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Adobe and Facebook Drive Next Generation of Social Applications

2009-03-31T12:00:00-04:00

SAN JOSE, CA (Gawkwire.com) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Facebook® today announced a joint effort to enable Web developers to create more compelling applications using the Adobe® Flash® Platform and Facebook Platform.

Officially supported by Adobe and Facebook, the new ActionScript® 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform is a free and open source programming language library that is expected to be a complete resource supporting all Facebook application programming interfaces (APIs) including Facebook Connect.

Documentation, example applications and code are now available at http://www.adobe.com/go/facebook for developers to get started building rich applications with Adobe Flash and Flex software, and Facebook Platform.

Quotes

Ethan Beard, director of platform marketing, Facebook

“Our vision is to empower the world's developers to make the Web more social with Facebook Platform and through Facebook Connect,” said Ethan Beard, director of platform marketing, Facebook. “With our official support of the ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform, our innovative community of developers can more easily use the Adobe Flash Platform to create the next generation of applications that will allow users to engage with the people they care about in even more expressive ways.”

Bryant Macy, director of product marketing for the Platform Business Unit, Adobe

“Combining social functionality with the Adobe Flash Platform gives the millions of Flash developers the tools to create Web experiences that are truly differentiated,” said Bryant Macy, director of product marketing for the Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “Flash developers are already creating great applications for Facebook, and the new ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform will accelerate the pace of social innovation on the Web.”

Sebastien de Halleux, chief operating officer and co-founder of Playfish

“Since 2007, Playfish has leveraged Facebook Platform and the Flash Platform to create fun and engaging social games that are now played by more than 60 million registered users around the world,” said Sebastien de Halleux, chief operating officer and co-founder of Playfish. “We believe social networks are the next generation game platform and today's announcement is a further step toward creating experiences that are more social and visually compelling.”

Adobe Flash Platform Powers Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and Supports All Facebook APIs

•Many developers already use Adobe Flash software, including the open source Flex framework, to build applications on Facebook, or use Facebook Connect, and the new ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform affirms that applications created with the Adobe Flash Platform will continue to be an integral part of the Facebook ecosystem.
•The ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform is open source and fully supported by Adobe and Facebook — developed in collaboration by Adobe, Facebook and the community of developers.
•The new ActionScript 3.0 library for Facebook includes support for 60 new APIs, which are consistent with current Facebook Platform APIs to ensure seamless implementation.
•ActionScript 3.0 is the object-oriented programming language for Adobe Flash technology, which is ideally suited for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs).
•ActionScript 3.0 joins JavaScript and PHP as officially supported client libraries for Facebook Platform.
Adobe Flash Platform: Innovation That Stands Out, Technology That Fits In

•The Adobe Flash Platform is a complete system of integrated tools, frameworks, clients and servers for the development of Web applications, content and video that runs consistently across operating systems and devices.
•Adobe Flash Player content reaches over 98 percent of Internet-enabled desktops, and Adobe Flash technology is the No. 1 platform for video on the Web.
Availability

The ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform is available immediately as a free download along with developer documentation and tutorials at http://www.adobe.com/go/facebook.

Adobe at Web 2.0 Expo 2009

•Web 2.0 Expo attendees come to the Adobe booth (#615) on Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2 to meet with Adobe and Facebook representatives to learn more about the ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform.
•Watch the keynote address of Adobe chief technology officer Kevin Lynch on Thursday, April 2 at 9:50 a.m. PST.
Helpful Links

•Adobe Flash Platform
•Adobe Developer Connection
•Adobe Open Source Initiatives
•ActionScript 3.0 Language and Components Reference
•Flash Platform in action: Playfish
•Facebook Developer Blog
•Facebook Developers Platform
•Facebook Developers Wiki
•Facebook Connect
•Facebook Application: Music by iLike
•Facebook Application: Graffiti
•Red Bull with Facebook Connect

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Parallels Workstation Extreme Launches

2009-03-31T12:00:00-04:00

Renton, WA (Gawkwire.com) Parallels today announced the launch of Parallels Workstation Extreme, the first high-end workstation virtualization solution to offer users near-native performance for resource-intensive applications that require extremely large memory support, multiple CPU cores, and direct access to graphics cards. The product brings together the latest breakthrough technologies from Intel, NVIDIA and HP - launched today - to deliver the benefits of workstation virtualization without sacrificing performance of critical applications.

Through this unique virtualization solution, a single powerful computer can effectively do the work of several workstations at once. Users can run multiple operating systems on the same physical box, addressing compatibility issues while maintaining workload isolation. This enhances the productivity and cost-efficiency of power users, such as digital content creators, design engineers, software developers and testers, sales and training professionals and those working with data modeling in a range of vertical sectors, including finance, government, science, engineering, manufacturing, and oil and gas.

"Parallels Workstation Extreme is revolutionary for the users of resource-intensive applications, such as those used for oil and gas exploration," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. "Until now, it has been impossible for them to enjoy the benefits of virtualization, as the impact on graphics performance has been significant. Parallels Workstation Extreme addresses this, offering users powerful support for 3D professional graphics cards via Intel VT-d and the new NVIDIA SLI Multi-OS technology, delivering near-native performance. The solution also offers up to 16 CPU cores and 64GB of RAM for guest OSs, creating a superior customer experience compared to today's normal computing speed in a virtual machine. In essence, the combination of technologies from Parallels, Intel, NVIDIA and HP, means enterprises will be able to dedicate system resources as needed, allowing greater productivity across multiple operating systems and workloads."

Previously, the industry approach to running graphics in virtual environments has been emulation, resulting in limited throughput and rendering most graphics-intensive applications unusable in a virtual machine. Parallels Workstation Extreme addresses this issue by employing the Parallels FastLane architecture to take full advantage of the intelligent performance features in the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series and the Intel® X58 Express Chipset. The new processors include Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d) enabling us to deliver outstanding performance by dedicating physical devices to virtualized environments. When added with NVIDIA SLI Multi-OS technology, this enables near-native performance of resource-intensive and graphics-intensive applications, as for the first time assignment of professional graphics cards can be made to a virtual machine.

"Parallels' takes advantage of the intelligent performance features in the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series to change the game in workstations," said Doug Fisher, Intel Vice President, Software and Services Group, and General Manager, Systems Software Division. "Combining the new Intel Xeon processor and Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O, Parallels Workstation Extreme can create multiple virtual workstations with individual graphics cards that produce displays at near native performance."

In order for professionals to get the optimized performance and visual quality they expect from GPU-accelerated applications, Parallels Workstation Extreme takes advantage of NVIDIA's latest SLI capability, NVIDIA SLI Multi-OS. Due to this ground-breaking technology, for the first time, professionals are able to run multiple graphics-intensive applications simultaneously from a single graphics workstation. Built into the NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 3800, Quadro FX 4800, and Quadro FX 5800 professional graphics solutions, SLI Multi-OS, allows users to connect a Quadro GPU to both the host and a guest virtual machine operating system. This enables enterprises to run multiple graphics-intensive workloads on a single graphics workstation.

"The latest NVIDIA Quadro GPU solutions deliver the most advance graphics features and performance available, enabling professionals to move beyond even the toughest visualization challenges," said Jeff Brown, General Manager, Professional Solutions, NVIDIA. "Combining Parallels Workstation Extreme with our new Quadro SLI Multi-OS technology means that for the first time, professionals can continue to experience the same visual quality and performance provided by Quadro GPUs but in a virtualized environment. This joint effort will drive higher productivity and lower operational costs."

The user scenarios for Parallels Workstation Extreme include:

Digital Content Creation: Create and visualize faster and remove dependencies that tie applications to Linux and Windows based OSs on a single workstation
Oil & Gas: Generate, model and visualize more exploration plans while running applications near native performance in both Windows/ Linux workloads
Manufacturing: Design, simulate and visualize your inventions faster by running design and simulation software on same workstation at the same time across multiple OS types
Finance: Model, synthesize and visualize complex data systems at near native speed on a single workstation
Software Developers: Concurrently develop and debug graphics intensive applications (i.e. game design) on a workstation and a virtual target machine from the same physical hardware
Sciences: Drive multiple complex and diverse scientific research visualization applications in medical labs, academia, hospitals, and R&D centers

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Encore Payment Systems Announces Partnership with ControlScan, Inc.

2009-03-31T12:00:00-04:00

Addison, TX. (Gawkwire.com) Addison, TX based Encore Payment Systems, www.EncorePS.com, a leader in the electronic payment processing industry, recently announced a strategic partnership with ControlScan, www.ControlScan.com, the leading provider of PCI compliance and security solutions exclusively focused on small merchants.

The PCI Security Standards Council has established PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) designed to protect cardholder data. The standards apply to all organizations that store, process or transmit cardholder data. In an effort to alleviate merchant processing vulnerabilities and protect sensitive cardholder data, Encore has developed innovative measures to assist their merchants in compliance with these standards. In order to provide the highest levels of compliance training, certification and remediation, Encore has formed a strategic partnership with ControlScan.

In our quickly evolving world of payment acceptance, we constantly evaluate the security needs of our merchants and our organization
We are working closely with ControlScan to integrate the PCI DSS requirements into our current value-added suite of products and services, therefore ControlScan's expertise and technology resources are key in our management team's objective of providing a single-source solution for all small-to-medium sized merchants.
We are excited to be working with Encore Payment Systems in this partnership
By utilizing ControlScan's PCI compliance solutions as part of their overall offering, Encore Payments will help their merchant community become secure, thereby ensuring that they meet all private and public regulatory requirements by protecting all cardholder data.
"In our quickly evolving world of payment acceptance, we constantly evaluate the security needs of our merchants and our organization," said Robel Sebany, vice president of operations, Encore Payment Systems. "We are working closely with ControlScan to integrate the PCI DSS requirements into our current value-added suite of products and services, therefore ControlScan's expertise and technology resources are key in our management team's objective of providing a single-source solution for all small-to-medium sized merchants."

"We are excited to be working with Encore Payment Systems in this partnership," said Jethro Felton, executive vice president of sales and business development, ControlScan. "By utilizing ControlScan's PCI compliance solutions as part of their overall offering, Encore Payments will help their merchant community become secure, thereby ensuring that they meet all private and public regulatory requirements by protecting all cardholder data."

About Encore Payment Systems
Encore Payment Systems was established for the purpose of providing electronic payment processing solutions and other value-added services to small and medium-sized retail merchants throughout the United States. Encore is a leader in the electronic payment processing field providing credit card, debit card, ATM card, gift card, prepaid card, EBT and check processing services.

With over seventy years of combined experience in the electronic transaction processing industry, Encore's management team set forth a goal of creating a company with a sincere dedication to superior customer service and an honest and ethical approach to acquiring new customers. This vision has enabled Encore to become one of the fastest growing companies in the industry excelling in all aspects of merchant services.

Encore Payment Systems is located at 3801 Arapaho Road, Addison, Texas 75001. Visit Encore Payment Systems online at www.EncorePS.com

For further information, contact Jessica Bryant, Marketing Assistant, at 214-442-1700 x1333.

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Skype Available on Apple App Store

2009-03-31T12:00:00-04:00

LAS VEGAS, NV (Gawkwire.com) Skype announced that its highly anticipated application, Skype™ for iPhone, will be available on the Apple App Store beginning today. The app also adds Skype calling and instant messaging to any second generation iPod touch with a compatible headset and microphone.

“Skype software for the iPhone has been the number one request among our users. We are delighted to deliver on this request and put Skype into the pockets of millions of people around the world who are carrying iPhone and iPod touch devices,” said Scott Durchslag, Skype’s Chief Operating Officer. “Skype for iPhone will open up new ways for more than 400 million Skype users to stay connected and take their Skype conversations with them. Skype for iPhone is an experience that offers the same simplicity, ease-of-use and quality our users have come to expect from Skype, combined with an elegance of design and richness so loved by Apple’s many customers worldwide.”

The application delivers core Skype capabilities including:

•Free Skype-to-Skype calls from any Wi-Fi zone to other Skype users worldwide
•Call landline or mobile phones at Skype’s great low rates from any Wi-Fi zone
•Send/receive instant messages to/from individuals or groups via 3G, Wi-Fi, GPRS or EDGE (whichever is available)
•Receive calls to a personal online number on Skype
•See when Skype contacts are online/available to IM or talk
Skype for iPhone requires a Wi-Fi connection to make free Skype-to-Skype calls or low-cost Skype calls to mobiles and landlines. Users will not be charged by Skype for making and receiving Skype-to-Skype calls using an iPhone or iPod touch. Skype’s normal low rates apply if using Skype to call landlines or mobiles.

The app uses Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS or EDGE (whichever is available) to sign into Skype, update a contact list, maintain and update presence and send/receive instant messages. Skype recommends an unlimited data usage plan for using Skype over a mobile data connection to avoid being charged by a wireless service provider for 3G, GPRS and EDGE mobile data usage.

Profile pictures of other users in a Skype Contacts list are also visible, making it easy to identify them. In addition, users can update their own Skype profile picture from within the Skype for iPhone app, either by choosing an existing image from a photo album on the device, or by using the camera on the iPhone to take a new photo.

The Skype application for the iPhone or iPod touch will be available for free from Apple’s App Store on both devices, or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

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About Skype

Founded in 2003, Skype is revolutionizing the way people communicate around the world. Skype has more than 405 million registered users globally who use Skype software to communicate for free through voice and video calls as well as instant messages. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings, such as calls made to and from landlines and mobiles, voicemail, call forwarding, and SMS. Skype is used in almost every country on Earth, and people have made more than 100 billion minutes worth of free Skype-to-Skype calls. Conversations over Skype can take place on computers, mobile devices and Skype Certified™ hardware. Skype certifies and sells hundreds of hardware products from more than 50 partners, and works with hundreds of third-party developers who have created plug-ins to extend Skype’s functionality.

Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). Learn more and download Skype at www.skype.com.

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HostingPanama Deploys R1Soft Continuous Data Protection

2009-03-31T12:00:00-04:00

Panama City, Panama (Gawkwire.com) Eduardo Vila, Chief Sales Officer of HostingPanama remarked, ''Customers will now be able to, not only make private and secure backups of the servers they host with us here in Panama, but also any other servers that they do not necessarily have hosted here in our facilities, and all of this of course, 100% Offshore. We are very excited because we can now provide this value-added service to our customers for the most reasonable price. R1Soft's affordable licensing structure allows us to provide them with solid, reliable and 100% Offshore backups to ensure that their data is always protected and easily accessible for quick restoration. This partnership is an excellent opportunity to expand on our services currently offered to our customers without major pricing increases.''

With the launch of CDP, HostingPanama has enrolled in the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program (R1HPP) which will provide them with a number of benefits including resources to help promote R1Soft CDP and generate additional business.

R1Soft's disk-based data protection software will enable HostingPanama to efficiently run Offshore backups around-the-clock using minimal resources and causing no interference even on busy servers. With CDP, they have the capacity to create over 100 recovery points a day from which they can easily perform Bare-Metal Restores for quick disaster recovery.

As an R1HPP member, HostingPanama will receive exclusive access to volume licensing discounts as well as marketing and sales tools. These resources will assist HostingPanama™ in more effectively promoting CDP to new customers by increasing the value of their services. R1HPP also aims to help make current clients aware of the benefits CDP has to offer and better inform them on how to take advantage of the backup service.

Based in Panama City, Panama, HostingPanama is an industry leader in outsourced Web hosting, Dedicated Servers, and colocation services. Emphasizing privacy, security and reliability, the company provides services to over 7,000 businesses worldwide in its nearly 14,000 square feet of datacenter space. HostingPanama™ was founded in 1999.

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MacBook Mini mockup: Fan fake or the real deal?

2009-03-31T10:03:00-04:00

(cnet) Well, Monday's Apple Netbook entry comes to us from a Russian magazine that printed up what's almost assuredly fake concept art for a MacBook mini (it's not quite April Fool's Day, but we're close). What's amusing is that it all looks pretty real on the surface, with a price tag ($899), a release date (sometime this year), and detailed specs that have some folks drooling:

•10.4-inch WXGA display
•1280x768-pixel resolution with LED backlighting
•Nvidia MCP79 chipset
•Intel Atom Z740 1.83GHz CPU with 1MB L2 cache
•2GB DDR3-800 memory
•Nvidia GeForce 9400M GPU
•64GB solid-state drive
•Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR connectivity
•Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n connectivity
•1 USB 2.0 socket
•1 Mini Display Port
•Lithium ion 5100mA battery

Looks too good to be true. Or does it?

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Filter Forge for Mac OS X Released

2009-03-31T10:01:00-04:00

Alexandria, VA (Gawkwire.com) After a successful beta test, Filter Forge, Inc. today announced the final release of the long-awaited Mac OS X version of Filter Forge, an innovative high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters -- seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds, frames and more. The key features of Filter Forge include a visual filter editor and a free online library of about 6000 user-created filters.

The key feature of Filter Forge is the visual filter editor allowing users to build custom filters without writing a single line of code. Filters are assembled from components such as blurs, gradients, color adjustments, distortions, or blending, into a network to combine their effects. For end-users, the filter internals are hidden behind a simple set of filter controls -- anyone can immediately benefit from filters without having to learn their inner workings.

Another major feature is the free online library of user-generated filters, which makes Filter Forge instantly useful for anyone who has no time to learn how to create filters. All filters are adjustable, seamlessly tiled, resolution independent, support real-world HDRI lighting, and can automatically generate diffuse, specular, bump, and normal maps. At the moment, the filter library contains about 6000 filters, with new filters added every day. To view the filters, click here: http://www.filterforge.com/filters/

Filter Forge is available in six differently priced editions targeted at entry-level, mainstream and professional graphic artists. Starting March 31, all editions of Filter Forge for both Windows and Mac OS X are offered at a special 30% discount -- customers can save up to $90. To buy Filter Forge at a 30% discount, click here: http://www.filterforge.com/buy/

Filter Forge works on Mac OS X 10.4 or higher on both Intel and PowerPC processors. It can be used as a stand-alone application or as a plugin under Adobe Photoshop CS2, CS3 and CS4. The free fully-functional 30-day trial versions for Windows and Mac OS X can be downloaded at http://www.filterforge.com/

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Company Announced Layoffs? Negotiating a Better Severance Package

2009-03-31T09:59:00-04:00

Denver, CO (Gawkwire.com) Kirk Nemer president of Career Protection, first appeared on Total Picture Radio, (a popular Internet radio talk show), in February 2008. At that time, Career Protection, a national firm assisting professionals with employment negotiations, had published the worst layoff projections in the firm's 21 year history. Their annual projections were, unfortunately, all accurate.

According to Nemer, people need to understand that although massive layoffs are in the headlines way too often, "it's a big mistake to think, 'Oh, my company's in financial trouble, so there is no severance pay.' Or, 'my company's going bankrupt, so there's no termination benefits.' "In fact," Nemer counsels, "severance packages provided during these unfortunate times are usually the most generous."

Kirk Nemer has a background which includes over 20 years as a corporate counsel and vice president of human resources for Fortune 500 and global corporations, giving him a unique perspective when it comes to negotiating employment and severance agreements. Peter Clayton, the producer and host of Total Picture Radio, considers Nemer "the go-to guy when it comes to employment agreements and severance package negotiations. This is all Career Protection does--they are the national experts in this arena."

In the 26 minute in-depth interview, Clayton brought up an important issue, "Kirk, does severance pay affect unemployment compensation?" "Well, that's an interesting question," Nemer responded, "and we're asked that so often, Peter, because many companies illegally try to get people to waive their unemployment compensation. First, severance pay is not considered wages that would count against your right to unemployment benefits. However, with that said, some states have a temporary delay in eligibility for unemployment insurance depending on how the severance pay is paid out."

Another widely misunderstood topic discussed on the program focused on if, and when, employees should consult an employment attorney when offered a severance agreement. Clayton correctly stated that a number of separation and release of claims agreements advise employees to hire an attorney. "A severance offer is just that, an offer, and all offers can be negotiated." Nemer said, "...You don't want to burn your bridges with your employer. The minute your company gets a letter from a law firm you've hired, your case leaves HR and gets turned over to legal. The truth is, Peter, that the best severance deals come from your friendly human resources department."

Nemer observed, "There are many aspects and parts of a severance package. It's not just simply about money and insurance benefits. There's an entire package, and many employees forget this and leave elements and perks off the table when they're negotiating their severance packages." A good example of this," he said, "is cell phones and laptop computers. What is your company going to do with that stuff?" Most likely, pay to have it recycled. They might as well give them to you."

Wrapping up the interview, Clayton commented, "Kirk, I imagine Career Protection is really busy these days." "Very," was the response. Career Protection offers anyone recently laid off a free consultation.

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Web of Trust Launches New Version of the Popular Browser Security Tool

2009-03-31T09:57:00-04:00

Helsinki, Finland (Gawkwire.com) WOT provides four convenient one-click protection options that can be changed instantly depending on the situation:

"Light" protection suits experienced Web users
"Basic" protection guides the user by giving warnings
"Maximum Safety" stops dangerous Web sites from loading
"Parental Control" blocks access to Web sites with a poor child safety rating and no rating at all

"Four million Internet surfers worldwide trust WOT to protect them when they search and shop on the Internet. People need choices that fit their web surfing habits. With WOT's new one-click protection options, we provide personalized safe surfing," said CEO Esa Suurio.

Web of Trust offers Internet users preventive protection against Web-based attacks, online scams, identify theft, and unreliable shopping sites. The WOT security add-on provides safety ratings to search results when using Google, Yahoo!, Digg and other popular sites, helping users protect their computers and personal information. Web site ratings are continuously updated by the user community and from numerous trusted sources, such as phishing site listings. The free Internet security add-on works with Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers and can be downloaded at http://www.mywot.com.

Supporting Facts of WOT

- WOT has been downloaded by 4 million users
- Information on 22 million websites
- 1 in every 20 websites is harmful
- WOT users contribute by rating and commenting on websites
- WOT also receives information from a large number of trusted sources, such as PhishTank, hpHosts, DNS-BH Malware Domain list and Artists Against 419.
- Available in 14 languages, now also in Chinese and Japanese

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ServInt Deploys Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for Dedicated Server

2009-03-31T09:55:00-04:00

Herndon, VA (Gawkwire.com) Parallels, a leader in virtualization and automation software, today announced that ServInt is virtualizing its Dedicated Server offerings with OS-level virtualization solution, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. Previously, the global web hosting company was deploying Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to underpin its Virtual Private Server offerings, and has now broadened the deployment across all servers, including those used for Dedicated Server offerings. This is unusual: Dedicated Servers are not commonly virtualized as the hardware is not being shared amongst multiple users, so does not need to be partitioned. However, ServInt is using the virtualization technology to reduce its management and support burdens.

ServInt's new Dedicated Server offering, introduced earlier this year, provides high-performance web and application hosting for established e-commerce sites, resellers and mid-size companies seeking manageability and high value. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides scalability to underpin this offering by facilitating easy movement of server content from one hardware environment to another with little downtime. The technology does this by enabling users to simultaneously run multiple execution environments called "containers" on a single physical server and OS installation. Customized management tools in the product reduce ServInt's management burden, allowing the hosting provider to re-focus on sales and customer support without the worry of managing co-location space, power, cooling and hardware support.

"For more than five years, Parallels' containers-based virtualization software has allowed us to achieve higher density on servers when needed, without losing the native performance of the machine," said Christian Dawson, ServInt's vice president of operations. "The software enables us to deliver new offerings, improve manageability and reduce the total cost of ownership for our customers. By combining high product functionality with responsive support, Parallels has become the ideal business partner."

"ServInt is taking a unique approach to virtualization by offering Parallels Virtuozzo Containers on managed dedicated servers," said Jack Zubarev, President of Service Provider Division, Parallels. "By adopting this approach, they can deploy servers more quickly and reliably, while providing end-users with an interface that is easily manageable. This allows ServInt to concentrate on core competencies, while delivering great service."

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Yahoo! Web Hosting Search Engine, Gains Former A&T Executive

2009-03-30T09:38:00-04:00

Sunnyvale, CA (Gawkwire.com) Ms. Steele holds a master of business administration degree from San Francisco State University and a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of New Hampshire and will report to Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz.

Ms. Bartz remarked, ''The Yahoo! brand is one of our most valuable and strategic assets, and Elisa is charged with unlocking its potential globally. Elisa has an outstanding track record in leading global marketing, branding, and communications teams, and we’re excited to welcome her to Yahoo!’s executive staff. Yahoo!'s marketing strategy and teams have become decentralized over time – hiring Elisa in the CMO role will quickly mobilize our plan to integrate the function globally and more effectively represent the Yahoo! brand.''

Prior to joining Yahoo!, Ms. Steele was senior vice president of corporate marketing at NetApp, where she led the company’s global brand strategy including global communications, corporate relations, and integrated marketing functions. Her work at NetApp included strategically repositioning the brand in the category and a major global relaunch.

Before NetApp, Ms. Steele led Sun's integrated marketing and merchandising organization, where she was responsible for global go-to-market initiatives, campaign execution, events, online marketing, and installed base marketing. Steele also led several other marketing functions at Sun. Her professional experience also includes management positions at iPlanet eCommerce Solutions, JavaSoft, and AT and T.

Ms. Steele remarked, ''I'm excited to join the team and help unleash the incredible power of the Yahoo! brand. I look forward to working closely with Carol and the entire organization to help renew the company's focus on its customers and to reassert the brand’s relevance around the world.''

Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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vzaar Releases Video Hosting API for Ecommerce Platforms

2009-03-30T09:36:00-04:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) vzaar, the video hosting service used by thousands of online business has released an API which will allow third party ecommerce solutions to seamlessly use the vzaar video hosting infrastructure for their customers.

Frooition, who offer managed services to online retailers, are the first such company to use the vzaar API. Frooition customers can now manage and add video to their product description pages from within the Frooition interface.

The API is designed for ecommerce solutions, who provide online shops, templates and shopping cart solutions for small to medium business, enabling them to now offer video hosting with minimal resources. Adrian Bausor, head of development at Frooition commented.

" Our customers want to add video to their online shops, so when we were scoping the project we were faced with two options; we could build the feature ourselves, which would have taken several months and resources to develop, or we could interface with an established video hosting service. We opted for the later and decided on vzaar. Using the vzaar API has allowed us to offer the feature much faster and with more confidence given video encoding, hosting and streaming is their business"

The vzaar REST API, which returns data in the JSON or XML format, is available upon request. For more information please contact ian@vzaar.com

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.TEL General Availability launch; 100,000 Names Registered

2009-03-30T09:34:00-04:00

(DomainNews) In the first 24 hours of the General Availability, there were around 250,000 requests for .tel domain names with 70,000 domain names registered.

With a .tel domain name, holders put their personal or business contact details directly into the domain name system, or DNS, rather than on a website. Information can include phone, address, website and email information.

A benefit of a .tel name, apart from making personal or business contact details easily and quickly available, especially for those accessing the information through a mobile device, is the minimal data download charges. The content is also optimised for mobile devices.

Small businesses also get the opportunity to have their contact details online without a website.

Another advantage of a .tel domain name can also be found in an amusing promo video from Telnic at:

www.telnic.com/index.html

And to help spread the word of .tel, Telnic have announced partnerships with a number of companies. British telecommunications company BT, MySpace who will sell .tel names to its members and the German publisher iWelt, a publisher of over 70 white pages titles such as Das Telefonbuch and Das Örtliche throughout Germany, is to become a .tel accredited registrar. Through these innovative ways of marketing .tel names to potential new registrants will help drive registrations.

There is also a free and open source iPhone application, My .tel, available from the Apple App Store.

To watch a Bloomberg interview with Telnic CEO Khashayar Mahdavi, see:

www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vcudeyeTmCQs.asf
telnic.com/tel-bloomberg.html

http://www.gawkwire.com/domains/tel_general_availability_launch_100_000_names_registered.html

Survival Strategies for 2009 - 7 Simple Steps to Email Compliance Webinar

2009-03-30T09:31:00-04:00

Waltham, MA (Gawkwire.com) Metalogix Software, Inc., a leader in Microsoft Exchange, Files and SharePoint archiving software, announces today that it will be offering a free webinar. Leading IT legal expert Randy Khan and others will discuss how you can prepare your Microsoft Exchange environment for email compliance to match the new 2009 legislative and economic realities.

The free Metalogix webinar titled, "Survival Strategies for 2009 - 7 Simple Steps to Email Compliance" is currently accepting registrants.

Date: Tuesday, April 7th
Time: 11am EST US, 4pm UK
Duration: 45 minutes

WHY PARTICIPATE?
In the aftermath of numerous corporate document destruction debacles, the need for corporations and governments to operate in an accountable and transparent manner has never been greater. Operational effectiveness depends on it, laws and regulations require it, and shareholders and citizens demand it.

Hot topics for the "Survival Strategies for 2009 - 7 Simple Steps to Email Compliance" Webinar include:

What is legally compliant today?
Why information management in a bad economy is essential
Records management in the e-communications context
What does failure look like?
Faster Better Cheaper - How?
Making management painless and seamless
Building efficiency within the e-communication environment

Featured Speaker
Randy Kahn, ESQ. is an internationally acclaimed speaker, consultant, and award-winning author of dozens of published works. Mr. Kahn was the recipient of the Britt Literary Award in 2004 for an article entitled "Records Management & Compliance: Making the Connection." He is an internationally recognized authority on the legal, compliance, and policy issues of information technology, and trusted advisor and consultant to Fortune 500 companies and governmental agencies.

http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/survival_strategies_for_2009_-_7_simple_steps_to_email_complianc.html

The Planet Web Hosting Provider, Unveils Storage Cloud Service

2009-03-30T09:29:00-04:00

Houston, TX (Gawkwire.com) The company offers globally dispersed locations to meet their customers' requirements, wherever they are located around the world. Customers can choose from an on-premise local node in The Planet's Dallas D2 data center, or from locations on the East or West Coasts, Europe or Asia, through its partnership with Nirvanix. The company also offers Storage Cloud options for organizations that do not require hosting solutions.

Bill Robertson, Founder and CEO of Q Point Technology (www.truesafe.net) noted, ''We conducted extensive testing and evaluated multiple cloud storage options for price and performance, reliability and scalability, and The Planet provided us with the best solution. Our customers choose TrueSafe because it enables them to offer their own Online Backup service. They want a reliable system that is instantly deployed, scales with adoption and offers straightforward, no-surprises billing. Across the board, The Planet delivers the best value, return on investment and service for our customers.''

Coupled with a server hosted at The Planet, customers combine the speed and flexibility of on-premise Network Attached Storage (NAS) with the global access and usage-based billing capabilities of its Storage Cloud solution. All Storage Cloud customers with servers hosted at The Planet are connected through its world-class network, which provides unprecedented performance. Customers eliminate the hassle of managing two separate invoices, one for high-performance on-premise file storage and another for cloud-based offerings. The Planet Storage Cloud provides both services in a single account, which offers a simple method for tracking and understanding file-based storage usage.

Rob Walters, general manager for The Planet's Storage and Data Protection business remarked, ''With other cloud storage platforms, we hear time and again from customers that invoices are dramatically inflated due to unexpected and hidden transactional fees. Our no-surprises philosophy removes the uncertainty. In addition, other companies by contrast offer a one-city cloud storage option, typically resident in their city of operation. Our customers can choose options from multiple replicated global or domestic nodes. With three access methods included with every Storage Cloud account -- including API, Nirvanix CloudNAS or Nirvanix FTP Proxy -- customers can eliminate the development requirements typically associated with other platforms. From early customer evaluations, we've heard first-hand that they appreciate the scalability, exceptional performance, simple integration and competitive pricing that are The Planet's industry-recognized hallmarks.''

With its usage-based billing and simple integration, customers can take advantage of unlimited storage options, available on-demand around-the-clock:

Fast, on-premise storage, great rates: Pricing starts at 25 cents per Gigabyte, with discounts as customers use more, while other hosting companies routinely charge between 60 cents and $1 for equivalent NAS-type products. On-premise storage is accessible via the cloud, which reduces server resource utilization and requirements for a separate cloud account. Bandwidth charges are incurred only for outbound-transactions, and all uploads to The Planet Storage Cloud node are free.

Data closer to customers: The Planet offers the industry's only geographically distributed Storage Cloud platform. For companies with storage-intensive businesses or Web sites, data transfer speeds are dramatically improved by storing data closer to their users. Storage nodes are located in three domestic and two international locations, making it easier than ever to take advantage of cloud storage options.

Simple management and integration: The Planet provides customers a single account for managing both their hosted environment and storage cloud platform. This integrated account is unmatched by other hosting or cloud storage providers. The standards-based Storage Cloud platform is accessible through CIFS, NFS, FTP and HTTP, as well as an extensible API streamlining integration. Unlike other cloud storage providers, The Planet bundles free-access software that enables faster integration and eliminates the purchase of third-party integration products.

Cost-effective disaster recovery, backup and archiving repository: By removing data from servers and into the Storage Cloud, customers can protect against all types of disasters, whether it's human error, loss of network connectivity or malicious intent.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:

- High level of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
- Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
- Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
- Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
- Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 20,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 15.2 million web sites worldwide. Customers have the power to choose from the broadest range of hosting solutions in the industry, from dedicated servers, Alpha Professional Managed Dedicated Servers, Northstar Managed Hosting and data center colocation, all backed by 24x7x365 support. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class service, backed by state-of-the-art data centers and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.

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

Hosting in the USAâ€¦not

2009-03-27T16:10:00-04:00

(WebHostBlog) Thomas Strohe is the creator and organizer of WebhostingDay and he explained how ”The event is sold out with about 2,500 registered top-class representatives from the hosting industry and online registration has been closed on March 6. Also both of the Phantasialand hotels as well as our backup hotel in Bruehl are sold out.” I can attest to the fact that WebhostingDay 2009 was indeed very crowded and active with International hosting professionals from across Europe and the world.

What drew so many visitors this year? Mr. Strohe speculates that, ”The reason might be the large number of famous partner companies who contribute with talks and exhibitions. Moreover, it is the great success of the previous events which made many people come back. And in Europe, there is no other event that unites so many top level executives from such great and important companies. It is an ideal opportunity for people from the hosting sector to come together, to network and to form new business relationships.” Saneetha Naik, the co-founder of outsourced technical support company Bobcares speculated that the reason that many attendees came was to step up their marketing in a difficult selling environment. First time attendee Phil Robinson from UK-based hosting company 34SP.com added, ”The opportunity to network with my peers in the hosting industry and to learn from true experts in the field is what attracted me to WebhostingDay this year. I find the hosting professionals to be willing to help me and the vendors are always open to sharing their latest developments as well.”

Here are a few statistics as relayed by Professor Jens Bocker, University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in his opening remarks that bear out the popularity of this year’s WebhostingDay event.

* Attendees and exhibitors were present from more than 40 different countries around the world.

* Registered attendance grew from around 1,000 attendees last year to nearly 2,500 attendees n 2009.

* WebhostingDay 2009 featured 50 speakers from a wide range of hosting-related firms and consultancies.

* There were 45 exhibitors in the exhibit hall this year.

The vast majority of attendees that I ran into were from Europe. That is exactly what you would expect, but it still took a bit of adjustment as I have a very ”USA-centric” worldview. Apparently I am not alone in this, mighty search engine Google skews USA as well. Consider the recent logo and link that Google placed onto Google New Zealand to note the arrival of Fall in that hemisphere. Pretty normal, right? Well, not exactly as the term ”Fall” which was used in the logo and the link is used almost exclusively in the USA. The correct term down under is ”Autumn” and yields distinctly different search results. You can see how this was an affront to the local audience and points out Google’s USA-centric worldview by reading this blog post on the subject.

Which brings me back to the subject of this post - Hosting in the USA…not. I will be attending HostingCon this year as well, and expect to see many of my new friends from the International hosting community in attendance. I will not, however, make the mistake of assuming that the way that we do hosting in the USA - be it marketing, operations, plans types, or operating systems - is the exact right fit for international hosting operations.

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

SoftLayer Introduces Value Server Sales Channel

2009-03-27T14:53:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com)SoftLayer Technologies has created the SoftLayer Outlet, a new sales-channel for the company to offer exceptionally affordable dedicated servers. The Outlet has its own site, outlet.softlayer.com, where customers can order aggressively priced servers through a new, easy-to-use online form, and see real-time server availability in all of SoftLayer’s data centers.

While servers in the Outlet are aggressively priced, they all reside within SoftLayer’s industry leading data centers and come with all of the premium features and services that are standard with any SoftLayer server, including:

ï‚§ Unlimited Private Network bandwidth
ï‚§ 2000 GB of Public Network bandwidth
ï‚§ Industry-leading Customer Portal and API
ï‚§ Intel and AMD processors
ï‚§ Comprehensive software offering
ï‚§ Passmark BurnIn testing
ï‚§ Network Intrusion Detection System

“We know that customers appreciate value now more than ever,” said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. “We feel that through the combination of our industry leading network, software services, and value priced hardware offerings we will be able to provide our customers with a viable solution during the current economic climate.”

http://www.gawkwire.com/promotions/softlayer_introduces_value_server_sales_channel.html

The US Dept. of Defense has 42 million billion billion billion IPv6 addresses

2009-03-28T06:00:00-04:00

The US DoD has a /13 IPv6 block (the smaller the number, the larger the block). No one else in the world is even close to that. The next-largest block after that is a /19 block (which is already huge). In other words the DoD owns a block 64 times larger than anyone else’s.

But just wait until you see how many IP addresses that really is. (Ok, the headline kind of gives it away, but we’ll expand on that.)

So, how many IP addresses is that?
A /13 block contains 2^115 IPv6 addresses. That is 42 million billion billion billion addresses, or put another way: 42 followed by 33 zeros.

42,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

We had to look up what a number that large is actually called: 42 decillion. That was a new one for us…

Further perspective on how large the US DoD IP block is
It can be hard to properly picture such a large number, so here are a few examples to give you some perspective. (Hint, 42 decillion is a positively ginormous number.)

•If you stacked that many US dollar coins on top of each other, the stack would be 84 billion billion billion km high (52 billion billion billion miles).
•The height of that stack of dollar coins would be 88 billion times the diameter of the Milky Way.
•If the US DoD added one new device every second and each got its own IP address, they wouldn’t run out until 1.3 billion billion billion years from now.
We recalculated these numbers three times. They simply seemed too insanely large at first.

Looks like the DoD won’t have a shortage of IP addresses anytime soon… And you can add to this that they already own a huge chunk of the IPv4 address space.

Who owns the largest IPv6 blocks?
For the curious, here is a list of the largest IPv6 blocks on the Internet today and who owns them:

The largest IPv6 blocks on the Internet
Owner       Block size Number of IP addresses
United States Department of Defense   /13   4.2E+34
France Telecom      /19   6.5E+32
Deutsche Telecom     /19   6.5E+32
Korea Telecom      /20   3.2E+32
SoftbankBB IPv6 Network    /20   3.2E+32
Australian Government Department of Defense /20   3.2E+32
InterBusiness      /20   3.2E+32
TeliaSonera      /20   3.2E+32
Telstra Internet     /20   3.2E+32
Cable & Wireless Telecommunication Services /21   1.6E+32
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. /21   1.6E+32
HiNet Taiwant      /21   1.6E+32
Polish Telecom      /21   1.6E+32

http://www.gawkwire.com/technology/the_us_dept_of_defense_has_42_million_billion_billion_billion_ip.html

Body.com Big Seller for Sedo

2009-03-28T06:00:00-04:00

(Domain News)Click.net and vip.mobi were the biggest non-.com sales, selling for $20,000 and $10,099 respectively.

The complete list of sales for the week is below.

