Web Hosting Industry Information

Jupiter, Florida - (The Hosting News) - November 19, 2008 - Hosting provider, HostNine, has simplified service level agreements, for its global hosting offering, as it pre-launches a new website focused on enhanced customer support.

HostNine completes a series of updates internally, as part of its global web hosting mandate. HostNine’s new vision for hosting includes standardized hardware, hosting packages, geographical diverse locations, and easy to read service level agreements.

Clients may select 1 of 10 geographical locations and include unlimited storage and bandwidth. In a market that is focused on stack and rack hosting, HostNine is also limiting the number of accounts per geographically diverse server to less than 500. Through this new product launch, the unlimited hosting plans are hoped to bring together reliability, scalability, and global diversity.

Ben Gabler, Operations Manager of HostNine commented, ”The process allows capacity planning and the ability to provide clients with the resources they need to host dynamic applications such as blogs, content management applications, and websites that load quickly.”

According to the company, the foundation for the standardization provides equal quality across all 10 major points of global presences provided by HostNine.

As HostNine prepared for this major shift in business model, it has spent the last 3 months standardizing web hosting servers to a single highly available Quad Core Xeon based processor with 4GB of RAM and RAID based hard drive configuration.

The management team at HostNine reviewed current documents and revised Service Level Agreements to be easily readable and simple to understand.

Mr. Gabler added, ”Our entire management team spent a full day simplifying the language so that existing customers and new customer alike could read and understand our promise in less than 1 minute. In reviewing hundreds of Service Level Agreements, most would require a full team of attorneys to actually understand.”

Since 2006, HostNine has spent time building a reputable customer base and building a strong product set that includes Windows Web Hosting, Linux Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting and an exclusive geographically diverse infrastructure that provides instant setup of websites in 1 of 10 international data centers. By working with major data center providers, hand selecting hardware components, and custom development of a global hosting infrastructure HostNine provides a premium web hosting solution at an affordable price. HostNine is the leader in customer service, technology, and geographically diverse web hosting services.

To learn more, please visit: www.hostnine.com.

Tampa, Florida - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 19, 2008 - Dedicated server or VPS plans at web hosting provider, Hivelocity.net, are including spam and virus filtering services to the portfolio of offerings.

Steve Eschweiler, General Manager of Hivelocity noted, ”Built from the ground up, Hivelocity’s spam and virus filtering system is the newest and most capable solution on the market. Our system produces kill rates of 99.5% or better while maintaining unparalleled false-positive performance.”

According to the Hivelocity customer newsletter sent Thursday, this new service is available to enable within the existing customer portal (my.hivelocity). The Hivelocity system updates itself every 5 minutes to the latest spam threats and trends from around the world. The system analyzes and tags the sending mail server, network data, header data, message content and other attributes of over 500,000 new spam messages every hour. These messages are then blocked from user inboxes and available to review through a sophisticated quarantine management interface.

Mr. Eschweiler added, ”Our customers needed a simple and reliable way to deal with the ever increasing influx of spam and viruses. We are so happy to offer a solution that works so well and give our customers new product to offer their email users.”

In September, the company was included in the Inc Magazine’s annual list of the 5000 fastest growing companies in America.With a 3 year revenue growth rate of 146% Hivelocity.net has landed itself in the top 300 of fastest growing IT companies. This is the 2nd year in a row Hivelocity.net has been recognized by Inc Magazine.

Since 2001, Hivelocity has offered 99.9 percent network uptime, specializing in dedicated web hosting and colocation, providing services to thousands of customers from all over the world. Hivelocity has over 100 hardware and bandwidth combinations available, with flexible options in hardware, software and bandwidth. Hivelocity’s servers can be used for online gaming, credit card processing, video and audio streaming, web hosting, software development, email, and data storage, among other businesses. The company offers 24/7 tech support with live reps on site at all times, to service its thousands of customers. Hivelocity currently maintains an 8 Gbps connection to the internet with multiple tier 1 carriers. Hivelocity is privately held and carries zero debt.

To learn more about Hivelocity, please visit: www.hivelocity.net.

