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Crucial Web Hosting Launches Split Shared Solutions

November 9, 2007 - Web hosting firm, Crucial Web Hosting, has launched its new High Availability Split Shared Web Hosting Solutions, with increased dependability and system network uptime.
   
The Crucial split-shared hosting service is an advanced hosting service provider configuration that places shared hosting accounts or services in different VEs (Virtual Environments). Shared hosting is easily the most common web hosting service model, but it is fraught with risk without isolation between customers; a single event could take down 1000s of shared customers who value uptime and reliability.

Crucial Web Hosting deploys split shared web hosting solutions onto Clusters of Virtuozzo Hardware Nodes (web servers). Each Crucial web hosting cluster consists of three hardware nodes. Each hardware node is provisioned with enterprise class hardware specifications including 12GB RAM, 2.5TB RAID5 hardware redundancy, 8x2.33GHz processors along with redundant power supplies and power sources - as a minimum.

Split Shared hosting environments are deployed as virtualized server environments. This virtualization of services allows Crucial to provide portability, scalability and quality of service that are simply unavailable in traditional shared web hosting environment models.

As a SWsoft Virtuozzo Technology Partner, Crucial Web Hosting specializes in hardware and service virtualization. SWsoft licenses Crucial to provide and support the industries leading virtualization solution, Virtuozzo, to the retail public.

Crucial offers a 101-day full money-back guarantee on all shared hosting packages. Affiliates are paid after this 101-day grace period to allow for cancellations and credit card charge backs. The Crucial Cash Affiliate program includes an intuitive browser interface that allows the tracking of delivered visitors and sales completed by those visitors including real-time traffic log graphing. The Crucial Cash Program also offers affiliates the ability to track their own sales, which is a great advantage in today's market.
 
You can learn more about Crucial Web Hosting at their site  www.crucialwebhost.com.

Web Host and VoIP Firm, Cbeyond, Will Present at Growth Conference

September 12, 2006 - Web hosting and managed integrated VoIP services provider, Cbeyond, will participate in the ThinkEquity Partners 4th Annual Growth Conference on September 13, 2006, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, California. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cbeyond, James F. Geiger, will present at 9:00 a.m. PDT.
   
According to ThinkEquity, more than 200 CEOs from the fastest-growing companies in the world are expected to participate in the investment conference for the growth sectors of the economy. Live and recorded webcasts from the 2006 Growth Conference will be available to all clients and associates on the web starting Monday, September 10 at 7:30 a.m. Pacific. Presentation archives will remain available online through October 10th. Conference Webcasts include streaming audio and slides for nearly all Company Presentations.

Cbeyond is an Atlanta-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of voice, mobile and broadband services to small businesses. The company manages the services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. Due to Cbeyond's business growth and the increasing adoption of applications by their customer base, the company implemented RealOps AMP to streamline processes and ensure it maintained a rapid customer response rate.
 
Cbeyond is an Atlanta-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of voice, mobile and broadband services to small businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Los Angeles. Cbeyond offers core communications services like local and long-distance voice, mobile and broadband Internet access along with enhanced applications, including voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and VPN. Cbeyond manages its services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network.

Web Host Globat Upgrades Plans

Web hosting provider Globat announced on Thursday that it has made numerous updates to its Web hosting packages, including a one-year money back guarantee, free blogging software, and "forever free" domain names for all new customers.

Globat’s entry level hosting package, which starts at $5.95 per month, now offers 25GB of Web space (previously 10GB) and can be used to host up to 25 domain names (previously 6). The higher packages offer 50GB (for up to 35 domains) and 75GB (for up to 50 domains) of Web space, respectively (previously 15 and 20GB).

All packages come with "forever free" domain names which waives the domain registration fees every year for return customers. They also include the WordPress-powered GloBlog blogging software and "instant activation".

"We’re offering more tools and services than ever before on our packages and Globat.com’s customers continue to get a better deal than anyone else," says Ben R. Neumann, president and CEO of Globat.com. "Our upgrades are pushing the boundaries of the industry, and we expect to release even more in the months to come."

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If you ask most Web Host corporate managers what should be your top consideration when looking for Web Hosting, they will undoubtedly say:  Excellent Customer Support. Your hosting provider needs to be there for you 24/7 and give you instant access to the technicians you need to solve your problem. A good test is to call them in the middle of the night to see if you can get to a live, level 3 support tech. Web Host companies may say they have live, 24/7 support, but "live" means different things to different companies. If the Web Host company can't provide a support technician over the phone for you to speak with when you call support, take a pass on that company.

If you ask most Web Host corporate managers what should be your top consideration when looking for Web Hosting, they will undoubtedly say:  Excellent Customer Support. Your hosting provider needs to be there for you 24/7 and give you instant access to the technicians you need to solve your problem. A good test is to call them in the middle of the night to see if you can get to a live, level 3 support tech. Web Host companies may say they have live, 24/7 support, but "live" means different things to different companies. If the Web Host company can't provide a support technician over the phone for you to speak with when you call support, take a pass on that company.

