Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-06 – Host Color web hosting provider,announced a promotional offer on Extended Validation (EV) Green Bar SSL certificates. Host Color says that it gives site owners who purchase single-domain Essential SSL certificate, a free upgrade to Comodo Green Bar EV SSL

“Host Color is a trusted Comodo Partner and we appreciate a lot the opportunity to offer our customers a free upgrade to EV SSL. Thanks to Comodo they can use “Green Bar”, a feature exclusive to EV SSL, to reassure website visitors that they browse and transmit information through a verified and secured Internet site,” says Martin Andreev, VP of Operations of Host Color.

It articulates that it now provides its customers who need to get Green Bar Extended Validation (EV) SSL with the opportunity to get an EV SSL and to save $320/year. Now anyone who signs up for the standard single-domain “Essential SSL” digital certificate, priced at $39/year can get a free upgrade to EV SSL. The company partners with Comodo, a provider of digital security products to provide its website hosting customers with high quality SSL certificates.

The company explains that Extended Validation SSL (EV SSL) certificate, also popular as “Green Bar”, is the highest assurance digital certificate available online. It offers 2048-bit, next generation encryption and is compatible with 99.3% of web browsers, including all Mozilla, Internet Explorer and Safari versions. The regular price of Green Bar SSL is $359/year, but now its customers can purchase “Essential SSL” for $39/year and to request a free upgrade to EV SSL.

According to it, after a purchase of an “Essential SSL” certificate, its customer will be given a free update to Extended Validation Green Bar (EV) SSL. The only thing the SSL owner should do is to login to the new account. The free upgrade to Extended Validation certificate works for 1 and 2 year subscription periods. Any order for “Essential SSL” certificate will be valid and the company’s customers can use this type of SSL certificate if for any reason they cannot qualify to get issued an Extended Validation “Green Bar” SSL.

Source: www.webhosting.info

Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-06 – XPC Web Hosting is pleased to announce that we have launched a green enterprise hosting initiative. Over the past month we have successfully moved our entire hosting operation into the RackForce Cloud hosting system located in the GigaCenter green data center in Kelowna, British Columbia.

“As a business grade web hosting company in Vancouver we are proud that our operations are now located in the RackForce GigaCenter and running off their enterprise cloud solution.” says Shone Anstey VP operations for XPC Web Hosting. “In addition our clients have expressed their approval and excitement to have their websites at such an eco friendly environment.”

“XPC Web Hosting has been with RackForce for almost 2 years now. They are a fast growing web hosting company and recently needed to add more powerful infrastructure to meet their growing needs.” Brian Fry, RackForce Vice President – Sales and Marketing “By migrating their operations to the RackForce enterprise cloud infrastructure they have positioned themselves for rapid growth.”

Datacenters are one of the largest consumers of electrical energy in North America and thus one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Ensuring that they are as environmentally responsible as possible has become critical due to both the rising cost of energy and the onset of global climate change. There are a lot of factors that contribute to a green datacenter, among those power source and power consumption are the two biggest.

Datacenters in many areas are powered by coal-fired or natural gas electrical generation plants. These datacenters emit tremendous amounts of CO2 as a bi-product of their power consumption.

Tapping into British Columbia’s abundant supply of clean hydroelectric power, the RackForce GigaCenter has a carbon footprint which is 50 times smaller than the average coal-powered North American datacenter.

In addition by locating the data center in the Okanagan’s temperate climate, it uses new technology to take advantage of cool outside temperatures to regulate the temperature inside the data center. In addition, design choices like cold aisle containment and modular construction seriously reduce power use. Finally, technologies like virtualization, unified fabric network, and cloud computing improve IT efficiency.

About XPC Web Hosting:
XPC Web Hosting is located in Vancouver Canada, and specializes in business and ecommerce hosting with expertise in Magento shopping carts and WordPress websites. We have been in the hosting industry since 2004.

Source: PRweb

Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-05 – Bluemile, a leading provider in cloud services, co-location, wholesale voice and data technology solutions. an enterprise-grade fully owned and operated tier 3 datacenter with an optical and IP National Network powered by Cisco, a Sonus powered Voice Network and a best of breed vBlock cloud infrastructure, All of that makes Bluemile one of the fastest growing companies in this industry. They are specializes in providing products and services that power the most successful companies and service providers worldwide.

