Web Host News – CONCORD, Calif. - Cranium Solutions, Inc. the global leader in Cloud Based Security™, today announced an agreement to provide their flagship ASAP (Automated Security Assessment Program) application to both Reboot Networks and AM3 Technologies.

These agreements further Cranium Solution’s goal of partnering with SMB service providers and hosting companies to allow them to quickly and easily add security offerings to their existing service portfolio by utilizing Cranium’s fully cloud-based, complete and simple to use security assessment solution. Service Providers can now augment their value to a client at a fraction of the cost of similar security offerings in the market place.
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Web Host News – Herndon, VA, Summit, NJ & Dublin, Ireland – XO Communications (OTCBB: XOHO) today announces that it will participate with Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider, to offer high-capacity circuits throughout the US and Europe. The collaboration will leverage the recent 1.6 Tbps nationwide expansion of XO’s ultra-long-haul network – which more than doubled the capacity of XO’s inter-city transport network – to offer users high-capacity, high-speed connections to multiple cities throughout the United States, as well as Hibernia’s fast and secure transAtlantic cable crossings to expand XO’s IP network in Europe. This opportunity provides Hibernia Atlantic additional capacity across XO’s US network while XO benefits from the strength of Hibernia’s transAtlantic cable crossings, designed to avoid highly congested routes, such as around New York and London waterways.

“As we further expand our network within the US and globally, we have chosen to collaborate with companies like XO who share our common vision for the highest level of customer support and quality transport services,” states Eric Gutshall, EVP of Sales and Marketing for Hibernia Atlantic. “Over the past two years, XO has made substantial investments to enhance its long-haul and metropolitan infrastructure by expanding its network coverage and offering efficient connectivity with services such as its award-winning Ethernet hub; this is the crux of why we have selected XO at this time.”
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Web Host News – Jerusalem, Israel - Minicom Advanced Systems, a leading developer of IT & KVM remote access and management solutions, announced that it is partnering with SharkRack, a premier provider of infrastructure solutions for data centers and network rooms. SharkRack chose Minicom as their KVM vendor because of their advanced IP KVM and KVM over CAT5 product lines, which include remote access management solutions, KVM switches, LCD drawers with integrated KVM switches, and KVM IP gateways.

“SharkRack’s proven track record of recognizing and responding to the changing needs of data centers makes them an exciting company to have as a partner,” said David Zucker, Director of Business Development at Minicom. “The flexibility and creativity that SharkRack offers its customers is a perfect fit with Minicom’s real needsTM approach, which advocates a customer-centric philosophy. Opening a direct relationship with SharkRack gives our customers better visibility to our industry leading solutions, and we feel confident this partnership will prove to be mutually beneficial.”
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Web Hosting News – Austin, TX - The Zenoss Core project., a leading open source IT monitoring and management solution, today announced the general availability of Zenoss Core version 2.5.1 under the GNU General Public License (V2) is now available as a free and open source solution for the Microsoft Windows operating system. This latest release of the open source monitoring and systems management project enables users to run applications compiled for Linux under Windows with a native look and feel using the beta version of the LINA run-time environment developed by Lina Software.

Zenoss Core users can deploy Zenoss as an application in Microsoft Windows using LINA, a lightweight runtime environment that enables developers to write and compile code using free Open Source Linux tools. Zenoss and LINA are currently looking for people to download, test and use the LINA installer for Zenoss so that it can continue to be optimized for Windows monitoring. The Zenoss Core for Windows installer can be downloaded from the LINA website at: http://openlina.com/popups/popup-user-apps.html
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Web Hosting News – Ashland, VA - Web hosting provider HostICan, (www.hostican.com), is pleased to announce that they have completed the transition to their new administrative and operations facility.   The new facility is located just outside the Richmond, Virginia and HostICan continues to operate its data center based in Washington, D.C.   The facility is designed to create maximum automation, and improves customer service which allows more control in all facets of managing their customer’s hosting experience.  They are proud to provide a new and improved U.S. based, in-house call center which is available around-the-clock.   The new facility houses a private datacenter that  that meets and exceeds the customer’s collocation  requirements, both in power and connectivity. They are well positioned to be the most connected facility in the Richmond metro area.

