Web Hosting News – HONOLULU — Award-winning Web hosting provider Superb Internet announced today it will introduce a new Managed Server offering featuring R1Soft’s high-performance Continuous Data Protection® (CDP) technology to bring customers around-the-clock backups.

R1Soft’s disk-based data protection software works by taking point-in-time snapshots at the sector level and only recording changes made since the last backup allowing for backups to run up to every 15 minutes. With the Bare-Metal Restore feature, Superb Internet gains the ability to restore a client’s data to any point-in-time snapshot for fast, efficient disaster recovery.

“Our customers depend on us to deliver mission-critical managed hosting services and R1Soft CDP plays an important role in this. By having frequent CDP backups and the ability to perform bare-metal restores we can give our clients peace of mind knowing their businesses are safe from data loss,” said Patrick Ahler, Director of Business Development and Operations Manager at Superb Internet.

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Web Hosting News – Nottingham, UK - Heart Internet, one of the UK’s leading providers of Reseller Web Hosting, has announced the launch of its reseller hosting API. The API makes it possible for developers to plug in to Heart Internet’s systems to perform such tasks as setting up hosting packages, registering domain name as well as performing administrative tasks such as deactivations or changing a package’s limits, and more via their programming interface.

“We have always prided ourselves on being at the forefront of reseller hosting technology providing our customers with flexible white label products.” Said Heart Internet director Jonathan Brealey “Our API provides resellers with the opportunity to develop their own unique web and desktop based programs accessible directly from our hosting infrastructure, allowing them the freedom to automate their business.”

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Web Hosting News – HOUSTON – Initial results from a new online survey designed to measure IT effectiveness at small businesses shows almost one in four respondents score a “D” or “F” grade. According to the IT Effectiveness Index (ITEI) Mid-Year Report 2009, another 37 percent of small businesses are barely maintaining their IT operations, scoring only a “C” grade. The report, based on surveying hundreds of small businesses, further reveals that these companies are falling further behind as economic pressures have forced nearly half of the respondents to reduce, delay or cancel critical IT investments.

The ITEI program offers a free online benchmarking tool for small businesses to audit their IT effectiveness, and explore best practices and affordable options and alternatives for improving or maintaining effective IT standards. In addition, the ITEI will begin providing survey participants with free peer comparisons based on company size and industry. The free online survey and tool can be found at www.iteffectivenessindex.com.

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Web Hosting News – REIGATE, Surrey – Active-Office, a leader in Managed IT Solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced that new customers can test-drive its Hosted Exchange 2007 Platform, branded Active-Mail. The limited-time promotion is free of charge and gives SMBs an opportunity to explore the many benefits of the hosted e-Mail application.

“Active-Office was easy to implement and was an immediate asset to our business operations,” said Ian Scott, title here at Scott Hughes Design. “Scott Hughes Design was looking for a new e-Mail platform and the Active-Mail promotion enabled us to trial the product without any upfront commitments. We are delighted with our decision to deploy Active-Mail.”

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Web Hosting News – HERNDON, Va. – BlackMesh, a provider of information technology solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced its Optimized Drupal Hosting Platform, specifically designed to provide reliable, scalable hosting capabilities for Drupal-based Web sites. Available now, BlackMesh’s customizable solution will enable Drupal developers to improve the performance of their Web sites, while at the same time enhance and simplify security by automatically synching with daily updates.

Drupal, an open source content management system, has experienced immense growth in popularity as more businesses, individuals and government agencies build Web sites with Drupal for its ease of use, scalability, extended availability of features and modules. In addition, users have easy access to an engaging open source community. While organizations are quick to appreciate the benefits of Drupal for designing Web sites, many do not have the bandwidth or understanding to manage the infrastructure needed to host Drupal sites.

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Web Hosting News – London, UK - Quova, Inc., the leading provider of Internet geolocation data services, and Integral Business Solutions, a technology consultancy specialising in information security and regulatory compliance, announced the completion of their 100th joint enterprise implementation. Capping off four years of partnership, both Quova and Integral are Oracle strategic partners – Integral as a systems integrator and Quova as a member of the Extended Identity Management Ecosystem – and work together to help companies test, purchase, deploy and customise the Oracle Adaptive Access Manager (OAAM). Integral and Quova’s extensive client base includes Fortune 500 companies in the financial and e-commerce industries throughout North America.

