Dedicated Server Firm, Layered Technologies, Deploys Managed Services Extension

Self-managed, dedicated server products and utility services firm, Layered Technologies, Inc.’s virtualization investments and acquisition of FastServers.net, have assisted in the extension of DEFCON managed services, including virtual machines.

John Pozadzides, Chief Marketing Officer at Layered Tech noted, ”For years, Layered Tech has created flexible solutions that remove server costs and complexity so that customers can focus on their core business and leave server management to us. The extension of DEFCON managed services to our Grid Layer virtual machines is another powerful value-creating tool for our customers. Our roots are as a hosting provider that works closely with customers, and we’re continuing to do that in the area of virtualization by giving our customers even greater choice when it comes to defining the amount of security, support, monitoring, and specialized software that is associated with their virtualization environment.”

The latest advance from Layered Tech now enables customers of its Grid Layer virtual machines (VM) to experience the same highly developed services available to its dedicated server clients.

DEFCON managed services mitigate challenges commonly associated with the operations of hosted infrastructure, providing a single source for server administration, service-level based support, 24×7 monitoring and recovery, patch management, and security protection. In addition to The Grid Layer VM offering, DEFCON managed services are available with Layered Tech’s on-demand, dedicated server solutions based on CentOS, Red Hat, and Windows 2003.

Tiered DEFCON managed services provide customers the freedom to choose the level of service they want to manage their servers. From DEFCON 5 (for those customers who want to manage all aspects of their server applications) to DEFCON 1 (in which Layered Tech provides the full scope of server management and monitoring), companies can customize their server operations, easily and quickly scaling up or down as their organizations grow and as needs change.

The benefits of transitioning to a hosted virtual machine environment are amplified for companies that traditionally buy multiple physical servers, because virtualization can significantly reduce costs associated with hardware, data centers and other network infrastructure. In addition to saving hard costs, customers also can reduce demands on internal IT personnel who no longer have to manage multiple physical servers and data centers.

DEFCON management services are available initially to existing Layered Tech customers - those who already are Grid Layer VM customers and those who wish to migrate from a dedicated server environment to a virtualization platform. The managed virtual machine offering includes an operating system such as CentOS and a control panel such as cPanel or Plesk; customers will have the option to buy management services for those control panels.

Jack Finlayson, CEO of Layered Tech remarked, ”We are able to offer DEFCON managed services across our suite of hosted infrastructure offerings because Layered Tech has made solid strategic decisions, including our investments in virtualization technologies and our acquisition of FastServers.net. Just like our traditional dedicated server hosted business has stood the test of time, we strongly believe that Layered Tech’s virtualization strategy has already positioned us far ahead of other providers. In fact, virtualization solutions are the fastest-growing segment of our product and service portfolio, and we look forward to continuing to deliver cutting-edge virtualization solutions by working closely with and for our customers.”

Layered Technologies, Inc. is a global provider of on-demand hosting, utility computing solutions and web services. By providing high quality technology, infrastructure and support we enable customers to forego capital expenses and save on operating costs while focusing on core business issues. Layered Technologies’ scalable infrastructure powers millions of sites and Internet enabled applications including e-Commerce, Software as a Service (”SaaS”), content distribution and more. Its clients range from leading-edge Web 2.0 startups, successful mid-sized enterprises and some the world’s largest consultancy and integration firms.

Web Hosting Windows Hyper-V Control Panel, Unveiled at DotNetPanel

Windows hosting control panel product of SMB SAAS Systems, Inc., DotNetPanel, has unveiled its new, first-ever Hyper-V control panel for hosting companies desiring a complete virtualization and VPS solution.

The new DotNetPanel VPS solution is a set of modules designed exclusively for provisioning Virtual Private Servers (VPS) based on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology.

Feodor Fitsner, Director of DotNetPanel remarked, ”We are the first control panel development company to build and offer Hyper-V virtualization provisioning software to hosting companies and SaaS providers. Our new Hyper-V enterprise modules provide our customers the ability to create, start, stop, and automate VPS provisioning — all in one control panel.”

