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Will Scott to Speak on Ranking Tactics for Local Search at SMX East
New Orleans SEO expert, Will Scott, of Search Influence joins an all-star panel at SMX East to discuss strategies on “Ranking Tactics For Local Search.” The session is a unique opportunity to learn about newest evolution of local search tactics primarily for the benefit of local, small business.
AOL Names Shashi Seth to Lead Global Advertising Products
AOL announced that Shashi Seth has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Advertising Products, responsible for building and scaling AOL’s advertising platform and developing industry-leading products. Seth comes to AOL from Cooliris, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to that he was with Google, where he served most recently as head of monetization for YouTube. ...Ourweb.net Launches Low-Cost Reseller Hosting Program
Ourweb.net has added a low-cost Reseller Hosting option to the suite of services already provided. ...EvoSwitch signs EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency
‘The EU Code of Conduct will motivate more data centers in Europe to save energy’...Ourweb.net Celebrates 20-year Anniversary in Web Design and Hosting
Ourweb.net is celebrating 20 years of excellence in Web Design and Hosting....SoftLayer™ Introduces Citrix® NetScaler® VPX
New Solution Accelerates Web Applications by Five Times...LeaseWeb Releases Extensive Support Upgrade
Dedicated hosting provider, LeaseWeb, has made significant upgrades for its Support Department over the past six months in response to signs that the customer support experience could be improved. ...i/o Data Centers Selected By AAA for Data Center Migration Effort
Scalability and time-to-market were important considerations in decision to work with i/o Data Centers ...SmarterTools and Microsoft Patent Licensing Agreement Extends
Exchange ActiveSync Reach to 15 Million SmarterMail Users...Best Australian Web Design Agencies for September 2009
Companies are reviewed and ranked on a monthly basis. ...Toshiba Unveils High-Performance Qosmio X500 Multimedia Laptop
With Cutting-Edge Processing Power From Intel and NVIDIA, Plus Windows 7, Enthusiast-Class Qosmio X500 Laptop Delivers Advanced Mobile Performance for Demanding Hi-Def Multimedia Tasks ...Microsoft Launch WebsiteSpark: Free Software For Web Developers
Moments ago Microsoft launched WebsiteSpark, a new program to provide web developers and designers free copies of Microsoft development tools, applications and server licenses for a period of three years. The program is the third and latest launch as part of the ’spark’ series of outreach and support programs designed to engage communities with new Microsoft products. The initial programs to launch were BizSpark, for startups, and DreamSpark, for students....DemoWolf today announced the launch of The "Accordion Floatbox".
Now when hosting companies purchase tutorials from DemoWolf, DemoWolf can provide a "Tutorial Viewing" system that is not only easy to install, but organizes their tutorials in an clean, manageable and easy-to-navigate format. The Accordion Floatbox Display Option organizes all tutorials in series, and upon clicking a series, a list "scrolls open" to reveal a list of all tutorials in that series. A user can then click an individual title, and the tutorial will open in a "Floatbox" and play automatically....Singapore Web Hosting Company Offers Content Delivery Web Hosting Plans
We human like bold moves. How many of us have cheered out our favorite teams who put up the winning, homerun, touchdown, goal, basket, etc when there is no time on the clock and the air is thick with tension? Or how many of us have made a big change in life and thought, “I’m starting a new chapter,” ceasing to realize that the turn of each page is just as important?...Web Hosting Software Firm, Ensim, Enables Largest OCS Deployment
Provider of change management, user provisioning and access control software, Ensim Unify, is providing provisioning and management for Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), accelerating the deployment for customers of over 150,000 seats....Crucial Paradigm, Web Hosting Provider, Debuts Australian Division
Shared, Reseller, Dedicated, VPS, Cloud, and Managed Web hosting solutions provider, Crucial Paradigm, has launched a new corporate website for its Australian division. ...Yahoo! Puts Its Focus on “Y!ou”
Company Aligns Brand and Product Strategy around Users’ Experiences; Launches Global Brand Campaign...WebpageFX Introduces SpiderFX, Its Newest Advantage in SEO
WebpageFX now uses SpiderFX, its proprietary search engine specifically engineered to crawl, index and generate prioritized search engine optimization punch lists. ...Cloudera Announces Hadoop World: NYC 2009 Sponsors
