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Pubcon Announces Gold Sponsor

2012-05-17T10:00:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - Raven Internet Marketing Tools has been a strong supporter of Pubcon, the premier social media and search conference, through numerous sponsorships and exhibiting, and we're excited to announce that Raven will be back at Pubcon Las Vegas 2012 as a major Gold Sponsor on October 15 - 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Raven Internet Marketing Tools will have a major presence at Pubcon Las Vegas 2012, including a fully-staffed exhibit hall area with representatives at the ready to answer your questions about the company's increasingly popular online platform for managing Internet marketing campaigns, continuing a partnership Raven began with Pubcon in 2009.

“We're honored to have Raven Internet Marketing Tools as a Gold Sponsor for Pubcon Las Vegas 2012,” said Pubcon and WebmasterWorld founder and chief executive Brett Tabke. “Raven's rapidly growing online marketing tools will be a major draw for the tech-savvy innovators who make up Pubcon's audience, and having Raven back as a Gold Sponsor is a win-win situation for everyone at both Pubcon and Raven,” Tabke added.

“Pubcon is still the most comprehensive conference to learn beginning and advanced Internet marketing techniques and to network with the best in the business,” said Raven co-founder and director of product innovation Jon Henshaw. “Raven was born from ideas and conversations I had at Pubcon years ago, and I'm proud to be able to sponsor it again this year,” Henshaw added.

Raven offers a far-reaching suite of Internet marketing tools for managing search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), contact relationship management (CRM) and social media campaigns, designed to help both agencies and consultants research, manage and report on their work more efficiently.

During Pubcon Las Vegas 2012 representatives from Raven will be available in the exhibit hall at Raven's always-popular booth to demonstrate its powerful real-time Internet marketing platform. Both Henshaw and Raven communications director Arienne Holland will be speaking on session panels during Pubcon this October.

Pubcon Gold Sponsor Raven offers a 30-day free trial of its online platform. Find more information about Raven's Internet marketing toolset at http://raventools.com

“We're thrilled to once again have Raven Internet Marketing Tools as a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor at Pubcon Las Vegas 2012, and look forward to joining Henshaw and the Raven team for a fantastic search and social media conference in the entertainment capital of the world this October 15 - 19,” Tabke added.

Pubcon Masters Group registration and conference information is available at http://www.pubcon.com

About Pubcon

Pubcon is a multi-track educational conference hosted by WebmasterWorld. Pubcon, supported by the industry's leading businesses, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, Internet marketing, search engines, and online advertising, offers an in-depth look at the future of technology presented by the world's top speakers in provocative cutting-edge sessions.

For more information about the conference, contact Brett Tabke at 512-231-8107 or brett at webmasterworld.com

In the U.K., contact Neil Marshall at 512-231-8107 ext 106 or engine at webmasterworld.com

For more details about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact Strategic Marketing Director Joseph Morin at 512-231-8107 ext 104 or joe at webmasterworld.com

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Blacknight Announces Challenge Results

2012-05-17T09:57:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - Blacknight called for Irish businesses to get online and Irish businesses took up the challenge.

Over 10,000 Irish businesses have signed up for the Getting Business Online (http://gettingbusinessonline.ie/) program in its first year. The initiative is a partnership between Blacknight (http://www.blacknight.com), Google, An Post and the County & City Enterprise Boards aimed at helping Irish small businesses develop an Internet presence by providing the opportunity to create free business websites.

Ronan Harris of Google Ireland states: “There are still 30,000 businesses in Ireland without a web presence and we have to continue to reach out to these companies to help them take the first step. But, if we are to generate economic wealth, the real objective must be to get companies transacting business online. This is the holy grail which will ultimately deliver for every business in every townland throughout the country.”

Michele Neylon of Blacknight states: “We are delighted that we’ve managed to get over 10,000 businesses in the first year. The power of the economy comes from small business and this program has been all about getting small, Irish businesses to use the Internet to their advantage.”