System administrators can completely automate VPS provisioning while giving end users a web-based self-service control panel to manage their own servers. The new Hyper-V module supports Virtual Data Center (VDC) mode for hosting, development, testing, and demo purposes. VDC users have full control over their VPS, private, and external networks.

Mr. Fitsner noted, ”Providers now have full control over their virtualization environment at a remarkably low price without sacrificing quality, speed, and uptime. All features and functionality are available in one control panel for complete automation of all business operations.”

DotNetPanel with Hyper-V supports reseller features including custom hosting name patterns, hosting plans with ‘Hyper-V’ resources, customizable ‘VPS Setup Letter’ template, and the ability to add an external network address. End users can view a list of virtual machines, their status, disk space allocation, memory utilization, VPS state, manage VPS Networking, and a dozen other features.

Mr. Fitsner concluded, ”The new DotNetPanel Hyper-V modules offer Enterprise-class virtualization at a fraction of the cost compared to more expensive, complicated systems on the market. DotNetPanel is the only control panel that can automate VPS provisioning in less than ten minutes. Administrators get complete automation of all business cycles: customer sign-up, VPS provisioning, recurring charges, upgrades/downgrades, and bandwidth calculation.”

DotNetPanel is the flagship Windows hosting control panel product of SMB SAAS Systems, Inc., a privately-held independent software vendor that creates innovative products, services, and technologies for Windows hosting companies and Software as a Service providers. DotNetPanel supports Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Internet Information Services 7.0, SmarterTools Bundle, and the new VPS solution for complete Enterprise-level automation of virtualization. DotNetPanel offers a free express edition and commercially available standard and enterprise editions.

For more information about DotNetPanel, please visit: www.dotnetpanel.com.

COMPLEXITIES TO OVERCOME IN WEB HOSTING

Web hosting which is Internet hosting service brings under purview individuals and organizations to provide access of websites via World Wide Web. They provide space on a server they own for the use of clients and as data center for internet connectivity. As part of the Internet access plan there are numerous free and paid providers of service and the customer only have to make requirements of the application before choosing the party. They include database server software, scripting software and operating system. Linux-based web hosting, provider has a wide range of different software. The Web Content Management system that gives solutions to the technical aspects is also included in the Web hosting packages.

ISPs charge different fees for web hosting relative to the size of the website. The charges also vary for the multi pages of the commercial websites and the customer registered domain. A single computer encompasses dozens to hundreds of small websites while multiple computers may be used for one large website.

Free web hosting is sometimes conditional to advertisement support and when compared to paid hosting the functionality is limited. Shared hosting on the other hand is linking with many other sites ranging from hundreds to thousands. In effect, all domains share a common pool such as RAM and CPU.

Reseller web hosting (www.Webhostinginsider.net/reseller-web-hosting.php) enables clients to become web hosts themselves.

Depending on the affiliations of individual domains, resellers can function under combination of the listed types.

Virtual dedicated server makes an impression to the user that they are their own dedicated server but in actuality they are being shared with many users. In dedicated hosting service, despite getting full control does not own the user. In co-location hosting service, though expensive, by providing physical space takes care of the server.

In clustered hosting multiple server hosts similar content for resource utilization. Where as in entire or partially managed web hosting, site design, programming and all eCommerce facilities are included and for those intending to use their own servers and software, could be located at the ISP with the provision of power, Internet access and some level of management.

The service scope for hosting varies as for basic Web page and small scale file hosting. File Transfer(FTP) or a Web interface in files uploading are delivered to the Web “as is” or with little processing, without any fee, by many Internet providers (ISP). Web page hosting that can be obtained from alternate service providers free of charge, is sufficient only for personal web pages.

For complex site data base support system and application development platforms (e.g. PHP, Java, and ASP.NET) these facilities customers can write or i9nstall scripts for applications like forums and content management SSL is also required for e-commerce. E-commerce a specialization of some hosts is used by large companies to outsource network infrastructure to a hosting company.

Many hosting providers claim “99% or 99.9%” server uptime in hosting reliability and uptime refer only as server being powered on and does not account for network downtime state.

