websites and compete favorably in search engine rankings."

AspDotNetStorefront is now accepting pre-orders for AspDotNetStorefront Multi-Store. All customers who pre-order the AspDotNetStorefront Multi-Store product will be granted access to the fully functioning beta release and will receive special pre-order pricing and year of free continuous product updates. The AspDotNetStorefront Multi-Store Beta is available from AspDotNetStorefront (http://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com) starting at $3,290.00 for a five store license.

http://www.gawkwire.com/technology/aspdotnetstorefront_multi-_store_beta_released.html

Website Design Contest Offers Great Prizes

2009-10-12T06:36:00-04:00

Sebastopol, CA (Gawkwire.com) Web designers can win a free MacBook Pro or an iPod Touch just by designing a great web site using the new Webvanta hosted content management system (CMS).

Designers don't need to install any software to use Webvanta, and they can continue to use whatever HTML and CSS design tools they want. Unlike most other content management systems, designers have unlimited design flexibility with Webvanta.

Webvanta is the first CMS that makes it easy to create sites with structured content. Designers have reported that Webvanta enables them to create more powerful sites more quickly, making them more competitive and increasing their profits.

Designers can read the contest rules and sign up for a free account at www.webvanta.com/contest. The deadline for completed submissions is January 31, 2010.

Sites submitted to the contest remain the property of the designer; they can be sites of their own, or sites for one of their clients. Webvanta will provide free hosting for all submitted sites through the end of the contest, and the winners will receive free hosting until the end of 2010.

The submissions will be judged on the following criteria, weighted equally:

Visual beauty

Navigation and information architecture

Effective use of the Webvanta database

The contest will be judged by a panel of top web designers, including Micah Bowers, Creative Director, Bluefire Productions; Bill Mead, Web Design Instructor, Art Institute, Sacramento; Andrew Crow, senior experience designer at Adaptive Path; Veerle Pieters, Founder and graphic/web designer at Duoh!; Elliot Jay Stocks, Freelance designer and author of Sexy Web Design; and Ryan Taylor, Head of Web Development, Infinite Path and producer of the Boagworld podcast.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_design/website_design_contest_offers_great_prizes.html

Pixelated Technologies Offers 30-Day Free Trial for Shared Hosting Plans

2009-10-12T06:33:00-04:00

NASHVILLE, TN (Gawkwire.com) Pixelated Technologies, a provider of professional Web development and Web hosting services, announced today it will now offer a no-risk, 30-day free trial of its shared Web hosting services for small to medium sized businesses.

Starting at just $9 per month for 1,000MB of disk space and 100GB of monthly data transfer, shared Web hosting from Pixelated Technologies includes as standard a wide variety of value-added features, including built-in developer tools (PHP5, MySQL 5, Perl, ZEN, Ioncube, etc.), a free shared SSL certificate, integrated Web site statistics applications, and access to cPanel (for Web site management). The professional hosting plan, which starts at $15 per month, offers unlimited disk space and monthly data transfer.

“With our shared hosting packages, our goal is to deliver a truly stress-free hosting experience, leveraging our reliable infrastructure, always-available support and easy to use Webmaster tools. We’ve literally built our entire platform around these key ideals, and it sets us apart from our competitors. These values have been the backbone of our business for more than four years,” said Jesse Bunch, owner of Pixelated Technologies.

“The real advantage in choosing Pixelated Technologies is not just our state-of-the art data centers, but the personal client support that we offer. Our friendly support staff is always available to answer any questions you may have even before you’re a client of ours. We will take the time to listen to your needs and adapt our business to closely fit,” continued Bunch.

To take advantage of the 30-Day free trial, new customers may sign-up for either shared Web hosting plan from Pixelated Technologies. If after 30 days the customer is not fully satisfied for any reason, he or she will be provided a full refund, less any domain registration or SSL certificate fees. Complete details are available from the company.

In addition to shared Web hosting, Pixelated Technologies also offers a variety of Web site design and professional consulting services. Pixelated Technologies also developed the Go-Tell-It CMS, the first content management system (CMS) designed exclusively for churches and campus ministries.

To learn more about Pixelated Technologies, please visit http://www.pixelatedtech.com.

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canada.topseos.com Ranks Top Canadian SEO Firms for October 2009

2009-10-09T06:33:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) The independent authority on search vendors, canada.topseos.com has evaluated and listed the Top Canadian SEO Companies for the month of October.

Search engines are the gateways to information on the Internet. The best place for a company's link to be are the result pages that pertain to the information on their site. The strategy included in getting a company to the top of the results page is extensive. A good SEO knows the intricacies of SEO and will be able to send a company to the top with a good strategy.