Confirmed sponsors for inaugural Hadoop World include Yahoo!, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, IBM, Intel and more...Carpathia Hosting Names Brian Winter Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Carpathia Hosting announced today the addition of Brian Winter to the Carpathia management team as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. In his new role, Winter will be responsible for the company's overall marketing strategy with a focus on growing awareness of the company, expanding it's presence in the federal sector and maximizing the recent acquisition of ServerVault....European Hosting Giant Launches Huge Sale on .mobi and .im Domain Names
Join the mobile revolution by acquiring a .mobi domain name or centralize your social media activities with a .im domain. ...Dell to Acquire Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion
•Complementary Strengths Enhance Dell’s IT Services Portfolio, Perot Systems’ Global Reach •Companies Together Represent $8 Billion in Services Revenue •Acquisition Expected to Be Accretive to GAAP Earnings in Fiscal 2012 ...IT Industry Business Confidence Continues to Strengthen, Study Finds
IT Companies Prepare for Growth Despite Lingering Economic Concerns ...Crucial Paradigm Launches New Website for Australian Division
Crucial Paradigm, a leading provider of Shared, Reseller, Dedicated, VPS, Cloud, and Managed Web hosting solutions, announced today it has launched a new corporate website for its Australian division. ...Fusepoint Launches SharePoint Application Dev. & Managed Hosting Services
Microsoft Gold solutions provider extends offering with industry-leading collaboration and communications. ...EvoSwitch Data Center Appoints Eric Boonstra (44) as Managing Director
EvoSwitch, the carrier-neutral data center in Amsterdam that operates fully CO2-neutral, has appointed Eric Boonstra (44) to the position of Managing Director as of 1 September 2009. He was initially hired as Commercial Director at the beginning of 2009. His promotion is related to the expansion of EvoSwitch...DedicatedNOW, eSecureData, NETRACKservers & Online Tech wins Awards
The influential Dedicated Web Hosting Review site, Top10DedicatedHosting.com today announced the much awaited Dedicated Server Hosting award winners. Top positions were garnered by DedicatedNOW, eSecureData, NETRACKservers and Online Tech. ...Two Weeks Until Search Marketing Expo - SMX East Opens in New York City
World's largest search engine marketing conference series returns to New York City October 5-7; 60+ sessions, 150 speakers, keynote presentations announced; save $200 on All Access passes by registering prior to SMX East ...Adobe Flash Platform Services Unveiled
New Distribution Service Provides Web Application Sharing, Promotion, Measuring and Monetization across Desktops and Mobile Platforms ...Parature Wins 2009 WebAward from Web Marketing Association
Corporate Website Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development ...
Snow Leopard Leaps Out of the Gate
Sales during the first two weeks of Apple's Snow Leopard OS X release far exceed those of the last two Apple operating systems....Codero's New Data Center Designed for Growth, Security, Geo-Diversity
Featuring high-performance connectivity, advanced power systems, and multi-layered security, Codero's newest data center promises to take server and hosting reliability to the next level. Located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, the 22,000-square-foot facility will house 8900 dedicated servers - along with space for offices and provisioning - upon its completion in November 2009. ...Study finds Twitter Used More Frequently in Email Marketing Than Facebook
MailChimp recently analyzed more than 1 billion emails sent since January 2009 to track the inclusion of links to Twitter and Facebook. The data shows an 84% increase in email campaigns that include links to Twitter compared to a 66% increase in campaigns that feature Facebook. In 2008, neither site was linked in many email marketing campaigns - a mere 0.49% of users included any social media links in their emails....PubCon South, Spring 2010 Announced
PubCon, the search engine and Internet social media marketing conference and expo, has announced that it's 2010 spring multi-track conference will be held in Dallas, Texas....VoIP Survey Shows Big Shift Toward IP Telephony in Downturn
CompareBusinessProducts.com survey of 500 VoIP buyers shows a large increase in the percentage of buyers intending to pick VoIP solutions. ...UK Colocation Provider C4L Launches Partner Programme