Real downtime though potentially larger than guaranteed by the hosting provider many tie uptime and accessibility into their own Service Level Agreement and if personal goals are not met SLAs may or may not include refunds or reduced rates.

Criteria For Choosing A Professional Web Template

One might think that having multiple choices is better than having one which may be wrong when it comes to choosing professional web templates. The enormous list of categories, styles, designs, colors and layouts available online can make your mind boggle. The great deals offered by websites with packages of 10 to 50 web templates make the decision even harder. So the big question is what criteria a web designer should have in choosing a professional web template? Basically, the misconception of believing that a beautiful web template is professional is wrong. It is the basic thing in designing a website but do not make it your only concern. The other content included in your website plays a vital role as well like its stability, readability, functionality and reputation on a search engine.

Start off with a theme that goes with your slogan and nature of your business. You can find many web templates that are categorized according to the products or particular businesses. You can choose by zooming the thumbnail image given in every web template website. Soothing and colorful theme is good but nothing should be emphasized more than the message you want to get through to people with the help of your website. To choose a professional web template, colors are used in text and heading apart from images and pictures to differentiate one column/category/section from another. Choose a web template that allows writing space as much as you require rather than little or more than that. Do not make it too complex for a reader to follow but prefer keeping it simple and decent.

Once you find a web template that is close to your requirements or luckily exactly according to your requirements then go for it. You can make small adjustments yourself as majority of web templates come with the option of changes if the consumer wants to make any. Take your time in picking a professional web template with mutual consent of your partners in the business or trust a professional’s advice as the theme you are about to choose will become your first impression on any customer.

Colocation Web Hosting Provider, iWeb Group, Debuts Blog Launch

iWeb was one of the first Internet hosts to use the blog as a means of communication with its customers, with the first article posted on the French version of their blog in February 2001, more than seven years ago.

More of a transformation than an update, the new blog is streamlined for rapid browsing and is divided into three main sections, in line with the interests of the various audiences. The items will be categorized as either;

a) iWeb news, including press releases and anything new about the company,

b) a ticket or post of technical interest for web developers and systems administrators and

c) articles and news related to the web hosting industry in general.

A section dedicated to the ’system status’ will be visible at all times on the blog’s pages. This section keeps clients informed in real-time of any emergency, maintenance, intervention or any other occurrence that may affect one or more aspects of iWeb services. Once an event (even minor) arises, an article is immediately posted to inform customers and provide as much detail as possible.

The value of the blog is its use as a means of communication with all audiences iWeb, friends, customers, partners (and sometimes even competitors). With the clear objective of ‘opening and facilitating dialogue’ rather than just ?sending? or disseminating information.

Earlier this month, iWeb opened its new head office, located on on Nuns’ Island, housing a completely redundant IT center. Eric Chouinard, President of iWeb noted, ”The new headquarters addresses two major objectives; to provide a high quality colocation infrastructure for our clients, and to reunite almost all of our employees by providing a unique working environment. Until recently, iWeb’s 120 employees were spread out in our three data centers.”
Nicole Menard, Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister of Tourism, remarked, ”This new step in your young history reflects the energy that has marked your growth.”

This is the third building for iWeb, who are already thinking about the fourth according to Mr. Chouinard. The former headquarters, located at 3185 Hochelaga, will remain staffed to fully support the 1800 servers on site. The second center, located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Leonard, has a total capacity of 12 000 dedicated servers and 105 colocation cabinets.

Gerald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal added, ”If iWeb is now recognized as a world leader in the field of web hosting, it is thanks to the perseverance of its leaders who managed to avoid the pitfalls of the dot com implosion while steering their business towards promising growth markets.”

iWeb is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V : IWB), and is one of the largest Canadian providers of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure. With three secure data centers, all in Montreal, iWeb has carved out an enviable position on the international scene with more than 60% of its revenues from abroad.

iWeb recently announced plans to add three new carriers, the addition of these three new transit providers will mean better diversity, redundancy and reachability for all our customers and partners, including:

