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News: IBM Hosting Provider, Expands Cloud Computing Data Center Mandate
Armonk, New York - (The Hosting News) - August 11, 2008 - Hosted application solutions provider, IBM, plans to expand its cloud computing capabilities, through an investment of nearly $400m, with the opening of data centers in the US and Japan.
Willy Chiu, Vice President, IBM High Performance On Demand Solutions remarked, ''Cloud computing is fundamentally about re-engineering the world's computing infrastructure, to enable game-changing -- even life-changing -- applications. To IBM, cloud computing is much more than the normal evolution of a data center.''
The centers are part of IBM's Project Big Green initiative aimed at increasing energy efficiency in the data center. IBM plans to employ 200 full-time researchers and invest more than $100m in cloud computing over the next three years. In March, it launched its first European cloud computing center in Dublin, Ireland, and in June it established centers in Beijing, China and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bob Greenberg, General Manager of IT optimization at IBM noted, ''The new data center in North Carolina is part of IBM's commitment to construct the world's most advanced data centers. This is the latest example of IBM's deep history of innovation in North Carolina. When we open for business in late 2009, the IBM data center in Research Triangle Park will be a strategic location for our outsourcing business for years to come.''
Cloud computing lets organizations remotely access a vast network of computers that can be tapped on-demand. In the U.S., IBM will spend $360 million to build a state-of-the-art data center at its facility in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The company will renovate a building on its campus, aiming to reuse 95 percent of the original building's shell and recycle 90 percent of the materials from the original building.
The new cloud computing center in Tokyo will provide large companies, universities and government agencies immediate access to experts who can help them deploy cloud computing environments. Both new centers will link to seven other IBM cloud centers around the world.
Data centers are the backbone of information technology (IT) infrastructure for businesses and other organizations, with powerful servers and storage systems running technology including software applications, email and web sites. IBM owns and operates more than 8 million square feet of data center space -- more than any other company in the world.
For more information about IBM, please visit: www.ibm.com.
Posted by editor on Monday, August 11 @ 09:33:37 EDT (319 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Application, Ensim Unify, Garners Windows IT Pro Magazine Award
Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - August 11, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application, Ensim Corporation's Unify Enterprise Edition, has received a bronze medal, by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine's Editor's Choice Awards.
Ensim received the award in the messaging category. Jeff Lewis, group publisher noted, ''The 2008 Editor's Best Awards utilize our editors' product knowledge and subject matter expertise to identify exceptional products that benefit the Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine reader communities. Our editors selected winners based on the product's strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and its value to the customer. Our editors are tough, in-the-trenches critics. They demand solid value and performance from the products they select. Editor's Best Award winners can feel proud that the products and services they developed have earned the respect and recognition of the Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine editorial staff.''
Available as snap-in tools or a full suite, Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition allows organizations to decrease operating costs, improve workforce effectiveness, and meet security and compliance goals. Unify Enterprise Edition redefines user provisioning and access control software for Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and mobility applications such as BlackBerry Enterprise Server and Windows Mobile. It provides change management, automated provisioning, mobile and client device configuration, delegated administration, and resource optimization, all via an easy to use role-based Web portal.
Francois Depayras, Vice President of marketing and alliances at Ensim added, ''Receiving this honor from Windows IT Pro validates the quality of our product. We hope that when selecting user provisioning software, enterprises keep in mind that Ensim's products are distinguished for their superior quality and performance.''
Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, has Windows IT Pro as its flagship print publication. Windows IT Pro also includes SQL Server Magazine and Office SharePoint Pro. The Windows IT Pro network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its Web sites each month, and more than one million subscribers who opt-in to one or more email newsletters. Windows IT Pro is the world's leading producer of custom road shows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT and developer professionals.
Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein and Co., LP, and its co-investors.
Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access control software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft.
To learn more about Penton Media, Inc., please visit: www.penton.com.
For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.
Posted by editor on Monday, August 11 @ 09:17:29 EDT (344 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Provider, FLV Hosting, Premieres Hi Def Video Compression Solution
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida - (The Hosting News) - August 8, 2008 - Streaming video web host, FLV Hosting, has released its Hi Def Encoder V1, a PC based application compressor for large Hi Definition videos.
Reduding files into tiny, more manageable sizes, the solution maintains the quality of the original picture, enabling website owners to display Hi Def videos instantly, a problem previously encountered due to the size and dimensions of Hi Def video.
Paul Vizard, CEO of FLV Hosting noted, ''The Hi Def Encoder V1 will be a valuable tool for website owners. We are excited at the results, and our clients are telling us how well the compression is working for them.''
