Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – December 16, 2008 – Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet.com Internet Services, will feature a Green Chilled Water Energy System, with 11MW Power 08, included in plans for a new environmentally friendly 86,000 square foot data center.
Located in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas, the facility, which will use the latest modular cooling technology from Turbine Air Systems, will accommodate expansion of the company’s highly regarded colocation services, along with its popular private racks and Planet Northstar Managed Hosting services. The new operation – the company’s seventh data center -; will bring its total data center raised floor footprint to 214,500 square feet.
Douglas J. Erwin,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Planet remarked, ”We have a long and successful track record in providing colocation services, and continue to receive significant interest from customers looking either to expand their core IT infrastructure or to supplement their operations. Dallas ranks as one of the nation’s top five colocation markets based on its connectivity, central location and the availability of its skilled workforce. With the current shortage of colocation space that offers robust power density, we expect substantial interest in our new highly efficient facilities.”
The company plans to immediately begin colocation pre-leasing on the first 12,000 square feet, which will accommodate approximately 8,000 servers. The new data center will open in May 2009 and meet the same SAS 70 Type II qualifications of the company’s existing six facilities.
Mr. Erwin continued, ”Despite today’s difficult economic environment, which provides its own set of challenges, we believe there is an extraordinary market opportunity. Over the past two years we have aggressively expanded our footprint, with considerable strategic investments in our core infrastructure and product portfolio. Our broad spectrum of services offers customers the power to choose precisely what they need, combined with our world-class network and data centers. With the downturn, companies are looking to reduce IT costs, and The Planet’s hosted model offers a 75 percent cost savings compared with the do-it-yourself alternative. Finally, we continue to have a very strong balance sheet. Our recent $45 million credit facility underscores the stability of our business and augments our ability to execute on our growth plans.”
The mixed-use facility will feature N+1 cooling and power architectures, with state-of-the-art, high-efficiency water-cooled chillers from Turbine Air Systems (TAS). This ‘green’ architectural design, which costs an additional $2 million to build, provides a planned return on investment in just 30 months. An equipment galley, located outside of the data center floor, will hold six large air-handling units and all chilled water piping. Because all water is located outside of the actual data center floor, the design eliminates the possibility of an interior water leak.
The new TAS cooling system provides a modular mechanical installation. Rather than securing multiple components from a broad array of vendors, TAS manufactures an all-in-one system with a single point of contact for maintenance and service. In addition, TAS guarantees the energy efficiency specifics of its systems.
The new data center’s cooling system will provide twice the efficiency and use half the energy of The Planet’s existing data centers. The company expects to achieve a 1.3 co-efficiency of efficiency ranking, which is well below the 1.6 ideal rating. This score, recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and The Uptime Institute, measures the total power necessary to operate a data center, divided by critical power, which represents the energy required to operate its servers.
The Planet provides a broad range of colocation options, from dedicated locking cabinets to private-cage rentals. The company’s colocation configurations and service options offer customers the optimum solutions for their business, as well as the flexibility to expand and scale as required. Among the options customers can select from are the following:
Locking Cabinets – In the highly secure storage environment, servers receive proper cooling and power. The colocation cabinet provides the ideal solution for small and growing server installations.
Private Cages – Customers are offered the option of private cages that can be built to their exact specifications, with maximum flexibility and the proper secure environment. Private cages are ideal for customers who require multiple cabinets and guaranteed floor space for future expansion.
High-Speed Network Options: The Planet provides ultra high-speed network connections through either direct network feeds or blended feeds using the company’s world-class network. This enables customers to bypass the local loop and tie directly into the Internet.
Redundant Power: Customers can select redundant circuits as optional services in The Planet’s current and new colocation facilities. Redundant circuits provide a second circuit path that can mitigate the potential for power outages within the cabinet or cage area.
24x7x365 Access and Security: Backed by state-of-the-art physical on-site and online security, customers can take advantage of both online and in-person access with a wide range of self-service tools for reboots, monitoring and bandwidth graphs.
Remote Hands and Eyes: Every customer is provided with remote hands and eyes services. Certified colocation engineers can access equipment immediately to rapidly address emergency hands-on needs when speed is critical, which minimizes technician visit costs.