- T-Systems / Deutsche Telekom- 3Men@Work / Bell Peering- Level 3 Communications

The company attained ranking among Profit Magazine’s top 100 Canadian companies, based on revenue growth over the past 5 years. From 2002 to 2007, the company’s revenues have gone from 1.35 million to 9.82 million as of October 1st 2007, an increase of 627%; enough for iWeb to make its entry into the 100th position on the annual ranking. The PROFIT 100 is the annual ranking which rates the top 100 Canadian companies based on the percentage of their revenue growth over a 5-year span. Produced by the business magazine PROFIT, 2008 marks the 20th edition of the ranking.

iWeb is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V : IWB), and is one of the largest Canadian providers of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure. With three secure data centers, all in Montreal, iWeb has carved out an enviable position on the international scene with more than 60% of its revenues from abroad. Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb has recently completed a $22M financing agreement with investment banking giant Goldman Sachs. iWeb now has over 120 full-time employees and more than 17 000 customers in 145 countries.

To learn more, please visit: www.iweb.com.

Web hosting Application, Ensim Unify Enterprise 2.5, to be Presented at TechMent

Ensim will demonstrate the full Unify Enterprise suite in Booth #107 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition, Version 2.5, allows enterprises to simplify and automate common IT challenges, such as provisioning, password management, role management, and auditing and compliance of Active Directory servers, Exchange and mobility applications through a secure web-based management portal.

The latest edition of Ensim’s Unify Enterprise platform is designed to use IT policy to standardize user provisioning and access control for Active Directory, MS Exchange, and mobile device infrastructure including BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. Available as individual tools or a complete suite that installs in less than an hour, Unify Enterprise provides a turnkey solution that allows IT provisioning policy to be centrally and securely implemented from a web-based user interface or configurable self-service portal, virtually eliminating downtime caused by misconfiguration.

Scott Young, Vice President of marketing at Ensim remarked, ”TechMentor is widely respected for providing strategies to automate, manage, and control Microsoft Windows server systems. As such, it is an ideal place for Ensim to demonstrate Unify 2.5 to reach IT professionals who are looking for ways to decrease operating costs, improve workforce effectiveness, and meet their security and compliance goals.”

Key features of the 2.5 release include:Fine Grain Role Delegation: Allows system administrator roles to be restricted by organizational unit (OU).Simplified Policy-based Provisioning: Auto-setup feature simplifies using IT policy to define user templates. Auto setup; now automatically configures end-users’ home folder, logon script and home drive.

Customizable Provisioning Policies: System administrators can customize the user account creation and provisioning process by automatically configuring approved user name and display name patterns, as well as specified AD attributes.

Change and Audit Logs: AD Manager already tracks the status of each change request made against AD. Version 2.5 also creates a complete log of all changes made to each individual object.
Enhanced Alert Notification Capabilities: System administrators can now customize the action reports, including usage statistics and end-user license alerts.

Support for Multiple Domain Controllers: System administrators can now leverage Unify’s preferences to access multiple domain controllers.

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access control software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft.

To learn more about TechMentor, please visit: http://techmentorevents.com/2008/lasvegas/default.aspx.

For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com

TECHNIQUES FOR BUSINESS ONLINE

It is a lot better for the owner to have technical knowledge business online to put a site to suit the business. The pros are economy, full control over the site and a sense of pride for achieving it. The cons for not having the knowledge are the inability to develop all the necessary components of the site. The lack of knowledge to write effective web copy deprives business prospects and to optimize search engine placement, accessibility and functionality. After the completion of the design, further scope for business is also curtailed.

Besides, research, development of business and implementation of business website is delayed and eventually they have to hustle through the project or postpone to a later date.

The end-result of lack of expertise are denial of results and costs the owner thousands in money and also time.

When this is entrusted to a friend of the family the cons weigh heavily against the business since they take their own time to do it and the advantages of good copy and functionality are lacking. And there is no marketing of the site after the design.

Templates and template driven site plates are the latest that can be resorted to by downloading a template that will put them online in a matter of minutes. The pros are economy, fast design turn around time, visual appeal, easy for information and to publish.