San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 18, 2008 - Hosting provider, and Rackspace Hosting’s cloud division, Mosso, has expanded its leadership team, naming Emil Sayegh as general manager, previously the vice president of the product group at Rackspace.

Mr. Sayegh’s responsibilities at Rackspace included the development, marketing and management of new products and services for the company’s managed hosting product line.

Prior to joining Rackspace, Mr. Sayegh spent more than 15 years in the IT industry in various product development and marketing roles. Most recently, Mr. Sayegh was the services marketing and development director at Dell Inc. where he oversaw the global services roadmap. Additionally, Mr. Sayegh served in leadership positions at several notable IT companies including RLX Technologies, Compaq Computers and W.L. Gore and Associates. He holds nine patents in the fields of electronics and telecommunication.

Lanham Napier, CEO, Rackspace Hosting remarked, ”As the VP of our product group, Emil directed the launches of multiple, successful products including the company’s Hosted Microsoft Exchange and our virtualization product set. Our cloud hosting initiatives are extremely important to the company’s future, which is why we’ve selected someone with a winning track record to run that business.”

Rackspace’s cloud hosting division is currently hosting more than 80,000 websites and applications on Cloud Sites, reflecting a 175 percent increase over this time last year. Last month the company unveiled its cloud hosting strategy, including the announcement of two acquisitions and a suite of cloud solutions at the Rackspace Cloud Event. The two newest additions to the product suite, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, will leverage technology acquired through the acquisitions of Jungle Disk.

Mr. Sayegh remarked, ”I am honored to be joining the cloud division. This is a great opportunity to lead what could be one of the biggest technology evolutions the market has seen - cloud computing. Cloud technologies delivered by Rackspace will provide the cost and scalability advantages of the cloud with Rackspace’s world-leading service approach, making the cloud both affordable and easy to use.”

Mr. Sayegh holds a bachelor of science in Engineering and a master of science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin.

A recognized leader in the global IT marketplace, Rackspace delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support. Rackspace serves as an extension of its customers’ IT departments, by handling infrastructure maintenance and management. Rackspace’s portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso cloud computing platform and Mailtrust, a provider of business-class hosted email solutions. 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, email hosting and cloud hosting.

Mosso, LLC is the home of The Hosting Cloud, providing enterprise-grade hosting through an easily managed interface so that developers, designers and IT managers can deploy reliable web applications quickly and easily. Founded by two former Rackspace employees, The Hosting Cloud is built upon a cross platform, clustered-computing architecture.

To learn more about Rackspace, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

For more information, please visit: www.mosso.com.

Fairport, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 18, 2008 - Free educational webinars, to assist enterprises in gaining knowledge about creating effective online presences, with minimal demands on internal resources, are being offered at data, voice and Internet solutions for business-class customers nationwide, PAETEC Holding Corp.

”Shared Web Hosting: Driving Your Business’ Growth Through a Dynamic Web Presence” concerns hosting services that allow an enterprise to build informational, educational, and e-commerce Web sites without having to develop and support their own web server. The service includes disk space, data transfer, an exclusive domain name, e-mail capabilities, and more, all for a low monthly rate. Users retain complete administrative and design control of their site.

Christopher Lodge, a PAETEC Division Vice President with responsibility for Web and data-colocation services noted, ”Having your business on the Web can improve company communications, reduce operating costs, and enhance customer relations. The service also allows you to create an electronic ’store-front’ that can expand your marketing and sales outreach locally and globally.”

The service is an excellent option for business-class customers that prefer not to develop and support their own Web server, or do not have the required internal information technology resources.

Mr. Lodge added, ”Best of all, you can outsource the hassle of secure Web maintenance and gain the benefit of live support from a team of dedicated professionals. In addition, the service sets a strong business foundation to layer on additional network services as business needs evolve and expand.”

The live, one-hour webinar will be repeated over three days at the following times:

– Tuesday, Nov. 18, at noon ET

– Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 3:00 p.m. ET

– Thursday, Nov. 20, at noon ET

During the webinar, you will learn how:

– To customize a Shared Web Hosting solution to suit your unique requirements

– Easy it is to use a Website control panel

– Simple it is to expand your Website as your operations grow

– Easy tools can help you set up your own secured e-commerce site

To register, please visit PAETEC’s online educational webinar page here, or visit www.paetec.com.

