Web Hosting News – Jersey City, NJ - Comodo, a leading Certificate Authority and Internet security company today announced it has secured an exclusive agreement to provide SSL certificates for one of Europe’s largest web hosting companies – Host Europe. The partnership represents a key alliance between two industry-leading service providers and will enable present and future clients of Host Europe to benefit from the security and assurance generated by Comodo digital certificates.

Founded in 1997, Host Europe develops and markets innovative Internet services for private and business clients. It provides a comprehensive range of services including shared server hosting, dedicated servers, managed services, server co-location, global domain name registration and a bespoke range of e-services to the enterprise and SME markets. Host Europe won the German Internet industry Award as ‘Best Internet Hoster’ in 2005 and ‘Webhoster with the Best Technical Performance and Usability’ and ‘Best Business Hoster’ in 2007. A driving factor behind Host Europe’s continued success has been the development of close working relationships and key partnerships with leading technology companies that help it provide it’s customers with unrivalled levels of reliability and quality of service. Continue reading “Comodo Partners with Host Europe” »

Web Hosting News – ANDOVER, MA - NaviSite, Inc. (“NaviSite”) (NASDAQ: NAVI), a leading provider of Enterprise Hosting and Application Services, has won the FindMyHost.com Editors’ Choice Award in January 2009 for its hosted dedicated server products for small and medium sized businesses. With a focus on bringing enterprise class reliability and performance to the SMB market, NaviSite’s Dedicated Hosting division has raised the bar on customer expectations by delivering a cost effective suite of fully managed dedicated server products, applications, and support services designed specifically for small and medium sized businesses.

The key criteria factored into FindMyHost’s decision to recognize NaviSite with their award were the team of ‘Always There’ TM support professionals, enterprise grade hardware platforms, and an extensive offering which included range of Linux and Windows managed dedicated and virtual server plans. FindMyHost also identified 100% Service Level Agreements, an award-winning comprehensive control panel, and unwavering commitment to deliver a premium customer experience as evidence of NaviSite’s excellence in serving the SMB marketplace. Continue reading “NaviSite Wins FindMyHost Editors’ Choice Award for Its Dedicated Hosting Solutions” »

Web Hosting News – MONTREAL, QUEBEC - iWeb, a global provider of Internet hosting service and IT infrastructure, today released its audited financial results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. In line with its growth strategy, revenue increased 59% to $15.6 million and EBITDA grew to $3.7 million, though a weak US dollar and charges related to early debt repayment combined to produce the Company’s first net loss.

“The revenue increase is an excellent result, in line with our growth strategy. This has certainly been our most challenging year, as our sustained growth has consistently created new challenges and opportunities,” said Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb. “The key to reaching our main strategic targets has been our flexibility and the strong work ethic of our team. Our sales growth is consistent, and with the punctual opening of our third data center and the final expansion phase of the second one, we are meeting demand and helping our clients succeed online through these uncertain times.” Continue reading “iWeb Reports Year-End Results for 2008” »

Web Hosting News – Sierra Madre, CA - DiscountASP.NET, today announced it has successfully renewed their Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status with four Microsoft competencies, recognizing DiscountASP.NET’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, DiscountASP.NET has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status, DiscountASP.NET had to declare a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry. DiscountASP.NET attained the Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Networking Infrastructure competency to qualify for the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner level in 2006 and the Security Solutions competency in 2008. DiscountASP.NET has now added the new Hosting Solutions Competency as their fourth competency. Continue reading “DiscountASP.NET Renews Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status with Quadruple Competencies” »

Web Hosting News – Bucharest, Romania - Rack-Soft, specialized developer of Data Center software solutions and Digital Techniques (Asia) Limited, one of the leading distributors of telecom and IP PBX solutions in Asia, announced today their partnership agreement to distribute Rack-Soft’ flagship product, 4PSA VoipNow, the Integrated Communications System in Asia-Pacific region.

