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VCPanel EP Released

2010-07-26T06:27:00-04:00

(GAWKWIRE) – VCPanel.net, a leading provider of Virtual Private Server (VPS) management software, has released this long-awaited EP version of its flagship product---VCPanel. VCPanel is a VPS management interface for the virtualization project called OpenVZ and XEN. Customers can choose which technology suits their needs and mix and match OpenVZ and XEN nodes within a VCPanel cluster.

This New Version is a Major upgrade of the of the Server Virtualization Management Software VCPanel and adds important new Features and Enhancements, Including a new API, WHMCS module (future billing systems planned) and New license model based on node allowing you to host unlimited vps on each node. You are only limited by the capacity of your hardware.

Priced at $10 US per month per node, this release features integration with Cpanel, Directadmin and Plesk webhosting panels and features one of the fastest interfaces in the industry. VCPanel includes Clustering, Backups, and an optimized Interface for Improved Usability designed to streamline administrative and end user tasks. Each individual virtual machine (VM) running within VCPanel can run a wide variety of operating systems deployable from a wide variety of available and pre-created templates. Administrators can create their own templates, or use pre-packaged templates. A full list of features is available online at http://www.vcpanel.net.

VCPanel enables virtual environments to share server hardware resources leveraging hardware resources efficiently. The built in performance monitoring and graphing solutions ensure visibility and manageability of virtual environments allowing efficient workload management. Administrators have all the tools to ensure that environments are optimized and running well. This results in exceptional data-center efficiency and maximizes ROI. This contributes to our ongoing commitment to energy-consumption best practices.

"VCPanel EP is a major step forward in our goal to provide infrastructure operators and developers with a solution that enables secure, reliable management of virtualized systems. VCpanel automates the setup and ongoing management of these virtualized environments securely and at a fraction of the cost of some of it’s competitors. Our design goal was to provide robust security, high usability and a rich feature set unmatched in the industry. We wanted to do this while providing options for the end user by building a rich API and integrating to as many systems and technologies as possible. We believe we have achieved this. Andre Allen Director Business Development – Vcpanel.net"

"VCPanel has been a great product to work with. Its feature set, user interface and stability has been a great benefit to our staff and customers. After migrating from our previous control panel we have seen an increase in customer satisfaction that we have attributed to the new system. Sunil Devasher - EDH"

Pricing & Availability

VCPanel EP is now publicly available worldwide from VCPanel.NET or any of its Resellers, Datacenter Partners, or Distributors. Retail license pricing is listed at $10.00/month, licensed on a per server-basis. For details, or to purchase, please visit http://www.VCPanel.net.

Datacenter Partners who will sell licenses and have priority support include:

· NetDepot / GNAX

· Wholesale Internet

· Razorservers

· More providers being added....

About VCPanel.NET

Syslint Technologies Pvt Ltd. Is a leading provider of cost-effective management software for server virtualization platforms. Our tools help businesses, and service providers economically optimize their use of technology. Founded in 2009, the company has offices in India, Canada and the United States. For more information, visit http://www.VCPanel.net.
VCPanel is a trademark of Syslint Technologies Pvt Ltd. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Please see the comparison of vcPanel with other control panels from http://vcpanel.net/
See the vcPanel new wiki from , http://wiki.vcpanel.net/
You can see the complete features from http://vcpanel.net/Features

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Join Adam Carolla LIVE Today from the Floor of Comic-Con

2010-07-23T09:01:00-04:00

(Ping! Zine) - Stickam to broadcast Adam Carolla Podcast LIVE from Comic-Con today from 4 - 5:30pm PT

WHO: Adam Carolla

WHAT:
Join Adam Carolla from the floor of Comic-Con where he will be talking to special guests about the state of new media.
Stickam will be streaming the show LIVE at http://www.Stickam.com/adamcarolla
Fans can ask Adam questions on air by sending them via Twitter to: @adamcarolla

WHEN:
Today - Thursday, July 22 from 4 - 5:30pm PT

WHERE: San Diego International Comic-Con

About Stickam.com
Stickam.com is the pioneer of live streaming video and the largest live community on the Internet. Stickam.com delivers live interactive streaming to over seven million registered users on any computer, console or mobile device. Stickam’s StreamAPI.com is the easiest and most cost effective way to incorporate live streaming video services into your Web site or application. Stickam also offers PayPerLive.com, a turnkey white label live video streaming platform for professionals. For more information, please visit www.stickam.com.

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.CO General Availability Phase Now Open at EuroDNS Create Your Opportunity Today!

