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1&1 Launches Single-Core S Server

2009-11-30T09:44:00-05:00

Philadelphia, PA (Gawkwire.com) 1&1 Internet, Inc., the world’s largest Web host by known servers, has added the new Single-Core S Server to its existing line of powerful, green server solutions.

The new Single-Core S Server combines the energy saving AMD processor with 1GB of RAM and RAID 1 technology at an extremely low price. The Single-Core S Server provides greater power, flexibility and control than shared hosting solutions. It is ideal for SMBs that are expanding their IT resources beyond a shared hosting environment for the first time.

Available for only $49.99/month, the 1&1 Single-Core S Server is obtainable in Linux, Windows or Website Server (1&1’s proprietary platform) configurations and features a 100MBit data connection and one domain included for free. Server customers also benefit greatly from 1&1’s 30 GBit connectivity via its own state-of-the-art green data center in Lenexa, KS.

Since 2003, 1&1 Internet Inc. has been at the forefront of encouraging US small businesses to adopt the Web. 1&1 is the one-stop-shop for Web solutions, providing a high quality service with the security of its state-of-the-art green data centers and 24/7 technical support. 1&1’s green efforts will offset emissions of over 30,000 tons of CO2 per year. As the world’s largest Web host, 1&1 is well placed to deliver a high quality service to its business customers. The company currently holds over 9 million customer contracts worldwide and manages over 10 million domain names.

For more information on 1&1 or its products, visit the website at www.1and1.com.

About 1&1 Internet Inc:

1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $3 billion. 1&1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 10 million domain names, while more than 70,000 servers run on the company’s five state-of-the-art green data centers. 1&1’s global community is over 9 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-GO-1AND1.

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Search Marketing Expo - SMX West Rates Increase December 12

2009-11-30T06:18:00-05:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) Search engine marketers have until December 12 to take advantage of the lowest rate on tickets for Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, which will be held March 2-4, 2010 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley.

Search Marketing Expo - SMX West 2010, Santa Clara, CAThe agenda for SMX West 2010 will be posted the week of December 14. Until then, those registering can take advantage of the pre-agenda rate, the lowest available. A $1095 All Access pass includes more than 50 sessions of exceptional content on topics including search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), social media marketing, local and mobile search marketing, and search-friendly design and development.

Highlighting this year's SMX West will be a keynote conversation featuring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and SMX chair and Search Engine Land editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan. This appearance marks the first time Ballmer will address the search marketing community at an industry event.

In addition, SMX West 2010 will offer three in-depth one-day seminars:

- SMX Boot Camp - a program for those just starting out in search engine marketing
- In-house SEM Exchange - a program addressing the challenges faced by internet marketers who work at a company
- And, Bruce Clay SEO Training - a workshop designed to teach marketers how to get the most out of their sites and organic search

All three of these seminars are also available at the lowest rates until December 12. Register online at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/2010/register or by phone at (877) 242-5242.

About Search Marketing Expo - SMX West and Third Door Media:
SMX West features sessions just for you, whether you are just starting out in search or looking for advanced tactics, work on an in-house SEM team, hail from an agency, or own your own business.

Attend SMX West for:

- Exceptional content so compelling, you'll want to implement what you've learned before leaving the conference. Super-charged sessions on PPC, SEO, local search, search friendly design and social media marketing will help you succeed today, tomorrow and in the future.
Invaluable connections made possible by the ultimate mix of structured networking opportunities and social events. SMX makes it easy to make new contacts and exchange ideas with industry thought leaders and colleagues.

- Essential conveniences to help you juggle your every-day responsibilities while maximizing your conference time: always-available and free Wi-Fi; hot lunches, snacks and beverages all day; access to all presentations and tools to plan your custom itinerary.

The Search Marketing Expo - SMX conference series is produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media's mission is to empower internet and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Search Marketing Expo conferences are held around the world and include: SMX West (Santa Clara, CA), SMX East (New York City), SMX Advanced Seattle (Seattle, WA), SMX Advanced London (England), SMX Munich, SMX Sydney, and SMX Stockholm.

Third Door Media publishes Search Engine Land, the leading search marketing news and analysis site. The company also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and operates Sphinn.com, a social news site that allows search and internet marketers to share news stories, participate in subject-specific discussion forums, and build their professional networks.

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Mummy Bloggers Launch Fundraising Auction for Cumbria Flood Victims

2009-11-30T06:17:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Mummy bloggers are using the power of the Internet to help people affected by the Cumbrian floods, with an online charity auction and raffle.

Spurred into action by stories of friends in Cumbria, blogger Kat Molesworth started contacting other bloggers and Twitter users to ask how they could help. Within 24 hours, the online community was spreading the word, and offers of auction lots were pouring in. The result is a fantastic auction that includes donated prizes such as:

•       A luxury night for two at Ickworth Hotel and Apartments, with a professional photo session from Lighthouse Studio.
•       A bespoke wall mural from designer interiors company Olli and Lime.
•       A Solomon Shire Rocking Horse from popular baby brand Mamas and Papas.

The recent floods in Cumbria claimed two lives and have affected hundreds of families. Six bridges have collapsed under intense flood waters, leaving many more closed. In Cockermouth alone, more than 900 homes and businesses were flooded, leaving thousands of people homeless. Funds are urgently needed for the elderly, disabled and families with children under five. “These floods are on a scale that would usually only happen once every thousands years and whole communities have been devastated. We hope that the funds raised in the Auction for Cumbria will help to make life a little easier for the area’s most vulnerable people,” said Kat.

The auction will run online at the Bambino Goodies website, which is hosting the auction for free. Bidding will open on Monday 30th November at 12pm, and run until Sunday 6th December at 6pm. Bidders are able to register on the auction site and bid for any item, and can also choose to remain anonymous. A raffle will also be added via Just Giving later in the week. Donations to the fund can also be made via Cumbria Community Foundation.

Auction for Cumbria has been made possible thanks to the generosity of software company mycharitywins.com, which has provided the bloggers with its online auction software for free.

Mike Grindy, founder of mycharitywins.com, said: “When we heard that an auction had been pulled together in such a short space of time, we were so impressed we couldn’t resist offering our help. I’m sure we can rely on the generosity of the public, and the Auction for Cumbria will be a great success.”

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

New SEO Training Affiliate Program Announced

2009-11-30T06:16:00-05:00

Fremont, CA (Gawkwire.com) The JM Internet Group, the leading provider of online SEO Training, has announced their new SEO affiliate program. Reaching out to organizations such as educational institutions, Chambers of Commerce, trade industry associations and others, the JM Internet Group now allows these organizations to co-promote SEO training to their membership at discount rates.

Organizations interested in learning more about the new SEO affiliates program can go to http://www.jm-seo.org/partners/affiliates.html.

"Organizations ranging from Chambers of Commerce to Trade Groups seek to provide valuable member benefits," remarked Noelle Decambra, Content Strategies for the Group. "What we are finding is that many organizations, such as local Chambers of Commerce, need to help their members understand how to 'get to the top of Google searches,' as Google replaces the local yellow pages and becomes the first way the customers seek out products and services in the local community." Moreover, the organizations themselves benefit from effective SEO. Many new members find trade organizations or local chambers of commerce through their own Google searches, plus many of these organizations are responsible for promotion to their industry or local community. And Google of course is the way that potential customers search for businesses like Bed and Breakfasts, hotels, restaurants and shopping in the local community.

"Effective SEO" continued Ms. Decambra, "is a 'win-win' for these organizations: both for themselves and for their memberships."

SEO Affiliate Program Details -

Details to the newSEO Training Affiliate Program are as follows.

The organization expresses interest in becoming a JM Internet Group Affiliate.
The organization agrees to co-promote sign up's to its membership, beginning with the popular free webinar: "Top Ten Free SEO Tools / Google Rank."
In exchange, the organization gets a discount price for its membership on the 7-session SEO training course offered by JM Internet group, plus one free class pass for one staff member.
Organizations providing more than ten paid sign ups, also get a specialized hour long training session on their membership's unique needs / unique industry needs.

SEO is a Defined Marketing Need in Today's Tough Environment -

In today's tough marketing environment, marketers can't afford to ignore the free opportunities represented by Google. Prospective companies use Google to locate companies in industries like Bed and Breakfasts, Publishing, Printing, Medical, Legal, Social Services, Mental Health Therapy, Home Health, Chiropractic and more. Any and all industries where customers go to the Internet are good targets for SEO training. Moreover, with the high rates charged by Search Engines for PPC (Pay-per-click) advertising, marketers are turning to SEO to reduce their ad spend and better target their advertising and PR efforts towards getting strong, quality sales leads. SEO is all about "PR" for the search engines.

Organizations seeking to provide tangible member benefits in today's tough economy can really benefit by becoming a JM Internet Group affiliate. Plus there are special arrangements for educational and non-profit groups.

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

Got Web Host To Sponsor the Affilate Bash

2009-11-30T06:14:00-05:00

Valparaiso, IN (Gawkwire.com) Got Web Host, the original SEO web host, announced today their sponsorship of the Affiliate Bash. The Affiliate Bash is an evening of networking held in conjunction with Affiliate Convention 2009, being held in Los Angeles, CA December 3 - 4, 2009.

Got Web HostGot Web Host's Director of Business Development Lloyd Brown commented, "We have heard nothing but good things about Affiliate Convention and decided that this was an event that we should attend. As one of our target demographics is affiliates, we decided that sponsoring the Affiliate Bash would be a great way to give back to those that have supported us for so many years."

Tanya Martin, Director of Internet Marketing, added, "With so many B to B and B to C shows to choose from each year we decided that Affiliate Convention was one of those shows that we needed to add to our 'must attend' list. After all, we were affiliates long before we were a hosting company, and with all the changes in today's economy marketing methods evolve. It pays to stay on top of these changes."

Darren Blatt, of D-Money Productions and assistant Affiliate Bash organizer, said, “We are very excited to add a top notch company like Got Web Host to our impressive sponsor line up. This event will be extremely classy with a legendary concert performance by Shock G and DJ Fuze, both original Digital Underground members. We also have a surprise guest performing with them.”

Daron Babin, President of WebmasterRadio.FM, stated, "WebmasterRadio.FM created the Affiliate Bash networking events several years ago and have featured this event in Miami, Las Vegas w/the Blue Man Group, and most recently in Denver at the first Affiliate Convention. We are proud to once again blow the doors off this next Affiliate Bash with Shock G of Digital Underground performing a live concert throughout the night. Most importantly, this would not be possible without the tremendous support of our sponsors."

The Affiliate Bash will be held on December 3, 2009 at the Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills, CA. VIP early admission will be at 8:30 PM with free drinks and appetizers. General admission opens at 9:30 PM. The event is free for all Affiliate Convention attendees. For VIP admission, see one of the event sponsors during the convention. To ensure entrance to this exclusive networking event, please RSVP at http://www.affiliatebash.com

About Affiliate Convention:

Affiliate Convention is a conference and trade show series that concentrates on the needs and concerns of affiliate marketers. The show sponsors cover all costs so that all active affiliates can attend free. The show includes two days of intensive training, general and targeted sessions as well as an exhibit hall.

Affiliate Convention runs December 3 - 4, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles CA. For more details, please visit http://www.affiliateconvention.com

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PEER 1 Launches E-commerce Hosting Bundles

2009-11-27T06:28:00-05:00

SOUTHAMPTON, UK (Gawkwire.com) PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX), the global online business hosting provider has today launched a new dedicated hosting suite to help e-commerce customers cash-in on the Christmas rush. The bundle has been launched to help businesses overcome the impact of the postal strike and credit crunch, and has been tailor made to suit e-commerce businesses. The bundle can be scaled back after Christmas once normal trading levels resume.

“Most online businesses can manage site traffic and speed during normal trading periods, but few have the capacity to handle the ten-fold increase they can expect this December”, said Dominic Monkhouse, UK MD, PEER 1.

“This will result in site crashes, slow check-out processes and disgruntled consumers who will gladly pay more for the same product on a faster site. E-commerce businesses can’t afford to drive consumers away this Christmas. One of the most important aspects of e-tail is speed, especially at check-out,” said Dominic.

“A site that takes five minutes to load will be abandoned and not re-visited. A good way to test whether or not your site will stand up is to use a tool like Load Impact to test how much traffic your site can handle. You can simulate behaviour right down to the shopping cart, and anticipate situations like ten times the normal level of traffic. If the site crashes or is incredibly slow, you know you’re not ready for Christmas.”

To ensure online revenues are safe this Christmas, PEER 1 is offering e-commerce customers a 52% saving on a fully scalable hosting bundle priced at under £400 per month, including:

•       Fully managed dedicated firewall
•       1 x Web Server and 1 x DB Server for PCI Compliance
•       SAN Managed Backup for both servers
•       Advanced monitoring enabling proactive management of server
•       SSL certificate for added security
•       Bi-weekly vulnerability scan and report on how improvements can be made
•       1 hour hardware replacement guarantee – backed by money-back guarantee
•       Dedicated Technical Account Manager
•       Full access to MyPEER1.com customer portal

“We know that consumers will base which sites they chose to visit on previous experience, so online retailers only get one chance to prove the worth of their site. With online shopping set to peak this Christmas, more web traffic than ever before means that e-tailers will thrive or fail based on their ability to maintain a fast and reliable site,” said Dominic.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/peer_1_launches_e-commerce_hosting_bundles.html

Web Design Firms in India Recognized by topseos.in for November 2009

2009-11-27T06:27:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) After going through hundreds of web design firms in India, topseos.in has narrowed their list to 10 of the most promising in the country for the month of November. topseos.in narrowed down that list by putting each of the applicants through a rigorous evaluation process that hoped to measure their skills in web design.

Web users need websites to be fast, concise and visually appealing. These factors along with other technical considerations must be looked at for a website to be successful. This is where web design comes in. A good website design agency must ensure that the website is efficient, appealing and captivating.

The top 10 web designing firms in India have shown that they can produce websites that deliver results. The companies on the list include:

1.   Infowave Internet Solutions
2.   Technosoft Services
3.   Atechnocrat Solution
4.   IKF Pvt. Ltd.
5.   E2 Solution
6.   Design2kill
7.   Olive E-Business Pvt Ltd
8.   Access Technology
9.   Midas Web Technologies
10.   TIS India Business Consultants Pvt Ltd

Each of the companies on this list had to go through topseos.in’s evaluation process that measures their knowledge of web design, their return on investment and their track record for customer satisfaction. Three of the applicant’s clients were asked important questions include “What type of needs analysis was conducted before work initiated?”, “Were your pages designed in CSS?” and “How long did it take the agency to craft out your design?” and “For how many pages?”

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

Learn more about the Top Web Designer in India

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Namesco Limited Acquires Poundhost

2009-11-27T06:27:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Namesco, the fourth largest domain name and hosting provider within the UK undertook the acquisition of Poundhost on the 19th November 2009. Namesco, wholly owned by Register.it S.P.A, the subholding of the Dada Group heading the Dada.Pro division will own 100% of the capital of the companies composing Poundhost, including Poundhost Internet Ltd, Server Arcade Ltd, VPS Ltd and Blueconnex Ltd.

Poundhost, founded in 2001, with over 10,000 dedicated and virtual servers and a large high-end customer base, of which 30% in the US, offers professional management solutions for online presence to businesses and is one of the main players in the United Kingdom for dedicated hosting services.

The acquisition of Poundhost is consistent with the Dada group strategy, to consolidate its leadership in the European market and to strengthen the position of the Group in the management of online identity and presence of innovative web advertising solutions. Dada.pro already has a consolidated presence in terms of clients managed in the UK, with the market renowned for high growth rates of digital services and online advertising.

The acquisition of Poundhost completes the offer of the Group’s digital services from domain to click and opens up the potential of the US market” Paolo Barberis, Chairman and founder of Dada. “The further expansion of the customer base accelerates the development of Simply, the new Dada online advertising project, in the UK market in which internet advertising has already overtaken television” concluded Barberis.

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HostV Marks Thanksgiving by Doubling Disk Space for Virtual Private Servers

2009-11-25T13:15:00-05:00

NEW YORK, Ny (Gawkwire.com) HostV, a leader in managed Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated servers, is offering its own Thanksgiving gift: the company announced today it will double disk space and backup space on all of its hosting plans. The upgrade will include both new and existing customers, regardless of sign-up date.

“Our goal is simple—do everything possible to improve customer satisfaction and stay competitive. Given that Thanksgiving is the unofficial start of the holiday gift-giving season, we thought this would be an excellent opportunity to give back to our loyal customers and add value to our line of hosting services,” said John Xie, president of Cirtex Corp., HostV parent company.

HostV will double both disk space and backup space without raising prices. It plans to complete all disk space upgrades by the end of the month, and introduce several other significant service upgrades, including an enterprise backup solution, before the end of the year. Additional details will be released as they become available.

The company provides a variety of Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting solutions. VPS Hosting from HostV starts at $39.99/monthly for 50GB of disk space and 1000GB of top-tier data transfer. All accounts include full support for video hosting, free data backups, and HostV’s premium customer support.

Starting at just $149.99 per month for 300GB of RAID-10 protected disk space and 5000GB of monthly data transfer, HostV’s Hybrid Servers include 24/7 premium technical support and access to data backup space that offers a full mirror of each plan’s disk space allotment. All Hybrid Servers are based on Linux and offer pre-installed server management software, including Parallels Virtuozzo Power Panel, cPanel and Fantastico. Clients also receive SSH root access to their servers.

To learn more about VPS Hosting from HostV, please visit http://www.hostv.com/vps-hosting.shtml.

To learn more about HostV, please visit http://www.hostv.com.

About Cirtex Corp.

Founded in 2003, Cirtex Corp. is leading provider of Shared, Reseller, Virtual Dedicated and Dedicated Web hosting solutions. The company serves thousands of customers internationally through two dynamic brands—CirtexHosting and HostV.

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Kayako Sponsors Second-Ever Web Host Boot Camp Virtual Conference

2009-11-25T13:14:00-05:00

PORTAGE, MI (Gawkwire.com) Web Host Boot Camp today announced Kayako has signed on as the Platinum Sponsor of the second-ever virtual conference for web hosting companies, hosting resellers, web designers, and other web hosting industry professionals, to be held December 7-9, 2009. The event will feature nearly two dozen educational sessions, networking opportunities, and an exhibit hall with a variety of industry vendors.

Kayako, which was a Platinum Sponsor of last summer’s Web Host Boot Camp virtual conference, offers three turn-key, online support desk software solutions: SupportSuite, eSupport, and LiveResponse. The solutions offer an array of help desk management and live chat functionality.

“We are really pleased to be sponsoring Web Host Boot Camp for a second time. Kayako has hundreds of customers in the web hosting and ISP industry, and we are excited for the opportunity to support and strengthen ties with the community,” said Jamie Edwards, Kayako operations manager. “Many of our customers who attended the last Web Host Boot Camp provided very positive feedback about the event. The virtual conference gives smaller ISPs the opportunity to build knowledge and network with other vendors, and it gives larger ISPs the opportunity to cheaply market and present to their audience - an attractive proposition, given the current economic circumstances."

Kayako will offer Web Host Boot Camp attendees 15% off all new licenses for its core help desk solutions. To take advantage of the offer, which runs through January, customers can use promotion code “WHBC2009”.

The second conference comes on the heels of the phenomenally successful inaugural Web Host Boot Camp held last June, during which hundreds of hosting professionals attended and demonstrated a vital proof-of-concept for the industry – that virtual conferences are effective, desirable and economical alternatives to traditional in-person events.

For a limited time, registration to the Web Host Boot Camp in December is free of charge for industry professionals. Attendees must be registered to participate in interactive networking events and to utilize the newly implemented social networking dashboard. More information about registration is available at http://www.webhostbootcamp.net/attendees/signup.php.

The conference will start at 10:00 am eastern time each day and run through the evening. Attendees are able to choose educational sessions from three tracks: Customer Service, Sales & Marketing, and New Technologies & Future Trends.

Web Host Boot Camp plans to draw approximately 700 attendees at the next event.

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for future Web Host Boot Camp events, please visit http://www.webhostbootcamp.net/sponsor.

About Web Host Boot Camp

Web Host Boot Camp is the first-ever virtual conference exclusively for web hosting companies, hosting resellers, web designers, and anyone who wants to build a successful web hosting firm. Established by business consultant Zachary McClung, Web Host Boot Camp has everything a physical conference would have except the high expense of traveling, room, and board. Web Host Boot Camp is free to attend. Sponsorships and exhibit booths are available and are limited in number.

http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/kayako_sponsors_second-ever_web_host_boot_camp_virtual_conferenc.html

KickAssVPS.com Introduces Parallels® Small Business Panel 10

2009-11-25T13:13:00-05:00

ST. PAUL, MN (Gawkwire.com) KickAssVPS.com, a leader in Linux and Microsoft Windows Virtual Private Server hosting, today introduced support for Parallels® Small Business Panel 10, a simple control panel enabling small businesses to quickly and easily manage their IT needs.

With its intuitive interface, Parallels Small Business Panel 10 gives employees access to powerful productivity tools and saves businesses money on training and software costs.

The control panel’s support for role-based access provides accessibility to users of all skill levels. Managers can choose from a wide variety of commercial and open source applications and install them with a click of a button. With Web-enabled access, file sharing and email management, employees will be able to collaborate with each other and market to customers in an efficient and productive environment.

“As a Parallels Gold Partner, we are in a unique position to offer our clients immediate access to the latest technology from Parallels. Our goal continues to be to provide our clients with the range of software solutions they need to succeed and grow their businesses,” said Brian Emerson, president and CTO, KickAssVPS.com.

“Parallels Small Business Panel 10, together with Parallels Partner Marketplace, enables cloud services providers like KickAssVPS.com to move beyond basic hosting services and offer a complete IT-in-a-box solution for small business,” said Jack Zubarev, President, Service Provider Division, Parallels.

To learn more about Parallels Small Business Panel from KickAssVPS.com, please visit http://www.kickassvps.com/services/Parallels_Small_Business_Panel.php.

KickassVPS.com also offers Parallels Plesk Panel 9 which is used by leading service providers worldwide for shared, virtual and dedicated hosting on both Windows and Linux servers. This feature-rich control panel has been tailored to meet the needs of hosting service providers.

KickAssVPS.com provides standardized and customized Virtual Private Servers, operating with a 100% Microsoft Certified, United States-based workforce. Virtual Private Server plans, available on both Linux and Microsoft Windows platforms, start at $25 monthly. KickAssVPS.com also offers ColdFusion Hosting; SSL Certificates; Shared Web hosting; and Domain Name registration.

To learn more about KickAssVPS.com, please visit http://www.kickassvps.com.

About KickAssVPS

A division of Point North Networks, Inc. KickAssVPS.com is one of the largest providers of Virtual Private Servers in the Midwest. KickAssVPS.com is Certified Microsoft Hosting Partner and Parallels Gold Partner, with a fully Microsoft Certified customer support team. Point North Networks, Inc. has over 15 years of experience in developing and implementing solutions for Fortune 500 companies, including 3M, BestBuy, and Carlson Companies.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/kickassvps_com_introduces_parallels_small_business_panel_10.html

TurkeyTwitter Gathers All The #Thankful Tweets

2009-11-25T06:47:00-05:00

(TechCrunch) Want to know what people are thankful for this Thanksgiving? You can be sure many will be Tweeting about it. Tomorrow if you search #thanksgiving or #thankful on Twitter search, you will get a good sense of what thanks people are sharing on Twitter.

Or you can go to TurkeyTwitter, a site thrown together by Joshua Premuda which gathers all Tweets with the hashtags #thanksgiving or #turkeytwitter. (I think he should add #thankful as well). ...Go to source

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

Signify extends 2FA hosted service to secure access to SaaS applications

2009-11-25T06:46:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) With the growing demand for web-based SaaS applications, UK-based Signify has extended its two-factor authentication (2FA) hosted services to provide secure access to cloud-based applications such as Salesforce.com and Google Apps. While 2FA is becoming the de-facto standard for remote access to server-based business applications, most SaaS solutions including Salesforce.com and Google Apps still only provide authentication with static passwords that can be easily compromised.

In addition, the new Signify SaaS Login component of the service allows users to identify and authenticate themselves just once for access to all their network or cloud-based applications using a single set of two-factor authentication credentials. This increases the level of protection for corporate applications and data in the cloud by providing fast and convenient token or tokenless authentication.

“With the growing popularity of corporate SaaS applications such as Salesforce.com and Google Apps that present access to potentially sensitive data in the cloud, it is an anomaly that most enterprises still rely on just a user name and password for authentication,” said Dave Abraham, CEO at Signify. “SaaS Login is designed to fill in this security blind spot with strong two-factor authentication and comply with industry policies and guidelines that increasingly specify 2FA for remote access. Many organisations do not realise that this includes access to SaaS applications.”

Using the SAML (Security Assertion Mark-up Language) authentication protocol, the new SaaS Login component integrates Signfy’s 2FA hosted services with SaaS applications. This enables users to log in using their existing two-factor token-based or tokenless credentials. Once logged in securely, Signify then allows easy ‘one click’ sign-on to each cloud or SaaS application, without requiring further authentication.

Signify’s flexible and reliable hosted service also makes it cost effective, fast and simple to deploy and manage 2FA across an organisation of any size. Without the need to buy new equipment, integrate with existing systems or handle the implementation of the SAML authentication protocol in-house, Signify ensures a low cost of deployment and total cost of ownership. And importantly, Signify hosted services are easy to manage, requiring no additional investment in specialist in-house skills.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/signify_extends_2fa_hosted_service_to_secure_access_to_saas_appl.html

Mezeo Software joins HostingCon 2010 as a Silver Sponsor

2009-11-25T06:45:00-05:00

(HostingCon) We are proud to announce that Mezeo Software has become HostingCon’s newest Silver Sponsor. According to Mezeo Marketing Director, Teri Ghiselin, “We attended last year, and had a tremendous response and consistent traffic in our booth. There was no doubt that we’d be participating next year. We look forward to seeing everyone in Austin.”

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Mezeo Software provides a deployable cloud storage platform that enables IT Hosting providers, Managed Service Providers, SaaS Providers, and converged Telcos to immediately monetize Storage as a Service. The Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform is a software-only solution with RESTful Web Services APIs for programmatic access to storage. Files stored in a Mezeo-based cloud can be securely accessed via pre-built, brandable access clients including the Web, smartphones (BlackBerry,® iPhone and Windows Mobile®) and desktop, using the Mezeo Native client for Windows and WebDAV based connectivity for Linux and Mac.

If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor for HostingCon, please contact us now to learn more about the benefits to your business! You can also check out the exhibiting at HostingCon 2010 page to see all of the current exhibitor opportunities as well as past exhibitor testimonials.

To learn more about the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform, please visit: www.mezeo.com

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iWeb Announces Changes to Management Structure

2009-11-25T06:44:00-05:00

Montreal, Canada (Gawkwire.com) iWeb is pleased to announce the following changes in the company's management structure; Cyrille Mertès, formerly Vice-President of IT & Infrastructure is now Chief Technology Officer and Marc Trudel, formerly Senior Director, Customer Experience, becomes Vice-President, Operations. Mr. Mertès will be actively involved in the evolution and development of new technologies within the company while Mr. Trudel will overview most operational activities other than sales and marketing.

The newly created role of Chief Technology Officer will enable better synergy between iWeb's Infrastructure, Development and Technology groups. Mr. Mertès will lead those groups with high availability and automation in mind. "iWeb's efficiency depend on the technologies that automate our processes.", said Mr. Mertès. "Automation will be our primary focus in the year to come", he added.

Marc Trudel joined iWeb early in 2008 to spearhead the company’s customer service reorganisation project. Having since then raised customer satisfaction levels, he has also reengineered support processes by eliminating multiple weaknesses and integrating multiple operational functions into the customer service groups.

iWeb’s management team also includes

• Eric Chouinard – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
• Martin Leclair - President of Products and Technologies
• Philip Tousignant – Chief Financial Officer
• Marc Guindon - Executive Vice-President of Resources
• Sylvain Leclair - Vice-President of Sales and Marketing
• Hugo Dénommée - Vice-President of Development and Automation
• Michel Thivierge – Human Ressources Director

About iWeb.com (iWeb Group Inc.)
iWeb is a worldwide provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure, with three secure data centers in Montreal. Since 2004, the company’s compounded annual growth rate has been above 75%, making it one of Canada’s 100 fastest growing companies according to PROFIT Magazine.

Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb now generates more than 60% of its revenues from abroad; and has over 170 full-time employees providing Dedicated Server Hosting, Co-location and Web Hosting services to more than 21,000 customers in 150 countries. iWeb’s shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V: IWB), for more information please consult the Company’s website: http://investors.iweb.com

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Import and Migration Experience Redefined

2009-11-25T06:43:00-05:00

Overland Park, KS (Gawkwire.com) CRM Innovation LLC has made importing data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Fun, Fast and Forgiving. Data2CRM is a visually intuitive data import and migration tool that redefines the user experience for moving data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Data2CRM is now available for purchase on a subscription basis.

Moving outside data from salesforce.com, Act or other sales force automation systems into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is so easy and visually intuitive that even the boss could do it with our application. Even better, the boss saves the cost of the programmer.

The unique visual data mapper with its preflight, import preview, and drag and drop interface virtually eliminates undo's and redo's. It’s non-technical approach uses a drag-and-drop technology that brings back a look-a-like of the CRM form. Preview the import and see the data exactly as it will appear in a real CRM form. There is no need to remember those pesky hard-to-recall attribute schema names.Edit the source data within the system to correct errors before the import. No more post import failed row messages. Get it done right on the first pass!

Data2CRM is offered as a Software+Services solution. CRM Innovation hosts all the technology necessary to create the data map, process the import and report on the results. There is no code to install or manage on the CRM server or on the client computer. It works with all implementation scenarios of CRM 4.0 – Online, On-Premise or Partner Hosted.

The CRM Innovation Software+Services environment is built on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Silverlight 3.0 with redundancy and fallback support.

CRM Innovation, LLC is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and we build functional enhancements and codeless solutions for CRM 4.0. Our products come from our experience working with Microsoft Dynamics CRM implementations since version 1.2

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SES Chicago To Offer Dozens of Panels, Speakers, and Exhibitors

2009-11-25T06:41:00-05:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) Chicago, Illinois, the business and innovation Capital of the Midwest, will be the venue for Search Engine Strategies from December 7-11, 2009. SES Chicago 2009 is expected to attract the biggest names in the Midwestern online marketing industry. From Minneapolis to Dallas and Cleveland to Denver, the Midwest has produced some of the most influential names in search, most of which will make an appearance at SES Chicago 2009. Midwestern marquee names include: Shari Thurow, Lee Odden, Matt Bailey, Jennifer Laycock, Sage Lewis, Cindy Krum and Andrew Goodman.

Jennifer Laycock, Editor, Search Engine Guide Now in its 7th year, Search Engine Strategies Chicago is organized and programmed by the SES Advisory Board and Search Engine Watch, the leading authority on search engine marketing. The event, which is the largest search engine marketing conference and expo in the Midwest, will be packed with dozens of sessions, multiple keynotes, professional networking events, exhibitors, and Chicago neighborhood restaurant parties.

“SES Chicago is the annual assembly of cutting edge online marketing experts and corporate marketing executives. Naturally, SES Chicago generally has more of a Midwestern angle.” said VP and Global Content Director for Search Engine Strategies Mike Grehan. “I’m obviously not from anywhere near the Midwest, but I have to give credit where credit’s due—the Midwest has produced some of the biggest and best names in search and online marketing over the past decade. But no matter where in the world you’re coming from, if you’re trying to figure out how you adjust your marketing mix and strategies for 2010, look no further than the Chicago Hilton from December 7th through 11th.”

Selected SES Chicago Sessions Including Moderators and/or Panelists based out of the Midwest:

Day 1

Search Analytics (10:30-11:30am) features Ohio’s Matt Bailey, a member of the SES Advisory Board and the founder of SiteLogic Use analytics tools to get the specific answers you need about your search marketing campaign's economic performance, your users' on-site behaviors, and how to look for major red flags in traffic patterns.

SEO Through Blogs and Feeds, featuring SES Advisory Board member Lee Odden of Minnesota’s TopRank Online Marketing, recently ranked as #4 on Ad Age’s Power 150 blog rankings. This session will detail the importance of blogs and web feeds. Learn more about the unique advantages blogs and feeds offer to search engine optimization.

Day 2

Small Voices, Big Impact: Social Media for the Little Guy (10:30am-11:45am), featuring Ohio’s Jennifer Laycock of SiteLogic and led by Stoney deGeyter of Pole Position Marketing, will cover how a small business with a small budget can use social media to conduct market research, organize focus groups, and build a consumer base without spending a dime. Jennifer Laycock is a celebrity blogger and social media expert.

Search on a Dime (1:00pm-2:15pm), also featuring Jennifer Laycock, will go over the tips and tricks on how a small business can maximize its exposure through organic, paid search and local search without overspending its budget.

Real Time SEO: No More Yesterday's News (1:00pm-2:15pm) will feature Brent Payne, the SEO Director of Tribune, Inc., the holding company of the Chicago Tribune. This session will focus on the specific aspects of SEO for large media companies.

Paid Search 101 (2:30am-3:45am) will feature Midwesterners David Szetela and Mona Elesseily in a session especially geared towards beginners, and will focus on the basics of paid placement.

Day 3

PPC or SEO? The Ultimate Search Marketing Battle (10:30-11:45am) features Christine Churchill, president of the Dallas, TX based KeyRelevance. In this session, SEO proponents square off against PPC evangelists. This session is sure to be a lively debate between the each model’s respective supporters.

Facebook Rockstars RoundTable: Marketing For the Other Internet (12:45pm-2:00pm) features a “who’s who” panel of big brand and small business manufacturers who have experienced success through Facebook. The session is moderated by Marty Weintraub, the president of Minnesota-based AimClear.

Black Hat, White Hat: Does it Really Matter Anymore? (4:00-5:15pm) again features Ohio’s Matt Bailey with a panel of search marketers discussing whether the distinction between “White Hat” and “Black Hat” SEO is relevant in 2010.

