Web Hosting News – Houston, TX – HostGator.com, a provider of web site hosting services to more than 3 million domain names, has a announced a unique advertising partnership with Billy Gibby, also known as “Billy the Human Billboard”, a well known boxer in Anchorage, Alaska.   Billy has agreed to change his legal name to “Hostgator Dotcom”.

Hostgator Dotcom (formerly Billy Gibby) is no stranger to unorthodox means of advertising.  Last year Billy Gibby received a “HostGator.com” tattoo on his neck.  Since then, he has received additional advertising tattoos and now sports over 20 company tattoos covering his forehead, face, and torso.

“I wanted to be the first person to ever have their name legally changed to a website,” said Hostgator Dotcom, born Billy Gibby.  “I can’t wait to see the look on people’s faces when they see my drivers license, or when they announce me into the ring for a fight with–please welcome Hostgator Dotcom.” Continue reading “Man Changes His Name to “Hostgator Dotcom” in an Advertising Agreement with HostGator.com” »

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Web Hosting News – Rochester, NY - BlueTie, a leading provider of business class email and collaboration solutions for businesses, today launched a hybrid email solution that integrates BlueTie Business Email with Hosted Exchange 2010. This combination of web-based email products marks the first implementation of a SaaS hybrid offering using the latest version of Microsoft’s Hosted Exchange Server.

The product gives businesses the power to choose between two Hosted Exchange plans and two BlueTie Business Email plans as well as an assortment of well integrated value added services including email archiving and delivery confirmation when provisioning users. This allows customers to meet the business needs of each individual employee while remaining as cost effective as possible for the entire organization. Customers can manage all their users from a single interface regardless of which plans are chosen. Continue reading “BlueTie Launches Hosted Exchange 2010 Hybrid” »

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Web Hosting News – HOUSTON – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that REALworkspaces has expanded and upgraded its Diligence on Demand™ technology platform to accommodate its fast growth. Headquartered in Dallas, REALworkspaces is used throughout the commercial real estate industry for the diligence required to close transactions.

Capturing the attention of buyers, lenders and investors generates momentum on commercial real estate transactions. REALworkspaces offers self-service capabilities, instant access to diligence and friction-free underwriting, which are rapidly becoming expectations in today’s on-demand world. Continue reading “REALworkspaces Selects The Planet For Hosting Diligence” »

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Web Hosting News – VANCOUVER, BC – PEER 1 Hosting (TSX:PIX), a global online IT hosting provider, today announced it has successfully completed two independent audits of its selected controls, processes and procedures in compliance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 for service organizations and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Section 5970 for the period from January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010.  SAS70 Type II and CICA 5970 audits are widely recognized within the industry as rigorous and stringent benchmarks for service organizations, and they require a thorough audit of the internal controls of the service organization by a licensed independent auditor.

The SAS 70 Type II and CICA 5970 audit reports are intended to provide PEER1 Hosting’s customer organizations and their auditors with information sufficient to obtain an understanding of those aspects of PEER 1 Hosting’s controls that may be relevant to their internal controls over financial reporting and thereby aid in assessments of business risk for customer organizations.   A Type II report not only includes the service organization’s description of existing controls, but also includes detailed testing regarding the design and operating effectiveness of the service organization’s controls. In particular these reports, when combined with an understanding of the controls in place at customer organizations, are intended to assist in the understanding of PEER1 Hosting general computer controls.  Areas covered include corporate strategic planning and organization, manage human resources, manage operations and monitoring, manage changes, manage performance and capacity, ensure system security, manage the configuration, manage problems and incidents, manage data and backups, and manage facilities. Continue reading “PEER 1 Hosting completes SAS 70 Type II and CICA 5970 Audit” »

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Web Hosting News – SAN MATEO, CA - CafePress, the destination for user-designed t-shirts, posters, mugs and other unique gifts, announced today it has teamed up with Webs.com, the world’s largest website building solution serving over 50 million users, to bring Webs.com members the ability to design and sell custom merchandise on their websites.

Webs.com’s community of millions can now install a CafePress Shop App to launch a free, online shop on their website. At a click of a button, individuals and small businesses can extend and monetize their website by selling CafePress’ custom-created merchandise. Continue reading “CafePress Offers New E-commerce Option for Website Owners on Webs.com” »

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Web Hosting News – MANCHESTER, England & BEAVERTON, Ore. - Virtensys™, Ltd, a provider of I/O virtualization solutions for data centers, today announced that Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, has successfully deployed the Virtensys I/O virtualization (IOV) solution in the company’s data center. The VIO-4001 IOV appliance met the performance requirements and delivered the full network connectivity bandwidth at 10 Gbps to standard server environments while reducing costs and complexity.

“Virtensys I/O virtualization systems show good capabilities as we upgrade our infrastructure,” said Hasmukh Ranjan, VP of IT for Synopsys. “We were impressed to see that deploying the VIO-4001 did not require any changes to our existing environment.” Continue reading “Synopsys Selects Virtensys I/O Virtualization Solutions for Its Data Center” »

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Web Hosting News – EDISON, N.J. - FieldView Solutions today announced the introduction of Version 3.2 of its software.

The newest version of FieldView, an enterprise-ready platform that drives optimization of space and energy usage in today’s most complex data center environments, significantly enhances security features, access and permissions. Continue reading “FieldView Solutions Launches Version 3.2 of Its Data Center Management Software” »

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Web Hosting News – ANDOVER, Mass. - PAETEC Holding Corp. (NASDAQ GS: PAET), a FORTUNE 1000 company which provides data, voice, and Internet solutions to business-class customers nationwide, officially opened an expansive, high-tech data center today in Andover, MA, approximately 24 miles north of Boston. This new flagship center will help customers maintain their critical data, server operating applications, network, and communications assets. It also represents a major step forward for the company towards supporting cloud computing.

The center not only serves companies in New England, but those nationwide with a need for geographic redundancy or a presence on the East Coast for reduced latency. The two-story, 92,700 square feet facility includes nearly an acre of raised floor space available for customers to collocate their servers, routers, and other communication equipment. Continue reading “New PAETEC Data Center Delivers Ultra” »

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Web Hosting News – Chicago, IL - WiredTree, a leading managed dedicated server hosting company, announced today an upgrade in its dedicated server product line. WiredTree now offers Core i3, Nehalem, and Westmere Xeon Central Processing Units (CPU) to its managed dedicated server customers. In addition to the CPU upgrade, WiredTree is reducing prices for managed dedicated hosting plans.

“WiredTree regularly updates both hardware and software to provide our clients with rock solid IT infrastructure and the most effective systems setup,” says Zac Cogswell, President of WiredTree. “The improved CPUs for dual core and quad core dedicated servers are ideal for customers wanting more choices including dedicated servers that use less power while helping the environment.” Continue reading “WiredTree Announces CPU Upgrades for Managed Dedicated Servers” »

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Web Hosting News – Markham, ON - Netfirms Inc., one of the world’s largest web hosts announced today its been named a main sponsor of WordCamp Montreal being held on August 28 and 29, 2010 at UQAM Coeur-des-Sciences Complex in Downtown Montreal, Canada.

WordCamp Montréal strives to provide educational, interesting and relevant talks about all aspects of using, developing and deploying WordPress for online publishing needs. Continue reading “Netfirms Becomes a Main Sponsor of Wordcamp Montreal” »

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