2010-07-23T08:59:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Register today any .CO domain names for 24 Euro by going to: http://www.eurodns.com/promo/GOCO24?mk=promoGOCO24
The general availability corresponds to the opening of the .CO to the general public. All available .CO domain names can now be registered on a first-come, first-served basis.

.CO is a unique opportunity offering registrants a new experience in the branding of their online presence. The .CO extension is assimilated to the notions of visibility, international and credibility. There is a strong sense of attractiveness in these two letters extension and .CO is also highly related to social networks. .CO works perfectly with words such as “COmpany”, “COrporation”, “COmmerce”, “COtent”, “COnnect”, “Communicate”, “and COllaborate”.

Xavier Buck, comments “We are happy to be part of the .CO new era, and offer our customers the possibility to register .CO domain names and thus consolidate their portfolio. We did already open a .CO pre-registration period for the general availability one month ago and it now officially open. .CO is considered to be the world’s next premier web address. There are lot of opportunities associated to such an extension so don’t miss this new trend!”.

.CO is more than the top level domain for the Republic of Colombia and enjoys liberal domain registration policies with no domicile or burdensome requirements for example.

For more information, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Columbia/Co

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Search Engine Optimization Agency Hosts Free Micro-Webinar

2010-07-23T08:56:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Avelyn Austin of the search engine optimization firm Search Mojo will headline a free micro-webinar providing SEO advice and recommendations for any website redesign process. “10 Tips for SEO Friendly Redesigns” will be held on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

“Many underestimate how critical it is to keep SEO in mind during redesigns,” said Janet Driscoll Miller, president and CEO of Search Mojo, “After working hard to attain rankings, the proper steps must be taken to preserve past efforts. Avelyn knows what it takes to conduct a successful website switchover and the challenges some designs pose to SEO. Her tips will help anyone involved in a redesign understand the SEO considerations that need to be implemented.”

The presentation will cover the following topics:
    How to change servers smoothly
    Recommended steps for file name changes
    How to implement 301 redirects
    Certain technologies that hinder SEO and how to address those issues
    How to retain rankings
The presentation is designed for:
    Marketing managers and directors
    Online marketing staff
    Webmasters

Online registration for the webinar is available at: http://www.search-mojo.com/quickwebinar-registration.php?ls=PR

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Leading Broadband Decision-Makers Sign Up For Broadband World Forum 2010

2010-07-23T08:50:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) – The world’s largest broadband event – the Broadband World Forum 2010 – has this week unveiled its enhanced conference programme and released delegate passes for its biggest show yet.

The Broadband World Forum 2010 (26-28 October at CNIT, La Defense in Paris, France) will this year feature more than 200 leading industry speakers, including 125 global service providers, from around the world addressing over 6,000 attendees across four new tracks covering transport, intelligence, access and services.

The start of each day will see a series of keynote sessions run by global executives from operator and vendor companies worldwide covering the latest innovations in the broadband industry including Who pays? The new economic model for broadband, Broadband: Changing lives and Services in the cloud. This year’s keynote line-up includes:
• Olivier Baujard, Deutsche Telekom
• Dr. Choi Doo Whan, KT
• Virginia P. Ruesterholz, Verizon
• Thierry Bonhomme, Orange France Telecom Group
• Dr Shyue-Ching Lu, Chungwa Telecom
• George Nazi, BT
• Mike Quigley, National Broadband Network
• Lord Stephen Carter, Alcatel-Lucent
• Ashish Chowdhary, Nokia Siemens Networks
• Johan Bergendahl, Ericsson
• Matt Bross, Huawei
• Ms Chen Jie, ZTE Corporation
• Adolfo Hernandez, Alcatel-Lucent
• Stefan Dyckerhoff, Juniper Networks

Plus there will be an exclusive invitation-only Executive Leadership Summit and a half-day Broadband High Growth Markets seminar featuring contributors from across Europe, Asia and Africa.

Gavin Whitechurch, research director at Informa Telecoms & Media, commented: “This year’s enhanced event programme is set to make Broadband World Forum a truly global event. Our provisional agenda has already attracted high levels of interest from potential delegates and our exhibition is 80 per cent sold or reserved.

“Attendee figures are tracking well above previous years, and we hope that this exceptional level of early interest, along with the unrivalled speaker and exhibitor line up, will attract a record number of visitors to secure our place as the number one broadband show and establish us as the leading global telecommunications event.”

Broadband World Forum is this year celebrating its 10th anniversary and has long been established as the place to meet and discuss the commercial and technical opportunities, developments and issues surrounding broadband. The new conference structure for 2010 is in response to delegate feedback and now features analyst breakfast briefings, more keynote sessions, a choice of four conference tracks and a world-class exhibition including 280 companies. In addition the Broadband InfoVision Awards will now be presented during a full gala dinner cruise on the evening of day one.