The Best Canadian SEO Firm and other great companies are:

1.   Increase Visibility Inc.
2.   1st on the List Promotions Inc.
3.   Enquito Search Solutions Inc.
4.   Search Rank Professionals
5.   First Page SEO
6.   Beanstalk
7.   Acroterion Inc.
8.   6S Marketing Inc.
9.   StepForth
10.   FreshPromo
11.   Welpix- Visual Media Toronto
12.   eMarketing 101
13.   Plu eMarketing
14.   SearchingWorks Inc.
15.   SitePosition Search Engine Marketing
16.   Bloom Search Marketing
17.   BubbleUP Marketing
18.   Bay Street SEO
19.   First2Search
20.   Virtually Canadian
21.   SuperSeoMan.com
22.   Page Zero Media
23.   Get Clicked SEO
24.   WebWize Inc.
25.   SEO Expert
26.   Manning Search Marketing
27.   5Fish Inc.
28.   Epiar Inc.
29.   Metamend
30.   Mastermynde

To be included in this list, the companies had to go through an extensive assessment to measure their capabilities in search engine optimization. The evaluation criteria for SEO companies includes reviewing the effectiveness of the company by interviewing past and current clients.

Learn more about the Best SEO Company and other great companies highlighted this month.

SEO companies that would like to be considered should apply for ranking at: http://canada.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

http://www.gawkwire.com/seo_sem/canada_topseos_com_ranks_top_canadian_seo_firms_for_october_2009.html

Microsoft Reveals Office Winter Games Contest

2009-10-09T06:34:00-04:00

REDMOND, WA (Gawkwire.com) One female blogger and one student blogger will be sent to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games as winners of an online contest announced today by Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC). The winning bloggers will use the latest Microsoft technologies to report daily from the Games alongside members of the credentialed press corps. Starting today, qualified bloggers may enter the contest at http://www.OfficeWinterGames.com.

The Microsoft Office team will award the winners a seven-day trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, and the technology and press access needed to report from the Games. The top-of-the-line technology includes Microsoft Office 2010 Professional and the Acer Aspire 4810 laptop that, thanks to its high performance and more than eight hours of battery life, is the winners' ideal hardware companion.

"Microsoft Office will give bloggers the reporting, editing and communication tools they'll require across the PC, mobile phone and browser," said Janice V. Kapner, senior director of Information Worker Group Communications at Microsoft. "Because blogs and online reporting are an increasingly popular way for sports fans to consume news about their favorite events, Microsoft will equip the two talented bloggers with Microsoft Office 2010 Professional to help them report with ease right from the sidelines."

Ten contest semifinalists will be chosen by a panel of celebrity judges, including five-time Olympic gold medalist Bonnie Blair and online video stars Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld from CollegeHumor.com. The public will then vote for their favorite semifinalists online, and the winners will be selected based on the number of votes they receive.

"As an Olympic gold medalist, I know the passion and excitement of being behind the scenes at the Winter Games," Blair said. "We're excited to give these two bloggers the chance to experience the thrill of this time-honored event as well."

Microsoft Office is the premier productivity solution across PCs, mobile phones and browsers. From broadcast and video editing in Microsoft Office PowerPoint to co-authoring and the ability to post directly to blogs in Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft is delivering technology to help people work smarter and faster from virtually any location using almost any device. Microsoft Office 2010 will deliver innovative capabilities and provide new levels of flexibility and choice that will help people do the following:

•Work anywhere with Office Web applications -- the online companions to Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote -- that help provide access to documents from virtually anywhere and that help preserve the look and feel of a document regardless of device
•Collaborate better with co-authoring in Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft OneNote 2010, as well as advanced e-mail management and calendaring capabilities in Microsoft Outlook 2010, including the option to "ignore" unwanted e-mail threads
•Bring ideas to life with video and picture editing, broadcast capability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, easy document preparation through the new Microsoft Office Backstage view, and new Sparklines in Microsoft Excel 2010 to visualize data and spot trends faster

Contest Eligibility and Rules

Contestants must be at least 18 years of age and have written a blog for at least three months at time of entry. Contestants must be United States residents and either a female blogger or a currently enrolled full-time undergraduate or graduate student in good standing at a U.S. college or university. Winners will be announced at the International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas Jan. 7-10. Complete contest details can be found at http://www.OfficeWinterGames.com. Microsoft Office 2010 will be available in the first half of 2010; for more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/office.

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Packet Power Wins Minnesota Cup “Clean & Green” Award

2009-10-08T11:56:00-04:00

Orlando, FL (Gawkwire.com) Packet Power is the winner of the “Clean & Green” Division of the 2009 Minnesota Cup, a statewide competition that seeks out aspiring entrepreneurs and their breakthrough business ideas.

This year’s Minnesota Cup contest—the fifth annual—featured six divisions in which more than 1,000 participants competed. Winners of each division will receive $20,000 in seed capital—except the student division, which awards $5,000. New to this year’s competition was the Clean & Green Division, an award designed to advance breakthrough ideas in sustainable solutions and applications.