As a part of the Getting Business Online program, Blacknight have created software that allows participating users to build a free website in under 30 minutes. While not intended to replace a professionally built site, they provide a gateway for "brick and mortar" businesses to gain confidence while conducting business online.

Blacknight not only provide free websites and the software to build them, they also offer free hosting with an .ie, .eu or .com domain name for one year.

Based on Blacknight’s figures, during the first year, 60% have registered .com, 21% registered .ie, 13% registered .eu and 4.2% .biz.

Neylon adds: “Looking back on twelve months of activity, we saw that Irish business are opting for .com domains. It would be great if they were registering .ie domains but we’ve seen that registrants prefer domains that are easier to register. Throughout 2012 we hope to add new features to make getting online even more attractive to Irish businesses.”

Regardless of the chosen extension, Irish businesses are continuing to participate in the Getting Business Online program with several hundred registrations per month.

For more information on Getting Business Online, please visit http://gettingbusinessonline.ie/.

About Blacknight:

Blacknight are an Irish based, ICANN accredited domain registrar and hosting company. Recipients of several awards for their revolutionary use of social media, Blacknight are one of Europe’s most cutting edge Internet companies. Blacknight constantly seek to lead the way by introducing innovative solutions for its client base and provide dedicated servers and colocation as well as a comprehensive range of Microsoft Windows and Linux based hosting plans and domain name registration services to business globally.

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Navigis Helps PointManagement

2012-05-16T10:56:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - Navigis, a leading global integrator of ITSM software and services and the oldest and largest ServiceNow partner, today announced the successful implementation of a custom application for PointManagement LLC, a leading provider of computer hardware maintenance services. The solution was developed for PointManagement’s signature service offering, PointMan Exchange SM, which focuses on improving mission critical point-of-transaction hardware services for larger companies in markets such as retail, car and truck rentals, hospitality, financial services, transportation and consumer services.

The custom application was built to manage inventory, integrate with FedEx shipping and receiving, and track service tickets with the goal of improving overall service level performance for clients utilizing PointMan Exchange℠.

The solution works within PointManagement’s deployed Managed Instance solution—the Navigis service that allows smaller companies who fall below the minimum seat requirements access to ServiceNow. ServiceNow is the IT service management platform that automates the delivery of IT services by combining Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) delivery.

“Customers using Managed Instance can easily customize existing applications or build new ones, and changes are preserved through all upgrades,” said Jason Wojahn, Vice President of Navigis. “Now, companies like PointManagement can make IT more accessible, intuitive and social because the system brings together IT strategy, design, transition and operation on a powerfully simple cloud platform.”

Navigis Managed Instance delivers customers like PointManagement access to the world-class ServiceNow applications through a simple and economical subscription plan which includes automated upgrades so costs will be low and predictable.

“We wanted world-class automation to dramatically improve the solutions we bring to customers and we turned to Navigis to help,” said Bob Edwards, PointManagement CIO. “Navigis has also enabled us to offer our customers easy interfacing with their own inventory and ticket management systems to give them real-time visibility into the business processes they outsource with us”, said Carl Albrecht, CEO. “With Managed Instance we can leverage the power of ServiceNow and develop custom enterprise-grade applications many larger companies are benefitting from.”

About Navigis

Navigis has been a global leader in IT Service Management and practices since 1996 and is the largest and oldest ServiceNow partner. Navigis is a trusted advisor for its customers, delivering high-value services that address key business issues and a host of value-added services including implementations, service upgrades, training, process improvement, as well as custom application development and enhancements.. Navigis helps customers realize the benefits of ServiceNow in a short period of time. Furthermore, Navigis enables the client with the knowledge and expertise required to ensure on-going success.

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On the Web at: http://www.navigis.com

Press Contact

Jason Wojahn, Vice President

jason(dot)wojahn(at)navigis(dot)com

+1 858.356.5696 option 2

About PointManagement

PointManagement delivers award-winning point-of-sale hardware repair service to large customers with hundreds or thousands of locations.

