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I consider myself a social kind of girl, especially online, so when I heard about SocialSpark the name alone was so cool I just HAD to check it out. After I started to surf the Spark, I began to realize there’s a ton of possibilities for bloggers that I really wasn’t even aware could exist.
ReliaCloud Releases Full Service Cloud Program to Channel Partners
Solution gives managed service providers the capabilities to offer cloud services...Hosting.com Launches Cloud Private
Hosting.com Launches Managed, Private Cloud and Enhances Cloud Portfolio; Industry-Leading Hybrid Hosting and Disaster Recovery Options for Customers Expanded as a Result. ...Pear Logic Named As a Top 5 Web Designer
The independent authority on web designing companies, bestwebdesignagencies.com, has announced the best web designers for May 2010. Pear Logic was selected as the #4 web designer in the industry based upon extensive analysis. ...Logicalis Opens Next Generation High Density Data Centre
Tier 3+ Facility to Support Made-To-Measure Hosted, Managed and Cloud Services...
Webmaster Addons for Firefox
When people ask me what is the best of the best, better than all of the rest tool that I use for my web development and design needs the answer I give them is simple. I tell them to go get Firefox. There are a plethora of tools, services and extensions for Firefox that just makes a web designer's life (no matter your expertise level) easier....CoreSite Leases 100% of Phase 1 Santa Clara Data Center Campus
The 50,000 SF and 8 MWs at 2901 Coronado have been leased as a private, single-customer data center to a leading Bay Area technology company. ...Marketpath Ranked #1 CMS Developer In The Industry
The independent authority on the best web designing companies, bestwebdesignagencies.com, has announced the best Content Management Solution for May 2010. Marketpath was selected as the best based upon an extensive evaluation. ...Domain Stryker Monthly Access Now Available For As Low As $29.99
Domain Stryker is an innovative domain research and investment platform where daily lists of top expired domains that are soon to be auctioned off at GoDaddy, SnapNames and NameJet are analyzed, filtered and then made available for investing purposes by domainers, developers, internet marketers and anybody else who collects premium keyword .com / .net / .org domain names. ...Mobile VoIP Users to Exceed 100 Million by 2012
A new study from Juniper Research has found that Mobile VoIP services will develop significantly faster in developed markets due to the direct correlation between 3G roll outs and the take up of mobile VoIP. This is the case even though mVoIP traffic volumes may eventually be higher in developing markets due in part to the calling patterns of migrant workers, according to the study Mobile Voice Strategies: mVoIP Opportunities & Business Models, 2010-2015. ...Marin Software to Speak at SMX Advanced Seattle 2010
Niraj Shah of Marin Software to share insights on boosting the performance of paid search at Search Marketing Expo (SMX) Advanced, to be held June 8 -9, 2010 in Seattle ...HostV Adds Three Year Billing Cycle and Slashes Prices on VPS
HostV announced that it has added a new, unprecedented three year billing cycle option for all of its Virtual Private Servers and Hybrid servers. The prepaid 36-month billing cycle enables customers to lock-in tremendous savings. ...CoreLink Data Centers Acquires New Seattle Data Center
Seattle colocation provider, CoreLink Data Centers, LLC, a leading provider of high quality, Tier 3 Data Centers, with co-location facilities in Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle and Las Vegas, announced today, that it has added a second data center to the Seattle market....WebmasterWorld Launches Feedback Days
WebmasterWorld, one of the Internet’s longest established and largest Webmaster and Internet marketing forums, is launching a new program called Feedback Days. ...DSPanel Introduces New Mobile Analytics Server for Business Intelligence
DSPanel today announced the availability of their latest product Performance Canvas 2.2 as a mobile analytics server. ...Optenet Forms Partnership with Sophos
Leading security specialists join forces to offer highest security solutions to enterprises, and to complement Optenet’s security offerings for operators and ISPs...
1 in 3 Online Entrepreneurs Over the Age of 50
Almost a third (31%) of online entrepreneurs today are 50 years or older, revealed a national survey of 25,000 business by the small business website company CityMax.com. Released to mark National Small Business Week, the study also found that the morning newspaper has become almost irrelevant to small business owners. ...GigaOM Announces Structure 2010 LaunchPad Winners
The top 10 most promising cloud computing companies, chosen from hundreds of applicants, to be honored at industry’s leading cloud conference, Structure 2010 ...AvePoint and e-office Deliver Microsoft SharePoint Solutions
New agreement widens the delivery of AvePoint's SharePoint infrastructure management solutions and e-office's SharePoint consulting services throughout Western Europe ...N-Series TeraFrame Network Cabinet for the Cisco Nexus 7018 Switch
Chatsworth Products now offers an N-Series TeraFrame Network Cabinet engineered exclusively for the Cisco Nexus 7018 Switch. ...
