Hosting News – Livingston, UK - Flexiant, the pioneering cloud software and services company, has confirmed its attendance at Cloud Expo Europe 2011 in London’s Barbican on 2nd and 3rd February.

The company will run a live demo on the FlexiScale public cloud platform, showcasing its flagship software, Extility, from control panel to billing engine. Continue reading “Flexiant to attend Cloud Expo Europe 2011” »

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Hosting News – Nottingham, UK - CWCS Managed Hosting are now delighted to announce that we have achieved two Silver Competencies for Hosting and Mid-market Solution Provider from Microsoft®. To earn Silver Certification, CWCS had to meet rigorous standards set forth by Microsoft which enable partners to better serve customer requirements.

“Microsoft Silver competencies help our business partners demonstrate expertise by aligning to our customers’ needs and making certifications more recognizable to prospective customers. Earning a Silver competency enables partners to differentiate their business and capitalize on benefits tailored to their specific business needs. We are committed to supporting our Silver level competency partners by enabling them with the right set of tools, training and information that will help them delight our customers through leading-edge Microsoft based solutions and services offerings that address the customer’s technology requirements”, said Clare Barclay, Director of Partner Strategy and Programs, Microsoft UK. “With Silver level status in Hosting and Mid-market Solutions, CWCS has made an investment in developing their capability to differentiate and deliver best in class Microsoft solutions to customers.” Continue reading “CWCS Hosting Earns Two Microsoft Competencies” »

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Hosting News – SANTA CLARA, CA - Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a fabless provider of high-speed analog semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets, today announced its participation at the Linley Tech Data Center Conference.

The conference, being held on January 26-27, 2011 at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California, will include leading companies discussing the latest products and technologies, focused on processors, components and interconnects for data center networking and servers. Continue reading “Inphi to Address Next Generation 100GbE Technology at the Linley Tech Data Center Conference” »

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Hosting News – Fremont, CA – TELADATA, a leading consulting firm specializing in IT infrastructure design, planning and project management, today announced that its 2011 Technology Convergence Conference will feature a panel discussion, titled East Meets West, on data center efficiency.

During the discussion, panel members from East Coast financial firms and West Cost Technology companies will engage in spirited discussion of their companies’ respective methodologies for maximizing the efficiency of legacy and newly designed data centers. Continue reading “2011 Technology Convergence Conference Brings Together Data Center Efficiency Panel” »

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Web Hosting News – DALLAS - SoftLayer Technologies®, today announced that it has been listed in the “Niche Players” quadrant in the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting” released December 22, 2010, written by Gartner analysts Lydia Leong and Ted Chamberlain.

“We are pleased to be included in the 2010 Magic Quadrant,” said Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer. “2010 was a great year for SoftLayer. Our merger and integration with The Planet has been a terrific success and I believe that we are moving from strength to strength as a result. I consider being included in the Magic Quadrant provides affirmation of this.”

Each company in the Magic Quadrant was evaluated on its completeness of vision and ability to execute within three use cases: self-managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), lightly managed IaaS hosting, and complex managed hosting. The Gartner Magic Quadrant focuses on the rapidly evolving IaaS model evolving out of the Web hosting industry.

“SoftLayer has a lot in store for this year,” said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. “Our product set is becoming broader and we are embarking upon significant international expansion. Effectively, we are helping to transform how companies do business both here and abroad.”

SoftLayer has consistently built an effective solution through the complete integration of multiple IT environments—both in-house and outsourced—through a common management console and provisioning system. The firm has established a record of innovation and thought leadership that includes multiple industry firsts: a Private Network for managing servers; a fully-featured and integrated portal; and a standards-oriented and fully-featured API. SoftLayer also provided the industry’s first “hybrid” environments, which seamlessly integrate dedicated servers with the company’s family of advanced CloudLayer™ services (including computing, storage, and content delivery). Continue reading “SoftLayer Positioned in the Niche Players Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services” »

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Web Hosting News – Chicago, IL - National data center service provider, CoreLink Data Centers, announced today it has signed Getty Images to a multi-year contract extension to provide the leading creator and distributor of digital content with top tier, scalable colocation solutions for its IT infrastructure. Through the renewed contract, CoreLink will continue to provide the company with its industry-leading flexible customer agreement, continuous expert help, complete transparency and high performing network connectivity.

