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Dedicated Server Colocation Firm, 3FN, Appoints New HR Director
08.07.2008 09:27
thehostingnews.com
San Jose, California - (The Hosting News) - July 8, 2008 - Dedicated server, colocation and shared web hosting company, 3FN.Net, has appointed Jessica Brunner as the company's new Human Resources Director, heading its HR operations division. Ms. Brunner will be responsible for all aspects of Human Resources for the company's dedicated server and web hosting divisions. This recently created position is now luckily occupied by an outstanding leader and professional that will definitely strengthen 3FN dedicated servers and shared hosting division executive team. Dean McToner, 3FN spokesperson remarked, ''This appointment promises to bring great benefits for our company as Jessica is one of those leaders, who knows what to do in order to get our HR operations on a higher level. Her new appointment as director of Human Resources already begins to influence positively all aspects including our dedicated server and web hosting support team.'' Ms. Brunner remarked, ''This is a great opportunity for me to work for such a company that demonstrates its strong aspiration to provide not only the excellence of its dedicated servers and hosting services but to provide its customers with the excellence of its support and maintenance services. It will be a great pleasure for me to apply all my experience and professional skills to help the development of successful HR operations and to create ultimate support solution will be my first priority.'' In the past, Jessica Brunner occupied Senior Vice President positions in several global companies and now her unique experience and purely professional approach will serve its best for 3FN's HR operations. Her appointment is strategically very important for the company as such experienced director with priceless professional skills will improve Human Resources operations that in its turn will significantly improve internal and external operations on a global basis. Although, Jessica is HR Director, her professional activity will influence other aspects of the company's services and will bring positive effect on all dedicated servers and shared hosting services such as support services for dedicated servers and hosting customers. 3FN is a hosting brand providing shared, colocation and dedicated server hosting services, plus server maintenance and administration since 1999. 3FN dedicated server services include using the latest hardware and variety of technologies. 3FN established 3FN Marketing, a PPC (pay-per-click) affiliate program, which is a developing network offering benefits of bid shares up to 950%, advanced software solutions including the AdBlocks technology. 3FN Marketing Bidding is designed to allow advertisers to intensify Internet traffic, to increase profits and return. 3FN is located in San Jose, California, with offices in the UK, India, Ukraine and EU. For more information, please visit: www.3fn.net.
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Colocation Hosting for Standard Pacific, Provided by InteleNet
08.07.2008 09:27
thehostingnews.com
Irvine, California - (The Hosting News) - July 8, 2008 - Managed data holdings, services, and on-demand company, InteleNet Communications, has been chosen to provide colocation and managed hosting services to Standard Pacific Corp. Carlos Oliveira, General Manager of InteleNet noted, ''We are pleased to provide colocation and data center services to Standard Pacific. Standard Pacific is one of the preeminent home builders in the nation. We know their selection process was rigorous and involved review of other data centers in our region. Their decision to partner with InteleNet has strengthened our goal of ensuring that InteleNet will remain the premier data center in the area, offering multiple bandwidth carriers, redundant power and integrated security infrastructure. InteleNet has continually demonstrated a deep commitment to businesses such as Standard Pacific and their ever-increasing computing demands. InteleNet remains committed to business customers in the Orange County and Southern California Region in delivering next generation high density colocation space and advanced hosting services.'' Robert Lionetti, Director of Infrastructure Operations for Standard Pacific remarked, ''When choosing a data center partner, the Standard Pacific Infrastructure team researched many companies across the country. In the end, we found InteleNet to be the most forward thinking, accommodating partner anywhere in the country. InteleNet met all of our needs in a very cost-effective manner, always providing outstanding support to our team. We look forward to a long relationship.'' Standard Pacific Corp., one of the nation's largest homebuilders, has built homes for more than 100,000 families during its 42-year history. The Company constructs homes within a wide range of price and size, targeting a broad range of homebuyers. Standard Pacific operates in many of the largest housing markets in the country with operations in major metropolitan areas in California, Florida, Arizona, the Carolinas, Texas, Colorado and Nevada. The Company provides mortgage financing and title services to its homebuyers through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, Standard Pacific Mortgage, Inc., SPH Home Mortgage, Universal Land Title of South Florida and SPH Title. Managed Data Holdings (MDH) was founded by three highly experienced industry executives in conjunction with Great Hill Partners and Catalyst Investors. MDH's strategy is aimed at operating state-of-the-art data centers across Tier I and Tier II markets in the U.S. to meet the increasing demand for managed hosting, managed services, colocation space and disaster recovery services required by small and medium-sized business customers or divisions of large enterprises. Each of its data centers are SAS 70 Type II compliant and are designed to accommodate the changing power density and cooling needs of the colocation market while maintaining consistent high levels of customer service and support. Founded in 1994, InteleNet is a leading provider of On-Demand Managed Hosting services and was acquired by Managed Data Holdings in October 2007. InteleNet's primary service center for its worldwide customer base is a state-of-the-art, 55,000-square-foot data center located in Irvine, Calif. Its premier data center features approximately 12,000 square feet of high density colocation space. With connectivity to multiple fiber carriers and diverse upstream providers, this carrier-neutral facility has the capability to deliver high volumes of bandwidth and to rapidly scale customers for future growth. In addition to its core customer base of small and medium-size enterprise customers, InteleNet has been the provider of choice for several Fortune 500 companies, managing worldwide networks, complex e-commerce platforms and financial/ERP systems while working with industry-leading vendors. Its world-class facility, staffed with IT experts and an on-site 24x7x365 Network Operations Center, provides a highly efficient and streamlined operation. To learn more, please visit: www.intelenet.net.