Vendors, partners and customers continually recognize Bluemile for offering innovative and diverse products. In June 2010, Web Host Directory USA awarded Bluemile as one of the most popular web hosting providers in the United States.

Ryan Troy, Director of Cloud Computing, states “Customers have a unique experience at Bluemile by utilizing our combination of state of the art compute, dedicated 24/7 customer service, and leading industry knowledge. Customers expect an always-available platform, products offering a high degree of choice, and competitive pricing. This is what we provide.”

A new product labeled bCloud™ with Backup, Storage and Compute packages promises to launch Bluemile even further ahead as an enterprise cloud service provider. The bCloud™ product is a highly redundant vBlock hosting platform which consists of Cisco UCS Blades running VMware; EMC and NetApp SANs; Cisco CRS, ASR and ISR routers; and Nexus switches. Dedicated Server packages are powered by Cisco UCS Servers with scalable package pricing.

Organizations have realized the need to preserve their capital and lower their operating expenses. bCloud™ allows organizations to lease technology services on demand, rather than spending precious capital on IT infrastructure that depreciates quickly and has no useful life after three to five years.

Source: PRweb

Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-05 – Web hosting directory and review site, FindMyHost.com, released its 2010 Editor’s Choice Awards for August. Network Solutions® was the winner in the business hosting category. Editors at FindMyHost.com reviewed Network Solutions web hosting packages and gave an “A” grade for the sales process, customer support, package features and usability.

After testing the three methods for customer support (email, trouble ticket and phone), the editors preferred the phone method; however they found that all three contact points were met with great response and resolution times. They also found Network Solutions sales associates to be helpful, friendly and knowledgeable.

To determine which package meets the needs of a particular business, the web hosting solutions are featured on Network Solutions’ website in a way that makes it easy to compare what’s included and how they can be effectively implemented into a business. In particular, the editors like the ability to review the features included within each web hosting package and found each provided businesses everything needed to create a successful online presence.

The editors also found the Network Solutions website easy to navigate and the “about us” section provided good information about the company.

About Network Solutions:

Network Solutions provides small businesses with the tools and resources to start, grow and manage their companies online. Network Solutions leverages more than 30 years of pioneering experience to help businesses thrive in an increasingly digital world. To ensure our customers’ success, we support them with outstanding customer service and solutions that are simple, innovative and reliable. Additional information can be found at www.about.networksolutions.com.

Source: PRweb

Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-04 - GI Partners announced that it has acquired all equity of SoftLayer Web hosting provider.

Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer states: “I’m extremely proud of how much SoftLayer has grown and accomplished in its history. GI Partners’ investment and partnership enables us to take our unparalleled approach to the next stage. It’s gratifying that a firm with GI Partners’ insight and success sees such value in SoftLayer’s past growth and future opportunities.

GI Partners, based in The Menlo Park, CA, owns a controlling interest in The Planet, and rumors surfaced during HostingCon held in Austin, TX on July 19-21 that there would be a merger or takeover involving the two Web hosting companies in some shape or form. That possibility still exists.

Rick Magnuson, Executive Managing Director of GI Partners said: “SoftLayer has taken a visionary model and created a company for the future of hosting. We are excited to bring additional resources and experience to help SoftLayer leverage its strategic position in the expanding global data center services market.

GI Partners (www.gipartners.com) manages about $4 billion worth of capital and has investments in colocation hosting firm Telx Group as well as Managed hosting provider ViaWest. Visit www.softlayer.com for more information on it’s Web hosting and data infrastructure services.

Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-03 - Fast growing web hosting company HostGee.Com today launches a new secure certificates product line.

Customers of HostGee can now secure their websites and online shops with SSL certificates, pricing ranging from an entry-level Thawte SSL for just $85.00 per year to the Extended SSL product which offers the highest levels of authentication and validation. There’s also a wild-card option that’s perfect for protecting multiple websites using the same SSL certificate.

