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FatCow Integrates Control Panel with Google

2009-06-17T09:44:00-04:00

Burlington, MA (The Hosting News) With the new solution, customers may gain access of the service directly from the hosting control panel. The goal of Google Services for Websites is to enable customers to maximize the potential of their Web site and provide easy access to expanded services such as Webmaster Tools, AdSense and Custom Search.

Mitch Haber, Vice President, Product Management at FatCow noted, ''We wanted to capitalize on all of these great Google tools by making it easier for customers to utilize these best-of-breed tools through a single sign-on. It was an amazing experience to work with Google. We were able to integrate their innovation, technology and commitment to excellence with our understanding of hosting customers to deliver an outstanding application.''

Google Services for Websites allows Web site owners to easily install, activate and access their Google Web tools through a central location on the hosting control panel. Product Managers from Google and FatCow worked closely together to develop Google Services for Websites and provide hosting customers with a superior user experience.

Rajat Mukherjee, Group Product Manager for Google Custom Search remarked, ''People who manage Web sites are looking for easy access to simple and powerful tools because they want to focus on retaining users and managing their business. It's optimal when we can work with a valued Web-hosting partner like FatCow to develop new interfaces that make the lives of our Webmasters easier and more organized.''

Each tool within Google Services for Websites adds value to a customer's site, improves the user experience, and helps the site better communicate with Google. The tools include:

    * Webmaster Tools - Allows customers to see how Google views their site, identify visibility issues and submit sitemaps.
    * Custom Search and Site Search - Adds a customizable search box to their site with a consistent look and feel.
    * Adsense for Search - Helps customers generate revenue and better serve visitors' needs by displaying relevant ads with their search results.

Existing FatCow account holders will find Google Services for Websites in their online control panel under Web site tools and new customers can learn more about this tool and many others by visiting the website. Google Services for Websites is also available through other leading hosts, including IPOWER, StartLogic and PowWeb.

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.

FatCow provides shared web hosting solutions for individuals and small to medium sized businesses looking for an affordable, reliable Web hosting option. FatCow pioneered the 'one plan one price' philosophy when it began offering its signature all-in-one Web site hosting solution, The FatCow, back in 1998.

To learn more, please visit: www.fatcow.com.
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HostMySite, Hosting.com Deploys Cloud Hosting Solutions

2009-06-17T09:42:00-04:00

Newark DE (The Hosting News) Two new products are immediately available - Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private offer shared and dedicated cloud hosting, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service environments. Cloud 9 Enterprise provides enhancements such as on-demand provisioning, no required contracts, interconnectivity to private cloud environments, and rapid deployment of compute and disk resources.

Prior to HostMySite's acquisition of Hosting.com on May 19, 2009, both companies operated independent, VMware-based cloud hosting solutions. The integration was seamless due to the similar infrastructures, platforms, dedication to support, and user functionality and control. Users can access an online pricing configurator for Cloud 9 Enterprise solutions that start at $125.

Art Zeile, CEO of HostMySite CEO commented, We will continue to integrate HostMySite and Hosting.com solutions at a fast pace to bring relevant and client-centric solutions to the cloud and virtual marketplaces. We chose the Cloud 9 name because it is an established cloud hosting brand. The new solutions [Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private] will provide consumers with unprecedented choice and control.

Cloud 9 Enterprise provides on-demand cloud hosting via a secure web portal so businesses can rapidly deploy virtual servers and modify resources as needed. The solution is comparable to a virtual private server with the added benefits of high availability and elasticity. Cloud 9 Enterprise requires no contracts and clients can purchase, provision and add CPU, RAM, and DISK online in as little as one minute.

Robert Cassidy, Vice President of Marketing and Product Development, commented, ''Working with VMware, the global leader in virtualization solutions, provides Cloud 9 clients high availability and advanced automation and management features. Cloud 9 Enterprise will prove most valuable to companies that need to align specific business needs such as website, storage, and application hosting with flexible IT infrastructure resources and want self-service provisioning.''

Robust vLAN configurations allow Cloud 9 subscribers to connect their internal IT infrastructures with a shared (Cloud 9 Enterprise) or dedicated (Cloud 9 Private) hosting environment, or connect Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private for rapid scalability, increased bandwidth or storage needs, additional solution redundancy, and to provision additional resources instantly.

Dan Chu, vice president, emerging products and solutions, VMware remarked, ''Service provider solutions such as those offered by HostMySite|Hosting.com provide cost-effective, cloud-based virtualization infrastructure that meets the specific needs of our enterprise customers through a simplified, easily accessible service model. We look forward to continued collaboration with HostMySite|Hosting.com to continue providing innovative, cloud-based virtualization solutions to the market.''

Cloud 9 Private provides virtual, clustered environments at a fraction of the cost (up to 40% cost savings) of traditional, dedicated server solutions. Cloud 9 Private provides enhanced levels of security, fault tolerance and scalability in a single-tenant environment.

