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		<title>BroadGroup Announces Panel for Annual Data Center Conference</title>
		<link>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2009/10/19/broadgroup-announces-panel-for-annual-data-center-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CommunicateBetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BroadGroup, an international consulting agency, just announced that its fourth annual Power and Cooling for Data Centres conference will feature a panel of global experts who are scheduled to address how the issues of cost and energy consumption impact all data center facilities.  The event will take place October 23, 2009 at the Conference Centre [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">BroadGroup, an international consulting agency, just announced that its fourth annual Power and Cooling for Data Centres conference will feature a panel of global experts who are scheduled to address how the issues of cost and energy consumption impact all data center facilities.  The event will take place October 23, 2009 at the Conference Centre in London, England.  According to the initial July announcement, Catalina McGregor of the Green ICT Deliver group will be opening the conference.  This year, the theme will be centered around innovative ways to increase data center efficiency by reducing costs and energy consumption.  The 2008 conference was a huge success and BroadGroup is aiming for similar results this time around.</p>
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<p align="left">Roy Zeighami of Hewlett Packard’s Business Critical Systems division, will give a presentation on designing IT hardware with power density.  Marion Howard-Healy, BroadGroup Senior Consultant, will chair an entirely new panel that will address the implementation of natural energy solutions.  Howard-Healy will be joined by Donal Mac Nioclais of Aquamarine’s commercial development department, Burton Hamer, President and co-founder of Hydrovolts, Rennie Dalrymple, a partner from the Bruce Shaw Partnership, Greg Mason, data center specialist for Atlantis Resources, and Maurice Julian, manager of Hewlet Packard’s Wynyard data center facility.</p>
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<p align="left">Other experts speaking at the conference include:</p>
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<p align="left">- Bernard Lecanu &#8211; European Commission Green IT Group member</p>
<p align="left">- Rod Evans, SGI Managing Director</p>
<p align="left">- Alex Rabbets, Migration Solutions Managing Director</p>
<p align="left">- Joe Polastre &#8211; Sentilla CTO</p>
<p align="left">- Dr. Ian F Bitterlin &#8211; Prism Power CTO</p>
<p align="left">- Ashley R. Davis &#8211; JP Morgan Managing Director</p>
<p align="left">- Mike Manos &#8211; Digital Realty Senior VP</p>
<p align="left">- Lex Coors &#8211; Interxion HQ Director of Engineering</p>
<p align="left">- Andrew Mercer &#8211; 20Degrees CEO</p>
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<p align="left">Steve Wallage, Managing Director at BroadGrou, said that energy is an integral part of data center design, location and cost.  He said the purpose of the annual conference is to devote significant focus to these vital issues while sharing the latest concepts and knowledge that serve as direct take-aways for IT teams and managers.  Aside from delivering some golden nuggets of wisdom, Wallage will also be giving a comprehensive review of the data center market at the forum.</p>
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<p align="left">The annual Power and Cooling conference will be attended by IT executives and professionals from all across the world.  About half of the attendees are senior and C level executives while approximately a third of them are engineers and operations managers from various data centers.</p>
<p align="left">The event will cover an entire day and exhibit a broad range of new solutions that have recently emerged to reduce costs in the data center environment.  The event will focus on the theme of solutions that offer lense dense systems can result lower cost and better energy efficiency.  In addition, BroadGroup Consulting will also be handing out free copies of its new report entitled “Power and Cooling Innovations,” to those attending the conference.</p>
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<p align="left">For parties who are interested in attending, advanced ticket discounts will remain available until October 21, 2009.  You can learn more about the Fourth Annual Power and Cooling event by visiting the <a href="http://www.datacentres.com/pac/">official site</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ensim Aids in North America’s Largest Single OCS Deployment</title>
		<link>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2009/09/29/ensim-aids-in-north-america%e2%80%99s-largest-single-ocs-deployment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CommunicateBetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ensim Corporation, a provider of web hosting automation, user provisioning and access control software solutions, announced that it recently provided provisioning and management services for Microsoft OCS (Office Communications Server), speeding up deployment to accommodate customers of more than 150,000 seats.  The move is being described as North America’s largest single OCS deployment in less [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Ensim Corporation, a provider of web hosting automation, user provisioning and access control software solutions, announced that it recently provided provisioning and management services for Microsoft OCS (Office Communications Server), speeding up deployment to accommodate customers of more than 150,000 seats.  The move is being described as North America’s largest single OCS deployment in less than 90 days.  Though once delayed, the deployment is on course and Ensim is happy to get things back on track.</p>
