Web Hosting News – HOUSTON and DALLAS – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that SpeedFC, Inc. has tapped the company to provide hosting services for its IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Dallas, SPEED FC is a single-source provider of business-to-business and direct-to-consumer customized, integrated and outsourced transaction management services for both traditional and e-commerce retailers. SPEED FC clients number some of the most highly regarded, well-known brands in the country.

SPEED FC provides customers with a suite of end-to-end solutions, including fulfillment, customer care, Web development, Web hosting and Web marketing. Clients can select either a complete, turnkey solution, or choose from its broad portfolio of services. The company also works with their clients’ creative departments and agencies to integrate their existing brand identities into a consistent online presence.

“As our business has evolved and we’ve expanded the services we provide, we recognized that the timing was right to add hosting services that could support our rapid expansion,” said John DeCaprio, president of Speed FC Interactive. “When we began adding mid- and large-cap companies to our portfolio, they wanted to know we had the right technologies and fail safes in place to manage their operations. We evaluated a number of companies, knowing it was critical to have a partner that could scale with us, no matter the size of the client we brought to the table. The Planet provides us with an enterprise-quality network and IT infrastructure, which allows us to focus on our customers and the core competencies we provide.” Continue reading “SpeedFC Engages The Planet for Hosting Services” »

Web Hosting News – ANDOVER, Mass. - NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVI), a leading provider of enterprise hosting solutions and application services, today announced that the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel has granted the Company continued listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market subject to the condition that, on or before August 24, 2009, it demonstrates evidence of stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million, or compliance with one of the alternative criteria for continued listing. The Panel’s determination follows a hearing held on April 23, 2009 at which the Company presented its plan to regain compliance.

As referenced in NaviSite’s previous earnings announcement and as presented to the Panel, NaviSite is planning to regain compliance of the NASDAQ continued listing rules through execution of a strategic plan that includes potential divestiture of colocation assets, a reduction of its overall debt burden, and an increased focus on the core managed hosting, application management and enterprise cloud solutions. More details of the strategic plan will be discussed during NaviSite’s third quarter, fiscal year 2009 earnings conference call scheduled for Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 5:00 PM EDT. The conference call details will be announced in a separate press release and will also be available at www.navisite.com Continue reading “NaviSite Granted Extension for Continued Listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market” »

Web Hosting News – LONDON - Interxion, a leading European operator of data centres, today announced that it has installed a Secure Data Service (SDS) managed online back-up and restore solution for Argus, a leading provider of price assessments, business intelligence and market data for the global coal, electricity, oil, gas, emissions and transportation industries.

Information is key to Argus’s business proposition, and as a result, the need to access, retrieve and distribute it efficiently and effectively is critical. Interxion’s SDS ‘Vault’, which replaces a tape back-up system, now stores all data off-site at one of Interxion’s data centres in the Netherlands. Fully encrypted software now backs up all critical files, securing the flow of timely business intelligence and market information to Argus customers. Continue reading “Interxion Delivers Secure Data Service to Argus Media” »

Web Hosting News – CHELMSFORD, Mass. - Desktone, Inc., provider of the first platform that enables hosted virtual desktops as an outsourced subscription service, today announced significant new capabilities for its Desktone Virtual-D Platform™. The enhancements enable service providers to more easily and cost-effectively scale their Desktone-powered desktops as a service (DaaS®) offerings, while helping end-customers quickly benefit from virtual desktops.

“The market is realizing that DaaS is an inherently faster, lower-cost way to implement virtual desktops than VDI,” says Jeff Fisher, senior director of strategic development at Desktone. “As part of our drive to continually innovate ways to make DaaS even more compelling, these new capabilities streamline both the adoption and management of DaaS. They have been extremely well-received by our service provider partners—including ICC Global Hosting and SoftBank—and their customers.” Continue reading “Desktone Enhances Virtual-D Platform for DaaS” »

Web Hosting News – Dubai, UAE & London, UK – eHosting DataFort, the region’s leading IT managed and advisory services provider, and a member of TECOM Investments, today announced it will be the industry sponsor for the first Data Centre Strategies Middle East Forum in Abu Dhabi.