“The development of green businesses and jobs represents one of the biggest changes in our economy since the Industrial Revolution, and the Minnesota Cup can help advance this developing industry,” states Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty on the Minnesota Cup’s website.

Minneapolis-based Packet Power develops power consumption software and hardware that provides the simplest way for data centers to capture real-time, detailed electrical power usage information at any combination of individual device or rack level. Packet Power’s innovative smart power cables install quickly without disruption to a facility’s power distribution infrastructure. The information they capture is transmitted wirelessly for analysis and then accessed via reports or the Internet.
“In a state recognized for both its green initiatives as well as its technology this is quite an honor,” said Paul Bieganski, Packet Power founder and president. “We’re proud to be recognized for the contribution our technology is making in helping businesses save energy – and, in turn, save money.”

The division winners and finalists, along with their business ideas, will be featured in a Minnesota Cup supplement in the December issue of Twin Cities Business.
Winners in other categories included:

• High Tech: Alvenda Commerce Advertising, which created a commerce-enabled advertising network that allows customers to shop with a retailer anywhere on the Web, and not just on a single e-commerce site. Alevenda also was chosen from among the six division winners as the Grand Prize Winner and received an additional $20,000.

• BioSciences: Pursuit Vascular, Inc., which is developing a unique disposable device that’s estimated to reduce hemodialysis catheter-related infections by more than 75 percent.

• General: Drazil Juice, which taps into the $4 billion juice market with its Drazil Juice Teazers product, which blends 100 percent fruit juice with caffeine-free herbal tea—a natural source of antioxidants.

• Social entrepreneur: Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, which saves low-income families money and reduces carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions by educating people about solar power, localizing energy production, and creating green jobs in an impoverished community in northern Minnesota.

• Student: Man Cave, which provides men with “manly” products ranging from grilling tools and spices to premium meats and marinades. Individuals can host ManCave “meatings” at which men learn different grilling techniques and get the opportunity to buy ManCave products, which are delivered to the purchaser’s front door and have a lifetime guarantee.

http://www.gawkwire.com/business/packet_power_wins_minnesota_cup_clean_green_award.html

SoftLayer™ Introduces Bare Metal Cloud™

2009-10-07T07:27:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com) SoftLayer Technologies™, the leading on-demand data center services provider, has announced the addition of Bare Metal Cloud™ computing instances to its line of CloudLayer™ services. Bare Metal Cloud computing instances do not require a hypervisor, providing a cloud computing option that’s more viable for workloads that demand direct access to physical hardware, such as databases and calculation-intensive applications.

“Bare Metal Cloud gives customers with certain workloads the opportunity to enjoy the flexibility, provisioning, and on-demand billing advantages of cloud computing,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer, SoftLayer. “It’s scalable and pay as you go—all the power and advantages of virtualized hardware without the overhead of a hypervisor.”

Bare Metal Cloud customers can select the number of cores needed to adapt to workloads and capacity required, with their choice of hourly and monthly rates:
 2 Core - 2GB RAM -250GB HDD - $159.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $0.50 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth
 4 Core - 4GB RAM - 250GB HDD - $199.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $0.75 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth
 8 Core - 8GB RAM - 250GB HDD - $299.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $1.00 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth
 16 Core - 16GB RAM - 250GB HDD - $399.00 Monthly + 2000GB or $1.25 Hourly + $0.10/GB Bandwidth

SoftLayer’s CloudLayer services provide a wide-range of benefits, including:
 Pay As You Go or Monthly Packages: Monthly billing is based on hourly usage or monthly plans with no long-term commitment, letting customers optimize their return on technology investment by paying only for the resources they need and use. Hourly billing will be offered in the near future.
 Immediate Scalability: Services are added in real time to accommodate unexpected or temporary changes in demand, providing exactly the level of IT power and capacity as needed, when needed.
 Ease of Use and Control: Full control via SoftLayer’s Customer Portal and API provides streamlined, simplified management, as well as direct access to all SoftLayer services and tools.

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Packet Power and PDU Cables Partner to Offer “Smarter” Power Cable

2009-10-07T07:26:00-04:00

Orlando, FL (Gawkwire.com) Packet Power and PDU Cables announced today at AFCOM’s Data Center World® 2009, that they have partnered to make advanced power monitoring easy and affordable for PDU Cable’s customers. Through the agreement PDU Cables, a leading manufacturer and supplier of power-distribution cable assemblies, will incorporate Packet Power’s innovative wireless monitoring modules into its power cable assemblies and adapter cables. In addition, PDU Cables will offer Packet Power energy monitoring solutions to its reseller partners.

“We’re excited to be one of the first companies to offer Packet Power’s technology,” said Duncan Lee, chief executive officer for PDU Cables. “They have a solution that leap-frogs past many of the traditional barriers to power consumption monitoring, such as high costs, cumbersome installation and data center downtime. Their ‘plug-and-play’ solution has to be seen to be believed.”