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<p align="left">Scott Young, Ensim Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, revealed that the deployment of OSC 2007 is often a burden for regulated organizations due the complexities involved with user entitlement policies.  He stated that by deploying the Ensim Unify product, a particular customer was able to solve its provisioning and management problems in under 90 days all while enforcing the security and compliance policies demanded by its user base.  According to Young, the scalability and efficiency of Ensim Unfiy speaks volume when considering the tremendous size of the deployment it supported.</p>
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<p align="left">Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition is a fully integrated, role-based access management tool with the ability to be deployed merely for the OCS platform, or across an organization’s entire unified communications infrastructure.  This includes email, instant messaging, collaboration and conferencing.  Its built-in OCS Manager enables companies to reap the benefits of a complete unified communications system without the burden of manual provisioning and tedious management.  The feature integrates with existing ID management solutions to help organizations leverage the new functionality of OCS without straining their IT resources.</p>
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<p align="left">Some of the key features Ensim Unify’s OCS Manager offers include:</p>
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<p align="left">- The ability to seamlessly integrate complex provisioning polices</p>
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<p align="left">- The ability to support multiple provisioning workflows</p>
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<p align="left">- Complete Help Desk support on multiple levels</p>
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<p align="left">- Comprehensive logging of system activity and transactions</p>
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<p align="left">- The ability to automatically manage manual updates on a daily basis.</p>
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<p align="left">David J. Wippich, Ensim Corporation CEO and chairman, noted how the Ensim Unify product can be both a productive and cost effective solution.  He stressed that while the ROI which can result from deploying unified communications is substantial, many companies are lost at the deployment stage or find themselves dealing with complicated tasks following deployment.  He explained that the Ensim Unify solves the problem by enabling a fast deployment, automating daily management processes and unrivaled interoperability that makes the most of existing policies and investments that can be extended to unified communications applications such as Microsoft Office Communications Server.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>About Ensim Corporation</strong></p>
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<p align="left">Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and the global leading provider of user provisioning and access management software solutions.  Its products are leveraged by enterprise companies and service providers around the world to enable and accelerate the deployment of various integrated solutions, simplifying the management of complex environments through automated functionality while ensuring security and increasing productivity amongst IT teams and users.  Ensim currently has more than two million users under management and that number seems to be growing considerably every quarter.</p>
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		<title>34SP Makes Improvements to Customer Support System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CommunicateBetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, 34SP.com, a UK-based web hosting provider, announced the deployment of the SmarterTrack customer support software.  The firm will be using the application to deliver service via ticketing and live chat to its fast growing base of customers.   SmarterTrack offers many great qualities but one of the main reasons 34SP.com elected to use the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Last week, 34SP.com, a UK-based web hosting provider, announced the deployment of the SmarterTrack customer support software.  The firm will be using the application to deliver service via ticketing and live chat to its fast growing base of customers.   SmarterTrack offers many great qualities but one of the main reasons 34SP.com elected to use the product was because of its superior flexibility.  Unlike many other solutions, this product can deployed in traditional fashion or hosted in an SaaS cloud model.</p>
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<p align="left">Stuart Melling, 34SP.com co-founder, said that since adopting the SmarterTrack software, its customer service levels have boosted significantly.  Thanks to the live chat feature, the company can ensure super-fast response times and literally solve issues in a matter of seconds compared to what could have taken hours with its former systems.  Now able to get a clear view of exactly what the customer is experiencing, Melling is amazed at the level of satisfaction the SmarterTrack support software has prompted.</p>
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<p align="left">The SmarterTrack software is loaded with features.  Some of the most notable highlights include the following:</p>
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<li>Ticketing solution &#8211; SmarterTrack’s state of the art ticketing facility takes sales, service and support messages and converts them into a powerful, streamlined information distribution system.</li>