The cons are lack of uniqueness in the site, the he necessity to provide a sales copy, no optimization for the site and no chance of the targeted customers coming to the site. The end result of template driven site is better due to visual appeal and functionality of the structure.
Relying online directories just allows for listing and it is not comparable with the advantages of whole website.

Freelancers and employees are the in-thing since the fall of the dot.com, as many qualified designers will take up the work within budget. The cons of this method are proportional to their skill and they tend to bide time over the internet and on the phone.

Investing on web designing firm is worth the while as they have the expertise to design, conforming to the business needs and goals. However, the risk lies in getting the quality design firm, with ethics.

The eMarketing firm though most expensive method will bring about effective online presence that gives scope for web development online software application and Internet marketing. The advantages of eMarketing are manifold when compared to the earlier methods.

To conclude it is better to subscribe to the myth. “Build a business website and they will come” to understand how to put business online with no cost is in realizing that the cost which represents the end result is directly proportional to the amount of purchase.

TO OBTAIN RESULTS FROM WEBSITE

When 77% of Americans are using the internet regularly it is high time a company takes steps to maximize its website before loosing out the customers. There are eight valuable points that can be taken up with relative ease to bring forth better results.

1. User friendly Website

Productivity can be attained if emphasis is laid on find and purchase. There ought to be an ease to find the information, easy navigability and rapid check out process to make sales to increase.

2. Give in to Speed

When 30 second is all that it takes to convince a customer to stay put the need of the moment is for rapid message; and loading delay can only ruin the prospects, the answer is in a well designed site hosted to deliver high speed.

3. Know the target site

For a website to perform well the fundamental is effective web development by constructing the site to meets the needs and preferences .For this updating of information, technology and convenience to navigate are essential.

4. Know the goal

When a website is constructed conforming to the goal and objective it will play a supportive role. Only then it pleases the present buyers and the prospective buyers

5. Developing web architecture

Clever structure is necessary for people to find information in a logical and easier manner

6. Operate to a plan

A website needs to have a plan that includes processes and time tables for updates and announcements, web marketing campaign and the ways to compete against similar web sites.

7. Marking the website

The tudog’s approach to marketing is organic embedding of Meta tags and other key words in the contents for securing a higher natural listing on the search engines, selective keywords for effective search results and targeted web Ads. These are essential for driving traffic to the site and for creating awareness of the company

Monitoring of Activities gives excellent opportunities to analyze activities for maximizing the potentialities. Besides, they help to evaluate whether they are making any purchases in the site concerned.

Any website is reflective of respect and commitment, towards the customers. A professional should encompass professional attitude and the lack of it is looked down upon.

THE PLACE OF TEMPLATES IN THE DEFINITION OF THE CHARACTER OF ACCOUNT HOLDER

Choosing the templates of the Myspace have to be meticulous since are they used to build the page, and features such as image, data text, video and audio files and streaming media; hence the template has to be strong and inter active. Using the images in a collage format is better.

Features and other specialties are not commonly found in the public Internet sites. But they are available at a prescribed fee. A template provides the keys and tools that enables multicolor and multi features to mover the web page of the Myspace. A suitable template in the down load format to prepare the web page of the Myspace. Care should be taken in the use of icons, software tools and tools provided in the download process. On following these instructions web page can be created within a few hours.

The chances of the Myspace pages crumpled or losing data looms large if the instructions are not followed. By using the popular search engines such as Google and yahoo it is possible to access the templates that are available free. A careful search for the Myspace page can make the account holder feel contented. They come in a host of colors and various styles. It is necessary to make sure that there is no overdoing with the colors which spoil the view of the page; the colors should conform to the moods of the visitors. Google and yahoo also provide professional layouts and themes for the Myspace page for the internet. Keying in the words Myspace layouts in the slot provided for search should be borne in mind.

The Internet site accommodates 50 different themes and titles based on the layouts hence it necessary to cross check whether they match by more than 50%, in order to adopt. Any thing in the region of 70% is far bet

THE NEED FOR A GOOD DOMAIN NAME

The choice of good domains is the discretion of the website concerned. An easy-to-remember-name remains in the memory of the user to recall and there is more likelihood of the name being passed onto the prospective visitors

The ability of the search engine to pick up the keywords enables the visitors to know what the website is about even before they call on there.

