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

HostDime announced today the launch of its new website, providing optimized user navigation, a fresh aesthetic appeal, and easy access to the company’s expanding line of services.

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

A leading government official in Tuvalu claims the nation should be paid more for leasing the use of the .tv top-level domain.

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