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Will Scott to Speak on Ranking Tactics for Local Search at SMX East

2009-09-30T06:33:00-04:00

New Orleans, LA (Gawkwire.com) At SMX East (Search Marketing Expo) Oct. 5-7, session content and valued connections help internet marketers stay inspired and innovative.

Small business online marketing specialist, Will Scott
Local search is a driving force for small businesses online. Local search is a website promotion specialty focusing on searchers looking for goods and service in a defined geographic area.

Will Scott, founder and president of website promotion company, Search Influence will present on how businesses can use readily available web sites to create the best local business listing possible and dominate their local market.

On October 5, on New Orleans SEO expert, Will Scott, is presenting with a panel with some of the top minds in Local Search on Local Search Ranking Factors highlighting unique strategies and cutting edge tactics for small businesses to leverage local listings to their maximum potential for driving local leads.

"Local Search is as critical to small business today as the Yellow Pages were in the last century” says Scott. "When people think 'Search Engine' they often think ecommerce. Most of our customers don't have a product they can ship so it's still about 'Making phones ring and doors swing.'"

Participating in the “Ranking Tactics For Local Search” session, are industry leaders:

Moderator: Greg Sterling, Founding Principal, Sterling Market Intelligence

Speakers:
Mike Blumenthal, Owner and Local Marketing Expert , Blumenthals
Mary Bowling, Director of Search Engine Marketing, seOverflow
David Mihm, Designer + Local Search Marketer, davidmihm.com
Will Scott, President, Search Influence
Andrew Shotland, Proprietor, Local SEO Guide

“Search Influence is focused on Website promotion for small businesses. They have to be on-line, but they also have to be found and that is where local search comes in.”

Will Scott and Search Influence are dedicated to educating small businesses on how they can improve website promotion tactics to increase traffic to their web sites and turn those visitors into customers.

“The rate of change in this industry make innovation and creativity critical skills,” says Scott. “The search engines and the way users use them are always changing and we have to stay ahead for our clients to succeed. Local search helps us to target local searchers who are ready to buy.”

At the Search Marketing Expo East 2009, Scott, his local search colleagues and the best and brightest in SEO will be educating and exchanging ideas on how to promote their clients and improve small business’ bottom line.

Search Influence, specializes in helping its customers successfully market online. Since 1994, Will Scott has been helping small businesses succeed on the internet. Will Scott is a recognized leader in Local Search, a frequent speaker at national conferences and contributes to projects such as the Annual Local Search Ranking Factors project. For more information on Will Scott or Search Influence, visit http://www.searchinfluence.com

For a full agenda of SMX East, visit http://searchmarketingexpo.com/east/2

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AOL Names Shashi Seth to Lead Global Advertising Products

2009-09-30T06:32:00-04:00

NEW YORK, NY (Gawkwire.com) 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.

“Shashi is unmatched in the industry as an innovator with an outstanding track record of developing new and better ways to serve advertisers on the Web,” said Jeff Levick, President of Global Advertising and Strategy at AOL. “As we move forward on our strategy of becoming the world’s largest provider of display advertising, Shashi will play a critical role in creating the best products in the business for our advertising partners.”

“I’m grateful to have the opportunity to come to AOL as it moves toward becoming an independent company,” said Seth. “The company already has an incredible combination of scale and a suite of great advertising products and technology, and I’m looking forward to working with AOL’s talented team to build on this strong foundation.”

Seth will report directly to Levick from AOL’s expanding Mountain View offices, joining Brad Garlinghouse, who was recently appointed to lead AOL’s Communications efforts and lead the company’s West Coast AOL Ventures efforts.

Prior to coming to AOL, Seth was with Cooliris, where he was responsible for revenue generation and business development. At Google, Seth was responsible for building advertising products, exploring all monetization opportunities, and defining business models for YouTube. Before that, Seth was the Product Lead for Web Search at Google. Prior to Google, Seth was with eBay, where he was responsible for building and managing eBay’s successful APIs & Platform. He has also worked for the Gap, where he launched their online stores, and co-founded two startups. Seth started his career at NASA Langley Research Center, where he built flight simulators and avionics equipment. Seth holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Kanpur, India, a Masters in Computer Applications from the University of Pune, India, and a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Miami.

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Ourweb.net Launches Low-Cost Reseller Hosting Program

2009-09-30T06:31:00-04:00

Holden, MA (Gawkwire.com) Ourweb.net is a Web Design and Hosting company launched by William Banks III in 1990. William Banks is a life-long resident of Holden who overcame a disability to create one of the communities favorite companies.

Ourweb's newest service offering is a low-cost Reseller Hosting program. The Reseller's Program was specially designed for the small and medium sized web developer and the virtual Internet Service Provider. It will allow the user to manage all of their accounts and web sites, online, using Ourweb's control panel.

Reseller hosting services are a perfect solution for those looking to sell their current hosting programs and those who have multiple websites that they would like to manage under one hosting account. Ourweb's hosting program boasts more storage space, bandwidth and free features than other reseller programs. It also has some of the best reseller ratings available.

Ourweb's Reseller Program includes features such as:

CPanel Reseller Manager
Unlimited domains hosting and reselling
Domain Reseller with your own Enom domain name reseller account
(RvSkins support
PHP, Perl, MySql, Databases, Private CGI-bins, Zend Optimizer
Web hosting Reseller Services
Email virus scanning and protection software
Firewall Support
Spam blockers and filters
Daily, weekly and monthly backups
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
30 Day Money Back Guarantee
Support via phone and email
W Microsoft Frontpage 2000, 2002, 2003
Unlimed Emails, mailing lists, aquto-responders, email aliases, ftp accounts, MySql databases, mail blocking, sub-domains, parked domains and add-on demains.
Dedicated static IP Address
Two private name servers (ns1 and ns2.yourdomain.com)

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EvoSwitch signs EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency

2009-09-29T09:13:00-04:00

Amsterdam (Gawkwire.com) EvoSwitch (www.evoswitch.com), the Dutch carrier-neutral data center with operations that are fully CO2-neutral, has signed the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency. European data centers that sign this agreement will thus be obliged to reduce their energy consumption by 20 percent by the year 2020. EvoSwitch, however, already surpasses this objective by a considerable margin since it now consumes 40 percent less energy than traditional data centers.

The EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency was launched by the European Commission in November 2008 to discourage excessive energy consumption in data centers. The voluntary contract to comply with the code of conduct contains guidelines, recommendations and examples of best practices to save on energy in data centers. At the national level, EvoSwitch was one of a pioneering group of 16 ICT companies that signed the Long-Term Agreement on Energy Efficiency (MJA) issued by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. The purpose of the MJA is to improve energy efficiency by 30% over a period of fifteen years.

New data center
EvoSwitch, located in the Amsterdam region, already substantially exceeds the guidelines for energy savings as stated in the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres Energy Efficiency, by consuming 40 percent less energy than traditional data centers [its current Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is 1.6]. For EvoSwitch, signing this agreement means that it will periodically have to submit information about the energy consumption in its data center to the Joint Research Centre of the European Institute for Energy located in Italy.

“The EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres Energy Efficiency is a good European initiative and will hopefully motivate more data centers in Europe to invest in reducing their energy consumption,” says Eric Boonstra, Managing Director of EvoSwitch. “The cautious objective of saving 20 percent on energy consumption is a nice start. Across the market, I think it’s a realistic and attainable objective. Older data centers will never be able to operate as efficiently as a completely new data center, but there are enough technologies available to achieve the 20% objective.”

EU platform for like-minded parties
EvoSwitch currently consumes 40 percent less energy than a traditional data center, but once the data center is enlarged, this will increase to 80%, which will be equal to a PUE of 1.2.

“This means that we are running far ahead of the established objectives,” continues Boonstra. “Still, we signed the EU Code of Conduct because we wanted to demonstrate what is technically possible and practically feasible at the European level. The EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency is not just a goal for the future but also serves as a platform for like-minded parties that want to achieve a common objective. This was also why, in 2007, we were the first data center in the world to become a member of The Green Grid, the consortium of IT suppliers that wants to curb energy consumption in data centers.”

Data Center Government
In the near future, the guidelines in the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency will also be used by the Dutch central government and by local government agencies and authorities to purchase services from external data centers. SenterNovem is now working for the government to identify which sustainable purchasing requirements can be used for this purpose. In any event, these will include the European requirements stated in the EU Code of Conduct. In 2010, various government agencies will employ the purchasing criteria recommended by SenterNovem, and will start applying these sustainable criteria – in part or in full – when purchasing their goods and services.

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Ourweb.net Celebrates 20-year Anniversary in Web Design and Hosting

2009-09-29T09:12:00-04:00

Holden, MA (Gawkwire.com) Ourweb.net is a web hosting and web design service owned by William Banks III. William is a life-long resident of Holden, Ma who overcame a disability in 1990 to launch his own company. Ourweb has over 50 clients dispersed throughout the United States.

Ourweb specializes in E-Commerce and Joomla sites while utilizing the latest technologies and programs to ensure the highest quality service. All hosting accounts come with Cpanel, Installatron, unlimited email accounts, unmetered bandwidth and unlimited subdomains.

By designing the services for both beginners and experts alike, Ourweb provides a level of hosting support that is unmatched in the industry.

"How much business is your web site losing? Are you sure your current hosting provider is optimizing the traffic to your web site? When was the last time you had a professional web site designer review and offer suggestions to update your web site? Lost visits to your web site equals diminished sales and less visibility in the market place. Can you afford to say stay with what is familiar when your revenues may be suffering? Have you ever wondered what is happening to your business while you sleep at night or while you're away? When was the last time you reviewed the service commitment that your domain host provided you? I design and host web sites. I have done so successfully for over 18 years! Contact me today to find out how I can help you propel your business into this century. I promise that you wont be disappointed," said William Banks III.

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SoftLayer™ Introduces Citrix® NetScaler® VPX

2009-09-29T09:10:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com) SoftLayer Technologies™ has added Citrix® NetScaler® VPX to its service offering. The virtual Web application delivery appliance makes applications five times better by accelerating performance and ensuring that applications are always available and protected through integrated firewalls, while also substantially lowering IT costs. SoftLayer will deploy Citrix NetScaler VPX on dedicated hardware for each and every customer to provide complete control over the network and computing infrastructure.

“We’re excited that SoftLayer has chosen Citrix Netscaler VPX as its enterprise-class Web application delivery solution,” said Klaus Oestermann, Vice President and General Manager, NetScaler Product Group, Citrix. “Citrix NetScaler VPX will help SoftLayer customers optimize application performance and delivery, allowing users to converge virtualization and networking.”

Citrix NetScaler VPX provides a cost-effective and highly adaptable means to implement advanced application delivery services. It combines a host of features, including load balancing, application acceleration, firewalls, and other security features to improve the availability, performance, protection, and total cost of operations of an organization’s business-critical Web applications. Itself a virtualized solution, Citrix NetScaler VPX supports the full spectrum of Web application infrastructures and deployment techniques—from conventional dedicated physical hardware designs to emerging virtualized approaches, along with the many possible permutations in between.

Citrix NetScaler VPX offers IT departments the following benefits:
 Reduce server costs by 60 percent
 Accelerate Web applications by five times
 Optimize Web application delivery infrastructure
 Improve operational efficiency and security through integrated firewalls
 Automatically respond to periods of high demand by dynamically provisioning more capacity for an existing Web application
 Migrate a Web application from one set of resources to another
 Account for demand that exceeds the resources available at a given site by automatically spinning-up additional instances of a Web application and its related delivery services in a second data center or at a cloud service provider’s facility
 Efficiently implement several tiers of application delivery functionality to support applications that are highly decomposed or have massive scalability requirements

“We consistently provide our customers with the latest and most efficient solutions,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer, SoftLayer. “Citrix NetScaler VPX is yet another option that customers can leverage to build a fast, responsive, and secure IT environment.”

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LeaseWeb Releases Extensive Support Upgrade

2009-09-29T09:08:00-04:00

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Gawkwire.com) 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.

Rolph Haspers, Operations Director of LeaseWeb remarked, ''Various developments caused our Support Department to become somewhat overburdened at the end of 2008.In Q4 2008, LeaseWeb experienced a tremendous growth spurt that had repercussions on the Support Department. This department was facing extra difficulties due to the unfortunate lack of engineers at that time, and the fact that it had too many lower qualified engineers. Also, we are traditionally a highly technology-oriented company, which is not always conducive to customer-friendliness and which became more apparent during this stressful period.''

The most recent semi-annual customer survey held among more than 1,300 customers showed that the measures are having a positive effect. The upgrade of LeaseWeb's Support Department included the hiring of 20 more highly qualified engineers and the improvement of the terms of employment. In addition, all support engineers completed a series of communications training courses to improve their ability to operate in a more customer-friendly manner. These measures have resulted in an impressive 20% increase in the number of fully satisfied customers over the past six months.

More than six months ago, immediately after the disappointing support results from the previous customer survey, both short-term and long-term measures were implemented in order to provide the customers with renewed confidence in a positive support experience. Haspers: The survey results confirmed our gut feeling and we immediately took action. Our short-term measures included the temporary hiring of additional Support staff, partly from the UK. These highly experienced employees were able to relieve some of the pressure and provide effective support to less experienced staff.

For the longer term, LeaseWeb immediately started looking for more highly qualified engineers in an effort to expand its Support Department with additional permanent staff. Haspers: This expansion process is still continuing, although the current staffing of the department already has significantly improved the ability to handle peak loads. This positive effect is clearly reflected in the most recent semi-annual customer survey. In addition, six months ago, we immediately decided to relieve the burden on the Support Department in a structural manner through additional investments in automation, among other areas, and by unlinking the provisioning process, i.e. the process of making servers and other hardware available. That should also help to lighten the work load of the department and improve the quality of support.

Many of LeaseWeb's customers are Internet professionals or specialists such as system integrators, Web developers and application developers who resell LeaseWeb’s hosting services and integrate them into a total solution. As a result of this particular customer focus, customers have a relatively extensive knowledge of hosting. Support nonetheless remains vital. Haspers: Hosting has become a commodity for these companies. They have some knowledge of hosting, but they want to have the ability to fully concentrate on the services they provide in addition to LeaseWeb's basic hosting products. In that sense, support remains vital for them.

Are there any other needs when it comes to support? Haspers: The customer survey confirms that we are on the right track and that our quality improvement operation has been successful, but we want to optimize our support to an even further extent. Our focus for the coming six months is to further improve the response and resolution times for issues. In addition, we are continuously working on expanding our engineers' knowledge, e.g. through additional certification processes, in order to take the customers technical support experience to yet a higher level.

LeaseWeb is an international provider of hosting solutions that is primarily geared towards the professional market. The company is among the top-20 hosting providers worldwide and its services include server virtualization, dedicated servers, collocation, streaming, webhosting, and domain name registration. LeaseWeb is the proprietor of a first-class network that offers a bandwidth of more than 750 Gbps, spanning four data centers in the Amsterdam region via major telecom carriers. LeaseWeb is also present via Internet exchanges in Amsterdam, Londen, Frankfurt, New York, Brussel, Kopenhagen, Parijs, Budapest, Boekarest, Warschau, Praag, Bratislava, Milaan, Wenen, Stockholm, Oslo, Zuumlrich and Madrid. This way, LeaseWeb enables companies around the world to create and continue their online presence in a simple and affordable manner. Since its founding in 1997, hosting provider LeaseWeb has expanded its network to include more than 22,000 servers. LeaseWeb's clients include Royal Joh. Ensched OGD, 123Video, Jaap.nl, Relatieplanet, MijnAlbum, Starbucks, Hyves, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Twenga, Direct Wonen, Heineken, Wikipedia, and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

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i/o Data Centers Selected By AAA for Data Center Migration Effort

2009-09-28T06:19:00-04:00

Phoenix, AZ (Gawkwire.com) i/o Data Centers, a leading provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, announced today it has been selected by AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA NCNU) to design, build and operate the membership organization's corporate data center.

AAA NCNU needed to find a provider that could engineer and manage a data center capable of scaling to meet the company's IT needs. AAA NCNU's requirements included access to highly-reliable power and network connectivity as well as a team that had the knowledge and experience to oversee a state-of-the-art data center for their mission critical IT systems.

"We chose i/o Data Centers because they have the expertise and capability to help us migrate our first data center and support our IT operational needs in a timely manner," said Kory Jensen, Director of Data Center Services for AAA NCNU. "The team at i/o Data Centers and the facilities they operate more than meet our needs and will help us deliver quality service to our members."

i/o Data Centers' operates several of the most advanced data center pods in the world including its' newest facility - Phoenix ONE. This carrier-neutral data center contains approximately 538,000 square feet of high-capacity space and employs multiple layers of access control including mantraps, biometric screening, Closed Circuit TV surveillance and 24/forever on-site security and operations staff.

"We are pleased to be able to serve AAA NCNU's data center needs," said George Slessman, CEO, i/o Data Centers. "We have engineered our data centers to address the complex IT needs of large enterprise clients like AAA NCNU. Our facilities are designed, built and operated to provide highly reliable power, network connectivity and access control. Companies like AAA NCNU choose i/o Data Centers because of our ability to meet and exceed their specific service-level requirements."

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SmarterTools and Microsoft Patent Licensing Agreement Extends

2009-09-25T06:38:00-04:00

PHOENIX, AZ (Gawkwire.com) A recent licensing agreement between Microsoft Corp. and SmarterTools Inc. extends Microsoft’s patented Exchange ActiveSync technology to more than 15 million end users through the latest version of the SmarterMail mail server. The agreement provides a patent license to SmarterTools for this industry-leading technology and allows Microsoft to expand its reach to include SmarterTools’ robust customer base, which encompasses hosting/service providers, enterprises, and small to medium sized businesses.

“We are pleased to work with SmarterTools to provide Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to SmarterMail users,” said David Kaefer, general manager of intellectual property licensing at Microsoft. “This technology is being sought out by our partners and competitors alike because it enhances their value proposition to their customers, and we believe that to be a testament to the innovation taking place at Microsoft.”

Microsoft has been licensing the Exchange ActiveSync protocol for mobile devices since 2003, and SmarterTools joins a growing number of companies licensing the Exchange ActiveSync patents for implementation on a server.

“With the growing number of mobile manufacturers adding Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync compatibility to their devices, the technology is the standard for mobile synchronization and communication,” said Tim Uzzanti, CEO of SmarterTools. “Mobile devices are becoming the primary device for communication and the ability to accept a calendar event, read email immediately, and track tasks from a mobile device while syncing with the server is a necessity. The addition of Exchange ActiveSync to the SmarterMail mail server is part of our continuing commitment to provide individuals and businesses the tools necessary to compete in today’s marketplace.”

Under the terms of the patent licensing agreement, SmarterMail 6.x users have the ability to synchronize emails, calendars, contacts, and notes between mobile devices in real time using Exchange ActiveSync’s Direct Push technology.

SmarterTools has packaged the SmarterMail 6.x Exchange ActiveSync add-on differently than other providers, resulting in a yearly subscription priced well below competitive solutions. In addition, SmarterTools allows customers to add Exchange ActiveSync to only the mailboxes that need the technology, making adoption of the add-on easy and affordable for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) and the ISP/hosting industry.

Scalable and easy to manage, SmarterMail 6.x features a rich, Webmail interface; reporting; events/notifications; throttling; message archiving; intrusion detection/prevention; advanced synchronization with Microsoft Outlook; over-the-air support for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile devices; and optional add-ons for Exchange ActiveSync and Commtouch Antispam. Enhanced antispam, antivirus, and security features provide superior protection out-of-the-box.

SmarterMail is available at the SmarterTools Web site and through authorized resellers.

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Best Australian Web Design Agencies for September 2009

2009-09-25T06:36:00-04:00

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

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

These are the Best Web Design Experts for September 2009:

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

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

Learn more about the Top Web Design Companies at:
http://www.topseos.com.au/rankings-of-best-web-design-companies

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

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Toshiba Unveils High-Performance Qosmio X500 Multimedia Laptop

2009-09-25T06:34:00-04:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Gawkwire.com) Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today unveiled the Qosmio® X500 Series, an enthusiast-class line of performance laptops geared for high definition multimedia and gaming. Featuring a striking design on the outside and packed with premium technologies and features on the inside, the Qosmio X500 Series offers hardcore gamers and digital content creators a portable, well-equipped “pro-class” laptop.

Qosmio X500 Series laptops feature the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor1, delivering four cores of intelligent processing power, Windows® 7 and Intel’s® Turbo Boost Technology, which automatically allows processor cores to run faster than the base operating frequency if it is operating below power, current and temperature specification limits. The laptops also offer ultra-fast DDR3 system memory, dual hard-drive configurations, as well as NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250M graphics with 1GB of GDDR5 video memory2. Together, this pairing of high-performance technologies allow consumers to rip through the latest 3D games at lightning-fast frame-rates or create hi-definition video and audio faster and more efficiently with smooth rendering and encoding.

For hi-def lovers, select models of the Qosmio X500 Series laptops will be available with an integrated Blu-ray® drive, so movie fanatics can enjoy their favorite movies right from the laptop’s stunning, high-definition 18.4-inch diagonal widescreen display. A premium sound system featuring built-in harman/kardon® speakers and Dolby® Home Theater audio and an integrated HDMI-CEC port amplifies the entertainment experience, while adding the flexibility to extend the laptop’s playback capabilities to HDTVs and home theaters.

Sporting a new premium design, the Qosmio X500 Series features Toshiba’s striking Fusion™ Finish in Omega Black with stylish red chrome accents and a comfortable full keyboard with LED Backlighting and numeric 10-key pad. An intuitive touchpad with multi-touch control, enables greater flexibility to browse and control what’s happening on-screen with gesture-commands, such as two-finger pinch, swipe, rotate and scroll.

“Gaming and high-definition content creation continue to drive high-performance PC demand and Toshiba is extremely committed to serving those markets,” said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. “This line combines premium design users crave with the highest quality of Toshiba engineering to offer one of the best audio-visual experiences currently available on a laptop, at prices attainable for those who need it.”

The Qosmio X500 Series will be on display today at the Intel Developer Forum, taking place in San Francisco on September 23, 2009.

Pricing and Availability

Detailed specifications and pricing for the Qosmio X500 Series will be available on October 13, 2009 at laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/Qosmio/X500.

The Qosmio X500 Series will be available on October 22, 2009 at major retailers, e-tailers and direct from Toshiba on toshibadirect.com.

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Microsoft Launch WebsiteSpark: Free Software For Web Developers

2009-09-25T06:31:00-04:00

(TechCrunch) 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.

The WebsiteSpark program announced today provides eligible individuals or organizations with 3-year licenses of Visual Studio 2008, Expression Studio, Expression Web (also part of studio), Windows Web Server, SQL Server and DotNetPanel. To be eligible, an organization or individual developer must be in the business of building web applications or websites for others (ie. clients) and also have no more than 10 employees. ...Go to source

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DemoWolf today announced the launch of The "Accordion Floatbox".

2009-09-25T06:30:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) 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.

View Samples of all Display Options: http://www.demowolf.com/display-options.php

When DemoWolf provides the Accordion Floatbox to its customers, the files come all pre-packaged with the host's own custom links already pre-configured... so all the host has to do is upload the files to their server, and the links to up to 3,600 tutorials will immediately be functional. This can save literally dozens of hours of link building, depending on how many tutorials the host has purchased.

