Web Host News – Los Angeles, CA - The location marks a large leap in QuadraNet’s footprint in the United States as it is the first location of multiple across the country, in order to meet the demand for geographically dispersed datacenter solutions. Multiple locations across the USA will enable customers to fulfill their load balancing, redundancy, and geo-targeted requirements from a single company, allowing for ease of management and streamlined business processes.

“Dallas is the first of multiple planned locations for QuadraNet. We understand the needs of our customers and are working hard to meet them. Multiple locations will provide our customers with the ability to target localized regions of the country, thereby increasing speeds and lowering latency as services will be delivered more locally to their user bases. In addition to the localized speed improvements, our customers will be able to operate mirror copies of their websites and applications hosted in completely diverse locations for the ultimate in redundancy, load balancing, and backups.” says Christopher Gotzmann, Vice President of QuadraNet. Continue reading “QuadraNet, Inc. Announces Additional Datacenter Plans for Dallas” »

Web Host News – SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Building on years of customer collaboration as the infrastructure partner for some of the world’s largest cloud service providers and hyperscale data center operators, Dell today announced new solutions, systems and services designed to help more customers build efficient and affordable cloud computing and hyperscale data center installations.

* New integrated cloud infrastructure solutions comprised of pre-tested, pre-assembled and fully-supported hardware, software and services enabling public and private cloud builders to easily and quickly deploy and manage cloud infrastructures with confidence Continue reading “Dell Brings Specialized Cloud Computing Infrastructure to the Mainstream” »

Web Host News – Reading, UK – Faced with shrinking operational budgets and increased data demands, more companies are turning to Managed Private Cloud as a means of balancing post-recession finances and gaining competitive edge.  To help them, managed cloud hosting specialists, DediPower, is offering UK companies a fast-track to achieving real enterprise ready Private Cloud Hosting.

To accommodate growing demand, DediPower is expanding its Managed Private Cloud solutions www.dedipower.com/privatecloud to include a wider variety of configurations designed to appeal to a broader range of enterprises.
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Web Host News – HOUSTON – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today launched a new mobile iPhone application expressly designed to make it easy for customers to connect to the company’s Orbit customer portal. In its first iteration, the application enables customers to view and manage support tickets; monitor server ping status; reboot servers; power servers on and off; and initiate operating system (OS) reloads. Customers are also able to review bandwidth utilization graphs, and track recent invoice data.

Through its own surveys, The Planet learned that more than 55 percent of its customers use iPhone applications to conduct business. Another 30 percent indicated Blackberry and Android as a preference, and applications for both will be available later this year. Continue reading “The Planet Introduces iPhone Application for Customer Portal” »

Web Host News – Jersey City, NJ - Datapipe, a leading provider of managed hosting and IT services, announced today a significant expansion of its green initiatives. Through a strategic relationship with Constellation NewEnergy, Datapipe’s Somerset One data center, located in New Jersey, will now run on 100 percent renewable electricity.  Datapipe will utilize Green-e Energy certified renewable energy certificates through Constellation NewEnergy’s NewMix(SM) Wind  energy solution to match electricity consumption at its data center, while maintaining its diverse and redundant connections to the main power grid.

“We believe we have a responsibility to support long-term sustainability through the technologies we implement and the electricity we consume,” said Robb Allen, CEO of Datapipe. “Converting to 100 percent renewable electricity sources is a big win for our clients, our company and our community. The impact is significant and is expected to result in an initial reduction of more than 8.5 million pounds of carbon emissions,” Allen added.
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Web Host News – Auckland, New Zealand - Data centre services provider Maxnet announced today that it will acquire DataLock, New Zealand’s largest online backup network, to bolster its range of backup services.

The DataLock’s online backup solution was developed in New Zealand by a team led by DataLock CEO Andrew Schick, and Directors Israel Cooper and Nick Patterson, and the company first launched in 2008. Together the team have taken DataLock from a start-up to a successful business with over 120 resellers across Australasia in just two years.

The addition of DataLock’s online backup service to Maxnet’s existing enterprise-level backup solutions will enable Maxnet to offer the most comprehensive and cost-effective backup offering in New Zealand, says John Hanna, Maxnet’s CEO. Continue reading “Maxnet Web Hosting Acquires DataLock for Online Backup” »

Web Host News – FOSTER CITY, CA - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with Shanghai Data Solution Co., Ltd. (SDS), a leading systems integrator for network and communications services in Shanghai, P.R. China. The partnership allows Equinix customers to enjoy a similar level of availability and reliability of colocation services in China through the SDS data center, as they do within the 49 International Business ExchangeTM (IBX®) data centers operated by Equinix worldwide. The partnership provides Equinix with a strategic entry-way into one of the world’s most sought-after and fastest-growing markets: China.

The newest SDS data center is located in the Pudong area of Shanghai. Equinix performed multiple engineering audits and established that the center meets the company’s stringent availability requirements and facility standards to deliver colocation services. To ensure a premier customer experience and service quality, Equinix will provide ongoing operations support to the SDS team. In addition, Equinix plans to open a coordination and support function office in Shanghai in Q2 2010. Continue reading “Equinix Extends Operations into China Through Partnership with Shanghai Data Solution (SDS)” »

Web Host News – PROVIDENCE, Utah - Aff.biz, the affiliate program of UK2 Group, a global leader of web hosting solutions, today announced an aggressive new commission structure designed to pay some of the highest affiliate commissions available.  Effective immediately, Aff.biz affiliates are eligible to receive $100* per referred sale and beginning with the 10th sale in the same month, affiliates can earn up to $200* per referral with no limit. The UK2 Group web hosting brands participating in this promotional offer are WestHost, midPhase, and ANHosting.

As one of the most generous referral programs in the web hosting industry, affiliates receive the full commission regardless of the size or value of the hosting plan purchased by referrals.
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Web Host News – COLUMBUS, OH - WebECS, a leading Microsoft Windows server and Windows ASP.NET web hosting company, announced today its 13th year of providing expert Windows hosting solutions for both large and small businesses worldwide. WebECS is one of the few leading Windows hosting companies with over a decade of providing reliable Windows hosting services.

“At WebECS, we focus on what we know best – Windows web hosting – to give our clients the best care in terms of features, cost, and speed of service – and we have been doing it for over 13 years,” says Kyle Beckham, President of WebECS. “Every WebECS engineer and technician is a Windows expert with years of Windows hosting experience, and can assist all types of businesses with their Windows hosting.”
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Web Host News – ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor-based website development firm Arachne Web Technologies has merged with Logic Solutions, Inc., reports Logic’s COO, Bruce Richardson. The merger benefits Arachne customers by providing access to Logic’s extensive resources, including expanded services and technological support.

Richardson states, “Our commitment to gaining a genuine understanding of our customers makes our relationships strong and enduring. We have let our new clients know that they should expect the same high quality of care they’ve always received from a small, personal firm like Arachne, but with the additional benefits of a company with global resources and expertise.”
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