To view the full event programme and register for the conference, visit the Broadband World Forum website at www.broadbandworldforum.com or call +44 (0)20 7017 5506.

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AIS NETWORK AWARDED SAS 70 TYPE II CERTIFICATION

2010-07-19T08:20:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) — AIS Network, a leading managed and cloud hosting provider, today announced the successful completion of its SAS 70 Type II audit, following an independent accounting firm’s exhaustive review and testing of AISN infrastructure, personnel, policies and procedures.

SAS 70 Type II compliance confirms the reliability, security, high availability and integrity of AIS Network’s infrastructure, processes and operations.
“SAS 70 Type II certification has been a critical initiative for us over the last year as increasingly more businesses are responding to regulatory mandates to require documented controls, security policies and procedures relating to information technology. We believe this is an essential certification for anyone hosting or managing mission-critical IT," said AISN President Jay Atkinson.

AISN was audited in the following key areas:
• Human Resource Practices
• Control Environment
• Risk Assessment
• Monitoring and Response
• Physical Access/Security
• Data Center Facilities
• Environmental Controls
• Availability and Access
• Network Security
• Computer Operations
• Data Communications
• Application Change Control
• Data Storage and Backup
• Disaster Recovery

“AISN clients have known for years that our dedicated hosting experts and support staff are second to none in the industry,” said Atkinson. “We have been SAS 70-certified for a number of years, and this successful, more stringent Type II audit provides strong third-party validation yet again that AISN maintains the highest level of controls and safeguards for the IT systems, applications and data that we host and manage 24x7x365. Achieving SAS 70 Type II certification also enables our customers to meet their compliance requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and other regulations and standards.”

With network operations centers in Chicago and the Washington, DC metropolitan area, the 17-year-old AISN is recognized as a pioneer in managed hosting technologies. The company also maintains a secure Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard- and HIPAA-compliant hosting environment for its mix of managed and cloud hosting solutions.

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Grow VC and Springboard Ventures bring ‘Crowd-Funding’ to India

2010-07-19T08:16:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) – In what could be a defining milestone in Indian entrepreneurial development domain - Grow VC, the ‘Virtual Silicon Valley’ software platform and world’s first-ever ‘Crowd-Funding’ and interaction platform for startups announced the launch of a local funding network in India, in association with Springboard Ventures – an ensemble of experts dedicated to promoting start-ups. Based around the same model as the existing global funding network Grow VC offers, the Indian local funding network will be the first of many “local” networks the company looks to launch within its wider global network in the coming months. Grow VC’s community platform for entrepreneurs who are looking to grow their early stage startups through the “crowd-funding” has already gathered considerable interest with hundreds of new sign-ups each month and active participation of investors, startup service providers, advisors and entrepreneurs within the online community.

Grow VC works to create a “Virtual Silicon Valley” community and develop new models for more efficient early phase funding. Grow VC just announced the Virtual VC Co-investment Fund to enable VC’s to participate in Grow VC’s seed investments. IndiaCo a leading investment management firm from India is the first partner to come aboard the fund and has committed to invest $5 million to the virtual fund will pave the way for other VC’s to join the fund. The local network in India will be spearheaded by Springboard Ventures creating a tailored network suited to Indian needs and culture.

The launch of Grow VC India will pave the way for many ‘firsts’ in the innovative start-ups domain within the country as pointed out by Satish Kataria - Managing Director at Springboard Ventures. “It would be the first ever single platform to bring together the various entities which revolve around the creation and growth of start-ups while allowing them all to interact and work together with each-other. Besides uniting angel investors and entrepreneurs, this platform offers a first-time opportunity to various experts and consultancies to now come forward and offer their services to start-up community through innovations such as 'Service Investments'.“ says Satish. This will essentially help enhance the ‘funnel’ or ‘bandwidth’ of support to Indian entrepreneurs bringing into the system not just funders, but experts, advisors and other resources which can help create and grow successful start-ups.

Indeed, as a significant start towards this journey of bringing all key Indian entities together, Indian Angel Network – India’s first and largest network of Angel Investors – having more than 125 members throughout the country, have agreed to associate with Grow VC India – in order to further strengthen and boost Indian start-up eco-system.

“We see that India is very important market for Grow VC, because it has a strong entrepreneurial culture and also nowadays, more investors that are interested in investing in local but also international companies”, says Jouko Ahvenainen Founder & Chairman at Grow VC. “India also has a lot of experience in crowd-funding and other innovative finance models. We have already now seen a lot of Indian users also in our global service.” he adds. Local networks will play an important role in Grow VC’s strategy to build a strong global start-up funding community and the company aims to offer options and freedom to its users allowing them to operate on a local level or operate on a global level too if they choose to.