.COMs
body.com    400,000    USD
gonghui.com    63,000    USD
34.com    45,000    USD
findadate.com    31,000    USD
fleece.com    25,000    USD
ato.com    Yes    22,500    EUR
zoloto.com    16,700    USD
money360.com    15,000    USD
deposits.com    15,000    USD
diamondclub.com    14,000    USD
huzz.com    10,500    USD
9b.com    9,700    USD
caffe.com    8,100    EUR
globalchat.com    8,000    USD
topmercato.com    7,000    EUR
dgps.com    6,200    USD
jeux-en-ligne.com    5,664    EUR    Online games in French
vrv.com    5,500    EUR
neohw.com    5,400    EUR
nathankhan.com    5,000    USD
rockleypark.com    5,000    GBP
villatech.com    5,000    USD
gvu.com    4,900    USD
gardien.com    4,500    EUR
mkm.com    4,500    EUR
tratohecho.com    4,000    EUR
infodeportes.com    4,000    USD    Door info in French
tmq.com    3,900    USD
eqk.com    3,700    USD
identite.com    3,650    EUR    Identity in French
jxv.com    3,600    USD
kqk.com    3,600    USD
cfd360.com    3,500    USD
stylight.com    3,500    EUR
kxf.com    3,400    USD
dbrain.com    3,200    USD
kbq.com    3,100    USD
offshore-capital.com    3,000    EUR
talan.com    3,000    EUR
video2mobile.com    3,000    EUR
kxv.com    3,000    USD
kfq.com    3,000    USD
kqh.com    3,000    USD
findwomen.com    3,000    USD
lovegaming.com    2,900    USD
packservice.com    2,858    EUR
neurosmart.com    2,800    USD
exclusivetravel.com    2,650    USD
pokerdream.com    2,620    USD
dumi.com    2,604    USD
deqq.com    2,580    USD
zapon.com    2,540    EUR
vosm.com    2,500    USD
bgin.com    2,500    USD
driverhire.com    2,500    GBP
openmenu.com    2,500    USD
photosnack.com    2,500    USD
historicvehicle.com    2,488    USD
localknowledge.com    2,400    USD
smartclass.com    2,300    EUR
huobi.com    2,300    USD
gettingfound.com    2,250    USD
illia.com    2,222    USD
ip-config.com    2,200    GBP
salonprofessional.com    2,112    USD
onux.com    2,059    USD
youcash.com    2,050    USD
jaroo.com    2,000    EUR
autographes.com    2,000    EUR
golojo.com    2,000    GBP
scottquill.com    2,000    USD
youjzz.com    2,000    USD
erge.com    2,000    USD
spolex.com    2,000    EUR
service-direct.com    2,000    USD
perlead.com    2,000    USD

ccTLDs
lol.de    35,000    EUR
billigemarken.de    12,166    EUR    Cheap brands in German
abnehmen-ratgeber.de    10,000    EUR    Slimming (weight loss) guide in German
holdem.it    6,800    EUR
modem.co.uk    6,000    GBP
biontech.de    5,950    EUR
wilo.lu    4,175    EUR
waala.com.ar    3,750    EUR
waala.de    3,750    EUR
aerospacejobs.co.uk    3,500    GBP
akku.ch    3,200    EUR
batterie.ch    3,200    EUR
batterien.ch    3,010    EUR
onsale.de    3,000    EUR
tagesgeldrechner.de    3,000    EUR    Money calculator in German
wow.cc    3,000    USD
badcreditmortgage.us    2,825    USD
e-career.de    2,800    EUR
schmidmeier.de    2,650    EUR
patientenschutzorganisation.de    2,600    EUR    Patient safety organization in German
broadbandcompare.co.uk    2,501    GBP
baikal.de    2,500    EUR
hotelverwaltung.de    2,500    EUR    Hotel management in German
hochzeitsforum24.de    2,500    EUR    Bride forum 24 in German
umzugskostenrechner.de    2,500    EUR    Moving expenses calculator in German
newcastle.tv    2,400    GBP
caesarscasino.co.uk    2,250    USD
wyspager.pl    2,100    EUR
awomo.fr    2,000    USD
badbank.de    2,000    EUR
marktmonitor.de    1,950    EUR    Market monitor in German
adultfriendsfinder.co.uk    1,850    USD
gladiatus.cn    1,800    USD
ziegler.co.uk    1,800    EUR
cash4partner.de    1,800    EUR
skyhigh.de    1,750    EUR
PA.be    1,750    USD
gonet.ch    1,700    EUR
belang.nl    1,500    EUR
sarasin.nl    1,500    EUR
hhp.be    1,500    EUR
mortgagerates.us    1,475    USD
syltblog.de    1,400    EUR
occ.ch    1,400    EUR
internetvideo.cn    1,400    USD
besuchen.de    1,300    EUR    Visit in German
urlaubsfuchs.de    1,300    EUR
easyhotels.de    1,250    EUR
wooden-flooring.co.uk    1,250    GBP
gewinnen.eu    1,250    EUR
boat-shop.de    1,200    EUR
wechselstube.de    1,200    EUR    Currency exchange in German
grundrechte.de    1,199    EUR
511tactical.de    1,190    EUR
youmove.co.uk    1,100    USD
trabajando.com.ar    1,100    USD    Working in Spanish
goal.cc    1,050    EUR
musicclub.fr    1,000    EUR
windjammer.at    1,000    EUR
cricketworld.co.uk    1,000    GBP
creditzone.co.uk    1,000    GBP
tescon.eu    1,000    EUR
trustservice.de    1,000    EUR
excavators.us    990    USD
electronictoys.co.uk    950    GBP
rimini.me    935    EUR
doityourselfscout.de    900    EUR
diashowproducer.de    900    EUR
mangaka.eu    900    USD
removalquote.co.uk    900    EUR
aiaco.cn    880    USD
extensions.fr    850    EUR
moral.de    830    EUR
voiture-hybride.fr    810    EUR    Hybrid car in French
eltiempo.tv    800    EUR    Time in Spanish
hediard.lt    800    EUR
konzertwelten.de    800    EUR    Concert worlds in German
educared.com.pe    750    EUR
moviex.de    750    EUR
cyberdent.de    750    EUR
economiadigital.es    750    EUR
pokersatrs.de    750    USD
leitwolf.de    750    EUR
ibroker.de    750    EUR
vanlease.co.uk    716    GBP
motorsportportal.de    716    EUR
gdl.co.uk    710    GBP
californie.fr    701    EUR
bookig.de    700    USD

Other
click.net    20,000    USD
vip.mobi    10,099    USD
funds.mobi    4,900    USD
shoes.mobi    4,600    USD
iway.net    4,400    USD
meteo.mobi    4,200    USD    Weather in French
auto.mobi    3,900    USD
onlinedate.net    3,600    USD
cruise.mobi    2,680    USD
store.mobi    2,650    USD
sell.mobi    2,300    USD
religions.net    2,300    USD
king.info    1,607    EUR
she.mobi    1,600    USD
parttimejobs.org    1,600    USD
motorbikes.org    1,559    USD
homeloans.mobi    1,557    USD
vita.mobi    1,050    USD
bra.info    1,050    USD
ufos.net    1,050    EUR
bricabrac.net    1,025    USD
aln.net    1,005    EUR
patrimonio.org    1,501    EUR
divorce.mobi    1,320    USD
chaussettes.net    1,301    USD    Socks in French
discount.mobi    2,050    USD
profession.net    1,500    EUR
heimkino.org    1,500    EUR
stratego.net    1,500    USD
stimulus.net    1,275    USD
alternativemedia.org    1,260    USD
expert.mobi    1,250    USD
sauna.pro    1,350    USD
citycards.net    1,250    USD
gamesdownload.mobi    1,205    USD
lishi.org    1,200    GBP
tcd.net    1,100    USD
lua.net    1,100    USD
addict.org    1,100    USD
rate.mobi    1,060    USD
titul.org    1,000    EUR
sandiegobankruptcy.net    1,000    USD
kfz-bewertung.net    1,000    EUR    KFZ rating in German
gooner.net    1,000    USD
lens.info    1,000    EUR
cht.net    960    EUR
upgrades.net    905    USD
fishingforum.net    900    USD
tolix.org    860    USD
w-w-w.org    850    USD
used.mobi    750    USD
qaa.net    749    USD
bik.net    749    USD
schulferien.net    741    USD    School in Spanish
greenlabel.org    700    EUR
vol.info    700    EUR    Flight or steal in French

http://www.gawkwire.com/domains/body_com_big_seller_for_sedo.html

Web Hosting Tutorial Portfolio Enhanced, by DemoWolf

2009-03-28T06:00:00-04:00

Nova Scotia, Canada (Gawkwire.com) In addition, DemoWolf is currently offering all tutorials at 50% off, as well as ''bundles'' of tutorial series for even greater savings, through March 31, 2009.

The new series released includes:

H-Sphere 3.x end-user VOICE series (31 tutorials)
H-Sphere 3.x reseller VOICE series (18 tutorials)
Parallels Plesk Panel 9 end-user VOICE series (30 tutorials)
Parallels Plesk Panel 9 reseller VOICE series (18 tutorials)
Parallels Plesk SiteBuilder VOICE series (16 tutorials)
Parallels Plesk Billing VOICE series (20 tutorials)
WordPress 2.7 VOICE series (12 tutorials)
CubeCart VOICE series (16 tutorials)
ZenCart VOICE series (17 tutorials)
cPanel x3 end-user FRENCH series (31 tutorials)
cPanel x3 end-user BAHASIA series (31 tutorials)
cPanel x3 end-user GREEK series (31 tutorials)
Configuring Email (SMTP auth) GREEK series (7 tutorials)
RVSiteBuilder Pro 2.5 BRAZILIAN series (16 tutorials)

DemoWolf is the largest producer of hosting support tutorials, now offering over 3,000 flash tutorials for hosting companies, including over 1,100 voice tutorials. For more information, you may contact DemoWolf by visiting their website or by calling toll free from USA/Canada: 1-866-905-4678, or internationally: +1-902-820-4678.

These tutorials are all available for viewing at http://www.demowolf.com/pricing.php and when ordered, will be branded with the ordering company's logo in the first and last frame of every tutorial.

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

Apple to host WWDC in early June

2009-03-27T09:35:00-04:00

(cnet news) The company will host about 5,000 engineers in San Francisco's Moscone West convention center the week of June 8 through June 12, it confirmed Thursday. Some Apple developers were starting to get nervous that Apple had yet to confirm the dates in order for them to make travel plans.

Apple did not post any explicit information about whether there would be the usual opening keynote at WWDC this year, except for an offhand reference to the "WWDC Keynote Session" in a site section regarding attendance policies. Last year's event saw CEO Steve Jobs unveil the iPhone 3G, but this year, Jobs is supposed to be on medical leave through the end of June, which would likely preclude him from hosting the show.

That is, unless he plans to return early. It's hard to imagine that Apple would host a WWDC without plans for some sort of media event, which this year has been expected to focus on a combination of a new iPhone and the iPhone OS 3.0 software, as well as Mac OS X Snow Leopard, expected to arrive in the next few months.

A call to Apple representatives seeking more information about the keynote was not immediately returned.

http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/apple_to_host_wwdc_in_early_june.html

Hosting Partner of the Year Award, from VMware EMEA, for Attenda

2009-03-27T09:33:00-04:00

London, United Kingdom (Gawkwire.com) The award recognises Attenda’s continued leadership as a VMware EMEA hosting partner in the delivery of high availability virtualised infrastructure hosting and managed services. The award was presented recently at the Partner Awards ceremony at VMworld Europe 2009, Europe's largest virtualization event, held at Les Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

Matt Piercy, Regional Director for Northern Europe, VMware commented, ''VMware congratulates Attenda for retaining this award, which recognises Attenda for the cutting-edge VMware virtualization and on-demand cloud services it delivers. As a founding member of the VMware Service Provider Program and VMware vCloud Initiative, Attenda has embraced VMware’s vision and technology and is helping to drive the adoption of virtualisation within EMEA.''

Attenda's confidence in the adoption of the VMware platform for its Real Time Infrastructure has enabled it to deliver the benefits of faster provisioning, higher availability and lower cost that can be derived from traditional hardware hosting. It also reinforces Attenda’s social responsibility policy, helping the environment by consuming less power and requiring less data centre space.

Mark Fowle, CEO, Attenda added, ''We have seen an increasing demand for virtualised solutions during 2008, as businesses look to reduce costs and improve the agility and efficiency of their data centre operations.''

Attenda's flexible and scalable virtualization solutions deliver applications and compute capacity when and where they are needed, allowing critical business applications to perform at the highest levels of availability and efficiency, with improved disaster recovery capabilities.

Mr. Fowle concluded, ''We expect this trend to continue in 2009, as enterprises look for scalable and reliable ways to extend the applications that run their datacenters on-premise to an off-premise cloud. The VMware vCloud Initiative and VSPP will help us deliver this seamless cloud environment to our customers, who are looking for ways to make their infrastructures more agile and expand them to add capacity on demand while enabling a cost-effective, fully outsourced infrastructure to SMBs and workgroups.''

Attenda, the Always On Managed Services company, manages those vital applications that every business relies upon today to function effectively allowing our clients to selectively outsource their IT operations and re-focus on using IT to add strategic value to their business. Through a commitment to operational excellence, we manage, secure and optimise the performance of their applications, irrespective of the physical location of the infrastructure. With over 8 years' investment into Attenda M.O., Attenda's operations platform provides the people, process and technology to deliver exceptionally high service levels, but at a cost that is amortised across Attenda's entire client base - currently 134 of the UK's leading companies.

The company enjoys substantial financial backing, the industry's leading accreditations and an unrivalled portfolio of clients including bmi, Christian Aid, easyCar, Microsoft, NHS, Princes, St. James’s Place and Travelodge.

Attenda is ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO20000 accredited, an HP SP Signature Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a SAP Adaptive IT Hosting Provider, a SunTone accredited managed service provider and an Accredited Catalist Supplier. Attenda is one of only seven companies to have been ranked in the UK's Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100 for three consecutive years. It was voted Best Managed Services Provider by Data Centre Europe Awards for both 2007 and 2008 and VMware’s EMEA Hosting Partner of the Year 2008 and 2009.

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Web Host Easyspace offers .TEL for General Availability

2009-03-27T09:31:00-04:00

Glasgow, Lanarkshire (Gawkwire.com) Easyspace, one of the largest web hosting and domain name providers in the UK, is now offering the popular .TEL domain extension during its General Availability launch stage.

Having just complete its Sunrise and Landrush launch periods, the .TEL has proven to be a highly sought after extension, generating several thousand sales despite the premium price attached to it during those phases.

The .Tel domain name Landrush period closed (and general availability opened) at 11.59pm, Monday 23rd March. As part of the transition, pricing and registration restrictions have changed, with the cost dropping to just £12.50 and minimum registration term dropping to just 1 year. Extended registrations are available up to 10 years.

The .Tel is a new Top Level Domain (TLD) which enables individuals and businesses to store, updated and publish all contact details, web links and keywords directly on the internet under one unique .Tel domain name. The .Tel extension offers an integrated solution for all communication listings giving unlimited control over how and when users are contacted.

Easyspace.com is one of only a handful of UK based domain name registrars who offered the .Tel domain name during its Landrush period, and is one of only a handful to offer it during General Availability.

"The .Tel extension received a massive response during its Landrush launch period despite the premium price attached to it. With that in mind, we're expecting even more interest now that the price and minimum registration terms have reduced so significantly as part of the transition from Landrush to General Availability." comments Errol Vanderhorst, Sales and Marketing Director for Easyspace.

To find out more, visit the .Tel domain pages on the Easyspace website at www.easyspace.com/tel_domains

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Remote Data Recovery Breakthrough: Introducing Integrated Recovery Environment

2009-03-26T12:00:00-04:00

Denver, CO (Gawkwire.com) DataTech Labs, a leading provider of data recovery services, publicly announced the release of the Integrated Recovery Environment (IRE) today. The IRE is placed on-site in a business, corporate IT department, or repair shop and allows DataTech Labs to process a full evaluation of all physical components of a hard drive as well as process a full recovery in many cases.

"The IRE will revolutionize the way we process data recoveries from failed devices. Some companies offer software and web based products to recover data remotely from drives that are still recognized by a computer, however, these can be invasive and potentially harmful to a customer's data. The IRE allows us to determine the physical health of a hard drives individual components, and then process a sector-based recovery on-site wherever the unit is located. This method is much more successful and less harmful to a customer's hard drive," said Mike Sarley, Lab Manager. Sector-based recoveries utilize a 'light-touch' approach, which protects customer's data, as opposed to software-based recoveries which can damage or delete data. "This new technology allows us to process problematic recoveries for businesses, repair companies, and individuals without ever having to send the drive off-site," added Sarley.

"Data recovery is becoming more difficult as hard drive technology advances, and we are very excited to have DataTech Lab's Integrated Recovery Environment in our store and access to their Class 100 Cleanroom for full recoveries. It drastically reduces recovery time and puts a real time virtual data recovery engineer on-site. This allows us to be a true full service computer repair company," said Lissa Haprov, Owner of Techs on Time. Techs on Time is Data Tech Lab's Authorized Service Center in Phoenix, AZ and was selected as such for their outstanding commitment to customer service and knowledge provided to the area for over 10 years.

The Integrated Recovery Environment can be used anywhere that has a basic internet connection, and is controlled remotely by a DataTech Labs' data recovery engineer. After connecting with the IRE, the recovery engineer can run multiple tests to determine why the drive is not functioning properly. Once the physical health of the hard drive is diagnosed, and only then, can the best data recovery method be determined and processed by the engineer.

"The IRE will allow us to expand into new markets and continue to open Authorized Service Centers that offer local data recovery options to customers in all areas of the country." stated Stephen Christopher, Director of Sales. "The new technology will also be offered to large companies with on-site IT departments. This will allow for immediate hard drive evaluation and recovery without ever having to send the drive off company property, a huge benefit and time-saver for businesses with critical data failure." Christopher said.

For more information about DataTech Labs' services visit www.DataTechLab.com or call 888-288-DATA (3282).

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cPanel Exclusive Partner Program Announced

2009-03-26T12:00:00-04:00

Houston, TX (Gawkwire.com) cPanel announced today that a new partner incentive program has been started. The cPanel Exclusive Partner program is for cPanel resellers and datacenters that exclusively offer cPanel as their control panel application of choice. Membership in this program will provide several incentives and promotional options to cPanel resellers and partners. Special promotional offers will be made available to exclusive partners in addition to special placement on the cPanel website as well as special listings in the cPanel Forums. cPanel's Executive Account Manager, Eric Gregory, states "this is a great way for cPanel to strengthen relationships with our partners by providing promotional opportunities and promotional special pricing."

The cPanel Exclusive Partner Program is new at cPanel and is another way that cPanel puts its customers first. Further information regarding this program can be found by contacting the Customer Service staff at cPanel.

About cPanel
cPanel is a leading Web Hosting Control Panel Software provider supplying hosting automation tools to numerous data centers and customers all around the world. cPanel offers web hosting software that automates the intricate workings of web hosting servers. cPanel products are used on tens of thousands of servers worldwide to equip server administrators with the tools they need to provide top notch hosting to their customers. Since our beginnings in 1997, cPanel has been setting the standard for web hosting automation.

With offices in Houston, Texas as well as White Haven, Pennsylvania our staff is always available to assist you. We pride ourselves on responsiveness to the webhosting community. Our developers and technical representatives are always interested in hearing your comments and concerns and acting on them. Our goal is very simple, we want to create the best software available so that you can provide the best hosting experience possible for your customers.

cPanel has hardware facilities in Pennsylvania and Texas to ensure operations are always running smoothly. Servers in New York, California and many other locations keep software updates available and systems functioning full speed. With multiple connections at most locations and redundancy on the forefront of our design strategy, you can be sure that our operations will be running smoothly.

Our internal testing and communication with industry professionals allows us to stay on top of the hosting industry. With years of experience, cPanel is a name that the entire industry can trust to bring quality software solutions at affordable prices.

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SingleHop Releases LEAPmobile for Android and Blackberry Phones

2009-03-26T12:00:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) Chicago based managed web-hosting provider today announced the release of their mobile portal specifically designed for Google’s Android based phones, most popular being the T-Mobile G1, and all BlackBerry devices. SingleHop is focused on giving their customers as much control as possible over their servers. This dedication has led them to produce groundbreaking products like LEAP where customers control their servers through a desktop-like web interface. Now LEAPmobile will provide all the power and functionality of LEAP but accessible from an iPhone and now Android and BlackBerry phones also.
LEAPmobile will be available starting today when customers go to SingleHop.mobi on their mobile devices.

The mobile portal allows customers to:

• Control their servers. They can reboot, view bandwidth graphs and hardware details.
• Control their billing. They can see current and previous invoices, pay invoices, or submit billing questions.
• Control Support. They can submit priority or normal tickets and securely interact with technical support.

LEAPmobile is the most robust mobile portal in the industry yielding a great deal of control to customers, and is part of a development schedule to empower SingleHop’s users as much as possible. As SingleHop’s, VP of Operations, Andy Pace explained that “LEAPmobile allows our customers to have the same level of control over their servers through a mobile device as they would on their desktop through LEAP. Not only are we giving our customers tremendous control over our servers, we even give them control over which device they choose to control their servers from”.

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How CM & Web 2.0 Played Key Role in Winning White House

2009-03-26T09:52:00-04:00

Silver Spring, MD (Gawkwire.com) According to this month’s cover story in Infonomics magazine (http://www.infonomicsmag.com), the Obama for America campaign was not just an extremely successful on-line political campaign, it was arguably one of the most successful Web 2.0 deployments to date.

"Barack Obama understood that since the last open presidential election in 2000, the technological revolution that has changed every aspect of American life had fundamentally realigned the power dynamic in politics as well," notes Washingtonian editor Garrett Graff and author of The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web and the Race for the White House. "So while Hillary Clinton and John McCain set out to run the last campaign all over again, Obama forged ahead and ran the first campaign of the 21st Century."

Download the Infonomics article “BARACK OBAMA: How Content Management and Web 2.0 Helped Win the White House - The Untold, Inside Story” at http://www.aiim.org/Obama-for-America-Internet-Campaign.aspx

In the article, Graff explains, “The sheer scale of his presidential bid dwarfed everything that came before it: The campaign surpassed some three million individual contributors—millions more than George W. Bush garnered as the sitting president in 2004; Obama’s Facebook page had more than three million ‘friends’—six times more than John McCain; and there were more than 100,000 supporter-organized events across the country. The campaign’s email list surged to more than 13 million addresses, larger than the combined size of the lists of the national Democratic party, MoveOn.org, and U.S. Sen. John Kerry. Indeed, the success of Obama’s fundraising effort was so unprecedented that by the final weeks of the campaign he was buying 30-minute blocks of national network television time and advertising in Xbox video games.”

AIIM President John Mancini will discuss the broader content management lessons learned from the Obama Web 2.0 initiative during his keynote address at the Info360 Show in Philadelphia on March 31. Mancini notes, “There are many things we can take from the 2008 campaign and view through the prism of any effective content management implementation. First, an effective content strategy must be just that – a strategy, not a series of tactics bolted onto an existing business. The implementation must be disciplined and conscious of exactly the outcomes it is trying to achieve, not just a reflection of the existing status quo. The objective of any content implementation, but especially one focused on Web 2.0 technologies, must be broad-based engagement, not just passive observation. And lastly, even though Web 2.0 strategies build much ‘unconventional’ content, the content must still be managed.”

Graff concludes, “What President Obama does with the technology platform and movement that grew up around candidate Obama is still an open question. As former Howard Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi says, ‘In 2004, we were the Wright Brothers and compared to us, Obama’s campaign was the Apollo moon shot. Now that he’s in the White House, though, he’s back to being the Wright brothers—the first networked president.’”

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Concerned About Lack of Transparency and Accountability in YouTube Censorship

2009-03-26T09:49:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) This is inconsistent with the rule of law and the right to freedom of expression, the Global Network Initiative said Wednesday.

Around the globe, government authorities often use legal or technical means to censor information and communications online.

GNI was formed to help stakeholders in the technology industry uphold global human rights norms in the face of censorship pressures. The Initiative brings together a broad spectrum of companies, civil society organizations, investors, and academics to establish global operational principles for companies to uphold human rights norms, and to collaborate on public policy -- including encouraging governments to be specific, transparent, and mindful of internationally recognized human rights.

Ongoing and recurring incidents around the world have highlighted the need for this Initiative. Recent blocking in China of the online video site YouTube is one illustrative case of practices that result in inappropriate restrictions on freedom of expression, GNI said.

GNI stated:

The Chinese government's statements to date have not provided an explanation of whether YouTube is officially blocked, and if so what content may have violated the law, or on whose authority the blocking was imposed.

The Global Network Initiative calls on governments across the world to comply with international human rights standards and the rule of law in using legal process or control of infrastructure to remove or limit access to online information. Governments should only take such action in specific and narrowly defined cases, and should publicly articulate the basis for such action.

Freedom of opinion and expression is a human right and guarantor of human dignity. The right to freedom of opinion and expression includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Broad public access to information and the freedom to create and communicate ideas online are critical to the advancement of knowledge, economic opportunity, and human potential.

Since 2007, YouTube has been blocked in over a dozen countries. In blocking YouTube, many governments are falling short of human rights principles in troubling ways. Many blocking remedies appear to be broader than necessary to further local law and policy goals. Such overbroad actions inhibit the exercise of basic human rights to freedom of expression and access to information. Blocking not only impacts the right of people in that country to speak and access information, but also the right of the world to speak to people in the country imposing the block.

This incident is only the latest example of increasing threats to freedom of expression around the world. Responding to such threats requires collaboration among a broad spectrum of companies, civil society organizations, investors, and academics, working with governments and multilateral organizations that support international human rights and the rule of law.

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

Leading NYC Web Development Firm Launches KeywordFriendly.com

2009-03-26T09:48:00-04:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Companies hoping to increase their online presence will benefit from KeywordFriendly.com, a new, free online tool that provides valuable information about websites, such as how they rank with Google, the most frequently occurring words on their website and much more.

Leading IT company Pillar Consulting Corp. recently launched this innovative service, helping companies analyze KeywordFriendly.com Reports and develop cost-effective strategies to increase online visibility.

"Given the current economic downturn, it's a great time for companies to take advantage of free, organic methods to improve their visibility on the Web," said Richard Lee, Chief at Large of Pillar Consulting Corp., the creators of KeywordFriendly.com.

"If you were to go on a diet, the first thing you'd do is weigh yourself. To make your site more visible, it's important to track basic information like your page rank so you're better able to measure your progress," Lee continued.

The Pillar team often recommends that clients include a blog on their website because it's an extremely affordable way of delivering their messages.

"Blogs have become incredibly popular, and blogging is a lot like issuing a press release. Key audiences - including reporters, potential site visitors and even search engines - pick up key words from the blogosphere, making it a great way to drive additional traffic to your site," Lee explained.

Years ago, search engines relied on website owners to honestly and accurately describe their Web pages, but unfortunately, not everyone complied. Some either inadvertently or blatantly misrepresented themselves. Today, Google must provide quality search results, and this is based on the content of your website that humans read, not what is buried in the code, under the hood. This is also based on how often this same message appears on other websites, especially popular and respected sites. So it's more important than ever to provide the right keywords to maximize search engine results.

Since 1995, Pillar Consulting Corp. has been providing dedicated tech support and web development for small businesses, combining customer service with the creative use of technology. Companies depend on Pillar search engine optimization services for measurable results. For more information, visit www.pillarcc.com or www.keywordfriendly.com.

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Network Solutions Names Tim Kelly President

2009-03-26T09:46:00-04:00

HERNDON, VA (Gawkwire.com) “I am very excited to have an executive of Tim’s caliber join our team. Tim’s marketing expertise, broad operational acumen and deep experience around the customer make him uniquely qualified to lead us into the next phase of growth,” said Roy Dunbar, CEO of Network Solutions. “Under Tim’s leadership we will serve and delight a growing number of small businesses with best in class solutions for success on the Internet. Tim’s responsibilities will include Marketing, Product, Sales, and Customer Support.”

“I am most impressed with Roy’s vision for Network Solutions, which is to be first in mind for new and existing small business owners seeking to get online as well as those looking to optimize and expand their online effectiveness,” said Tim Kelly. “Most importantly, I see great opportunity for Network Solutions to become synonymous with small business success through initiatives like the ‘Small Business Success Index <http://www.growsmartbusiness.com>.’”

During a career with Sprint Corporation and Sprint/Nextel Corporation that spanned twelve years, Mr. Kelly made a number of important contributions to the company’s success. In his most recent role as CMO, Mr. Kelly led all of the organization’s Marketing and Product initiatives. Prior to this role, he held the top post at several Sprint/Nextel Corporation and Sprint Corporation business units as President of Sprint Consumer Solutions President Sprint Business, President Sprint Mass Markets and President Customer Management. In his various executive roles at Sprint, Mr. Kelly was responsible for building the Sprint brand, defining and driving its customer acquisition and retention strategy, optimizing customer service and developing Sprint’s product roadmap among other things.

His career at Sprint was interrupted in 1999 by a stint as President of Tickets.com, where he led the organization’s domestic and international operations. Under Mr. Kelly’s leadership, the company successfully executed a number of acquisitions and deployed a new business model which drove the company from a bricks and mortar ticketing software and distribution focus to an Internet based product and distribution strategy. His accomplishments included implementing new distribution and content partnerships with AOL Digital Cities, Excite, Cox Interactive Media, Yahoo, MP3, etc. He further refined the brand through innovative ticketing and sponsorship partnerships with top selling artists.

Mr. Kelly began his career in 1985 with Lever Brothers Household Products Division in New York. He made the transition into the advertising field where he managed national accounts for several top brands including Burger King, Arm and Hammer, Visine, Arm and Hammer Dental, Crest and Scope.

Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Florida and his Master of Business Administration, Graduate Management Program, from Nova Southeast University.

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RiptideHosting.com Offers 2008 SQL Hosting & Terminal Server 2008 Hosting

2009-03-26T09:44:00-04:00

Denver, CO (Gawkwire.com) Web-hosting leader Riptide Hosting now offers dedicated servers with SQL Server 2008 Web Edition, for just $15 per month per CPU. The new 2008 versions of SQL Server include many new features including: Data compression, virtual earth integration and LINQ.

Riptide Hosting also now offers Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services. This allows companies to share their programs, data and documents from any location. Terminal Services is installed on high-availability servers hosted in Class-A datacenters. These datacenters feature redundant generators, battery backup and internet connections to prevent costly downtime. This results in 99.99%+ uptime.

"With Riptide Hosting we save almost $400 a month on our Windows Terminal server, compared to our previous host. Like many other small companies, we're feeling the effects of the economic downturn, so this is a substantial and welcome savings. Customer Support has been great as well. We're very happy with our new home at Riptide Hosting," says Marilyn Rhodes, President of Mentor Financial Group.

RiptideHosting.com provides Mentor Financial Group with a "Dedicated Windows Terminal Server" with dual hard drives for less than $300 per month. They have been providing Windows dedicated servers for seven years and Guarantee 99.99% uptime.

"Many people are surprised to learn they can have SQL Server 2008 Web Edition for less than $20 per month, per processor," says Riptide Hosting president, Kinch Reindl. Companies often spend thousands of dollars on startup costs for SQL Server.

Riptide Hosting offers monthly pricing for equipment, plus Microsoft's software (Terminal Server, SQL Server and Office). To help clients save even more, Riptide waives the setup fees with three months of upfront payment.

And Riptide has no long-term contracts. "We earn your business every month," Reindl says. With prices starting at just $200/month for their dual-core Intel server with 2 GB of RAM and RAID 1 (including Windows 2003 or 2008 Standard), he means it.

Riptide Hosting also uses Windows SQL Server 2008 and Terminal Services for customized Disaster Recovery packages. This insures that businesses keep running, in the event of a disaster or power outage.
The hosting company provides a "Guarantee of Satisfaction:" If clients are not 100% satisfied with their service, they will be refunded two months previous payments!

For SQL Server and Terminal Services pricing or questions, please call: Kinch Reindl at 1.888.282.1883, or visit: http://www.RiptideHosting.com

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Hosted Managed Services Provider, Releases Study of U.S. Data Center Industry

2009-03-26T09:42:00-04:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) The study is based on a detailed survey of senior decision makers at large corporation in North America who are responsible for shaping their companies’ datacenter strategies. The research was conducted for Digital Realty Trust by the respected research firm Campos Research and Analysis. Digital Realty Trust released the results of a similar study of the European datacenter market last month and highlights of that study are available on the Company’s website.

Chris Crosby, Senior Vice President of Digital Realty Trust remarked, ''Based on the results of this study, we expect to see sustained demand for datacenter facilities in 2009 and 2010 as companies implement these plans to expand their IT infrastructure. One finding that may surprise people is that companies are increasing their datacenter budgets in 2009. This is a reflection of how companies view their datacenters as critical assets for increasing productivity while reducing costs. Also interesting are the parallels between this U.S. study and the European study we reported last month, with 4 out of 5 companies planning near-term datacenter projects in both markets.''

Key findings of the new study include:

---84 percent of surveyed companies are planning datacenter expansions in the next 12-24 months.
---64 percent of surveyed companies with plans to expand in 2009 are planning to expand in two or more locations.
---Surveyed companies plan to increase datacenter spending by an average of 6.6 percent in 2009.
---Datacenters account for an average of 35 percent of overall IT budgets for surveyed companies.

Other findings of the study include:

---Space requirements for datacenters continue to grow, increasing 16 percent from 2008 to an average of 21,000 square feet in 2009.
---70 percent of surveyed companies meter power usage in their datacenters, indicating that energy usage measurement has become the rule rather than the exception.
---80 percent of surveyed companies report that their current datacenter facilities have a PUE energy efficiency rating of 2.0 or more and 26 percent report PUE of 3.0 of higher – indicating that current facilities are not highly energy efficient.

Mr. Crosby added, ''The responses to our questions about PUE ratings are noteworthy because they indicate that PUE has wide acceptance as a methodology for measuring datacenter efficiency. With so many current facilities having PUE metrics above 2 and 3, there is a significant opportunity for companies to reduce their energy costs by implementing energy efficiency initiatives or moving to a datacenter facility with a lower PUE rating.''

Metrics reported in this study are based on web-based surveys of 300 IT decision makers at large corporations in North America with annual revenues of at least $1.0 billion and/or at least 5000+ employees. All survey participants are directly involved in the process of managing corporate data centers, executing contracts for new datacenters, implementing new datacenters or expanding existing datacenters. All participants were senior level executives, including CxOs, in IT, MIS, IS or Finance. The survey was conducted in January 2009.

Campos Research and Analysis conducts consumer research and business-to-business research, using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, to address the business issues of client companies. Campos Research and Analysis was founded in 1988 by Rusty Campos. Ellen Campos became a principal in the firm in 2000. Between them, the principals have nearly 50 years of research experience, both client-side in Fortune 500 companies and supply-side with Honomichl 50 market research companies.

Digital Realty Trust owns, acquires, redevelops, develops and manages technology-related real estate. The Company is focused on providing Turn-Key DatacenterSM and Powered Base BuildingSM datacenter solutions for domestic and international tenants across a variety of industry verticals ranging from information technology and internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty Trust’s 75 properties, excluding one property held as an investment in an unconsolidated joint venture, contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise datacenter tenants. Comprising approximately 13.0 million square feet as of February 26, 2009, including 1.6 million square feet of space held for redevelopment, Digital Realty Trust's portfolio is located in 27 markets throughout Europe and North America.

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Aplus.net Address the Growing Cost and Complexity of Server Management

2009-03-25T12:00:00-04:00

Overland Park, KS (Gawkwire.com) Aplus.net, a leading web hosting company and Internet solutions provider, has just released a new set of flexible managed hosting services that provide support on a wide array of routine tasks as well as expert guidance on managing firewalls, load balancing, and other custom services. Managed Hosting from Aplus.net offers several benefits for small- and medium-sized companies in terms of time, cost and efficiency as an alternative to self-managed servers.

Aplus.net has assembled a comprehensive list of essentials ¬- from email and DNS services, OS patching and network monitoring to security checks and managed backups - enabling site owners to focus on other critical aspects of their businesses. Items are available in a series of three, progressively-tiered hosting plans: Basic Managed, Selected Managed and Premium Managed. Plan participants may also choose from a list of custom services (À La Carte Support) designed to assist owners with setup, maintenance, cooperative support and other important tasks to optimize web sites and email delivery.

Increasingly, the challenge for many businesses today is: can you still afford to manage your own servers for hosting and email?
There are more security threats than ever and hundreds, even thousands, of software and server patches required every year. Faced with potential email outages, data loss and other risks to your web presence, managed services offer one avenue of protection.
"Increasingly, the challenge for many businesses today is: can you still afford to manage your own servers for hosting and email?" points out Alex Yevelev, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Aplus.net. "There are more security threats than ever and hundreds, even thousands, of software and server patches required every year. Faced with potential email outages, data loss and other risks to your web presence, managed services offer one avenue of protection."

Managed hosting is available on any dedicated server through Aplus.net. For more information on pricing, features and other important details, review Aplus.net's Managed Hosting plans.

To help businesses understand and evaluate their options, Aplus.net has just published Reduce Costs While Improving Reliability, Uptime, and Security, exploring the advantages, current trends and key features of semi- and fully-managed hosting plans. This 9-page whitepaper is free and available for download at http://www.aplus.net/servers/dedicated/managed-hosting/whitepaper/.

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

Webinar Announced: How to Double Salespeople's Productivity

2009-03-25T12:00:00-04:00

Atlanta, GA (Gawkwire.com) After months of recessionary news, it is more critical than ever for companies to improve the productivity of their salespeople. Now, a privately held corporation in Norcross GA is helping companies improve revenue through sales kaizen - the management technique based continuous improvement. Kaizen is responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in increased revenue, profit, and cost reductions in companies around the world.

On Thursday, April 2, Michael Webb, founder of SPIF!, the professional educational forum for sales kaizen, and the author of "Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way," will team with Jim Cecil, the author of "Nurturing Customer Relationships" and cofounder of the Nurture to present a webinar titled:

"How to Double Salespeople's Productivity by Building Nurturing into Your Sales Process"
an Interview with Jim Cecil, cofounder of Nurture Institute
Thursday, April 2, 2009, 3:00pm Eastern Time
http://www.salesperformance.com/member-services/april-2-webinar

"Despite the documented track record of success, Nurture Marketing is still not recognized by most B2B companies," said Mr. Cecil; "They should not overlook nurturing because it is inexpensive and creates quick payback in many different ways."

This webinar will be the ninth in a series Mr. Webb's company has sponsored to demonstrate sales process improvements with specific, measurable increases in revenues and reductions in sales and marketing costs in 90 days or less. "The language and culture of sales and marketing can be fully connected to kaizen and process improvement approaches. More companies need to understand how easy and valuable these new approaches are," Mr. Webb said.

Jim is the author of "A Cure for the Common Cold-Call" and co-author of "Nurturing Customer Relationships." He has coached hundreds of Microsoft's Certified Partners, as well as New York Life's top producers and literally tens of thousands of CEOs on the skills and strategies of customer attraction, retention, and affection. Jim Cecil can be reached at (732) 636-1001 or at jim @ nurtureinstitute.com. Readers may also contact Eric Rabinowitz at erabinowitz @ nurtureinstitute.com.

Michael J. Webb, President and founder of Sales Performance Consultants, Inc., and SPIF! the professional educational forum for sales kaizen. He is the foremost expert on sales process improvement. Michael and his team have helped companies such as ThermoFisher Scientific, MAQUET, Marriott, Replicon, Accelerent, WaterFurnace, and many others to make their sales funnels flow faster through evidence-based approaches such as Lean and Six Sigma. Michael delivered the keynote address to the first two conferences ever held on applying Six Sigma to marketing and sales. He also has extensive sales training facilitation and field coaching experience with hundreds of salespeople and managers in the U.S. and Canada. Michael is the author of "Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way" (Kaplan, 2006) and numerous articles. You can reach him at (877) 718-1816 or mwebb @ salesperformance.com.

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Scam Uses Fed Stimulus Bill As Bait

2009-03-25T12:00:00-04:00

NEW YORK, NY (Gawkwire.com) The International Trademark Association (INTA) today alerted consumers to a widening email scam that uses the promise of federal stimulus bill money for those who enter their credit card information into a fraudulent website.

The phishing email, branded with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) logo and pictures of the President and Vice President, claims to offer recipients their portion of the recently passed federal stimulus bill. Recipients are instructed to click a link in the email, and enter their personal financial information into a counterfeit website.

These phishing scams are effective because they take advantage of a consumer’s relationship with a trademark, brand or logo – in this case, the governmental brand of the U.S. President and the IRS. The true danger then begins when personal information is transmitted and criminals begin to steal peoples’ identities online.