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<li>Live chat &#8211; A feature that is increasing in demand, live chat empowers companies to dramatically reduce the number of phone calls, collect important information from prospects and provide quality assistance to more customers.</li>
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<li>WhosOn &#8211; This feature is very useful as it gives online businesses the ability to track customers in real time as they navigate the site.  When used effectively, Whoson can accelerate customer service, gather information on visitors and lead to an increase in sales.</li>
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<li>Portal Interface &#8211; The SmartTrack portal interface is designed to be search engine-friendly and acts as the centralized station for all of your communications channels.</li>
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<li>Web-based Interface &#8211; An intuitive web interface provides organizations with accessibility from any computer with an internet connection.</li>
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<li>Self-help Resources &#8211; With self-help tools such as a knowledge base and other forms of documentation, businesses can give customers the ability to find and resolve their own issues.</li>
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<li>Multi-brand Functionality &#8211; The SmarterTools customer support software is designed to support multiple brands within a single company.</li>
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<p align="left">Jeff Hardy, VP of Business Operations for SmarterTrack explained that the company is thrilled to see international firms such as 34SP leveraging SmarterTrack as their customer support solution.  He commended 34SP for its high level of commitment to customer satisfaction and mentioned how the decision to improve its service department shows what a great solution SmarterTrack makes for the web hosting market.</p>
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<p align="left">About SmarterTrack Inc.</p>
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<p align="left">Based in Phoenix, Arizona, SmarterTools is a company that specializes in management software for the IT Field.  Its mail servers, web analytics reporting tools and customer service software products simplify daily IT operations in more than 100 countries.</p>
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<p align="left">About 34SP.com</p>
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<p align="left">34SP offers affordable web hosting solutions geared towards web designers and developers, specializing in both shared and reseller hosting, and domain names.  The firm provides industry leading support on top of a money back guarantee to ensure the utmost in satisfaction.</p>
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		<title>Layer Technologies Breaks Through on Inc. 5000</title>
		<link>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2009/08/25/layer-technologies-breaks-through-on-inc-5000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CommunicateBetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many companies are struggling during the recession, but you couldn’t tell by viewing a certain list featuring a comprehensive look at 5,000 of the nation’s top-performing privately owned firms.

Based in Plano, Texas, web hosting provider Layer Technologies, Inc., just added another accolade to its long list of honors by ranking number 622 in Inc Magazine’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Many companies are struggling during the recession, but you couldn’t tell by viewing a certain list featuring a comprehensive look at 5,000 of the nation’s top-performing privately owned firms.</p>
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<p align="left">Based in Plano, Texas, web hosting provider Layer Technologies, Inc., just added another accolade to its long list of honors by ranking number 622 in Inc Magazine’s the third annual Inc. 5000.  Thanks to Northern Capital Insurance, the number one company on the list this year, insurance is leading the way as the nation’s leading industry with an average growth rate of a whopping 667%.   Other notable brands representing their respective industries featured on the list include beverage brewing company Honest Tea, rental car service Zipcar and internet powerhouse GoDaddy.</p>
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<p align="left">Jim Melloan, Inc. 5,000 project manager, says that the Inc. 5,000 is the best source for learning about new private companies that achieve success through innovative business models and older privately owned corporations that are still profiting and growing at an impressive rate.  Melloan noted that this is the reason investors and other spectators look forward to the list every year.</p>
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<p align="left">Layered Technologies made the prestigious Inc. 5,000 list due to its tremendous growth rate of 441% over the past three years.  The firm invests faithfully in research and development to implement the new technologies and features that has helped it remain one of the top 10 global web hosting providers.  Layered Tech evolved from a regionally known dedicated hosting provider to a world-renown web host with a scalable infrastructure that powers a broad range of internet applications and millions of websites.</p>
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<p align="left">Many are viewing Inc.’s 2009 list as a report card on the U.S. economy.  In light of the harsh economic climate, aggregate revenue of companies that made the list increased by an estimated $29 billion since 2008, with an average three year growth rate of 126%.  Since its inception, Inc. has played an active hand in creating more than one million jobs, serving as the perfect example of the positive impact fast growing businesses can have on the economy.  You can view the complete results of the Inc. 5000 list by criteria such as industry and region on the Inc.com website.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>About Layered Technologies</strong></p>