Speaking on further developments of the Grow VC India network, Springboard Ventures is already in talks with other leading angel investment networks who have expressed keen interest in participating on the platform. “Grow VC India would tap into different categories of start-ups setting in place self-sustainable groups within the larger platform each with its own set of domain-specific experts” states Saurabh Agarwal – Director at Springboard Ventures. “The larger base of participation will also lead to generation of a larger 'Community Investment Pool' which would become available to be invested in start-ups.” he adds. Besides the investment tools and advantages the model offers, Springboard Ventures will also offer host of 'convenience' services to the subscribers within the network enriching their engagement with start-ups and offering professional help.

With India having the innovative talent and technological capabilities present today the Grow Venture Community (Grow VC) India hopes to extend the support of investors, advisors, service providers and the entrepreneurial community in general much the way enjoyed by the community in the Silicon Valley for so many years. “With the support of a strong local network in place to back great ideas and assist in the growth of early stage start-ups we expect to see a lot more successful ventures come out of this potential goldmine of young talent.” says an optimistic Valto Loikanen Founder & CEO at Grow VC. “The next Google or YouTube can come out of India and with the right network of people working together to discover and nurture innovative start-ups, it could be sooner than you think”, Valto states. http://www.gawkwire.com/technology/grow_vc_and_springboard_ventures_bring_crowd-funding_to_india.html

SEO Experts Comment On Google Local Search Changes

2010-07-15T22:15:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Searchengineoptimisation.com, a leading SEO services company, comment on recent speculation that Google is set to refine its local search listings and alter the way that people search for local services online.

Speculation has been rife across the internet that Google may be about to make changes to the way their local search listings are presented after they released a statement when presented with some screenshots of a new looking layout of results which some users experienced. Google commented: “It is an experiment - we’re continually trying out new tweaks to a portion of our users,” after they were sent user-made screenshots from a vigilant individual who noticed changes to her local results when she inputted a search query.

The most obvious changes are in regard to the location map, which, in the screenshots, is on the right of the screen and scrolls down the page along with the searcher. The listings are also larger and resemble normal web results whilst Google seems to pull Meta information from the site as well as review snippets. As one of the leading SEO agencies in the UK today, Searchengineoptimisation.com feel this could make a difference to the way people use results, thus having an impact on the search engine optimisation industry.

“We think it’s great that Google are taking the time to work on improving local search – if these rumours turn out to carry weight, that is. It certainly looks encouraging and we’re optimistic that we’ll see these changes rolled out to more users sooner rather than later,” commented a spokesperson for Searchengineoptimisation.com. “We’re great fans of targeting your SEO geographically, which can make all the difference to small businesses. The internet is such a huge marketplace that it’s easy to get swallowed up, so it’s crucial to define yourselves online through effective SEO which is targeted appropriately. Your web profile and online reputation can make all the difference to your success!”

To find out more about Searchengineoptimisation.com and their SEO services, visit their website at http://www.searchengineoptimisation.com/.

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Site5 Launches Shared Cloud Hosting, Cloud Virtual Private Servers

2010-07-12T08:56:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Site5, a leader in shared, reseller, VPS, and dedicated hosting, today launched cloud hosting services, introducing Shared Cloud Hosting and Cloud Virtual Private Servers. The company will continue to offer its existing line of traditional hosting solutions.

The new cloud hosting services combine Site5’s rich array of features and award-winning customer support with the agility and reliability of cloud hosting architecture. Cloud hosting offers an unprecedented level of scalability, since nodes can be seamlessly upgraded and system resources can be instantly allocated across physical servers as needed. Cloud hosting also offers rapid failover protection, quickly activating parallel nodes in the event of a hardware failure or other outage.

“Shared Cloud Hosting and Cloud VPS Hosting are designed to keep downtime for email and websites to an absolute minimum. It’s an ideal solution for businesses and consumers who need a very high level of uptime but don’t have a large IT budget to spend on complicated load-balanced, multi-server solutions. It is perfect for website owners that like to have access to enterprise grade hardware and uptime, without the massive cost,” said Site5 Chief Operating Officer Tom Sepper.

Shared Cloud Hosting is available in three standard configurations, starting at just $22.50 per month for 2GB of disk space and 50GB of monthly bandwidth. All plans include free website migration to Site5, a dedicated IP address, the SiteAdmin control panel, and automatic data backups.