In order to keep your identity safe online, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and INTA advise consumers to know that:

1. Scammers request small fees for processing, which then gives them access to your credit cards numbers.

2. Phishing emails may ask for your bank account number so they can make a deposit for you. This is an invitation for them to deplete your account.

3. Some stimulus scam emails encourage you to click on links or open attached forms. These links can install harmful spyware software and viruses on your computer.

4. The FTC also notes that the IRS doesn’t ask for personal information via email. Consumers should forward unopened emails to phishing@irs.gov, then delete it immediately.

“It’s unfortunate, but we are seeing counterfeiters take advantage of people at the worst time, economically speaking. We want people to remain vigilant online and know the warning signs of dangerous phishing emails,” said INTA Executive Director, Alan Drewsen.

To learn more about the importance of trademarks, please visit http://www.inta.org/media/center

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A New Way To Protect The Data Center

2009-03-25T09:46:00-04:00

Kutztown, PA (Gawkwire.com) A new option for acquiring data center fire protection is now available. With the possible exception of the server racks themselves, all the components in the data center will eventually be replaced by new and more powerful equipment. That is why equipment leasing is so popular. When an IT equipment lease term is complete, the equipment has depreciated considerably. The leasing company picks up the old components so the lessee is not faced with the task of disposing of obsolete equipment with little or no resale value. Firelock® is now offering leasing options for their fireproof modular server vaults. Unlike IT equipment, however, when the lease is complete you own the vault and it is just as valuable as when it was new. In fact, it is likely to be even more valuable since the volume and value of the information protected within tends to increase over time.

Almost every data center is equipped with some kind of fire suppression system in the server room. But this gives a false sense of security. According to Todd Smith, Director of Marketing for Firelock®: "A fire suppression system only protects against fires that start inside the server room area." That leaves this critical area vulnerable to fires that start anywhere else in the building and burn their way into the server room. Water sprinklers are able to stop some fires from spreading, but there are too many examples of where they failed to ignore this risk. Mr. Smith goes on to say: "A sprinkler system malfunction may be the cause of failure, or maybe the intensity of the fire just overwhelms the water sprinklers." The only failsafe way to ensure the survival of mission critical information within the server room is to protect it with a Class 125 data vault.

To comply with NFPA 75 (the National Fire Protection Association's standard for protecting computer equipment and magnetic media) a Class 125 fireproof vault must be installed. This means the temperature inside the vault must remain below 125-degrees F. for the specified duration, even if temperatures reach 2,000-degrees F. outside the vault chamber. Firelock® builds fireproof Class 125-Two Hour, Three Hour, and Four Hour rated vaults. The duration of the rating depends upon the size of the vault. All components of Firelock® vaults, such as the doors, power and data cable penetrations, coolant line penetrations and damper assemblies, are Class 125-rated because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. They are equipped with automatic door closers to ensure the vault will be sealed if the building must be evacuated immediately. Firelock® server vaults can even be expanded or moved if needed. With the modular design the panels can be reused in a new configuration if the shape of the new server vault requires it. This is a key advantage of the modular server vault design.

If a major fire strikes the data center it is likely there will be damage to the support systems, such as power or cooling systems, that will require a backup site to get up and running again. The time it takes to move intact server racks to a new location and bringing them back online is typically just a few hours. When the server racks are destroyed, even if critical data has been backed up on tape, a bare metal restore could take days. This could be the difference between surviving the disaster with a brief downtime period or going out of business. At the very least the cost of days of downtime would be astronomical.

Several lease options are available, with various lengths and buyout options. This makes it much easier to work into budgets and purchasing protocols. Each vault is custom designed, manufactured and installed by Firelock® to fit each clients' exact size and configuration requirements. In five years there may be a new data center technology that makes everything on today's market obsolete. No matter how it is processed, the information assets hosted by this equipment will still be where the real value lies. And Firelock® vaults will still be the most secure way to protect this mission critical information.

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.Tel Domain Names Available to the Public March 24, 11 a.m. EDT

2009-03-25T09:44:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Network Solutions®, the pioneer of the domain name registration service and a leading provider of Web solutions, announces the final phase of the .tel domain name release. With the sunrise and landrush phases passed, .tel domain names will be available to the general public March 24, 2009, at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Network Solutions will offer them for just $34.99 per year.

The .tel top level extension is a brand new domain name that allows businesses or individuals to manage important contact information directly on the World Wide Web without building a website. With a .TEL domain you can create a fully interactive and live communications hub to help manage how people communicate with you. You can easily publish all your means of communication, like phone, fax, email, Web links, keywords and more, directly online and all in one place. You are instantly accessible from any device connected to the Internet in just one click. As people access the Web more and more from mobile devices, a one-step, simple snapshot of business contact information is a necessary step.

"The .tel domain name is a great new way for businesses to communicate and manage their contact information on the Web immediately," Sean Kaine, Network Solutions' director of Domain Services. "Publishing your information on the Internet to a newly purchased .tel domain is both quick and easy. Now that .tel is available to the general public, the benefits will become evident very quickly."

The other major benefit of .tel domain name registration is inclusion in the Telpage global directory. This directory allows customers to search by name or by relevant keywords to find business listings and contact information.

"Inclusion in the Telpage directory will become an essential element of a businesses online presence," Kaine added.

In a nutshell, .tel allows for the creation of a permanent online business card that expands the ability to communicate and reach customers.

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WebhostGIANT Announces Limited Time 50% OFF on Web Hosting

2009-03-25T09:42:00-04:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) In an effort to provide web hosting for everyone's needs the Popular Web Hosting provider WebhostGIANT is offering a limited time 50% OFF on all web hosting plans. WebhostGIANT guarantees the Cheapest Hosting available without sacrificing Quality, Stability, Security or Reliability. The Cheap Hosting Economy Plan is feature rich and now starts at only $2.79 and Multiple Domain Hosting starts at a difficult to believe $4.59. All plans offer a large variety of features to help get any personal or small business user online at an extremely affordable rate.

"Even though we offer large savings over our competition, it does not mean we are cutting corners. WebhostGIANT has capitalized on years of experience to streamline a service we now offer. Also, we only do shared web hosting. And we do it well" said Leonard Geiger, the President & CEO WebhostGIANT. By listening to our clients and providing the additional services they need, we are always ahead of their expectations. We are never happy with what we offer. This is why we are always adding more features and improving upon our industry-leading services already in place.

WebhostGIANT's Budget Hosting package comes complete with free setup, Unlimited Web Space, Unlimited Bandwidth, Unlimited email accounts and the ability to host unlimited subdomains. WebhostGIANT exists to help clients maximize their dollar by offering the best and most affordable web hosting available.

Guarantees such as 30 days or money back, 99.9% uptime and 24/7 technical support, prove the dedication to great-value, high-quality service and the confidence the WebhostGIANT Team have in their services. WebhostGIANT provides all of its clients with industry-leading hardware, software and technology. "All plans have month-to-month options so you won't be locked into any contracts, thus ensuring satisfaction is sustained throughout the use of services. We also do not play the 'Hidden Price Game'. This is where you see a price for hosting on a website and then 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

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2009 'Future of Open Source' Annual Survey Results Announced at OSBC

2009-03-25T09:40:00-04:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) - Today at OSBC, a panel of top experts in the commercial open source industry, including executives from Acquia, Novell, Mozilla, Sun Microsystems, and SugarCRM, announced the results of the North Bridge Venture Partners' annual "Future of Open Source" survey. The survey results, collected from 435 respondents, bring to light a variety of significant issues and topics surrounding open source software, such as the impact of the economic recession, key market drivers, and predictions regarding the types of companies that will drive the next wave of commercial open source success.

"Open source software is becoming increasingly mainstream even at the enterprise level," said Tom Erickson, Acquia chairman and chief executive officer. "As an increasing number of companies emerge to provide commercial level support, we'll see the continued growth of open source software in the enterprise."

Open source software is becoming increasingly mainstream even at the enterprise level
As an increasing number of companies emerge to provide commercial level support, we'll see the continued growth of open source software in the enterprise.
What the survey shows is that customer motivations for adopting open source are clearly accelerated by the economic crisis. For organizations actively adopting open source solutions, lower costs, better quality and simpler maintenance have resulted in measurable ROI and rapid payback
Disruptive business models are maturing in large markets like Web Content Management and Social Publishing, making it an attractive investment area for the team at North Bridge. However what the survey also shows is that much work remains to evangelize these benefits and establish a credible ecosystem to bring open source solutions to mainstream IT buyers.
"What the survey shows is that customer motivations for adopting open source are clearly accelerated by the economic crisis. For organizations actively adopting open source solutions, lower costs, better quality and simpler maintenance have resulted in measurable ROI and rapid payback," said Michael J. Skok, general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners. "Disruptive business models are maturing in large markets like Web Content Management and Social Publishing, making it an attractive investment area for the team at North Bridge. However what the survey also shows is that much work remains to evangelize these benefits and establish a credible ecosystem to bring open source solutions to mainstream IT buyers."

Following are various key findings from the 2009 Future of Open Source survey:

Approximately 96 percent of respondents feel the economy's turbulence is "good" for open source software, up from 81 percent in 2008.
Almost 80% of respondents believe that open source software will make up greater than 25% of the software purchased in their organization.
Respondents revealed that the top four factors that make open source software attractive include: lower acquisition and maintenance costs; superior security; freedom from vendor lock-in; and better quality software.
The sectors expected to be most susceptible to disruption by open source software in the next five years include: database, operating systems, business intelligence and web content management.
The sectors expected to be least susceptible to disruption by open source software in the next five years include: office productivity, security tools, and ERP/CRM.
Respondents listed unfamiliarity with open source solutions, lack of internal technical skills, and lack of formal commercial vendor support as the top three barriers to the selection of open source software.
The business strategies predicted to create the most value for open source vendors include subscription based technical support and professional services and consulting.

The 2009 Future of Open Source survey was developed collaboratively with input from a number of companies including Acquia, Black Duck, EnterpriseDB, Jaspersoft, Microsoft, Mozilla, Novell, Olliance Group, Red Hat, rPath, Sonatype, Sun Microsystems, Sugar CRM, and The 451 Group. To view the full survey results, please visit: http://acquia.com/northbridgesurvey2009.

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Buried In Code! Surpass Hosting Introduces Shared Hosting Plan for Developers

2009-03-25T09:39:00-04:00

ORLANDO, FL (Gawkwire.com) Starting at just $15 per month, the Developer plan offers 1000GB of disk space, unmetered monthly data transfer, and the ability to host up to 5 domain names. It also includes a free private IP address, unlimited shell access, a dedicated SSL certificate, and access to several pre-loaded software revision control systems (currently Subversion, Git, and Concurrent Versions System).

The Developer plan is the first Surpass Hosting plan to fully support Ruby on Rails as deployed using mod_ruby and Phusion Passenger (mod_rails) in conjunction to create a stable and functional environment for Ruby on Rails development.

Surpass Hosting Developer Tools, a core component of the Developer plan, enables users to install on-demand more than a dozen development frameworks. These include Ruby on Rails, jQuery, CakePHP, Blueprint CSS, Dojo Toolkit, Ext JS, MooTools, Prototype, Scriptaculous, CodeIgniter, Doctrine, Smarty, Symfony, and Zend Framework. Each framework is automatically updated each night from the repository trunk to keep the code up to date. Ultimately, it saves developers time.

“The Developer Plan is based on a new server architecture that is more pliable for the typical developer and offers many more options for advanced web development, including the cornerstone of the plan, Surpass Hosting Developer Tools. We’ve noticed that most so-called developer hosting plans are skeletal. Our Developer plan takes it to a new level and offers the toolbox of technologies that developers need to create first class web applications," said Kayla Fleming, vice president of sales, Surpass Hosting.

All shared hosting plans -- including the Developer plan – are hosted on servers powered by Quad-Core technology and housed in the company’s private Orlando, Fla. data center. The 12,000 square feet data facility offers more than 32 gigabits of network backbone capacity and is constructed with concrete masonry perimeter walls capable of resisting Category 5 storms.

To learn more about features of the Developer hosting plan, please visit http://www.surpasshosting.com/surpass-developer-resources.php.

To learn more about shared hosting from Surpass Hosting or order a new plan, please visit http://www.surpasshosting.com/hosting-shared-solutions-2.php.

To learn more about Surpass Hosting, please visit http://www.surpasshosting.com.

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Web Host Boot Camp Launches First-Ever Virtual Web Host Conference

2009-03-25T09:35:00-04:00

Grand Rapids, MI (Gawkwire.com) Web Host Boot Camp (www.webhostbootcamp.net), announced today the launch of a first-ever virtual conference for web hosting companies, hosting resellers, web designers, and anyone looking to build their own web hosting business or learn how to take their existing business to the next level. The virtual hosting confine kicks off June 1, 2009.
“We have pulled together some of the brightest minds in the hosting industry to lead our breakout sessions and exhibits at Web Host Boot Camp,” said Zachary McClung, President of Web Host Boot Camp. “Establishing a virtual conference is an ideal way for web hosting companies, hosting resellers, web designers and industry vendors to all get together in one place without the expense of a traditional conference. In fact, attending is free.”
Attendees will have access to vendors, sponsors, exhibit booths, and other web hosting enthusiasts through live chat. There is no software to install. Attendees log in from their computer and listen to sessions directly, pick-up a chat, read exhibitor’s product and service information, and network – all through live chat. Representatives will be available via live chat to answer questions and provide further information.
“Since the cost to attend is free, we are seeing a significant number of signups every day,” said McClung. “Web hosting companies and hosting resellers are enthusiastic about attending a first-ever virtual web hosting conference and participating in the industry’s fastest growing network of industry experts.”
Sponsorships and exhibit booths are available, but spots are limited and filling up quickly. Sponsors currently registered for the first annual Web Host Boot Camp virtual conference include CDGcommerce, Ping! Zine Magazine, Studio 1337, Site 5, The Hosting News, Hosting Discussion, The WHIR, and Young Copy.
“The only difference between Web Host Boot Camp and a physical convention is the location,” said McClung. “We’ll have booths, a show floor, breakout sessions, prizes, discounts, networking events; everything you would see at a physical convention – but this one is virtual and it’s free to attend.”
Attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and guests can come together for a day to discuss and learn the latest trends, tips, and techniques for developing a successful web hosting company. Web Host Boot Camp has developed exclusive training sessions to help hosting resellers, hosting companies, and web designers attract more customers, increase profits, and run a hosting company efficiently.
“Web Host Boot Camp gives hosting companies, hosting resellers, and web designers the opportunity to speak directly with industry experts, advertise their business, and network with people who want to build the hosting industry's leading web hosting company,” said McClung. “This virtual conference is especially important in today’s economy so we decided to make the event free to attend, opening the doors to literally thousands of attendees.” http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/web_host_boot_camp_launches_first-ever_virtual_web_host_conferen.html

Laptop class warfare: Apple vs. Asus

2009-03-24T10:15:00-04:00

Lightweight luxury laptops have been around for a while (think Sony Vaio and Toshiba Portege ultraportables), but the age of head-turning, ultrathin designs dawned with the 13-inch light-and-wide MacBook Air, the HP Voodoo Envy 133, and the ThinkPad X300.

Dell Adamo luxury laptop joins the MacBook Air in the conspicuous consumption computing category

Dell Adamo luxury laptop joins the MacBook Air in the conspicuous consumption computing category
(Credit: Dell)

Now the Dell Adamo joins the stable of conspicuously consumed luxury laptops. The Adamo soars along with Apple's Air in the rarefied pricing altitudes of $1,799 to $2,699.

At the other extreme are Asus and Acer, down-to-earth working-class designs which offer portability for a lot less. Though both companies offer expensive laptops too, they have gained prominence with their inexpensive Netbooks: the Eee PC and Aspire One, respectively. These typically fall into the sub-$500 range. ...Go to source http://www.gawkwire.com/reviews/1603.html

HostDime Premieres Orlando Customer Support Center

2009-03-24T10:10:00-04:00

Orlando, FL (Gawkwire.com) Emmanuel Vivar, CEO of HostDime noted, ''Our company is taking a mission-critical approach to customer support, even for customers with small hosting plans. The addition of a dedicated customer support facility will enable to us offer a higher level of service to all customers. We are also proud to create high-quality jobs in Central Florida at a time when so many companies are handing out pink slips.''

Located adjacent to the campus of the University of Central Florida at 12001 Science Drive, the new office is about 10 miles east of the company's international headquarters in downtown Orlando. The close proximity to UCF enables the company to continue to draw on its close relationship with the school and hire UCF students and graduates as interns and full time employees.

HostDime's new office has capacity for up to 50 employees, which will include 20 new hires in the next several months. Other employees will be relocated from the downtown office. The additional employees will help the company reach a goal of offering an average response time of no more than 15 minutes on all customer support requests.

HostDime is a privately owned, leading website hosting provider offering reliable, secure managed hosting services that cater to a range of clients, from entry-level to enterprise-level operations. HostDime owns and operates its own data center in Orlando, Fla. With a client base of more than 700,000 hosted domains on 3,000 servers, HostDime presently ranks among the top 50 biggest web hosting companies in the world.
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78 Percent of Online Shoppers Value Green-Powered Websites

2009-03-24T10:08:00-04:00

Philadelphia, PA (Gawkwire.com) Web hosting company 1&1 Internet Inc. (http://www.1and1.com), today released research conducted in association with Wired Magazine which identifies the latest 'green expectation' from consumers- that virtual shops should now run more green operations. The results show that the requirement for all companies to go green is growing, as the traditional methods of using less energy are only a start in the eyes of most consumers today.

The 'SMB Green Study ,' conducted by Wired Magazine and Vision Critical of some 543 US adults found that a green-powered website may be a deciding factor when selecting which retailer to purchase from. Over 60 percent of people admit to being swayed to purchase from an online shop if the website identifies itself as using green energy. Some 78 percent of consumers say that the environmental practices of even a virtual shop are important to them, and most consumers believe that all businesses should be environmentally responsible.

The research clearly reflects a push from consumers to urge companies to take their green efforts to the next level, and use greener service providers. One way for ecommerce websites to achieve this is powering their websites from a green data center or servers using renewable energy. Over 70 percent of consumers surveyed believed that using a green service provider is an acceptable way to put forth a 'green' image.

Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1&1 Internet Inc., said, "Committing to minimizing their impact on the environment has a clear commercial advantage for all types of retailers. By offering green web hosting at no extra cost, 1&1 offers an easy way for any website to run on green power."

The research also showed that two-thirds (67 percent) of American consumers are frequent online shoppers, making web purchases more than twice a month. The amount of people shopping online has been growing exponentially, which presents a lucrative opportunity for many people setting up shop on the Internet. The data suggests that choosing a green web host could potentially be a selling point that convinces online browsers to become buyers.

1&1 is the one-stop-shop for web solutions, providing a high quality service with the security of our state-of-the-art green data centers and 24/7 technical support. 1&1's green efforts will save carbon emissions of over 30,000 tons of CO2 per year.

For more information on 1&1 Internet Inc. visit the website at http://www.1and1.com.
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SMX Advanced (Search marketing Expo) Agenda

2009-03-24T10:06:00-04:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) Sessions on the just published Search Marketing Expo - SMX Advanced conference agenda cover today's hot button search engine marketing issues. SMX Advanced takes place June 2-3, 2009 in Seattle.

Only SMX Advanced offers sessions and keynotes designed for search engine marketers with years of experience. They are fast paced, sophisticated and don't slow down to explain basic concepts. Topics include paid search advertising (PPC), search engine optimization, social media marketing and search marketing company business issues in sessions such as:

-Mythbusting PPC Urban Legends
-Twitter Tactics & Search Marketing
-Google Quality Score, Under the Microscope
-Duplicate Content Solutions & The Canonical Tag

See the complete agenda at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/advanced/2009/agenda.

The program for SMX Advanced is created by the editors of Search Engine Land, the leading news and analysis blog for Internet marketers.

Register Now, Tickets Limited:
More than 1/3 of the tickets for SMX Advanced have already been sold and pre-registering is recommended. This conference sold out in 2007 and 2008.

Register today at the Early Bird rate of just $1,395. You get all of the sessions, keynotes, network activities and special events that make Search Marketing Expo conferences famous. http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/smx_advanced_search_marketing_expo_agenda.html

A bill to shift cybersecurity to White House

2009-03-23T10:37:00-04:00

CNET News has obtained a summary of a proposal from Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would create an Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor, part of the Executive Office of the President. That office would receive the power to disconnect, if it believes they're at risk of a cyberattack, "critical" computer networks from the Internet.

"I regard this as a profoundly and deeply troubling problem to which we are not paying much attention," Rockefeller said a hearing this week, referring to cybersecurity.

Giving the White House cybersecurity responsibility was one of the top recommendations of a commission that produced a report last year to advise President Obama on cybersecurity issues. However, the Homeland Security Department, which currently has jurisdiction over cybersecurity, has insisted the reshuffling of duties is not needed. ...Go to source

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A bill to shift cybersecurity to White House

2009-03-23T10:37:00-04:00

"I regard this as a profoundly and deeply troubling problem to which we are not paying much attention," Rockefeller said a hearing this week, referring to cybersecurity.

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dotSCO campaign Receives Backing of Scottish Parliament

2009-03-23T10:34:00-04:00

(DomainNews.com) The unanimous vote cast by the Committee means that their campaign now has cross-party support - a crucial step in demonstrating to ICANN a widespread desire across Scotland and its diaspora for a Scottish domain.

The dotSCO team expressed their delight that both Parliament and Government have been so supportive of the campaign. Less than nine months after the campaign started collecting signatures to submit the petition, they believe they are now well on the way to submitting an application to ICANN.listing.php.

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Web Hosting Sales Resource, HostSold.com Launches

2009-03-23T10:32:00-04:00

Dallas, TX (Gawkwire.com) Taylor Hawes, Owner of HostSold.com remarked, ''Host's can save thousands of dollars selling their company through our services. We don't charge any commission fees on the sale price. Host’s can take advantage of our extensive list of buyers and sell their company within as little as one week.''

As a special launch promotion, HostSold is allowing web hosts to list their web hosting companies for sale for free for a limited time, at www.hostsold.com/freelisting.php.

Hosting company sales information can be broadcast confidentialy and anonymously via the company's hosts for sale newsletter blast. The ist includes hundreds of qualified buyers, specifically looking to purchase a web hosting company. The cost of a listing is $49.95.

Those interested in purchasing a web hosting company can sign up for free through www.HostSold.com to receive free listings of the latest hosting companies for sale.

To take advantage of the free listing offer, please visit: www.hostsold.com/freelisting.php.

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New Joomla! Live Chat Desktop Application

2009-03-23T10:30:00-04:00

Los Angeles, CA (Gawkwire.com) CMS Fruit (http://www.CMSFruit.com), an innovative and experienced Joomla specialty software company located in California, has announced the availability of a powerful new Joomla livechat extension designed for the popular Joomla CMS. JLive! Chat is a real-time communications extension that enables Joomla website operators to communicate with their clients on the website directly from the convenience of their workstations via the new Joomla live chat extension.

JLive! Chat provides a wealth of useful features for website operators. With the JLive! Chat extension, operators can now communicate with their clients in real-time via a joomla live chat link on their website. JLive! Chat provides an intuitive, easy to navigate, interface for both the administrator and the customer. Each license includes an unlimited amount of chat sessions between multiple clients and operators for the website. JLive! Chat is developed exclusively for Joomla! CMS version 1.5 and later. With JLive! Chat there are no recurring fees, extra charges, or hidden fees.

JLive! Chat offers an enhanced user experience for Joomla! operators to interact with their customers in real-time. The customer simply clicks on a joomla livechat link on the website to chat with an operator, and then the operator is connected to the client via the desktop-side of the application. This allows for faster customer service response for the client and increased productivity from the customer service department of the website operator.

JLive! Chat has been designed with the utmost standards of excellence to meet customer's demands. With JLive! Chat, you can now unleash the power of real-time customer-service communication simply and effectively. Joomla is one of the world's most popularly used free and open-source content management systems. JLive! Chat holds great potential for those administrators wanting to increase overall productivity and profitability of their websites.

For additional information and a free download of JLive! Chat visit CMS Fruit at http://www.CMSFruit.com.

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WebmasterRadio.FM Announces Coverage from the SES NYC Conference

2009-03-23T10:26:00-04:00

Fort Lauderdale, FL (Gawkwire.com) WebmasterRadio.FM, the premier free, 24/7 Internet business radio network focused on the B2B marketplace and the official radio network of the Search Engine Strategies (SES) conference series, announces exclusive coverage from the SES conference March 23-27 in New York City.

"Our coverage of this month's Search Engine Strategies conference paves the way for an enhanced event experience with live programming, interviews from the show floor and keynote and panel coverage," said WebmasterRadio.FM Vice President of Marketing Brandy Shapiro-Babin. "This coverage makes important panels, keynotes, event highlights and the most important news and insights available to SES followers and fans everywhere, allowing them to reap the greatest benefit from this cornerstone industry event."

WebmasterRadio.FM is the official radio network of the Search Engine Strategies conference series, the largest and most important conference dedicated to the search engine and search engine marketing industries.

All WebmasterRadio.FM programs are available in podcast format through all major podcast portals, and in archived format on-demand inside our Search Engine Strategies Podcast Channel www.WebmasterRadio.FM/search-engine-strategies-conference.

WebmasterRadio.FM's exclusive coverage will feature Live streaming of keynote addresses featuring Guy Kawasaki on Tuesday March 24th at 9am Eastern Time and John Gerzema on Thursday March 26th at 9am Eastern Time.

WebmasterRadio.FM will also broadcast live the Orion panel on Thursday March 26th at 1pm Eastern Time, along with various sessions and functions. We will also feature live interviews and original programs from our broadcast location at booth #1228.

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New Book Shows How to Power Up Your Job Search

2009-03-23T10:24:00-04:00

Waynesboro, VA (Gawkwire.com) As the job market tightens, the importance of interviewing effectively becomes increasingly important. Poor interview skills can shut down a job search for even the most qualified candidates. A new book, Power Up Your Job Search: A Modern Approach to Interview Preparation, teaches a quick and easy system to prepare candidates to interview successfully.

"We developed the Power Up Interview Prep System to get our candidates ready to interview in our executive recruiting business. We have continued to be shocked at how poorly most job seekers interview. After numerous candidates asked for our help, we developed this book to teach the system to anyone that wants a leg up on their competition," says Gary Capone, co-author of the book and Vice President of Palladian International.

Step-By-Step System
Power Up Your Job Search provides advanced interview techniques that even the most seasoned executive will find beneficial. The book begins with several chapters on the basics of interviewing, providing a foundation that inexperienced job seekers will find easy to follow. With a solid footing, job seekers are then introduced to the techniques successful candidates use to excel in interviews. Throughout the book, exercises provide clear instructions guiding the reader to complete specific activities that improve interview skill.

"We set out to create a step-by-step system that, if followed, will improve a person's interview performance. The only way to achieve this was to build a training plan with specific activities to be completed by the job seeker. Many people will read the book and learn from it, but the job seekers that commit completing each of the activities will achieve exceptional results," explains Mr. Capone.

Power Up Your Job Search: A Modern Approach to Interview Preparation (ISBN 9781441491534) is available on Amazon.com in paperback ($14.95).

http://www.gawkwire.com/reviews/new_book_shows_how_to_power_up_your_job_search.html

dotMobi to Release DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET

2009-03-21T06:00:00-04:00

DUBLIN and WASHINGTON, DC (Gawkwire.com) With DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET, developers using ASP.NET 2.0 and above will now be able to easily expand their sites to embrace mobile audiences as well as PC-based users. DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET will seamlessly replace Microsoft profiles with this new Web-based service. Trey Harvin, CEO of dotMobi said, "Finding new and exciting ways to open the mobile channel to the developer community is one of dotMobi's ongoing goals. DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET significantly expands options for site developers. Today, ASP.NET supports approximately 400 mobile devices. With DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET, developers will have access to information on more than 4,500 mobile devices with monthly, weekly or even daily updates which they will be able to use seamlessly with ASP.NET mobile controls."

"General availability of DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET is scheduled for April 2009," said Paul Nerger, vice president of Advanced Services and Applications at dotMobi. "To help us prepare, we're actively seeking applicants for beta trials of the service. Interested developers should go to http://deviceatlas.com/aspnet to apply."

DeviceAtlas is a superset of existing mobile device databases and contains attribute information for more than 4,500 devices around the world, including leading-edge mobile devices like the Apple iPhone, RIM Blackberry, Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Amazon Kindle.

More information on DeviceAtlas – including a free Web-based version and free, fully licensed version for developers – is available at http://deviceatlas.com . Additionally, dotMobi offers other popular content creation tools on the free http://mobiForge.com developer forum to help businesses and brands more easily create device-aware mobile content.

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Take it back: Gmail gets 'Undo Send' Labs feature

2009-03-21T06:00:00-04:00

Get back to where you once belonged.

(Credit: Google)

Other user-preservation features already available include Gmail's capability to watch for words like "attached" in the body of an e-mail and to alert you if there are no attachments to the message; and a feature in Google Apps (the corporate version of Gmail) that puts orange borders around the names of e-mail recipients that are not inside your company--to alert you to not send confidential information where you shouldn't.

Also, last year Google launched the "Mail Goggles" Labs feature that prevents you from sending e-mails during the small hours of the morning unless you pass a simple math test. It's designed to prevent drunk e-mailing.

Undo Send is a much smarter feature. We've all regretted pressing "send" on e-mails. Sometimes we realize, too late, that our message is a "reply all" when it shouldn't be. Or that we spelled something wrong. Or that we were angry and shouldn't have sent it at all. Undo Send lets you snatch an e-mail back before it gets sent out. But you have to act fast. ...Go to source

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AT&T: No-contract iPhones coming next week

2009-03-20T09:41:00-04:00

(cnet news)The Associated Press quoted an AT&T representative Thursday confirming plans to sell no-contract iPhones for $599 or $699 starting next Thursday, as first reported Wednesday by the Boy Genius Report. There's a catch, however; those phones will still be locked to AT&T's network.

A regular AT&T iPhone account will be required to operate the phone, although theoretically you could activate the phone one day, cancel your account the next, and only be out activation fees and a month's worth of service, rather than two years worth of service. But then you'd be reduced to using your expensive iPhone over just Wi-Fi networks unless you're willing to unlock it for other networks.

An Apple representative did not immediately return a call seeking comment on whether a similar offer would be in place at Apple's retail stores, which the AP was also unable to confirm.

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Can't Beat Them? Join Them: Expatriate Web Dev. Head South Of The Border

2009-03-20T09:37:00-04:00

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Gawkwire.com) Amidst concerns among web developers stemming from the economic crisis, Connaxis Creative Outsourcing today unveiled plans to expand its growing team to include 150 unique specialists. Examples of the team's current and future players include individual experts in Flash, After Effects, 3D, Adobe Flex, AS3, PHP, HTML and CSS.

One-Stop-Shop for Specialists
The company believes the strategy of employing a full team of senior specialists will revolutionize web development outsourcing by offering US and European partners a one-stop-shop that fulfills the needs of an increasingly complex industry.

"For any project to be successfully and professionally implemented, a number of specialists must be involved. The experts needed on deck are constantly changing as no two projects are ever the same. Web development firms need access to a wide range of professionals, but cannot afford to keep all of them on their payroll. Connaxis eliminates the need for employment contracts and overhead by providing agencies with the capabilities they need only when they need them," states Connaxis Managing Director Peter van Grinsven.

Hiring 150 Specialists during an Economic Crisis
While web development specialists cannot be guaranteed full time positions in the United States, many have found an abundance of work waiting for them in other countries. David Coleman, an American PHP specialist working as a Senior Software Engineer for Connaxis was pleasantly surprised by the quality of life he affords in Buenos Aires from his salary paid in Argentine Pesos. Coleman, refusing to be a victim of the crisis at home, adopted a 'can't beat them, join them' mentality.

"How many programmers in the United States are actually doing what they are trained to do these days? My former coworkers are some of the best in the industry. Today they are waiting tables and washing cars. Such a waste of talent. I just couldn't let that happen to me," says Coleman, who lives in Buenos Aires with his wife. "As the cost of living is one of the lowest in the world, it is possible to enjoy Buenos Aires on an Argentine salary, even if the pay is less than what it would be in the United States."

Buenos Aires Inspires the Imagination
In addition to the advantages of Buenos Aires serving as a destination for expatriates, Connaxis benefits from a pool of local talent that represents some of the most creative designers in the world.

"Argentina is one of the top three centers for design in the world. It should be no surprise that our team is creating ground-breaking stuff," says Connaxis Creative Director Christian Fernandez. "They are sitting in a metropolis filled with natural beauty, diverse architecture, and great weather. Our culture also encourages creative individuality and passion. I believe all of these factors serve as fuel for the imagination, giving us a competitive advantage over competing outsourcing firms in other countries."

Redefining Global Outsourcing
Connaxis is working hard to defy preconceived notions concerning global outsourcing. Language barriers are overcome by hiring from within the Buenos Aires expatriate community. For example, customers in the United States communicate directly with American project managers. The company's location between Europe and North America eliminates time zone issues with either continent. The company plans to maintain its business model that breaks away from the traditional as it rapidly expands within the coming months.

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SES New York Features Twitter Keynote, Facebook Workshop, & More!

2009-03-20T09:35:00-04:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Although there are scores of search engine marketing (SEM) sessions and workshops at Search Engine Strategies (SES) New York 2009, including ones on search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per click (PPC) advertising, the conference agenda also features a Twitter keynote, a Facebook workshop, plus a Social Media & Blogging Track. Why does the must-attend SEO and SEM conference include an opening keynote on "Twitter as a Tool for Social Media", a "Facebook Workshop: Harnessing the Social Graph", a blog workshop, four social media sessions plus two more on online communities?

Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media's Interactive Marketing Group, which includes Search Engine Strategies, Search Engine Watch and ClickZ, said, "Since 1999, the Search Engine Strategies (SES) conference has been focused on search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). However, Google's acquisitions of Blogger and YouTube as well as Yahoo! acquisitions of Flickr and Del.icio.us blurred the lines between SEO and social media marketing (SMM). So, our conference agenda reflects this expanding definition of the search engine marketing industry."

The SES New York 2009 conference agenda includes:

Monday, March 23: An SES training workshops on "Corporate Blog Strategies: Blog Your Way to Success." This workshop is for marketers and business owners that want to learn more about harnessing the power of blogs to build buzz about their business online.

Tuesday, March 24: Opening keynote on "Twitter as a Tool for Social Media" by Guy Kawasaki, Author of "Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition" and Founding Partner, Garage Technology Ventures.

Wednesday, March 25: There is a "Facebook Workshop: Harnessing the Social Graph", as well as conferences sessions on "Small Voices, Big Impact: Social Media for the Little Guy" and "Social Media Marketing for Brand Building".

Thursday, March 26: There is a Social Media & Blogging Track with four conference sessions: "An Update on Social Media Optimization", "4 Views of Social Media: Planning a Successful Social Media Strategy", "Online Communities: A Bonanza of Content for Searchers and Search Engines" and "Online Communities: Blogging for Business."

McGowan added, "According to comScore qSearch 2.0, there were 2.7 billion expanded search queries conducted on YouTube and 206 million conducted at Facebook in February 2009. And according to Hitwise Intelligence, the top websites visited after people use Twitter are Google, Facebook, TwitPic, MySpace, Twitter Search, Yahoo! Mail and YouTube. We know the approximately 5,000 SEM specialists, SEO consultants and chief marketing officers who attend SES New York 2009 will want to learn the tips, tactics and strategies for social marketing as well as search engine marketing."

For more information about SES New York 2009, go to rates and registration details. Register today and get access to these special offers: MarketMotive is offering one month of free online search marketing training, Trellian is offering a free standard subscription for 30 days, and Dun & Bradstreet's Online Business Network is offering a free subscription for 3 months.

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SEO Samba Introduces Latest Version of Organic Search Mgmt Platform

2009-03-20T09:22:00-04:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) In advance of their upcoming appearance at Search Engine Strategies New York, SEO Samba introduces the latest version of its leading organic search management platform. The updated SEO Samba platform integrates a wider array of Google Tools with these key offerings:

Google Analytics tab that displays website usage data:SEO Samba automatically adds Google analytics code to your websites, and email marketing communication enabling marketers to access Clickstream data

Google Webmaster tools that helps Google better index your siteSEO Samba makes SEO efforts fully transparent by creating and uploading verification files as well as XML sitemaps for both Web and news to Google Webmaster tools automatically. SEO Samba also checks robots.txt files for errors, and make the Google 404 widget available within the integrated CMS.

Google Website Optimizer to test landing pages & improve conversions
SEO Samba adds GWO experiments code automatically to any of your websites without having to switch between screens, or involve your IT department. It's easy and quick to add/delete experiments and convenient to monitor landing page experiment's progress as one can access GWO reports right from their SEO Samba account.

SEO Samba, unveiled its SEO management automation platform at Search Engine Strategies Chicago in December, 2008 to positive feedback from bloggers and corporate SEOs. SEO Samba provides a framework to execute SEO best practices consistently over time and also integrates valuable time saving automation routines to perfect on-site and off-site optimization cost effectively. SEO Samba will be exhibiting at SES New York at booth # 130.

"We have now made it possible to use your Google login account to link your existing account with SEO Samba," said Michel Leconte, founder & CEO. "Once logged into SEO Samba, you will notice three new Google colored tabs. Each tab enables you to make use of Google tools, including Google Website Optimizer for testing A/B variant of landing pages and Google Webmaster Tools to access search engine early indexation, ranking and analysis feedback."

"Our latest platform also displays the status of your websites as they are indexed by Google right from your dashboard view" said Leconte.

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OneRiot Releases Real-Time Video Search Web Slice at MIX09

2009-03-20T09:20:00-04:00

Las Vegas, NV (Gawkwire.com) OneRiot, the real-time search engine that finds the pulse of the web, is unveiling today at MIX09 a dynamic new Web Slice, exclusively for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), that finds the most popular videos from across the real-time web.

"Staying on top of the real-time web - the stories and videos that people are buzzing about right now - is very simple with OneRiot Search Services and Web Slices," said Tobias Peggs, general manager of OneRiot. "Internet Explorer 8 is the perfect platform to consume search results from the real-time web."

OneRiot Search will be featured by Dean Hachamovitch, general manager for Internet Explorer at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), during his Keynote Address at MIX09.

The OneRiot Real-Time Video Search Web Slice was built in conjunction with Stimulant.io, an innovative user interface design house based in San Francisco. The Web Slice uses Silverlight and the new OneRiot Search API, demonstrating the possibility for extremely rich applications within IE8 Web Slices.

The OneRiot Real-Time Video Search Web Slice allows anyone with IE8 to easily search for the best new videos from across the web. Web Slices have a persistent presence on the browser. When new videos become available, as OneRiot's index of the social web updates in real-time, the user is notified immediately within the Web Slice. One click on the image preview within the Web Slice will open the video web page - whether that is on YouTube, Hulu, CNN, MetaCafe, ESPN or others.

The OneRiot Real-Time Video Search Web Slice is featured in a special IE8 bundle for MIX09 attendees and is available immediately for free download in the IE8 Add-On Gallery:
http://ieaddons.com/en/details/photosvideos/TOP_VIDEOS_RIGHT_NOW_by_OneRiot/

OneRiot also has a Hot Topics Web Slice that can be downloaded for free here: http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/social/TODAYS_HOT_TOPICS_by_OneRiot

http://www.gawkwire.com/video_tv/oneriot_releases_real-time_video_search_web_slice_at_mix09.html

Fathom SEO Chosen to Explain Keyword Selection and SEO

2009-03-19T09:39:00-04:00

Cleveland, Ohio (Gawkwire.com) Michael Murray, Fathom SEO's vice president for online marketing, has been selected as one of the panelists at the prestigious Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo March 24-26 in New York City.

He's a long-time advocate of SEO in the industry. His bio can be read here:
http://www.fathomseo.com/about-us/management-team.asp

Michael will be speaking March 25th during the "Keywords & Content: Search Marketing Foundations" session, which will help marketers determine target keywords and where to place them within their website content to improve search engine rankings and conversions.