Quova is the only provider of IP geolocation data to be certified and integrated within the OAAM. Integral works with organisations to oversee technical implementation from both a deployment and training perspective, working closely with customers to train and certify staff and further customise to fit individual need. With fraudulent transactions increasing in number and sophistication, online merchants need to arm themselves with as many tools and resources as possible to protect themselves and their customers from identity theft and other vulnerabilities.

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Web Hosting News – London – International consulting firm BroadGroup has announced the launch of 4th Power and Cooling for Data Centres forum that will take place 22 October 2009, at the America Square Conference Centre in London.

BroadGroup research has found that Power represents an average of 56% of operating cost across Data Centres, and cost, amplified in a recent survey conducted by the group, which revealed cost reduction as the number one objective of data centre operators in the next financial year This annual event has as its theme how to use innovation to reduce cost and energy consumption, and increase efficiency in data centres. The special one-day forum will review an array of new solutions and ideas emerging to tackle the most critical issue in data centres today: cost.

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Web Hosting News – HERNDON, Va. – Virtualization and automation leader Parallels, today announced that Lunarpages, a leading Web hosting company, is leveraging Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to deliver its customers Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting services. The solution is available on both Windows and Linux servers and provides a cost effective solution for businesses that have outgrown shared hosting, and do not need the full capacity of a dedicated server.

“Parallels, and Parallels Containers in particular, contribute significantly to sales conversions and support,” said Amy Armitage, Director of Business Development at Lunarpages. “In the last month alone, Lunarpages has seen an increase of 55% in VPS sales and a 43% increase for the previous two-months. We attribute the growth to Parallels robust VPS container solution and also their commitment to service and support, such as helping Lunarpages improve its Web site.”

VPS gives companies more control and flexibility of their outsourced Web sites and Web applications – allowing users to install applications and gain direct access to the underlying operating system, but at a more affordable price than getting an entire dedicated server. End-users will now be able to run needed applications, multiple domains, Web sites and configure a customized VPS while Lunarpages manages the complex operating systems and hardware maintenance.

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Web Hosting News – Overland Park, KS – Codero, a business entity formed by seasoned Aplus.net management, has been launched to focus solely on dedicated and managed hosting services for small-to-mid-sized businesses. Codero’s business plan provides customer service driven advanced hosting solutions for email, eCommerce, and other hosting needs, delivering these services in a world-class, on-demand data center on a national and global basis.

“Codero stands for collaboration, engagement, focus, reliability and flexibility,” stated Phil Spencer, CEO of Codero. “It is a robust platform that will offer a fast growing segment of our clientele a chance to do what they do best, which is running a profitable business and not having to worry about managing an internal IT department. That means we get to do what we do best, and that is dedicated and managed hosting services with an emphasis on day-to-day customer service.”

Current dedicated and managed hosting clients of Aplus.net will see a seamless transition to Codero. This includes keeping the same established management team and customer service staff. Customers can take advantage of Codero’s advanced service options that include a full line of high–performance, value-driven Windows® and Linux servers located in secure data centers with live 24/7/365 U.S.-based support. Their service offerings and core infrastructure are set up to provide the technology a business needs to succeed regardless of the market or industry.

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Web Hosting News – London & Port Louis – Data centre investors and experts are scheduled to address a special conference that will take place in Mauritius September 30 – October 1 2009. The conference organized by BroadGroup on behalf of the Board of Investment Mauritius, is designed to showcase the unique capabilities of the island for new data centre development around the Cybercity built south of the capital city.

The expert speakers specially attending the event include Jonathan Atkin, Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets (the corporate and investment division of the Royal Bank of Canada); Guy Willner, co-founder of European-based carrier-neutral data centre company IXEurope, which was bought by US group Equinix in 2007, in a USD 482 million deal and now a board member of South African carrier neutral data centre operator, Teraco; Simon Lee, Managing Director of investment advisors, Sapience Capital Partners; Te- Shan Gan, Group CEO of The AIMS Asia Group, owned by Megawisra, a private-equity group with investments in telecommunications infrastructure and services across Asia ¬Pacific; Andrew Jay, Senior Director of international property specialists, CB Richard Ellis and Dr Ian Bitterlin, CTO of Prism Power.

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