Energy is increasingly expensive for web colocation providers and data centers; the number of devices being used in each facility, the power consumed on a device, and the cost of the power itself are all increasing. Packet Power’s solution provides the insight companies need to reduce their data center power consumption. This technology helps companies monitor the power flowing through the data center in detail and analyzes the resulting information. By also tracking temperature, hot spots that can pose risks to IT equipment can be easily spotted.

Packet Power embeds its solution into the one element all electrical devices have in common – a power cord. The system can be installed by simply replacing the current power cable with a Packet Power smart cable. The smart cables communicate power consumption and temperature information wirelessly, eliminating the need to add network connections to collect power data, to further simplifying installation. Data centers operators can monitor device-level cables as well as cables that support entire racks of equipment in whatever combination best suits their needs.

“PDU Cables has built a stellar reputation as an innovator and provider of top quality products with quick-turn delivery,” said Steve VanTassel, Packet Power chief executive officer. “By adding wireless power monitoring as an option on their cables, they offer their customers a low-cost way to accurately track power that requires no downtime, reduces the number of system interconnections and helps keep the amount of clutter under raised floors to an absolute minimum. We are delighted to have them as a partner.”

Known for their industry-leading innovation, PDU Cables’ partnership with Packet Power stays aligned with the company’s vision. PDU Cables offers quick turn power cable manufacturing and delivery, prompt customer service, and is the sole supplier of the Air Guard Cable Seal product line. “We have been told by our customers that our high quality products and our experienced PDU Cables team providing unsurpassed product knowledge and excellent customer service, is what keeps them coming back” Lee stated.

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Dell Commences Tender Offer for Perot Systems to Expand IT Services

2009-10-07T07:25:00-04:00

ROUND ROCK, TX (Gawkwire.com) Dell today announced that it has commenced its tender offer for Perot Systems.

The move represents the next step toward an acquisition first announced Sept. 21. When completed, the expanded Dell is expected to help customers thrive and grow through a broader range of smartly delivered IT services and solutions, and better position the company for its own immediate and long-term growth and efficiency.

Dell anticipates the acquisition will close during the company’s November-January fiscal quarter.

The cash tender, through a wholly owned Dell subsidiary, is for all outstanding shares of Perot Systems Class A common stock at a price of $30 per share, without interest and less any applicable withholding or stock-transfer taxes.

The tender offer is subject to conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including a minimum share-tender condition, the expiration or termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, and the obtainment of applicable approvals under the antitrust, competition or merger control laws of other countries, and other customary conditions, as described in the merger agreement.

Unless extended, the tender offer and any withdrawal rights to which Perot Systems stockholders may be entitled will expire at midnight, New York City time, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 (at the close of Nov. 2). Following acceptance for payment of shares in the tender offer and completion of the transactions contemplated in the merger agreement, Perot Systems will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Dell.

Complete terms and conditions of the tender offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related materials filed by Dell and DII – Holdings Inc. with the SEC on Oct. 2, 2009. In addition, on Oct. 2, 2009, Perot Systems filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC relating to the tender offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related materials, including the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, are available free of charge from D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent for the tender offer, toll-free at (800) 488-8095 (banks and brokers call collect (212) 269-5550). BNY Mellon Shareowner Services is acting as depositary for the tender offer.

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MINNESOTA HOSTING COMPANY UNVEILS “CASH FOR SERVERS”

2009-10-07T07:24:00-04:00

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN (Gawkwire.com) VISI, Minnesota’s largest data center services and managed hosting provider, announces an incentive for companies to replace their old servers with new dedicated servers.

Playing off the government’s Cash for Clunkers program, VISI’s “Cash For Servers” promotion offers a rebate up to $500 to anyone who purchases a new dedicated or virtual dedicated server and turns in their old server to VISI. Companies can receive up to a total of $3,000 in rebates with this program.

“We could possibly go into all the energy efficiencies included in new servers and compare how bad old servers are for the environment, but we're confident that money is the real deciding factor,” says Gary Elfert, director of products and marketing for VISI. “We're beating the government to this offer and don't need any subsidies.”

To further illustrate the advantage of a new server, VISI created a video entitled “The Incompetent Server” which can be viewed online at YouTube.

The promotion lasts through December 31st, 2009. Visit www.visi.com/cashforservers for more details.

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SoftLayer™ Introduces New Intel® Xeon® Processors

2009-10-07T07:23:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com) SoftLayer Technologies™ today announced the availability of servers with new Intel® Xeon® 3450 and Intel Xeon 3460 processors. SoftLayer is the first data center service provider to offer customers these powerful new processors, built with the chip manufacturer’s leading Nehalem microarchitecture.

