Cheap Hosting Reviews, hosting coupons and hosting information http://www.topofthehosts.com We provide latest news about hosting, reviews, coupons, dedicated hosting, linux hosting, etc. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en Dedicated Server Provider, 3FN, Finalizes Backbone Enhancements http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/dedicated-server-provider-3fn-finalizes-backbone-enhancements/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/dedicated-server-provider-3fn-finalizes-backbone-enhancements/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:35:40 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-dedicated-server-provider-3fn-finalizes-backbone-enhancements-4888.html San Jose, California - (The Hosting News) - January 5, 2009 - Dedicated server, colocation and shared web hosting company, 3FN.Net, Triple Fiber Network, has completed the enhancement of its European backbone, upgrading major web hosting network equipment within all European key cities.

The company has achieved considerable improvement of IP network connectivity performance, by installing highly reliable network equipment. 3FN has provided its web hosting customers with fully resilient network, for faster and more reliable web hosting services for all our European customers. The company maintains that its development strategy also embraces further backbone upgrades all over the world.

The priorities of further backbone upgrades will be determined by the demand of its web hosting customers. The company's main aspiration is to make web hosting services available with a top level of quality from every spot on a globe. Thus, in the near future, all of its web hosting services will be upgraded and enhanced, even if there is no obvious need present.

Dean McToner, 3FN official representative remarked, ''We are happy to announce such an upgrade as it means faster and more reliable web hosting services for all our European customers. Our development strategy also embraces further backbone upgrades all over the world. The priorities of further backbone upgrades will be determined by the demand of our web hosting customers. Being a world leading web hosting provider, our company's main aspiration is to make our web hosting services available with a top level of quality from every spot on a globe. Thus, in near future all our web hosting services will be upgraded and enhanced even if there is no need in it; all upgrades are implemented in order to power our customers with unprecedented quality of web hosting.''

As new better network equipment appears on a web hosting market 3FN immediately implements it in its entire web hosting network. Although, the web hosting company utilizes only best and proven equipment as this is a guarantee of high performable and reliable web hosting. This upgrade combining with recent improvements allow 3FN's web hosting customers to benefit from the outstanding backbone providing premium web hosting.

As the requirements for better IP connectivity grow in order to provide web hosting with outmost quality the company has made this upgrade. Such an upgrade of European web hosting backbone is a long term investment that will bring much more advantages with web hosting services by 3FN. All European customers will now experience the best and fast IP connectivity performance of the whole network.

In December, 3FN enhanced services, with hardware monitoring and replacement service upgrades. Triple Fiber Network announced the major improvement of hardware monitoring and replacement services, to significantly enhance web hosting services. The web hosting company constantly improves hardware monitoring and replacement services in order to achieve maximum reliability and efficiency of its web hosting.

The improvement of web hosting hardware monitoring and replacement services allows to perform any replacements or upgrades immediately providing web hosting with the flawless functioning and maximum possible uptime of all web hosting services. Due to recent improvement web hosting by 3FN remains stable and persistent. In case of malfunctioning within any web hosting service broken server part: central processor, power unit, RAM, or HDD, is replaced by a new one immediately. In addition, the servers can be upgraded instantly if that is required by web hosting customers. As the result such web hosting powered with 24/7/365 monitoring and replacement services becomes a perfect web hosting solution suiting any web hosting requirements. 3FN utilizes the best and most proven hardware as well as hardware monitoring and replacement approaches in all its datacenters, therefore, achieving maximum reliability and stability of its web hosting services.

The US based provider of dedicated servers, shared hosting and collocation hosting services, Triple Fiber Network, 3FN, Inc. is best known for the quality excellence and high reliability of all hosting services provided on a global basis. Triple Fiber Network has a flawless reputation of reliable hosting provider, providing the high-quality and efficiency of all dedicated hosting services within last 10 years. Since that time the company has created one of the most biggest and powerful network of dedicated servers with main datacenter located in Silicon Valley. The Headquarters are located in San Jose, California, the company has also established offices in UK, India, Ukraine and EU. Triple Fiber Network has founded the subdivision called 3FN Marketing - an online pay per click advertising network and webmaster affiliate program. 3FN Marketing offers optimized targeted pay per click advertising for those who want to promote their websites or products and generous revenue shares up to 95% for webmasters. The company provides customers with 24/7/365 support via the toll-free telephone, online chat and ticket system.