In addition to the search marketing consultants and agencies, the show includes many in- house corporate professionals who come to share their knowledge and experience with attendees. Examples include Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Fluency Media (represented by Melissa Mackey on the “Facebook Rockstars Roundtable” panel), Worthington Ohio’s Bizresearch (represented by Laura Thieme on the “How to Cut Your Corporate Budget” panel), St. Charles, Illinois’ Position Technologies (represented by Todd Friesen on the “Black Hat, White Hat” panel) and many more will have a presence at SES Chicago.

About SES
Incisive Media's Search Engine Strategies is a leading global conference and training series focused on search engine marketing. Other Incisive resources for interactive marketers include the ClickZ network 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 more news and event updates visit our SES Blog at: http://blog.searchenginestrategies.com/

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Web Host – AIT: Lower Prices on Fully Managed Dedicated Web Hosting

2009-11-24T06:35:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) In 2004 AIT, Inc. made web hosting history by becoming the first company to offer a dedicated server priced at just $39.95 per month. The company is again seeking to make another mark in the history books as its ever southward sliding pricing for fully managed dedicated hosting will certainly establish a new standard across the industry.

“I literally get the same level of service and better specs than what I’m currently paying hundreds of dollars per month for,” said Todd Smith Owner of the Caledonian Record a New England daily news paper.

AIT (http://www.AIT.com) a fourteen year old web hosting and domain registrar offers a complete line of web hosting plans which include both dedicated and shared account classes. AIT’s customers range from SMB’s to the large enterprise in over one hundred and seven countries worldwide with a core group of over eight thousand private label resellers. AIT’s senior management cited the most recent price cuts as the first of many improvements and value additions to its product and service offerings which a scheduled for release prior to the close of the year.

“We are looking at several other price cuts over the next six months that should be very attractive to anyone in the market for web hosting, domain names or paid search,” said Avery Skelton VP of Sales & Marketing for the company. The company’s latest slash in prices doesn’t cut short on features as each dedicated plan contains a minimum of half a gig of ram with generous storage and bandwidth allotments. The choices offered to a hosting customer is a wide varying selection of premium support options, multiple operating systems and ecommerce ready software. AIT’s award winning support and toll free twenty four hour service center round out just a few of the many benefits customers enjoy. Wally Bell CEO of Sundance Boats said, “I’ve been with these guys for at least eight years now and when I need something, anything, the support folks are more than helpful.”

Over the past three months, AIT has also announced price matching and domain name brokering services which gives domainers and name speculators an added value by ensuring the best pricing possible. Additionally, the broker service provides access to a large portfolio of names owned by the company which its customers can view and purchase domain names which are, “hard to find” and most of which have considerable built in traffic.

“It’s a lot of fun trying to break the record,” said Clarence E. Briggs III CEO of AIT. “A few years ago when we launched self managed dedicated servers at $39.95 lots of people thought it was a joke or some form of bait and switch. The market was very different then and obviously the economy was a lot more stable but the needs of our customers are the same. We all want more for our money.” Briggs an evangelist type speaker on behalf of entrepreneurs and small business owners created AIT in a spare bedroom which then moved into his garage and within three years occupies a 93,000 square foot facility centered in Fayetteville, NC.

Advanced Internet technologies Inc, offers web hosting, domain name registration, web design, email marketing and is home to over 210,000 customers that include Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses. Founded in 1996 AIT has grown into a multimillion-dollar web hosting and technology company, from its humble beginnings in a garage to its current 93,000 SF headquarters. AIT has achieved 14 straight years of sustained profitability and been named 2 times to The Inc. 500 list of fast growing firms, 3 times to the Deloitte & Touché Fast 500 list, and NC Entrepreneur Firm of the Year. For more information email sales(at)ait(dot)com or call 1-800-878-4084 to take advantage of these special offers.

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RIM/BlackBerry Sued for Visual Voicemail Patent Infringement

2009-11-24T06:34:00-05:00

NEW YORK, Ny (Gawkwire.com) Klausner Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has filed suit against Research in Motion, Ltd. (NASDQ:RIMM) for patent infringement.

The lawsuit is based on the recent unveiling by RIM of certain new 3G “BlackBerry Bold 9700” mobile phones which use Klausner Technologies' Visual Voicemail patented technology. Various Blackberry models with the Visual Voicemail feature are already covered under Klausner Technologies Visual Voicemail patent licenses granted to mobile operators.

Klausner Technologies currently has 24 Visual Voicemail patent licensees, including major U.S. and European wireless service providers, cell phone manufacturers, cable/VOIP providers as well as other providers of Visual Voicemail services.

The suit has been filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas by the California law firm of Dovel & Luner.

About Klausner Technologies, Inc.: Klausner Technologies was founded by Judah Klausner, inventor of the PDA and electronic organizer. It owns 25 patents, worldwide, covering the basic Visual Voicemail feature in which users can selectively view and listen to their voice messages via their mobile phones or computers.

Visual Voicemail Patent Licensing Information: patentlicensing@klausnertechnologies.com

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Attenda and Bluefin Solutions partner to deliver Affinity for SAP customers

2009-11-24T06:32:00-05:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, today announced the launch of Affinity Service for SAP customers, a partnership with Bluefin Solutions to deliver end to end operational service and support for business critical SAP systems.

Affinity is a new Service from Attenda & Bluefin in partnership, to provide end-to-end Service Levels across all SAP business processes, delivering best of breed support without the overheads and costs usually associated with traditional IT support. Affinity is being launched at the SAP UK & Ireland User Group Conference, Manchester Central, 23rd-24th November.

Bluefin Solutions is the UK’s largest dedicated SAP Consultancy and SAP Service Partner, delivering end to end SAP consultancy and 24 x 7 global support. Attenda, a fully certified SAP Hosting Provider, specialises in the provision of SAP managed services, undertaking the operational responsibility and management of SAP in a secure and robust data centre environment, conducting all of the routine monitoring and administration of SAP systems on a 24 x 7 basis to ensure that the applications are always available.

Commenting on the partnership with Attenda, Mark Buchanan, Support Service Director, Bluefin Solutions, comments, “Affinity Service provides a best of breed approach to ensure that our clients can get the very best out of their SAP investment through outstanding levels of operational service and support.”

Affinity embraces the combined SAP experience of Attenda & Bluefin Solutions to provide a unique tailor-made service, covering the entire SAP landscape, with complete contract flexibility. It provides SAP clients with maximum value and flexibility by tailoring the service level to meet individual client requirements, with the benefit of a single engagement model, to continuously manage and maintain SAP business processes ensuring that they remain current, compliant and fully operational.

Simon Hansford, VP Service Strategy, Attenda, adds, “We are delighted to be partnering with Bluefin Solutions to launch Affinity for SAP. With the increasing complexity of enterprise software, the management and support of business operations and processes has become more complex and expensive. Affinity addresses the market requirement for a simple service offering that eliminates the need for multiple service provider relationships, simplifies operations and increases service levels cost effectively.”

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Network access control has evolved significantly (white paper)

2009-11-23T17:31:00-05:00

Campbell, CA (Gawkwire.com) A new whitepaper published by market research firm Infonetics Research (http://twitter.com/infonetics) makes the case that network access control (NAC) technology has evolved significantly since it first emerged and is now capable of far more, such as protecting networks from inside attacks and unmanaged devices.

The 6-page white paper, The Evolution of Network Access Control, which can be downloaded free from Infonetics' website (http://www.infonetics.com/whitepapers.asp), provides a brief history of NAC, examines the drivers for advanced NAC technology, and explains what information and control can be obtained from new state-of the-art NAC solutions for users, devices, software, and peripherals.

"Network access control has changed a lot in the last 6 years, and many companies are missing out on what NAC can do for them because they're thinking of 2003 NAC instead of 2009 NAC. Today's NAC solutions gather more data, provide more information, and fit more use cases. Advances in the intelligence of NAC solutions have transformed NAC from a simple tool for preventing the spread of malware to a rich source of knowledge and a powerful security policy enforcement engine," explains Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security at Infonetics Research and author of the white paper.

The Evolution of NAC paper identifies a wide range of security problems that can be addressed by next generation NAC solutions, including, but not limited to:
- Providing guest network access
- Controlling where employees and contractors can go on the network
- Enforcing security policy (antivirus, patch levels, applications, process, and registry files)
- Generating endpoint compliance audit reports
- Remediating systems that are non-compliant
- Managing removable storage
- Providing visibility into who and what is on your network
- Preventing malicious activity

The top 4 drivers cited by businesses for investing in NAC:
- Stopping threats from propagating
- Increasing overall corporate security posture
- Protecting against loss of sensitive/personal information
- Controlling network access based on user identity and role

Download the free white paper at http://www.infonetics.com/whitepapers.asp.

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WENN partners with Tradeclips to extend audience reach

2009-11-24T06:29:00-05:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) Tradeclips, the first dedicated online service offering a simple, secure and cost-effective way to manage, store and syndicate multimedia content, today announced that the World Entertainment News Network (WENN) has signed a deal to upload daily video content in order to extend its audience reach.

WENN is a leading entertainment news network, providing the latest entertainment news, video, photos and features to over 1,000 media outlets worldwide. By partnering with Tradeclips, it can easily manage and distribute hours of celebrity video footage to a broader audience of publishers and media agencies.

Located in two secure data warehouses in the UK, Tradeclips provides a reliable and robust data infrastructure combined with a comprehensive user-management facility that allows total control over who can upload, download, publish and syndicate digital assets – whether internally, throughout the Tradeclips community or within the broader media community.

“The Tradeclips team has an impressive pedigree in managing significant quantities of content from multiple owners and making it available to a broad range of parties so it’s a natural progression for WENN to come on board with Tradeclips,” commented Lloyd Beiny, CEO, WENN. “Put simply, they can reach places we can’t and deliver results beyond our traditional model to extend our audience reach, particularly when it comes to online publications.”

“Following our successful launch in November, we are delighted to have a heavy-hitting brand such as WENN sign-up,” added Angela Stanbrook, Chief Operations Officer, Tradeclips. “We already reach over 70% of the UK’s print and broadcast media and have over 250,000 media clips uploaded from hundreds of sources, so the addition of WENN’s video content is a welcome supplement to our growing content resource.”

WENN will make its daily paparazzi video content, sourced primarily from London, New York and Los Angeles, available via Tradeclips from December 2009.

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Video Cautions against Infection

2009-11-23T06:27:00-05:00

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Best Australian SEO Firms for November 2009 Recognized by topseos.com.au

2009-11-23T06:25:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) As search engine optimisation is one of the most important parts of driving traffic to your site, topseos.com.au knows the value of recognizing the Best Australian Search Engine Optimisation Services for this month.

The process for search engine optimisation, or SEO, includes a great deal of strategy. A good firm will know the intricacies involved with SEO and use that information to get a company the results they need with their website and search results.

These are the Best Australian Search Engine Optimisation, and other great companies, for this month:

1.   SEO Consult
2.   Increase Visibility Inc.
3.   LT SEO
4.   ROI.com.au
5.   Glass Onion
6.   Net Starter
7.   Apex Reach
8.   Web Marketing Experts
9.   ineedhits.com Pty Ltd
10.   Rotapix Interactive Media
11.   Cogentis Pty Ltd
12.   SEO Sydney
13.   PositionMeOnline
14.   E-Web Marketing Pty Ltd
15.   Exa Corporation
16.   WebSight Australia
17.   papdan.com
18.   SEO Works
19.   Web Marketing Workshop
20.   Click Rate SEO
21.   Promote SEO
22.   Website Promotion
23.   Arrow Internet Pty Ltd
24.   Webtech Pro
25.   Marketing Easy
26.   FirstClick Consulting
27.   Mitash- Results Driven Interactive Agency
28.   Clear Light Digital
29.   Atlas Total Web Inc.
30.   Freestyle Media

Each were reviewed using an evaluation process for SEO firms. The process includes reviewing the company’s qualifications along with interviewing current and past clients. Clients are asked questions about their experience with the company such as, “What are the most competitive keywords you have been able to rank on the major search engines and how long did it take you to achieve those rankings?”

Learn more about the Best Australian Search Engine Optimisation Firms.

Companies interested in being evaluated should apply for rankings at:
http://australia.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

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Adobe Enhances Acrobat.com with New Productivity & Collaboration Capabilities

2009-11-23T06:24:00-05:00

SAN JOSE, CA (Gawkwire.com) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the next release of Acrobat.com, which includes several major updates designed to make working together across organizations even easier than before. Incorporating over 35 customer-suggested features, this release simplifies the way people work when communicating and collaborating over the Web. In addition, Acrobat.com has added smartphone access, enabling people to get their work done from anywhere.

Built on the Adobe Flash® Platform, Acrobat.com has an easy-to-use online file organizer that allows users to store, share and organize files, create PDF files, launch online office applications, and initiate Web meetings. With this set of applications, users can:

•Easily share files: Users can work together across organizations without the hassle of using ftp servers or worrying about e-mailing large files.
•Access work from anywhere: Any Internet-connected computer or supported smartphone gives users real-time access to all of their files on Acrobat.com.
•Collaborate in real-time: Users can easily conduct Web meetings from Macs or PCs with Adobe ConnectNow.
•Improve productivity: With applications such as Adobe Buzzword®, users can easily work together to co-author and obtain feedback on documents, without the need for multiple versions.

Mobile access:

The Acrobat.com mobile application by scanR® allows users to upload document images from a supported mobile phone and have them automatically stored as searchable PDF files in Acrobat.com. In addition, users can read their files stored in Acrobat.com, share files with others and fax documents from their Acrobat.com organizer or directly from their smartphone. Users of the free service will be able to send two outbound faxes and upload up to five documents from a mobile phone. An upgrade is available for users that need to fax or upload more documents.

Additional key updates:

Also new in this release are enhancements to Buzzword, as well as Presentations and Tables, which were formerly on Acrobat.com Labs and now in beta. Key updates include:

•Import and export/publishing options: Presentations now includes support for importing PPT/PPTX files, and users can export their tables to PDF, XLS or CSV for sharing data in whatever format is best suited for the situation. Buzzword also now enables export to EPUB, the electronic book publishing format for eBook readers such as Stanza on the iPhone, Sony Reader, and others.
•Web image integration: Users can browse Flickr and Google images, preview pictures and easily import them into presentations.
•Adobe Kuler™ integration: Users can browse color sets in Kuler and apply them to presentations to create a unique look.

Quote:

Rick Treitman, director of product management for Acrobat.com, Adobe

•“Acrobat.com is about taking advantage of the Web’s ability to connect people in new and powerful ways. Adobe’s online tools give people the advantage of working together from anywhere, and from virtually any device. This release of Acrobat.com is another step in helping people collaborate and communicate with ease and flexibility.”

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Email Marketing in 2010: Integration, Automation and Customer Centricity

2009-11-23T06:23:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Email marketing has been frequently declared dead in this social networking era. However, research shows that in both B2C and B2B marketing customers and marketers still prefer email as the main channel for customer service and communication purposes.

This is clearly visible in preliminary results of an ongoing international email marketing survey by trend watching and research platform Marketing Advisor.

The survey found that some of the main challenges in email marketing are:

- The fact that several companies still see email marketing as a monologue

- A lack of tools to integrate email marketing data with customer relationship and other platforms

- Not enough focus on the customer, as well from the content perspective as the timing viewpoint

- Too much attention for direct result metrics and not enough for the impact of email marketing on sales `

Marketing Advisor found that there are important differences per industry and per country. But on one thing most surveyed respondents so far agreed on: email remains a key element in maintaining relationships with the customer and relevancy is crucial in email marketing.

Marketing Advisor found that, especially in B2B environments, several companies don’t see email marketing as an information tool to accompany customers through all the steps of their buying cycle yet.
However, there are clear signs of improvement. And email marketing is not dead at all: most marketers will even increase their email marketing budgets next year.

Marketing Advisor calls upon marketers worldwide to participate at the ongoing survey in order to get a clear understanding on where email marketing is going.

Participants will receive the results to see where they stand compared to their peers. Marketing Advisor is also preparing a special report on the future of email marketing.

You can visit Marketing Advisor on www.marketingadvisor.eu.

You can also connect with us on www.twitter.com/markevisor or on our blog http://blog.marketingadvisor.eu/.

Marketers can take the email marketing survey here: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2m8nxxgg1f1ujws/start.

For more questions regarding this press release, please send an email to info[at]marketingadvisor.eu.

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eUKhost.com Launches New Range of Dedicated Servers.

2009-11-20T09:51:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) eUKhost.com, a provider of Shared, Reseller, Virtual Private Servers and dedicated servers, today introduced Enterprise Linux/Windows Dedicated Servers. The company states that starting at just £129 GBP per month, Enterprise Dedicated Servers will have a setup identical to its existing Shared Hosting Servers. These servers will have the same security settings applied, and they will also be actively monitored similar to the shared hosting servers they currently manage.

Besides the regular backups, each server will also be setup with RAID 1 in order to minimize potential problems and prevent subsequent data loss. It further states that all Enterprise Dedicated Servers are based on Linux or Windows Platform where each Linux Enterprise Dedicated Server will be pre-installed with cPanel/WHM control panel, while Windows Enterprise Dedicated Servers will be pre-installed with DotNetPanel control panel.

In order to guarantee the security and performance of these servers, the company has imposed certain security restrictions similar to those on their shared hosting servers. The main security restriction being the root/Administrator login not been given to the customers in order to ensure only the company technicians can perform software updates, security changes, maintenance and optimizations on the server which will enable the company to be in total control over the hosting environment. Having said that, the company is willing to provide root/Administrator details of these servers to the respective users upon request.

Ryan Watson, Business Development Manager at eUKhost, states "We found that many customers needed the power of a Dedicated Server, but only wanted the responsibility of a Shared Hosting account. We've made a special effort to simplify our dedicated server offerings and at the same time offer our customers the flexibility they need to run their online business without worrying about server management."

More information available at-
http://www.eukhost.com/enterprise-dedicated-servers.php

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Parature Announces 2010 Worldwide Users’ Conference

2009-11-20T09:50:00-05:00

Vienna, VA (Gawkwire.com) Parature, a global leader in on-demand customer service software, announced today that their sixth annual users’ conference, ParaFest ’10 will be held May 4 – 6, 2010 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. This customer focused conference will allow Parature users from around the world to gain invaluable knowledge from industry experts and thought leaders, while networking with colleagues and peers.

ParaFest ’10 will feature hands-on training sessions led by the Parature Professional Services team and a diverse mix of customer service and support best practices sessions led by Parature customers as well as other industry experts. Attendees will have a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, share industry insights and trends, and network with their peers as well as Parature executives and staff. The popular ParaFest Zone will be available for participants to meet with Parature experts and partners, experience new product features and learn tips and techniques on how to further strengthen their investment in Parature Customer Service™ software.

“We are delighted to be bringing our customers, partners, employees and other industry experts back together in Las Vegas for ParaFest ‘10,” said Parature Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Duke Chung. “ParaFest provides our customers with the opportunity to share some of the most thought provoking discussions around customer service and the customer experience today and is just another example of how Parature continues to deliver the compelling technology and leadership that the industry and our customers have come to expect from us.”

Parature is seeking customer service experts and thought leaders who want to share their Parature Customer Service software and industry knowledge with users attending the conference. Session proposals are being accepted online until January 15, 2010.

Attendees registering for ParaFest ’10 by January 31, 2010 will receive a $200 discount off of the regular rate. Please visit the ParaFest website for conference registration and additional information.

About ParaFest
Every Spring Parature hosts an annual forum for some of the most innovative discussions about customer service issues in the industry. ParaFest™ has become a popular, “sold-out” event for Parature customers from every corner of the world and every industry to come together to share ideas and learn how to further strengthen their Parature investment. Parature executives, along with customer service and product experts on the front lines, international authorities and authors share insights and trends, and discuss best practices and emerging issues. For more information, visit www.parafest.com and follow @Parature or #parafest on Twitter.

Parature, Inc.
Parature, a leader in on-demand customer service software, makes it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service. The company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design enables organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today’s Web world. Founded in 2000, Parature received the 2007 and 2008 Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. Parature has been named to both the Washington Business Journal’s list of Best Places to Work and The Washingtonian list of Great Places to Work. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Parature is at work in organizations of all types and sizes, and helps support millions of end users worldwide. For more information, visit www.parature.com or follow @Parature on Twitter.

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Top 10 Web Analytics Companies for November 2009 Ranked by topseos.com

2009-11-20T09:49:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) “With the reputation of being a very complicated part of internet marketing, web analytics is something marketers often shy away from,” explains topseos.com, “However, web analytics is an essential part of understanding how your website is working and how your visitors are interacting with the website.” topseos.com has evaluated and ranked the industry leaders in web analytics software.

Analytic software for the web is not solely about numbers, graphs, and trends. Web analytics firms need to be able to supply the client with a realistic idea of how their website is performing.

These are the Top Web Analytics Firms for November:

1.   Coremetrics Inc.- California
2.   Omniture Inc.- Utah
3.   Web Trends Inc.- Oregon
4.   Mondosoft- New Jersey
5.   Unica Corporation- Massachusetts
6.   Fireclick Inc.- California
7.   Lyris Technologies Inc.
8.   VisiStat, Inc.- California
9.   OneStat- Netherlands
10.   MetriServe- Belgium

Each company was reviewed and ranked based on a set evaluation criteria for web analytics companies. Not only were the companies assessed based on their practices, but at least three clients of each firm were interviewed concerning their experiences. These clients were asked what their return on investment was versus what they had anticipated. They were also asked what three things they would change about their experience with the firm.

Web analytics companies interested in being considered for ranking at topseos.com should apply here:
http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the Best Web Site Analytics Software

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PEER 1 Maps Out 'Future of Hosting' with GigaOM Breakfast Briefing

2009-11-20T09:48:00-05:00

Vancouver, B.C. (Gawkwire.com) PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX), the global online business hosting provider, will lead an industry roundtable on the 'Future of Hosting', with respected industry analyst GigaOM, to be streamed live online on Thursday, 3 December 2009, at 9.30AM PST.

Live webstream -- 12/3/09, 9:30A.M. PST -- http://www.livestream.com/gigaomTV/

The Breakfast Briefing brings together leading hosting industry strategists and technologists to debate the perfect hosting environment for early stage entrepreneurs as the hosting market evolves towards an on-demand model. The discussion follows on from a PEER 1 sponsored panel at Structure 09, that features industry thought-leaders debating direction for customers and service providers within the fast-moving hosting environment, delivery of platform-as-a-service and optimizing scalable hosting and cost-effectiveness for start-up businesses.

Robert Miggins, Senior VP, Business Development at PEER 1 will join the panel alongside founders and executives of noted cloud and hosting services providers including Sebastian Stadil, founder of Scalr and Jason Hoffman, Founder & CTO at Joyent. Om Malik, founder of GigaOM and expert commentator on the hosting, internet and cloud sectors will chair the discussion forum.

"With the emergence of the cloud-based computing model, the hosting market is undergoing rapid change," comments Miggins. "PEER 1, as a full solution provider is maximizing the opportunity this creates; it's vital that we, and our industry, reflect today's customers' need to access on-demand computing power in a more flexible and cost effective manner. Future directions for hosting within this context will demand new services and new approaches and we look forward to leading the discussion on how this can be best delivered for customers."

For further information on PEER 1's involvement and perspective on the GigaOM Breakfast Briefing, click http://www.peer1.com/hosting/futurehosting.php

To view the roundtable webcast live online from GigaOM's San Francisco headquarters, click http://www.livestream.com/gigaomTV/.

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Leading Market Research firm to Open Parallels Summit 2010 with Keynote

2009-11-20T06:29:00-05:00

Renton, WA (Gawkwire.com) Worldwide cloud-enablement leader Parallels, today announced that Melanie Posey, Research Director, Hosting and Telecom Markets at IDC will deliver the opening keynote address at Parallels Summit 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida on 22-24 February. Ms. Posey will introduce the theme of the event – ‘Profit from the Cloud’ – with a presentation on Public Clouds delivered on the morning of February 23rd, 2010.

“With so much emphasis on the cloud model and its implications for all telcos, hosters, VARs, managed service providers and ISVs, Parallels Summit 2010 will provide the perfect forum for tracking global trends, leveraging them in local markets and meeting some of the most significant companies in the industry,” said Melanie Posey, Research Director, Telecom Markets at IDC.

Also joining the speaker line-up is Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer, who plans to specifically address questions asked by those in the industry while also providing some insight into creating and building a high growth hosting company. Parallels Summit attendees can submit questions for Mr. Crosby at Summit_Questions@parallels.com. “The Parallels Summit is one of the most important events that we attend. It has the most qualified delegates in the hosting industry and is often the starting point for many of our long lasting relationships,” he said. “I’m looking forward to a very interactive session and urge people to send their questions in early.”

Other confirmed speakers for the event include Warren Adelman, President and Chief Operating Officer at GoDaddy.com and Antonio Piraino, Senior Analyst, Managed Hosting & Cloud Infrastructure Services, Tier 1 Research. Serguei Beloussov, Chairman and CEO at Parallels and Jack Zubarev, President, Service Provider Worldwide at Parallels will feature prominently throughout the Summit.

Platinum sponsors for this exclusive event include Microsoft and Verisign while gold sponsors are Intel and Unison and Silver sponsors are AMD, InterNex, tucows and e.pages. For more information on becoming a sponsor for the fifth annual Parallels Summit, please contact sponsors@parallels.com.

Parallels Summit 2010 will be held at Fontainebleau Miami Beach from 22-24 February, 2010. Registration is free for Parallels partners, customers, invited guests and other industry professionals. This global conference will provide a blueprint of how delegates can utilize Parallels technology to enable new Cloud Services; develop strategies to improve and extend the value of their services to the market; and develop new up-sell and cross-sell strategies that drive more revenue.

Visit the Parallels Summit conference website for registration and more details at: www.parallels.com/summit. For all other questions, please contact: summit@parallels.com.

About Parallels — Optimized Computing
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com.

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An Open Letter to Google from On2 Shareholders

2009-11-20T06:31:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Shareholders of On2 Technologies, from Holland, Germany, Finland and the United States have recently come together to form a large shareholder group in opposition to the proposed merger with Google. Today the group announced an open letter that was sent to the Google management team in Mountain View, California, in the hopes of initiating discussion on a more appropriate offer.

"Dear Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Pichai:

"A large independent group of 730 shareholders, over 54 million shares strong, have organized to oppose your $0.60 offer for On2 Technologies. As we approach the record date for shareholder voting on the proposed acquisition, we feel it necessary to address certain points with you directly regarding the value of your offer. Since announcing a definitive agreement to shareholders of your intent to acquire On2, you have made few comments to the press regarding the value of your offer or on Google’s broader M&A principles.

"You have noted that Google’s offer represents a 57% premium to the closing share price of On2’s stock on August 4, 2009. The On2 Technologies shareholders group believes that Google should respect broader principles of prudence and financial fairness in pursuing an active M&A strategy. We also believe that in this specific case your offer does not reflect the true value of On2’s intellectual property and business prospects nor does your offer reflect the premium to market value that you claim it does.

"On2 Shareholders fail to see any premium reflected in the $0.60 share exchange offer with respect to:

"On2’s Historic and Recent Trading Price: On2 traded near $4.00 in 2007 and at $0.65 as recently as May 14th. The $0.60 offer is not a premium over the price On2 achieved just weeks before the offer went public.

"Google's Demand of Exclusivity in Negotiations and 'No Shop' Provision: The demand of exclusivity in the negotiations and 'no shop' provisions in the merger agreement did not allow the opportunity to weigh the offer for fair market value. Shareholders believe the offer does not reflect fair market value let alone a premium as you claim.

"The Devalued Offer: The offer on August 5, 2009 valued the acquisition at $106.5 million in a stock-for-stock transaction. The $106.5 million valuation was based on each share of On2 common stock being converted into $0.60 worth of Google Class A common stock which was trading at $450 per share at the time of the offer. Today Google trades over $575 per share which effectively values the On2 offer at $83 million or $0.47 per share. The Google offer for On2 is now worth 22% less today than the day it was made.

"On2's Operational Performance: Since the August 5th offer, On2 has reported Q2 and Q3 results and minus acquisition related expenses, On2 would have seen a first time event of profitability in both quarters. Year over year revenue growth was 23.5% for 2008 and 2009 is on a run rate for revenue growth of over 17%. Shareholders fail to see any premium in the offer for a company whose very best days are still to come.

"Net Operating Loss Carry forwards: NOL carry forwards can become one of the largest assets on a company’s balance sheet. As On2 has matured and now grown the video business to profitability, they have incurred significant operating and tax losses along the way. While there will be IRS Section 382 limitations resulting from a potential change in ownership, Google would gain tax advantages of approximately $8 million a year. This benefit is certainly not reflected in the $0.60 offer to shareholders.

"On2's 'Embedded Solutions' Products and Device Pipeline: The growing royalty and revenue base is supported by dozens of licensing and partnership agreements signed over the last 24 months. The products and devices that grew out of these agreements are just now or will soon be entering the consumer market. Among these major customers and partners are Freescale, ARM, Atmel, Texas Instruments, MediaTek, Infineon, MIPS and still unannounced STMicroelectronics. A sampling of the device manufacturers using On2's embedded technology include Sony, Archos, Asus, Verismo Networks, Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Research in Motion. Shareholders firmly believe the offer does not properly value On2's growing pipeline of products and devices.

"World-Class Codec Technology VP8: The Form S-4 reveals Google's initial interest was in VP8 which later grew to all products. After months of extensive testing, the results were impressive enough that Google was no longer looking for a licensing agreement, but an agreement to purchase the entire company. The acquisition terms prohibited On2 from obtaining new VP8 customer relationships thus eliminating opportunities of new revenue from the world-class technology. Shareholders believe the offer does not approach the true value of the proprietary video technology and supporting software line of products.

"Google, given your conviction that video technology is essential to online and device platforms in your highly profitable, multi-billion dollar global advertising market, we believe the $0.60 per share offer undervalues On2 Technologies' advanced proprietary video technology platform. Taking into account On2's extensive patent portfolio, growth potential and the substantial scope for cost synergies with video in Gmail, Google Apps, Google Voice, YouTube and Android devices, we also believe that a higher, more appropriate price is not in conflict with Google's respect to the principles of prudence and financial fairness.

"Respectfully,

"On2 Technologies Shareholders Group

For more information, visit www.vote4on2.com

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Hostway Adds Directory Listings and Email Marketing to Its Web Hosting Plans

2009-11-20T06:30:00-05:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) Hostway Corporation, the global Web services leader, announced today that it has bundled Instant Business Broadcast, a service that submits a business profile to 10 of the most popular online directories plus Newsletter Broadcast, a robust email marketing platform into its Web hosting plans.

"We want to make it easy for the small businesses we serve to attract new customers and keep them coming back. That's why we've made Instant Business Broadcast and Newsletter Broadcast easy to use and free with our Web hosting plans," said John Lee, senior vice president of small business hosting. "Instant Business Broadcast attracts new customers by getting small businesses in front of more people when they're searching online. Newsletter Broadcast lets a small business stay connected with its customers through newsletters and email marketing campaigns."

With Instant Business Broadcast, a customer enters his or her business information into one form. Hostway formats the profile and submits it to 10 of the most popular online directories, including Google Maps, Yahoo! Local, Bing and Yellowpages.com. The profile can include a link to the business Web site or serve as a stand-alone Web presence with all of the information people need to buy from the business.

Newsletter Broadcast is a simple interface for creating and managing email marketing campaigns. Users can plug their information into a template or upload their own HTML code and send it to a list of subscribers and track its success using the application.

These two features were rolled out this year as part of Hostway's ongoing mission of helping small businesses succeed. While most Web hosting companies charge for their directory listing service, Hostway is offering it free with any Web hosting package. Learn more by visiting hostway.com.

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New Online Backup Suite Features Advanced SharePoint-Specific Interface

2009-11-20T06:27:00-05:00

Toronto, Ontario (Gawkwire.com) On November 23 2009, Storagepipe Solutions will officially release the latest update of their SharePoint Online Backup solution. This new release offers more power and control to SharePoint administrators who want to back up their systems to “the cloud”.

According to Steven Rodin, Storagepipe president: "In our discussions with the SharePoint community, administrators told us that they loved the convenience and security of online backup. We were told that they would gladly switch, if only there was a solution that offered complete platform protection, low level granularity, and an easy-to-use toolset for managing backup policies."

Based on this feedback from SharePoint users, here are some features that Storagepipe has implemented in their latest update:

- An integrated backup plan builder
- A tree view of the entire SharePoint environment
- A discovery dashboard that provides an overview of your system
- Ability to restore at the platform and item level, with versioning
- An integrated restore timeline view that shows all available recovery points

The SharePoint Online Backup from Storagepipe can protect any component within a SharePoint farm. This includes InfoPath forms & services, Project Server, IIS, Index database, and other systems. The solution also provides SharePoint administrators with the ability to specify policies for individual items such as contacts, events, lists, or almost any other logical class of data.

This latest release from Storagepipe demonstrates that online backup is, in fact, robust enough to meet demands of larger organizations with complex IT environments.

“Too many companies will split up their backup systems... with laptops and desktops online... and major servers to tape. Although much of the press around online backup software has been focused on laptops and desktops, a large portion of our customer base relies on us to protect servers, databases, email systems and mission-critical applications that need to run 24/7. If you pick the right provider, you can securely automate all of your corporate data protection and have it all managed through a single source.” says Rodin.

In addition to SharePoint Online Backup, Storagepipe Solutions also provides backup and high availability solutions with support for SQL, Oracle, Exchange and many others enterprise systems. Companies interested in automating their SharePoint backups through Storagepipe can visit http://storagepipe.com in order to arrange a product demonstration.

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eBay Inc. Completes Sale of Skype

2009-11-20T06:26:00-05:00

SAN JOSE, CA (Gawkwire.com) eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced today that it has successfully completed the previously announced sale of its Skype communications unit in a deal valuing the business at $2.75 billion. The buyer, who will control an approximately 70 percent stake, is an investor group led by Silver Lake and includes Joltid Limited and certain affiliated parties, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Andreessen Horowitz.

eBay received approximately $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million. The company retained an approximately 30 percent equity investment in Skype. The company also purchased senior debt securities with a face value of $50 million as part of a Skype debt financing.