Advanced Services: The Planet offers customers the flexibility to add special Advanced Services as required. Colocation Advanced Services modules — monitoring, security and server administration — conveniently supplement the administration and maintenance of colocated equipment. Customers can create the optimal management plan for their business to lower operational costs, and improve the security and availability of their colocated environment.
Professional Services: An experienced staff of certified engineers is available to help with specific projects or tasks to troubleshoot or manage issues in the colocated infrastructure. Services are billed on an hourly basis through a service contract customized to each customer’s specific requirements.
The new building, owned and leased by Northwestern Mutual Life, is located on Plano Parkway in the 190 Business Center. Susan Singer of The Bradford Companies represented the owner. Andy Iversen and Chris Mason with Jackson-Cooksey represented The Planet.
Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide:
- High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
- Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
- Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
- Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
- Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business
The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.
For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.
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December 15, 2008
Dedicated Server Firm, iWeb Group, Hosts Montreal Historical Site
Quebec, Canada – (The Hosting News) – December 15, 2008 – Web hosting services company, iWeb Group Inc., has been chosen to power and support The Montreal Canadien centennial celebrations, including extended official online highlights of the history of the legendary Hockey Club.
The website, located at ourhistory.canadiens.com, was a significant project that developers trusted with iWeb’s infrastructure, to ensure the performance and availability of the site during the anticipated high-traffic periods, notably because of iWeb’s experience with projects whose performance and availability are key success factors.
A site of this magnitude and depth is a historic first in the world of professional sports. ‘Our History’ is an easy to use site where virtually all aspects of the history of the organization can be viewed. Visitors of the groundbreaking site have access to hundreds of player’s biographies, thousands of videos, photos and statistics as well as the detailed results of every game played by the Habs in the last 100 years.
Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb noted, ”We are delighted to be helping fans enjoy this historic element of the Montreal Canadiens’ centennial celebrations. The creative teams at Bluesponge and Turbulent Media completed the development portion of the site, after which iWeb designed, configured and provisioned a dedicated server ‘cluster’ (an advanced setup which will ensure top performance at all times) [as] a vital element to the success of any large-scale project.”
Marc Beaudet, President of Turbulent Media, who worked on the site in partnership with Montreal firm Bluesponge; interactive partner of the Montreal Canadiens added, ”It’s important to have a reliable infrastructure, but it must also be flexible, scalable and should be able to adjust very quickly when traffic increases.”
In August, iWeb entered into a partnership for a $22M financing agreement, with Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., covering long term growth of the company’s data centers, dedicated server leasing and web hosting operations.
iWeb initially received $ 10M USD in senior debt, 5 years, 16% and $ 1M in common shares will be issued to Goldman Sachs at $ 1.30 per share, these common shares will be subject to a four-month hold period. A subsequent $ 1M in shares will follow at $ 1.30, subject to certain market conditions. Under the second part of the agreement, Goldman Sachs can provide an additional $ 8M in senior debt with $ 2M in shares to be issued at market price, all subject to certain conditions and performance indicators.
Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or co-location in three data centers, featuring over 52,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to clients in more than 130 countries.
For more information about iWeb, please visit: http://iweb.com.
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December 12, 2008
Web Hosting Provider, The Planet, Premieres Virtual Rack Bundles
Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – December 12, 2008 – Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, is offering new Virtual Rack Solution Bundles, as pre-configured solutions for environments with two or more servers.
Bryce Edwards, General Manager for complex infrastructure at The Planet remarked, ”Many SMBs require the ability to grow their hosted environments quickly and easily, yet aren’t sure where to start. With our new Virtual Rack Solution Bundles, we’;ve prepackaged three of our most popular virtual rack configurations, making it an easy choice to meet particular business requirements. All of our bundles feature drive-level redundancy, 1Gbps connection speed and bandwidth pooling, and customers receive additional value by taking advantage of low introductory pricing.”
Available in three package types, the bundles feature tiered components designed to meet various business requirements, from basic to advanced. The solution is ideal for customers who require a scalable, flexible infrastructure to accommodate rapid growth.
Virtual Rack Solution Bundles are available in three configurations that simplify the purchasing process:
– The Essential Bundle includes two powerful Intel quad-core servers and business-class load balancing, which are ideal for mission-critical applications.