To learn more, please visit: www.3fn.net.

]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/dedicated-server-provider-3fn-finalizes-backbone-enhancements/feed/ Data Center Debuts, at Fulcrum Database Marketing Solutions http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/data-center-debuts-at-fulcrum-database-marketing-solutions/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/data-center-debuts-at-fulcrum-database-marketing-solutions/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:20:53 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-data-center-debuts-at-fulcrum-database-marketing-solutions-4887.html New York, New York - (The Hosting News) - January 5, 2009 - The opening of an additional data center, to provide increased processing capacity, as well as further redundancy and failover capabilities, has been debuted by Fulcrum database marketing solutions.

David King, CEO of Fulcrum noted, ''Fulcrum's solutions deliver gains in both revenue and profits, which has led to rapid growth in the number of client databases we manage, particularly in the current economy. This additional center will give us more flexibility and processing power, plus enhance our disaster recovery and redundancy capabilities.''

In addition to managing enterprise data warehouses and large-scale marketing databases, Fulcrum provides advanced analytics and customer management technology that enable companies to market to their customers more effectively. The databases and applications require high-availability, high-capacity technology platforms. The new center, which has been in the planning stages for several months, was originally conceived as a disaster recovery site. However, due to the company's growth, the new facility will be a hot site and provide both redundant processing and failover capabilities. The facility is expected to be operational in early 2009.

Fulcrum services leading businesses to increase and accelerate the profitability of marketing programs. Fulcrum offers a fully integrated database marketing solution, from building and managing rich, multi-channel databases, to predictive and segmentation modeling, using its advanced analytical tools, and executing customer-centric marketing. Fulcrum is headquartered in New York City with its major operational center in Fairfield, CT.

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


]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/data-center-debuts-at-fulcrum-database-marketing-solutions/feed/ Web Hosting Widget Delivery Platform, Launched by MIVA Direct http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-widget-delivery-platform-launched-by-miva-direct/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-widget-delivery-platform-launched-by-miva-direct/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:11:27 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-web-hosting-widget-delivery-platform-launched-by-miva-direct-4886.html New York, New York - (The Hosting News) - January 5, 2009 - Toolbar, homepage and content division of digital media and advertising company, MIVA, Inc., has released the beta version of its free ALOT Desktop software application.

Designed to enable widget display directly on desktops, without open browser windows, users can choose from a range of different widgets which may be customized and added to desktops. The widgets include an online radio player, news headlines, weather and celebrity gossip. It is intended that with future releases of the product, users will be able to access any widget from MIVA Direct's rapidly expanding online widget portfolio, ALOT Buttons.

Peter Corrao, President and CEO of MIVA explained, ''Our objective with ALOT is to create an integrated widget platform that users can interact with across a variety of different touch points. We believe that adding increased integration through the launch of products like ALOT Desktop not only enhances user experience, but also provides a valuable platform for brand and direct response advertisers to reach potential customers.''

The ALOT brand was launched by MIVA Direct in Q4 2007 and is designed to 'Make the Internet Easy' by aggregating 'best of the web' content within widgets that can be displayed across toolbars, homepages and now desktops. ALOT's toolbar and homepage products come pre-configured across 40 different categories, enabling MIVA Direct to build up niche vertical audiences. The ALOT music and recipe toolbars, for example, currently have over 900,000 and 500,000 users respectively.

The beta release of ALOT Desktop follows the October launch of MIVA Direct's new, fully customizable toolbar and homepage products, ALOT Toolbar and ALOT Home. Together, ALOT's toolbar and homepage products generate over 110 million searches each month1. According to an October 2008 report from Razorfish, 55% of ''connected consumers'' - people with broadband who use social networks and digital media - use widgets on their desktops with some frequency, and 62% use them on personalized homepages and social networking sites.

MIVA Direct operates a portfolio of consumer websites, interest-specific toolbars and personalized homepages. MIVA Direct's millions of active toolbars span a range of niche sectors including jokes, music, recipes and horoscopes and offer consumers search functionality in addition to one-click access to tailored content. MIVA Direct is owned by MIVA, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIVA - News).

MIVA, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIVA - News) is a global digital media company with a mission to deliver valuable digital audiences to advertisers. MIVA has two focuses to its business: owning and operating a growing portfolio of consumer destination sites and interest-specific toolbars, through its MIVA Direct division; and running a third-party contextual Pay-Per-Click ad network focused on key vertical sectors, through its MIVA Media division. MIVA, Inc. operates across North America and Europe.