However, once established the branded domain name is better since the name will do the rounds owing to its catchy name.

By looking at the following names of a keyword brand name and branded domain it would be convenient to distinguish between the better of the two. The ‘keyword domain name technology’ and computerblog.com is far more difficult to remember than “lemonblock.com.”

The following are the points that have an influence of the domain name in the success or failure of it.

Returning of the visitorsAbility of the number able to be rememberedPassed on by word of mouthRanking of the search engines

A Keyword domain has to be relative to the site. Many of the down of keyword domains are taken and the free ones tend to be longish and have a dash (-) in it.

To elaborate on this factor the name www.computalk.net. is a mixture of keyword domain and branded domain, for the visitor to find it is a computer forum and the keywords in it “talk” refers to talking and the forums ‘compu” is relative to computer. In effect, it could be used for keyword as well as brandable and for wide range of things such as social networking site, computer news site and many more.

Despite the availability of wide range of options in choosing the name, wisdom should prevail eventually since it is hard to redirect from one name to another once the website is established.
Hence, it is wise to give it a thought the impact a domain name will bring about and under the circumstances brandable domains are better

Colocation Data Center Provider Ranks on Inc. 5000 List

Colocation and managed service provider, Colo4Dallas, has been honored by Inc. Magazine, as it garners placement among America’s fastest growing private companies listing.

Ranking at #590 on the magazine’s annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country, the company realized a 551% three-year growth rate from 2004 to 2007. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy - America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.

Jim Melloan, Project Manager at Inc. 5000 noted, ”Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism. The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivaled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth.”

In addition to its overall standing, Colo4Dallas ranked #27 in the Top Businesses in Dallas-Fort-Worth-Arlington category and #65 in the Top Business Services category.

Paul VanMeter, President and Chief Technology Officer at Colo4Dallas noted, ”We are honored to be ranked among the most dynamic companies in the country. We owe our tremendous growth to the loyalty of our customers and the tireless efforts of our great team of technicians who support them.”

With customers’ mission-critical data and computing applications housed at Colo4Dallas data centers, the company provides around the clock on-site staffing.Mr. VanMeter also points to the increasing demand for dependable, high quality data center space as the driving force behind the company’s success, remarking, ”Over the years, we’ve continued to invest in our facilities to ensure they are top notch in every way, from high density power, climate control, and security as well as plenty of space for our enterprise customers to grow as their businesses expand. We’ve always focused on quality, and it has paid off.”

In May 2008, Colo4Dallas completed the purchase of both its current headquarters at 3000 Irving Boulevard and the property situated immediately adjacent to it, 3004 Irving Boulevard, bringing the company’s total colocation space to approximately 106,000 square feet.The 5000 companies that made Inc.’s list reported aggregate revenue of $185 billion and median three-year growth of 147 percent. Most important, the 2008 Inc. 5000 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 826,033 jobs since those companies were founded.

The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.Founded in 2000, Colo4Dallas is a SAS70 certified provider that serves a diverse customer base including enterprise customers, businesses in the financial, health care and technology sectors as well as Web hosting providers. The company’s robust growth has prompted expansion of its data center space, which now includes over 106,000 square feet of secure, climate-controlled space at three facilities.Inc.com, the daily resource for entrepreneurs, delivers how-to guides, advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses. Inc.com offers dynamic marketing solutions to help advertisers effectively reach Inc.com’s audience of business leaders.

Colo4Dallas is a provider of colocation services located in Dallas, Texas. Colo4Dallas operates three environmentally controlled and secure data centers totaling 106,000 square feet, and offers multi-homed connectivity from Level3, Internap, Time Warner Telecom, XO Communications and other quality providers. The company provides colocation services backed by high density power in a carrier neutral setting for an array of customers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as well as businesses across the country and around the globe. SAS70 certified, Colo4Dallas offers customers a 100% service level agreement and around the clock support from trained, on-site technicians. In 2007, Colo4Dallas was named a winner of the Dallas 100 Award by the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at the SMU Cox School of Business. The award identifies and honors the 100 fastest growing privately held companies in the Dallas area.

