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GoDaddy Prepares to Reveal Internet Super Bowl Sunday Ad

2009-01-29T17:16:00-05:00

Scottsdale, Arizona - (The Hosting News) GoDaddy, as is Super Bowl Sunday tradition, plans to post the Internet-Only version of its commercial online as the big game begins on television, as an extended version, continuing the storyline of the commercial.

Bob Parsons, Founder and CEO of GoDaddy explained, ''Viewers have come to expect our edgy Internet-Only versions on Super Bowl Sunday and this year's online video really pushes the envelopes. In fact, the extended version of 'Baseball' almost makes me blush.''

As for which of Go Daddy's two censor-approved commercials will air during the Super Bowl broadcast, Mr. Parsons wasn't yet willing to say. The public was asked to cast online votes to help decide which approved ad Go Daddy airs Super Bowl Sunday. Historically, the commercial approval process goes down to the wire for Go Daddy, but for the first time in five years of Super Bowl advertising, Go Daddy received approval for two different ads weeks before the game.

Both choices feature Go Daddy Girl and IndyCar legend Danica Patrick. Both are GoDaddy-esque, meaning they are fun, edgy and slightly inappropriate.

Mr. Parsons remarked, ''The twist in our Internet-Only version of 'Shower' is hilarious. And it just might make some of our critics change their minds about our ads being sexist.''

The online voting flip-flopped leaders multiple times. 'Baseball' was widely criticized in advertising circles, but was an early favorite with fans. 'Shower' took a narrow lead two days before online voting ended. When polls closed, it was so close, staffers were recalculating to confirm the top vote-getter.

Mr. Parsons added, ''I've told reporters we are bringing in professionals from places like Florida and Minnesota. You know professional vote counters who have experience with close poll results.'' Go Daddy's one thirty-second broadcast commercial is expected to air in the game's first quarter.

Mr. Parsons concluded, ''Revealing our approved broadcast ads was fun, but the real excitement will be on our Web site Super Bowl Sunday - our Internet-Only version is classic.''

To see broadcast versions of the commercials, visit www.GoDaddy.com. Visit www.GoDaddy.com on Super Bowl Sunday to see the Internet-Only version of the commercial selected to air.

GoDaddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. GoDaddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The GoDaddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. GoDaddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The GoDaddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

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FORTUNE 2009 List, Includes Rackspace Hosting

2009-01-29T02:30:00-05:00

San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) Services hosting provider, Rackspace, has been ranked 43rd on the FORTUNE 12th annual '100 Best Companies to Work For' list, for the second consecutive year.

A driving factor for the companies on this year's list is that they excel at creating jobs. According to the FORTUNE List, Rackspace is ranked 2nd for job growth. This growth has fueled Rackspace's commitment to employees. Rackspace continues to advocate for its workforce, who proudly call themselves Rackers, through diligent hiring and training processes to achieve the appropriate employee caliber and fit. Rackspace invests in the professional and personal development of Rackers through its internal training department, Rackspace University.''

Lanham Napier, President and CEO, Rackspace remarked, ''We are honored to be recognized as one on the Best Places to Work For by FORTUNE magazine. Each day, Rackers come to work and volunteer their best to each other and our customers. We are proud of the culture we are building and this culture powers Fanatical Support. Many thanks to all of the Rackers who work so hard every day to build our company.''

FORTUNE.com blog, Managing Editor Andy Serwer writes, ''No matter what happens with the economy, the demand for talent will remain. Great companies know that super-motivated, happy, world-class employees are an incredible competitive advantage.''

Rackspace has created a unique culture built around Fanatical Support that is a vital part of the company's success. The company has a long history of being ranked as a 'great place to work' by numerous sources. This honor can be traced back to the unique people who are hired to deliver Fanatical Support. Rackspace was built around a culture that fosters friendly, service-oriented people who care about customer service.

Notable perks for working at Rackspace include open communication with executives all the way up to the CEO and Chairman. In addition, Rackers are recognized for hard work through a variety of out-of-the-box awards including the coveted Straightjacket Award and keys to the Rackspace BMW, also known as the 'Rackermobile.' Rackspace also provides an outlet for its employees to contribute through the Rack Gives Back philanthropic committee which was established to get employees involved in the community. Every quarter a large scale project and half a dozen small scale projects are completed on a completely voluntary basis.

To pick the '100 Best Companies to Work For,' FORTUNE works with Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz of the Great Place to Work Institute global research and consulting firm with offices in 30 countries to conduct one of the most extensive employee surveys in corporate America.

More than 81,000 employees from 353 companies responded to the 57-question survey created by the Institute. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the survey, which is sent to a minimum of 400 randomly selected employees. The remaining third is based on a company's responses to the Culture Audit questionnaire, which asks detailed questions about demographics, pay and benefits, and open-ended questions on philosophy, communication, among other things.

Any company that is at least seven years old with more the 1,000 U.S. employees is eligible to be included on the list. The deadline for applying for next year’s list is March 31, 2009. For an online nomination form, go to www.greatplacetowork-100best.com.

As a global leader and specialist in hosting, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry's best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company's mission to be one of the world's greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine's 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 43 on the list. Rackspace's portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting, email hosting (www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting (www.mosso.com).

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MaximumASP Offers Virtual Dedicated Hosting Trial

2009-01-29T02:09:00-05:00

Louisville, Kentucky - (The Hosting News) MaximumASP has debuted a free 30 day introductory account, on its MaxV platform, featuring Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization technology.

The introductory offers include a choice of either a MaxV Plan A or Plan B Virtual Dedicated Hosting Plan. MaxV Virtual Dedicated Plans are hosted on either WS 2008 or 2003 Operating Systems with 32- and 64-Bit Editions. MaxV supports SQL Server 2008 and 2005, or high-performance Shared SQL servers are also available. High Availability, Intelligent Monitoring, Recurrent Backups and Scalability are all included on the MaxV platform.

Wade Lewis, Managing Partner of MaximumASP offered, ''As the need to reduce costs, simplify management, and establish sustainable computing practices continues to grow, we will continue to provide only the best growth path options for our customers.''

The MaxV dynamic IT infrastructure will support virtualization strategies across sever workloads, desktop applications, and both physical and virtual assets.The light overhead, efficient design, overall completeness and proven performance of MaxV also make it the right virtualization choice for server consolidation, disaster recovery and production servers with live applications and data.

Dominic Foster, CTO of MaximumASP added, ''MaximumASP is built around a simple guiding principle: investing the resources and time to do hosting and IT services well so our customers have the time to do what they do well. In the case of MaxV developers can tap into our resources to maximize their coding efficiency and reduce the cost of development by building on existing, extensible components without having to build anything from scratch.''

MaximumASP, based in Louisville, Kentucky was founded in 2000 as an outsourcing firm for Microsoft Windows-based hosting services. The company currently hosts more than 48,000 domains for customers in over 60 countries. With a strong focus on hosting solutions that combine advanced monitoring and management tools, MaximumASP has become a top choice for Microsoft developers seeking a robust hosting platform for mission-critical web applications.

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HostGator Offers Toll Free Numbers

2009-01-27T01:58:00-05:00

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) HostGator has has added to its professional hosting offerings, with the inclusion of toll-free numbers, at no additional cost, for all of its Business hosting plans.

Each toll-free number will include 100 minutes of free usage per calendar month. Additional minutes are available for 4.9 cents per minute. Each toll-free number can be pointed to any existing phone number in the U.S. and Canada and customers can update the destination number and view their toll-free number's call history in real-time.

Brent Oxley, Founder and CEO of HostGator remarked, ''Late last year, we set a new industry standard by including a free SSL certificate and dedicated IP address with our Business hosting plan. Now, we're taking it a step further and giving those same customers a toll-free number at no charge.''

The Business plan, HostGator's flagship shared hosting offering, allows users to host unlimited websites and includes a free private SSL certificate and dedicated IP address as well as unlimited disk space and bandwidth. The addition of a toll-free number will complement the plan's existing offerings and allow HostGator's business customers to further grow their businesses.

The toll-free service is managed and provided by Houston-based voice-over-IP provider VOIPo. VOIPo, which provides a wide range of telecommunications services including toll-free numbers, residential VoIP services and SIP trunking, was founded by a former HostGator executive in 2006. More information about VOIPo can be found on the web at VOIPo web site.