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<p align="left">Founded in 2004, Layered Technologies Inc. is a web hosting provider that specializes in managed hosting, dedicated servers, virtualization, cloud computing and a broad range of additional web services.  Leveraging the best of technology and a world-class infrastructure, the firm delivers the level of support that enables businesses of various sizes to eliminate costly upfront investments and save significantly on operating expense while focusing on the core aspects of their business.  Its highly scalable infrastructure lends its power to millions of websites and a host of web solutions and applications such as SasS (software as a service), SQL Server and content distribution among others.  Boasting one of the largest customer bases in the industry, Layer Technologies clients range from cutting-edge startup companies and thriving medium enterprises to some of the most successful integration and consulting firms in the world.</p>
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		<title>Gomez Makes Major Enhancements to its Testing Platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CommunicateBetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday, managed web application service provider Gomez, announced that it would be making significant platform-wide upgrades and enhancements to a number of its products.  These improvements will directly impact the company’s performance management, web load and cross-browser testing solutions for the benefit of clients using both web and mobile applications.

According the announcement, Gomez’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">This past Monday, managed web application service provider Gomez, announced that it would be making significant platform-wide upgrades and enhancements to a number of its products.  These improvements will directly impact the company’s performance management, web load and cross-browser testing solutions for the benefit of clients using both web and mobile applications.</p>
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<p align="left">According the announcement, Gomez’s platform-wide upgrade includes the unveiling of the Gomez Recorder, an advanced management tool.  The Gomez Recorder greatly simplifies the creation and management of test scripts and complex web transactions by analyzing the many individual elements within a single web page.  Gomez’s new tool has the ability to automatically detect and capture the performance metrics of each step in asynchronous RIA transactions, thus allowing businesses to effectively analyze and optimize the performance of their applications.</p>
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<p align="left">The firm has also incorporated various solutions for the testing and monitoring of applications, mobile sites and services into the Gomez platform.  These additions give companies a unified view of traditional and mobile applications, permitting them to identify, diagnose, prioritize and resolve performance issues.  Businesses have the option to analyze the performance of traditional and mobile sites individually or collectively.</p>
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<p align="left">Other enhancements include Gomez’s automated cross-browser and web load testing solutions.  The former has been expanded to support 5,000 mobile devices and well over 500 combinations of browsers, devices and screen sizes, helping developers save more time and money by automating the process of mobile and web application testing.  The company’s on-demand web load testing solution has also been enhanced, the most notable being the addition of a high volume, cloud generated load combined with the real-world load from its recently expanded Last Mile network.  Gomez’s Last Mile network consists of more than 100,000 consumer-grade desktop machines running real-world performance tests.  Generating extra capacity and reach, the cloud enables Gomez to deliver solutions that more accurately determine the impact of peak loads on response times for end-users in various locations with varying connection speeds.  This ultimately helps businesses make the necessary adjustments and launch new web applications with confidence.</p>
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<p align="left">Also added to the list of enhancements is a new integrated diagnostics dashboard.  This tool provides an interface that aggregates test data across Gomez’s global testing network and customer base, aiding clients with diagnosis that alerts them of performance issues.  Customers can effectively troubleshoot issues whether they are related to them, associates, vendors or the internet in general.</p>
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<p>Jaime Ellertson, Chief Executive Officer at Gomez, stated that today’s end-users expect both web and mobile applications to be richer and faster than every before, not knowing that this creates twice the complexity for the developers who build them, the IT teams that maintain them, and the online business executives that rely on them for brand creation and revenues.  He states that the enhancements to the Gomez platform will provide businesses with a powerful and cost effective package of integrated solutions, helping them optimize their most essential web pages and applications, all while meeting the end-user’s expectations in terms of speed and quality.</p>
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		<title>Rackspace Cloud Powers WWDC 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CommunicateBetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Rackspace&#8217;s cloud hosting solution helped to deliver live blog coverage of Apple&#8217;s Worldwide Developers Conference 2009.  Hosted at blog site live.gdgt.com, the robust platform easily handled 4.7 million page views in under two hours.