The 3400 series processors and chipsets deliver dependability, productivity, and outstanding performance, and are designed to improve the productivity of most server applications. Additional benefits include:
 Flexible memory configurations
 Power-saving architecture
 Improved virtualization experience
 Intel turbo boost technology

“We’re once again proud to be the first to market with the server grade version of Intel’s newest chips,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer, SoftLayer. “It’s vital to us that we offer customers the latest technology, so that we can help them stay on the leading edge of performance and better achieve their business objectives. These processors are standout options with exceptional advantages.”

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IT Hosting Leader Carat Networks Launches High Performance VPS

2009-10-02T12:50:00-04:00

MARKHAM, Ontario (Gawkwire.com) Carat Networks, a leading global IT hosting service provider, today launched its first line of high performance Virtual Private Servers (VPS), starting at just $29 per month and offering access to an enterprise-grade, fully redundant hosting network. The company already provides an extensive array of shared hosting, colocation solutions and dedicated servers.

Virtual Private Servers from Carat Networks are available in four configurations, ranging from $29 per month to $69 per month. Each configuration is based on the OpenVZ virtualization platform and offers full root access, powerful hardware (Intel® Dual Quad Core-based servers), redundant power supplies, and RAID protected storage space. Customers can optionally utilize cPanel/WHM or DirectAdmin for a control panel and select from CentOS, Fedora Core, Debian, or Ubuntu for the operating system.

“Our Virtual Private Servers leverage multi-million dollar network infrastructure to provide clients with access to enterprise-level hosting technology at a price small to medium sized businesses can afford. We built this new line of services to provide a robust solution that lies in the vital space between virtual hosting and dedicated servers,” said Chris Niedojadlo, CEO of Carat Networks.

Carat Networks’ Virtual Private Servers offer exceptional short-term and long-term scalability, with four-times-RAM burst capabilities included as standard on all configurations and up to 1250 GB of data transfer per month available within the service line. Clients also benefit from equally shared CPU processing, which provides an equitable distribution of system resources to each user on the system.

To learn more about Carat Networks, please visit http://www.caratnetworks.com.

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Clickable To Host Search Marketing Book Party During SMX East

2009-10-02T06:43:00-04:00

NEW YORK, NY (Gawkwire.com) Search engine marketing is difficult and complex, but The Clickable Search Marketing Gurus are here to help.

After a year of contributing their expertise to hundreds of marketers in popular online communities and the Clickable blog, these ambassadors recently released the Clickable Guru’s Guide To Better Search Marketing, a published anthology of their teachings. To celebrate the book launch, Clickable will host a party at its New York City headquarters on October 5, 2009, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm (following Day One of SMX East and right before the Internet Marketers Charity Party). Space is limited and attendees can reserve their seat by registering at http://clickable.pingg.com/Guru. The first 100 to register will receive a free, signed copy of the Guide.

There will be free food, an open bar, and a raffle to give away three iPod Nanos. Clickable will also offer complementary search consultations and demo its latest products. Clickable is an online platform that makes search advertising simple, instant and profitable.

“Everybody, from search marketing experts to marketers learning about pay per click for the first time, will find something valuable and enlightening in the Clickable Guru’s Guide,” says Sara Holoubek, corporate strategy consultant and columnist in the interactive and advertising industries. “If search and PPC are important to your business, you can’t skip this book.”

“Search advertising is such a critical part of today’s online marketing strategy, but making the most of the search opportunity requires a curious and analytic mind. Fortunately, the Clickable Gurus are just such creatures,” says Dana Todd, CMO, Newsforce and former Chairperson of the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO). “They’ve assembled a very consumable book for any level of expertise, and the lessons are invaluable. There were several creative ideas in the book that I hadn’t considered but will definitely do so now.”

About The Clickable Gurus

Clickable assembled the Gurus in order to give back to the search-marketing community, as well as gain front-line insights that help Clickable make better search-management tools. Clickable published the Guru’s Guide after a year of undercover Guru service, helping struggling marketers tackle real-world search problems in popular online communities and on the Official Clickable Blog. The electronic version of the Guru’s Guide is available for free from Clickable, and the hard copy version is available from LuLu.com for $9.99. (See the Gurus’ video blog post).

Meet Clickable At SMX East

In addition to the Guru’s Guide launch party, Clickable executives will be featured on two notable panels at the SMX East search marketing conference, taking place at New York’s Javits Center:

•October 5 at 9:00am: Ben Seslija, Senior Director of Analytics, will share his knowledge of search analytics on the panel “Web Analytics You Should Know.”
•October 6 at 10:45am: Peter Chun, Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions, will share his expertise on scalable local advertising technology on the panel “When An Agency Just Won’t Do.”

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100 Best Names BlueHost October 2009 Web Host of the Month

2009-10-02T06:41:00-04:00

St. George, UT (Gawkwire.com) 100 Best, Inc., a leading resource for information about the web hosting industry, announced today that BlueHost has been named the October 2009 web host of the month. BlueHost received this prestigious distinction because of their excellent customer service, feature rich hosting plan, and affordable pricing as demonstrated over the past month.

