The Premier Conference and Trade Show for the Hosted Services Industry.

Join us at HostingCon 2011, the premier conference and trade show for the hosted services industry. The best and brightest from the industry will be in attendance to learn about the latest news, ideas and technology affecting their businesses. Whether you are showcasing your new services, or you are simply checking the pulse of the industry, this is your opportunity to meet and network with your business partners, in a fun and educational atmosphere.

HostingCon is celebrating its Seventh Anniversary, and with a projected attendance of over 1,800 Internet professionals from over 30 countries, the 2011 show promises to be the best yet. We’re looking forward to meeting you in San Diego, California!

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The concept of “Private computer utility” is first described by Douglas Parkhill in his book “Challenge of the Computer Utility” in 1966. The basic though was to directly compare it with other industries and the extensive use of hybrid supply models to balance and mitigate risks. Private cloud basically offers privacy – as it uses private network, security – as you can restrict access & compliance – as there are many vendors provide compliance free solutions. Let’s find out how!

PRIVACY

Private cloud is system emulates cloud computing on private network and offers the ability to host applications or virtual machines in a company’s own set of hosts. It is suitable for businesses that are willing to limit the access to that business only. You get the total root access & also you can decide where your data and applications are located & on which server. The businesses that are into finance, insurance may want to keep their data much secure & would like to restrict its access, would definitely go for private cloud hosting.

SECURITY

Most of the businesses choose private cloud because it offers maximum benefits with minimum investment. Safeguarding personal information is most critical especially when your data is located on virtual machines. As private cloud is hosted upon private network it offers 100% uptime. You can do more with less for your unique business requirements as customization is available in private clouds. With other deployment models of cloud, customization is difficult as compared to private cloud. Though private clouds have earned criticism of most from privacy advocates, it is preferred by businesses like government agencies & big IT companies to secure the data in case of critical data management. Companies hosting private cloud can control, monitor & allow communication and data stored virtually between user & host company legally or illegally.

COMPLIANCE

However to obtain compliance with regulations such as FISMA (US), Data Protection Directive (EU) & credit card industries – users may have to obtain expensive & limited beneficial deployment models community or hybrid cloud. For example, Google is now able to manage & meet regulations & additional government policy requirements beyond FISMA. Even for customers in EU contracting with outside vendors have to stick with the EU regulations for data export. Most of the times providers obtain SAS 70 type II certification such as but its not accepted as customized regulation & standards are often not disclosed & can vary extensively. So many providers generally make this information available on request under non disclosure agreement. Many providers offer comprehensive and innovative compliance program that incorporates leading industry practices & help your business use private cloud to achieve business critical objectives. Continue reading “Private Cloud – How does it help with Privacy, security and compliance?” »

Web Hosting Reviews – BOCA RATON, Fla. - Verio Inc., the leading provider of online business solutions to SMBs worldwide, including outsourced hosted IT solutions, application hosting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), announced today at the viaVerio Partner Summit the availability of its new Windows® VPS solution.

Building upon the company’s portfolio of Advanced VPS/MPS suite of products, Verio’s new Windows VPS solutions will meet the growing demand of Windows-based hosting products which are critical to addressing the needs of small business customers. Built upon a strong, Windows-based architecture, Verio’s Windows VPS enables users to deploy a variety of Windows solutions on a unique platform that includes superior hardware and sophisticated technology ideal for hosted IT solutions. Users have the ability to configure a Windows environment – no matter what the business need whether it’s powering larger websites, delivering a wide range of applications, or enabling a dedicated file server.

Key features of Verio’s Windows VPS include:

- Resources and Best-in-Class Features - Reliability, fast load times, and the high performance necessary to meet user demand and address a variety of technical situations
- Performance – Flexibility to install, manage and serve applications in a Windows environment that is also ideal for general IT computing
- Bandwidth - Bandwidth at no additional charge to save small businesses money
- PCI Compliance - Meet PCI compliance faster with an advanced firewall and full control of the net stack – giving them control over information storage and data sharing

“Our VPS solutions continue to be an integral part of our partners’ product portfolio and the introduction of Windows VPS provides them with a flexible IT architecture in a Windows-based environment,” said Steve Renda, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Verio. “This flexibility is ideal for helping partners manage multiple IT computing requirements while at the same time, expanding new business opportunities.” Continue reading “Verio Launches Windows VPS Solution Exclusively for Channel Partners” »

Web Hosting Reviews – New York, NY - Oak Hill Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Intermedia.net, Inc. (“Intermedia” or the “Company”), a global leader in cloud services founded by technology entrepreneur Michael Choupak.  In conjunction with the transaction, Oak Hill Capital also announced that Phil Koen, former CEO of Savvis, Inc., will join Intermedia as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Since its founding in 1995, Intermedia has been a pioneer in offering secure and reliable cloud-based business-class email, and today is the largest third-party provider of these services to small and mid-sized businesses in the U.S.  The company has continued to innovate and expand its cloud service offerings, growing its user base at an annual compounded rate of 31% over the last four years.  As of April 30, 2011, the company manages an industry-leading 320,000 premium Microsoft hosted Exchange mailboxes. It distributes its suite of services to 38,000 business customers directly and through its 6,800 global channel partners. Continue reading “Oak Hill Capital Partners to Acquire Cloud Services Provider Intermedia” »

Web Hosting Reviews – LONDON – Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announces the addition of managed support to its UK cloud service, providing customers with 24x7x365 managed services and competitive Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The new UK offering marries Rackspace’s scalable on-demand Cloud Servers with monitoring and troubleshooting support.