"As our inventory has grown to over 3,600 ready-made tutorials for the hosting industry, our clients began asking for an easier way to create all the hyperlinks to the tutorials they wanted to purchase" says Rob Moore, president of DemoWolf. "With Demo Pages, not only can we provide an HTML page with all relevant hyperlinks, but we can also offer additional display options like floatboxes and nested-floatboxes, - and now accordion floatboxes - all pre-configured for a client's domain, tutorial location, and including only those tutorials they have.

Demo Pages are now available in four (4) configurations:
1. Simple HTML Page
2. HTML Page with Floatbox Display
3. HTML Page with Nested-Floatbox Display
4. HTML Page with Accordion Floatbox Display

For a limited time, all Display Options are available for a one-time fee of $24.95, unless you're purchasing at least $150 worth of tutorials, in which case the Display Option will be provided free of charge.

DemoWolf is the largest producer of hosting support tutorials, now offering over 3,600 flash tutorials for hosting companies, including over 1,400 voice tutorials. For more information, you may contact DemoWolf by visiting their website at www.demowolf.com, or by calling toll free from USA/Canada: 1-866-905-4678, or internationally: +1-902-820-4678.

DemoWolf recently unveiled their new Hosting Tutorials web page and announced a product-wide reduction in all pricing. All tutorials can be viewed and purchased from this page:
http://www.demowolf.com/pricing.php

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Singapore Web Hosting Company Offers Content Delivery Web Hosting Plans

2009-09-23T12:48:00-04:00

Singapore (Gawkwire.com) With Internet usage penetration rates reaching high numbers across the world, the demand and expectations of websites have increased multiple folds.

The majority of Internet users wants things fast, and wants to be able to view web pages quickly. Downloads must be instant, and streaming videos and sound clips must stream smoothly without stutter. If a website cannot do that, then their visitors simply move on elsewhere.

With that in mind, leading web hosting company Vodien Internet Solutions Pte Ltd has released new content delivery solutions for companies interested to deliver their content to their users at blazing fast speeds.

Unlike normal website hosting packages that cover just the basic needs of hosting a website; Vodien's new content delivery web hosting plan is meant for serving content files such as audio, image and video files with large bandwidth capacities, ensuring that online visitors load content quickly.

Previously, only companies with large budgets were able to purchase the infrastructure to provide such a high level of bandwidth and traffic to serve large amounts of data. However, with their new content delivery web hosting plans, Vodien allows companies and individuals even to run websites requiring large amounts of bandwidth. Currently, Vodien offers 3 content delivery web hosting plans, with monthly costs ranging from SGD50 to SGD120. Their plans allow small to medium sized companies to leverage and use such services at affordable prices. Information on the various content delivery web hosting plans can be found at http://www.vodien.com/singapore-content-delivery-web-hosting.php

VP Sales Engineer of Vodien Internet Solutions John Lee explains "These new web hosting plans aim to serve companies which do not have heavy investments in their network infrastructure, but wish to obtain high speed traffic which allows them to serve their files quickly and at a cost effective price."

With the Web becoming a more integral part of everyone's lives, more and more companies are utilizing the web as part of their operational activities, which increases the average file size served through the Internet tremendously. This ensures that the content delivery web hosting service like what Vodien offers will be here to stay.

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Web Hosting Software Firm, Ensim, Enables Largest OCS Deployment

2009-09-23T12:46:00-04:00

Santa Clara, CA (The Hosting News) 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.

Described as currently the largest single OCS installation in North America, in less than 90 days, Ensim's OCS Manager solved all the major provisioning and management requirements that had delayed the deployment of over 150,000 seats of Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007.

Scott Young, vice president of marketing and product management at Ensim Corporation noted, ''Deployment of OCS 2007 often proves challenging for regulated organizations due to complex user entitlement policies. By deploying Ensim Unify, our customer was able to solve its OCS provisioning and management challenges in less than 90 days, while enforcing the security and compliance policies required for its users. The effectiveness and scalability of Ensim Unify speaks for itself in this case, given the size of the OCS deployment it enabled.''

A number of provisioning obstacles had stopped the customer from gaining the benefits of OCS. These obstacles included support for complex IT security and compliance policies, such as multiple provisioning workflows for different types of employees, multi-level help desk support, and minimizing the burden on IT caused by the manual update process. Ensim delivered a provisioning and management solution that integrated with the customer's existing directory infrastructure and provisioning policies and supported different provisioning workflows, while automating the hundreds of daily manual updates. It also enabled delegated administration to support multi-level help desk operations, while offering full audit and reporting for these processes.

Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition is a complete, role-based access management solution that can be deployed just for OCS or across the entire unified communications (UC) infrastructure including email, VoIP, conferencing, collaboration, and instant messaging. Ensim's OCS Manager enables businesses to realize the promise of unified communications without the pain of manual user provisioning and burdensome management. OCS Manager works with existing ID management solutions to allow organizations to take full advantage of all the new OCS 2007 features without imposing a burden on IT.

Key features of Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition OCS Manager include:

Ability to Integrate with Complex Provisioning Policies
Support for Multiple Provisioning Workflows
Automated Maintenance of Daily Manual Updates
Full Multi-level Help Desk Support
Detailed System Activity and Transaction Logging
David J. Wippich, chairman and CEO at Ensim Corporation remarked, ''The ROI associated with deploying unified communications is significant, but many organizations are stuck at deployment or take on burdensome management tasks after deployment. Ensim Unify enables quick deployment, automation of maintenance tasks, and interoperability that leverages existing investments and policies that can be extended to UC apps like OCS.''

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access management software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim has over two million users under management and is Microsoft Gold Certified.

To learn more about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.

For more information on Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition OCS Manager, please visit: www.ensim.com/products/ensim_unify/OCS.

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Crucial Paradigm, Web Hosting Provider, Debuts Australian Division

2009-09-23T12:45:00-04:00

Sydney, Australia (Gawkwire.com) Shared, Reseller, Dedicated, VPS, Cloud, and Managed Web hosting solutions provider, Crucial Paradigm, has launched a new corporate website for its Australian division.

The web site has been overhauled, having been in development for nearly a year, marks a major improvement over the previous design. It now features an integrated corporate blog, customer forums, and interactive tutorials. The new site also offers more intuitive navigation and a greater depth of information about the company's products and services.

Ijan Kruizinga, director of Crucial Paradigm remarked, ''Our Australian division is in a period of tremendous growth and change. By making our lower-end VPS solutions more competitive and feature-rich, and adding additional high-end solutions to our line of services, we are able to remain a market leader within Australia and serve a broader variety of customers throughout Asia.''

Crucial Paradigm also introduced changes to its Australia-based Virtual Private Servers, which now boast significantly increased monthly data transfer. Starting at $39 per month, entry-level Windows VPS now offer 20GB of monthly transfer, and starting at just $15 per month, entry-level Linux VPS plans now offer 10GB of monthly transfer. Although Crucial Paradigm increased data transfer by more than 50 percent and added other features, customer costs were not raised.

Crucial Paradigm has also added a new VPS plan in its 6-8 Core series. The plan offers 23GB of RAM and starts at $2,352.00 monthly on Linux and $2,655.00 monthly on Windows.

In the coming months, Crucial Paradigm Australia plans to expand its affiliate program and introduce a variety of Cloud Appliances based on SugarCRM, Zimbra Mail, Joomla, Drupal and others. Additional announcements will be made as details are available.

Crucial Paradigm was the first Web hosting company in Australia to offer Windows 2008 Virtual Private Servers. It currently manages more than 450 Dedicated Servers for customers in over 30 countries through its US and Australian operations.

Founded in 2003, Crucial Paradigm operates in multiple locations around the world. The privately-owned, debt-free company offers a wide range of hosting solutions from Basic Web Hosting to Reseller Hosting, Virtual Dedicated Servers, Dedicated Servers and High Traffic Clusters. The company prides itself on building custom Web hosting solutions based on each client's individual requirements.

For more information about Crucial Paradigm Australia, please visit: www.crucial.com.au.

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Yahoo! Puts Its Focus on “Y!ou”

2009-09-23T06:14:00-04:00

SUNNYVALE, CA (Gawkwire.com) Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) is asserting its place at the center of people’s online lives. The company announced today that it has realigned all aspects of its business around simplifying and enhancing the Web experience for people throughout the world. To underscore its commitment, Yahoo! is launching a global brand campaign to celebrate its connection with people and communicate core product enhancements.

“Today the Web and your world are inseparable,” said Yahoo! Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz. “Hundreds of millions of people use Yahoo! ® to get the information they need, connect with friends and family, and be entertained. We are about creating online experiences people find meaningful, relevant, and fun.”

Global Brand Campaign Is All About “Y!ou”

The brand campaign will launch on September 28 in the United States and October 5 in the United Kingdom and India, and extend into 2010. It will reach major and emerging markets worldwide, including Brazil, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, and Taiwan.

“Our vision is to be at the center of people’s online lives—to be at the place where their world meets the larger world,” said Elisa Steele, Yahoo! executive vice president and chief marketing officer, speaking at the IAB MIXX Conference and Expo in New York City. “Our new branding will focus on people—the power and promise of ‘you.’”

“This is much more than an advertising campaign,” added Steele. “It’s about how Yahoo! delivers its promise to the market in everything we do. Our brand strategy shows our commitment to delivering personally relevant online experiences.”

Extensive consumer research led to Yahoo!’s brand campaign. Input from millions of Yahoo! users all over the globe emphasized the importance of simplification and personal relevance.

Product Enhancements Deliver "Wow” Experiences

The last two months have brought major changes to Yahoo!’s core products. For example:

•Yahoo!’s homepage allows people to access their favorite content and sites on any screen from a single Web location.
•Yahoo! Mail now offers simpler photo sharing, editing and easy access to helpful and productive apps.
•Yahoo! Search has been updated today to make Web search results more relevant and meaningful.
•High-quality video calling has been added to Yahoo! Messenger for instant connections with friends and family.
•Yahoo!’s new mobile homepage enables people to continue their Internet experience on their mobile browser. Additionally, new mobile apps including the recently launched Yahoo! for mobile, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Fantasy Football, Yahoo! Messenger and Flickr, bring best of Yahoo! experiences to mobile devices.
“Everything that our engineers and product developers at Yahoo! do draws on deep, world-class technology skills to make the Web more personalized and fun for people,” said Ari Balogh, Yahoo! executive vice president of products and chief technology officer.

Additional information including screen shots, campaign collateral and Yahoo! product information is available at: www.youandyahoo.com

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WebpageFX Introduces SpiderFX, Its Newest Advantage in SEO

2009-09-23T06:12:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) WebpageFX announces SpiderFX, the newest product in its Internet Marketing line. SpiderFX, a search engine developed by WebpageFX, is specifically engineered for search engine optimization. It allows the WebpageFX SEO team to crawl, index and generate prioritized SEO punch lists.

These punch lists include hundreds to hundreds of thousands of steps that can be taken to improve a site's ranking in major search engines, such as Google and Bing. SpiderFX replaces the traditional first phase of Search Engine Marketing, the initial site analysis. What in the past took up to 300 hours to complete, WebpageFX can now do in a fraction of that time.

This unmatched efficiency enables WebpageFX to provide top-notch Search Engine Optimization packages at competitive price levels. In addition, WebpageFX can now complete site optimization more quickly, providing clients with optimal site rankings in less time than traditional Search Engine Optimization companies. SpiderFX is a direct result of WebpageFX customer-focused, results-driven approach.

"It's given us a definitive advantage over other SEO companies. What they do in weeks, we can do in minutes. And at a lower cost to our clients. We provide optimal search engine rankings in a fraction of the time," Bill Craig, President and Founder of WebpageFX said.

WebpageFX started optimizing websites long before they coined the term "SEO". As the industry continues to grow, WebpageFX is seeing an increase in possible competition. Now WebpageFX remains ahead of the pack.

By shifting the company focus to streamlining processes and developing unique solutions, WebpageFX provides clients with superior results in less time. With SpiderFX and other proprietary products, WebpageFX offers solutions that cannot be found elsewhere.

"As more and more companies vie for their place in the industry, WebpageFX is focused on becoming a pioneer in the industry," Bill Craig said. "We don't just provide results. We provide the best results, with the fastest turnaround time, at competitive prices for our clients."

topseos.com has ranked WebpageFX as a Best Search Engine Optimization Company for September 2009 because of the company's innovation and great customer service.

To learn more about the services of WebpageFX visit http://www.webpagefx.com/internet-marketing-seo-services-company.html.

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Cloudera Announces Hadoop World: NYC 2009 Sponsors

2009-09-23T06:11:00-04:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Gawkwire.com) Cloudera, the commercial Hadoop™ company, today announced the confirmed sponsors for the inaugural Hadoop World conference, which will take place Friday, October 2 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

The 12 confirmed sponsors for Hadoop World: NYC 2009 are Facebook, Rackspace, Yahoo!, Intel, IBM, Amazon.com, Supermicro, Softlayer, and eHarmony. Confirmed media sponsors include GigaOm, High Scalability, ReadWriteWeb, and The Register.

“To have such a large number of industry leaders sponsor a first-time event speaks volumes about the importance of Hadoop and its future,” said Christophe Bisciglia, founder of Cloudera. “As traditional enterprises around the world are turning to Hadoop to solve data-intensive computing challenges, Hadoop World will provide compelling use cases along with the introduction and instruction needed for enterprise users to get started.”

At Hadoop World, more than 30 of the world's most experienced Apache Hadoop practitioners -- including project creator Doug Cutting -- will gather to discuss Hadoop-related best practices and use cases.

“Yahoo! is the largest supporter and contributor to the Hadoop project, and we run the largest Hadoop installations in the world to support complex data analysis and mining, display advertising, our content platforms, personalization, filtering email spam, research, and more,” said Eric Baldeschwieler, Vice President, Hadoop Software Development, Yahoo!. “We are excited about the growth we're seeing in the Hadoop ecosystem, including more uses of Hadoop for mission critical activity across the industry. At Hadoop World, we look forward to discussing the exciting prospects and challenges for
continuing to make Hadoop faster, more scalable, more reliable and more secure.”

“We see that applications based on Hadoop have the potential to revolutionize business analytics in the same way PC spreadsheets did in the 80s,” said Rod Smith, vp of Emerging Technologies, IBM Software Group. “Using Hadoop to tap the power of 'Big Data' sets the stage for a new class of Web applications-- enabling more business professionals across industries to gain insight from today's massive amount of information.”

“At Rackspace, we generate terabytes upon terabytes of log files and event level data operating our cloud services,” said John Engates, CTO at Rackspace. “Hadoop has proven to be a scalable and reliable system for storing and processing our ever increasing volumes of data, and we're excited to share details with the community at Hadoop World: NYC 2009.”

“We see a lot of our customers taking advantage of Softlayer's bare metal cloud offering to achieve better performance for Hadoop,” said Nathan Day, CTO, Softlayer. “It's exciting to see how many companies are turning to Hadoop and we're pleased to be a part of this growing community.”

For more information (including a complete agenda and list of speakers) or to register for Hadoop World, visit: http://www.cloudera.com/hadoop-world-nyc.

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Carpathia Hosting Names Brian Winter Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

2009-09-23T06:10:00-04:00

Ashburn, VA (Gawkwire.com) Carpathia Hosting, the leading provider of enterprise managed hosting services for government agencies and businesses, 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. Winter will report directly to Carpathia Hosting CEO, Peter Weber.

"It is an exciting time to join the management team at Carpathia Hosting," said Winter. "Strong, profitable, organic growth over the last five years, coupled with the recent acquisition of ServerVault, puts Carpathia Hosting in a strong industry position. I look forward to partnering with the rest of the Carpathia Hosting management team to build on our success and accelerate our growth."

An experienced sales and marketing executive, Winter has led global sales and marketing teams inside Fortune 500 companies as well as built successful sales and marketing teams for high-growth technology firms such as SevenSpace and USWeb.

"Brian's extensive experience and long track record of delivering results within the high-tech industry make him uniquely qualified to lead Carpathia Hosting's marketing initiatives. His addition to the team further reinforces our commitment to establishing ourselves as one of the leaders in the hosting industry," said Weber. "Beyond his marketing expertise, Brian will be a key member of the Carpathia management team and will play an active role as we continue to build on our extraordinary growth."

Prior to joining Carpathia Hosting, Winter served as Vice President, Global Virtualization Software Sales at Sun Microsystems and as Vice President of Marketing for the Services business unit. Winter's responsibilities included the overall strategic direction and day-to-day management of the global services marketing organization including product marketing, go-to-market programs, field marketing and marketing communications for the $5 billion Services division.

Winter is an active member of the technology community, acting as a spokesperson in the industry and has presented on a wide variety of information technology-related topics in over 20 countries worldwide.

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European Hosting Giant Launches Huge Sale on .mobi and .im Domain Names

2009-09-23T06:10:00-04:00

Carlow, Ireland (Gawkwire.com) Blacknight Solutions, Ireland's best rated and fastest growing registrar and hosting provider, has launched a worldwide sale on .mobi and .im domain names. With unprecedented low pricing - businesses and individuals can make their mark on the mobile web.

For a limited time, customers can register for a .mobi domain for only €6.75 - the lowest price on the web today. They can also register the redhot .im domain name for only €4.95 - a huge savings when compared to everyday prices approaching €45.

.mobi domains are great for companies looking to expand their presence into the mobile world - by far the fastest growing sector in on the web. The .mobi domain allows you to target iPhone, Blackberrys, Google Android phones and much more. With a .mobi extension, you can easily keep your mobile website separate from your main web operations.

"We're seeing a lot of innovative uses for the .mobi domain amongst our customers," said Michele Neylon, founder and Managing Director of Blacknight. "From mobile themed websites to entire Web 2.0 companies, we've been impressed with what people have been able to do with .mobi domains."

In addition to the great sale they have on .mobi, Blacknight is also running a special on .im domains, which are great for creating an online business card or creating a place to have easy access to all your online social media profiles.

"Many people are using .im domains to centralize all their social media profiles, so instead of telling everyone you meet to visit you on Twitter, Facebook, Instant Messenger, etc," said Mr Neylon. "All you have to do is give them your .im address and it will have links to all your online activities."

Blacknight is quickly becoming one of the world's leading webhosts and domain registrars - with a growing business in the European Market Area. They were recently awarded ICANN accreditation which has allowed them to expand into other domain name spaces.

"Our focus has always been providing the best customer service at an affordable price," said Mr Neylon. "If you have a problem, you can easily get a hold of us and we'll be happy to help. We've invested in great customer service - because in the end, that's all that matters."

.mobi sale pricing in other currencies (based on exchange rates on September 20, 2009):

€6.75/$9.91 USD/£6.11

.im sale pricing in other currencies (based on exchange rates on September 20, 2009):

€4.95/$7.27 USD/£4.48

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Dell to Acquire Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion

2009-09-22T06:18:00-04:00

ROUND ROCK, TX & PLANO, TX (Gawkwire.com) Dell and Perot Systems have entered a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Perot Systems in a transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion. Terms of the agreement were approved yesterday by the boards of directors of both companies.

The acquisition will result in a compelling combination of two iconic information-technology brands. The expanded Dell will be even better positioned for immediate and long-term growth and efficiency driven by:

•Providing a broader range of IT services and solutions and optimizing how they’re delivered;
•Extending the reach of Perot Systems’ capabilities, including in the most dynamic customer segments, around the world; and,
•Supplying leading Dell computer systems to even more Perot Systems customers.
Complementary Capabilities

Dell and Perot Systems share several key characteristics and our products, services and structures are overwhelmingly complementary. They have similarly strong, relationship-based business cultures. People in both organizations are recognized for helping customers thrive by using IT for greater effectiveness and productivity. The combination also provides some compelling opportunities for improved efficiency, which will benefit our customers even further.

Dell’s global commercial customer base spans large corporations, government agencies, health-care providers, educational institutions, and small and medium enterprises (SME). The company’s large existing services business includes breakthroughs in the concept and delivery of modular services, as well as expertise in infrastructure consulting and software-as-a-service. Dell is a leader in computer systems, including standards-based network servers, and in the fast-growing segment of data-storage hardware.

Perot Systems provides world-class services, including in applications, technology, infrastructure, business processes and consulting. The company is a leading provider to clients in health-care, government and other commercial segments, from SMEs to the largest global institutions. Perot Systems has a large and growing base of customers and service-delivery capabilities in North America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Asia.

Over the past four quarters Dell and Perot Systems had a combined $16 billion in enterprise-hardware and IT-services revenue, with about $8 billion from enhanced services and support.

Tender Offer, Closing and Initial Integration

Under the terms of the agreement, Dell will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding Class A common stock of Perot Systems for $30 per share in cash. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition. The transaction, which is subject to customary government approvals and the satisfaction of other customary conditions, is expected to close in Dell’s November-January fiscal quarter.

Once the acquisition is complete, Perot Systems will become Dell’s services unit and be led from Plano by Peter Altabef, the current Perot Systems chief executive officer. At the same time, Dell directors are expected to consider Ross Perot Jr., Perot Systems’ chairman of the board, for appointment to the Dell board. Based on current estimates, the transaction is expected to be accretive to Dell’s GAAP earnings in its fiscal 2012.

To hear a related analysts call with Dell and Perot Systems executives (“live” at 8:30 A.M. EDT today, then later via replay), go to www.dell.com/investor.

Quotes:

Michael Dell, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Dell: “We consider Perot Systems to be a premium asset with great people that enhances our opportunities for immediate and long-term growth. This significantly expands Dell’s enterprise-solutions capabilities and makes Perot Systems’ strengths available to even more customers around the world. There will be efficiencies from combining the companies, but the acquisition makes such great sense because of the obvious ways our businesses complement each other.”

Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of the Board, Perot Systems: “This transaction represents a great opportunity for our company and our associates. Today’s announcement is the next step in formalizing a relationship that has flourished for some time. When my father founded Perot Systems he envisioned a global information-technology leader. The new, larger Dell builds on that promise and its own successes by taking Perot Systems’ expertise to more customers than ever.”

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IT Industry Business Confidence Continues to Strengthen, Study Finds

2009-09-22T06:14:00-04:00

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL (Gawkwire.com) The CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index increased 3.3 points in August to 52.3 (0–100 scale). The Index, an aggregation of three confidence measures, is based on the collective opinions of 200 technology companies.

The survey found that 48 percent of companies in the study expect to increase investments in research and development and other new revenue generating initiatives, while nearly one-third expect to increase spending on technology.

“The data suggests that companies have begun to reset expectations with an eye towards an improved economic landscape,” explained Tim Herbert, CompTIA vice president of market research.

Additionally, staffing levels may start to see some improvement as IT firms anticipate renewed demand for their products. Fifty-three percent of IT companies in the study expect to hold staffing levels constant, while 29 percent expect to increase hiring over the next six months.

Looking ahead, the CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence is expected to continue its upward trend. Sixty-seven percent of firms rate the outlook for the IT industry positively, compared to 55 percent today. Despite cautious optimism, the survey reveals a number of concerns among IT companies, most notably the concern over the possibility of weak demand by certain segments of consumers and corporations.

CompTIA’s IT Industry Business Confidence survey is conducted among a sample of more than 200 US-based IT companies, ranging from IT solution providers, VARs, hardware/software firms and others. The most recent iteration of the survey was fielded via an online survey form during the last week of August 2009. The full report is available at no cost to CompTIA members. Go to the member area of CompTIA.org or contact research@comptia.org for more details.

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Crucial Paradigm Launches New Website for Australian Division

2009-09-22T06:13:00-04:00

SYDNEY (Gawkwire.com) 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.

The overhauled site, which has been in development for nearly a year, marks a major improvement over the previous design. It now features an integrated corporate blog, customer forums, and interactive tutorials. The new site also offers more intuitive navigation and a greater depth of information about the company’s products and services.