The Enemy of Social Marketing
Like many buzzwords in the marketing arena, social marketing has been both over and under estimated. It has been hyped up beyond all belief as well as being sidelined as not a worth while investment of time and money....LT SEO Named Best Organic SEO Company In Australia
The independent authority on search vendors, topseos.com.au, has announced the best SEO consulting services in Australia for May 2010. LT SEO has been announced as the #1 organic SEO company. ...UNIFI and Interoute Announces Undersea Cable Project
UNIFI Communications, a leading US-based international carrier, and Interoute Communications, the owner/operator of Europe’s most advanced fiber network, today announced the signing of an agreement whereby Interoute will provide the landing solution in Italy for Albania’s first competitive undersea fiber optic cable, to be constructed as the first phase of UNIFI’s Balkans-Italy Network (“BIN”) project, which is expected to begin providing service in Albania by 1Q2011....SEOBiz Solutions Ranked Best Canadian Custom Website Designers
canada.topseos.com has announced the best professional website designers in Canada for May 2010. The independent authority on search vendors selected SEOBiz Solutions as the best web design firm based upon an evaluation. ...Dennis Yu exposes the latest Facebook spammers
Facebook has taken great pains to shut down the folks who abuse the Facebook advertising platform. Yet, for every 100 spammy ads rejected, one gets through. ...
Danger in the internet café?
Researchers predict new computer security threat for wireless networks: Typhoid adware...Apptix Launches Hosted Email Defense
Apptix Email Defense with Continuity and Apptix Perimeter Email Defense combat Denial of Service attacks, spam, viruses and phishing, and maintain email communications for in-house email systems ...ClickStreamTV supports Open Standards for Online Video
ClickStreamTV has recently announced that its video and content management platform supports open web standards for online video....ProtoTest Announces the Launch of LoadLabs
ProtoTest, Denver’s quality assurance gurus, have just announced the launch of LoadLabs – the first and only flat-rate load and performance testing solution (www.LoadLabs.com). LoadLabs represents a completely new way to think about load and performance testing. ...Ipswitch Named One of Best Places to Work in 2010
Ipswitch, Inc., a three-division company that delivers the WhatsUp Gold network management suite, secure file transfer MOVE it software and IMail Server messaging software, today announced it has been named one of the Boston Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in 2010....Logicalis Earns Prestigious 2010 IBM Beacon Award
Solution Provider’s Power Systems Virtualization Solution Named Best in Class Worldwide ...MobileNow is Now Perigon Networks
According to founder Tony Valenti, MobileNow, Inc. has changed its name to Perigon Networks, Inc.....ControlScan Announces New Senior Business Development Manager
Payments industry veteran joins ControlScan team as growth accelerates and demand for PCI compliance solutions increases....Econsultancy Announces Future of Digital Marketing Conference
The world’s leading digital marketing practitioners will gather in London once again to share their knowledge and insight with their marketing peers at Econsultancy’s Future of Digital Marketing conference. Speakers from brands including Sky, Tesco, BT and Auto Trader will share their vision of the future for digital media, along with practical insights into conceiving and executing world-class marketing campaigns. ...Hostway Delivers Kick-it Special Offer
Hostway Corporation, a global leader in infrastructure and Web application hosting, announced today that it will deliver “Kick-It”, a campaign to support humanitarian organization Right To Play in developing countries through the sales of Windows Server. ...Stonesoft introduces StoneGate IPS-1205 Appliance
New appliance guards against internal threats at gigabit network speeds...Webinar: Find Vulnerabilities Before Attackers Do
Today’s cybercriminals are smart. They know that the fastest way to attack your network is with web-based malware that exploits known vulnerabilities in your software and operating systems. You need a defense – but when resources are tight, can you afford the time and expense of managing web security plus a separate vulnerability scanner? ...Attenda Delivers Cloud SaaS Platform for Traffic Solutions
Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, today announced that it has signed a three year contract with Traffic Solutions for the provision of an agile, scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform for the delivery of its Quality Assurance Management System (ITSAM) using a Cloud SaaS model. ...Telekom Austria Launches Parallels Automation
Parallels Automation enables Telekom Austria to target small businesses with new cloud hosting services...
