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Web Host announces platform-independent tech, support for WordPress, and other web apps.
01 year ago
by Clayton
in Industry News
DreamHost, one of the web hosting industry’s oldest and most respected players, is today launching “WebAppHelp.com,” a consulting service for a variety of popular open-source web-based applications.
PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 07, 2010 – DreamHost, one of the web hosting industry’s oldest and most respected players, is today launching “WebAppHelp.com,” a consulting service for a variety of popular open-source web-based applications. WebAppHelp launches with fee-based support for WordPress, the web’s most popular blogging platform and content management system, with an eye toward supporting additional applications in the near future.
Created by a long-time supporter of open-source software, WebAppHelp is uniquely positioned to provide expert installation assistance, troubleshooting, and optimization assistance for third-party applications. Having seen a variety of web applications run first-hand in a variety of hosting environments, the staff behind WebAppHelp have a window into the nuances of popular software’s operation, server requirements, and a deep knowledge of what it takes to ensure sites run at peak efficiency.
“Popular web applications like WordPress are generally written by talented, yet small teams of programmers who may not have the time or resources to provide direct, one-on-one technical support,” said Ralph Castro, WebAppHelp’s Vice President of Customer Experience. “In many cases customers have been left to fend for themselves across a variety of technical support message boards, bug tracking systems, and other disparate sources of information in their efforts to resolve problems. With WebAppHelp we’ve stepped in to fill a real and definite need. We bring a wealth of experience to the table and can quickly and easily troubleshoot and optimize WordPress and other web applications.”
Several consulting options are available starting at just $9.95 per month. They include access to a video documentation library, site optimization services, data backup services, coding assistance, and security compliance issues.
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About WebAppHelp:
WebAppHelp provides comprehensive paid technical support for WordPress and other open source applications. For additional information and pricing, please visit http://www.webapphelp.com/
About DreamHost:
DreamHost provides web hosting services worldwide to individuals and organizations. An industry leader in shared web hosting, domain registration, virtual private servers, and dedicated servers, DreamHost has been a major fixture of the hosting industry since 1997. http://www.dreamhost.com/
ethProxy DDoS Mitigation Service Update Provides Self-learning DDoS Protection
01 year ago
by Clayton
in Industry News
ServerOrigin Communications released an update for ethProxy DDoS mitigation. More than 3 months of comparison testing shows that ethProxy provides the most accurate DDoS protection in the history of the market.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ — ServerOrigin Communications (http://www.serverorigin.com) is releasing the newest update for its ethProxy DDoS mitigation service. This update will enable ethProxy to be the first self-learning denial-of-service system on the market, making this the most advanced DDoS protection service available anywhere.
“This is the first time in the mitigation world where a product can be enabled on a site and learn the difference between good and bad traffic coming into a website,” ServerOrigin CEO Kevin Hatfield said. “Until now, providers rely on appliances or custom software which is based on hard limits and thresholds. This update changes the way the consumer should look at protection. We have successfully built a product which will determine anomalies based on normal traffic flow with strictly dynamic rulesets.”
Set up to use ethProxy is easy. Users simply point their domain at the IP Address provided by ServerOrigin Communications. Traffic is then filtered and routed back to the user. The user’s IP will be hidden and guarded behind the proxy solution to filter any malicious traffic before it reaches their server. Only clean, legitimate traffic will be allowed to reach the user’s web site.
“We have a multi-million dollar investment and hundreds of thousands of man-hours building out this solution. We are hands-down, the best,” Hatfield said. “If I didn’t believe it, we would likely be reselling a competitors product or not be in business at all. Instead, we are continually seeing growth of more than 200% each fiscal year in a time where the economy is unstable and many online providers are closing up shop. I believe it speaks directly to our dedication and quality that we bring to the table.”
Along with AnyCast DNS services through a partnership with DNSMadeEasy earlier in the year, the ethProxy service already stands as the giant in the business with fully automated datacenter failover and redundancy across multiple points across the United States, including Seattle, Dallas and Washington, DC. It also has the largest service level agreement from any DDoS mitigation provider, now at a 99.998% guarantee.
About ServerOrigin Communications:
ServerOrigin Communications specializes in enterprise DDoS protection and hosting, while ranking among the top DDoS protection providers worldwide. Services include CDN-based DDoS mitigation, AnyCast DNS, and intrusion detection. ServerOrigin utilizes more than 30 POP locations in the United States and is the premium solution for companies seeking 99.998% service levels with protection against online attacks as large as 30Gbps. Since its founding in 2006, DDoS mitigation provider ServerOrigin Communications has protected more than 1,000,000 domains worldwide.