Crucial Paradigm has also added a new VPS plan in its 6-8 Core series. The plan offers 23GB of RAM and starts at $2,352.00 monthly on Linux and $2,655.00 monthly on Windows.

“Our Australian division is in a period of tremendous growth and change. By making our lower-end VPS solutions more competitive and feature-rich, and adding additional high-end solutions to our line of services, we are able to remain a market leader within Australia and serve a broader variety of customers throughout Asia,” said Ijan Kruizinga, director of Crucial Paradigm.

For more information about Crucial Paradigm Australia, please visit http://www.crucial.com.au.

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Fusepoint Launches SharePoint Application Dev. & Managed Hosting Services

2009-09-22T06:12:00-04:00

Toronto, ON (Gawkwire.com) Fusepoint Managed Services, a national provider of outsourced IT and infrastructure services, today announced it has launched its offering of customizable SharePoint application development tools in addition to providing ongoing management for Microsoft's web-based portal solutions.

Microsoft Office SharePoint is an integrated suite of business intelligence tools that boost organizational effectiveness by facilitating team collaboration and knowledge-sharing across an organization. SharePoint offers a secure, scalable corporate-level portal environment based on a powerful framework with ready-to-use web parts. With feature-rich, out-of-the-box functionality, administrators can readily build applications, workflows and portals to accelerate shared business processes and improve efficiencies.

"SharePoint is a very powerful and popular business platform and a natural extension of our existing application development and managed hosting services portfolio," said George Kerns, President and CEO of Fusepoint. "As we continue to grow our business we want to have our fingers on the pulse of what our customers and the market as a whole are seeking in a managed services provider."

In support of today's announcement Fusepoint has launched a new web site dedicated to and built on SharePoint. This new site demonstrates just one of the many uses of the product. To view the web site go to http://sharepoint.fusepoint.com.

Earlier this year, Fusepoint renewed its certificates for Microsoft's revamped Application Development and Hosting Competencies - as a Gold Certified Partner for both proficiencies. To achieve these standards the company had to prove its employees held the relevant certifications, illustrate appropriate projects they had completed and submit customer testimonials as proof points of its capabilities.

"Fusepoint can help customers navigate the complexities of multiple SharePoint environments and provide the proper architecture and governance to ensure compliancy with corporate policies and standards," said Martin Landreville, VP of Applications Services at Fusepoint, "Fusepoint can review an organization's existing SharePoint strategy, create a new or extend an existing web application, integrate legacy applications into SharePoint, and provide all of the ongoing application and infrastructure management in one of our high-availability data centres."

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EvoSwitch Data Center Appoints Eric Boonstra (44) as Managing Director

2009-09-21T11:11:00-04:00

Amsterdam (Gawkwire.com) 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

Since its establishment at the beginning of 2007, general management duties at the energy-efficient data center have been handled by one of the owners of EvoSwitch. Due to the international growth ambitions of EvoSwitch, the parent company, OCOM Group, decided to transfer general management responsibilities to Eric Boonstra. Practically speaking, this will result in a major expansion of Boonstra’s responsibilities.

Boonstra was hired by EvoSwitch on 1 March 2009 as Commercial Director. In this position, he was given the responsibility of further expanding EvoSwitch’s existing client portfolio, with a focus not only on the Netherlands but in particular on the international portfolio. In his new position as Managing Director of EvoSwitch, he will also be responsible for the operational side of the data center. He will be supported in this regard by an Operations Manager, who is yet to be appointed.

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“I am of course quite pleased that the owners of EvoSwitch have demonstrated their confidence in me in this manner,” says Managing Director Eric Boonstra. “My new position will enable me to effectively coordinate the operational and commercial aspects of the data center and ensure that our sales team can respond optimally to our clients’ wishes. In addition, the new position provides a solid basis for realizing the international growth ambitions which have been defined by the parent company, the OCOM Group. As a result, the owners of EvoSwitch will be free to realize the desired international expansion, and I will be able to focus on further upgrading the professional excellence of the organization.”

“It is no secret that our long-term ambition is to expand our presence at various international locations,” explains Boonstra. “Our growth ambitions also target the US market.”

Enterprise Data Center
EvoSwitch still has a great deal of capacity for expansion in the region of Amsterdam, not only in terms of the square meters of floor space available but also in terms of further expanding the power capacity. Nevertheless, EvoSwitch thinks it is already necessary to look for external expansion opportunities. Boonstra: “We serve large clients such as Wikipedia and Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé. These enterprises and other clients with international sales markets often wish to satisfy their data center requirements at various geographical locations, due to the need for redundancy or in order to reduce latency effects. We aim to satisfy these needs.”

Market conditions for expansion are favorable at present. Boonstra: “EvoSwitch is a financially sound company exhibiting strong growth in the present economic recession, and it has promising future growth perspectives. EvoSwitch has a strong brand name which stands for innovation in the area of cooling efficiency and energy savings. Multiple clients in the US and England are very familiar with EvoSwitch and know what we can do for them. In addition, present market conditions in combination with the good solvency of our own organization offer an excellent opportunity to invest in further expansion under favorable conditions.”

Until 1 March 2009, Boonstra worked as Branch Director at Alfa Delta Compendium, where he managed a business unit which provided purchasing process support and advice to various companies, including banks and insurance, IT and logistics companies. http://www.gawkwire.com/business/evoswitch_data_center_appoints_eric_boonstra_44_as_managing_dire.html

DedicatedNOW, eSecureData, NETRACKservers & Online Tech wins Awards

2009-09-21T06:24:00-04:00

Los Angeles, CA (Gawkwire.com) 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.

The key criteria's that factored into Top10DedicatedHosting's decision to select the award winners were company's global footprint, technology, support professionals, scalability, pricing, uptime, corporate history, reliability, overall performance, and value proposition to the business sector.

DedicatedNOW is very excited and honored to receive this award after extensive testing and review by Top10DedicatedHosting.com," said Josh Ewin, Director of Sales & Marketing at DedicatedNOW.com. Our new plans are designed for companies that need high performance managed servers and scalable solutions that fit today's corporate budgets. The response to this approach has been phenomenal - we've sold out of these servers once already and have restocked our datacenter with a fresh supply.

"With enterprise class reliability and performance DedicatedNOW's Managed Hosting division has provided cost effective solutions since 2003. The Company has exceeded industry level standards of management and support," said Mr. Shelton Walker, Managing Director, Top10DedicatedHosting.com. This award highlights DedicatedNOW's growth and committed to excellence and continued emergence as a leader in the Managed Hosting industry, specifically with respect to high availability and 100% uptime solutions.

eSecureData.com is delighted learn of our selection as the Best Dedicated Hosting Provider of 2009. We have always striven to exceed expectations and continue to lead with new initiatives such as unmetered bandwidth and online server management systems. This promises to be an exciting year for eSecureData.com as we continue to innovate in the areas of online systems for server management, site management, traffic management and bulletproof, redundant network systems. It's nice to see that our efforts have been noticed by Top10DedicatedHosting.com.

eSecureData's Servers are the most powerful servers in the dedicated server industry with powerhouse Intel Quad Core processors with hardware RAID and unmetered 100 mbps ports on an advanced all-Cisco QoS-maintained backbone.

Mr. Brain McCollum, Director of Top10DedicatedHosting, commented, "We're very pleased to award NETRACKservers with this high level of recognition after a lengthy period of testing. Their features and performance were unmatched. The results shown by NETRACKservers were beyond industry standards."

Online Tech is a premier Managed Data Center Operator in the Midwestern United States with 15 years of expertise delivering outstanding products and service levels. Online Tech, offers full range of managed colocation, dedicated server hosting and managed servers for clients from around the world. Online Tech has won dozens of awards and has SAS-70 certified servers which have been specifically noted by Top10DedicatedHosting.

"This award highlights Online Tech's stellar growth and reputation of delivering quality hosting solutions over the last 15 years. "said Mike Klein, President and COO of Online Tech. Online Tech's investment in SAS-70 certification over the last 2 years and its reputation of proactive customer support has propelled Online Tech into a leadership position for enterprise managed servers. Online Tech is the only award winner delivering SAS-70 audited managed servers and managed colocation hosting.

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Two Weeks Until Search Marketing Expo - SMX East Opens in New York City

2009-09-21T06:23:00-04:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) Only two weeks until Search Marketing Expo - SMX East returns to New York City, October 5-7.

Here's what's in store:

- 60+ sessions on PPC, SEO, real-time search, social media, local search and more. See the agenda
- over 150 search marketing experts sharing their best tactics
- two thought-provoking keynotes
- numerous opportunities to connect and network with search engine marketing peers
- plus the extras featured at SMX events: Wifi, hot lunches, all-day snacks, birds of a feather tables, online pre-show networking and more.

Register today online at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/east/2009/register or call (877) 242-5242. Save $200 by registering before the conference.

Check out the SMX East satisfaction guarantee.

SMX East also features two inspiring and lively keynotes.

Ben Huh, CEO of Cheezburger Network, which includes the popular I Can Has Cheezburger and Fail Blog websites, will deliver Monday's keynote. Ben's built a lucrative business based on viral content. His presentation will discuss tapping into memes, viral content and crowd-sourcing.

Debate, controversy and coffee are on the menu at Tuesday morning's SMX East breakfast keynote roundtable What's Next in Search: the Bigwig Crystal Ball Panel. Will Google's "caffeine" update radically alter the way to approach SEO? Will the partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft open up a new, viable alternative for search advertisers? Will privacy advocates succeed in enacting legislation that limits targeting options? This roundtable will be a no-holds-barred, no-subject-taboo romp through the hot-button issues facing internet marketers.

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Adobe Flash Platform Services Unveiled

2009-09-21T06:22:00-04:00

SAN JOSE, CA & NEW YORK (Gawkwire.com) Today at the IAB MIXX Conference and Expo, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced the availability of Adobe® Flash® Platform Services for Distribution, a new service that enables advertisers and content publishers to promote, measure and monetize applications across social networks, desktops and mobile devices.

Adobe Flash Platform Services are online, hosted services that allow developers to add innovative capabilities to Web applications with a predictable, cost efficient deployment model. Developers, advertisers and publishers are now using Adobe Flash Platform Services to make Web applications sharable, social, and collaborative.

The Need for More Effective Application Distribution and Measuring

With the growth of social media, advertisers and publishers are looking to more predictable and effective methods to reach audiences via social media. There are many benefits to using sharable, social applications to connect with customers; however, it can be difficult to get users to install the applications. Additionally, advertisers, publishers and game developers use distribution methods that don’t support all popular destinations and can be difficult to maintain. Many times, simply posting applications in an app store is the mobile distribution strategy. Rarely is an overall distribution strategy unified across the Web and mobile, making comprehensive analytics difficult to obtain.

The new Distribution service from Adobe helps solve these challenges. Adobe is partnering with Gigya Inc., a leading social media authentication and distribution platform, to provide advertisers, publishers and game makers with a comprehensive distribution solution. The solution includes a unified management tool to effectively promote, measure and monetize Web applications and games.

•Viral distribution by making applications sharable – Flash and other Web applications can be distributed to most Web, desktop and mobile platforms. The sharing feature is easily implemented, enabling users to share applications with a single click on social networking sites, on the desktop and mobile platforms.
•Mobile applications distribution – Web applications built with Flash Platform tools as well as applications created with other technologies can be distributed to multiple mobile platforms. Users wishing to install a sharable application on a mobile device will receive a SMS message on that device with a link to the application. Users then click the link and the Distribution service detects the device and delivers the version of the application that is developed and optimized for that specific device. For information on supported mobile platforms, visit www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplatform/services/distribution/destinations.html.
•Assuring installs through paid promotion – Application distribution can be accelerated through paid promotion. Tens of thousands of Web application installs are possible through a unique paid cross-promotion model. Adobe is partnering with Gigya to provide the free and paid methods of Web application distribution.
•Measuring success and optimizing applications through tracking – Comprehensive traditional and social media analytics are available through the Distribution Manager. This application, built using Adobe® AIR® software, is to promote applications, and measure distribution and customer usage.
•Monetization through cross-promotion – Publishers and developers can generate revenue through cross-promotion of other Web applications. When users click to download an application, this feature enables publishers and developers to offer another Web application to the user.

The Distribution Service in Action

•Wall Street Journal Radio widget
The WSJ Radio Network – which provides audio business news reports and programs to more than 370 radio stations across the country and reaches more than 22 million listeners per week – will provide its network affiliates with new business news Web tools for use on their own sites as well as for individual use. The new widget, expected to be available in the near future, will offer content from WSJ Radio and WSJ.com, including podcasts, live audio business news updates from The Wall Street Journal Report and The Dow Jones Money Report, as well as updated headlines and video, and will be available for users to view and share via social networking sites and blogs.
Quotes

•David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Adobe Platform Business Unit
“Our customers rely on the Adobe Flash Platform to make rich and compelling applications that work across operating systems and screens,” said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president at Adobe. “The new services from Adobe allow Flash Platform developers, advertisers, game makers and other content publishers to connect with an even larger audience more effectively, and grow revenue opportunities.”
•Leo Collins, executive vice president and CIO, Lionsgate
“Lionsgate is actively working to use the Adobe Flash Platform Services for Distribution for media promotions,” said Leo Collins, executive vice president and CIO at Lionsgate. “We can use the service to repurpose, distribute and track the content to our customers throughout the content lifecycle, from theatrical release to DVD to digital distribution. The ability to reach customers on social networks, mobile devices and desktops makes the service especially effective.”
•Brett Cortese, president, Universal Mind
“We’re rich Internet Application (RIA) experts at Universal Mind, using the Adobe Flash Platform to develop compelling Web applications with great user experiences – and the new Flash Platform Services are sure to add value to the RIAs we build,” said Brett Cortese, president at Universal Mind. “The new Distribution service was easy to include in the Wall Street Journal Radio Flash widget, and will provide their team important information about use of the widget by tracking the Web application’s distribution across the Web, and by measuring how the audience actually interacts with the widget.”
Adobe Flash Platform Services

•Adobe Flash Platform Services are managed, hosted and maintained by Adobe and partners, with enhanced capabilities on a pay-per-use basis.
•Learn how to use the Distribution Service and learn about other features of the Distribution Manager in this video: www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplatform/services/distribution/index.html#video
•Later this year, Adobe will also make the Social service available, which will enable developers to more easily connect Flash applications with the social network of their choice including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Yahoo. Developers will only need to write an application once to provide users the choice of which social network to access through the application. Additionally, the Social service will monitor each social network site to ensure that changes to the network don’t break applications.
More information on Adobe Flash Platform Services for developers is available at www.adobe.com/go/fps.

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Parature Wins 2009 WebAward from Web Marketing Association

2009-09-20T18:20:00-04:00

Vienna, VA (Gawkwire.com) Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer service software, announced today that the company has been honored by the Web Marketing Association (WMA) with 'Standard of Excellence' awards in the computer software and technology industry categories during its 13th annual WebAward Competition for website development. This premiere website award program received entries from more than 2,000 sites from 45 countries that were adjudicated in 96 industry categories during this year's competition.

Parature's corporate website www.parature.com was judged by an expert panel of members of the media, advertising executives, top website designers, content providers, and webmasters on seven different criteria, including design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology. Judges designated higher than industry average scores on all criteria for Parature's website in the computer software category.

"We are honored to have our website recognized for 'standard of excellence' by the WMA," stated Parature CEO and President, Duke Chung. "As innovators of Web-based customer service software that empowers organizations to create customized support sites for their users, we're very experienced in what works in website design and content. Parature sets the standard for support teams worldwide by providing the smartest, most efficient way for organizations to support their customers, and as a recipient of the WebAward, in two industry categories, we also set the standard for how to effectively and creatively use the Web to educate our diverse target audience about our company, our software, and the customer service and support industry."

Parature enables any organization to fundamentally change the way they support their customers through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design that empowers organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today's Web world. The seamlessly integrated suite of Parature Customer Service™ software modules allows organizations to effectively manage all of their support needs without additional hardware, software and IT expenses. Parature integrates everything in one dynamic, unified system to increase efficiency across entire organizations, improving processes among customer support, operations, development and sales.

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Snow Leopard Leaps Out of the Gate

2009-09-18T06:34:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Sales during the first two weeks of Apple's Snow Leopard OS X release far exceed those of the last two Apple operating systems. According to leading market research company The NPD Group's retail tracking service, Snow Leopard sales were more than two times higher than Leopard's initial release sales and almost four times higher than Tiger.

"Even though some considered Snow Leopard to be less feature-focused than the releases of Leopard or Tiger, the ease of upgrading to Snow Leopard and the affordable pricing made it a win-win for Apple computer owners - thus helping to push sales to record numbers" said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD.

Snow Leopard's sales momentum extended beyond the initial first week purchasing rush.
Sales only declined about 25 percent from week 1 to week 2, while for both Leopard and Tiger the second week of sales was more than 60 percent below the opening week volumes.

"With pricing reduced by more than $100 for both the single-user and five-user pack versus Leopard pricing, Apple has clearly demonstrated that aggressive pricing policies in this economic environment generate an outstanding consumer response," said Baker. "As we head into the fall selling season, and the release of another major OS upgrade, it will be instructive to see if that upgrade - currently projected to sell at ASPs much higher than Snow Leopard - can deliver the same incremental increase in consumer demand that Snow Leopard has enjoyed."

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Codero's New Data Center Designed for Growth, Security, Geo-Diversity

2009-09-18T06:32:00-04:00

Overland Park, Kansas (Gawkwire.com) 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. The Phoenix data center also places a premium on physical security, power conditioning and backup, staff expertise, critical systems monitoring, and best-in-class network technology to ensure uptime and a fully redundant IT infrastructure.

"As our customers' hosting and server demands continue to grow, we welcome the challenge of staying ahead of the curve to meet their needs through our data centers," says Shawn Hashmi, Director, Operations for Codero. "That means complete power redundancy, on-site security, SAS 70 certification-- whatever it takes to fully support small- and -medium-sized businesses online."

Codero's Phoenix data center features advanced technology, power, security and networking capabilities:

24/7 staffing by experienced data center technicians and engineers
Card access control at all interior/exterior doors and round-the-clock interior surveillance
All utility power backed by uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems in the event of outages, with every server receiving conditioned UPS power
On-site diesel generator backup should extended power outages occur
HVAC systems are redundant -- remaining units will absorb the additional load in the event of a primary system failure
Only fully redundant, enterprise-class routing equipment
Dry-pipe, pre-action double interlock fire suppression system with a Pre-Action Sprinkler backup system
Regular facilities monitoring, testing and servicing for all critical electrical components, environmental systems, and security to ensure high availability and reliability

For additional information on Codero data centers, please review our updated Technology Portfolio.

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Study finds Twitter Used More Frequently in Email Marketing Than Facebook

2009-09-18T06:25:00-04:00

Atlanta, GA (Gawkwire.com) 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.

What may be more interesting about the study, however, is that social media and email are being used to complement one another. In a 2008 survey by MarketingSherpa.com, 36% of respondents predicted that social media would gradually replace email as the primary way businesses communicate with their customers. Instead, MailChimp's research shows that the two are working very well together, with each adding its unique benefits.

"We find Twitter, Facebook and email all serve very different purposes in our marketing strategy," says Candace McWhirter of 7 Stages Theatre. "We use Twitter for short messages, Facebook for networking and email campaigns for in-depth information and updates."

Twitter was founded in 2006 and quickly grew into a social-media powerhouse, allowing people to share updates, links, photos and more. Unlike Facebook, where friends must mutually agree to share information, Twitter's public publishing platform allows businesses to monitor what their customers are saying about them.

MailChimp offers several tools marketers can use to integrate Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites into their email campaigns and online marketing strategies. Auto-tweet and URL-shortening features automatically shorten the links to users' email campaigns and then post to Twitter for them as soon as their campaigns are sent. Then, MailChimp will track how many times the campaign was tweeted and retweeted and by whom, adding the data to users' reports dashboard.

MailChimp has also released a special Twitter email template within their application. In the Twitter template, the right side-column displays the sender's Twitter information as well as their most recent tweets. The user can then edit the main column to include their regular newsletter content. This template allows MailChimp users to fully integrate Twitter into their email campaigns, and further promote their social media presence.

"At MailChimp, we've always rolled our eyes at n00bs who proclaimed that instant messaging, then RSS, then blogs, then mobile, then "myfacetwitter" was going to kill email," says Ben Chestnut, Co-Founder of MailChimp. "What's important here is that they're *all* great tools for businesses to stay in touch with customers. And with MailChimp, you can mash up all those technologies into something even awesomer."

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PubCon South, Spring 2010 Announced

2009-09-18T06:22:00-04:00

Austin, TX (Gawkwire.com) 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.

PubCon South will bring new marketing opportunities for businesses and attendees to capitalize on one of the major technology hubs around Dallas - Fort Worth, Houston and the greater Texas region, during three exciting days of cutting-edge multi-track sessions and networking events.

Brett Tabke, PubCon's Chair, said, "The overwhelming success of our PubCon South conference in Austin last March, made it clear that there was untapped need for a major search conference in the South. We have decided to return to Texas with a PubCon Dallas event in April, 2010. There has not been a search related conference in Texas since 2002. We will have top keynote speakers and a full slate of sessions focused on the hottest search, social, and marketing trends. Our trademark PubCon networking event will give everyone at PubCon the opportunity to meet and discuss their business issues with industry experts."

PubCon South is a multi-track technology conference with an extensive program of educational, highly topical sessions, where cutting-edge Internet marketing knowledge is shared with attendees. Previous event sponsors and exhibitors included Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.

"We're excited to bring PubCon to Dallas," Tabke said. "It is such a rich area for marketing, advertising, and search media related communities, that I am surprised there hasn't been another major marketing conference in Dallas in over 7 years. PubCon South/Dallas will be held April 13-15.

Speakers should apply with their proposal as soon as possible as places are limited. http://www.pubcon.com/session-proposal.cgi

For information on PubCon Dallas 2010 visit PubCon.com

http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/pubcon_south_spring_2010_announced.html

VoIP Survey Shows Big Shift Toward IP Telephony in Downturn

2009-09-18T06:21:00-04:00

Palo Alto, CA (Gawkwire.com) CompareBusinessProducts.com performs regular surveys of business product buyers, particularly in the telephony space and the latest survey of 500 real purchasers who were all in the process of decision making shows emphatically that buyers are considering VoIP solutions for their telephony needs above all other possibilities.

While the high rate of preference for VoIP isn't necessarily a surprise, the amount by which VoIP is now preferred is a dramatic increase from previous levels. Over 90% of all prospective buyers are considering VoIP solutions and over 80% are considering VoIP solutions exclusively.

The reasons for the dramatic increase are clear. First is the improved reputation and market penetration of VoIP which was already seen as the leading solution. Second is the current economy and increased pressures on business costs, historically an area where VoIP has excelled. Third, the increased need for added functionality in business phone systems as economic pressures increase the need for faster and more intelligent sales cycles.

To find out more about the survey results visit http://www.comparebusinessproducts.com/business-voip/news-on-business-voip/voip-makes-sense-during-the-recession.aspx .

To find out more about why VoIP solutions are good for your business visit: http://www.comparebusinessproducts.com/business-voip/voip-business-phone-systems.aspx

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UK Colocation Provider C4L Launches Partner Programme

2009-09-18T06:19:00-04:00

Bournemouth, Dorset (Gawkwire.com) Leading colocation and Internet infrastructure provider C4L is pleased to announce the launching of its partner programme. The partner scheme will cater for both channel partners, whereby the partner can white label resell or co-brand the services, and affiliate partners, whereby the partnership is based on referrals. The partner programme has also led to an internal promotion for Pete Hill, who has spent the past year working as an Account Manager, and has progressed to become Partner Manager.

