Hosting News – NEW YORK – The 451 Group, the leading technology-industry analyst and data company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation, is pleased to announce its 7th annual Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit – North America (HCTS-NA). HCTS-NA will take place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, NV from Sunday, September 25 through Tuesday, September 27.

“Year after year, HCTS-NA consistently delivers just the right mix of analysis and networking to ensure that the collective Internet infrastructure sector is truly prepared for what lies ahead.”

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Hosting News – Ann Arbor, Michigan – Nexcess, an eCommerce hosting company and Magento Gold Hosting Partner, has announced that they will be exhibiting at the 2011 X.commerce Innovate Developer Conference on October 12-13 in at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA, as one of the event’s Silver Sponsors.

Nexcess has also announced that they are to be one of the first companies to provide hosting solutions involving the new X.commerce platform, which is backed by eBay, PayPal, Magento, and GSI. As such, Nexcess will be demonstrating their eCommerce hosting services to various Magento partners, developers, and industry specialists across this two-day event. Representatives from Nexcess will also be available to answer any questions, and discuss the company’s Michigan-based web hosting operations with conference patrons.

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Hosting News – REDWOOD CITY, CA & NEW YORK – Selerity, a provider of real-time event data solutions for the financial services industry, today announced that it has co-located in the Equinix Frankfurt (FR2) datacenter to provide low-latency local access to its event data. This marks Selerity’s third low-latency distribution and aggregation point of presence (PoP) on Platform Equinix™, with co-location already in Chicago, IL (CH1), and Secaucus, NJ (NY2).

“Equinix’s global platform of high-performance data centers and its extensive financial ecosystem enable financial companies to grow their businesses and expand into new markets”

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Hosting News – Houston, TX – CyrusOne, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) and preeminent enterprise data center colocation solutions provider, has purchased a 40-acre parcel of land to build a 1-million-square-foot data center in Chandler, Ariz., near Phoenix.

Upon completion, the data center is expected to become the largest of its kind in the country with 110 megawatts of power capacity, delivered from a substation to be built on the property. The CyrusOne data center is going to be well suited for Fortune 500 companies on the West Coast that require robust data center infrastructure for mission-critical applications and want to locate it in an area that is generally considered one of the safest in the country—free from natural disasters including seismic activity, tornados, and hurricanes.

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Hosting News – ANN ARBOR, MICH. – CloudLinux, Inc., today released CloudLinux OS version 6.1, which is based on kernel version 2.6.32 that adds enhanced security, stability and compatibility to the company’s flagship product.

As the only commercially-supported Linux OS made specifically for shared hosting, CloudLinux OS 6.1 is fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS, as well as most major control panels including cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin and others. Hosts can easily convert to CloudLinux, typically in less than 10 minutes. With the release of CloudLinux 6.1, the company is offering free conversion/installation support through October 15, 2011.

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Hosting News – ALLENTOWN, PA – Software developer Synapse Corporation has switched its managed hosting provider to INetU to receive dedicated account support and security monitoring services that achieve Level 1 PCI compliance. INetU is hosting the Synapse Gateway, which gives merchants access to their transactions with a highly functional user interface.

With INetU, Synapse receives a personal Chief Hosting Officer (CHO) that tends to their particular hosting needs – a luxury they never experienced with their previous provider.

“Having a dedicated Chief Hosting Officer is ideal because they proactively know exactly what we need, whether it’s hardware or security,” said Synapse Corporation Chief Technology Officer Kyle Biggs. “When you call INetU, your CHO is on the phone in seconds and the personal knowledge they have with your business is a huge timesaver – we practically finish each other’s sentences at this point.”

With its previous provider, Synapse Corporation felt like just another number rather than a valued customer that could not afford to be kept waiting. A customer service phone call would result in being bounced around to different support personnel who had no previous interaction or relationship with the company.

“It was hard to do business while waiting for messages to be returned,” said Biggs. “INetU was more than happy to offer Synapse the personal support, timely troubleshooting and customized hosting solution it requires.”

In addition to dedicated personal customer service, Synapse Corporation also looked to INetU to meet the company’s unique security support necessary to maintain Level 1 PCI compliance. INetU handles all of Synapse Corporation’s auditing and monitoring software, something the company’s old provider didn’t perform. INetU proactively contacts them in minutes should any security issues arise. This service allows Synapse Corporation to free up resources and focus on what they do best. Continue reading “Software Developer Synapse Corporation Chooses INetU to Provide Dedicated Support for Level 1 PCI Compliance” »

Hosting News - DALLAS — SoftLayer® Technologies, an innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed hosting, today announced that the company is making the Microsoft WebMatrix development platform available to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 users. WebMatrix is an all-inclusive, free tool that includes everything developers need to create, customize, and publish websites.