About eBay Inc.
Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) connects hundreds of millions of buyers and sellers globally on a daily basis through eBay, the world's largest online marketplace, and PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive online payments. We also reach millions through specialized marketplaces such as StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, and eBay Classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the world. For more information about the company and our global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.

About Skype
Skype is software that enables the world’s conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Every day, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles.

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Nexsan Debuts New Partner Opportunities at European NexStep Conference

2009-11-19T06:26:00-05:00

Derby, UK (Gawkwire.com) Nexsan, a leading storage systems provider for the mid-market, kicks off its annual NexStep EMEA VAR conference on November 18th in Berlin, Germany. NexStep is an annual gathering of the Nexsan reseller community where partners will network and build connections, share best practices, and learn new skills and techniques. At NexStep, Nexsan will share its strategieEdits and visions for addressing the challenging economy, saving customers money, and helping partners compete with confidence. Philip Black, Michael McGuire, Gary Watson and many other Nexsan executives will share their vision for the company and preview highly efficient storage solutions for 2010 including upcoming launches of the 84TB SATABeast and the 60 drive NXS-B60E.

Besides presentations from Nexsan’s executives, industry analysts including Mark Peters, Senior Analyst for the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and Valdis Filks, Research Director for Storage Technologies and Strategies at Gartner, will speak about current market trends, showcase recent research results and share their thoughts on the industry.

“Nexsan is entering a year of exciting new product launches and partners will play a pivotal role in bringing to market what customers want — choice, flexibility and cost savings,” Michael McGuire, Nexsan’s Chief Commercial Officer. “With the NexStep Partner Conference, we’re creating a community based on our continued commitment to serve the needs of our partners that will help them reach their full potential. Working together, we continue to focus on creating innovative solutions that drive profitability and sustain competitive advantage.”

Highly Efficient Storage Solutions

One focal point at this year’s NexStep conference is to highlight out how the deployment of Nexsan highly efficient storage solutions enable midsized organizations to achieve capital and operational savings with power efficient, space efficient and cost efficient technology. Lectures on strategies to implement purpose-built SME storage, the advantages of green storage, the benefits of deduplication and sophisticated archiving concepts are part of the comprehensive two-day program. Besides technical and sales aspects, Nexsan’s CEO Philip Black will point out the company’s vision concerning the development of the storage market and the differentiators that drive Nexsan’s competitive advantage.

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Rackspace Launches Cloud Drive in Push to Expand App Offerings

2009-11-19T06:25:00-05:00

SAN ANTONIO, TX (Gawkwire.com) Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, today announced a set of new product offerings that help businesses move their IT applications into the cloud. The new offerings from Rackspace include Rackspace Cloud Drive, Rackspace Server Backup, and the upcoming release of Hosted Microsoft SharePoint (expected to be released in December 2009). These new products help customers to spend less time maintaining basic IT systems, such as file servers and data backup software, and instead focus on their core competencies that drive revenue and add business value. By putting these apps in the cloud, Rackspace is able to provide businesses with its award winning Fanatical Support ® and a compelling value proposition.

“Most every business needs to send emails, share files, and backup data. But these systems are costly and complex to manage in-house,” said Pat Matthews, general manager, Rackspace Email & Apps. “The cloud presents a great opportunity for businesses to save money and work smarter. We believe that we are helping our customers gain competitive advantage by putting these apps in the cloud.”

Building on the momentum of its cloud-based email offerings, which include over 1.5 million paid-subscribers, Rackspace is now expanding into collaboration and backup applications that will help customers put more of their foundational IT software in the cloud. The new products mark a critical step toward more aggressively competing in the software-as-a-service market, enabling customers to achieve a server-less IT environment.

“This announcement is an important one for our business, as it highlights both the success of our existing email solutions and our expansion into additional business applications that can bring substantial cost savings to our customers and reduce complexity in their IT environments,” said Lew Moorman, president of cloud division, Rackspace Hosting. “More and more businesses are moving their critical applications to the cloud, and we can help them to achieve that goal.”

PRODUCT DETAILS:

Rackspace Cloud Drive is a cloud-based, online file storage application that allows individuals and teams to store, share, and backup files. With Rackspace Cloud Drive, customers can:

•    Store and share files between employees.
•    Access and manage data from inside and outside the office, without any additional hardware.
•    Synchronize desktop folders with a cloud-based network drive across one or more computers.
•    Backup data to the Rackspace Cloud and restore data in the event of a hardware failure.
•    Protect data with AES-256 encryption using a key controlled by the customer.

Rackspace Server Backup is a cloud-based, online server backup application designed to protect your file server data. With Rackspace Server Backup, customers can:

•    Backup server data to Rackspace Cloud Files for peace of mind.
•    Manage data remotely using any Mac, Windows, or Linux PC.
•    Protect server data with AES-256 encryption using a key controlled by the customer.

Rackspace Cloud Drive and Rackspace Server Backup are powered by technology from Jungle Disk, LLC, a Rackspace subsidiary acquired in 2008. For more information, product availability, and product pricing, visit http://www.rackspace.com/apps

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Open-Xchange Announces Agreement with Nexen to Offer Hosted Groupware

2009-11-19T06:22:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Open-Xchange, the leading provider of business-class open source collaboration software, announced today an agreement with Nexen – Alter Way Hosting, the French leader in open source web hosting to offer hosted e-mail and collaboration.

Hosting customers of Nexen – Alter Way Hosting will get both Open-Xchange webmail and PIM (Personal Information Management) at no additional charge with an option to move to full groupware, as well as support for mobile devices.

Nexen – Alter Way Hosting is part of Alter Way and has a sister company, Alter Way Solutions, which is the system integrator unit. Alter Way Solutions has experience with a series of successful on-premise Open-Xchange implementations in the French market and was named for three consecutive years by Open-Xchange as “Best integrator of the year.“ Based on its experience, Alter Way decided to expand its Open-Xchange offerings with a hosted solution provided by Nexen – Alter Way Hosting. This gives small- and medium-size business in France the option to select either hosted Open-Xchange delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS), or a traditional on-premise installation.

”Nexen – Alter Way Hosting and Alter Way Solutions are excellent examples of how our partners benefit from the Open-Xchange technology and business model,“ said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “Both on-premise and hosted Open-Xchange use the same software code, which gives partners freedom to choose either deployment model. We’ve found that SaaS enables small- and medium-size enterprises to benefit from groupware technology without an initial investment or on-going administration, which translates into cost savings.“

Open-Xchange software integrates e-mail, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Productivity is enhanced through unique teamwork features, like team view, single-password document sharing, and shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents.

“SaaS is a great business model for system integrators and service providers because it provides an additional source of recurring revenues, along with a tight customer linkage,“ said Christophe Ballihaut, CEO of Nexen - Alter Way Hosting. “We are seeing amazing market uptake on our hosted Open-Xchange offering sold as SaaS as we are the first provider in the French market to deliver exciting new features like Social OX for integrating social network data, as well as the OXtender for Business Mobility, which gives small businesses and individuals a cost-effective solution to facilitate work remotely.“

Open-Xchange is installed by more than 3,500 companies and organizations worldwide with the Open-Xchange Hosting Edition used by more than 15 million people worldwide as hosted business-class e-mail, along with personal information management (PIM) and full groupware. http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/open-xchange_announces_agreement_with_nexen_to_offer_hosted_grou.html

NaviSite’s Managed Hosting Services Power InMobi’s Expansion

2009-11-19T06:21:00-05:00

ANDOVER, MA (Gawkwire.com) NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVI), a leading provider of cloud-enabled enterprise-hosting and managed-application services, today announced that InMobi, one of the fastest-growing global mobile advertising networks, selected NaviSite’s managed-hosting services to expand its reach into the North American mobile advertising space. Founded in 2007, InMobi provides intelligent mobile advertising solutions that enable advertisers to discover their target audiences on mobile internet sites in a measurable manner. InMobi’s web-based platform allows advertisers and publishers to match and build ad campaigns and serve contextual ads across networks.

NaviSite developed and deployed a managed dedicated server platform with multiple Linux servers with high-speed Intel Xeon 5000 series CPUs running behind dedicated Cisco firewalls. The deployment and launch, aided by NaviSite’s award winning Always There™ support team, were smooth and efficient, resulting in a high-performance dedicated environment that exceeded InMobi’s expectations. Several weeks after the initial deployment, InMobi once again leveraged NaviSite’s rapid implementation capabilities to set up a second environment. InMobi has plans for additional expansion in the coming months.

“Partnering with NaviSite has been beneficial to us in more ways than one,” said Mohit Saxena, Head of Technology, InMobi. “The NaviSite servers have so far worked without any glitches, assuring us of their reliability. Second is the satisfaction of our customers who say that InMobi’s new [NaviSite-hosted] data infrastructure has resulted in outstanding ad response times. The customer testimonial reconfirms our belief in NaviSite.”

“NaviSite’s ability to deliver a wide array of high-performance, highly-reliable managed-hosting environments in such a rapid manner is unique in the SMB hosting space,” said Sumeet Sabharwal, Senior Vice President of SMB Hosting, NaviSite. “We have demonstrated numerous times that our expertise lies in guiding and architecting solutions for companies like InMobi, helping them deliver reliable solutions to rapidly growing customer bases.”

NaviSite offers a comprehensive suite of cloud-enabled managed-hosting solutions – including database management; server management; virtualization; disaster recovery; remote monitoring; and network and security services – designed to meet customers’ IT management needs and maximize uptime and efficiency.

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WatchGuard Expands Into Messaging and Content Security

2009-11-18T15:00:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader of business security solutions, today announced its entry into the messaging and content security markets with the launch of its new WatchGuard XCS (Extensible Content Security) platform. As a comprehensive platform for business e-mail and Web 2.0 content security, WatchGuard XCS combines innovative cloud-based security, data loss prevention and advanced messaging security technologies in a single, easy to use appliance that defends businesses against phishing attacks, identity theft, viruses, malware, data loss and other forms of network, application and data threats.

“Next generation threats are becoming more sophisticated and stealthy. Because of this, businesses today face unprecedented risk and exposure from e-mail and web-related threats,” said Joe Wang, CEO of WatchGuard Technologies. “By combining WatchGuard’s state-of-the-art multifunction firewall appliances with the new XCS line of messaging and content security solutions, businesses gain a complete, multi-faceted and multi-layered defence architecture that is highly effective, extremely efficient and easy to manage.”

The WatchGuard XCS range provides defence-in-depth by combining advanced e-mail inspection with DLP capabilities and IP reputation to combat spam, viruses, malware and other forms of blended threats. The WatchGuard XCS platform addresses e-mail security needs of small to medium sized businesses up to 1,000 users, with the WatchGuard XCS 170, 370 and 570 series. For mid-tier and enterprise organisations with 10,000 or more users that require advanced messaging and content protection, WatchGuard offers the WatchGuard XCS 770, 970 and 1170 series of appliances.

All of these appliances share best in class quality detection for maximum coverage and accuracy, as well as rapid response capabilities for zero-day threat outbreaks and automatic updates to protect against new forms of crimeware, spyware, rootkits, mobile malware and other malicious attacks. They also provide advanced management and reporting capabilities, which include archiving, on-box reporting, messaging logs, customizable granular policies and reports, TLS encryption and message redundancy.

Additionally, all WatchGuard XCS appliances can take advantage of WatchGuard’s revolutionary in-the-cloud security technology, ReputationAuthority. With 99.99 percent accuracy, ReputationAuthority eliminates up to 98.3 percent of spam e-mail before it ever gets to a business network by using DNS blacklists, IP volume, behaviour analysis and content inspection. Given that spam e-mail is a major carrier of viruses, phishing attempts and blended threats, having ReputationAuthority pre-screen and eliminate this unwanted traffic makes business networks, applications and data better protected.

With increasing regulatory and compliance requirements facing mid-tier and enterprise organisations, the WatchGuard XCS 770, 970 and 1170 appliances include sophisticated data loss prevention features, such as transparent remediation to automatically block, quarantine, re-route, blind copy, encrypt or allow messages based on configurable policies, as well as pre-defined compliance dictionaries for GLB, HIPAA, PCI DSS and others. Seamless e-mail encryption secures confidential messages to any recipient without requiring a dedicated server, while e-profiling and data discovery allow administrators to classify sensitive data and dynamic on-demand clustering and queue replication provide additional redundancy and scalability.

According to market research, the estimated total addressable market for messaging and web content security is $6.8 billion for 2010, and is expected to grow at 11.2 percent per year. Similar in size, the addressable market for WatchGuard’s current family of multifunction firewall and SSL VPN solutions is $4.7 billion with a compound annual growth rate of 9.9 percent. With today’s launch of the WatchGuard XCS platform, WatchGuard nearly doubles its reach to an addressable market of $11.5 billion, which is expected to hit $15 billion by 2012.

Similarly, the growth of e-mail and web-related threats is expected to increase exponentially. WatchGuard security analysts predict that messaging and web-based content threats will increase by a factor of 3 in 2010. Contributing to this, WatchGuard security analysts predict that polymorphic viruses, botnets and blended threats will propagate in new ways, fuelled by social networking, collaboration applications and other Web 2.0 venues.

“With the expected growth of new messaging and web-based threats, businesses should review and evaluate their security posture to make sure that they have capable, flexible and scalable protection against these new threats,” said Brian Burke, Program Director, Security Products, at IDC. “By embracing a holistic security architecture, businesses can reduce their risk and exposure to these new forms of threats.”

Pricing and Availability
The WatchGuard XCS appliances will be available from WatchGuard channel partners around the world within 30 days. For small to medium sized businesses, the WatchGuard XCS appliances start at $2,475 with no per user license fee limitation. The enterprise-grade XCS appliances range from $8,000 to $60,000. UK prices are based on the current exchange rates and more information is available at www.watchguard.com.

About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Since 1996, WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology leader of business security solutions, providing mission-critical protection to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of wired and wireless unified threat management appliances, messaging, content security and SSL VPN remote access solutions provide extensible network, application and data protection, as well as unparalleled network visibility, management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by WatchGuard LiveSecurity® Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and education program. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle and has offices serving North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit http://www.watchguard.com/.

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Interxion to Support 3rd Finance and Investment Forum for Data Centres

2009-11-18T15:00:00-05:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced it will be supporting the Broad Group’s 3rd Finance and Investment Forum for Data Centres in London on the 3rd December 2009.

At this year’s event, senior members of operating companies worldwide, financiers, investors, private equity firms, professional intermediaries, law firms and investment agencies will converge in London to consider critical issues facing data centre finance, such as cloud computing, globalisation, green issues, and ideas and opportunities for future development.

Anthony Foy, Group Managing Director, Interxion, will be participating in the Leadership Roundtable discussion, entitled ‘Investment Performance: Growth and the Focus of Future Investment’, where he will share his expertise on the colocation and managed-services market and give his views on the future of data centre investment.

“The Broad Group’s Finance and Investment Forum for Data Centres is a great platform for debate and discussions on the challenges and opportunities that the sector is faced with,” said David Ruberg, CEO Interxion. “Despite the current economic climate, the carrier neutral colocation sector continues to go from strength to strength. A recent IDC survey conducted in four key markets (NL, UK, FR, and DE) showed that the sector is set to grow at 23% CAGR in the next four years, giving investors and companies unparalleled investment and growth opportunities.”

For more information, visit http://www.datacentres.com/fif/

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Hosting Controller Offers HC Linux Panel for Free

2009-11-18T15:00:00-05:00

Los Angeles, CA (Gawkwire.com) Hosting Controller (hostingcontroller.com) developer of Hosting Automation Solution today announced a special offer for hosting service providers to avail HC Linux Control Panel for free of charge. The latest development is the continuation of HC’s vision to help web hosts by offering cost effective and quality hosting automation solutions.

According to the company, this move will enable wide distribution of HC Linux control panel to web hosts worldwide. Licenses are available free of charge to new and existing customers up until April 30, 2010. There is no limit on the number of licenses a customer can avail.

“By offering free Linux Control Panel, HC empowers hosting service providers to start Linux hosting along with windows and manage both services through single centralized interface, "said Syed Nauman Hashmi, CEO and Founder of Hosting Controller, “This promotion ensures that web hosting companies can take full advantage of unprecedented savings to offer Linux-based applications and helps them to generate new revenue streams.”

HC Linux control panel Promotion is available immediately on www.hostingcontroller.com
Additional information and a link to download HC Linux control panel are available at http://www.hostingcontroller.com/english/FREE-Linux-Control-Panel.html

HC is unique in delivering software support for diverse platforms and has demonstrated a commitment to web hosting community for well over a decade.

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The Webby Awards Names Ten Most Influential Moments of the Decade

2009-11-18T15:00:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Capping a decade dominated by the Internet, The Webby Awards today named the ten most influential Internet moments of the 2000s.

Founded in 1996, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring Internet excellence, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile Websites. The 14th Annual Webby Awards are currently accepting entries at www.webbyawards.com.

From the 2001 demise of Napster sparking a wave of innovation that transformed entertainment to the 2009 Iranian election protests demonstrating the power of Twitter and other social network in reshaping democracy, the list spotlights a diverse mix of pivotal Internet milestones that defined the first decade of the 21st century. Other highlights of the Webby survey include Craigslist expanding outside of San Francisco (2000), Google's IPO (2004), Facebook opening up to non-college students (2006), and the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

"The Internet is the story of decade because it was the catalyst for change in not just every aspect of our everyday lives, but in everything from commerce and communication to politics and pop culture," said David-Michel Davies, the executive director of The Webby Awards. "The recurring theme among all of the milestones on our list is the Internet's capacity to circumvent old systems and put more power into the hands of ordinary people."

The full list of The Webby Awards' Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade can be found at http://www.webbyawards.com/press/topwebmomentsdecade.php.

The Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade:

Craigslist expands outside San Francisco (2000) In 2000, the free classifieds site broadened its reach outside of San Francisco into nine additional U.S. cities, sending chills down the spines of newspaper publishers everywhere. Today Craigslist hosts free listings in more than 500 cities in 50 countries, serving as a model for no-frills business and community success and the catalyst for countless jobs, apartments, and just about anything else you can think of.

Google AdWords launches (2000)
With the launch of AdWords in October 2000, Google turned advertising on its head. The self-service ad program opened up the marketplace to any business, no matter how big or small, and allowed advertisers to target their customers with laser-sharp precision.

Wikipedia launches (2001)
Containing 20,000 articles in 18 languages by the end of its first year online, Wikipedia today boasts more than 14 million articles in 271 different languages. The free open-source encyclopedia epitomizes the Internet's power to bring strangers from around the world together to collaborate on projects both big and small.

Napster Shut Down (2001)
Although Napster was shut down in 2001, it opened the file-sharing floodgates. Its demise sparked a wave of innovations that forever changed how we obtain and experience music and video – from Hulu to iTunes to Radiohead famously dropping its label and self-distributing their album In Rainbows online for free.

Google IPO (2004)
Google's IPO, one of the largest in history, put the six year old search engine on the path to becoming the most dominant and influential company of the decade. From Gmail and YouTube to Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Android, the Internet giant and constant innovator is the engine that powers countless aspects of our everyday lives.

Online video revolution (2006)
In 2006, a perfect storm of faster bandwidth, cheaper camcorders, and the groundbreaking use of Adobe's Flash 9 video player by YouTube combined to launch the online video revolution. The trifecta led to a boom in homemade and professional content - the Diet Coke and Mentos guys, lonelygirl15, SNL's Lazy Sunday, and Senator George Allen's "Macaca-gate" – that has reshaped everything from pop culture to politics.

Facebook opens to non-college students and Twitter takes off (2006) In September 2006, a social networking site for college students changed its user qualifications to include anyone 13 and older with a valid e-mail address.
Facebook struck an immediate chord, and almost overnight, social media went mainstream. Less than a month later, the creators of Twitter acquired the company and its assets from its investors, paving the way for the service to take off in 2007. Both companies took social media mainstream, radically changing the way we connect, collaborate, and communicate with everyone from friends to colleagues to customers.

The iPhone debuts (2007)
The iPhone was released on June 29, 2007. By the end of the weekend, half a million had been sold, and smartphones had gone from a luxury item to a necessity. The iPhone inspired the development of operating systems like Google Android, as well as an app for just about every aspect of modern life.
Over the next decade, it's estimated that a billion new users will come to the Internet for the first time through mobile devices.

U.S. Presidential Campaign (2008)
The Internet altered presidential politicking in 2008 much as television had forty years earlier during the Kennedy/Nixon race. From videos like "Obama Girl" and the Reverend Wright clip shaping the debate, to social media mobilizing voters, to record-breaking online fundraising from small donors, every facet of the way campaigns are run has been permanently transformed.

Iranian election protests (2009)
When Iran's 2009 presidential election produced fishy results, the opposition took to the tweets -- and the "Twitter Revolution" was born. In fact, it was so vital in organizing demonstrations that the U.S. State Department asked the company to delay planned maintenance. The protests also highlighted Twitter's key asset as a protest tool: Since most users don't access it through a central website, it's nearly impossible to censor.

The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, Martha Stewart, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.

The deadline for entering is the 14th Annual Webby Awards at www.webbyawards.com is December 18, 2009. Nominees for the 14th Annual Webby Awards will be announced in April 2010, and winners will be honored at a ceremony in New York City on June 14, 2010.

About The Webby Awards
Hailed as "the Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Silverlight; The Creative Group; .ORG; YouTube; Getty Images; Wieden + Kennedy; The Barbarian Group; The New York Times Company; Behance; Limelight Networks; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.

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SpamTitan wins Gold in Virus Bulletin Anti-spam awards

2009-11-18T15:00:00-05:00

Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland (Gawkwire.com) SpamTitan Technologies, the makers of powerful yet easy-to-manage spam and web filtering software, today announced that its SpamTitan anti-spam solution was awarded Gold-level status in the latest Virus Bulletin Anti-Spam Test. SpamTitan was participating in this prestigious industry test for the very first time. The Virus Bulletin is an independent global publication specific to the field of viruses and related malware. SpamTitan is the first anti-spam solution capable of running on a virtual machine to ever take part in the Virus Bulletin test – demonstrating that SpamTitan is both an innovative and high quality product.

Virus Bulletin's Anti-spam Test Director Martijn Grooten said in relation to SpamTitan, ”I was particularly charmed by the simple, yet accurate explanations of the various anti-spam rules. The fact that this approach worked well to block spam can be seen from the spam catch rate – which was among the highest in this test. At the same time, the product had a very low false positive rate, missing out on a platinum award by just a single email; a VBSpam Gold award is more than deserved."

“There was an increase in the number of products tested this month, and the benchmarks used for this test were stricter than in previous tests,” said Ronan Kavanagh, CEO of SpamTitan Technologies. “To be the first virtual anti-spam solution tested in the Virus Bulletin anti-spam test and to come away with a gold award and a glowing recommendation is a testament to the quality of the SpamTitan anti-spam solution.”

To read the full results visit http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2009/11_04.xml.

About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy to install, easy to manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies' unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of CopperFasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com.

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Tips for Practical Planning and Budgeting

2009-11-17T20:01:00-05:00

MONTVALE, NJ (Gawkwire.com) Small business owners and managers face many uncertainties about the future. But the future of a business is not entirely a matter of chance. Proper planning and budgeting can dramatically increase the likelihood a business will attain its goals.

The Small Business Financial and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®) offers the following planning and budgeting tips for small-business success.

Recognize What a Budget is For

A budget is not simply an arbitrary limit on spending - it should reflect both income and expense targets. It should also reinforce the adverse financial consequences of failing to achieve either of those targets. Be sure all budget figures are supported by realistic assumptions.

Understand Cash Flow

A regularly updated schedule of anticipated cash receipts and disbursements will indicate - in advance - whether there will be enough cash to pay employees, vendors, creditors, and owners. The schedule will also indicate if additional cash will be needed, how much, and when, which establishes a much stronger bargaining position when dealing with lenders and pursuing other sources of capital.

Improve Cash Flow

Look for opportunities to collect more cash and to collect it sooner, as well as opportunities to spend less cash and to part with it later. Identifying and taking advantage of those opportunities will maximize the value of the business.

Plan for Contingencies

Plan for any event that has a significant possibility of occurring and that would impose financial hardship if it took place. At a minimum, plan for the impact of a natural disaster on the company's operations. It's also good to plan for "upside" contingencies, such as receiving an unusually large order or a competitor's abrupt exit from the market.

Regularly Compare Actual Results to the Budget

Don't wait until the end of the year to compare actual results to the budget - do it at least once a month. Look for trends and reasons to amend the budget in light of new information.

Ultimately, following these tips will help you avoid unexpected surprises and be better prepared for future challenges and opportunities.

IMA is the association for accountants and financial professionals working in business. For more information about IMA, visit www.imanet.org.

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Microsoft Launches Windows Azure Platform

2009-11-18T09:00:00-05:00

LOS ANGELES, CA (Gawkwire.com) Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Windows Azure platform at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). In his opening keynote address, Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft, described Windows Azure and SQL Azure as core elements of the company’s cloud services strategy. The company also announced a set of new Windows Azure features, Windows Server capabilities, and marketplace offerings that will make it easier for developers to build profitable businesses from their Microsoft-based solutions.

“Customers want choice and flexibility in how they develop and deploy applications,” Ozzie said. “We’re moving into an era of solutions that are experienced by users across PCs, phones and the Web, and that are delivered from datacenters we refer to as private clouds and public clouds. Built specifically for this era of cloud computing, Windows Azure and SQL Azure will give developers what they need to build great applications and profitable businesses.”

In his keynote address, Ozzie described the company’s “three screens and a cloud” vision, where software experiences are seamlessly delivered across PCs, phones and TVs, all connected by cloud-based services. Underscoring the IT industry’s shift toward a hybrid approach of online services combined with on-premises software, Ozzie described the programming model for a powerful new generation of applications for both businesses and consumers, enabled by new Microsoft development tools and technologies. He also demonstrated customer and partner commitment to Microsoft’s development platform with Seesmic, WordPress and Cheezburger Network.

Marketplace and Information Services for Developers, Partners and Users

Ozzie also unveiled the next evolution of Microsoft Pinpoint, an online marketplace for Microsoft partners to market and sell their applications. The company introduced a new information service, Microsoft Codename “Dallas,” also available through Pinpoint and built completely on the Windows Azure platform, that enables developers and users to access premium commercial and reference datasets and content on any platform. Datasets currently available through “Dallas” include those from the Associated Press, Citysearch, DATA.gov, ESRI, First American Corp., infoUSA.com Inc., NASA, National Geographic TOPO!, NAVTEQ, RiskMetrics Group, the United Nations, WaveMarket Inc. and Weather Central Inc. Starting today, “Dallas” is available as a limited community technology preview (CTP)

Next-Generation Application Model

Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, detailed the company’s strategy and road map for extending the Windows developer platform to the cloud, which is the next-generation application model, according to Muglia.

“Microsoft is converging on a common developer platform for both servers and services,” Muglia said. “Through this convergence, Microsoft will enable developers to continue using familiar .NET Framework and Visual Studio tools and technologies, as well as third-party tools such as Eclipse, to create and monetize applications that run on the server and as services in the cloud.”

Muglia described Microsoft’s key investments to enable developers to move applications to the private, hosted and public clouds, enhance them with additional services, and transform them to take full advantage of capabilities unique to cloud computing.

“Kelley Blue Book aims to provide a reliable and flexible environment for consumers, enabling them to research all options before they commit to purchasing a vehicle,” said Justin Yaros, executive vice president of product design and development and chief technology officer of Kelley Blue Book Co. Inc. “With the Windows Azure platform, we can provide the right environment for consumers searching for vehicles, providing them the most up-to-date information needed to make informed purchasing decisions, whether 10 or 10,000 people are on the site at the same time.”

As part of these key investment areas, Microsoft is delivering Windows Server AppFabric Beta 1, a set of integrated, high-level application services that enable developers to more easily deploy and manage applications spanning both server and cloud. The AppFabric technology combines hosting and caching technologies (formerly known as Microsoft code-named “Dublin” and Microsoft code-named “Velocity”) with the Windows Azure platform AppFabric Service Bus and AppFabric Access Control (formerly referred to as .NET Services). Together, these technologies deliver a consistent set of application services to enhance both Windows Server and Windows Azure with a common, scalable foundation for running .NET applications. Windows Server AppFabric Beta 1 is available for download today at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/appfabric with final availability in 2010. Additional CTPs of Windows Azure platform AppFabric technologies will be made available in 2010.

Muglia today also announced the company’s plan to offer Windows Server virtual machine support on Windows Azure, enabling customers to more easily support virtualized infrastructure across the continuum of on-premises and cloud computing, and the release to manufacturing of Windows Identity Foundation, helping developers to provide more secure, simplified user access to both cloud and on-premises applications with open, identity-based claims.

In addition, Muglia announced the new release of ASP.NET MVC2 beta, a free, fully supported framework that enables developers to rapidly build standards-based Web applications through rich asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) integration and enhanced extensibility. ASP.NET MVC2 beta is available today at http://www.asp.net/mvc.

News, information and live streaming coverage from the event are available at http://www.microsoftpdc.com. Follow the latest Twitter updates at http://twitter.com/pdc09 and http://twitter.com/ch9live, and join the conversation using #pdc09. See Flickr images at http://flickr.com/photos/microsoftpdc, and join the community by using the pdc09 tag. Become part of the PDC community on Facebook at http://facebook.com/microsoftpdc.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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PDU Cales Announces Partnership with Packet Power at Data Center World

2009-11-18T08:59:00-05:00

Orlando, FL (Gawkwire.com) PDU Cables announced their partnership with Packet Power today at AFCOM’s Data Center World® 2009, the industry’s premier networking and educational conference, located at the Orlando World Marriott Convention Center in Orlando, FL, October 4-7, 2009.

PDU Cables and Packet Power 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.

About PDU Cables:
PDU Cables manufactures and distributes power-distribution cable assemblies used by more than 5,000 data centers in North America. Known for its industry-leading innovation, PDU Cables was the first independent cable-assembly company to introduce colored conduit, to acquire UL Listing, and to offer the Power Cable and Equipment Configurator™ for documenting connections and specifying the correct under-floor power cables. Electrical contractors install PDU Cables’ factory-
fabricated UL-listed cable assemblies to save time and labor, and reduce overall project costs. The company is the exclusive supplier of the Air Guard Cable Seal product line.

About Packet Power:
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. For more information about Packet Power, visit http://www.packet-power.com.

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The Planet Joins Microsoft WebsiteSpark Program

2009-11-18T08:58:00-05:00

HOUSTON, TX (Gawkwire.com) The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its membership in the Microsoft WebsiteSpark program. Through this partnership, The Planet provides small Web development and design firms with free Microsoft licenses for the latest versions of Windows Server and SQL Server, key tools for building and designing rich Web sites. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, The Planet offers the program to qualified companies through its status as an official Network Partner and Hosting Provider.

To participate in the program, companies must be privately held professional service firms with no more than 10 employees, whose primary business is providing Web development and design services.
“With more than 20,000 customers, Web designers and developers comprise a key customer segment for The Planet,” said Todd Mitchell, general manager for Dedicated Hosting and Global Services. “However, for small firms, the capital expense of running a business can often be insurmountable, especially in today’s economy. We’re leveraging our partnership with Microsoft to provide these firms with valuable software and solutions at a low cost. Together with The Planet’s world-class network, data centers and customer support, the program provides tremendous value for cost-sensitive businesses.”

WebsiteSpark Overview
WebsiteSpark provides professional Web development and design companies with access to vast resources that would otherwise be unavailable to small firms:
Software: Companies gain access to full-featured development tools at no upfront cost, including Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008. Firms pay only a $100 fee to Microsoft, due upon program completion.

Support: WebsiteSpark provides professional technical support from Microsoft, connecting participants to a global community of Hosting Partners and Web designers and developers, who can offer a wide range of technical and business resources to growing firms.

Visibility: Companies gain global visibility to audiences of potential investors, clients and partners via the WebsiteSpark Marketplace.

To learn more about WebsiteSpark, visit http://www.theplanet.com/WebsiteSpark/.

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 24×7x365 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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NetSuite Receives 2009 SMB Excellence Award in Cloud Computing

2009-11-18T08:57:00-05:00

SAN MATEO, CA (Gawkwire.com) NetSuite Inc. ( NYSE: N), a leading vendor of cloud computing business management software suites, today announced that NetSuite has received IDC's SMB Excellence Award in the Software as a Service and Cloud Computing category for providing innovative solutions to the small and medium-sized business markets (SMB)(1). NetSuite was the only Software as a Service (SaaS) business software suite vendor to receive the award. The global industry research leader made its selections based on suitability to the needs of SMB companies, milestone accomplishments, and the competitive disruption caused by the company's innovative on-demand technology for on-premise, legacy vendors such as Microsoft and SAP. For more information about NetSuite's industry recognition, visit www.netsuite.com/awards.

IDC recognizes NetSuite alongside household and industry-standard names such as Cisco, EMC, Verizon, AT&T, and IBM. "NetSuite continues to be a tremendous ally of the SMB market, providing top-shelf functionality to business owners with a modern business model which avoids the up-front costs that made it difficult for SMBs to implement traditional on-premise ERP systems," said Michael Fauscette, Group VP, Software Business Solutions at IDC. "NetSuite's innovative cloud computing-based ERP has paved the way for thousands of small and medium-sized companies to transform their operations while minimizing infrastructure investments."

Since launching in 1998, NetSuite has continually redefined the enterprise computing space. Its latest triumph, NetSuite OneWorld, is the first and only on-demand solution delivering real-time global business management and financial consolidation to SMBs with multinational and multi-subsidiary operations. The SuiteCloud platform enables third-party developers to quickly and easily develop robust add-ons to NetSuite functionality, and permits easy integration with legacy enterprise accounting platforms for subsidiaries or major trading partners.

The IDC SMB Excellence Award is NetSuite's latest accomplishment in a year full of accolades. This summer, Gartner Dataquest released figures showing that NetSuite has joined the ranks of North America's top ten ERP vendors by revenue. Strategic advisory service ISM Inc. recognized NetSuite and NetSuite CRM with a Top 15 CRM Small & Medium Business Software Award for 2009. Customer Interaction Solutions magazine named NetSuite CRM as a recipient of a 2009 CRM Excellence Award. Most recently, British businesses named NetSuite the top Enterprise Accounting Software vendor in Sift Media's Software Satisfaction Awards 2009. These awards validate and reinforce NetSuite's mounting importance to companies of all sizes looking for a powerful, integrated enterprise management solution.