Contact:
Deanna Markova
646-863-4085
sales(at)serverorigin(dot)com
http://www.serverorigin.com
DualRack Launches Enkompass Windows Hosting
01 year ago
by Clayton
in Industry News
San Antonio TX – DualRack announced today its new Enkompass web hosting packages which run on multiple Windows Server 2008 machines. The Enkompass control panel, also known as the Web Site Owner (WSO) panel, is very similar in its look and feel as compared to the existing cPanel Linux control panel. This will make it extremely easy for current cPanel users to make the switch over to a Windows hosting account. cPanel has been hard at work over the last couple of years trying to get a stable release of Enkompass out there. The first stable version has now been released and DualRack is one of only a small number of web hosting providers that offers it. Two DualRack CEO’s, Andrew Wietlispach & Neilson Robin stated that they:
“Wanted to make their companies windows web hosting as user friendly as possible.”
Andrew also quoted
“We have always had outstanding feedback on the cPanel control panel from our Linux customers and we knew this was going to be our choice when it came to offering Windows web hosting.”
Numerous online polls have shown that many existing Linux web hosting clients have expressed interest in trying out Windows web hosting if they only had a control panel that they were truly comfortable with. With Enkompass now on the market the cPanel company is confident some of these users may give Windows a try. The Enkompass system utilizes IIS7 and offers both MySQL and MSSQL. For more information about DualRack, visit www.DualRack.com
HostingCon Schwag
01 year ago
by Clayton
in Talk Hosting
Well, unfortunately I didn’t get to attend HostingCon this year, as I had to run the support department at work; I did however get a bunch of cool stuff that the rest of the management staff brought back.
Atlantic Metro – 100 Million Dollar Data Center – NYC
01 year ago
by Clayton
in Industry News
Source: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s…71&newsLang=en
July 21st, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATLANTIC METRO COMMUNCIATIONS AND DATA CENTER NYC GROUP PARTNER TO LAUNCH 100 MILLION DOLLAR DATA CENTER
Partnership Offers Immediate 20,000 Square Feet of Premium Data Center Space with Expansion of Additional 80,000 Square Feet.
NEW YORK (July 21, 2010) – Atlantic Metro Communications, a full-service Internet solutions provider, partnered with Data Center NYC Group, a builder of turn-key data center space, to offer a state-of-the-art $100 million tier 3 data center. The new facility will bring cost effective turn-key suites and carrier colocation to the New York metro market that can meet the growing demand for high frequency trading applications, ISPs and ASPs.
Atlantic Metro Communications will operate the meet-me-room and colocation space for Data Center NYC Group. Together they can offer longer, more secure and cost effective leasing options. The combined efforts currently have 20,000 square feet immediately available for colocation tenants. Also available via the meet-me-room is IP bandwidth, dark fiber and metro transport services from multiple providers. Construction is also currently underway for an additional 20,000 square feet of turn-key data center space, with up to 80,000 square feet available on demand.
The current space offers up to 10 megawatts of power, 250 watts per square foot of cooling capacity, and is within one mile of 111 8th Avenue and 60 Hudson Street carrier hotels. Fiber and copper metro cross connects are available to the following locations:
325 Hudson Street – Atlantic Metro Communications
60 Hudson Street – Telx & Zayo
32 6th Avenue – The Hub and CoreSite
111 8th Avenue – Telx, Equinix and Level3
25 Broadway – TELEHOUSE
55 Broad Street – Building Meet-me
75 Broad Street – Peer1, Internap
165 Halsey Street – Equinix
300 Boulevard East – Savvis/Telx
“We bring the management and operation experience for data center and meet-me-room operations,” said Stephen Klenert, Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Metro Communications. “While Data Center NYC Group brings expert builders, the actual housing, the financial stability, and secure properties to offer a safe data center facility for all of our clients.”
“We are excited to offer Atlantic Metro Communications’ customers a wide variety of space options using our ever expanding space and latest technology,” said a spokesperson for Data Center NYC Group. “Since the space is fully owned by Data Center Group NYC, a third party leasing is not needed. Therefore, Atlantic Metro Communication customers know that they will be receiving a completely secure space with longer leasing options, at an affordable price.”
The facility touts many security features including an elevator access control system, biometric facility access, and CCTV cameras throughout the entire building and data center space. Atlantic Metro Communications will also have on-site staff available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
About Atlantic Metro Communications:
Atlantic Metro Communications is a nationwide, full-service Internet solutions provider offering managed hosting, colocation, IP bandwidth, dark fiber and metro transport services.
Founded in 2002 by a group of passionate Internet engineers, Atlantic Metro provides easy-to-understand networking solutions with the highest levels of customer care. The company’s visionary network management team strives to exceed customers’ expectations and foster long-standing relationships to help businesses flourish. To further assist companies’ IT requirements, Atlantic Metro’s services and data center facilities are SAS-70 compliant.
