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Young Copy Helps Companies Increase Leads With Optimized Blog Writing Services

2010-06-29T17:27:00-04:00

(Gawkwire.com) – Young Copy, a leading promotional writing, technical writing, and marketing services company, announced today its optimized blog writing services help businesses develop an ongoing relationship with potential and current customers and generate pre-qualified leads. Young Copy writes optimized blog posts to increase website ranking in search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and Bing and attract qualified, interested customers to company websites.

“People read blog posts and forward them to friends, colleagues, partners, and vendors through various social media channels – blogs are simply one of the most powerful ways to generate more pre-qualified leads,” says Dave Young, professional writer and founder of Young Copy. “Blogs also play an important role in a company’s overall SEO strategy so we optimize each blog post for increased search engine rankings using a variety of search engine optimization techniques.”

Businesses use Young Copy blog writing services to foster ongoing relationships and position themselves in front of prospective customers. Young Copy researches, writes, and optimizes blog posts containing content about a company’s products and services that visitors, subscribers, and customers are interested in reading. Young Copy blog writing services generate leads by attracting qualified prospects, thereby reducing a company’s typical sales cycles. Ongoing marketing services such as blog writing services also educate prospective and current customers about products, services, and company progress in an easily understood, informal manner.

“Well written blog posts attract search engines and qualified customers as a result of content generated specifically for our clients’ target audiences,” says Young. “With our blog writing services, prospective customers reach our clients’ blogs through search engines, read informative blog posts, and recognize our clients as trustworthy industry experts. As a result, our clients stay in front of prospective customers, partners, and vendors and continue to build relationships.”

Young Copy’s extensive experience in providing custom marketing solutions including SEO copywriting services and website content writing services, makes blog writing services a powerful addition to a company’s marketing strategy. Blog writing services boost SEO and long-term client relationships, making it one of the most effective ways to generate back-end sales as well as generate high quality leads.

“Getting a blog up and running with compelling copy aimed at your target audiences is a simple process with Young Copy,” says Young. “We get to know your organization, your current and future SEO plans, and where blog writing services fit with your overall marketing plan. Then we generate blog posts that rank well, drive traffic, and build brand equity.”

Customers interested in generating high quality leads with blog writing services and SEO copywriting services are invited to visit youngcopy.com. Young Copy’s team of expert writers crafts online and offline promotional materials for hosting, software, technology, and ecommerce companies.

About Young Copy

Young Copy was founded in 2006 by Dave Young, a professional writer with over ten years technical and writing experience. Young Copy provides world-class promotional writing services, technical writing services, and marketing services for industries including, but not limited to, software, hosting, technology, and ecommerce. Young Copy provides the highest quality in professional writing services from website content, press releases, newsletters, advertising and sales copy to user documentation, installation guides, online help, quick start guides, and other related technical documents.

For more information about Young Copy, visit http://www.youngcopy.com.

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Steadfast Networks Opens New Data Center in Chicago

2010-06-28T18:02:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (Gawkwire) June 29, 2010 – Steadfast Networks, a leading Chicago based data center and dedicated server hosting provider, announced today the opening of its new Chicago data center, located at 725 S. Wells St. The new Steadfast Networks data center will accommodate the expanding demand for Chicago colocation services and Chicago web hosting services in a state-of-the-art data facility. The initial phase includes 6,000 sq. ft. of raised floor data center space and 750kW of power and is the first phase of a 4.5MW build-out at the location.

“Our goal at Steadfast Networks is to give you highly competitive pricing in downtown Chicago without cutting any corners on performance and quality,” says Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. “We have the size and scale to easily deliver managed hosting services and colocation hosting services to small, medium, and enterprise businesses, but with a commitment to flexibility and the personal customer service often found in a small company.”

Chicago hosting services at Steadfast Networks meet the key parameters for operational sustainability – location, processes, and staffing. The new Steadfast Networks data center has a redundant dark fiber ring back to their original 10,000 sq. ft. location at 350 E Cermak Rd., the main telecommunications hub in Chicago, and 600 S. Federal St. allowing Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity between the sites at affordable rates. The site will serve as a center for Steadfast Networks colocation hosting, Linux dedicated servers, Windows dedicated servers, and managed virtual servers.

“Not only is Chicago a center for commerce and finance, it is a vital link to premium colocation web hosting in surrounding regions,” says Zimmerman. “As a leader in dedicated server hosting, colocation hosting, virtual server hosting, and web hosting services, Steadfast Networks houses, transmits, and protects your essential data with the latest in data center security technology.”

