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Announcement by Hostgator: More than Fifty Percent of Growth in 2009

Mark Dallas — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:46:14 +0000

HostGator one of the top well-known web hosting providers in the hosting industry which already was ranked 21st on the 2008 Inc. list, once again reports great growth in 2009.

Global Industry News, in a meeting with Hostgator web hosting provider, is announcing a great amount of growth in the past year. Douglas Hanna, the Customer Service Manager, stated: “The number of customers we have increased by more than 50% over the course of 2009”.

In explaining the growth Douglas Hanna said, “A large portion of our growth is a result of word of mouth advertising that comes from our existing customers. We really pride ourselves on the quality of our customer service and spend a lot of time and money ensuring that we’re providing the best service we can and that we’re always improving in areas where we might be falling relatively short. That is something our customers seem to appreciate and as a result, they continue to refer us to their friends, family, and co-workers.”

Brent Oxley, CEO and founder of Hostgator, explained why they are outpacing their competitors: “Our customer service is definitely an important differentiator. There aren’t many companies that provide 24/7/365 US-based support over the phone, email, and live chat in the web hosting industry, much less at our price point. We also have a competitive set of product and service offerings that give our customers the tools they need to succeed on the Internet and get the most out of their web hosting. A good product lineup coupled with good customer service is something that has worked very well for us so far.”

About Hostgator:

Established in 2003 from a dorm room in, Florida by Brent Oxley who was a freshman in college at the time, he grew the company mainly by word of mouth, to become now one of the major web hosting providers, and also HostGator became one of the fastest growing companies in America ranking 21st on the 2008 Inc. 5000 List, They have now over 200,000 customers.

Downtime for Major Sites Caused By DNS Issues

Ellen Tate — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:05:42 +0000

Some of the web’s most well-known websites experienced sluggishness and downtime Wednesday night due to troubles with DNS services. The problem was most pronounced at UltraDNS, which reported that its performance issues were done by an electronic attack.

The list of sites experiencing problems included Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services and Walmart.com. DNS is short for the domain name system, which serves as a roadmap allowing users to find web sites. Domain registries like VeriSign provide centralized web lookups through a network of data centers, while commercial DNS service providers like UltraDNS offer additional tools to manage traffic.

UltraDNS told CNet that it was hit by a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) targeting its west coast infrastructure at data centers in San Jose and Palo Alto. A DDoS attack targets a site or provider with large volumes of traffic in an attempt to overwhelm its ability to serve content.

That logjam at UltraDNS caused ripples across the Internet, causing uptime problems for several major service providers.

“We can confirm some customers in the West Coast are experiencing issues with resolving DNS,” Amazon Web Services reported. The issue was resolved by 6:40 p.m. and affected Amazon’s EC2 compute service, S3 storage and CloudFront content delivery network, Pacific time.

“Due to a global DNS outage, all services at salesforce.com were affected,” Salesforce reported on its status dashboard. ”We are closely working with our providers to get more details and to isolate the nature of the problem.”

The outages marked the third time this year that DDoS attacks on DNS providers had disrupted service for customers:

Hundreds of thousands of web sites were slowed for hours on Jan. 23 when Network Solutions’ DNS servers were hit by a DDoS. The company described the incident as a “very large scale” attack.
UltraDNS blamed an April 1 outage on a DDoS, but said the issue affected a small subset of its customers.

Successful attacks on DNS providers are not unprecedented, but these services are designed to be resilient. VeriSign has deployed new infrastructure in a $100 million upgrade at multiple data centers, with a goal of expanding its capacity to handle more than 4 trillion DNS requests per day by 2010.

Lunarpages Web Hosting Selects Latisys’ SAS70 Compliant HD Colocation and Managed Services

Donald Weaver — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:57:39 +0000

Lunarpages web hosting provider selected Latisys Irvine data center for its ability to give outsourced, scalable IT infrastructure management services to comply with the company’s growing needs, which is driven by customer growth as well as broader use of high-density applications.

“We consider our data center partner to be a critical part of the Lunarpages team, which is why we invest in only the best,” said George Natzic, chief operating officer at Lunarpages, in a statement.

“By turning to Latisys, our customers will benefit from a SAS70 compliant infrastructure and continuous uptime,” Natzic added. “At the same time, we have assurance and peace of mind that our IT environment is secure.”

Don Goodwin, executive vice president of Latisys said, “Because Lunarpages prides itself on offering customers uncompromised security, management, pricing, and services, selecting a data center partner that enabled the firm to execute on this mission was paramount.”

Latisys multiple high-density SAS70 Type II certified data centers across the United States, they can offers scalable outsourced IT infrastructure management solutions to customers, company officials added.