BlueHost has been providing the best web hosting services possible for over 14 years. They pride themselves on being professional, responsive and ethical in their business practices. BlueHost offers a web hosting plan that is loaded with the best features including unlimited disk storage space, unlimited bandwidth, Linux operating system, cPanel control panel, free domain name, 2500 POP/Imap email accounts, Front Page Extensions, courtesy site backups, and an easy to use free site builder tool. In addition, BlueHost customers can host an unlimited number of domains on one web hosting account.

Another major factor in determining the monthly web host award winner is a web host's commitment to customer service and technical support. BlueHost has consistently provided high quality, professional customer support. And through the month of September, BlueHost has received near perfect reviews and customer satisfaction ratings. BlueHost offers a variety of support options including 24/7 phone support, an email based support ticket system, a knowledge base jam packed with helpful articles, video tutorials, and a user forum where BlueHost customers can learn from the experiences of other BlueHost customers.

BlueHost has not only led the industry with their hosting plan and customer service, they have also established themselves as one of the low cost leaders in the web hosting industry. BlueHost is currently offering a promotional price of $3.95 per month on their web hosting plan. Details about BlueHost and the promotional price can be obtained by visiting the BlueHost review page on http://www.100Best-Web-Hosting.com.

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iomart Hosting Launches Cloud Computing Services

2009-10-02T06:40:00-04:00

Glasgow, Lanarkshire (Gawkwire.com) iomart Hosting, the UK data centre and managed hosting provider, has today launched two of the UK's first genuine true cloud computing hosting platforms.

iomart Hosting, one of the few UK data hosting companies to own its entire data centre infrastructure, has developed two platforms which will allow customers to make use of the 'cloud' - an on-demand, remote IT infrastructure that enables companies to access and manage scaleable computing resources without the need for capital investment. This allows cloud users increased efficiency, as well as lower costs.

iomart Hosting's five UK data centres enable it to offer two new Cloud Hosting service offerings.

CloudSure : utilising iomart Hosting's UK data centre network, CloudSure offers a bespoke and full-customisable cloud service. It enables integration of networking, server, storage, and application infrastructure into a single, virtual cloud-based architecture

Angus MacSween, chief executive of iomart Hosting, said: "The benefits of cloud computing are hugely exciting but as yet are relatively untapped.

"We took a strategic decision to ensure we owned our data centre infrastructure and that strategy continues to prove its worth now with the advent of virtually-hosted cloud based data networks. With our two cloud hosting offerings, we are meeting the needs of two distinct markets. We are catering for both the company that needs to expand its current IT infrastructure on a short-term basis and also, for example, the company that requires high availability for disaster recovery purposes. Many cloud providers offer resilience within one single data centre, with our network we can offer the 'cloud holy grail' of multi site redundancy.

"We believe we're the first in the UK to offer genuine Cloud Services . The beauty of our infrastructure set up is that we can adapt and develop that service across our data centres to ensure that, regardless of where our customers are, they can benefit from our cloud network."

He added: "Our cloud hosting solutions are all backed by a genuine 100% business uptime guarantee, are fully supported by our technical teams 24/7, and we have invested heavily in engineering our network to avoid any single point of failure. That's what we offer with our cloud hosting solutions - peace of mind."

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Codero Adds cPanel Control Panel to Automate and Streamline Server Tasks

2009-10-01T18:37:00-04:00

OVERLAND PARK, KS (Gawkwire.com) Now available for any Linux dedicated hosting <http://www.codero.com/dedicated-server/> account at Codero, the cPanel Control Panel System provides a simple, automated platform to administer all essential website and server tasks. At $30 per month, cPanel makes it easy to update web pages, create email accounts and install applications for blogs, shopping carts and forums. Its companion software, Web Host Manager (WHM), is designed to simplify account setup, server alerts, spam monitoring, and more. The cPanel/WHM <http://www.codero.com/dedicated-server/control-panel/cpanel/> package is a versatile alternative for managing servers.

“Together, cPanel and WHM represent the perfect addition to our control panel lineup,” says Taylor Giddens, Director, Dedicated Services for Codero. “They offer a simple, intuitive interface able to perform advanced server configurations and application installation with ease. In short, you can do much more with less.”

The cPanel Control Panel System is especially designed to automate website and server management:

•Powerful server tools to select Apache and PHP versions, DNS services, password-protect features
•Real-time deployment for over 200 applications – including social media, eCommerce, webmail
•Monitoring software notifies webmaster of problems via email, IM or SMS and attempts to restart services
•Virus protection, rootkit detection and other tools to lock down servers and configure multiple security settings
•Latest technologies automatically update server software and security fixes

Users can extend the functionality of WHM and cPanel through a variety of APIs. cPanel also offers added flexibility for web development, supporting PHP PEAR packages, Perl modules, RoR applications and more.