Adding Video Marketing to Your Strategy Arsenal
These are exciting times. Never before has video marketing been so important to an Internet marketer than right now. Video marketing is worldwide and has been growing at a very aggressive pace. Video marketing differs from social media, but is closely related to its brother since a lot of these video sharing sites are… well… social....Win $50,000 in Cash and Prizes for Best Idea for a Business, Blog, or Website
Network Solutions® and.CO Internet are inviting entrepreneurs, business owners and individuals to submit a 60-second video, or photo about their great idea for a business, blog or website for a chance to win $50,000 in cash and web services. The contest runs from May 4, 2010 through June 14, 2010. ...SEO Consult Moves to New Offices to Hooton
The UK’s premier Search Engine Optimisation and internet marketing agency as voted for by TopSEOs.co.uk, SEO Consult, have now moved into their new offices in Hooton, Cheshire. ...WebmasterRadio.FM's First Conversion Bash a Great Success
A Memorable Night of Music, Margaritas, and Networking; Sponsored by Tealeaf and Unica...SoftLayer Enables Customers to Leverage Citrix Cloud Solutions
SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider will enable customers to take advantage of Citrix Cloud Solutions announced today at Citrix Synergy™ 2010. SoftLayer has partnered with Citrix to host the Virtual Demo Center which demonstrates how these initiatives can be implemented in SoftLayer’s infrastructure-as-a-service model....NetGrey.com is the latest HUB for PHP Hosting
Znet Technologies continues its innovative leap forward and has introduced a new level of web hosting for consumers worldwide: PHP Web Hosting. ...New Roaming Technology Turns Wi-Fi into 4G
Swedish startup Anyfi Networks today came out of stealth mode to present Anyfi.net, a Wi-Fi roaming technology they hope will shake up the mobile broadband industry. This new technology lets an Internet service provider offer the same Wi-Fi user experience both at home and on the go....Data Subsystems, Inc. Chooses E-solutions Corporation for the South East USA Data Center
Data Subsystems, Inc. announced that it had chosen E-solutions Corporation for the South East USA Data Center. This state-of-the-art data center that is located in Tampa downtown Park Tower Building at 400 North Tampa Street. ...UK Broadband Access Needs To Catch Up With World
A leading cable expert is calling out to the Government to accelerate its nationwide broadband roll-out programme before the UK lags even further behind the rest of the world....
Web Site Hosting vs Personal Backup Hosting
One thing that really grinds the gears of any web host on the block is when customers use their hosting space for miscellaneous material that has no place being there. Your web hosting space is no place for a personal backup. ...ResellerClub Launches The Localization Partner Program
ResellerClub has launched its Localization Partner Program with a huge splash attracting 100s of signups in just a few days. ...Russia Brings Cyrillic to Internet’s Top-level Domain Names
Russia is becoming an increasingly important player in the global Internet community according to Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Beckstrom made the point earlier today while addressing the opening session of the Russian Internet Governance Forum in Moscow. ...Commercial Network Services Scores 50% Growth with NYI
Success Attributed to Personalized, Real-Time Support; Zero-Latency ...NetApp Announces 2010 UK Partner Award Winners
Success for b2net, Fujitsu UK&I Ltd, Alpha, ANS Group, Centralis, Imtech ICT UK Ltd, Manish Amlani - Majenta Solutions and Ian Garland – Servo....Userlytics Corporation Unveils New Remote Usability Testing Service
Bring a new level of user insight and collaborative intelligence into web and software development projects at any stage of the development cycle through a comprehensive yet easily implemented SaaS Usability Testing Service....
Allowing Alternate Contacts
Web sites tend to be managed by a lot of people. They’re important to a lot of businesses, so most of those businesses tend to involve a lot of people in the web site process: marketing people, designers, programmers, and of course, the executives. ...SoftLayer Provides Infrastructure for Citrix Training
Supplies Infrastructure for Training Labs at Citrix Synergy™ 2010...Liquid Web Opens Software Development Office in Scottsdale
Web hosting company, Liquid Web Inc continues its incredible growth by opening it's fourth office located in Scottsdale, Arizona....Ipswitch Hires New Director of Sales Operations
Ipswitch, Inc.'s Network Management Division, the developer of the WhatsUp Gold suite of innovative IT management solutions, today announced it has hired Al James as Director of Sales Operations, a newly created position designed to optimize sales processes and productivity....Findwise Joins Lucid Imagination Global Partner Program
New partnership highlights growing adoption of Apache Lucene/Solr search technology around Europe...R1Soft Brings Pain Relief to XenServer Backups at Citrix Synergy 2010
R1Soft, the developer of Continuous Data Protection® (CDP) for Windows and Linux Xen Virtual Machines, announced today it will exhibit high-performance backup software for Xen at the Citrix Synergy conference to be held May 11-14 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Calif. ...