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

]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-widget-delivery-platform-launched-by-miva-direct/feed/ Web Hosting Bailout Program, Instituted at Liberty Center One http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-bailout-program-instituted-at-liberty-center-one/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-bailout-program-instituted-at-liberty-center-one/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:47:48 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-web-hosting-bailout-program-instituted-at-liberty-center-one-4885.html Royal Oak, Michigan - (The Hosting News) - January 5, 2009 - Web hosting company, Liberty Center One, has introduced its new Hosting Bailout Program, in an effort to assist Michigan businesses, by providing qualified companies with free migration, set-up and server rack space.

Rex Smith, President of Liberty Center One explained, ''As times get tougher, older data centers are faced with financial pressures that sometimes result in a reduction in their maintenance spending, thus harming redundancy and impacting uptime. Many older data centers simply do not have the infrastructure to accommodate modern servers' power and cooling requirements.''

The program is available through the end of January, 2009 and is designed to address the urgent needs of companies facing tough economic choices, power outages, and network outages and who are seeking cost-cutting alternatives while maintaining top service levels and keeping their critical business systems up and running. Liberty Center One has maintained 100.0% uptime since opening, while other local businesses and data centers have suffered downtime for various power, network and other critical service interruptions.

Other customers who will benefit from the program are hosting customers who are presently located in data centers that have experienced service interruptions. Customers interested in the program can call 248-802-8844 and ask about the bailout.

Mr. Smith added, ''Liberty has had 100% uptime since going online early in 2008 and we continue to invest in our systems and practices to maintain this record of uninterrupted services to our customers. We're not shooting for five nines. We're providing continuous service with no downtime.''

Under the Hosting Bailout Program, Liberty is providing free emergency migration assistance to qualified customers needing to relocate their servers. Liberty has already migrated hundreds of web sites, servers, and colocation customers to its state-of-the-art 20,000 square foot data center in Royal Oak, MI.

Liberty's design makes it one of the highest power density data centers in the mid-west with multiple layers of redundancy throughout its power, networking and security architecture. Every system has N+1 or higher redundancy enabling Liberty to maintain its record of 100% uptime. Liberty offers all modern networking solutions through multiple regional and national carriers with diverse paths and diverse entries.

Liberty Center One is a new breed of data center located in Royal Oak, MI. Liberty can host any customer solution regardless of space, power, networking, or bandwidth requirements. Liberty offers a full range of technology solutions, including fully managed, colocated, virtual, dedicated and shared hosting services. With its high power density architecture, Liberty can deliver more than 200 watts of fully redundant power per square foot to keep modern, high density computing equipment running without interruption. On-site IT hotel space is also available for short and long-term lease or for hot-spot disaster recovery services. Contact Liberty Center One by calling 248-802-8844.

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

]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-bailout-program-instituted-at-liberty-center-one/feed/ Web Hosting Green Data Center at EvoSwitch, Increases Energy Savings http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-green-data-center-at-evoswitch-increases-energy-savings/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-green-data-center-at-evoswitch-increases-energy-savings/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:43:52 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-web-hosting-green-data-center-at-evoswitch-increases-energy-saving-4884.html Noord-Holland, Amsterdam - (The Hosting News) - December 23, 2008 - Data center provider, EvoSwitch, has reduced the average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of its facilities, from 1.8 to 1.6.

The above power reduction resulted in a 20 percent increase in energy saving - from 20 to 40 percent - compared to a traditional data center.

The ultimate goal of EvoSwitch is to achieve an energy saving of 70 to 80 percent. The extra 20 percent saving in energy consumption is largely the result of further investments in low-energy equipment and control systems. The expansion of the data center in 2008 also contributed to the improved PUE.

The first phase of EvoSwitch (2,000 m2) is already fully occupied by equipment from customers. This phase was completed in April 2007. Part of the second phase (2,000 m2 extra) is also almost fully used. The second phase was completed shortly before the summer of 2008 and required an additional investment of 9 million Euros. When the next phases are completed, EvoSwitch will have a potential floor area capacity of more than 9,000 m2.