Chad Bean, Marketing Director at HostGator added, ''It's no mystery that having a toll-free number on your website can drastically improve conversion rates and further establish trust with your site's visitors. By providing toll-free numbers for free, we're adding another service to our growing roster of free add-ons and helping to give our web hosting customers the competitive edge in the increasingly competitive hosting market.''

HostGator is a provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting. The company provides hosting for over 1.6 million websites and supports more than 30,000 resellers worldwide with 24/7 technical support and state-of-the-art web hosting tools including free billing software for resellers and access to over 4,500 high quality free web templates. In August 2008, HostGator was recognized by Inc. Magazine as the 21st fastest growing private company in America.

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Colocation America, Offers Comprehensive Managed Security

2009-01-26T03:00:00-05:00

Los Angeles, California - (The Hosting News) Network transport, colocation and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services, Colocation America of Los Angeles, has added to its Managed Services Division.

Colocation America has deployed the premier Managed Security Solution from ProtectPoint Security, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company operates data centers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Colocation America has been offering Internet related services since 2000 and is privately owned and cash flow positive. Colocation America's IP Services allow clients direct or managed connections to majority of backbone providers across the universe at substantial discounts. The aggressive pricing is achieved by leveraging the large commitment by current clients to providers and strategic partnerships with large volume resellers.

Steve Harris, CEO for ProtectPoint noted, ''We are very excited about our partnership with Colocation America. Their strategic business vision is a perfect fit for our Premier Managed Security Services. By adding the ProtectPoint solution to their Managed Services Division, we are confident ColocationAmerica.com can now provide a much needed value-add for their clients. We look forward to Colocation America joining our ProtectPoint Channel Alliance and certainly expect for this to be an extremely successful relationship for both organizations.''

Managed Services provide clients with a complete and low cost solution to the complex world of network management, Colocation America's Managed Services is the only one of its kind with the client's corporate interest in mind and fully branded. Processes such as IP acquisitions, equipment, bandwidth purchases and client contacts are performed with the client's corporate name and are maintained under the client's ownership. Increasing capabilities and reliability of services offered by clients at a fraction of the cost makes Colocation America's Managed Services ideal for small to mid-size businesses.

As a leading Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), ProtectPoint Security, Inc. has developed a suite of innovative managed security solutions to cost effectively monitor and respond to internal and external network threats in real-time 24/7/365. By employing best practices combined with proprietary methodologies ProtectPoint identifies security events before systems are compromised, eliminating time-consuming and costly security incidents. ProtectPoint offers a comprehensive set of security services: Intrusion Detection/Prevention Service, Managed Firewall Service, Managed VPN Service, Content Filtering, Traffic Analyzer, Virus scanning, Spam Eradication and Vulnerability Scanning. ProtectPoint Security, Inc. is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The primary Data center located on the world famous 'One Wilshire' building in Los Angeles (West Coast Hub) and 60 Hudson (East Coast Hub) in New York allows for maximum scalability as major fiber carriers run directly allowing us to easily connect to virtually any backbone provider and scale our internet connectivity to meet client's needs. Additionally our Network is directly connected via Fiber Optic lines to the meet-me-room of the One Wilshire building allowing direct access to over 240 bandwidth providers in the world.

To learn more about ProtectPoint, please visit: www.protectpoint.com.

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iWeb Releases Financial Report

2009-01-24T06:00:00-05:00

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) The financial results for the period ending September 30, 2008, by
Internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc. and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, have been released.

In line with its growth strategy, revenue increased 59% to $15.6 million and EBITDA grew to $3.7 million, though a weak US dollar and charges related to early debt repayment combined to produce the Company's first net loss.

Martin Leclair, co-founder and President, Products and Technology of iWeb commented, ''The IP hosting market remains vibrant and active, a powerful statement considering the roller-coaster events of the past twelve months. A good sign is our net recurring revenues, which are improving in the three first months of new new fiscal year.''

Recently appointed Chief Financial Officer, Philip Tousignant noted, ''As a result of the financing agreement with Goldman Sachs, we incurred charges from our other financial partners; penalties related to early debt repayment, basically. The other significant factor is the record devaluation of the US dollar compared to the Canadian dollar during that period; Almost 80% of iWeb's revenues are in USD, which has had a net negative impact of $865,000 before income taxes on our results for the year compared to last year results. A good thing though, the situation seems to have returned recently to a more favourable conversion rate for our operations.''

Financial Highlights include:

Record revenue total of $15.6 million, a 59% improvement

EBITDA increases to $3.7 million, 24% of revenue.

Net loss of $552,000

$22 million US financial agreement with Goldman Sachs in August

$4.1 million public offering in November 2007

Operational Highlights include:
Opened third Montreal Data center for co-location services

Tripled Network capacity and expanded IP network to 8 carriers

Second Data center began Phase IV (Final Phase) of its deployment, total capacity will be 12,000 dedicated servers and 122 cabinets

Corporate Highlights include:
iWeb named to TSX Venture 50, Profit 100 and Branham 300.

Inaugurated new Headquarters in September, with Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay and Nicole Menard, then Parliamentary Assistant of the Minister of Economic Development of Quebec addressing iWeb's staff, clients and partners and shareholders.

Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb noted, ''The revenue increase is an excellent result, in line with our growth strategy. This has certainly been our most challenging year, as our sustained growth has consistently created new challenges and opportunities. The key to reaching our main strategic targets has been our flexibility and the strong work ethic of our team. Our sales growth is consistent, and with the punctual opening of our third data center and the final expansion phase of the second one, we are meeting demand and helping our clients succeed online through these uncertain times.''

Revenues for the year ended September 30, 2008 were $15.6 million, compared to $9.8 million for the same period of 2007, an increase of $5.8 million or 59%. Management assesses than in spite of the present difficult economic situation, the maintained growth in monthly recurring revenues and the increase in product offerings will enable the Company?s growth in terms of revenues.

Cost of services sold were at 49% of revenues for the year ended September 30, 2008, compared to 43% in the preceding year, an increase of 6%. Gross profit was therefore 51% of revenues for the last year compared to 57% of revenues for 2007. This decrease is explained by the impact of a stronger Canadian dollar over the U.S. currency over the last 12 months (impact of $1.0 million) and by costs incurred in the Nuns? Island facility, for which revenues are still at an early stage (impact of $300,000). Excluding these two items, gross profit for the year ended September 30, 2008 would have been higher by $1.3M or 56% of revenues (compared to 57% of revenues for the same period of 2007).

Operating expenses were 42% of revenues for 2008, compared to 41% for 2007. The increase is due to administrative expenses growing from 23% to 24% of revenues due to stock based compensation expense and costs related of moving the head office to new premises.

The final results for the year was an operating profit at almost break-even, $82,000 after interest expenses, compared to $880,000 in 2007. The main reason for this is the increase in value of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar which has had a negative impact of $865,000.

This operating profit was impacted by the cost of $547,000 of the early retirement of certain long-term debts and by an unrealised exchange loss of $152,000 on long-term US$ debt for and after tax final loss of $552,000.

Earnings before financial expenses, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and stock-based compensation (?Adjusted EBITDA?) was $3.7 million (23.8% of revenues) for the last year compared to $2.8 million in 2007 (28.9% of revenues).

iWeb is a worldwide provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure, and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V : IWB). With three secure data centers, all in Montreal, iWeb has carved out an enviable position on the international scene with more than 60% of its revenues from abroad.

Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb has recently completed a $22M financing agreement with investment banking giant Goldman Sachs. iWeb now has over 150 full-time employees providing Dedicated Server Hosting, Co-location and Web Hosting services to more than 19,000 customers in 150 countries.

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1&1 Internet Deploys Managed Online Advertising

2009-01-24T06:00:00-05:00

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - (The Hosting News) Web hosting subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has launched a new service for businesses, designed to deliver a monthly fee based search engine advertisement service, with guaranteed performance.

Available from $199/month, the 1 and 1 Advertising Package is a point-and-click solution for online marketing that generates predetermined levels of traffic to a website. 1 and 1 designs and implements campaigns using customized keywords and coordinates Google advertisements for the customer. The solution comprises an excellent way for any sized business to explore online marketing with minimal time and monetary investment.

Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1 and 1 Internet remarked, ''With all of our advertising packages customers have the benefit of a set online marketing budget and the expertise of 1 and 1 marketing agents to design and implement the campaign. We've worked to make the process easy for the customer, who is guaranteed performance with no effort, at a great price.''

