Web Host News – Ann Arbor, Michigan – Nexcess, a managed web hosting company with data centers located in Dearborn and Southfield, Michigan, has announced their role as an Enterprise Sponsor of WordCamp Detroit 2011. WordCamp is an informal local conference that covers a wide variety of topics that relate to WordPress.

Attendees of this year’s WordCamp Detroit event will be able to meet with key members of the Nexcess team. These personnel should be available throughout the entire conference to discuss a wide array of web hosting products, Nexcess’ Michigan data center facilities, and what features and optimizations the company has done for WordPress hosting in general. A further announcement from Nexcess can also be expected before the conference date, which regards new hosting products specially designed for WordPress blog owners.

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Web Host News – Provo, UT – Bluehost, Inc today announced the launch of its revolutionary next-generation reseller hosting platform, Bluehost Reseller Web Hosting. Available in 3 different packages, Sky Blue, Electric Blue, & True Blue, the new platform aims to make a large and immediate impact on the reseller hosting community. Over the last 8 years, Bluehost has revolutionized the shared hosting industry with its industry-leading customer support, server reliability, and hosting features. They are now bringing their proven experience, wealth of knowledge, and exclusive technology to the reseller hosting market.

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Bluehost has managed to conquer the complex problem of managing resources in a shared hosting environment by creating exclusive CPU and Bandwidth management technology. This same powerful technology that is implemented on Bluehost servers is now available to you. This will allow you to fix and prevent any downtime for both you and your customers due to Bandwidth Exceeded and CPU Quota Exceeded errors. Simply set your resource usage thresholds for each individual customer and never worry about resource consumption again.

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Web Host News – SAN FRANCISCO – Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a global provider of data center solutions, signed a long-term, Build-to-Suit agreement in the third quarter of 2011 with NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) for a custom data center in Hillsboro, Oregon. NetApp is an industry leader in delivering innovative storage and data management solutions that help customers increase IT efficiency and flexibility to drive business success.

In conjunction with the Build-to-Suit agreement, Digital Realty acquired a 5.1 acre development site in the Hillsboro Enterprise Zone’s North Industrial Area with utility power and telecommunications services already in place. The new 55,000 square foot Build-to-Suit facility to be constructed on the site will include 18,250 SF of technical space with 4.5 megawatts of IT power capacity for high-performance computing. Construction of the facility will occur in multiple phases, with the first phase scheduled for completion in August 2012.

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Web Host News – NEW YORK, NY – TELEHOUSE America, a leading provider of global dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, announces today that Voxel dot Net is the newest carrier to interconnect at TELEHOUSE New York Chelsea, located at 85 10th Avenue, in Manhattan’s exclusive meat-packing district. Voxel, a leading provider of cloud and hybrid hosting and managed services, has been a valued TELEHOUSE customer since 2003.

Voxel is an international hosting company and a leader in cloud and managed hosting solutions. Voxel provides IP transit, CDN and transport out of the TELEHOUSE Chelsea Center with access to the industry’s only truly hybrid infrastructure offering, allowing you to mix and match dedicated and cloud servers behind the same firewall or load balancer and in the same IP space. Their comprehensive offering is backed by 24x7x365 “Zero Bureaucracy” access to Voxel’s expert engineers who have 10+ years of experience in deploying, managing and scaling Internet applications.

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Web Host News – DALLAS/AMSTERDAM — SoftLayer^® Technologies, the largest privately-owned hosting company in the world has chosen Amsterdam in The Netherlands for its European headquarters and first data center.  SoftLayer is investing $75 million initially in Holland and its European operations, which also includes new network PoPs in Amsterdam, London, and Frankfurt. In addition, the company has appointed Jonathan Wisler as General Manager for European Operations. The company will also be recruiting a further 25 digital professionals to staff the new data center and support operations.

Jonathan Wisler, an Information Technology veteran and now General Manager for SoftLayer in Europe comments, “Given the overall size of The Netherlands compared to the rest of Europe, this country is one of the most advanced in terms of Internet infrastructure and networking. We’re seeing a thriving community of both established digital entrepreneurs and start-ups here. There is a terrific buzz, particularly in Amsterdam, amongst digital professionals. It’s exciting, vibrant and it’s lively—the perfect environment from which to launch our European operations.”

As part of its European drive, SoftLayer has also joined the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX). “As one of the world’s largest Internet exchanges, we’re delighted to welcome one of the world’s largest hosting companies into our Internet Exchange community,’” says Job Witteman AMS-IX Chief Executive Officer. He adds “SoftLayer’s choice and business potential in Europe show a clear sign that regardless of the financial markets, our (Internet) Industry and the city of Amsterdam offer one of the best environments for companies, technology and engineering talent to thrive.”