On the web at http://www.pointmanllc.com

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QuickStart Announces Webinars

2012-05-16T10:49:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - QuickStart Intelligence, the largest Microsoft Gold Learning Partner in the western United States, announced that it has added an exclusive webinar series to its popular portfolio of training events.

In May and June, QuickStart will be hosting “Webinar Wednesdays.” This two-month webinar series features trending IT topics and new Microsoft technologies like SCCM 2012, SharePoint, Azure, Lync and Cloud Computing. These webinars are a great way for individuals to evaluate new technologies in the cloud without leaving the comforts of the office. Webinars will be hosted on the latest Microsoft Lync technology and presented by industry experts.

Exclusive Webinar Wednesday Topics:

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

Wednesday - May 16, 2012 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST

The Current and Future State of IT: When, Where, and How to Leverage the Cloud

Wednesday - May 23, 2012 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST

Getting to know Office 365

Wednesday - May 30, 2012 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST

Azure Overview - Demystifying the Cloud – a company agnostic view of Cloud platforms and offerings

Wednesday - June 6, 2012 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST

Azure 101 with Architectural Considerations

Wednesday - June 13, 2012 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST

Lync Online - Unified Communications

Wednesday - June 20, 2012 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST

SharePoint and Azure: Leveraging Two Powerful Platforms to Deliver Digital Asset Management Solutions

Wednesday - June 27, 2012 10:00AM - 11:00AM PST

View additional webinar information at http://www.quickstart.com/webinars.aspx

ABOUT QUICKSTART INTELLIGENCE

QuickStart Intelligence, headquartered in Irvine, CA, is a leading provider of IT training solutions with locations throughout the Western United States. For 23 years, over 200,000 IT professionals throughout the world have come to QuickStart as their source for IT technical and developer training. One of the largest privately held Microsoft Gold Learning Partners in the United States, QuickStart Intelligence has been recognized for an unprecedented three times as Microsoft's Worldwide Partner of the Year in Learning Solutions. For more information, visit http://www.quickstart.com.

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AiNET CEO to Discuss Role of Data Centers

2012-05-15T10:08:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - AiNET, an innovator in data centers, cloud services and fiber networks, announced today that its CEO, Deepak Jain, will participate in a CEO panel which opens the Information Managing Network’s Financing, Investing & Real Estate Development for Data Centers Conference on May 23-24, 2012 in New York City.

Jain plans to discuss how advances in data center IT and infrastructure equipment will affect the economics of building and running a data center. The panel will include leaders from other segments of the data center industry and is moderated by a specialist in capital markets.

AiNET, which already owns two data centers in Maryland, recently announced it will launch CyberNAP™, a 300,000 square foot facility, the largest ever built in the DC metro area. Jain will reference what he is learning as AiNET builds and equips this mega data center, including how to build a new data center cost-effectively.

“We are one of the few data center industry leaders who has managed to remain debt-free while investing in this space,” said Jain. “We’ve remained opportunistic, hands-on, and we innovate as we go.”

The IMN conference audience will include a wide range of participants in the data center space including investment, real estate, data center and technology leaders. The conference is owned and managed by Euromoney Institutional Investor.

Media are invited to attend the two-day conference at the New York Marriott Downtown. The CEO panel begins at 8:55 AM on Wednesday, May 23rd. For more information on media passes contact: Joanna Christopoulos, jchristopolous(at)euromoneyny(dot)com, 212-224-3784.

For more information on AiNET and to request an interview with CEO Jain contact: Darrell Tanno, AiNET, Darrell(dot)Tanno(at)ai(dot)net, 202-640-3932 or Aimee Stern, Stern Communications, aimee(at)sterncommdc(dot)com, 202-744-5004

About AiNET

AiNET® of Beltsville, MD is a leader in engineering, construction, mission-critical technology operations for Internet data centers and fiber optic networks supporting secure, critical applications. The 19 year-old firm currently owns and operates three SAS 70 Type II data centers in MD, including the only certified TIA-942 Tier IV data center and CyberNAP. Each data center is protected by AiNET’s patented power protection technology. CyberNAP will open in July of 2012. For more information, please visit: http://www.ai.net/

AiNET is a registered trademark of AiNET Corporation. CyberNAP and Micrometering are trademarks of AiNET.