Pete commented, "We realised when I first started here that there was massive potential for us to develop partnerships with other companies across all our services, not just colocation. We have such a wide service range with over 25 data centres on our network that we can meet customers' needs regardless of specification. We've also got an extremely efficient technical team with a great blend of experience and qualifications to support a partner scheme. C4L have always offered wholesale pricing to the internet industry, so the natural progression was to create an official and well supported partner channel."

C4L will be offering their full range of Internet infrastructure services through the partner programme, including all sizes of Colocation and Connectivity, which includes IP Transit, Interconnects and Leased Lines. Services such as Data Storage, Data Backup, Dedicated Servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers are also available. There are also other services currently in development which will be going live in the very near future, so be sure to check back regularly.

Matt Hawkins, C4L's Managing Director explains, "We're delighted to be launching our partner programme, particularly with internally developed services such as storage and backup being available to our partners. I know the team are equally excited with the current development projects, such as wireless leased lines, and looking forward to making them available to our partners in the coming months. We're also going to be expanding our colocation services, as we are looking to bring a further data centre online"

Are you interested in becoming a C4L Partner? Or would you like to find out more information about our range of industry leading services?

Then visit our main site at www.C4L.co.uk, the Partner site at www.C4Lpartners.co.uk or call 08000 470 481 for further information.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/uk_colocation_provider_c4l_launches_partner_programme.html

34SP.com Deploys SmarterTrack Customer Service Software

2009-09-17T06:17:00-04:00

Manchester, United Kingdom (Gawkwire.com) 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. According to the company, service feedback has improved dramatically with the adoption of SmarterTrack. In fact, 34SP.com is using the SmarterTrack software as the cornerstone of its company mandate: ''Website Hosting with Exceptional Service and Support''.

Flexibility was one reason that 34SP.com selected the SmarterTrack customer service software, as the package can be deployed as a traditional installation or in a hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Co-founder Stuart Melling explained the importance of the SmarterTrack software to the 34SP.com sales and support teams, ''The adoption of the SmarterTrack customer service software has dramatically increased client satisfaction levels, and lead to ultra-fast response times in the case of Live Chat. We can now literally solve in seconds what previously may have taken hours through our previous systems. Plus, the Live Chat creates a level of interactivity previously only available over the phone. The cutting and pasting of data via live chat gives our support team a crystal clear view into what clients are experiencing, and we can instantly respond. The increase in client satisfaction has been nothing short of amazing.''

Main features of the SmarterTrack customer service software include:

A world-class Ticket solution that transforms service, sales, and support emails into a powerful information distribution system.
Live Chat, which gives businesses the ability to reduce phone calls, capture information on Web site visitors, and assist more customers.
WhosOn, which gives businesses real-time tracking of customers as they navigate Web sites, providing the opportunity to increase sales, expedite customer service, and gather information on site visitors.
A portal interface that is optimized for search engines and functions as the central hub for all communication channels.
Self-service resources, such as a Knowledge Base and news items, that allow customers to research and resolve questions and issues.
A Web-based interface that provides accessibility wherever an Internet connection is available.
An integrated survey system that can be triggered upon events.
More than 70 summary and trend reports with many levels of customization and filtering.
Support for multiple brands within a company.

''SmarterTools is pleased to see International firms like 34SP.com adopting SmarterTrack as a customer service solution for their clients,'' said Jeff Hardy, vice president of business operations at SmarterTools. ''34SP.com is committed to the highest levels of customer service and satisfaction, and the fact that they have chosen SmarterTrack to build out their service department speaks volumes about the strength of our support and service solution for the web hosting industry.''

Among actual 34SP.com client feedback and comments as a result of the SmarterTrack implementation are: ''Although I previously thought your phone support was good ... your on-line support was even better!'' - Heather D. and ''Live support superb. So easy to use and the assistance first class!'' - Jeff R.

For further information on SmarterTrack customer service software, please visit: http://www.smartertools.com/SmarterTrack/Features/Customer-Service-Software-Web-Interface.aspx.

To learn more about 34SP.com and its web hosting products, please visit: http://www.34sp.com/hosting.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/34sp_com_deploys_smartertrack_customer_service_software.html

BluePay Selects Latisys for Data Center Colocation And Managed Services

2009-09-17T06:15:00-04:00

Englewood, Colorado (Gawkwire.com) Latisys, a leading provider of colocation, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery solutions, today announced that BluePay, one of the leading full-service providers of credit card processing and merchant accounts, has selected Latisys for data center colocation and managed services.

Organizations depend on BluePay for all aspects of credit card processing and payment transaction needs. Because BluePay maintains the highest standards of payment account data security through its Payment Card Industry (PCI) DSS-compliant payment gateway, it sought a PCI-compatible colocation provider that would further enable the firm to secure customers' data and account information.

"Latisys' ability to provide multi-site storage and point-to-point connectivity between geographically dispersed colocation facilities and PCI-compatible status meets the evolving security and redundancy needs of our customers," said John Rante, CEO, BluePay. "And by leveraging Latisys for capital-intensive VMware and SAN managed services, BluePay can ensure its resources are best allocated to benefit our customers."

Latisys' ability to provide multi-site storage and point-to-point connectivity between geographically dispersed colocation facilities and PCI-compatible status meets the evolving security and redundancy needs of our customers

And by leveraging Latisys for capital-intensive VMware and SAN managed services, BluePay can ensure its resources are best allocated to benefit our customers.

Organizations that require multi-site redundancy and enhanced security for customers' data are increasingly turning to Latisys for its uniquely scalable and secure services and infrastructure

BluePay has been steadfast in its commitment to providing its customers with the highest level of data security, and we look forward to helping them build upon this mission.

BluePay selected Latisys to provide a number of colocation and managed services, including:
PCI-Compatible security services including firewall, IDS, SSL certificates, etc. that help BluePay meet credit card processing guidelines
Managed Storage Area Network (SAN) connectivity between the Chicago and Denver facilities for geographically dispersed, cost effective and scalable data storage
Virtualized VMware environment that maximizes hardware utilization and reduces hardware and operating costs

"Organizations that require multi-site redundancy and enhanced security for customers' data are increasingly turning to Latisys for its uniquely scalable and secure services and infrastructure," said Peter Stevenson, CEO, Latisys. "BluePay has been steadfast in its commitment to providing its customers with the highest level of data security, and we look forward to helping them build upon this mission."

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

Free White Paper on the Impact of Social Media in Customer Service

2009-09-17T06:14:00-04:00

Vienna, VA (Gawkwire.com) Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer service software, announced today the release of a free white paper offering customer service and support professionals insight into the influence of social media on customer service and the customer experience. The white paper entitled "The Impact of Social Media on Customer Service and the Customer Experience" is available for download in Parature's white paper library.

Customer conversations, whether positive or negative, are important to any business and listening to these conversations has never been easier thanks to social media. Customers, today, share information with their providers like never before; they recommend brands, provide usage tips, share content, and praise or criticize customer service. This provides a unique opportunity for organizations to improve their products, services and customer experiences by leveraging these social platforms to monitor the chatter taking place there and gaining unprecedented insight into their customers' emotion and behavior. Research shows that every demographic has taken to the Web and the number of people using social media continues to grow exponentially. The Impact of Social Media on Customer Service and the Customer Experience explores the importance of incorporating social media into multi-channel customer service strategies. Social media technologies enable businesses to build a place their customers want to visit, and by becoming the best source of knowledge for their own products and services, businesses have more opportunities to further impress their customers, increase satisfaction and improve loyalty.

"Parature is dedicated to helping customer service and support organizations deliver superior customer service," stated Parature CEO and President Duke Chung. "We demonstrate this commitment, not only by providing the smartest, most efficient customer service software, but by providing valuable written content as well. Parature has conducted in-depth research to provide relevant and thought provoking insight into industry trends and effective strategies that will contribute to the success of customer service professionals and enable organizations to provide exceptional customer service at an affordable price."

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

SEO Blogger Awarded Distinguished Search Engine Marketing Scholarship

2009-09-17T06:13:00-04:00

Raleigh, NC (Gawkwire.com) Marketing Pilgrim, which provides breaking news and in-depth analysis of internet marketing and online advertising trends, names SEO Zombie blogger Justin Briggs as the winner of its 2009 Search Engine Marketing Scholarship for his article on SEO-friendly web design.

Briggs' winning article, "9 SEO Tips for Attractive Search Engine Friendly Web Design," provides innovative, useful tips to help designers find the middle ground between attractive websites and optimized content and code.

"Designers love beautiful websites and SEOs love optimized content and code," Briggs writes in the article. "But neither should fool themselves, because these days, both matter."

Briggs acknowledges the difficulty in keeping up with ever-changing practices regarding SEO-friendly web design. But today, he says, SEO doesn't mean a site has to be visually unappealing. He suggests that those who have been designers for several years start anew and re-learn SEO from scratch.

"Don't let out-of-date SEO practices make you think your pages have to be riddled with repetitive keywords," Briggs writes.

Other tips from Briggs include:

Using links to tell search engines what pages are about
Keeping in mind that great-looking websites can be link bait in and of themselves
Refraining from using flash in navigation or including important content in flash
Using CSS image replacement to make a site look great and be search engine-friendly

Despite the fact that Briggs' article was not the most trafficked entry, the judges chose the article because it takes SEO-friendly web design to a totally new level. Judges were impressed with Briggs' actionable advice, high-quality content and useful, solid information.

"He has a nice keyword laden title, has links and diagrams, breaks up the content so it breathes and writes with an air of authority and working knowledge," one judge commented. "He also scored points with me for responding to comments in a respectful manner."

Briggs will be awarded a $10,000 prize package, the largest in contest history, including:

All-access pass to SMX East
All-access pass to Pubcon
12 months of Enterprise reputation monitoring from Trackur.com
Free seat to Jill Whalen's High Rankings SEO Training Classes
Enrollment in a "Certified Search Engine Marketer Pathway" course at SearchEngineCollege.com
Free seat to MarketingExperiments' 2009 Landing Page Optimization Training Tour
6 months' premium membership to SEOmoz.org
6 months' premium membership to SearchEngineLand.com
1-year subscription to SEO project management site SoloSEO.com
1-year subscription (10-user license) to blog post management system RustyBudget
Complimentary conversions and basic usability website review valued at $300 from UsabilityEffect.com/Cre8pc
An autographed copy of Andy Beal's book Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online

A Nashville native, Briggs' background is in engineering, but he got started on the web in 2002 when he managed the web team for the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University. He kicked off his SEO career as an affiliate marketer, managing several of his own web properties. In 2008, Briggs' passion for SEO led him to launch SEO Zombie, an SEO blog, which allows him to consult other online marketers. Currently, Briggs is the SEO Manager at Paramore|Redd Online Marketing. He was hired in July 2009 to jumpstart an SEO program at the company.

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

Visi to Demo New Cloud Computing Platform at 2009 Cloud Vision Conference

2009-09-17T06:11:00-04:00

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (Gawkwire.com) 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.

Below are details regarding the Cloud VISION Conference speakers:
8:30 a.m. – “Using Cloud Computing as a Business Advantage” - Chris Howard of Utah-based Burton Group, which provides IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at global 2000 organizations, will present insights into important cloud issues and speak about how cloud computing is changing the economics of IT.

9:30 a.m. – “Getting Ready for the VISI Cloud” - Jason Baker, of VISI will provide an overview of VISI’s cloud services and how they can help your business succeed. In addition, Baker will provide a live demonstration of VISI’s new cloud computing platform.

The event, sponsored by VISI, Minnesota’s largest locally owned cloud computing, data center services, and managed hosting provider, will also include a free catered breakfast and drawing for a 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display. More details about the seminar and registration can be found at http://www.visi.com/cloud2009.

http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/visi_to_demo_new_cloud_computing_platform_at_2009_cloud_vision_c.html

Adobe to Acquire Omniture

2009-09-16T06:08:00-04:00

SAN JOSE, CA & OREM, UT (Gawkwire.com) Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Omniture, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMTR) today announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Adobe to acquire Omniture in a transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion on a fully diluted equity-value basis. Under the terms of the agreement, Adobe will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Omniture for $21.50 per share in cash.

Adobe’s acquisition of Omniture furthers its mission to revolutionize the way the world engages with ideas and information. By combining Adobe’s content creation tools and ubiquitous clients with Omniture’s Web analytics, measurement and optimization technologies, Adobe will be well positioned to deliver solutions that can transform the future of engaging experiences and e-commerce across all digital content, platforms and devices.

The combination of the two companies will increase the value Adobe delivers to customers. For designers, developers and online marketers, an integrated workflow — with optimization capabilities embedded in the creation tools — will streamline the creation and delivery of relevant content and applications. This optimization will enable advertisers, advertising agencies, publishers and e-tailers to achieve greater ROI from their digital media investments and improve their end users’ experiences.

“Adobe customers are looking to us for solutions to deliver engaging experiences and more effectively monetize their content and applications online,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe. “This is a game changer for both Adobe and our customers. We will enable advertisers, media companies and e-tailers to realize the full value of their digital assets.”

“Omniture’s mission has been to enable our customers to optimize every digital interaction,” said Josh James, CEO of Omniture. “By joining forces with Adobe, we will accelerate our ability to deliver on that vision and together bring new innovation to the market that improves content engagement, advertising effectiveness and the overall user experience, which will drive more advertising dollars online.”

Expanded Opportunities for Adobe and Omniture

This acquisition will significantly expand Adobe’s addressable market and growth potential, broadening solutions Adobe provides to the rapidly growing Internet advertising, e-commerce and digital media markets.

The combination will also expand Adobe’s offering of mission-critical solutions to the enterprise customer. Adding the capabilities of Omniture will further enhance Adobe’s offerings and ability to appeal to online marketers, including chief marketing officers.

The acquisition of Omniture will further diversify Adobe’s business, adding a scalable SaaS platform that captures over a trillion transactions per quarter, an expansive partner ecosystem, and a recurring revenue model.

For Omniture, joining Adobe will provide global operational scale and the ability to more quickly penetrate new geographies and markets, thereby accelerating its go-to-market strategy and growth potential.

Integration and Closing Details

As part of the expected integration of the two companies, Omniture will become a new business unit within Adobe. Omniture’s CEO, Josh James, will join Adobe as senior vice president of the new business unit, reporting to Adobe’s president and CEO, Shantanu Narayen.

The completion of the transaction, which is subject to customary government approvals and the satisfaction of other customary conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Adobe’s 2009 fiscal year.

The proposed offer represents a premium of 45 percent over Omniture’s average closing price for the last 30 trading days through yesterday’s close.

Adobe believes the acquisition will be accretive to Adobe’s non-GAAP earnings in fiscal year 2010.

The companies will make information, including an FAQ and other details about the acquisition, available at http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandomniture.html.

Conference Call Scheduled for 2:00 p.m. PDT Today

Adobe will comment on the acquisition of Omniture today during its Q3 FY2009 earnings conference call, which is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. PDT today. Investors, analysts and press can participate in a live Webcast via Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro or access the live conference call using the following access information:

Webcast: Go to http://www.adobe.com/ADBE and click on the Q3 FY09 Earnings Conference Call icon

Live Call: Dial 888-213-3930 and use passcode 3412311

Questions: Contact Adobe Investor Relations at 408-536-4416 or ir@adobe.com

The call and Webcast will last approximately one hour. An archive of the call will be made available in Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro for approximately 45 days. Listening to the live Webcast works best with Adobe Flash Player version 10 or later. Firewalls designed to protect corporate information can prevent listening to the Webcast.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure

This press release includes forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks to both companies that the acquisition of Omniture will not be consummated, as the transaction is subject to certain closing conditions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including statements regarding: the anticipated timing of filings and approvals relating to the transaction; the expected timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction considering the various closing conditions; any projections of earnings, revenues or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. In addition, if and when the transaction is consummated, there will be risks and uncertainties related to Adobe’s ability to successfully integrate the products and employees of Adobe and Omniture, as well as the ability to ensure continued performance or market growth of Omniture’s products. These risks, uncertainties and other factors, and the general risks associated with the respective businesses of Adobe and Omniture described in the reports and other documents filed by each of them with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Adobe and Omniture and are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Neither Adobe nor Omniture assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements or other statements included in this press release.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Omniture’s common stock will only be made pursuant to a tender offer statement on schedule TO, including an offer to purchase and other related materials that Snowbird Acquisition Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adobe Systems Incorporated, intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, Omniture will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. Once filed, Omniture stockholders will be able to obtain the tender statement on schedule TO, the offer to purchase, the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 and related materials with respect to the offer, free of charge at the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, from the information agent and dealer manager named in the tender offer materials or from Snowbird Acquisition Corporation. Omniture’s stockholders are advised to read these documents, any amendments to these documents and any other documents relating to the tender offer that are filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety prior to making any decisions with respect to the offer because they contain important information, including the terms and conditions of the offer.

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

Arkeia Network Backup Version 8.1 General Availability

2009-09-16T06:07:00-04:00

San Diego, CA (Gawkwire.com) Arkeia Software, a worldwide provider of backup and disaster recovery software, today announced general availability of Arkeia Network Backup Version 8.1. The release offers features to simplify backup management of hosted platforms, including multi-tenant servers. The release is designed for hosting providers that seek to generate revenue by offering backup services to their customers. For more information visit: http://www.arkeia.com/r/version8.1

“Arkeia Network Backup has enabled LinkStar to offer profitable backup services to our dedicated, virtual and managed hosting customers for several years,” said Jonathan Rivers, executive vice president of products and technology at LinkStar, a Washington DC based hosting division of AdJuggler Inc. “LinkStar’s reputation for providing a quality product with unparalleled service will be bolstered with the new flexibility delivered in V8.1 through Custom Restore Objects and extensible reporting.”

“Hosting companies deploy Arkeia Network Backup to protect both their own data and their customers’,” said Bill Evans, CEO of Arkeia Software. “Now, as hosting companies deliver cloud computing infrastructure, they need new capabilities for backup of the cloud. With Version 8.1, Arkeia Network Backup makes it easier for hosting companies to provide profitable backup services to customers on dedicated, managed, and shared hosting platforms.”

New Capabilities and Platforms
New in Arkeia Network Backup v8.1 are Custom Restore Objects (CROs) that allow system administrators to assign restoration rights to end users. Administrators reduce their workload by extricating themselves from the data restoration process. Service to the end-user is also improved by allowing end-users to recover data at any time.

The new software also increases visibility into backup status with both pre-configured reports and powerful tools for custom report generation. Reports can be viewed via the web graphical user interface or delivered via e-mail, command line, or export-to-file. The reporting infrastructure allows reports to be easily integrated into customer dashboards.

New with Version 8.1 is support for AIX 6, Fedora 11, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.5, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and Microsoft Windows 7. Arkeia Network Backup protects data on more than 150 platforms, including virtually all Linux and Windows platforms, as well as AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Irix, Macintosh, Netware, and Solaris.

Availability and Pricing
Arkeia Network Backup Version 8.1 is available now for download from www.arkeia.com. Both perpetual and subscription licensing are available for hosting companies.

http://www.gawkwire.com/reviews/arkeia_network_backup_version_8_1_general_availability.html

Web 2.0 & SaaS Recurring Billing System, Chargify, Launches at TechCrunch50

2009-09-16T06:05:00-04:00

Needham, MA (Gawkwire.com) Chargify (http://chargify.com), the recurring billing system that helps Web 2.0 and SaaS companies grow, launched today at the TechCrunch50 Conference (http://techcrunch50.com) in San Francisco, CA. The TechCrunch50 conference provides a platform for early-stage and frequently unfunded companies to launch in the presence of the industry's most influential figures, as well as international media. Chargify will be demonstrated and released to this group of over 2,500, and will be offering beta invites and free accounts for one year to all companies exhibiting at the conference.

Chargify changes the way businesses look at the billing process by offering helpful tools that provide insight into customer behavior. A real-time dashboard and intuitive user interface make it easy to access data about revenue, signups, and cancellations. Chargify automatically analyzes your customers' billing data, helping to uncover trends that will in turn produce smarter business decisions. Chargify also gives you the power to increase revenue and optimize conversions by testing different subscription plans and freemium pricing models.

In addition to Chargify's business intelligence tools, the company offers a pricing model unlike other companies within the recurring billing industry. It's also the only billing system that permits unlimited customers.

"We understand there are a lot of challenges when it comes to building an application like this, so we wanted to provide something ridiculously easy that would really help entrepreneurs," said Michael Klett, the Lead Developer.

With Chargify, you can get started for FREE, with no set-up or transaction fees, and no contracts to sign. While other industry players might charge you per transaction, based on a tiered transaction pyramid, percentage of total dollars billed, or even an overage charge for clients billed over your allotted amount, Chargify makes it simple and only focuses on one thing: how many paying customers you have. Even if you're just starting out and only have 15 clients, Chargify can work for you. In fact, service is free for up your first 50 customers. As you continue to grow, Chargify is intuitive enough to update your plan accordingly, always putting you in the bucket, which costs you the least.

Some additional Chargify features include:

Recurring Billing API - Makes it easy for your business to integrate with Chargify seamlessly.
Subscription Management Tools - Set any billing interval you wish, offer free trial periods, introductory pricing, and charge one-time fees.
Dunning Management - Forget the complications of processing credit card payments.
Branded Payment Website - Collect payments without syncing your site with Chargify's API.
Customer Management - We store a record for every subscription and transaction.
Easy-to-use Interface - Set-up couldn't be easier - Chargify will even walk you through it.
Customer Scalability - Whether you bill 30 people or 30,000, Chargify works for you.

http://www.gawkwire.com/technology/web_2_0_saas_recurring_billing_system_chargify_launches_at_techc.html

myhosting.com Offers Free Hosting to Community-Minded Organizations

2009-09-16T06:04:00-04:00

Toronto (Gawkwire.com) myhosting.com, a leader in affordable and effective Web hosting services in more than 140 countries, today announced its Web Hosting Endowment program, which donates free Web hosting services to organizations that help the greater need.

"We believe in giving back to the community and help organizations that contribute to the greater good; it is part of our culture at myhosting.com." said Celal Ulgen, chief marketing officer for myhosting.com.

Non-profits and other contribution-based organizations will receive Web hosting, Exchange Email and SharePoint through myhosting.com. More specifically, those organizations will receive the following free features:

- FREE Professional Web Hosting which includes a dedicated IP address, both Windows 2008 and Linux hosting platforms which include generous storage, bandwidth, email accounts and all other standard Web hosting features.
- FREE Hosted Exchange Email as an alternative to the email accounts included with Professional Web Hosting package. Includes full Exchange seats with a free Outlook 2007 or Entourage 2008 license.
- FREE SharePoint Hosting with unlimited users and sub-sites to help team members and volunteers collaborate on projects.

"These days, Web hosting services are essential for any business or organization to thrive," Ulgen said. "Non-profits and other groups will now have the chance to have all these things for absolutely no cost."

The Web Hosting Endowment Program will be available to:
- Registered Non-profit groups and organizations
- Organizations making positive contributions to their communities
- Educational or Governmental organizations providing for the greater good

myhosting.com aims to serve charitable organizations and non-profit groups, such as those with 501(c)(3) designations or charities registered with the CRA. But it won’t limit the program to only those organizations.

"We are also interested in helping any organization that selflessly provides services or contributions, and is working to make a positive change," Ulgen said. "It's tough in this economy to survive, no matter who you are. We hope the Web Hosting Endowment Program will be able to help make the difference between success and failure."