Ryan Block, live.gdgt.com co-founder, was able to present a real-world demonstration on the power and value of cloud computing through [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Last week, Rackspace&#8217;s cloud hosting solution helped to deliver live blog coverage of Apple&#8217;s Worldwide Developers Conference 2009.  Hosted at blog site live.gdgt.com, the robust platform easily handled 4.7 million page views in under two hours.</p>
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<p align="left">Ryan Block, live.gdgt.com co-founder, was able to present a real-world demonstration on the power and value of cloud computing through his blog using Rackspace&#8217;s Cloud Sites solution.  With the help of his photographer, he was able to simultaneously capture and upload images in real-time to the Cloud Files service, which is automatically integrated into the site.  This activity all took place while serving an estimated 656 page views per second to worldwide viewers with minimal cost and hassle.</p>
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<p align="left">Mr. Block said the Rackspace Cloud enabled his team to quickly iterate and scale their live coverage without needing to make major investments in hardware or operations.  He says that the Rackspace support staff went above and beyond to help prepare for the event, providing essential input and attentiveness to maintain availability despite the unbelievably heavy traffic load.</p>
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<p align="left">The Cloud Sites solutions sells for $100 per month while Cloud Files is available on a pay-as-you-go basis with service starting at $0.15 per GB of data.  With Cloud Files, customers have the option of serving content files leveraging the Limelight Networks CDN (content delivery network) in real-time without any extra efforts and only paying for what they need.  Rackspace customers also get the benefit of 24/7 Fanatical Support for any questions of concerns they may have about their hosting account at no additional cost.</p>
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<p align="left">The approximate cost difference between the DIY hosting approach opposed to deploying Cloud Sites or Cloud Files for this type of event portrays the cost benefits of cloud computing.  Physical space, hardware, software and management costs for a state of the art data center capable of handling such a traffic load would cost tens of thousands of dollars.  When utilizing Rackspace&#8217;s cloud solutions, it is likely to only cost a couple hundred dollars.</p>
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<p align="left">The Rackspace Cloud delivers on-demand website, application and storage hosting backed by some of the best support in the industry.  Through a suite of cloud solutions in Cloud Sites, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, the Rackspace Cloud gives knowledgeable IT managers and developers the ability to reduce the high-cost investments and hassles associated with dedicated hardware, all while allowing them to easily scale their hosting resources.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>About Rackspace</strong></p>
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<p>A leader in the industry of hosting services, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses around the world approach their IT operations.  The company provides a number of solutions including computing-as-a-service, incorporating the latest innovations into a highly flexible offering that makes computing more reliable and affordable.  Rackspace specializes in solutions that enable businesses and IT teams to be more efficient.  Distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, the company continues on its mission be one of the best service providers in the world.  The Rackspace portfolio includes a number of hosted IT services such as Managed Hosting, Cloud hosting, email and application hosting.</p>
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		<title>Yahoo Releases its Distribution of Hadoop</title>
		<link>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2009/06/23/yahoo-releases-its-distribution-of-hadoop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet powerhouse Yahoo, just made its distribution of Hadoop available while hosting the Second Annual Hadoop Summit.  Under the Apache Hadoop project, Hadoop is a distributed file system and parallel execution environment that allows users to process large amounts of data.  Acting on requests from the user community, Yahoo decided to open up its investment [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Internet powerhouse Yahoo, just made its distribution of Hadoop available while hosting the Second Annual Hadoop Summit.  Under the Apache Hadoop project, Hadoop is a distributed file system and parallel execution environment that allows users to process large amounts of data.  Acting on requests from the user community, Yahoo decided to open up its investment in quality engineering for the benefit of the larger ecosystem and aid in the innovation of open collaborative research and development.  Its distribution of Hadoop has been thoroughly tested and deployed on the world&#8217;s largest Hadoop clusters.</p>
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<p align="left">Justin Erenkrantz, Apache Software Foundation President, noted his excitement to see how the Apache Hadoop project has progressed over the last few years.  He says the foundation is looking forward to witnessing the community&#8217;s growth accelerate with Yahoo&#8217;s continuous support and commitment to quality, factors that will ultimately attract more contributors to the Apache Hadoop project.</p>