– The Advanced Bundle features all the benefits of the Essential package, plus a RAID 1 database server with 15,000RPM SAS drives for fast database access. It includes advanced load balancing, which operates at three times the speed and capacity as the Essential Bundle.
– The Performance Bundle is The Planet’s most robust solution. In addition to the benefits of the Advanced Bundle, this solution includes an additional quad-core Web server for a total of three servers, a fully managed and dedicated Cisco ASA 5510SP firewall, as well as a wide array of managed services, including server monitoring, security and backup.
Through Dec. 31, The Planet is offering promotional pricing on its Virtual Rack Solution Bundles. The Essential Bundle is priced at $801.55 per month, regularly $943. The Advanced Bundle is available for $1,329.60 per month, a 20 percent savings. The Performance Bundle is $2,048.85 per month, discounted more than 25 percent.
Virtual racks enhance security, particularly for companies running advanced, high-performance applications that require flexibility in multi-server environments:
– Unlimited server-to-server transfer: Multiple servers within the same virtual rack have unlimited connectivity so customers don’t pay for bandwidth between servers.
– Reduced risk of bandwidth overages: Virtual racks allow customers to pool bandwidth across all servers in the environment. The Planet eliminates the guessing game of which server will accumulate overages, only to find others below their limit.
– Access to advanced security and hosting technologies: A complete hosting solution for complex environments requires advanced firewalls and load balancers. Virtual racks allow customers to take advantage of these solutions across their multi-server applications.
Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:
- High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
- Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
- Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
- Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
- Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business
The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 12 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24x7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution, with the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network.
For more information about the racks, please visit: www.planetalpha.com/private-racks/.
To learn more about the specials, please visit: www.planetalpha.com/server-specials/.
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Amherst, New York – (The Hosting News) – December 12, 2008 – Storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, ATTO, has released its new ExpressSAS H608 and ExpressSAS H680, the industry’s only 6Gb/s SAS host adapters.
Leveraging PCI Express 2.0 and 6Gb/s SAS performance, the H608 and H680 deliver the fastest available connection to SAS/SATA storage (up to 8Gb/sec. full-duplex), powering data-intensive IT and digital media applications such as email compliance, tape backup, data warehousing, high-definition video post-production and digital film production.
Tim Klein, President and CEO of ATTO Technology remarked, ”ATTO has significant experience as a pioneer in the storage market and today’s announcement of the next-generation ExpressSAS family of 6Gb/s SAS host adapters demonstrates our commitment as a trusted industry leader. We have taken the lead in delivering multi-vendor operating system support and interoperability while being the first in the market to deliver blazing-fast 6Gb/s SAS throughput — the ideal solution for transactional database applications, email servers, large server farms and digital media production.”
ATTO’s next-generation ExpressSAS H608 and H680 offer native x8 PCIe 2.0 to 6Gb/s SAS connectivity ensuring compatibility with the latest in SAS and SATA technology. The ExpressSAS H608 offers 8 internal lanes of connectivity and the H680 offers 8 external lanes of connectivity, each providing up to 1200MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput per lane. Available in a true low-profile form factor to fit all physical server environments, both the H608 and H680 support up to 256 end-point devices when used with SAS expanders.
Features of the ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS product line include:
* 1200 MB/sec throughput per SAS port in full-duplex mode
* Driver support for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
* Backward compatibility with 3Gb SAS/SATA/SATA IIdevices
* Support target and initiator modes
ExpressSAS 6Gb/ s SAS host adapters feature ATTO’s exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADSTM) Technology, enabling users to achieve the ultimate in I/O performance by controlling the acceleration of large and small blocks of data. This distinctive intelligence helps ensure that SAS/SATA systems are faster, provide better bandwidth utilization, are easier to manage, and improve system robustness.
ATTO recently participated in the SCSI Trade Association 6Gb/s SAS Plugfest to test the ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS host adapters in environments with many other SAS components and new test equipment to prepare for industry leadership. Qualification efforts with other industry partners and OEMs are currently underway and will continue as new 6Gb/s SAS devices are introduced to the market. ATTO will expand upon the ExpressSAS 6Gb/s line of host adapters, by introducing a 16 port internal, a 16 port external and a 4 port internal/4 port external port host adapter that will ship to select OEMs and partners early in 2009.
