Web Hosting Reviews – Herndon, VA - Small business industry experts will provide hundreds of small business owners with actionable tips and information for overcoming challenges during a recession at the GrowSmartBiz Conference, which is being hosted by Network Solutions® on Tuesday, September 29, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC.

“The current recession has really impacted and changed the way both large and small businesses operate. What remains unchanged, however, is the extra effort small businesses must exert to succeed in the marketplace against large companies,” said Jody Keenan, director of the Virginia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at George Mason University, School of Public Policy. “‘Staying Ahead in the Current Economy’ will be a valuable panel session for small businesses looking for advice on growing and succeeding despite our economic environment.”

Kennan, along with Christine Banning of SCORE, Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends, Charles Colby of Rockbridge Associates, Jake Weatherly of Palo Alto Software and Mike Reed of Paychex will serve as panelists, providing thoughts and executable strategies for surviving and growing in the current economy at the GrowSmartBiz Conference.

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Web Hosting Reviews – PHOENIX — A recent licensing agreement between Microsoft Corp. and SmarterTools Inc. extends Microsoft’s patented Exchange ActiveSync technology to more than 15 million end users through the latest version of the SmarterMail mail server. The agreement provides a patent license to SmarterTools for this industry-leading technology and allows Microsoft to expand its reach to include SmarterTools’ robust customer base, which encompasses hosting/service providers, enterprises, and small to medium sized businesses.

“We are pleased to work with SmarterTools to provide Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to SmarterMail users,” said David Kaefer, general manager of intellectual property licensing at Microsoft. “This technology is being sought out by our partners and competitors alike because it enhances their value proposition to their customers, and we believe that to be a testament to the innovation taking place at Microsoft.”

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Web Hosting Reviews – United Kingdom - RapidSwitch Ltd has today announced that it is introducing a new application programming interface (API) into its renowned control panel MyServers which will enable its hosting clients to use their own systems to actively control and monitor their servers.

The API, which is believed to be a first for the UK hosting industry, provides all the traditional functionality and server management clients expect from a dedicated server control panel, but delivers it over an API. The API allows RapidSwitch’s clients to build their own applications capable of sending and receiving data direct from MyServers control panel, opening up a wide range of management control possibilities.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Carlow, Ireland - Blacknight Solutions, Ireland’s best rated and fastest growing registrar and hosting provider, has launched a worldwide sale on .mobi and .im domain names. With unprecedented low pricing – businesses and individuals can make their mark on the mobile web.

For a limited time, customers can register for a .mobi domain for only €6.75 – the lowest price on the web today. They can also register the redhot .im domain name for only €4.95 – a huge savings when compared to everyday prices approaching €45.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Singapore - With Internet usage penetration rates reaching high numbers across the world, the demand and expectations of websites have increased multiple folds.

The majority of Internet users wants things fast, and wants to be able to view web pages quickly. Downloads must be instant, and streaming videos and sound clips must stream smoothly without stutter. If a website cannot do that, then their visitors simply move on elsewhere.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Louisville, KY - MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a provider of Windows-based hosting and managed IT services, today announced a soon to be released shared windows hosting platform. MaxESP is the first highly available completely PCI compliant (web + data) Microsoft ASP.NET shared web hosting platform. The MaxESP core focus is to cater to all aspects of the application life cycle. Customers can quickly upgrade the standard plan and make their application load balanced and more robust with 1 mouse click. Introductory accounts will be available in October free of charge for 30 days and just $49 a month after the trial period.

Besides the usual features of a hosting solution like email, SQL databases, SAN-supported storage, free backups, etc., the MaxESP elastic shared platform adds an SSL VPN service free of charge, PCI compliance at a shared price point, and on-demand application-aware load balancing and simultaneous application instances without forcing customers to rewrite their code.

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Web Hosting Reviews – United Kingdom - There’s just 4 weeks until the 10th annual RSA® Conference Europe (20-22 October, 2009) at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel, UK and we have more exciting updates for you.

It’s been just confirmed that Keith Mularski, Supervisory Special Agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Initiative & Resource Fusion Unit and Andy Auld, Head of Intelligence, e-Crime Department, SOCA will be giving a joint keynote on Wednesday, 21 October at 12.00pm at RSA Conference Europe 2009. Their keynote entitled The Underground Economy will discuss the inner working of the Cyber Underground Economy and how international law enforcement teams come together to combat cyber criminals and emerging threats.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Jersey City, NJ - Windows Server 2008-compatible Comodo Backup protects network files with scheduled backups, at no charge.

Comodo Backup 2.0 provides convenient one–click backup of email accounts, Windows registries and system partitions. Comodo Backup allows administrators to schedule backups to fit work timetables, create customized backup routines with a range of filters and macros, and configure the backup protocol with Comodo’s intuitive interface in minutes.

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Web Hosting Reviews – SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Cloudera, the commercial Hadoop™ company, today announced the confirmed sponsors for the inaugural Hadoop World conference, which will take place Friday, October 2 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

The 12 confirmed sponsors for Hadoop World: NYC 2009 are Facebook, Rackspace, Yahoo!, Intel, IBM, Amazon.com, Supermicro, Softlayer, and eHarmony. Confirmed media sponsors include GigaOm, High Scalability, ReadWriteWeb, and The Register.

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Web Hosting Reviews – Denver – Today ViaWest, a leading provider of adaptable colocation and managed hosting solutions, announced it has achieved compliance as a service provider under Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) sections 9 & 12, and was issued a Report On Compliance (ROC) certification.

The process for ViaWest to be certified as compliant involved a comprehensive review by an independent auditor which demonstrates the company’s adherence to a rigorous level of standards in control policies, procedures, security, technology and infrastructure. This certification is extremely important to validate the capabilities of data center providers, if they are not directly involved in the chain of custody of cardholder data, as it ensures that customers with these requirements will be properly supported under the standard. The ROC certification will greatly assist ViaWest customers in their ability to meet their internal and external compliance requirements, and will be renewed on an annual basis to ensure strict observance of the stated provisions.

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