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<p align="left">Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera, states that the general availability of Yahoo&#8217;s Hadoop source code will make its own distribution of Hadoop more robust and scalable.  He says Cloudera will continue to work with Yahoo to implement the tried and tested source code into its commercial distribution.  According to Olson, the Cloudera distribution of Hadoop is an enterprise-ready version complete with key tools, utilities, customer service and technical support, features designed to help enterprises deploy and maintain the Hadoop platform for larger scale data processing and management needs.</p>
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<p align="left">Considered one of the pioneers, Yahoo has led the way in development and is now the leading contributor to the Apache Hadoop project.  Doug Cutting, Hadoop founder, joined Yahoo in 2006 and the company immediately began making significant investments in developing the project.  Hadoop currently underpins several of Yahoo&#8217;s properties, including Yahoo Search, Yahoo mail and a variety of its content and advertising services.  In Yahoo data centers, Hadoop runs on well over 25,000 servers and analyzes billions of web pages, petabytes of storage and billions of new records on a daily basis.</p>
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<p align="left">To demonstrate the community collaboration of the Hadoop project, Yahoo hosted the second annual Hadoop Summit on June 10 in Santa Clara, California.  Co-sponsoring the event was Cloudera, Amazon Web Services, IBM, Sun Startup Essentials and Lightspeed Venture Partners.  The event brought hundreds of members from the Hadoop user and developer communities together to learn and share ideas with each other.  The Hadoop Summit focused on all the advancements made in the development and deployment of the project and its related technologies.  It also touched on case studies of the applications being created and deployed on Hadoop as well as discussions on the platforms&#8217; future directions.</p>
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<p align="left">Yahoo&#8217;s distribution of Hadoop is available via the Yahoo Developer Network.  Cloudera&#8217;s distribution, which includes the Yahoo source code, is available at cloudera.com.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>About Yahoo </strong></p>
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<p align="left">Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yahoo is a globally renown internet brand and leading web hosting provider.  The company is dedicated to empowering its community of customers, users, publishers, advertisers, and developers by establishing indispensable services based on trust and reliability.  The Yahoo brand is currently one of the most trafficked internet destinations in the world.</p>
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		<title>HostMySite Hosting.com Merger Births Two New Cloud Solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently merged web hosting provider HostMySite.com/Hosting.com, have combined two powerful solutions to strengthen its presence in the hosting marketplace.  Made immediately available, the two new products dubbed as Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private provide customers with access to shared and dedicated cloud hosting, IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) and PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) environments.  The Cloud 9 Enterprise [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Recently merged web hosting provider HostMySite.com/Hosting.com, have combined two powerful solutions to strengthen its presence in the hosting marketplace.  Made immediately available, the two new products dubbed as Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private provide customers with access to shared and dedicated cloud hosting, IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) and PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) environments.  The Cloud 9 Enterprise solution offers enhancements that include on-demand provisioning, interconnecting to private cloud environments and rapid deployment of disk and computing resources.</p>
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<p align="left">Prior to the merger in May of 2009, both providers operated their VMware-based cloud hosting solutions independently.  Thanks to their strikingly similar infrastructures, scalable platforms and dedication to support, the integration process was seamless, going off without a hitch.</p>
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<p align="left">Art Zeile, HostMySite CEO, revealed that the company will continue to integrate HostMySite and Hosting.com cloud computing solutions at a fast pace to deliver highly sought after, client-centric services to the virtual and cloud markets.  He says the name Cloud 9 was chosen because it is already an established cloud hosting band.  According to Zeile, these two new solutions will provide customers with an unparalleled level of flexibility and control.</p>
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<p align="left">Cloud 9 Enterprise provides customers with an on-demand cloud hosting solution via a secure web portal, giving businesses the ability to quickly deploy virtual servers and modify their resources on an as-needed basis.  The service is quite comparable to a virtual private server yet offers the additional benefits of high availability and adaptability.  Cloud 9 Enterprise doesn&#8217;t require any contracts, allowing customers to provision and incorporate resources such as RAM, storage and RAM online in a matter of minutes.</p>
