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Reseller Web Hosting by Fpweb.net, Includes Managed Solutions
08.01.2009 10:18
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Fenton, Missouri - (The Hosting News) - January 8, 2009 - A new Reseller Program from managed hosting provider, Fpweb.net, has debuted, including a lucrative opportunity to provide cost and worry free industry-leading Microsoft hosted solutions. 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. To learn more, please visit: www.fpweb.net.
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Dedicated Server Solution, Debuts Linux Red Hat, Novell, Windows, Ubuntu
08.01.2009 10:18
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Redwood City, California - (The Hosting News) - January 8, 2009 - Dedicated Server solutions firm, 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. For more information, please visit: www.LinMin.com.
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Web Hosting at Hostway, Premieres FlexCloud, for Small and Medium Business
08.01.2009 10:18
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Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - January 8, 2009 - Web hosting provider and global domain name registrar, Hostway Corporation, has reported that it spent much of 2008 developing and perfecting the cloud computing infrastructure, FlexCloud. John Lee, Senior Vice President of small business hosting at Hostway remarked, ''The primary benefit of FlexCloud for business hosting clients is gaining access to a multi-million dollar ultra reliable hosting infrastructure that scales up and down at your command for as low as $15 per month. The secondary benefit, for some this may be the primary benefit, is that Hostway has made it easy.'' As the first beneficiary of the new technology, Hostway's 600,000 North American hosting customers' web sites will be hosted on the new cloud computing infrastructure. In the first phase of the initiative, all new customers' Web sites will be placed on FlexCloud. The highlights of FlexCloud include: On-demand automated allocation of CPU, memory, storage and bandwidth for individual Web sites Greater reliability through inherently redundant infrastructure architecture and deployment Same level of end-user features that customers have come to expect from Hostway Use of greener technology through more efficient use of computing resources Smooth scaling from the smallest hosting packages to the highest levels of hosting, giving businesses greater flexibility Built on Hostway's own patent pending Scalable Hosting framework Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the world's largest web hosting companies with a direct presence in 13 countries, 17 worldwide operation centers and more than 700 employees. Hostway Corporation provides domain name registration, web hosting and ecommerce, colocation, managed dedicated hosting, SaaS hosting, web design and online marketing services to over 1.4 million web sites and 2 million customers worldwide. It operates over 250,000 square feet of state-of-the-art data centers that reduce the complexity and cost of web-based technologies for small businesses and large enterprises. For more information about Hostway, please visit: www.hostway.com.
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Hosted Disaster Recovery by INX, Deployed at Air Quality Management District
08.01.2009 08:18
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Wilmington, Delaware - (The Hosting News) - January 9, 2009 - Virtual Infrastructure Recovery Services for the IT environment of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, will be provided by INX Inc., through a 5-year delivery agreement. John Chiladakis, Director of Information Services for BAAQMD remarked, ''We were very pleased with the high availability, power reductions and cost savings that resulted from INX's VMware deployment. Now we are taking the next step and utilizing virtualization to ensure rapid recovery in the event of a catastrophe to our San Francisco offices, such as an earthquake or fire. We are replicating all of our business critical servers themselves to INX's DR facility.'' The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is the regional, government agency that regulates sources of air pollution within the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties. BAAQMD is an innovative organization that awards millions of dollars to fund local projects designed to reduce the Bay Area's carbon footprint. Due to the nature of their operation, BAAQMD has a low tolerance for downtime. BAAQMD engaged INX to virtualize their production data center with VMware ESX Servers to eliminate unplanned server outages, dramatically reduce the time involved in tasks such as server provisioning and to reduce the agency's carbon footprint and IT expenses. Sixty physical servers were virtualized onto seven VMware ESX host servers, eliminating nearly 300 tons of annual CO2 emissions and saving over $50,000 in annual energy costs alone. Steve Kaplan, Vice President of INX's data center virtualization practice offered, ''BAAQMD is a forward thinking organization that very quickly realized the benefits that virtualization brings both to their production and disaster recovery environments.'' INX's hosted disaster recovery offering, 'Virtual Infrastructure Recovery Service', is hosted out of top tier Data Centers in the Sacramento area. INX utilizes VMware along with proprietary methodologies to enable both efficient replication and recovery of virtual machines. Mark Hilz, President of INX added, ''Most DR environments sit idle other than when being tested. We've built a world-class virtual infrastructure enabling us to leverage facility, equipment, software and expert staffing resources over a large number of geographically disparate clients. This enables us to provide a superior DR solution at a lower cost than organizations could possibly achieve internally. Our contracts include mandatory semi-annual testing. We want our clients to know that our DR service actually works - it's not just there to achieve an auditor check off.'' INX Inc. is a U.S. provider of unified communications and data center virtualization solutions for enterprise organizations. We offer a suite of advanced technology solutions focused around the entire life-cycle of enterprise IP network communications and data center infrastructure. Our services are centered on the design, implementation and support of network infrastructure, including routing and switching, wireless, security, unified communications, and data center solutions such as network, storage and server virtualization. Our customers include enterprise organizations such as corporations, as well as federal, state and local governmental agencies. Because of our focus, expertise and experience implementing and supporting advanced technology solutions for enterprises, we believe we are well positioned to deliver superior solutions and services to our customers. To learn more, please visit: www.inxi.com.