Two month ago, Latisys announced it joined Microsoft (News – Alert)Software + Services Incubation Center Program, TMCnet reported.

The Microsoft Incubation Center Program is designed to help independent service vendors to easily face the commercial, financial, and technical challenges that they face while adding a service-based delivery application to their business offerings. Microsoft brings together leading independent software vendors with hosting providers, through this program.

In another major development Latisys announced that AboveNet, a leading provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions, has implemented dedicated, diverse routing over two physically separate paths between Latisys’ data center in Irvine, California and AboveNet’s Los Angeles backbone network.

This implementation provides Latisys with a private, high bandwidth fiber connectivity running over these paths. This network will also provide Latisys fewer ‘hops’ or connection points to offer low latency service for their customers’ mission-critical applications, company officials stated.

GoDaddy Domain & Hosting Provider Offers Business Incorporation Services

Carol Wilson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:51:34 +0000

GoDaddy a domain registrar and web hosting provider announced, They are now offering incorporation services, which gives businesses a easy and cost-effective way to incorporate a business.

This services will simplifies the process of transitioning a business into a corporation or LLC. To make use of the service, clients can log into the their accounts to answer the requiered questions.

Then GoDaddy will file the papers on their behalf and send the incorporation documents in a few weeks.

All applications are reviewed by experienced professionals to make sure it is submitted correctly and accurately.

As a large portion of GoDaddy’s clients are a small and medium businesses, this service certainly seems like a logical value-added service for GoDaddy customers.

“If you haven’t incorporated your businesses, you’re leaving yourself and your family open to unnecessary risk,” says Bob Parsons, Go Daddy CEO and founder. “Go Daddy wanted to help make the whole incorporation process affordable and painless, which is why we’re offering Incorporation Services.”

There are two levels for this service. The Economy plan priced at $99, plus state fees, and includes everything that is needed to incorporate a business and the Deluxe plan that cost $279, plus state fees, this includes also a Federal Employer Identification Number, an additional six Months of Registered Agent Service, and expedited shipping.

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SiteGround Web Hosting Provider announces Holiday specials

Alice Young — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:54:20 +0000

SiteGround has started a great holiday prices. The discounts are on the prices of the web hosting plans and other popular services provided by the SiteGround. The main hosting plan now comes at a special price of $20.10 for a full year. Also there is a 50% discount on extra features is also part of the Holiday discounts.

The discount price of $20.10 chosen by SiteGround is clearly inspired by the upcoming new year 2010. It will be valid for one year accounts ordered in the period between December 16th, 2009 and January 4th, 2010. “We wanted to greet the new customers who will actually use their first account with us during the whole 2010 with a special price” – says Lilyana Yakimova, SiteGround marketing manager.

Another group who will benefit from this holiday special are existing customers as they can enhance their service with an extra features. During the last two months SiteGround has launched 4 new services: SSH access, business hosting upgrade, advanced SPAM and virus protection, and premium support. They are now provided at half price together with the most popular domain services like domain registration, transfer and WhoIs privacy.

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Registration Now Open for Citrix Synergy 2010

Mark Dallas — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:20:04 +0000

Session Topic Sneak Peek and Early Bird Pricing Available at CitrixSynergy.com

12/17/2009 » Fort Lauderdale » Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), today announced registration for Citrix Synergy™ 2010 is now open. Citrix Synergy – where virtualization, networking and cloud computing meet – has evolved into a global event offered in two key geographic locations: Synergy San Francisco will take place May 12 to 14, 2010, at the Moscone West Convention Center, and Synergy Berlin will be held Oct. 6 to 7, 2010, at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Center.

Synergy offers an open, expansive array of technical and business breakout sessions, as well as hands-on learning labs, presented by leading technical experts. Presenters will examine key issues impacting IT, such as breaking away from the costs and complexities of the distributed computing status quo; building a simpler, more cost-effective computing environment to position organizations at the forefront of the on-demand IT services era and utilizing available technologies to achieve and exceed business goals.

Synergy will feature timely virtualization, networking and cloud computing content, including sessions such as:

Need a simpler, low-risk path to Windows 7? Desktop virtualization makes it a snap!
Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) is ready for prime time: How Citrix did it and what we learned.
Dear CFO, I know how we can save big bucks with desktop virtualization…
Virtualization and application networking. Learn how one plus one equals three.
HDX, the user experience “champ,” takes on the contenders.