C4L is delighted to be launching a Partner Programme, offering a full range of services including UK colocation, IP Transit, Data Backup and VoIP to name just a few. These services come with fanstastic wholesale rates, allowing partners to make impressive profits for their businesses. ...34SP.com Deploys SmarterTrack Customer Service Software
Service oriented UK website hosting company, 34SP.com has announced the deployment of SmarterTrack customer service software to deliver world-class customer support Ticketing and Live Chats to its fast growing base of web hosting clients....BluePay Selects Latisys for Data Center Colocation And Managed Services
Credit card processor turns to Latisys for PCI-compatible status, multi-site redundancy...Free White Paper on the Impact of Social Media in Customer Service
White Paper Explores Social Media and Its Effect on Customer Service and the Customer Experience ...SEO Blogger Awarded Distinguished Search Engine Marketing Scholarship
Briggs' winning entry offers innovative, useful tips for creating websites that are both beautiful and search engine-friendly. ...Visi to Demo New Cloud Computing Platform at 2009 Cloud Vision Conference
Minnesota IT managers and business executives who want to learn from local technology leaders Chris Howard, vice president of Burton Group, and Jason Baker, chief technology officer of VISI, on the topic of cloud computing are encouraged to attend the complimentary Cloud VISION Conference at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Howard and Baker will share tips and demonstrate how businesses of all sizes can benefit from implementing cloud technology into their IT infrastructures....Adobe to Acquire Omniture
Combined Company Will Deliver Comprehensive Solutions for Creation, Delivery and Optimization of Content and Applications ...Arkeia Network Backup Version 8.1 General Availability
Release Delivers Backup Infrastructure for Cloud Computing; Offers Custom Restore Objects, Extensible Reporting, and Extended Platform Support...Web 2.0 & SaaS Recurring Billing System, Chargify, Launches at TechCrunch50
All companies exhibiting at TechCrunch to receive beta invites and free accounts for a year....myhosting.com Offers Free Hosting to Community-Minded Organizations
myhosting.com announces Web Hosting Endowment Program and offers free email hosting, Web hosting and SharePoint to companies and organizations that bring a positive influence to the community. ...PPC Summit Adds New SEM/Optimization Sessions Due To Popular Demand
PPC Summit, Search Marketing Training Event leader, announces new sessions covering full scale: search engine marketing and search engine optimization training designed to teach marketers how to maximize their internet advertising and increase their profits with Pay Per Click Advertising. PPC Summit is scheduled for Los Angeles Sept. 23/24 and Chicago Nov. 4/5, interested parties can register online at http://www.ppcsummit.com by Sept. 15 to save 35%....Top Site Audit Firms Ranked by topseos.com for September 2009
Companies are reviewed and ranked on a monthly basis. ...HostingSource.com Announces End-of-Summer Sale on all Hosting Packages
Hostingsource is offering a Blowout End-of-Summer Sale on all their Dedicated Server, and VPS Plans. They will beat the price on any hosting plan from other competing Hosting companies with a similar configuration. Also included is the first month of services free plus free backup and 24/7 support. ...InstaCarma doubles its power back-up capacity
In its bid to continue providing uninterrupted quality services to its esteemed clients, InstaCarma installed a brand new genset over the weekend....Horizon Data Center Solutions Launches Secure Cloud Computing Platform
Dallas-based Horizon Data Center Solutions has launched a new cloud computing platform called FlexSafe Cloud, which will offer businesses and private entities the benefits of virtualization with the security of a private fiber network. Horizon, which works with enterprise businesses, small to medium sized businesses, and government agencies, has been expanding rapidly, both with IT services and data center colocation and disaster recovery services. FlexSafe Cloud is the latest in a series of flexible, scalable service offerings that Horizon has introduced. The company has grown exponentially as both a data center and managed services company. The company is privately held. ...Web Analytics: Easy or Hard? -- Jim Sterne Presents Live Webcast at SMN
Jim Sterne, Chairman of Web Analytics Association, looks at the current debate about web analytics -- and discusses how marketers can make web analytics easier - in this marketing webinar from Search Marketing Now ...EcomNets Redefines the Green PC