In addition to providing web hosting and colocation services to Chicago-based businesses, the 725 S. Wells St. data center is a connection point for some of the largest IP carriers in the world including Level(3), AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, Abovenet, and Cogent. With its premier infrastructure and extensive data backup features, Steadfast Networks offers superior connection to metropolitan cities throughout the area with its web hosting and colocation web hosting services.

“Steadfast Networks Chicago data centers connect you to any provider in the buildings’ Meet Me Room (725 S Wells, 600 Federal, or 350 E Cermak), in Equinix Chicago, the Steadfast Financial Exchange, or the Chicago Internet Exchange with a wide array of connectivity options for T1, DS3, or Ethernet connectivity,” says Zimmerman. “The reliability of our infrastructure, our network, and our expert staff make Steadfast Networks a hosting provider our customers can depend on today and well into the future.”

For more information on Steadfast Networks’ new Chicago data center or to learn about Steadfast Networks dedicated server hosting, managed server hosting, and colocation hosting for your business, visit steadfast.net.

About Steadfast Networks

Established in 1998, Chicago based hosting company Steadfast Networks, delivers high quality, powerful servers through reliable dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, and dedicated game server hosting. Steadfast's award-winning services and dedicated support staff help customers from all over the world 24/7/365. Customers can choose basic hosting or a customized, fully managed dedicated server hosting solution.

To learn more about Steadfast Networks, visit http://steadfast.net/.

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Certified Hosting Increases Bandwidth to 10TB for All Dedicated Servers

2010-06-24T04:31:00-04:00

Los Angeles, CA (Gawkwire) June 24, 2010 – Certified Hosting, a leading shared, reseller, and dedicated server hosting company, announced today an increase in bandwidth to 10TB on their managed dedicated server hosting plans. The bandwidth increase is part of Certified Hosting's ongoing service upgrades and applies to all present and future managed dedicated server customers.

“Increased bandwidth means companies can devote more resources to their business goals like greater online capability, faster response times, and enhanced overall efficiency,” says Kacy Carlsen, President and CEO at Certified Hosting. “Certified Hosting is committed to delivering the best fully managed dedicated servers and dedicated server hosting. Now our 10TB bandwidth upgrade will help our customers with all aspects of improving their online hosting experience.”

Certified Hosting fully managed dedicated server hosting offers websites and businesses the capability to enlarge their IT presence beyond the limits of their own technical hosting knowledge. The additional tools Certified Hosting offers to make their dedicated server management services complete and affordable include setup configuration and hardening, support and upgrades for PHP/MySQL/PERL, backup and restore options, and root access upon request.

“With constant technical advancements and opportunities to boost business growth, no business should be limited by a lack of technical proficiency or by limited bandwidth capacity,” says Carlsen. “Certified Hosting’s fully managed dedicated servers and business building tools include tutorials so our customers can increase their hosting knowledge and create the best website and applications for their business using the latest dedicated servers.”

Managed dedicated server hosting services at Certified Hosting allow websites to surpass the performance they experience within a shared hosting environment. Fully managed and unmanaged dedicated server hosting offers faster data transmission times, 99.9% uptime availability, and maximum security. With bandwidth increased to 10TB and a choice of servers and hard drives, Certified Hosting ensures optimal conditions for IT support and advancement.

“Room to expand with 10TB bandwidth encourages unlimited growth potential and the ability to test and determine audience needs and the opportunity to fill those needs,” says Carlsen. “Withstanding spikes in traffic and heavy downloading times is easy with Certified Hosting's 10TB bandwidth upgrade as is customizing websites and adding features that enhance the customer experience with all Certified Hosting dedicated servers.”

Certified Hosting offers reliable unlimited web hosting, dedicated server hosting, and reseller hosting with 10TB of bandwidth now available for unmanaged and fully managed dedicated server hosting customers. Individuals and businesses around the world can explore new features for their online presence while increasing their data speeds. Customers are encouraged to visit certifiedhosting.com for more information on how Certified Hosting can support their website’s growth.

About Certified Hosting

Certified Hosting was established in 1999 as a Southern California based unlimited web hosting company to provide shared hosting, reseller hosting, and managed dedicated servers to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and individuals throughout the world. Recognizing that each client has unique goals, Certified Hosting tailors hosting services to meet specific needs including individualized services available for clients in many different specific industries such as unlimited ffmpeg hosting, flash hosting, wordpress hosting, dolphin hosting, elgg hosting, magento, joomla, drupal, and php motion hosting, among many other technologies available for webmasters and business owners.