Cloud Virtual Private Servers are heavily customizable. Customers may choose from 10 standard configurations, starting at $100 per month for 15GB of disk space, 600GB of monthly bandwidth, and a node powered by 756MB of RAM. All Virtual Private Servers include Site5’s exclusive “No Worry” Full Management services, the SiteAdmin control panel, daily and weekly remote data backups, and at least two dedicated IP addresses.

To learn more about Shared Cloud Hosting from Site5, please visit http://www.site5.com/hosting/cloud.

To learn more about Cloud Virtual Private Servers from Site5, please visit http://www.site5.com/vps/cloud/.

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New Idera Announces ‘Secrets of SQL Server’ Webcast‘

2010-07-12T08:54:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Idera, a leading provider of Microsoft SQL Sever management and administration tools, today announced a new episode in its “Secrets of SQL Server” webcast series, “Introduction to SQL Server Common Language Runtime (CLR) Extensibility,” which will air July 14, 2010 at 2 p.m. CST. Michael K. Campbell, SQL Server consultant and SQL Server magazine contributor, will educate attendees about potential CLR pitfalls, review best practices, and show first-hand how easy it is to extend SQL Server with CLR functionality.

“Michael’s extensive knowledge of SQL Server and SQL CLR will help dispel any hype, mystery and confusion about when and how to extend SQL Server using the CLR,” said Rick Pleczko, President and CEO of Idera. “Attendees will walk away with a clear understanding of how CLR could benefit their organization and how to best leverage CLR to extend SQL Server.”

To learn more about the “Introduction to SQL Server CLR Extensibility,” webcast and to register visit http://www.idera.com/Events/SQL-server-Webcasts/ About Michael K. Campbell Michael K. Campbell is an independent SQL Server consultant and contributing editor to SQL Server Magazine. As a former DBA and Database developer for several well-known companies, he has more than 11 years of experience working with SQL Server and has written articles and given presentations on a wide variety of SQL Server Best Practices. He enjoys teaching and sharing insights about SQL Server and has made more than four hours of free SQL Server Video tutorials available at www.sqlservervideos.com.

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Searchengineoptimisation.com Comment On Google Caffeine Roll Out

2010-07-12T08:52:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Searchengineoptimisation.com, a leading SEO services company, comment on the news that Google have finally launched the full version of the long-awaited changes to their search engine indexing structure, known as ‘Caffeine’.

Caffeine’s launch has been long anticipated by the SEO community for months, and Google have now announced that it has now been rolled out across the internet. Google describe it as a whole new indexing system for the web and claim that it is fifty per cent fresher than its previous index. What this means is that content added online will be searchable virtually instantly after it has been crawled, benefiting both web searchers and content owners.

Not only will content be available on a quicker basis for searchers but it also means that Google’s storage capacity has also increased. Its flexibility to store content such as images, videos, web pages and more has also greatly increased. Searchengineoptimisation.com believe that this update will be of great relevance to the SEO industry in future months and predict further changes as searchers become used to faster ways of browsing.

“We have to stress that the release of Caffeine doesn’t signify any changes at all in the algorithm – although we’re still unsure as to how it will affect rankings further on down the line,” commented a spokesperson for Searchengineoptimisation.com. “SEO is an ever-changing industry and new developments like this are being thrown up time after time. Although it’s a not really much of a surprise, those who aren’t as in tune with the industry will notice almost immediate changes, as should content owners. To surmise though, those who use Google on a regular basis are the real winners here, and we look forward to exploring the changes in the coming months.”

To find out more about Searchengineoptimisation.com and their SEO services, visit their website at http://www.searchengineoptimisation.com/.

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Domain Promotion - It’s Time to Transfer Your Domains to Gossimer

2010-07-09T08:35:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - One of the most popular web hosting and domain name registration companies Gossimer has announced a special promotion on .COM, .Net, .Biz or .Org domain transfer. Under this promotion, all the .COM, .Net, .Biz and .Org domains transferred to Gossimer from outside will be priced at $8.59/year. The promotion is applicable on all .COM, .Net, .Biz and .Org domains.

The regular price of .COM, .Net, .Biz and .Org domain name in the industry is around $10, but under this offer a special price of $8.59 is set for the .COM, .Net, .Biz and .Org domains transferred to Gossimer. With this promotion Gossimer has taken one more step towards lowering the entry barrier for newbie webmasters.

“Gossimer is the price leader in the industry,” Said Marvin Dreyer, CEO of Gossimer, “from time to time we come with one cool promotion after another, which helps our customers save some money. Take this promotion as an example. Each of our customers will save around $1.50 on each domain transferred or renewed within the period of promotion. Just imagine the amount of money one can save. We believe in helping our customers maximize their hard-earned dollars.”