Codero will be exhibiting at this year’s Annual cPanel Conference, October 5-7 <http://www.cpanel.net/conference/09/> , in Houston, Texas. Come visit us at Booth #22!

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DH Capital Announces Closing of $20,000,000 Financing for Softlayer

2009-10-01T06:22:00-04:00

NEW YORK, NY & BOULDER, CO (Gawkwire.com) DH Capital, LLC (“DH Capital”), a leading investment banking firm serving companies in the Communications and Internet Infrastructure sectors, announced the closing of up to $20,000,000 in senior notes for SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. (“SoftLayer”) from a private investment group. SoftLayer is a premier provider of global, on-demand virtual data center and hosting services from facilities across the U.S. The financing will be used to fund the continued growth of the company.

“This investment will allow us to accelerate our growth plans and further validates our unique approach to the hosting business,” stated Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer. He continued, “It was great to work with a firm like DH that really understands our sector and the SoftLayer difference. I don’t think a deal like this would have been possible without them.”

SoftLayer has raised over $100 million in financing to date and has delivered increasing month-over-month profitability.

“We are pleased to have been able to assist SoftLayer in securing this debt financing. Despite the challenging credit market environment, the Company’s superior performance and business model presented a compelling opportunity for investors,” stated Peter Hopper, President of DH Capital.

DH Capital served as exclusive financial advisor to SoftLayer on the transaction.

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HyperOffice Introduces HyperBase

2009-10-01T06:19:00-04:00

Rockville, MD (Gawkwire.com) HyperOffice today announced HyperBase, "cloud-computing" software tools that give business users the ability to easily collect, manage and analyze web-based data - and share it with teams, customers, partners and suppliers.

Users of HyperBase can quickly create online database management applications for automating common business tasks, such as managing events, tracking inventory and sales leads, user and customer surveys, and processing support tickets.

"Spreadsheets and traditional database management software like Microsoft Access lock data away inside one user's computer," said Farzin Arsanjani, president of HyperOffice.

"HyperBase is an ideal alternative to Microsoft Access and other traditional database software," said Arsanjani. "It moves this data to the web, where it can be shared with colleagues, managers and clients anywhere on the planet, using public web sites, private Intranets and mobile devices, including smartphones."

"HyperBase is tightly integrated with and adds significant new power to HyperOffice," said Arsanjani.

HyperOffice is the award-winning online messaging and collaboration software that makes it easier for growing businesses to collaborate, communicate, manage projects, share documents, schedule meetings and tasks, and manage information, anytime, from work, from home, while traveling, using any Internet connection.

HyperBase users design and build contact forms, online surveys, customer order forms, event registrations and other online forms "in minutes, without writing a single line of code," said Arsanjani.

"We are migrating a fact-finding spreadsheet into an online form," said Lisa Whipps, client services manager at Trincon, http://www.trincon.com, a consultant to trucking and transportation companies across the United States and Canada that is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Whipps has been beta testing HyperBase since June 2009.

"The spreadsheet is huge - 11 pages, hundreds of questions analyzing business operations, staffing, resources, and more. It's labor intensive. The clients often write out answers on paper. It often takes a month. Our goal is to give the clients a link to complete the questionnaire via online forms, to get rid of the paper, to speed this up," she said.

"We began using HyperOffice to share calendars with our consultants all over the country," said Whipps. "We've added in HyperDrive and other tools to streamline work. We expect the same from HyperBase."

HyperBase imports and exports from xls and csv files. Settings and permissions determine which users see changes made by other users - and which data collected by a web form is "private" or "shared."

"Where HyperOffice users coordinated projects or shared documents, now, with HyperBase, we share information that was locked away inside spreadsheets and databases," said Arsanjani. "HyperOffice becomes an easy-to-use platform for software-as-a-service applications that growing businesses want to migrate to the web. There's no complexity - and with everything online, on the web, we take care of the software updates, uptime and security; and users stay focused on business."

HyperBase will be available as part of the HyperOffice online collaboration suite that Tata Communications offers to business subscribers in India and 200 other countries under a marketing agreement announced in late August.

Video demonstrations of HyperBase and HyperOffice are posted here: http://www.hyperoffice.com/demos/

HyperOffice just won first place in the recently concluded Skype for Business competition.

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SEO.com Kicks Off $60,000 Marketing Giveaway to aid Recession-hit Company

2009-10-01T06:18:00-04:00

Salt Lake City, UT (Gawkwire.com) SEO.com is doing its part to help boost the struggling economy. The Internet marketing company today announced its Ultimate Web Marketing Makeover, which will give one organization the chance to emerge from the recession via a comprehensive Internet marketing campaign.

"We’ve been fortunate to experience great growth during the recession, and now we want to give back to help someone else have similar success," said Dave Bascom, chief executive officer of SEO.com.