To be held from 2-3 June at the Injazat Auditorium in Abu Dhabi, the Data Centre Strategies Middle East Forum 2009 will address a number of key issues related to the developments in the sector that impact the business, operation and planning of the data centre industry. Continue reading “eHosting DataFort Industry Sponsor for Inaugural Data Centre Strategies Middle East Forum in Abu Dhabi” »

Web Hosting News – NEW YORK - NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a global IP network services provider, today announced the NTT Com Global IP Network has surpassed 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps) on its transpacific network, the highest bandwidth currently available. As the largest telecommunications company in Asia and one of the largest in the world, NTT Com continues to extend its capabilities in providing enterprises, ISPs and other telecoms throughout Asia, North and South America and Europe with the most and highest quality data transport supporting international business growth.

NTT America will participate at International Telecoms Week (ITW), June 1 to 3 in Washington, D.C. ITW brings together the global wholesale telecoms community from more than 1,000 companies from 130 countries to evaluate, buy and sell voice and data products and services. ITW attracts the entire industry with participants from all areas of the wholesale industry, Tier-1, 2 and 3 carriers, mobile / wireless operators, ISPs, VoIP providers, and voice, data, satellite, sub sea and fixed-line markets. Continue reading “NTT Communications Exceeds 200 Gigabits per Second On Tier-1 Transpacific Network” »

Web Hosting News – Paris – France - While continuing to show strong growth in France after nearly 5 years of business operations, and with sales over €6.2m in 2008 and 120 customers, BSO Network Solutions, the leading Next Generation Operator (Network services, Integration and Hosting) has now announced that it is opening its first offices abroad, in London.

The London office will be headed by Scott Ritchie, Director Global Operations, and by Fraser Bell, Director Sales & Marketing. They have been tasked with bringing solutions developed by BSO Network Solution to the UK market which represents more than £20Billion and has shown continuous growth over the last 15 years. Continue reading “BSO Network Solutions Opens New Offices in the UK and Marks an Important Step in its Strategy of Global Expansion” »

Web Hosting News – SEATTLE, WA – Birdstep Technology Inc. Raima Division (OSE: BIRD), which offers state-of-the-art embedded database technologies, today announced the launch of a new replacement pricing program targeting MySQL developers looking to mitigate the uncertainty introduced by the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The replacement pricing program consists of Birdstep honoring existing MySQL deployment contracts with an additional 40% discount on deployment costs for the remainder of the deployment contract. This MySQL replacement pricing program is available to MySQL developers until October 1, 2009.

“RDM Server is a high-performance embeddable client/server engine closely resembling MySQL with its broad support of SQL, industrial standard API’s, and intelligent data flow and interoprability”, says Duncan Bates, V.P. Product Management, Birdstep Technology Raima Division. “With companies like IBM, Symantec, Boeing, General Dynamics, and other notable customers entrusting their high profile projects to the Raima technology we’ve proved to be a reliable and flexible player in the market.” Continue reading “Birdstep Technology offers RDM Server as an appealing replacement option for MySQL” »

Web Hosting News – Paul Bryce, Business Development Director at Data Centre provider, Node4 shares his thoughts and opinions on some of the environmental issues that the company have come across whilst developing their second state-of-the-art Data Centre facility just outside of Leeds.

“The environment and the latest buzz word ‘green’ are hot topics in the media at the moment and as a result, many businesses are attempting to do all they can to become environmentally responsible. As the awareness of ‘green issues’ grows companies of all sizes in all industries are under increased pressure to make their operations more economical. This pressure comes from all angles; to satisfy existing and potential customers, staff, shareholders, and the increasing amount of websites, publications and blogs all offering ‘green’ advice to the modern business.

“In the Chancellor’s budget announced last month Alastair Darling encouraged IT organisations in particular to reduce power consumption, the challenge these companies now face is how this reduction can be done realistically whilst maintaining the existing level of service. Continue reading “How Green are You?” »

Web Hosting News – Cologne, Germany - CM4all, a leading provider of web-based applications, is pleased to announce that htp has successfully launched a fully branded, German language version of the CM4all OnlineDrive.

htp is a telecommunications provider for the Hanover, Braunschweig and Hildesheim region. The company offers telephone, Internet, and value-added services to over 78,000 businesses and consumers in Niedersachsen. The company’s products and services now also include the CM4all online storage solution, which it markets as “htp Online-Festplatte” with several product variations. Continue reading “German telco htp launches CM4all OnlineDrive” »