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News: Dedicated Server Security Enhanced, by Cirrus Tech Hosting
Markham, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 7, 2008 - Web hosting provider, Cirrus Tech, has debuted an all-in-one dedicated hardware solution for clients desiring additional security, stability and features, for dedicated servers.
The new hardware developed by HotBrick Corporation features load balancing, firewall, and VPN capabilities. Ali Mirdamadi, Product Director at Cirrus Tech, noted, ''Each of our clients has very specific requirements and having to set-up a separate device to accommodate each of their needs is very inefficient. With an all-in-one solution, our clients can enjoy additional features at relatively the same cost as a single application.''
Cirrus Tech currently offers either a software firewall that clients can configure on their server or an external firewall that is managed by Cirrus as part of their dedicated server hosting plans. With the all-in-one device from HotBrick, clients have full network firewall management capabilities.
The VPN feature allows clients to establish up to 10 simultaneous VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnels with various encryption methods easily. For clients that want greater stability and redundancy, this hardware will be able to provide load balancing between 2 or more servers.
This all-in-one solution can be purchased as an add-on to any of Cirrus Tech's dedicated server hosting plans.
In an effort to stay ahead of the curve, Cirrus Tech is continuously seeking out innovative new products and services to compliment their existing product and service offerings. Look for new exciting product announcements from Cirrus in the near future.
Cirrus Tech Ltd. has been actively promoting its services to the hosting industry since 1999. The company has focused on 24/7 tech support, value added services and a cooperative attitude towards all its clients. Cirrus is now one of Canada's largest Web Hosting companies and is a leading provider of comprehensive Internet services. Cirrus provides locally based sales and engineering support for its Internet services in Toronto, Canada, and offers Web hosting services to customers in many countries.
To learn more, please visit: www.cirrushosting.com.
Posted by editor on Thursday, August 07 @ 08:47:15 EDT (313 reads)
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News: Fusepoint Web Hosting Solution Services, to Manage Canadian Liver Foundation
Ontario, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 7, 2008 - Managed IT solutions company, Fusepoint, has been chosen to provide enhanced managed services, to maintain a high-availability, mission-critical application hosting environment, for the
Canadian Liver Foundation.
The organization's primary vehicle is used to drive education, research and funding efforts. Founded in 1969, the CLF is a national, charitable organization dedicated to promoting liver health and reducing the impact and incidence of liver disease through programs, research and education.
Recently, the CLF recognized it needed to improve its infrastructure capacity to meet demand in the market and keep pace with the expectations of its end users. In an effort to not only keep pace with technology related to operations and fundraising, but also to take additional steps to guarantee the security and safety of donor information, the decision was made to undertake a major technical overhaul.
Sandra Taylor, Vice-President, Health Promotion, Canadian Liver Foundation noted, ''With no in-house IT staff, it was a true challenge to keep up with our hardware and software needs. Ensuring the highest levels of stability and reliability go hand in hand when scaling for the future and thinking about new and innovative ways to improve public awareness and raise funds for research. Moving to Fusepoint allows us to focus on internal processes and programs, while giving donors and supporters peace of mind that the confidential information provided to us is secure - with zero downtime.''
Fusepoint provides the CLF with enhanced managed services including colocation, bandwidth, tape back-up, monitoring, and firewall protection - guaranteeing the security, availability and performance of its servers and related infrastructure at all times.
George Kerns, President and CEO, Fusepoint Managed Services remarked, ''With limited technical skill-sets and available resources, Canadian non-profit organizations face the same security and technology challenges as large businesses with deeper coffers. Staying ahead of the threat curve and maintaining high availability of mission-critical applications is by no means easy in today’s day and age. Leveraging the muscle and bench strength of a managed service provider like Fusepoint makes both business and economic sense.''
Founded in 1969 by a group of doctors and business leaders concerned about the increasing incidence of liver disease, the Canadian Liver Foundation (CLF) was the first organization in the world devoted to providing support for research and education into the causes, diagnoses, prevention and treatment of all liver disease. Throughout the Foundation's 35+ years, we have served as a model for similar organizations around the world. Today, our focus remains virtually unchanged from those early days. Our mandate is to promote liver health and to reduce the incidence and impact of all liver disease. To achieve this goal, we work through our volunteer chapters across the country to improve public awareness and understanding of liver health and liver disease, raise funds for research and reach out to liver disease patients and their families.
Founded in 1999, Fusepoint is a privately held company with offices and data centres in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. Through our proven record of success we have built a loyal base of over 400 customers and strong, strategic relationships with Canada's leading technology and communication companies. Fusepoint's managed IT solutions are SLA-guaranteed, scalable and designed to reduce cost structures while mitigating risk. Fusepoint is also SAS 70 Type II, CICA 5970, and most recently PCI compliant, which means our processes are rigorously and continuously audited by an accredited third party and consistently operate at the highest levels within the industry.