Key features and advantages include:
- Create, customize, and publish websites and applications
- Build easily with apps like WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, Umbraco, and more
- Deploy ASP.NET and PHP apps on the same server
- Support MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases
- Increase visibility with search engine optimization tools and reports
- Get online with one-click website and database publishing

“Microsoft WebMatrix provides SoftLayer customers an easy-to-use, all-in-one solution for Web development,” said Andrew Maten, Vice President of IS Windows Systems for SoftLayer. “The WebMatrix platform was designed to streamline Web development environments—simply and easily integrating a suite of development applications.”

“We are excited to see Softlayer bring the value and benefits of Windows Server and WebMatrix to its customers,” said Gavriella Schuster, General Manager, U.S. Server Marketing & Operations, Microsoft Corp.. “With the integration of WebMatrix, Softlayer customers will benefit from quick configuration and access to a very powerful and flexible web development platform.”

WebMatrix can be easily added to any new SoftLayer Dedicated Server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 when ordering through the company’s website or Customer Portal. Users simply select Microsoft Windows Server as the operating system and add WebMatrix as an OS-Specific Add-on at the time of ordering. After the server is provisioned, the WebMatrix installation package can be downloaded through a link in the Customer Portal.

For a limited time, SoftLayer is offering a special introductory promotion for WebMatrix customers. The first 1,000 new dedicated servers or CloudLayer instances ordered with any version of Microsoft Windows Server R2 + WebMatrix installed will receive a combined credit of $40 per month for the first six months. Continue reading “SoftLayer to Offer Microsoft WebMatrix to Its Customers” »

Hosting News – Seattle, Washington – Adhost Internet, a colocation and Web services provider located in downtown Seattle, announced today that it has completed a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No.16 (SSAE 16) Type II audit. SSAE 16, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), is the most widely recognized authoritative guidance that provides service organizations a uniform method for disclosing independently assessed information about the design and operation of internal controls related to their services.

The audit was performed by Accell TAC, P.A., a full-service audit and consulting firm that specializes in conducting SSAE 16 audits. Earlier this year the SSAE 16 replaced SAS 70 (Statements on Auditing Standards No. 70), which Adhost completed in previous years. Compared to SAS 70, SSAE 16 brings US companies up to date with the new international service organization reporting standards, the ISAE 3402. SSAE 16 audits require a written assertion from management regarding the data center controls and the service auditor’s opinion letter.

Companies who complete an annual SSAE 16 audit of their data center operations are able to demonstrate a substantially higher level of assurance and operationally visibility than those companies who do not. The completion of the SSAE 16 Type II audit typifies Adhost’s continued commitment to create and maintain the most stringent controls needed to ensure the highest quality and security of services provided to their customers. The Service Auditors’ Report issued by Accell TAC, P.A., with an unqualified opinion, demonstrates that Adhost’s control activities were effectively designed and in operation throughout the reporting period.

“By successfully passing a SSAE 16 Type II audit, as well as SAS 70 Type II audits in previous years, we continue to demonstrate our commitment to proper controls and security in our data centers. All of our data center clients, including publicly traded companies and those in the financial and healthcare industries, benefit from our processes and procedures and are able to use our audit report for their required audits,” states Will Riffle, Adhost President and CEO.

The Service Auditors’ Report includes a detailed description of Adhost’s controls and an independent assessment of whether the controls are placed in operation, suitably designed, and operating effectively. To receive a copy of the Service Auditors’ Report, or for any further questions, please contact Adhost Sales at sales@adhost.com. Continue reading “Adhost Internet Completes SSAE 16 Type II Audit of Seattle Data Centers” »

Hosting News – Austin, TX – Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing and colocation services, announces today that it will participate in this year’s Data Center World Conference in Orlando, Florida. On September 12th and 13th Data Foundry staff will be on-hand in booth #433 to consult with attendees on disaster recovery solutions, as well as showcase Data Foundry’s newly opened state-of-the-art Texas 1 data center facility.

As the leading educational conference for data center professionals, Data Center World is the largest global event of its kind and has been named one of the 50 fastest growing tradeshows in the U.S. Data Center World is presented by AFCOM, the premier data center association representing 4,500 of the largest data centers around the world.

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