“OnApp v 2.0 is the kind of solution that enables hosting companies to scale more efficiently and move from dedicated servers to clouds, and jump on board before the market leaves them behind. OnApp was a pioneer cloud engine that is now thoroughly market proven and is the most customizable cloud software that service providers can own and grow with. It will help hosting companies build their brands and reputations in the marketplace,” says Carlos Rego, MD of OnApp.

Initially, v 1.x of the OnApp cloud engine software was designed by a team with deep hosting experience to meet the specific market requirements of VPS.NET; the ability to deploy custom virtual machines in a matter of minutes, set up public or private clouds (with no overhead) and manage all server resources on a virtual platform. Additionally, support for multiple operating systems is handled with ease with OnApp’s technology, which enables simultaneous hosting of servers with various operating systems. It runs on commodity hardware, such as Dell or SuperMicro and it can adopt any SAN/Storage solution available.

“The demand for cloud hosting was beyond our expectations; more than 10,000 servers went live within seven months of entering the market, and have now deployed almost three times as much on our OnApp powered platform, making it the fastest growing entity within the UK2 Group, outselling dedicated servers 10:1” says Nick Nelson, MD of VPS.net.

Merrill Lynch estimates the cloud computing market will reach $160 billion by 2011,OnApp reduces the barriers to entry for hosting providers to tap into this lucrative and rapidly growing market.

OnApp is a fully customizable cloud engine, with built in failover and resource management, utility and resource based billing, support for both Windows and Linux VMs and can be deployed in less than one day.

Currently OnApp is offering a promotion that gives clients the first year for free and a subsequent monthly licensing fee of $10 per physical CPU core that includes free setup, integration and 24/7 phone support.

About OnApp
OnAppdelivers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable service providers to offer public and private clouds. With over 30,000 deployed virtual servers in less than 2 years, it is becoming one of the fastest growing cloud platforms in the market and the preferred choice for hosting providers looking to scale into the rapidly growing cloud industry. OnApp has offices in US and Europe and employs over 35 developers and can be found at www.onapp.com.

Source : hosting-news.org

Cloud computing services provider Joyent (www.joyent.com) announced on Thursday it has acquired software virtual server management tools provider Layerboom Systems (www.layerboom.com).

With this acquisition, Joyent will be able to offer expanded cloud infrastructure services to customers by adding new virtualization technology for Windows and Linux operating systems.

Joyent customers will be the only cloud computing users that can deploy both the cloud-optimized Joyent SmartOS and legacy Windows and Linux platforms in their application architectures.

The company has been actively making acquisitions in the past few years, with Layerboom being its third such major deal.

The acquisitions have enabled Joyent in providing some of the most comprehensive infrastructure as a service and platform as a service offerings on the market.

“Joyent already offers customers the widest range of integrated Smart Technologies to support high-performance and reliable cloud computing,” says Joyent CEO David Young. “With Layerboom’s capabilities on our team, we are able to offer a broader technology portfolio and continue to drive the development of increasingly sophisticated cloud-based application architectures.”

Layerboom’s open-source virtual server cloud management solutions provide a multi-tenant administration system that give users the flexibility and agility to manage virtual private server cloud build out and maintenance.

Source : thewhir.com

“I plan to tell attendees how to gain an advantage over their competitors by beginning their IPv6 transition now,” said Owen DeLong, Hurricane Electric’s IPv6 Evangelist. “If done properly, IPv6 transition can be a relatively painless process and yield a number of advantages, such as simplified network configuration and IT service extensibility.”

Hurricane Electric first deployed IPv6 on its global backbone in 2001. This backbone is one of the few that is IPv6-native and does not rely on internal tunnels for its IPv6 connectivity. IPv6 is offered as a core service and every customer is provided IPv6 connectivity, as well as classic IPv4 connectivity.

Last November, Hurricane Electric announced that its IPv6 network had doubled in less than a year to more than 600 associated IPv6 backbones.  As of today, Hurricane Electric has further increased its count of associated IPv6 backbones to more than 830.

In addition to offering enterprises free IPv6 certification, last year Hurricane Electric released an IPv4 depletion Application for the iPhone and Google Android platform plus additional tools to educate CIOs and network administrators about the urgency of this transition.

About Hurricane Electric
Hurricane Electric is a leading Internet Backbone and Colocation Provider. Hurricane Electric operates its own global IPv4 and IPv6 network and owns several data centers in Fremont, California, running multiple N-by-10 Gbps links throughout North America, Europe and Asia.  Founded by Mike Leber in his garage in 1994, Hurricane Electric now operates the largest IPv6 Internet Backbone in the world as measured by the number of networks connected.

For additional information on Hurricane Electric, please visit www.he.net.

Source : myhostnews.com

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.

Source : web-hosting-top.com

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.”

Source : web-hosting-top.com

“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

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

The leading resource for information on the web hosting industry, is pleased to announce that it will be participating as a top-level sponsor of the Mississauga Independent Film Festival (www.miff.ca) in July 2010.

The WHIR is one of five Close-Up Sponsors for the event, which began in 2007 with an effort to create the most filmmaker-friendly festival there is by being approachable and accessible to independent filmmakers. Along with screenings, the festival includes workshops designed to help indie filmmakers improve their craft

As a leading publication in the web technology world, the Web Host Industry Review will be sponsoring the Web Series award category, which rewards an independent filmmaker who made their name on the web. The Web Series award will be presented by the WHIR along with MIFF celebrity Judge and host of Webnation on CP24, commandN.tv, and author of Power Friending, Amber MacArthur, who will be one of the judges for the award for the first time.

“It’s exciting to see the Web Series category added to a film festival like MIFF that celebrates originality and the independent spirit in Canada.” says MacArthur.  “And to have the WHIR on board as the presenting sponsor of the award for Best Web Series helps cement the art and science of web video as one that’s worthy of notice and reward.”

A Toronto business that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, the WHIR is a big supporter of the local technology community, and is eager to lend its support to the local indie film community.

“In covering the web technology industry, we’re a participant in a really global business,” says WHIR publisher Stephen Mayhew. “But we’re also strong believers in the strength of local communities within that business, and we work to foster those with projects like the local networking events we’ve been hosting since 2009. We’re thrilled to be able to support a local community like Canadian independent filmmakers through sponsoring MIFF.”

The WHIR’s networking events are sponsor-supported free networking evenings, and as a result the organization is very aware of how helpful sponsorship can be in putting together a fantastic event.

“It’s really exciting to have the WHIR onboard to sponsor the Best Web Series award because they’ve had their finger on the pulse of the Internet for a decade now, and no one knows web trends better than they do,” says MIFF founding director Matt Campagna. “So if they’re getting behind this new category in MIFF’s programming it’s really the best vote of confidence we could hope to get for the industry of web video and the hard work of Canadian independent producers.”

MIFF runs from July 7 to 11. One episode of each web series will play in each of the festival’s short programs. The awards, including the WHIR-sponsored Web Series award, will be presented on Sunday, July 11.

Schedule and ticket information for the Mississauga Independent Film Fest is available at the MIFF website, www.miff.ca.

Source : thewhir.com

The new site, which has been in development for several months, continues HostDime’s distinctive orange-and-silver color scheme and integrates the company’s worldwide portfolio of hosting choices, including six international locations outside the United States.

Existing and prospective customers will also be able to more easily use the new site, with streamlined navigation and standards-based coding. User experience was a primary factor for HostDime in designing and developing the new site.

“We know how the old, not-so-wise saying goes: ‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.’ All of us at HostDime feel a lot differently. We want our site mirror the constant support that we provide to our clients. We have always gone above and beyond to suit our clients’ global web hosting and support needs, so why not give our current and future clients all the hosting tools and information they need with just a few clicks of their mouse?” said Emmanuel Vivar, CEO of HostDime.

To learn more about HostDime and see its new website, please visit http://www.hostdime.com.

About HostDime

HostDime is a privately owned, leading website hosting provider offering reliable, secure managed hosting services that cater to a range of clients, from entry-level to enterprise-level operations. HostDime owns and operates its own data center in Orlando, Fla. With a client base of more than 700,000 hosted domains on 3,000 servers, HostDime presently ranks among the top 50 biggest web hosting companies in the world.

Source : w3reports.com

Back in the 1990s, when the internet was in its infancy, the Pacific island outsourced the rights to its country code to a US firm for two million dollars a year, reports Radio New Zealand International.

However, now that the web has become increasingly commercialised, finance minister Lotoala Metia says the deal should be enhanced.

“We are negotiating but we are tied because of the agreement that was signed before us,” he told the news provider.

“We cannot negotiate for an increase until 2016. Counter offers have been made but they are not acceptable to the government of the day”

Mr Metia said the government would have to “stick to its guns” for the time being despite receiving “peanuts” for the use of .tv.

From this year, commercial organisations are able to register generic top-level domains with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

Source : globalgold.co.uk