Several hundred improvements have been made to the client dashboard, the most notable ones being the following:

- View health status of servers, including history
- Support Center content has been rounded out with Tutorials, Guides, Knowledge base, FAQs, useful downloads, and access to Community Forums.
- Reply to ticket updates and notification via emails
- New ticket escalation processes
- Create multiple users (up to 5) with access controls
- New ticket rating, feedback system and search features
- Integrated rewards points and ordering
- Many order form improvements including order tracking
- Rewards points and affiliate stats improvements
- New private messaging system
- Monitoring improvements include uptime reports and logs
- Ability for dedicated and VPS clients to add monitoring with instructions free of charge
- Manage private name servers
- Automating all orders, API improvements

A new SLA includes a 100% uptime guarantee and a new 10X (1,000%) SLA credit for all clients. See the exact details of the SLA at www.hostingzoom.com/tos.php.

“Our clients have proven to be some of the most loyal in the industry, and we wanted to thank them for their continued business by reaffirming our commitment to them,” says Greg Landis, CEO of Hosting Zoom.
“Research consistently shows the cost of acquiring new customers is always higher than retaining existing ones. Higher customer satisfaction and positive word-of-mouth will complement our compelling sales initiatives we have readied for the fall and winter.”

About Hosting Zoom
Hosting Zoom is a privately held web hosting company based in Houston, Texas. Hosting Zoom is an industry-leading provider of web hosting services to small and medium-sized businesses, government agencies and non-profit organizations worldwide. Hosting Zoom customers enjoy the flexibility of choosing from a full suite of hosting solutions, ranging from shared hosting and virtual private servers to dedicated and managed hosting. Each plan is backed by a world-class data center infrastructure and network, and supported by a rock solid customer service operation.

Source : myhostnews.com

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

For clients looking for a powerful server, Cirrus Tech’s Intel Enterprise Servers include 2 x Six Core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. Clients who are looking to purchase or upgrade to a dedicated server, but do not require bleeding edge performance, can take advantage of the more affordable Pro Servers with Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors. Clients also have the ability to upgrade the RAM and hard disks on any customizable server.

“Having been in the web hosting industry for over 10 years, we’ve seen our clients’ server requirements change significantly,” explains Cirrus Tech CEO, Ehsan Mirdamadi. “As a result, we’re always looking for the latest web hosting technologies to meet the adapting needs of our clients, and we feel that our latest CPU offerings meet these needs.”

In addition to their customizable dedicated servers, Cirrus Tech also offers a range of discounted, or Ready2Go, servers that can be provisioned within 24 hours. These servers are sold on a first-come-first-served basis, and are pre-configured with CPUs ranging from Intel Celeron to 2 x Quad Core Intel Xeon processors.

Intel claims that the 5500 series is the “Greatest Intel Xeon Performance Leap in History”, and the 5600 series surpasses the performance gains of the 5500 series. Clients wanting to future-proof their IT may want to consider Cirrus Tech customizable servers.

About Cirrus Tech Ltd
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.

Source : tophosts.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

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

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

Wikileaks (www.wikileaks.org), a collaborative site with the intention of facilitating the free flow of information has reportedly kept crucial information from the public about its own operations, and its secure submission system, a cornerstone of the concept, has been offline for more than three weeks.

Months after Wikileaks director Julian Assange was caught lying about the identities of his organization’s board members, Wikimedia Commons reports that the site’s secure submissions server has been down since June 12 after the organization failed to pony up the $30 fee for its annual Secure Sockets Layer certificate renewal.

Launched in 2007, Wikileaks gained wide media attention recently for releasing a video of journalists being killed by US helicopters in Iraq. Following this attention, Assange was apparently the subject of unwanted attention from authorities. upon his return to his home country, Australia, airport security confronted him, taking his passport and searching his bags.

This incident and others (such as claims that gunman broke into his home in Kenya and attempted to kill him for Wikileaks’ role in exposing government-sponsored killings there — despite little evidence suggesting that it was anything more than a robbery) helps to further establish Wikileaks as a threat to authority. These incidents, however, have led some to the conclusion that Assange may be misreporting these events to make him seem like the target of conspiracies in an effort to stir publicity.

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

The Chicago-based web hosting company has quickly achieved a dominant position in the dedicated and complex hosting business by offering innovative solutions for end-users and resellers. In 2008, SingleHop introduced LEAP, an advanced control panel, designed to give customers complete control over their infrastructure. Earlier this year, SingleHop launched the highly successful Tandem Reseller system, which offers resellers enhanced control, greater sales potential, and higher margins.

“Tandem revolutionized the reseller market,” said SingleHop President and CEO Zak Boca. “It was the first to offer the end-user a fully white-labeled control panel. Tandem also gained notoriety amongst web hosters by providing unlimited SSL certificates, among other exclusive offers.” Both systems, LEAP and Tandem, have also been extended to various additional platforms, including the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Firefox toolbar, and various widgets, making SingleHop a leader in providing complementary tools that expand on the amount of control the end-user has.

With the launch of the Cascade Platform, SingleHop will again redefine the reseller experience by offering the world’s first turn-key cloud reseller system, available under the Tandem Reseller program, with all of the usual perks, including end-user control panels in over 15 languages. Cascade will allow resellers to seamlessly create and manage virtual machines via LEAP, and then have the ability to sell them with fully customized control panels for the end-user through Tandem.

“Adoption of cloud computing technologies by hosting providers has not yet hit a tipping point, because we feel hosting companies haven’t had the necessary components to easily bring a product to market,” Boca said. “We feel that our unique combination of technologies, LEAP, Tandem, and Cascade will change the landscape, and will further enable adoption of cloud computing in the hosting world.”

The cloud hosting reseller system will be launching July 17th around the time of the industry’s annual convention, HostingCon. SingleHop executives are scheduled to speak during two exclusive sessions, July 19th and 20th at 3 pm. Monday’s event is focused on “Reselling the Cloud,” while Tuesday’s is focused on mobile server and cloud management technologies. Entrance is limited to HostingCon participants and media.

About HostingCon

HostingCon is a premier conference and trade show for the hosted services industry. This year’s event will take place July 19-21 at the Austin Convention Center, Texas. Around 1,500 Internet professionals from 30 countries are expected to attend the show, which is celebrating its 6th anniversary.

About SingleHop

SingleHop, Inc. is a full-service managed dedicated hosting provider that was founded on the principal of providing reliable, cost-effective, dedicated servers. The company was founded by Zak Boca and Dan Ushman in 2006 and currently hosts thousands of websites from around the world. The cornerstone of SingleHop’s managed hosting is the a la Carte Server Management Program, which is a full array of transparent management services designed and tested to allow business customers to tailor their level of support to their needs or expertise.

For more information, or to request a complimentary media invite to the sessions, please contact Dan Salcedo at PR@singlehop.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Source : pr-canada.net