To learn more, please visit: www.colo4dallas.com.

Port City Web Hosting Firm, Extends Partnership with Shawmut Property Management

Erik Crago, President and CEO of Port City Web, LLC noted, ”Ranking customer websites is one of our specialties, and has been since we founded Port City Web. In today’s competitive HOA, Condominium and Property Management industry in MA and NH, it will be a challenging task to have Shawmut outrank the competition, but we can do it.”

The program is expected to run through the remainder of the calendar year. Shawmut Property Management has selected Port City Web to create and implement an online marketing plan to increase Shawmut’s natural search engine rankings. The plan will include re-writing copy on the Shawmut website, minor code changes to their website, extensive online directory submissions, and regular search engine submission programs using Port City Web’s in-house technology. Port City Web will also implement other non-disclosed trade secrets for improving Shawmut’s ranking among Massachusetts and New Hampshire property management company websites.

Shawmut Property Management is a full service management firm offering comprehensive and responsible management to communities throughout Massachusetts. Shawmut’s principal owners are Real Estate professionals with more than 25 years of combined experience. Shawmut’s in-house maintenance and management team is complemented by an extensive network of industry professionals, developed over years in the business. Shawmut and its staff have been involved in the management of properties ranging from 10 to 500 units. Our commitment to you is fair and balanced management.

Port City Web is a full-service website hosting, design, development, and marketing company. Specializing in online commerce, also known as ecommerce, Port City Web provides cost effective electronic marketing tools that are built to work with current systems, including web 2.0 business solutions. Past and present clients include The University of New Hampshire, Born and Bicknell, Columbia University, Service Credit Union, NAPS, K2, Lonza Biologics and Smith and Wesson.

To learn more about Port City Web,

please visit: www.portcityweb.com

Dedicated Web Hosting Firm, HostMySite.com, Debuts ColdFusion License Sale

Web hosting solutions firm, HostMySite, Inc., an Adobe Solutions Partner, is offering ColdFusion 8 Enterprise licenses at a discounted price of $149 per month, for customers purchasing at least one dedicated server.

Art Zeile, CEO HostMySite.com remarked, ”We have worked hard with Adobe in an effort to enhance our ColdFusion solutions for HostMySite customers. Coupling HostMySite.com’s industry leading support with ColdFusion 8 Enterprise at this reduced price point meets this goal.”

ColdFusion solves the day-to-day challenges of Internet application development, enhancing the productivity of developers as they create engaging online applications. ColdFusion 8 Enterprise includes all the capabilities of ColdFusion 8 Standard, plus special features for enabling enterprise-class business applications such as:

CF application monitors

Sandbox security

Enhanced event gateways

Multiple administrators and instances

In August, HostMySite added Hyper-V hosting, to its portoflio of service offerings. Hyper-V is the latest in virtualization technology from Microsoft and is a key feature of Windows Server 2008. HostMySite.com is offering a powerful standard solution or a customized server based on each client’s needs. Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization that provides customers with a fast and scalable virtualization solution. With Hyper-V, it’s possible to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine as a virtual environment.

With HostMySite.com’s Hyper-V solution, clients get a single hardware server on which they are able to create multiple virtual machines (VMs). Each virtual machine acts as a standalone server running its own operating system, which can be 32-bit/64-bit Windows or Linux. Virtual machines can be configured as application servers, database servers running Microsoft SQL 2008 or MySQL, mail servers, or test environments.

HostMySite.com was founded by partners Lou Honick and Neil Heuer in 1997. The foundation of the culture at HostMySite.com is a top-down commitment to complete customer satisfaction. HostMySite.com provides individuals, small businesses, and large corporations with dedicated hosting, VPS hosting, and ColdFusion hosting, supported by 24×7x365 live support through toll-free telephone, email, and live online chat.

For more information about HostMySite.com,

please visit: www.hostmysite.com.