The 1 and 1 Advertising Package has been developed to address the online marketing ambitions of smaller enterprises with limited experience and resources. Available to 1 and 1 hosting customers, the unique new service creates and manages sponsored links on Google on their behalf, and leverages 1 and 1's many years of online experience. The 1 and 1 Advertising Package combines Google Adwords technology with 1 and 1's highly skilled, trained and experienced marketing agents to deliver effective Google advertising. Website owners simply purchase a set traffic level, by the number of clicks per month, and provide 1 and 1 with their URL. 1 and 1 agents then review the customer's website and set up Google campaigns accordingly. 1 and 1 monitors and modifies each campaign until all clicks have been achieved. The solution is flexible, scalable and guarantees performance.

The 1 and 1 Advertising Package range comprises of Small - 150 clicks priced at $199/month, Medium - 300 clicks priced at $399/month, and Large - 600 clicks priced at $699/month. Any unused clicks at the end of a month are refunded accordingly. Upon set-up, the service requires no additional cost or time from the user. 1 and 1's Advertising Package is a highly cost effective way to access online advertising and a comparable service from a search marketing specialist commonly involves expensive consultation fees.

The use of sponsored search advertisements on Google can be a highly effective way to bolster eCommerce activity and build online brand awareness. 1 and 1's turn-key solution has a strong business case in allowing business users to remain focused on their work rather than having to monitor their campaigns or budgets.

1 and 1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, established in 1988 and hosts more than 10 million domain names, in a global community of over 7.8 million customer contracts. The company's U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. 1 and 1 features an array of services, from instant domain packages to all-inclusive shared hosting plans, dedicated servers and ready-to-run eShops. 1 and 1 is a Microsoft Joint Development Partner, and works with other paramount companies such as Google, Plesk, Symantec, and HP/Compaq.

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DediPower and Oculus, Powers Government Educational Initiative

2009-01-22T02:18:00-05:00

Reading, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) DediPower, with the Oculus integrated design and communications agency, has been chosen to provide services for a new government educational initiative.

The website for the CfBT Education Trust will support the Learning Outside the Classroom programme, which is aimed at helping professionals working with young people up to the age of 19 to provide high-quality experiences. DediPower has been contracted to deliver all the managed hosting requirements.

CfBT Education Trust is a leading 'not-for-profit' organisation providing education for public benefit in both the UK and throughout the world. With more than 2,000 staff in more than 40 countries, CfBT manages large Government contracts; provides education services and directly manages a growing number of schools to support, teach, advise, research and train.

Adrian Garcia-Sierra, Head of Digital Strategy, Oculus noted, ''We have built a very successful working relationship with DediPower on a number of complex projects requiring comprehensive and dependable managed hosting service. DediPower has consistently delivered a high quality flexible service supported by a depth of technical understanding and competency.''

DediPower's Managed Hosting provides enterprises with business server solutions delivering custom built high-specification dedicated servers. This is underpinned by a world-class hosting infrastructure that has been designed to ensure the highest levels of network uptime, availability, flexibility and security. Focused on delivering support with passion, DediPower offers one of the best service level agreements in the industry today and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and RedHat Ready Hosting Partner.

Craig Martin, CEO, DediPower remarked, ''We are very proud of the relationship we have built with Oculus and our ability to successfully support them in the creation and delivery of mission critical websites for the education sector. Over the last few years DediPower has established itself as a leading managed hosting provider in partnership with some of the most dynamic digital marketing agencies in the UK.''

DediPower, one of the UK's fastest growing managed hosting providers delivers a range of managed hosting solutions including: dedicated servers, application and exchange hosting, high availability multi-server clusters and co-location. DediPower is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and a RedHat Ready Hosting partner. A winner of numerous awards, hosted sites include Sony, Sam Learning, Institute of Physics, Capita, First Great Western and Carphone Warehouse. Established in 1998 and self funded, DediPower runs its own purpose built data centres totalling over 22,000 sq ft situated in Reading, UK.

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DiscountASP.NET Attains Microsoft Partner Quadruple Competencies

2009-01-22T01:57:00-05:00

Pasadena, California - (The Hosting News) SQL hosting provider, and ASP.net host, DiscountASP.NET, has renewed its Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status, with four Microsoft competencies, recognizing the firm's expertise and impact in the technology arena.

Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development for DiscountASP.NET remarked, ''As a hosting provider that focuses 100% on Windows-based shared web hosting, we felt that it was very important for us to obtain the Hosting Solutions competency and we are extremely proud to join the expert group of hosts that have attained this competency. Having achieved four competencies firmly demonstrates our expertise and commitment to Microsoft technology and innovation.''

In its commitment to the hosting ecosystem, Microsoft introduced a new Hosting Solutions competency last year and has introduced new exams to qualify for this competency. The new competency provides hosting partners access to sales, marketing and training opportunities and establishes the organization as a hosting expert.

DiscountASP.NET has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel, as a Gold Certified Partner.

As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status, DiscountASP.NET had to declare a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner's capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry. DiscountASP.NET attained the Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Networking Infrastructure competency to qualify for the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner level in 2006 and the Security Solutions competency in 2008. DiscountASP.NET has now added the new Hosting Solutions Competency as their fourth competency.

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners' businesses be successful.

DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting provider, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET and SQL database hosting. DiscountASP.NET was one of the first hosts to launch Windows 2008 hosting and SQL 2008 hosting. Through strong word-of-mouth and their commitment to ASP.NET and SQL technology, DiscountASP.NET has become the choice for affordable enterprise-class ASP.NET web hosting.

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SoftLayer Debuts IPv6 Support

2009-01-21T02:13:00-05:00

Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) SoftLayer Technologies is providing IPv6 support, through the implementation of the latest protocol, improving routing and network configurations.

Ric Moseley, Vice President of Engineering at SoftLayer noted, ''SoftLayer is proud to bring this additional functionality to its customers, ahead of the adoption curve. While the rollout and implementation of IPv6 throughout the industry is still in its early stages, it will be a requisite for our customers, and we want them to be able to begin benefitting from it now.''

Across all of its data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, IPv6 is the next-generation Internet protocol that provides substantially more addresses than the current IPv4 implementation. IPv6 will eventually replace the currently used IPv4 standard, with both coexisting over a multi-year transition period. SoftLayer has completely integrated IPv6 address ordering and management into the Customer Portal and API.

Addressing and management of addresses is essential to the core functionality of any network, including the Internet. Systems must have a unique address for traffic to be properly directed. There are a finite number of addresses that any addressing system can support, and nearly every possible IPv4 address has been assigned. IPv6 allows for an exponentially larger number of addresses than IPv4, using 128-bit rather than 32-bit addresses. This allows greater flexibility in allocating addresses and routing traffic, and eliminates the need for network address translation, allowing for improved routing and network configurations.

In addition to the IPv6 rollout, SoftLayer has increased connectivity to its Washington, DC and Seattle data centers bringing the SoftLayer's total backbone network capacity to 200Gbps. SoftLayer has also added 10Gbps links to the Equinix Peering Fabric in Ashburn and Dallas to pick up local peers, and a new Flow Control Platform for optimizing Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) tables.

Recently, the company completed a SAS 70 review. Including the assessment of all processes and systems necessary to complete an accompanying Type II report, the audit and evaluation were part of its ongoing commitment to provide customers with industry-best standards and practices. A SAS 70 Type II review is an in-depth survey of a service organization's control objectives and activities, with an evaluation of the organizations' effectiveness in meeting those control objectives.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA and Washington DC. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.

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iWeb Group Increases Network Capacity

2009-01-20T03:04:00-05:00

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) Hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc. and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies network, has reached 50 Gbps, while the IP network capacity has quintupled over the past year.

With its most recent expansion, iWeb's network now totals 50 Gbps. In order to meet a constantly greater demand for bandwidth from clients with web-based applications such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and video services, the global internet hosting provider's network has more than quintupled in the past year, growing from 9 Gbps to 50 Gbps today.

Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb's added, ''The fact is that many companies today are using web-based technologies to keep IT spending under control, or to reduce spending. IT budget restrictions mean that the companies we work with are outsourcing their infrastructure to iWeb faster than planned in order to meet their targets.. New technologies are increasingly web-based, and our clients require more bandwidth every month.''