Synergy is the industry’s premier conference focused on the growing convergence between virtualization, networking and cloud computing. Session content will address how these technologies can solve real IT business problems in an open and dynamic atmosphere and will be divided into the following three tracks:
Desktop Virtualization
This track provides a comprehensive examination of desktop virtualization, covering the full breadth of desktop virtualization technologies, including client virtualization (local virtual desktops), desktop streaming, VDI (hosted virtual desktops), self-service on-demand applications, application virtualization and user profile management. You’ll get case studies of successful implementations, best practices, technical sessions and a roadmap to help you reduce costs, simplify desktop management and deliver high-definition desktops to all users now.

Datacenter-Cloud
Server virtualization, networking and cloud technologies are converging to enable dramatic improvements in datacenter efficiency, flexibility and reliability at an affordable cost. You’ll learn about the latest innovations in server virtualization, datacenter infrastructure management, and networking and application delivery controllers. This fast-paced technical track will examine all three areas with special attention to options and merits of private and public cloud solutions.

IT Business and Strategy
Senior IT management face unprecedented challenges, needing to reduce costs, while simultaneously delivering innovation to drive efficiencies for their users and effectiveness for their business. This track is designed for senior IT leaders, providing new sources of IT-led innovation and competitive advantage to position their business for success today and in the future. Insightful, interactive sessions will feature prominent industry executives who have produced impressive bottom-line improvements for their businesses.

Synergy will also feature hands-on training. The instructor-led, hands-on learning labs provide the in-depth experience required to master new Citrix technologies. These high-value, unique labs are designed for administrators and architects responsible for managing or designing an environment that consists of Citrix technologies including XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and NetScaler.

Citrix Summit 2010, the premier training conference designed for members of the Citrix Partner Network, will be combined with Synergy – both in San Francisco and Berlin. Summit, which begins two days prior to Synergy, is the main event where the company’s partners can learn about the latest trends in virtualization, network optimization and cloud computing solutions. Summit provides intense educational sessions and offers valuable technical knowledge, selling skills and competitive strategies for attendees.

Registration for Synergy and Summit San Francisco, as well as Synergy and Summit Berlin is now available at www.citrixsynergy.com. A discounted, early bird registration is available for Synergy San Francisco through Feb. 2, which provides a $400 savings off of the normal conference fee.

About Citrix Synergy 2010
Born as a user conference more than 10 years ago, Citrix SynergyTM is the only event where virtualization, networking and cloud computing meet. Interoperability and openness are central to the event. Its sessions will focus on the coming convergence of these critical technologies and how they can be used today to address real world IT business challenges. Synergy addresses topics that have simply become too critical and widespread for one event on one continent. IT professionals now have two opportunities each year to attend this important industry conference. Citrix Synergy San Francisco will take place May 12 to 14, 2010, at Moscone West Convention Center. Citrix Synergy Berlin will be held at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Center, Oct. 6 to 7, 2010. More information is available on the Citrix Synergy web site at http://www.citrixsynergy.com.

About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. Its Citrix Delivery Center™, Citrix Cloud Center™ (C3) and Citrix Online product families radically simplify computing for millions of users, delivering desktops and applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers include the world’s largest Internet companies, 99 percent of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers worldwide. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1989, annual revenue in 2008 was $1.6 billion.

VEXXHOST Web Hosting Announced Holiday Special

Mark Dallas — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:23:27 +0000

Web hosting leader, VEXXHOST.COM, announced their new “Holiday Web Hosting Special” for shared web hosting. The plan is priced at $3.95 per month which offers unlimited disk space, unlimited monthly transfer, industry leading CDP backups (which are taken every 3 hours of every account and database), free site builder and free domain name. Customers of other web hosting companies are also eligible to up to $25 of credit into their VEXXHOST account to cover the remainder of their term at their old web hosting company.

This plan offers all the features necessary and needed for a web hosting plan, the price of the plan does not reflect it’s features as it comes with unlimited everything, including unlimited hosted domains, as well as a 99.9% up-time guarantee, all backed up by a 30 day money back guarantee. There are no hidden fees and there are no setup fees.

Additional services that are available to all of VEXXHOST’s clients are Fantastico which allow customers to install more than 50 PHP scripts without going through the fuss of creating new databases, configuring and installing. They also offer a simple self-intuitive web site builder, preloaded with over 500 templates, that makes building websites extremely easy.

VEXXHOST uses the latest Xeon multi-processor servers with a minimum of 8GB of ECC RAM. Their storage system is based on RAID-10 arrays that are optimized for maximum speed and at the same time is able to sustain numerous failures, if they ever do.

VEXXHOST currently operates two data centers as well as their own fully redundant BGP network that allows them to have sites with 100% uptime because they control all of their servers, network equipment, redundant power generators and UPS systems.