Laurens Rosenthal, Innovation Director of EvoSwitch noted, ''The extra energy saving is in line with what we calculated beforehand. An average PUE of 1.6 is low, but the new design of the next phases enables us to achieve an even lower PUE. After completion of the next phases a PUE of 1.2 to 1.3 is a very realistic objective. According to our calculations, an energy saving will be realised in the new phase, in phase 3, of 70 to 80 percent compared to a traditional data center.''

A PUE of 1.2 to 1.3 is very low and proves that EvoSwitch is a leading data center innovator. Rosenthal: It means that you need only 20 to 30 percent extra power to manage the data centre infrastructure, whereas in traditional data centres 80 to 120 percent extra power is quite common nowadays. There are even excesses in the market of 3.0, which means that 200 percent extra energy is required.

Mr. Rosenthal added, ''The energy savings are used by EvoSwitch to finance the current and new investments in green technologies, but also to offer customers affordable energy prices. Building a green data center is more expensive than a traditional data center, but this does not affect our customers. We use the savings for further investments in green technology. Our customers also do not have to pay anything extra for our CO2 compensation, in which we invest together with the Climate Neutral Group. At EvoSwitch, companies are also better protected against high energy charges. Because of our investments in green technology and our long-term energy purchasing strategy, we can keep energy costs controllable and predictable for our customers. The environmentally friendly design of the EvoSwitch data center was the result of expert advice from TNO and the innovative work of our own dedicated design team. It enabled us to offer an energy-low concept at the opening of the data center in April 2007, among other things based on Free Cooling (using the outside temperature), Cold Corridors (separating warm and cold air flows) and UPS technology with Delta Conversion.''

EvoSwitch is now putting the final touches to a new design that will improve the PUE even further. Rosenthal: This will result in lower capital costs and operating costs and will benefit both the environment and the customers of EvoSwitch.

Mr. Rosenthal continued, ''There are many suppliers on the market who claim to operate 'green'. The only thing that counts in a data center, however, is the Power Usage Effectiveness. A data centre may buy green power, but that does not make it energy-low. A data centre may install Cold Corridors, but that does not necessarily result in the best possible energy saving. The PUE of a data centre is the key figure that shows how green a data center actually is. Recently, the Green Grid, of which we are a member, decided to use the term Data Center infrastructure Effectiveness (DCiE) as well. The lower the PUE or the higher the DCiE, the more successful the concept of a green data center. How this is achieved is a matter of making the right choices from the various available green technologies. We now aim to realise a PUE of 1.2 to 1.3 in the new data center designs.''

EvoSwitch is a carrier-neutral, green data Center (CO2-neutral). The data center is located in the Amsterdam region, has good connections and a spacious floor area of more than 9,000 m2. EvoSwitch is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified. To customers this means that their IT infrastructure within EvoSwitch is protected according to the highest standards. The data center has a total capacity of 20 Megawatt. This power capacity enables EvoSwitch to guarantee customers that there is always enough energy available. EvoSwitch operates fully climate-neutral. In cooperation with the Climate Neutral Group the data center invests in worldwide projects to restore the CO2 balance in the atmosphere.

For more information about Climate Neutral Group, please visit: www.climateneutralgroup.com.

To learn more about The Green Fan Partner Programme, please visit: www.thegreenfan.com.

For more about EvoSwitch, please visit: www.evoswitch.com.

]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-green-data-center-at-evoswitch-increases-energy-savings/feed/ Usonyx Web Hosting Firm, Deploys R1Soft Continuous Data Protection http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/usonyx-web-hosting-firm-deploys-r1soft-continuous-data-protection/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/usonyx-web-hosting-firm-deploys-r1soft-continuous-data-protection/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:25:13 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-usonyx-web-hosting-firm-deploys-r1soft-continuous-data-protection-4883.html Singapore, Asia - (The Hosting News) - December 23, 2008 - Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft, has been chosen by Asia's Leading Hosting Provider, Usonyx, in a partnership to offer Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Linux and Windows.

CDP technology enables Usonyx to provide round-the-clock backups virtually eliminating the risk of data loss and adding even more value to their superior hosting services. Available as part of a managed service package, R1Soft CDP backup add-on options can also be purchased separately starting at S$10 per 20GB for dedicated server customers.

Martin Chan, Managing Director of Usonyx remarked, ''After twelve months of exploring backup solutions, we are glad to have finally chosen R1Soft. Backup has become an essential part of hosting and a top priority for all customers. The R1 sales and support team provides prompt responses, meets all of our needs and the software's reliability speaks for itself.''