To learn more, please visit: www.liver.ca.
For more information about Fusepoint, please visit: www.fusepoint.com.
Posted by editor on Thursday, August 07 @ 08:39:45 EDT (331 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Provider, Newtek's CrystalTech Web Hosting, Offers Hyper-V
Phoenix, Arizona - (The Hosting News) - August 6, 2008 - Subsidiary of Newtek Business Services and a provider of Windows-based web hosting, CrystalTech Web Hosting, is offering new virtual private server (VPS) plans powered by Microsoft's latest virtualization platform, Hyper-V.
Robert Cichon, President and Chief Operating Officer of Newtek Technology Services noted, ''As one of the first web hosts to offer Microsoft Windows Server 2008 earlier this year, CrystalTech has had the opportunity to test Hyper-V in a dedicated environment for several months now. The fact that we are able to provide a VPS solution so quickly after Hyper-V was released to the market illustrates our commitment to offering the latest cutting-edge technologies to our customer base.''
Hyper-V, a key feature of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, is a hypervisor-based technology that provides a scalable, reliable, and tightly integrated virtualization platform within the Microsoft Windows environment. Hyper-V powered VPS plans, which are now available for pre-order at CrystalTech starting at $99.95, will provide developers and businesses with operating system level control, like a dedicated server, including root access and the ability to install many common software packages and toolsets, without the overall costs and management responsibilities associated with a dedicated server.
Mr. Cichon added, ''As a middle ground between shared and dedicated services, the appeal and demand for virtual private servers is growing among businesses and developers who require more control over their web environments, but don't necessarily need the entire resources of a dedicated server,''
A wholly owned subsidiary of Newtek Business Services, Inc., Newtek Technology Services is a premier provider of web technology solutions to the small- to medium-sized business market, providing services to customers in over 100 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations.
Newtek's Technology service lines include:
- CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc.: An industry leading provider of Microsoft Windows web hosting since 1997, CrystalTech offers shared, dedicated, and VPS hosting plans, along with domain registrations, SSL certificates, and online shopping cart tools.
- Web Services: Customized web design and development services.
- Data Backup, Storage, and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup, storage and retrieval solutions designed to meet the specific regulatory and compliance needs of any business.
Newtek Business Services, Inc. is a direct distributor of a wide range of business services and financial products to the small- to medium-sized business market under the Newtek brand. Since 1999, Newtek has helped small- and medium-sized business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools needed to manage and grow their businesses, and to compete effectively in today's marketplace. Newtek provides one or more of its services to over 88,000 business accounts, and has positioned the Newtek brand as a one-stop-shop provider of business services to the small- and medium-sized business market. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there are over 26.8 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
Newtek's business service lines include:
- Electronic Payment Processing: Electronic solutions to accept non-cash payments, including credit and debit cards, check conversion, remote deposit capture, ACH processing, and electronic gift and loyalty card programs.
- Web Hosting: Full-service web host which offers shared and dedicated web hosting and related services including domain registration and online shopping cart tools.
- Business Lending:n Broad array of lending products including SBA 7(a), conventional commercial real estate and SBA 504 loans, business lines of credit, and business credit cards.
- Insurance Services: Commercial and personal lines of insurance, including health and employee benefits in all 50 states, working with over 40 insurance carriers.
- Web Services : Customized web design and development services.
- Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup, storage and retrieval designed to meet the specific regulatory and compliance needs of any business.
- Accounts Receivable Financing: Receivable purchasing and financing services.
- Payroll: Complete payroll management and processing services.
- Outsourced Digital Bookkeeping: Bookkeeping and financial information management solutions.
- Tax Preparation and Advisory Services: Expert tax planning and consultation for businesses.
- Business Plan Preparation: Professional business plan development.
To learn more about Newtek, please visit: www.newtekbusinessservices.com.
For more information about CrystalTech, please visit: www.crystaltech.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, August 06 @ 09:36:18 EDT (439 reads)
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News: Managed Hosting by OpSource, Provides Adobe Scalable Application Operations
Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - August 6, 2008 - Web operations firm OpSource's On-Demand solution, have been chosen by Adobe, as its Web operations application, for Acrobat.com.
Adobe selected OpSource, rather than a traditional managed services provider, for its ability to provide application-level support including application management, performance management, change management control, application optimization and compliance.
Eric Thompson, Director of Systems Engineering and Operations for Adobe's Business Productivity Business Unit noted, ''OpSource's complete Web operations approach to delivering SaaS applications, along with their scalability and partnership approach to doing business, clearly differentiates them from traditional managed hosting and services companies. By partnering with OpSource, we can deliver the best possible customer experience with our hosted service offerings.''