For more information about Certified Hosting, visit http://certifiedhosting.com/.

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Black Lotus Announces DDoS Protection Cost Management White Paper

2010-06-22T02:20:00-04:00

Virginia Beach, VA (Gawkwire) June 24, 2010 – Black Lotus, a leading distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection services company, announced today its new Stopping DDoS Attacks: Cost Management Analysis white paper. The white paper describes the extent of potential DDoS devastation and the most important considerations for preventing DDoS attacks. Additionally, the white paper provides a cost management analysis on preventing DDoS attacks versus stopping DDoS attacks after they are already in progress.

“A DDoS attack and website unavailability can cost a company significant damage in expenses, reputation, and revenue,” says Jeffrey Lyon, President and CEO at Black Lotus. “Our new cost analysis white paper will help customers understand what a DDoS attack is and the types of DDoS protection services they can utilize to protect their business investment. By using our DDoS protection services, our customers can stop and prevent attacks before it is too late.”

In a DDoS attack, an attacker simultaneously uses multiple computers to bring down a server, completely stopping a website from being available to its visitors and users. A successful DDoS attack dramatically increases traffic to the site resulting in slowed network response and servers refusing new connections. Eventually the server crashes and services stop completely, causing the website to lose visitors, traffic, revenue and even reputation. Black Lotus provides DDoS protection services at every level, from DDoS protected dedicated servers to colocation and web hosting with DDoS protection, to prevent DDoS attacks.

“A company's reputation is priceless and customer care is a major factor in building and maintaining a reputation, especially among enterprise businesses,” says Lyon. “The Black Lotus mission is to give you customized protection to secure your business from all attacks so you can remain available at maximum capacity to serve your customers and maintain your position as an industry leader.”

Monetary loss as a result of DDoS attack can vary per hour when services are down depending on the purpose of the website. Losses can include advertisement costs, investing in network infrastructure or web hosting, website development and promotion, loss of revenue from existing customers and loss of potential customers. These losses do not include the costs for service repair and incident response. Black Lotus DDoS protection hosting provides robust and cost-effective DDoS protection solutions to prevent monetary loss.

“Businesses whose online presence is critical, such as online stores, forums, game servers, social networks, and ecommerce companies should act before an attack causes a website to slow down or stop completely,” says Lyon. “Black Lotus DDoS protection solutions are customizable for the scale of your business and the type of IT infrastructure you have giving your business a future free of malicious DDoS threats and attacks.”

Businesses with high traffic websites interested in DDoS protection services are encouraged to download the Black Lotus white paper Stopping DDoS Attacks: Cost Management Analysis at http://www.blacklotus.net/protection/. Learn how to secure your business with DDoS protection from the DDoS prevention experts at Black Lotus.

About Black Lotus

Black Lotus has been providing robust and cost effective DDoS protection solutions since 1999. As the first and leading DDoS protection services company, Black Lotus stops robots in their tracks with advanced distributed denial of service protection delivering enterprise grade solutions at a fraction of the cost. The Black Lotus Enterprise network is the only purpose-built DDoS protected hosting network designed to combat distributed denial of service attacks from the ground up utilizing 100% premium name brand bandwidth. Black Lotus delivers hundreds of billions packets safely to their destination each month.

For more information about Black Lotus, visit http://www.blacklotus.net.

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Steadfast Networks Opens New Data Center in Manhattan, New York

2010-06-16T01:07:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (PRESS RELEASE) June 16, 2010 – Steadfast Networks, a leading Chicago based dedicated server hosting provider, announced today the opening of its newest data center in Manhattan, New York. With its recent acquisition of The New York NOC hosting company, Steadfast Networks is opening the Manhattan data center to provide highly flexible and affordable colocation and dedicated server services to Manhattan and surrounding areas.

“Manhattan is a major commercial and financial hub with a need for the highly available and scalable colocation hosting and dedicated server solutions we provide through the Steadfast Networks and The New York NOC brands,” says Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. “The combination of The New York NOC with Steadfast Networks makes the Manhattan data center ideal for businesses serving New York and the northeast region.”