Through October, SEO.com will accept submissions from various organizations that detail how the recession has affected them, and how they believe Internet marketing services could improve their situation. SEO.com will then award one of those businesses a six-month contract worth more than $60,000. Some of the services will include:

Web Site Redesign
Search Engine Optimization
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Link Building
Press Releases, Writing and Distribution
Copywriting
Local Search Optimization
Social Media Optimization
Website Analytics
Blog Marketing

"With all the services we’ll provide over the period of six months, we expect to lay a foundation that will literally change the future of a struggling organization," Bascom said. "To the winning organization, this will be worth much more than the $60,000. We will provide them with a strong online presence so they can attract many more customers through search engines, and we’ll design their site so more of those visitors will turn into paying customers."

To participate in the contest, participants must fill out the Ultimate Makeover form which includes a section to write a 500-word essay that explains why they should be selected.

Any organizations that offer quality products or services and have been negatively affected by the recession are encouraged to apply. SEO.com will judge the participants based on the quality of business or service, the industry, the story behind the company, how it has struggled during the recession, and the potential to not only succeed, but to benefit the community.

"We really want to help a deserving company or organization get back on its feet," said Nelson James, vice president of SEO.com. "We are good at what we do, and we are confident that the services we are offering in this package will do just that."

SEO.com is accepting submissions for the Ultimate Web Marketing Makeover through Oct. 31, and will announce the winner in early November. If you know anyone who could benefit from this contest, please spread the word. For more information, and to see a video, visit http://www.seo.com/web-marketing-makeover/

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Network Solutions Offers New Freelance Logo Design Service

2009-10-01T06:16:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Network Solutions,® a leading provider of small business web solutions, and 99designs, an online community of web designers, announced today a partnership that offers small businesses the ability to present their design needs to a community of worldwide designers who then respond with logo ideas based on those needs. This new Freelance Logo Design service is ideal for business owners with flexible budgets and the ability to work with designers remotely. Design services start at $205 and customers can set the budget for the winning custom logo design.

"The design marketplace facilitates healthy competition and creativity among designers from all over the world," said Roy Dykes, product manager at Network Solutions. "This service gives our customers access to quality, custom design work at a price they can afford."

Customers begin by completing and posting a design brief. Designers then post design ideas for customers to review, rate, and then choose the one they like best. Once a client chooses a final design, he or she can receive the final custom logo design files in multiple high-quality formats, including .jpg, .eps, and .tif. The client retains the final design and copyrights to the original artwork.

For more information on the freelance business logo design service, visit www.networksolutions.com/custom-logo-design/index.jsp.

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9 Years of Hosting, 9 Great Prizes

2009-10-01T06:12:00-04:00

Manchester, UK (Gawkwire.com) The website hosting industry is a relatively new business segment. With mergers, acquisitions and the threat of continuously increasing competition, it is a testament to a company's perseverance if that firm reaches the nine year mark. UK website hosting firm 34SP.com was founded by Manchester University colleagues Daniel Foster and Stuart Melling 9 years ago this month, and to celebrate the anniversary the company is giving away 9 great prizes to mark the occasion.

34SP.com is located in Manchester, United Kingdom and specializes in providing the highest levels of customer service and technical support for website hosting and domain names.Over the past 9 years the company has solidified a reputation for outstanding support, coupled with extremely high reliability at fair prices. A complete list of the company's website hosting products can be viewed at: http://www.34sp.com/hosting.

Anyone who purchases any 34SP.com product during the month of October is eligible to win the '9 Years of Hosting, 9 Great Prizes' contest. Winners will be determined by a random drawing at the end of the month. The prizes being offered are:

New Apple iPod nano with Camera 8GB (5th Generation)
Toshiba Satellite L350-20G 17-inch Laptop
Canon Powershot 12.1 MegaPixel Camera
Western Digital Elements 1TeraByte USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Canon Selphy ES40, a Portable Talking Printer (yes, you read that right - it talks)
Sony DVPFX730 7-inch Portable DVD Player
Flip Video Ultra High Definition Camcorder With 8GB Memory
Toshiba 19AV615DB 19-inch Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV
The Beatles Rock Band - Limited Edition Premium Bundle

Stuart Melling, co-founder of 34SP.com explained the giveaway, ''We thought it would be great to reward clients with a truly valuable prize for each year that 34SP.com has been in the website hosting business. It has been a great challenge to grow as we have over the past 9 years and continue to offer our clients world class support, but we are gratified to have had the opportunity to serve our customers over the past 9 years. We are very much looking forward to the next 9 years!''

34SP.com was established in the year 2000. The company was founded with the aim of bridging the gap between sophisticated hosting solutions and affordable prices. The owners and core engineering staff have been with the company since its founding. In terms of reliability, independent monitoring service, Netcraft in Bath, England recently rated 34SP.com as the fifth most reliable hosting service in the world for the month of June, 2009. Additionally, a recent internal survey found that 98% of 34SP.com clients would recommend the company to others.

To learn more about 34SP.com, please visit: http://www.34sp.com.

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