To apply to the Web Hosting Endowment Program, go to http://myhosting.com/web-hosting/non-profit/apply.aspx and fill out the 5-minute application form.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/myhosting_com_offers_free_hosting_to_community-minded_organizati.html

PPC Summit Adds New SEM/Optimization Sessions Due To Popular Demand

2009-09-15T07:01:00-04:00

Los Angeles, CA (Gawkwire.com) PPC Summit, Search Engine Marketing Training Event leader, responds to popular demand and announces the addition of Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization sessions to the PPC Summit events scheduled for Los Angeles, CA Sept. 23-24 and Chicago Nov. 4-5. The event offers new sessions designed to teach profitable search engine advertising techniques and closely guarded expert strategies to reach more customers online at a lower cost per acquisition.

PPC Summit is a one-stop training event for businesses looking to reach more customers online and improve their internet marketing return on investment (ROI). During two full days of 20+ educational sessions, marketers will learn how to make more money with Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising and Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

"One of the benefits of attending PPC Summit is that attendees can customize the agenda to meet their own skill level--it's an ideal educational venue to learn, network, share ideas and gain a greater understanding of search marketing best practices," said Mary O'Brien, PPC Summit Chairman. "As Marketers are constantly on the lookout for cost-effective online advertising methods, PPC Summit offers invaluable training from innovative search marketing techniques and advanced Pay Per Click solutions that increase sales, competitiveness and profits."

Among some of the new session additions, trainers will outline how to improve search engine optimization to achieve a better quality score and rank higher in the search engines. The sessions teach Marketers best practices to gain better results on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft/Bing and all search engines. The PPC Summit trainers, who have years of experience running multi-million dollar online marketing campaigns, are set to share their proven, cutting-edge techniques, solutions and tools.

PPC Summit Session Preview: Search Marketing, Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click Advertising (click here to see all 20 sessions):

1. Writing & Testing Ad Copy To Connect With Your Customers - Jon Rognerud, Entrepreneur.com
2. Improving Your Quality Score for Better ROI - Bill Barnes, Enquiro
3. Conversion Strategies - Turning Simple Changes into Big Profits - Jon Correll, Conversion Voodoo
4. Advanced Keyword Targeting And Why the Long Tail Still Matters - Tom Demers, WordStream
5. Setting Bids to Get Better Results And Cheaper Clicks - Christi Olson, Bing
6. Google AdWords Strategies & Tactics - Craig Danuloff, ClickEquations
7. Why Content Ads Can Be Your Ace In The Hole - David Szetela, Clix Marketing
8. Landing Page Optimization Techniques That Lower Acquisition Costs - Alissa Ruehl, Apogee Search
9. Paid and Organic Search to Build Brands & Maximize ROI - Kent Lewis, Anvil Media, Inc.
10. Search Engine Marketing Tools That the Experts Use - Gillian Muessig, SEOMoz
11. Avoiding Pay Per Click Advertising Mistakes - Brian Lewis, Engine Ready
12. Meaningful Web Analytics - Going Beyond the Numbers - Jamie Smith, Engine Ready
13. Why Pay-Per-Click is Critical to Your Search Engine Marketing Strategy - Heather Lutze, Lutze Consulting

PPC Summit Los Angeles Sponsors and Partners include the industry's top resources and most respected organizations: ADOTAS, Anvil Media, Apogee Search, Business.com, Conversion Voodoo, Direct Marketing Association SW / SD, dmPulse, Engine Ready, eComxpo, Lyris, Microsoft, Online Strategies Magazine, San Diego Ad Club, SEMpdx, SEMPO, Search Marketing Standard, Web Host Industry Review, Web Marketing Association and Website Magazine.

PPC Summit will be held on Sept. 23 - 24, 2009 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel and Spa. Seats are limited to ensure a maximum learning environment. All interested parties can register online at http://www.ppcsummit.com/?PR2 by Sept. 15 to save 35% with code: BIZ.

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

2009-09-15T07:00:00-04:00

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

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

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

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

1.   Arteworks SEO - Texas USA
2.   Intrapromote LLC - Ohio USA
3.   E-Agency - California USA
4.   Audit it - Wisconsin USA
5.   InterOpsis - North Carolina USA
6.   Critical Exposure - Washington USA
7.   Seroka - Wisconsin USA
8.   Netstrategies - Virginia USA
9.   Unique IQ Limited - United Kingdom
10.   Box UK - United Kingdom

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

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

Learn more about the TopSite Auditor and other great companies.

http://www.gawkwire.com/seo_sem/top_site_audit_firms_ranked_by_topseos_com_for_september_2009.html

HostingSource.com Announces End-of-Summer Sale on all Hosting Packages

2009-09-15T06:59:00-04:00

New York, NY (Gawkwire.com) Hostingsource, A leading provider of IT hosting and Web hosting Services, today announced a Blowout End-of-Summer Sale on all their Dedicated Server, and VPS Plans. Hostingsource has pledged to beat the price on any Dedicated Server or VPS hosting plan from other competing Hosting companies with a similar configuration. They are also including in this promotion one month of free hosting on any plan. Also included is full support to migrate any application and service to Hostingsource. All plans include free 24/7 server monitoring and free daily and weekly server backups. Just ask for the Hostingsource summer Sale to take advantage of this offer.

Hostingsource is known for their enterprise-quality network and world-class datacenters. Their goal is to provide customers with the best possible support and service. "Our pricing model has always been very aggressive. We have been able to achieve consistent growth by offering great quality of services at very low prices," said Ron Sznol CEO of Hostingsource.

Servers included in this promotion:

Server-I: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz- 1GB Ram- 160GB Raid-1 Storage- 2TB Bandwidth is priced at $79/month
Server-II: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6Ghz- 2GB Ram- 250GB Raid-1 Storage- 3TB Bandwidth is priced at $109/month.
Server-III: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz- 3GB Ram- 500GB Raid-1 Storage- 4TB Bandwidth is priced at $139/month.
Server-IV: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83Ghz- 4GB Ram- 500GB Raid-1 Storage- 6TB Bandwidth unmetered is priced at $169/month.

VPS included in this promotion:
VPS-I: Intel Dual Core- 512MB Ram- 20GB Storage- 1250MB Bandwidth is priced at $39/month.
VPS-II: Intel Dual Core- 768MB Ram- 25GB Storage- 2000MB Bandwidth is priced at $59/month.
VPS-III: Intel Dual Core- 1024MB Ram- 30GB Storage- 3000MB Bandwidth is priced at $79/month.
VPS-IV: Intel Dual Core- 1280MB Ram- 40GB Storage- 4000MB Bandwidth is priced at $89/month.

For information on Hostingsource Affiliate Program please visit: http://www.hostingsource.com/affiliates.php

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InstaCarma doubles its power back-up capacity

2009-09-14T07:26:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) The company has been scaling well in the recent past. Foreseeing the potential problems which might arise as a result of this, InstaCarma added a new-age 25KVA brushless AC generator to its power back-up facility. Besides higher capacity, the generator is eco-friendly and produces very little noise.
Addition of this diesel genset has increased the total capacity of the facility to 50 KVA.

This has enabled InstaCarma to tackle any power crisis and continue providing the high quality services for which it is known since 2003. It has several clients across the globe who in turn cater to the needs of thousands of customers. This measure will help InstaCarma to avoid customer dissatisfaction due to disrupted services.

http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/instacarma_doubles_its_power_back-up_capacity.html

Horizon Data Center Solutions Launches Secure Cloud Computing Platform

2009-09-14T06:19:00-04:00

Dallas, Texas (Gawkwire.com) Horizon Data Center Solutions, a leading data center and IT flexsourcing firm serving businesses and government agencies with colocation, disaster recovery and managed IT services, has launched its cloud computing solution, called FlexSafe Cloud.

FlexSafe Cloud is a private, secure approach to cloud computing that meets the needs of organizations that want the flexibility, scalability and cost savings of virtualization, but that also require the security of a private computing platform.

FlexSafe Cloud is part of Horizon's strategy to fill a gap in the marketplace by providing flexible, full-service IT outsourcing options that can serve the enterprise client as well as small and medium sized businesses. The company pioneered the concept with its DCFlexSpace colocation model and has continued to expand available IT services to meet client demand.

Horizon says the FlexSafe Cloud delivers immediate benefits for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, e-commerce businesses with applications that experience fluctuating transaction volumes, financial firms, government agencies, and other entities that want the greater efficiencies and cost savings of virtualization without giving up security.

Chuck Smith, Executive Vice President with Horizon and the company's Chief Marketing Officer, says that, while the industry debates the actual definition of cloud computing, Horizon has adopted the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) working definition, with its key characteristics of on-demand self-service, ubiquitous network access, ability to rapidly scale resources and pay on a measured-usage basis.

"Our growing list of federal clients made it a logical decision to adopt the NIST working definition of the cloud," says Smith.

Smith says the FlexSafe Cloud is highly scalable and based upon Horizon's Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering. Beginning with Tier III data centers, the Horizon IaaS solution is built on leading edge technology providers like Above Net, Cisco, F5 Networks and HP. The FlexSafe Cloud service is virtualized using VMware, and provides the High Availability (HA) performance and security levels required by enterprise data center customers. HDCS currently has two DFW area data centers, providing fast, reliable data backup and replication solutions.

"We believe that the large public cloud providers like Amazon and Google have done an excellent job of supporting the testing and development world, so there's no need for us to pursue the public cloud. For government and enterprise clients, private clouds are where we can add significant value," Smith says. The company will also offer community cloud solutions for entities with multiple businesses.

Horizon CEO, Lance A. Smith adds, "Our current clients appreciate our highly secure, reliable data center infrastructure and have asked us to provide this service. We are pleased to extend our relationships with them, while at the same time offering an option that represents our continued charge to fill the gap in the IT outsourcing market between the very large, global IT outsourcing companies and traditional hosting companies. With the FlexSafe Cloud option, the latest development in our fast-paced growth strategy, Horizon continues to be among the leaders in the data center market."

For more information, contact Chuck Smith, Chief Marketing Officer, at 214 556 4138 or Connie Holubar at 903 880 8217. Corporate offices for Horizon can be reached at 972 509 0110.

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Web Analytics: Easy or Hard? -- Jim Sterne Presents Live Webcast at SMN

2009-09-14T06:16:00-04:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) On Tuesday, September 29 at 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Search Marketing Now presents "Web Analytics: Easy or Hard," featuring Jim Sterne, Chairman of the Web Analytics Association. This webcast is free and is sponsored by Unica Corporation.

Sterne will a common debate among the web analytics community: are web analytics easy or hard? And what can marketers do to make web analytics easier?

Registration is open and more information is available at http://searchmarketingnow.com

When used correctly, web analytics provide insight into web marketing performance and customer behavior, empowering internet marketers to improve effectiveness and personalize interactions. Strategic and tactical decisions become informed, often leading to greater profits and new opportunity.

For many internet marketers, the challenge lies in knowing how to translate web analytics reports and key performance indicators into better business results. What data should online marketers track? If resources are limited, what analytics should an online marketer focus on first? And what about web analytics tools -- if a marketer is using a web analytics tool and still having trouble is it the tool or the analyst that's making it hard?

This webcast will look at why web analytics is BOTH easy and hard, and why it's important to know what to expect of your analysts and of your web analytics tools.

Jim Sterne is an international speaker on electronic marketing and customer interaction. A consultant to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs, Sterne has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing and customer service including, "Web Metrics; Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success." Sterne is the producer of the international eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summits and is the Founding President and current Chairman of the Web Analytics Association.

This webcast is sponsored by Unica Corporation, Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA) is the recognized leader in marketing software solutions. Unica's advanced set of enterprise marketing management and on-demand marketing solutions empowers organizations and individuals to turn their passion for marketing into valuable customer relationships and more profitable, timely, and measurable business outcomes. These solutions integrate and streamline all aspects of online and offline marketing. Unica's unique interactive marketing approach incorporates customer analytics and web analytics, centralized decisioning, cross-channel execution, and integrated marketing operations. More than 1,000 organizations worldwide depend on Unica for their marketing management solutions. Unica is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with offices around the globe. For more information, visit www.unica.com.

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EcomNets Redefines the Green PC

2009-09-14T06:10:00-04:00

Herndon, VA (Gawkwire.com) EcomNets today announced the industry's first Green PC, Verdio™, designed specifically for server-based desktop virtualization, but can operate as a standalone PC. Verdio was invented specifically to leverage the powerful trend toward server virtualization and desktop virtualization. The Verdio™ device connects keyboard, mouse, display, audio and USB peripherals over an existing IP network to an instance of Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows XP running on a virtualized server. Moving all software off the desktop to the server, the Verdio also has standalone options as a fully functioning PC. Verdio comes with a CPU, memory, drivers, and operating system. This provides flexibility and reliability for IT organizations. Using functionality enabled by server virtualization, Verdio delivers not only a complete Microsoft Windows experience, but it reduces the power consumption of traditional PC hardware environment by up to 70%.

Carbon Footprint and TCO reduced by 70 percent.

Verdio reduces desktop TCO by 70 percent--saving 70% on energy costs, and reducing the carbon footprint by 70% is a great start for organizations looking to Go Green in the current economy.

- Verdio desktop devices come with or without software, providing flexibility.
- Standard configuration boasts 1GB RAM (2GB optional), 120GB HD, 4 USB ports, 1 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Card, 802.11n Wireless (optional), external CDROM (optional).
- Software installations and upgrades are performed centrally.
- Server virtualization efficiently shares hardware across the entire user population
- Verdio consumes only 28 watts -- 30% of a typical PC that consumes an average of 75 watts -- making Verdio the ultimate Green PC

"While desktop PCs might be inexpensive to acquire, the virtualized version of Verdio starts at $99 for Government, Education, and Non-Profits. Commercial clients pay an additional $50 making it $149," said Raj Kosuri, CTO & CEO for EcomNets. "The standalone version goes for $299 for Government, Education, and Non-Profits. Commercial clients pay an additional $50 making it $349, so you can see that even at our highest price of $349, we are still $200 - $400 less than our competitors, with equal or better power."

Complete Green IT Solution Provider (GSP)

The EcomNets Green IT Solutions is comprised of server virtualization, desktop virtualization, PC power management, and data de-duplication. The Verdio desktop device is a hardware addition to professional services. For customers new to virtualization or looking for an entry-level solution, Verdio allows companies three flavors of virtualization: VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix, or any combination of the three.

"We have provided managed services around traditional desktops for 10 years, and see desktop virtualization as a new, high-value service we can offer customers," said Terell Jones, Director of Infrastructure Practice of EcomNets, "With Verdio, we can deliver a valuable new service that is quick and easy to deploy. EcomNets' new product launch of Verdio will enable EcomNets to be much more profitable at desktop management, and the virtualized Verdio will allow us to offer additional services around virtualization such as Cloud Computing."

Verdio will be generally available in September 2009. Verdio will be available as a subscription or perpetual license. For more information, contact 1-703-481-3035 or visit www.Verdio.net or www.ecomnets.com.

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Top Canadian Web Development Firms of September 2009

2009-09-11T06:31:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) The Best Canadian Web Development Firms have been chosen by canada.topseos.com for this month.

Effective web development companies can write code that is staged for growth, robust and secure, and clean for easy maintenance. canada.topseos.com includes only industry leaders in its monthly lists.

Check out the Best Canadian Web Development Companies for September 2009:

1.   Bloom Search Marketing
2.   Clearpath SEO
3.   SearchingWorks Inc.
4.   VN Web Group
5.   Studio 7 Designs
6.   TopNet Solutions
7.   Blue Cat Design Inc.
8.   Abalone Designs Inc.
9.   Creative Purrsuits
10.   Digital eM-space

The evaluation criteria for web development companies is widely made up of interviewing clients and finding whether they are happy with their results from each company. Also reviewed are the companies' processes and standards of compliance.

Web development companies that would like to be considered for canada.topsoes.com should visit the following link to apply for ranking: http://canada.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the Top Canadian Web Developer and other great companies.

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Easyspace Slashes Minimum Cost of Country Specific Top Level Domain Names

2009-09-11T06:30:00-04:00

Glasgow, Lanarkshire (Gawkwire.com) Country Specific Top Level Domain names (such as uk.com, us.com, eu.com) have long been an accepted alternative to traditional top level domain names, particularly in instances where the preferred top level domain has already been registered. Not only does this Country Specific format of the Top level Domain allow you to include the common .com within the extension, it also allows for localised focus for your business.

In addition, Country Specific TLDs are a popular alternative to exact country extensions. Domains such as .eu require submission of documentation to prove validity of domain registration (i.e. you need to have business in the .eu to be able to register a .eu), whereas a .eu.com can be registered by anyone. This is a similar scenario to many other country extensions.

Easyspace prides itself in being one of the few providers in the UK of such a variety of Country Specific TLDs and has recently cemented its place as one of the leading providers by making them far more accessible.

In addition to cutting the price on all Country Specific TLD domain names, the minimum registration term has been reduced from two years to one. In all, it means you can now register your preferred Country Specific Top Level Domain for approx 50% less than a few months ago with Easyspace.

"Suitable domain names, particularly TLDs such as .com, .net, .org etc, are becoming harder and harder to find for some companies and we're finding people are now seriously considering some of the viable alternatives that have been around for some time, including our range of Country Specific TLDs such uk.com, us.com and eu.com." suggests Errol Vanderhorst, Managing Director at Easyspace.

"We announced the changes to existing customers recently and were surprised at just how positively the news was received. The lower cost matched with a reduced minimum registration term has certainly made the domains more accessible and customers are certainly taking advantage of that."

Easyspace currently sells approx 20 different Country Specific Top Level Extensions including .uk.com, .eu.com, .de.com, .us.com, .gb.com, .uk.net and more.

Visit the Easyspace Blog for more information at: http://blog.easyspace.com/2009/09/09/easyspace-slashes-minimum-cost-of-country-specific-tlds/

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Hivelocity Launches New Website and Teases Us With SPEED

2009-09-11T06:29:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) 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.

The new site features a cleaner look and more intuitive navigation as well as additional features. In addition to the cosmetic improvements, the new site also includes an in-depth knowledge base and customer training center.   “Our goal is to empower our customers with as much information and as many tools as possible to simplify and streamline their hosting experience”, says Hivelocity General Manager Steve Eschweiler.

Within the next 3 months, Hivelocity intends to launch phase 2 of its new customer portal called SPEED. Based on early reports, SPEED is said to revolutionize how web hosts enable their customers and resellers.    “Phase 2 of Speed is going to set the new standard for client portals. Our customers are going to flip out when they see it.”

For now we will have to wait for SPEED and be content with just playing around on the new site. Updates on SPEED will be trickle out as its expected launch date of January 1st approaches.

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Managed Web Hosting provider RSHosting, unveils affordable shared hosting

2009-09-11T06:27:00-04:00

Manchester, United Kingdom (Gawkwire.com) 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.

Sean Collar, Chief Marketing Officer, RSHosting. remarked, "We are delighted to offer the most affordable shared web hosting plans to all those looking to create their own hosting company. After providing reseller and managed web hosting solutions for all these years, we thought of offering our services to people who can host their websites for even less than what they needed to pay for reseller web hosting. Our non-overloaded servers removes the risks of unstablility and downtime for your websites, so more people can now tap into this lucrative industry.
Existing hosting providers often offer virtual unlimited resources however restrict them to use the allocated resources with confusing rules of service. RSHosting not only offers cheap shared hosting solutions, but also does not oversell which means you can use all the resources allocated to your accounts. There's never been a better time for those people who are looking for cheap yet reliable web hosting services.
With the coming few months, RSHosting is also planning to introduce Windows shared line of products including windows shared hosting, windows reseller hosting and windows vps hosting on US and UK located servers".

Currently recognised as US & UK's most reliable managed web host, RSHosting also offers a wide range of other products such as 100% private labelled reseller hosting, cpanel vps hosting, managed linux and windows servers, domain registration services and cheap SSL certificates.

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

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SoftLayer Virtual Data Center Firm, Garners 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award

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

Dallas, TX (Gawkwire.com) On-demand data center services provider, SoftLayer Technologies, has received the 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award at the 9th Annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech, presented by the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC).

The award recognizes the company with the highest percentage of revenue growth in 2008 over 2007 in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. Both private and public companies from any technology industry segment are eligible for the award, as long as they own proprietary technology. SoftLayer received the same award in 2008 for its growth in 2007 over 2006.

George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer noted, ''We are very proud to win this prestigious award two years in a row. It is an honor being recognized among DFW's technology leaders - there are many innovative companies doing great things here. Our continuing growth can be directly attributed to our unique approach to hosting and data center services. We're bringing new ideas and practical advantages to our customers and the market.''

MTBC is the largest technology trade organization in Texas. Its annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech rankings showcase the industry's most talented individuals and the companies with the most advanced technologies in North Texas. The region is a leading center for technology and innovation in the U.S. and globally. The American Electronics Association Cybercities 2008 report ranked DFW fifth among U.S. cities in high-tech employment, with approximately 176,000 high-tech workers. DFW ranked second nationwide for employment in both the telecommunications services and Internet services sectors.

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.

More information about the event and award is available at: www.metroplextbc.org/techtitans.

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Tucows Amends and Extends Third Modified Dutch Tender Offer

2009-09-10T06:32:00-04:00

TORONTO (Gawkwire.com) 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.

The closing price of Tucows' common stock on the NYSE Amex on September 9, 2009 was $0.58 per share. Shareholders have the opportunity to tender some or all of their shares at a price within the $0.52 to $0.60 per share price range. Based on the number of shares tendered and the price specified by the tendering shareholders, Tucows will determine the lowest per share price within the range that will enable it to buy 5,000,000 shares, or such lesser number of shares that are properly tendered. If shareholders of more than 5,000,000 shares properly tender their shares at or below the determined price per share, Tucows will purchase shares tendered by such shareholders, at the determined price per share, on a pro rata basis. Additionally, if more than 5,000,000 shares are properly tendered, the number of shares to be repurchased by Tucows pursuant to the tender offer may, at the discretion of Tucows, be increased by up to 2% of Tucows' outstanding shares, or approximately 1,357,000 shares, without amending or extending the tender offer.

Shareholders whose shares are purchased in the offer will be paid the determined purchase price per share net in cash, without interest, after the expiration of the offer period. The offer is subject to a number of other terms and conditions specified in the offer to purchase that has been distributed to shareholders.

The information agent for the offer is StockTrans, Inc. None of Tucows, its board of directors or the information agent is making any recommendation to stockholders as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering their shares into the tender offer. Shareholders must decide how many shares they will tender, if any, and the price within the stated range at which they will offer their shares for purchase by Tucows.

This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Tucows' common stock. The offer is being made solely by the tender offer statement. Investors are urged to read Tucows' tender offer statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the tender offer, which includes as exhibits, the offer to purchase, the supplement to the offer to purchase and the amended letter of transmittal when they become available, because they contain important information, as well as any amendments or supplements to the statements when they become available. Each of these documents has been or will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and investors may obtain them for free from the Securities and Exchange Commission at its website (www.sec.gov) or from StockTrans, Inc., the information agent for the tender offer, by directing such request to: StockTrans, Inc., Attn: Re-Organization Dept., 44 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003, telephone (800) 733-1121.

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MochaHost.com: New Fall 30 % OFF Special + extra 33 Free Tools Available!

2009-09-10T06:31:00-04:00

San Jose, CA (Gawkwire.com) 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.