For more information about NetSuite Inc., please visit www.netsuite.com.

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A Lack of knowledge of cloud computing

2009-11-17T06:33:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) The rate of adoption of cloud computing is directly linked to levels of knowledge about cloud services according to a report published today by COLT, a leading European provider of managed services and business communications. As the understanding of cloud computing increases, the rate of adoption of cloud services could be set for explosive growth with research indicating 77% of CIOs who are familiar with cloud computing are currently evaluating, are in the process of implementing, or have already implemented, cloud computing services.

The COLT report, based on research conducted among CIOs and senior IT decision-makers across 13 European countries by leading research firm Portio, also revealed that overall levels of familiarity with the term are low, with 56% of executives surveyed saying that they are not familiar with cloud computing. The public sector ranks lowest in terms of familiarity with the service, with only 37% of IT decision makers saying they are familiar with cloud computing.

Maggy McClelland, Managing Director of COLT Managed Services said: “This research clearly shows that for many IT decision makers, cloud computing is integral to their strategies, however, it is concerning to see that 56% of respondents have said that they are not familiar with cloud computing. There is a lot of hype around cloud and this can blur the real facts. It falls to trusted advisors to inform CIOs and senior IT decision makers about the potential benefits of cloud computing. The opportunity is clear: exponential growth of cloud services will happen, but only if the industry makes large strides in improving levels of knowledge amongst IT decision makers.”

COLT has adopted and is promoting the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition of cloud computing and believes that, central to the job of informing CIOs about cloud computing, is the provision of industry standards. Maggy McClelland says: “Cloud computing is certainly set for growth, but for the industry to develop and retain credibility we must ensure there is cohesiveness in working standards for cloud computing. Standards definition and consensus around what represents good practice will contribute to greater credibility in the market. This will also act as a foundation for Service Providers to etablish simple, transparent messages based on the business benefits of adopting cloud services, rather than the confusion of technical jargon that currently dominates the sector…this is a vital step in bringing cloud computing to maturity.”

COLT’s managed services solutions are built on its infrastructure combining 25,000km of network and 19 data centres across Europe. This footprint enables COLT to take full end-to-end responsibility for the security, availability and continuity of IT processes and computing capability. COLT’s service level agreements are aligned to the customer’s business and tailored towards service delivery, not the technology. The company’s enterprise cloud platform, launched in July 2009 enables COLT to deliver services that give its customers the freedom to choose when and how to take advantage of managed infrastructure and application services as well as increased flexibility to drive greater levels of business efficiency, security and performance.

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cPanel Expands Its Technical and Customer Support Offerings

2009-11-17T06:30:00-05:00

Houston, TX (Gawkwire.com) cPanel®, a leading provider of software that automates Windows® and Linux web servers around the world, has announced a significant expansion of its technical support offerings.

Spurred by its continued growth, the company has decided to expand its technical support services in three key areas:

- By offering 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week phone support

- By making a new Live Chat feature available on its website, http://www.cpanel.net.

- By reorganizing its online discussion forums and providing a technical support analyst to monitor them full-time.

Technical Phone Support Now Available Around the Clock -

In the past, cPanel has provided technical support mainly via its online, ticket-based system, offering phone support only during daytime business hours. Now, that has changed. “Our customer base is growing,” explained Technical Support Manager Sean Richards. “It makes sense to expand our support team, so that we can provide our users with help around the clock.”

The increased size of cPanel’s support team has provided customers with other benefits, too. “Adding a number of seasoned veterans and top talent has also allowed expanded support for migrations, bug review, direct API support as well as the direct involvement in many key areas that will be important for 2010,” Richards elaborated.

Phone support costs a nominal per-incident fee, which includes as many calls as needed to resolve the problem.

Customer Service Now Offers Live Chat feature at: http://www.cpanel.net -

cPanel has also implemented a Live Chat feature on its website, available to customers during daytime business hours. This free new service allows anyone visiting the site to send instant messages directly to cPanel’s Customer Service staff. The staff then provide quick, easy answers to customers’ billing and sales questions.

cPanel Community Forums Reorganized and Improved

One of cPanel’s most popular support channels, its discussion forums at http://forums.cpanel.net, has just been overhauled. “Customers will find the new forum layout more useful,” Richards commented. “There’s now a dedicated place for feature requests, and we’ve improved access from mobile devices.” Users of PDAs and smart phones can enjoy this enhancement by accessing the cPanel forums at http://m.cpanel.net.

Additionally, a veteran cPanel Technical Support team member is now dedicated to locating and responding to customer questions and problems in the forums full-time. This will aid users seeking advice about configuring their servers, or help with technical problems, by cutting down on response times.

More about cPanel®
For over 10 years, cPanel has created software that makes life easier for web hosts and the website owners they serve. cPanel’s easy-to-use, powerful tools for Linux and Windows® web servers perform essential tasks quickly, easily, and reliably. As it grows, cPanel is committed to enhancing its software and providing a team that provides accelerated resolution to hosting issues.

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Credomatic Selects ControlScan for Their Portfolio of Small Merchants

2009-11-17T06:26:00-05:00

Miami, FL and Atlanta, GA (Gawkwire.com) Credomatic (credomaticusa.com), a leading processor in the Credit Card Issuing and Merchant Acquiring businesses, has joined forces with ControlScan (controlscan.com), a leading provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security solutions exclusively focused on small- to medium-sized merchants, to help its merchants meet mandatory requirements set forth by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).

"To demonstrate our commitment to cardholder data security, Credomatic has partnered with ControlScan to help our merchants validate compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)," said Joe Creegan, national sales manager, Credomatic. "Not only does ControlScan regularly enhance its solution making it easier to use, but they take a personal approach to support making it simpler for our merchants and giving us confidence that they will achieve PCI compliance in a timely fashion."

Credomatic merchants will now have access to ControlScan's PCI 1-2-3 compliance solution, available online via a Web-based merchant portal called controlscan.com/credomatic, which provides merchants with the leading tools and support necessary to analyze, remediate and validate PCI compliance, including:

- PCI 1-2-3 Self Assessment Questionnaire
- PCI 1-2-3 Vulnerability Scanning
- PCI 1-2-3 Security Policy Builder
- PCI 1-2-3 Security Awareness Training
- Personal Touch Support

"We are excited to be working with Credomatic in this partnership," said Jethro Felton, executive vice president, sales and business development, ControlScan. "Our exclusive focus on the small merchant married with Credomatic's commitment to excellent service is the formula that will ensure the PCI program's success. Together we have a great opportunity to educate Credomatic's merchants and provide the tools and hands-on support necessary to achieve and maintain PCI compliance."

For more information about this partnership, please call 1-800-825-3301.

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WebhostGIANT Wins 'Best Budget Web Hosting' Award

2009-11-17T06:31:00-05:00

Tampa, FL (Gawkwire.com) The influential Top10 Shared Web Hosting Review Directory, Top10SharedHosting.com, today announced that WebhostGIANT has been awarded the "Best Budget Hosting" Award. Providing budget hosting plans as low as just $2.79 a month, WebhostGIANT leads in value based quality hosting. On top of such aggressive pricing, WebhostGIANT also offers the price match guarantee.

WebhostGIANT Wins Top10 Shared Hosting AwardWhile evaluating web hosting services, the review staff at Top10SharedHosting.com considered several factors including Uptime, Data Security, Quality, Reliability, Customer service, Stability, Money back guarantee, Infrastructure and Network.

Guarantees such as 30 days or money back, 99.9% uptime and 24/7 technical support, justifies the commitment to reliable and quality hosting and the confidence the WebhostGIANT Team have in their services. All customers of WebhostGIANT are provided with industry-leading infrastructure. These features have earlier also been verified by Dedicated Web Hosting Directory Top10DedicatedHosting.com

Mr. Leonard Geiger, the President of WebhostGIANT commented "WebhostGIANT's Budget Web Hosting solutions offers the most affordable and reliable hosting available and are included with tons of features and free software, all hosted on high-end servers connected to a 99.99% Uptime Guaranteed Network."

"WebhostGIANT provides the easiest hosting to order, set up and maintain. All plans have month-to-month options without any contracts, thus ensuring 100% satisfaction throughout. We also do not play the 'Hidden Price Game'. This is where you see a price for hosting on a website and only when you go to checkout do you find the service price was for a 2 year order and that smaller terms are 2 times higher. This is bad business and WebhostGIANT does not do it", said Leonard Geiger.

WebhostGIANT is owned and operated by a large Web Solutions Company founded in early 1999 that has set the standard in web hosting. WebhostGIANT stands by its commitment to provide the best support to ensure a quality experience. Instead of outsourcing to third party call center, the support is provided by actual employees of WebhostGIANT. All of the hosting plans come with free 24x7x365 chat and online ticketing support, 30-day money-back and price-freeze guarantees.

Recently WebhostGIANT has also been awarded the WebhostDir Budget Web Host Award.

One the features of WebhostGIANT web hosting services specifically noted by the Top10SharedHosting.com Review staff is the number of sites or load per server. WebhostGIANT state-of-the-art data centre housing RAID protected servers hosts only a small number of domains per server and thus has lower server load and lower disk access time, resulting in an increase in overall speed.

Mr. Brain McCollum, Director of Top10SharedHosting, commented, "WebhostGIANT fully deserves to win this award by proving services that are always ahead of the expectations of its clients."

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SES Chicago Features 85 Percent More New Sessions and Tracks

2009-11-17T06:24:00-05:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) For seasoned search marketing and online marketing professionals, it is critical to attend bellwether conferences like SES Chicago in order to keep up rapidly changing search marketing landscape, according to a new poll conducted by Trade Show Week.

Find the complete Search Engine Strategies Chicago agenda here: http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/chicago/agenda.php?utm_source=PR

“This is a new SES Chicago for a new era” remarked VP and Global Content Director for Search Engine Strategies Mike Grehan. “This isn’t last year’s SES Chicago. Times are changing for the search industry. Advances in online advertising technologies and new platforms like video and mobile are quickly transforming SEM. We’ve listened to the feedback from attendees and panelists and we’ve come up with a show that we think everyone will be able to get excited about…I know I am!”

Even during an economic downturn, corporations continue attending conferences critical to their business future. Industry publication “Trade Show Week” recently conducted a survey which concluded that 96% of CEOs and senior marketing executives are attending their industry’s most important events this year. The survey indicates that in a challenging economy, it’s more important to keep up to date with industry trends, new products and solutions, and build new relationships because all three of these areas provide significant value and efficiency for companies and keeps companies competitive.

The aforementioned survey indicated several reasons cited by CEOs and senior executives for attending industry shows like SES Chicago. These included learning new technical information, the best use of digital media and social media for their companies, and strategies for thriving during a downturn.

As evidence of keeping up on change from year to year, SEO sessions at this year’s SES Chicago include breaking trends such as:

Search: Where To Next?, led by Simon Heseltine (AOL) will inform its attendees what to look out for in the next generation of digital marketing, and what should be on the search radar of marketers in the next five to ten years.

From Search to Discovery, led by Incisive Media’s Mike Grehan, will focus on social media-related trends and attendees can receive advice from long-time SEO experts on how best to use social media to their advantage.

Social Media Strategy and ROI Development, a sponsored session from Serengeti Communications, will go over how to create a successful social media strategy, what to measure and how to measure it, and expose secrets of high-ROI social media.

The Oprah Winfrey Litigation: What Affiliate Marketers MUST Know discusses the lawsuit brought by Oprah Winfrey’s production company against over fifty internet marketers and their affiliates. Attendees will learn how to identify issues and develop policies and procedures to keep informed about the current technology, marketing strategies and regulatory compliance.

There are also a range of new products to review, detailed in these sessions:

YouTube and Video Optimization is taught by industry veteran and well-known author Greg Jarboe of SEO-PR and will focus on the tremendous opportunity YouTube (with its 1 billion+ views/day) presents to marketers.

The Next Generation of AdWords Bidding: Conversion Optimizer, a Google sponsored session.

Cool Mobile Apps, Augmented Reality - It's a Brave New World!, led by Mike Grehan, explores the world of new innovative mobile apps, focusing specifically on “augmented reality,” and discusses the marketing possibilities therein.

Facebook Rockstars RoundTable: Marketing For the Other Internet is part of a hybrid track which puts together a “rock star” lineup of individuals who have made Facebook such a successful brand. Learn from their experience in this session.

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 the ClickZ network 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.

For more news and event updates visit our SES Blog at: http://blog.searchenginestrategies.com/?utm_source=PR

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BestWebDesignAgencies.com Newly Launched by eventures, LLC.

2009-11-17T06:23:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) BestWebDesignAgencies.com is the newest site to the eventures, LLC. family. This site offers rankings and information on the top sites in many aspects of web design.

BestWebDesignAgencies.com is a focused avenue where the teams behind the site review a long list of candidates to find the best in categories such as Web Strategy, Branding, GUI Design, Ruby Development, ColdFusion Development, and Graphic Software to name a few.

BestWebDesignAgencies.com offers more than just rankings. The site offers a company directory sorted by category to help clients examine potential products and services, or perhaps to let companies review their competition. Each month, the company profiles will become more detailed with listings of their last three months of rankings; while past and present clients can also add their own reviews of each company.

Some of the categories hold as many as 7000 potential companies to choose from. A better avenue for the client might be to go straight to the rankings page to review the best of the best chosen by BestWebDesignAgencies.com. In the meantime, clients and companies can review tools, blogs, press releases, and a knowledge center to stay up on the industry’s latest.

This site will prove to be a valuable resource in the design community as a one-stop review of many relevant web concepts. Stay informed on the latest and greatest web design companies by visiting BestWebDesignAgencies.com.

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DemoWolf announces "Massive Birthday Giveaway" promotion

2009-11-16T13:00:00-05:00

Nova Scotia, Canada (Gawkwire.com) DemoWolf today announced the launch of a "Massive Birthday Giveaway" promotion whereby over $25,000 in prizes will be given away to past and current DemoWolf customers.

This month DemoWolf turns 4 years old, and to help celebrate and thank all their current and past customers, they've partnered with several companies from the hosting industry and secured a list of over 50 prizes totaling over $25,000 in value. The prizes being given away are targeted towards small to medium sized hosting companies, since that is the typical demographic of DemoWolf's customers.

The promotion runs from November 15 through December 31, and the prizes will be drawn on January 4, 2010. All existing and past DemoWolf customers automatically get 1 entry into the draw. Additional entries to the draw will be given for every $50 spent on DemoWolf tutorials from now until December 31. This applies to everyone, past, present and new customers. So the more tutorials customers buy during this time, the better their chances at winning one of the prizes.

The prizes being awarded and the companies donating the prizes are as follows:
    • WebHostMagazine - 1 SVP Digital 1280x720p camcorder & 1 month Premium Banner ad on WebHostMagazine.com (value = $2000)
    • WebHostMagazine - 1 month Premium Banner ad on WebHostMagazine.com with 3 community showcase ads (value = $1500)
    • Ping! Zine - 1 Guitar Hero 5 video game for the console of your choice (value = $100)
    • Ping! Zine - 1/2 page advertising spot in an upcoming issue of Ping! Zine Magazine (value = $2250)
    • Ping! Zine - Complete set of issues 1-10 of the original Ping! Zine Magazine from 2003 (value = $200)
    • TheHostingNews - 1 showcase ad, and a 728x90 rotational banner spot for 3 months (value = $1150)
    • TheWHIR - WHIR Prize Pack - Mino HD Flip camera, WHIR t-shirt and WHIR notepad
    • Parallels - 1 Flip UltraHD camcorder (value = $200)
    • HostingCon - 1 full conference pass to HostingCon 2010 in Austin, TX (value = $489)
    • BobCares - 1 month Dedicated Tech 160hr/mo plan (value = $1,750)
    • BobCares - 1 month Dedicated Developer 160hr/mo plan (value = $1,750)
    • BobCares - 1 month Proactive Server Admin, 5 servers plan (value = $300)
    • BobCares - 1 month Gold Server Admin plan (value = $130)
    • BobCares - 1 month Phone Support plan (value = $115)
    • Bannaz.com - 1 starter set of custom Flash banners: 728x90, 160x600, 300x250 (value = $275)
    • Bannaz.com - 5 prizes of 1 custom Flash banner design (value = $99 each)
    • eDynamo.com - 1 design creative (web template for home page and 1 sub page), and a package of 20 custom ad banners (value = $600)
    • WHMCS - 2 owned WHMCS licenses (value = $249.95 each)
    • SendOffsite.com - 20 prizes of 5GB PC Backup accounts for 1 year (value = $80 each)
    • DemoWolf.com - 10 free logo upgrades, for ALL your DemoWolf tutorials, no expiry, can use only once (value = up to $1,000 each)

The Draw:
On Monday January 4, 2010 DemoWolf will tabulate all entries for the draw, throw them into a large drum, and draw for the prizes. The prizes will be drawn in random order, declaring which prize is being drawn for before the draw. Winners of all the prizes will be contacted immediately to arrange delivery of the prizes, and all prize winners will be posted on our website within a couple days of the draw.

DemoWolf would like to thank WebHostMagazine, Ping!Zine, TheHostingNews, theWHIR, Parallels, HostingCon, BobCares, Bannaz, eDynamo, WHMCS and SendOffsite for all their prize donations.

For more information on this promotion, go to www.DemoWolf.com/birthday-giveaway.php.

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Rustelekom LLC Joins the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program

2009-11-16T13:00:00-05:00

MOSCOW (Gawkwire.com) Rustelekom LLC, a provider of Dedicated Servers, Shared Hosting , and VPS, today announced it will offer a new backup service powered by R1Soft’s Continuous Data Protection® (CDP) software. With the launch of the backup service, Rustelekom LLC has also joined the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program (R1HPP) to receive exclusive access to a set of promotional tools and licensing discounts.

The service will use R1Soft’s CDP technology to provide Windows and Linux data backups and MySQL True-Granular Restore as integrated components with Rustelekom’s hosting packages. R1Soft enables administrator and end users to schedule, run and manage high-performance backups through an easy-to-use and convenient control panel.

“As Rustelekom’s number of customers with dedicated servers has continued to rise, we recognized the need to enhance our offerings. With a good backup solution we can help customers who make a common mistake or have a technical problem that causes data loss. Backups aren’t only required for recovery plans but also for day-to-day tasks. For our Linux and Windows servers we can now help customers with ‘live’ or near to ‘live’ migration of their servers,” said Azer Karyagdy a representative of Rustelekom LLC.

The R1HPP is designed to help support hosting partners with the effective marketing and sales tools they need to successfully promote the benefits of CDP to customers, increase sales and ultimately ROI.
“It’s important for hosting companies to familiarize their clients with the benefits of CDP backups so they know they have to option to frequently protect their mission-critical data and avoid losing business in the event of a disaster or hard drive failure,” said David Wartell, vice president of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies, Inc.
R1Soft backups will be provided to Rustelekom’s Shared Hosting and VPS customers as a free value-added service and offered to its Dedicated Server clients for an additional fee. For more information please visit Rustelekom’s website.

About Rustelekom
Founded in 2002, Rustelekom is headquartered in Moscow, Russia with a focus on reselling dedicated servers. The company also offers and is currently expanding its shared hosting and VPS services. Rustelekom maintains a strong commitment to offering the most advanced technology and latest products on the market.

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GlobalSign Announces Multi-Year Secure Email Certificates

2009-11-16T06:27:00-05:00

Portsmouth, NH (Gawkwire.com) GlobalSign Inc, the global online security specialist has announced the launch of its new multi-year Secure Email Certificate, branded PersonalSign – a cryptographic Digital Certificate that will secure email content and identify to recipients the true email identity of the sender. Offering multi-year Secure Email Certificates versus one year Certificates allows users to renew less frequently, avoid the common pitfalls of an expiring Certificate, and take advantage of generous multi-year pricing discounts. The launch comes at the time when fellow Certification Authority Thawte (owned by VeriSign), announced the discontinuation and upcoming revocation of its Secure Email Certificates.

Secure Email Certificates (sometimes also known in the industry as Digital IDs) can be installed in all popular email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, and allow email users to digitally sign and encrypt email; ensuring it is tamper proof and protected from prying eyes. Encrypting an email renders its content and attachments unreadable by anyone except the intended recipient. Additionally, digitally signing an email protects message integrity by ensuring the message has not been altered, either accidentally or maliciously. GlobalSign PersonalSign Certificates also allow users to digitally sign Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access documents directly from Microsoft Office to prevent tampering of content and prove authorship.

Prior to the pioneering introduction of multi-year Email Security Certificates by GlobalSign, customers using similar S/MIME compliant Certificates from other providers would have to re-order/renew Certificates each year. Besides the annual risk of forgetting to re-apply before expiration, users can run into the problem of not being able to open messages encrypted with previous (or lost) Certificates. This occurs when users do not realize that even expired Certificates must be retained or exported, especially if there is a change of computers. By using a three-year validity PersonalSign Certificate, users have fewer Certificates to maintain over prolonged periods, and will not need to complete the annual renewal process required by providers of other solutions.

GlobalSign also offers varying trust levels (incorporating more comprehensive identity verification) for Certificates aimed specifically at enterprises. Such enterprise solutions include Certificates for individuals e.g. Sally Jones of Company ABC and also Certificates issued to entire departments e.g. Marketing Department of Company ABC. For organizations managing multiple Certificates, GlobalSign has a managed PKI solution (ePKI) that allows enterprises to issue high identity assurance Certificates to numerous employees, suppliers, and extranet users for authentication, secure email, and document security services. Certificates are instantly issued against a pre-vetted Organization Profile. Such enterprise level Certificates strengthen corporate brand, reduce support requirements, and tie electronic documents to both the individual and organization. By using ePKI, issuing, reissuing, renewing, and revoking certificates can be completed instantly from the ePKI web portal giving enterprises 24/7 access and control to their Certificates.

GlobalSign is now offering the PersonalSign 1 product with a validity period of three years for only $49. GlobalSign also offers a free 30 day trial of its Secure Email Certificate allowing users to test out features and usability before purchasing.

To learn more about GlobalSign’s Secure Email Solutions, please visit http://www.globalsign.com/authentication-secure-email/

For more information on GlobalSign’s Enterprise PKI, please visit:
http://www.globalsign.com/authentication-secure-email/enterprise-pki/

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AffiliateApex.com Launches Outsourced Affiliate Program Management Service

2009-11-16T06:25:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Affiliate Apex, LLC has launched offering professional affiliate program management services. Bringing years of affiliate program management experience, Affiliate Apex can launch a new affiliate program or build and grow an existing affiliate program. The results are increased sales and revenue at a fraction of the cost of an in house affiliate program manager.

A list of Affiliate Apex’s services can be seen at http://www.affiliateapex.com/services
As a special launch promotion, AffiliateApex.com is allowing merchants to receive a free affiliate program consultation. Simply email sales@affiliateapex.com to speak with us today.

“Many merchants are loosing valuable sales by not having an established affiliate program. Affiliate marketing can account for 10-30% of a merchant’s total monthly sales. We are excited to be launching our services to allow more merchants to take advantage of these substantial sales numbers. We can assist in launching a new program or kick starting a currently stagnant affiliate program.” Said Taylor Hawes, owner of Affiliate Apex, LLC.

To learn more about Affiliate Apex’s services please visit http://www.affiliateapex.com. To take advantage of the free affiliate program consultation please email sales@affiliateapex.com.

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Gregory Markel Talks Video SEO at PubCon 2009

2009-11-16T06:24:00-05:00

Los Angeles, CA (Gawkwire.com) Gregory Markel, president and founder of Infuse Creative, pulled from his 13 years of video search engine marketing and optimization experience, multimedia and rich media SEO and SEM, YouTube video search, online commercials, and mobile video search to share marketing insights with the crowds at PubCon Vegas 2009 on the first day of the conference, Tuesday, November 10, at the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center.

Gregory spoke on three panels focused on site optimization for video content, best practices for creating, integrating, and marketing online video commercials, Google TV, and mobile, and optimizing for multimedia and rich media-based websites, including opportunities for Flash, audio, visual, and embedded content SEO and SEM for traditional search engines and video search engines such as YouTube.

Real-Time Video Search Optimization on an iPhone

In a live demonstration of the mastery of iphone mobile video content creation, keyword optimization, Twitter and Google real-time web results search techniques, Gregory shot video of the #Pubcon attendees with his iPhone at the beginning of his panel while another speaker was presenting, keyword optimized it for “video ranking demo,” Tweeted it to Twitter using the Twittelator iPhone app, and 15mins later at the beginning of his talk, told the audience members with laptops to go to search.twitter.com and search “video ranking demo”, which, they found in the #1 position not only at Twitter, but also at Google.com out of over 23 million results.

Examples: “video ranking demo”
#1 out of 23 Million results at Google: http://bit.ly/3jbgNN
#1 on Twitter Search: http://bit.ly/3GBiAv
The TweetVid ranking page: http://bit.ly/3EyUeX

About Gregory Markel http://bit.ly/2Dnn05
One of the first providers of search marketing in 1996, Gregory is considered one of the top authorities on search engine marketing and optimization as evidenced by the many major global brands and media companies he and his company Infuse Creative have serviced over the years and the 6,000+ pages at Google for keyword “Gregory Markel”+search.

Gregory has been a guest speaker at numerous global search marketing conferences, webinars, and universities since 2000, including SMX, SES, Pubcon, Cal Tech, MTSU, and the USC Annenberg School of Communications.

Gregory was chosen late last year, as a featured expert video search marketing analyst on FOX Business News "Money for Breakfast" with host Alexis Glick, where he provided his expert opinion on the viral marketing effectiveness of the General Motors YouTube video, "U.S. Auto Industry and Ripple Effect.": http://bit.ly/2JEh5w .

In 2009 he spoke at Search Engine Strategies New York on video search, and he hosted a special video focused panel at the 2009 Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose, CA featuring special guests from Google TV, Yahoo and YouTube http://bit.ly/1fBfHH .

He was recently quoted within leading marketing publication Advertising Age magazine about search engine optimization and marketing strategies for Microsoft’s Bing search engine: http://bit.ly/1fBfHH .

Gregory will next be speaking on “How Real-Time Information and Crowd Empowerment Is Impacting Business, Consumers, Marketing, Media, News, and Communication” at Ken Rutkowski’s Media, Entertainment, and Technology Alliance, or “METal”, November 14th in Marina Del Rey.

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i/o Data Centers to Present at Industry Conferences

2009-11-16T06:23:00-05:00

PHOENIX, AZ (Gawkwire.com) Anthony Wanger, president and founder of i/o Data Centers, a leading provider of enterprise colocation and data center solutions, will present at two upcoming industry events. Wanger will discuss “Why Scale Matters” at the 7X24 Exchange Conference in Phoenix on Nov. 17 and participate on a panel discussing “Emerging Green IT: Moving Beyond the Low-Hanging Fruit” at the Interop Conference in New York on Nov. 20.

i/o Data Centers, recognized for its highly efficient data centers, utilizes industry-leading best practices and state-of-the-art technologies such as thermal energy storage, variable frequency drives and ultrasonic humidification to reduce operating costs and enhance reliability. i/o Data Centers has seen incredible growth in 2009 and recently announced the expansion of its Phoenix ONE data center.
“We’re pleased to have the opportunity to participate in these industry events and look forward to a strong turnout,” said Jason Ferrara, i/o Data Centers’ Director of Marketing.

About i/o Data Centers
i/o Data Centers is the leading provider of enterprise colocation and data center solutions. Headquartered 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 colocation solutions including colocation cabinets, colocation cages and data center suites. For more information on i/o Data Centers visit: www.iodatacenters.com http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/i_o_data_centers_to_present_at_industry_conferences.html

Wikimedia Foundation Appoints Craig Newmark to its Advisory Board

2009-11-16T06:22:00-05:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Gawkwire.com) The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia, today announced the appointment of Craig Newmark to the Foundation's Advisory Board. Newmark is the founder of craigslist.org, a site where users connect to find and exchange goods and services, including housing and jobs. He currently works as a customer service representative for the site. Over the past 30 years, Newmark has worked in the technology industry with companies such as IBM, GM, Charles Schwab & Co, and Bank of America.

“Craig’s experience as an innovator and evangelist, coupled with his knowledge of online communities and cultures of trust, will make him an invaluable adviser to the organization,” said Michael Snow, chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. “His deep understanding of customer service and his dedication to fostering an enormous and engaged community of users will be a tremendous asset as we strive to be responsive to our readers and volunteers.”

The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the volunteer-written encyclopedia with a staff of just over 30 people, created its Advisory Board in January 2007 as a mechanism for input from leaders and thinkers in fields such as education, technology, and free culture. Advisory Board members convene with Wikimedia's leadership once a year at the annual Wikimania conference, and also support the organization in their specific areas of expertise.

"We’ve known Craig as a longtime friend and supporter of our projects and we’re deeply grateful for that,” said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. “Craigslist is a like-minded organization with values similar to ours and we’re excited to incorporate his energy and understanding of online communities into our work.”

“Wikipedia is the first draft of history, and is becoming a preeminent tool for grassroots democracy. It's a great example of people working together, professionals and citizens, for the common good,” said Newmark. “The Wikimedia Foundation strives to ensure Wikipedia has high-quality content, but it does share the accuracy and reliability issues common to all media. In my day job, I've learned a little about that, and about general customer service. I figure one of the best things I can do with my life would be to help apply the few things I've learned for the greater good via Wikipedia. I’m excited to dive in."

The Wikimedia Foundation is in the midst of the sixth annual annual fundraising campaign, aiming to bring in over $7.5 million in community contributions to finance operations for the upcoming year. For more information, visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_launches_2009_annual_giving_campaign

The current Advisory Board membership includes:

   • Angela Beesley Starling (Chair, Wikimedia Advisory Board; co-founder, Wikia)
   • Ward Cunningham (Developer of the first wiki)
   • Melissa Hagemann (Open access and open education advocate, Open Society Institute/Soros foundations)
   • Mitch Kapor (Founder/Co-founder Lotus Development, EFF, Mozilla Foundation)
   • Neeru Khosla (Co-founder, CK-12)
   • Teemu Leinonen (Professor, Media Lab, Aalto University)
   • Rebecca MacKinnon (Journalist; founder, Global Voices Online)
   • Wayne Mackintosh (Education specialist, Commonwealth of Learning)
   • Benjamin Mako Hill (Author, free software advocate)
   • Roger McNamee (Venture capital, musician)
   • Trevor Neilson (Partner, Global Philanthropy Group)
   • Craig Newmark (Founder, Craigslist.org)
   • Florence Nibart-Devouard (Former Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees; Consultant in Collaborative Media)
   • Achal Prabhala (Researcher and writer)
   • Clay Shirky (Associate Teacher, Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU)
   • Ethan Zuckerman (Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School)

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CAPS & eGlobal Insight Deliver Advanced Failover & Notification Com System

2009-11-13T06:55:00-05:00

SHELTON, CT and SMYRNA, GA (Gawkwire.com) Computer Alternative Processing Sites (CAPS), Inc. and eGlobal Insight, Inc. today announced a partnership to offer the market’s fastest highly advanced failover and notification communication telecom system to SMB and enterprise clients. The system includes complete modular and multi-functional voice and data capabilities, which solve a myriad of business, disaster recovery, business continuity, emergency management and compliance needs. The feature-rich system fits within any industry sector, such as institutional and private health care, banking, financial services, insurance, government, security, academic institutions, etc.

Under the agreement’s terms, eGlobal Insight’s system becomes part of the CAPS Total IT Solutions products and services roster, expands its business footprint into the IT infrastructure data center space and selects CAPS as its data center disaster recovery site provider. CAPS and eGlobal Insight jointly will market and offer the system immediately to its clients.

The CAPS and eGlobal Insight (eGI) relationship will give clients market leverage and the fastest setup time under any emergency.

They will gain a strategic advantage through the immediate enactment of disaster recovery plan features - work area recovery facilities, full workstation capabilities, IT infrastructure services and failover and notification communication systems - integrated and implemented under one roof. Operations and work schedules continue in a safe, secure redundant environment. All carrier relationships stay the same; there is overall cost-effectiveness and eligibility for Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) reimbursement.

The powerful eGI message notification component meets best-of-breed performance levels with a robust telecom system that works in unison with legacy systems and equals or exceeds existing performance levels. System controls, locations, selection of features and on-the-spot change/modification capabilities are in the client’s hands.

Features and functionality includes primary, secondary and satellite switching, voice-fax-data content and email capabilities, emergency or telecommuting notification applications, instant automatic and toll-free reroute, D.I.D. capture, hosted call controller, boomerang conferencing, find me/follow me notification, conferencing, polling, UCD & hunt overflow and a 7/24 toll-free emergency support hotline.

“With this partnership we will offer our clients an outstanding system that incorporates all the functionality needed in times of crisis, from housing personnel in our workstation area to connectivity into their intellectual assets, in a fast and seamless move,” said Peter J. Messina, senior vice president and chief operating officer of CAPS. “The eGI system delivers exceptional client performance and ROI levels.”

“We are extremely pleased to add the services from CAPS to the eGI FailSafe voice recovery system and our AlwaysConnected satellite voice and data emergency network,” said Charles F. Turcan, president and CEO of eGlobal Insight. “An Emergency Communications Plan must be part of your business continuity plan. However, it is impossible to predict the circumstances that will test your plan. The only way, to ensure that your voice and data networks are adequately backed up, is to have a resilient system that is always on and ready to respond to any emergency. And now with CAPS we can extend that coverage to a Hot Site capability preconfigured for phone and computer workstations and emergency data backup.”

CAPS SAS 70 Type II facilities in Shelton, Connecticut serve the Boston-New York Northeast business corridor, and a 56,000 square-foot metropolitan Atlanta facility serves Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Forrester Research named CAPS a “strong performer” in the Fixed-Site Disaster Recovery Service Providers category in its Q1 2008 Wave Report. According to the report, “CAPS can offer high-performance solutions in its region and boasts very high customer satisfaction levels.”