Web Host Hosting.com Acquires XO Communications

January 3, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hosting.com (hosting.com) has acquired a data center and 150 customers from XO Communications (xo.com), according to reports. Financial terms of the deal, which closed in late December, were not disclosed.

The 36,000 square-foot data center facility is based in Irvine, California. As part of the deal, Louisville, Kentucky-based Hosting.com added 15 workers, bringing its total headcount to 65.

King says the new webhosting facility, currently only 20 percent full, will help the company market to potential clients on the West coast as well as expand the number of locations at which its customers can colocate equipment. XO reportedly spent $10 million building the facility.

Hosting.com operates data centers in Louisville and Boston.

Webhosting domain deal

IPOWERWEB, Inc., a web hosting provider, Wed. announced that it has reduced the price of its domain name registration sales to $2.95 per year for all domain extensions IPOWER offers, which include .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info and .us.

According to IPOWER, this new breakthrough in domain name pricing is another way of setting an industry trend by giving customers the greatest amount of value for the least amount of money. The new $2.95 price still includes all of the features  webhost normally offers with a domain name purchase, such as a free parked page, free domain forwarding and free email forwarding.

According to Thomas Gorny, CEO of IPOWER, "We've all seen offers where there are strings attached. We don't work that way. You can get as many domains as you'd like for $2.95. It's that simple."

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$42 Million Web Hosting Contract Goes to CSC

September 27, 2005 - Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has announced that it will provide web hosting and applications support services to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). CSC estimates the value of the contract, which has a four-year base period and one two-year option, to be approximately $42.3 million if the option is exercised.

The new agreement follows and is incremental to a five-year, $25 million contract signed with the DTIC in 2001, under which CSC provides web hosting support for various Department of Defense (DoD) web sites.

Under the terms of the new agreement, CSC will host internal and external DoD Web sites for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (through DefenseLINK -- http://www.dod.mil), the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Washington Headquarters Services and other DoD offices and agencies.

In addition, CSC will establish single sign-on network capabilities; implement connectivity for unique agency networks -- NIPRNET and SIPRNET; support web services; improve registration processes; and expand full-text search, content management systems and web portal offerings.

Ashley Smith, President of CSC's Networks and Telecommunications Integrated Solutions Organization commented on the new web hosting contract, "We are proud to continue our long-standing relationship with the DTIC. Having worked with the Center since 1992 to provide technological support for various DoD agencies, CSC has a solid legacy of experience to help the DTIC produce significant operational results."

Approximately 50 CSC web and applications developers, systems administrators and other information technology (IT) professionals will perform the work at the DTIC headquarters at Ft. Belvoir, Va., and other DTIC locations in the Washington, D.C., area, supporting as many as 80 public, limited-access and classified DoD web sites.

The DTIC is the premier provider of DoD technical information and serves as a vital link in the transfer of information among DoD personnel, contractors and other U.S. government agency personnel.

AssSite Hosting adds VPN

September 22, 2005

Houston, Texas – AppSite Hosting, a dedicated hosting provider for small-to-medium businesses, added a new product allowing its customers to add another layer of protection against Internet data theft.  All AppSite Hosting customers can now add a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection to their server environment.  AppSite Hosting offers both site-to-site and client-to-site VPN services and can help customers choose the right solution to meet individual needs.

“This new offering will help our customers lock down connectivity to their servers which will greatly reduce exposure to Internet hackers.” said James Harris, General Manager of AppSite Hosting.  “We’re utilizing Cisco hardware to create this solution and feel it provides an excellent security measure without compromising connectivity performance.”

“Many of our customers are moving to a distributed model and need a secure data communications channel.  Using a VPN to connect to their server environment allows remote employees to access email, corporate data and other sensitive data over the Internet without fear of someone eavesdropping on the conversation,” said Harris.

About AppSite Hosting
AppSite Hosting provides dedicated web hosting solutions geared towards small to medium sized companies.  All solutions are hosted on Dell PowerEdge™ servers, located in a tier 1 data center with 100% power and network availability SLA, and 24x7x365 telephone support.

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Rackspace Web Hosting Offers Nimsoft Performance Monitoring Technology

Nimsoft announced that its NimBUS service level management solution has been selected by Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com) for performance and availability monitoring in its new enterprise-Linux managed hosting offering, Rackspace Red Label(TM).

"Many of our customers were demanding a highly available, highly managed, hosted-Linux environment for their critical business applications," said Paul Froutan, VP of Product Engineering, Rackspace Managed Hosting. "By featuring NimBUS' advanced monitoring capabilities, Red Label offers a comprehensive management service for Linux hosted environments that require round-the-clock business uptime."

NimBUS is an IT management platform completely developed in-house which provides scalable, resilient and reliable monitoring capabilities for organizations that wish to proactively manage critical IT resources against service level requirements.