PAETEC is personalizing communications for business-class customers across the United States. We offer a comprehensive suite of data, voice, and IP services, as well as enterprise communications management software, network security solutions, CPE, and managed services.

For more information, please visit: www.paetec.com.

Brick, New Jersey - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 17, 2008 - The recently launched website services of PlantMySite, offer all-inclusive web solutions for small businesses, with features to run websites at all levels.

Tomasz Banas, owner of PlanMySite.com remarked, ”We are a company that provides everything on the plate to our clients starting with advice on selecting the right domain name, finishing with hosting services and free support center. The cost of creating a website of comparable quality is several times lower than in the average web development company which opens the doors for many small companies just starting up.”

Created with client requirements in mind, PlanMySite.com combines unique and fully customized features that enable its customers to project and create websites that will suit all of their online needs with ease and in professional manner.

The entire website development process is grouped into logical stages with easy to understand online wizards and quick fill out forms which guide clients through the painless procedure of creating their dream website. The company offers a wide range of web designs and hosting packages accompanied with many add-on features that will make each website even more customized. In an event of a special request, PlanMySite.com will create a custom, tailor-made package just for the client exclusively, to suit his or her needs.

Mr. Banas added, ”Our goal is to create business identities and promote them on the Internet. We design professional, unique and search-engine friendly websites. We wish to provide full web development services, in order to save our clients from dealing with various organizations managing their company’s website. We’ll take care of it all while in continuous contact with our clients.”

Comprehensive services by PlanMySite .com range from single-page business cards to complex, multipage corporate websites. To begin work with PlanMySite, there is no need for large amounts of money. Small monthly payments through the contract length make it possible for all-sized companies to start their online presence easy and affordable.

PlanMySite is for organizations, which are looking to launch their virtual presence by being placed on the Internet with professional and eye-catching web design, to reflect their business needs and personality, to meet their consumer expectations and to launch the growth of their company.

PlanMySite.com provides all-inclusive web design and hosting services with many add-on features for small businesses to help them develop a business style and maintain professionalism.

To learn more, please visit: www.planmysite.com.

Phoenix, Arizona - (The Hosting News) - November 17, 2008 - Newtek Business Services’ Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech, will be attending the Adobe MAX conference in San Francisco, California, being held through November 19th.

CrystalTech, a long time Adobe partner and ColdFusion hosting provider’s representatives are attending many of the conference’s hands-on labs and sessions, covering design and development topics relating to Adobe products such as Creative Suite and ColdFusion.

Robert Cichon, President and Chief Operating Officer of Newtek Technology Services noted, ”As a web hosting company that specifically caters to designers and developers, it was important that we attended this year’s Adobe MAX conference. With a large segment of our customers using products such as Photoshop, Flash, or ColdFusion to deploy websites and applications in our hosting environment, the knowledge and techniques our staff acquires through the conference’s hands-on labs and sessions gives us the opportunity to better support the ever-evolving needs of our customers.”

As a renowned ColdFusion hosting provider, CrystalTech has acquired a portfolio of customers over the years that includes one of the largest ColdFusion developer communities in the industry. The company has also taken steps over the past year to further expand on its ColdFusion offering by introducing one of the most affordable leasing options for ColdFusion 8 Enterprise licenses on dedicated servers.

Mr. Cichon added, ”We’ve been providing reliable ColdFusion hosting for nearly a decade, even before it was a product of Adobe or Macromedia.  Adobe MAX is a wonderful opportunity for us to put some faces to names, and to meet many of the developers who have stuck with us over the years, as well as reach out to ColdFusion enthusiast not familiar with the great service we provide.”

Newtek’s Technology service lines include:

·        CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc.: An industry leading provider of Microsoft Windows web hosting since 1997, CrystalTech offers shared, dedicated, and VPS hosting plans, along with domain registrations, SSL certificates, and online shopping cart tools.

·        Web Services:  Customized web design and development services.

·        Data Backup, Storage, and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup, storage and retrieval solutions designed to meet the specific regulatory and compliance needs of any business.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Newtek Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEWT), Newtek Technology Services is a premier provider of web technology solutions to the small- to medium-sized business market, providing services to customers in over 100 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations.