With every domain transferred to Gossimer, the company offers many free services. It gives free personalized (you@yourdomainname.com) e-mail account with 2 GB free space, and fraud, spam, and virus protection. Along with that you also got Unlimited Mail Forwards, domain forwarding, privacy protection, DNS management, chat and collaboration tool, domain theft protection, bulk tools, and an easy-to-use control panel.

Of late, Gossimer has been chosen to be one among the top 25 most popular domain name registration and web hosting company by Domains Directory for the months of May and June. Domains Directory has also interviewed Marvin Dreyer, CEO, of Gossimer. The interview has been published the Marvin’s interview on Domains Directory website below company’s profile.

Gossimer has gone a long way, since it left New Jersey and shifted its base to Melbourne, Florida. The company is on the growth trajectory, and the future seems bright for Gossimer and its customers.

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Vocus to Hold Free Online PR Conference

2010-07-08T08:14:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS) a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management, announced today, "ReTweet: Engagement Means Business," an all-day online conference for PR and online marketing professionals. The 2nd annual "virtual" conference is offered at no cost, and is being held on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST).

"Vocus invests substantially in educational programs for its customers and the ReTweet conference provides the opportunity to bring that high quality content to a larger audience," said Bill Wagner, CMO at Vocus. "This is the second year in a row we have been able to produce this event, and while last year's event was a tremendous success, this year we think the reception will be even greater because the event is entirely free."

The content for ReTweet: Engagement Means Business is based on the presentations provided to Vocus customers at the 9th Annual Vocus User Conference this past June. Presenters will be back online and available for online questions, chats and virtual networking at scheduled times in between sessions. Sessions and presenters at ReTweet include the following:

- From PR's Past to Social Media Power, Deirdre Breakenridge, President and Executive Director of Communications, Mango!
- Game Change: The New Rules of Marketing & PR, David Meerman Scott, Marketing Strategist and Author
- Integrated Marketing Communications: Engaging Your Audience Online, Beth Harte, Client Services Director, Digital Marketing, Serengeti Communications
- Optimizing PR for the Web in 2010, Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing
- Engage or Die, Brian Solis, Principal at FutureWorks and Author of Engage!

"For most organizations, customer engagement and interaction have been left to sales and customer service teams. Today, customers don’t sit back wait to be engaged – they are now the initiators," said Beth Harte, Client Services Director, Serengeti Communications. "Vocus is leading the way to educate their customers on how to embrace real-time online interactions in a way that takes public relations back to its roots: People Relations. That is the future of PR and business."

Attendees that register for the event will have access to the conference on-demand for six months following the live event. There is no cost to attend the conference. To register for ReTweet: Engagement Means Business, please visit online: http://tinyurl.com/262qt29

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MyDomain Announces .CO Domains in Landrush

2010-07-08T08:13:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - MyDomain, a leading ICANN-accredited domain registrar, is offering the .CO domain name during the Landrush phase for priority registration until July 16th. The Landrush phase allows individuals and businesses to apply for premium domain names before the new top-level domain becomes available to the public. If more than one applicant registers for the same domain, the matching domains will go into auction.

During the .CO Landrush phase, interested individuals and businesses can apply to register domains not previously registered during the Grandfathering and Sunrise phases, or otherwise reserved by the registry. This is the time for customers to secure a popular domain name they have always wanted but could not obtain in the depleted .COM domain inventory.

The final phase of the .CO launch schedule is general availability, where .CO domains will become available to anyone in the world on July 20th. During the last phase, domains which have not been registered during the Sunrise and Landrush phases will become available for registration on a first-come, first-served basis.

To take advantage of this opportunity and claim your own .CO domain during Landrush phase, visit: http://www.mydomain.com/domains/tld_co.php.

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BrightTALK Hosts Free Managing Cloud Services Summit on 14th July

2010-07-08T08:12:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - WHAT: Managing Cloud Services Summit – Free, Interactive Best Practice Webcasts

The widespread adoption of cloud computing has allowed for more scalable and flexible computing and service delivery, while adding new layers of complexity for IT departments. With this dynamic environment and increased rate of change, effective service management is needed to continue to deliver services in a consistent manner. At this thought leadership summit, industry leaders will present innovative thoughts on the impact of cloud computing on IT Service Management. This summit will feature live presentations from Zeus Technology, Intellect, The 451 Group and TM Forum.

The live, vendor-neutral, interactive webcasts will offer practical best practice advice and case studies, the latest trends and research.