ATTO Technology, Inc. is a storage connectivity and infrastructure solution for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO provides a wide range of end-to-end solutions to help customers’better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures host adapters, RAID adapters, bridges, RAID storage controllers, virtual tape appliances, and management software. ATTO solutions are based on providing a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces including SCSI, SATA, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), Gigabit Ethernet, SAS and Fibre Channel. ATTO distributes its products worldwide directly to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, VARs and authorized distributors. Contact ATTO Technology, Inc. world headquarters, at: 155 CrossPoint Parkway, Amherst, New York 14068; Phone: (716) 691-1999 Fax: (716) 691-9353.
To learn more, please visit: www.attotech.com.
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Oxford, United Kingdom – (The Hosting News) – December 12, 2008 – Web application security firm, Sophos, has released a new security report, examining the threat landscape over the last twelve months, including predictions about emerging cybercrime trends for 2009.
The Sophos Security Threat Report 2009 reveals that more malware is hosted on U.S. websites and more spam is relayed from American computers, than any other country. As evidence of this, when an American Internet company, accused of collaborating with spammers and hackers, was disconnected from the Net in November, there was a staggering 75 percent drop in spam.
Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant for Sophos remarked, ”Not only is the United States relaying the most spam because too many of its computers have been compromised and are under the control of hackers, but it’s also carrying the most malicious webpages. We would like to see the States making less of an impact on the charts in the coming year. American computers, whether knowingly or not, are making a disturbingly large contribution to the problems of viruses and spam affecting all of us today.”
Sophos’s research reveals that in 2008 organized criminal gangs tripled their attacks against innocent websites, injecting malicious code to infect visiting home users and businesses. In addition, 2008 has seen concerted campaigns by hackers to pose as legitimate anti-virus vendors, creating new professional-looking websites and applications every day with the intention of scaring users into believing that their computers have been compromised. On average, Sophos identifies five new scareware websites every day, with the figure peaking at over 20 per day on occasion.
The detailed report, which documents the major Internet attacks of 2008, also reveals a startling rise in hackers spamming out malicious attachments, designed to compromise PCs in order to steal identities, money and resources. By the end of 2008, Sophos was tracking five times more malicious attacks arriving through files attached to emails than at the start of the year.
Furthermore, spammers and malware authors have shown a deadly interest in websites like Facebook – breaking into innocent users’ accounts to take advantage of trusted social networks, and send spam and malware.
Mr. Cluley noted, ”The last year proved beyond doubt that Internet hacking gangs are organized like never before, often working across borders to steal money and data from unsuspecting users. The volume of attacks has increased, with hackers using automated systems to break into vulnerable websites or generate new variants of their malware. People need to wake up to the reality that the completely legitimate website they are visiting could be harboring a dangerous malware infection planted by hackers. As we enter 2009 we are not expecting to see these assaults diminish. As economies begin to enter recession it will be more important than ever for individuals and businesses to ensure that they are on guard against Internet attack.”
Internet attacks are overwhelmingly orchestrated via networks of innocent home computers that have – unknown to their owners – been commandeered by hackers. Sophos urges home users and businesses to properly defend their PCs with up-to-date anti-virus software, security patches and firewalls.
Statistics at a glance include:
- Biggest malware threats – SQL injection attacks against websites and the rising tide of scareware.
- New web infections – one new infected webpage discovered by Sophos every four and a half seconds (Three times faster than in 2007).
- Malicious email attachments – five times more at end of 2008 than at the beginning.
- United States hosts the most malware on the web (37 percent), usurping China’s position in 2007.
- U.S. computers relay the most spam (17.5 percent).
- Increasing allegations of state-sponsored cybercrime, as China, North Korea, Russia and Georgia are among those accused of espionage and assaults via the Internet.
In 2007, China was responsible for hosting over 50 percent of all web-based malware. However, in 2008 this position was stolen by the United States.
The top ten list of malware-hosting countries in 2008 reads as follows:
1. United States 37.0%
2. China (incl. HK) 27.7%
3. Russia 9.1%
4. Germany 2.3%
5. S Korea 2.1%
6. Ukraine 1.8%
7. United Kingdom 1.7%
8. Turkey 1.5%
9. Czech Republic 1.3%
10. Thailand 1.2%
Others 14.3%.