Newtek Business Services, Inc. is a direct distributor to the small to medium-sized business market under the Newtek brand. According to the SBA, there are over 25.8 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7% of all employer firms, generate 60 to 80% of all new jobs annually and create more than 50% of non-farm private GDP. Since 1999, Newtek has helped these business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools needed to manage and grow their businesses. Newtek focuses on providing its 75,000 customers with access to financial, management and technological resources that enable them to better grow and compete in the marketplace.

Newtek’s Technology service lines include:

CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc.: An industry leading provider of Microsoft Windows web hosting since 1997, CrystalTech offers shared, dedicated, and VPS hosting plans, along with domain registrations, SSL certificates, and online shopping cart tools.

Web Services: Customized web design and development services.

Data Backup, Storage, and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup, storage and retrieval solutions designed to meet the specific regulatory and compliance needs of any business.

Founded in 1992, CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc. is one of the largest Windows-based web hosting companies in the world, hosting customers in over 100 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. CrystalTech uses a data center that includes redundancy throughout core systems such as, power, air conditioning, network connectivity, network transportation, as well as a secured environment for their network operations center. CrystalTech is a subsidiary of Newtek Business Services, Inc., a provider of business services and financial products to small and medium-sized businesses. For more information about CrystalTech, please contact 877-323-4678.

To learn more about Newtek, please visit: www.newtekbusinessservices.com.

To learn more about CrystalTech, please visit: www.crystaltech.com.

Are you one of those folks who have not joined any of the online communities like My Space or Facebook because you think it is just for young people, it is unsafe, you been offended by some of the language and pictures or you just don’t get it or understand how it works.

Well if this you, you maybe interested in a new website called OurSocial.com

At Our-Social.com you can create numerous photo, video and audio albums, write a blog, participate in a members-only forum that is moderated and has a word filter, create a calendar, play games, custom create your profile page, meet new online friends or connect and share stuff with your friends and family.

The site filters certain words so you or your family will not be exposed to offensive language. All the profiles, pictures, audio and videos are screened prior to them being posted.

As another safety feature, OurSocial never displays your e-mail address or date of birth. 

For those of you who are new to social networking and are confused as to how to create a personal page, this site is very user friendly.

OurSocial is free to join.

Contribution by Theresa Adams
www.our-social.com family friendly site

Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 14, 2008 - A new data center facility is scheduled to open in 2009 in Dallas, Texas, to maximize best practices from web hosting and solutions company, C I Host.

Erin Bullock, Executive Director of Business Development for C I Host remarked, ”C I Host is a pioneer in the Web hosting industry and we have the opportunity to use more than a decade of experiences to build a customer’s ideal datacenter from the ground up - and then deliver it to them.”

The company continues to offer services for the same low prices. The new datacenter facilities expand the company’s capabilities while consolidating operations to more efficiently serve customers worldwide. The new datacenter facilities represent a transformation for the company, as the datacenter is built out for maximum performance, efficiency and availability for the customer - all before customers are ever moved in.

The new facilities, which will open in February 2009, boast 60,000 square feet of space with diverse electrical feeds and fiber entrances, while a 1.5-megawatt power transformer and 750-kilowatt transformer will ably handle electrical loads. On-site fuel storage and a generator with Automatic Transfer Switches will help ensure consistent power availability.

Nicholas Giancola, Chief Network Architect at C I Host added, ”We’re using the new facilities as a blank slate opportunity to provide the kind of technology and service our customers demand.”

The new buildings are located in the Dallas Love Field Corridor, 6 miles from downtown Dallas, 2.5 miles from Love Field Airport, and 10 miles from DFW International Airport. New customers will be added to the new facility in early 2009, while current CI Host customers will be migrated during the following six to twelve months.

C I Host, based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is a web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) hosting hundreds of thousands of domains around the world. C I Host creates business-class web hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names. C I Host operates three data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles and Chicago.

C I Host has been ranked among the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the United States by Inc. magazine, with over 250,000 clients and a growth rate of 85 percent, placing it at #3488 in the list. C I Host has also been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by cnet’s Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.