Martin Leclair, President of Products and Technology of iWeb remarked, ''Combined with the ever increasing bandwidth requirements of newer applications, we are constantly surprised with some of the innovative solutions our clients have put online - things we would not have imagined 5 years ago. Capacity is scheduled to increase again shortly and continually throughout the coming year, which is a clear indication of the direction in which technologies are heading - everything is going online.''

The network combines a total of 9 major telecommunications carriers into iWeb's award-winning network, which uses BGP routing to ensure performance and reliability.

The Montreal-based company, whose financial results are scheduled to be published later this week, will be rolling out marketing campaigns to promote related bandwidth and dedicated server hosting services. Since becoming a public company in 2004, iWeb has been steadily growing to become one of Canada's largest IP hosting firms.

iWeb is a worldwide provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure, and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (IWB.V). With three secure data centers, all in Montreal, iWeb has carved out an enviable position on the international scene with more than 60% of its revenues from abroad.

Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb has recently completed a $22M financing agreement with investment banking giant Goldman Sachs. iWeb now has over 150 full-time employees providing Dedicated Server hosting, Co-location and Web Hosting services to more than 17 000 customers in 145 countries.

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Host-Monkey.com, Debuts Launch of Services

2009-01-20T02:45:00-05:00

Brandon, Florida - (The Hosting News) Host-Monkey, a feature-packed hosting solution, was created by 16 year old, Will Perkins, already an experienced businessman. Host-Monkey new sign ups, willl receive, for one year of service, a free domain registration and free set-up.

The company's shared accounts system endeavors to deliver a service with 50 gigabytes per month of traffic, 5 gigabytes of web space, unlimited domains and POP3/IMAP email accounts, web-based control panels and the industry's leading 30-day money-back guarantee.

Will Perkins remarked, ''Our hosting service provides the marketplace with an extremely affordable, feature-rich and an unbeatable performance rate. Today's hosting marketplace has evolved a great deal, and customers are looking for an optimum value with competitive pricing."

Mr. Perkins insists upon honesty and fair dealing with Host-Monkey, and treating customers individually according to their hosting needs. Mr. Perkins values these simple strategies in doing business, making Host-Monkey stand out clearly among competing hosting services. Providing a top-quality service and connectivity is Host-Monkey's priority, rather than merely providing a lower priced but also lower quality hosting service.

Mr. Perkins added, ''Host-Monkey's exceptional customer service staff works 24/7/365 to provide you with top quality hosting needs; we understand that every second your website is offline you could be losing potential clients.''

Mr. Perkins added, ''There is no better value than what Host-Monkey provides. There is no hosting service that surpasses what we offer. Discriminating hosting customers always look for superior features, honest providers and exemplary service; this is exactly what we deliver at Host-Monkey. We don't make impossible claims in order to procure more customers and their hard-earned cash.''

Mr. Perkins invites all those who are searching for a hosting company that combines outstanding service with affordability and honesty in business to visit Host-Monkey and discover its superiority for themselves. Mr. Perkins concluded, ''I'm surprised that more companies have chosen not to adopt this simple strategy.''

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Server Solutions Provider, Open-Xchange, Honored by Linux Magazine

2009-01-20T12:00:00-05:00

Nuremberg, Germany - (The Hosting News) The Linux Magazine 20 Companies to Watch in 2009 list features vendors that are best positioned in the coming year to spur Linux and Open Source adoption while delivering on the immediate needs of the marketplace.

Rafael Laguna, the CEO of Open-Xchange remarked, ''Our open source collaboration software gives businesses an alternative to more costly proprietary offerings from Microsoft, Google, and others. By adding the software-as-a-service business model and technology, our business got a major boost with a quadrupling of paid mailboxes to 8.4 million in the past year.''

Built as open source software, Open-Xchange is an affordable alternative to commercial email/collaboration platforms like Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint providing an equivalent user experience with features like mobility support (iPhones, Blackberry), document sharing, shared calendars and shared address books. The simple, intuitive software facilitates effective teamwork by improved communications.

Bryan Richard, editor-in-chief, Linux Magazine noted, ''Open-Xchange enables its SaaS partners to offer a cloud-based messaging and collaboration solution that is based on open source and open standards, such as POP and IMAP for messaging, iCal for calendaring, and vCard for contacts.''

The Linux Magazine 20 Companies to Watch list features the vendors that are making a significant impact on the next-generation of Linux and Open Source adoption. Linux Magazine selects companies that have the ability to spur Open Source adoption in all facets of Information Technology, are technology and service innovators, and develop practical solutions for the Open Enterprise.

Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premise versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is architected to integrate into a hosting provider’s existing infrastructure, such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and e-mail storage and does not require that these systems be replaced.

Open-Xchange Server is installed by more than 3,500 companies and organizations worldwide. Leading hosting providers, led by Network Solutions (U. S.), 1 and 1 Internet (Germany), JMF (Japan), OVH (France) and Hostpoint (Switzerland) provide more than 8 million users worldwide with hosted business-class e-mail, personal information management (PIM), and full groupware solutions built on Open-Xchange.

Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y.

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Web Hosting Data Center Customers at 365 Main, Reduce Energy Thru Virtualization

2009-01-17T06:00:00-05:00

San Francisco, CA (The Hosting News) According to the company, this not only reduced energy costs at a critical time for customers, but has also resulted in capacity at 365 Main's flagship San Francisco facility for the first time since 2006.

The goal of PG and E's High Tech Energy Efficiency Program is to reduce energy consumption in data centers and throughout IT infrastructure. To encourage the implementation of such projects, PG and E pays incentives for energy-efficient equipment and initiatives, including using virtualization technology, which allows customers to run multiple virtualized server instances on a single physical server, increasing processing capacity and reducing overall energy use.

For virtualization/consolidation projects, PG and E pays incentives based on the annual accrued energy savings at the rate of 8 cents per kilowatt-hour. Based on typical power use of servers, incentives are typically on the order of $200 per server removed, up to a maximum of 50 percent of the project implementation cost.

PG and E determines the incentive payment for each participant based on the amount of energy saved, predicted through a calculation model, and reserves the right to inspect equipment both before and after the project is implemented.

Mark Bramfitt, principal program manager, customer energy efficiency at PG and E noted, ''As an industry leader in energy efficiency, PG and E helps our customers implement energy-saving technology that makes good sense - to the environment and to their bottom line. We are excited that 365 Main customers have chosen to participate in the virtualization program and look forward to seeing more data center customers join in 2009.''
Some of 365 Main's San Francisco customers participating in the virtualization program have reduced their energy consumption by up to 20 percent, freeing up capacity that is available immediately for new or existing customers. Capacity in San Francisco has also been made available as two high-growth customers graduated to the company's Oakland facility to access larger amounts of space and power not available in the San Francisco data center. Several other customers are expected to participate in the virtualization program in 2009.

The newly available capacity is much needed in the San Francisco Bay Area, which data center industry analyst firm Tier 1 Research recently named the top data center market in the United States. In its yearly supply/demand report published in Q4 2008, Tier 1 found data centers in the region were on average 70 percent full, with utilization expected to reach 95 percent in 2012. The firm predicted that demand in the region will grow at 15-18 percent per year over the next four years, while supply over the same period will only grow at 6-9 percent annually.

As a result of the lopsided supply/demand metrics, companies are moving quickly to secure available capacity. According to the report, the San Francisco Bay Area is attractive because of the availability of power, ample optical fiber routing, regional fiber exchange points and proximity to the region's many businesses.

Chris Dolan, President and CEO of 365 Main explained, ''We're pleased our customers can benefit from the innovative programs PG and E has developed to curb energy use. The available capacity will directly serve existing or new customers looking to expand or move into 365 Main's founding facility.''

Mr. Dolan said 365 Main has leased over 95 percent of available capacity across its five data center portfolio including over 4 MW leased in Q4 2008. The company is currently planning for expansion in new and existing regions.

Since PG and E launched the program in 2006, more than 150 Northern California companies have filed applications for server virtualization/consolidation projects. To qualify for the PG and E incentives, 365 Main's customers were required to apply to the program before beginning the project, and making their installation available for pre- and post-inspections to ensure removal of equipment.

365 Main Inc. develops and operates data centers, developed and certified to compliance requirements, including SAS70, and feature 24/7/365 power, cooling, connectivity and security capabilities to ensure mission-critical operations and business continuity for tenants. Hundreds of hosting, telecommunication and Fortune 1000 enterprises utilize 365 Main's privately held services, based in San Francisco, California.