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LuxCloud sponsoring WHD Events

2012-05-15T09:57:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - LuxCloud, a market leader in cloud service distribution, will be sponsoring and exhibiting at WHD.india in Mumbai, India on May 21-22, and WHD.asia in Bangkok, Thailand on May 24-25.

WorldHostingDays

WHD.india and WHD.asia are affiliated events of WorldHostingDays (WHD), the world’s largest series of hosting events. They are superb networking opportunities from an industry with a desire to share and learn from each other, bringing together experts from companies around the globe. The events encourage interaction between leading hosting related companies, presenting their experiences and ideas, and the exploration of new markets; it’s the perfect setting for partners to expound their products and services.

India and Asia have strong alliances with IT and hosting companies in both the US and Europe; with this constantly evolving market the events are the perfect platforms for bringing together all the decision makers of the hosting and cloud industry.

LuxCloud & WHD

A Gold Sponsor of WHD.india, LuxCloud will be exhibiting at the event. Marco Houwen, Founder and CEO of LuxCloud, will be presenting on Tuesday, May 22 at 11.10am (Ballroom B).

As a Platinum sponsor of WHD.asia, LuxCloud will be a host at the event, along with exhibiting and presenting. Marco will be the opening speaker on Thursday, May 24 at 1.15pm, where he will discuss, “Cloud Automation as a Service (CAaaS) or how to instantly increase sales to your existing customer base.” The following day, Christian Diderich, Sales Director, LuxCloud, will be running a workshop on Friday, May 25 at 4.15pm (Ballroom A); the subject will be. “What color is your parachute? – A comprehensive workshop on what your role can be in the cloud ecosystem.”

Join us at WHD.india or WHD.asia and discover the latest in cloud computing services from our team of experts; also hear about our newest product, Hosted365. If you would like to schedule a meeting with one of the LuxCloud team, please contact info(at)luxcloud(dot)com.

About LuxCloud

LuxCloud is a market-leading provider of cloud computing services, allowing companies to quickly launch and profitably deliver the cloud services demanded by small- and medium-sized businesses. LuxCloud offers customizable branded solutions enabling resellers, system integrators and service providers to sell online any and all of the services and applications available on the platform. The range of applications is constantly evolving, reflecting the needs of the market, and includes Web and application hosting, messaging and collaboration, business processes and infrastructure packages. Part of the DCL Group, LuxCloud was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Luxembourg. LuxCloud enables a smooth transition of business to the cloud.

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Chatwing Unveils Tumblr Apps

2012-05-14T10:07:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - Tumblr is one of the hottest free-hosting blogs of today, based on the number of users that actually registered for it. This blog site is more focused on microblogging, wherein information travels fast daily similar to chatrooms. Tumblr has also appealed to the younger generation. This comprehensive and easy-to-use blog site is now compatible with an advanced chat box known as Chatwing. This chat tool is gaining ground in the blogosphere as a ‘communication elite’ and it is generating many sign-ups per day.

If Tumblr is all about graphical microblogging and outright emotional experience, Chatwing is all about efficient communication. Ever since its first release, it has been helping a lot of blogs generate the online presence they truly need from a chat widget. This is useful for bloggers who are just starting out, considering the milestones they have to take before they can finally get to the top. “Tumblr and Chatwing seem to go hand in hand. Both of them are highly functional, light to the eyes, and very easy to use. Well, they are also integrated with Facebook. As for Chatwing, our goal is really to improve the way people experience global chatting. Information is really important in this age,” Says Michael Diamond, one of Chatwing’s brilliant developers.

Since Chatwing is integrated with Facebook, users can now log in using their Facebook accounts. Now, users will have the opportunity to expand their social horizons to a certain degree. This shout box is also stable enough to withstand Facebook’s varying bandwidth. Many Tumblr users are also installing Chatwing for their blogs. This has been noted during the release of Chatwing’s second version.