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Cloudmark Selected To Protect Millions of Business Class Mailboxes

2009-11-13T06:11:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced that Network Solutions®, a leading provider of Web solutions for small businesses, has selected Cloudmark to provide spam, phishing and virus protection for Network Solutions’ more than 2.2 million email subscribers. By using Cloudmark Gateway, a high-performance edge mail transfer agent (MTA), in conjunction with Cloudmark Authority™, Network Solutions’ hosted email customers will receive the industry's fastest, most flexible, and most accurate edge message filtering solution.

With the recent re-launch of Network Solutions’ business class email solution, the company needed an advanced messaging solution that would offer increased spam and virus protection for hosted email customers, as well as increased operational efficiency. Network Solutions chose Cloudmark due to its unparalleled accuracy in stopping messaging threats and abuse across multiple vectors. With the Cloudmark solution in place, Network Solutions has already increased its filtering accuracy by 10-15 percent. Furthermore, Cloudmark’s unmatched performance has enabled Network Solutions to easily scale as its customer base grows.

“Cloudmark gives us the ability to offer our customers the fastest and most accurate response against spam attacks,” said Navin Ganeshan, senior director of Web Presence Services for Network Solutions. “For small businesses, email is a lifeline to their customers so it is very important to us that we offer our customers the most effective spam and virus protection software in the industry.”

As a high-performance MTA, Cloudmark Gateway with Cloudmark Authority prevents unwanted email from impacting user inboxes and messaging infrastructure by performing intelligent protocol and content filtering at the perimeter of the hosted environment. The result is a solution that significantly reduces infrastructure needs and improves the quality of service offered to customers.

In addition, due to a unique combination of Advanced Message Fingerprinting™ technology and real-time corroborated feedback from Cloudmark’s Global Threat Network™system, Cloudmark detects messaging abuse with approximately 98 percent accuracy and near-zero false positives, while delivering the highest level of protection against new threat outbreaks and attacks.

“With the sophistication of malicious attacks increasing every day, it is important for hosting companies to provide their customers with advanced protection from these spam, phishing and virus attacks,” said Jamie de Guerre, CTO at Cloudmark. “Network Solutions is committed to providing its customers with superior products and service and with Cloudmark Gateway, together with Cloudmark Authority, Network Solutions is able to offer its customers a truly reliable email service.”

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Better Business Bureau Accredits Cirtex Corp., HostV, CirtexHosting

2009-11-12T12:55:00-05:00

NEW YORK, NY (Gawkwire.com) Cirtex Corp. announced today it has received accreditation from the Better Business Bureau of New York, an important measure of trust, integrity, and reliability for businesses. The accreditation applies to the company’s two hosting brands, CirtexHosting and HostV.

As an accredited business, Cirtex Corp. meets all BBBOnLine participation and Better Business Bureau accreditation standards and is authorized to display the BBB Accredited Business seal. The Better Business Bureau gives the company an “A” rating, based on several years of records and successful resolution of all recorded customer complaints.

“For nearly a century, the Better Business Bureau has worked to gather and report information about the reliability of businesses. Receiving accreditation from the Better Business Bureau is an important indication of how our company does business, and it underscores what thousands of our customers have known for years: we take trust very seriously,” said Cirtex Corp. president John Xie.

As an accredited business by the Better Business Bureau, Cirtex Corp. is required to abide by the program’s accreditation standards, which include honest advertising, transparent business management information, honoring promises, privacy protection, and establishing a track record of trust.

CirtexHosting offers a variety of Unmetered Bandwidth hosting plans and Semi-Dedicated hosting plans, in addition to Shared hosting and Reseller hosting plans. With Unmetered Bandwidth Hosting, customers can host bandwidth-intensive applications and stream multimedia without worrying about exceeding arbitrary caps or facing crippling overage fees.

HostV also provides a variety of Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting solutions. VPS Hosting plans from HostV start at $39.99/monthly for 25GB of disk space and 1000GB of top-tier data transfer. All accounts include full support for video hosting, free data backups, and HostV’s premium customer support.

To learn more about Cirtex Corp., please visit http://www.cirtex.com.
To learn more about HostV, please visit http://www.hostv.com.
To learn more about CirtexHosting, please visit http://www.cirtexhosting.com.

About Cirtex Corp.
Founded in 2003, Cirtex Corp. is the leading provider of shared, reseller, virtual and dedicated web hosting solutions. The company serves thousands of customers internationally through two dynamic brands—CirtexHosting and HostV. Cirtex Corp. offers 24/7 technical support and a 30-Day unconditional guarantee.

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dotDigital Wins Growth Strategy Of The Year At National Business Awards

2009-11-12T12:54:00-05:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) dotDigital Group PLC has won the Business Link Growth Strategy of the Year Award at the 2009 National Business Awards. The full service digital marketing company, which is quoted on the PLUS market, was recognised for its organic growth strategy that has achieved outstanding levels of sales, profit and market share improvement.

The dotDigital Group has recently announced strong growth figures for 2008-09, despite a challenging economic climate. The Group revealed a revenue increase of 91% to £4.7m, driven by an aggressive expansion and new business strategy. Customer numbers increased 113% from 1,072 to 2,282 over the last 14 months, with the Group adding a roster of high profile clients including DHL, Kodak, Nationwide and EDF Energy.

Peter Simmonds, CEO of dotDigital Group PLC, said: “In a competitive industry sector, we have consistently demonstrated that we can grow our business by recognising and servicing the needs of our clients and customers. This award is recognition that our team of digital marketing experts have been able to deliver products and services that offer fantastic ROI and stand up against our competitors.”
Over the last three years, the dotDigital Group PLC has transformed itself from a niche website design agency and email service provider into one of the UK’s leading full service digital marketing agencies. In that time, a series of new business units have been created and the Group is now made up of four main brands: dotMailer, dotCommerce, dotEditor and dotAgency.

Philip Forrest, Chairman of Judges, The National Business Awards, said: “It was a close call, but dotDigital beat out other organisations for The Growth Strategy of the Year Award, with its bold strategy and excellent presentation. The judges agreed dotDigital had a clear integrated strategy which made their proposition attractive to all stakeholders, in turn providing a platform for strong continuous growth.”

Ray Lambe, Deputy Programme Director, businesslink.gov.uk said: "Business Link is very proud to be presenting the growth strategy award to dotDigital. Companies like dotDigital that are looking to take their business to the next level can often benefit from objective external advice and guidance to help accelerate growth and make the most out of every possible opportunity."

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'Ask the Search Engines' Presented at Search Marketing Now, Dec. 1, 1 PM EST

2009-11-12T12:53:00-05:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) On Tuesday, December 1, at 1 PM Eastern Standard Time, representatives from Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft will answer audience questions about search marketing, on the Search Marketing Now webcast, "Ask the Search Engines: War Stories from the World Tour. The webcast is free and is sponsored by iProspect.

Speakers include: Bill Muller, CMO, iProspect; Brian Kaminski, EVP, iProspect; John Shea, Account Executive, National Agency Team, Google; Rob Wilk, Director – Search Optimization & Strategy, Yahoo!; Patrick Harris, National Sales Manager, Microsoft.

For six weeks during the Fall of 2009 executives from iProspect — in partnership with executives from Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft — traveled to 10 cities around the U.S. hosting events for 15-25 search engine marketers in each city. At these events the iProspect and search engine executives arrived in each city prepared to answer any and all questions about search engine marketing put to them.

A number of themes emerged from the live events, including: biggest missed search marketing opportunities in today's economy; the Yahoo!/Microsoft merger/transition; search marketing integration with other channels; is mobile search ready for prime time? -- and much more. This webcast is intended to be a virtual version of one of those events, with iProspect and its search engine colleagues prepared to field as many questions they have as time allows.

This webcast is sponsored by iProspect, the Original Search Engine Marketing Firm. Since 1996 the company has helped many of the world’s most successful brands maximize their online marketing ROI through natural search engine optimization, pay per click advertising management, paid inclusion management, shopping feed management, search leveraged public relations, online display advertising, and other related services. By dramatically increasing business results for clients, iProspect helps to create search marketing heroes every day.

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Cybertegic Offers Free Website Design Mock-Ups

2009-11-12T12:51:00-05:00

City of Industry, CA (Gawkwire.com) Search engine optimization and Internet marketing company Cybertegic is lending its expert services to those who are interested in starting an e-commerce business. For the entire month of November, this SEO company is offering free website design mock-ups. Through its team of seasoned e-commerce web designers, programmers, and search engine optimization experts, all potential clients can take advantage of expert tips and consultation from Cybertegic for producing a website mock-up.

As a company, Cybertegic is not only an expert in search engine optimization (SEO) and Internet marketing, it is also a leading e-commerce solution provider. Cybertegic builds e-commerce business from ground-up, providing e-commerce solutions and platforms for businesses of different sizes. From planning, implementation to execution, Cybertegic builds e-businesses every step of the way. Clients have placed their full trust and availed of the search engine optimization and Internet marketing services Cybertegic offers.

Geared to generate real results through its search engine optimization (seo) and Internet marketing services, Cybertegic has earned for itself and two more clients the top positions in major search engines. Cybertegic is now found in Google's top search results for "Internet video marketing service," "Yahoo marketing services email," "shopping site marketing," and "comparison site marketing."

Due to Cybertegic's PPC and SEO efforts, BestPack.com, a manufacturer of packaging equipment and supplies, has made its way to Google top search results for "carton sealer," "carton sealer machine," "caster sealers," "traymaker;" and Yahoo's top search results for "carton sealing tapes."

In addition, RitzTours.com, leading provider of Asia and China tours are in top of Google's search results for "tour of Asia," "vacation tour," "China vacation tour," "best Asia tour;" and Yahoo's search results for "Asia tour" and "Saigon tour."

With its tried and tested search engine optimization methods and internet marketing services, Cybertegic is indeed a fully-integrated e-commerce company that builds business from scratch and nurtures them to its full potential.

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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak to Appear on WebmasterRadio.FM

2009-11-12T12:50:00-05:00

Fort Lauderdale, FL (Gawkwire.com) Fort Lauderdale, FL [PRWEB November 12, 2009 -- Steve Wozniak (aka: “The Woz”) is one of the most significant engineers in IT history. No other person has had as much influence over how computer users actually use their computers. The desktop or graphic user interface (GUI) seen on virtually every Apple and PC was developed by Wozniak, as was the software that powers the external mouse. In short, Steve Wozniak invented the personal computer, paving the way for the greatest communications revolution in human history.

Appearing on WebmasterRadio.FM for the second time, Steve Wozniak will discuss his history in IT and his recent stint on the reality TV show “Dancing with the Stars”. He will also discuss his latest interest, Fusion-IO, a company specializing in the design of data storage and FLASH drive devices.

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer on April 1, 1976. During his twelve years working directly with Apple, Wozniak was responsible for the development of personal computers as we know them today. Though he remains an employee of Apple and continues to draw a salary from the company, Woz has not worked at Apple since February 1987.

Since then, Woz has sponsored two of the largest music festivals in history, founded several IT companies, invented the first universal remote control, perfected the game of Seguay Polo, started a technologies acquisitions and development firm and written an autobiography. He also completed his university degree and spent time teaching fifth grade students. Steve Wozniak has enjoyed a wider and more fulfilled career than anyone else could expect. Did we mention he invented the personal computer?

“Interviewing Steve Wozniak is going to be one of the highlights of my career,” said Rainmaker co-host Daron Babin. “Woz is one of the greatest living legends and one of history’s most important inventors. He truly stands alone as one of the most significant Rainmakers of all time.”

WebmasterRadio.FM is proud to announce that Mr. Wozniak will be a guest on the B2B network’s public relations and entertainment show, Rainmaker. The interview will air live, Thursday November 12, 2009 at 6PM eastern. Tune in for one of the most fascinating interviews in WebmasterRadio.FM’s five year history.

About WebmasterRadio.FM WebmasterRadio.FM lifts the "veiled curtain" of the Internet, bringing the business community together through an interactive radio network. Its listeners are a global group, comprised of everyone from corporate executives and decision makers to small and mid-sized businesses and individual entrepreneurs. WebmasterRadio.FM's stellar line-up of radio programming includes "CoverStory" with Jiyan Wei of PRWeb, WebmasterRadio.FM's official newswire; “Market Edge” with W2/Racepoint Group Chairman Larry Weber; Fired Up! with Gordon Rudow of Bonfire Communications; "SEM Synergy” with Search Engine Marketing Industry Leader Bruce Clay and more. To tune into WebmasterRadio.FM's live content or check out the show lineup, please visit www.WebmasterRadio.FM.

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Open-Xchange & Dotster to Provide Users with E-Mail and Groupware

2009-11-12T07:03:00-05:00

NUREMBERG, Germany and VANCOUVER, WA (Gawkwire.com) Open-Xchange, the leading provider of business-class open source collaboration software, announced today an agreement with Dotster, Inc., a leading full-service provider of essential resources for businesses and individuals to get online and grow online, to deploy Open-Xchange for its e-mail users.

Dotster has established itself among the world's largest domain name registrars with more than 3 million domain holdings under management and servicing hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide.

By offering Open-Xchange e-mail and personal information management (PIM) as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Dotster enables its customers to work productively with the AJAX-based Open-Xchange anywhere they have access to a browser and an Internet connection. Open-Xchange enables synchronization with Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, native Mac applications iCal and Address Book, as well as most popular smartphones, including iPhone, Nokia and Windows Mobile.

With recently introduced “Social OX” features, Open-Xchange also gives users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts—for example from Google and Yahoo—into a folder in Open-Xchange so they can be managed more easily. In addition, contact details from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Xing can be added automatically to the Open-Xchange address book—giving users easy access to the latest contact information within their personal network. Users can now integrate and merge their address books from Google Mail and Facebook into Open-Xchange, as well.

“With Open-Xchange, we offer our customers business-class e-mail and PIM functionality at no additional charge,” said Clint Page, CEO of Dotster. “Open-Xchange sets the standard for groupware solutions, giving users the ability to team up with others inside and outside of their enterprise, as well as the ability to engage regardless of the social network their contacts are using. Through the free webmail offering, our customers can get to know the benefits of Open-Xchange without any obligation and, if they want, go to a complete groupware solution and mobile solution at any time.”

“Social OX is useful because it allows Open Xchange users to consolidate all their contact data that is maintained on social networks and free webmail accounts," said Philbert Shih, senior analyst, Tier1 Research. "Bringing together contact information stored from all these different locations boosts user productivity and enables control from one place. Being able to access this information via the Internet or a smartphone, anywhere, anytime, is an additional benefit. This is an important development for messaging providers as they look for ways to deliver features and functionality to users that allow them to differentiate from the competition."

"With Open-Xchange, service providers get a scalable platform for business-class e-mail without extra cost," says Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "Selling complementary and valuable services for Open-Xchange helps service providers to differentiate themselves, increase their average revenue per user and significantly grow profitability. By leveraging our Open-Xchange software, Dotster can gain competitive advantage, solidify their relationship with existing customers and attract new customer audiences, as well." http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/open-xchange_dotster_to_provide_users_with_e-mail_and_groupware.html

Sixth Annual Campaign to Protect Wikipedia Kicks Off

2009-11-12T07:02:00-05:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Gawkwire.com) "Wikipedia Forever" is the bold proclamation and call to action that can be found currently among banners on the free encyclopedia. Today the Wikimedia Foundation launched its 2009 campaign to raise the funds needed to protect Wikipedia as a space for the free and open sharing of human knowledge. This year's online annual giving campaign aims to raise over $7.5 million to support the Foundation's overall annual spending of $9.4 million.

“Wikipedia has become more than just a website,” said Jimmy Wales, founder of the free online encyclopedia, which is now one of the five most popular websites in the world according to comScore. “For millions of people, it’s become an indispensable part of their daily lives.”

Funds raised by the campaign will be used to defray normal operating costs such as the cost of bandwidth and servers, as well as to support projects aimed at making Wikipedia easier to use, encouraging more people to contribute, and increasing the availability of free knowledge for more people, in more languages, in more parts of the world. Wikipedia currently offers 13 million articles in over 250 languages, and is used by 330 million people around the world.

"People of every culture and every language use Wikipedia every day. What they share is a commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual discovery," said Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and eight other free knowledge projects. “This is our opportunity to celebrate Wikipedia and everything it stands for — freedom, sharing, openness, collaboration, the power of knowledge — and to help keep Wikipedia free for everyone to use, now and into the future. People should support Wikipedia because it's always there when they need it, because they use it, and because they love it."

The campaign will run through January 2010, with notices at the top of Wikipedia pages asking readers for their support. Other sites supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, such as Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons, will also run the campaign. Donors can follow the campaign notices on Wikimedia sites to donate or go directly to http://donate.wikimedia.org

This year, for the first time, the Wikimedia Foundation will also offer the opportunity to give by mobile phone. Anyone with a U.S.-based cellphone can make a donation by texting "WIKI" to 25383. The $10 donation is charged to their phone bill.

Throughout the campaign, fans can follow updates, live donor comments, and other information about Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation projects via Twitter and Identi.ca using @wikipedia and @wikimedia. Microbloggers are encouraged to tag their own comments about the campaign with #wikipedia. The Foundation will also update its blog (http://blog.wikimedia.org) throughout the campaign with fundraiser progress, guest bloggers, and insights about the projects and its users.

“Knowledge is not just power, it’s connection. It’s what makes us human,” Wales added. “Together we’ve built the greatest collection of shared human knowledge in history. That’s worth protecting.”

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Interxion Appoints Frederik Dewulf as MD Belgium

2009-11-12T07:01:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has appointed Frederik Dewulf as Managing Director of Interxion Belgium. Dewulf brings a wealth of management, sales and financial expertise to Interxion.

Dewulf has held senior, international management positions in France Telecom, Verizon and ACN. During his tenure in these and other positions Dewulf has developed extensive experience in managing complex customer environments, capital-intensive projects and positioning companies for accelerated growth.

“Frederik’s appointment further strengthens our Belgium management team as strong demand for carrier-neutral colocation continues unabated in Belgium as in Interxion’s ten other markets,” said Anthony Foy, Interxion Group MD. “With his 15 years’ experience leading business development and his strong commercial background, he is the perfect candidate to drive the business to even greater successes.”

“Despite the current economic environment, Interxion continues to invest in building out its European footprint,” said Dewulf. “I look forward to using my experience and expertise to drive the continued growth of Interxion Belgium.”

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Lime Labs Launches Free Hosting and Domain Registration Service

2009-11-12T06:56:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Lime Labs today announced the launch of its new hosting and domain registration service, LimeDomains. An ICANN accredited domain registrar, LimeDomains offers a wide range of hosting solutions, ranging from completely free full-featured websites, to competitively priced premium hosting plans that include more space, bandwidth and the ability to manage several domains and websites from a single account.

“LimeDomains makes it easy for people to get powerful websites running quickly and easily,” said Mark Gorton, Founder of LimeLabs. “LimeDomains offers free hosting and free application installation, and we are finding that many people appreciate the great value we are offering.”

All LimeDomains accounts come with access to an extensive catalog of open source web applications ranging from popular blogs such as Wordpress, to full-featured content management systems such as Drupal and Joomla. Users can also upload their own files or transfer their existing websites, such as their Geocities pages, to LimeDomains via a built-in file manager, or any popular FTP client. Most popular web design applications, such as Adobe Dreamweaver, are also supported.

Unlike other free hosting services, there are no strings attached to the free hosting offer on LimeDomains. Users do not have to sign-up for any third party services, or submit themselves to a barrage of solicitations (e-mail, or otherwise), or place mandatory ads on their website. Most importantly, the free accounts are not crippled in any way and receive the same quality of service, performance and reliability that most other hosting services charge a premium for.

“We’re excited to be first to market with a credible, full-featured free website solution,” said John Enright, VP Marketing & Business Development at LimeLabs. “Our feature set and customer experience is already well ahead of any other hosting service, free or otherwise, and this is just the beginning.”

About Lime Labs, LLC.
Lime Labs is an innovative web services company focused on facilitating the exchange of ideas and information through technology. Its portfolio of services includes LimeExchange, a global services marketplace; LimeDomains, a web hosting and domain registration service; and LimeBits, an open source code sharing community.

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Safe Online Shopping: Don't Expose Yourself

2009-11-11T07:24:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Especially when hunting for obscure items or odd sizes, shoppers can find more variety online than they can find in local stores. Unfortunately, the quality of the merchants they encounter online also varies widely. Some may be nationally-advertised retailers with a local presence; others may be fly-by-night scammers.

Unfamiliar websites may even be contagious with malicious software. Just in case, before browsing to unfamiliar websites, shoppers should be sure that their antivirus and firewall software, such as Comodo Internet Security, are up-to-date.

The purchase decision is easy if the item is for sale by a business the shopper already knows and trusts. On the other hand, an unknown and untrusted seller may have a one-of-a-kind item. How can a shopper decide whether to trust the seller and proceed with the sale?

Is the Seller Trustworthy? What Does the Public Say?

Singular items are often sold on auction sites, which offer their own rating systems. Does the seller have a good rating at that site?

If the seller has his or her own website, visual symbols on the site may offer clues: a Better Business Bureau BBBonline symbol, for example, or an online ratings system such as UserTrust.

To check for online complaints against the merchant, open up a search engine. Type the domain name of the merchant plus the word "scam." For example, if the hypothetical merchant's website is known as www.size20pants.com, Google "size20pants.com scam." Do this again, but replace the word "scam" with "fraud." Are there many recent reports? Ideally there would be none, but even a stellar merchant or a patient customer may have a bad day.

Good indicators, or the lack of bad ones, can help shoppers decide whether or not to trust an online merchant with their money and their personal information.

Share Personal Information Prudently

Even if the item is a tremendous bargain, or not available anywhere else, online shoppers must still be cautious. If the merchant is dishonest, the shopper can lose more than the purchase price. The "merchant" may be an identity thief, or may intend to charge extra purchases to the customer's credit or debit card. Shoppers should try to entrust as little of their confidential information as possible to the site, just in case.

Many online purchases are abandoned when the shopper learns about additional charges. Before shoppers decide to purchase and enter personal information on the website, they should look for shipping and handling charges. That way they can make their final decision on the purchase before committing personal information to the site.

When dealing with an unknown website, a smart move is to choose not to share financial information directly with the site, but to use an online payment site such as PayPal. Wire transfers are not recommended; even Western Union's web site cautions against wiring money to strangers.

How Does the Merchant Protect Personal Information?

Once the shopper decides to buy, he or she enters a screen that asks for the shopper's name or customer number. As soon as that screen opens up, savvy shoppers look in the upper left hand of their browser. Ordinarily the left hand side of the browser address bar says "HTTP." However, at this point it should change. If the business is collecting private information and it accepts credit cards (even if the customer intends to pay via a payment site) the website must change its communications to encrypted or offer a comparable substitute.

Encrypted communications are scrambled so that no one but the shopper and the website can understand them. To show that the communication is encrypted, the browser address bar displays "HTTPS" (for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure). If the browser address bar still says HTTP, shoppers should ask merchants how their information is being protected. Since encryption is the standard protection, shoppers should remain skeptical of any answer they do not understand.

The Sale's Not Over Till the Paperwork's Done

After the heady excitement of the purchase itself comes the less glamorous and equally important aspect of record-keeping. If the item arrives damaged, or does not arrive at all, shoppers will find it difficult to protest unless they kept thorough notes, whether printouts or screen shots, when they contact the merchant. Reputable and trustworthy merchants will work with customers to complete the sale satisfactorily.

Eternal vigilance is the price of great online shopping. Shoppers who scrutinize their online merchants with a keen eye beforehand, and who share their personal information only cautiously can find bargains and save time on the Internet.

About Comodo
Comodo is a leading brand in Internet security, covering an extensive range of security software and services, including digital certificates, PCI scanning, desktop security, online faxing, and computer technical support services.

Businesses and consumers worldwide recognize Comodo as standing for security and trust. Comodo products secure and authenticate online transactions for over 200,000 businesses and have more than 18,000,000 installations of Comodo desktop security software, including an award-winning firewall and antivirus software offered at no charge.

The Comodo family of companies is committed to continual innovation, core competencies in PKI, authentication, and malware detection and prevention. As a catalyst in eliminating online crime, the companies' mission is to establish a Trusted Internet.

With US headquarters overlooking Manhattan on New Jersey's waterfront, and global resources in United Kingdom, China, India, Ukraine, and Romania, Comodo products offer intelligent security, authentication, and assurance.

Comodo -- Creating Trust Online®. For more information, visit http://www.comodo.com

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The Planet Inks Ayuda Networks to New Partner Plus Channel Program

2009-11-11T07:23:00-05:00

HOUSTON, TX (Gawkwire.com) The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that Ayuda Networks (http://www.ayudanetworks.com) has signed on to join the company’s recently launched Partner Plus program. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Ayuda Networks is a highly regarded leader in IT infrastructure connectivity strategy and services. From IT hosting, data connectivity, rich media distribution and cloud storage expertise, Ayuda Networks consults with client companies around the world, evaluating their connectivity requirements and implementing the best solutions for their specific businesses.
With this newly formed relationship, Ayuda Networks adds The Planet to its portfolio of top-tier solution providers. The company plans to include The Planet in recommendations to clients evaluating managed and dedicated hosting, as well as colocation services.

“Companies around the world rely on partners to provide the consulting services required in making strategic IT decisions,” said Tom Blair, vice president of Global Sales with The Planet. “As our inaugural partner in the new Partner Plus program, Ayuda Networks brings a stellar reputation for quality products and services. They have carefully evaluated our portfolio and recognize it as a valuable addition for their customers who are looking for IT infrastructure capabilities.”

“We have a long history and steep criteria for adding a service provider as a potential solution for one of our clients in need of managed or colocation services,” said Tina Burke, president and founder of Ayuda Networks. “Our clients depend on us to bring them the best answer to their current questions and potential market offers in the IT infrastructure space. The Planet has met or exceeded those, and we will offer their network and data center offerings to our clients locally and around the world. They are a strategic and timely addition to our portfolio of solutions providers.”

About The Planet Partner Plus Program
The Planet Partner Plus program offers three unique models to match any partner’s business. Each category provides strategic advantages to enable successful partner relationships. Constructed to ensure zero channel conflict and drive more business, partners benefit from personalized relationships with assigned account managers, expert sales training, and access to events and development programs. The Planet also provides data center tours for partners and their clients, along with meeting rooms to make selling easy and convenient.

For more information about The Planet Partner Plus, visit the Web site at www.theplanet.com/partnerplus.

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Second-Ever Web Host Boot Camp Virtual Conference Scheduled for December

2009-11-11T06:37:00-05:00

PORTAGE, MI (Gawkwire.com) Web Host Boot Camp today announced its second-ever virtual conference for web hosting companies, hosting resellers, web designers, and other web hosting industry professionals will be held December 7-9, 2009, featuring nearly two dozen educational sessions, networking opportunities, and an exhibit hall with a variety of industry vendors.

For a limited time, registration to the Web Host Boot Camp in December is free of charge for industry professionals. Attendees must be registered to participate in interactive networking events and to utilize the newly implemented social networking dashboard. In June, more than 85 percent of those who registered for the conference participated in lectures and interactive sessions. More information about registration is available at http://www.webhostbootcamp.net/attendees/signup.php.

“When we formulated the idea for Web Host Boot Camp last year, we faced a lot of really tough questions. On paper, our model looked promising, but in practice, could a virtual conference in our industry succeed? And would attendees find value? It only took a few days after the first conference in June to recognize that the answer to both of these questions is an overwhelming ‘yes,’” said Zachary McClung, president of Web Host Boot Camp. “Now we’re focused on taking it to the next level and refining the concept. In these economic times, the demand for professional development opportunities like Web Host Boot Camp has never been greater.”

Web Host Boot Camp plans to draw approximately 700 attendees at the next event and has already secured a wide variety of vendor sponsorships, including Turnkey Internet (http://www.turnkeyinternet.net), Kayako (http://www.kayako.com), CDG Commerce (http://www.cdgcommerce.com) and Verio (http://www.verio.com). Media sponsors also include TheWHIR (http://www.thewhir.com), Ping! Zine Web hosting magazine (http://www.pingzine.com), HostingDiscussion.com (http://www.hostingdiscussion.com), iNetMania (http://www.inetmaniagame.com), and Codango (http://www.codango.com).

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for future Web Host Boot Camp events, please visit http://www.webhostbootcamp.net/sponsor.

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LinMin Release 5.5 Introduces ‘Provisioning Rollback’ for Optimization

2009-11-11T06:33:00-05:00

REDWOOD CITY, CA (Gawkwire.com) LinMin, maker of award-winning hosting automation software LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning™, today unveiled Release 5.5, featuring Provisioning Rollback, the ingenious synergy of bare metal provisioning and bare metal imaging technologies for Linux and Windows.

By definition, bare metal operations destroy all prior contents of systems: LinMin’s new capability makes it easy to automatically capture a system’s disk image and only then install a new operating system. Regardless of whether this operating system deployment was done in error or performed explicitly to shift computing resources in near-real time during peak demand, or to test new configurations, LinMin makes it trivial to “undo” the provisioning event and roll a system back to its fully-operational known-good state that immediately preceded the bare metal provisioning event.

With LinMin Release 5.5, users in hosting and corporate data centers can now quickly deliver systems running Debian 4 and 5 in addition to all major versions of Linux and Windows. After LinMin has been integrated into hosting control panels using the Application Programming Interface (API), dedicated server end customers can remotely repurpose systems to over 100 different versions and architectures of Linux and Windows without involving hosting company staff.

“Only by using LinMin to provision our physical infrastructure can we grow as fast as we do. And now that LinMin provisions Debian, we’ve introduced customer-initiated self-service bare metal server provisioning for all major versions of Linux and Windows,” said Matteo Berlonghi, CTO of SeFlow, a leading Italian hosting provider. “By empowering our dedicated server customers to repurpose their systems at will, quality of service gets even higher without involving SeFlow team members.”

“Hosting companies and system builders are finding ways of leveraging the combination of bare metal provisioning and bare metal imaging in ways we never even thought of,” said Laurent Gharda, CEO and founder of LinMin Corp. “In introducing Provisioning Rollback, or what we call the ‘oops’ button, we’ve automated what customers were already doing manually using LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning. Our customers really deserve the credit.”

Pricing:
LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning 5.5 for Linux and Windows is available for free trial and purchase now and is priced at $999 for up to 100 systems, $1,999 for up to 250 systems, $3,499 for up to 500 systems, $5,999 for up to 1,000 systems and $9,999 for up to 2000 systems.

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BoxedArt Launches Expanded New Web Site Featuring Nearly $3 Million in Inventory

2009-11-11T06:29:00-05:00

GAINESVILLE, FL (Gawkwire.com) BoxedArt, a Web design destination renowned for providing the Web’s largest membership collection of templates and related developer products, today launched a massively expanded new version of its Web site, featuring an astonishing collection of new features, including community driven opportunities, and over $3 million dollars in inventory for an even lower purchase price than the previous nominal fee.

With the new launch, BoxedArt greatly expanded its design collection. New categories include Twitter Backgrounds, MySpace 1.0 and 2.0 Layouts, eBay Templates, Printable Door Hanger Signs, Printable Greeting Cards, and Printable Poster Templates. A new bonus section for developers offers a collection of business documents, such as contracts, invoices, work orders, questionnaires, and dozens of other useful client focused pages. These new categories are in addition to the thousands of professionally designed web site templates, flash templates, logo templates, themes, multimedia products, and already existing 40 categories of items included with the purchase of a membership.

Members can now download all of it for rates starting as low as $39.99 a month.

“Over the last few months we’ve made draft after draft of concepts for the new BoxedArt design. The result? A design that not only takes into consideration user feedback, with particular attention paid to functionality, ease of browsing and searching, and the addition of more enhanced, stylized designs, but, further, conforms to the new standards in web design trends and aesthetic appeal in greater detail than ever before,” said Mark Greenberg, marketing director for BoxedArt parent company Big Resources, Inc.

The new site also offers many cosmetic and behind-the-scenes improvements, including a more intuitive “items per page” interface, faster page loading times, and greater compliance with a variety of Web browsers.

Newly added features also include a “To Do List” function, which enables users to create lists of items and share their lists with others collaboratively. Users can also add designs and other files to their “My Favorites” section, allowing them to come back at a later time and retrieve the items for download or share the URL with a client or colleague for consideration.

BoxedArt also introduced new developer plans that enable developers to use BoxedArt templates on client sites. Developers also now receive FREE unlimited access to Themestock.com, which provides the world’s largest collection of skins for open source Content Management Systems, including Mambo, Joomla, PHP Nuke, PostNuke, osCommerce, CRE Loaded, osCMax, Drupal, WordPress, XOOPs, Zen Cart, and many more.

BoxedArt has the largest membership collection of templates for the web, print, and graphic design. In total, nearly $3,000,000 in products can be downloaded for under $40.

For more information about BoxedArt, please visit http://www.boxedart.com.

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GoGrid and EdgeCast Networks Release On-Demand Cloud Infrastructure

2009-11-10T11:16:00-05:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) GoGrid, a leading Cloud Computing Infrastructure Hosting provider, and EdgeCast Networks, the superior, cost-effective rich media content delivery network (CDN), have announced a technology partnership which includes the release of a CDN coupled with Cloud Infrastructure Hosting. This on-demand service allows customers to scale their web presence and accelerate the delivery of web-content using a global content delivery infrastructure.

With the GoGrid CDN, powered by EdgeCast, users enjoy the qualities inherent to the Cloud, along with the advantages of a distributed global network. The new integrated service offers pay-as-you-go pricing, no contracts and no minimum usage requirements.

A CDN ensures that content is immediately available around the world, especially during periods of high demand. When used in conjunction with GoGrid cloud hosting, infrastructure can be scaled immediately to meet demand.

"EdgeCast now gives GoGrid customers a best-in-class solution for on-demand CDN services," said John Keagy, CEO and co-founder of GoGrid. "From start-up to enterprise, all GoGrid customers can now easily expand existing architecture and deploy additional content delivery services without any huge capital expenses or long-term commitments. It is a real win-win!"