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ServInt Dedicated Server Virtualization Layer Debuts

2009-01-14T15:00:00-05:00

McLean, Virginia - (The Hosting News) ServInt high-reliability web hosting provider for businesses worldwide, has debuted the incorporation of a virtualization layer, in its new line of Dedicated Server solutions.

The addition of a virtualization layer on ServInt's powerful Dedicated Servers provides a high-performance web-hosting and application-hosting solution that is ideally suited for established e-commerce sites, resellers and mid-size companies seeking manageability and high value.

The virtualization layer enables easier off-server backup. It also enables better scalability by facilitating easy movement of server content from one hardware environment to another, with little downtime. The benefit of the virtualization layer also increases redundancy, as it makes the Dedicated Server comparatively easy to rebuild in case of hardware failure.

Reed Caldwell, Founder and CEO of ServInt offered, ''Our new line of Dedicated Server solutions provides customers with optimal control, providing the resources and scalability needed to meet business growth requirements. While our virtualization layer uses Parallels Virtuozzo Containers as an engine, our proprietary methodology for hosting and managing dynamic servers ensures the highest server density, performance and availability.''

Over the years, ServInt experts have performed thousands of Dedicated Server customizations. That experience was critical in developing a virtualization layer that is superior to competing offerings. ServInt's new line of Dedicated Servers is comprised of six offerings, each of which includes the virtualization layer by default.

ServInt is a provider of high-reliability web hosting for businesses worldwide. ServInt was founded in Northern Virginia in 1995 as one of the first web-hosting companies to offer a managed, Dedicated Server solution. ServInt's commitment to Green IT services is demonstrated by its popular Virtual Private Server (VPS) solutions. From multiple world-class data centers, ServInt now provides its scalable suite of VPS, dedicated and enterprise-level server options to thousands of customers in more than 60 countries.

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Colo4Dallas Manages TXI Infrastructure

2009-01-15T15:00:00-05:00

Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) As a strategic partner to provide support and security for TXI's IT infrastructure, colocation and managed service provider, Colo4Dallas, has been selected.

Based in Dallas with operations in six states, TXI is a leading supplier of building materials, including cement, aggregate and concrete. Colo4Dallas is providing TXI with premium data center solutions to support its IT infrastructure needs.

Len Brown, Director of IT Technical Services at TXI remarked, ''Our company is known for efficiency and innovation, and we looked for the same qualities in a data center. The team at Colo4Dallas was very responsive and receptive to customizing a solution for us. We conducted an exhaustive search to find a colocation provider that could meet our specific needs and still be cost-effective. We wanted to ensure that we minimize or eliminate downtime, drive performance of our IT systems and keep mission-critical applications and hardware secure.''

Paul VanMeter, President and Chief Technology Officer of Colo4Dallas noted, ''Beyond offering what we believe is the highest quality facility and network in the area, we take great pride in making it easy for customers to do business with us. TXI had specific requirements for their move into the data center, from cross connects and cabling to the provisioning of telco circuits, and we were happy to create a solution to meet their immediate needs and support future growth.''

Founded in 2000, Colo4Dallas is a SAS70 type II audited provider that serves a diverse customer base including enterprise customers, businesses in the financial, health care and technology sectors, as well as web hosting providers. In 2008 Colo4Dallas was recognized by Inc. magazine as #590 in the publication's annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country and also as a winner of the Dallas 100 Award presented by SMU's Cox School of Business. The company's growth has prompted the recent expansion of its data center space, which now includes over 106,000 square feet of secure, climate-controlled space at three facilities.

Colo4Dallas technicians used approximately 8500 feet of cat5e cable for TXI's installation. Each partitioned section was tested and precisely mapped to ensure high performance and enable technicians to troubleshoot cable and expand the infrastructure as TXI's needs change.

Texas Industries, Inc. (TXI) is a Dallas-based company and a leading supplier of building materials, including cement, aggregate and concrete. With operations in six states, TXI is the largest producer of cement in Texas and a major producer in California. TXI is also a major supplier of stone, sand, gravel and expanded shale and clay products, and one of the largest producers of bagged cement and concrete products in the Southwest. TXI customers rely on the company's materials for residential, commercial and public works construction projects across the country.

Colo4Dallas is a provider of colocation services located in Dallas, Texas. Colo4Dallas operates three environmentally controlled and secure data centers totaling 106,000 square feet, and offers premium multi-homed connectivity from Level3, Internap, TW Telecom, AboveNet and other quality providers. The company provides colocation services for high density power applications in a carrier neutral setting for an array of customers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as well as businesses across the country and around the globe. SAS70 type II audited, Colo4Dallas offers customers a 100% service level agreement and around the clock support from trained, on-site technicians.

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Layered Technologies Premieres Automated Upgrades

2009-01-14T02:28:00-05:00

Plano, Texas - (The Hosting News) To provide nearly instantaneous server provisioning, combined with fully automated configuration, pricing, customer notifications, and billing, provider of ''on demand'' IT infrastructure, Layered Technologies, has developed a new system.

The solution is designed as a fully automated web hosting platform that dramatically accelerates the availability and provisioning of servers for both customers and partners. A result of the company's business growth and heavy investments in research and development, this autonomous system will transform processes to speed server delivery and enrich customer experiences.

The 'Astro' platform, is a unique combination of hardware and software that provides flexibility, removes delays, and increases efficiencies during server procurement. Once a server is racked and powered, the system automatically evaluates the equipment and populates the Layered Tech inventory, making the server immediately available to both customers and partners. Customers can buy servers directly through Layered Tech's web site and a new open API, created by Layered Tech, will allow partners to display inventory and coordinate sales in real-time from their own web sites.

Jack Finlayson, CEO of Layered Tech noted, ''Developing Astro was a companywide commitment involving significant financial investment and a year of constant effort from our very talented development team. Layered Tech has focused on making the right investments at the right time, and Astro fits within that strategy. We will continue creating and delivering the services and solutions that help our customers' businesses succeed.''

The system's new automation functionality enables far more than provisioning and inventory management. It also gives customers the option of bundling managed services, such as Layered Tech's unique DEFCON server management program, which delivers tiered levels of security, support, monitoring and specialized software for both dedicated and virtual machines.

Beginning in February, it will also completely integrate with Layered Tech's newly updated centralized client management portal, called Encompass, allowing customers to easily manage their account, request support, reboot servers and access other critical information such as bandwidth graphs, alerts and notifications.

John Pozadzides, Chief Marketing Officer of Layered Tech remarked, ''Our newly revamped system is truly one of a kind. First we successfully integrated several disparate back-end systems into a single unified platform - something that truly differentiates us from other hosting companies. Then we fully automated it. As we fully enable all of the servers throughout our network, our clients will reap the benefits of the world's most advanced hosting infrastructure.''

Layered Technologies is a global provider of managed dedicated hosting, on-demand virtualization/grid computing and web services. By providing high-quality technology, infrastructure and support, Layered Tech enables customers to eliminate capital expenses and save on operating costs while focusing on core business issues. Layered Tech's scalable infrastructure powers millions of sites and Internet-enabled applications including e-commerce, software as a service (SaaS), content distribution and more. Clients range from leading-edge Web 2.0 startups, successful mid-sized enterprises and some the world's largest consultancy and integration firms.

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Private Label Virtual Private Servers, Debut at Gearworx

2009-01-14T02:16:00-05:00

Fremont, California - (The Hosting News) Gearworx has launched private label Virtual Private Servers (VPS), in an effort to enable small businesses, developers and hosting resellers to more directly manage and control the reseller hosting environment.

William Gregorian, CEO of Gearworx remarked, ''Our Private Label VPS hosting is part of an organic evolution in the web hosting market, where resellers demand more flexibility while minimizing their overhead by outsourcing their IT infrastructure. We can meet their demands using our new plans and we feel that we're one of the few companies openly offering a solution that's ready for use out of the box. By combining a genuine private label solution with the enterprise-level Virtual Private Servers that Gearworx has been offering for years, we have created an attractive alternative for hosting resellers.'

The company has been providing a variety of Private Label hosting solutions and managed business services for the past seven years. Private label VPS accounts are powered by dedicated VPS containers, hosted on CentOS 5.2 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 servers. Starting at just $100 per month, customers can utilize both Windows and Linux platforms simultaneously, and manage both through a central interface.