After the initial testing period proved successful, Usonyx decided to extend CDP to their Taiwan and Malaysia data centers and join the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program (R1HPP) as well. As an R1HPP member, Usonyx receives exclusive access to the resources needed to promote the solution and educate current customers about the benefits and security CDP brings has to offer.

David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. added, ''We are pleased that CDP has already satisfied and exceeded Usonyx's expectations and we anticipate a close partnership in the future as they continue to provide CDP to their customers. The R1HPP will assist Usonyx in effectively marketing CDP with key resources as they introduce the solution. Usonyx has long been a dominant player in the Asia hosting industry so we look forward to helping them successfully deploy R1Soft CDP.''

Usonyx provides a world-class, fully automated infrastructure, multi-homed network and 24x7 technical support, all enabling customers and partners to develop and sustain a strong web and email infrastructure without costly investments in hardware, software and IT staffing. Thousands of enterprises today rely on Usonyx as the gateway to global businesses, customers and networks.

Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company's customer list includes some of the world's largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for over 85,000 mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc.

To learn more about Usonyx, please visit: www.Usonyx.net.

For more about R1Soft and Continuous Data Protection, please visit: www.r1soft.com.

]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/usonyx-web-hosting-firm-deploys-r1soft-continuous-data-protection/feed/ Web Hosted SaaS Provider, OpSource, to Support Taleo Business Edition http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosted-saas-provider-opsource-to-support-taleo-business-edition/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosted-saas-provider-opsource-to-support-taleo-business-edition/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:12:13 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-web-hosted-saas-provider-opsource-to-support-taleo-business-edition-4882.html Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - December 23, 2008 - Web operations services provider, OpSource, will support the Taleo provider of on-demand talent management solutions, to deliver its Business Edition Platform.

Jason Blessing, General Manager and Group Vice President, Taleo Business Edition, explained, ''We looked at several different web delivery providers for Taleo Business Edition and chose OpSource because they meet our high standards for excellence; they know our business and they are experts in SaaS delivery. As an OpSource On-Demand customer, we receive access to their wide range of services and expertise without having to pay for additional in-house resources and employees. Additionally, OpSource is able to scale with us and their success-based pricing model gives us real value from a cost perspective.''

Taleo Business Edition is the company's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering consisting of recruiting and performance management solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs). When Taleo decided to outsource SaaS delivery for its SMB client base they needed a scalable solution they could depend on to meet performance requirements and eliminate the large upfront costs of a data center. Taleo selected OpSource On-Demand because of its proven reputation as a robust, cost effective and secure solution.

Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource, added, ''Taleo guarantees the integrity of customers' data and processes and OpSource On-Demand offers the security and reliability they need to fulfill that promise. Additionally, our disaster recovery solution provides Taleo peace of mind knowing there is a plan in place to keep applications running even in 'worst case' scenarios. We're honored to have earned Taleo's trust as their web operations partner for Taleo Business Edition.''

A comprehensive web operations solution, OpSource On-Demand is designed to enable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web companies to quickly and securely deliver their applications and services over the web to consumers and businesses alike. Going far beyond full-featured managed hosting, it includes the application management, compliance and business services that are necessary for on-demand business success.

OpSource On-Demand includes: Technical Operations Best-in-class, scalable software, hardware and network infrastructure World-class data center facilities Redundant carrier class load balancing architecture In-depth 24x7 monitoring, security, and management procedures backed by SAS-70 Type II audits Built-in high availability solutions from simple clustering to wide-area disaster recovery Application Operations Data management Performance management, including multipoint user-experience monitoring Application roll out and change management Application optimization Compliant infrastructure, processes and procedures including: SAS 70 Type II audited, HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance and salesforce.com and WebEx certifications Business Operations OpSource Billing CLM - An end-to-end subscription management, metering and payment stand-alone solution, or as part of OpSource On-Demand OpSource Connect - A web services infrastructure and integration toolset, for application integration in the 'Cloud' and behind the corporate fire-wall OpSource End-User Support - 24x7 customer branded end-user support OpSource Analytics - A real-time application and customer usage information, and health of business analysis and reporting tool.

OpSource delivers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and web applications for on-demand companies, with hundreds of applications, millions of users and billions of transactions supported daily. OpSource On-Demand, the leading web operations solution, is defining how web-based software is delivered. By choosing OpSource as their web application delivery partner, companies are freed from investing in and managing the complex and costly infrastructure and services necessary to deliver applications over the web. They can instead focus their resources on developing, marketing and selling their applications and services.

