Web Hosting News – Boca Raton, FL - Applied Innovations, a leading Windows hosting company, announced today the launch of their new Microsoft WebsiteSpark hosting services. Applied Innovations is one of the first hosting companies to partner with Microsoft and offer WebsiteSpark hosting solutions to web designers and web developers.

“WebsiteSpark allows Applied Innovations to continue to bring the latest technology and innovation to web developers and designers,” said Jess Coburn, Founder and CEO of Applied Innovations. “The WebsiteSpark program and Applied Innovations managed dedicated servers, managed Windows VPS hosting solutions, and Windows hosting services, gives WebsiteSpark designers and developers a competitive advantage over other web development firms.”

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Web Hosting News – SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Cisco announced that Ativas Data Center, an Asamar Group company, has invested in a Cisco NexusTM 5000 Series switch-based solution to underpin its next-generation data center architecture. Ativas will deploy one of the first data centers in Brazil and in Latin America to adopt one of the most advanced technologies in terms of data center virtualization and connectivity. The facility is planned to start operations in early 2010, in the Minas Gerais Brazilian state.

The Cisco® solution for Ativas is based on the innovative VSS technology (Virtual Switching System), which is present at the network core layer and at the network distribution layer. This technology allows centralized infrastructure to operate as a single virtual switch with high levels of redundancy, so processing of the entire data flow is equally shared among them.

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Web Hosting News – GLASGOW, UK - Domain registrars Easyspace are delighted to announce a 25% reduction on all .org domain names purchased through the site. This discount means that these domains are now available for just Pounds Sterling 9.38 each.

Originally intended for non-profit and non-commercial organisations, .org was established in January 1985 as one of the original TLDs (Top Level Domains.) Widely used by charitable organisations, it is also used by many open-source and free software sites, political parties and support groups. Although recommended only for non-commercial entities, there are no restrictions to registration and anyone can register a .org domain for personal or commercial usage.

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Web Hosting Reviews – DALLAS — SoftLayer Technologies™, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, has been approved as a partner in the Microsoft® WebsiteSpark™ Program. As a WebsiteSpark partner, SoftLayer can now provide qualifying Web startup companies with value pricing on Microsoft development software and tools.

WebsiteSpark provides professional Web development and design companies with an innovative vehicle to access:

- Business Opportunities: Expand your reach and customer touchpoints, and expose your services to the broad set of Microsoft customers and partners. Benefit from marketing activities to drive demand towards your portfolio of Web solutions.

- Support and Training: Get dedicated support from peers around the world—agencies, developers, and designers who will provide a wide range of support resources. Receive free online training, and webinars to assist you in your learning journey.

- Software and Solutions: Receive fast, easy, and immediate access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools, platform technologies, and production licenses of server products to develop and bring to market differentiated, innovative, and rich Internet sites and applications. Improve your productivity through ready-to-use and customizable solutions.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Phoenix, AZ – i/o Data Centers, a leading provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, announced today it has been selected by AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA NCNU) to design, build and operate the membership organization’s corporate data center.

AAA NCNU needed to find a provider that could engineer and manage a data center capable of scaling to meet the company’s IT needs. AAA NCNU’s requirements included access to highly-reliable power and network connectivity as well as a team that had the knowledge and experience to oversee a state-of-the-art data center for their mission critical IT systems.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Dallas - Horizon Data Center Solutions, which last month announced its successful first year results, has entered its second year strong by adding new business in its recently opened Dallas Two Data Center. According to Horizon, several thousand square feet of colocation space has already been leased in the Dallas Two facility, and the first client to move in is fast growing ATI, which provides career training to thousands of students each year through schools in Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.

Horizon CEO Lance A. Smith says ATI has agreed to a multi-year deal to host their data storage and email services, and the two companies are currently exploring additional technology services that Horizon can offer to assist the institution in managing both its current and future information technology needs.

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Web Hosting Reviews – SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — OneNeck IT Services announced today that they have entered into a five-year outsourcing contract with Regency Lighting to provide hosting and managed services. Under the terms of the contract, OneNeck will provide Regency Lighting’s end-users with a highly available computing environment.

OneNeck created a tailored solution for Regency Lighting comprised of virtualized and dedicated hosting in combination with full managed services. Specifically, OneNeck will be providing infrastructure management, network management, operating systems administration, database administration, application administration, and 24/7 help desk support within OneNeck’s data center facilities. This high availability solution allows Regency Lighting to achieve reliable end-to-end support for their critical applications and infrastructure.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Stockholm - On Thursday evening the world’s 110th most popular web site, The Pirate Bay, was adorned with a solicitation to support the protest list Namnbank.se (Namebank) against the Swedish Post- and Telecoms Authority (PTS). The list has since started growing by hundreds of names per hour. It is run by the web host Binero to protest against the PTS decision to subject all Swedish se-domain names containing the word “bank” to an inspection prior to registration.

This to insure that anyone that might be confused with a bank actually fulfills the legal requirements for one. It is a departure from international standards, where issues are solved, usually by a Uniform Dispute Resolution Process (UDRP) once they arise after registration. The national registry .SE is threatened with a fine and must respond by Oct 1st.

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Web Hosting Reviews – UNION CITY, CA – Data Center Pulse Inc. (DCP), today announced that it has partnered with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) to participate in the 2009 Data Center Energy Efficiency (DCEE) Summit hosted at the NetApp campus in Sunnyvale, CA on October 15, 2009.

The SVLG 2009 DCEE Summit is based on data center demonstration projects showcasing best practices to achieve energy efficiency. The demonstration projects are hosted and led by end users in their own DC environments. Data Center Pulse is championing two efforts at the summit. The first is the Chill Off 2, the largest and most complex SVLG demonstration project comparing different cooling products. The second is the Data Center Pulse standardized data center stack proposal. This framework will allow all datacenters to be compared regardless of industry, tier level, location or design. “We are looking forward to a lively summit where we can discuss this important work.”, said Graeme Hay Technical Advisory Board Chair and Data Center Pulse founding board member. “Our members have invested significant time and money into these efforts. They are some of the top priorities for Data Center Pulse.”.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Philadelphia, PA - 1&1 Internet, Inc., the world’s largest Web host by known servers, has removed all traffic limits on its Web hosting. An unlimited volume of data is now available for page impressions, downloads and uploads of files for all 1&1 hosting packages. 1&1 now offers flexibility for shared hosting solutions commonly reserved for users of dedicated servers.

Traffic volume typically grows in proportion to the sites popularity. Now, customers that own any shared hosting, eShop or combination package (hosting plus eShop) no longer need to worry about exceeding their traffic allowance. This improvement will further ensure 1&1 customers that any website hosted within these packages can continue to function optimally as the site’s popularity grows online.

Since 2003, 1&1 Internet Inc. has been at the forefront of encouraging US small businesses to adopt the Web. 1&1 is the one-stop-shop for Web solutions, providing a high quality service with the security of its state-of-the-art green data centers and 24/7 technical support. 1&1’s green efforts will offset emissions of over 30,000 tons of CO2 per year. As the world’s largest Web host, 1&1 is well placed to deliver a high quality service to its business customers. The company currently holds over 8 million customer contracts worldwide and manages over 10 million domain names.

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