Creativity Revealed: Discovering the Source of Inspiration
Scott Jeffrey, author of the new book Creativity Revealed: Discovering the Source of Inspiration says, “creativity is not something you do, but rather something that unfolds of its own”. ...LogicMonitor Enhances its Hosted Monitoring Service
To coincide with its presence at the Citrix Synergy Summit 2010, LogicMonitor today announced brand-new enhancements to its flagship LogicMonitor data center monitoring solution. With the enhancements, LogicMonitor now includes Citrix XenServer monitoring as part of its web-based service, which delivers in-depth monitoring of any virtualized environment, right out of the box, and without any configuration required. Administrators and managers get real-time views into the health and performance of their infrastructure from anywhere, and enjoy the unique benefits of having one unified, comprehensive monitoring solution for all their systems including NetScalers and Citrix XenServer. ...“Real Time Digital” Radio Series Premiers on WebmasterRadio.FM
Real Time Digital will offer a fresh analysis into the world of digital marketing in this six-part online radio network series beginning Tuesday May 11th, hosted by Emily Liedblad and Lauren Garcia. ...SEO.com Leaders Named Top 100 Entrepreneurs in Utah
CEO Dave Bascom and Vice President of Marketing Chris Knudsen were voted by their peers to vSpring Capital’s Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs. ...GoDaddy.com.Giving $100Kto Nashville Flood Victims
Late Saturday night, Arizona-based GoDaddy.com CEO & Founder Bob Parsons saw an emotional video about Nashville's devastating floods. Immediately after seeing the touching, and poignantly inspiring amateur video, Parsons sent out a TWEET, pledging $100,000 to help the Nashville community. Here's the video that triggered the donation, http://tinyurl.com/27vzhu7....NIX.CZ and CZ.NIC Presented with LINX Awards
The London Internet Exchange (http://www.linx.net) is pleased to announce that its Conspicuous Contribution Award has been presented to Ondrej Filip and his colleagues at NIX.CZ and CZ.NIC following their outstanding work on the BIRD route server project. ...
Apple Unveils the iPad Internationally
Apple has recently announced that people in Australia, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Japan can now pre-order the iPad....SoftLayer to Participate in Game Developer Conference Canada
Wins Recent Award for Providing Game Development and Hosted Environment Infrastructure...LabTech Celebrates the Company's Most Successful Month
LabTech Software has reported an unprecedented increase in sales along with a corresponding expansion of sales, support, and product development staffs following its funding from ConnectWise Capital. In just two months after the investment by ConnectWise Capital, LabTech sees an extraordinary sales growth of 1,000 percent. It has increased its support staff five-fold, its sales staff four-fold, and its product development team three-fold. ...Econsultancy and Hult Business School Launch MA in Digital Marketing
Digital marketing training group Econsultancy has joined forces with leading international business school Hult to develop a new Master in Digital Marketing programme, starting in September 2010....Moovin On Up Takes SEO Software to the Next Level
With MOU Labs now in its second month, the SEO analysis tool offers more than ever to customers looking to track their sites succes...
I have way too many passwords to manage
About a month ago I finally came to the realization that I have way too many passwords to manage. I have passwords for work (control panels, servers, mysql, social sites), passwords for home (web mail, shopping sites), passwords for this and passwords for that. What I didn’t have was a good way to manage all these passwords....WebHostingClue.com Announces the Best Web Hosting in 2010
A Leading Web Hosting Review Directory, WebHostingClue.com, today announced their 2010 best web hosting final list for their respective web hosting categories based on price value, reliability, customer support and social responsibility. ...Bull Expands Colocation Footprint with Interxion
Bull, one of Europe's leading IT players, has expanded its equipment housing requirements with Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centres. ...Wix Publishes New Video Player Widget and Improved Linking Mechanism
Wix.com is the producer of a powerful Flash website building platform. The latest version of the website builder introduces video playlists as well as an optimized linking mechanism. ...How to Best Use SQL Server Dynamic Management Views
Expert Greg Robidoux Shows How DMVs Can Improve SQL Server Management ...EPORIA Helps Merchants Compare eCommerce Solutions
With budgets tight and the need for sales success higher than ever, EPORIA eCommerce offers advice on choosing the eCommerce provider for the best return on investment – even if it’s not theirs. ...SEO Company Offers Free Websites
Vayu Media Atlanta based web design & SEO services company offers free websites to businesses looking to grow through seo services. The Atlanta SEO Company offers this innovative win/win approach to help businesses with cash flow constraints. ...NaviSite Joins SIIA to Advance Managed Cloud Services
Aligns Strong SaaS Enablement Expertise to ISVs in the Cloud...