He will help online marketers think through the keyword selection process, which involves far more than keyword relevance and the number of searches that are conducted for keyword phrases. Leveraging the power of an effective domain name is one strategy that will be covered.

Michael, who began shaping online strategies for companies in 1997, is a frequent speaker at Search Engine Strategies conferences and presents at other national and regional events and workshops. In addition, he has authored search engine optimization guides, articles and white papers. He has led two research projects on how health care companies and manufacturers use SEO. Michael also contributes to iMedia Connection, WebProNews and Visibility Magazine. He works with a seasoned team of SEO specialists and clients, including Eaton Corp., FedEx Custom Critical, Bissell, and Cleveland Clinic.

"It's always an honor to present knowledge and strategies at the SES conferences," Michael said. "It's a way of keeping the best practices in the industry alive and well, since many of the attendees are learning their marketing tactics from the panel first-hand."

Visit Fathom SEO at Booth #1016 March 24-25. The company will unveil their newest product, the Battle Plan, a Multilateral Online Marketing (MOM) program that leverages many online services at one time.

Learn more about the SES conference here:
http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/agenda.html

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.TEL Launches on March 24

2009-03-19T09:37:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) A .tel domain is a single point of contact that is easy to manage and which can be used to help anyone get in touch with you in the way you want them to. Easier to remember than a telephone number and accessed from any browser or search engine even on mobile devices, a .tel domain means you’ll never be lost to people again.

With one simple online place that you can keep for as long as you want, you won’t need to change your business or social cards whenever you move jobs, homes, premises or countries. You can also use your .tel domain to list all of the ways in which your friends or your customers can contact you securely, no matter how many times you change your email addresses, social networks or telecommunications providers.

Tens of thousands of .tel domain names have already been registered in the trademark owners reserved period and premium priced period and are in the process of being populated by their owners with information, according to Telnic.

On March 24th at 3.00 p.m. GMT/UTC, anyone will be able to purchase a .tel domain with prices ranging from USD $15 to $35, depending on the range of services available from your .tel service provider.

http://www.gawkwire.com/domains/tel_launches_on_march_24.html

Acquia Drupal Included With Microsoft Web Platform Installer

2009-03-19T09:34:00-04:00

Andover, MA (Gawkwire.com) Acquia today announced the availability of Acquia Drupal on the Microsoft Web Platform, allowing website owners to run the Drupal social publishing system on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers. The Microsoft Web Platform offers a complete ecosystem for building and hosting websites, services and applications. By providing Acquia Drupal for the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, Acquia is enabling Microsoft developers around the world to build web applications with Drupal.

"We are very pleased that Microsoft chose to include Drupal in the Microsoft Web Platform," said Tom Erickson, Acquia chief executive officer. "This is a testament to Drupal's popularity and influence in the global web developer community and is an important step in our efforts to expand Drupal adoption."

Installation with the Microsoft Web Platform provides the fastest route to getting Drupal websites installed and running in a Microsoft environment. Developers can select Acquia Drupal in the Windows® Web App gallery and can install the application on either IIS 6.0 and 7.0 web servers. This enables developers to utilize PHP in combination with IIS and Windows to build secure, high performance websites that meet their social publishing requirements. Acquia Drupal is available for the Microsoft Web Platform Installer at http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/AcquiaDrupal.aspx.

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Enter the "World's Fastest Server" to Win a Dedicated Server for Life

2009-03-18T15:33:00-04:00

Orlando, FL (Gawkwire.com) HostMySite will be attending DevConnections in Orlando, FL and will be displaying the "World's Faster Server," an electric drag bike, capable of going from 0-120 mph in eight seconds and housing an integrated server that distributes content and data to Web pages while it accelerates down the track.

HostMySite has partnered with The Code Project on the development of the "World's Fastest Server" Challenge. This contest challenges developers to create an innovative application to run on the data feed from the high-end server infrastructure on the "World's Fastest Server."

How the contest works… Contestants are to write an article explaining how they built an application to consume the bike's data that is complete with code. They should then post the article in any section on www.codeproject.com and tag it with "World's Fastest Server." The winner is chosen if their article is the highest rated by The Code Project community, HostMySite and The Code Project judges.

1.   Write a great article using the regular Code Project article guidelines and formats
2.   You article should include screen shots and code samples
3.   Your article must incorporate data from the bike (code against this sample data feed: http://www.theworldsfastestserver.com/webservice
4.   Post your article in any section on the Code Project site and tag it with "World's Fastest Server" to automatically be entered in the contest.

"We are extremely excited to be working with the Code Project community on something this fresh and innovative," said Joel Daly, COO HostMySite. "We can't wait to rocket the bike down a track while serving content in a way that no one has ever seen before."
As part of the contest, HostMySite is providing free hosting accounts to contestants to showcase their application! Sign up for your free "World's Fastest Server" Challenge hosting account at http://www.dragbikehosting.com.

The winner of this "World's Fastest Server" Challenge will win a dedicated server from HostMySite for life, $28,800 value! The contest ends on March 31, 2009! To find out more about the contest or to enter the contest, go to http://www.codeproject.com/script/Awards/Competition.aspx?cid=320.

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Announcing the Winners of the 2009 Internet Advertising Competition Awards

2009-03-19T09:30:00-04:00

West Simsbury, CT (Gawkwire.com) WWW.IACAWARDS.ORG - The Web Marketing Association announces the winners of its annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards, an effort to honor excellence in online advertising and to recognize the individuals and organizations responsible for the best in Internet marketing. The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising. The Competition web site with a complete list of winners is located at IACAward.org

"Online advertising continues to be front and center in the marketing mix and the Web Marketing Association is pleased to help set the standard for Internet excellence," said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association, Inc. "Spending for online advertising continues to grow rapidly and the IAC Awards highlight the best in this unique advertising medium by industry."

BEST OF SHOW AWARDS

2009 Best of Show Awards were awarded in each of the online medium categories. This year's winners include:

Design Lab for Design Lab Holiday Card (Best of Show Email message)

Digitas and Kelley Blue Book for Pontiac G8 - Tommy Kendall Avatar (Best of Show Rich media Online ad)

Atmosphere BBDO for Dude (Best of Show Integrated ad campaign)

Atmosphere BBDO for Photo Slice (Best of Show Interactive application)

Ogilvy San Francisco for iPath Origami Banners & Behind the Scenes Video (Best of Show Rich media Online campaign)

Agency.com for Skittles: Mix The Rainbow (Best of Show Online ad)

Biggs|Gilmore for The Spoonful (Best of Show Online Newsletter campaign)

AvatarLabs for WALL-E (Best of Show Online campaign)

Publicis Modem for LG - Learn to Fly (Best of Show Ads the client did not pick)

Overdrive Interactive for Symmetricom Next Generation Network (Best of Show Email message campaign)

Verizon, NFL Network and Communifx for Verizon and NFL Network Online Demo (Best of Show Websites)

TOP AGENCY

Biggs|Gilmore of Kalamazoo, MI was recognized with the 2009 Top Agency Award, winning 19 IAC Awards. Their awards include a Best of show, 8 Best of Industry awards and 10 Outstanding awards.

Other IAC Award winners who received multiple awards included:

AGENCY (number of awards)
Biggs|Gilmore   19
Bridge Worldwide   15
BGT Partners   14
Atmosphere BBDO   12
One to One Interactive   10
Integrative Logic   9
Razorfish   9
Arc Worldwide   8
VML   8
Door C @ Carlson Marketing   7
Deadline Advertising   6
Drumroll   6
Euro RSCG 4D    6
Hitchcock Fleming & Associates   6
LeapFrog Interactive   6
Organic, Inc.   6
360i   5
CNN   5
Red Door Interactive   5
USDM.net   5
Agency.com   5
Publicis Modem   5
Dotglu   4
Leopard Communications   4
Palm Communication   4
Resource Interactive   4
Yahoo!   4

The Competition web site with a complete list of winners is located at advertisingcompetition.org

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Parallels Opens Registration for Parallels Summit 2010

2009-03-18T12:00:00-04:00

Herndon, VA (Gawkwire.com) “I thought the speakers were a big step up from most events in this space,” said Antonio Piraino, Senior Analyst, Managed Hosting & Cloud Infrastructure Services, Tier 1 Research. “I think that’s the reason we saw the rapid up-swing in attendees to well over 1000. The content was focused, relevant and I got the sense that people were really trying to help each other’s businesses rather than just harbor a hidden sales pitch for the latest and greatest products.”

“The Parallels Summit has clearly become a leading conference in the hosting business,” said Bill McNee, President and CEO, Saugatuck Technology. “Parallels not only did a great job building an agenda that provided great insight into key industry trends such as Cloud Computing and SaaS, but it also provided a very delegate-friendly environment that facilitated great networking for its very executive-level international audience.”

More than 1000 business and technical professionals from over 60 countries attended Parallels Summit 2009. The two day conference included in-depth product, strategy and networking sessions for business and technical professionals interested in learning more about how virtualization and automation software can optimize their use of technology. Breakout sessions were offered in four tracks: Service Provider, Technology, Industry and Enterprise and both days concluded with a panel session that allowed attendees to interact and ask questions of industry experts, Parallels staff, and C-level employees from major players in the market.

Partners are an integral part of the success of any Parallels event. "We have a great relationship with Parallels. It was a no-brainer for us to be a Gold Sponsor of their conference,” said Chris Sheridan
VP Sales,eNom. “We had a great show, made some strong connections and were able to meet with many eNom Resellers at the show. We definitely plan to be back next year.”

"Parallels Summit 2009 was, surprisingly in this economic climate, significantly bigger and even more valuable than 2008," said Rafael Laguna, CEO, Open-Xchange. "This interest and the intensity of the discussions around SaaS and Cloud Computing are strong indicators to potential upside of these business models."

Planning is currently underway for Parallels Summit 2010, which will be held next spring. The conference will focus on the most important trends, issues and technologies impacting the hosting industry, with over-arching themes on Cloud Computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Automation, Virtualization and Parallel’s 2010 initiatives. Industry experts and thought leaders will be on hand to lend strategic insights on how to survive against the corporate giants are entering the market.

“Parallels Summit 2009 was excellent,” said Jamie de Guerre, CTO, Cloudmark. “Thank you to the Parallels team for putting together a targeted event specifically for our industry that was delivered with such perfect organization and energy. Cloudmark was happy to participate as a sponsor and it was a hugely successful event for the launch of our new Cloud Computing service for hosting companies. We’ll definitely be back next year!”

"In an all-too-busy world, Parallels Summit was not only an excellent opportunity to get in-depth information on Parallel's own products, but to learn about what the company's partners and customers are doing" said Dan Kusnetzky, Kusnetzky Group. "Those seeking to better understand virtualized environments, cloud computing and gain an understanding of how to put that technology to work for their own organization would be well advised to attend in the future."

More quotes, photos, videos, presentations and general information on Parallels Summit 2009, or to register for Parallels Summit 2010, visit: www.parallels.com/summit. http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/parallels_opens_registration_for_parallels_summit_2010.html

TurnKey Internet Introduces Free Web Site Migration for Dedicated Servers

2009-03-18T12:00:00-04:00

ALBANY, NY (Gawkwire.com) TurnKey Internet (http://www.turnkeyinternet.net) today introduced free web site migration services for qualified new dedicated server customers. The company is among the first in the industry to do so.

Free migration services enable dedicated server customers to switch to TurnKey Internet without worrying about the often arduous process of transferring individual web sites from the previous server to the new server. Botched web site migration jobs can cause costly downtime or even data loss. When managed correctly, web site migration between servers is a smooth process with no downtime or data loss.

Many larger web hosts and data centers avoid migration services due to the complexity and support levels involved, but TurnKey Internet’s flexibility and close customer interaction enable it to offer fully managed, value-added services.

To receive free migration services, customers must purchase a new dedicated server from TurnKey Internet with a control panel (cPanel, ServerCP or Plesk) and managed service plan (gold or higher). Qualified configurations start at only $159 per month.

"Account migration is a service that has been the subject of increasing customer demand, and as we continue to focus on serving value-minded customers, it is appropriate to offer this service free of charge,” said Adam Wills, president, TurnKey Internet."This is an opportunity to introduce a value-add that makes the decision to switch to TurnKey Internet even more attractive. Many of our prospective clients are looking to leverage our high speed, lower cost hosting solutions, but have been hesitant to make the move primarily based on the concern of a complicated migration process."

Free migration services include up to two hours of technician time per newly purchased qualified dedicated server, which provides adequate time for the majority of migration cases. Customers with large quantities of web sites or especially complex migration environments can receive additional services at a discounted hourly rate.

To learn more about web site migration services from TurnKey Internet, please visit http://www.turnkeyinternet.net/webhosting/help_moving_your_web_server.php.

All dedicated servers include 24x7 Toll-free phone, live chat, and help desk support, and offer a 100% network uptime guarantee and 30-Day Money Back Guarantee. Clients have their choice of Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows Server (2003 or 2008), and can take advantage of web-based remote reboots, real-time server monitoring, managed firewall services, and off-site backups.

To learn more about TurnKey Internet’s value dedicated servers, please visit http://www.turnkeyinternet.net/serverspecials.

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AYKsolutions Offers Partner Program Benefits to All Customers

2009-03-18T12:00:00-04:00

SCHENECTADY, NY (Gawkwire.com) AYKsolutions (http://www.AYKsolutions.com), a provider of Shared, Reseller and Dedicated hosting solutions, announced today it has begun offering the benefits of its Partner Program to all customers – benefits normally reserved only for affiliates.

The Partner Program enables affiliates to refer customers to AYKsolutions and receive a hosting credit or cash PayPal payout after each sale. Commissions are based upon the value of the service, with hosting credits ranging from $20-$100 per sale and cash PayPal payments ranging from $10-$50 per sale. Partner Program participants can choose between hosting credits or cash PayPal payouts.

With today’s announcement, dedicated server customers will receive a similar commission on every new dedicated server purchased beyond three dedicated servers. Under the new rules, one-time commissions are credited to customers on the fourth dedicated server purchased and every dedicated server purchase thereafter.

“We’re using this opportunity to show our gratitude to our loyal customer base and try to give something back in this harsh economy,” said Artyom Khmelnitsky, president of AYKsolutions. “It’s imperative to reward customers who have demonstrated a commitment to our company and have helped us achieve growth year after year.”

AYKsolutions offers dedicated servers in eight American cities, including Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Fla., and San Antonio, Texas. Monthly dedicated server plans start at $69 and feature a variety of configuration options, including *Nix/Windows platform choices, control panel choices, and hardware choices.

More details about the AYKsolutions partner program are available at http://www.AYKsolutions.com/affiliate.htm.

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

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Google offers better-tested Chrome version

2009-03-18T09:58:00-04:00

The new version offers a number of new features, including zooming that increases or decreases the graphics as well as text; autofill to ease the chore of re-entering information in Web site forms; and new tab-dragging features that let you dock browser windows to the sides of the screen. The new beta version is essentially the same as Chrome 2.0.169.1 that was released last week to the Chrome developer preview channel for less-tested versions of the browser, Google said.

The feature Google chose to spotlight in a blog post announcing the new Chrome beta, though, is better JavaScript performance from a new version of the browser's V8 engine. "It's 25 percent faster on our V8 benchmark and 35 percent faster on the Sunspider benchmark than the current stable channel version and almost twice as fast when compared to our original beta version," Chrome product manager Brian Rakowski said in the blog post. ...Go to source

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.XXX Proposal Heads to Arbitration

2009-03-18T09:56:00-04:00

PALM BEACH, FL (Gawkwire.com) Lawley, who is chairman and president of ICM Registry, told XBIZ Monday night that his company’s chance of winning an appeal using an independent review panel isn’t out of reach.

So far, ICM Registry has filed numerous briefs to back up its case for .XXX, totaling about 1,000 pages.

“Its a long but good read,” said Lawley, who just got back from Mexico City, where ICANN held its 34th meeting amongst 1,200 attendees from 100 different countries.

If the dispute resolution panel rules for ICM Registry, the decision would be certain to cause pandemonium with the online adult industry.

“Whatever the arbitrators decide will be binding on ICANN,” said Lawley, who noted that a decision by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution is due sometime this year. He said that the venue has not been decided, but it could possibly be at The Hague.

ICM Registry saw its application to enable .XXX killed by the Internet policy-making board for a third time in March 2007 after three years and millions of dollars spent.

The scuttled plan would have made ICM Registry required to contract third parties to monitor registrant compliance with content site-labeling requirements.

It also would have been required to create a set of “best practices” to protect children online and fund the International Foundation for Online Responsibility, an independent organization ICM has said it would create if approved. ICM pledged to donate $10 of the proposed annual fee of $60 for a .XXX domain name to child-protection groups and require users of .XXX to label their content.

ICM Registry briefs submitted by Washington, D.C., law firm Crowell & Moring in late January contend that ICANN’s decision to nix .XXX were arbitrary.

ICM Registry is asking for the arbitration panel to rule in favor of its application to serve as .XXX registry operator because it met criteria set forth in a December 2003 request for proposal.

ICM Registry claims that ICANN acted inconsistently with its own articles of incorporation and bylaws.

“This discriminatory treatment was not justified by any substantial reasonable cause,” according to a brief on the merits of the case “There is nothing in the ICANN articles and bylaws that would allow ICANN to treat ICM differently because certain elements asserted that the ICM proposal was controversial.

“Moreover, the reasons that ICANN cited as the basis for its denial of ICM’s application were false and pretextual — a mere cover for ICANN’s bowing to undue political pressure.”

The brief was referring to alleged pressure from the U.S. Commerce Department, which ICM Registry accused of working behind the scenes to kill .XXX. Later, a federal judge ruled against ICM Registry in its bid to gain access to conversations between ICANN and the federal agency through a Freedom of Information Act suit.

ICM Registry also contends that a .XXX proposal has a lot of support among online adult businesses because so many of them sought domain name addresses with the .XXX suffix.

“There is substantial industry support for the .XXX domain, as evidenced by the letters of support submitted with ICM’s application and the large number of providers that have participated in ICM’s pre-reservation program, which allows for applicants to reserve domain names in advance of the approval of the sTLD application for .XXX,” the brief said. “To date, over 100,000 such pre-reservations have been made.”

Online entrepreneur Brandon "Fight The Patent" Shalton, who just last year didn’t see a future in ICM Registry’s .XXX, has reversed his view about whether it will be OKd. But, he said, it was because the sponsored TLD requirement has been eliminated by ICANN.

“So there's nothing really stopping him,” Shalton told XBIZ. “He has done his job to document his ability to run the TLD and has basically answered all of the requirements.

“The objections that myself and others had was over the ‘sponsored’ part,” he said. “With that requirement, .XXX is no different than .info, .biz, etc. — it’s a TLD. If webmasters want to get it, that's their choice.”

But Shalton said that if .XXX gets approval, the “ghettoization” that adult webmasters feared could still become a reality.

“The scenarios that we had envisioned about censorship, corralling of the adult space, making .XXX mandatory in the U.S. — proved by previous proposed bills to Congress — can all certainly still come true,” he said. “It will be interesting to see how it all plays out, but all of us who opposed .XXX don't have much of a stand now to oppose/stop .XXX because of the removal of the sponsorship requirement.”

The briefs forwarded to arbitrators are lengthy and shed light not only on the triumphs and tribulations of the .XXX movement, but in the history of the Internet and Lawley.

They also reveal that so far it has cost ICM Registry more than $5 million to push the proposal through, not including lost revenue, Lawley said.

“At the very least, ICANN should now be required to approve the registry agreement and allow ICM to begin operating the sTLD as soon as possible so that ICM can begin to recoup some of these unnecessary and unjust losses,” Lawley said.

Shalton, who believes ICM will most likely get bumped to the top of the line for the new TLDs to be approved under ICANN's new directive, is pragmatic about the future of online adult.

“After .XXX gets approved, I wouldn't be surprised that .sex comes up since XXX refers to hardcore porn,” Shalton said. “And many porn sites may not want to be in that grouping, so some entity will most likely submit their application in for .sex or .gay or .whatever.”

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MySpace Launches New Features for MySpaceID; Functionality Live Today

2009-03-18T09:54:00-04:00

AUSTIN, TX (Gawkwire.com) MySpace, the world’s premiere social portal, today launched new functionality for MySpaceID, a product that allows any website to access the MySpace social graph, enabling any user to securely link their MySpace profile, friends, and activities with their favorite websites. MySpaceID also launched developer access to MySpace user activity streams and a seamless authentication experience for sites across the web as well as a new developer workflow and MySpaceID SDKs. Additionally, today MySpace announced a MySpaceID implementation, currently in limited testing on the new Yahoo! homepage. The MySpace application is one of several new “Apps” Yahoo! recently began testing as part of its new Yahoo! homepage, enabling users to check-in and keep up to date with the information and people they care about most. The launch marks a significant milestone for MySpaceID.

“The MySpace App, currently in testing on the new Yahoo! homepage, adds new social functionality to the Yahoo! experience by using MySpaceID to connect Yahoo! users to their MySpace network. By logging into MySpace from the new App right on the Yahoo! homepage, users get quick access to their MySpace friend updates, friend requests, and can manage their MySpace status, mood and more – all while catching up on their other activities on Yahoo!,” said Jason Oberfest, senior vice president of business development and general manager of the MySpace Open Platform. “By working with Yahoo! we have been able to take a big step forward in evolving the open Web—we are very pleased to be working with them.”

With these enhancements, MySpace is the first major social network to have the full "Open Stack" implemented where information is flowing to partner websites based on completely open Web standards. MySpace now offers full OpenID-support on every custom user URL, and is also the first major party to leverage the new activity streams open specification. Previously announced functionality of MySpaceID includes finding MySpace friends on a partner site and linking user’s MySpace profile to the profile on a partner site.

“We believe MySpace users should be in control of their personal and portable social identity whenever they travel online,” said Max Engel, product lead for MySpaceID. “MySpaceID offers developers and Websites a package where they can pick and choose the functionality and features they want to implement on their site – all built on open standards which ensure compatibility and provide access to continued community innovation.”

New MySpaceID Features Include:

Activity Stream

User activities from MySpace can now be streamed to any site on the Web-- increasing user engagement on partner sites and providing more social context to users. In addition, partner sites can filter MySpace user activities by activity feed type; photos, events, music, and more. For example, a photo-sharing site could choose to display activities specific to photo uploading, photo tagging, and photo album creation.

Easy Authentication

MySpace has integrated both OAuth and OpenID into MySpaceID, enabling MySpace users to securely login to any website that uses MySpaceID using their MySpace credentials. The combination of OAuth and OpenID will allow MySpace users to easily and safely sign into participating websites and bring their MySpace identity with them. This helps to solve the problem of username and password fatigue. All of this can happen with a click of a button, where a user only has to enter their MySpace credentials in order to login to a partner website.

Developer Resources (Workflow and MySpaceID SDKs)

The new MySpaceID workflow makes it easier for developers to create and manage their applications. It streamlines the build process and makes configuring an application easier than ever. MySpace is also introducing the Beta release of “MySpaceID SDKs,” which lowers the barrier of entry for companies and developers onto the MySpace Open Platform. MySpaceID SDKs are a set of client libraries written in the most popular programming languages that utilize existing Open Source projects. They facilitate a streamlined, easier way to connect to MySpace from existing applications using MySpaceID or build on top of the MySpace Application platform. Libraries are initially being released in PHP, Python, Ruby, .NET and Java, with additional libraries planned in the future for Cocoa and Android.

MySpaceID is part of the MySpace Open Platform, a suite of products also including the MySpace Apps and Post-To MySpace. MySpaceID allows a site to lower the barrier-to-entry for new users and creates an easy way to tap into the MySpace social backend to build compelling new features and functionality. It is convenient and secure for users, and for Websites it can deliver a higher conversion rate on signup flows while getting more useful data from the user. By allowing users to link their MySpace account, sites can enable social functionality:

Register on partner sites using his or her MySpace credentials (New Today)
View MySpace friend updates on partner sites (New Today)
Publish MySpace activities to friends on partner websites (New Today)
Discover MySpace friends on a partner site (Available)
Connect MySpace profile data to partner sites (Available)
Provide a dashboard that allows users to have a window into their life on MySpace (Available)
In addition to these currently available features, users will also soon be able to publish activities from partner sites into MySpace for friends to see. For more information on MySpaceID please visit: http://www.myspace.com/MySpaceID.

The new Yahoo! homepage is currently being tested by a small percentage of Yahoo! users in advance of a public beta, and more information is available at: http://ycorpblog.com/2009/02/13/update-on-our-new-homepage-testing/.

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Web 2.0 Interactive Show Asks Who Can We Trust to Transform the Net?

2009-03-18T09:52:00-04:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based chat community with over 4 million active members, will present an interactive Web 2.0 program addressing "Transforming The Web Into Your Web".

This one hour program will conclude an engaging three-part Paltalk TechNow news and feature network series.

This free, live interactive Web video event features IT visionary Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and Chief Security Architect at Comodo, who offers expert opinion on the evolution of next-generation Internet and the critical role of the "human factor."

TechNow invites online viewers to join this open interactive forum, which will be hosted by Henry Blodget, former Internet analyst and CEO of Silicon Alley Insider , and will air Thursday March 19, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. EST in Paltalk's TechNow Internet Web video showroom.

Paltalk, as a technology leader in the emerging social networking space, hosts this conversation with Mr. Abdulhayoglu at a pivotal moment in the evolution of the Internet. He brings an authoritative voice to the discussion, identifying the powerful opportunities and the challenges of this new paradigm. Discussion will center on alternate visions for the next-generation Internet as it creates a more personal "human factor" Web. New ideas will also be presented including Comodo's concept of Social Authentication whereby the community verifies the trustworthiness of information.

"While no one knows for certain where next-generation Internet will land, there is no question we've moved beyond being satisfied with typing a few words in a simple search box for a generic list of results," says Judy Shapiro, Paltalk's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

"Although the components of a more personalized Web experience are still being developed, what is clear is that as we move towards the creation of a next generation Web, the human factor must be at the heart of the conversation."

Talking points during this Web 2.0 interactive live event will include the explanation of some of the technologies being developed in conjunction with the next generation Web including semantic technologies, intelligent agents, 3D, pervasive and media-centric. Description of the potential and benefits of Web 3.0 for everyday people. A vision for how to leverage the intelligence of people within a social authentication framework, as defined by Comodo. A functional model of how next-generation Internet Web technologies will combine to deliver this "personal" Web. And an introduction to the concept of a trust and authentication layer that will need to be woven into connected community, ecommerce and communications networks.

"As a leading social network, the Paltalk community is at the heart of this evolution, "says Shapiro. "We are progressing towards a more personal experience and striving to do everything possible to create an environment that is highly personal, safe and trusted."

The last Paltalk Technow Web 2.0 interactive video and chat show featured: "Your Digital Identity - Manage it or Lose it", moderated by Melih Abdulhayoglu and Internet commentator Henry Blodget.

The live PalTalk video chat show program focused on the various measures that Internet surfers should be aware of in what can be done to lower the risks of online identity theft. Identity theft and fraud continues to take place on social web sites such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Windows Live Messenger, Skype, auction sites such as eBay, online banks - Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chase and online payment processors such as PayPal.

To submit a question for the March 19 event, please visit http://TechNow.Paltalk.com/crashdummies.

As CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo, Melih created Comodo in 1998 with a bold vision of making the Trusted Internet a reality for all. Comodo's innovations and pioneering business model have allowed Comodo to deliver its award winning Firewall absolutely free, while continuing to grow revenue by over 30 percent, year over year. Melih earned Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Award in the Information Technology Software Category for New Jersey, and he is a Cyberterrorism expert appearing on Fox Business News.

Henry Blodget, CEO and Editor in Chief of the Silicon Alley Insider, has a long reputation as a thought leader within the technology space. Henry was CEO of Cherry Hill Research, an Internet research and consulting firm. From 1994-2001, he was an investment banker at Prudential Securities and an equity analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. and Merrill Lynch. Henry is a regular contributor to Slate, Newsweek International, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, Business 2.0, Euromoney, New York, and the Financial Times. He also is a frequent guest on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. In 2007, Henry published his first book, The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual: A Consumer's Guide to Intelligent Investing.

The Comodo companies provide the infrastructure that is essential in enabling e-merchants, other Internet connected companies, software companies and individual consumers to interact and conduct business via the Internet safely and securely. Comodo is focused on providing next generation, trust and security enabling products, services and solutions. Comodo's innovative products are accompanied with the highest level of support to ensure you can fully unleash the potential of your online business.

Comodo provides the following Internet security products: Internet Fax Services to send and receive faxes online, Comodo AntiSpam Desktop is an intuitive, easy-to-use, client-based software product that eliminates spam forever from a computer's email system, personal firewall software with free pop up blocker download to eliminate spyware on the PC, compare and select the most suitable SSL certificate vendor and what they can offer you, Content Verification Certificates - online seal of authentication to build customer trust for e-business, Managed Enterprise Security to maintain full control for your PKI requirements through the outsourced EPKI Manager, Certificate Services, Trustix - a portfolio of critical business infrastructure solutions, providing essential back office applications.

Comodo also provides secure messaging software, hardware security, smart card security software, branded security solutions and two factor authentication - server application and PKI service.

Comodo works with a number of key OEMs, design houses and development experts in order to provide industry leading products and services including Microsoft, Intel, IBM, HP, Fujitsu, Pkware, Digital Persona, IFL and Venafi.

Paltalk, is one of the pioneers and premier providers of software and technology for real-time, rich media, interactive social networking. The Paltalk platform powers the largest collection of video based communities and continues to grow since it was launched in 1998.

Paltalk now boasts millions of active members with nearly 100,000 people from New York, London and Paris to Chicago, Tel Aviv and Tokyo simultaneously chatting in live video rooms engaged in exciting dialogues, meeting new friends, dating, discovering breaking news, trading stock tips, politics, sports, business, singing karaoke, and attending family and school reunions. The Paltalk community is vibrant due to the high quality of the room environments supported by a range of free moderation tools.

In addition, Paltalk delivers original programming geared to the interests of the community. Paltalk Interactive events have hosted such entertainment celebrities as William Shatner and radio personalities Opie and Anthony, among others. Paltalk supports IM pals on AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ and is available as a free download.

For more information, please visit: http://www.paltalk.com.

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Network Solutions Introduces New Pricing Feature to Ecommerce Software

2009-03-18T09:50:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Web services provider and domain name pioneer Network Solutions® recently introduced a new pricing feature to their ecommerce shopping cart software which provides the benefit of easy wholesale pricing, as well as other options.

Network Solutions ecommerce store owners can use the new Price Levels feature to assign different prices to any given product by creating up to five different pricing levels. Once the price levels are created and products are assigned the correct values, storeowners can then assign them to their registered customers.

"This new pricing tier capability makes it easy to create wholesale pricing for some customers while providing preferred customers even greater discounts in just a few clicks," said Ntoh Etta, director of Ecommerce Development at Network Solutions.

The new Price Levels feature is built to be easy to use. Storeowners simply go into their admin panel, navigate to the Price Levels section of their sales tab, and follow a few simple steps in order to create a price level. Adding customers to the different tiers can be done directly from the customer manager page for maximum convenience.

Etta added, "The new Price Level option is part of our ongoing efforts to provide our storeowners with one of the best shopping carts on the market today."

For more information on ecommerce, Web hosting, or other services, visit www.NetworkSolutions.com

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Rare 'Skins' Solutions for Microsoft's SharePoint Services

2009-03-18T09:48:00-04:00

Davis, CA (Gawkwire.com) With few Web designers worldwide capable of delivering template or custom Web design solutions to accompany Microsoft's Office SharePoint Services 3.0, Vivid Office has established itself as the primary creative design engine and industry-leading source of 'skins' and Master Pages, or Web templates, for SharePoint product.

Vivid Office, with years of experience on Microsoft projects and the SharePoint platform, has invested in staff training and development to focus on expanding upon its successful history with standard HTML/CSS Web templates to building high-quality Skins and Master Pages for multiple versions of SharePoint. Vivid Office has since gained support within the development and design community as a trusted source for SharePoint Skins, which delivers to users low cost, high value solutions that allows SharePoint users to match its internal sites with overall corporate branding.

"Working with SharePoint 3.0, we found new, market scalable opportunities to build more templates and designs than were possible in previous versions," said Jason Reckers, chief executive officer of Web-template purveyor, PixelMill.com, parent company of Vivid Office. "Our development strategy fits ideally with the rapid growth Microsoft is experiencing with SharePoint, and Microsoft's new Online Services' Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and we can now efficiently build both mass market and custom designs that work across WSS (Windows SharePoint Services), MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Services), and BPOS."

Vivid Office SharePoint Skins combine a minimal Masterpage design with a theme or linked style sheet to provide a quick, attractive makeover to the out-of-the-box SharePoint site without affecting any SharePoint functionality. PixelMill currently offers similar products for public facing sites with content management features built on top of WSS. These products are called SimpleCMS SharePoint Templates and they're used for Small Businesses who want a Web site with the power of SharePoint behind it.

Vivid Office has also coupled its in-house design expertise with increasing demand from enterprises both large and small to deliver a new suite of custom solutions services for SharePoint users.

"Interest within the community for this unique niche has grown quickly, we've adapted, honed our expertise, and now we're consistently selling SharePoint Skins on the mass market through PixelMill," said Reckers. "With this product exposure we also found a growing need for custom design work specifically focused on applying a design to SharePoint. We now also provide custom services for global enterprises, including a major pharmaceutical, Shell Oil, and increasing numbers of mid-size and small businesses."

Custom solutions and design implementation services provided by Vivid Office assist businesses which posess specific brand designs already created by their graphic design department, but require additional support to apply it to SharePoint. Vivid Office's new Custom Solutions program launched, in part, to respond to the fact that most companies' in-house web designers don't have experience with SharePoint design.

Launched in 2002 under parent company PixelMill.com, Vivid Office (www.vividoffice.com) packaged and developed a number of complementary products, design templates, and instructional guides featured in the Microsoft Right Tools Toolkit. Vivid Office then also developed effective strategies to help users implement these designs into their Windows® SharePoint® Services Web sites. Vivid Office previously built designs and templates for both the first and second versions of SharePoint, which were provided for free download from sharepointcustomization.com.

While supporting SharePoint' first versions, Vivid Office anticipated newer versions of SharePoint would soon enter the market. In 2006, PixelMill's Reckers began developer and design training with the PixelMill team to deliver Web design solutions that enabled client companies to ensure brand consistency. Previously, the market size for SharePoint templates was limited because of the upfront building expenses required for each pre-built template. Earlier versions were simply not built in a way to make mass market capabilities feasible and required designers to have access to the server to apply specific elements.

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Web Hosting Company, Intermedia, Collaborates on SaaS 2.0

2009-03-17T12:00:00-04:00

New York, NY (The Hosting News) Sponsored by Microsoft, LiveOffice, RIM and Dell, the conference brought together 50 of Intermedia's top strategic partners to discuss the future of SaaS and how Intermedia and its partners can work together to deliver SaaS 2.0 to the SMB (small and medium-size business) community.

Intermedia's Partner Program enables IT solution and managed services providers to private label Intermedia's hosted Microsoft Exchange and Dynamics CRM environments, along with its award-wining HostPilot control panel as their own to deliver turnkey services and solutions to their SMB customers. Intermedia has more than 3,000 active partners, 50 of which were invited to attend this event. The conference focused on the challenges partners face in migrating customer environments to SaaS-based environments as well as integrating SaaS with on-premise technologies.

Intermedia CEO, Serguei Sofinski''This was a highly successful event for Intermedia. We spent a full day listening to direct feedback from our partners on how SaaS plays into their managed services strategy and how they foresee Intermedia helping to bridge the chasm between on-premise and hosted technologies. Our product roadmap plays heavily into the tenets of what we've termed ï¿½SaaS 2.0' and it was exciting to have our partners validate our vision.''

For Intermedia, SaaS 2.0 - the moniker for the next generation of SaaS solutions - focuses on integrating hosted software with businesses' existing on-premise technologies to create a seamless, end-to-end IT solution. This allows businesses to deploy each solution in the way that works best for them, without creating silos or managerial complexity. One such technology, UserPilot, which allows solution providers to integrate their customers' Active Directory with Intermedia's Active Directory for centralized and simplified user and policy management, was featured at the conference.

Jeff Cornejo of Blue Ridge InternetWorks, an Intermedia partner and managed services provider based out of central Virginia noted, ''Intermedia's Partner Conference was a great opportunity to share ideas and strategies for moving forward in the managed services and SaaS space. It provided a unique opportunity to speak with other IT service providers about real life examples of how their customers are seeing SaaS and how Intermedia's vision fits into the real world.''

The conference also enabled interactions among Intermedia's new partners with its key ecosystem partners, including Microsoft, LiveOffice, RIM and Dell.

Perry Cantor of Microsoft added, ''Sponsoring this event was more than worthwhile for Microsoft. Software as a Service (SaaS) is an increasingly important delivery model for small businesses and the conference provided quite a bit of insight into it, how it is evolving and should be leveraged and deployed in the future.''

Founded in 1995, Intermedia is the leading provider of business email including Microsoft Exchange hosting to the small and medium business market. Intermedia specializes in providing enterprise-grade solutions through its world class infrastructure and service to small and medium businesses at a price they can afford.

For more about Intermedia's Partner Program, please visit: www.intermedia.net/partners.

To learn more, please visit: www.intermedia.net/exchange.

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Webinar to Help Marketing and Creative Departments Improve Productivity

2009-03-17T12:00:00-04:00

Iowa City, IA (Gawkwire.com) MetaCommunications, a leading software developer of collaborative workflow and productivity solutions, announced today that it will host a new Webinar series entitled "Get Efficient. Be Productive." to help Marketing and Creative departments streamline their processes. The seminar series will showcase the forthcoming release of its Workgroups 2009 collaborative and productivity suite.

This series will take place on:

- Monday, March 23rd 10:00 AM Central Time
- Wednesday, March 25th at 2:00 PM Central Time
- Friday, March 27th at 10:00 AM Central Time.

Registration is available at: http://www.meta-comm.com/webinar0903.htm

The all new Workgroups 2009 suite is the affordable solution that helps marketing and creative departments collaborate, manage workflow, and be more efficient and productive. Teams can get started for as little as $499/month.

Webinar attendees will learn how to:

- Quickly submit and track creative jobs via web browser
- Simply schedule and traffic projects
- Efficiently manage resources and workflow
- Find files for reuse or repurpose
- Speed, organize, and automate proof approvals

"With the new release of our digital workflow packages, we are strengthening our commitment to helping customers roll out new products and services by providing a range of digital workflows that are as powerful to use as they are easy to install," said Robert T. Long, Executive Vice President of MetaCommunications. "This Webinar series provides concrete information for companies looking to increase productivity with fewer resources and with lower cost."

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GoGrid Energizes the Windows Cloud Marketplace

2009-03-17T12:00:00-04:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) GoGrid, the Cloud Computing division of ServePath, LLC delivers a solid implementation of programs, services and features optimized for Microsoft architecture and hosting in the Cloud to the Microsoft developer and system administrator communities. Initiatives ranging from Windows Server images to .NET Software Development Kits (SDKs), among others, make GoGrid a Windows Server 2003 & 2008 Cloud of choice.

At the Microsoft developer conference, Mix09, attendees as well as Microsoft and .NET developers elsewhere are encouraged to review GoGrid's recently updated and growing features and services including:

A new GoGrid .NET Software Development Kit (SDK)
Windows Server 2008, 2003 and SQL Cloud Servers
Exclusive Mix09 Hosting Silver Sponsor
Microsoft Web Platform Installer in GoGrid
GoGrid API Powershell Snap-in
BizSpark Hosting Provider
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

Details of each of these services or features can be found below.

GoGrid .NET SDK
GoGrid's API which can fully control all aspects of a customer's cloudcenter was released under a Creative Commons ShareAlike license at the beginning of 2009. Tools and libraries have been subsequently released, utilizing this standard which can be found at the GoGrid wiki.

Most recently, a .NET SDK for GoGrid's cloudcenter API was released to the Open Source community at CodePlex. Information on the SDK can be obtained at: http://ggapisdk.codeplex.com/. The SDK can be downloaded from the "Source Code" section.