Shafiq Ur Rehman, CEO/Founder, said: “Secure certificates are an essential part of running an online business, whether you need to provide security for online sales transactions, protection for a members’ login area or secure financial data. We’ve introduced a complete range of SSL certificates, so whatever the size of your business or requirements we”ll have the security covered.”

About HostGee.Com Corporation

HostGee Corporation provides domain name registration, Web hosting and ecommerce, colocation, managed dedicated hosting, SaaS hosting, Web design and online marketing services to over 1 Hundred Thousand Web sites and 80,000 customers worldwide. It operates over 250,191 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. Founded in 2009, HostGee is one of the world’s largest Web hosting companies with a direct presence in 3 countries, 3 worldwide operation centers and more than 150 employees.

Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-03 – Verio Inc., the leading web hosting provider of online business solutions to SMBs worldwide, including business web hosting, application hosting and Software as a Service (SaaS), today announced the expansion of its global operations with the opening of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Verio Europe. Verio Europe consists of the former SMB division of NTT Europe Online.

With headquarters in Germany, Verio Europe will consist of a team of SMB experts offering online services ranging from domain registration to shared and virtual web hosting, and online backup services. The establishment of this new subsidiary will expand Verio’s global footprint in the EMEA region where according to IDC, worldwide SMB spending will be the strongest in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2010.

Both new and existing customers can benefit from the pooling of Verio Europe’s local market and technical expertise with Verio’s worldwide products and programs. “We look forward to the new opportunities afforded to us as a result of the addition of Verio Europe, and we believe this will not only expand our SMB business, but also strengthen the support we provide to current partners and customers,” said Kiyoshi Maeda, President and CEO of Verio. “We continue to lead the market with our global OEM and partner efforts and the establishment of Verio Europe will further help us to meet the growing demand for our services, while at the same time, strengthening our overall position as the leader in delivering online solutions to SMBs worldwide.”

About Verio Inc. (www.verio.com)
Verio is the leading provider in delivering online business solutions to SMBs worldwide. Distributed through its global network of OEM and viaVerio channel partners, Verio’s solutions provide web hosting, application hosting and SaaS that enables SMBs to drive online success. Verio is a subsidiary of NTT Communications, one of the largest companies in the world and supports its operations with their highly reliable and scalable Global IP Network providing customers and partners with access to business solutions in more than 200 countries. In January 2009, Verio was named “Best Web Hosting Company 2008? by HostReview.com.

Source: Verio Inc

Greatresponder.com – 2010-08-02 – The Planet, the global web hosting leader, announced that SiteGround web hosting, one of its largest reseller partners has selected the company’s Server Cloud as the new standard for its cloud offering. According to SiteGround web hosting provider, The Planet Server Cloud uses the best virtualization technology on the market to deliver a service with outstanding reliability, redundancy and flexibility, which is suitable for business websites of all sizes.

“Server Cloud was expressly designed for our existing customers, with a platform that’s purpose-built for web-based businesses,” said Carl Meadows, senior product manager for Cloud Services with The Planet. “For resellers like SiteGround, their customers operate websites that depend on platform stability. They’ve got to be up and running around the clock, providing the performance guarantees that keep their customers coming back.”

“We were early beta participants in The Planet’s Server Cloud testing, which provided us with opportunities to offer feedback on the platform,” said Tenko Nikolov, CEO of SiteGround.  “Our customers rely on us to provide them with the best options to support their businesses, so we’ve thoroughly evaluated cloud options on the market. We were looking for pricing predictability and ample bandwidth allocations, in a no-surprises package for our customers. The Planet Server Cloud behaves like a dedicated server by guaranteeing our fair share of space, traffic and CPU, at a cheaper cost.  It’s great for small and big sites that want to cut costs while at the same time get a reliable service.”

About The Planet Server Cloud

The Planet Server Cloud provides a broad range of features for customers looking to expand their hosting profile:

Sun SAN Backend: The Planet Server Cloud is powered by a high-performance, high-availability Sun Storage Area Network (SAN). Many cloud solutions operate on local disks from the host server, leaving customers vulnerable to hardware failures that can result in down time and even data loss. Server Cloud is always available, since computing and storage resources are separate and independent. In the event of a complete host server failure, data is always protected.