Steadfast Networks’ Manhattan data center, located at 121 Varick St., offers cross connection to any provider in the building's Meet Me Room and an array of options for T1, DS3, or ethernet connectivity. Customers may also employ ethernet service to connect to other buildings in New York, such as 60 Hudson and 111 8th. Additionally, Steadfast Networks has plans to consolidate facilities in North Bergen, New Jersey and Commack, New York for full colocation and dedicated server hosting services out of the Manhattan data center.

“As a carrier-neutral New York colocation meeting place, our customers have easy access to dozens of other carriers and networks to carry out specific network strategies,” said Zimmerman. “And our new Manhattan data center offers a 100% network uptime service level agreement (SLA) so your mission critical data and email service is always available.”

Steadfast Networks and The New York NOC provide transaction-intense commercial, financial, and gaming sectors with customized and affordable New York colocation and dedicated server hosting services. The global reach of Steadfast Networks’ Manhattan data center enables these businesses to provide fast, secure data transmissions for local, national, and international users.

“In addition to the 100% network uptime SLA, Steadfast Networks offers a 100% power uptime SLA and a hardware replacement SLA,” said Zimmerman. “Steadfast Networks’ internal network and infrastructure are fully redundant and these SLAs prove our confidence in the reliability of these systems for web hosting colocation and dedicated server services.”

With the Manhattan data center consolidating Steadfast Networks’ New Jersey and New York based colocation services and dedicated servers, New York and surrounding area customers now have flexible, reliable and affordable colocation services with full redundancy from one location. For more information about Steadfast Networks and The New York NOC data centers, or to learn more about Steadfast Network colocation hosting and dedicated server services, visit steadfast.net.

About The New York NOC

Established in 2003, The New York NOC Inc. is a full service New York hosting service provider located in Long Island, New York. The New York NOC maintains its own hardware and does not resell hosting services. A knowledgeable staff of Linux/BSD and Windows experienced technicians provides dedicated, colocation, and VPS hosting services to hundreds of websites ranging from personal hobby sites to fortune 500 corporate companies. The New York NOC has built a strong reputation on providing top web hosting services backed by the industry’s highest guarantees.

To learn more about The New York NOC, visit http://www.thenynoc.com.

About Steadfast Networks

Established in 1998, Chicago based hosting company Steadfast Networks, delivers high quality, powerful servers through reliable dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, and dedicated game server hosting. Steadfast's award-winning services and dedicated support staff help customers from all over the world 24/7/365. Customers can choose basic hosting or a customized, fully managed dedicated server hosting solution.

To learn more about Steadfast Networks, visit http://www.steadfast.net.

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Steadfast Networks Acquires VPSSpeed Hosting Provider

2010-06-10T16:02:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (PRESS RELEASE) June 10, 2010 – Steadfast Networks, a leading Chicago based data center and dedicated server hosting provider, announced today its acquisition of VPSSpeed, a VPS hosting company with a significant track record in providing superior customer service. Acquisition of VPSSpeed allows Steadfast Networks to continue its growth in the VPS hosting market.

“VPSSpeed has a proven track record of providing excellent customer service and innovative VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting services to customers around the world,” says Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. “VPSSpeed was one of the first VPS providers to offer 100Mbit/s unmetered VPS hosting along with free Installatron and a custom VPS hosting control panel.”

VPSSpeed customers will continue to receive the high level of service they have been accustomed to at VPSSpeed. All accounts will be hosted on high end servers with RAID arrays in one of Steadfast Network’s fully redundant, self-managed network and data centers. Customer accounts will be hosted on the same OpenVZ, an open-source, container-based virtualization platform for Linux. And all applications will still work the same way.

“The only difference from this point forward is all VPSSpeed customers will be hosted on Steadfast Networks infrastructure as we will be offering VPSSpeed services out of our Chicago, IL and Manhattan, NY data centers,” said Zimmerman. “VPSSpeed customers will have direct access to a team of VPS hosting solutions experts in our fully redundant data centers 24-7-365.”

VPSSpeed shares Steadfast Networks’ commitment to energy efficiency. By consuming less power with low-energy processors and components, VPSSpeed and Steadfast Networks run highly efficient data centers with lower operating costs. The lower operational costs is one reason Steadfast Networks offers more competitive pricing for its VPS hosting plans and dedicated server hosting plans.

“VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting performance rely on quality IT infrastructure and expert IT support and staff, and VPSSpeed shares our commitment to creating an ideal data transfer environment for our customers,” said Zimmerman. “At Steadfast Networks we are pleased to welcome VPSSpeed to our team and offer reliable VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting.”