VEXXHOST has gone the extra mile by offering exceptional unique services only available to their clients. To name a few, InstantVideo which allows client’s to install a video sharing website with a few clicks, without going through configurations and databases as well as custom PHP configuration utility that allows clients to modify their php.ini file without having to create it themselves and configure it.

Just like every year, VEXXHOST comes with a much better deals, with great features and a great prices as well, the wisest decision is to switch over from your current host, take advantage of the $25 credit, and make sure to sign up and lock yourself onto this deal, as VEXXHOST never raise their prices and never will as long as you continue to remain their client on that specific package.

New Three-Tiered Channel Program By The Planet Web Hosting Provider

Mark Dallas — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:05:59 +0000

The Planet web hosting firm has introduced its brand new “Partner Plus” plan, presenting industry-leading payment rates plus an entrée to an entrance having a variety of marketing and sales tools.

“As other hosting companies and colocation providers are cutting back their programs, The Planet is making significant investments in Partner Plus to build indirect sales and leverage the power of the channel to expand our market reach,” The Planet global sales vice president Tom Blair said in a statement. “Today marks a strategic expansion in our already-successful partner program.”

The Planet “Partner Plus” plan includes three aspect of partner models intended to fit most of business needs of its clients: Reseller Partners, Referral Partners as well as Affiliates.

Reseller Partners buy services and products to resell to clients, using The Planet’s buying strength, by means of volume-based server discount.

Referral Partners make up to 20 % commissions with deal size and the total business referred to The Planet.

Lastly, the Affiliate class offer clients who link customers or website visitors to The Planet 100 percent of a referred customer’s first month’s bill.

The Planet opened its entire product portfolio to partners earlier this year, letting them earn commissions or server discounts on one of the broadest portfolios of products and services in the industry, including colocation, advanced services and dedicated hosting, all the way to fully managed hosting, virtualization and cloud services.

Blair concluded, “We set about to reshape the partner landscape, with the most lucrative and creative program in the industry, backed by a dream team of sales, technical and support personnel committed to partners’ success. I’ve been in the industry for more than 25 years, and this is the program I’ve always envisioned being able to offer.”

Tenko Nikolov, chief executive officer of web host and The Planet partner SiteGround (www.siteground.com) said its global customer base relies on the most cutting-edge reliability and connectivity solutions to operate their businesses. “Our business continues to grow, as does our relationship with The Planet,” Nikolov said in a statement. “Their commitment to customer support and attention to our requirements makes them an ideal partner for our company, and those are among the reasons we work with The Planet.”

Host Color Web Hosting Provider Updated his VPS WEB Hosting Plans

Carol Wilson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:38:02 +0000

Host Color web hosting provider , a well-known firm in VPS Web Hosting community announced to hosting media its changes in VPS hosting plans. They increased the resources of their best selling plans in virtual private servers – “VPS Advance” and “VPS Start”.

Managing Director of Host Color LLC, Alexander Avramov said “The new upgraded Virtual Private Servers provide more resources and support our customers to reach their growth targets. We are now offering load-balanced VPS hosting plans from two different data centers – one in Indiana, U.S. and the other in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I can say that now Host Color ranks among the most reliable and technologically advanced providers in VPS hosting industry”.

“VPS Start” new features are 384 MB of memory, 15 GB of web space and 150 GB of monthly bandwidth. The cost of this virtual server plan did not changed and stays at $19.95/mo. The previous features of this plan was 256 MB of memory, 10 GB of web space and 100 GB of monthly bandwidth.

“VPS Advance” new features are 768 MB memory, 30 GB of web space and 300 GB of monthly bandwidth. There is also a $10 per month decrease in hosting price if customers decide to pay on a yearly bases with an annual contract.

The above VPS plans uses Virtuozzo virtualization a product from Parallels. Host Color gives the clients of the above VPS hosting plans a way to use Parallels Plesk Control Panel with an affordable cost of $5/mo. This is a $10 less than the average monthly license price of Plesk control panel of $15/mo. They also offer CPanel control panel with a price of $15/mo.

New Three-Tiered Channel Program By The Planet Web Hosting Provider

Alice Young — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:07:21 +0000

The Planet “Partner Plus” plan includes three aspect of partner models intended to fit most of business needs of its clients: Reseller Partners, Referral Partners as well as Affiliates.

Reseller Partners buy services and products to resell to clients, using The Planet’s buying strength, by means of volume-based server discount.

Referral Partners make up to 20 % commissions with deal size and the total business referred to The Planet.

Lastly, the Affiliate class offer clients who link customers or website visitors to The Planet 100 percent of a referred customer’s first month’s bill.