Archive for January, 2008

Collexis Software Hosted by Peak 10

Providing the Collexis with a fully managed hosted environment out of its second world-class data center in Charlotte, North Carolina Data center operator and managed services provider Peak 10 announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with search and knowledge discovery software provider Collexis. Utilised by many worldwide organizations, Collexis develops applications ranging [...]

January 29, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Free 128-bit SSL Offer from MochaHost

Announced on Monday, a limited time offer priced at $10.96 per month by Web hosting provider MochaHost is providing a free 128-bit private SSL with the Mocha e-commerce hosting plan. This new offer provides e-commerce site owners with the ability to protect their site visitors with 128-bit encryption. This is considerably significant when accepting credit [...]

January 29, 2008 | 0 Comments More

The Planet Issues Q4 Results

Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Monday the results of its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2007. Besides interconnecting Houston and Dallas, Texas, The Planet says it has doubled network capability and completed upgrades to support 10GB speeds over the last 12 months. In the fourth quarter, 2,200 new customers also leased servers in [...]

January 29, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Arizona Web Renews NaviSite Contract

NaviSite announced on Monday that Web hosting provider Arizona Web Services has renewed its contract for hosting services with managed hosting provider NaviSite. Arizona Web Services says it provides shared Web hosting and online services to a large number of small and medium-sized businesses in the region, stating that it renewed its contract with NaviSite [...]

January 29, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Lenovo Plans Server Range

Giving one almost a sense of deja vu, Lenovo recently announced that it would be entering the server business by licensing x86 server technology from IBM. Lenovo, which does not sell servers outside of China, is entering a brand new arena of business and plans to distribute their servers to small and mid-sized businesses around [...]

January 29, 2008 | 0 Comments More

FrontPages Team Up With Yankees

The New York Yankees go to bat for Frontpages Web Hosting Network, a managed hosting and dedicated service provider. The Yankees have selected Frontpages for a contract to provide high-level information technology support for their SharePoint solution. Frontpages will provide custom SharePoint-based solution with maximum power, uptime, control and security for the Yankees. Rob LaMear, [...]

January 28, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Future Protect Offered by Future Hosting

Web hosting provider Future Hosting announced on Monday it will currently automatically offer data protection service Future Protect, powered by R1Soft’s Continuous Data Protection technology, at no cost to every virtual private server customer. Future Protect makes certain that customer’s data is backed up every six hours and stored on a remote server. In the [...]

January 28, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Hosting Sale from Cirrus Tech

Canadian Web hosting provider Cirrus Tech has decreased the costs of its virtual private server and dedicated hosting plans by up to 30 percent, it announced on Monday. Cirrus Tech says that through its long-standing and strengthening relationships with partners like Dell and SWsoft it is able to achieve great cost savings in providing VPS [...]

January 28, 2008 | 0 Comments More

123-Reg & Clickstream Partner

In order to automate implementation of Web analytics service, Google Analytics, for its Web hosting customers, UK domain registrar 123-reg has partnered with Clickstream Technologies, it announced on Thursday. 123-reg is utilising Clickstream Technologies’ Datasherpa solutions platform, which automatically adds tracking tags to Web pages, providing users with all the advantages of Google Analytics without [...]

January 28, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Faster Datacentres with Tivoli

The latest version of IBM’s Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM – not to be confused with the other TPM, Trusted Platform Module) aims to bring datacentres into the world of "cloud computing". Hence, Big Blue is naming their version of the concept "Blue Cloud". Sounds a bit murky? Basically, TPM version 5.1.1 is supposed to make [...]

January 26, 2008 | 0 Comments More

14,000 Email Accounts Deleted by Charter

When a recent technical error occurred during what was supposed to be a routine maintenance check, telecommunications provider Charter Communications deleted approximately 14,000 customer email accounts. Charter says that the company performs scans on a routine basis to establish which email accounts have gone idle for in excess of three months. Regrettably, this time, an [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Version 1.7 LPanel Released

Internet information resource company Cenicola-Helvin Enterprises announced on Thursday that it has released an upgrade, the first release since Lpanel was acquired, to the Lpanel Web hosting and billing management software. Version 1.7 is and added to the suite of BannerView.com e-business solutions in November 2007. Several of the benefits in version 1.7 comprise improved [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Rackspace Ranked on FORTUNE List

Managed hosting provider Rackspace has been ranked 32 on FORTUNE’s 11th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, it announced on Wednesday. Rackspace, a first time award applicant, says it was honored among more than 400 entrants nationwide for its dedication to employee recognition, empowerment, communication, development and training. A motivating reason for the [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Clearswift Domain Outage

Email security provider Clearswift recently encountered a domain name catastrophe that caused disruption to several customers email systems. The problem occurred when the domain where customers’ emails are routed for spam and viruses before being filtered, offline mimesweeper.biz, went. According to reports, the WhoIs record for the domain shows that it expired on December 13, [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Vietnam to Build Largest Data Center

In an investment of dozens of millions of US dollars, Vietnamese IT solutions provider Quang Trung Software City and a US-invested firm DOT Vietnam are to develop Vietnam’s largest data center by September and two other centers by 2010, a corporate official said Thursday. The southern Ho Chi Minh City-headquartered QTSC and DOT Vietnam will [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Domain Name Survey Released by 1&1

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Thursday that US small businesses are too hasty with choosing their Web addresses with 42 percent taking less than an hour of thought in the decision. According to a survey conducted by the company titled, “SMB Domain Choices Study”, some 60 percent of business owners did not require [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

SSL Partner Program from GlobalSign

Thursday saw the announcement that certification authority and security provider GlobalSign will launch its new SSL Partner Program for authorized Citrix Solution Advisors at Citrix Summit 08. The summit will be held January 27 to 30 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The partner program is intended exclusively for Citrix [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Registration Simplified by Pulse

Web hosting provider Pulse Web Hosting is providing an easier way to own, manage and build a website, it announced on Thursday. The three-step procedure allows Pulse Web Hosting customers to choose a domain, choose the hosting plan of their choice and make a secure payment. Pulse’s relaunched on November 22, 2007 with a newly [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Hosting Plans Updated by AptHost

Web hosting provider AptHost has restructured its shared and reseller Web hosting plans, it announced on Wednesday. Additionally the company has launched a new semi-dedicated hosting service, tailored to CPU-intensive websites. With hosting plans that are designed to meet a broad diversity of requirements for video hosting sites using FFmpeg software, AptHost says some of [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More

NC Data Center Opened by Hosted Solutions

In supporting the company’s continued market growth, web hosting provider Hosted Solutions has added its second enterprise data center in Charlotte, North Carolina, it announced on Wednesday. The new uptown capability will bring an added 7,600 square feet of raised floor space. The facility will provide a full range of secure colocation, managed hosting, performance [...]

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments More