To provide complete, turnkey infrastructure, enabling service providers to offer hosted UC, SIP Trunking and On-demand communications services.

IntelePeer Inc., a provider of communications via cloud-based infrastructure, yesterday announced a partnership with WorkSpace Communications, a unified communications provider, to deliver an easily deployed, hosted unified communications (UC) offering based on Microsoft Office Communications Server.

The company explains that by combining its Quick Start SIP Trunking program, Voice Peering NetworkTM, and SuperRegistryTM with WorkSpace Communications’ patent-pending Microsoft OCS environment, which interoperates with any previously installed Microsoft Exchange implementation, they provide a complete, turnkey solution. Together, they enable service providers to offer hosted UC, SIP trunking and on-demand communications services that can be deployed almost instantly, without requiring extensive changes to related applications.

It further explains that its hosted SIP trunks are offered without requiring minimum commitments, eliminating up-front deployment risks and minimizing capital expenditures. Through its advanced network infrastructure, the company simplifies telecommunications by delivering carrier-quality service over public or private Internet Protocol (IP) connections. This spares customers from the need to change their current data provider or existing communications equipment, eliminating the lengthy delays associated with most service providers.

“The IntelePeer Quick Start program is optimized for Microsoft OCS,” said Margaret Norton, General Manager, Enterprise for IntelePeer. “We can turn around a hosted, Microsoft-certified SIP trunk as rapidly as five days, giving our partners and customers the agility they need for today’s dynamic market.”

“Our hosted environment makes it much easier and cost effective for service providers to offer Microsoft OCS-based, unified communications services, enabling them to extend their revenue stream and quickly meet growing customer demand,” said Bryan DiGiorgio, Chief Executive Officer for WorkSpace Communications.

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Newtek Web Hosting, the technology services division of Newtek Business Services, Inc., yesterday announced that it has added the Microsoft Web Application Gallery to the list of tools available within the WebControlCenter, their account management application. The company mentions that the Web App Gallery is included for all shared hosting plans hosted on the Windows Server 2008 and IIS7 platform and provides users with easy installation of over twenty popular PHP and ASP.NET-based web applications.

It articulates that Microsoft’s Web App Gallery includes widely used blogging platforms, content management systems, photo galleries, tools, and forum software. And with a 1-click, or near 1-click, installation process for all included apps, users can quickly and easily install the applications of their choice and have them online and fully operational within a few short minutes.

The company avers that its Web App Gallery tool is included free on all new ASP.NET and ColdFusion 9 hosting plans, which are both hosted on Microsoft’s latest web platform, Windows Server 2008. It adds that some of the applications included in the Web App Gallery, and supported by the company, includes WordPress, DotNetNuke Community Edition, Acquia Drupal, Umbraco CMS, phpBB, and Gallery Server Pro to name a few.

“Seeing the huge benefits of giving our customers an easier way to deploy widely used applications, our phenomenal Development Team placed a great deal of time and resources into building out the Web App Gallery tool within the WebControlCenter,” said Bob Cichon, President of Newtek Technology Services. “It not only saves time and makes things easier for designers and developers, but it adds significant value for hosting resellers using our environment for their own clientele.”

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M5 Hosting, a worldwide leader in customized, high performance Linux and BSD dedicated server hosting solutions, announced today it will sponsor the upcoming BarCamp San Diego, to be held July 10-11 at the Intuit Campus in San Diego, Calif. M5 Hosting is sponsoring the event at the secondary sponsorship level. BarCamp San Diego, part of an international network of “unconferences,” is an exciting, open forum for computer enthusiasts, industry professionals and others passionate about Internet culture, technology, and life online. Although there is no set schedule or organized speaker lineup, attendees will participate in lively discussions with key experts and other attendees. The event is built on the philosophy that anyone who builds or uses the Internet on a regular basis has something to learn and something to teach.

“BarCamp is an exciting gathering of smart and creative people sharing their skills and knowledge in a welcoming, engaged environment. They are the kind of people who make the content and services that eventually need M5 Hosting. We want to promote and encourage events like this in any way we can, especially by lending our time, talent, and treasure,” said Michael J. McCafferty, principal of M5 Hosting.