Many companies will utilize Cloud 9 Private and Cloud 9 Enterprise to extend their internal cloud environments externally to geographically-dispersed cloud infrastructures in SAS 70 Type II certified HostMySite|Hosting.com datacenters. Cloud 9 Private allows companies to utilize external cloud technologies and maintain the highest levels of security, manageability and service as their internal IT environments.

HostMySite|Hosting.com continues to work closely with VMware to bring enterprise-level cloud hosting services to companies of all sizes. The company is currently participating in the VMware vCloud Initiative, testing the recently released VMware vSphere 4, and working in conjunction with VMware to provide a Cloud Hosting TrialOffer for virtual appliances and general hosting needs. Enterprise and SMB companies can leverage VMware High Availability (HA) and VMware Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS) for fault tolerance and elasticity through Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private.

HostMySite|Hosting.com provides enterprise colocation, cloud computing, dedicated hosting, managed hosting, disaster recovery and business continuance services to a global customer base demanding a high level of security, reliability and responsiveness. HostMySite|Hosting.com monitors, manages, and enhances the web based platforms of Web 2.0 companies, software-as-a-service providers (SaaS), content distribution networks (CDN), and medium to large enterprises whose web presence is crucial and high availability mandatory.

HostMySite|Hosting.com currently operates SAS 70 Type II certified data centers in Newark, Delaware; Louisville, Kentucky; Irvine, California; San Francisco, California, and is currently building a data center in Denver, Colorado. All HostMySite|Hosting.com services are supported by 24x7x365 live support through toll-free telephone, email and online chat.

To learn more, please visit: www.hostmysite.com/cloud9.
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Provider, YesPCI, Offers ControlScan PCI Compliance Services

2009-06-15T10:35:00-04:00

Lake Forest, CA (The Hosting News) ControlScan will provide YesPCI merchants with full-service PCI scanning and security services. ControlScan is certified to provide compliance for the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS), a required standard for merchants accepting credit card transactions on their websites.

Jason Taylor, executive director at YesPCI remarked, ''In partnering with ControlScan, we are able to deliver a truly all-in-one hosting and payment processing solution for online merchants. By leveraging our enterprise-level infrastructure and ControlScan's expertise in PCI compliance, our customers benefit from a fully-managed, integrated, and certified secure hosting environment. We're resolving the unnecessary anxiety faced by online merchants.''

YesPCI merchants will have access to ControlScan's full-service PCI solution, which includes a Self Assessment Questionnaire tool, on-demand security scanning and access to ControlScan's merchant portal. Merchants can also take advantage of ControlScan's security certification seals, which typically help e-merchants realize an increase in online sales and a decrease in shopping cart abandonment.

David Koziol, director of sales at ControlScan noted, ''This partnership allows YesPCI to complement its hosting and processing services with ControlScan's PCI compliance solutions to help their merchants comply with the standards and help protect their customers' personal information.''

Launched in 2009, YesPCI provides an all-in-one solution for online merchants, providing dedicated hosting, merchant processing, and payment security compliance. YesPCI is a joint venture between Colocation America Corporation, a provider of colocation services, and Total Apps, Inc., a provider of business merchant services.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, ControlScan provides Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security solutions designed exclusively for small- to medium-sized e-commerce and retail merchants, which make up 98% of all merchants. ControlScan provides easy-to-use web-based security solutions and a personal level of service that make it easy and cost-effective for these businesses to analyze, remediate and validate compliance. The company's core offerings are complemented by a number of value-added products that help merchants maintain a high security posture and market their achievements to shoppers, most notably Breach Protection insurance and Verified Secure security seals. ControlScan is the solution of choice for small merchants because it offers security solutions that are built specifically with the small merchant in mind, a personal level of service and the best results.

To learn more about YesPCI, please visit: www.YesPCI.com.

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AIT Web Hosting Offers Summertime Domain Days Savings

2009-06-15T10:31:00-04:00

Fayetteville, NC (The Hosting News) Further savings are possible for transfers of 100 or more depending on the transfer of the Top Level Domain extension being requested. Additionally, when you call 1.877.549.2881 to register any new domain name at regular price and you will qualify to register any new .NET domain name for only $5.00 a year!

Clarence Briggs, Chief Executive Officer of AIT explained, ''This pricing is an indication of our commitment to giving customers the industry's lowest pricing and the greatest potential for profit.''

With the AIT Domains low price point, the company also offers a hosting plan that starts at $4.77 per month and comes with a Free domain, unlimited virtual hosts, website builder, web analytics, 100 GB of space, unlimited POP email accounts, and unlimited data transfer at www.ait.com/compareplanspricing.php.

Monetize the Domain Portfolio:
Once you have transferred your domain portfolio you can submit them to the tyBit advertising network at www.tybit.com . You can park that domain and give tyBit the opportunity to syndicate advertising around your domain and you receive a share of the gross revenue generated by the advertising campaign. Call 1.887.404.7250 and speak to a sales representative , you can also visit www.tybit.com or email the tyBit team at info@tybit.com for more information.