The new Fall SALE includes: 30% off from its Mocha hosting plan + 6 months of FREE hosting and 2 FREE domain names for its Business and Mocha shared hosting plans. A separate special of 15% OFF is also available for the SoHo and Business plans.

Other season specials include: a free domain name with a 10% discount for all reseller plans, special pricing on dedicated servers, and special discounts for non-profit organizations or military personnel, as well as a special SSL package (including free static IP).

In addition, starting in September of 2009 all Linux plans (including reseller and dedicated servers) come with an extra 33 FREE one-click-install tools such as: Magento shopping cart, MediaWiki, and phprojekt – making a total of 77 free tools.

The offer will be valid through: 09/30/2009. More details, as well as how to sign up, can be obtained at:

http://www.mochahost.com/specials

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SiteGround implements highest assurance SSL Technology

2009-09-09T14:00:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) 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.

Thanks to the EV SSL certificate, SiteGround.com visitors will see the reassuring green address bar containing company information verified by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). The EV SSL is the only certificate ensuring that a domain is owned and a website is operated by a legitimate organization. The validation process ran by the SSL issuing authorities is not automatic as for the other SSL certificates. Instead, a thorough personal investigation by an authorized professional is required before such a certificate is issued.

Soon after SiteGround started to use an EV SSL certificate, it made it available to its customers too. “We always strive to offer any new and powerful technology that we use on our own website to our customers.” -- says Lilyana Yakimova, Marketing manager of SiteGround. “Our experience has shown that with the new SSL our visitors feel more comfortable and our conversion rate grows. We are happy to share this already tested advantage with our customers.”

The SiteGropund SSL offer can be found here: http://www.siteground.com/ssl_certificates.htm

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PEER 1 Celebrates 10th Anniversary

2009-09-09T14:00:00-04:00

VANCOUVER, BC (Gawkwire.com) PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX), the global online business hosting provider, today announced the 10th anniversary of its business. To celebrate the occasion, PEER 1 is offering new customers one month free, plus free setup on all available Managed Hosting plans during September 2009.

Jon Barber, CEO of Canada-based Dynaworx Inc. and longstanding PEER 1 customer commented: “Ten years as a top business hosting provider is a major achievement that PEER 1 should be very proud of, and we should know! Dynaworx has been a PEER 1 customer since the first day of its first data center and our relationship with them over the years has been instrumental in enabling us to grow to over 200 servers and realize our own business potential. PEER 1 has consistently valued our business, sought to collaborate, and acted as a genuine partner throughout our relationship to date. We congratulate the company on its success now and into the future.”

PEER 1 began in 1999 at the outset of the Internet age when founder Lance Tracey, alongside then CTO Mark Teolis, set up the original network infrastructure to offer affordable web access to customers. Ten years later, PEER 1 has grown to a 360-strong international team delivering global business hosting solutions through its 10GB SuperNetworkTM and 16 data centers around the world. PEER 1’s more than 10,000 customers ranging from startups to enterprises benefit from its 100% uptime guarantee and FirstCall SupportTM promise.

“Ten years is a long time in hosting and our anniversary celebration is a testament to the strength of our business,” said Fabio Banducci, President and CEO of PEER 1. “Investing in leading-edge technology to support our IT infrastructure, and investing in our people to deliver remarkable customer support are integral to our success. I congratulate our customers in the ongoing success of their businesses which PEER 1 is proud to support and I applaud the talent and dedication of our personnel around the world.”

PEER 1 has accomplished numerous corporate and technology landmarks in its 10-year history, the highlights of which include:

1999 Colobrokers forms at the outset of the Internet age to provide affordable bandwidth to customers

2004 Acquired ServerBeach Ltd, including data centers in San Antonio, Texas and Herndon, Virginia

2004 Opens first European network POP in London, UK and connects to LINX, the London Internet Exchange

2005 Purchased Managed Hosting assets of Interland, Inc, including data centers in Atlanta, Georgia; Fremont, California; and Miami, Florida

2006 Extends SuperNetwork to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and joins AMS-IX, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange and peering point

2008 ServerBeach puts its 10,000th server online

2008 PEER 1 trades on the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange), under trading symbol PIX

2009 PEER 1 UK operation and data center opens in Southampton, UK

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Why Websites Depend on SEO to Succeed

2009-09-09T06:45:00-04:00

enver, CO (Gawkwire.com) Aside from being a full service Denver web design company, US Web Central, Corp. offers many web services including the video spokesperson. Having a live video spokesperson on your website will not only captivate your visitor's attention, but it can be used to educate, build brand awareness or create a strong call-to-action. The Denver search engine optimization company also has their own Denver video studio equipped with the latest technologies enabling them to stream high definition, HD video, right onto a webpage.

According to Scott Carvin, "search engine optimization is necessary if you want to succeed online." This is why their ongoing Denver SEO services are so vital to the success of their client's websites. According to Scott Carvin, the clients that participate by writing and providing content were able to produce more immediate first page rankings over clients that did not participate. Our number 1 clients typically hire us 40 hours a month to increase their visibility and to produce and maintain first page organic rankings.

Each client's need can vary based on what resources they have in house. Some clients opt to have our Denver SEO Company do all their SEO from producing content, building links, bookmarking web pages, creating blog posts and submitting ongoing press releases as part of their SEO campaign. Others may supply content and have us do the rest. The bottom line is getting a website's domain on the top 1 for single or multiple keyword searches.

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.

Research proves 85% of website users start their search from a search engine such as Google, Yahoo, or Bing.

search engine optimization is necessary if you want to succeed online.

Search-engine optimization means adjusting the content of your web site so it ranks higher in the list of search results for a particular keyword or keyword phrase. There are many tools to help discover what keywords and keyword phrases a site should rank for, and optimizing website content is often referred to as on-page SEO.

After optimizing static web page content for optimization, consider adding a blog such as WordPress or Blogger in order to frequently publish relevant content and video's to a website. This may help increase the frequency in which Google and other search engines index your website, plus it will give your website visitor interesting articles to learn more about the companies offerings. Google's site map has many features and is highly recommended. They also accept video sitemap submissions to improve search results on your videos.

Hosting a video on YouTube is another great way to get more views and exposure to many people. It allows other website owners the ability to embed these videos into their blogs and websites.

Read a recent SEO client testimonial who is currently #1 for "steel building prices" amoung many keywords in Google:

"This is the 1st testimonial I have written since entering the steel building industry in 1984. My name is John Barber and I am the owner of Price A Building Inc- one of the leading sellers of steel buildings throughout the US. I was fortunate to be referred to US Web Central for web design and optimization. I was presently surprised to find that they were not only willing to go beyond the call of duty (doing considerable work without billing us); they were willing and eager to discuss specific strategies in order to increase our percentages for selling more steel buildings. We now show-case our discounted steel building prices on the website because of their advice, and it has definitely enhance our sales. The shopping cart they custom built for our company was inexpensive and easy for the public to utilize. The steel building industry is very competitive and having US Web Central as a resource has been a huge help.

I have painfully over the years come to realize that there is a vast difference between SEO companies. Many are quick to bill and slow to explain. It is rare to find a company that is willing to educate you on their practices and sincerely care about the success of your operation. I would strongly recommend US Web Central to any company looking for SEO assistance."

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Search Engine Strategies (SES) Berlin 2009

2009-09-09T06:44:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Incisive Media and BBP today announced that Bill Hunt, President of Back Azimuth Consulting, will be the opening keynote speaker at the Search Engine Strategies (SES) Berlin Conference & Expo.

Bill is internationally recognised as a search marketing expert who is helping to shape online marketing and social media on a global scale. Bill is currently on the Board of Directors of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization and is active in growing SEMPO's international base of members. He is the co-author of the best selling book "Search Engine Marketing, Inc." Driving Traffic to Your Companies Web Site and writes a popular blog on search and social media marketing at www.whunt.com.

The SES Berlin Conference & Expo will be held at the Crowne Plaza Berlin City Centre on 24-25 November 2009. The German event is focused on search engine marketing (SEM), including pay-per-click (PPC) advertising and search engine optimisation (SEO), For more details, go to http://www.SearchEngineStrategies.com/berlin.

SES is the leading global event for education in online marketing and advertising - including search (SEM/SEO). Organised by BBP and hosted and co produced with Incisive Media and Thomas Bindl, one of Europe's leading authorities on search, SES Berlin's sessions will help marketers ensure online success. Beginner workshops, intermediate sessions, and debate panels will address applications such as video, podcasts, and blogs, as well as design and writing for search engines. More advanced marketers can attend sessions on search advertising tools, web analytics, and advanced paid search tactics.

Thomas Bindl, SEO expert and moderator of the "European Search Engines" said:

"We are delighted to announce that Bill will be opening the event this year. Bill's experience and expert advice is sought by industry analysts and corporate leaders looking to implement an effective enterprise and global search marketing and social media strategy. This is a great opportunity to hear Bill's thoughts on industry developments as well as networking with one of the foremost industry leaders."

Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media's Interactive Marketing Group, including Search Engine Strategies, Search Engine Watch and the ClickZ Network, said, "SES Berlin is a crucial event on the industry calendar. It has grown over the years and attracts the most prominent people in online marketing. I am thrilled that Bill will be joining us and looking forward to hearing what I'm sure will be an inspirational presentation on the first day.

After the very successful co production of SES Amsterdam in March 2009, BBP and Incisive Media joined forces to take upon the already 7 years tradition of SES in Germany. "As Europe's second largest search market, Germany will have one of the most attractive SES programs this year. Great speakers like Bill Hunt and several key German search specialists will guarantee the newest insights and cutting edge best practices. I'm looking forward to SES Berlin", said Paul Petermeijer, CEO for BBP.

Register early and save money. For more information about Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo 2009 visit http://www.SearchEngineStrategies.com/berlin

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MacScan 2.7 Anti-Spyware Released - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatible

2009-09-09T06:41:00-04:00

Las Vegas, Nevada (Gawkwire.com) 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.

Upgrades from previous versions of MacScan 2 are free, and can be obtained by either selecting "Check for Updates" under the "MacScan" menu, or by downloading the demo version from http://macscan.securemac.com and entering your serial number.

The demo can be registered for $29.99 using Paypal or credit card, either through the built-in registration system, or via the MacScan webstore at http://macscan.securemac.com.

MacScan Family Pack lets you install the popular MacScan antispyware software on up to three computers for only $49.99. Existing users of MacScan can upgrade the single license to the MacScan Family Pack allowing installation on up to three computers for the difference of the original price and the Family Pack price.

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Domains.com Offers Free Auctions and No Commission on Domain Sales

2009-09-09T06:40:00-04:00

New Bid for Auction Sales?

(Gawkwire.com) Domains.com, the UK based registration and hosting company has announced they are entering the Domain Auctions business. They are offering totally free listings and 0% commission on all sales and auctions even though existing services routinely charge from 10% to 20% commissions. Their new site with its custom developed auction platform went live on September 7th.

Director Chris Hornby said, "We believe that when you use Domains.com, we are in debt to you, not the other way round. The more high quality domains listed on the site, the better the service we are able to offer."

Domains.com has also announced it is dropping its price for generic (.com, etc.) domain registrations to $10.95 per year and has added private chat rooms so that domainers can freely discuss and even make deals in a safe and secure environment. Site designer and developer Walter Long said, "Our goal is provide an all-round user friendly experience for our customers and to make it as accessable and inexpensive as possible. In today's environment, the only way to stay ahead of the game is strive to be as efficient as possible so as to keep costs to a minimum and to always put the customer first. We believe our competitors are behind the curve in this respect, and this provides us with a great opportunity to step up to the plate and re-define the industry."

To get things started Domains.com is already offering a selection of high quality generic one word domains including Plan.com ($750,000), Write.com ($620,000), Advise.com ($250,000) and Scarce.com ($190,000).

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VPS Hosting Specifications Upgraded

2009-09-09T06:43:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) 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.

According to information released by the company, the new virtual server products will carry specifications that lead the VPS hosting market in the UK. The new plans were designed after months of comprehensive research into the competitive VPS products in the current UK marketplace. Virtual servers are often used in lieu of dedicated servers due to the close similarities between the two. Completely isolated operating environments, root level access, and the ability to load any operating system or software required by professional developers are characteristics of both VPS hosting and dedicated servers.

Daniel Foster, co-founder of 34SP.com explained the VPS hosting update process, ''Our systems engineering team has been hard at work creating a new architecture for our VPS accounts that yields more resources for each account without any increase in cost. Therefore, beginning immediately every VPS hosting account at 34SP.com will get even more disk space and bandwidth for no extra charge. It's a way of giving back to our clients for their commitment to the 34SP.com brand.''

34SP.com also revealed that demand for its VPS hosting products has grown exponentially over the past year as developers and designers discover the convenience and price advantages of virtual servers. The new storage specifications on the VPS hosting products range from 25 GB to 100 GB, while bandwith ranges from 500 GB to 1,000 GB. 34SP.com VPS hosting comes with a choice operating systems including: CentOS, Debian, Fedora Core, Suse and Ubuntu. Each VPS server is guaranteed a certain amount of the server's RAM at all times. In times of low server load, users are permitted to burst above this limit.

To learn more about VPS hosting products from 34SP.com please visit: http://www.34sp.com/vps-hosting.

34SP.com offers professional website hosting services for cost conscious web developers and designers. The 34SP.com team of technical experts offers industry leading support and service coupled with a money back guarantee to ensure client satisfaction. Website hosting services offered include: UK domain names, VPS hosting and reseller web hosting. The company is headquartered in central Manchester, England.

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WEBKEEPERS Sets New Standard for Windows Web Hosting

2009-09-09T06:42:00-04:00

Newport Beach, CA (Gawkwire.com) In light of the current recession, a Newport Beach company is making Windows web hosting more affordable than ever before. WEBKEEPERS (www.webkeepers.com), a subsidiary of Hosting and Security, Inc., recently released Windows Virtual Private Servers at an unbeatable price with optional no-fee web hosting setup.

As part of its primary Windows VPS plan, WEBKEEPERS offers 768MB RAM, 10GB storage space, 500GB traffic or bandwidth, Plesk 8 control panel, and Virtuozzo Power Panel for as low as $14.95/month. To further sweeten the deal, WEBKEEPERS will waive the web hosting setup fee for customers signing a 12-month contract.

"To show our appreciation to the people who have supported us, we would like to give them the best services and plans ever," said Ryo Tamura, CEO of Hosting and Security, Inc. "We evaluated Windows VPS market prices and succeeded in introducing our offering at a reduced price without sacrificing quality of service."

Hosting and Security, Inc, a member of GMO Internet Group, has been committed to providing quality dedicated hosting services for over ten years. As the company motto states, the teams work hard to provide top-notch service and be "The Best Partners" for clients in the United States, Japan and everywhere between.

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New Chicago Colocation Data Center

2009-09-08T06:24:00-04:00

Lombard, IL (Gawkwire.com) Data center operator Continuum Data Centers (continuumdatacenters.com) announced on Friday it has officially opened their new Chicago colocation space in Lombard, Illinois, a Chicago suburb located 22 miles from downtown Chicago. The new data center is managed exclusively by Continuum.

Continuum has over 20,000 sq. ft. of data center space available. The company also has the option to quickly expand into an additional 20,000 sq. ft. space as needed. The space has been designed to accommodate office space, kitchen and seating areas, ample parking, and ground level shipping and loading dock access.

Continuum provides customers with affordable, high-quality colocation from 1U servers to full cabinets, private suites and low-latency transport to 350 E. Cermak in Chicago."

"We are excited to give organizations the affordability that has been missing in the Chicago suburban colocation market. We feel quality colocation should be available to everyone, not just enterprise level customers, specifically during these tough economic times" said Tom Chaffin, Managing Partner of Continuum.

Tom Chaffin said "We have seen tremendous success, and growth, within the past two months. Our second phase expansion has been moved to the planning stage much sooner than originally expected."

Continuum is currently offering Chicago colocation specials through the end of the year.

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Weblinx Limited Named into topseos.com List of Best UK SEO Firms

2009-09-08T06:20:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) As the independent authority in search, topseos.com puts together the list of the best search engine optimisation firms in the United Kingdom. uk.topseos has named Weblinx as the 2nd best search engine optimisation firm in the United Kingdom, beating out hundreds of other applicants for the much coveted position. This recognition is based on the results that they provide to their clients in the realms of search engine optimisation.

Craig Upton, the managing director for Weblinx Limited , explains "We are a strong believer that website development is the key to obtaining the best long term results within the search engine search listings on page one across the search engines." To achieve the positive rankings that they strive for, Weblinx looks at many factors to help their client's website reach ranking. Some of these factors include web page layout, folder structures, content, and image optimisation.

In addition to the results that they provide, Weblinx also wants to focus on the process. Weblinx wants their clients to take the process of search engine optimisation as a personal experience. Upton explains that "Weblinx provides a personal touch to each and every one of our clients. We have designated account managers who form individual business relationships with their clients, removing any doubt that any client may ever feel as though they are simply just a statistic."

Weblinx wants to continue striving for excellence in search engine optimisation. The first thing on their mind is to maintain cost effective solutions for their clients and continue to do so in the future. Upton of Weblinx adds that, "We look to continue improving on covering all aspects of web optimisation, with more and more client's websites gaining page one positions across the major search engines, helping to gain the majority of the search results using adwords/sponsored links, maps and website optimisation techniques, all complimented with directory submissions and social media advertising."

This drive to do well for their customers is one of the reasons they have the most loyal clients on the Web. Some of the more notable clients include Financial Times Ltd, BMW, and Mazda. Upton best explains Weblinx's drive for customer satisfaction by saying, "In offering our many tailored services, we prove that our simplified explanations and encouraged feedback from our existing clients is what keeps us ahead of the competition."

To view the complete list of the best SEO companies for September, please visit:
http://uk.topseos.com/rankings

To learn more about the services of WebLinx Ltd., please visit:
http://uk.topseos.com/weblinx-limited

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Google, Yahoo, Facebook & Linkedin at The Internet Marketing Conference

2009-09-08T06:19:00-04:00

Vancouver, BC (Gawkwire.com) As the Internet grows in importance as a communication channel for business, it's important to understand how to move away from the diminishing returns that TV, Radio and Newspapers are delivering. IMC Vancouver provides the venue for businesses, government, social activists, agencies, consultants and students to take advantage of the new, and rapidly changing, way media is being consumed. Also economic pressures are making change in the marketing world even more urgent than before.

IMC (Internet Marketing Conference) is a leading global event for Internet marketers. We make practitioners, businesses, consultants, and vendors meet, share, and exchange ideas.

IMC Vancouver 2009 will cover each of the important methods of marketing online in order to investigate how attendees can attract the highest quality of traffic to their websites.

This year the IMC conference features speakers from four of largest and most influential websites today: Google, Yahoo & Facebook. The IMC is also pleased to announce the following lineup of amazing keynote speakers:

September 17: Google's analytics evangelist Avinash Kaushik, and author of the best-selling book Web Analytics: An Hour a Day. Considered by many as the one of the foremost speakers in the field of analytics today. He has fantastic insight on how each website visitor should be treated as a valued customer and how to improve the performance of any website.

September 18: Facebook's newly appointed Canadian representative Louise Clements, will give attendees exclusive insights and knowledge from Facebook's active, and rapidly growing online community. Facebook is the fastest growing web-property in the world it is ranked number three after Google & Yahoo). By understanding how to use Facebook to market yourself & or your company, you will have the ability to better leverage this new and exciting social networking channel. Later in the day, Linkedin's Steve Patrizi will be giving a keynote address. Steve's team works with the world's most widely recognized brands and advertising agencies to help them connect with LinkedIn's audience of affluent, influential, and ambitious professionals.

IMC Vancouver features in total over top 40 speakers from: Yahoo, Google, Bell Canada, Overstock, Aircell, BazaarVoice, Vancity, Tribalddb plus many more of the Internets top companies. Join the Conferencefor the most exciting line up of speakers, workshops and panelists ever at IMC Vancouver 2009 and learn more about: search, engine, blogs, wikis, myspace, entrepreneurship, campaign, strategy, data, visualization, a/b, testing, affiliate, predictive, multivariate, benchmarking, universal, copywriting, optimization, eye, tracking, site, behavioral, targeting, content, competitive, intelligence, usability, integration, digital, chats.

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NetApp launches £1 Million challenge to slash storage by 50%

2009-09-08T06:18:00-04:00

LONDON, UK (Gawkwire.com) NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today promised up to £1 million in NetApp® storage hardware, software and services to a qualifying new customer to reduce their storage usage by 50% in a virtualised environment.

To prove the value of its storage efficiency and the authenticity of its Virtualisation Guarantee Programme, NetApp is putting forward up to £1 million in technology and services. One UK business, that is not currently a customer, will have the opportunity to implement up to £1 million of NetApp’s solutions into a VMware®, Citrix or Microsoft® virtual environment. The impact NetApp delivers to the business as a result will be independently measured and published.

“We’re confident that customers will use 50% less storage with NetApp, so we’re willing to put our money where our mouth is with the £1 Million Virtualisation Challenge,” said Nick Thurlow, Vice President, EMEA sales at NetApp. “NetApp storage-efficiency technologies such as thin provisioning, deduplication, RAID-DP®, and Snapshot™ have proven to help customers improve performance and realise unprecedented space savings in their virtual infrastructures.

Thurlow continues, “In today’s cost cutting economy, this is a great opportunity for a UK business to address its storage challenges, receive £1 million of investment with our thanks and directly measure the impact of NetApp on their business.”

The NetApp Virtualisation Guarantee, launched in September 2008, is designed to enable customers to maximise the value of their storage investment and states businesses will use 50% less storage in their VMware®, Citrix or Microsoft® virtual environments with NetApp compared to traditional storage.

As part of the £1 million challenge, a NetApp appointed analyst will independently benchmark and measure the impact of NetApp’s storage following implementation and publish the results.

Eligibility and Requirements
Companies in the UK are eligible to nominate their company for the challenge. All nominations must be received by 21st September 2009. The company must be not be a current NetApp customer. The selected company will be chosen by a NetApp committee and awarded up to £1 million of NetApp hardware, software, and services.

To nominate your company and learn more about the NetApp £1 Million Virtualisation Challenge including the terms and conditions of the Challenge, visit http://www.netapp.com/uk/1million
For more information on the NetApp Virtualisation guarantee, visit http://www.netapp.com/uk/solutions/infrastructure/virtualization/guarantee-uk.html, where you can access program details including FAQs, technical resources, best practices, and the new NetApp Storage Efficiency Calculator to evaluate your current environment and learn how NetApp storage efficiency technologies can lead to higher storage utilisation.

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SoftLayer Wins 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award

2009-09-04T12:51:00-04:00

DALLAS, TX (Gawkwire.com) SoftLayer Technologies™, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, received the 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award at the 9th Annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech

Gala on Friday, August 28, 2009. The award, presented by the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), recognizes the company with the highest percentage of revenue growth in 2008 over 2007 in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. Both private and public companies from any technology industry segment are eligible for the award, as long as they own proprietary technology. SoftLayer received the same award in 2008 for its growth in 2007 over 2006.

“We are very proud to win this prestigious award two years in a row. It is an honor being recognized among DFW’s technology leaders—there are many innovative companies doing great things here,” said George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer. “Our continuing growth can be directly attributed to our unique approach to hosting and data center services. We’re bringing new ideas and practical advantages to our customers and the market.”