Digital Techniques (Asia) provides a highly refined selection of quality hardware and software products developed and implemented using innovative engineering techniques, primarily based on Open Source. The company is the regional distributor for many other VoIP products. “Since we approached VoipNow for the first time and started to test it, we were impressed by its architecture and features. I saw immediately the potential that this software can bring for the IP telephony service providers in our region. It is simply a product that our customer asked for and now we can offer it!”, said Mr. Rupert Utteridge, Director Sales & Marketing Digital Techniques (Asia) Ltd. Continue reading “Rack-Soft and Digital Techniques Asia Agreement on 4PSA VoipNow Distribution on Asia-Pacific Markets” »

Web Hosting News – TAMPA, Fla. - Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of data center and Internet exchange services, today announced that NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, has completed an expansion across Switch and Data’s colocation facilities in Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Seattle, and Palo Alto, CA. Enterprise and service provider customers in Switch and Data’s sites in these markets will now have direct access to the world’s only commercial grade Global Tier-1 IPv6 backbone operating across four continents, the NTT Communications Global IP Network, operated by NTT America. Heralded as the designated successor to IPv4, the current version of Internet protocol, IPv6 provides a much larger Internet address space, among other benefits, and in doing so eliminates the need to use network address translation to avoid address exhaustion.

As of September 2008, there are 39 /8s remaining in the IPv4 free address pool. The Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) have collectively allocated about ten to twelve /8s of IPv4 address space each year, on average. If that trend continues unchanged, by mid-2012 the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) and the other RIRs will no longer be able to allocate large new blocks of IPv4 address space. This scenario assumes that demand does not increase – which is unlikely, given the ever increasing number of Internet-enabled devices. This scenario also assumes no industry panic (hoarding, withholding, etc.), no Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) or RIR policy changes, and no other external factors influencing address space allocations, any of which could push the IPv4 depletion date earlier. Once IPv4 address space is depleted, Internet growth cannot be sustained without adopting IPv6. Continue reading “NTT America Enables Growth of IPv6 Internet from Switch and Data Network Neutral Data Centers” »

Web Hosting News – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Zuora, Inc., the fastest growing on-demand billing and payments service, today announced the Z-Commerce Platform. The Z-Commerce Platform is the first development platform dedicated to enabling monetization for cloud computing services. The addition of the Z-Commerce Platform to Zuora’s product list, including Z-Billing, Z-Payments, and Z-Force, creates a full suite of Business Cloud solutions focused on helping companies drive revenue from cloud computing.

“2009 is the Year of the Cloud – and developers are clearly shifting to building services on cloud platforms. With the Z-Commerce Platform, we’ve now given developers a powerful way to monetize services built on these platforms,” said Tien Tzuo, CEO, Zuora. “This is the most important product announcement we’ve made thus far – with the introduction of the Z-Commerce Platform, we’ve taken a big step towards our vision of being the de-facto commerce engine for the cloud.” Continue reading “Zuora Introduces the Business Cloud With Launch of the Z-Commerce Platform” »

Web Hosting News – DALLAS — SoftLayer Technologies, the on-demand virtual data center services provider, has implemented native IPv6 support across all its data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC. IPv6 is the next-generation Internet protocol that provides substantially more addresses than the current IPv4 implementation. IPv6 will eventually replace the currently used IPv4 standard, with both coexisting over a multi-year transition period. SoftLayer has completely integrated IPv6 address ordering and management into the Customer Portal and API.

“SoftLayer is proud to bring this additional functionality to its customers, ahead of the adoption curve,” said Ric Moseley, SoftLayer Vice President of Engineering. “While the rollout and implementation of IPv6 throughout the industry is still in its early stages, it will be a requisite for our customers, and we want them to be able to begin benefitting from it now.” Continue reading “SoftLayer Provides IPv6 Support” »

Web Hosting News -JACKSONVILLE, Fla., - Web.com (Nasdaq:WWWW) and The Go Daddy Group, Inc. today announced that the companies have entered into a settlement and patent cross-licensing agreement. The confidential settlement and patent cross-license agreement fully resolves the lawsuit Web.com filed against Go Daddy in 2006 alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,789,103, 6,842,769, 6,868,444 and 6,654,804.

Under the agreement, Web.com and Go Daddy are granting each other a non-exclusive cross-license covering the parties’ respective patent portfolios, including all patents that may in the future issue from pending applications.The remaining terms of the agreement are confidential. Continue reading “Web.com and Go Daddy Enter Into Patent Cross-License Agreement” »

Web Hosting News – London – Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, has been awarded the CarbonNeutral® office accreditation in recognition of its net zero CO2 emissions rating.

This means that all the CO2 emissions relating to its offices including energy consumption and waste has been quantified and reduced to net zero. This CarbonNeutral® accreditation is an integral part of Attenda’s Social Responsibility Programme, which includes its focus on supporting charities, and demonstrates a commitment to the pro-active management and effective control of the environmental impact of all its business activities. Continue reading “Managed Services Company Attenda achieves CarbonNeutral® accreditation” »