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Surpass Hosting Debuts Shared Hosting Plan for Developers

2009-03-25T17:00:00-04:00

Orlando, Florida - (The Hosting News) Surpass Hosting has introduced its Developer hosting plan, including over a dozen development frameworks and a wide variety of key tools designed specifically for web developers.

Kayla Fleming, vice president of sales, Surpass Hosting remarked, ''The Developer Plan is based on a new server architecture that is more pliable for the typical developer and offers many more options for advanced web development, including the cornerstone of the plan, Surpass Hosting Developer Tools. We've noticed that most so-called developer hosting plans are skeletal. Our Developer plan takes it to a new level and offers the toolbox of technologies that developers need to create first class web applications.''

Starting at just $15 per month, the Developer plan offers 1000GB of disk space, unmetered monthly data transfer, and the ability to host up to 5 domain names. It also includes a free private IP address, unlimited shell access, a dedicated SSL certificate, and access to several pre-loaded software revision control systems (currently Subversion, Git, and Concurrent Versions System).

The Developer plan is the first Surpass Hosting plan to fully support Ruby on Rails as deployed using mod_ruby and Phusion Passenger (mod_rails) in conjunction to create a stable and functional environment for Ruby on Rails development.

Surpass Hosting Developer Tools, a core component of the Developer plan, enables users to install on-demand more than a dozen development frameworks. These include Ruby on Rails, jQuery, CakePHP, Blueprint CSS, Dojo Toolkit, Ext JS, MooTools, Prototype, Scriptaculous, CodeIgniter, Doctrine, Smarty, Symfony, and Zend Framework. Each framework is automatically updated each night from the repository trunk to keep the code up to date. Ultimately, it saves developers time.

All shared hosting plans -- including the Developer plan – are hosted on servers powered by Quad-Core technology and housed in the company’s private Orlando, Fla. data center. The 12,000 square feet data facility offers more than 32 gigabits of network backbone capacity and is constructed with concrete masonry perimeter walls capable of resisting Category 5 storms.

Known for its strong and vibrant user community of 30,000, Surpass Hosting is a leading provider of Shared, Reseller, Dedicated and Virtual Private Server hosting solutions. It offers world class customer support, open and frequent customer communication, as well as highly competitive hosting plan configurations. Surpass Hosting utilizes Level3 and TW Telecom to provide network connectivity.

For more about features of the Developer hosting plan, please visit: www.surpasshosting.com/surpass-developer-resources.php.

To learn more about shared hosting from Surpass Hosting or order a new plan, please visit: www.surpasshosting.com/hosting-shared-solutions-2.php.

For more about Surpass Hosting, please visit: www.surpasshosting.com.

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Google Reveals Proxy Materials for Annual Stockholder Meeting

2009-03-26T01:59:00-04:00

Mountain View, California - (The Hosting News) Google has revealed proxy materials for its 2009 Annual Meeting of stockholders under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Notice and Access rule.

Pursuant to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Notice and Access rule, companies may satisfy their proxy materials delivery requirements by delivering a ''Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials'' to stockholders, providing Internet access to the proxy materials, and providing a printed set of proxy materials by mail to any stockholder who requests them. Google has elected to take full advantage of these rules in order to minimize impact on the environment and maximize cost savings relating to the printing of the proxy materials.

Google's 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K and proxy statement for its 2009 Annual Meeting of stockholders have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and may be viewed on Google's website at http://investor.google.com/proxy.html. Google's stockholders may obtain hard copies of these proxy materials free of charge by following the instructions provided on its website or in the "Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.''

Google's 2009 Annual Meeting of stockholders will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:00 p.m., local time, at Google's corporate headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. Google is also offering a live webcast of the Annual Meeting and Google Moderator and invites proposed questions for the question-and-answer portion of the Annual Meeting at http://investor.google.com/questions.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.

To learn more about Google's proxy materials, please visit; http://investor.google.com/proxy.html.

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Web Hosting Provider, The Planet, Adds High-Performance Firewalls

2009-03-20T12:00:00-04:00

Houston, TX (The Hosting News) Bryce Edwards, General Manager of Complex Infrastructure at The Planet, remarked, ''At The Planet, we develop our product roadmap with a keen eye not only on new technologies, but also on customer requests. In evaluating customer responses to our product portfolio, two preferences stood out loud and clear: Our dedicating hosting customers wanted a more robust, high-performance firewall; and virtual and private rack customers were looking for a reliable and cost-effective firewall solution. With today's announcement, we're delivering on both with new additions from Cisco, a trusted technology partner and industry leader in server security. Our global customer base can now better protect their server environment with enhanced security options.''

The high-performance Cisco ASA 5505 Security Plus firewall vastly improves performance for the company's dedicated server hosting customers compared with the CheckPoint XU firewall. The product features 100 Mbps of firewall and VPN throughput and allows for 25,000 concurrent sessions, which is up to 50 percent more robust than the CheckPoint solution.

New for the company's virtual and private rack customers is the Cisco ASA 5510 Unlimited firewall, which is ideal for those with complex server needs and low network traffic. The 100 Mbps firewall provides the security and functionality of a trusted Cisco product, at the lowest price among the company's complex infrastructure firewalls.

The Planet's firewall solutions are fully managed by the company's Advanced Services team. These certified security experts set up, configure, monitor and maintain customer firewalls, ensuring an extra layer of defense for servers. Should an issue arise, The Planet team works to solve the problem while continuously apprising customers of their progress.

The Cisco ASA 5505 Security Plus is priced at $139 per month, and the Cisco ASA 5510 is priced at $220 per month, the lowest-priced firewall option for virtual and private racks. Both products are available immediately.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors 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 a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 20,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 15.2 million web sites worldwide. Customers have the power to choose from the broadest range of hosting solutions in the industry, from dedicated servers, Alpha Professional Managed Dedicated Servers, Northstar Managed Hosting and data center colocation, all backed by 24x7x365 support. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class service, backed by state-of-the-art data centers and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.

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Web Hosting Industry Social Networking Destination, Debuts at Host Society

2009-03-20T12:00:00-04:00

Comstock Park, MI (The Hosting News) Zachary McClung, Founder of Host Society remarked, ''We're not trying to take down News Corporation or spread to college campuses around the world. Instead, Host Society is carving out a unique niche that builds upon the tight-knit and well connected network of professionals in the Web hosting industry.''

While Host Society offers similar functionality to the web's preeminent social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, it offers a unique affinity for internet professionals and builds community around shared interests. Users can interact through a wide collection of features, including personal blogs, classified postings, event listings, clubs, eCards, chat rooms, and forums.

Host Society is intended to be used as a community venue for social activities that are not necessarily business related. Users can join groups, invite friends to special events and gatherings, vote on polls, and chat casually in the forums.

Mr. McClung added, ''Users grow beyond their user name—they become part of the community, and the Web hosting industry desperately needs a platform like this.''

Launched in 2009, Host Society is the emerging social networking destination created exclusively for the Web hosting industry, enabling professionals to exchange ideas and form relationships in a non-business environment.

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