About Data Center NYC Group:
Data Center NYC Group is a builder of data center space and landowner offering the physical space and construction abilities that emerging companies need provide seamless service to their customers.
Providing expert security, staffing, climate control, and structural soundness, Data Center NYC Group is located in downtown SoHo providing services throughout New York Metro area.
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Media Contact:
Data Center NYC Group
Frank Fay
frank@datacenternyc.com
212-741-1070 ext. 519
Atlantic Metro Communications
Renee Clements
renee@atlanticmetro.net
212-792-9950 ext. 115
NetDepot Announces No More Overages on Hosted Servers
01 year ago
by Clayton
in Industry News
ATLANTA, GA – NetDepot ( www.netdepot.com ), a Global Net Access GNAX ( www.gnax.net ) company, a leader in infrastructure as a service and hosted VMWare based, shared and private cloud hosting services, made a revolutionary and industry-first announcement regarding bandwidth overages and pricing. The new efforts, dubbed operation “Don’t Tread on Me”, are geared to simplify the way business is conducted and give peace of mind to both new and existing NetDepot customers regarding their bandwidth usage. NetDepot is doing away with overage charges and allowing customers to focus on their core business without worrying about the end of the surprise bill.
“This effort will clear the way for hosted solutions to grow without worrying about busting the budget,” claims Jeff Hinkle, President and CEO of GNAX. “Ongoing research and analysis has been conducted on our business-class users and we’ve identified one obstacle they’ve been faced with in a data center outsourced situation – bandwidth overages and utilization. With the ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ effort active and ready to go, our customers, both new and old, will no longer have to stress over bandwidth any longer and can simply focus on their business.”
NetDepot’s customers will now be empowered with the ability to choose a hosting solution that satisfactorily meets their needs regardless of bandwidth limitations. The new announcement applies to dedicated servers and cloud services, and all existing customers currently using either service. Hinkle concluded, “A new era of hosting and flexibility has arrived in this industry and businesses of all shapes and sizes will benefit from this exponentially.” This new program will also insulate our channel partners and resellers from the occasional abuse issue and or incoming DDoS overages that can cause financial issues from month to month. This new standard will apply on NetDepot’s premium gold network which it delivers its mission critical services on.
About NetDepot:
NetDepot is the cloud brand of Global Net Access, LLC – GNAX. With over 15 years in the industry and 2000 customers worldwide, NetDepot has carved its mark as one of the top on-demand data centers and enterprise-level cloud providers in the industry. NetDepot’s 75,000 square foot, SAS 70 Type II-certified mission critical data center in Atlanta, Georgia serves as its home base and a facility in Dallas, TX. NetDepot focuses on high availability VMWare based hosted solutions. NetDepot’s redundant network service and 99.999% reliability gives it the stability to offer only the best in dedicated server hosting, cloud hosting and enterprise-class hosting solutions. NetDepot has a strong reseller and channel partner program for delivering its online solutions and is always looking for new partners.
Those interested in learning more about NetDepot’s new Managed Hosting Services can call 1-877-334-4629 or visit www.netdepot.com to learn more about dedicated server hosting, cloud hosting.
Contact:
Brandon Hale
NetDepot
+1-404-230-9150 x 227
sales@gnax.net
Limestone Networks, GoDaddy, HostGator — Creative Marketing Tactics
81 year ago
by Clayton
in Talk Hosting
While making my daily rounds on WebHostingTalk, I noticed the side advertisement with a good looking female in it. Now, as any male knows, when we see an attractive female, our first instinct is to take a look at it. The one company that is best at eye catching images, is none other than GoDaddy. Their marketing strategy is amazing, to say the least and I could only imagine the amount of money they spend annually on advertising. Take a beautiful, known race car driver, and make her your spokesperson, sit back and profit.
The ad that caught my eye on WHT was from Limestone Networks, a dedicated server company based out of Dallas, Texas. You can see a copy of the advertisement above. The original image isn’t static like this one, but I was unable to find a copy of the original. Needless to say, Limestone did an excellent job catching my eye. If you’re familiar with the industry and some of the top dedicated server providers, then I’m sure you know who Limestone is targeting with their “No nerdy green frogs here” ad, none other than SingleHop. While some may look at this advertisement as a stab at SingleHop, I think it’s a strategic marketing move on Limestones part. I can only hope to see a future ad from Singlehop to poke back at Limestone.
Another company I would like to give props to is HostGator, who recently acquired a NASCAR sponsorship with driver Joe Nemechek. You can find more information on the sponsorship in their June newsletter and view pictures of the car on their facebook page.
