Network Solutions Unveils New Web Developer Community Called LinkTogether

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Web Hosting News - Herndon, VA – Network Solutions® announces LinkTogether™, a community created specifically for Web designers and developers. Currently in Beta, LinkTogether.com, is a place for the Web developer community to grow business, leverage tools to increase productivity, and save money on products and services.

“LinkTogether is free to join and there’s so much to take advantage of,” said Warren Smith, Product Director at Network Solutions. “In my spare time, I run my own Web design agency so I can verify the usefulness of the tools offered and possible connections to be made in a Web developer community like this one.” Read the rest of this entry »


Colo4Dallas Helps TXI Increase Efficiency and Security

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Web Hosting News - DALLAS - Colo4Dallas, a leading colocation service provider, announces Texas Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TXI) has chosen the company as a strategic partner to provide support and security for its IT infrastructure. Based in Dallas with operations in six states, TXI is a leading supplier of building materials, including cement, aggregate and concrete.

“Our company is known for efficiency and innovation, and we looked for the same qualities in a data center. The team at Colo4Dallas was very responsive and receptive to customizing a solution for us,” said Len Brown, Director of IT Technical Services at TXI. Brown added, “We conducted an exhaustive search to find a colocation provider that could meet our specific needs and still be cost-effective. We wanted to ensure that we minimize or eliminate downtime, drive performance of our IT systems and keep mission-critical applications and hardware secure.” Read the rest of this entry »


USA.NET Rated Top Player in Broader Hosted Email Market According to The Radicati Group

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Web Hosting News - DENVER - USA.NET®, Inc. announced today that industry leading analyst firm, The Radicati Group, Inc., ranked it as a “Top Player” in their Hosted Business Email–Market Quadrant 2008 report. USA.NET was recognized for leading the market in terms of market share and for its comprehensive suite of hosted business email services offered at affordable prices. The only other company that ranked close to USA.NET as a top player in this market was Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). This ranking follows a similar recognition from the Radicati Group in October in the hosted Microsoft Exchange market.

“We are very pleased to be consistently ranked by the Radicati Group and other leading 3rd party sources as the market leader in the rapidly growing hosted business email and messaging market,” said Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of its parent company, Perimeter eSecurity. “In this challenging economy companies are seeking outsourced providers that meet the high deliverability and reliability needs email and messaging require. We are proud that these 3rd parties see us as the best choice.” Read the rest of this entry »


Fpweb.net Announces Managed Hosting Reseller Program

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Web Hosting News - Fenton, Missouri - Managed hosting provider Fpweb.net announced a new Reseller Program for their hosted services. This partnership offers resellers a lucrative opportunity to provide industry-leading Microsoft hosted solutions without cost or worry.

With the Fpweb.net Hosting Reseller Program, resellers can provide customers with reliable services for hosted Microsoft SharePoint, MOSS, Exchange, Dynamics CRM and more, all with 24/7 solution monitoring and support. “Our competitive Partnership program grows as the reseller’s business grows, ensuring a solid return on investment month after month,” said Rob LaMear IV, Fpweb.net CEO. Read the rest of this entry »


Self-repairing Data Center Automation solution released

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Web Hosting News - Oslo, Norway – Following 5 years of research and development under the technical direction of its long time author Mark Burgess (a professor of Network and System Administration at Oslo University College), the recently formed support company Cfengine AS today released a major upgrade of the Open Source, self-repairing software cfengine based on its innovative Promise Theory technology.

Unlike would-be alternatives, cfengine is not about producing alarms and reports to notify about errors and misalignments in the Data Center: it is a fully self-repairing maintenance engine capable of fixing them without human intervention. Cfengine users know that systems are compliant and maintained even when humans are unavailable, because they have made all the important decisions in advance. Read the rest of this entry »


Host Color Celebrates 2009 With Instant Rebate On Web Hosting Services

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Web Hosting News - Host Color announced that it extended its instant web hosting rebate until January 10th. It gives web host’s customers 25% savings with all Shared Hosting plans, Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Hosting services.

“Host Color wishes you to have a flying in 2009. We are keep supporting your online enterprises, to provide stable web hosting services and to help your business to grow. Our first present for you in new 2009 is to extend the 25% instant rebate on all web hosting services”, says the web hosting company in latest news article titled “Have A Flying Start Of 2009″ corporate website. Read the rest of this entry »


The Planet Enters 2009 with Landmark Migration Promotion

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Hosting News - HOUSTON – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, leaps into the new year with the boldest, most aggressive promotion ever for customers looking to switch hosting providers. Effective immediately, new customers who move to The Planet from another hoster receive a free month of service, coupled with free customized migration assistance from its Advanced Services team of skilled and certified IT professionals. Migrating customers will receive one hour of consultation for each new server purchased.

The Planet’s Advanced Services experts will assess the customer’s environment and develop a customized migration plan that includes a “migration checklist” detailing IP address changes, DNS redirection and control panel reconfiguration, among others. The month of free service is good for the new customer’s entire hosting solution. It includes any type of dedicated servers, private or virtual racks, and add-on products such as storage and data protection, firewalls and load balancers. Read the rest of this entry »


webhostforASP.NET Launches Windows SharePoint Services

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Hosting News - Wilmington, Delaware - Windows SharePoint Services is also can be applied as a development platform for creating collaboration and information-sharing applications.

SharePoint websites allow users to contact, communicate and share information in a fast and efficient way. It is designed as a central location for all departments’ information. Hence, parties involved may share internal information or task documents, contact lists, discussions and more by clicking their own computers.  SharePoint Hosting is useful intranet portal developed by Microsoft. And now, we have made it available for users like you in a relatively low monthly fee. Read the rest of this entry »


Go Daddy 2008 Charity Donations Hit $1.7MM

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Hosting News - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - When GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder Bob Parsons does something, he usually does it BIG - which is exactly how you could describe his company’s charitable donations this year. Go Daddy’s 2008 philanthropic contributions to local, regional, national and international charities have reached $1.7 million for the year. That tops Go Daddy’s own company record, set last year with $1.4 million to charity.

“Why not give back?” asks Parsons. “Our company had its best year ever. Considering our country is in the midst of an economic recession now is exactly the time to help out good organizations and people less fortunate.” Read the rest of this entry »


The Planet Announces Promotional Pricing on Direct Attached Storage

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Web Hosting News - HOUSTON – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the final three days of promotional pricing on Direct Attached Storage (DAS). For customers who require enhanced database performance and increased file storage capacity, DAS offers an ideal solution.

Through Dec. 31, The Planet has lowered the list price of its DAS products by $150. Regularly priced from $450 to $800, DAS is now available for as little as $300 per month. DAS is available in three configurations, each based on Dell’s MD series, which can be used as primary storage or for backup and archiving. Read the rest of this entry »