Register here: http://www.brighttalk.com/r/Hhf

WHEN:
July 14, 2010 and afterwards on-demand

TOPICS AND PRESENTERS:

“Managing Services across Hybrid Data Center & Cloud Environments”
Ian Osborne, Intellect; William Fellows, The 451 Group; Kosten Metreweli, Zeus Technology; Tim Savage, Comic Relief; Nick Barron, Carrenza

“Seeing Through the Clouds: Overcoming Barriers to Adoption”
Matthew Edwards, Director Cloud Services Initiative, TM Forum & Mike Kelly, Senior Program Manager, TM Forum

“Cloud Computing: Fluff or Lightening?”
Martin Palmgren, CIO & IT Strategy Transformation Executive,.COMMUNICATE

“Using the Cloud to Build Reliable, Scalable Applications”
Owen Garrett, Director of Cloud Solutions, Zeus Technology

“Communicating Cloud Services to SMBs Using ITIL Best Practices”
Johannes W. van den Bent, Principal Consultant, CLOUD-linguistics

“Unlocking the Value of the Cloud”
Bryan Che, Product Manager, Red Hat

Review the schedule and register to attend any or all of the free webcasts at http://www.brighttalk.com/r/Hhf

You will be able to attend any or all of the webcasts, submit real-time questions to presenters, and vote in audience polls. If you are unable to attend the webcasts live, you can also view them afterward on-demand.

ADD WEB 2.0 CONTENT TO YOUR SITE: The summit can also be accessed (live and later on-demand) through the BrightTALK player, which can be embedded into any of your websites and blogs. For information on how to embed a player or to participate in future summits, contact Patricia Page at 020 7397 8363 or ppage (at) brighttalk.com.

Media Contact: Patricia Page 020 7397 8363 or ppage (at) brighttalk.com

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Topseos.com Names the Top 10 eCommerce SEO Companies

2010-07-07T08:20:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) — topseos.com, an independent authority on search vendors has named the Best Top 10 eCommerce SEO Firms for the month of July 2010. All the eCommerce SEO agencies recognized next to thousands of other E-Commerce SEO Firms have gone through a comprehensive process evaluated by a qualified and experienced team of researchers. Each E-Commerce SEO company has been evaluated and ranked accordingly to the best eCommerce SEO in the internet marketing industry.

“Each company is put through our rigorous evaluation process and the best are chosen to be featured on our rankings. All the Top E-Commerce SEO Agencies showed a comprehensive knowledge in integrated search,” said Jeev Trika, Managing Partner of topseos.com (http://topseos.com).

The best Top 10 E-Commerce SEO Companies in the US for July 2010 are:

1.) WebiMax

2.) Element SEO

3.) ATAK Interactive Inc.

4.) Search-Placement

5.) LotusJump SEO

6.) Marketplace Earth

7.) Kreidman, Inc.

8.) WebRankingSEO.com

9.) AmeriCommerce

10.) Volusion

An in-depth analysis is being facilitated that basically looks into the business practices of each vendor and a comparison is being made against the industry standards to make certain that their work is of quality. Often times we connect directly to the clients of a vendor and ask about their overall experience as well as details about the processes, reporting, and success of the campaign.

There are five key areas being identified by topseos.com as significant for a successful E-Commerce SEO campaign. The process involves needs analysis to find out how these firms identify the unique needs of their clients. The next step of evaluation looks into the keyword analysis phase. This is being followed by examining the time duration spent on analyzing the off-page optimization that is being done for their clients. On-page optimization follows next that focuses on work that is done on the website to improve the rankings on the search engines. Finally, the reporting methods these firms provide are being examined.

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TemplateMonster Launches PrestaShop Templates

2010-07-07T08:17:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) – TemplateMonster.com, the Internet's largest templates provider, introduces brand new PrestaShop Themes which are basically a brand new eCommerce solution designed specifically to provide the customers with the speedy and very lightweight tool in setting up their own PrestaShop stores.

PrestaShop is a new feature-rich and open-source eCommerce software which has a very powerful back-end for its size. Combined with decent and affordable designs PrestaShop is an efficient eCommerce shopping cart solution available for small and medium-sized online businesses. PrestaShop multilingual eCommerce system is fully customizable, quick and simple to install. And the site owners will appreciate its flexibility as it supports unlimited categories, sub-categories and image pictures. Besides, the store admins can manage the inventory, customers, orders, and payments easily.

According to company's authorities, PrestaShop themes http://www.templatemonster.com/prestashop-themes.php provided by TemplateMonster are developed to take advantages of this new shopping cart system. The themes are HTML/CSS Validated and optimized for fast page loading, plus they support all major browsers and have built-in jQuery elements for even more spectacular design.