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<p align="left">Cloud 9 Private delivers virtual, clustered environments at a price considerably lower than traditional dedicated server solutions.  The service provides an enhanced level of scalability, fault tolerance and security in an isolated environment occupied by a single tenant.</p>
<p align="left">News of the merger was HostMySite.com&#8217;s first major announcement since acquiring Hosting.com.  Company reps are confident that several business clients will make use of the Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private solutions to extend their internal cloud environments to geographically distributed infrastructures in its SAS 70 Type II certified data centers.</p>
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<p align="left">HostMySite/Hosting.com is said to be working closely with the VMware platform to deliver enterprise-class cloud hosting solutions to businesses of all sizes.  The company is actively participating in the VMware vCloud Initiative and working side by side with VMware to launch trial-offer cloud hosting services for virtual appliances and general hosting needs.  Enterprise and small to medium sized businesses can leverage the benefits of the VMware virtualization platform via both the Cloud 9 Enterprise and Cloud 9 Private solutions.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>About HostMySite/Hosting.com</strong></p>
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<p align="left">As a fully merged entity, HostingMySite/Hosting.com provides enterprise-level dedicated and colocation hosting, managed hosting, cloud computing, disaster recovery and business continuity services to a global base of customers.  The company operates multiple world-class data centers in California, Delaware and Kentucky with another facility currently being constructed in Denver, Colorado.  The HostMySite/Hosting.com infrastructure is designed to support business clients who run mission-critical operations and demand a high level of availability.</p>
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		<title>Mezeo Takes Part in Cloud Storage Gathering</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CommunicateBetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as if everyone in the IT world today is singing the praises of the &#8220;cloud.&#8221;  This has been reflected by experts at the Hosting Transformation Summit Europe in London, England desire to have a closer look at cloud storage, easily the fastest growing facet of the cloud computing market.

Bill Pitts, senior Vice President [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">It seems as if everyone in the IT world today is singing the praises of the &#8220;cloud.&#8221;  This has been reflected by experts at the Hosting Transformation Summit Europe in London, England desire to have a closer look at cloud storage, easily the fastest growing facet of the cloud computing market.</p>
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<p align="left">Bill Pitts, senior Vice President of global sales at Mezeo Software Corp., participated in the panel called &#8220;Storage Opportunities: Cloud vs. Conventional.&#8221;  Pitts touched on the issue of while traditional NAS and SAN-based storage capacities have continuously expanded, users are increasingly demanding capabilities these solutions simply can&#8217;t provide.  Shedding light on how cloud storage has rapidly become a mainstream solution, Pitts says that the cloud is being widely accepted and adopted by end-users and service providers alike.  Aside from helping providers stay relevant in their respective industries, cloud storage also allows these companies to offer new capabilities to their existing clients and essentially expand their market reach utilizing the same solutions.  Pitts highly recommends that service providers and those who are still unsure of the benefits tap into the cloud storage market, and tap into it fast.</p>
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<p align="left">Coupled with web services APIs, the Mezeo cloud storage platform enables IT service providers to instantly enter the highly competitive cloud storage sector with their own fully-branded cloud storage solution.  The platform it currently offers is built on four different solutions: Cloud Storage with Web Services APIs, SaaS Cloud, Access Cloud and Personal Cloud Storage.  This suite of services allows customers to completely leverage the type of cloud solution that meets their storage needs best.</p>
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<p align="left">The Storage Opportunities panel was held on June 2, 2009, kicking off at 11:40 a.m. at the Hilton Tower Bridge in London, England.  The event was moderated by Simon Robinson, research director of storage at 451 Group.  Joining Pitts in the discussion was Sajai Krishnan of cloud storage startup ParaScale and a co-founder from Nirvanix.  <strong></strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>About the Hosting Transformation Summit Europe</strong></p>
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<p align="left">Headed by Tier 1 Research, the Hosting Transformation Summit Europe is a major international  forum made for executives in the data center, web hosting and internet infrastructure markets.  Its overall focus is to deal with the economies of these specific markets and how each can position themselves to succeed.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>About Mezeo Corp. </strong></p>