Using a utility pricing model, the GoGrid CDN ensures that customers' content is quickly and easily distributed throughout the network consisting of 16 points of presence (POPs) on 4 continents. The GoGrid CDN features include:

Website acceleration – faster page load times for your website

Large object download service – for software, videos, games, music, podcasts and movies – the best way to provide delivery of downloads

On-demand video streaming – Flash and Windows

Live video streaming – Flash and Windows

Security – all of the important security features needed for online business including SSL delivery and Token-based Authentication

Cname support – disguise the GoGrid CDN URL with a customized URL

Advanced reporting – the most comprehensive reporting and analytics suite in the industry – over 60 reports to help improve and optimize website performance – view bandwidth consumption, breakdowns of downloads by media type, geography, file type and popularity

Real-time reporting – view usage statistics on a real-time dashboard

Additionally, with the GoGrid CDN powered by EdgeCast, customers enjoy the most flexible service offering available in the Cloud Computing marketplace with control panels, "instant-on" service, best-in-class reporting and a full service Global CDN product.

"Many of our customers experience sudden surges in demand for their content, and without the ability to scale quickly, that can be crippling," said James Segil, president of EdgeCast Networks. "Our relationship with GoGrid gives customers the peace of mind of knowing that, on a moment's notice, the sky is the limit for their digital assets - whether they need processing power, edge storage, or lightning-fast delivery to any city in the world."

GoGrid Cloud Infrastructure Hosting with CDN services are available immediately as a beta offering. Customers can learn more by visiting the GoGrid site.

About EdgeCast Networks, Inc. - http://www.edgecast.com

EdgeCast offers a superior, cost-effective global content delivery service that gives customers and partners competitive advantage in the delivery of digital media. EdgeCast's world-class content delivery platform provides customers the cost benefits and flexibility of controlling their own content delivery network while freeing them from capital investments and operational hassles. To learn more, visit www.edgecast.com.

About GoGrid - http://www.gogrid.com

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Network Solutions Now Offers Cloudmark Spam and Virus Protection

2009-11-10T11:15:00-05:00

Herndon, VA (Gawkwire.com) Domain and email services provider Network Solutions® now offers Cloudmark spam and virus protection for all email accounts. Cloudmark Authority® is a software solution that delivers the industry’s most effective and highest performing -spam, phishing and virus protection. This protection is now available to customers using any of Network Solutions’ email services, including nsMail™ and nsMail Pro.

The Cloudmark system was the first messaging security provider to truly offer customers a genuine voice in the fight against spam. Leveraging patented Advance Message Fingerprinting and sender intelligence technology, combined with feedback from a Global Threat network of trusted reporters, automated and anonymous traffic analysis and security expertise, only Cloudmark provides real-time automated response with unparalleled accuracy in stopping messaging threats and abuse across multiple vectors.

“Working with Cloudmark allows us to provide our customers with the industry’s fastest and most accurate response against spam attacks,” said Navin Ganeshan, senior director of Web Presence services for Network Solutions. “The patented, advanced content filtering capabilities, the networked collective intelligence along with Cloudmark’s messaging security expertise is what helps make this service one of the most effective in the industry.”

Unlike many spam blockers, Cloudmark also protects against phishing attacks -- a practice of luring unsuspecting Internet users to a fake website by using an authentic looking email in an attempt to steal passwords, account information or other sensitive data.

Since phishing schemes target small groups of Internet users, often targeting specific groups of people with invitations that appear to be from trusted vendors, most anti-spam solutions overlook phishing attempts. Cloudmark’s email services can identify the unique attributes of phishing attacks and quickly block them before they reach users.

The Cloudmark system provides Network Solutions with real-time and historical analytics down to the individual subscriber level, allowing for optimal protection for our small business email accounts. For more information, visit Network Solutions.

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ChildrenOnline.org Show Parents How to Protect Their Surfers.

2009-11-10T11:13:00-05:00

Boston, MA and Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) If you're a parent and the acronyms IPN, BEG, WTGP, and LMIRL don't mean anything to you, you've got more to worry about than parents of the last century--meaning the 1990s. The rise of the Internet and its communication offshoots, Instant Messaging, File Sharing, Spam, Phishing, and the like, have upped the ante considerably when it comes to protecting your child. IPN (I'm posting naked), BEG (Big evil grin), WTGP (Want to go private?), and LMIRL (Let's meet in real life) are scary enough harbingers of a culture in irreversible decline. When it's declining in the direction of your high schooler--or even middle schooler these days--it's time to do something about it, as Doug Fodeman and Marje Monroe, MSW, have by starting Children Online, a teaching organization designed to educate parents and children about the pitfalls of the Internet and what parents can do to protect their children and what children can do to protect themselves.

Their welcome new book Racing to Keep Up codifies the strategies showing parents how "to talk with their kids about technology and ways to keep the home computer safe." It's a lean, practical book, short on preaching and long on meting out usable, proven strategies for short-circuiting the dangers attendant in online communication, social network sites, the online gaming world, and the efforts of online marketers to bypass NP's (nosy parents) so they can talk directly to your kids.

"It's a different universe than it was even five years ago," says Fodeman, the Director of Technology at the Brookwood School in Manchester, Massachusetts. "The immediacy in which kids are exposed to fraudulent advertising, scams, and sexual invitations, is transforming your child's life. Anyone not born with an iPhone in their hands has no idea what it's like out there."

"Adolescents need guidance," adds Monroe, who has also developed curricula on sex education, substance abuse, ethics, and decision making. Unfortunately, in the face of fast-evolving communication technology, so do parents. "We wrote this book to help adults understand the technology kids are using and to give them proven strategies for guiding their kids once they do understand." Don't worry about having to wade through technical information. There is none. Racing to Keep Up is purely about giving parents options. The strategies work--even if you don't know a megabyte from a mosquito bite.

With Websites such as Webkinz, Club Penguin, Runescape and Barbie Online now targeting kids as young as seven years old, Racing to Keep Up couldn't have come out a moment too soon. "There's a whole generation of kids growing up who don't even remember anything pre-Internet," adds Fodeman. "It's up to the grownups to help set the rules."

For more information, visit www.ChildrenOnline.org

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dotDigital Group Announces 91% Revenue Growth Despite Economic Downturn

2009-11-10T11:12:00-05:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) dotDigital Group PLC, a full service digital marketing company quoted on the PLUS market, has this week announced strong growth figures, despite a challenging economic climate. The Group, which owns leading email service provider dotMailer, has published its report and accounts for the 14 month period ending 30th June 2009, revealing a revenue increase of 91% to £4.7m*, driven by an aggressive expansion and new business strategy.

Customer numbers have increased 113% from 1,072 to 2,282, over the last 14 months, with the Group adding a roster of high profile clients including DHL, Kodak, Nationwide and EDF Energy. The growing client base is being serviced by the company’s team of 55 people located across its three offices in London, Croydon and Manchester.

Over the last three years, the dotDigital Group PLC has transformed itself from a niche website design agency and email service provider into one of the UK’s leading full service digital marketing agencies. In that time, a series of new business units have been created and the Group is now made up of four main brands, each with high level expertise in key digital marketing areas:

• dotMailer – a market leading email marketing platform supported by a team of dedicated and passionate professionals

• dotCommerce – a new ecommerce solution, providing a flexible bespoke build experience for the cost of an off-the-shelf package

• dotEditor – a content management system enabling clients to edit and manage their online content

• dotAgency – the Group’s in-house creative agency team specialising in website design, build, digital marketing strategy and SEO

Peter Simmonds, CEO of dotDigital Group PLC, said: “We pre-empted the shift in marketing spend from traditional offline media to online digital marketing, and our strategy to expand the business to encompass a full-service approach has ensured resiliency in the face of a difficult economic climate. By setting and pursuing aggressive goals and focussing single-mindedly on developing innovative products alongside exceptional support, we have been able to grow our client base and open up new revenue channels.”

The dotDigital Group has just been shortlisted for the Best Growth Strategy category at the 2009 National Business Awards and also features in the 2009 Deloitte Fast 500 for the second year in a row.

* figures relate to a 14 month period ending 30th June 2009. The previous 12 month accounting period ended April 2008

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Skype & USO: Keeping Military Families Connected

2009-11-09T17:25:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Skype today announced the Holiday Military Connection program, which will allow hundreds of American servicemen and women stationed overseas to have the unprecedented opportunity to join their families stateside for virtual visits this holiday season, thanks to a partnership between Skype and the USO.

The Holiday Military Connection program will connect troops in the Guam, Yokosuka, and Camp Hansen (Okinawa) USO centers with their families stateside, through live, face-to-face Skype video call conversations during Thanksgiving dinner. For the first time, deployed men and women will virtually share a holiday meal with the ones they love most, but from whom they are farthest.

In addition, the USO and Skype’s Holiday Military Connection program will enable the estimated 140,000 troops visiting the 18 Pacific Region USO centers to make free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls home to loved ones all season long. Troops can also make unlimited1 calls to family and friends’ cell phones and landlines free of charge through the donation of Skype’s Unlimited World subscription plans.

For some troops, many of whom will be returning from deployments on submarines or aircraft carriers, the live calls will mark the first time seeing their families in more than a year.

Skype's partnership with the USO and the launch of the Holiday Military Connection program expand upon a successful trial program that started in May 2009, in which Skype donated calling plans to USO Pacific centers.

“The USO is focused on lifting the spirits of America’s troops and their families; we are proud that Skype can play a pivotal role with the USO in helping connect military families and in turn make a season that is often challenging for them that much less difficult,” said Don Albert, VP and GM of Skype Americas. “Skype is committed to removing barriers and helping to foster meaningful connections that make a difference in people’s lives. Through the USO and Skype’s Holiday Military Connection program, we are doing just that for thousands of military families.”

As part of the Holiday Military Connection program, Skype is also giving away 2,000 holiday gift sets consisting of a headset, plus Skype calling credit or a Webcam to servicemen and women who visit a participating USO center during the week of Thanksgiving. The gift sets will allow troops to continue making memories with their families even after the holiday season is over.

“The USO is thrilled to partner with Skype on this amazing program. Staying in touch with friends and family is truly the best morale booster for troops who have been deployed. With Skype, we can help troops stay in touch all season long at no cost to them or their families,” said Tom Kolstad, USO Vice President for Pacific Operations. “We cannot wait to see the looks on the faces of the troops and their families when they share their meals face-to-face on Thanksgiving Day.”

Those interested in learning more about the program and how military families can connect with Skype can log onto the Holiday Military Connection program Website: www.skype.com/go/uso. Visitors to the site can also submit their own story of how they use Skype to stay connected.

Visit www.skype.com/go/uso for more information

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HOSTOPIA Solves Mass Email Migration Problems with SNAP

2009-11-10T06:23:00-05:00

Shoreview, MN (Gawkwire.com) Hostopia, a business unit of Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX), announced today that it has successfully developed and deployed SNAP, a new technology that helps migrate email users without the risks of service interruption, email content errors and the end-user churn that can result from these problems.

“We’ve named our new migration system ‘SNAP’. It easily and consistently solves well-known problems affecting service providers who want to move email users to a new platform,” said Dirk Bhagat, Chief Technology Officer, Hostopia. “Many providers are reluctant to upgrade their email systems knowing that users who are migrated are likely to experience email problems such as duplicate entries in their inbox, read emails re-appearing as unread and old emails reappearing with new dates. These and other problems lead to increased support call volumes and end-user churn.”

Hostopia’s SNAP technology uses real-time content mirroring in parallel with the users current email system to copy email content in a way that eliminates service issues. SNAP switches the user to the new platform only when all of the information is synchronized, creating a smooth transition with no interruption of service.

Aplus.net, one of North America’s largest web hosting providers is currently using Hostopia’s SNAP technology to support a large email migration. “We are mid-way through migrating 380,000 email and 80,000 web hosting users to Hostopia’s platform,” said Ryan Elledge, Aplus.net COO. “We were very concerned about the end-user impact of the planned migration. Hostopia’s specialized migration team and their innovative SNAP technology are proving to us that email users can be seamlessly upgraded to Hostopia’s platform without service degradation. It helped make our decision in favor of Hostopia.”

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ServInt Expands with New Data Center in Los Angeles

2009-11-10T06:22:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) ServInt, a pioneering provider of high-reliability, managed web hosting for businesses worldwide, today announced it has expanded its operations with the opening of its first data center in Los Angeles. The new data center, known as ServInt LA, represents a strategically important addition to ServInt’s existing data centers in the Washington, D.C. metro area, known as ServInt DC.

ServInt LA takes advantage of the vast network infrastructure of the Los Angeles metro area. This new resource enables ServInt to offer its customers a convenient choice between two geographically diverse server locations.

ServInt CEO & Founder Reed Caldwell has relocated to to supervise the development and implementation of ServInt LA and its corresponding network enhancements.

“As demand for our web-hosting service increases worldwide, ServInt LA enables us to provide more options for our customers by leveraging the massive Los Angeles bandwidth hub. It also supports our aggressive international growth objectives. It is my privilege to personally manage this major company milestone,” said Caldwell.

Caldwell explained that the geographic location of ServInt LA is ideally suited to meet the web-hosting requirements of both new and existing customers in the western United States, western Canada, Latin America, Asia and Oceania. He said most ServInt customers in the eastern and midwestern United States, eastern Canada, Europe and Africa will continue find ServInt DC to be the best location for their content.

Caldwell concluded, “ServInt LA enables us to meet the demanding data requirements of selected clients in the fastest, most economical way possible. ServInt LA is directly connected to ServInt DC, to ensure an optimal customer experience. Customers utilizing any ServInt data center will continue to benefit from our unwavering commitment to high security, 24/7/365 support and on-site technical expertise.”

Climate Positive & Community Focused
The operation of ServInt LA will reflect ServInt’s commitment to Green IT services. In accordance with ServInt’s policy of climate-positive hosting, the new data center will leverage ServInt’s industry-leading, energy-efficient virtualization implementation. It will also practice 100-percent recycling of recyclable vintage hardware components. ServInt will also offset the carbon-footprint of ServInt LA by 110 percent through reforestation projects, as it does with all its facilities.

To demonstrate its commitment to the Los Angeles community, ServInt has made a donation to United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ “Creating Pathways Out Of Poverty” plan.

About ServInt
ServInt is a pioneering provider of high-reliability, managed web hosting for businesses worldwide. ServInt’s commitment to Green IT services is demonstrated by its award-winning Virtual Private Server (VPS) solutions. ServInt was founded in Northern Virginia in 1995 as one of the first web-hosting companies to offer a Managed Dedicated Server solution. From multiple world-class data centers, ServInt now provides its scalable suite of VPS and Managed Enterprise Server packages to thousands of customers in more than 60 countries. For more information, please visit www.servint.net

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DiscountASP.NET Launches SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Hosting

2009-11-10T06:21:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) ASP.NET hosting and SQL hosting leader, DiscountASP.NET announces the launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services hosting. DiscountASP.NET offers SQL 2008 Reporting Services as an optional add-on enhancement.

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services supports a wide range of reporting needs, including ad-hoc reporting and Web-based reporting. SQL Reporting Services provides the ability to author a variety of richly formatted reports from different data sources. Reports are processed and can be delivered through a variety of means, including through subscriptions, access to a central report repository, or embedded into web applications.

“With the launch of SQL 2008 Reporting Services hosting, we deliver a cost-effective enterprise reporting solution,” said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing. “Our customers have the ability to transform their data into meaningful and manageable reports to help them in their business decision making process.”

To support SQL 2008 Reporting Services, DiscountASP.NET introduces a SQL 2008 Reporting Services User Manager tool to their Control Panel, allowing customers to add/remove/manage additional SQL Reporting Services users in real-time.

About DiscountASP.NET
DiscountASP.NET is an award-winning innovative leader in Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET hosting and SQL database hosting. DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and was one of the first hosts to offer Windows 2008 hosting. Through strong word-of-mouth and continuous innovation, DiscountASP.NET has become the choice for affordable and feature-rich ASP.NET and SQL hosting.

For more information: http://www.DiscountASP.NET

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AffiliateApex Launches Outsourced Affiliate Program Management Services

2009-11-10T06:19:00-05:00

To learn more about Affiliate Apex’s services please visit http://www.affiliateapex.com. To take advantage of the free affiliate program consultation please email sales@affiliateapex.com.

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Google to Acquire AdMob

2009-11-10T06:17:00-05:00

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (Gawkwire.com) Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display ad technology provider, for $750 million in stock. This acquisition will enhance Google's existing expertise and technology in mobile advertising, while also giving advertisers and publishers more choice in this growing new area.

"Mobile advertising has enormous potential as a marketing medium and while this industry is still in the early stages of development, AdMob has already made exceptional progress in a very short time," said Susan Wojcicki, Vice President of Product Management at Google. "AdMob is the quintessential Silicon Valley startup -- generating impressive year on year revenue growth -- and we're excited to welcome this talented team to Google."

"I think people underestimate how important ads have been to funding the development of innovative content on the Internet. Our goal all along at AdMob has been to make it possible for developers and publishers to bring their products and ideas to mobile with the same business model," said Omar Hamoui, Founder and CEO of AdMob. "We’re proud of the progress we’ve made towards accomplishing this goal, and joining Google will only accelerate this process, ultimately leading to very real benefits for end users around the world. As publishers and developers generate more revenue from their mobile products, they will invest more, and their mobile offerings will become richer, more creative and more robust.”

The deal will help Google in its efforts to develop more effective tools for creating, serving and analyzing emerging mobile ads formats. As this ecosystem continues to grow, the company expects these new marketing media to offer significant benefits:

•Advertisers will be better able to engage mobile users with AdMob's ad formats

•Publishers and developers will be able to monetize their content more effectively, which has benefits for the wider mobile ecosystem

•Users will see more relevant ads and ultimately get access to more ad-supported content and applications - improving their mobile experience

"Attracting the world's top engineering talent and people with entrepreneurial vision to Google has always been crucial to our success. AdMob's proven track record in innovating at speed will help maintain that culture – which is why we are so excited to be working with them," added Vic Gundotra, Vice President of Engineering at Google.

Both companies have approved the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions.

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After 5 years, Firefox faces new challenges

2009-11-08T17:33:00-05:00

(cnet) In the 1990s, Netscape had lost its dominance in the browser market to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and the Netscape-spawned open-source project called Mozilla had sunk into obscurity. Even a federal antitrust suit accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive practices with its browser and Windows was not enough to turn the tide.

But on November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 emerged to fight back again.

The project, originally named Phoenix to symbolize rebirth from Netscape's ashes, has now clawed its way back to account for nearly a quarter of the browser usage today. Microsoft may not be on the run, but it's on the defensive, gradually building its browser development effort back up into fighting form.

Firefox eyewitness
It's a history that Mike Shaver, currently Mozilla's vice president of engineering, saw firsthand since joining Netscape in 1997.

Then, he was a young programmer whose work with Linux gave him open-source inclinations. He'd been advocating an open-source release of the engine within Netscape Communicator that ran Web-based JavaScript programs, but was surprised in 1998 when Netscape announced the entire software package would become open-source software.

"For me it was confluence of being at the right place at the right time and having a lot of contacts," Shaver recounted. He jumped into thorny issues of making a large commercial project into an open, cooperatively developed project: licensing, trademarks, patch reviews, schedules, governance.

The open-source move was intended to counter Microsoft's growing browser clout. Initially, it failed, but the open-source move ultimately planted the seeds for Firefox's success. That's because the open-source ethos--which lets anyone see, modify, and distribute a program's underlying source code--is what enabled programmers to build something lean and mean out of what some saw as the bloated and uncompetitive Mozilla product. ...Go to source

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Zend and Varien Partner to Deliver an All-In-One PHP and eCommerce Solution

2009-11-09T06:32:00-05:00

Paris. France (Gawkwire.com) Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, and Varien, developer of Magento, the world’s fastest growing eCommerce platform, today announced that they have partnered to make it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to quickly evaluate, develop, and deploy flexible, state-of-the-art ecommerce Web applications. As a result of the new partnership, the Community Edition of Varien’s popular Magento™ eCommerce software will ship with the Community Edition of Zend Server, Zend’s high performance PHP Web application server.

The companies also announced that the Varien and Zend teams and open-source communities are working together on two major initiatives. Varien will be contributing a number of significant native ecommerce features to the open source, industry-standard PHP framework, Zend Framework — an integrated part of Zend Server. Additionally, both Zend and Varien will be optimizing Magento, Zend Server, and Zend Framework to deliver peak performance for ecommerce applications.

“Magento is a robust ecommerce solution with open source reliability and flexibility – putting top-quality ecommerce functionality into the hands of virtually anyone,” said Andi Gutmans, CEO and co-founder of Zend Technologies. “With the new all-in-one packaging of Magento and Zend Server, it’s extremely easy for any organization to set up, install and explore Web-based commerce on a Windows or Linux platform, with the confidence that their application will run with performance, efficiency and reliability. This combination removes virtually any barriers to developing high-quality ecommerce Web sites with PHP.”

The open source Magento eCommerce platform, developed with PHP 5 and Zend Framework, has been adopted by thousands of users and is implemented by businesses with Web applications processing many tens of thousands of orders per day using multiple servers and cluster architectures. The no-cost Magento Community Edition provides a basic and powerful solution for small shops looking for a state-of-the-art ecommerce platform. Users may upgrade to the Magento Enterprise Edition for more advanced features and support.

Zend Server Community Edition (CE) is a fast, reliable, no-cost PHP application stack that can be used in development, testing and production. Zend Server CE runs on Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X and is specifically tuned to address the needs of developer desktops and laptops, as well as smaller server deployments everywhere. Zend Server is also available in a commercial, enterprise edition, which is a complete Web application server for running, monitoring and managing business-critical PHP applications that require a high level of reliability, performance, and security.

Using Magento CE with Zend Server CE, small and medium-sized businesses can quickly install, explore and start building state-of-the art shopping and other commerce-based Web sites with features such as catalog and order management, analytics, SEO, merchandizing, customer accounts and shipping, and then deploy them with ease on Zend Server. Users can develop Magento eCommerce applications on desktops running the Windows or Linux operating systems and deploy applications into production on both Windows and Linux. To further expand the ecommerce functionality readily available to PHP developers, Varien is also modularizing Magento and making a number of significant ecommerce feature contributions to Zend Framework, including payment gateways, shipping calculation modules, and others.

“Zend’s PHP solutions have played a major role in the development of Magento, and we are thrilled to contribute key ecommerce features back to Zend Framework to promote the development of PHP-based ecommerce,” said Roy Rubin, CEO at Varien. “Zend continues to demonstrate its unmatched expertise and strong commitment to PHP with products such as Zend Server, and we look forward to continuing to expand our partnership with them. In particular, we’re very excited that Zend Server’s support for PHP on Windows is unmatched anywhere else, as this makes exploring powerful ecommerce easy for businesses everywhere.”

Wonderbox is a vendor of romantic/adventure gift packages and does very high volumes during the holiday season and other gift-giving occasions, such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and so on. Wonderbox has an online language-specific presence in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Poland, and is opening soon in Japan, Belgium, Portugal, and elsewhere—so the international capabilities of Magento and Zend Framework are extremely important to their product plans, in addition to the open-source flexibility both are known for.

“Our Wonderbox site has been engineered for over 150,000 transactions a day and we estimate we will serve over 3 million visits during the December holiday season. We recently went from zero to a fully functioning production Web application taking customer orders in less than three months, by running Magento eCommerce on Zend Server,” said Fatih Gezen, chief technology officer at Wonderbox. “That is a compelling ROI and amazing technology story. We have in a very short time mastered the technology and can easily create intuitive online experiences for our customers to use to make purchases from us.”

“Zend Server out of the box gives us a secure, high-performing PHP stack with monitoring and other capabilities and the feature set in Magento had just about everything we needed to build our ecommerce site,” commented Chris Mann, deputy information director at Wonderbox. “We’ve additionally built a custom Magento module in Zend Framework. That has been easy to do based on the excellent training and support we’ve received from our consulting partners and from the large open-source community that’s available for both products.”

In addition to consulting partners who specialize in Magento/Zend Server installations, Zend and Varien also plan to cooperate on joint education, training, and other activities to promote ecommerce applications, including promotion of software lifecycle best practices and enterprise ecommerce training.

Availability

The complete all-in-one Magento and Zend Server solution stack is available today from both companies for download, meaning that together the huge Magento and Zend communities will have available in one package the leading PHP ecommerce solution and the best performing PHP stack. To learn more and to download these packages, please visit: http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/magento-zend or http://www.zend.com/solutions/packaged-php-applications/zend-server-magento. As announced today, the Magento eCommerce feature components will be made available for download from the Zend Framework project and will also ship as a part of the base Zend Framework that comes with every Magento eCommerce download. These will be made available as soon as the components are added to the Zend Framework project by the two teams.

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Wister Walcott of Marin Software to Speak on Panel at PubCon Las Vegas 2009

2009-11-09T06:30:00-05:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) Managing large-scale search marketing campaigns is an increasingly complex process with ever-changing bidding, budgeting, targeting and positioning challenges.

Today, Marin Software, provider of the leading enterprise-class paid search management application for large advertisers and agencies, announced that company co-founder and vice president of products, Wister Walcott, will speak on a panel at the upcoming PubCon Las Vegas conference. Walcott will provide actionable insights and techniques search marketers can use to maximize results of their enterprise-level search programs.

Walcott will speak on the panel titled "Enterprise-Level Bid Management” to be held on Tuesday November 10 from 2:55–4:10 pm in Salon B at the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

WebmasterWorld's PubCon is an educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website owners. PubCon will be held Nov 10–13 at the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Search engine marketers, optimizers, marketing executives, webmasters, affiliate managers, program and channel managers, purchasing agents and affiliates will be in attendance.

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New IT Jobsites to Focus on PHP Jobs & SEO Jobs Launched by CV Screen

2009-11-09T06:29:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Specialist IT Recruitment Agency CV Screen have launched two new niche job boards which will focus on attracting PHP Developers and SEO specialists to relevant and exciting new opportunities.

The sites which can be found at http://www.phpjobsuk.co.uk and at http://www.seojobboard.co.uk are already ranking on the first page of leading search engines such as Google for a number of related search terms.

CV Screen's Managing Director Matthew Iveson explained "With the IT Jobs market improving, we are finding more and more candidates are looking for relevant niche sites rather than the larger job boards which often have duplicate vacancies and are difficult to sift through."

Iveson then expanded on the launch of the sites "Our aim with these sites is to replicate our success from the CV Screen website which ranks on the first page of Yahoo, Google and Bing for IT Recruitment related searches."

In conclusion Iveson added "We have seen a massive increase in the number of SEO Jobs and PHP Jobs registered over the last 12 months and feel that these sites will enable us to further build our network of candidates and provide the best possible applicants to our expanding client base."

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SEO Samba to Introduce SEO Toaster at PubCon Las Vegas, 2009

2009-11-09T06:28:00-05:00

Las Vegas, NV (Gawkwire.com) SEO Samba, the premier organic search & web marketing platform, will introduce SEO Toaster, its new, free and open-source integrated Web marketing software application that no “do it yourself” entrepreneur should be without at this year’s annual PubCon. SEO Toaster represents a serious alternative to Yahoo Stores for small e-commerce websites or WordPress when used as a corporate or affiliate CMS. SEO Samba will showcase SEO Toaster at its exhibitor booth # 201 on November 11and 12, and introduce it officially tonight at the Kick-Off Networking Blast between 5:30pm and 7:30pm (PST).

SEO Toaster is a content management system (CMS) with an unique architecture that grows with your business, and makes piloting SEO execution and marketing for multiple websites from a central automated web marketing location possible. SEO Toaster makes it easier than ever for the small business owner to do the following:

Embed all latest SEO techniques automatically right into their website from the get-go to achieve high rankings with Google and other search engines: No blog to read, or SEO expert fees to pay
Access a library of ready-to-use themes to jump-start your presence online
Add and edit their web pages without ever leaving their website thanks to front-end inline editing and
pre-configured widgets such as featured areas, related pages, comment system, image gallery

Sell products online with pre-built payment buttons for Paypal and 2checkout
Customize and integrate open-source shopping cart and other applications

“We designed and introduced SEO Samba in December 2008 with the express purpose of automating many of the time consuming and manual search optimization processes,” said SEO Samba CEO, Michel Leconte. “Early adopters, such as B2B, franchises, affiliates, services and small e-commerce websites, have already seen the benefits of using SEO Samba, including building a Web presence that is cost-effective and producing thousands of top rankings in Google and other leading search engines. Case studies with actual live clients’ website rankings featured on our website at http://www.seosamba.com undeniably back up our claims.”

Leconte added: “We created SEO Toaster, for the millions of small business owners, affiliate marketers, and e-tailers who suffer from the lack of search engines rankings visibility, cost, expertise and time investment necessary to bring WordPress and the plug-in 'can fix it all' (albeit late and often not reliably) patchwork mentality, or Yahoo store and their very limited proprietary web marketing and SEO functionalities.”

In comparison, SEO Toaster enables the entrepreneur, e-tailer, or local small business owner or marketer to quickly establish their Web marketing presence with a single overarching objective: Acquire top websites rankings, generate leads and sales.

SEO Toaster is also the first cloud CMS and offers a foundation to scale successful web businesses with a one-click subscription to SEO Samba. Leconte explains: “When you reach the point where you want to take your website to the next level of visibility, can’t afford the time to pilot each of your websites individually, or have already standardized your network of franchise or affiliate websites on SEO Toaster, push one button, and all your websites come together under a unified interface.”

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Comodo Endpoint Security Manager Makes Life Easier for Admins

2009-11-09T06:27:00-05:00

Jersey City, NJ (Gawkwire.com) Keeping the security settings on just one PC up to date is a chore. Where PC networks span hundreds of computers, it can be a full-time job for their network administrator. New features of Comodo Endpoint Security Manager 1.4 make managing network security easier.

Hackers look for the holes in security software. When they find holes, they write malicious code to attack. When security software developers detect the malicious code, they update their security software, which must then be installed on each PC.

As the company that develops award-winning security software, Comodo is aware of the importance of prompt updates-and of the challenges that administrators face in organizing security updates. Comodo Endpoint Security Manager 1.4 automates many security features. A free trial version for up to five endpoints is available at Enterprise.comodo.com

Endpoint Security Manager is now compatible with SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. A new startup page offers administrators a dashboard of recent network security activities. New wizards automate the processes of creating user groups and assigning properties to each PC. Successful tasks can be cloned and run on other computers.

Endpoint Security Manager permits administrators to instantly and remotely execute certain functions, including software installation and restarting network computers. A power management feature enables administrators to control power consumption by setting time intervals before switching off electrical equipment or putting them in sleep/hibernate mode. http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/comodo_endpoint_security_manager_makes_life_easier_for_admins.html

Web Services Provider Internetters Enhances its Range of Hosting Solutions

2009-11-06T13:00:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Having recently announced a facelift to the main Internetters website, a new partnership with one of the leading providers of Virtual Servers and a reduction in price across the majority of domain name extensions it sells, potential Internetters customers will be excited to hear of the latest improvement in the timeline of the company.

Of the main enhancements to the Internetters web hosting range, perhaps the most significant is the move to unlimited bandwidth, bringing that particular element back in line with many competitors on the market. With varying degrees of bandwidth usage previously available depending on hosting package, customers buying any of the four web hosting packages will now receive unlimited bandwidth usage.

In addition, the management of MySQL databases has been improved, with easier upgrade channels, faster provisioning and reduced pricing making it easier for customers to expand their database driven websites.

“The fact that we’ve been making some significant improvements to our service is no secret after recent announcements in relation to our domain names, our VPS partnership and the general makeover of the website.” Comments Errol Vanderhorst, Managing Director at Internetters.

“It was the turn of web hosting this time and the inclusion of unlimited bandwidth and upgrades to MySQL management are just the start of a process that will see several new features and upgrades introduced in the coming months”

Internetters is an established UK based web service provider offering domain names, web hosting and email services to suit the requirements of both consumers and businesses throughout the UK and beyond. A variety of recent service updates has seen a positive reaction from its global customer base and the company continues to put together plans for further improvement to cement its position as one of the leading providers in the UK.

Errol continued, “The web hosting and domain names markets are incredibly competitive in the UK and beyond, and our changes are focused on making sure the brand continually stays competitive, both in terms of generating new custom and in making sure our current customer base is happy.”

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topseos.com ranks Web.com Search Agency as the #5 Integrated Search Firm

2009-11-06T13:00:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) Web.com Search Agency has been ranked as the #5 Integrated Search Firm for the month of November. Not only does Web.com Search Agency rank for this esteemed position, it also ranks for several other “Best” categories with topseos.com.

Apart from having been working with search since 1997, Web.com Search Agency is set apart from competitors with their devotion to a “mom and pop” style that caters to the client. Their account management includes taking “a personal interest in the success of each client’s online presence,” along with working to maintain that presence through continuous analysis and support throughout the campaign. Although focused on maintaining a close relationship with each client, Web.com Search Agency strives to be a leader in search engine optimization by keeping ahead of continually emerging market developments.

The process starts with a systematic, but detailed, analysis of the client’s website in order to offer recommendations to start the improvement. “We also conduct strategic keyword analysis and conference with the client to determine a keyword focus for their website optimization project,” explains Steve Wilson, Web.com Search Agency General Manager. “These keywords provide the framework from which we determine our strategy that may include a variety of options from our arsenal including (but not limited to) Pay-Per-Click advertising, blog reviews, optimized content and code, custom link building, optimized press releases and articles, and social media tools.”

Wilson adds, “The client is ultimately served by an Account Manager who leads the contributions of the SEO Engineering Team, SEO Copywriters, Link Building Experts, PPC Managers, Tracking and Reporting Team, and Social Media Experts who work in alignment to meet the client’s goals.”

Web.com Search Agency is constantly aiming to be at the top of social and business trends. Recently, it has been working on increasing online presence for clients through social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook. While often focused on a larger scale for business, Web.com Search Agency has “an extensive, yet economical,” local submission program to drive geographically local traffic to sites.

Web.com Search Agency provides online resources including its own expert blog and tools such as BrandReputationManagement.org. The company is also expanding its services to the United Kingdom via WebSearchAgency.co.uk.

Follow topseos on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/_topseos_

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Windows 7 Boxed Software Sales Surpass Vista Launch

2009-11-06T06:36:00-05:00

Port Washington, NY (Gawkwire.com) November 5, 2009 -- Initial sales of Microsofts Windows 7 boxed software surpassed those of Vistas first few days on the U.S. market, according to leading market research company, The NPD Group.

According to NPDs weekly tracking service**, Windows 7 software unit sales in the U.S. were 234 percent higher than Vistas first few days of sales. Revenue growth wasnt as strong though. A combination of early discounts on pre-sales and a lack of promotional activity for the Ultimate version resulted in dollar sales that were 82 percent higher than Vista.

Microsofts program of early low-cost pre-sales, high visibility marketing, and aggressive deals helped make the Windows 7 software launch successful," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD. In a slow environment for packaged software Windows 7 brought a large number of customers into the software aisles."

Top-Selling Windows 7 SKUs (based on units week ending 10/24) / Average Selling Price
1. Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade / $76
2. Windows 7 Pro Upgrade / $147
3. Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack 3 User Upgrade / $149

While boxed software sales were up compared to the Vista launch, PC hardware sales had more of an uphill battle. PC sales growth was higher than any week during the high volume back-to-school third quarter, but wasnt as strong as growth during the Vista launch. Total Windows PCs, however, were up 49 percent in units year-over-year and were up 95 percent over the week prior to launch. But, PC sales growth during the Vista launch was stronger, soaring 68 percent over the prior years sales and 170 percent over the week preceding the launch. Windows PC sales were down 6 percent compared to PC sales during the Vista launch week.

A combination of factors impacted Windows 7 PC sales at the outset, but the trajectory of overall PC sales is very strong leading into the holiday season," said Baker. Vista had a slight advantage at launch, as January traditionally has a bigger sales footprint than October. The other hurdle Windows 7 faced was sales of PCs with older operating systems (XP and Vista) were high, making up 20 percent of sales during the Windows 7 launch, compared to just 6 percent of older operating sales during Vistas launch week."

For more insight about the marketing, merchandising, and retail prep behind the Windows 7 launch read Stephens blog post: Windows 7 Launch Starts Here http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/10/windows-7-launch-starts-here/.

For more insight about how all-in-one PCs are moving to capitalize on Windows 7 read DisplaySearchs research: http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/091021_all_in_one_pcs_moving_to_capitalize_on_windows_7_including_touch_interfaces.asp

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1&1 and GMX Increase Productivity of Translation and Localization Projects

2009-11-06T06:33:00-05:00

KARLSBAD, Germany (Gawkwire.com) 1&1 Internet AG, one of the world's leading Internet providers with more than nine million customers, has chosen the Across Language Server for translating and publishing its hosting and e-commerce solutions into various languages. By using the centralized translation management software platform from Across Systems, 1&1 has already shortened the turn-around time of extensive projects, with 80,000 or more words, by up to 75 percent.

1&1’s subsidiary, GMX, has also recently started to implement the Across Language Server. To facilitate efficient localization of Website content and text, the Across Language Server is connected to its Web Content Management System, as well as to additional editing and Content Management Systems that are used for document creation.

"We chose Across because they provide optimum support for the localization of software products," explains Sebastian Zientek, Director of Technical Documentation, Web hosting product development at 1&1. "Across offers ideal solutions for the localization of software user interfaces, the buttons and menu items, as well as online help tools and technical documentation."

Due to 1&1’s large global market presence, daily business operations require multiple documents to be promptly and efficiently translated into various languages. For the Web hosting and e-shop solutions, this means that the software user interfaces, online assistance, FAQs, product documentation, and user manuals, as well as the control center, need to be localized and translated into the language of the respective target market. The Across Language Server serves these translation needs for 1&1.

The Across Language Server includes a translation memory and a terminology system for centralized management and maintenance of language data, as well as powerful workflow components for controlling and processing internal and external translation jobs. In this way, all parties involved in the localization process can be seamlessly integrated. "External colleagues and language service providers are just as immediately involved in the translation processes as our internal translators who sit in the office next door,” explains Sebastian Zientek.

Data handling is also of central importance for 1&1. "Due to the direct connection of our Content Management System to the Across Language Server, we can fully utilize the single source publishing for our multilingual content. We can now use one and the same multilingual content for different target media, for online as well as print publications," explains Sebastian Zientek. "The potential savings are tremendous and they are leading to extraordinary efficiency gains within my team."

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MU Researchers Find Internet Search Process Affects Cognition, Emotion

2009-11-06T06:32:00-05:00

COLUMBIA, Mo. (Gawkwire.com) Nearly 73 percent of all American adults use the Internet on a daily basis, according to a 2009 Pew Internet and American Life Project survey. Half of these adults use the Web to find information via search engines, while 38 percent use it to pass the time. In a recent study, University of Missouri researchers found that readers were better able to understand, remember and emotionally respond to material found through “searching” compared to content found while “surfing.”

“If, as these data suggest, the cognitive and emotional impact of online content is greatest when acquired by searching, then Web site sponsors might consider increasing their advertising on pages that tend to be accessed via search engines,” said Kevin Wise, assistant professor of strategic communication and co-director of the Psychological Research on Information and Media Effects (PRIME) Lab at the University of Missouri.

In the study, the researchers examined how methods for acquiring news — searching for specific content versus surfing a news Web site — affected readers’ emotional responses while reading news stories. They monitored participants’ heart rate, skin conductance and facial musculature to gauge their emotional responses to unpleasant news. The researchers found that unpleasant content triggered greater emotional responses when readers sought the information by searching rather than surfing. In future studies, Wise will study the effects of acquiring pleasant content on readers’ emotional responses.

“How readers acquire messages online has ramifications for their cognitive and emotional response to those messages,” Wise said. “Messages that meet readers’ existing informational needs elicit stronger emotional reactions.”

The researchers also found that information was better understood and remembered when individuals conducted specific searches for information. In a previous study, Wise tested the effects of searching and surfing on readers’ responses to images and found similar results.

The study, “The Effect of Searching Versus Surfing on Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Online News,” was recently published in the Journal of Media Psychology.

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PEER 1 UK Signs 100 Business Hosting Customers in Three Months

2009-11-06T06:35:00-05:00

Southampton, UK (Gawkwire.com) PEER 1 offers award-winning Managed Hosting

Dominic Monkhouse, UK MD at PEER 1 commented: "Our business has performed well in our first three months of operations. Customers are responding to the quality of our service and our network and those who have started working with us are already showing very positive satisfaction feedback, which is exactly how PEER 1 wants to operate.

"Our plan is simple: keep working with customers to give them what they need, without any of the things they don't, and this will continue to build our foundations in Europe," Monkhouse added.

Greenprofs was one of PEER 1 UK's first customers. It runs an online news site focusing on environmental news, events and jobs. Initially Greenprofs was launched as a group on LinkedIn, but it grew so quickly it needed scalable dedicated server bandwidth to support its 46,000 strong subscriber community.

John Horsley, founder of Greenprofs, comments: "Greenprofs has experienced tremendous growth since we launched in 2008. The increased traffic to the website has meant that in order to keep up with postings and uploads, we needed a hosting provider that could guarantee continued uptime. Since moving to PEER 1's dedicated hosting arm, ServerBeach, we have been able to improve the speed of the site, cut down time as well as improve our Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)."

BullionVault.com is another recent customer to join PEER 1. It provides online gold trading services and needed global reach for its hosting with local points-of-presence to enable trades to transact immediately without latency that could affect the
trading price.

Kris Jenkins, CTO at BullionVault.com commented, "We looked at a number of web hosting companies but none could offer the customised service ServerBeach is providing us with. Although we have a relatively low headcount, we have global customer reach. We wanted to bypass the hassle of having different hosting providers in each country, without paying the earth for global presence."

ElasticHosts recently became the first partner for PEER 1's UK CloudXcelerator programme. As the only Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider to offer two independent data centres in Europe, ElasticHosts uses PEER 1's 10 Gbps SuperNetwork™ to provide robust hosting support and scalability for business critical cloud services.

Richard Davies, ElasticHosts CEO, said, "Being part of the CloudXcelerator programme gives us quick, secure access to managed hardware and network. As we look to grow our business, working with PEER 1 will help us stay ahead of the market. With PEER 1 continuing to expand across Europe, we will be able to take full advantage as we develop - and continue to reap the benefits we're already seeing."

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Telehouse to Launch its New Global Services at DatacenterDynamics London

2009-11-06T06:31:00-05:00

LONDON, UK (Gawkwire.com) Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres, and managed ICT services, today announced its gold sponsorship at the DatacenterDynamics show to be held on the 10-11th November at the Lancaster Hotel, London. DatacenterDynamics is UK’s largest annual conference dedicated to the design and operation of mission critical facilities. This year the two day event which holds a number of seminars and panel discussions with industry leaders will focus on the UK Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) within the data centre market.

Bob Harris, Telehouse’s Technical Services Director will be presenting a discussion on overcoming London planning challenges and delivering an innovative green engineering strategy in connection with building its 35th world-wide data centre Telehouse West.

When complete in March 2010, the 19,000 square metre facility will offer customers a superior quality housing solution for their IT equipment and offer connectivity to over 400 ISPs and carriers, whilst mitigating its carbon footprint and exporting its waste heat to the local community.

Twenty years after Telehouse established a major IT and Telecommunications hub in London - Telehouse North, the company has now continued its commitment to reliability and customer service by offering complete end-to-end ICT solutions on a global scale.

In line with the global expansion, Telehouse has taken on a company-wide rebrand initiative encompassing a new wave of visual and marketing elements including a new website and corporate video, thereby reinforcing Telehouse as a reliable and dependable global ICT partner.

Telehouse Marketing Manager, Dionne Aiken comments “With a global rebrand strategy in place we aim for all our world-wide data centres to deliver a consistent message, that Telehouse is the ideal home to your global ICT solutions. The rebrand will stretch from marketing through to operations so that customers will come to expect a consistently high quality of service when conducting business with any of our world-wide data centres”.

Senior Telehouse representatives will be present at stand 25 on both days to speak with delegates and discuss market trends, industry issues and business opportunities.

If you would like to meet with a Telehouse representative or book a tour of the new Telehouse West data centre please contact: marketing@uk.telehouse.net or visit the Telehouse West online portal.

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Microsoft IIS to become Apache compatible

2009-11-06T06:28:00-05:00

ALEXANDRIA, VA (Gawkwire.com) Helicon Tech announces the availability of Ape 3.0, Apache emulator for Microsoft IIS, which gives Windows-based IIS unprecedented compatibility with Unix-based Apache web server.

Packed in a single IIS add-on, the emulator implements Apache configuration model (with httpd.conf and .htaccess configuration files) and over 30 most demanded Apache modules, enabling users to transfer their websites from Apache to IIS without modifications, configure Perl, PHP and other Unix-oriented web applications for IIS with the same ease as if they were to run in their native Apache environment. Apache-compatible URL rewriting, flexible user permissions control, forward and reverse proxy functionality, compression and cache functions, comprehensive protection from malicious activities – these are the benefits available to users running IIS with Ape.

“This looks like a very cool module for those who want to ‘emulate’ Apache’s runtime environment, including more than a dozen modules, as well as direct .htaccess support, inside IIS!” tells in his blog Bill Staples, General Manager of the Web Platform and Tools engineering team at Microsoft. “It takes full advantage of the integrated pipeline of IIS7, by providing a managed code module that extends IIS7’s core processing pipeline and provides semantic emulation of some very popular Apache features!” Bill Staples continues in his blog.

Ape works transparently to the server and client and can be installed even on a shared hosting account without the administrative access.

System Requirements:
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 with IIS installed.

Pricing and Availability
Ape is available for download online at http://www.helicontech.com/download-ape.htm

License cost:
Free license allows using the product on 3 websites at no cost;
Website license - $25 per each extra website;
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Unprecedented Release of Two-character .BIZ Domain Names

2009-11-05T07:06:00-05:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) Pool.com, a leading online marketplace for domain names, has teamed with Neustar, the global registry operator for the .BIZ Internet domain, to release an invaluable set of short, memorable and extremely rare two-character .BIZ domains. The “TwoDotBiz” auction will offer an exclusive roster of more than 1000 two-character names, which will be made available in a phased release beginning November 30, 2009 through February 2010.

The availability of these .BIZ domains via the TwoDotBiz initiative will mark the first time that a generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry has released so many two-character names.

“The release of two-character .BIZ domains represents an unprecedented opportunity for businesses and online media to acquire a short memorable domain names such as PC.BIZ, DP.BIZ and IP.BIZ,” says Richard Schreier, CEO of Pool.com.

Recently one-character .BIZ domains were made available through an RFP process and an online auction. Overstock was awarded O.BIZ during the RFP phase and the company recently announced it would be branding its major new e-commerce initiative O.BIZ.

With more than two million domains currently registered, .BIZ is the first and only Internet domain designed exclusively to meet the needs of innovative, high-growth businesses of all sizes everywhere in the world. .BIZ is particularly appealing for businesses, media and B2B companies that market products or services to other businesses.

“The demand we experienced during the release of one-character .BIZ domain names validated the attractiveness of the .BIZ brand. There are many companies with long company names, and others who have names that are difficult to spell or remember,” says Tim Switzer, Vice President, Registry Services for Neustar. “We are very pleased to be working with Pool.com to make a short, memorable alternative available.”

The complete list of two-character .BIZ domain names available for auction at Pool.com, including the auction date for each name, can be found at www.twodotbiz.biz.

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Microsoft Acknowledges KnowledgeCentrix For Partner Excellence

2009-11-04T18:05:00-05:00

Irvine, CA (Gawkwire.com) At the Microsoft partner briefing held in Irvine, California, on Oct. 29, Chris Andreozzi, the president of KnowledgeCentrix Inc., was presented with the General Manager Award for the Southwest area.

Given to Mr. Andreozzi by Jane Dickson, general manager of the Northwest area, the award was designed to recognize a partner for excellence in all areas of partnering with Microsoft. Chris Andreozzi was honored saying, “I am grateful to have been chosen for this award. My team and I are constantly working hard to make sure our partner relationship with Microsoft stays strong and efficient.”

Several other managed partners were recognized for their strengths as well, receiving awards in the categories of best practice or excellence in competency, customer satisfaction and experience, winning on value, pipeline accelerator, teamwork, and marketing excellence.

For additional information regarding this award and other KnowledgeCentrix Inc. achievements please refer to www.knowledgecentrix.com.

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PPC Advertising & Geo-Targeting Webcast at Search Marketing Now

2009-11-05T07:03:00-05:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) On Thursday, November 12, at 1 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dan Soha, CEO of search agency Five Mill, will deliver an educational webcast at Search Marketing Now, "PPC & Geo-Targeting."

This webcast is free and is sponsored by Marin Software. SMN Registration is open and more information is available at www.SearchMarketingNow.com

PPC advertisers use geographical targeting to create more focused and targeted advertising campaigns. By limiting the geographic target, advertisers can increase efficiency, boost conversion rates and improve their overall ROI for PPC advertising.

This webcast will provide advanced tips and tactics for using geo-targeting in a PPC advertising campaign. Dan Soha will discuss how to use keywords to maximize geo-targeting, how to outbid the competition, plus what some of the differences are among the main search engines.

Dan Soha is CEO of Five Mill, Inc, a San Francisco-based search marketing firm. He has developed innovative techniques that draw not only on his skills in marketing and advertising, but also on his academic background in the field of Algorithm Theory. As the Principal and SEM Specialist of Five Mill, he provides his expertise along with custom-tailored SEM strategies to clients in such varied fields as lead aggregation, retail, broker, brand advertisement, and more.

This webcast is sponsored by Marin Software. Founded in April 2006 by experienced search marketers and software experts, Marin Software provides a browser-based, enterprise-class paid search management application for advertisers and agencies. Marin Search Marketer® addresses the workflow, analysis, and optimization needs of advertisers and agencies, saving time and improving financial performance for large-scale SEM campaigns. Marin is designed for those who are spending at least $100,000 monthly on paid search. Marin’s over 150+ customers collectively manage in excess of $600 million of annual search spend via Marin’s application. Customers include University of Phoenix, Neo@Ogilvy, Razorfish, Reply!, and ZipRealty.

About Search Marketing Now and Third Door Media:
Search Marketing Now webcasts are produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media's mission is to empower interactive and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful.

Third Door Media produces the conference series Search Marketing Expo - SMX, which includes SMX West (Santa Clara, CA, March 2-4, 2010), SMX Advanced, SMX East, and other SMX conferences. Third Door Media also publishes the search marketing news and analysis site Search Engine Land and Sphinn.com, the place for web, online, search, interactive and internet marketers to share news stories, talk within subject-specific discussion forums, build a network and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing.

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McAfee, Inc. Introduces Breakthrough Email and Web Security Appliance

2009-11-05T07:01:00-05:00

SANTA CLARA, CA (Gawkwire.com) McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today announced McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 to help protect customers against the latest email and Web-borne threats, manage Web and email traffic and usage, and reduce system administration requirements. Designed for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), the solution provides comprehensive email and Web security in a single, integrated appliance.

The McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances include new features and functionality, including:

•Artemis and TrustedSource™ Technology Integration: The first appliance release from McAfee that links to global threat intelligence from its Artemis and TrustedSource technologies, the most precise and comprehensive threat intelligence system in the world

•Appliance Clustering with Load Balancing: Multiple appliances can clustered to share scanning responsibilities for improved resiliency, scalability and consolidated management and reporting

•Simplified Installation: Auto-detects network settings and provides an easy to use configuration wizard, helping to simplify installation requirements, reduce installation time and improve the overall user experience

•New Content Policy Wizards: Simplified creation and set up of content policies through the new configuration wizards and advanced dictionaries simplify policy creation, enable greater enforcement flexibility and reduce false positives and configuration errors

•Integrated URL Filtering: URL filtering is also included in the 5.5 release at no additional cost. Integrated into the appliance, the URL filtering includes more than 90 Web site categories providing granular Web usage monitoring and policy enforcement. The URL filtering also includes the McAfee Web Reporter package for simplified viewing of Web utilization and trends.

“In addition to their market leading security effectiveness, these appliances also provide customers with email and Web usage policy enforcement capabilities, compliance tools, informative dashboards and comprehensive reporting,” said Dave Macey, general manager of the Network Security business unit, McAfee. “McAfee’s combined intelligence capabilities add an essential layer of protection to guard against today’s most advanced threats and work by accumulating data from millions of sensors, creating a real-time profile of all suspicious activity and content, and then watching for deviations based upon expected behavior.”

McAfee Provides the Highest Level of Protection

The McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances offer better than 99 percent spam detection accuracy1 and are backed by the #1 ranked2 anti-malware detection technology in the industry. By integrating with McAfee’s real-time, cloud-based global threat intelligence, the appliances provide increased visibility into Web and email-based threats, protecting customers more efficiently and reducing both security acquisition and operational costs. With 350 threat researchers and tens of millions of data collection sensors, McAfee’s global research is extensive.

“Customers want advanced email and Web security technology that is available as a single solution under a single management console—with the McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances, there is no duct tape required,” said James C. Foster, chief executive officer of Ciphent, a McAfee Elite Partner. “McAfee is different from the competition in that it never limits users to a single policy for all users, and all features for both email and Web are inherently included across the board. We proudly work with McAfee and recommend their solution as the one our customers can trust.”

“The Email and Web Security Appliance is our primary line of defense and has provided solid protection from viruses on inbound email,” said Roger Norfolk, GroupWise administrator and antivirus technology instructor, Mercy Hospital. “Last month it stopped over 3.3 million pieces of spam, 76 infected emails and 32 Potentially Unwanted Programs with a legitimate email count of 175,935. In a year it has blocked over 17 million messages, with very few false positives.”

Availability:

The latest version of the McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance are expected to be available globally later this quarter. With the new release, McAfee is offering a 30-day Buyer’s Assurance Program for the Email and Web Security Appliances across the United States, Canada and Latin America. With the Buyer’s Assurance Program, customers may purchase a McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and return within thirty days for a refund if they are not completely satisfied with the product. To learn more about the appliances, which are available now available now through McAfee’s worldwide partner network, please visit http://www.mcafee.com/ews.

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200th LINX 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port Taken By Rostelecom

2009-11-05T07:00:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has announced that Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, has taken the 200th 10 Gigabit Ethernet port at the exchange.

The increased demand for 10GigE ports is due to the need of LINX members to meet escalating bandwidth requirements following the dramatic growth of the global Internet in recent years. LINX already has 685 connected member ports but 10GigE is taking ever-greater emphasis as the membership look to expand their networks still further. LINX was a very early adopter of 10GigE technology with its first switch employed on the Foundry (now known as Brocade) network as far back as 2001.
Rostelecom’s CEO Anton Kolpakov said, “This interconnection upgrade is a direct response to significant growth of traffic in the international segment of Rostelecom IP MPLS network and was implemented to enhance capacity, improve quality and efficiency of telecommunications”.

This growth has seen the share of data and intelligent network services traffic approximately double since the beginning of 2008 and now amounts to 10% of Rostelecom's total revenue.

The strong demand for 10GigE ports enabled the non-profit exchange to reduce the price of these high capacity ports by 7.5% last summer. This continued a run of annual price cuts which has in turn meant that the cost of being a LINX member has decreased year-on-year.

Of the 342 LINX members 111 are now running one or more 10GigE across the exchange. Overall, LINX has more peers, more sites over a greater metro area and access to more Internet routes than any other Internet exchange point in the world.

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Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac Offers Fastest Performance Available

2009-11-04T06:25:00-05:00

Renton, WA (Gawkwire.com) Parallels today announced the availability of the fastest, most seamless Windows-on-Mac solution ever: Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac. This is the latest version of the number 1 Mac system utility, currently enabling more than 2 million users to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS X. According to performance research conducted by Crimson Consulting Group, Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac performs 22% faster than the nearest Windows-on-Mac competitor in standard productivity testing of Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro. In addition, version 5 is up to 300% faster for virtual machine operations than the previous version. For 3D and graphics performance, tested under the industry standard 3Dmark 2006 Professional test suite the new version performs up to 7 times better. Users can test this for themselves with a free trial from www.parallels.com/desktop.

"As the OS battles rage between Microsoft, Apple and Linux, we provide a completely customizable solution that enables people to use the applications they need with the fastest performance available, regardless of the operating system," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. "Parallels continues to build on its proven track record of innovation, responding to our customers by providing the fastest, smartest and most powerful Windows-on-Mac experience available."

There are more than 70 new features in Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, many of which give users the flexibility to work in the way they want. Users can choose how much or little Windows they want to see, from running Windows in Full Screen mode where Windows completely covers the Mac user interface to the new Crystal view mode which makes Windows completely disappear. Users can even get a Mac-like experience in their Windows applications, using the intuitive Apple Trackpad Gestures technology to pinch, swipe, and rotate as they do in Mac applications.

"Ideally PC emulation should be transparent and invisible, and Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac goes a very long way towards this," said beta tester and executive in the mining industry Nic Clift. "The thing that strikes me most about Parallels Desktop for Mac is that it is trouble-free, consistent with what I expect of Mac software, and has proved to be a remarkably convenient and easy way for me to maintain as much access to the world of Windows as I want. Parallels works as neatly with Boot Camp as it does when running seamlessly in the background, along with my everyday Mac software. If anything, version 5 has made Windows emulation even more transparent and trouble-free and unless one wants to get involved with the details of set-up it is easy to forget that it is even running."

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac introduces more than 70 new features and enhancements, offering a computing experience that is:

Faster...

- Full support for Aero in Windows Vista and 7 through Windows WDDM driver, including Aero Flip 3D

- Virtual machine size automatically optimized for best performance with Parallels Compressor

- Improved performance for Linux guest OS from KVM paravirtualization

"The excellent 3D graphics performance of Parallels Desktop for Mac makes it Autodesk's preferred Mac virtualization software for customers who choose to run AutoCAD or our other design and engineering software on the Mac," said Andrew Mackles, Director of AutoCAD Product Management at Autodesk. "We are excited about the further graphics enhancements in Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac and the potential to improve the customer experiences."

Smarter...

- A more Mac-like experience in their Windows applications through Apple Trackpad Gestures technology (pinch, swipe, rotate and more), horizontal scrolling and the application of Full Screen active corners and curl page effect

- Copy & Paste fidelity for formatted text and complete layouts including images, even between Windows and Linux guest OSs

- Freedom and flexibility to run Windows and Mac applications across multiple monitors

More Powerful...

- 7 times better graphic performance for games and 3D applications than the previous version with Direct X 9Ex with Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.1 support

- Superior graphics performance for Linux guests through OpenGL 2.1 support

- Full hardware resources can be utilized with support for 8 virtual CPUs, 64 bit Windows and Snow Leopard Server 64 bit

- Easily move PCs (including Windows 7) and 3rd party virtual machines to the Mac with the enhanced Parallels Transporter

Availability and Pricing
Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is available in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish starting today- Additional localized versions will soon be available in Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish and Russian in the coming weeks

The standard retail price (SRP) of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is $79.99, including $175 worth of additional software for free: Parallels Internet Security 2009 by Kaspersky (1 year subscription); Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 (Disk Management); Acronis True Image 11 Home (Backup and Recovery Solutions).

Current Parallels Desktop users can upgrade their existing software for $49.99. Users that purchased version 4.0 on or after October 1st 2009 qualify with a proof of purchase for a free upgrade to version 5. Customers who purchased from the Parallels Online Store will be notified directly with their bryupgrade key. Customers who purchased Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac with Channel/ Retail/ e-tail Partners have to proactively claim their free of charge upgrade at www.parallels.com/keyfor5/.

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is available starting today at the Apple Store, Amazon.com, Best Buy, Fry's Electronics, MacMall, MicroCenter, Target and hundreds of other retail locations nationwide.

Volume pricing and site-license opportunities are also available for new customers by contacting the Parallels Sales Team at sales(at)parallels.com or 425-282-6400.

A free trial of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is available along with in-depth information, videos and screenshots of the new features at www.parallels.com/products/desktop.

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UK's SEO Companies Ranked by uk.topseos.com for November 2009

2009-11-04T06:24:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) uk.topseos.com has completed rankings for the Top Search Engine Optimisation Marketing Firm, and its followers, serving the United Kingdom. To complete this ranking, uk.topseos.com placed hundreds of UK SEO firms through a rigorous evaluation process and the result is a collection of only the best SEO firms to represent UK.

Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO, is the process of improving rankings of search engine results using specific keywords. SEO is an important marketing campaign, because companies can increase their profitability with better rankings. The higher the ranking, the greater web traffic a search result produces. The top companies are listed for the benefit of clients and companies alike.

The top 30 Search Engine Optimisation Companies in the United Kingdom include:

1.   SEO Consult
2.   Weblinx Limited
3.   Just Search
4.   High Position Limited
5.   Smart Traffic Ltd
6.   Bullseye Media
7.   Greenlight
8.   Bigmouthmedia
9.   theEword
10.   SEO Company UK
11.   NetSecrets Ltd
12.   Bluechilli Ltd.
13.   SEO: Begin
14.   Advansys Limited
15.   GSINC Ltd
16.   Ikroh
17.   Electworld
18.   Distilled
19.   Zyas
20.   Micrositez LTD
21.   Lake Star Media
22.   Rapid Blue
23.   White Hat Media
24.   Silverbean
25.   Unite Search Marketing
26.   Backbone IT Group
27.   Vertical Leap Ltd
28.   I-COM
29.   1st Page Prophets
30.   Adwords Media

To be considered for this ranking, uk.topseos.com had to interview at least three of the firms’ clients to ask questions that will gauge their knowledge of search engine optimisation, how much their customers are satisfied and the rate of return they provide. Some of the few tough questions they asked include “What would be 3 things you would change about your experience?”, “What type of a ROI were you anticipating, what was achieved and in what time frame?”, and “How many of your top industry keywords rank in the top 10?”

UK Search Engine Optimisation Companies that would like to be considered should apply for ranking at: http://uk.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the Best Search Engine Optimisation Service and other great firms.

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i/o Data Centers Achieves SAS 70 Type II Certification

2009-11-04T06:23:00-05:00

Phoenix, AZ (Gawkwire.com) i/o Data Centers, the leading provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, announced today that it has achieved SAS 70 Type II certification at its Phoenix and Scottsdale Arizona based data centers. The audit, conducted by Deloitte & Touche, confirms that i/o Data Centers' controls have been suitably designed and tested to meet the needs of its clients.

The Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) is one of the most stringent auditing standards for service companies. SAS 70 was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) for service providers who wish to prove a high level of control effectiveness to independent auditors, and has become one of the most widely recognized auditing standards for service companies. SAS 70 is the authoritative guidance that allows service organizations to disclose their control activities and processes to their customers and their customers' auditors in a uniform reporting format.

The SAS 70 Type II certification designates that i/o Data Centers delivers reliable and secure operating environments with the proper controls for conducting high availability data center operations. Highly reliable operations are required today by all industries and especially by customers that deal with financial transactions or mission-critical data.

The SAS 70 Type II audit was performed through stringent reviews and tests of i/o Data Centers' operating policies and controls by leading independent auditor Deloitte & Touche. The audit included i/o Data Centers' human resources procedures, physical and logical security, facility and environmental protection, client account management and data center operations.

"We're pleased to have achieved SAS 70 Type II Certification," said Bill Slessman, chief operating officer for i/o Data Centers. "Having an independent audit affirm the reliability of our data center operations is important for our customers and gives them the peace of mind that their data center adheres to strict quality and operational standards."

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The Search Engine Guys Named One of Best Companies to Work for in Texas

2009-11-04T06:22:00-05:00

Austin, TX (Gawkwire.com) The Search Engine Guys, LLC, an Austin based search engine optimization firm, was recently named as one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas 2010.

The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of TEXAS MONTHLY, the Texas Association of Business (TAB), the Texas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (TSC-SHRM) and Best Companies Group.

This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Texas, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses. The Best Companies to Work for in Texas 2010 list is made up of 85 companies. The Search Engine Guys, LLC has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas.

To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

- Have at least 15 employees working in Texas;
- Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity;
- Be a publicly or privately held business;
- Have a facility in the state of Texas; and
- Must be in business a minimum of 1 year.

Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Companies to Work for in Texas. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Texas and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.

The Search Engine Guys, LLC will be recognized and honored at the Best Companies to Work for in Texas awards ceremony on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the Texas Association of Business 2010 Annual Conference. The final rankings will be announced at the luncheon.

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DedicatedDollars.com Opens its Doors at ad:tech New York

2009-11-04T06:20:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) DedicatedNOW, a leading managed dedicated server hosting company, announced today its new affiliate program DedicatedDollars.com, which offers payouts up to 125% of each dedicated server sold on DedicatedNOW's website. DedicatedNOW affiliate representatives will be available at ad:tech New York to help existing and new affiliates get started with DedicatedDollars.com.

"ad:tech NY is a perfect venue to announce the DedicatedDollars affiliate program and we couldn't be more excited about the announcement," said Josh Ewin, Director of Sales and Marketing at DedicatedNOW.

DedicatedDollars affiliates have a multitude of special offers available to them, and custom landing pages for sending traffic to for high conversions. Affiliates also have access to a complete resource area with high converting banners, automated linking codes, and full reporting tools that both novice and advanced affiliates alike will appreciate.

"DedicatedNOW has a track record of high conversions on its website, dedicatednow.com, by offering dedicated servers with very competitive features and pricing to help motivate new clients to sign up," said Ewin. "DedicatedDollars.com is extending our successful track record by allowing smart marketers the opportunity to place our offers in front of their visitors for very competitive commissions."

"We have implemented the best in affiliate technology to help DedicatedNOW affiliates earn better payouts, have access to the best offers in the business and make account management simple and easy," said Ewin. "We feel strongly that our affiliates will appreciate the simplicity, yet flexibility of the new DedicatedDollars.com affiliate program."

DedicatedNOW affiliates can create custom tracking links including custom keyword tracking for the ability to track incoming traffic for various keywords. A custom tracking report provides details for each keyword created by affiliates. Affiliates can also create custom links that point to any page on the DedicatedNOW website, including any of the many special offer landing pages available.

"We welcome the opportunity to meet with online marketers at Ad Tech and will have our hosting affiliate experts at the show to answer any questions about the new program." DedicatedDollars is now open to new affiliate enrollment. New affiliates who join DedicatedDollars.com receive a $10 signing bonus.

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Hosting.com Launches ColdFusion 9 in the Cloud

2009-11-03T13:57:00-05:00

Denver, CO (Gawkwire.com) Hosting.com, the leading provider of managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions and an Adobe® Solution Partner, today announced the general availability of ColdFusion® 9 in its Cloud and Dedicated environments. Hosting.com is the first provider to launch ColdFusion 9’s availability in a cloud hosting environment. Hosting.com is the world’s most trusted ColdFusion hosting provider servicing over 6,000 global ColdFusion customers – many since 1997.

ColdFusion 9 Enterprise and Standard editions are available in the Hosting.com Cloud Enterprise, Cloud Dedicated and Dedicated Hosting platforms. Cloud Enterprise, starting as low as $125 per month, provides on-demand cloud hosting via a secure web portal so businesses can rapidly deploy virtual servers and modify resources as needed – and provides high availability and elasticity to each client. Cloud Enterprise requires no contracts and clients can purchase, provision and add CPU, RAM, and DISK online in as little as one minute.

“By providing access to ColdFusion 9, Hosting.com is giving the developer community the tools they need to build dynamic Web sites and Internet applications,” said Adam Lehman, product manager of ColdFusion at Adobe Systems, Inc. “This will ultimately help companies accelerate their development cycles by reducing complex and powerful business logic into a few lines of code.”

The ColdFusion 9 release unveils new features designed for improved productivity including interoperability with Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office files and portlet standards, an enhanced Adobe® AIR® application for managing multiple ColdFusion servers from one location, local and remote database synchronization with Adobe AIR and deep integration with Hibernate’s object relational mapping (ORM).

“For more than 10 years, ColdFusion hosting has been a critical element of the Hosting.com brand,” says Matt Ferrari, Hosting.com Director of Platform Engineering. “We are positive that the addition of ColdFusion to our Cloud Enterprise environment will provide enhancements to the existing ColdFusion community and will attract new ColdFusion users.”

Hosting.com is also offering a ColdFusion 9 Trial Program to provide free hosted accounts until November 20, 2009 to allow users to preview and explore the functionality of the new release. Sign up for the free ColdFusion 9 Trial Program at http://www.hosting.com/cf9.