David Braun, CEO of the Template Monster, said, "Our customers have been asking us to launch PrestaShop themes for many months now. And today we can proudly claim that TemplateMonster now offers innovative PrestaShop themes brushed and polished by our website design pros. Dedicated to providing unbeatable functionality for customers' online eCommerce presence, our PrestaShop design solutions ensure you'll fully enjoy fantastic functionality of PrestaShop. Not to mention that the themes are extremely easy to modify. And of course we are eager to extend our PrestaShop selection by adding more and more new designs into this product type. So be sure to check back for more premium quality PrestaShop templates!"

Previously the company has launched the Free PrestaShop Theme for cell phone store. This template is still available for download at Free PrestaShop Theme download page.

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Searchengineoptimization.co.uk Comment On Google’s Streamlined Sitemaps

2010-07-06T09:46:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - Searchengineoptimization.co.uk, a leading SEO services company, comment on news that Google has updated its sitemap submission feature that allows multimedia content to be created and submitted in a much easier way.

Searchengineoptimization.co.uk believe that a well-constructed sitemap is important as part of an SEO campaign as it can help a website get indexed much more quickly, and acts as a chart for every page that can be found on a website. However, searchengineoptimization.co.uk know that constructing a standard sitemap can be time-consuming, especially where larger websites with lots of multimedia content are involved.

Google has announced changes to the way that sitemaps can be submitted which will allow for the accommodation of many specialist formats at once. The amendments are thought to have been made because of the rising popularity of videos, images, mobile features and more on websites. People will now be able to submit all of this information and more in one go under the umbrella of one sitemap; supporting multiple content types in one single file.

“We’re certainly looking forward to exploring this new feature in the coming weeks and seeing the benefits it can bring to a website. This is just another evolution in the ever-changing world of search engine optimisation,” comments a spokesperson for Searchengineoptimization.co.uk. “Sitemaps are very important for SEO, so our position is that streamlining the internal submission process should only be positive in the long run. But nothing’s ever straightforward in SEO, and we look forward to discovering more about this feature in due course.”

To discover more about SearchEngineOptimization.co.uk and to view their range of search engine optimization services, visit http://www.searchengineoptimization.co.uk/ or telephone 08459 736 736 during office hours.

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SMX East Adds Four In-depth Workshops for Internet Marketers

2010-07-06T09:45:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) - The organizers of search engine marketing conference Search Marketing Expo – SMX East announced the workshop schedule for this October’s event.

SMX East will feature four workshops conducted by leading experts in internet and search engine marketing. Topics include search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), using Google Analytics and SEO for in-house marketers.

SMX East will be held October 4-6, 2010 at the Javits Center in New York City. The conference agenda features more than 50 sessions over three days, networking activities and keynote addresses. See an agenda preview at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/east/2010/agenda.

The workshops will be held October 7, 2010. Attendees can choose from:

- Getting Killer ROI from Paid Search: This workshop for aspiring PPC rock stars focuses on effective paid search optimization techniques, and features actionable tactics that can implemented to improve paid search campaign ROI. PPC expert Mona Elesseily from Toronto’s Page Zero Media conducts this informative workshop.

- Bruce Clay SEO Training: Bruce Clay is one of the most knowledgeable, experienced and quoted search marketers on the planet. Bruce’s SEO Training workshop teaches marketers how to implement an effective search engine optimization process. He’ll cover how a search-engine-friendly web site impacts traffic, conversions and online revenue. And he’ll get down to the nitty gritty, white-hat-only tactics that improve site performance.

- In-house SEO Exchange: In-house search marketers face unique challenges. That's why Jessica Bowman, a leading advocate for in-house SEO, created this all-interactive workshop focused exclusively on the issues faced by in-house search marketers. The content is guaranteed relevant because attendance is limited to in-housers. Attendees will share solutions and build relationships. It’s unlike any event you have ever attended!

- Google Analytics Training: Google Analytics is free, but only valuable if you know how to use it. Learn to optimize web traffic and drive conversions by planning an analytics strategy, understanding reports and defining what constitutes success for your business. This workshop is led by expert Feras Alhlou, a Google Analytics Authorized Consultant and founder of E-Nor, a web marketing agency.

Additional information about all of these workshops can be found at http://searchmarketingexpo.com/east/2010/workshops

Tickets to workshops are limited, so prospective attendees should register early. Combination SMX East All Access + Workshop passes are priced at $1,795 until July 30 and include all four days of sessions, keynotes, networking activities and meals.

Passes for the Workshops only are also available and priced at $695 until July 30.

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