Windows Server 2003 & 2008 Images
GoGrid is a leading Cloud Infrastructure provider of Windows Server 2003 and 2008 servers in the Cloud. Several of these Windows images are designed to make the deployment of .NET, IIS7, Microsoft SQL Server extremely easy and fast. Furthermore, GoGrid delivers Open Source applications and platforms within a Windows environment with the inclusion of PHP, mySQL and Fast CGI in the GoGrid server images. Current Windows offerings include:

Windows Server 2008

32 & 64-bit images
IIS 7
ASP.NET
Fast CGI
SQL Server 2008: Express, Workgroup & Standard editions
SQL Server 2005: Express edition
PHP5
mySQL 5

Windows Server 2003

32 & 64-bit images
IIS 6
ASP.NET
SQL Server 2008: Workgroup & Standard editions
SQL Server 2005: Express, Standard & Workgroup editions
Mix09 Exclusive Silver Hosting Partner
The Mix09 conference is now in its fourth year, bringing together designers, strategists, architects and developers who are tasked with creating innovative web sites. Included within all Mix09 attendee bags is a $200 offer for free GoGrid Cloud hosting.

John Keagy, CEO and Co-Founder of GoGrid, will be speaking about GoGrid and Cloud Computing at Mix09 in a session titled 'Cloud Computing: What's in it for Me?'.

Microsoft Web Platform Installer in GoGrid
Microsoft's recently released Web Platform Installer is the powerful package that allows web developers and sysadmins to deploy tools, servers and technologies quickly and easily in server environment. GoGrid will soon include the Web Platform Installer in a low CapEx cloud-hosted Microsoft Server 2008 image, with additional images coming soon.

GoGrid API Powershell Snap-in
The GoGrid cloudcenter can now be controlled using a 3rd party PowerShell Snap-in. PowerShell is an extensible command-line shell and scripting language that is now fully included in Windows Server 2008. Developer Mitch Denny has created a Snap-in that utilizes the open-sourced GoGrid API to manage the GoGrid infrastructure within a Windows environment. Details can be found at the GoGrid wiki.

BizSpark Hosting Provider
GoGrid's parent company, ServePath, is proud to be a Microsoft BizSpark™ hosting partner. BizSpark is the global platform created by Microsoft to provide access to full-featured Microsoft development tools and production licenses with no upfront costs and minimal requirements. With ServePath and the Microsoft BizSpark program, start-ups enjoy financial benefits and hosting solutions tailored to the needs of growing companies. Interested companies should contact ServePath.

Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
GoGrid's parent company, ServePath, is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with competencies in Advanced Infrastructure and Networking Infrastructure solutions. All GoGrid and ServePath customers enjoy the benefits of working with a Microsoft technology provider and leader within the hosting infrastructure space.

GoGrid continues its commitment to the Microsoft technology and service platforms within the dedicated and cloud hosting marketplaces.
zation, cloud computing, or SaaS.

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Nintendo Prevails in Wii Patent Lawsuit

2009-03-17T09:28:00-04:00

REDMOND, WA (Gawkwire.com) A U.S. District Court judge has summarily dismissed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Nintendo brought by Fenner Investments Ltd. Fenner had alleged that the Wii™ console and its controllers, as well as the Nintendo GameCube™, infringed on one of its patents (U.S. Patent No. 6,297,751). Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas, dismissed the case on Monday, and ruled that there was no need for a jury trial.

“We are very pleased with the court’s decision,” said Rick Flamm, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President, Legal & General Counsel. “Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others. We also vigorously defend patent lawsuits when we firmly believe that we have not infringed another party’s patent, despite the risks that this policy entails. I would like to express our sincere appreciation for the tireless efforts of our legal team, which represented us so well.”

For more information about Nintendo, visit www.Nintendo.com.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 2.8 billion video games and more than 485 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii and Nintendo DS, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company’s Web site at www.nintendo.com.

Note to editors: Nintendo press materials are available at press.nintendo.com, a password-protected site. To obtain a login, please contact Arien Darby at 213-438-8737 or adarby@golinharris.com. Users can receive instant Nintendo information by subscribing to the site’s RSS feed.

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Trends for the Best Computer Hardware Websites Detailed in New Report

2009-03-17T09:26:00-04:00

West Simsbury, CT (Gawkwire.com) WebAward.org The Web Marketing Association, host of leading website awards competition WebAwards, released the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR) to help the computer hardware industry create more effective and engaging websites.

"As the standard of excellence for websites continues to increase, consumers (and WebAward judges) are increasingly picky about what they consider to be an effective website," said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association, Inc. "The most effective computer hardware websites are leveraging animated graphics, 3D modeling and video to entertain and inform the visitor. Sites that aren't doing this will quickly fall behind in terms of web development."

The WebAwards competition judges computer hardware websites on seven criteria that combined create award-winning websites:

Design
Innovation
Content
Technology
Interactivity
Copywriting
Ease of use

Computer hardware has significantly outperformed the ISAR Index for three of the past four years with 2008 being inline with the Index. Although computer hardware sites recent performance, the poor performance in 2004 has resulted in a drag on computer hardware sites scoring for the 5-year criteria benchmark. Computer hardware sites tend to be strongest in content, copywriting and ease of use. They beat the WebAward criteria average benchmark in the ease of use category. They score lowest in innovation and technology.

The 2008 WebAward for Best Computer Hardware Web site went to HL2 for Microsoft Hardware Sidewinder Mouse.

Other past winners include:

2007 Dell Global Site Design for StudioDell
2006 Broadcom Corporation for the Broadcom Website
2005 HP.com
2004 HP.com
2003 HP for the HP Public Website
2002 Palm, Inc
2001 IBM
2000 EMC Web Team for EMC.com
1999 Four Points Digital for 3Com Home Connect
1998 AGENCY.COM/Online Magic for Compaq Website
1997 Anderson & Lembke, Inc. for Altec Lansing microsite

Companies and organizations wishing to have their computer hardware Web site evaluated against the ISAR Index and be considered for a WebAward, which can help boost a Website's credibility and marketing efforts, can learn more at WebAward.org.

To request your copy of the 2009 WebAward ISAR report, please visit: WebAward.org

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SES New York 2009 Conference Agenda Mirrors Latest SEM Industry Trends

2009-03-17T09:24:00-04:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) The conference agenda for Search Engine Strategies (SES) New York 2009 mirrors the latest industry trends and expanding definition of the search engine marketing industry. The must-attend search engine marketing conference features two keynote speakers, an Orion Panel on the State of Search, 65 conference sessions, six search engine marketing (SEM) training workshops, a one-day search engine optimization (SEO) training course in partnership with Bruce Clay, and a day-long web analytics training workshop in partnership with the Web Analytics Association (WAA).

Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media's Interactive Marketing Group, which includes Search Engine Strategies, Search Engine Watch and ClickZ, said, "This isn't a cottage industry. According to the latest survey by the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), North American search marketing spending will increase 9% to $14.7 billion in 2009, up from $13.5 billion a year ago. And SEMPO forecasts the industry will reach $26.1 billion in 2013."

McGowan added, "One of the drivers of this growth, even in a recession, is SEMPO's expansion of the definition of search marketing to include new forms of advertising such as some sorts of social media. The conference agenda for our flagship industry event anticipated this change and is designed to educate attendees on the growing list of topics that they will need to master in the coming year."

The SES New York 2009 conference agenda includes:

Monday, March 23: Six SES Search Engine Marketing (SEM/SEO) training workshops. These workshops provide the practices, applications, and hands-on exposure you need to become (and remain!) a top performer in your field. This in-depth training in a small class setting ensures that your instructor is accessible for informal one-on-one or small group discussions.

Tuesday, March 24: Opening keynote on "Twitter as a Tool for Social Media" by Guy Kawasaki, Author of Reality Check. This will be followed by 25 conference sessions in five tracks, as well as by three Express Site Clinics in the Expo Hall. Highlights include the "Chitika Workshop: SearchAppalooza - Kick-Ass Apps Contest & Talking Search beyond Google".

Wednesday, March 25: Orion Panel: "The State of Search - A Maturing Marketplace or Poised for More Growth?" Before and after this will be 20 conference sessions in five trackes, as well as three more Express Site Clincs in the Expo Hall. Highlights include: "Google Workshop: Preview the new AdWords interface", "Facebook Workshop: Harnessing the Social Graph", "Google Workshop: Maximizing Your Website's ROI", and "Wpromote Workshop: 8 Things You Aren't Doing That Will Boost Your SEM Results".

Thursday, March 26: Morning keynote by John Gerzema, author of The Brand Bubble. This will be followed by 20 conferences sessions in five tracks.

Friday, March 27: A one-day SEO Training course offered by Bruce Clay, an industry recognized expert on SEO. At the same time, the Web Analytics Association is offering One-day Web Analytics WAA Base Camp Training Course.

For more information about SES New York 2009, go to rates and registration details. Register today and get access to these special offers: MarketMotive is offering one month of free online search marketing training, Keyword Discovery is offering a free standard subscription for 30 days, and Dun & Bradstreet's Online Business Network is offering a free subscription for 3 months.

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LeaseWeb 1st Hosting Provider to Install Child Porn Filter

2009-03-17T09:22:00-04:00

Amsterdam (Gawkwire.com) The Dutch Ministry of Justice appreciates the initiative LeaseWeb has started to fight child porn online even before images are being published through websites. When the hash technology turns out to be effective, the Dutch Ministry of Justice will give a follow-up to LeaseWebs initiative by offering the technology to the market on a broad scale in cooperation with LeaseWeb. Other hosting providers in The Netherlands are then invited to follow the example of LeaseWeb and join the initiative.

Traditional Approach
“The hosting network of LeaseWeb, which runs more than 2 million websites, is one of the biggest hosting networks in Europe where ordinarily child porn subsequently is being removed,” says Alex de Joode, Security Officer of LeaseWeb. “Within the international hosting market in general these are normal procedures to fight cyber crime.”

“In our network in 2007 however we noticed an increase of the amount of reports regarding child porn images,” says De Joode, also cofounder of European cyber crime hotline network INHOPE. “Reports which where mainly caused by co called upload websites, websites like Flickr. On these websites users can bring images online without the interference of website administrators. In 2008 fortunately the amount of reports has declined a bit, but still reports within the LeaseWeb network were substantial. For LeaseWeb this is unacceptable. With current investments in new technological solutions we hope to change the character of our working procedures to a more proactive approach. This way we hope to prevent child porn sensitive websites from being abused by distributors of child porn.”

Proactive Approach
“To fight child porn more effectively we weighed the possibilities of several innovative technologies in the market,” says De Joode. “With the introduction of hash technology we now hope to have found an adequate solution. Hash technology to my knowledge has not been used within this context before. The positive feedback we got from Dutch Ministry of Justice also gives us a positive feeling about the project.”

At first, the implementation of a child porn filter for child porn sensitive websites concerns a pilot for a year. The pilot will be implemented at the website of one of LeaseWebs clients, one of the bigger upload websites being administrated within the LeaseWeb hosting network. This is a voluminous website with about 40 million images online, where users can upload images and share these with others. De Joode: “Our choice to use this customer for the pilot project has been a deliberate one, because as I said many reports are coming from websites like these. The client in question immediately gave a positive reaction on our proposal to start a pilot project with filtering on child porn.”

With the initiative and accessory investments LeaseWeb will maintain its trendsetting position in the hosting market. De Joode: “We started this initiative 6 months ago and we think to have found the right solution at this moment. We will develop the filtering solution furthermore, offer it to other clients who have these upload websites as well, but when we are satisfied with the solution we will offer it to the broad hosting market, free to use. Combating child porn on the internet is a necessary thing to which we are more than willing to contribute.”

Finger Prints on Images
The hash technology LeaseWeb has chosen is called MD5. The technology is capable of adding digital finger prints (hashes) to undesirable images. A database with finger prints of undesirable images subsequently checks whether there is a ‘match’. If so, the applicable image is blocked from being put online.”

At first LeaseWeb is going to use the database of the Swedish company NetClean (www.netclean.com), a company that runs the ‘hash database’ of the Swedish police commercially, to feed the hash database of LeaseWeb so child porn images can be traced and blocked from being put online. LeaseWeb is in close consultation with Justice Department and police amongst others to examine whether and how hash databases from Dutch police could be used in this project as well.

“Most of the time it’s the same images that emerge on the internet over and over again,” says De Joode. “With this technology we hope to stop this continuous circulation of child porn images. By using more than one database from several relevant parties within this pilot we expect to maximise the effects.”

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SoftLayer Awarded for Environmental Accomplishment

2009-03-17T09:21:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com) Metro Foam Recycling has awarded SoftLayer Technologies a certificate for having recycled more than 12,000 pounds of foam material in 2008. The material was recycled through a partnership between the two companies; Metro Foam recycles all of the foam packaging material from SoftLayer’s new server shipments, greatly reducing the amount of waste that would go into a landfill.

“We are proud to have reached this milestone in our efforts to reduce our impact on the environment. We believe it’s our responsibility as global corporate citizens to do all we can,” said Roy Rushe, SoftLayer Facilities Manager. “We will continue to actively seek partnerships and innovative ways to reduce our environmental footprint.”

SoftLayer maintains a number of practices and programs for optimizing its environmental efficiency. In addition to the partnership with Metro Foam, SoftLayer collaborated with Supermicro, the company’s exclusive server provider, to create a reduced server packaging material program. The program minimizes the amount of packaging used for shipping servers to SoftLayer’s data centers nationwide and eliminates the production of unnecessary components and user guides.

EPA figures suggest that electronics production and disposal amounts to approximately 2% of municipal solid waste. Improving the recyclability of all materials related to IT is critical to reducing the environmental impact of data centers.

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Search Marketing World Conference & Expo Returns for 2009

2009-03-16T03:00:00-04:00

Dublin, Ireland (Gawkwire.com) Interactive Return, one of Ireland's leading online marketing companies, is delighted to announce that it will host Search Marketing World 2009 (http://www.searchmarketingworld2009.com) on Wednesday, 1st April in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Dublin. The conference, now in its third year, is aimed at anyone interested in improving the online visibility of their website and is particularly relevant to those working within the marketing space. Topics discussed include search engine marketing, social media marketing, display advertising integration, online reputation management, and many other elements of online marketing.

The event boasts top Irish and international experts in the fields of search and online marketing and caters for people at all levels from complete beginners to those at an advanced level. Speakers (http://www.searchmarketingworld2009.com/search-marketing-world-speakers.htm) include world renowned Chris Sherman of Search Engine Land, Aodhan Cullen founder of Stat Counter and winner of Golden Spiders Internet Hero award as well as speakers from Google, Microsoft, Irish International, Outrider and Travel Affiliate to name just a few.

The conference will give delegates the opportunity to choose from 18 up to the minute sessions as well as walk in clinics with the speakers. The sessions will pay particular attention to the role of search and online marketing in the current economic climate. Other sessions will include 'Social Media Marketing: Re-defining the Customer', 'Search Advertising Fundamentals,' 'Take Back the Web: Brand & Reputation Management' and 'The Ad Industry and Online Marketing.'

'We are delighted to be running the conference again this year at a time when online marketing is really going to prove value for money,' commented Martin Murray, Chief Executive Interactive Return. 'The conference is particularly relevant to marketing and advertising professionals but would be beneficial for people in every profession,' he continued.

A place on this day course will cost €395 and any attendee at the conference new to Google AdWords can benefit from €50 FREE Google advertising. For more information or to book a place please log on to www.searchmarketingworld2009.com

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March 2009 Web Server Survey

2009-03-16T12:00:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) After storming into the survey last month, this month sees QQ gain a further 8.9 million sites. QQ now hosts nearly 29 million Qzone sites under the qzone.qq.com domain, all of which are served by its own QZHTTP server. Little is known about this server, although people have noticed a similarity that suggests QZHTTP may be a customised version of thttpd.

Although it is generally uncommon for websites to use fake Server headers, there are some cases that stand out more than others. One relatively prevalent example is ZX_Spectrum/1997 (Sinclair_BASIC), which is used by a Russian company to serve 0.02% of the world's websites. The ZX Spectrum was an 8-bit personal home computer released in 1982, but it was discontinued two years before the World Wide Web even existed. ...Go to source

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How to Cope With Having a Heavier Workload

2009-03-16T09:43:00-04:00

Sedona, AZ (Gawkwire.com) Hale Dwoskin, featured teacher in "The Secret" and author of the New York Times best seller "The Sedona Method," reveals how to cope with having a heavier workload, an issue many people are now facing in the current economy as layoffs continue to increase.

In February 2009, 651,000 Americans lost their jobs, and Standard & Poor is predicting another 2 million job losses by the fall. What this means for those fortunate enough to still be working is a much heavier workload.

Simply put, companies are operating with fewer employees, but they don't want business to slow down. Many workers are now doing the jobs of two or more people, and struggling to do them well enough to avoid the next round of layoffs.

Many more have taken to working overtime or on the weekends just to keep up. And as for taking vacations, even those who can still afford it may be afraid they won't have a job anymore when they return.

The end result? Increased stress and anxiety, which takes its toll on everything from health to your productivity.

"Research shows that increased workloads and time demands are huge in terms of stress on the employee, and stress has many negative effects on just about any health condition," Leah Van Ooyen, manager of workplace health and wellness for Connex Health in Burlington, Ontario told The Globe and Mail. "Even just experiencing stress can drive productivity down if people feel overwhelmed."

Working long hours increases the risk of illness and injury, no matter what someone's job is, found a study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. After analyzing over 100,000 job records from close to 11,000 workers, researchers found those who routinely put in long days or worked overtime were at an increased risk of:

- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Chronic infections
- General health complaints
- Death

Overall, the more hours a person works, the greater the risks. The study found employees who worked overtime were 61 percent more likely to have a work-related injury or illness than those who did not.

With the worst economy in decades, and heavier workloads becoming a way of life for many, people may have no choice but to grin and bear it. On a practical level, figuring out how to prioritize tasks, and delegate as much as possible, will be invaluable, as will learning how to avoid distractions and time wasters.

At the same time, dealing with the resulting emotions may be the most important piece of the puzzle, because if someone becomes overwhelmed by stress their health and productivity will plummet.

"No matter how large your workload -- even if you're the world's best multi-tasker -- remember you can actually only do one thing at a time. And the reason we struggle when our workload increases is because we resist the increase," says Hale Dwoskin, CEO and director of training of Sedona Training Associates.

In fact, the resistance people may feel toward doing extra work may very well be eating up much of their mental and physical energy. For instance, someone may dread going to work, and think about it even when they're at home. They may sit at their desk at work mulling over how they will never be able to complete all their work.

By resisting in this way, people are focusing their mind on what they don't want: more work. If people were to instead focus on the task at hand, and stay in the present moment, they would find that the work gets done with much less mental strife. Often this requires first letting go of resistance using The Sedona Method.

"If you're willing to simply allow yourself to let go of the feeling of resistance, you'll find that you can get more done with less effort," Dwoskin says. "This does not mean that you should accept a workload that isn't right for you. It only means that if you're willing to release you do not need to be overwhelmed or stressed by your workload."

Further, when people get home from a hard day's work, the last thing on their mind should be that very work. So the most important thing they can do is take advantage of releasing after the workday to really clear the mind and feel at peace.

"The most powerful way to relax after work is to allow yourself to take a few minutes and release any disappointment, stress, tension, worry or anger you have from your day," Dwoskin says. "If you're simply willing to release after your workday, you'll find that you calm down very quickly and can easily have an enjoyable evening."

For those who are new to The Sedona Method, they can listen
free right now to a powerful new introductory release: http://www.sedona.com/html/money-release.aspx

This previously unpublished recording was made by Hale Dwoskin at one of his recent 7-Day Retreats and is a must-listen for anyone experiencing any type of fear and anxiety in relation to this economy.

For more insights on the topic of releasing, go to www.Sedona.com.

Please also note that Hale Dwoskin, New York Times Best-Selling author of "The Sedona Method", featured expert in the film and New York Times bestseller "The Secret," and CEO and Director of Training of Sedona Training Associates, is available for interviews.

Sedona Training Associates is an organization that teaches courses based on the emotional releasing techniques originated by Hale Dwoskin's mentor, Lester Levenson. Dwoskin is an international speaker and featured faculty member at Esalen and the Omega Institute. For over a quarter century, he has regularly been teaching The Sedona Method techniques to individuals and corporations throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Visit www.Sedona.com.

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Hacker Con Set for May, Teaches Human Hacking to Corporations

2009-03-16T09:40:00-04:00

Westchester, IL (Gawkwire.com) Gartner reported in 2004 that the greatest security risk over the next 10 years will be the increasingly sophisticated use of Social Engineering (SE) to bypass IT security defenses. Most have seen the proliferation of SE attacks especially when it comes to phishing and its many variants. And with many high profile cases like Paris Hilton's cell phone, Sarah Palin's email account, Madoff's ponzi scheme and the campaigns of both Obama and McCain being compromised, the predictions are proving to be correct.

This leads security professionals into a new world of attacks against which many are not prepared to defend. People are now the target of the advanced hacker, and the cross-hairs are focused squarely on their foreheads... literally. It is only a matter of time before corporations feel the pain of wetware hacking requiring a new approach to testing and defense. There currently is no training that tightly integrates computer security with SE... until now. So in addition to the highly technical content for which ChicagoCon is known, this bi-annual security event is introducing a completely original and relevent 5-Day course, the Social Engineering Master Class, developed and taught by world-renowned social engineers, Chris Nickerson of TruTV's Tiger Team and noted expert and international speaker, Mike Murray.

Donald C. Donzal, Editor-in-Chief of The Ethical Hacker Network, said, "Social Engineering has been around for all of human existence and most everyone acknowledges its effectiveness. But no one has taken strides to teach the existing InfoSec community on the hows and whys of incorporating electronically-assisted social engineering attacks into auditing their own organizations much less bolstering their User Awareness Training. With the expertise of Nickerson and Murray at ChicagoCon, corporate security postures will be way ahead of the curve for a true business advantage."

ChicagoCon is a security event with 2 distinct components, training and a conference, both of which have a focus on Ethical Hacking. Ethical Hacking is defined as using the same tools and techniques as the bad guys in order to protect your own systems. The Spring Edition is set for May 2009. And without an exhibit hall full of vultures, the attendees are free to learn from the pros and network with peers to advance their practical knowledge and ultimately their careers.

Security Training May 4 - 8:

Boot camp-style training with computers, courseware, and most meals for a turn-key educational experience. Even the exams are proctored on-site. In addition to the SE Master Class, ChicagoCon 2009s offers popular certification courses by Training Camp including CISSP, CEH, CHFI and Fundamentals with Network & Security . The advanced technical hacking courses are being provided by Chicago's own InfoSec Institute and include Expert Pen Testing, Reverse Engineering and Web App Hacking.

Every course includes a free ticket to the Ethical Hacking Conference. Click here for Training Details and Registration.

Ethical Hacking Conference May 8 - 9:

- Keynotes by Raffael Marty, Chief Security Strategist for Splunk and Dr. Marc Rogers, Director of the Cyber Forensics Program at Purdue University.
- Technical Presentations featuring Chris Gates, Craig Heffner, Darren Kitchen, Ryan Linn, Mike Murray, Chris Nickerson, Tim Rosenberg, Andrew Whitaker, and more.
- Pizza Party on Friday and lunch on Saturday
- Capture the Flag with White Wolf Security
- "The Doctor Is In" Career Counseling
- Lock Picking 101
- Evening Entertainment (Announced at the event)
- What's a con without swag!!

Conference Only Tickets are available for just $100. Click here for Conference Details and Registration.

To reach this highly targeted market, please review the sponsorship opportunities.

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Hosting Nation Acquires DomainsWith Us, Hosting With Us

2009-03-16T09:38:00-04:00

Parksville, B.C. (Gawkwire.com) The recently finalized acquisition deal between WebCom Resources of Atchinson, KS and Hosting Nation Data Inc. has been in the works for several weeks.

Elizabeth Turner, Owner of WebCom Resources remarked, ''We are excited about Hosting Nation continuing our vision of quality service and excellent customer support. We chose them because of their focus on customer relationships and their firm understanding and long experience in the web hosting industry.''

The acquisition strengthens Hosting Nation's position as a legitimate player in the North American web hosting industry.

The company further stated, ''We have put a lot of energy into grass roots marketing efforts, but it's always been a part of our plan to expand internationally. This was a great way to quickly establish a presence in the US while remaining focused on our commitment to customer relationships and support.''

Hosting Nation Data Inc. now operates three companies. Hosting Nation provides hosting and domain management services aimed at the design and development professional. Hosting With Us provides a variety of shared and reseller hosting and Domains With Us specializes in domain services and registrations.

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PageViews Selects Bulwark Exterminating for Optimum SEO Opportunity

2009-03-16T09:36:00-04:00

Scottsdale, AZ (Gawkwire.com) PageViews Interactive, an Arizona SEO firm, introduces Bulwark Exterminating as the perfect example for performance based SEO. Bulwark Exterminating only uses the finest, cleanest, and most effective products in the world to eliminate insects in and around structures. Their services offer flexible scheduling, unlimited free reservices, and free interior treatments with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Because of Bulwark's dedication to client satisfaction, quality services, and committed availability PageViews Interactive will aid them reach higher success levels. Implementing B2B SEO strategies combined with the financially affordable performance based SEO program makes it possible for PageViews Interactive to give companies the cutting edge advantage of top listings on search engines' results pages.

"With our Performance Based SEO plan, we help our customers experience the awesome sales power of top rankings, and put them in a position to be able to pay us from increased revenue generated by the additional qualified traffic," explains Terry Mickelson, founder of Page Views, Arizona SEO. "If you are not in the top positions, you are giving business away to your competitors; which are any sites ranked better than you," says Mickelson. "Companies that have had a top position in Google understand the value and the smart ones do whatever they can to protect it."

Search engine optimization programs begin with a thorough understanding of a company's website construction, needs and unique challenges. PageViews Interactive will audit a client's site, discover their unique requirements and outline all the necessary services that will deliver a successful result.

"Not every site qualifies," explains Mickelson. "There are some words and categories that are too competitive and others that don't have enough volume to justify the long term commitment and efforts we have to invest in a customers business without getting paid. If a company spends at least $1,000.00 per month on at least 3 keywords in Google Adwords and/or Yahoo Search Marketing then this Performance Based SEO plan could replace the monthly spend and increase sales many times over".

PageViews Interactive is a company that specializes in search engine marketing. It allows companies to get top Google rankings for their best keywords, with no payment until their website has been in the top position for 2 weeks. With their performance based SEO and B2B SEO programs PageViews Interactive provides a strategic partnership at its highest quality. Contact PageViews Interactive for a free website evaluation.

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Search Engine Marketing Showcase At Internet World 2009 Event

2009-03-16T09:29:00-04:00

Cheshire, England (Gawkwire.com) Click Consult, a leading UK search marketing agency, has announced that they will be exhibiting at Europe's largest digital marketing and online business event, Internet World, in April 2009.

Internet World is Europe's longest running, best attended and biggest event of this type, now in its 17th year. Internet World expect over 13,000 visitors during the event at Earls Court, London, between 28th-30th April 2009. The event prides itself on being the most comprehensive free educational program in existence and includes seminars covering dozens of aspects of the online business and marketing, plus over 300 exhibitors, including industry leaders like Click Consult and their specialist Search Engine Optimisation division, SEO Consult, the UK's Number 1 SEO agency for the last four consecutive months according to independent search vendor, Top SEOs.

Delegates will have the opportunity to meet members of the Click Consult and SEO Consult teams face to face to discuss cutting edge website optimisation techniques and other internet marketing methods such as PPC, Affiliate and email marketing. Visitors to the Click Consult stand (E6050) will able to take advantage of free analysis by the Click Consult team. There will also be an opportunity for visitors to see the recently launched Clicktelligence v2.0 in action. This comprehensive, full service reporting package allows clients to see detailed reports of all aspects of their internet marketing strategy (including on and off page SEO, PPC, Email & Affiliate Marketing, Press Releases etc) month by month.

"We are very excited about the opportunity to showcase what Click Consult and SEO Consult do at Internet World 2009," comments Matt Bullas, Managing Director of Click Consult and SEO Consult; "Having the opportunity to meet end users and other marketing, media and technology professionals in person is always a valuable experience as we seek to constantly improve our services, and we are looking forward to showcasing Clicktelligence v2.0 as the latest all-encompassing tool for clients in transparent internet marketing."

For more details about Click Consult, please visit our website www.clickconsult.co.uk or call 0845 205 0292.

For more details about Internet World, please visit www.internetworld.co.uk or call 020 7955 3960.

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Livedrive Launches Unlimited Online Storage Service

2009-03-16T09:25:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) UK Based Livedrive has today announced the launch of its revolutionary online storage service.

Livedrive allows customers to store all their files - including office documents, photos, videos and any other type of file online instead of on their computer's hard disk. Andrew Michael, CEO, commented, "60% of people now have more than one computer. With a growing number of people having more than one device - such as a desktop computer, a netbook and PDA - it no longer makes sense to store files individually on each device. People want all their files together in one place that is accessible from any device"

Online storage is an industry forecast to grow 500% by 2012 (source: Gartner). Livedrive acquired over 1 million users during the public beta programme and offers many benefits over traditional storage:

Access files from anywhere, on any device - no more e-mailing files to yourself or using USB sticks;

Data is stored in carrier grade data centres and backup up - if you lose your computer you don't lose your files;

Work online - Livedrive provides a web portal where users can open, view and edit most common files, including Microsoft Office documents, from any computer with an Internet connection; and

Unlimited Storage - Livedrive is the only company offering unlimited storage, meaning customers will never run out of space.

Unlike other online storage providers, which are purely web-based, Livedrive offers customers a unique software application that can be installed on any computer, allowing them to access their Livedrive storage as a normal drive -just like a USB stick or external hard drive. Andrew Michael commented, "If people are going to use online storage, they need to be able to view their files, create files and save files on their computer, just like they do with their normal hard drive. We are first to market with a working service that allows people to do this. Our customers get an 'L:' drive where they can access all their online files directly. Google have been rumoured to be working on a produce called Gdrive for years that does this - our product is available today"

Livedrive has been over two years in development. Andrew Michael, CEO and founder, previously owned Fasthosts Internet Limited, which became the UK's leading web-hosting company and was sold to United Internet in 2006 for $120m. Andrew Michael commented, "We've put all our energy and significant resources behind building a best in class product. I believe online storage is an emerging market and we are going to see a lot more interest in people storing online over the next few years, driven by the availability of multiple low cost devices and fast broadband connections. Livedrive aims to be at the forefront of this movement."

Livedrive offers unlimited storage for $129.95 a year and also has a started account which is limited to 100GB for $55.95 a year. More information is available on the company's website at http://www.livedrive.com/in/?tid=prweb

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Virginia Leverages LogiXML Business Intelligence for Stimulus Website

2009-03-14T06:00:00-04:00

McLean, VA (Gawkwire.com) LogiXML, Inc., the leader in purely Web-based, truly unified Business Intelligence (BI) dashboard, reporting, and analysis solutions, announced today that the Commonwealth of Virginia has employed its product in support of President Obama's recently passed Stimulus Package. The Commonwealth of Virginia launched an interactive web site which went live on Monday, Feb. 16.

Created using Logi Info, the site reports project ideas submitted by citizens wishing to weigh in on how Virginia should use federal stimulus dollars and has generated a great deal of interest both within and outside of Virginia. "Several other business intelligence software vendors called us offering to help us create a site," said Kathy Graham, the Commonwealth's Business Intelligence Competency Center Manager, "but we had to tell them, it's already done!"

In August 2008, LogiXML was awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), allowing agencies and public bodies within the Commonwealth of Virginia (and other public bodies outside of it) to purchase licenses, support and services for LogiXML's signature enterprise-grade business intelligence solutions. The contract, which includes five optional one-year extensions at the end of the initial 5-year period, provides the Commonwealth with the complete line of LogiXML products and support services, including an enterprise-wide license option available to Virginia's executive branch agencies.

"This project--and how quickly it was put in place--comes as a powerful validation of LogiXML's philosophy," said Brett Jackson, CEO of LogiXML. "While the ink of President Obama's stimulus bill was still fresh, the State of Virginia was already using Logi solutions to quickly and easily build this interactive application for its citizens. The quickness of deployment, the simplicity of use and the vibrant interactive features of the Commonwealth's application perfectly illustrate what Logi is all about."

Virginia launched the stimulus reporting site within two weeks of the project start date. "Using the Logi platform enabled our team to create the site in under two weeks, allowing us to get this information to the public very quickly," said Graham. "We could have done it even faster if it weren't for other technical challenges that did not relate to the Logi product."

The application allows the public to view interactive maps, charts, and graphs of the project submissions, and drill down to view all project details. Virginia has offered to share the reporting application with other states as requested to assist them with their stimulus reporting efforts.

Visit Virginia's stimulus reporting site at http://www.stimulus.virginia.gov/report.aspx.

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BLOBbox Absorbs the Web's Free Content to Enjoy Directly on Your HDTV

2009-03-14T06:00:00-04:00

Milan, Italy (Gawkwire.com) TVBLOB and Telsey began shipping the BLOBbox, a hybrid set-top box for analog and HD televisions that allows users to watch and record digital terrestrial television (HD PVR, built-in HDD), download podcasts from all over the world using Miro and BitTorrent, as well as browse services like YouTube, GMail, and Wikipedia.

Unlike other set-top boxes already on the market, users are not limited to watching content only from premium providers, but instead enjoy access to popular web services, in addition to play, watch and browse all of the content that they already have on their PC or home network. The Telsey BLOBbox aims to solve a problem that has plagued owners of televisions since their inception: what to watch?

"In one room I had my PC with virtually unlimited access to downloaded content, and in the other I had my 42" HDTV where I ended up watching the same DVD over and over," explains Dario Golia, who recently began using the BLOBbox. "Now I sit on the couch and watch everything on my TV."

The BLOBbox software, which is based on Linux and includes a full-featured web browser, does much more than access Internet video and record digital television. It makes TV truly interactive and personal by enabling features such as favorites and downloads. Most importantly, everything is controlled with just the television and remote control.

TVBLOB, maker of the set-top box software, has already worked to optimize popular Web 2.0 sites like YouTube and Picasa for the TV, and is supporting others such as companies, podcasters and bloggers via an open source TV development community -- BLOBforge -- and a free Software Development Kit, which permit them to create their own television channels, or even invent new services for TV. This is an important step, as the company moves to change the way we look at the Web.

"Web sites were originally created for PCs, and many are now being optimized for more and more user devices such as mobile phones," explains Telsey R&D Manager Riccardo Costacurta. "A similar process will happen for TV because watching from the sofa with a remote control is a whole new way of seeing and interacting with the Internet."

As this sort of TV-centric Web gains favor, the BLOBbox platform is positioned to thrive. With an open garden approach, any individual or company using standard Web development tools will be able to realize new services for television without intermediation by third-parties.

"It may amount to a television revolution," says TVBLOB CEO Fabrizio Caffarelli. "Starting now, people can publish personal web pages or full-blown services directly to television. As they begin to test the limits of their creativity, they can even find an audience and create the next killer application for TV."

The Telsey BLOBbox is available for purchase now from TecnologieCreative. It requires a standard television with analog or HDMI input and a broadband connection.

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Why Call Centers Are Untapped Revenue Opportunity in Today's Economy

2009-03-14T06:00:00-04:00

St. Louis, MO (Gawkwire.com) Approximately 82 percent of call center customers who are satisfied with the call center quality of service they receive are willing to listen to a sales offer, according to a Maritz Research study of contact centers. A new whitepaper, entitled, " Does Service Sell? The Financial Impact of Customer Service in Call Centers" looks at how customers react to experiences with call centers, and how call center management can use this information to improve their call center performance from both a service and revenue perspective.

"There are still a lot of call center managers who don't realize how they can demonstrate the impact of their call center's service on the company's bottom line by putting in place the proper call center metrics," said Rich Brose, director of research services for Maritz Research. "In today's tight economy, tools like call center training programs can teach customer service reps to be successful sales professionals, transforming the call center into a much-needed revenue stream."

To learn more about the results of this call center study and how to begin transforming your call center into a source of revenue, download the free call center optimization whitepaper today.

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Harry Gold to Present 'Social Media Marketing for Brand Building' at SES 2009

2009-03-14T06:00:00-04:00

Boston, MA (Gawkwire.com) In this tough economic climate, more and more companies are turning to social media marketing to take advantage of free resources and sharing potential available to companies in today's web environment. To help educate marketing professionals on the latest online techniques, Harry Gold of Boston-based online marketing agency, Overdrive Interactive, will join other online marketing experts to speak at Search Engine Strategies (SES) New York 2009.

Gold, the architect behind the online marketing programs for clients that include Harley-Davidson, John Hancock, LoJack and more, will be featured in the March 25th session "Social Media Marketing for Brand Building".

"Though social media marketing has gained a lot of buzz in the past two years, very few companies have truly integrated social media into their online marketing programs in a way that drives ROI," said Gold. "In this session, online marketers will learn how to use the social media platform to capture the attention of prospects in a way that starts a mutually beneficial conversation, and ultimately builds lasting customer connections to improved bottom lines."

For the past 10 years, SES has been the leading global conference & expo series in educating delegates on search engine marketing (SEM), including optimization (SEO) and advertising strategies, tactics and best practices.

In his second year speaking at this prestigious conference, Gold will be joined by Dave Evans, VP, of Digital Voodoo and Hollis Thomases, Founder of WebAdvantage.net. ClickZ, an online news and advice resource will host the session for interactive marketers, for which Gold is an expert columnist. Erin Brenner, Associate Editor, ClickZ, will moderate the session.

"When we were planning this social media panel, one of the first people who came to mind was Harry," says Brenner. "His company has experience with social media campaigns for clients and been successful at it. In his ClickZ column, he writes frequently about the topic in a way that's accessible to marketers new to the area. We were thrilled that Harry agreed to sit on our panel."

SES New York 2009 will be held at the New York Hilton from March 23-27, 2009. To learn more about SES New York and how you can register, please visit http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/.

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Search Engine Academy Expands to Western Canada

2009-03-14T06:00:00-04:00

Vancouver, BC (Gawkwire.com) A local training option has arrived for individuals and companies in BC and Alberta who want to reach customers through Google, Yahoo and other internet search engines. Successful online marketing can be a cost-effective means of sales and can open up wider markets for products and services. Based in the Kelowna area the Search Engine Academy of Western Canada offers training in Vancouver, Kelowna and Calgary and is just the third of its kind in Canada, following Toronto and Montreal. Future expansion is planned to other cities.

The Academy offers basic and advanced instruction in search engine optimization and marketing. It offers individuals the option to learn in a small classroom setting, with individual instruction and mentoring.

The company also offers private, in-house staff instruction for larger companies, allowing for specialized instruction within a specific industry.

According to the co-founder of the Western Canadian academy, Muriel Archibald, instruction includes information on emerging trends. "For example we examine the implications of personalization of search, and how we, as online marketers, need to react." Search personalization will mean that searchers might see results that have been filtered to reflect not only their location but also their individual interests.

Archibald also believes a workshop setting has advantages over web-based training. "Students have a chance to do exercises and group brainstorming sessions that relate directly to their own Web site. And in a small class with two instructors there's lots of time for individual attention." Archibald shares instructional duties with company co-founder Shelly Coe. Archibald adds an ongoing mentoring program helps students implement what they learn.

The Search Engine Academy of Western Canada has already scheduled four local SEO workshops. Details can be found on the Academy website and SEO blog.

Upcoming Workshops

March 30 to April 3 - Vancouver
June 15 to 19 - Kelowna
September 21 to 25 - Calgary
October 19 to 23 - Vancouver

The parent organization, The US-based Search Engine Academy, provides training in locations in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia.

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eDemos for Rich Retail Content and Online Product Demonstrations

2009-03-13T09:43:00-04:00

Dallas, TX (Gawkwire.com) Preface Media, developer and host of rich media Web applications, announced today new Preface8 eDemos solution. Preface8 eDemos feature self-contained mini-web pages on which customers can learn all about the features and specifications of the catalog products through text, images, video, audio, and Adobe Flash rich media. Each eDemo is encased in an elegant Flash-based skin that presents a user-friendly and engaging interface that invites the customer to explore all aspects of the featured product. eDemo skins can be customized to match the brand identity of the featured product.