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Managed Hosting IT Services Firm, Terremark, Debuts in NAP Capital Region
08.07.2008 09:27
thehostingnews.com
Miami, Florida - (The Hosting News) - July 8, 2008 - Provider of managed IT infrastructure services, Terremark Worldwide, Inc., has opened in the NAP of the Capital Region, considered one of the most secure and advanced United States data centers. The NAP of the Capital Region, which was completed on time and within budget, will offer Terremark's complete suite of managed services, its Infinistructure utility computing platform, and diverse connectivity options to Tier-1 network providers. The facility is strategically located in Culpeper, Va., 60 miles from Washington, D.C. and was specifically designed to exceed standards as a Federal data communications and hosting facility offering the ultimate in physical security. The 30-acre campus is the ideal location for government organizations, enterprises and Web 2.0 companies requiring managed infrastructure solutions engineered to meet the needs of today's power, space and bandwidth-intensive mission-critical applications or hot/warm sites for disaster recovery/COOP environments. Driven by strong demand from federal government agencies and large enterprise customers, more than 20 percent of the facility's raised floor space has been sold prior to opening. This includes Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC), an IT services company that signed as the anchor customer in May. Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO at Terremark explained, ''With the completion of the first phase of the NAP of the Capital Region, we are able to deliver Terremark's acclaimed and highly sought-after services from another purpose-built, ultra-secure, top-tier facility. We have experienced strong demand from federal government agencies and enterprises interested in locating their mission-critical IT infrastructure in a world-class datacenter that meets the most stringent security standards.'' When fully built out, the NAP of the Capital Region campus will consist of up to five, 50,000-foot independent datacenter structures and a 72,000-square-foot secure office building. Each structure will be a secure bunker, designed to provide managed colocation space that meets the standards for sensitive compartmented information facilities (SCIFs) to customers who require it. Terremark Worldwide, Inc. is a global provider of managed IT infrastructure services delivered on the industry's most robust and advanced technology platform. Leveraging data centers in the United States, Europe and Latin America with access to massive and diverse network connectivity, Terremark delivers government and enterprise customers a comprehensive suite of managed solutions including managed hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, security and cloud computing services. Terremark's acclaimed Infinistructure utility computing architecture has redefined industry standards for scalable and flexible computing infrastructure and its DigitalOps service platform combines end-to-end systems management workflow with a comprehensive customer portal. To learn more, please visit: www.terremark.com.