For more information, including statistics on email threats, detection techniques and spam-relaying countries, please download the Sophos Security Threat Report 2009 from: www.sophos.com/securityreport2009.
Sophos provides solutions that enable enterprises all over the world to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Sophos’s network access control and endpoint solutions simplify security to provide an integrated defense against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications and policy abuse. Sophos complements these solutions with innovative email and web security products that filter traffic for security threats, spam and policy infringements.
With over 20 years of experience, Sophos’s reliably engineered security solutions and services protect more than 100 million users in over 140 countries. Recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction and powerful yet easy-to-use solutions, Sophos has received many industry awards, as well as positive reviews and certifications. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, UK and Boston, U.S.
To learn more about the report, please visit: www.sophos.com/secrep2009.
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December 11, 2008
Web Hosting Company, SSA Host, Deploys A La Carte R1Soft CDP
Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – December 11, 2008 – Web hosting and Internet solutions company, SSA Host, will now offer R1Soft Continuous Data Protection technology as standard for users of its a la carte hosting plans, in order to allow customers to build ideal hosting solutions.
Accessible through cPanel, R1Soft’s data protection technology provides the most secure and easy to use system for protecting important information against data loss. SSA Host customers are able to individually manage and schedule data backups and restore files from previous restore points.
Kristopher Jordy, owner of SSA Host parent company Sirkels and Squares Alternative noted, ”It’s impossible to overstate the importance of a sound data protection process, and R1Soft delivers the most cost effective, scalable, and reliable technology in the marketplace. We are able to effectively deploy this technology to our shared hosting users, and do so at no additional charge to them.”
A la carte hosting plans start at a base price of $1 per month, and increase in cost as features, such as disk space and monthly data transfer, are added. Continuous Data Protection is included as standard at no additional charge.
Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company’s customer list includes some of the world’s largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for over 85,000 mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc.
SSA Host provides Domain Registration, Virtual Private Servers, Hosted Exchange, Server Monitoring, Linux-based Shared hosting and Reseller hosting, and Dedicated Servers. Launched in 2006 by parent company Sirkels and Squares Alternative, SSA Host is a provider of Internet solutions for small and medium sized businesses. It offers a range of hosting and management services, including Shared hosting, Reseller hosting, Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers.
For more about R1Soft and Continuous Data Protection, please visit: www.r1soft.com.
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Miami, Florida – (The Hosting News) – December 10, 2008 – Website software development company, NEMediaSoft, has appointed (Curtis) R. Curtis as its new Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, where he will assist the RankSense SEO Software Suite provider, to secure the highest positioning, among SEO software firms.
(Curtis) R. Curtis is a recognized hosting and online marketing industry luminary, regularly speaking on the topics of hosting infrastructure, online marketing and the evolution of the Internet. In addition to leading NEMediaSoft’s sales and marketing efforts, Mr. Curtis will build strategic partnerships with leaders in the hosting industry.
Hamlet Batista, CEO and Founder of RankSense remarked, ”We are extremely excited to welcome Curtis to the RankSense team. We are confident that with his extensive experience, background and knowledge onboard we will quickly reach our goal of making RankSense the leading SEO software suite in the marketplace.”
A 16-year veteran of the industry, Curtis began his career working as a technology consultant with the US and Canadian governments. In 1993 he launched and managed one of the first internet service providers (ISP). Most recently, Mr. Curtis served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at web hosting and Internet services firm, Superb Internet Corporation.
Mr. Batista added, ”We recognize that partnering with the hosting industry and vendors such as cPanel and Parallels is vital in our goal to get RankSense in front of every website owner seeking to pinpoint the most profitable, sought after keywords necessary to drastically improve search engine rankings and increase the quantity and quality of their natural search traffic.”
RankSense was developed by NEMediaSoft, Inc., a provider of software and services designed for small businesses, SEO consultants and bloggers. The company’s team of highly talented developers has invested over 20,000 hours designing, programming and refining the RankSense SEO management software, a revolutionary SEO software suite designed to simplify and improve the search engine optimization process. RankSense incorporates easy-to-use, powerful SEO technologies and solutions that facilitate the design, execution and management of successful organic search optimization campaigns, To better serve its rapidly growing worldwide customer base, NemediaSoft now has offices in the USA, Canada and the Dominican Republic.