Steadfast Networks operates its own redundant network and data centers in Chicago and New York with 24-7-365 on-site staff. Because of this existing infrastructure, customer accounts will be migrated to Steadfast Networks Chicago and New York data centers. Customers based in Dallas will be moved to Chicago, while customers in Pennsylvania will be moved to New York. Steadfast Networks will begin migrating VPSSpeed customers in June. For more information about Steadfast Networks and VPSSpeed hosting solutions, visit steadfast.net.

About VPSSpeed

VPSSpeed was established in 2004 and quickly became a leading VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting company. VPSSpeed provides hosting services in Dallas, TX (Dallas Infomart) and Scranton, PA. These east coast and central locations offer excellent connectivity speeds across the world. Both data center locations provide multiple redundant network connections provided by multiple uplink providers. VPSSpeed’s network transit providers include Internap, Level3, Global Crossing, AboveNet, Cogent, Frontier, BTN / PCCW and XO. In 2009, VPSSpeed became one of the first VPS providers to offer 100Mbit/s unmetered VPS hosting. In early 2010, VPSSpeed launched free Installatron services along with an innovative, brand new VPS control panel.

To learn more about VPSSpeed, visit http://www.vpsspeed.com.

To learn more about Steadfast Networks, visit http://www.steadfast.net.

Media Contact:
Karl Zimmerman
Steadfast Networks
312-602-2689
karl [at] steadfast.net

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WiredTree Announces Bandwidth Upgrades Across All Dedicated Hosting Plans

2010-06-10T15:55:00-04:00

Chicago, IL (PRESS RELEASE) June 10, 2010 – WiredTree, a leading managed dedicated server hosting and managed VPS hosting company, announced today an upgrade in bandwidth allocations for all dedicated hosting plans. Outgoing bandwidth is now 10TB, five times the previous outgoing bandwidth allocation. The bandwidth increase applies to both current and new WiredTree customers at no additional charge.

“Our bandwidth upgrade is just one of the ways we make sure every customer receives powerful and reliable managed web hosting with plenty of bandwidth for maximum growth,” says Zac Cogswell, President of WiredTree. “With increased bandwidth for current and new customers, organizations have the opportunity to utilize new applications and provide quick transaction speeds even at moments of high traffic, ultimately enhancing a website visitor’s experience.”

Managed dedicated server hosting with 10TB bandwidth for outgoing information transfers gives more freedom to customers ranging from personal to small, medium, and enterprise-level organizations. WiredTree’s dedicated servers, hybrid dedicated servers, and VPS hosting allow large and small businesses to plan their websites strategically without having to worry about bandwidth limitations.

“Giving customers the highest quality web hosting experience without an inflated purchase price is one of our main goals at WiredTree,” says Cogswell. “The bandwidth upgrade is our latest service enhancement and by offering hybrid dedicated servers and hybrid VPS along with managed dedicated hosting plans, WiredTree delivers enterprise-class quality without the enterprise price tag.”

WiredTree partners with world class providers to deliver high performance managed hosting to its clients. WiredTree utilizes all Tier-1 connections and partners with four of the top five bandwidth providers in the world. Additionally, Global Crossing, a leader in global IP services, has joined the list of expert network providers at WiredTree, adding more value to all WiredTree managed hosting services.

“In addition to a bandwidth increase, customers can enjoy our 100% network uptime guarantee, made possible because every piece of hardware and software is top of the line and replaced at any sign of wear and tear,” says Cogswell. “Combine a 100% network uptime guarantee backed by a team of dedicated support staff that answers questions in minutes, customers can feel confident hosting their website and data with WiredTree.”

WiredTree continues to lead in managed dedicated hosting and managed VPS web hosting, and offers its innovative hybrid dedicated servers and hybrid VPS for businesses of all sizes. For more information about how managed hosting with 10TB bandwidth can help your business, visit wiredtree.com.

About WiredTree

Formed in June 2006 to set a new standard for managed hosting, WiredTree provides a superior managed hosting environment through customer service, innovative network design, a unique suite of services, and the latest technological advances in server hardware. WiredTree’s network leverages two logically separated networks – a public Internet network and a private internal network. This modern “network-within-a-network” design allows WiredTree to securely provide a wide range of value-added services for businesses of all sizes.

For more information about WiredTree, visit http://www.wiredtree.com.

Media Contact:

Dave Young
Young Copy
1-513-248-1707
dave [at] youngcopy.com

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