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<p align="left">With its headquarters based in Houston, Texas, Mezeo Corp. is an industry leading provider of easily deployable cloud storage platforms.  Its solutions enable managed dedicated server providers, IT hosting providers, SaaS providers and converged telecommunications providers to instantly incorporate a profitable cloud storage service into their existing portfolio.  Mezeo&#8217;s cloud solutions include secure file storage, file sharing and collaboration, content tagging and genuine anytime, anywhere access for any Microsoft Windows desktop via Web 2.0 browsers and devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile native client.   The company focuses on delivering solutions that are easy to deploy and maintain, highly scalable and secure.  Thanks to the immaculate design of its APIs, Mezeo&#8217;s cloud storage solutions are also highly extendible.</p>
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		<title>eHosting DataFort Plays Sponsors to Inaugural Data Center Forum</title>
		<link>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2009/06/03/ehosting-datafort-plays-sponsors-to-inaugural-data-center-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the data center industry has seen tremendous growth over the last few years, organizations are still faced with the overwhelming need to manage surplus data while having continuous access to real-time information and meet the increasing demands of the mobile force within corporate enterprises.  These topics and more will be discovered this week in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Although the data center industry has seen tremendous growth over the last few years, organizations are still faced with the overwhelming need to manage surplus data while having continuous access to real-time information and meet the increasing demands of the mobile force within corporate enterprises.  These topics and more will be discovered this week in the Middle East.</p>
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<p align="left">eHosting DataFort, managed IT hosting solutions and advisory services provider, will represent the data center industry as a sponsor for the first ever Data Centre Strategies Middle East Forum.  The event will be held from June 2 through June 3, 2009 in Abu Dhabi and is slated to address several issues related to the sectors behind development processes that affect the business, operation and planning aspects in the data center industry.</p>
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<p align="left">Featuring a who&#8217;s who lineup of international experts, delegates and speakers from leading organizations as well as owners, operations, investors and vendors, Data Centre Strategies Middle East Forum 2009 will see eHosting DataFort delivering critical insight on the state of the data center industry in the Middle East.  The company will particularly highlight on its expertise in providing managed data center solutions to its enterprise customers as well as clients in the telecom, government, semi-government and other critical sectors in the industry.</p>
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<p align="left">eHosting DataFort CEO Yasser Zeineldin, is slated to address the forum and also take part in the CEO Data Centre Middle East Roundtable.  He will discuss a variety of topical issues with senior representatives, touching on the growth, challenges, opportunities and outlook of data centers in the Middle East.  Zeineldin says the company is happy to be sponsoring the Data Centre Strategies Middle Forum 2009 and bring a wealth of industry leaders to the region.  As the leading managed hosting service provider in the Middle East, eHosting DataFort is looking forward to bringing together major executives from enterprises, government and various other instrumental sectors.</p>
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<p align="left">Philip Low, BroadGroup Managing Director, consulting firm and organizer of the forum, says that members of the forum welcome eHosting Datafort&#8217;s sponsorship, stating that Yasser Zeindeldin&#8217;s presence in the Data Centre Middle East CEO Roundtable will be a valuable experience.  According to Low, the active participation eHosting Datafort and other major players in the region providing content and insight in a rich networking environment encompasses the true value of the entire event.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>About eHosting DataFort </strong></p>
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<p align="left">A wholly owned subsidiary of TECOM Investments, eHosting DataFort is a leading IT management and advisory service provider.  With state of the art data centers, a highly reliable, scalable infrastructure and around the clock fully managed operations, the company leverages a wide range of network technologies and partners located in the GCC and MENA regions, North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  A number of ISO certifications based on the best international standards and global practices enables the organization to deliver managed IT solutions to some of the world&#8217;s largest organizations.  eHosting Dataa has garnered several notable projects with clients that include, Arcelor Mittal, Emirates Airlines, British Telecom, Panasonic, Khaleej Times, Arab Bank, the Dubai Financial Market and the Dubai e-government among others.</p>
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