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Hosting for SaaS Business Applications Demand Report Released
08.07.2008 09:27
thehostingnews.com
Dublin, Ireland - (The Hosting News) - July 8, 2008 - Research and Markets, in its new report, evaluates the influence of the demand for SaaS business applications, segmented by size of United States businesses, with the addition of a new report to its offerings. The ''Demand for SaaS Business Applications Segmented by US Size of Business'' report details how demand for SaaS business applications in the US business market is growing at a steady pace - across all sizes of business and vertical markets. In its March 2008 SaaS survey, 800 US-based decision-makers were asked about their usage of six specific business function-related applications delivered in the hosted model: CRM, ERP, SCM, HR, Salesforce automation, and Web collaboration applications. are highlighted. Respondents were also questioned about their use of Microsoft Office-esque productivity applications (word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications) delivered as a service specifically to gauge the impact that hosted productivity applications might have on Microsoft's dominant position in this space. The report is broken out into two sections: the first focuses on demand for hosted business function-related applications, and the second focuses on demand for hosted productivity applications. Covered are the crucial reasons why businesses are, or are not, interested in these applications, as well as who they turn to as providers. Survey data in this report is broken out into three segments: small, medium, and large business. Data is further broken out by sub-segments within these segments. Data in these sub-segment breakouts is compared to results from respondents across the entire US market. A forecast of total US business application hosting revenues through 2012 is also included. Research and Markets is an international market research and market data resource, with major research publications from most of the leading publishers, consultants and analysts, concerning key industries, top companies, new products and the latest trends. The market research reports and industry newsletters from specialist research firms and niche market analysts, are listed at the same price as the specialist research firms. To learn more about the report, please visit: www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1cc756/demand_for_saas_bu.
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iPhone Jonny: world's first iPhone 3G owner (in waiting)
08.07.2008 09:23
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Handsets, Vodafone, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, OS X See that guy? That's Jonny Gladwell from Auckland New Zealand. He's special no matter how you define the word. He's camped outside of Vodafone NZ right now which puts him on a path to be the world's first iPhone 3G owner. Of course, there's still time for other Kiwi's to get in line at the Wellington and Christchurch shops which will open simultaneously. A red hot trinity of buffoonery to be sure. [image credit and thanks to Darryl Carey]Permalink | Email this | Comments
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50MP CCD Image Sensor unveiled by Kodak
08.07.2008 09:22
i4u.com
Eastman Kodak Company unveiled the world?s first 50 million pixel CCD image sensor for professional photography. At 50 million pixels, or megapixels, the sensor captures digital images with unprecedented resolution and detail. For instance, with a 5...
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Technologies
Much Ado about digital TV Switch
08.07.2008 09:22
i4u.com
By James Hibberd LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Booths hawking survival products pack a church. Vendors sell gasoline generators, water purifiers, grain grinders, solar cookers, gold coins and portable radios. ...
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Activision's Merger with Vivendi will shake Gaming Biz
08.07.2008 09:22
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By Georg Szalai NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Let the games begin. Activision Inc shareholders Tuesday are expected to approve a merger with Vivendi Games that will allow the deal to close within days and create a new top dog in the fas...
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Report Says In-Flight Broadband Markets Worth over $1B in 2012
08.07.2008 09:22
i4u.com
According to Research and Markets the in ?flight broadband industry will grow to be worth over $1 billion by 2012. The report also says that many airlines are getting ready to re-launch their own in-flight broadband services after the failure of Boeing?s...
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Technologies
BBC misses efficiency target by £8m
08.07.2008 08:22
digitalspy.co.uk
The BBC missed a three-year efficiency savings target by £8m, the corporation's annual report reveals.
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Multimedia
AOL’s Bebo Snags Former Google UK Director for Bebo Europe
08.07.2008 08:21
searchenginejournal.com
Like Yahoo, Google has become a target for talent acquisition over the past years, especially with employee perks deteriorating, and now this movement has spread abroad. Ex-Google UK Managing Director Kate Burns, who was at Dailymotion for 4 months after leaving Google, has been hired by AOL’s social networking giant Bebo, to help head Bebo Europe [...]
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Search Engines
New Bamboo to upgrade Legalease's website
08.07.2008 08:19
computerbusinessreview.com
New Bamboo has won a contract to update legal referral website Legalease to enable visitors to access content from Legal 500 directories online and search for law firms by company name, discipline and country.
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The Carphone Warehouse begins taking orders for the iPhone 3G
08.07.2008 08:19
computerbusinessreview.com
Mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse has started taking orders for the iPhone 3G at carphonewarehouse.com/iphone. The device will go on sale at The Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK on July 11, 2008.
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Mobile Communication
Nuance Communications launches UK beta trial of search and discovery software
08.07.2008 08:19
computerbusinessreview.com
Nuance Communications, a provider of speech, smart keypad and imaging systems, has launched a beta trial of its search and discovery software T9 Nav, in the UK.
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Mobile Communication
Adepto Telecommunications launches low-cost VoIP telephony service
08.07.2008 08:18
computerbusinessreview.com
Adepto Telecommunications, a UK-based VoIP provider, has launched a low-cost telephony service called VoipHit for internet calls and calls via mobile telephones using Fring. The company claims that its new service offers the lowest rates in the VoIP market.
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