Individual hosting accounts are controlled through Parallels Plesk 8.6.x, which offers best-in-class usability and is widely recognized as an industry leader. Additionally, Gearworx provides customers with a full suite of value-added features through the Plesk Application Vault, which offers productivity tools, productivity applications, GroupWare, ZenCart and OScommerce, blogs, and Wiki applications, among other solutions.

Private Label hosting differs largely from traditional shared Web hosting in its ability to provide customers with access to virtual root-level administrator control of the server. Customers also are able to leverage high-performance technology and a multitude of software solutions without directly purchasing or licensing the infrastructure.

Gearworx recently introduced a line of ColdFusion Virtual Private Servers, designed to offer developers with the tools and resources they need to run powerful and scalable applications for their clients.

Gearworx's network features a gigabit Ethernet backbone, built on redundant routing architecture with hardware failover and the Cisco HSRP (Hot Spare Router Protocol). All server hardware (Powered by Dell) is owned and operated by Gearworx, and not outsourced or leased from a third party. Since 2000, Gearworx has provided managed and unmanaged hosting services for individuals and small businesses. Gearworx offers a variety of shared, private label, and VPS hosting solutions. It also offers merchant accounts, hosted mailing lists, and SSL certificates.

To learn more about private label solutions from Gearworx, please visit: http://gearworx.net/private_label.

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Ensim Reports Record 2008 Growth

2009-01-13T01:55:00-05:00

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) Ensim Corporation revealed that it doubled its user base in 2008 and now supports more than two million users, as the company focuses on the enterprise and tier one telecom service provider market.

Dave Wippich, President and CEO of Ensim Corporation remarked, ''Despite the shifting global economic climate, Ensim grew more than 100%, with expansion in both the United States and internationally in the enterprise and service provider markets. Our products have gained strength in the market due to a compelling value proposition that includes an immediate return on investment, easy deployment and huge productivity gains while adding significantly to security, compliance and control for our customers. With our current momentum, we expect similar growth to continue in 2009.''

Ensim made several significant product announcements in 2008, including new versions of its Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition, which allows enterprises to achieve security and compliance goals while slashing IT costs associated with access management, user provisioning, role management, change management, and auditing and compliance of Active Directory, Exchange email, and mobility applications. With increasing demand for outsourced collaboration applications among its telecom service provider customers, Ensim also released new versions of its Unify Service Provider Edition, Ensim Unify Shared, along with several new connectors, including Microsoft CRM.

Ensim announced partnerships on the enterprise side with eight new resellers in the last five months alone, extending its reach into numerous verticals and international markets. Notable partners include MessageNet (Israel), Norseman Defense (United States), Solutions-Exchange (France), Messaging Solutions (United States) Fleximation (Canada), Qast Singapore Pte Ltd. (Singapore), LEX Computer Systems (Greece) and Antares NetlogiX (Austria).

Ensim also received industry-wide acclaim as the winner of several awards in 2008 recognizing the company's high-quality products. In addition to receiving the Product of the Year Award from TMC's Unified Communications and the Product of the Year Award from Communication Solutions, Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition was also named a bronze medal winner of the 2008 Editor's Best Awards in the messaging category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine.

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access control software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft.

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Host.net Sponsors Technology Alliance

2009-01-12T03:25:00-05:00

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - (The Hosting News) IP services and colocation provider, Host.net, has become a Platinum Sponsor for 2009. Host.net actively supports a variety of industry organizations and charitable community organizations.

Lenny Chesal, CMO and VP of Strategic Sales for Host.net remarked, ''The SFTA is making a tangible contribution to the creation of a strong, recognized community of technology businesses in southern Florida. As part of that community, we are pleased to lend our support to all technology providers and consumers in the region.''

Mr. Chesal is a board member of the SFTA and is Past Chair and Corporate Sponsor Chair for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Chris Burgio, President of the SFTA commented, ''We are honored Host.net has chosen to sponsor the alliance. As a non-profit organization, SFTA relies entirely on corporate sponsorships and memberships to fulfill its mission to grow the awareness and success of the South Florida technology market. With so many alternatives contending for resources today, Host.net's sponsorship is a highly coveted endorsement of the SFTA's mission and direction.''

The company operates a large diverse multi-national fiber optic based Internet, MPLS and 10G layer 2 backbone delivered to its customers utilizing a vast number of last mile options. Host.net provides a full suite of IT infrastructure solutions, including: Colocation, Metro Ethernet, Internet access, Voice over IP (VoIP), and Managed Network Security. The company was recognized in 2007 and 2008 on the Inc. 500/5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US. The company has been successful in the enterprise, carrier, education and government sectors, and has a footprint covering most major metro regions of North America and portions of Europe.

With over 11 years of leadership as the region's most effective technology organization, the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) promotes the growth, success and awareness of the vibrant South Florida technology community. Through events, networking, programs and education, the SFTA provides south Florida's technology-related companies, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, governments and related organizations with an active forum to grow the business of technology.

Host.net is a national communications and information services company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The company operates a large, diverse national fiber-optic based Internet, MPLS and layer 2 network, delivered to its customers utilizing a vast number of last-mile options. The company also operates an enterprise-class colocation facility at its headquarters in South Florida and provides other communications services including Disaster recovery office space, Voice over IP (VoIP), Managed Network Security and Managed ASP and web hosting services. The company focuses on enterprise, financial, healthcare, education and government services market segments, and has a national footprint covering all regions of the United States, including metropolitan markets: Los Angles, New York, Washington DC, Raleigh, Chicago, Atlanta and Miami.

To learn more about the SFTA, please visit: www.southfloridatech.org.

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GNAX Names New IT Director

2009-01-12T03:16:00-05:00

Atlanta, Georgia - (The Hosting News) -Atlanta NAP and NetDepot colocation provider, Global Net Access, LLC (GNAX), has named Rodney Wentz, as the company's new Director of IT, to will work on and automate the internal systems and enhance its portal.

Jeff Hinkle, President of GNAX remarked, ''I'm very pleased to welcome a professional of Rodney's caliber to our team. Rodney comes to GNAX with very impressive credentials and a proven record of success and we look forward to him bringing his talents to GNAX.''

Prior to his employment with GNAX, Wentz worked as VP of Operations and was Co-Founder of Vertical Acuity. He built and deployed the production data center including the networking, automated server deployments and all business systems. He also held Vice President positions with Media Works, LIVEperson (formerly Proficient Systems) and Director positions with The Bisys Group and CBIZ. His experience includes SAS-70 Certifications and U.S. Federal compliances including Gramm-Leach Bliley (GLB), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), The Patriot Act, and HIPPA.

Mr. Wentz commented, ''I'm excited to be joining GNAX and believe there are millions of opportunities awaiting our industry as entrepreneurship increases and technology resources become less expensive. It is clear that GNAX is well positioned to tap into these trends and provide unmatched facilities and resources. I am looking forward to applying my experience to help the company meet its goals and target businesses that wish to bring their services to our world-class facilities.''

Mr. Hinkle continued, ''Automation will be a key push for GNAX / AtlantaNAP / NetDepot in 2009. We intend to take our position as one of the most established industry leaders in the spaces we serve and move our companies to dominant positions this year backed by our financial strength that is rarely matched in our industry these days.''

With more than fourteen years in the industry, GNAX is trusted by thousands of customers that span almost every country in the world. It primarily operates out of its sister company AtlantaNAP ( www.atlantanap.com ) which owns and operates a state of the art data center centrally located in the historic West End area of Atlanta. NetDepot is a premier global brand of dedicated servers operating under the GNAX umbrella of companies.

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Web Design, Server Deals, at Aplus.Net

2009-01-09T03:10:00-05:00

Overland Park, Kansas - (The Hosting News) Aplus.Net has instituted new services, to assist small businesses enhance online marketing performance, with WebImage and its two new web site design plans, at the web host and Internet solutions firm.

The plans feature fast, affordable, professional quality, loaded with options and add-ons. The company has also added new, state-of-the-art dedicated servers to its lineup and lowered prices on a wide range of its most popular legacy servers.

To kick off the new year, new WebImage subscribers also receive deep discounts on Standard and Premium design packages: 25% off the first year with an annual prepay; or 50% off the first month for monthly plans. See Aplus.net Winter Specials for more details.

WebImage Professional Web Design is now available in Standard and Premium packages. Priced competitively, the $69.95/month Standard plan includes 10 Web pages, 5 email addresses, and 2 hours of site maintenance/updates per month. At $89.95/month, the Premium plan includes 20 Web pages 10 email addresses, and unlimited site maintenance/updates each month. WebImage combines Web hosting, domain name registration, a toll-free number and customer service support - with no setup fee and no contracts required.