Further, by using OpSource Connect companies can leverage web services such as OpSource Billing CLM, OpSource Analytics and OpSource End-User Support and integrate their applications with other SaaS applications over the Internet as well as with enterprise applications behind the corporate firewall. OpSource On-Demand is suitable for companies at any stage of growth, with any type of on-demand application.Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, OpSource has Web application delivery centers in Virginia, London and Bangalore.

For more information about OpSource, please visit: www.opsource.net.

]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosted-saas-provider-opsource-to-support-taleo-business-edition/feed/ Hosted Infrastructure Services Firm, SAG GmbH, Chooses HP for Tech Support http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/hosted-infrastructure-services-firm-sag-gmbh-chooses-hp-for-tech-support/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/hosted-infrastructure-services-firm-sag-gmbh-chooses-hp-for-tech-support/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:00:58 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-hosted-infrastructure-services-firm-sag-gmbh-chooses-hp-for-technology-managem-4881.html Boeblingen, Germany - (The Hosting News) - December 23, 2008 - Hosted Infrastructure Services Firm, SAG GmbH, has signed a five-year technology services agreement with HP, to facilitate the energy-related services firm reduce costs and scale technology services based on business needs.

Andreas Klenz, Chief Information Officer, SAG GmbH remarked, ''HP's services will enable SAG GmbH to reduce costs and increase flexibility. This also means we can maintain our focus on the core business.''

The agreement includes the management of: Centralized operation of SAP, email, active directory, archiving, application and file servers, web and terminal servers Decentralized operation of the infrastructure in SAG GmbH's facilities throughout Germany, including databases, application and file servers, imaging and printing environment, and local area networks End-user workplace environment, including desktop management, service desk and on-site services Many of the services will be provided as HP Utility Sourcing Services (HP USS), which are part of the Adaptive Infrastructure as a Service offering. HP USS are standardized service modules for the management of technology infrastructure, applications and end-user environment. SAG GmbH will scale technology capacity and cost to meet business situations. HP USS also can be customized to the specific requirements of SAG GmbH.

SAG GmbH will use the following modules of the HP USS portfolio, delivered from virtualized systems in redundant HP data centers in Germany: Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP hosting), Messaging, Computing, Data Management, Database, and End-User Workplace Services. For each of these services there is a specific usage-dependent billing model in place. SAG GmbH can scale volumes and costs up and down within short timeframes.

"To enable SAG to adapt more quickly to changing business requirements, HP will deliver to them comprehensive, secure and cost-effective operation services billed according to usage," said Hans-Ulrich Holdenried, chairman of the Management Board, HP Germany.

Since its founding 90 years ago, SAG has been significantly involved in the construction and extension of electrical transmission and distribution networks in Germany and internationally. Today SAG is one of the leading manufacturer-independent service and system suppliers for electricity, gas, water and telecommunication networks as well as for systems all about the generation, provision and application of energy and media. SAG is present throughout Germany with over 80 locations. About 7,900 employees produce yearly revenue of around one billion Euros. Apart from Germany, the core market is Europe.

HP, the world's largest technology company, simplifies the technology experience for consumers and businesses with a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure.

To learn more, please visit: www.sag.de/sag_gruppe/wEnglish/index.php.


]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/hosted-infrastructure-services-firm-sag-gmbh-chooses-hp-for-tech-support/feed/ Web Hosting Provider, DataPipe, Sponsors WIRED Magazine Event http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-provider-datapipe-sponsors-wired-magazine-event/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-provider-datapipe-sponsors-wired-magazine-event/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:12:24 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-web-hosting-provider-datapipe-sponsors-wired-magazine-event-4880.html Jersey City , New Jersey - (The Hosting News) - December 22, 2008 - Managed hosting and security services company, DataPipe, recently sponsored a WIRED Magazine event, featuring Editor-in-Chief, Chris Anderson, in New York City.

Mr. Anderson spoke about the emerging business trend toward FREE, the subject of his second book set to be released in 2009. The economics of FREE are responsible for generating billions of dollars in revenue, and it has quickly become the business model of an increasing number of industries.