“Our new facility is all about maximizing the hosting experience for our customers and providing them with excellent support.,” says Denis Motova, president and CEO of HostICan.  “Our goal is to provide products that are more efficient and user friendly and support that is un-paralleled..” Continue reading “HostICan Moves into New Facility!” »

Web Hosting News – TAMPA, Fla. - Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of network-neutral data center and Internet exchange services, announced today that Lexent Metro Connect, the leading provider of dark fiber networks in the New York metropolitan area has become part of Switch and Data’s GeoReach program. Lexent Metro Connect has also completed its construction of a low-latency dark fiber network route to Switch and Data’s North Bergen site located at 5851 Westside Avenue in New Jersey.

Lexent provides dark fiber interconnectivity between Switch and Data’s North Bergen and 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, colocation sites and other leading New York Metro data centers and financial exchanges. This critical, low-latency interconnectivity provides high performance access for Switch and Data’s clients in both facilities.
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Web Hosting News – TORONTO - Chi-X® Canada ATS Limited and Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of network-neutral data centre and Internet exchange services, today announced that Chi-X Canada has selected Switch and Data’s Toronto Financial EcoCenterSM at 151 Front Street as its primary data centre. The move to one of downtown Toronto’s premier data centre facilities will allow Chi-X Canada to grow while continuing to provide equitable access to subscribers wishing to co-locate at the facility and even lower latency connectivity for its domestic and international direct subscribers.

“Since launching nearly two years ago, one of our primary foci has been working with both our global subscriber base and the vendor community to provide fair, seamless and low-latency access to our industry-leading trading platform,” said Dan Kessous, COO of Chi-X Canada. “Switch and Data’s world-class Toronto facility will enable us to provide the level of service that our existing clients have come to expect from Chi-X Canada, while at the same time allowing us to continue bringing new global trading participants to Canada.”
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Web Hosting News – Toronto, ON - Cartika is proud to announce support for up to date Microsoft Windows technologies with our H-Sphere Control Panel hosting offerings, including support for Windows 2008 64bit, MS SQL 2008 and Sharepoint 2007 (WSS3).

Businesses in search of business grade hosting services running up to date Windows Technologies need look no further then Windows hosting solutions by Cartika.
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Web Hosting News – Philadelphia, PA – 1&1 Internet, Inc., the world’s largest Web host by known servers, today released the new 1&1 ListLocal Service. Using this service, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are now able to quickly and easily submit their business information to Internet Yellow Pages (IYP) to be included in various online directories. Professionals have the opportunity to promote their business over the Internet without using mass e-mail marketing initiatives or scattered online advertisements. Instead, 1&1 ListLocal lets SMBs focus on their local target audience and market their services to those in their surrounding region.

ListLocal is an internet solution that provides SMBs with an opportunity to develop an online presence and advertise to their local region. SMBs using this service can be found on popular Internet directories such as Google Maps, Yahoo! Local, Yellowpages.com, Bing, Ask.com, Local.com, Superpages.com, AOL and Switchboard.   In addition to serving small and medium businesses, the 1&1 ListLocal Service is especially beneficial for the self-employed or freelancing individuals who want to be listed quickly and easily in local IYPs in order to attract potential customers. It is only necessary to provide business data once through a simple form, which 1&1 then submits to all basic listings though the IYP portals.  Any changes to the information will automatically be updated on all IYP listings.
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Web Hosting News – SAN JOSE, CA - The iX-N4236 Orion II Storage Server is designed to handle storage-intensive tasks while remaining at an optimal temperature and drawing less power than other servers in its class. The Orion II’s powerful complement of features and light energy footprint create an ideal environment for ZFS implementations, virtualization, and high-capacity storage.

The Orion II Server sports dual, intelligent Intel® Xeon® 5500 series quad-core processors, making it a powerful, efficient storage platform. Each Xeon® processor saves power by automatically putting the CPU into the lowest available power state during periods of light utilization. Intel® TurboBoost Technology raises performance on individual cores based on the needs of specific applications, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and increasing overall system performance. This intelligent power management, coupled with ultra-high efficiency power supplies and optional low-power hard drives and RAM, make the Orion II servers top of their class in storage capacity, compute power, and density per watt.
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