WebImage also features three new add-ons: free Search Engine Submission to all major search engines; a Premium Shopping Cart for expanded eCommerce options; and Photo Gallery, a quick and easy application for customers to display multiple photos/images on their Web sites. The complete WebImage product suite includes Advanced Site Statistics, Google AdWords, PayPal compatibility, and more.

In addition, Aplus.net has just launched its new slate of powerful, Multi-Core dedicated servers. These premium models are designed to meet the increasing multimedia needs of small- to medium sized businesses: more multi-tasking, optimal virtualization, greater storage capabilities.

Aplus.net now offers several dedicated server specials as well: free load-balancing and free firewalls on Multi-Core or Multi-Processor dedicated server plans with a prepayment of 12 months. See Winter Specials for more details. And finally, Aplus.net has introduced a new Dedicated Server Deals section with closeout prices on many top-selling servers.

Aplus.net specializes in helping small businesses build an online customer base with a comprehensive range of services that includes shared hosting, dedicated hosting, web design, online marketing, eCommerce, domain name registration, and more. Aplus.net has received multiple awards for excellence, including the prestigious CNET Editors' Choice Award, and has been featured in top U.S. business publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and PC Magazine.

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Fpweb.net Includes Managed Solutions

2009-01-08T03:30:00-05:00

Fenton, Missouri - (The Hosting News) Managed hosting provider, Fpweb.net, has debuted, including a lucrative opportunity to provide cost and worry free industry-leading Microsoft hosted solutions, as a new Reseller Program.

With the Fpweb.net Hosting Reseller Program, resellers can provide customers with reliable services for hosted Microsoft SharePoint, MOSS, Exchange, Dynamics CRM and more, all with 24/7 solution monitoring and support.

Rob LaMear IV, CEO at Fpweb.net offered, ''Our competitive Partnership program grows as the reseller's business grows, ensuring a solid return on investment month after month. Reseller opportunities are available for all Fpweb.net hosted technologies and include free pre-sales support for consulting, product expertise and infrastructure recommendations.''

The program's already deep discounts increase as more services are added to the reseller's account. Plus, resellers can start small, with as few as one customer. Mr. LaMear added, ''We believe partnerships of any kind should be an easy, natural fit that's mutually beneficial, so we built our program around that belief.''

Qualified applicants can get started immediately with no contracts or fees; they just begin selling. Fpweb.net’s private label hosting allows the reseller to brand the services, so they can act as a one-stop-shop, owning the relationship with the customer. Additionally, the reseller has access to Fpweb.net's 24/7 support via phone, email and the Web, with an online ticketing system to track the status of customer issues. To apply or get more information on the Fpweb.net Hosting Reseller Partnership program, visit their site at www.fpweb.net/hosting-reseller.aspx or call 866.780.4678.

Fpweb.net provides managed hosting services for SharePoint, Exchange, CRM, Project, Office Communications Server and SQL to customers around the world. Fpweb.net offers shared, semi-dedicated and dedicated server environments to cater to the client's need for speed, security and control, while cutting IT costs 60%. All hosted services are housed in SAS 70 Type II data centers with PCI, SOX and HIPPA compliance to ensure the highest level of data security. Additionally, each solution is backed 24/7 by expert, U.S.-based service and support. With Fpweb.net's rapid server deployment, clients can access the infrastructure they need today, without a significant up-front investment. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, they serve over 5,000 enterprise customers including the NY Yankees, U.S. Air Force and DOW Chemical.

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LinMin Includes Linux Red Hat, Novell, Windows, Ubuntu

2009-01-08T03:09:00-05:00

Redwood City, California - (The Hosting News) LinMin has introduced its Bare Metal Provisioning 5.3, including One-Click Provisioning Role Creation, and support for the latest Linux Releases.

Including Red Hat, Novell, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE and CentOS, LinMin's average price of under $10 per system, is designed to fuel the growing LinMin acceptance in enterprise, hosting and Cloud Computing data centers, impacted by shrinking IT budgets in these economic times.

The release of 5.3, features an enhanced user interface that makes it even easier for first time users to remotely install Linux and Windows on servers, blades, workstations and virtual machines within minutes of downloading the product.

Laurent Gharda, CEO and founder of LinMin Corp. noted, ''Ease of use is too often overlooked by providers of systems management solutions that cater to IT domain experts rather than to all IT users. LinMin's approach is to simplify things as much as possible, hide the underlying complexity and let the user get a job done quickly and without errors. One-Click provisioning role creation is a representative example of this philosophy whereby users don't need to know the intricate differences between provisioning Red Hat, Novell, Windows or Ubuntu. Simply point, click and you're ready to remotely install an operating system on systems of your choice.''

LinMin 5.3 also includes provisioning support for recently released or soon to be released Linux distributions including 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and 10 SP3, Ubuntu 8.10, Fedora 10, OpenSUSE 11.1 and CentOS 5.3, as well as 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003. The combination of breadth of platform support (www.linmin.com/site/platforms.html), ease of use and affordability all contribute to LinMin's adoption in companies from AT and T and Kodak to small and midsized hosting companies.

Browser-based One-Click provisioning role creation detects what operating system media has been uploaded in the LinMin server and automatically completes the form with paths to all relevant files needed to provision systems. The user no longer needs to reference printed documentation, rely on memory or navigate up and down the operating system media to locate files. This feature essentially eliminates the possibility of human error for standard Windows and Linux deployments.

LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning is available for purchase and download at www.LinMin.com. LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning for Linux and Windows is priced at $249 for up to 10 client systems, $999 for up to 100 client systems, $1,999 for up to 250 client systems, $3,499 for up to 500 client systems and $5,999 for up to 1,000 client systems.

LinMin provides software that remotely provisions and images Linux and Windows on servers, blades, PCs, appliances and virtual machines. LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning (LBMP) is the industry's only truly affordable system provisioning and imaging solution that can be implemented by IT organizations of any size with very limited budgets. LinMin is based in Redwood City, Calif. with development and QA offices in Menlo Park and San Rafael, Calif.

To learn more about LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning, please visit: www.linmin.com/site/products.htm.

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DreamHost Debuts New Year Discounts

2009-01-07T03:12:00-05:00

Brea, California - (The Hosting News) DreamHost, in celebration of the new year, has developed specials, including two years of hosting priced at 60% off of its regular pricing structure.

Upon signup, after choosing "Host a Domain", and the 2 year payment option, use code "223". This will amount to a $214.80 value for $85.92. In addition, unlimited resources are included, with both disk space and bandwidth, for the life of the hosting plan.

The offer is valid through January 7, 2009.

DreamHost is an employee-owned company, located in Brea, California, specializing in providing hosting services. It is the web hosting branch of New Dream Network, LLC, founded in April 1996 by Dallas Bethune, Josh Jones, Michael Rodriguez and Sage Weil, undergraduate students at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California..

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The Planet Debuts Migration Promotion

2009-01-06T03:14:00-05:00

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) The Planet has released a new promotion, including a free month of service, coupled with free customized migration assistance from its Advanced Services team, at the privately held dedicated web hosting company.

The Planet's Advanced Services experts will assess the customer's environment and develop a customized migration plan that includes a 'migration checklist' detailing IP address changes, DNS redirection and control panel reconfiguration, among others. The month of free service is good for the new customer's entire hosting solution. It includes any type of dedicated servers, private or virtual racks, and add-on products such as storage and data protection, firewalls and load balancers.

Douglas J. Erwin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at The Planet remarked, ''In today's difficult economic climate, customers have expressed concerns about the quality and long-term viability of their hosting providers, particularly with their entire business resting in the hands of companies that could collapse under financial pressure. We've recently announced both a $45 million credit facility and a new 86,000 square foot data center that will open in May to accommodate our colocation and complex systems businesses. We are well positioned to provide the increasing demand we are experiencing for new and existing services. Backed by our world-class data centers and network, we have a well-earned reputation as the best company for one-stop IT infrastructure shopping for the small- and medium-sized business.''

Ultimately, The Planet's goal is to provide:

High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance

Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic

Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability

Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses

Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 25,000 small and medium size businesses and 14.1 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24x7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution, with the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network.

To qualify for the offer, new customers must present a recent invoice from a competing hosting provider. For more information, please visit the Web site at the following address: www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/server-specials/?id=MG090101.