MTBC is the largest technology trade organization in Texas. Its annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech rankings showcase the industry’s most talented individuals and the companies with the most advanced technologies in North Texas. The region is a leading center for technology and innovation in the U.S. and globally. The American Electronics Association Cybercities 2008 report ranked DFW fifth among U.S. cities in high-tech employment, with approximately 176,000 high-tech workers. DFW ranked second nationwide for employment in both the telecommunications services and internet services sectors.

More information about the event and award is available at www.metroplextbc.org/techtitans.

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Microsoft Certifies Raxco Software's PerfectDisk 10 for Windows 7

2009-09-04T09:14:00-04:00

Gaithersburg, MD (Gawkwire.com) Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation software, announced today that PerfectDisk® 10 has achieved Windows 7 certification from Microsoft®. Microsoft's certification programs are designed to ensure that third-party software applications operating on Windows 7 meet specific requirements for compatibility and reliability on Windows 7. No other disk defragmenter has achieved this certification from Microsoft.

Microsoft designed its Windows 7 quality program to improve the end user experience with third-party software applications in compatibility and reliability. PerfectDisk 10 has passed the Microsoft-designed tests for in these areas.

"With the growing complexity of interoperability issues, the importance of certification has never been more important," said Bob Hegel, Microsoft program manager at Raxco Software. "PerfectDisk has always been at the forefront with certification, and PerfectDisk's Windows 7 certification adds to a long list of certifications that are unmatched by any other disk defragmenter."

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Parallels & Partners To Launch Inaugural APAC Summit

2009-09-03T16:13:00-04:00

Singapore (Gawkwire.com) Virtualization and automation leader, Parallels, today announced partnerships with Microsoft, VeriSign and InterNetX, to launch the inaugural Parallels APAC Summit, the first large-scale Asia-Pacific version of Parallels established annual US event. The one-day event, to be held on 25th September 2009 in Singapore, gives participants access to firsthand updates from industry leaders on the future of cloud computing and its opportunities.

The Parallels APAC Summit 2009 will provide a platform for industry leaders to share their vision and strategies on SaaS and cloud-based models for increasing average revenue per user (ARPU) and optimizing overall profitability. Industry directions and updates on solutions to improve ARPU will be covered under relevant Product and Industry sessions. The Parallels APAC Summit 2009 Product Sessions will benefit participants in building competitive advantages and improving the bottom line. The Industry Sessions will see industry leaders present strategic insights on specific solutions that will support and improve cloud-based businesses.

"VeriSign looks forward to participating in the Parallels APAC Summit," said Michael Lin, Vice President and General Manager of SSL at VeriSign. "Together, VeriSign SSL Certificates, user authentication products, and domain name services offer Parallels partners and Web hosts around the globe a trusted online environment to conduct business."

"Microsoft and Parallels have enjoyed successful collaborations over the years and we continue to grow this partnership, especially in Asia," said Alvin Lim, Senior Director, Asia Software and Services of Microsoft. "By offering our best-in-breed products such as Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint, with Parallels Automation, we deliver the market valuable solutions for growth."

"Parallels has proven to be a trusted partner over the years, and we're happy to support Parallels as our preferred partner with participation in the first Parallels APAC Summit,” said Hakan Ali, Director of Marketing and Sales of InterNetX. “Being one of the largest international registrars offering more than 300 ccTLDs and gTLDs, we want to gain more market share in Asia. Parallels’ APAC Summit provides us an excellent platform for our endeavors."

The Parallels APAC Summit comes on the heels on the company’s recently announced expansion plans in APAC, where significant investment will be made to support its growing base of more than 1,000 corporate users and over 200 partners. This includes new offices in Australia and South Korea, and an increase in headcount for the Parallels APAC team, in addition to existing offices in Beijing, Tokyo, Mumbai and Singapore. An IDC release1 suggests that spending on IT cloud computing services could reach US$ 42 billion by 2012 and Parallels predicts a significant proportion of this market will be in the Asia-Pacific region, where there is greater acceptance and therefore expected rapid uptake of more cost-effective cloud computing solutions.

Parallels’ greater expansion in the APAC markets brings its award-winning virtualization solutions—such as its Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, lauded as the Server or Storage Product of the Year at the 2008 CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards—to more businesses and consumers in the region. The APAC region presents considerable opportunity for Parallels products such as Parallels Desktop for Mac and Parallels Workstation Extreme.

“Current economic conditions have created opportunities for hosting service providers in Asia-Pacific who have the foresight and agility to execute and capture the rewards. Recognising the incredible growth potential of the region, Parallels is expanding its APAC operations, starting with our inaugural APAC Summit,” stated Serguei Beloussov, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Parallels. “This is a rare opportunity for participants to network with industry leaders, sharing insights on strategic trends in cloud computing, virtualization, SaaS, automation, and more.”

For more information on the Parallels APAC Summit 2009 or to register for the event, please visit www.parallels.com/apac/summit/. http://www.gawkwire.com/events_html/parallels_partners_to_launch_inaugural_apac_summit.html

Lunarpages Web Hosting Offers up to $100 Free Google AdWordsâ„¢ Credits

2009-09-03T16:12:00-04:00

Anaheim, CA (Gawkwire.com) Lunarpages Web Hosting, provider of affordable and reliable website solutions for personal, small business, and dedicated server hosting, announced today an offer for up to $100 of Free Google AdWords Credit for all new and existing customers.

“This incredible offer from Google will allow small and large businesses alike to gain greater exposure through their target markets,” said Amy Armitage, Director of Business Development at Lunarpages Web Hosting. “Search engine marketing is one of the best ways to increase business, because you are able to contact potential customers at the exact moment they are searching for your products and services. Google AdWords bridges the gap between the customers and the businesses that need them, through Pay-Per-Click sponsored results.”

Amy went on to provide details of this phenomenal offer for all Lunarpages customers. “Customers who purchase our Basic, Windows, or LPQuicksite Hosting Plans will receive $25; Business Hosting clients will get $35; VPS customers receive $50; and Dedicated Server customers receive a whopping $100 in free Google AdWords credits!"

This promotion is in addition to the already low-priced website hosting packages that Lunarpages provides, and expires December 3, 2009, so new and existing customers should act fast to take advantage of this limited time promotion.

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Mobile broadband users to consume 1.3 exabytes of video per month by 2017

2009-09-03T09:01:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) Newly released forecasts by technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy show that portable laptop and netbook users will access 1.3 exabytes of video content per month by 2017 - a sixty fold increase over 2009.

This figure will account for nearly three quarters of all global traffic via mobile broadband portables. The top region for video consumption will be Asia Pacific, which will account for just over half (53%) of all video traffic globally. To contrast, Europe will account for 26% of all global video traffic, and North America 14%.

The prominence of Asia Pacific represents its overall broadband traffic consumption via portables. Just under half (46%) of all global traffic via portables will be consumed in Asia Pacific, due in part to mobile broadband being the sole vehicle for many people to access broadband in developing countries. To compare, Europe will account for 26% of all global traffic, North America for 15%, Middle East and Africa for 5%, and Central and South America for 8%.

Among other forecasts, the report shows that two thirds of global traffic via portables will be via Long Term Evolution (LTE) come 2017. Asia Pacific will consume just under half (45%) of global LTE traffic via portables. However, Europe and North America will be ahead in terms of LTE take up. 80% of traffic via portables in Europe will be via LTE, and three quarters of traffic in North America will be via this specification.

Commenting upon the research, Steve Smith, founder of Coda Research Consultancy stated: “Clearly, LTE is going to win out over other specifications. However, service providers, content owners and rights’ holders should be greatly concerned about forecasts for video content consumed illegally in Asia Pacific. This contrasts with most developed countries, where legal video will tend to dominate mobile broadband traffic. Overall, the sheer amount of traffic people will consume worldwide will put pressure on operator revenues and network capacity, necessitating radical efficiency drives.

“In the short term, we also foresee increased frustration with bandwidth and speed. In parts of western Europe for instance, as many as three quarters of users are dissatisfied with the speeds they receive. Government inaction is partly to blame. By falling behind in passing adequate legislation, many governments have hindered operators from keeping up with the behaviour and expectations of the majority of consumers. LTE will help meet consumers’ demands once it begins to impact the market, but this will not be until 2013.

Laptops and Netbooks: Mobile Broadband Traffic Across Regions 2009-2017 is essential reading for device and component vendors, mobile network operators, consultants, financial analysts, application, content and service providers, and anyone else with an interest in the future of mobile broadband. It presents 35 pages of forecast tables, charts and commentary up to and including 2017, split by traffic type and region: (Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America, and Middle East and Africa). It contains separate traffic forecasts for LTE (Long Term Evolution).

This report is the second output from Coda Research Consultancy’s 2009 ‘Mobilities’ project.

To find out more about this report and its costs, and to read further highlights, visit www.codarc.co.uk, or email steve.smith@codarc.co.uk.

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Free Whois Privacy Service for Domain Names Registered with LaneChange.Net

2009-09-03T08:59:00-04:00

Ottawa, Ontario (Gawkwire.com) LaneChange.Net, a complete Internet service solution provider, is now offering its Whois Privacy protection service for free on most top level domain names registered with the company.

Whois privacy service protects the identity of domain name owners by replacing publicly accessible registrant data with generic contact information. Inquires for owner information are directed to a special web site which then captures legitimate contact requests and forwards them to the real domain owner. Domain name owners are alerted to contact requests and retain full control over their domains at all times, while avoiding exposure to excessive Spam, telephone or letter mail marketing.

"When someone registers a domain name, sensitive information such as the owner's name, address, phone number and email address are placed in a publicly accessible database known as the Whois Database. This information is often accessed by Spammers, telemarketers or others and used for undesirable and sometimes illegal purposes. We are now offering Whois Privacy Service for free on most domains registered with LaneChange.Net," said Robert Schwartz, President of LaneChange.Net. "With this service, domain name owners can now protect their sensitive personal contact information and retain complete control over their domain name for no additional charge. Its just one way we are trying to help our customers in these difficult economic times."

Accessing and setting up Whois Privacy Service is easy. Clients who have their domain names registered through LaneChange.Net can self-manage this service through the LaneChange.Net Domain Manager web-based interface.

The Whois Privacy Service is available for the following top level domains: .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .mobi, .name, .cc, .me and .tv for clients with domain names registered through LaneChange.Net. Whois Privacy Service is also available for free on domain names transferred to LaneChange.Net.

For more information on the free Whois Privacy Service, visit:
http://www.lanechange.net/html/whois_privacy_service.html

For more information on transferring a domain name registration to LaneChange.Net, visit:
http://www.lanechange.net/html/failed_transfer_policy.html

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Online Tech Simplifies SaaS and E-commerce Server Monitoring

2009-09-03T08:58:00-04:00

Ann Arbor, MI (Gawkwire.com) The majority of user frustrations with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and E-commerce applications aren't caused by hosting infrastructure failures, such as power or Internet connectivity. Rather, most user problems are rooted in application and server performance problems that can be proactively monitored and addressed before they impact the user experience.

To overcome this issue, Online Tech introduced OTMonitor™, a multi-probe monitoring service for colocation servers and dedicated servers available at all of its data centers. The several hundred elements which can be monitored can be cast into one of 3 categories:

- Performance Monitoring - monitors and tracks the server performance characteristics including disk capacity, CPU and memory utilization.

- End User Monitoring - for the availability and performance of applications and websites across the Internet.

- Internal System Monitoring - including ports, application services, and database performance issues. OTMonitor can monitor and log through any SNMP or WMI interface.

"Our SaaS, E-commerce and web hosting clients need the ability to monitor and respond to any server, database or application issue in real-time" said Mike Klein, President of Online Tech. "OTMonitor extends our proactive server management philosophy. Whether we act as the first responder or our clients self manage their servers, the starting point is proactive monitoring of their application and servers."

Upon finding an outage or performance benchmark that is out of range, OTMonitor sends a message to one or more first responder's e-mail or cell phone. Unresolved issues can be escalated over time to other responders including Online Tech engineers until they are addressed. The issues are also logged and graphed so the data can be used for historical trending or to calculate service level agreements, uptime and other statistics.

SaaS, E-commerce and web-based applications require attention to details to meet the 7x24 demands of the market. Common problems like running out of disk space by a run-away log file can bring an application to its knees. With proactive monitoring, performance threatening issues can be found and addressed before they lead to downtime and upset customers.

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SEO Firms Named into topseos.com's Best for September 2009

2009-09-03T08:56:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) The independent authority in search, topseos.com, has completed their list of the Top 30 Search Engine Optimization Firms in September. Every Top SEO Firm in this list passed through topseos.com's extensive evaluation process that takes a look at their performance in getting clients better search engine results. The companies that they collected surely represent the best that search engine optimization, or SEO, has to offer.

SEO is the process of improving rankings for a webpage on major search engines like Yahoo, MSN and Google. Improving search engine rankings is an important aspect of marketing because the web is continuously increasing its presence in business. Research shows that internet surfers rarely get to the second page of a search result making getting number one rankings even more important. topseos.com picked the companies that will help companies in search of no. 1 rankings reach that goal.

The Best Search Engine Optimization Company, and other top companies, in September include:

1.   Increase Visibility Inc.
2.   WebiMax
3.   SEOP
4.   Intrapromote LLC.
5.   ArteWorks SEO
6.   Bruce Clay Inc.
7.   Oneupweb
8.   SEO Image Inc.
9.   Customer Magnetism
10.   ThinkBIGsites
11.   WebMetro
12.   Weblinx Limited
13.   Web.com Search Agency
14.   iMajestic Performance Based SEO
15.   WebpageFX
16.   1st on the List Promotion Inc.
17.   SEO.com
18.   High Position Limited
19.   Direct Hit Solutions, Inc.
20.   SEO Inc
21.   Submit Express
22.   Peak Positions, LLC
23.   Sems
24.   First Page SEO
25.   First In Search Inc.
26.   HighPoint Search Marketing
27.   PageTraffic
28.   iProspect
29.   Reprise Media
30.   SEER Interactive

Each of the companies included in this prestigious list had to go through an extensive evaluation process that looks into each firm's knowledge of SEO, The rate of return on their client's investment and their dedication to customer satisfaction. To understand these factors better, they interviewed three of their clients and asked questions that include, "What would be 3 things you would change about your experience?", "What type of an ROI were you anticipating, what was achieved and in what time frame?", and "How many of your top industry keywords rank in the top 10?"

Search Engine Optimization Agencies that would like to be considered for the topseos.com lists should Apply for Rankings at:

http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

Learn more about the Best SEO Agency and its followers.

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100Best Names Just Host September Web Host of the Month

2009-09-03T08:55:00-04:00

St. George, UT (Gawkwire.com) 100Best, Inc., a leader in providing information on the web hosting industry, announced today that Just Host has received the web host of the month award for September. This award is given to the web host that has demonstrated a commitment to providing the best web hosting services possible based on a number of factors including plan features, price, disk space, monthly bandwidth allotments, and customer feedback over the previous month.

Just Host offers a loaded package in its base web hosting plan. With unlimited disk space and unlimited monthly data transfer, Just Host can host any web site with ease. Additionally, Just Host offers unlimited email accounts with each account, unlimited MySQL databases, a free web site builder, a free domain, and free setup. The best part of their hosting plan is that it allows a customer to host unlimited domains on one account, saving customers money. Just Host has put forth one of the most feature rich web hosting plans available.

Customer service plays a big part in determining 100Best, Inc.'s monthly award winners, and Just Host did not disappoint with their professional 24/7 technical support. Just Host offers live phone support, an online knowledge base, and video tutorials on virtually any topic a customer may need help with. Just Host has excelled in the web hosting industry by offering a quality product at a cheap price. Currently, Just Host is offering its web hosting plan at a promotional price of $3.95 per month. And to top it off, Just Host offers a no questions asked money back guarantee.

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Parallels Desktop 4 Leverages Industry-Leading Mac Technology

2009-09-02T09:32:00-04:00

Renton, WA (Gawkwire.com) Parallels, a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software, today launched a new easy-to-use desktop solution that is designed to enable widespread adoption of PC virtualization. Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux can be installed on top of a Windows or Linux host operating system (OS), and then used to run any combination of guest Windows and Linux OSs at the same time on one PC. This complete, affordable solution is supported with integrated tools and applications that ensure virtual PC environments can be easily managed by a broad range of users, including corporate IT teams, power users, testers and developers.

"Desktop virtualization is expanding into mainstream areas such as enterprise-wide desktop deployment and we envision IT environments where VMs can be deployed quickly and freely between different platforms, helping individuals and businesses maximize the value of computing," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. "To achieve this, Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux delivers a well-supported, high performing solution that makes PC virtualization affordable and accessible for a far wider audience."

"Parallels' PC virtualization gives us one simple solution to address a number of scenarios that arise in developing and selling our software to the financial industry," said Jonathan Hartley, Software Engineer, Resolver Systems. "The solution enables us to run multiple operating systems simultaneously so we can demo our software to customers, create sandboxes for testing and avoid compatibility conflicts."

Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux helps cut the cost of purchasing new hardware as users can run multiple OSs side-by-side on a single machine. The new solution supports both Intel VT-x (including EPT, Flex Priority, VPIDs) and AMD-V virtualization technologies. Built on Parallels' market leading Parallels FastLane architecture, it is designed to run virtualized 32 and 64 bit OSs and applications up to eight times faster than ever before, due to increased support for up to eight virtual CPUs and eight gigabyte of virtual RAM.

The solution includes a configuration and management Graphical User Interface (GUI) that simplifies the process of creating new Virtual Machines (VMs). Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux leverages Parallels' high performance adaptive hypervisor, as well as award-winning, patent-pending technologies such as Coherence and SmartX tools, including USB compatibility: innovations that enable users to seamlessly run different OSs and their applications side-by-side.

Parallels' easy-to-use migration tools are also integrates in the new solution, such as Parallels Transporter, enabling users to quickly capture physical environments or import other third party virtual machines. Additional integrated applications include Parallels Tools to help users optimize their virtual machines. For example, Parallels Compressor automatically cleans up the unused space on virtual hard drives to keep VMs compact and running up to 50% more efficiently. Parallels Image Tool allows users to change the size, type and properties of virtual disk files and give the flexibility to grow over time.

More specifically, the packaged solution includes a number of tools and applications that enable:

Application testing: Create sandboxed environments to develop, test and assure the quality of software across multiple operating systems.
Application compatibility: Support applications from legacy operating systems as an integrated part of a standardized platform.
Web browser compatibility testing: Quickly test web applications against a wide variety of browsers on different operating systems from a single computer.
Computer labs & shared computers: Automatically revert each computer to a baseline configuration every time the VM is restarted with the Parallels undo-disks feature. This reduces the burden of re-setting shared computers on an ongoing basis.
Compute cloud simulation: Simulate complex multi-tier environments that replicate a cloud computing environment for testing & experimentation purposes in a controlled environment.
Web developers: Create and share LAMP, Rails or JAVA environments as VM templates to eliminate the time it takes for developers to install & configure their local machines.
Safe internet browsing: Surf the web within a VM to isolate potential security risks and keep them from impacting desktops, data or applications.

Availability and Pricing
Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux is available in English language only from today (Tuesday 1st September 2009) at www.parallels.com or via channel partners. The suggested retail price (SRP) of the product is $79.99 / £54.99 / €69.99.

In depth information and screenshots of Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux are available at www.parallels.com/desktop/pd4wl

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1&1 Web Hosting Now with Unlimited Traffic & Increased Web Space

2009-09-02T09:31:00-04:00

London, UK (Gawkwire.com) 1&1 Internet Ltd, the world's largest web host by known servers, today announced that it has removed all traffic limits on its web hosting. From today, an unlimited volume of data is available for page impressions, downloads and uploads of files for all 1&1 hosting packages. 1&1 now offers flexibility for shared hosting solutions commonly reserved for users of dedicated servers.

Furthermore, 1&1 has increased web space quotas for both new and existing web hosting customers – by up to 5 times the amount. For new users, the increase is coupled with an attractive price offer. The award-winning 1&1 Home package (now from £2.99/month+VAT for first 6 months) sees its web space boosted from 1.5GB to 5GB, the Business package (currently from £3.99/month+VAT for first 6 months) is upgraded from 4GB to 20GB, Business Pro (from £6.99/month+VAT for first 6 months) from 8GB to 40GB, and the flagship Professional package (from £11.99/month+VAT for first 6 months) benefits from web space raised from 20GB to a massive 80GB.

Throughout September, 1&1 has reduced the price of its web hosting, dedicated and virtual servers, email solutions and eShops. For example, 1&1 MS Exchange, 1&1 MS SharePoint and 1&1 MailXchange solutions are all offered at half price for the first 6 months. With the offer, a professional Microsoft Exchange mailbox with push email functionality is only £2.99/month+VAT. The flagship model of the 1&1 Dedicated Server family, 1&1 Quad Core XXL, with its 8 processor cores and a genuine RAID5 hard-disk system, now only costs £119.99/month+VAT for the first 6 months.

1&1’s market-leading eShop packages, also half price for first 6 months from £2.49/month+VAT, may now be tested FREE for 30 days without obligation - an ideal way to research and explore a new e-commerce venture well in time for the Christmas retailing season. Until 31 October, 1&1 .uk domain (.co.uk, .me.uk, .org.uk) and .EU domains are priced at an impressive £2.49+VAT for 1 year of registration.

The minimum contract duration for 1&1 promotional prices is 1 year. For more information visit the website at www.1and1.co.uk http://www.gawkwire.com/web_hosting/1_1_web_hosting_now_with_unlimited_traffic_increased_web_space.html

XConnect Partners With GSMA To Extend Advanced IP Routing Options

2009-09-02T09:30:00-04:00

LONDON, UK (Gawkwire.com) XConnect, the leader in neutral Voice over IP (VoIP) and Next Generation Network (NGN) interconnection and registry services, today announced it has entered into an agreement with the GSM Association (GSMA) (http://www.gsmworld.com/) to enable interoperability between XConnect’s ENUM Registry Services and the GSMA’s PathFinder™ number translation service operated by Neustar.

An industry first, the agreement allows XConnect customers to query PathFinder for call routing information and also to allow their numbers to be published to the GSMA Carrier ENUM community. XConnect’s new SuperQuery feature is completely transparent and seamless for end users.

“Our agreement with the GSMA regarding its PathFinder service initiative reflects our strategy and the widely anticipated trend toward registry interoperability – and through that, universal routing of IP-based services,” said Eli Katz, CEO and founder of XConnect. “With one query to the XConnect registry, service providers now have the opportunity to launch and provision rich voice and data services between fixed and mobile networks.”

“The GSMA is delighted to be working with XConnect to provide customers with the ability to enable PathFinder queries via XConnect’s Carrier ENUM registry,” said Adrian Dodd, chief engineer at the GSMA. “This is another step forward in unlocking the revenue potential of IP-based networks by enabling them to deliver new rich and convergent services to businesses and consumers quickly and efficiently, regardless of their network or device type.”

By enabling PathFinder queries via XConnect, service providers will simplify the querying, routing and interoperability process and eliminate the need for separate, complex commercial and technical agreements.

XConnect’s SuperQuery feature is available as an option to XConnect customers through existing federation-based interconnection services – Global Alliance and National Federations, including the market-leading federations in the Netherlands and South Korea.
XConnect enables service providers to simplify the interconnect process and enable the deployment of revenue-generating, IP-based multimedia services across networks by more efficiently routing calls to their subscribers via ENUM registry queries. This allows service providers to leverage their number assets as they migrate away from expensive legacy SS7/C7 routing. The agreement with the GSMA extends the number of IP endpoints that can be reached by customers of both partners.