Some of eDemo elements designed to catch the customer's attention are clickable hotspots overlaying the product image, voiceovers for hotspots and product videos, and integrated award-winning rich media solutions from Preface Media, including eConfigurator and Virtual 3D. Because all individual elements of an eDemo, including streaming video, are loaded on demand, the response time of the Preface8 eDemo is instantaneous, making for a fulfilling rich media user experience. Preface8 eDemo not only lets the customers explore every aspect of a product, but does so without putting any new burden on the retailer. Preface Media will adapt existing image, video, and voice assets, incorporating them together with custom Flash design in a self-contained eDemo. And as a leading design consulting company Preface Media will create any new required multimedia to complete the eDemo.

With the cost of a full-featured small video editing studio consisting of a personal computer, video editing software and a high-definition camera below $3000, voice and video is now within the budget of any business, large or small. Many businesses that have never considered producing video advertising because of its costs now find themselves empowered to do so. Preface8 eDemo delivers this video message with pinpoint precision to the visitors of the specific product web pages. Implementation is as easy as uploading all the assets to Preface8 Platform and within a few days receiving the finished product. The eDemos Solution will always fit within your budget, and whether it is $1000 or $100,000 Preface Media will deliver the best return on investment for your business.

Features
Flash Introduction: Custom Flash animation on startup to produce a WOW effect on your customers
Custom Flash/Static Template: Seamlessly blend into existing branding and web site layout
Video Encoding: Converts existing video to online Flash streaming video format for faster downloads
Voice-over: Produce professional studio quality training videos or product demonstrations in localized accent or language
Zoom / Pan: Host high resolution images for product close ups
Detailed Content: Incorporate original documentation such as usage guides, assembly drawing or detail product specification in PDF or Word format
Virtual Tour: Add Preface8 Virtual3D to showcase the product from different angles. Minimum 6 images
Add-on: Enhance online shopping experience with Tell-A-Friend, Add-to-Cart, and Print Tear Sheet
Browser Compatibility: Enhance user experience by providing compatibility across major browsers

To find out more about Preface8 eDemos solution, and see samples, click here.

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Hosted Solutions Selected to Power Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

2009-03-13T09:41:00-04:00

Raleigh, NC (Gawkwire.com) Rich Lee, founder and chief executive officer for Hosted Solutions remarked, ''We're thrilled to support such a great cause. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an incredible show. The way they rally an entire community to come together and support a family in need is truly amazing. The websites for each Extreme Makeover show experience tremendous traffic between visitors and volunteer registration. They needed a robust platform that could support substantial spikes in traffic. We handle high volume like that for clients every day so we were well equipped to help.''

The Emmy-award winning hit reality show on ABC Television is coming to the northeastern area of North Carolina to surprise a lucky and deserving family with an extreme home makeover.

Several companies and thousands of volunteers are coming together in Edenton, N.C. to implement an intense, concentrated one-week build of a new home that will make a miracle happen for a deserving family.

Hosted Solutions is providing the IT infrastructure and services to support the official website and central registration database for the show. As part of this, the company is donating a fully redundant infrastructure consisting of fully managed firewalls, load-balancing, server and storage infrastructure supported by an enterprise class data center and multi honed bandwidth across multiple tier 1 providers. Several Hosted Solutions employees donated their time in the evenings and over the weekend to support this initiative.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is one of several charitable organizations that Hosted Solutions supports. The company actively supports Band Together, The Boys and Girls Club of North Carolina and The Tammy Lynn Foundation.

Hosted Solutions' high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting services maintain and protect customers' mission-critical IT systems and applications, enabling them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. The company operates SAS 70 Type II Certified facilities in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, the highest level of security, and a complete managed services portfolio. Hosted Solutions was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners in April 2008 for $144 million.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which has won back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive), is in its 6th season on ABC. The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Anthony Dominici is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA. The show airs on Sundays (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network.

For more information about Hosted Solutions, please visit: www.hostedsolutions.com.

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Blue Ridge/Secure AppGuard Safeguards Social Networkers from Koobface Worm

2009-03-13T09:39:00-04:00

Chantilly, VA (Gawkwire.com) Blue Ridge Networks today confirmed that Blue Ridge/Secure AppGuard™ protects users of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and MyYearbook from the Koobface worm and its variants. The worm infects PCs and sends user credentials to a remote server. An attacker can then spoof a legitimate Facebook user and further distribute the worm via messages to un-suspecting friends. This in turn compromises even more systems, exposes personal and corporate data and permits the attacker to install permanent data theft software.

Unlike traditional anti-malware and antivirus products, AppGuard does not rely on signatures to identify incoming malware. Instead, it guards at-risk applications and prevents them from performing actions, such as loading a Trojan horse, which would indicate that the applications have been compromised. This approach enables AppGuard to stop unknown malware, while signature-based solutions can only intercept malware that has been previously identified. Studies have shown generic signature-based security software stops about 45% of new malware. By adding AppGuard, overall protection can be increased to cover over 90% of today and tomorrow's malware.

"Social networking sites are proving to be fertile ground for cyber attacks. Users naturally trust the communications that pass throughout the network, which works in the attackers' favor," said Mike Fumai, CEO of Blue Ridge Networks. "And as businesses increase their use of social networks for marketing and sales purposes we expect to see even more attempts to exploit these sites using increasingly sophisticated malware."

AppGuard is client-based software designed for consumers and enterprises to neutralize malware attacks against social-networking sites and the applications most targeted by hackers, such as Web browsers, Microsoft Office Applications, and Media Players. Additional applications are easily added to the guarded list by either System Administrators or end-users.

Blue Ridge/Secure AppGuard is priced at $24.95 per user. A free, 30-day trial is also available.

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IT Executives Urged To Look Beyond the Glass Ceiling at ITSMF Symposium

2009-03-13T09:37:00-04:00

Batavia, Illinois (Gawkwire.com) The "Who's Who" of information technology (IT) leaders from the public and private sector gathered in Irving, Texas, last month to honor colleagues who have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of information technology while demonstrating proactive leadership in advancing diversity. This highly-anticipated event was part of the symposium "Globalization from a Business, Economic and Cultural Perspective," a forum designed to equip African-American and Hispanic IT executives to compete in today's global marketplace. Events were co-sponsored by The Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) and The Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC).

The Awards Gala, which attracted approximately 500 corporate, government and association executives and guests, featured a keynote address by Dr. Randal D. Pinkett, an established entrepreneur, speaker, author and community servant, and winner of NBC's top-rated show The Apprentice. Pinkett is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, a technology and policy consulting firm based in Newark, New Jersey.

In his presentation entitled "Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Game-Changing Strategies for IT Executives and Entrepreneurs," Pinkett proposed that the "glass ceiling" is no longer a relevant metaphor for the challenges facing minorities in 21st century, and that a more appropriate analogy would be that of an "ever-changing game." Pinkett then outlined the game-changing strategies IT executives and companies need to succeed in IT today -- working across lines of difference; creating strategic partnerships between IT entities; and fostering mentoring relationships between IT corporations and minority IT firms.

ITSMF 2009 Recognition Awards Ceremony
Each year, ITSMF is proud to honor industry leaders who contribute to the advancement of the IT industry and help ITSMF fulfill its mission: to fill the pipeline with the next generation of African-American IT leaders. This year's award recipients were:

Monte Ford, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, American Airlines - Diamond Leadership Award.

Dr. Randal Pinkett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BCT Partners - The Beacon Award.

Dr. Cheick Modibo Diarra, Chairman Middle East & Africa, Microsoft Corporation - The Summit Heritage Award.

Dr. Elva Jones, Department Chair, Winston Salem State University - The Ivory Dome Award.

James Cook, VP Data Center Transformation, Hewlett-Packard - The Sterling Leadership Award.

UBS - Corporate Sponsor of the Year Award.

LaTasha Gary, Senior Director of Global Channel Partner Information, Hewlett- Packard - Member of the Year Award.

David Segura, CEO of VisionIT and Vice-chair of HITEC - Special Recognition Award.

"I cannot express in words how grateful I am for this honor. I believe so much in the vision and mission of ITSMF… that you reach back and pull in the young people who had no idea that they could achieve the levels that you have achieved," described one recipient. Another summed up the ceremony event best: "ITSMF encourages me and motivates me to stay in the game."

For more information on this year's award recipients and award categories, visit ITSMF's website at www.itsmfonline.org.

The evening also marked the first time ITSMF held an Executive Online Auction, giving members a chance to benefit from one-on-one networking with some of the nation's most sought after executives from America's top global organizations. Participants praised ITSMF for offering a great opportunity to network and build relationships with senior level executives.

Globalization Symposium speakers helped IT execs compete in today's global world
ITSMF/HITEC's globalization symposium, held on February 12-14, 2009, was an ideal opportunity for IT executives at the C-level, or striving for a C-level position, to learn, share and network with other Fortune 500 IT executives.

The lineup of speakers - who helped IT executives grasp the importance of globalization and move this issue to the forefront within their organizations -- included:

Mark Polansky, Senior Client Partner & Managing Director, Information Technology Officers Practice, of Korn/Ferry, the executive recruitment industry's leader and innovator. Polansky's session looked at how senior management's expectations of the Chief Information Officer position have evolved towards a leadership role as a catalyst for change, transformation, innovation and value creation.

Terri Morrison, Co-Author of Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More Than Sixty Countries. Cross-cultural expert Morrison spoke about local customs and proper business etiquette throughout the world.

Leo Abruzzese, Editorial Director in North America for The Economist Intelligence Unit. Abruzzese offered a global forecast for the next two years for an economic crisis that has spread from Iceland to Indonesia and may have much further to run.

Jorge L. Lopez, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst for the Gartner Group. This dynamic session addressed how CEOs view the current business climate and its impact on IT for 2009 and what CIOs will face over the next 18 months. Lopez also shared the most significant CEO viewpoints and their impact on IT and what IT executives should do about them.

Event sponsors were About the Information Technology Senior Management Forum:
The Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) is the only national organization dedicated exclusively to fostering senior-level executive talent among African-American IT professionals. ITSMF provides a supportive network for enhancing the leadership skills of the IT executives that make up the membership; and its formal mentoring program assists dedicated mid-level managers to grow into executive level positions. For more information about ITSMF, visit www.itsmfonline.org.

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OneRiot and Internet Explorer 8 Present CodeFest at MIX09

2009-03-13T09:32:00-04:00

Boulder, CO / San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) OneRiot, the social search engine that finds the pulse of the web, today announced the company will co-sponsor with Microsoft (MSFT) the first ever CodeFest at MIX '09. The CodeFest is presented by Add-on-Con and Internet Explorer 8.

Event: CodeFest at MIX09
Date: 3/17/2009
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 10:00pm PDT
Presented by: Add-on-Con and the Internet Explorer 8 team
Where: The Venetian in Las Vegas, NV. Room Marcello 4406
Event Website: http://2009.visitmix.com/Agenda/UnSessions.aspx

Quote:
The goal of CodeFest is to create functioning Web Slices, Accelerators or other add-ons that get users excited. We are looking forward to bringing developers together in one place to answer tough questions and build add-ons for the new IE8 browser. -- Robert Reich, founder of Add-on-Con and OneRiot.

About CodeFest
Browser enhancements can be used to make web sites more easily accessible, provide a persistent connection and make services easier to use for everyone. This four-hour CodeFest will gather developers for a fast-paced, hands-on opportunity to create Web Slices, Accelerators and add-ons. Bring your laptops and great ideas, and we'll have Internet Explorer engineering team members on hand to help out and provide the support and all the information you need to create and publicize your new Web Slice, Accelerator or add-on. Add-on-Con, the yearly conference, supports the business of building and marketing add-ons.

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The World's First Global Directory Service Goes 'Live'

2009-03-12T12:00:00-04:00

NEW YORK, NY (Gawkwire.com) The registry operator for the new .tel domains, which provide individuals and businesses with a unique way of sharing all types of contact information with any device connected to the internet, successfully launched its new service.

"This is a momentous day for the company as eight years of development has come to fruition," said Henri Asseily, CTO and Chief Strategist at Telnic. "We're delighted to be delivering something that will push the boundaries of communications and the internet to the next level, putting the power back into the hands of the individual when it comes to using and sharing contact information."

Businesses and individuals are now logging into their own .tel domains, enabling them to store contact information, keywords and location information, which is then published to the internet quickly and securely without needing to build a website.

Asseily adds: "This fundamental change in the use of the internet will break open the ability for anyone to now own a domain and be found from any device. This is the biggest innovation to hit the internet and communications and it seems fitting that we have achieved this on the 133rd anniversary of the first use of the telephone. From today, people will be able to dial a .tel name to connect with people. The future of communications is now wide open to innovation."

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ffwd Introduces Twitmatic

2009-03-12T12:00:00-04:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Gawkwire.com) At InteractiveTV Today’s TV of Tomorrow Show, ffwd (pronounced “fast forward”) today launched Twitmatic, a destination powered by ffwd.com that lets users watch a real-time stream of videos being shared on Twitter. Now, the company that introduced hundreds of thousands of consumers to the idea of a personal remote control for web video is bringing its channel concept to millions of Twitterers – go to www.twitmatic.com and check it out.

“Twitter, as the dedicated real-time communications platform, is the best place and audience to demonstrate how ffwd enables an instantaneous community-driven television channel,” said Patrick Koppula, CEO of ffwd. “Plus, it’s just so much fun to watch the visual stream of collective consciousness take shape!”

ffwd has already received an incredible amount of user feedback on its Twitmatic release and looks forward to making further enhancements including:

support for Twitter trending terms;
support for filtering by usernames/people you follow;
support for filtering by ffwd channels;
search by keyword;
a comments stream; and
permalinks
Twitmatic is built on ffwd’s MyTV infrastructure, a beta platform to increase the stickiness of your blog, website or social profile by creating a channel based on it. In just a few minutes, the MyTV Widget lets you now build an embeddable "TV station" that plays an engaging sequence of hundreds of videos based on your site topics (or any topics you choose for that matter). To get started making one specific to your own community, visit the MyTV creation tool at http://www.ffwd.com/widget/create. The ability to integrate the player with your look and feel is coming soon.

Bonus: For those who are unable to make it to SxSW, don’t just read what’s going on, watch it in real-time starting Friday, March 13th at http://www.twitmatic.com/SxSW. To know when the stream has started, follow @twitmatic on Twitter or subscribe to blog.ffwd.com. If you are posting video from SxSW to Twitter, be sure to include SxSW in the tweet so this channel can pick it up.

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Photobucket Announces New, Expanded Photo and Video-Sharing Features

2009-03-12T12:00:00-04:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Gawkwire.com) Photobucket (http://photobucket.com), the Web’s premier stand-alone photo and video-sharing Web site, today launched a new, innovative set of features that expands the way users share photos and videos across multiple Web sites. By partnering with Gigya, whose technology has become the standard for connecting content with the social web, and leveraging its own open API platform, Photobucket now enables its more than 48 million unique monthly users worldwide* to utilize a simple point-and-click “share” interface to publish their photos and videos across more Web sites than any other stand-alone photo and video-sharing site.

Photobucket’s simultaneous share feature saves users the hassle of individually uploading the same photos and videos to multiple social networking and blogging sites. By using Photobucket.com as a central hub, users simply choose which media they want on which site, and Photobucket’s simultaneous share feature will automatically post the media as directed, in real time. Users can choose to distribute photos, videos and even slideshows to top social media sites including MySpace, Facebook, BlackPlanet, Bebo, Blogger and others, all through Photobucket’s simple point-and-click interface. Photobucket users currently link their media to more than 2.4 million individual top-level Web domains daily** and a recent study from the Consumer Electronics Association reveals consumers on average share 51 percent of the photos they take***.

“As the first Website to provide users with embed codes to share photos back in 2003, sharing has always been at Photobucket’s core,” said Alex Welch, President of Photobucket. “Our newest updates make it easier than ever for Photobucket’s users to quickly share their favorite memories online through any number of Web outlets.”

Photobucket’s sharing expansion will also allow users to embed “live” photo and video slideshows that are updated in real time as users upload new content to their account. Additionally, Photobucket is launching its “My Photobucket” application exclusively for Facebook that enables a user’s entire Photobucket album to be displayed directly on their Facebook profile.

Concurrently, Photobucket has expanded the functionality of its mobile WAP site (m.photobucket.com), first introduced in November 2007. The new version improves the flow and navigation of the site, and also allows users to view ratings and comments. Photobucket Mobile is available through all mobile carrier networks.

Over the past year, Photobucket has built the most comprehensive mobile offering of any photo and video sharing Web site, working with more U.S. carriers and mobile phone manufacturers than any other dedicated photo- and video-sharing site. Traffic to Photobucket’s mobile WAP site has tripled over 2008 and continues to grow at an accelerated rate.

For more information, please visit http://blog.photobucket.com. New users can sign up for a free Photobucket account at http://photobucket.com. For more information on My Photobucket for Facebook, go to http://apps.facebook.com/pbphotos/. For more information about Photobucket for Mobile, go to http://photobucket.com/mobile.

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Netcraft Names 34SP.com Reliable Hosting

2009-03-12T09:36:00-04:00

Manchester, UK (Gawkwire.com) Customer focused website hosting company, 34SP.com, has debuted on the Netcraft list of the top 50 Most Reliable Hosting Providers' Network Performance. Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of fifty leading hosting providers' sites. The performance measurements are made at fifteen minute intervals from separate points around the Internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period. 34SP.com is currently ranked 25th in the world according to real-time Netcraft data.

34SP.com co-founder Stuart Melling explained the importance of server uptime for the company's clients, ''34SP.com was founded on the principle that high service, high reliability website hosting could be made available to every developer, designer and small businessperson at a reasonable cost. Our recent investments in the very best hardware and support personnel have clearly paid off with this exciting new announcement. Netcraft is recognized as the worldwide authority in analyzing web server reliability, and 34SP.com is proud to deliver this type of consistency on behalf of our clients.''

According to 34SP.com the company recently bolstered the reliability and performance of its network and service functions by investing in a comprehensive infrastructure upgrade. The investments were driven by significantly increased adoption of the company's business hosting accounts, often used by UK developers and resellers for ecommerce, transactional and programming functionality for businesses. The 34SP.com business hosting offering is found here: http://www.34sp.com/business-hosting.

Recent customer service investments at 34SP.com include hiring additional technical support staff, improved office and data center hardware, and expansion of the customer service footprint within the 34SP.com global headquarters.

The initiative for the additional support investments were the results of an extensive client survey conducted by 34SP.com earlier in 2009. The survey queried a large subset of 15,000 website hosting clients at 34SP.com and included shared, business, VPS and dedicated server clients. The company revealed an interesting statistic from the survey regarding referral rates. When asked, ''How likely are you to recommend 34SP.com?'' fully 98 percent of current clients affirmed that they would refer the company. The company points to this data as confirming the positive effect that server reliability and outstanding customer service has on referral rates.

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

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RightScale Adds Full Support for Ubuntu Server to its Cloud Management Platform

2009-03-12T09:35:00-04:00

Santa Barbara, CA (Gawkwire.com) RightScale®, Inc., the leader in cloud computing management, today announced full support for the popular Ubuntu distribution as part of the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. The Ubuntu software development community can now use RightScale to easily deploy and manage cloud applications on cloud infrastructures such as Amazon EC2 with complete control and portability.

"Ubuntu is the fastest-growing Linux distribution, and we anticipate that cloud computing will be an increasingly active area of development for the large Ubuntu community," said Thorsten von Eicken, RightScale CTO and founder. "RightScale's cloud management platform removes much of the complexity and risk from cloud computing, providing an easy way for Ubuntu developers to 'test the waters' of cloud computing or even deploy full production cloud applications for cost-effective, on-demand IT."

RightScale's Web-based cloud management platform lets any organization tap the enormous power of cloud computing for scalable, cost-effective IT infrastructure on demand, with complete control and portability. RightScale reduces the complexity of cloud deployments, enabling organizations to launch business-critical applications in a matter of hours, without the risk of lock-in.

The RightScale Platform now includes a full suite of cloud-ready ServerTemplates for Ubuntu, which are pre-built templates for common server configurations - such as scalable web and application arrays, database clusters, and grids - all running on Ubuntu. RightScale's ServerTemplates make it easy to deploy, manage and dynamically scale even complex, multi-cloud applications on the fully automated RightScale Platform.

"The RightScale cloud management platform gives Ubuntu developers an excellent cloud management solution, with automated management of the complete cloud deployment throughout the application's lifecycle," said Simon Wardley, support services manager at Canonical. "RightScale is a clear leader in the cloud space, and we look forward to working with them as we continue to embrace cloud computing as part of Ubuntu."

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Online Tech First in Michigan to Complete SAS 70 Audit for All Three Data Centers

2009-03-12T09:32:00-04:00

Ann Arbor, Michigan (Gawkwire.com) Online Tech announced today that it has successfully completed its SAS 70 (Statement on Auditing Standards number 70) audit for all three of its Michigan Data Centers. SAS 70 for IT Data Centers is similar to ISO 9000 standards for manufacturing enterprises or Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for publicly traded companies. SAS 70 is a nationally recognized audit standard for evaluating process and security control procedures across the data center.

Online Tech is unique in Michigan in that all three of its data centers have successfully completed a SAS 70 Audit.

The independent auditing firm UHY, LLP examined the centers closely, specifically examining control objectives in the areas of organizational structure, governance and administration, physical and environmental controls, physical and network security, and system availability and performance.

Online Tech invested significant time and resources into the SAS 70 audit process to ensure the security, controls, and processes in each of our data centers are closely followed and monitored. "As our client base has expanded to include more publicly held companies and their service providers, we saw the demand to have our data centers undergo a SAS 70 audit" said Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech. "The audit enhances our ability to support companies facing Sarbanes Oxley requirements when they outsource their data centers through colocation or dedicated server hosting."

The benefits that SAS 70 audited data centers provide include:

Assurance that the internal controls within the data center are in place, are suitably designed, and are operating effectively,
Assurance that physical access, IT infrastructure, data and network are secured against certain threats,
Assurance that the data center's control policies and procedures have been evaluated and reviewed by an independent third party, and
Confidence that colocating with a data center operator that has undergone a SAS 70 audit provides clients the ability to assure their own customers that their data and information is secure, helping them keep, attract, and build their business.

The SAS 70 audit, or Statement on Auditing Standards ("SAS") No. 70, was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as a means of auditing and reporting the effectiveness of operations and controls of a service provider. The resulting SAS 70 audit report enables Online Tech to communicate details on internal operations and security controls to our clients in an industry accepted format. Our independent auditors perform thorough testing and assessment of each of our controls.

By completing the SAS 70 audit process, Online Tech's clients have assurance that each of its data centers consistently demonstrates the same high standard of security and control.

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Good CEO's: The Death Of Economic Stimulus Plans

2009-03-11T09:45:00-04:00

NY Metro (Gawkwire.com) CEOs will be the single most important people in saving the economy, but not if they are "doing what they best." President Obama and the Congress did not cause the current economic crisis and their bailouts will not be able to fix it. It was created within the business world and that is where it will be solved. This makes CEOs the vanguard of any recovery.

"Right now CEOs are trying to be 'good CEOs,' and that's the worst thing they can do," says Erik Luhrs of CEO ROI Systems, Inc., the author of a new white paper on CEOs and the economic recovery. "By 'good' I mean that they are doing what they were trained to do. But as Einstein said: 'You can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it.'"

Drawing parallels with 9/11, Luhrs states that the our recent economic troubles were not caused by the subprime mortgage debacle, NAFTA, the rise of China and India or any other "cause" seen in the news. Instead he says the cause is the rapid transition from the Industrial Age to the Information-Technology Age. He claims that CEOs who were trained in Industrial Age thinking aren't ready for this new Age and they don't have the ability to fix the troubles they've gotten into.

"There are three steps that CEOs will need to take in order to save their companies and the economy," says Luhrs. "They will need to A) Take on full responsibility. B) Think radically different than they ever have before. C) Take action, in line with the new thinking, right now. Most of today's CEOs are simply not ready to think or act like this. Of course the CEO who is ready for this new Age, or who rapidly prepares themselves to deal with it, and saves their company and helps to save the economy, will be a legend in their own time."

To receive a copy of the white paper 'Are You Setting Up Your Company And The World Economy For Ruin? Why Trying to Be a Good CEO is the Single Worst Thing You Can Do Right Now, And What You Must Do Instead!' Visit: http://bit.ly/n53aN

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DiscountASP.NET Expands Open Control Panel Initiative

2009-03-11T09:41:00-04:00

Pasadena, CA (Gawkwire.com) ASP.NET hosting and SQL hosting leader, DiscountASP.NET, announces expanding their Open Control Panel API with the addition of APIs for SQL 2008 Database backup. The new SQL Backup API is part of DiscountASP.NET's Open Control Panel Initiative, whose goal is to offer an open hosting system framework which provides customers with maximum control over their hosting presence management.

In 2006, to support this initiative, DiscountASP.NET introduced an ASP.NET web service API library which customers can use to develop their own web, desktop, or mobile applications that interface directly with their web hosting account. In the first phase, DiscountASP.NET exposed methods to retrieve resource usage information, and manage some IIS functions, such as recycling their application pool. Today, DiscountASP.NET expose methods for customers to backup their SQL 2008 databases.

DiscountASP.NET customers can activate access to the API library through their control panel and are assigned a unique Authentication Key. In addition, a Sandbox Key is available so that customers can test their applications without the risk of making changes to their hosting account.

"The control panel API is a move to provide our customers with a next-generation hosting experience." said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing. "Our vision for the Open Control Panel Initiative is to offer our customers with increased flexibility and freedom of choice. Customers can manage their hosting presence using our hosted control panel application or through web services and customized user-driven solutions."

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GoGrid, Explains "Scaling Your Internet Business" in New Whitepaper

2009-03-11T09:33:00-04:00

San Francisco, CA (Gawkwire.com) GoGrid, the Cloud Computing division of ServePath, LLC today released new whitepaper, titled "Scaling Your Internet Business," designed to aid in the understanding of best practices for scaling Internet application architectures. The whitepaper is available on the GoGrid and ServePath sites.

Scalability is critical to the success of many organizations currently involved in doing business on the Web or who are providing information that may suddenly become heavily demanded. While there are many strategies that IT organizations can undertake, the way they are designed and implemented can make or break these businesses.

The GoGrid whitepaper covers the following topics:

How Web Applications scale
Cloud Computing & Scalability
Choosing a Scaling Strategy
GoGrid Scalability Options

Cloud Computing provides on-demand IT resources for many of the typical scaling points that web applications require, including servers, storage, bandwidth and networking. Growing your business within the Cloud means adding capacity as-needed allowing application environments to scale with demand, in real-time.

"Businesses need more than just cloud computing to solve their scalability problems," says Randy Bias, GoGrid's Vice President of Technology Strategy and the whitepaper author. "Web operators and developers want to use the best tool for the job and, right now, cloud computing is one tool in their arsenal. GoGrid has pioneered the concept of cloudcenters, datacenters-in-the-cloud, which provide the full range of scalability tools needed for a growing business including cloud servers, managed dedicated database servers, private VLANs, VPNs, and even co-location for those who need their own hardware. This whitepaper describes how a growing business can use vertical and horizontal scaling techniques to the most advantage to save money and never miss a prospect, customer, reader or interaction."

GoGrid provides a variety of scalability options, many of which are outlined within this whitepaper. Importantly, businesses will find that not all solutions fit their needs. To that end, GoGrid offers many options in and outside of the Cloud, including Cloud Connect which enables dynamic, cloud-enabled web and application servers within the GoGrid cloudcenter to connect via a dedicated private network connection to high-performance and robust physical back-end servers which may host complex databases or files requiring compliance audits.

Companies interested in learning about Web Application Scalability, Cloud Infrastructure, hybrid hosting and scaling solutions available from GoGrid or ServePath are encouraged to download this whitepaper from either the GoGrid site or ServePath site.

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Engine Ready CEO Jamie Smith to Speak at SES Conference

2009-03-11T09:31:00-04:00

San Diego, CA (Gawkwire.com) Engine Ready’s CEO, Jamie Smith will be speaking on two different sessions at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in New York on March 26th. Mr. Smith will be a panelist in an interactive session, “Extreme Makeover: Live Site Clinic!” where volunteers from the audience will have their websites reviewed. The panel of experts will provide proven strategies and feedback on improving those site’s conversion rates.

Additionally, Mr. Smith will be leading a session, titled “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark: Black Hat PPC Tactics.” This session will disclose advanced PPC strategies beyond the normally documented limits of straightforward bid management.

"We feel the SES Conference is a great opportunity to share our in-depth search marketing knowledge while also getting a real pulse on the industry from the many talented search marketers who attend these conferences”, reports CEO Jamie Smith.

Search Engine Strategies will have educational sessions on PPC, SEO, Social Media, Landing Page improvement, Website Optimizing, Usability and Accessibility in Search, Proper Advertising, Search Marketing fluency, Branding and other ways to succeed in Internet Marketing. For more information on the Search Engine Strategies Conference, visit http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/

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ServerBlog.us.com Launches Dedicated Server FAQ Blog and Referral Service

2009-03-11T09:28:00-04:00

New Orleans, LA (Gawkwire.com) The idea behind The Dedicated Server Blog was first born when the creator was looking for information on web hosting, in particular, dedicated servers. "There just wasn't much out there in terms of the blogosphere," said Chris Hartwell, the owner of inlayout, llc, the founding company behind The Dedicated Server Blog. "That's why we started ServerBlog.us.com, as a way to put out useful information on web server and hosting technologies for the public who is looking for answers to some commonly asked questions. There needs to be a definitive niche blog in place to interact with this market," said Chris.

The dedicated server market is vast and competitive. Because of the large number of companies competing for clients and high sign-up costs, advertising costs in this arena can be staggering. What's more compelling is that the downturn of the US economy has already caused this industry to take a hit since dedicated servers are not a necessary expense for most everyday websites.

The companies who lease dedicated servers are usually highly invested in their web properties, and dependent on high availability hosting. When income is dependent on server uptime, cheap "mom & pop" shared hosting accounts can become the "Achilles heel" of a mid to large sized business.

The problem with the blogosphere these days is, no one's talking about it. And very few, if any, blogs out there are completely "dedicated to dedicated" like ServerBlog will be. Chris has a "dedicated" staff writer, who will post daily. He has partnerships with the biggest names in the industry, companies like Rackspace, LiquidWeb, Peer1, and FastServers.net. "We won't just link out to our partners and serve advertising," Chris continues, "we have a form on our website where anyone can describe their hosting needs and get a free recommendation from us on a server that should meet their needs, as well as the best company to get it from. Our site will also serve as a smart referral service for people searching for providers."

Chris's background in internet marketing, particularly SEO & SEM, provides a solid foundation for a site like The Dedicated Server Blog to achieve success. Under inlayout, llc, he started and continues to operate two very successful websites in their niche, one a social media site / public forum, and the other a top mental health referral service that has been going 5 years strong and continues to grow. His experience in designing and marketing websites from the ground up ensures that this won't be the last we hear about The Dedicated Server Blog.

When you visit, be sure to add ServerBlog.us.com to your technorati "favorites" and social bookmarking sites.

For more information on ServerBlog.us.com or inlayout, llc, email chartwell (at) inlayout (dot) net, or call 1-888-354-8221.

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AspDotNetStorefront ML/Express E-Commerce Product Launched

2009-03-11T00:25:00-04:00

Westlake, OH (Gawkwire.com) AspDotNetStorefront expands its e-commerce shopping cart product offerings with the new and exciting AspDotNetStorefront ML/Express platform, servicing the rapidly growing small business e-commerce market. ML/Express expands our reach even further into the still rapidly growing small business e-commerce market; e-commerce is still showing strong growth even in a tough economy.

Built using the same robust AspDotNetStorefront asp.net shopping cart engine core that powers sites such as Crocs™ and Z Gallerie®, AspDotNetStorefront ML/Express opens professional e-commerce capabilities to smaller merchants with less complex requirements. AspDotNetStorefront ML/Express simplifies the industry leading feature set of AspDotNetStorefront ML to make it more intuitive, cost effective, and easier to manage for small merchants, cementing its position as the ideal choice for businesses just entering the online marketplace, or looking to upgrade from an archaic, expensive hosted online store, or other obsolete shopping cart platform.

"AspDotNetStorefront ML/Express is strong medicine for merchants suffering from a tough economy," said AspDotNetStorefront's COO Dan Van Kuren. "By lowering the barrier to entry for small businesses looking to put up a professional e-commerce website or enhance an existing online store, we've opened the door to a market which, according to reputable sources, is still growing at double-digit percentages in spite of the massive economic downturn. Online sales are expected to increase by $10 billion this year, so small businesses that are not online need to be. Instead of eroding margins by charging a percentage of each transaction like many competitors do, we are offering a best-of-breed platform for a one-time price that any small business can afford, allowing merchants to be more competitive by achieving greater profitability at lower overall price points. It's difficult to argue with that type of value proposition."

AspDotNetStorefront ML/Express is available starting at $695, and supports an easy upgrade path to the full AspDotNetStorefront ML shopping cart platform, allowing growing businesses to effortlessly expand as their online sales grow. For more information, visit: shopping cart.

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WebhostingDay 2009 Sells Out

2009-03-10T09:49:00-04:00

The fifth annual version of Europe’s premier web hosting event and conference was running at pre-registration levels far above last year, and a sell out looked likely. According to show creator and organizer, Thomas Strohe, the limit of 2,500 attendees has been reached - well in advance of the show opening dates. WebhostingDay 2009 will be held from March 18-20 2009 in the city of Bruehl, Germany - which is about 25 kilometers outside Cologne. The event venue is Phantasialand which was the determining factor in the attendance levels.

Although the conference is officially sold out at this point, Mr. Strohe left open the possibility that there may be a few ”walk on” spots available at the show itself. That is, if someone who has reserved a spot does not show up, that spot may be given to someone who shows up at the show in person - but without a reserved spot. Of course that still leaves the problem of where to book your hotel room, since every room within a 25 kilometer radius of the event is booked up as well. If you were to sign up at the show, the regular attendance fee would be charged.

So how does a trade show sell out in this depressed economic environment? According to Mr. Strohe a large part of the interest is due to the ”large number of famous partner companies who contribute with talks and exhibitions.” One of those famous partner companies is Advanced Micro Devices or AMD. Sabine Eiserloh-Kaiser is Business Development Manager Enterprise with AMD and speculated on why this show has sold out, ”According to IDC, spending on IT cloud services is supposed to be 25% of IT spending growth by 2012. Cloud computing is one of the strongest growing segments in IT these days.” AMD is sponsoring the CloudCamp portion of the WebhostingDay agenda - which is focused on cloud computing.

Other attendees point to much simpler reasons, interest in networking with European colleagues and learning more about the European hosting markets. ”I’m drawn to the WebhostingDay conference by the opportunity to network with other hosting professionals,” says Phil Robinson, a programmer and developer at UK based website hosting company 34SP.com. ”In addition, I’ve never been to a web hosting conference in Germany and I’m looking forward to sampling the local culture and cuisine.”

Blogger and web hosting expert, Dimitar Avramovis the creator and current editor of the Daw Web Hosting Blog. Mr. Avramovis explained his agenda for the pre-conference period and also at the show, ”I’m originally from Bulgaria, so prior to my WebhostingDay trip I’ll be in Milan, Italy and when the conference ends I’m going to Amsterdam on business. I’m planning to have 2 days for sightseeing as well. You know Europe is a great continent. It is easy to travel and to do business. There are also thousands of wonderful historical places. I know there are some wonderful castles around Cologne (Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Bruehl), part of UNESCO world heritage. I’m definitely going to see the Cathedral. As a media representative and blogger my expectations are a little bit different than those that other participants might have. Most of them will go to WebhostingDay to do business. I’ll be there to cover the event, and to engage in networking.”

I’ll be at the show (luckily I signed up a couple of weeks ago) and look forward to meeting any of you that will also be at WebhostingDay 2009.

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HostMySite Debuts Professional Migration Services

2009-03-10T09:40:00-04:00

Newark, DE (Gawkwire.com) HostMySite, a web hosting services company, introduces the first customized Professional Migration Service offered by a major hosting provider developed for the unique needs of dedicated, colocation and virtual private server (VPS) clients. This new service is provided by a Professional Services Team dedicated to successfully helping customers migrate their sensitive infrastructure to new HostMySite hosting environments.

HostMySite launched their Professional Migration Service offering in June 2008 with a beta program that has since attracted over 150 successful migrations.

"We're very excited to announce the Professional Migration Service, which is our latest effort to make the customer experience at HostMySite as worry-free as possible," says Dave Malone, HostMySite Assistant Vice President of Operations. "Our mission of 'Service Defined' begins before our customer's vital infrastructure is even transferred to us. We dedicate a team of seasoned webhosting professionals to plan and execute the migration to our state-of-the-art facilities and begin our relationship as a trusted technology partner."

Professional Migration Services pairs customers with HostMySite's Professional Services Team who provide assistance during each step of the migration process. This team works to create a customized migration plan and timeline that fits around company-specific schedules. Professional Migration Services range from answering a few questions to a pre and post full-service migration plan and complete transfer of data and applications settings from:

Previous environments
Outgrown HostMySite plans
Hosting platforms outside of HostMySite

Once migrations are complete, rigorous testing of the new environment by the Professional Services Team ensures the improved solution is configured correctly for optimal performance. "Every customer is different, so every migration is customized," said Stacy Griggs, Chief Service Officer and General Manager at HostMySite. "Our Professional Services Team has developed an extensive methodology that encompasses discovery, migration planning, quality assurance and acceptance testing to ensure complete customer satisfaction."

HostMySite's goal is to remove the intimidation, stress and complexity of the migration process by becoming an extension of their customers IT department.

"Migrating infrastructure can be a very daunting task and we have helped hundreds of customers with this process," comments Dan Bogart, HostMySite Professional Services Manager. "It's through the rigors of these success stories that we have perfected a process that makes almost any infrastructure or website move seamless for a business."

To learn more about HostMySite's new Professional Migration Services, go to http://www.hostmysite.com/managedservices/migration/.

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Scribe Software Earns Certified for Microsoft Dynamics Accreditation

2009-03-10T09:38:00-04:00

Bedford, NH (Gawkwire.com) Scribe Software, a rapid integration vendor and the leading integration and migration solution choice of Microsoft Dynamics® CRM, Microsoft Dynamics® GP and Microsoft Dynamics® NAV partners and customers has received the Certified for Microsoft Dynamics designation, which signifies that the Scribe solution has once again met Microsoft's highest standard for partner-developed software.

By successfully meeting all certification requirements, Scribe may continue to carry the distinct Certified for Microsoft Dynamics logo. Scribe has previously achieved the Microsoft Dynamics accreditation for earlier versions of Microsoft Dynamics and will continue to remain current with Microsoft accreditations.

"By requiring both the software solution and the partner to meet our highest standards, Microsoft is assuring customers that these certified solutions work with their investments in Microsoft Dynamics," said Doug Kennedy, vice president, Microsoft Dynamics Partners. "Microsoft congratulates Scribe on achieving the Certified for Microsoft Dynamics status for Scribe Insight by demonstrating its success and commitment in delivering a leading Microsoft Dynamics solution."

"Scribe is the leading vendor in the Microsoft Dynamics integration market providing cost-effective, no-coding, easy to implement technology that can be used as the only tool mid-market businesses need to integrate virtually any application, data source or Software as a Service (SaaS) platform," commented Scribe CEO Mark Prestipino. "With a conservatively estimated 50%+ penetration rate into the Microsoft Dynamics CRM customer base and strong penetration into Dynamics GP and Dynamics NAV Scribe has become the standard integration platform within the Microsoft Dynamics channel.

Scribe's more than 800 partners in the Microsoft Dynamics channel work with our solution because it allows them to standardize on a single tool. Our partners see the value of having Scribe as their 'one club in the bag' for all their migration and integration needs."