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FireHost Application Security Upgraded

2009-01-06T01:54:00-05:00

Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) FireHost, Inc., is making available an enterprise-level secure hosting solution, designed for SMBs, including best practices, policies, hardware and software to ensure website and application security.

Chris Drake, Founder of FireHost remarked, ''While we believe developers should secure their websites and applications as much as possible, it's not reality. That's why we made it our responsibility to inspect every kilobyte of traffic to and from our customers' sites and enforce policies as needed for our customers and their site visitors' protection.''

Within the last year, Internet security threats have completely changed their style. In the past, port vulnerabilities and services exposure were the biggest concerns. Firewalls solved those holes by simply blocking access to all unused ports. Now, the biggest vulnerability utilizes port 80 and 443. These ports can't be blocked as port 80 is required for non-SSL website traffic and port 443 is require for sites with SSL. Hackers are attacking websites from the website themselves and companies without application security are having theirs and their customers sensitive data stolen and sold on the black market.

In addition to data theft, the most common attack is SQL Injections. According to security vendor Sophos, 16,000 new websites are hit by the attacks every day. Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, .NET, classic ASP, shopping carts, Community Server, PHPBB websites have all been hit with SQL Injections. FireHost's Blog (www.fireblog.com) has a video available to see the impact of a SQL Injection that affected BusinessWeek's website.

FireHost protects their customers from SQL Injections, Cross Site Scripting, Path Traversal, Bad User Agents, DOS attacks, and more. Customers receive automated reports for their protected websites and applications from all the allowed and blocked traffic. Application protection is available for both Managed Shared Hosting customers and Managed Dedicated Server customers.

FireHost also provides continuous website vulnerability monitoring from within the FireHost network ensuring the site is getting tested without protection. All vulnerability testing is done in a manner that's non-destructive to websites and databases.

Ken Richardson, Security Engineer at FireHost remarked. ''The only true way to test vulnerabilities is to attack the website from within the security zone. Doing this provides our clients the piece of mind that we're finding their websites' weaknesses.''

For qualified businesses who are concerned that their website is vulnerable, FireHost provides a Hacker Report for no charge.

FireHost, Inc. is based in Dallas, Texas and focuses on delivering enterprise quality fast and secure managed web hosting to SMBs. Specializing in website security and high traffic needs, FireHost's engineers ensure all customers are not only protected but that their website or web application is delivered as fast as possible.

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3FN Finalizes Backbone Enhancements

2009-01-05T02:30:00-05:00

San Jose, California - (The Hosting News) Web hosting company, 3FN.Net, Triple Fiber Network, has completed the enhancement of its European backbone, upgrading major web hosting network equipment within all European key cities.

The company has achieved considerable improvement of IP network connectivity performance, by installing highly reliable network equipment. 3FN has provided its web hosting customers with fully resilient network, for faster and more reliable web hosting services for all our European customers. The company maintains that its development strategy also embraces further backbone upgrades all over the world.

The priorities of further backbone upgrades will be determined by the demand of its web hosting customers. The company's main aspiration is to make web hosting services available with a top level of quality from every spot on a globe. Thus, in the near future, all of its web hosting services will be upgraded and enhanced, even if there is no obvious need present.

Dean McToner, 3FN official representative remarked, ''We are happy to announce such an upgrade as it means faster and more reliable web hosting services for all our European customers. Our development strategy also embraces further backbone upgrades all over the world. The priorities of further backbone upgrades will be determined by the demand of our web hosting customers. Being a world leading web hosting provider, our company's main aspiration is to make our web hosting services available with a top level of quality from every spot on a globe. Thus, in near future all our web hosting services will be upgraded and enhanced even if there is no need in it; all upgrades are implemented in order to power our customers with unprecedented quality of web hosting.''

As new better network equipment appears on a web hosting market 3FN immediately implements it in its entire web hosting network. Although, the web hosting company utilizes only best and proven equipment as this is a guarantee of high performable and reliable web hosting. This upgrade combining with recent improvements allow 3FN's web hosting customers to benefit from the outstanding backbone providing premium web hosting.

As the requirements for better IP connectivity grow in order to provide web hosting with outmost quality the company has made this upgrade. Such an upgrade of European web hosting backbone is a long term investment that will bring much more advantages with web hosting services by 3FN. All European customers will now experience the best and fast IP connectivity performance of the whole network.

In December, 3FN enhanced services, with hardware monitoring and replacement service upgrades. Triple Fiber Network announced the major improvement of hardware monitoring and replacement services, to significantly enhance web hosting services. The web hosting company constantly improves hardware monitoring and replacement services in order to achieve maximum reliability and efficiency of its web hosting.

The improvement of web hosting hardware monitoring and replacement services allows to perform any replacements or upgrades immediately providing web hosting with the flawless functioning and maximum possible uptime of all web hosting services. Due to recent improvement web hosting by 3FN remains stable and persistent. In case of malfunctioning within any web hosting service broken server part: central processor, power unit, RAM, or HDD, is replaced by a new one immediately. In addition, the servers can be upgraded instantly if that is required by web hosting customers. As the result such web hosting powered with 24/7/365 monitoring and replacement services becomes a perfect web hosting solution suiting any web hosting requirements. 3FN utilizes the best and most proven hardware as well as hardware monitoring and replacement approaches in all its datacenters, therefore, achieving maximum reliability and stability of its web hosting services.

The US based provider of dedicated servers, shared hosting and collocation hosting services, Triple Fiber Network, 3FN, Inc. is best known for the quality excellence and high reliability of all hosting services provided on a global basis. Triple Fiber Network has a flawless reputation of reliable hosting provider, providing the high-quality and efficiency of all dedicated hosting services within last 10 years. Since that time the company has created one of the most biggest and powerful network of dedicated servers with main datacenter located in Silicon Valley. The Headquarters are located in San Jose, California, the company has also established offices in UK, India, Ukraine and EU. Triple Fiber Network has founded the subdivision called 3FN Marketing - an online pay per click advertising network and webmaster affiliate program. 3FN Marketing offers optimized targeted pay per click advertising for those who want to promote their websites or products and generous revenue shares up to 95% for webmasters. The company provides customers with 24/7/365 support via the toll-free telephone, online chat and ticket system.

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1&1 Internet Deploys Windows Advanced Hosting

2009-01-05T02:18:00-05:00

Needham, Massachusetts - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) Subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has deployed its dedicated servers with Windows Web Server 2008 launch, as an advanced application, designed for easy installation.

All dedicated Windows Servers at 1 and 1 are delivered with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Web Server 2008. All systems are also equipped with the platform that helps users to install comprehensive web applications with just a few mouse clicks. The delivery of web applications and services is based on the new Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7).

Thanks to individual modules for these services, the new operating system is less vulnerable to external attacks and requires fewer server resources. IIS7 includes many new and improved administration tools like the graphical IIS manager. 1 and 1 customers can choose from three Windows Server 2008 versions - besides the standard image including SQL Microsoft Express Edition 2008, there are also versions with Parallels Plesk Panel 8.6. and minimal installation available.

On all 1 and 1 Windows Servers with Windows Web Server 2008, the Windows Server Advanced Hosting package is pre-installed. Advanced Hosting includes a package manager that enables users to install comprehensive applications with few mouse clicks. Users can choose from some 50 free available programs like the popular eShop software osCommerce, DotNetNuke and content management systems Drupal and Joomla as well. 1 and 1 Windows Servers are available in 5 versions.

The entry model is 1 and 1 Business I with Dual-Core AMD Opteron 1216 Processor, RAID 1, two 250-Gigabyte hard drives and two Gigabytes of RAM for $119.99/month. The top-notch model, 1 and 1 Titan Server, includes Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2352 Processors, RAID 5, three hard drives and a total of 1,500 Gigabytes of storage space. With 16 Gigabytes of RAM, 1 and 1 Titan Server is available for $519.99/month. 1 and 1 is the one-stop-shop for web solutions, providing a high quality service with the security of our state-of-the-art green data centers and 24/7 technical support. 1 and 1 currently holds over 7.8 million customer contracts worldwide and manages over 10 million domain names. For more information on 1 and 1 Internet Inc. visit the website at http://www.1and1.com.

1 and 1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $5 billion. 1 and 1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 10 million domain names, while more than 55,000 servers run on the company's five state-of-the-art data centers. 1 and 1's global community is over 7.7 million customer contracts strong. The company's U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA.

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