Operating System Support: Customers can select operating system support from both Linux and Windows platforms, including Windows Server 2008 R2.

Next-Generation Virtualization: The Planet built its Server Cloud on the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) Hypervisor, the primary platform supported by both The Linux Foundation and the top Linux distributions, including Canonical’s Ubuntu and Red Hat. KVM supports the latest virtualization technologies, including live migration, RAM de-duplication, para-virtualized storage and network capabilities, which combine stellar performance and efficiency. While other offerings require operating system (OS) modifications, KVM does not. Customers run unaltered/native versions of their chosen OS without any requirement for development modifications. As a result, they benefit from better security since new patches and updates are immediately available without the requirement for load development intervention.

Dedicated Resources: All resources for The Planet Server Cloud are 100% guaranteed. Customers receive completely dedicated CPU, RAM, storage and network capacity, which ensures performance isn’t negatively affected by another customer’s usage.

Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure: The Planet Server Cloud is powered by the latest technologies. From the Sun Microsystems SAN, to network gear supplied by Juniper and Cisco, and Dell servers equipped with Intel’s fast Nehalem processors, the company has developed this robust platform to be resilient under the most difficult loads.

Seamless, Rapid CPU, RAM Upgrades: Customers buy only what they require to get started and grow their performance seamlessly as demand expands. A single system reboot from the server host recognizes any added resources.

Managed Services: The Planet offers a full array of service upgrades, including managed server monitoring and remediation, server security management and managed backup.

About The Planet

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 18,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 12 million Web sites worldwide. Customers have the power to choose from the broadest range of hosting solutions in the industry, from dedicated servers, Managed Dedicated Servers, Managed Hosting and data center colocation, all backed by 24x7x365 support. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class service, backed by state-of-the-art data centers and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.

About SiteGround Web Hosting

SiteGround.com is a leading provider of web hosting services that hosts more than 250,000 domains worldwide. The company offers shared hosting, business hosting, reseller hosting, managed dedicated hosting solutions and cloud hosting. SiteGround offers a powerful system infrastructure and superior 24/7 technical support that guarantee reliability, uptime and quality of service. For more information about SiteGround

Greatresponder.com – 2010-07-29 – HP (NYSE:HPQ) today introduced a new way for clients to cut capital investment requirements for the design and build of data centers in half while significantly decreasing their carbon footprint.

The patent-pending HP Flexible Data Center (HP Flexible DC) offers a standardized, modular approach to designing and building data centers that allows clients to replace traditional data center designs with a flexible solution that can be expanded as needed while conserving resources.

“The pressure to save on capital and operating expenditures is one of the most critical issues facing enterprises today,” said David J. Cappuccio, vice president and chief of research, Gartner. “When building new data centers, clients need to consider options that support business growth, while also saving time and costs.”

“Financial institutions create an enormous volume of data, which means they need to be able to quickly add capacity to their data center without disrupting business,” Bob Cashner, senior vice president, Corporate Properties, Wells Fargo. “HP Flexible DC is a promising new approach to the way organizations can meet computing demands efficiently while addressing capital-intensive data center costs.”

HP Flexible DC “butterfly” design

HP Flexible DC is based on a “butterfly” design featuring four prefabricated quadrants, or modules, that stem off a central administrative section. The offering uses industrial components to improve cost efficiencies as well as a streamlined building process with a variety of options for power and cooling distribution.

HP Critical Facilities Services – which provides consulting and design engineering and architecture services – collaborates with clients to evaluate their needs and to help with the planning and implementation of all aspects of their data center infrastructures.

“Clients, such as financial service providers, government entities, and cloud and colocation hosts, will find the scalable and modular nature of HP Flexible DC a compelling option,” said Kfir Godrich, chief technology officer, Technology Services, HP. “HP can help clients innovate the way they build and operate a greenfield data center for greater savings over its life span.”

Features of HP Flexible DC include:

• Prefabricated, standardized components allow clients to shorten the time it takes to build and deploy a data center, resulting in lower capital costs and faster time to market.
• The modular design extends clients’ ability to increase scalable capacity while retaining specified levels of reliability and redundancy.
• Specific configurations optimize the use of power and cooling resources to lower energy and water use, enabling clients to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and a facility’s carbon footprint.
• Air-cooled, rather than water-cooled, mechanical systems save clients power and potentially millions of gallons of water annually.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.