Robb Allen, CEO of DataPipe noted, ''Chris Anderson's insights provide exceptional thought leadership on the global marketplace. His analysis is always on-target and often several steps ahead of conventional wisdom.''

DataPipe and WIRED have a decade long partnership which has gone beyond advertising to include past sponsorships of NextFest and presentations at the 92nd Street Y. The longevity of this relationship is proof of DataPipe and WIRED's commitment to technology and the resulting impact on business.

Howard Mittman, Associate Publisher at WIRED commented, ''The WIRED Store is the physical embodiment of the many ways that WIRED celebrates innovation inside our magazine's pages. As we explore innovation and the changes our world is experiencing, it becomes more important than ever to seek out best in class companies, such as DataPipe, whose vision for the future is in line with the predictive, prescient qualities of the WIRED brand. We are proud of our long-term partnership with DataPipe and are very excited that they were alongside us as the WIRED Store provided a stage for Chris Anderson to speak about the release of his latest book, FREE.''

With Anderson at the helm, WIRED has won five National Magazine Awards, and in 2007 he was named to Time Magazine's 'Time 100,' an annual list of people transforming our world. The 2008 WIRED Store is open November 21st - December 26th. Located at 15 West 18th Street in Manhattan's Flatiron District, the fourth annual WIRED Store displays today's leading technology products.

During the summer, DataPipe began collaborating to provide startup companies with an opportunity for competitively priced, high-performance managed hosting services, with Sun Microsystems.

Sun's Startup EssentialsSM program, offers cost effective services to startup companies with a platform of products designed to integrate with its hosting and managed services. Members with web hosting infrastructure and services that are housed in its data center facilities and backed by quality support, according to the company, will experience value and reliability, through a range of products, including the Sun servers, Solaris 10 operating system, and storage.

The new program was developed for existing software companies, with hardware, software, managed hosting services, security, reporting and patching, provided at no cost for up to 90 days, with an ISV Sandbox agreement. Also included, is a 99.5% Service Level Agreement on the testing and development infrastructure.

The Sun Startup Essentials program is designed to help eligible U.S. based startup companies get to market faster while conserving cash. The program offers its members a range of discounted Sun products and services, including its award-winning Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Fire servers with CoolThreads technology, and Sun's select StorageTek line of products, including modular disk arrays, NAS and tape storage products.

DataPipe has been in the managed services business since 1998, providing application management, hosting, professional services, and security services for mid to large-sized organizations in a range of vertical industries. The company has over 1500 customers in six data centers and eight office locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China, headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

To learn more about Sun's web hosting program, please visit: www.sun.com/startupessentials.

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

]]> http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/web-hosting-provider-datapipe-sponsors-wired-magazine-event/feed/ Dedicated Server Firm, SoftLayer, Verifies Data Center Security http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/dedicated-server-firm-softlayer-verifies-data-center-security/ http://www.topofthehosts.com/dedicated-hosting/dedicated-server-firm-softlayer-verifies-data-center-security/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:04:06 +0000 Web Hosting News - Updated Daily http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-dedicated-server-firm-softlayer-verifies-data-center-security-4879.html Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - December 22, 2008 - On-demand hosting services and virtual data center provider for the small to medium enterprise (SME), SoftLayer Technologies, has completed a SAS 70 review.

Including the assessment of all processes and systems necessary to complete an accompanying Type II report, the audit and evaluation were part of its ongoing commitment to provide customers with industry-best standards and practices. A SAS 70 Type II review is an in-depth survey of a service organization's control objectives and activities, with an evaluation of the organizations' effectiveness in meeting those control objectives.

Steve Kinman, Customer Service Manager at SoftLayer noted, ''We are very excited to have completed this process. It gives us an objective standard for assuring all of our customers, of all sizes, that we provide reliable, tested, and secure hosting services based upon industry-recognized standards.''

It is an important step for any service organization supporting outsourced, mission-critical, and information technology services. The survey includes a full assessment of: Oversight by executive management Operations and customer service Development and information technology organization Human resources policies and procedures Risk assessment monitoring SAS 70 data centers must maintain prescribed levels of data security and redundancy, as well as personnel controls. The data center's staff cannot access servers or data without a specific procedure. All systems access and activity must be logged, and all physical access is highly controlled.

SoftLayer's review was conducted by an independent auditing agency and included extensive testing performed over a six-month period. It involved all existing SoftLayer data center facilities in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA and Washington DC. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.

For more about SoftLayer, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

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