Verdio Green PC comes in a highly recyclable case, powerful configuration, small form factor, dramatically reducing TCO, was developed to help organizations committed to climate change. ...Top Canadian Web Development Firms of September 2009
Web development companies are reviewed and ranked monthly....Easyspace Slashes Minimum Cost of Country Specific Top Level Domain Names
Easyspace, one of the largest providers of web hosting and domain names in the UK, has made significant changes to the registration terms of some of its most popular domain extension. ...Hivelocity Launches New Website and Teases Us With SPEED
Dedicated Server provider Hivelocity (www.hivelocity.net) announced in late August the launch of their much anticipated new website. Customers have been buzzing for months about the new site after Hivelocity’s monthly newsletter hinted about the upcoming launch back in March. After several revisions the new site has finally made its way to customers and the general public....Managed Web Hosting provider RSHosting, unveils affordable shared hosting
Independent web hosting company : RSHosting, has unveiled new shared web hosting plans, hosted on linux servers in US and UK datacenters. The company declared that it has recently introduced cheap shared web hosting plans and also upgraded its entire line of reseller hosting and vps hosting plans, increasing storage space, bandwidth, and adding features....SoftLayer Virtual Data Center Firm, Garners 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award
SoftLayer Virtual Data Center Firm, Garners 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award...Tucows Amends and Extends Third Modified Dutch Tender Offer
Tucows Inc. (AMEX: TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today that it has narrowed the price range that it is offering for the repurchase of shares of its Common Stock under the modified Dutch auction tender that commenced on August 20, 2009 to no less than $0.52 and no more than $0.60 per share. The previous price range offered by the Company was no less than $0.40 and no more than $0.60 per share. The Company has also extended the term of the tender offer to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 2, 2009. The offer was previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 18, 2009....MochaHost.com: New Fall 30 % OFF Special + extra 33 Free Tools Available!
MochaHost.com is pleased to announce to its new & current customers that some very attractive promotions are now available for the new Fall Season! All promotions will be valid for not only new, but also current customers. ...SiteGround implements highest assurance SSL Technology
SiteGround, a leading web hosting provider, has recently added the EV (Extended Validation) SSL certificate to its website. Now the green color in the address bar shows that SiteGround company has gone through a thorough validation process. The advanced SSL technology is also available for all SiteGround customers, who can add it as an upgrade to their hosting accounts. ...PEER 1 Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Business Hosting Provider Marks Milestones and Looks Ahead to Next Decade ...
Why Websites Depend on SEO to Succeed
According to Scott Carvin, President and CEO of US Web Central, Corp., a leading Denver SEO Company, "9 out of 10 websites will fail on the internet because they are not visible in the (SERP), search engine results page of a search result."...Search Engine Strategies (SES) Berlin 2009
Bill Hunt, President of Consumer Data Specialist Back Azimuth Consulting, Announced As Opening Keynote Speaker...MacScan 2.7 Anti-Spyware Released - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatible
SecureMac is pleased to announce MacScan 2.7, the latest version of its award-winning anti-spyware privacy and security software. This new version of MacScan enhances protection against the latest threats for Mac OS X, adding usability enhancements and bug fixes. Additionally, MacScan 2.7 contains an improved user interface plus the latest spyware definitions and tracking cookie blacklist. MacScan 2.7 is also Snow Leopard compatible. ...Domains.com Offers Free Auctions and No Commission on Domain Sales
New Bid for Auction Sales? ...VPS Hosting Specifications Upgraded
Customer service focused UK website hosting company 34SP.com has re-introduced its line of VPS hosting products. Virtual Private Server hosting or VPS hosting for short, is a mid-step between shared hosting and dedicated servers. The new products are available immediately at: http://www.34sp.com/vps-hosting....WEBKEEPERS Sets New Standard for Windows Web Hosting
WEBKEEPERS (www.webkeepers.com) recently released Windows Virtual Private Servers at an unbeatable price with optional no-fee web hosting setup. ...