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Web Hosting New Year Promotions, Offered at Host Color
08.01.2009 08:18
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Wilmington, Delaware - (The Hosting News) - January 9, 2009 - Web hosting provider, Host Color, is celebrating the new year, by providing a free domain, for any new plan instituted, through January 11, 2009. In addition, an instant rebate of 25% is offered through January 11th. This new sale comes on the heels of Host Color making available, Plesk 9, for VPS in late December. The hosting company offers VPS Start with a choice of web hosting control panel between Plesk, cPanel and NextColor (nextcolor.com), its own proprietary hosting automation system. Plesk is the recommended control panel for Virtuozzo VPS by Host Color. It provides Plesk licenses to customers for $15.95 per month. Host Color's VPS Start is priced at $19.95 per month and is powered by Virtuozzo Containers, designed as one of the best priced entry-level virtual private servers in the industry. VPS Start is a scalable solution that allows online business owners to further develop and grow, in the custom web hosting environment. VPS Start virtual server features 192 MB RAM, 10 GB disc space and 50 GB data transfer per month. Anyone who need to use management services can purchase ''FM VPS'' a Fully Managed (FM) service for Virtual Private Servers that Host Color has priced at only $49.95/month. ''FM VPS'' includes: Initial Set-up, IP management, OS installation and maintenance, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam installation, Reboots, VPS recovery, Control Panel updates, and Resource monitoring. The company customizesShared Hosting services, as well, to allow anyone to work in personalized business environment. Earlier this week Host Color introduced one of its customized shared hosting plans - WordPress Blog Hosting (www.hostcolor.com/webhosting/bloghosting/wordpress), which is made solely for WordPress blog owners. Host Color has also opened its new Affiliate Program (http://www.hostcolor.com/affiliateprogram). The new program transfers 25% of the company's revenue per sale to its affiliates and at the same time pays them for each unique visitor sent to Host Color's website. Host Color LLC is a U.S. web hosting company incorporated in Delaware. It powers thousands of business and personal websites in data centers in South Bend, Indiana, U.S. and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company also provides fully Managed dedicated hosting through HC Servers and European hosting services through HC Europe. It offers discounts to academics and non-governmental organizations. For more information about Host Color, please visit: www.hostcolor.com.
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Level 3, Web Hosting Network Facilitator, Completes Tender Offer
08.01.2009 08:18
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Broomfield, Colorado - (The Hosting News) - January 9, 2009 - Fiber-based communications network services firm, Level 3, has completed its tender offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2009, for cash. In accordance with the terms of the tender offer, Level 3 accepted for payment $123,850,000 principal amount of its 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2009 at a purchase price of $920.00 per $1,000 principal amount of notes, plus, with respect to the notes, accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, December 31, 2008. The Payment Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase dated November 17, 2008, as modified prior to today) is expected to be today with respect to validly tendered notes. The depositary for the tender offers has advised Level 3 that an aggregate of $123,850,000 principal amount of its 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2009 were validly tendered in the tender offer for such notes prior to the expiration of the tender offer. Pursuant to the terms of the offer, 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2009 not tendered in the tender offer will remain outstanding, and the terms and conditions governing such notes, including the covenants and other protective provisions contained in the indenture governing such notes, will remain unchanged. Citi and Merrill Lynch and Co. are the dealer managers for the tender offer. Questions regarding the tender offer may be directed to Citi at (800) 558-3745 (toll-free) and (212) 723-6106 or Merrill Lynch at (888) 654-8637 (toll-free) and (212) 449-4914. Level 3 Communications, Inc. is an international provider of fiber-based communications services. Enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers rely on Level 3 to deliver services with an industry-leading combination of scalability and quality, over an end-to-end fiber network. Level 3 offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services over an end-to-end fiber network, including transport, data, internet, content delivery and voice. Level 3 Communications, Level 3, the red 3D brackets and the Level 3 Communications logo are registered service marks of Level 3 Communications, LLC and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Level 3 services are provided by wholly owned subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications, Inc. For more information, please visit: www.level3.com.