Acrobat.com is a set of online services - file sharing and storage, PDF converter, online word processor and Web conferencing - that can be used to create and share documents, communicate in real time and simplify working with others.
Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource remarked, ''Adobe is not only one of the largest software companies in the world, they are an industry leader that truly gets SaaS. They have made a serious commitment to the on-demand world and we are thrilled that they have chosen OpSource as their Web operations partner. Adobe has embarked on an exciting journey and we are looking forward to sharing it with them.''
OpSource On-Demand is designed to enable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web companies to quickly and securely deliver their applications and services over the Web to consumers and businesses alike. Going far beyond full-featured managed hosting, it includes the application management, compliance and business services that are necessary for on-demand business success. OpSource On-Demand includes:
Technical Operations include:
- Best-in-class, scalable software, hardware and network infrastructure
- World-class data center facilities
- Redundant carrier class load balancing architecture
- In-depth 24x7 monitoring, security, and management procedures backed by SAS-70 Type II audits
- Built-in high availability solutions from simple clustering to wide-area Disaster Recovery
Application Operations include:
- Data management
- Performance management, including multipoint user-experience monitoring
- Application Roll Out and Change Management
- Application optimization
- Compliant infrastructure, processes and procedures including: SAS 70 Type II audited, HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance and salesforce.com and WebEx certifications
Business Operations include:
- OpSource Billing - An end-to-end subscription management, metering and payment stand-alone solution, or as part of OpSource On-Demand
- OpSource Connect - A Web services infrastructure and integration toolset, for application integration in the Cloud and behind the corporate fire-wall
- OpSource End-User Support - 24x7 customer branded end-user support
- OpSource Analytics - A real-time application and customer usage information, and health of business analysis and reporting tool
OpSource delivers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web applications for on-demand companies, with hundreds of applications, millions of users and billions of transactions supported daily. OpSource On-Demand, the leading Web operations solution, is defining how Web-based software is delivered. By choosing OpSource as their Web application delivery partner, companies are freed from investing in and managing the complex and costly infrastructure and services necessary to deliver applications over the Web. They can instead focus their resources on developing, marketing and selling their applications and services. Further, by using OpSource Connect companies can leverage Web services such as OpSource Billing, OpSource Analytics and OpSource End-User Support and integrate their applications with other SaaS applications over the Internet as well as with enterprise applications behind the corporate firewall. OpSource On-Demand is suitable for companies at any stage of growth, with any type of on-demand application. OpSource is the only company to offer Success-Based PricingSM, a unit-based pricing model that allows businesses to begin with a modest minimum commitment and scale expenses as revenues increase.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, OpSource has Web application delivery centers in Virginia, London and Bangalore.
For more information about OpSource, please visit: www.opsource.net.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, August 06 @ 09:18:04 EDT (374 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Managed Service Provider, rackAID, Engages MSP Vendor Alliance
Jacksonville, Florida - (The Hosting News) - August 6, 2008 - Managed service provider for the web hosting industry, rackAID, has joined MSP Partners, to accelerate expansion of its managed service offerings.
MSP Partners was founded by Cisco, Intel, Ingram Micro, Level Platforms and Microsoft to educate IT solutions providers about managed service strategies and best practices.
Jeff Huckaby, CEO of rackAID noted, ''We have always provided basic IT management solutions to our clients, but we see an opportunity to expand those offerings and become an end-to-end solution provider. Web developers, SaaS providers and E-commerce ventures will see the greatest benefit from new services under development. By joining MSP Partners, we gain access to market research, vendor channels and other solution providers that accelerates our ability to deploy new solutions for our clients.''
Mr. Huckaby continued, ''No one company can do everything well. You need a healthy ecosystem of infrastructure, software and service providers to cultivate new services.''
Earlier this year, SoftLayer, a leading provider of on-demand IT infrastructure, selected rackAID as their preferred managed service provider. Through the partnership, rackAID is delivering server management , deployment and optimization solutions to SoftLayer clients. In June, rackAID also announced a partnership with R1Soft to deliver online backup solutions.
On the company blog, Mr. Huckaby hinted at an upcoming announcement about a managed security service to enable E-commerce operators to become compliant with new payment card industry (PCI) security standards. This will enhance their existing server management offerings.
rackAID is a provider of managed services to SMB's with critical online operations. Through managed services, rackAID clients see improved uptime, security and reliability in their operations. rackAID specializes in managing Linux-based hosted solutions.
MSP Partners is a vendor alliance formed to provide solution providers a comprehensive source of MSP education. Members benefit from cohesive new market research, solution provider success stories, and collaborative vendor solutions, all demonstrating a path to success in managed services.
For more information, please visit: http://www.rackaid.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, August 06 @ 09:06:10 EDT (364 reads)
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