Host Color Deploys Fuscan Linux Cloud To Offer High Availability cPanel Hosting
161 year ago
by Clayton
in Industry News
Host Color — a global provider of quality IT Hosting announced this week the launch of Host Color Cloud. Company’s customers can now host websites on High Availability, load-balanced IP based cPanel accounts. The Host Color’s Cloud is build on a fully redundant, scalable infrastructure based on Supermicro Datacenter Blade hardware and powered by enterprise hosting automation platform Fuscan Linux Cloud.
The web hoster announced it begun working on building a Cloud hosting infrastructure in February, 2010. It uses Kernel-based virtual machines, which serve as processing nodes in a Cloud hosting infrastructure powered by Fuscan hosting automation solutions. Host Color runs an EHA, a software automation layer of Fuscan, which enables the company to provide High Availability cPanel/WHM based Shared Cloud accounts.
The web host said in its official news release that its new Cloud infrastructure model creates competitive advantages for small-business owners and enables them to:
- Manage Cloud accounts with cPanel’s familiar interface “Domain Owner Panel”
- Use cPanel “Root and Reseller Admin Panel” to create and manage Reseller Cloud Hosting accounts
- Use load-balanced IP based virtual hosting as a service part of cPanel Cloud accounts
- Share the resources of a large cluster of virtual machines
- Host websites on a Fault-Tolerant Cloud storage area network (SAN) replicated for redundancy
- Have an “Archive copy” of their Cloud hosting account
- Save financial resources on software licenses and system administration
- Host a large number of websites and dot-com projects on a load-balanced cluster
- Use redundant network and premium bandwidth
- Get their websites hosted in a secure virtual hosting environment protected by dedicated SSL certificate
“We are glad to announce the Host Color Cloud, a highly available, load-balanced IT Hosting service delivered from a fully redundant cloud infrastructure, automated for cPanel/WHM”, said Martin Andreev, a VP of Operations of Host Color LLC. “We are proud that we made moving to the clouds simple and risk-free for everyone. Site owners who used to use cPanel/WHM can now take advantage from Cloud computing, without a need to change the way they manage websites and online applications”, added Mr. Andreev.
The Cloud Infrastructure of Host Color?
Host Color’s new Cloud infrastructure consists of thousands of virtual processing nodes connected to a shared storage area network (SAN). The web hoster uses InfiniBand as communication link between all components of the system for high performance. All cloud accounts are hosted on a Storage Area Network replicated for redundancy and share resources of the whole system.
The implemented Cloud infrastructure model guarantees an operational continuity of all services – HTTP, FTP, E-mail, DNS, Database, etc. When a server part of Host Color Cloud has to be added, removed, configured or reconfigured, the system’s load-balancer automatically reconfigures the system. If there are failed nodes the load-balancer excludes them from the system.
Fuscan Linux Cloud, the enterprise automation platform used by the company, ensures redundancy on a software level (transparent service failover) for Host Color Cloud, while the Supermicro Datacenter Blade hardware technology and InfiniBand provide a hardware level (power, cluster interconnect) redundancy for the company’s infrastructure.
The web Host Color opened its Europe based Cloud in the beginning of July. The new U.S. virtual data center of the company is scheduled for opening in October.
Find more information at corporate website of HostColor.com and at Fuscan Linux Cloud website http://www.fuscan.com.
Virpus Networks announces the launch of VirtuPulse.com – a full a la carte service
21 year ago
by Clayton
in Industry News
July 9, 2010 – KANSAS CITY, MO – Virpus Networks, Inc, a leader in budget VPS Hosting announces the continuation of its a la carte VPS service – VirtuPulse.com.
In March of 2006, Virpus launched GetAVPS.com – the very first VPS customization service offered on the market at that time. Today, the brand has died off, however with the release of VirtuPulse, Virpus hopes to bring back to light its VPS customization services it has offered since near inception.
“Over time, we lost focus of GetAVPS.com, and allowed it to die off. With more and more demand for customized solutions, we figured it was time to re-launch this service, under a new name and more aggressive pricing” says Kenneth Odem, the co-founder and Chief Executive of Virpus Networks, Inc – originally founded in Indianapolis, Indiana.
About Virpus Networks, Inc.
Founded in February of 2006 by Kenneth Odem, Virpus Networks is a leading provider in virtualized solutions. Virpus Networks today is a sustaining profitable company, that has the mission of providing business grade solutions at highly competitive price points with hundreds of customers from all across the globe.
Welcome to TalkHosting.net!
01 year ago
by Clayton
in Talk Hosting
Hello readers! Here at TH.net, you will find news, reviews, tricks and tips of the wonderful web hosting industry. Be sure to check back with us over the next couple of days for updates!