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December 9, 2008
Nativespace Web Hosting Green Initiative Unveiled
Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom – (The Hosting News) – December 9, 2008 – The UK based hosting company, nativespace, has launched its newly redesigned and enhanced website, reflecting structure and product range updates over the last two years.
In addition, more information about products, such as the new fully managed dedicated server range, launched earlier this year, is featured with extensive information about the company and its network infrastructure.
Peter Duggal, Chief Executive representative remarked, ”Our core focus is in providing the highest specification server technology, backed by the highest level of customer service at affordable pricing. We believe business success comes naturally if you do the right thing in terms of service. The vast majority of our business comes in through recommendation, which is our proudest achievement.”
Alongside the website launch is the unveiling of a new carbon neutral initiative, nativeneutral. In the past nativespace provided customers with the option of offsetting the emissions from their website, and have now taken this one huge step further with the launch of the nativeneutral initiative. In order to bring fully carbon neutral hosting to the public, they have calculated the company’s carbon footprint and have offset these emissions in partnership with www.carbon-offsets.com (absorbing the costs involved along the way). The initiative means nativespace provide 100% carbon neutral hosting as standard.
Nativespace, established in 2001, has grown to host in excess of 6000 domains for a wide spectrum of users – from businesses, universities and top 3 political parties, to hobbyists, celebrities, tv channels and major e-commerce stores. The company has experienced robust year on year growth and is 100% debt-free.
All hosting packages come with cPanel and a wealth of software providing customers with a vast degree of control over their hosting, alongside a range of tools to assist in site building from simple wizards to powerful CMS packages, and flexible E-Commerce solutions. Prices start from 3.11 pounds per month (ex VAT).
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December 8, 2008
Web Hosting Affiliate Program, Unveiled at Aventure Host
Belfast, United Kingdom – (The Hosting News) – December 8, 2008 – International web hosting company, Aventure Host, based in the United Kingdom, has released it’s new web hosting affiliate and partner program, offering 10-20% commission per sale.
Hosting approximately 15,000 websites, Aventure’s new partner program is aimed at web hosting customers and marketing professionals who want to advertise and sell web hosting solutions in return for a per-sale commission rate ranging from 10 to 20 percent.
Through it’s partner portal affiliates are provided with real time tools to track payments, commission, click-throughs, usage reports and access to online media such as banners, corner peels, videos, text links and access to a desktop application to provide real time commission alerts.
Richard Kennedy, managing director, released in a statement, ”Every six months we ask our clients to complete a survey on our services, our staff, and to give us feedback on what we’re doing well, and other areas that we need to focus more on going forward. Over the last 24 months a large number of our clients have requested an affiliate program to help generate profit from their websites.”
Until February 2009 the company is providing new affiliates with a 5 pound GBP welcome bonus, and a starting commission of 10% but depending on affiliate performance, additional commission tiers are available up to 20%.
Mr. Kennedy added, ”Taking this feedback over several surveys in the last couple of years, we’ve been able to pin point the actual needs of our clients and find out what they really wanted in an affiliate program, and we’ve developed our system around most of those suggestions.”
The company will continue to provide 24/7/365 telephone, email and helpdesk support to partners to help increase conversion rates, and to establish and create new networking opportunities with partners.
Aventure Host was established in 2003 by Aventure Media out of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Aventure Host currently provides web hosting solutions to over 15,000 websites, and provides a range of shared, reseller, virtual private servers, managed servers and hosted Microsoft application solutions.
To learn more about the new (free) Partner Applications, please visit: http://www.myaventure.com/affiliates/signup.php
For more information about Aventure Host, please visit: www.aventurehost.com.
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December 6, 2008
ServerPronto Offers Bailout for Strapped IT Budgets
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December 5, 2008
Web Hosting Firm, Rackspace, Expands Board of Directors
San Antonio, Texas – (The Hosting News) – December 5, 2008 – Hosting services provider, Rackspace, has appointed Bain and Company Fellow and Founder of Bain’s Loyalty practice, Fred Reichheld, to its Board of Directors.
Lanham Napier, President and CEO, Rackspace Hosting commented, ”Rackspace has grown to be the leader in the IT hosting space through its focus on providing Fanatical Support to our customers. We are honored to have one of the world’s most respected loyalty experts as a member of our Board of Directors. Fred will guide us on deepening our customers’ loyalty to us by continually improving the service experience that Rackspace provides.”