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TurnKey Internet Partners with Parallels to Offer Parallels Small Business Panel 10

2009-11-03T13:02:00-05:00

Albany, NY (Gawkwire.com) TurnKey Internet today announced it will partner with Parallels to offer Parallels Small Business Panel 10, a new product aimed at the small business client looking for more intuitive and cost-effective tools for managing their web hosting, web sites and mail servers. The partnership allows TurnKey to offer this product as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) value add-on to its dedicated server, hybrid server and virtual private server (VPS) web hosting product lines.

The streamlined interface of Parallels Small Business Panel 10 will help save money for businesses by increasing productivity and reducing training costs for performing even the most advanced IT tasks. TurnKey Internet takes this one step further, bundling our managed support services such as server backups, real time server monitoring, firewall setup and 24x7 toll free phone, live chat and help desk assistance. Via TurnKey Internet and the Parallels Partner Marketplace, business owners can choose from a wide variety of commercial and open-source applications with a one-click install such as: Interspire Email Marketing, Norton Internet Security, Pinnacle Cart for e-commerce, Keepit Online Backup and many more. Parallels Small Business Panel 10 will be available on both Windows and Linux servers.

“We are excited to include this highly advanced and small business-friendly software product in our dedicated, hybrid and VPS offerings,” said Adam Wills, president and CEO of TurnKey Internet. “In this economic climate it is vitally important that small businesses have tools that facilitate their success. This product is designed for the non-expert who wants to manage online applications, email and websites without undergoing technical training, or paying for the training of staff. The addition of this product to a customer’s server will be completely seamless and highly affordable.”

Availability and Pricing
The TurnKey small business package, an all inclusive managed server with Parallels Small Business Panel 10, is now available for $49.99/month.

VPS, hybrid and dedicated servers offer businesses a scalable way to host high-performance web and email applications while reducing overhead. Demand for value-focused web hosting products has increased in recent months as businesses look to control costs and expand the capacities of their online presence. TurnKey Internet has positioned itself to meet both the performance and value demands from small business, enterprise, and hosting reseller clients with its server packages and add-ons.

About TurnKey Internet
TurnKey Internet, Inc. (www.turnkeyinternet.net) is a leading provider of managed web hosting and web conferencing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Based in Albany, New York, TurnKey Internet, Inc. and its subsidiary Voxwire Systems, Inc. (www.voxwire.com), provides enterprise-class web services to customers in over 30 countries via its New York data center. TurnKey Internet, Inc. is an A+-rated accredited business with the Better Business
Bureau of Upstate New York.

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ViUX Systems offers Parallels Small Business Panel to VPS & Dedicated Customers

2009-11-01T22:01:00-05:00

Raleigh, NC (Gawkwire.com) ViUX Systems, Inc. announced today the release of Parallels Small Business Panel 10. ViUX™ will offer this new version of Parallels Panel to its Virtual Private Server (VPS), Dedicated Server, and Grid / Cloud Services small business customers. For over 12 years, ViUX Systems has been a leading provider of: Web Hosting / Design; Domain Registration; SSL Certificates; Software as a Service (SaaS); and other Internet Technology Solutions. In 2006, ViUX became a Parallels Gold Partner and began offering Parallels Plesk Panel as its sole control panel, along with other Parallels systems.

“We already work with a number of Parallels solutions, so introducing the Parallels Small Business Panel is a natural fit, integrating easily with our billing system and enabling us to broaden our service offering to small business customers,” said J.T. Smith, Managing Director at ViUX Systems. “Being able to utilize our current deployment systems makes this an efficient solution not only for our customers, but also for us. Additionally, with Parallels Partner Marketplace and Plesk SiteBuilder bundled within Parallels Small Business Panel, it will allow our small business customers to create and manage their sites and applications online with ease.”

"Parallels Small Business Panel 10, together with Parallels Partner Marketplace, enables cloud services providers to move beyond basic hosting services and offer a complete IT-in-a-Box solution for small business,” explains Jack Zubarev, President, Service Provider Division, Parallels. “The comprehensive offering is key to helping cloud services providers broaden their offerings, increase revenues through the applications small businesses need, and delivers one central management panel specifically designed for small businesses.”

About Parallels — Optimized Computing
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com.

About ViUX Systems — Vision, Understanding, & eXperience
ViUX Systems is a privately held North Carolina corporation found in 1997, that provides "Software as a Service" (SaaS) and technology solutions to individuals and businesses of all types and sizes around the world. Our primary SaaS offering is Web Hosting, of which we offer a variety of customizable systems, from Shared Hosting, to Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Servers, and Grid / Cloud Services... all within multiple secure geographically dispersed Internet Data Centers. For more information, please visit www.viux.com.

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Performance Marketing Leadership Summit Reviews Online Fraud Prevention

2009-11-03T13:00:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Offervault, the leading consolidator of online affiliate programs and cost per action networks (CPA networks), is hosting a special “Performance Marketing Leadership Summit” from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm, on Tuesday, November 3rd, the day before the Ad Tech New York meeting. The event will occur at the Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel at 569 Lexington Avenue.

This exclusive and important event is open to CPA Network Owners and Top Executives who are concerned about the growing problem of affiliate fraud and how to detect and eliminate it. In a series of keynote presentations and panel discussions, participants will receive information which they will be able to immediately implement to correct this problem.

“As we have been intimately involved with CPA Networks and Affiliate Programs covering thousands of offers, one of the most common complaints or issues we hear from our partners is the problem of affiliate fraud, how to properly screen affiliates, how to detect affiliate fraud, and how to monitor the large numbers of affiliates,” said Mark Roth, founder of Offervault. “So, we decided to sponsor this special event the day before Ad Tech New York as a way to bring the most important industry players together in one room and give them up-to-date information.”

Peter Bordes, MediaTrust Founder and CEO will lead off the Summit with a keynote address covering the state of the industry and how to minimize and deal with affiliate fraud. Following a panel discussion about Affiliate Screening and CPA Network concerns, David Montague, The Fraud Practice Founder and President, will review fraud detection and monitoring. An additional panel discussion will cover credit card fraud, advertiser terms, and monitoring affiliate activity. After an Offervault presentation, the Summit will wrap up with a networking session.

Confirmed attendees include representatives from Motive Interactive, Linkshare, Neverblue, XY7, Hydra network, Azoogle, Copeac, Uniqueleads, Affiliate Venture Group, and Peerfly, among others.

Offervault has acted as a consolidator of affiliate offers from top CPA networks and other affiliate networks since 2007. Committed to improving the overall industry, its breadth and depth of offers and its free training programs have been highly recognized by the industry. Offervault offers a free sign up process at its website for affiliate managers.

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SEO Company Submit Express Makes Deloitte's Technology Fast 500

2009-11-03T13:00:00-05:00

Burbank, CA (Gawkwire.com) Leading search engine optimization company Submit Express today announced that it ranked number 435 on Technology Fast 500™, Deloitte LLP's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth during the five year period from 2004-2008. Submit Express grew 260% percent during this period.

Submit Express's CEO, Pierre Zarokian, credits their success to providing top notch search engine optimization and link building services, which have resulted in great results for their clients.

"Submit Express has maintained growth in difficult economic times by continuing to pioneer new ways for our customers to gain visibility online," he said. "Whether it's using social media marketing tools to gain visibility on Twitter and Facebook or leveraging the latest internet marketing solutions, this ranking shows that our commitment to providing effective and ethical SEO services to our clients is successful."

"Technology Fast 500™ recognizes innovative companies that have broken down barriers to success and defied the odds with their remarkable five-year revenue growth," said Phil Asmundson, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology, Media and Telecommunications leader, Deloitte LLP. "We congratulate Submit Express on this accomplishment."

"With its impressive five-year growth, Submit Express has earned its position among the fastest growing technology companies in North America," said Mark Jensen, Managing Partner, Technology and Venture Capital Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP. "Deloitte is proud to honor Submit Express for its achievement."

Submit Express previously ranked 310 as a Technology Fast 500™ award winner for 2008.

Overall, Technology Fast 500™ award winners for 2009 had growth rates ranging from 212 to 146,050 percent over five years, with an average growth rate of 2,486 percent.

Technology Fast 500™ Selection and Qualifying Criteria

For Technology Fast 500™ selection and qualifying criteria visit www.inc500.com.

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Vote for the Best .INFO Web site of 2009

2009-11-03T06:29:00-05:00

Dublin, Ireland (Gawkwire.com) Now the public has a voice in whose INFO they like best. Today, Afilias, the registry operator for the .INFO domain, opened its 2009 .INFO Awards to public voting. Anyone around the world can now vote for their favorite of the top 10 .INFO Web sites selected by a panel of judges.

“The .INFO domain is the global home for anyone with information to share. The submissions for this year’s awards program reflect .INFO’s global appeal and the inherent usefulness of an Internet domain entirely devoted to information,” said Roland LaPlante, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Afilias.

The 2009 program garnered more than 50 entries. The most popular categories for site submissions included special interest Web sites (28 percent), private Web sites (23 percent) and business/corporate Web sites (17 percent). (IMAGE: http://www.info.info/webfm_send/91)

In addition, interest in the .INFO awards was truly global with submissions being entered from 18 countries. 31 percent of submissions came from Germany, followed by the United States at 19 percent and Russia at 12 percent. Notably, the UK accounted for 6 percent of submissions, while India and France both had 4 percent. (IMAGE http://www.info.info/webfm_send/90)

The 2009 panel of judges included: Dominik Grollman – Editor in Chief of Internet World Business (Germany), Peter Prestipino - Editor in Chief of Website Magazine , Gautam Chatur – Senior Director at Qorvis Communications , Michael Stephanblome – Managing Director AdJug UK, Katy Tafoya – Editor ConstantChatter.com , and Philipp Grabensee – Chairman of the Afilias Board of Directors.

This panel selected the following Web sites as the top 10 submissions:

turkel.info
gps-tour.info
solicitor.info
de.med.info
digitaldruck.info/
your-affiliate.info/
thueringen.info
zulassungsdienst.info
westsussex.info
santosbrazil.info

Members of the public can vote for their favorite of these top 10 sites at info-award.info Public voting will remain open until 11:59 p.m. November 6. Public votes will be combined with the judges scores to select the top three Award winners. Prizes for the awards are allocated as: US$7,500 for the winner, US$5,000 for second place, and US$3,000 for third place. The winners of the .INFO Awards will be announced on November 9.

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Network Solutions Teams with Microsoft to Offer Windows SharePoint Services

2009-11-03T06:27:00-05:00

Herndon, VA (Gawkwire.com) Leading web services provider Network Solutions® has teamed with the country's leading software provider to offer Microsoft SharePoint Hosting. Network Solutions' nsHosting Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) are ideal for small businesses comprised of centrally or remotely located teams that need to manage and share tasks that include document creation, research collaboration, and team discussions.

Microsoft SharePoint Hosting allows users to set up online workspaces where workers can easily share files, assign tasks, or coordinate calendars. Built-in integration with Microsoft Outlook makes tracking tasks and coordinating employee calendars seamless. Document organization and management functions come with version management capabilities that allow many users to contribute without ever having to manually merge changes.

"Since we are always looking for the best ways to serve small businesses with our products and services, offering nsHosting Windows SharePoint Services was a no-brainer," said Navin Ganeshan, senior director of Web Presence Product Management for Network Solutions. "Collaboration features available with Microsoft SharePoint Hosting allow for employees to work together easily, no matter whether they are located in one office or across the country."

The nsHosting Microsoft SharePoint Hosting packages come with plenty of disk space, unlimited bandwidth, and the ability to support as many as 500 users. A library of pre-built applications allows for automation to help businesses run more smoothly and collaborate easily. Like other nsHosting packages, there is no set-up fee, and a domain and emailboxes are included. Each package is backed by Network Solutions' 30-day money back guarantee.

For more information on SharePoint Hosting, visit www.NetworkSolutions.com

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Free ASP.NET 4 Hosting Sandbox for Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 Users

2009-11-03T06:26:00-05:00

Pasadena, CA (Gawkwire.com) DiscountASP.NET, a leading innovator in Windows Server 2008 hosting, announces a free ASP.NET 4 hosting sandbox program for Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 users to experience One-Click Publish, the next-generation in web application packaging and deployment.

"With Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft has invested in making the application deployment experience easier," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "Our free ASP.NET 4 hosting sandbox will provide the developer community an opportunity to get an early jump start on experience with .NET framework 4 and One-Click Publish before the official release next year."

The free sandbox hosting program is a limited program offered as an open beta on a first come first serve basis. The beta hosting account comes with 50 MB of disk space and 50 MB of SQL Server 2008 database space. The sandbox site works with a subdomain of DiscountASP.NET. The free ASP.NET hosting sandbox supports .NET Framework 4 beta 2. This platform is only intended for testing and should not be used for production purposes. The program ends January 31, 2010.

Interested developers are welcome to sign up at http://labs.discountasp.net.

Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 can be downloaded from the Microsoft site at http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx.

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Interoute boosts capacity of the European internet

2009-11-03T06:25:00-05:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) Interoute, owner operator of one of Europe’s largest next generation voice and data network, and Juniper Networks Inc, (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high performance networking, today announced that an extra 9.5 Terabits of capacity has been added to Interoute’s pan European IP network. The upgrade is in response to increased Internet traffic from ISPs, content providers and enterprise customers, which led to Interoute experiencing IP traffic doubling every 12 months.

This escalation in demand is being led by broadband growth in emerging markets where Interoute serves customers including Slovak Telecom, ATM in Poland and Magyar Telecom in Hungary, combined with increasingly rich multimedia content from mobile providers, such as Vodafone, and the growth in enterprise VPNs. All these factors have contributed to Interoute’s 32 percent growth rate since 2008.

Interoute’s next generation network is part of the digital backbone of the European Internet, and also provides IP transit and content delivery services to enterprise and media owners.

Matthew Finnie, CTO at Interoute, commented, “Interoute, with this upgrade, has added over 9.5 Terabits of capacity to Europe’s Internet, improving the quality, experience and availability of Europe’s Internet whilst maintaining the sophisticated mix of security, predictability and scale required by enterprises for critical IT infrastructure services, including computing, communication and connectivity.”

Interoute has deployed the Juniper Networks MX Series Ethernet Services Routers in its core pan European IP network. Gert-Jan Schenk, senior vice president EMEA, Juniper Networks, said: “Demand for bandwidth continues to grow, and providers need to expand their networks to keep pace, while also increasing the value their networks can deliver to customers. Interoute is a highly-innovative company, always focused on delivering excellent value to its customers via new services and quality of service to maintain traction.”

Interoute will continue to invest in capacity ahead of network demand and in anticipation of customer requirements. The IP layer is one of five network platforms that form part of Interoute’s next-generation European network. The current network infrastructure has the capacity to be upgraded a further 50 times, giving Interoute’s customers a deep reserve from which to draw as their demands increase.

The upgrade project involved Juniper Networks MX960 Ethernet Services Router platform being deployed across 12 cities within the Interoute network including Amsterdam, Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Prague and Stockholm.

Juniper Networks MX960 platform is one of the industry’s largest capacity Carrier Ethernet platforms with up to 960 gigabits per second (Gbps) of switching and routing capacity, reducing costs and increasing revenue per platform while delivering the scale to ensure investment protection. Offering efficient support of high-density interfaces and high-capacity switching throughput, the MX960 enables a wide range of business and residential applications and services, including high-speed transport and VPN services and next-generation network aggregation. The MX Series is based on the industry-leading JUNOS® software which simplifies networks operations and reduces the costs and complexity of deploying, provisioning and managing scalable Ethernet services.

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1&1 November Special Offers

2009-11-02T13:00:00-05:00

Philadelphia, PA (Gawkwire.com) 1&1 Internet, Inc., the world’s largest Web host by known servers, is now offering discounts on a variety of packages and products. These promotions, valid through November 30th, will allow customers to create an even more affordable Web presence.

1&1’s feature rich Home, Business and Developer shared hosting packages are currently available for free for three months (12 month minimum contract and setup fee apply). Regularly $6.99 - $19.99 per month, these packages are ideal for individuals and organizations looking to create a website. Included at no additional charge are up to 5 domain names for the life of the package, up to 300 GB of Web space, unlimited bandwidth and more.

From students to entrepreneurs, 1&1’s Web solutions are relied upon by customers exhibiting all levels of Web expertise. This month, customers can also benefit from three months free on eShops, MailXchange, Microsoft SharePoint, VPS II and VPS III and select Dedicated Servers (12 month minimum contract and setup fee apply).

Having registered over 10 million domain names worldwide, 1&1 continues to leverage its scale to drive down the price of domain names. Until November 30th, .COM domains are $6.99 and .INFO domains are $0.99 for the first year, regular prices apply afterwards. 1&1 domains are regularly priced starting at $8.99 per year and include free private registration.

Since 2003, 1&1 Internet Inc. has been at the forefront of encouraging US small businesses to adopt the Web. 1&1 is the one-stop-shop for web solutions, providing a high quality service with the security of its state-of-the-art green data centers and 24/7 technical support. 1&1’s green efforts will offset emissions of over 30,000 tons of CO2 per year. As the world’s largest Web host, 1&1 is well placed to deliver a high quality service to its business customers. The company currently holds over 9 million customer contracts worldwide and manages over 10 million domain names.

For more information on 1&1’s current offers visit the website at www.1and1.com.

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SingleHop partners with GlobalSign to provide strong SSL Security Solutions

2009-11-02T13:00:00-05:00

Portsmouth, NH (Gawkwire.com) GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com), one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialists in SSL Partner Programs, today announced a new partnership with SingleHop, the Chicago based dedicated and complex hosting provider. The partnership will allow SingleHop’s customers to secure their website transactions, login pages, webmail, servers, and connections using GlobalSign’s highly trusted 2048 bit SSL technology. Furthermore, through the new partnership, the webhost firm will now offer clients the ability to seamlessly purchase and manage GlobalSign’s products directly from LEAP. LEAP is SingleHop’s proprietary server management suite, which spans desktop, WebTop and mobile options, providing the highest level of server control in the industry.

SingleHop host thousands of websites around the world and is focused on providing cost effective dedicated servers. SingleHop’s hosting services and solutions are provided via an innovative à la carte program which allows customers to tailor packages to meet their individual needs and support levels. As a current provider of SSL Certificates, SingleHop made the decision to switch to GlobalSign’s Partner Program from another SSL provider due to GlobalSign’s simplified, high value and feature packed SSL product range, comprehensive tools available to successfully resell SSL, and overall expertise in the channel market.

“We are very excited SingleHop has chosen to switch to GlobalSign to take advantage of our SSL program and the opportunities it offers” says John Murray, Vice President of Sales, GlobalSign. “Like our many other partners, SingleHop can provide their customers with the most future proof SSL Certificates on the Internet and instantly gain a competitive advantage with GlobalSign’s array of SSL solutions tied into their current offerings.”

“GlobalSign provides the most advanced, efficient, and adaptable platform for purchasing and maintaining security certificates. While our customers have a broad range of security needs, they have also come to expect tremendous levels of control from us. That is why, when it came to choosing a provider for security products, we felt aligned to and supported by GlobalSign as our clients would not just have a broad range of cost-effective security offerings to choose from, but could quickly and efficiently manage them in LEAP, SingleHop’s familiar and trusted platform.” Commented SingleHop’s VP of Communications, Dan Salcedo.

SingleHop will offer GlobalSign’s range of SSL Certificates including fast issuance Domain Validated SSL, traditional Organization Validated SSL, and EV SSL, the newly standardized SSL which activates the green address bar interface in IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari browsers. All GlobalSign SSL Certificates are inclusive of Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) (to “step up” weak browser encryption to strong encryption on older browsers), and are issued from the widely distributed 2048 bit GlobalSign Root CA Certificate. Choosing to offer GlobalSign’s highly trusted & future proof range of SSL Certificates will allow SingleHop to show customers their strong ongoing commitment to always providing improved ways to manage solutions to their clients.

GlobalSign’s SSL certificates are now available through SingleHop’s website at http://www.singlehop.com

For information on GlobalSign’s partner program, please visit www.globalsign.com/partners/

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Global Templates – Giving Away Free Website Templates

2009-11-02T13:00:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Global Templates, a new recently launched website presents a brand new collection of free website templates. Sporting a rich new collection of free website templates in a variety of web designs, Global Templates poses serious competition to the more veteran players in this market.

Global Templates includes several galleries of free website templates designed in an easy to modify HTML code. Categories include business, music, photography, computers, art, non-profit and more. For the past few years the internet has been growing exponentially and today, no business, large or small, can afford to ignore the internet and refrain from creating a strong web presence. Using free website templates is an easy, affordable and efficient way of achieving the final result fast.

Aside from the free website templates gallery, Global Templates also includes a premium templates gallery where users can browse through a rich assortment of premium Flash templates. These Flash templates are also divided into a long list of categories to make exploration of the website simple.

The website also includes a learning center that offers tips and ideas relating to template customization as well as a regularly updated blog on the subject of web design.

Global Templates’ free website templates are often used to create small business websites, photography websites and personal websites. This is not surprising, as more and more people are taking advantage of the internet to promote themselves. Websites are being used as a substitute for hardcopy resumes, brochures and other promotional materials. In an age where most people are concerned with financial and ecological constraints, the internet in combination with free website templates provides a viable and effective solution.

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WebmasterRadio.FM’s Premieres New E-Commerce Radio Show eCom Experts

2009-11-02T13:00:00-05:00

Fort Lauderdale, FL (Gawkwire.com) Fort Lauderdale, FL [PRWEB November 2, 2009 -- WebmasterRadio.FM, the premier B2B online radio network, is pleased to announce the newest show to its broadcast line up called “eCom Experts” This Monday and every Monday at 6pm Eastern Time starting October 26th.

eCom Experts is hosted by Shawna Fennell, CEO of 1 Choice 4 Your Store. eCom Experrts will discuss what you need to know to be a successful selling online, by offering tips and tricks to assist you with your search engine rankings, marketing your store, conversion rates, and much more.

Shawna has been building Yahoo! Stores since 2000 when she started her first store as a single mom with two children working out of her living room. Today she has an office with over 25 employees dedicated to helping Yahoo! store owners build, grow and succeed with their Yahoo! stores.

As one of the most respect and knowledgeable voices in the Ecommerce industry, Shawna Fennell is able to call on other experts in the field for an in-depth examination of all things e-commerce merchants need to know to run their online businesses optimally. With enthusiastic intelligent conversation and a deep personal curiosity, Shawna brings out the best in her guests each week. For an easily listened to guide to the rapidly changing world of electronic commerce, eComExperts is on the air.

“eCom Experts” airs live every Monday at 6pm Eastern Time and is available live at WebmasterRadio.FM or on demand in the WebmasterRadio.FM archives inside the Internet Marketing Channel or through iTunes.

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How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro

2009-11-01T04:51:00-05:00

(TechCrunch) Last night we wrote about the lead generation scams within social gaming networks. This is a guest post by Dennis Yu, the CEO of BlitzLocal, a privately held 50 person advertising agency in Denver, Colorado, specializing in local search engine marketing for franchises and professional service firms via Google and Facebook. BlitzLocal is no longer in the business of spam, but they do specialize in Facebook advertising and are now using the platform they’ve developed to run campaigns for big brands and small businesses. Dennis writes a blog at dennis-yu.com

Did you know how Mark Zuckerberg supported Facebook in the early days, before he got venture funding? Casino ads. And how about those advertisers who were making over $100,000 a day selling Acai Berry and other weight loss products – they are friends of mine, pioneers of new advertising channels. You see those ads saying “Inbox (5). Nick, someone in San Francisco has a crush on you!” (with your name, profile picture, and city in the ad). I generated millions of dollars from these offers on Facebook – I am not proud of it, but it was very lucrative.

I will walk you through how these online scams work on Facebook and other social networks – the mechanics of how the money is made, some of the people involved, and who is actually clicking on ads. If you’re reading this article, there is a good chance that you are not the type of person actually clicking on these spam ads, but are you curious as to who actually is?

In June 2007, Facebook opened up their application developer platform so that anyone could build games on top of the social network. By having access to user data, game developers could instantly make engaging, viral games. Rate who is hottest among your friends, share quizzes, race cars, grow vegetables, and so forth – all with a click of a button. Users in one click gave the game permission to access their profile data and they didn’t think twice about it. ...Go to source

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Best Search Engine Optimization Firms Ranked by topseos.com for November

2009-11-02T06:50:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) The independent authority in search, topseos.com, has completed its list of the Top Search Engine Optimization Consultants for November. The companies collected represent the best that search engine optimization, or SEO, has to offer.

SEO is the process of improving rankings for a webpage on major search engines like Yahoo, MSN and Google. Improving search engine rankings is an important aspect of marketing because the web is continuously increasing its presence in business. Research shows that internet surfers rarely get to the second page of a search result making getting number one rankings even more important. topseos.com picked the companies that will help clients in search of no. 1 rankings reach that goal.

The Best Search Engine Optimization Services in November include:

1.   Increase Visibility Inc.
2.   WebiMax
3.   SEOP
4.   Intrapromote LLC.
5.   ArteWorks SEO
6.   eVisibility, Inc.
7.   Oneupweb
8.   SEO Image Inc.
9.   Customer Magnetism
10.   ThinkBIGsites
11.   WebMetro
12.   Weblinx Limited
13.   Web.com Search Agency
14.   Submit Express
15.   WebpageFX
16.   Bruce Clay Inc.
17.   1st on the List Promotion Inc.
18.   SEO.com
19.   High Position Limited
20.   Direct Hit Solutions, Inc.
21.   SEO Inc
22.   Peak Positions, LLC
23.   Sems
24.   First Page SEO
25.   HighPoint Search Marketing
26.   Elite SEO Marketing
27.   PageTraffic
28.   First In Search Inc.
29.   iProspect
30.   Outrider

Each of the companies included in this prestigious list had to go through an extensive evaluation process that looks into each firm's knowledge of SEO, The rate of return on their client's investment and their dedication to customer satisfaction. To understand these factors better, they interviewed three of their clients and asked questions that include, "What would be 3 things you would change about your experience?", "What type of an ROI were you anticipating, what was achieved and in what time frame?", and "How many of your top industry keywords rank in the top 10?"

Search Engine Optimization Agencies that would like to be considered for the topseos.com lists should Apply for Rankings at: http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the Best Search Engine Optimisation Consultant and its followers.

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Keynote SMX West

2009-11-02T06:48:00-05:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) Search engine marketing conference Search Marketing Expo - SMX West will be held March 2-4, 2010 in Santa Clara, California.

SMX West will begin with a fireside chat between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of SearchEngineLand.com and SMX co-chair. This conversation marks the first time Mr. Ballmer will address the search marketing community at an industry event.

"I'm thrilled Steve's participating in his first ever search marketing conference" said Sullivan. "Microsoft's Bing has attracted real attention and buzz, and it's wonderful to have the person at the very top coming out to talk about the progress so far and the future vision with search marketers."

SMX West is programmed by search authorities Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, the editors of the leading news blog for internet and search engine marketers, SearchEngineLand.com. SMX West will feature three jam-packed days with over 50 sessions of cutting edge content on search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), social media marketing, local and mobile search marketing and search-friendly design and development. The program also features the SMX Boot Camp, a series of sessions designed to get beginners up to speed.

The full agenda for SMX West 2010 will be posted mid December. Until then, those who register can take advantage of the lowest-available pre-agenda rate. A $1095 All Access pass includes all of the exceptional content, online and off-line networking activities, and the essential conveniences like WiFi in session rooms and hot lunches SMX events provide.

About Search Marketing Expo - SMX West and Third Door Media

SMX West features sessions just for you, whether you are just starting out in search or looking for advanced level tactics, work on an in-house SEM team, hail from an agency or own your own business.

Attend SMX West for:
- Exceptional content so compelling, you'll want to implement what you've learned before leaving the conference. Super-charged sessions on PPC, SEO, local search, search friendly design and social media marketing will help you succeed today, tomorrow and in the future.
- Invaluable connections made possible by the ultimate mix of structured networking opportunities and social events. Meet new contacts, reconnect with colleagues - SMX makes it easy to interact and exchange ideas with other industry thought leaders.
- Essential conveniences to help you juggle your every-day responsibilities while maximizing your conference time. Always available and free Wi-Fi; hot lunches, snacks and beverages all day; access to all presentations and tools to pre-plan your custom itinerary - SMX has got you covered.

The Search Marketing Expo - SMX conference series is produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media's mission is to empower internet and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Search Marketing Expo conferences are held around the world and include: SMX West (Santa Clara, CA), SMX East (New York City) SMX Advanced (Seattle, WA and London), SMX Toronto, SMX Munich, SMX Sydney and SMX Stockholm.

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NEXCESS.NET Offers All Clients R1Soft’s Continuous Data Protection Solution

2009-11-02T06:45:00-05:00

Ann Arbor, MI (Gawkwire.com) NEXCESS.NET (http://www.nexcess.net), a provider of shared hosting, dedicated servers, colocation and server clusters, announced today the expansion of its backup services making R1Soft Continuous Data Protection® (CDP) available to its entire client base.

R1Soft’s enterprise-level backup solution protects NEXCESS.NET clients’ mission-critical data on Linux and Windows servers with near-continuous, disk-based backups which can be scheduled as often as every 15 minutes.

Clients will also benefit from maximum uptime with Bare-Metal Restores, which skip the OS reinstallation step, allowing data to be recovered from any point-in-time backup within minutes.
NEXCESS.NET will offer R1Soft backup access through the newly integrated InterWorx Control Panel to all shared hosting clients for free and will be offering managed backup services to its VPS and dedicated clients as well.

“Our initial deployment of R1Soft demonstrated how easy-to-use the software was and how simply it just worked. The recent integration of R1Soft CDP with the InterWorx control panel was crucial to our backup services expansion because now we can centralize our entire backup system and provide a more complete offering for our clients. We are very pleased with the outcome and anticipate even further expansion if all goes accordingly,” said Chris Wells, CEO of NEXCESS.NET.

R1Soft’s disk-based CDP software works by reading data at the sector level and only recording data that has changed since the last backup. This type of incremental backups empowers NEXCESS.NET with the ability to offer clients high-performance backup services they can truly depend on without experiencing a negative impact on server performance.

For more information on NEXCESS.NET services, please visit http://www.nexcess.net. http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/nexcess_net_offers_all_clients_r1soft_s_continuous_data_protecti.html

Bloxx Survey Highlights Impact & Risks of Social Networking for UK Businesses

2009-11-02T06:40:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) Research released today by Bloxx, the innovator in Web content filtering, has highlighted the potential business impact of staff accessing Social Networking sites in the workplace. A broad cross section of ICT professionals from UK public sector and private organisations was surveyed and over 90% believe that access to these sites should be restricted or banned.

The research shows that the biggest concerns for IT Managers are staff productivity, network security risks and damage to corporate reputation. This has led an increasing number of organisations to introduce a complete ban on staff accessing Social Networking sites. Surprisingly, according to the research it also seems common for staff to post disparaging remarks regarding other employees, their boss or the company on Social Networking sites.

Over 22% of respondents do not have any controls in place for staff accessing Social Networking sites. With the survey showing that 35% of IT managers believe staff are spending more than 30 minutes each per day on average accessing Social Networking sites, these companies are potentially providing an additional 16 days paid holiday for each employee.

However, this research also shows that Social Networking is increasingly being used as a valuable business tool and access is required to harness the benefits these sites can bring to businesses.

“UK businesses really can’t afford to underestimate some of the risks of Social Networking use in the workplace,” said Eamonn Doyle, Chief Executive Officer at Bloxx. “However, our view is that a complete ban is unrealistic and adopting this approach means that companies can’t obtain the potential business benefits of Social Networking and can alienate staff.”

“It really doesn’t have to be all or nothing with Social Networking - the strategy companies need to adopt is one that combines employee education, well-thought-out acceptable use policies and effective, discriminating, cutting-edge Web filtering technology,” adds Doyle.

The full results of the survey can be downloaded at: http://www.bloxx.com/Bloxx_social_networking_survey09.pdf

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NetSuite National Business Cloud Computing Seminar Comes to Atlanta

2009-11-02T06:38:00-05:00

Atlanta, GA and San Mateo, CA (Gawkwire.com) NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of cloud computing business management software suites, today announced that it will bring its national business cloud computing seminar to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, in Buckhead, Atlanta on Thursday, November 5, from 8:30am to 11:30am.

This timely seminar on the latest advancements in business cloud computing will feature a keynote speech, and shared insights from leading executives of local and regionally based businesses on how their companies are leveraging the business cloud to lower operating costs and gain greater visibility across global operations. To register for this complimentary event, please visit www.netsuite.com/cloudseminar.

The keynote, titled "How the Cloud Transforms Business Management," will detail how cloud computing enables businesses to reduce costs and improve efficiency by performing key operations in the cloud. It will elaborate on how cloud computing can provide unprecedented levels of real-time control and visibility over multi-subsidiary and multinational operations, and simplify multi-currency financial consolidation.

The seminar in Atlanta will open with an address by leading industry analyst Mr. Vinnie Mirchandani, founder of Deal Architect and former Gartner analyst. He will present on "The New TCO: Total Cloud Ownership."

The keynotes will be followed by an Executive Panel discussion on "How the Cloud Changes Everything." Confirmed panel participants in Atlanta include Calvin Jackman, Controller of Mycom North America; David Stover, CFO of Asahi Kasei Spandex America; and Chris Hauser, CFO and Vice President of NASCO. The panel and NetSuite's closing remarks will be followed by a networking reception.

NetSuite's global seminar series, launched in London and continuing this fall in business centers throughout North America and the Asia-Pacific region, cements its status as the most exciting full-spectrum cloud computing developer, and is the latest in a series of accomplishments in recent months. Three of the most successful recent IPOs in the United States were conducted by companies who entrust their business operations to NetSuite: OpenTable, Inc. (NasdaqGM: OPEN), SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI), and LogMeIn, Inc. (NasdaqGM: LOGM). Fujitsu Business Systems of Japan recently became a sales and support partner, expanding the reach of the only fully-localized Japanese cloud computing enterprise solution. And NetSuite OneWorld, the leading cloud computing solution for the multinational enterprise, has achieved industry certification by influential accounting trade groups in the United Kingdom and Germany.

For more information about NetSuite Inc., please visit www.netsuite.com.

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