“Getty Images has been a valued, long-term customer and we’re pleased to have the opportunity to continue our relationship together,” said Michael Duckett, president and COO at CoreLink Data Centers, a national provider of data center services. “Our successful relationship with Getty Images is a tribute to CoreLink’s focus on relentless service delivery and our flexible data center business model. These critical areas deliver long term value to our customers by enabling them to focus on growing their core business rather than worrying about their evolving IT infrastructure needs.” Continue reading “Data Center Service Provider CoreLink Data Centers Secures Contract Extension with Getty Images” »

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Web Hosting News – LISLE, IL - Univa, the data center optimization company, today announced that the principal engineers from the Sun/Oracle Grid Engine team, including Grid Engine founder and original project owner Fritz Ferstl, are joining Univa. The company will immediately offer superior engineering support for Grid Engine versions already installed and will publish a Univa version of Grid Engine before the end of Q1 2011. Univa will concentrate on improving Grid Engine for technical computing and HPC use cases in addition to promoting the continuity of the Grid Engine open source community.

As part of this announcement, Mr. Ferstl has been appointed Chief Technology Officer and will direct Univa’s technology strategy as well as lead the company’s growing EMEA business. Continue reading “Univa Acquires Grid Engine Expertise” »

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Web Hosting News – DENVER - CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR), a national provider of powerful, network-rich data centers, today announced that the City of Santa Clara has approved CoreSite’s application for entitlements to increase the size of CoreSite’s data center campus at Coronado Drive and Stender Way in Santa Clara, California. The City’s action entitles CoreSite to increase the density of its campus from 229,600 square feet to 496,250 square feet. The development rights will enable CoreSite to construct three new buildings in addition to CoreSite’s existing 50,000 square-foot data center at 2901 Coronado Drive. The entitlements also allow for construction of a proposed electrical substation on the data center campus.

Included in the plan is CoreSite’s data center at 2972 Stender Way, where CoreSite is currently constructing 101,000 square feet of data center space, doubling the size of the initial 50,400 square-foot entitlement. As was previously announced, CoreSite expects to complete the building in the third quarter of 2011. The 2972 Stender data center is being built to LEED Gold standards, featuring energy-efficient initiatives such as 97%-efficient UPS systems, air-side economization, and variable frequency driven (VFD) cooling units. Continue reading “CoreSite Santa Clara Data Center Entitled for Full Development” »

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Web Hosting News – TEMPE, AZ - The Arizona Internet Exchange (AZIX) today announced it is open for business, backed by Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW). The Exchange is located at i/o Data Centers, the leading data center as a service (DCaaS™) provider, and is designed to connect providers locally at one of the largest data centers in the world, in one of the largest Internet markets in the country.

AZIX will support cross-connects between transit providers for enhanced content delivery across Arizona and beyond. The Exchange will be run out of i/o PHOENIX, which was recently awarded Tier III Design Certification from the Uptime Institute. i/o PHOENIX is one of the largest commercially-available data centers in the world and has access to more than a dozen telecommunications carriers including AboveNet, AT&T, Level3, Qwest, Verizon Business and Telia Sonera. i/o will provide the data center infrastructure including uninterruptible, conditioned power, cooling, security and network access. Continue reading “Limelight Networks Launches Arizona Internet Exchange” »

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Web Hosting News – Lenexa, KS - Optimized hosting infrastructure provider, Codero, now supports the debut of the new Microsoft WebMatrix for web development. This tool is available for anyone who wants to create a website and publish it on the Internet. When the user is ready to publish their site on the web, they can simply select Codero as their hosting provider for their website. Codero is one of an exclusive group of providers to be asked by Microsoft to be a hosting partner for the launch of WebMatrix.

WebMatrix was released in 13 languages January 13, 2011. The variety of templates and pre-built web applications available within WebMatrix makes it appropriate for every kind of user. Whether the developer uses WordPress or Joomla, the product is noted for being a simple and seamless way to get a website on the Internet.

The WebMatrix tool allows the creation of websites in two main ways: starting with open-source applications like WordPress/Umbraco and Drupal; and creating them from scratch using HTML, CSS/ and JavaScript and ASP.Net Web Pages with “Razor” syntax.

“Codero embraces the opportunity to help make developers’ busy lives easier through a product such as this,” said Taylor Giddens, Director, Dedicated Services. “WebMatrix is a very simple way to build websites. You can start coding, testing and deploying your own site without worrying about configuring your own web server or managing databases. WebMatrix is just one of many ways Codero can support you with your hosting.” Continue reading “Codero Supports WebMatrix for Help in Configuring and Operating Servers” »

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