In the new version of Chatwing, there is a filter for indecent words and people can now user more emoticons and avatar displays. This improves the way people experience website chat. Chatwing is still a free chat widget and it will remain that way for a long period of time.

About Chatwing.com

Chat Wing is a free chat box for all web pages and blogs. It also lets anyone create free chatrooms on any website or blog. The Chatwing.com website offers users the ability to signup and create a customizable live chat box instantly with few details. Users can create chatrooms and have the ability to select the size, dimensions, and colors of the shout box. The ability to live chat with Facebook, Twitter or guest avatars is a unique feature which also includes social sharing features in real-time. This free chat widget can be embedded in seconds with a few lines of html code. Chatwing is free chatroom software available to any user.

For more information, please visit: http://chatwing.com/

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CoreXchange Offers Data Center Migration Discounts

2012-05-14T10:00:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - CoreXchange, full-service provider of data center colocation solutions and advanced networking services, is offering no setup fee on all online orders plus 50% off the first month of colocation services when making a data center migration to CoreXchange.

Order colocation solutions online now and the setup fee is automatically waived. For an additional discount of 50% off first month, enter promotional code MOVE. Offer valid on all half rack (starting from $299), full rack (starting from $399) or private cage (starting from $1,859) orders placed online by May 31st.

An offer extension is available if currently under a contract. Call or email CoreXchange Sales (877-271-7737 ext. 2 or sales (at) CoreXchange (dot) com) with your colocation contract expiration date and receive 50% off first month when you are ready to move.

CoreXchange Colocation Advantages

Enterprise-level colocation is more affordable than ever before.

CoreXchange bundled solutions include:

Secure half rack, full rack or private cage space

Power, bandwidth and IP addresses

100% power and network SLA's available

Bandwidth from 1 Mbps to 1000 Mbps (up to 10 Gig available)

Burstable of unmetered bandwidth options

Selections for redundant power drops, network handoffs and cross connects

Basic or advanced monitoring and off-site data storage options available

Scalable Data Center Space:

SSAE 16 SOC-1 Type II compliant data centers

Facilities designed and managed by CoreXchange

Redundant power and HVAC cooling systems

High Performance Network:

Premium bandwidth mesh of multiple, Tier-1 Internet carriers with BGP routing

Latest generation routing and switching equipment

Carrier neutral options available

Owned and managed transport to Equinix with access to all Equinix carries

Onsite Support and Secure Access:

24-hour onsite NOC support

FREE remote hands and eyes including reboots

24/7/365 physical access for customers

Pre-approved access control list with ID check-ins, plus secure badge system

About CoreXchange:

CoreXchange’s comprehensive solutions include colocation, high performance network connectivity, Internet access, Dallas disaster recovery, and a business continuity center. Headquartered in the globally recognized Dallas Infomart and led by a highly experienced team of networking services technologists and executives, CoreXchange provides services at its enterprise-class data centers or customers’ remote locations, via local loop or metro Ethernet. For more information, visit http://www.corexchange.com.

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enStratus Supports HP Cloud Services

2012-05-11T09:49:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - enStratus today announced that it has added support for HP Cloud Services (http://hpcloud.com). With enStratus, clients will gain cloud management, security, financial controls and automation capabilities when using HP Cloud Services.

enStratus™ is a cloud infrastructure management solution for deploying and managing enterprise-class applications in public, private and hybrid clouds, and provides unified cloud management for more than 20 public and private clouds. enStratus will enable enterprises using HP Cloud Services to manage their applications with the governance and automation they require.

“We are excited to add HP to our growing list of cloud providers that we support,” said James Urquhart, VP of Product Strategy at enStratus. “Clients can now have a unified cloud management solution for their HP public clouds and other leading public and private clouds while incorporating best-of-breed cloud governance and automation capabilities.”