Jonathan Wisler explains, “SoftLayer is a name well-known in the US, but it’s already establishing a prestigious European reputation for delivering flexibility and control to businesses that live on a browser.  The technology approach is ground-breaking; the business model unique—we think that an increasing number of Dutch enterprises and organizations will quickly catch on to a new way of managing their digital infrastructures.”

“I think that Internet savvy small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), social media and gaming start-ups across Europe will be the early arrivals to our new Amsterdam data center. These are the types of companies that make up SoftLayer’s core customer base, companies that have their finger on the Internet pulse and need the levels of control and flexibility in the cloud that we can provide,” says Wisler.

At the end of October customers in Europe will be able to pre-order services to deploy, scale and manage their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions based on SoftLayer’s unique public/private network infrastructure.

In early November, when the Amsterdam data center opens, SoftLayer will have 13 data centres and 16 PoPs worldwide. Each data center is functionally independent with distinct and redundant resources, as well as fully integrated with all SoftLayer facilities. The company’s global network fully integrates three distinct and redundant network architectures—public, private, and data center to data center—into the industry’s first Network-Within-a-Network topology for maximum accessibility, security, and control. Continue reading “SoftLayer Opens First European Headquarters and New Data Center in The Netherlands” »

Web Host News – DENVER – Hosting.com, a leading provider of cloud hosting and recovery services, today announced the acquisition of Dallas-based NeoSpire, a mission-critical managed hosting company.  “We have worked very hard to start and successfully build our business. This transaction with an industry leader creates a winning combination for our customers and the NeoSpire team.”

The acquisition both expands the physical footprint of Hosting.com and adds additional expertise to the company’s portfolio of services. With data centers in Dallas, Denver, Irvine CA, Louisville, Newark DE, and San Francisco, the company is well-positioned to offer expanded services to customers in the south with geographic diversity across the country.

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Web Host News – NEW YORK & CHICAGO – NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), and CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced NTT Com will provide its ultra-low latency Arcstar solution for CME Group’s western Chicago suburb co-location data center which will allow CME Co-Location Services customers premier access to the Asian markets.

While a variety of factors including throughput, bandwidth and availability impact financial markets, ultra-low latency access is vital for the near instantaneous response rates necessary for applications such as high frequency trading (HFT). Network services providers must deliver predictable, consistent and high performance network access and collaborate with trading platforms that offer co-located data centers to improve market participants’ ability to execute and alter trading strategies in real-time. NTT Com’s solution will provide CME Co-Location Services customers an ultra-low latency gateway for transpacific financial trading that will meet the demands of HFT.

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Web Host News – PHOENIX — Customer service is an integral part of any company’s success. One thing that truly differentiates companies, from family-owned shops to enterprise-level organizations, is the ability to deliver superior customer service. With the launch of SmarterTrack.com, companies can now use the popular SmarterTrack help desk software in the cloud and engage with customers on their preferred communication channels. Plus, the SaaS-delivered help desk and customer service software from SmarterTools Inc. is scalable to help even the fastest growing businesses maintain the highest levels of service.

“Tens of thousands of companies already trust the installed version of our help desk software for their customer service, sales and support needs. Now we’re bringing SmarterTrack to the cloud and offering it as software-as-a-service, so organizations can benefit from the same customer service platform without worrying about managing servers, hardware or software updates,” said Tim Uzzanti, CEO of SmarterTools Inc.

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Web Host News – New York, NY – ColoGuard, a subsidiary of GalaxyVisions, and a leading provider of colocation services in the New York metropolitan area, announced today that its customers now have access to Sidera Networks’ low-latency, scalable and reliable connections at this facility.

Sidera Networks specializes in providing high bandwidth connectivity solutions that enable customers to gain a competitive advantage. Enterprises that use ColoGuard’s state-of-the-art datacenter can leverage this low-latency connectivity for financial transactions, VoIP and other applications.

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Web Host News – Southampton, UK – PEER 1 Hosting, the global online IT hosting provider, is today announcing a partnership with iMegaMedia, provider of ecommerce web design, ecommerce marketing and developer of the Pay4Later Magento Module plugin, which allows online retailers to offer instant credit to customers.

Today’s iMegaMedia announcement follows news that PEER 1 has partnered with retail ecommerce provider Magento, to deliver an optimised hosting solution to online retailers. The Pay4Later Module provides online retailers with point-of-sale finance solutions (including interest free credit, low rate and classic credit) to offer to customers simply by adding the module to an existing Magento store. The Pay4Later finance option is displayed on the product pages and at the checkout. Express checkout buttons can be added to each product page, allowing customers to apply for credit, and purchase the item(s) entirely online, in less than 5 minutes.

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