Launched in November 2008 by the GSMA and operated by Neustar, the GSMA’s PathFinder service initiative is based on Carrier ENUM technology and acts as a central directory where operators can share mobile and fixed-line addresses to enable accurate and cost-effective routing of packet voice, instant messaging, multimedia services, email and video. The PathFinder service is available to mobile and fixed service providers as well as the full value chain including carriers, IPXs, hubs, ISPs, content providers and application providers. In addition, the GSMA’s PathFinder initiative also encompasses an Industry Partner Programme, which is designed to ensure that next-generation infrastructure vendors around the globe have an industry vehicle with which to verify interoperability with ENUM-based routing.

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PEER 1 Offers Image Backup & Restore Tools to Managed Hosting Customers

2009-09-02T09:28:00-04:00

Vancouver, BC (Gawkwire.com) PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX:PIX), the global business hosting provider, today announced that it has launched image backup and bare metal recovery (BMR) services for its managed backup customers. The BMR functionality will be provided by software from Cristie and will be fully managed by
PEER 1 along with standard managed backup plans.

“Through this service, clients can back up operating systems and applications so they can easily bounce back from just about anything the world can throw at their infrastructure,” said Tim Varma, Director of Product Management at PEER 1. “Our powerful software regularly backs up their network’s key systems, meaning there’s much less to reinstall, rebuild, and reconfigure if disaster should strike. Clients will be up and running again much faster, saving valuable time and money. Image backups and restore tools are a must in today’s business hosting environment.”

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

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

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

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MailChimp Offers Free Email Marketing

2009-09-02T09:27:00-04:00

Atlanta, GA (Gawkwire.com) MailChimp today announced the introduction of its Forever Free pricing plan for its popular email marketing services. Now anyone can join the more than 125,000 MailChimp subscribers with full application access and best-in-class email delivery. The new plan allows subscribers to send up to 500 emails per campaign and 3,000 emails per month at no cost. Other providers charge $10 to $15 per month for a similar service. The plan is not a trial and never expires. For the first time the full power of email marketing is available to everyone, anywhere in the world, at no charge.

"We've always seen email first as a publishing tool and second as a marketing tool," said Ben Chestnut, Co-Founder of MailChimp. "We're aiming to empower smaller groups like artists, musicians, nonprofits, small businesses and hand-crafters to communicate effectively at no cost. That's why we're calling this Power to the People. We want to give everyone all the tools they need to send professional, permission-based email campaigns."

Email is the best way for groups to stay in touch. Many organizations currently use Microsoft's Outlook to send out regular email updates and to manage subscriber lists. While Outlook is well suited for personal emails, it was not designed for sending email campaigns. A further complication is that many internet service providers limit the number of emails an individual email account can send per day. MailChimp provides all the tools needed to manage the email campaign process including list building, designing HTML emails, sending, and tracking campaign performance.

"The new plan is perfect for smaller organizations like us, who don't have a big marketing budget and are still building up their list, but want to start communicating now." - Julia Cordero (a.k.a. Killy Wabbit), Head of Marketing, Atlanta Rollergirls

MailChimp makes it easy for anyone to look like a pro. The user-friendly template design tool makes it easy for subscribers to create their own attractive HTML emails, or use pre-built templates and just add content and images. MailChimp automates the entire list management process. They provide sign-up forms that can be easily customized and embedded into your web site, blog and social sites. They also automatically manage the unsubscribe process and remove invalid addresses immediately. MailChimp offers extensive reporting tools including opens and clicks reporting as well as a map showing where in the world readers open the email campaign. Through their powerful API, MailChimp also integrates with many third party applications including Salesforce, Wordpress, and Google Analytics.

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SuberbHosting.Net extends CM4all WebsiteCreator offering

2009-09-01T14:10:00-04:00

Cologne, Germany; Boston, USA (Gawkwire.com) CM4all, a leading provider of web-based applications, is pleased to announce that SuperbHosting.Net has updated its CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition with the latest feature set.

Founded in 1996, SuperbHosting.Net is a wholly owned division of Superb Internet Corporation and a CM4all customer since 2004. As the hosting division of Superb Internet, SuperbHosting provides a complete range of managed web hosting services, from virtual hosting to high-volume, mission-critical dedicated service solutions. SuperbHosting is offering the CM4all WebsiteCreator bundled with other services in three different free hosting plans and in two different fee-based full versions.

"We are impressed by CM4all's update service which allows us to seamlessly expand the functionality of the CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition and to keep our product offering up-to-date for both existing and new customers," explains Patrick Ahler, Director of Business Development for Superb Internet.

"The needs of small- and medium-sized companies change constantly so a hosting provider's product range also has to. A continuous product update service is therefore an integral part of a partnership with CM4all. SuperbHosting.Net does a great job in adapting to customer needs, and we will continue to add value to their business through our products," adds Robert Schovenberg, CEO of CM4all.

This update added substantial new business features, such as integrated Amazon® and eBay® stores, as well as RSS feeds and podcasts. CM4all also included new design templates with photo backgrounds, large image / logo areas, and search engine-optimized templates with non-rendered buttons. These features are offered along with existing features, including corporate multimedia broadcasting capability using the Business Media Album, the Business Blog, and SEO tools with Google Analytics®, as well as the ability to simultaneously publish HTML and W3C accessible pages.

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HostDime Israel Begins Hosting Ciscoâ€™s Mytecc.com

2009-09-01T14:09:00-04:00

ORLANDO, FL (Gawkwire.com) HostDime, a provider of managed hosting services, announced today its Israeli division, HostDime Israel, has begun hosting the website for Cisco’s Mediterranean Youth Technology Club, an education initiative aimed at giving ninth and tenth grade pupils from the Mediterranean region the skills needed for them to become future business and social leaders.

With participants from Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Portugal, Turkey and Yemen, MYTecC was developed in partnership with the ICTDAR (ICT for Development in the Arab Region), the Peres Centre for Peace, and Cisco. Employees from HostDime Israel have been connected to Mytecc.com for several years.

“HostDime Israel is interested in facilitating technology and IT growth in Israel and its surrounding countries. We’re interested in any opportunity to bridge the gap between cultures and spur economic growth in our region, and hosting the online presence of MYTecC is but one small role we can play,” said Roman Markuze, director of HostDime Israel.

HostDime Israel recently released HDrupal, a custom designed Virtual Private Server solution for Drupal. Drupal is an open source content management system that has been downloaded nearly two million times and used by tens of thousands of websites internationally.

The innovative HDrupal solution solely utilizes open source applications, and optimizes the entire server environment, including the VHCS control panel and Ubuntu/Debian operating systems. HDrupal disables needless services/applications on the OS level and optimizes all modules/services to run under lowest CPU/Ram consuming. Bind has also been replaced with NSD to reduce RAM usage by the DNS activity.

“HostDime Israel is an important link in our global plan to serve more customers in different parts of the world. In addition to providing our international customers with an additional geographic location to colocate servers, HostDime Israel also develops innovative applications and unique solutions that the rest of our divisions rely on,” said Emmanuel Vivar, HostDime CEO.

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

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Search Marketing Expo - SMX East Rates Increase September 12, 2009

2009-09-01T14:08:00-04:00

Redding, CT (Gawkwire.com) Search engine marketers interested in registering for the industry's must-attend conference, Search Marketing Expo - SMX East, should do so before September 12, 2009 in order to receive special early bird registration pricing. The early bird All Access conference rate of $1245 ends at 11:59PM PST on September 11; at midnight on September 12, the All Access ticket price increases to $1395.

SMX East will take place in the Javits Center in New York City from October 5-7. The agenda for the three-day multiple track conference contains more than 50 sessions focusing on all aspects of search marketing.

Internet and search engine marketers of all skill and experience levels, from novice to expert, will benefit from attending SMX East. Sessions are organized thematically on topics including search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), local & mobile search, and social media marketing.

For those new to the field, SMX Boot Camp offers five sessions of search engine marketing fundamentals. The program also features "days" for in-house SEO program managers, advertising agency professionals and web application developers who need to understand the impact of site architecture on SEM.

The full SMX East agenda is available online, as is conference chair Danny Sullivan's event preview post. Also, see these "dream agendas" for search engine marketing beginners and paid search professionals.

Registration Information
Registration from now through September 11 will be $1245, and then until October 4 the rate will be $1395. On-site registration will be $1595. One day access passes and networking-only passes are also available.

About Search Marketing Expo - SMX East and Third Door Media
SMX East features sessions just for you, whether you are just starting out in search or looking for advanced level tactics, work on an in-house SEM team, hail from an agency or own your own business. See the complete agenda at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/east/2009/agenda

SMX East is programmed by search authorities Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, the editors of SearchEngineLand.com, the leading news blog for internet and search engine marketers.

SMX East will feature three jam-packed days with over 50 sessions of cutting edge content on search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), social media marketing, local and mobile search marketing and search-friendly design and development. The program also features the SMX Boot Camp, a series of sessions designed to get beginners up to speed.

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

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

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topseos.com's Ranks Best Pay Per Click Companies for September 2009

2009-09-01T14:07:00-04:00

Plymouth, IN (Gawkwire.com) The independent authority in search, topseos.com, continues to highlight the Best Pay Per Click Company and it's followers, showcasing their skills to would-be clients. topseos.com looked through hundreds of applicants and managed to cut the list down to 30 of the most deserving of this honor. Pay per click marketing is a growing industry and topseos.com wants to make sure that the best firms are well represented in this prestigious list of pay per click firms.

Pay per click firms are marketing firms that use sponsored links to increase the presence of a webpage on the Internet. These sponsored links make use of search technology to drive a targeted demographic to view a webpage. When a website is viewed by customers interested in the product, there is a greater chance that a sale would be completed. Finally, pay per click marketing is gaining renown because of its cost effectiveness. In a pay per click marketing campaign, a customer would only pay when the sponsored link is actually clicked.

However, not all firms can be trusted. There are firms that commit click fraud, a method of using a person or program to increase clicks without real interest in the content that site offers, to increase a customer's expenditure. topseos.com would like to help would-be customers to find the right pay per click marketing firms.

The Best US PPC Firm, and its followers in competition for September include:

1.   JumpFly, Inc.
2.   Intrapromote PPC Agency
3.   SEOP
4.   WebiMax
5.   Increase Visibility Inc.
6.   WebMetro
7.   SEO Image Inc.
8.   Oneupweb
9.   ThinkBIGsites
10.   Customer Magnetism
11.   Bruce Clay Inc.
12.   SEO Inc
13.   Web.com Search Agency
14.   Location3 Media
15.   First In Search Inc.
16.   iMajestic Performance Based SEO
17.   Efficient Frontier Inc
18.   Maximum Hit
19.   Reprise Media
20.   Enquiro Search Solutions Inc.
21.   Morpheus Media LLC
22.   Target Logics
23.   KeyRelevance
24.   Response Mine
25.   Page Zero Media
26.   eVision LLC.
27.   SpiderSplat Consulting Inc.
28.   Pure Visibility Inc.
29.   NetSetGo Marketing
30.   Point It, Inc.

To be considered in this list, topseos.com put hundreds of applicants through a rigorous evaluation process that gauges three major factors which include their knowledge of pay-per-click, the return on investment and the drive for customer satisfaction. To get a firm understanding of each firm's capabilities, topseos.com asked tough questions that include " What would be 3 things you would change about your experience?", "What type of a ROI were you anticipating, what was achieved and in what time frame?", and "By what % have you increased your PPC budget and over what time?"

Learn more about the Top PPC Company, and other great firms:

http://www.topseos.com/rankings-of-best-pay-per-click-management-companies

PPC Companies interested in being listed with topseos.com should apply for ranking:

http://www.topseos.com/rankings/search-engine-marketing-agencies/apply-for-ranking

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DotNetPanel Launches Industry Leading Office Communications Server Module

2009-09-01T14:06:00-04:00

Vancouver, BC (Gawkwire.com) DotNetPanel, a leading Windows hosting control panel developer, announced today its new Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 module, designed exclusively for hosting companies and Internet service providers that want to offer instant messaging, conferencing, and Enterprise voice for businesses around the world.

"Our new Office Communications Server 2007 module completes the Unified Communications (UC) and Productivity (Dynamics CRM) platform built into the DotNetPanel Windows hosting control panel by including other Enterprise modules such as Exchange 2007, SharePoint, and Dynamics CRM," said Feodor Fitsner, Director of DotNetPanel. "The DotNetPanel Office Communications Server 2007 module is directly integrated with all DotNetPanel hosting control panel Enterprise modules, making it easier for customers to provide multiple services from one control panel."

The new DotNetPanel web hosting control panel Office Communications Server 2007 module allows administrators to easily enable new and existing hosted organization user accounts in Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2, control account properties for Instant Messaging (IM), IM archiving, and provides an enhanced voice communication presence. The DotNetPanel Office Communications Server module gives administrators a unique opportunity to offer customers a full communications server solution.

"We have built DotNetPanel as an all-in-one Windows hosting control panel where administrators can setup, configure, deploy, manage, sell, and resell Microsoft services as a way to increase market share and revenues," said Fitsner. "Our latest DotNetPanel 2.8.7 includes multiple Microsoft services that are all easy to deploy and manage for DotNetPanel users and administrators."

The new DotNetPanel Office Communications Server 2007 module is a part of the latest DotNetPanel 2.8.7 web hosting control panel release and is currently in beta testing. Customers are encouraged to sign up as beta testers and will receive the module at no charge during the beta testing phase. DotNetPanel Office Communications Server 2007 beta testers have been providing valuable feedback to the DotNetPanel development team to enhance the end-user experience including usability, easier management, and the ability to generate additional revenue.

"We encourage current and future customers to sign up for the beta testing phase to get a first-hand experience of the new Office Communications Server 2007 module," said Fitsner. "Beta testers will be able to see the true functionality of Office Communications Server 2007 in the industry's leading Windows hosting control panel."

DotNetPanel expects the new Office Communications Server 2007 module to be out of beta sometime in October.

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Go Daddy President Warren Adelman Joins Parallels Summit Speaker Line-up

2009-09-01T09:19:00-04:00

Renton, WA (Gawkwire.com) Virtualization and automation leader, Parallels, today announced Warren Adelman, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Go Daddy Group, Inc., will be a keynote speaker at Parallels Summit 2010. Parallels fifth annual users' conference will be held February 22-24, 2010, at the Fontainebleau in Miami, Florida. Registration for the event is free for Parallels partners, customers, invited guests and other industry professionals. This global conference will provide a blueprint to help Parallels users transform their IT infrastructure into the cloud and increase the ROI of existing IT investments.

Right now, GoDaddy.com serves more than seven million customers worldwide and is known for helping people and businesses get online quickly and affordably. The domain name registrar, Web hosting provider offers 52 Web related products and has grown its revenue, customer base and employee count exponentially in the last year, in spite of a difficult economy.

"Go Daddy and Parallels are equally committed to delivering compelling new solutions to customers," said Adelman. "We both continually work to improve how new applications and services are deployed, especially to SMBs. Leveraging the 'cloud' and making things easy for our customers has really driven our business."

Adelman sees the Parallels 2010 Summit as a tremendous opportunity for IT companies to come together and discuss the industry's evolution "in the cloud." As Adelman pointed out, "Go Daddy was using cloud-based solutions before the term 'cloud' was even coined."

Parallels Summit will offer in-depth sessions on a variety of topics for ISV/SaaS players, hosting/cloud services providers and a business audience. The 2010 event will feature an exciting mix of hands-on training sessions, best practice discussions, customer success stories and IT optimization opportunities led by Parallels professionals, customers and other industry experts. Additionally, attendees will have the unique opportunity to network with their peers, exchange ideas with Parallels executives and work side-by-side with engineers to gain insight into development techniques and get expert advice on how to optimize Parallels products.

"We are thrilled that a leader of such an enterprising and energetic company as GoDaddy.com will be our keynote speaker at Parallels Summit 2010," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO and founder of Parallels. "Mr. Adelman's first-hand knowledge, experience and insight into the development of this industry and what it takes to satisfy customers and cultivate customer loyalty will be an invaluable benefit to the customers, partners, employees and other industry experts who will attend this preeminent event."

Visit the Parallels Summit conference website for registration and more details at: http://www.parallels.com/summit.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the fifth annual Parallels Summit, please contact sponsors(at)parallels.com. For all other questions, please contact: summit@parallels.com.

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World Wide Technology Acquires Server Centric Consulting

2009-09-01T09:18:00-04:00

ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO (Gawkwire.com) World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions, has acquired St. Louis-based Server Centric Consulting, who specializes in virtualization technology solutions. The acquisition of Server Centric strengthens WWT’s data center growth plans with substantial engineering talent, Intellectual Property and key certifications with VMware, Citrix, Microsoft and Virtual Iron.

“Attracting and retaining talented people in the IT sector is a challenge in any economic environment,” said Jim Kavanaugh, chief executive officer for WWT. “With the acquisition of Server Centric, we acquire Intellectual Property and a seasoned team of top-flight IT talent that will help accelerate our go to market strategy domestically and internationally. We also acquire the trust and solid reputation that Server Centric has built over the last seven years with partners and customers. We couldn’t be happier with the expanded capabilities they bring to our global efforts as we help our clients take full advantage of virtualization technology.”

WWT currently provides technology products from more than 3,000 manufacturers and maintains over 1,000 certifications to ensure it provides the latest in IT solutions and services to solve business problems for its customers. The company is one of Cisco’s largest Gold partners and the number one supplier of Cisco products to the U.S. Federal government. In addition to its strong Cisco expertise, the company has strategic partnerships with HP, EMC, NetApp, Sun Microsystems, and VMware.

“Server Centric has long sought the appropriate partner for expanding its reach and optimizing the world-class talent we have assembled,” said Scott Miller, President of Server Centric. “With WWT’s reputation, global reach and networking solutions expertise, we have clearly found that partner. As virtualization becomes more tightly integrated with the network architecture, our decision to join forces with World Wide Technology will give our clients a single trusted advisor for all their datacenter needs – from servers, desktops, storage, security and networking to the virtualization solutions that tie them all together."

Server Centric will adopt the World Wide Technology name. WWT does not foresee changes in the employee base, and indeed expects to add its employee roster as the company uses the assets of Server Centric to expand its professional services business. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Snow Leopard Conference Sessions Announced for Macworld 2010

2009-09-01T09:17:00-04:00

FRAMINGHAM, MA (Gawkwire.com) Macworld 2010 will feature two full days of technical conference content dedicated to Apple’s newest operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, IDG World Expo, owner of Macworld 2010, announced today. Macworld 2010, taking place February 9 - 13, 2010, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, is the world’s premier event singularly focused on the Apple products platform.

Apple released Snow Leopard on Friday, August 28, and in anticipation of the release, IDG World Expo has built a comprehensive program of conference content and training opportunities led by world-class faculty and aimed at helping new and experienced users unlock the full potential of Snow Leopard.

“When Apple releases a new OS, Macworld is the first and best place to learn how to use and maximize its capabilities,” said Paul Kent, Macworld general manager and vice president at IDG World Expo. “Macworld provides the community with the education, hands-on training and support needed to get more than they ever thought possible out of these new tools. The Macworld 2010 sessions on Snow Leopard and Final Cut Pro 7 are just the beginning of our cutting-edge conference agenda.”

Snow Leopard Session Highlights Include:

•“Upgrading to Snow Leopard” details the installation process itself and how users can prepare to upgrade, avoid installation problems and proactively troubleshoot.
•“Working with Services in Snow Leopard” focuses on the services that Snow Leopard makes downright convenient to use, including managing the Services menu, adding and removing services, identifying cool things you can do with services and situations where services don't work.
•“Text Magic in Snow Leopard” highlights all the new text magic tools, including bidirectional language support, a revamped user interface for the Keyboard Viewer and Character Palette, on-the-fly text substitutions, and interesting new capabilities in TextEdit.
•Finder Power User Techniques ("Don't Enter Data Twice!") emphasizes how to speed up workflow in the Finder by customizing windows and using Smart folders and Spotlight to quickly find information, as well as how to use tagging to better organize your data.
•“Working Between Multiple Apps” shows users how to better exchange information among the various applications on their Mac, as some of the Apple apps are very well integrated, but the ways in which they can interact is not always obvious to the user.
•“Video with Snow Leopard: Putting QuickTime X to Work” demonstrates how to navigate the new user interface; use the features of the new QuickTime to capture audio and video; prepare media for use with your iPhone, iPod or Apple TV; push video to You Tube and Mobile Me; and use H.264, AAC, streaming and performance technologies to improve your media experience.
•“Taking Accessibility to the Next Level in Snow Leopard” teaches users with disabilities how to increase and enhance their accessibility with new and innovative technologies designed to get the most out of their Mac.
Sessions will be taught by leading technology consultants, educators and practitioners from the Mac marketplace, including: Joe Kissell, senior editor, TidBITS Publishing Inc.; J.F. Brissette, trainer and producer, macProVideo.com and owner, JFB Media Solutions; Nick Floro, CEO, Sealworks Interactive Studios; and Don McAllister, host and producer, ScreenCastsONLINE.

In addition to Snow Leopard specific content, the Macworld 2010 conference boasts numerous sessions focused on educating users on all aspects of the newest version of Final Cut Pro 7, released in March. Session highlights include the following.

•“Introduction to Final Cut Pro” is an introductory-level class taught by Mark Spencer, president of Day Street Productions, that focuses on expanding your skills beyond Final Cut Pro to harness the power of the full Final Cut Studio. Deliver a rich, guided and interactive experience to your viewers with DVD Studio Pro. Discover how to prepare your work for delivery with Compressor. Learn how each of these applications fits into an overall post-production workflow.
•“Final Cut Studio In-depth” is a more advanced class taught by Steve Martin, president of Ripple Training, covering all the core Studio Apps, including Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro and Compressor, as well as how they all work together to create the ultimate "post production studio in a box."
The Macworld 2010 conference program will deliver a comprehensive technology agenda covering everything from Mac power user skills, introductory training and creative music, video and design content to small business productivity and education. Additional conference sessions will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Hostway Announces New Virtualization Platform

2009-09-01T09:15:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire.com) Hostway Corporation, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and global provider of enterprise-class hosting solutions, announced today the availability of a new line of virtual servers and cloud services based on Release 2 of the Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V.

Hostway LogoThe new products include high availability servers deployed on redundant server clusters and redundant, replicated enterprise storage, private enterprise clouds, and geographic redundancy. The new products offer automated failover, advanced administration and the operational efficiency of virtualization and cloud technologies.

TruFlex™ High Availability is a premium version of the Hostway's established dedicated server brand and is deployed on N+1 redundant server clusters to maximize reliability and uptime. Redundant, replicated enterprise class storage further ensures that TruFlex HA servers will provide high performance uninterrupted service for critical applications.

Hostway will also offer private cloud services customized to meet the demanding requirements of today's enterprise IT applications. Enterprises will benefit from Hostway's global data center and backbone network, as well as highly qualified Windows administrators to enable optimized configurations built and managed by Hostway. Customers will have direct access to manage the virtual resources deployed on dedicated infrastructure, which is managed and maintained by Hostway.

"Enterprises today want cost effective ways to start leveraging the cloud while minimizing the impact on their IT organizations and user communities," explained Todd Benjamin, director of enterprise hosting. "The deployment of our virtualization platform and cloud solutions will allow us to apply the strength of our international network and data center footprint and deep networking and computing expertise to create and deploy predicable, high performance solutions in the minimal amount of time. Cloud and virtual hosting is ideal for SaaS Hosting (Software as a Service), Online Application Hosting and LAMP environments requiring the High Availability, performance, redundancy and scalability of a multi-server environment."

For more information, visit our Web site at www.hostwayenterprise.com.

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