To learn more, please visit: www.cihost.com.

Overland Park, Kansas - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - November 14, 2008 - Topseos.com’s Top 10 List of Web Hosting Companies, has recognized web host and Internet solutions provider, Aplus.Net, in the number one spot for November 2008 on TopHosts’ list of Top 25 Hosting Providers.

In addition, the company was ranked once more among the top 10 web hosting providers on Topseos.com’s monthly list.

Phillip Spencer, CEO of Aplus.net remarked, ”We’re extremely proud to once again reach the coveted number one spot on the esteemed TopHosts list. Especially given that this honor comes hot on the heels of our brand new website launch, we’re especially excited that TopHosts has chosen this moment to single us out of the crowded web hosting category and call us the very best.”

As one of the Internet industry’s longest-running hosting providers, this award marks the fourth time since March 2007 that Aplus.net has landed in the number one spot on the TopHosts list. The company has enjoyed a continuous presence among that list’s Top 5 hosting providers for more than four years running.

According to its website, TopHosts ranks its monthly lists of top web hosting providers by sorting through ‘numerous applications from hosting companies,’ and applying ‘rigorous production testing’ to each applicant. TopHosts then combines this research with feedback from ‘hundreds of thousands of webmasters’ every month to decide what hosting companies offer the industry’s best service, quality, and value.

Aplus.net was also listed among Topseos.com’s Top 10 Web Hosting Companies for November, 2008. According to TopSeos.com, the listings are based on quality of services, pricing, innovation, customer and technical support, and overall efficiency and performance.

Mr. Spencer added, ”At Aplus.net, we make it a point to provide each and every one of our customers with the best possible hosting services at a great value. It’s the prime reason why we’ve been able to maintain our reputation as a leader in this competitive industry for almost two decades. Customers have come to expect premium service from Aplus.net, and we’re gratified to see the rest of the hosting industry taking note of that, as well.”

Aplus.Net has provided web services since the Internet’s commercial start in 1995. Aplus.Net is one of the top ten privately held hosting companies in the United States. Specializing in helping small businesses build a customer base via the Internet, Aplus.Net offers award-winning services that include web hosting and design, dedicated servers, online marketing, e-commerce, domain name registration, and much more. Aplus.Net has been awarded many honors for excellence, including the prestigious CNET Editors’ Choice Award, and has been featured in top U.S. business publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and PC Magazine.

For more information about Aplus.Net, please visit: www.aplus.net.

Fremont, California - (The Hosting News) - November 13, 2008 - Web hosting solutions provider, Gearworx, has launched its new line of Adobe ColdFusion 8 enabled Virtual Private Servers (VPS).

William Gregorian, CEO of Gearworx remarked, ”With more than eight years experience in Web hosting and six years specializing in ColdFusion, we are experts in creating world-class, affordable, and reliable web hosting solutions. We built our ColdFusion VPS plans to compete aggressively on price and features and meet the requirements of businesses and individual developers.”

ColdFusion Virtual Private Servers, hosted on robust Dell PowerEdge 2900 series powered by Intel Quad Core Xeon hardware, are designed to offer developers with the tools and resources they need to run powerful and scalable applications for their clients. VPS plans start at just $60 per month for 50GB of storage space and 500GB of short-path data transfer.

All ColdFusion VPS plans from Gearworx provide full privileges to the ColdFusion 8 administration interface so developers can make configuration changes as needed. Plans are hosted on the Windows 2003 Enterprise operating system, powered by Parallels Virtuozzo.

Gearworx’s network features a gigabit ethernet backbone, built on redundant routing architecture with hardware failover and the Cisco HSRP (Hot Spare Router Protocol). All server hardware is owned and operated by Gearworx, and not outsourced or leased from a third party.

Since 2000, Gearworx has provided managed and unmanaged hosting services for individuals and small businesses. Gearworx offers a variety of shared, private label, and VPS hosting solutions. It also offers merchant accounts, hosted mailing lists, and SSL certificates.

To learn more about ColdFusion Virtual Private Servers from Gearworx, please visit: http://gearworx.net/vps/coldfusion.

For more information about Gearworx, please visit: www.gearworx.net.