Scribe Software is a Gold Sponsor at Microsoft's customer conference Convergence 2009, March 10 - 14, 2009 in New Orleans, LA.

Smart Integrators Standardize on Scribe
With over 800 partners worldwide Scribe has the necessary global reach to assist customers with their integration needs. Scribe resellers include:

AlfaPeople
Ascentium
Aspective
Avanade
Columbus IT
Customer Effective
ePartners
Infinity Info Systems
Orbis AG
Qurius
Tectura
Tribridge
Touchstone
VOX

"Scribe enables us to offer a cost effective solution for our customers by shortening the time to perform data conversion and build integrations. Scribe enables customers to support complex integrations, without code, making it easy for customers to maintain and update as their business needs change or as integration with new systems is required."

Shannon DiBenedetto, CRM Practice Leader, Tribridge
"Customer Effective has standardized on Scribe for integration and data migration. Scribe allows us to quickly prototype migrations and integrations - and provides the flexibility to easily adapt to changes in the design and data sources. The bottom line is that it helps us keep our projects on track and our customers happy."

Scott Sewell, CRM Project Manager, Customer Effective
"Infinity Info Systems has standardized on Scribe for data migration and integration. The Scribe product is powerful yet simple to configure and gives us the flexibility to quickly and easily integrate our customers' systems. Scribe's connector for Dynamics CRM is extensive and makes integrations very intuitive."

Bob Peskin, Microsoft CRM Practice Manager - Infinity Info Systems"In larger Dynamics CRM implementations, data migration can be one of the most costly and time consuming components of the project. Ascentium often leverages Scribe and its adapters to make this part of the project more predictable and cost effective for our customers"

Aaron Elder, Chief CRM Architect at Ascentium
Smart Businesses Choose Scribe
With thousands of customers, Scribe solutions provide an ideal balance of scalability, affordability and ease of implementation and modification. Scribe customers include:

Amica Life Insurance
Bank of America
Carnival Cruise Lines
Equinox Fitness
Fidelity
Fujitsu
Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Kodak
National Geographic
Onity
Pepsi
Raymond James
US Airways

Tim Nugiel, Manager of Business Systems at Equinox Fitness, uses Scribe to integrate Equinox's business applications including Microsoft Dynamics CRM. "With all the pre-baked functionality within Scribe, it's just point and click. Just to handle the amount of data feeds we're dealing with we would have to hire at least two or three additional people. Instead, Scribe allows us to put it on autopilot - it automatically manages the information exchange between our systems."

John Snead, Director of Beer Operations at Karl Strauss Brewing Company, selected Scribe to integrate their Salesforce CRM application with their Microsoft Dynamics GP back office system. "Scribe automatically captures orders from Salesforce and seamlessly integrates the order into Dynamics GP in a matter of seconds."

Onity, a leading manufacturer of locks for the hospitality lodging industry, integrates their data seamlessly from Microsoft Dynamics CRM directly into Microsoft Dynamics NAV. "We see Scribe as the 'glue' tying all our information together and providing us with a complete picture of every customer, every opportunity."

Scribe easily enables integration to a number of endpoints
Because Scribe is a flexible solution requiring configuration, not coding, it is easy to implement and modify as business processes inevitably change. Through thousands of customer implementations Scribe has integrated with, among others, the following applications and endpoints:

Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online (Software as a Service)
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics AX
Microsoft Dynamics SL
Salesforce.com (Software as a Service)
Netsuite
Sage SalesLogix
Pivotal CRM
Webtrends
SAP
JD Edwards
Oracle Applications
QAD
PeopleSoft
Lawson
MAS 90/200
MAS 500
Epicor
Legacy Applications
Databases
SQL Server
Oracle
DB2
Sybase
Progress
Pervasive SQL
Excel Files
ODBC Data Sources
ACT! and Goldmine (Migration to other systems)

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Enter TheNerds.net "My Gadget Obsession" Contest

2009-03-10T09:37:00-04:00

North Miami Beach, FL (Gawkwire.com) TheNerds.net today launched its 2009 "My Gadget Obsession" contest. Just tell the world why you're overly passionate about technology and you could win an Acer Extensa notebook computer, Sony Blu-ray disc player or Pure Digital Flip Video.

Contestants have from now until March 31 to submit brief stories about their fascination with tech gear. You can enter the online competition here: http://www.thenerds.net/gadget

Voting will begin March 16 and end April 5 - and voters will be eligible for three weekly prizes, including the latest Targus laptop cases and backbacks.

"My Gadget Obsession" stories must be less than 500 words each. Authors of the stories getting the most votes will receive the following:

Grand Prizes:
1st Place: Acer Extensa Notebook Computer (List Price: $549)
2nd Place: Sony Blu-ray Disc Player (List Price: $399)
3rd Place: Pure Digital Flip Video Ultra F260P Digital Camcorder (List Price: $149.99)

Be creative, have fun and get your brief stories together today to have your shot at winning:

- How many gadgets do you own?
- Why do you like them?
- Do you wear out your tech gear?
- Can anyone else use them?
- Do you set your alarm to wake up early just to play with your new high-tech toy?
- Have you missed a deadline at work because of your gadget?
- Has your car bumped another while you watched a video?
- Have you tuned out a significant other to get the most of your hardware, software and accessories?
- Did you forget an important date like an anniversary because you've been a little too preoccupied?

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PowerDNN Launches SEO Services for the DotNetNuke Platform

2009-03-10T00:34:00-04:00

Omaha, NE (Gawkwire.com) Today, PowerDNN, the nation's leading provider of advanced DNN Hosting services for the DotNetNuke(R) community has announced heavily discounted search engine optimization services for the DotNetNuke web development platform. Unlike many SEO services, PowerSEO is specifically designed to train web developers and web designers to fully understand the process and the metrics.

"Traditionally, search engine optimization as really been more of a black art" says Tony Valenti, CEO and founder of PowerDNN. "Everybody knows its impact, but the people who know why it works and how it works, just aren't sharing. With our SEO services, we're not only providing guidance on website design, we are teaching our clients how it works so that they can begin offering SEO services to their own customers." John Grange, PowerDNN's Chief Operating Officer continued, "This is the first in a series of initiatives that we have to help our customers become more valuable to their clients. We are training smaller web hosting firms and web design firms how to market better and how to deliver higher quality products to their clients."

VanillaTree Web Solutions, a current DNN hosting customer of PowerDNN and an early adopter of the PowerSEO consulting services, has already experienced long-term benefits of the search engine optimization process. "We knew we needed to SEO our website, but we didn't know how and nobody would tell us. Now we know. Search Engine Optimization is a lot of work, but every minute has paid off." said co-founder Mark Erasmus, "We are extremely happy with the results PowerDNN has delivered for us as well as the knowledge we have gained from this experience."

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Network SolutionsÂ® Now Offers a Free Business Profile with Domain Purchase

2009-03-09T12:00:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Leading Web solutions provider and domain name registration pioneer Network Solutions® gives small businesses an instant free web presence by providing a free business profile with each domain purchase. The profile is optional and can feature information about the company, including basic contact details, an in-depth business description, lists of products and services, discount offers, payment methods, and the business' scheduled hours of operation. Interactive features such as maps, social bookmarking, driving directions, and text messaging are also available.

"Customers can easily create an instant web presence by filling out a simple form," said Matt Ho, Director of Marketing Services for Network Solutions. "Besides creating an instant business profile, it also gives our customers an added search engine benefit of appearing in our ThinkLocal® directory for U.S. based companies, which will attract the attention of search engines through meaningful, relevant content and back links."

Published at the customer's domain, the free business profile allows visitors to quickly and easily add a link from their Website to the profile using the "Link to us" feature. Links to the business profile help to elevate the company's ranking in search engine results.

Ho added, "The contents of the profile can be updated daily, further making the profile a magnet for search engines like Google® and Yahoo® which like frequently updated and relevant information."

Once a company's website is ready, the customer may choose to replace the business profile at the domain.

For more information on free business profiles and other benefits to domain purchases, visit Network Solutions.

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Profuse Solutions Launches Chimehost, Fourth Hosting Brand

2009-03-09T12:00:00-04:00

LOS ANGELES, CA (Gawkwire.com) Profuse Solutions today launched Chimehost (http://www.chimehost.com), its fourth hosting brand. Serving individuals and small businesses, including bloggers, Chimehost will offer Linux-based Shared, Reseller, and VPS hosting services.

As a special launch-promotion, Chimehost customers can take advantage of free Shared Hosting. The free hosting plan includes 300MB of disk space, 5GB of monthly traffic, and a full portfolio of management features through cPanel. The free hosting promotion will continue indefinitely.

Chimehost’s premium Shared Hosting plan starts at $4.95 per month and includes unlimited monthly traffic and disk space. Premium hosting customers can also host an unlimited number of domains and utilize increased resource allotments, such as email addresses, MySQL databases, and sub-domains. Premium hosting customers also receive three pages of customized Web design services for free from Chimehost’s web development department.

All Shared Hosting plans also offer – at no additional cost – a variety of special features, including automatic data backups, 24/7 network monitoring, video streaming capabilities, e-commerce tools, and more. To learn more about shared hosting plans, please visit http://chimehost.com/shared_hosting/shared_hosting.html.

“After more than six months of development, Chimehost offers hosting services that are affordable and cater to a wide spectrum of customers. Whether our customers are seeking personal hosting, media hosting, multimedia streaming, or SEO, the Chimehost platform is an ideal choice,” said Deepak Kandhare, CTO of Profuse Solutions. “Chimehost is backed by multi-million dollar infrastructure and years of hosting experience.”

In addition to Shared Hosting, Chimehost offers reseller hosting, from $10.95 per month, and Virtual Private Servers (VPS), from $25.95 per month.

Profuse Solutions currently operates three other hosted services brands, including Gazzin Networks, Psychz Networks, and Winlintech Solutions.

To learn more about Chimehost, please visit http://www.chimehost.com.

To learn more about Profuse Solutions, please visit http://profusesolutions.net.

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cPanel to Participate in Webhosting Day 2009

2009-03-09T09:26:00-04:00

Houston, TX (Gawkwire.com) cPanel, a leader in automation in the webhosting industry has announced they will participate in Webhosting Day 2009. The event takes place at Phantasialand, near Cologne, Germany from March 17th to the 20th and is a premier European webhosting event. This is the first year that cPanel will be attending as an exhibitor. cPanel will have staff from various departments on hand to both educate about cPanel products and to cement established relationships as well as gain new ones.

"Webhosting Day represents a major convergence of hosting professionals from Europe and around the world. cPanel feels it is of great importance to meet our customers at this event and reaffirm our commitment to the European webhosting market," said Eric Gregory, cPanel's Director of Public Relations. The cPanel staff pride themselves on delivering a quality product which addresses the needs and desires of the webhosting industry as fully as possible. With an expanding presence in Europe, cPanel is interested in opening more and more communication channels and reaffirming those that already exist.

About cPanel
cPanel is a leading Web Hosting Control Panel Software provider supplying hosting automation tools to numerous data centers and customers all around the world. cPanel offers web hosting software that automates the intricate workings of web hosting servers. cPanel products are used on tens of thousands of servers worldwide to equip server administrators with the tools they need to provide top notch hosting to their customers. Since our beginnings in 1997, cPanel has been setting the standard for web hosting automation.

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SoftLayer Certifies Safe Harbor Compliance

2009-03-09T09:22:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com) SoftLayer Technologies has self-certified compliance with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s U.S.-European Union (EU) Safe Harbor framework.

The European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection, established in 1998, prohibits the transfer of personal data to nations that do not meet the EU’s “adequacy” standard for privacy protection. In consultation with the Commission, the U.S. Commerce department created the Safe Harbor framework to help U.S.-based companies verify and represent that they meet the EU standard. Self-certification and participation in the Safe Harbor framework is entirely voluntary.

“SoftLayer is very excited to be part of the Safe Harbor,” said Suzy Fulton, SoftLayer General Counsel. “Approximately half of our customer base is international. The importance of meeting our international customers’ needs continues to grow as our market becomes even more global. Safe Harbor self-certification provides them yet another level of assurance and reliability.”

Benefits of Safe Harbor:
• All 27 EU Member States are bound by the European Commission’s finding of adequacy
• Claims brought by European citizens against U.S. companies are heard in the U.S. (subject to limited exceptions)
• Member State requirements for prior approval of data transfers either are waived or approval is automatically granted
• Companies participating in the Safe Harbor are deemed adequate and data flows to those companies will continue

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Landing Page Optimization Debuts on WebmasterRadio.FM

2009-03-09T09:25:00-04:00

Fort Lauderdale, FL (Gawkwire.com) WebmasterRadio.FM, the premier B2B online radio network, is pleased to announce the newest show in its 2009 line up, LPO: Landing Page Optimization. The program, hosted by best-selling author and Pay Per Click Marketing specialist, Tim Ash (owner and CEO of SiteTuners.com), LPO premieres Monday, March 9th at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.

LPO: Landing Page Optimization is a show designed for Search engine marketers, ad-buyers, online advertisers and webmasters looking to improve their products or services.

"Landing page optimization can skyrocket your conversion rates overnight," says Ash. "It is an activity that cannot be ignored by savvy online marketers who want to thrive in a competitive environment."

Focusing on how webmasters and search engine advertisers can create better landing pages and far stronger conversions in their paid search marketing campaigns, LPO will draw from some of the strongest search focused minds in the business.

As the fastest growing digital advertising channel, paid search marking brings billions of clicks per year to tens of millions of online businesses. It also drives billions of dollars in annual revenues for search engines and ad-display partners.

"WebmasterRadio.FM continues to being the best in Business to Business broadcasting to our ever growing audience," says programming producer Jim Hedger. "Having heard Tim speak at several search marketing conferences and having read his writing on improving landing page conversions, we know he is the right choice to host this show. His extraordinary personality is matched only by his depth of knowledge."

LPO airs every Monday at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, and is available live at WebmasterRadio.FM or on-demand in the WebmasterRadio.FM archives or through iTunes.

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Comodo SafeDelete Security Software Extends Life Of Older Computers

2009-03-09T09:29:00-04:00

Jersey City, NJ (Gawkwire.com) According to a recent research survey from Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, nearly one in four PC computers are replaced due to issues related to a hard drive that has too many old, unneeded files and applications. Yet, often people are reluctant to purge old, unwanted computer files because it can be nerve-wracking. Computer files are notoriously difficult to identify and a miscellaneous looking computer file that appears superfluous may actually be supporting necessary system operations.

"PC users are afraid to make a mistake which may cost them hours to repair," said Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and chief security architect of Comodo, the world's second-largest issuer of high-assurance Internet SSL certificates.

Comodo, a leading computer and Internet security company, introduced Comodo System-Cleaner. It is the world's first file and registry cleaner to harness the power of 100 percent safe and secure cleaning. It utilizes the revolutionary innovation of SafeDelete, a computer security software tool that allows users to safely recover any files deleted in error. This advancement eliminates risk from the process of PC cleaning allowing the system to clean deeper, more thoroughly and more completely than any other cleaner available.

"Now computer users all over the world, from New York, London and Paris to Toronto, Beijing and Moscow can safely delete their old files without fear or hesitation," said Abdulhayoglu. "This is the world's first file and registry cleaner that comes with 100 percent safe cleaning protection." Comodo's new system cleaner enables computer users to store a back-up copy of their computer system just in case they make a mistake.

The Comodo companies offer PKI SSL, Code Signing, Content Verification and E-Mail Certificates; award winning PC security software; vulnerability scanning services for PCI Compliance; secure e-mail and fax services.

Continual innovation, a core competence in PKI, and a commitment to reversing the growth of Internet crime and identity theft distinguishes the Comodo companies as vital players in the Internet's ongoing development. Comodo secures and authenticates online transactions and communications for over 200,000 business customers and has over 10,000,000 installations of desktop security products.

Melih Abdulhayoglu, has been featured on Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community with over four million active members. On the Paltalk TechNow news and feature series, Abdulhayoglu discusses Internet security in: "Are We the Crash Test Dummies For The New Internet Age"

TechNow is a real time Internet Web 2.0 community event which addresses the latest developments in technology.

Comodo is focused on providing next generation, trust and security enabling products, services and solutions. Comodo's innovative products are accompanied with the highest level of support to ensure you can fully unleash the potential of your online business. Comodo provides the following internet security products: Internet Fax Services to send and receive faxes online, Comodo AntiSpam Desktop is an intuitive, easy-to-use, client-based software product that eliminates spam forever from your computer's email system, Personal firewall software with free pop up blocker download to eliminate spyware on the PC, compare and select the most suitable SSL certificate vendor and what they can offer you, Content Verification Certificates - online seal of authentication to build customer trust for e-business, Managed Enterprise Security to maintain full control for your PKI requirements through the outsourced EPKI Manager, Certificate Services, Trustix - a portfolio of critical business infrastructure solutions, providing essential back office applications. Comodo also provides secure messaging software, hardware security, smart card security software, branded security solutions and two factor authentication - server application and PKI service to automatically issue / manage Client Certificates for User authentication and more Security Authentication Solutions.

Through its dedicated research and development lab, Comodo has quickly established itself as a market leader in the design, development and deployment of enterprise security services. Through their Consultancy Services Comodo can assist customers in the design, planning, deployment and management of security throughout their organizations. Comodo services are available to help customers provide the most efficient time to market possible, making deployment of our solutions as effective as possible.

Comodo's Managed Security Solutions, such as the EPKI Manager and automated SSL system for hosting companies, represents a great step forward in the provision of branded security solutions to customers. As their PKI deployment expertise has been illustrated with the success of these facilities, Comodo can offer consultancy assistance for unique enterprise security deployment requirements. The Comodo team can empower critical staff with the necessary skill and knowledge to roll out solutions effectively and efficiently.

Comodo will demonstrate its Protection Landscape for enterprises at the RSA® Conference 2009. Comodo is distributing free conference expo passes. Comodo's Protection Landscape is an enterprise-grade suite of innovative and effective IT security solutions that encompasses endpoint security, digital certificate management, content & identify authentication, and compliance.

Comodo System-Cleaner for Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows 2003 Server 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit and Windows 2000 SP4 is available at: http://download.comodo.com/csc/download/setups/CSC_Setup_1.1.63928.28_2k_xp_vista_server2003_x32.exe

Comodo System-Cleaner for Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 2003 Server 64-bit and Windows XP 64-bit is available at:

http://download.comodo.com/csc/download/setups/CSC_Setup_1.1.63928.28_xp_vista_server2003_x64.exe

For additional information on Comodo - Creating Trust Online™ visit http://www.comodo.com

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3FN Starts Hosting Reselling Partner Program

2009-03-09T09:28:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) 3FN Inc., a shared and dedicated servers web hosting company based in the USA, starts web hosting reselling partner program, which is free to participate.

Triple Fiber Network launches its hosting partner program, which goes as an additional feature right on a web hosting customer portal. In addition, this partner program is absolutely independent and is free to use for webmasters all around the globe.

At present, every webmaster, who has signed up to the partner program, will get unique link with his own unique ID. It will be used as the key showing who will get the commission interest for purchases made by visitors, who followed that link. The webmaster will receive its commissions even if such visitor, who followed webmaster's unique link, will return and make a purchase after several months.

"The philosophy of our hosting partner program is pretty simple: we value our partners and our main aspiration is to create reciprocally beneficial relations. We have already planned to release new updates that will allow webmasters to be receiving even more comprehensive statistics and will allow monitor efficiency. The flexibility of the 3FN's partner program is that such unique link can be used as in GIF banners and interactive widgets with offers written in JavaScript, that are provided in partner program control panel. Also unique link can work even when sending it via instant messenger. It means that even not being a website owner with lots of visitors one can easily participate in 3FN partner program. For instance, being a web designer, programmer or copywriter you can just give a good hosting advice. Sending the link to 3FN hosting offers with your unique key you earn money by giving a good advice. Moreover, as 3FN partner program is fully integrated into 3FN web hosting customer portal it allows to use all 3FN services from the one control panel," comments Dean McToner, the 3FN official representative.

"As the result of such integration all services: domain registration, shared hosting and dedicated server hosting and reselling partner program are located in one place. That is really convenient for those webmasters, who use other 3FN services as they can pay for web hosting with money they have earned in the partner program without transferring funds."

The minimum balance amount required to receive earnings $10. For now, three main payment options are available in order to receive partner earnings: WebMoney, ePassporte and wire transfers. The starting conditions on commissions are the following: 25% per purchase and 15% for all further spending and monthly renewals. Commission rates may be increased for the most active members.

3FN hosting partner program is highly beneficial as you will receive 15% for monthly renewals and as it goes about web hosting services provided by recognized company. It means that all partners will constantly grow their revenue flow.

3FN partner program is equipped with comprehensive statistics tool. The provided statistics will show visitors, purchases, CTR, daily and total amount of earned money.

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F-Secure Survey Finds People Still Insecure Online

2009-03-06T09:19:00-05:00

SAN JOSE, CA (Gawkwire.com) F-Secure, the global leader in providing security as a service through Internet Service Providers and mobile operators, announced results from its annual Online Wellbeing Survey. This third-party survey of Internet users aged 20-40 in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany – and for the first time – Italy, India and Hong Kong, tested respondents’ awareness of online security threats for themselves and their children.

The survey uncovered Internet users’ feelings of personal online security with regard to online banking, children’s safety while surfing the web, and credit card information when shopping online. Overall, 50% of respondents were confident about their security when banking online. However, only 6% of respondents felt secure in making credit card purchases online.

Web surfing and phishing e-mails
Phishing can appear in the form of what looks like an e-mail from a well-known bank, which in reality is a scam seeking personal information. On average, 54% of all respondents felt fairly or very confident that they would not fall for a phishing email. However, 27% of respondents do not know whether or not they can spot phishing emails.

Children and the Internet
At the core of F-Secure’s “Online Wellbeing” is family security when using the Internet. Parents are increasingly worried about their children not being protected from unsuitable content including pornography and violent imagery. When asked the question, “My kids are safe when they are online,” more than a third of respondents across all countries could neither agree nor disagree with the statement. Parents and guardians do not know whether children are safe online or not. The majority (54%) of respondents did not agree that their children were safe online. In the US, 36% of respondents either agreed (27%) or strongly agreed (9%) that their children are safe online, while 25% either disagreed (18%) or strongly disagreed (7%) that their children are safe online – 38% were undecided.

Antti Reijonen, Vice President of Consumer Business and Marketing at F-Secure Corporation, said, “As the survey showed, parents simply do not know whether their children are safe or not. We will do all we can to develop services that support parents in keeping their children safe online. There is also a lot of uncertainty in performing financial transactions, but it seems the basis for these sentiments is not necessarily founded on a good understanding of the real threats. Part of F-Secure’s Online Wellbeing Suite of solutions and services, including Anti-Virus, Internet Security and Home Server Security, are aimed at addressing these issues both in terms of raising awareness and continuously developing enhanced products adapted to the evolving threats.”

Online banking
Surprisingly, respondents feel safer during online banking than when using their credit card for shopping online. In all eight surveyed countries, the majority of respondents agree that they are safe during online banking transactions. The countries that have the most confidence are France (62%) and the US (63%), while in Germany, 39% still do not have confidence in online banking. On the whole, 31% of all respondents were still unsure of their safety.

The survey was carried out by a third party in December 2008 across 2019 Internet users aged 20-40 in USA, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Italy, India and Hong Kong. There were approximately 200 respondents surveyed per country. F-Secure asked respondents a series of basic online security questions and, using a Likert scale, asked them to rate the extent to which they were confident in the security of given online activities.

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ADSPACE 2009 Conference & Expo Launches at ad:tech San Francisco

2009-03-06T09:16:00-05:00

San Francisco (Gawkwire.com) Advertisers and publishers seeking to drill deeper into the complex world of contextual advertising will find that world on full display April 22 at the inaugural ADSPACE Contextual Advertising Conference & Expo. Co-located with ad:tech San Francisco and title sponsored by Google, ADSPACE will take place at the Moscone West Center.

ADSPACE is the first conference and expo of its kind tailored both to small-to-midsized publishers wanting to increase their digital revenue through the use of ad networks as well as advertisers seeking to maximize ROI and optimize their ad targeting. Split into two distinct tracks - one for each audience - ADSPACE will blend best practices, how-to techniques and success stories as advertisers and publishers alike get a first-hand opportunity to engage leading contextual network providers such as Google AdSense.

"This is almost a hidden economy that drives billions and billions of revenue, and for many people is a sole source of income," said David Rodnitzky, Co-Director, ADSPACE, LLC. "Most conferences give lip service to this area, but the stakes are high and knowledge is not being shared. We see this event as an opportunity to reach the advertising and publishing communities, contribute to that knowledge and bring people together to share ideas."

By providing a forum in which advertisers and publishers can exchange tips and techniques, hear success stories and engage leading solution providers, ADSPACE hopes to create a greater sense of community among contextual advertisers and help avoid common pitfalls.

For advertisers, placing ads in hundreds of thousands of sites at once can be frustrating and overwhelming without effective tracking and transparency, to the point that many advertisers avoid contextual advertising entirely. For publishers, where site content is almost always paramount, opportunities can often be missed in small adjustments that can be made in ad placement or makeup that can significantly increase profits.

"Contextual advertising is a $6.7 billion industry globally," says Marc Phillips, co-director, ADSPACE, LLC. "By bringing this community of publishers and advertisers together, ADSPACE can help attendees learn how to make more money from text advertising such as Google AdSense and other affiliate advertising offers."

Direct engagement with representatives of Google AdSense, as the title sponsor of ADSPACE, is among the highlights of a packed agenda bookended by two keynotes, the latter titled "Insights from an AdSense Rock Star - Tales from the AdSense Millionaires Club."

Other sessions include:

Ten Proven Methods to Increase Your eCPM and Generate More Revenue (Publishers Track)
Tools & Technologies: Using Targeting and Optimization to Achieve Success (Advertisers Track)
Beyond Text Ads: In-Text, Affiliate, Lead-Gen, eBay and More! (Publishers Track)

ADSPACE attendees will have access to 2 full days of the ad:tech San Francisco expo floor, which includes a dedicated ADSPACE exhibit zone and lounge. They also have access to 300+ ad:tech exhibitors, special events and keynote presentations. ADSPACE conference details are available at: http://www.adspaceconference.com/sf/adspace/

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Dedicated Server Promotion, Offered by TurnKey Internet

2009-03-06T09:15:00-05:00

Albany, New York (Gawkwire.com) The latest shipment is larger and will enable Turnkey Internet to continue the value minded offer to small and medium size businesses looking to control costs.

Adam Wills, president, TurnKey Internet remarked, ''We have seen exceptional demand for value focused Internet hosting offerings in recent months as businesses look toward controlling costs and expanding capacity for their online presence. Businesses are looking to their web sites to create additional revenue sources in the tightening economy, and require higher capacity web and email services backed by faster network connections. We are confident these extraordinarily priced dedicated servers will enable us to capture this area of growth in the business community and cater to the economic conditions of the day. These dedicated servers include virtually every upgrade we could fit inside the box. It's clear that businesses offering real value in these tough economic times are actually growing.''

Selling 20-30% below prices of its nearest competitor and over 75% below the average market price, the fully-loaded value dedicated servers offer robust specifications and are hosted in Turnkey Internet’s private data center facility in Albany, New York.

These Professional Series dedicated servers are available for just $119 per month and feature an Intel Quad Core 2.83 GHz (Core 2 Quad Q9550) processor, 8GB of RAM, 2000 GB of premium bandwidth, 250 GB of SATAII disk space, up to 8 IP addresses, and a free pre-installed web based server control panel. There is no term contract required or any additional fees. Setup is free.

All dedicated servers include 24x7 Toll-free phone, live chat, and help desk support, and offer a 100% network uptime guarantee and 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. Clients have their choice of Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows Server (2003 or 2008), and can take advantage of Web-based remote reboots, real-time server monitoring, managed firewall services, and off site backups.

TurnKey Internet, Inc. is a leading provider of managed web hosting solutions for small and medium sized businesses. Based in Albany, New York, TurnKey Internet, Inc. provides enterprise class services to customers in over 30 countries via its New York datacenter. TurnKey Internet, Inc is a member of the
Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York and was awarded an A+ rating in January 2009.

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topseos.com Congratulates the 30 Best SEO Firms in the World for March 2009

2009-03-06T09:13:00-05:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) topseos.com has released their list of the best organic optimization firms in the world. The online leader for independent SEO rankings, topseos.com, has continually delivered unbiased and proficient assessment of the best firms and has taken a lot of pride in this latest list. After undergoing an extensive evaluation process, topseos.com has narrowed down the providers of search engine optimization to 30 strong contenders.

Organic optimization is the process of increasing the ranking of a website in search engines like Google and Yahoo. This is achieved by increasing the ranking without the use of artificial and costly PPC and SEO techniques. It is also important to stay away from black hat SEO techniques because this effort to increase you rankings can cause your site to be banned from search engines altogether.

Helping other companies avoid firms practicing black hat SEO is one of the reasons topseos.com has collected the best SEO companies in the world. topseos.com has made it a point to give recognition where recognition is due and has named the best companies to call when you need organic optimization.

The top 30 SEO companies for March include:

1.   Increase Visibility Inc.
2.   Bruce Clay Inc.
3.   SEOP
4.   Intrapromote LLC.
5.   ArteWorks SEO
6.   Customer Magnetism
7.   SEO Image Inc.
8.   Portent Interactive
9.   iProspect
10.   Web.com Search Agency
11.   ThinkBIGsites
12.   eVisibility, Inc.
13.   Yellow7 Interactive
14.   Getupdated Internet Marketing
15.   iMajestic
16.   SEO.com
17.   Weblinx Limited
18.   High Position Limited
19.   SEO Inc
20.   Direct Hit Solutions, Inc.
21.   Whoast Inc.
22.   Sems
23.   1st on the List Promotion Inc.
24.   First Page SEO
25.   HighPoint Search Marketing
26.   Infatex
27.   Reprise Media
28.   PageTraffic
29.   SEER Interactive
30.   Inteliture

These firms have undergone an extensive evaluation process that focuses on real and measurable results. Some of the things topseos.com looks at include return on investment, how comprehensive the process is, and the overall experience. Once they pass these criteria then topseos.com ranks them accordingly in this prestigious list.

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

To learn more about the Organic Optimization Firms, visit: www.topseos.com/rankings-of-best-organic-optimization-companies.

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Search Marketing Expert to Speak at PubCon South Conference

2009-03-06T09:11:00-05:00

Charlottesville, VA (Gawkwire.com) Janet Driscoll Miller, president and CEO of Charlottesville-based Search Mojo, will speak at the PubCon South Conference in Austin, Tex. on Thursday, March 12. Miller's sessions will cover landing page optimization and post-click marketing - optimizing the actions search engine visitors take once they reach a website.

"I'm looking forward to sharing our case study data and findings on landing pages and post-click marketing with the attendees at PubCon South," said Miller. "Landing pages and post-click marketing are the determining factor in whether a website captures a lead or makes a sale. It's crucial to ensure that the message a visitor sees and the call-to-action on the page are compelling to drive a conversion."

In one case study of landing pages created for a search engine advertising campaign on Google, custom-created landing pages that featured a sign-up form and specific information relating to the advertisement generated a 12.5% conversion rate while the traditional pages on the website only garnished a 2.5% conversion rate at best.

"More conversions means more leads or sales," said Miller, "and in today's economy, instead of necessarily dumping more money into advertising, companies really need to be focusing on how to improve landing pages and post-click marketing to convert more of the traffic they already have. I plan to share best practices and techniques with the PubCon South audience."

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Pay Per Click (PPC) Summit Offers $400 Registration Discount

2009-03-05T09:26:00-05:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) Pay Per Click (PPC) Summit, premier educational search engine marketing (SEM) conference is proud to announce the official partners of PPC Summit scheduled for April 22-23, 2009 in Oak Brook, IL. The conference has developed partnerships with industry leading organizations who share in the mission of providing quality internet marketing resources, education and training. The PPC Summit partners include; Adotas, Web Host Industry Review, Search Marketing Standard, Visibility Magazine, SEMpdx, Web Marketing Association, Direct Marketing Association, Business Marketing Association, Chicago Association of Direct Marketing and Anvil Media.

"PPC Summit is delighted to partner with such first-class organizations who offer the online business and marketing communities the latest in SEM resources, news and information. We share the same goals of creating an overall sense of community for online marketers, and we strive to provide quality education and training for savvy and successful search marketers," says Mary O'Brien, PPC Summit CEO and author of a new report, Adwords Copywriting for Higher Profits.

PPC Summit is offering a special $400 discount for those that register by March 16 to learn from seasoned search engine marketing experts during in-depth training sessions, hands-on workshops, networking opportunities and personal consulting. The PPC Summit experts will teach Pay Per Click campaign strategies during 20+ sessions covering: Google Adwords, Microsoft AdCenter, Yahoo! Search Marketing, keyword development, landing pages and websites, bid management, quality score, site rank and much more. PPC Summit attendees will walk away with search marketing strategies, techniques and "how-to" reference guides guaranteed to improve online marketing results.

Search marketing is quickly becoming the best customer acquisition tool in the online space, according to eMarketer. Now more than ever, marketers are keeping a watchful eye on their ad dollars, but they are choosing to allocate more budget towards search marketing because of the extended customer reach that the search engines provide. PPC Summit training is designed to help online businesses gain new business and lower cost per acquisition with paid search, contextual advertising, paid inclusion and search engine optimization.

Registration is open to anyone interested in increasing their online sales with search engine marketing and pay per click advertising (event runs from 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. April 22-23, 2009 at the Doubletree, Oak Brook, IL).

All interested participants can save $400 upon registration online at http://www.ppcsummit.com/overview.html?PR3 by March 16 for upcoming conferences in Chicago: April 22-23, New York: May 13-14 and Los Angeles: September 24-25.

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Web Hosting Company, AYKsolutions, Expands Data Center Operations

2009-03-05T09:24:00-05:00

Schenectady, New York (Gawkwire.com) Artyom Khmelnitsky, President of AYKsolutions remarked, ''We are very excited to be adding this new location as one of our data center choices. We can effectively cater to users who need faster ping times to the west coast as well as Asia and Australia all the while keeping the bandwidth prices down. We are hoping that with the addition of Denver, we will take the top spot in the 'All-in-one Server Shop' category.''

The new facility, located at 1500 Champa St., Denver, CO boasts state of the art security and infrastructure. With 6000 sq. ft. of space to start with, expandable to 30,000 sq. ft., we will be able to hit the ground running and accommodate almost any server need. We will start with a 10Gige connection to Internap and 2 x 10Gige connections each to Comcast and TATA Communications. More carriers will be added in months to come.

Incorporated in 2004, AYKsolutions, LLC was developed with a vision of providing painless, hassle-free Shared and Dedicated hosting solutions. The company currently serves thousands of personal and business clients, located in the United States and abroad. AYKsolutions provides professional, efficient and quick technical support 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days a year.

For more information about AYKsolutions and its new Denver Datacenter, please visit: www.ayksolutions.com.

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Keynote Speeches at Search Engine Strategies New York 2009 Conference

2009-03-05T09:22:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Search Engine Strategies (SES), the leading and most established search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) conference and expo series, today announced that Guy Kawasaki and John Gerzema will give keynote speeches at SES New York, which will be held March 23-27, 2009. Leading up to the event, Kawasaki will discuss his latest book, "Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition," and his upcoming keynote, "Twitter as a Tool for Social Media," during a free Webcast this Friday, March 6, from 1 to 2 p.m. (EST).

Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media's Interactive Marketing Group, which includes Search Engine Strategies, Search Engine Watch and ClickZ, will host the SES Webcast with Kawasaki. To register for this event, go to SES Webcasts.

McGowan said, "We'll discuss Guy's most recent book, Reality Check, and get his insight into why Twitter is rapidly becoming the social media tool of the 21st Century. Our exclusive 60 minute closed-circuit webcast, which takes place in advance of Guy's keynote presentation at SES New York, is also your chance to engage Guy with specific strategic and business questions of your own."

Kawasaki is giving the opening keynote at SES New York on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. He is a founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at Garage Technology Ventures, a seed and early stage venture capital fund. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the web -- the success of which is attributed to social networking tools such as Twitter. He is considered one of the top 50 most popular bloggers worldwide, and was recently selected by Invesp.com as the #2 top marketer of 2008.
Kawasaki's newest book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition (Portfolio, Penguin Group), was released on October 30, 2008. Reality Check is his all-in-one guide for starting and operating great organizations -- ones that stand the test of time and ignore any passing fads in business theory. He is also the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way.
Gerzema, the Chief Insights Officer at Young & Rubicam Group, is giving the morning keynote at SES New York on Thursday, March 26, 2009. The best-selling author and pioneer of account planning in American advertising agencies has designed brand strategies for clients for almost 25 years, guiding campaigns to international strategic and creative acclaim. He previously oversaw the international network for Fallon and founded offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Sao Paolo.

Gerzema's new book, The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How To Avoid It, was voted #3 Best Business Book for 2008 from Amazon's editors and "Best Advertising and Marketing Book for 2008" from CEO Read. The book is currently on Business Week's Best Seller List.

Those who register for SES New York by Friday, March 6, 2009, will save up to $200.

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Virtual Data Center Services Firm, SoftLayer, Unveils Solid State Drive Option

2009-03-05T09:20:00-05:00

Dallas, Texas (Gawkwire.com) SSDs are an enterprise-level solution for reliable and secure storage. Unlike disk-based storage drives, SSDs have no moving parts. This decreases their power consumption, cooling needs, and performance latency. It also greatly reduces their risk of mechanical failure, making SSDs more durable than traditional disk-based drives.

Beyond the advantages of low latency and decreased power and cooling, SoftLayer’s solid state drive offering provides:

Latest generation SATA interface
10 parallel NAND Flash channels equipped with single-level cell NAND Flash memory
Native Command Queuing to enable up to 32 concurrent operations
Sustained sequential read: up to 250 MB/s
Sustained sequential write: up to 170 MB/s

Joshua Rushe, Vice President of Data Center Operations for SoftLayer noted, ''Our customers constantly need more from their storage, and not only more volume but also higher levels of performance and reliability. Offering solid state drives is yet another way that SoftLayer is meeting customers’ needs with an enterprise-class, leading-edge technology solution. SSDs provide greater performance and power efficiency, which can be leveraged to attain a higher margin of cost-effectiveness.''

SoftLayer is currently offering the following drives:

32 GB SATA Intel SLC Solid State Drive $50.00 per month
64 GB SATA Intel SLC Solid State Drive $100.00 per month

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers world-class, on-demand virtual data center services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to innovate industry-leading solutions that are fully automated. This empowers customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management for their IT environment.

For more information, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

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NaviSiteâ€™s Managed Dedicated Servers Selected for New Mariah Carey Campaign

2009-03-04T12:00:00-05:00

ANDOVER, Mass (Gawkwire.com) NaviSite, Inc. (“NaviSite”), a leading provider of Enterprise Hosting and Application Services, today announced that VerticPortals, a comprehensive digital ad agency, has selected NaviSite to provide and manage its dedicated servers for their new Mariah Carey media effort for Sony BMG (www.mymariahballad.com). NaviSite was selected due to its reputation for providing secure, reliable, and always available high performance servers.

VerticPortals provides media solutions to some of the world’s most prominent brands and entertainment companies. As they increase their worldwide presence by expanding into the United States, it was vital to select a trusted IT partner who can deliver a solution that is provisioned quickly, provides unquestioned reliability and can handle an immense amount of traffic. The website, www.mymariahballad.com, lets fans sample some of Mariah’s most famous ballads, record songs, send e-cards and watch popular Mariah videos. The site is highly interactive and supports multiple marketing efforts for Mariah’s new CD, “Mariah: The Ballads”.

“VerticPortals is a company full of IT savvy professionals,” said Laurence Lipworth, Head of Sales and Business Development for VerticPortals. “We are familiar with hosting and understand the factors that drive vendor selection. We were very satisfied with NaviSite’s experience and ability to deliver all aspects of our hosting infrastructure needs. When you market brands such as Microsoft and Sony, you simply cannot choose a partner that is not a leading provider of hosting services to businesses of all sizes.”