Resource: Web Hosting News

Greatresponder.com – 2010-07-29 – Telx®, a leading interconnection and colocation provider in strategic North American markets, today announced that it has been selected as a colocation provider by DediPower, a UK-based managed hosting and on-demand data center company. Telx’s secure, connection-rich colocation facility at 60 Hudson Street in New York City is now DediPower’s primary Point of Presence (PoP) within the U.S., enabling secure, reliable delivery of on-demand cloud application and managed hosting services, including its recently-launched Public Cloud offering, to customers in three continents.

“DediPower was in need of a Manhattan colocation facility to extend our state-side coverage and provide connectivity to our overseas customers,” said Craig Martin, CEO of DediPower. “We looked for the colocation partner within the U.S. that had the most strategic locations and the largest number of service providers we could choose from to ensure reliable application and storage service delivery. Our international and North American customers can directly tap into our infrastructure on a guaranteed, high-speed connection in the 60 Hudson Street location, without going over the public Internet. The Telx solution provides our managed private cloud network the high redundancy, security and connectivity choice we require.”

As a connectivity partner, Telx delivers a secure, connection-rich environment from which DediPower can offer low-latency access to its cloud applications and managed hosting network infrastructure, including its Content Delivery Network and its new Public Cloud, a solution that uses only best of breed hardware and dedicated support normally associated with private enterprise solutions. The Telx interconnection replaces the need for a public Internet connection, ensuring that DediPower’s cloud services are more secure, latency is reduced, quality of service is enhanced and the number of hops is minimized.

“We are pleased to welcome DediPower to our flagship 60 Hudson Street location,” said Brad Hokamp, CMO of Telx. “Telx’s colocation and interconnection solutions have helped cloud and managed hosting providers like DediPower improve the reliability, security, and latency of their on-demand infrastructure through our Global Marketplace of service providers.”

To learn more on Telx’s value to cloud providers, including improved network performance, reduced time to market and direct access to the industry’s largest ecosystem of leading telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprises, please visit http://telx.com/Industries/telx-cloud-computing-storage-and-applications.html.

About 60 Hudson Street
60 Hudson Street continues to be Telx’s flagship interconnection facility as well as the nerve center for international communications. Telx is a leading colocation and interconnection service provider within 60 Hudson Street. The building, referred to as the premier North American interconnection facility, is situated on the heart of the Hudson Street/Ninth Avenue fiber highway. This facility also provides low-latency access to Telx’s Financial Business Exchange (FBX) solution and Global Marketplace of providers. Telx’s New York colocation centers, including 60 Hudson Street and 111 8th Avenue, provide a managed, network-neutral, secure environment for core interconnection networking elements for carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprise business customers.

About DediPower
A leading UK provider of managed hosting and data center solutions, DediPower makes internet and eBusiness innovation a reality and delivers outstanding ROI for organisations of all sizes. Current clients include Sony, Virgin, ITV, NHS and The BRIT Awards. Focused on delivering service excellence through its Support with Passion® philosophy, DediPower’s enterprise class data centers offer 100% availability and accredited data security to support business critical, data-rich, ecommerce, interactive and web-based applications. It provides managed hosting, managed private cloud, virtualization, multi-server clusters, and colocation services. DediPower is a winner of numerous hosting awards and is a Microsoft Gold certified partner and RedHat Ready hosting partner. DediPower’s headquarters is located in Reading Berkshire, UK. For additional information, visit www.dedipower.com.

About Telx
Telx is a leading provider of interconnection, colocation and business exchange services in strategic, high demand North American markets. With 15 premier facilities, Telx increases speed to market and reduces connectivity costs by providing direct connections to the industry’s highest performance networks and access to more than 800 leading telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprises. Telx is a privately held company headquartered in New York City with four facilities in the New York Metro area, two facilities in Chicago, two facilities in Dallas, three facilities in California, (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Clara) and facilities in Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C. For more information about Telx, visit www.telx.com.

Resource: Web Hosting News