AIT offers; hardware, software, Web Hosting, Domain Name Registration, Web Design, Email Services, Technical Training, Enterprise Network Solutions, AIT offers Self and Fully Managed Dedicated Servers, for both Windows and Linux Server Environments. AIT is customer-centric and committed to providing excellent, ongoing service to help businesses grow, improve and profit. Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc., home to over 210,000 customers that include Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses.

Founded in 1996 AIT has grown into a multimillion-dollar web hosting and technology company, from its humble beginnings in a garage to its current 93,000 SF headquarters. Small businesses to larger clients like Time Warner, Microsoft, Newsweek, U.S. Federal Government, PC World, United Nations, Business Week, the State of North Carolina, Department of Defense, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Pizza Hut, GOODYEAR, Smart Money, Discover Radio, and many more have benefited from AIT's products and services.

AIT has achieved 14 straight years of sustained profitability and been named 2 times to The Inc. 500 list of fast growing firms, 3 times to the Deloitte and Touche Fast 500 list, and NC Entrepreneur Firm of the Year. AIT enables businesses and empowers entrepreneurs through powerful technical and marketing solutions, which are unique, user friendly, and unmatched in performance throughout the industry.

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GoDaddy Web Hosting Domain Registrar, Enjoys Nascar Victory

2009-06-03T16:43:00-04:00

Scottsdale, AZ (The Hosting News) Mr. Keselowski remarked, ''That's the way we roll,'' after driving the No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet to victory in one of the most dramatic wins of the NASCAR season.
It's a race few spectators will forget because of the way the finish unfolded. Most fans were stunned, as the GoDaddy.com No. 88 zipped past two others in the final laps to win.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy noted, ''What a thrilling race to watch and a tremendous victory. Brad drove a smart race and the instant he had the opportunity, he made his move - it was nothing short of spectacular.''

Dale Earnhardt, Jr., drives the No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series, which he helped design and is also Keselowski's mentor. As owner of JR Motorsports and a fellow Go Daddy driver, Earnhardt was wearing his bright orange GoDaddy.com hat, while awaiting Keselowski's arrival to the winner's circle. Mr. Earnhardt added, ''The Go Daddy car was running well today.''

As Mr. Parsons pointed out, Keselowski was given an opportunity and jumped on it. ''We caught a break today,'' Mr. Keselowski said, alluding to how Kyle Busch fell out of contention after a restart, with three laps to go, creating an inside slot.

Mr. Keselowski confirmed, ''This team deserves it, GoDaddy.com deserves this! I have to thank everyone at Go Daddy and Bob Parsons,'' on live television after landing in the winner's circle.

This win is especially exciting for Mr. Parsons, who helped design the No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolets, noting, ''No doubt about it, Brad Keselowski is a winner. NASCAR fans know it. Go Daddy knows it. We are absolutely ecstatic to see Brad take the No. 88 Go Daddy car to the winner's circle today.''

This has been a tough year for NASCAR drivers in terms of sponsorships. The economy has forced many longtime sponsors to scale back or pull out. Go Daddy, however, experienced unprecedented corporate success in 2008 and, in turn, expanded its sponsorship of Dale Earnhardt Jr., JR Motorsports, Hendrick Motorsports and Mr. Keselowski.

GoDaddy.com enjoyed its first Nationwide victory last August with Ron Fellows driving in Canada. This is Mr. Keselowski's third Nationwide Series win - his first in the No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. Go Daddy also sponsors Mr. Keselowski this season in seven Sprint Cup Series races in which he drives the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolets.

Go Daddy's foray into racing sponsorships started with the company's support of IndyCar's Danica Patrick in 2007. That sponsorship continues this year as well. Patrick, a Go Daddy Girl and IndyCar's Most Popular driver, made history last season as the first woman ever to win in the IndyCar Series and finished third in last Sunday's classic, the Indianapolis 500.

Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy 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 Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 35 million domain names under management. Go Daddy 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. During 2008, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all new domain names created in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

To learn more, please visit: www.godaddy.com.
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Yahoo Search Engine, Web Host, Scheduled for Technology Investor Conferences

2009-06-03T16:40:00-04:00

Sunnyvale, CA (The Hosting News) Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 U.S. Technology Conference

Carol Bartz, Yahoo! chief executive officer, will participate in a question and answer session at the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 U.S. Technology Conference in New York, New York. The session is scheduled to begin at 9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

RBC Capital Markets 2009 Technology, Media and Communications Conference

Larry Cornett, vice president product search, will participate in a question and answer session at the RBC Capital Markets 2009 Technology, Media and Communications Conference in San Francisco, California. The session is scheduled to begin at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

Credit Suisse 2009 Convergence Conference

Joanne Bradford, senior vice president of revenue and market development, will participate in a question and answer session at the Credit Suisse 2009 Convergence Conference in Dana Point, California. The session is scheduled to begin at 1:15pm PT / 4:15pm ET on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

A live webcast of all presentations will be available on the Investor Relations website at http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/events.cfm?CalendarID=5

Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

For more information, please visit: www.yahoo.com.
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