Using enStratus with HP Cloud Services, enterprises gain the ability to deliver applications with consistent governance and automation, control budgets and security access across clouds, and automate their infrastructure. Two deployment options are available - SaaS and on-premises - to meet the needs of enterprises worldwide.

For more information, call +1-612-746-3091 or visit http://www.enstratus.com.

About enStratus

enStratus™ is a cloud infrastructure management solution for deploying and managing enterprise-class applications in public, private and hybrid clouds. enStratus has a multi-cloud architecture that provides governance, automation and cloud independence.

enStratus delivers governance for the cloud through a patent-pending security architecture and a powerful management console across all leading public and private clouds including Amazon Web Services, AT&T Synaptic Storage, Bluelock, Cloud Central, Citrix CloudStack, CloudSigma, EMC Atmos, Eucalyptus, GoGrid, Google Storage, HP Cloud Services, Joyent Cloud, Nimbula, OpenStack, Rackspace, ServerExpress, Terremark, VMware and Windows Azure.

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, enStratus serves hundreds of organizations worldwide including Korea's largest telecom provider KT, SAIC, and The Cloud Security Alliance.

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iland Sees 123% Revenue Increase

2012-05-11T00:43:00-04:00

(Gawkwire) - iland™, the global cloud infrastructure provider and VMware® Service Provider Partner of the Year Global and Americas, today announced strong year-on-year revenue growth for the first quarter of 2012. The company continues to see rapid global expansion of its IaaS business as more customers select iland for their cloud infrastructure needs. iland’s customers operate within a broad number of industries including healthcare, technology, business services, entertainment, software distribution, and financial. Q1 2012 surpassed all previous quarters in terms of revenue for iland and signified a significant uptick in the numbers of companies adopting a cloud strategy.

GreenPages Technology Solutions is an iland Channel Partner and VMware Premier Partner based in Maine, USA. It was GreenPages that introduced Sweden-based Piab to iland. Piab is a manufacturer of industrial vacuums for robotics and needed to migrate all of its physical server applications and infrastructure into a managed cloud environment to reduce management costs and improve business continuity. Piab selected iland Cloud Services to use in a production environment for a number of applications and will also implement iland Continuity Cloud, iland’s disaster recovery solution. CIO, Greg Anderson, cites iland’s implementation of cloud infrastructure best practices as a major factor in Piab’s choice of iland, “iland is driving innovation through their adoption of best practices for cloud infrastructure. iland provides Piab with a consistent and reliable platform on which to operate our business.”

Hoboken Consulting Group LLC (HCG) is based in New Jersey. Its software development group, HCG Studio, designs and develops custom mid-market middleware and virtual PC solutions for the cloud using VMware Fabric. “Now that HCG has partnered with iland to host our infrastructure, our engineers will have the time to focus on our clients’ BPM & architecture needs while opening new lines of integrated managed services to our clients. HCG will also see improved customer satisfaction & lower costs now that our clients will have a consistent and single platform for systems development, deployment, maintenance, & security. Moving our infrastructure to iland has made HCG more attractive to our clients while opening doors to new clients who will become more competitive in their markets. In conclusion, iland has redefined HCG and we are excited about our launch in June,” said Marlon Edwards, CEO and Principal Architect, Hoboken Consulting Group LLC.

Scott Sparvero, CEO of iland is delighted with the company’s Q1 results. “We are very happy to see increasing numbers of customers selecting iland for their cloud infrastructure needs. Time and time again we hear that iland’s pricing model, consistent implementation methodology and processes and highly focused customer service are the reasons so many customers select us. Many of them have been referred to us by existing customers. We look forward to continuing this momentum throughout 2012.”

About iland

iland Internet Solutions, VMware's Service Provider Partner of the Year Global and Americas, provides hosted cloud infrastructure services in North America and Europe that enable customers to leverage enterprise class infrastructure in the form of virtual datacenters with flexible billing and capacity models. Solutions include secure hosted environments for virtual servers and desktops, test and development, cloud-based disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud services to maximize the value of existing VMware based environments. For more information, please visit http://www.iland.com.

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