Rackspace has over 4,000 customers using its UK cloud infrastructure as demand for pay-as-you-go computing has been steadily growing. Cloud Servers with managed service level provides IT scalability with the assurance of support from Rackspace’s dedicated support teams offering around-the-clock management and guidance. The service is already available in the US and the UK service will unite these tried and tested support techniques with UK-specific expertise. Continue reading “Rackspace Brings Managed Cloud Services to the UK” »

Web Hosting Reviews -DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY - INTERXION HOLDING NV, (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data center services, announced today that it has completed the upgrade and expansion of its DUS1 data center. The expansion and upgrade of the facility is in response to consistently rising demand from customers in the digital media, carrier and enterprise sectors.

A number of current and new customers have already taken advantage of this new capacity by successfully completing deployments that are now live. These customers include freenet Datenkommunikations GmbH, GasLINE, Interoute Germany GmbH, KPN International, Telefónica Germany, Unitymedia and Vodafone Group Services GmbH. Continue reading “Interxion Completes German Data Center Expansion” »

Web Hosting Reviews – Lenexa, Kan. – Codero President and CEO Jonathan Ewert, and Codero COO Ryan Elledge are scheduled to attend top technology conferences in Illinois and California in the month of May, 2011. Both conferences will attract numerous individuals from businesses and organizations who will learn about innovations and ideas underway in the digital world. Codero is a sought-after leader in the field of dedicated, managed and cloud hosting serving a global customer base seeking an agile infrastructure and high availability.

Ryan Elledge will be a panelist at the Conference on Financing, Investing & Real Estate Development for Data Centers which takes place on May 23-24 in Chicago. Elledge will join a group of company technology leaders including other COO’s who will discuss the differences between and benefits of data centers. The panel will also evaluate managed services and cloud including data protection, recovery and storage.

On May 26th, Codero’s CEO, Jonathan Ewert, will moderate a panel at the Future in Review (FIRe 2011) in Laguna Beach, California. This conference is designed for those whose success depends on having an accurate view of the future. It provides a glimpse of the technology industry over the next three to five years. Ewert will host the panel titled
“Privacy Protection: The Consumer Side of Security” on May 26th from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.  The panelist are Michael Buhrmann, CEO and Chairman, Finsphere; Kristy Edwards, Senior Director, Global Privacy and Information Security, Oracle; Tom Malloy, SVP and Chief Software Architect, Advanced Technology Lab, Adobe Systems; Sim Simeonov, Co-Founder, Evidon; and Steven Sprague, CEO, Wave Systems.

“Codero is excited to be in touch with so many thought-leaders this month and to be participating with those who are shaping the world of technology today.” Elledge said. “We are committed to providing the latest technology to our own customers while continuing to find ways to add value and keep costs down for them.”
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Web Hosting Reviews – Tokyo, Japan and Fremont, Calif. – Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider, announced that it has significantly expanded its network reach in Asia with connections to the Japan Network Access Point (JPNAP) and the Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX).

Hurricane Electric’s expanded connectivity to Japanese networks provides reduced latency and improved fault tolerance, load balancing and congestion management infrastructure capabilities.  The added direct connectivity paths also increase the reach of Hurricane Electric’s next-generation (IPv6) Internet infrastructure and services.   Continue reading “Hurricane Electric Expands Into Asia” »

Web Hosting Reviews – Tel Aviv, Israel - Dome9 Security announces the public availability of their new cloud server security service, the only secure firewall management platform available for Cloud, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated servers and Amazon’s EC2 Security Groups. This unique security-management-as-a-service platform is now available for beta, allowing easy deployment, configuration, and management of security policies using standard operating system security elements.

“Cloud technology has seen extraordinary growth within the hosting industry. With the Dome9 platform, cloud hosting providers can finally offer a scalable service that enables top of the line security for their customers” said Dome9 co-founder and CEO Zohar Alon. “The fact that most hosted cloud servers are protected by just a username and password is alarming. Cloud providers simply can’t scale yesterday’s hardware-based firewalls to meet cloud demand and pricing trends.   Our software-based solution brings a new dimension to server security and allows cloud administrators, providers, and users to take charge of their security, anytime, anywhere.”
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Web Hosting Reviews – MT. PROSPECT, Ill - CoreLink Data Centers, LLC announced that it has earmarked additional capital to increase the amount of power and cooling at the company’s Las Vegas data center by 1 Megawatt (MW), facilitating strong existing client growth at the facility while enabling CoreLink to continue to serve higher density new customers.

The expansion will also provide sufficient data center cooling capacity for all customers. Also included is the installation of additional generator capacity for N+1 redundancy in support of critical backup systems. The process will facilitate easy upgrade migration enabling CoreLink to increase future UPS capacity.
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