VerticPortals has selected multiple servers to handle their needs and deliver a quality experience, including a Managed Windows Server running Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 and a CENTOS server. VerticPortals benefits from NaviSite’s flexible dedicated hosting packages and servers that support Intel Quad Core Xeon CPUs (5410 and 5420) and robust SATA and SAS drives. VerticPortals’ unique client specific solutions demand a managed dedicated hosting provider like NaviSite to meet both infrastructure and budget requirements.

“Modern day design agencies like VerticPortals need a provider who helps to extend the reliability and value that is part of their core offering,” said Sumeet Sabharwal, Senior Vice President of Dedicated Hosting.” NaviSite allows companies with very demanding IT needs to focus on their project launches, knowing that their managed hosting deployments will be quick, smooth and reliable. Our managed dedicated hosting solutions can be counted on to deliver in the most demanding business environments.”

NaviSite’s dedicated server solutions feature the latest technology, including dedicated servers with full server monitoring and management, Intel® Quad-Core CPUs, and a choice of operating systems including Red Hat®, CentOS, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or 2003®. Advanced options include virtual dedicated servers (VDS), shared and dedicated Cisco® firewalls, shared and dedicated load balancers, managed backup, SAN and NAS storage.

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WHOIS Lookup Mobile Application for GoogleÂ® Android Phones

2009-03-04T10:28:00-05:00

(Gawkwire.com) As the pioneer of the domain name registration service, Network Solutions has plenty of experience with the WHOIS database -- so it's no surprise that the first WHOIS lookup application for phones running Google's Android operating system was developed by Network Solutions. With a number of Android equipped phones debuting this year, this application will be useful for looking up domains and attendant WHOIS business listing information on the go.

The application, simply called "WHOIS," is available now from the Android Market on equipped phones, and allows the user to easily look up information on the domain or IP of their choice, including the WHOIS business listing. All a user with an Android equipped phone--currently the G1 by T-Mobile, with a number of other options coming out later in the year--needs to do is visit the Android Market on his or her phone and download the application. After it's installed, simply selecting the icon will launch it and allow the user to quickly and easily look up information on the go.

"This application is particularly beneficial to Web designers, developers, and network engineers," said Kamalesh Dwivedi, Chief Information Officer for Network Solutions. "It can be easily used to validate domain information and contact information, as well as to see if desired domains are available for purchase."

Network Solutions® has been working with the WHOIS database since its inception, with a number of benefits to current and potential customers. This Google® mobile application is just the most recent effort. Like the WHOIS business listing, it will provide further convenience for small business clients.

Dwivedi added, "Not only web designers and developers will benefit from this application. As more and more people begin connecting to the web via mobile devices, applications like these will become the norm for any small business owner. Network Solutions is proud to be in at the beginning of this development."

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"Green" Web Hosting Company to Fund Clean Energy Projects

2009-03-04T10:26:00-05:00

Missoula, MT (Gawkwire.com) A Montana-based Web hosting provider is taking a creative approach to promoting green practices and protecting the environment. The new Web hosting company, dubbed Online4earth.com, has pledged a portion of its proceeds to subsidize the cost of clean energy projects in the state of Montana.

Online4earth.com's mission is to become an active contributor to the green movement and help reduce carbon output. In doing so, the Web hosting company will support a number of exciting initiatives, including a subsidized solar paneling project, the development of an eco-friendly ecommerce Web site, and the construction of an educational Web site that focuses on creating environmental change without sacrificing personal gratification.

Currently, Online4earth.com is offsetting its carbon footprint by funding restoration projects in Kenya. In addition, the Web hosting company is proud to work with the well-respected Carbonfootprint.com, an award-winning carbon management business.

In essence, Online4earth.com is taking a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too approach to environmental problem solving, according to Director of Business Development Mathew Lenning. "Our goal isn't to force everyone to eat Kashi GoLean to save the planet," Lenning said, referring to the popular brand of high-fiber, low-fat products. "Instead, we want to find ways to keep doing what we are doing--and create a win/win for the environment and consumers."

As a full-service hosting provider, Online4earth.com offers high-quality Web and email hosting, domain services, secure socket layer certification and Internet marketing solutions. But beyond providing superior products and services, the company gives consumers an opportunity to support a worthy cause. "Online4earth.com provides great prices on products that meet or exceed the industry standard," Lenning said. "We guarantee 99.9% uptime and offer 24/7 live customers support services. Customers that host their site with us receive peace of mind knowing that they have become part of the solution to our global concerns."

Customers of Online4earth.com also have the satisfaction of knowing they have the power to change the course of the planet. And on a smaller scale, their support will help enhance the local environment and economy of Montana. Lenning explained: "By utilizing our high-quality Web hosting and domain registration services, our customers create local jobs, assist in the transition to cleaner energy and become champions for our environment and the Montana way of life."

Interestingly, Lenning--a University of Montana student majoring in Japanese--received much of his "green" inspiration from periodically living and working in Japan. Japan's waste-not-want-not approach to using resources gave Lenning a profound desire to change the world and, ultimately, helped form the basis of Online4earth.com. "We want our customers to know that by using Web hosting our services they help the environment without reducing the quality of their experience, services or product," he said. "Our customers sacrifice nothing in the name of environmental responsibility--and that's the way it should be."

For more information about the innovative Web hosting company, please visit www.online4earth.com. Or contact Mathew Lenning directly at (406) 207-1315.

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Security & Compliance Expert to Present Workshop on Email Policy Strategies

2009-03-04T10:25:00-05:00

Montreal, Canada (Gawkwire.com) To help organizations understand the escalating importance of email retention, Messaging Architects, the expert in email risk management and compliance, has announced its eDiscovery Webinar Series will be presented in conjunction with the Texas Department of Information Resources’ Technology Today Series. Open to the public, the free 4-part workshop will be broadcast as webinars on March 5, 19, and April 2, concluding with an on-site presentation in Austin in April.

Designed for Information Resource Managers, Record Management Officers and Email Administrators, as well as Business Executives, Attorneys, Accountants, and HR professionals, the series is led by legal and technical experts who draw from relevant laws and regulations, court rulings and case studies to illustrate the issues and trends driving the need for policy-driven email retention and records management.

One of the key benefits of the workshop is preparedness. “If an organization can't search and retrieve its email records responsibly, then it runs the risks of punishment in litigation or fines by regulators,” explained Technology Attorney Benjamin Wright, one of the policy workshop’s presenters.

Participants will learn how to interpret compliance requirements and enforce them within their organization, as well as how to identify email records that should be archived and retrievable based on e-discovery needs and record retention laws specific to their industry. During the intensive workshop, participants will also learn how to develop an email policy tailored to their specific organization's needs and capabilities.

"Messaging Architects’ policy workshop takes the guesswork out of what email needs to be retained and for how long, how to maintain controlled, auditable records, and what should go into a formal, written policy,” added Wright. "It also saves organizations the time and money involved in researching issues themselves and making mistakes along the way."

For complete webinar information, including registration, contact Anne-Lisa deForest at 1.866.497.0101, x207 or Anne-Lisa.deForest (at) messagingarchitects (dot) com.

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Online Backup and Online Storage Company MyOtherDrive Introduces Desktop Client

2009-03-04T10:23:00-05:00

Dayton, OH (Gawkwire.com) Online backup and online storage company MyOtherDrive has introduced a Desktop Client to their already full offering with unattended backup, encryption, private sharing, and collaboration.

The Desktop Client permits users to run the file storage application inside or outside the web browser - however the customer prefers. The benefit to running outside the browser is less memory is required and there is no need to launch a web browser first. Users can simply launch the application just as they would use their favorite word processor. The new Desktop Client application runs on a Mac or Windows PC and offers the same feature set as when running in the web browser.

The Desktop Client features 128-bit AES encryption for the security conscious. All files are encrypted on the customer's computer before being transmitted to MyOtherDrive. This ensures no one but the customer can read their files. The new Desktop Client also supports features for public and private sharing. MyOtherDrive has a unique system for controlling the audience that has access to important files. Users can share files publicly or privately to a group of people, including a single user.

From within the new Desktop Client the customer can control the automated backup parameters including scheduling the time that the backup runs. The automated online backup system will then run as a scheduled task, automatically sending new and changed files to the user's online storage account. This ensures data is stored offsite and is safe from fire, water, or electrical damage that can ruin computers and USB drives.

MyOtherDrive customers can copy files between accounts with other users. This feature is unique to MyOtherDrive allowing users to collaborate and share files easily between online storage accounts. With this feature users can allow other people to copy or move files from their account. All of this is done without incurring the cost of another download and upload. This makes it easy to coordinate file sharing and collaboration with remote teams.

In addition, MyOtherDrive is a foremost leader in online photo sharing. MyOtherDrive is designed to hold virtually any file types, including pictures, videos and music to be shared with anyone the customer wants. And with MyOtherDrive's elite security features, customers can be assured the album won't fall into the wrong hands and create Internet embarrassment.

While other backup services such as HP Upline, Yahoo! Briefcase, and AOL's XDrive have closed, MyOtherDrive continues to provide new features, reliable online backup and file sharing services at competitive prices. MyOtherDrive is a veteran of the online storage business, backing up computers for customers since 2005. For more information, visit www.myotherdrive.com.

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SMX Advanced Registration Open - Best Rates Available Until March 14

2009-03-04T10:22:00-05:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) Registration is now open for Search Marketing Expo - SMX Advanced, which will be held June 2-3, 2009 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, WA.

The focus of SMX Advanced is unique. Conference sessions and keynotes are designed for search engine marketers with years of experience; they are fast paced, sophisticated and don't review basic concepts. Programming includes in depth sessions on organic search engine optimization (SEO) and paid search advertising.

The SMX Advanced programming has proven extremely popular, packed with extended Q&A and abundant opportunities to exchanges ideas with the best in the industry. SMX Advanced sold out in both 2007 and 2008.

Register for SMX Advanced before March 14 and you pay just $1,195. You get all of the sessions, keynotes, network activities and special events that make Search Marketing Expo conferences famous.

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IT Managers Think Security Over Green

2009-03-03T09:18:00-05:00

Peabody, MA (Gawkwire.com) Where does all that "old" technology go? How prepared are U.S. companies to properly phase out millions of tons of laptops, desktops, cell phones, servers and other essential IT gear every year? Is being green the top motivator for IT managers in determining how e-waste is handled?

Converge technicians investigate used computers for reusable components
These and other new findings are reported today in the 2009 Converge IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) Trends Report conducted by Converge and Osterman Research.

According to the 2009 Converge IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) Trends Report, about half of the IT managers in a national sample say their companies' technology investments will remain steady this year, despite a sluggish economy. Two-thirds of the respondents say their organizations do not have formal "green IT" plans. In regard to managing phased-out technology, IT managers are twice as concerned about data security as about being green.

"Sustainable computing requires more than just environmental sensitivity," says Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research. "Environmental compliance is important, clearly. But it is just one piece of a complex risk equation associated with decommissioning technology. A pure focus on being green may actually create security vulnerabilities as tons of computers are offloaded to recyclers that may be limited in chain-of-custody reporting, remarketing channels and redeployment options needed for enterprise level IT asset disposition."

E-waste is a problem that all IT managers know about and has been quietly rising as an IT priority. A full 100 percent of the survey respondents say that they are aware of their organizations' e-waste policies and practices, and about two-thirds say their companies have a formal IT asset disposal plan.

But the Converge survey also sheds light on the various methods companies employ, as well as the varying awareness of options from company to company.

"Many companies are still wondering how to best handle the challenge of asset disposition," says Chris Adam, director of IT Asset Disposition Services for Converge. "Awareness of ITAD is off the charts, but a lot of e-waste still goes into the waste stream. That is material that's not being managed at all, let alone properly."

Shockingly, about 15 percent of the IT managers in the Converge survey say their company puts e-waste into the dumpster. So for every 100 tons of e-waste disposed of by U.S., businesses, 15 tons go straight into landfills, along with the mercury, lead, cadmium, PVCs, brominated flame retardants and other dangerous compounds contained in electronic products.

The Best Defense Is a Good Offense
The number one motivator for outsourcing IT asset disposition to a specialist provider such as Converge is data security--specifically, the fear of sensitive data literally going out the back door as used IT assets are unplugged from a secure network and released by the organization. Two times as many respondents identify data breaches over a desire to be green as their top concern.

"With the average cost of a data breach running nearly $7 million per episode, it's pretty clear why data security is the paramount concern," says Mr. Adam, citing February 2009 data from the Ponemon Institute. "Securing thousands, even millions of individual machines requires highly specialized skills and infrastructure. This is not something you can get from your local recycler."

Converge has built a sophisticated international network of facilities, software and business practices to ensure that sensitive data is thoroughly erased and that myriad environmental regulations are adhered to and documented with robust asset-level reporting.

The same network also allows Converge to resell computer systems or components on the secondary market. Funds from this kind of remarketing activity allow some companies to significantly mitigate their disposal cost or even pay for their ITAD programs entirely.

A complete copy of the 2009 Converge IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) Trends Report is available online, or call 978-538-8000.

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DNN Corp. Names Tom Kress Vice President of Sales

2009-03-03T09:16:00-05:00

San Mateo, Calif. (Gawkwire.com) DNN® Corp., the creators of the industry-leading DotNetNuke® development framework, today announced that Tom Kress has joined the company as Vice President of Sales. In his role at DNN Corp. Mr. Kress will be responsible for worldwide sales of DotNetNuke Professional Edition, the company's recently announced commercial version of the DotNetNuke framework.

"Tom's extensive background in software sales, coupled with his leadership and team-building expertise, will be a huge asset to our company and the DotNetNuke community," said Navin Nagiah, President and CEO at DNN Corp. "His recent success at building a successful sales model for a commercial open source solution is just what we need as we introduce DotNetNuke Professional Edition, an extension of our product line optimized for mission-critical applications."

Mr. Kress brings 25 years of sales and management experience to DNN Corp. Previously, he was Vice President of Sales at Hyperic, a venture-backed open source software company, where he built the sales model for converting open source users to commercial buyers. Prior to Hyperic, Mr. Kress spent 4 years at Internap Network Solutions, an IP routing and CDN software company, rising from Regional Sales Director to Vice President of North American Sales. In addition to his experience in the software industry, Mr. Kress has also held sales and management roles in the IP and telecom space, including 10 years with MCI Communications.

"I'm thrilled to be joining DNN Corp. at this stage in the company's evolution," said Mr. Kress. "The DotNetNuke Framework is already the leader in Microsoft environments, and I'm pleased to play a key role in the expansion of the solution into even more businesses through our Professional Edition."

Mr. Kress holds a bachelors degree from The University of California at Berkeley.

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Canadian Web Hosting donates $5,000 to Union Gospel Mission

2009-03-03T09:14:00-05:00

Vancouver, BC (Gawkwire.com) It was losing a family member to drug abuse that inspired Tony Chu, CEO of Canadianwebhosting.com, to donate $5,000 on behalf of his company to Union Gospel Mission. While his family member is now gone, Chu's vision is to help others who are up against similar challenges rise above their current predicament.

"I understand what our homeless brothers and sisters go through day after day," explains Chu. "That is why we have chosen Union Gospel Mission as our charity of choice. I wish to thank UGM for their dedication and hard work as they help people get back on their feet and rebuild their lives."

In addition to emergency and prevention assistance, UGM has alcohol recovery programs for both men (in Vancouver) and women (in Mission).

Founded in 1998, Canadianwebhosting.com is a privately-held web hosting company focusing on customer care. Canadianwebhosting.com provides 24/7/365 support through Toll-free telephone, email and live online chat. The company is based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Union Gospel Mission has been reaching hungry, hurting and homeless men, women, youth and children for nearly 70 years. Through its 12 locations in Metro Vancouver and the city of Mission, UGM provides counseling, education, safe housing, and alcohol and drug recovery to those struggling with poverty, homelessness and addiction.

To find out how to make a difference in the lives of people affected by homelessness, poverty and addiction in Metro Vancouver visit Union Gospel Mission's website www.ugm.ca.

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Afilias to Provide 1-Click DNSSEC(tm) Service to Simplify DNS Security Rollout

2009-03-03T09:12:00-05:00

Dublin, Ireland (Gawkwire.com) Today Afilias announced the beta launch of 1-Click DNSSECTM , an enhancement to its Managed DNS Service, that allows organizations, corporations and government agencies to enable DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) on their domains, quickly and easily. Afilias is currently accepting 'proof of concept' testing customers and expects to officially rollout 1-Click DNSSECTM as a service available to all of the Afilias Managed DNS customers later this year.

"Afilias' 1-Click DNSSEC makes it simple and cost-effective to implement DNSSEC, as it requires no new customer hardware or software and it eliminates customer worries about issuing, distributing or maintaining DNSSEC keys," said John Kane, Vice President of Corporate Services for Afilias. "DNSSEC adoption has been slowed in the past by these costly and complex stumbling blocks, but Afilias has solved these problems. 1-Click DNSSEC is a complete solution and allows anyone to sign their zone with one simple click."

Afilias' 1-Click DNSSEC is an add-on service to its Managed DNS product that already provides users with the most diverse, globally available infrastructure to manage traffic to their Web presence. In addition to Afilias' 100% uptime guarantee, 1-Click DNSSECTM will provide users with:

Automatic creation of the public/private keys required for DNSSEC
Seamless key management and key rollover
Easy coordination with participating ICANN-accredited registrars sponsoring the domains to be signed
Distribution of public keys to parent zones, Trust Anchor Repositories and DNSSEC Look-Aside Validation (DLV) registries.
"Afilias is uniquely positioned to leverage our DNSSEC technology, already chosen to power the DNSSEC enablement for .org, and our existing relationships with ICANN accredited registrars to offer this full end-to-end managed service," added Kane. "Afilias' solution makes it possible for organizations or government agencies to have the security of DNSSEC and the convenience of effortless management, all rolled into one solution."

"With the signing of domains such as .org and .gov this year and the possible signing of the Root imminent, Afilias' 1-Click DNSSEC solution may be able to help speed the market to finally see our first fully DNSSEC compliant zones," added Ram Mohan, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Afilias.

Afilias will be demonstrating its 1-Click DNSSECTM service during GovSec in Washington D.C. March 11-12, 2009. Visit Afilias at booth # 301 or http://www.afilias.info/1-click-dnssec for additional information on Afilias' 1-Click DNSSECTM solution.

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PowerDNN Adds DotNetNuke Security Notification Services

2009-03-03T09:10:00-05:00

Omaha, Neb. (Gawkwire.com) Today, PowerDNN, the nation's leading provider of advanced hosting services for the DotNetNuke(R) community has launched its DotNetNuke Security Notification Service for the DotNetNuke 4.x and DotNetNuke 5.x platform. The DotNetNuke Security Notification Service provides weekly security reports on the status and health of DotNetNuke websites.

"In the history of the DotNetNuke platform, there have been many updates, new versions, new features, and security updates. Our DotNetNuke Security Notification Service allows customers get a detailed report on the health and security of their website," says Tony Valenti, CEO and founder of PowerDNN. "Combined with the DotNetNuke Core update system, this is an extremely valuable service that will ensure that our customers are always running the most stable and secure version of DotNetNuke."

"Content management systems and web application frameworks are just like web-based operating systems," says John Grange, PowerDNN's Chief Operating Officer. "Just as you should always apply Microsoft Updates and Windows Updates on a regular basis, it is just as important that you apply updates for your content management system as well."

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AYKsolutions Expands Operations with New Denver Datacenter Facility

2009-03-03T09:08:00-05:00

Schenectady, NY (Gawkwire.com) AYKsolutions, a provider of Shared, Reseller and Dedicated hosting solutions, announced today it has added a Denver Datacenter facility. Offering six other locations, the Denver facility boosts its dedicated server offerings and wider geographic diversity in its network coverage.

We are very excited to be adding this new location as one of our data center choices. We can effectively cater to users who need faster ping times to the west coast as well as Asia and Australia all the while keeping the bandwidth prices down,” said Artyom Khmelnitsky, President of AYKsolutions. We are hoping that with the addition of Denver, we will take the top spot in the “All-in-one Server Shop” category.

For more information about AYKsolutions and its new Denver Datacenter visit www.ayksolutions.com.

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47% Of Online Shoppers Wish To Resolve Compliants Online

2009-03-02T12:00:00-05:00

London (Gawkwire.com) Nearly half of UK consumers (47 per cent) wish to handle complaints to a retailer directly through its website, according to 1&1 Internet Ltd, the world's largest web host by active websites. The representative survey of 1600 UK consumers, commissioned by 1&1, concluded that consumers who opt for ecommerce are nowadays keen to sort after-sales issues online. This is in stark contrast to a further survey of 405 British companies that finds that only 17 per cent of businesses recognise the need for such facilities. The study also finds that 45 per cent of Britons actively seek retailers with online feedback facilities on their website as part of their buying decision. It would appear that UK businesses today are undervaluing the demand for online customer care.

Whilst it is widely reported that increasing numbers of Britons are choosing ecommerce over high street stores, 1&1's 'Customer Care For Online Business Survey' reveals that a surprising proportion of consumers (47 per cent) now seek to use online communication to resolve their after sales issues, such as complaints. These consumers indicated that given the option, they would choose to utilise online tools on a retailer's website for communicating with the retailer about a complaint. Interestingly, the desire to resolve complaints online increases with age, with 52 per cent of over 55 year olds wishing to leverage this as compared to only 42 per cent of 16-24 year olds. The preference to communicate with businesses online also varies with gender. Over half of men (52 per cent) are keen on the using online methods to resolve a complaint compared to only 43 per cent of women.

Oliver Mauss, CEO 1&1 Internet Ltd. said, "As more of us choose to make purchases online, there will be increased demand for online based after-sales functions such as complaints handling. Britons clearly value the speed and convenience of Internet-based options".

Furthermore, the survey underlines how British consumers place a high importance on online communication. Some 45 per cent of those surveyed actively seek retailers with online dialogue or feedback facilities on their website when deciding which retailers to use.

These figures are in worrying contrast to a further survey of 405 UK companies that finds widespread apathy on the issue of online customer care and complaints handling. The vast majority of businesses (83 per cent) believe there to be no demand for a facility to submit a complaint directly from their website. Significantly, 1 in 3 businesses (36 per cent) believe there could be no benefit at all from adding facilities for web-based communication such as customer live-chat, feedback forms or customer rating tools onto their website. The research suggests that a large number of British firms under-value the importance that consumers now place upon online communication.

The need for Britain's smaller online retailers to improve customer service levels can also be deduced. 1&1's research shows that from the 82 per cent of consumers that have made a purchase from a small or medium sized business website, 1 in 4 (24 per cent) suffered at least one 'negative' overall experience. Some 64 per cent of shoppers have experienced negative emotions such as 'stress' or 'concern' at least once as a result of an online purchase. Consumers' experiences of complaints to online SME retailers appear to vary with age. 28 per cent of online shoppers in the 16-24 age group reported having their complaint poorly handled, as compared to only 10 per cent of over 55 year olds.

Today, businesses have a number of options for using the Internet to enhance how they handle customer complaints. There is a variety of web-based tools available that can help facilitate online customer care and complaints resolution. The cost for a tool such as RatePoint (available with 1&1 web hosting) is remarkably low. For £6.99 a month+VAT, the tool helps a website owner strengthen customer support by providing the opportunity to engage in a meaningful dialogue with customers. Resolving complaints and receiving valuable customer feedback via RatePoint can not only improve customer service efficiency, but also lead to positive online ratings that will enhance a company's online image.

Mauss added, "Having leveraged the Internet to win a customer, businesses have much to gain from taking simple steps to maintain that connection. In a challenging economy, enterprises that can resolve customer care issues swiftly online are likely to receive increased customer loyalty and spend".

1&1 Internet, the world's largest web host by known servers, is well placed to provide a high quality service, offering industry-leading connectivity via its own pan-European backbone. 1&1 currently holds over 7.8 million customer contracts worldwide and manages over 10 million domain names.

For more information on 1&1 Internet Ltd visit the website at www.1and1.co.uk

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The Planet Enters European Market with London Data Center

2009-03-02T12:00:00-05:00

HOUSTON, TX (Gawkwire.com) The data center features up to 20kW of power per rack, backed by N+1 redundancy on generators, transformers and UPS systems. Customers gain access to a 10GB private fiber interconnect to The Planet’s core network through its Ashburn, Va., data center, as well as local connectivity to Tier-1 providers and the major European peering exchanges.

“For the past 18 months, we’ve evaluated international markets that are of strategic importance to our planned global expansion, and Europe has been at the forefront of those discussions,” said The Planet’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas J. Erwin. “We’ve had serious customer interest, which underscored that the time was right to move forward.
“We’ve made substantial investments in our data centers and our network over the past two years, including the recent addition of new peering points on the East and West Coasts of the United States. Our storage cloud and CDN products also provide global access points. With 42 percent of our customers located in international markets, we expect considerable interest in this new operation.”

The Planet has forged a colocation agreement with London-headquartered TelecityGroup, which operates 20 network-independent data centers across seven European countries. Procedures in the new facility comply with ISO 9001:2000, which benchmarks quality processes for data center operations and management.
TelecityGroup is highly regarded for both its premium data centers and operational expertise. It is also taking the lead in driving energy efficiency in the data center in Europe as the first data center operator to sign up to the new “EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres.” It is also a member of the Green Grid.

“The Planet has established a strong reputation for delivering high quality, reliable hosting and Web services,” said Adriaan Oosthoek, Managing Director for TelecityGroup UK and Ireland. “I’m delighted that TelecityGroup will play a crucial role in supporting The Planet’s roll out into Europe, by hosting and maintaining their infrastructure in our new highly resilient and secure Powergate data centre. We continue to be the data centre of choice for leading U.S. businesses expanding into Europe.”

In December, The Planet announced plans for its seventh data center, a new 86,000 square foot colocation facility in Dallas. The first phase will open in May 2009.
For more information, visit http://www.theplanet.com or contact the sales department at 1-866-325-0045 to learn more about pre-leasing opportunities in the new London data center.

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Paltalk presents TechNow, A Live Chat Debate on mitigating identity

2009-03-02T12:00:00-05:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community with over 4 million active members, will be featuring the second live interactive event in their series entitled, Are We the Crash Test Dummies For The New Internet Age on March 3 at 3pm EST. The event is part of Paltalk's new TechNow network where new ideas about technology are presented in live, interactive Internet events. During this second program entitled, Your Digital Identity - Manage it or Lose it, two leading tech titans, visionary Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo and noted Internet commentator and CEO of Silicon Alley Insider, Henry Blodget will discuss how the emerging transparency of social networking makes individuals more vulnerable to fraud and ID breaches and what can be done to lower the risks. The scope of identity theft issues online is enormous and growing everyday as our reliance on social networks grows everyday. Recent FTC reports and security reports suggest that these issues dominate the digital landscape: · In 2007, every minute of every day another 28 people in the United States became victims of identity theft. · Fully 1/3 of all consumer complaints reported to the FTC in 2008 were related to Identity theft. This represents by far the single largest complain area. o Catalogers, the second largest complaint category represents only 8% of all consumer complaints. · Data breaches of lost consumer data increased dramatically in 2008 by 47%! · Fraud perpetrated within online interactions (versus stealing information in the real world) now accounts for a third of all identity theft issues (Javelin Research): 19% while conducting a transaction 11% in online activity 11% in data breach · Sadly, most ID theft is never reported to police: o 65% of victims did not file a police report o 27% of victims did file a police report which was accepted by local law enforcement. o 8% of victims tried to file a police report and it was not accepted. As a leading social network, Paltalk is uniquely positioned to take the lead introducing a new paradigm of digital interaction. "Paltalk has been serving the Web community for over 10 years," said Judy Shapiro, Paltalk's Senior Vice President of Marketing. "Paltalk is vividly aware of the real and growing risk of identity theft on the Net. We will do all that we can to protect the members of our on-line community and millions of others on other Web 2.0 communities such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. We hope to serve as an example to other leading Web 2.0 applications on the Net in providing solutions to prevent this epidemic crime." In 1998 the US Congress created a new federal offense of identity theft. "Identity theft cost U.S. businesses and consumers $56.6 billion in 2006," said Shapiro. "Paltalk will be part of the solution in addressing identify theft through an effective and powerful awareness campaign." Event Details: This live internet debate will take place on March 3rd at 3:00pm EST. To join the room when the event is on, please visit http://TechNow.Paltalk.com and to learn more about the event or submit a question, please go to visit http://TechNow.Paltalk.com/crashdummies Upcoming show: March 19 at 3 pm (EST) Transforming the Web into Your Web. This will address how we navigate through an increasingly complex Internet with new powerful tools, such as our social networks, that will create a personalized web experience. About Melih Abdulhayoglu As CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo, Melih created Comodo in 1998 with a bold vision of making the Trusted Internet a reality for all. Comodo's innovations and pioneering business model have allowed Comodo to deliver its award winning Firewall absolutely free, while continuing to grow revenue by over 30 percent, year over year. Melih earned Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award in the Information Technology Software Category for New Jersey and he is a Cyberterrorism expert appearing on Fox Business News. About Henry Blodget Henry Blodget, CEO and Editor in Chief of the Silicon Alley, has a long reputation as a thought leader within the technology space. Henry was CEO of Cherry Hill Research, an Internet research and consulting firm. From 1994-2001, he was an investment banker at Prudential Securities and an equity analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. and Merrill Lynch. Henry is a regular contributor to Slate, Newsweek International, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, Business 2.0, Euromoney, New York, the Financial Times and a frequent guest on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC and NPR. In 2007, Henry published his first book, The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual: A Consumer's Guide to Intelligent Investing. About Paltalk Paltalk, which is now working with the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice in fighting identity theft, is the premier provider of software and technology for real-time, rich media, interactive social networking. The Paltalk platform powers the largest collection of video based communities and continues to grow since it was launched in 1998. Paltalk now boasts millions of active members with nearly 100,000 people simultaneously chatting in rooms engaged in lively dialogues, meeting new friends, trading stock tips, singing karaoke, and attending family reunions. The Paltalk community is vibrant due to the high quality of the room environments supported by a range of free moderation tools. In addition, Paltalk delivers original programming geared to the interests of the community. Paltalk Interactive events have hosted entertainment personalities including William Shatner and radio personalities Opie and Anthony. Paltalk supports both IM pals on AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ and is available as a free download. For more information, please visit: http://www.paltalk.com http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/paltalk_presents_technow_a_live_chat_debate_on_mitigating_identi.html

Figuring Out the Best Way to Stash Your Data

2009-03-02T09:31:00-05:00

By 2010, the amount of data added annually to computer systems worldwide will swell to 988 exabytes, according to an 2007 EMC-sponsored report from IDC. A 2008 update on the report found that in 2007, the digital universe measured 281 billion gigabytes -- 281 exabytes -- an increase 10 percent greater than analysts had predicted a year earlier.

While roughly 70 percent of the data generated in the digital universe is created by individuals, enterprises are responsible for the security, privacy, reliability and compliance of 85 percent of it. ... Go to source

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How to Increase Sales Margin 1 Percent to 10 Percent

2009-03-01T23:28:00-05:00

Atlanta, Ga. (Gawkwire.com) Immense economic forces are causing buyers to threaten sellers in attempts to reduce prices and transfer risk. Some of this activity is irrational yet if sellers cannot control the situation, they can feel bewildered and helpless. Fortunately, companies can win dramatic gains in margin and protect their interests more effectively. Customer's negotiation tactics are actually predictable. Effective counter measures can be applied - if they are planned for and incorporated into a company's sales process to begin with.

On Thursday, March 5, Michael Webb, founder of SPIF!, the professional educational forum for sales process improvement and sales kaizen, and the author of "Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way" (Kaplan, 2006) will team with Brian Dietmeyer, cofounder of Think! Inc., a sales negotiation and consulting firm dealing with Fortune 500 companies and author of "Strategic Negotiation: A Breakthrough Four-Step Process for Effective Business Negotiation" (Kaplan, 2004), will present a webinar titled: How to Increase Margin 1% to 10% and Lower Your Risk by Building a Negotiation Strategy into Your Sales Process March 5, 2009, 3:00pm Eastern Time

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"Most people think negotiation is something you can't control and that it happens at the end of the sales process," Mr. Dietmeyer said. "In fact, it is totally predictable and you can improve results dramatically if you plan for it and build the right activities into your sales process up front."

This webinar will be the eighth in a series Mr. Webb's company has sponsored to demonstrate ways kaizen can enable specific, measurable increases in revenues and reductions in sales and marketing costs in 90 days or less. "The language and culture of sales and marketing can be fully connected to kaizen and process improvement approaches. More companies need to understand how easy and valuable these new approaches are," Mr. Webb said.

Mr. Dietmeyer is a 20+ year veteran of sales, marketing and strategic planning. As Vice President with Marriott International, he led the National Account, Territory Management, Telemarketing and Teleconferencing Sales Forces. He's a frequent public speaker and had published articles on Negotiations, Marketing Research, Business to Business Relationships and Adding Value. Brian is the author of Strategic Negotiation (released 2004) and B2B Street Fighting (release date 4/09). He has been VP of Marketing on the Board of Directors for Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) and was the Chairman of the MPI Adult Education Foundation Board. He completed his undergraduate studies at DePaul University with a degree in Liberal Arts. He holds a Masters Degree in Management from The JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He founded Think! Inc. in 1996 with Dr Max Bazerman of the Harvard Business School. Their firm has worked with many Fortune 500 firms like Coca-Cola, FedEx, Lucent and United Airlines in nearly 50 countries around the globe. Brian can be reached at (312) 925-9326 or at bjd@e-thinkinc.com.

Michael J. Webb, President and founder of Sales Performance Consultants, is the foremost expert on sales process improvement. Michael and his team have helped companies such as ThermoFisher Scientific, MAQUET, Marriott, Replicon, Accelerent, WaterFurnace, and many others to make their sales funnels flow faster through evidence-based approaches such as Lean and Six Sigma. Michael delivered the keynote address to the first two conferences ever held on applying Six Sigma to marketing and sales. He also has extensive sales training facilitation and field coaching experience with hundreds of salespeople and managers in the U.S. and Canada. Michael is the author of "Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way" (Kaplan, 2006) and numerous articles. You can reach him at (877) 784-6507.

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Merchant Card Services Announces Strategic Partnership with ControlScan

2009-03-02T09:26:00-05:00

Tacoma, WA and Atlanta, GA (Gawkwire.com) Merchant Card Services, a division of Columbia Bank (merchantcardsvcs.com), a leading provider of card deposit processing, has joined forces with ControlScan (controlscan.com), a leading provider of 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, Merchant Card Services has partnered with ControlScan to help our merchants validate compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)," said Diane Wasalino, senior vice president, Merchant Card Services. "ControlScan's easy-to-use solution and personal level of service fits perfectly with the needs of our merchants and provides us with the critical insights we need to regularly evaluate the levels of compliance of our merchant portfolio."

Merchant Card Services customers now have access to ControlScan's leading PCI compliance solution, PCI 123, which includes the PCI Self-Assessment Questionnaire and on-demand security scanning, backed by expert technical support with a personal touch. ControlScan works with merchants every step of the way so that it's easy for them to get the help they need to protect their business.

"We are excited to be working with Merchant Card Services in this partnership," said Joan Herbig, chief executive officer, ControlScan. "Our collective goal is to help the Merchant Card Services merchant community become secure, thereby ensuring that they meet all private and public regulatory requirements by protecting all cardholder data."

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Webhost Pioneer Netfirms Gets Bigger -- Expands Office & Data Center

2009-03-02T09:24:00-05:00

Toronto, Ontario (Gawkwire.com) Web Host, Domain Name and Cloud Host provider Netfirms, Inc. (www.netfirms.com) announced today it has completed its office space expansion and move into their new data center and headquarters allowing for continued expansion in staffing and hosting solutions to meet the opportunities found in this market.

The new office provides over 200% more space to handle Netfirms' growing team. This expansion, the fifth since 1998, includes a hiring campaign to attract the a range of new positions to capitalize on the tremendous growth Netfirms continues to see. Netfirms will be expanding its talent team in customer care team, marketing, software innovation team and senior executives. In addition to the new office space, and hiring campaign, Netfirms will also be launching a 40,000 server capacity Tier 1 Datacenter in Markham, Ontario in June. The current operational mission critical datacenter serves the banking industry and will be upgraded to provide further features for Netfirms customers.

"We are in a challenging times, when trust, security and peace of mind is increasingly important to our clients. Our reputation for a solid service offering coupled with our strong incentives we have seen a tremendous growth in all of our services and look to support more small and medium businesses in the coming year." says Thomas Savundra, Netfirms' CEO and founder. "We have seen unprecedented demand for our award winning web hosting solutions with over 1 million client websites under management- and we intend to continue to capitalize on this success."

With this growth Netfirms will be able to accelerate their customers ability to build their vision online. We offer a comprehensive solution to achieve success online right from domain registrations, site building tools, grid web hosting, e-commerce and mission critical business email solutions.

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The OW2 Open Source Middleware Consortium First Annual Conference

2009-03-02T09:23:00-05:00

Paris, France (Gawkwire.com) OW2 Consortium, the open source middleware community, is organizing its first Annual Conference on April 1-2 in Paris. With "Open Source for the Computing Infrastructure" as its central theme, the conference will present some of the latest developments in enterprise computing and will demonstrate the maturity of open source for the enterprise information system infrastructure.

Keynotes speakers Yukihiro Matsumoto, Chief Designer of the Ruby Programming Language and Roberto Chinnici, Specification Lead for Java EE 6 at Sun Microsystems are a true testimonial to the openness of the OW2 community. This year's program features over 30 presentations, speakers from Europe, Asia and the Americas, seven thematic sessions, two poster sessions and of course the "Best Use-Case Award".

"In times of crisis, solutions which optimize investments must be sought and open source solutions from the OW2 code base perfectly meet this requirement because they are free, reliable and standard." says OW2 CEO Cédric Thomas

During the conference, on the Solution Linux exhibition floor, live demonstrations of free solutions from the OW2 code base will be showcased by Consortium Members such as Bull, EBMWebsourcing, Engineering, eXo Platform, Ingres, INRIA, and XWiki.

The OW2 Annual Conference will be held in the framework of the Solution Linux event at the Paris Expo, Portes de Versailles, exhibition center. The conference is free of charge and open to all.

Registration is open at http://www.solutionslinux.fr. For more information, visit the OW2 Annual Conference web site at http://www.ow2.org/view/Events2009AnnualConference/.

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AvaHost Web Hosting Upgrades Reseller Hosting Plans

2009-03-02T09:21:00-05:00

Houston, TX (Gawkwire.com) This spring, the new growth on local flora, brings with it a new promise from AvaHost.Net. That widely recognized web hosting company has offered to upgrade each of its Reseller Hosting Plans. That means that anyone using Avahost to start a web hosting business could possibly remain free of his or her biggest expenditure.

Since its founding in 2001, AvaHost has been giving its clients attractive "packages." The new package increases the appeal of the AvaHost reseller hosting plans. Each new package gives a client a monthly traffic allowance that is two times the size that AvaHost provided earlier, before offering any type of upgrade.

In addition, each new AvaHost Reseller upgrade will include an increase in the amount of disk space that is to be made available to the client. Moreover, each AvaHost Web Hosting client will have an opportunity to renew his or her contract, a contract that calls for regular payments of only $15.95 per month.

AvaHost knows that each of its clients expects that payment of the monthly fee will provide any one client with top notch web hosting services. So AvaHost has promised some free software to each online company that invests in AvaHost's Reseller upgrade. That company will receive both an Online Web Site Builder and a 1-Click Auto Installer. Armed with such equipment, the same company should be able to install 50 of the most popular, the most "in demand," open source software.

That offer of free software comes on top of great guarantees, guarantees that are already mentioned on the AvaHost website. AvaHost now gives each of its clients a 60 day guarantee. An unhappy AvaHost customer can expect to receive back any money that he or she spent for reseller web hosting services within a 60 day starting period. (Minus the cost of a domain name registration).

This eight year old web hosting company has a long list of happy clients. The owner of the website dishsatellite.com used the web hosting services provided by AvaHost. That client made this remark about those services: "They took the time to answer my questions and have provided great service for this last year."

Next year AvaHost is certain to post a similar testimonial from someone who has invested in one of its new Reseller upgrades.

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