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Search Marketing Expo West, Offers Early Bird Rates
08.01.2009 08:18
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Redding, Connecticut - (The Hosting News) - January 9, 2009 - The Silicon Valley search engine marketing (SEM) conference, featuring over 50 sessions programmed by the editors of Search Engine Land, is offering an All Access pass rate of $1195. SMX West will take place in Santa Clara, CA from February 10-12. The agenda for the three-day multiple track event contains more than 50 sessions focusing on all aspects of search marketing. Search engine marketers interested in registering for the industry's must-attend conference, Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, should do so before January 10, 2009 in order to receive special early bird registration pricing. The early bird All Access conference rate of $1195 ends at 11:59PM PST on January 9; at midnight on January 10, the All Access ticket price increases to $1395. Internet and search engine marketers of all skill and experience levels, from novice to expert, will benefit from attending SMX West. Sessions are organized thematically on topics including search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), online/offline issues and landing page conversion. For those new to the field, SMX Boot Camp offers five sessions of search engine marketing fundamentals. The program also features 'days' for in-house SEO program managers and web application developers who need to understand the impact of site architecture on SEM. SMX West is being programmed by the editorial team of Search Engine Land, the leading news blog for search engine marketers. Search Engine Land Editor-in-Chief Danny Sullivan, who programmed the industry's first conference ten years ago, is program chair. The full SMX West agenda is available online, as well as Sullivan's conference preview post published on Search Engine Land. Registration from now through January 9th will be $1195 and then until February 9th the rate will be $1395. On-site registration will be $1595. One day access passes and networking-only passes are also available. Register online for SMX West or by calling (877) 242-5242. Search Marketing Expo -- SMX West is produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media's mission is to empower internet and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Other Search Marketing Expo events include SMX East (New York City), SMX Advanced (Seattle), SMX Local and Mobile (San Francisco), SMX Social Media Marketing (New York City), SMX Search Analytics (Toronto), SMX London and SMX Munich. Third Door Media also publishes Search Engine Land, the leading news blog for professional search engine marketers. The company also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and Sphinn.com, the place for web, online, search, interactive and internet marketers to share news stories, talk within subject-specific discussion forums, build a network and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing. To learn more, please visit: http://searchmarketingexpo.com.
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in4, Semantic Web Technology Search Engine, Develops Public Beta
08.01.2009 08:18
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Budapest, Hungary - (The Hosting News) - January 8, 2009 - Hungarian technology acquisition and development company, Power of the Dream Ventures, Inc., has indicated that software company in which PDV owns substantial equity, in4, Ltd., is preparing to launch a Public Beta of and Internet search and content organizer application. Slated for release on January 31st, 2009, iGlue, is an integrated online content manager and search engine that goes beyond today's widespread, language-dependant search mechanisms based on identifying character strings. iGlue identifies and manages entities, not keywords. Whether he is called Alejandro Magno, Buyuk Yskender or Lissandru lu Granni, these names all refer to the same person, Alexander the Great, and most likely we would like to find information about the person himself. This is the principle iGlue uses to manage entities appearing in web content, and it will find relevant information even if the given element appears in a form that is different from what we used in launching the search. Viktor Rozsnyay, CEO of Power of the Dream Ventures remarked, ''Upon the initial launch of the iGlue demo last year we received a multitude of inquires on when the product would be available in Beta. The time is now near. We again ask the user community to give us feedback, in terms of features and usability, to help us make iGlue as user friendly as possible.'' The Public Beta of iGlue will include: -- added support for Internet Explorer 6.0 or better. iGlue already supports Firefox, Chrome and Safari. -- enhanced user interface and community website -- revised and greatly updated, interactive timeline function -- enhanced map, image and video handling -- user buildable database based on semantic technology -- over twenty million entries in the initial database Power of the Dream Ventures acquired equity in in4, Ltd. in 2007 and has been financing development of the product. PDV currently owns 40% of in4, Ltd. Power of the Dream Ventures, Inc. is a leading technology holding company. Its focus is on developing, acquiring, licensing, or co-developing technologies that originate exclusively in Hungary that are in prototype stage based on existing patents; in prototype stage prior to patenting; existing products that require expansion capital to commercialize; emerging science and high-technology research projects that require help in patenting, developing the product and marketing, University spin-off technologies, and ideas from the very early stage that represent 'disruptive technologies.' The company primarily focuses on providing enabling solutions in the fields of environmental technologies, power generation and storage, software products and services, biotechnology, medical devices and what we call 'disruptive technologies.' To learn more about iGlue, please visit: www.iglueit.com. For more information about Power of the Dream Ventures, Inc., please visit: www.powerofthedream.com.
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