Reichheld joined Bain in 1977 and was elected to the partnership in 1982. In January 1999, he was elected by the firm to become the first Bain Fellow. Reichheld’s pioneering work has quantified the linkage between loyalty, profits, and growth. He is the author of three best selling business books including The Loyalty Effect, Loyalty Rules and The Ultimate Question and eight Harvard Business Review articles on the subject. Reichheld is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.
Last month, Rackspace awarded this year’s winner of The Fanati honors, the company’s outstanding customer service award, honoring the one customer that has best demonstrated excellent customer centricity.
Rackspace reviewed the applications and a short-list of seven finalists was announced. Finalists moved on to the second round of judging which involved two scoring categories. First, their application was critiqued and graded by a panel of four service industry experts including Earl Sasser, a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School; Douglas Hanna, founder and Principal of customer service consulting company Service Untitled Group ( www.serviceuntitled.com); Lane Becker, blogger for getsatisfaction.com; and David Mitzenmacher, director of customer care programs for Rackspace. Second, in order to validate the finalists’ applications, a customer satisfaction survey was sent to the seven finalists’ customers.
Based on the survey results and the judge’s scores, Pangea Foundation proved their customer service excellence and came out on top in both categories. In comments left on the survey about Pangea Foundation, Chris Juett, 2-1-1 Program Manager for the United Way said, ”Pangea Foundation was very responsive to our needs during the recent flooding in Iowa. When we contacted them telling them we wanted a web based flood related database put together for our 2-1-1 Center, they had the site up and running in less than 24 hours. After setting up the site they have worked with us to ensure that it was meeting our needs and are now helping us with the development of reports.”
Rackspace will begin accepting customer applications for the 2009 THE FANATI in July. About Pangea Foundation A 501(c)(3) nonprofit Software-as-a-Service provider founded in 1996, Pangea Foundation is the leader in delivering Impact Visualization On Demand to nonprofits of all sizes. Backed by world-class teams of IT experts, security specialists, and technology partners, Pangea Foundation equips more than 1,200 impact-driven nonprofits across America with Web-based Software-as-a-Service that lets organizations clearly visualize and effortlessly communicate the impact of their programs.
Rackspace Hosting delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable andaffordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company’s mission to be one of the world’s greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting (www.rackspace.com), email hosting (www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting ( www.mosso.com).
For more information about Rackspace Managed Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.
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Turnersville, New Jersey – (The Hosting News) – December 5, 2008 – The UltraQuantix company has revamped its entire line of shared hosting packages, and has added Virtual Private Servers, offering 16 hosting plans targeting individuals, families, and small to medium sized businesses.
UltraQuantix now offers 12 Linux-based shared Web hosting plan choices, starting at $12/yearly for an entry-level solution and ranging to $96/monthly for more advanced solutions with greater resource allotments. All shared hosting plans are powered by cPanel/WHM and include a competitive assortment of features, including access to unlimited MySQL databases and email accounts.
UltraQuantix also now offers four new Linux-based Virtual Private Server hosting plans, starting at $33.70/monthly. The entry-level UQ-V15 VPS plan includes 15GB of data storage, 200GB of monthly data transfer, and access to 384MB of server RAM (burstable to 512MB).
Peter Marek, Founder of UltraQuantix remarked, ”By offering a wider variety of hosting configurations, we have created a more realistic and structured approach to selling Web hosting to individuals and small businesses. Between our entry-level and high-end solutions, our customers will be able to pay for only what they use, and have the flexibility to upgrade or downgrade as their needs evolve.”
All hosting plans include access to world-class customer support from UltraQuantix. The company offers telephone, live chat, and helpdesk support each weekday from 9am to 9pm EST. Server hardware is monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition, all hosting plans feature enterprise-grade email anti-virus and anti-spam, available automatically at no extra charge.
In addition to Web hosting, UltraQuantix offers domain name registration, IT consulting for small businesses, and Web design.
Launched in 2008, UltraQuantix is a progressive Web solutions provider for individuals, families, and small to medium sized businesses. The company offers a range of shared hosting and Virtual Private Server (VPS) packages.
To learn more about UltraQuantix, please visit: www.ultraquantix.com.
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