“BarCamp is and always will be a volunteer-led effort. Support from companies like M5 Hosting is vital to our success and enables us to continue our mission of bringing together people who want to learn more about the Internet and online culture,” said Dan Tentler, organizer of BarCamp San Diego.

As a secondary sponsor of the event, M5 Hosting will be recognized at the event, as well as on the BarCamp website and t-shirts. M5 Hosting staff will also participate in discussions and may choose a topic on which to lead a presentation.

Earlier this year, M5 Hosting introduced a new data backup service powered by R1Soft Continuous Data Protection™ (CDP) technology. Customers are able to purchase the data backup service, which starts at $50 per month, as an add-on to their core hosting services.

In March, M5 Hosting began operations in its second data center facility, an 80,000 square-foot purpose-built data center located in the San Diego Spectrum area of San Diego, Calif. Originally built to support a large defense contractor and its government contracts, the facility has recently been updated with the latest in highly-efficient power and cooling systems.

To learn more about M5 Hosting, please visit www.M5Hosting.com.

About M5 Hosting
As an industry leader in customized Linux and BSD dedicated server hosting solutions, M5 Hosting serves hundreds of small to medium sized business and enterprises worldwide. M5 Hosting specializes in managing unique client needs, ranging from supporting an individual project or building highly-available, distributed hosting solutions for mission-critical applications. M5 Hosting is based in San Diego, California and was founded in 2001 as a division of M5 Computer Security.

Source : myhostnews.com

123Together.com – a mindSHIFT Technologies company and the leading provider of hosted, cloud-based email and business collaboration services – is one of the first Microsoft Exchange hosting providers to make Microsoft Outlook 2010 available to organizations free of charge.

Microsoft Outlook is the world’s premier email management software, used by more than 500 million Microsoft Office users.  Outlook 2010 takes business productivity and instant communication to the next level, enabling users to stay in touch at the office, at home and on the road.  Users can better manage long email conversations, share and view multiple calendars at one time, communicate with colleagues and family members live from within Microsoft Outlook and much more.

“Our goal is to help all small and mid-size companies grow their businesses with the most valuable, yet cost-effective, productivity tools,” said William Flynn, 123Together.com general manager.  “We are proud to be able to provide these organizations with immediate access to the world’s leading email software at no cost to them.”

Key features of Microsoft Outlook 2010 include:

Quickly And Easily Manage Email: Outlook 2010’s Conversation View condenses long email chains, eliminating the need to search for all associated responses.  Emails can also be automatically deleted if the user deems the discussion to be unimportant.

Quickly Scan Multiple Calendars At Once: Schedule View combines personal, calendars, business calendars, and resource calendars, letting users conveniently and efficiently manage all aspects of their day.  Frequently used calendars can also be grouped and redisplayed together when needed.

Stay Connected With Co-Workers And Friends: Outlook 2010’s Social Connector is a central source of information on co-workers and friends, pulling data from LinkedIn and other social networks into the Outlook mailbox.  Users can now communicate with others live from within Outlook.

Make Emails Stand Out: New SmartArt pictures, themes, and styles can be easily incorporated into any email with built-in graphics editing tools so the senders’ emails will be more impactful and stand out in a sea of other email messages.

Microsoft Outlook 2010 is complementary with the purchase of 123Together.com’s hosted Exchange Server email service. It is available to small and mid-sized organizations for a flat monthly per-user fee. 123Together.com’s suite of enterprise applications also includes hosted SharePoint and CRM, email archiving, encryption, desktop backup, spam filtering, mobile email services and more.  This enables companies of all sizes to take advantage of these online services for a small monthly fee without the need for in-house servers or an onsite technical staff.

About 123Together.com

Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a mindSHIFT company, is the leading provider of cloud-based, hosted email and collaboration services to small and mid-size companies who want to increase productivity and decrease cost.  The Company’s suite of hosted services includes Microsoft Exchange, email encryption, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, archiving, and spam filtering.  Users of popular smartphones including BlackBerry, iPhone, and Droid stay connected with its hosted Exchange mobility service.  All customers receive live, 24×7 U.S.-based technical support and up to a 100% uptime guarantee.  Additional information can be found at www.123Together.com.

Source : hostreview.com