The proliferation of Hi Def HD camcorders and cameras has created the scenario where users can view the videos on their PC, but when it comes to the internet it's just not been practical. The Hi Def Encoder V1 is revolutionary with the ability to resize HD video for playback on websites, along with a large reduction in physical file size. Tests have reduced video file sizes as much as seven times smaller than the original, yet maintains video viewing quality.
The Hi Def Encoder V1 will be showcased at the upcoming New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Thursday August 14, 2008, and is available for purchase for $99. Free Hi Def website players are also available.
FLV Hosting is a provider of Flash Streaming Hosting and flash FLV video delivery systems, with a team of Flash experts and server administrators. With a customer retention above 90%, the company has been online since 1999. As a profitable privately held company, the company has no debt or investor shareholders. FLV currently handles over 50,000 TB of data per month and more than 1.5 million videos a day.
To learn more, please visit: www.flvhosting.com.
Posted by editor on Friday, August 08 @ 08:53:03 EDT (341 reads)
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News: The Planet Web Hosting Provider, to Participate in 2008 Affiliate Summit East
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 8, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, will participate at the 2008 Affiliate Summit East, to be held August 10-12 at the Boston Seaport Hotel.
The company will showcase its partner program at Table 70 during the Affiliate Meet Market. The Planet affiliate program provides a 100 percent commission to registered affiliates who refer new customers to the company. The one-time commission, based on the referred customer's total monthly recurring order value, is paid to affiliates 45 days after a new order is placed. There is no cap on the size of the order or the resulting commission paid.
James P. Treuting, Vice President of sales and operations at The Planet noted, ''At the request of our customers, we introduced our affiliate program seven months ago. We've seen outstanding success so far, which has led to enhancements including increases in affiliate commissions and a shortened payout-waiting period. At the conference, we expect to forge new partnerships, and we invite prospects to stop by our table to learn how they can make money simply by referring customers to The Planet.''
The Affiliate Summit, held several times a year, offers an educational showcase for affiliates, vendors and merchants. The conference agenda includes sessions on affiliate marketing strategies, trends and best practices.
Ultimately, The Planet's goal is to provide:
- High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
- Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
- Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
- Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
- Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business
The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.
To learn more, please visit: www.theplanet.com/news/events.
For more about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.
Posted by editor on Friday, August 08 @ 08:41:22 EDT (327 reads)
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News: Web Hosted Open Source Software Developer, Debuts Data Integration Solution
Colorado Springs, Colorado - (The Hosting News) - August 8, 2008 - Hosted open source data integration solution for creating composite data services, XAware, Inc., has released its new XAware 5.1 application upgrade.
Kirstan Vandersluis, Co-founder and Chief Scientist of XAware noted, ''The exceptional download rate and enthusiastic community involvement in the early months of the XAware project have been very gratifying. Community participation is essential to building robust open source software and we constantly receive invaluable insight from our users. Developers from around the world have been instrumental in helping to optimize XAware through feature requests, identifying bugs and providing feedback that will be important for the future direction of the product.''
The new application is designed for creating and managing composite data services for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. The product enhancements included in this release have been greatly influenced by the rapidly growing XAware community, which has downloaded more than 150,000 copies of the solution in the five months since its general release. XAware has also been listed as one of the top 100 projects on Sourceforge.net, the world's largest Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects and with over 1,000,000 registered users.
The XAware development team worked closely with its user community to add new functionality and improved product usability. Upgrades include enhanced text processing, better support for REST operation creation and testing, enhanced XML Schema management and validation, improved MySQL and DB2 stored procedure support and a new JMX BizComponent for greater monitoring control. These and other improvements in XAware 5.1 have been designed to speed the development and delivery of composite data services.
XAware's data integration software makes it easy to access and integrate data to and from any source. XAware enhances the productivity of other development tools and frameworks by allowing users to build composite data services. These services provide real-time access to information and the ability to abstract, transform, aggregate and mashup data.
An additional sign of growth of the XAware project is the number of add-on projects originating from the XAware community. A recent example is a connector that enables the development of SAP-compatible components and applications in Java. This high-performance add-on will assist users in building both desktop and server applications.
XAware 5.1 is available for free use under the GPLv2 license and additionally via a commercial license. Services and support subscriptions are also available for purchase from XAware, Inc.
XAware is the first company to provide a comprehensive open source data integration solution for creating composite data services. XAware provides users with the ability to rapidly access and integrate data with applications and business processes. Furthermore, XAware makes it possible to transform data, regardless of the source, into reusable services for real-time integration in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Rich Internet Applications (RIA), and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. XAware features an Eclipse-based development environment and runtime engine based on the Spring framework that can be implemented to take advantage of almost any IT infrastructure.
To learn more, please visit: www.xaware.com.
Posted by editor on Friday, August 08 @ 08:35:28 EDT (421 reads)
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