Server Intellect Web Hosting Firm, Attains Microsoft Certified Triple Competency

Advanced Windows-based shared, virtual private server (VPS), dedicated and enterprise web hosting solutions, Server Intellect, is now a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with triple competency, including the Microsoft Hosting Solutions.

As a Gold Certified Partner, Server Intellect has demonstrated advanced expertise with Microsoft technologies. Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise and have the highest quality products and services as verified by Microsoft.

Eric Pratt, CEO of Server Intellect remarked, ”We are extremely pleased to not only have retained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program, but also to be one of the few technology leaders with Triple Competency Status. This clearly demonstrates our expertise with Microsoft technology and better positions us as a leader in the Windows hosting market.”

Server Intellect previously attained Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status in December 2006 with dual competencies in Networking Infrastructure Solutions and Advanced Networking Infrastructure Solutions with the Hosting Solutions specialization. In 2007 Server Intellect was again awarded Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status and additionally obtained the Information Worker Solutions competency in addition to the Networking Infrastructure Solutions and Advanced Networking Infrastructure Solutions competencies.

In September 2008 Server Intellect achieved the Hosting Solutions competency, which affirms their Triple Competency Status in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner program. The Hosting Solutions specialization, formerly under the Advanced Infrastructure Solutions competency, has solely become the Hosting Solutions competency. This new competency better distinguishes Microsoft Partners as experts in the hosting industry. Microsoft has made requirements for Hosting Solutions competency much more rigorous. It is only offered to technical partners with more than two years of experience in managing a Windows-based network and partners must have their employees pass additional exams.

Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.

Server Intellect is a subsidiary of Client Intellect, Inc, and is a provider of managed Dedicated Server solutions. The company was founded in 2003 and is located in Orlando, Florida. Options range from basic web hosting services and dedicated server packages to sophisticated enterprise solutions encompassing multi-server load balanced configurations. All of the options are explained in detail on the site, allowing visitors to make better informed decisions.

For more information about Server Intellect,

please visit: www.serverintellect.com.

THE ESSENCE OF TAXONOMY SITEMAP

The classification of extraordinary level of information that is currently available in the internet is cited as “taxonomy”. In order to make it readily available to the visitors of the site, it is better to create a taxonomy sitemap. The provision of taxonomy enables the user to find and access information with ease.

In order to attract a wider range of would be customers websites, incorporation of taxonomy sitemap on the website would be beneficial, since the users of website find it difficult or impossible to locate what they are trying to find, despite the availability of abundance of information available in the internet.

More often than not internet search forms show scant results that give a negative impact for the user as well as to the company that is paying money for advertisement. Surfers have to make a second guess at keywords to arrive in the direction of sites to obtain the information.

Low levels of patience and skills to complete their second guessing search, will only make them to give up a particular key related item and move on their search. Eventually web sites devoid of taxonomy sitemap will have to face loss of revenue.

Since the beneficiary of the sitemap taxonomy is the users who utilize the contents, the website concerned should bear in mind about the needs of the surfers.

The inception of sitemap taxonomy entails a trial and error method operation. When putting together sitemap taxonomy keyword terms are of essence, since wrong keywords will result in the user not being able to find what they are looking for.

There are several important factors that have to be taken into consideration before creating the sitemap taxonomy. Generally; sitemap taxonomy should consist of basic terms that are easy to search for by the user rather than a jumble, which a user may detest

The uniformity of structure makes it easier to navigate the website .Limitations of actual items under use should be a round two to seven or eight subjects.

Continuous fine tuning is essential although costly in terms of time the long terms benefits are immense.

THE ROLE OF WEB ANALYTICS TO WEBSITE OWNER

A web analytic is in essence is a quantum indicator of the behavior of the visitors of website. It is indicative of the performance of the website and from these reports and trends it is possible to implement more effective programs, for enhanced sales.

Web analytics are based on Log files and java script and the third method is the combination of the two whereby more relevant data is obtained.

While the log files of server will log several files for each visit page tagging script will as a whole seen by the visitor.

Unique or new visitors is recognizable by the log file like the time spent on the website and the favorite key word phrase .to arrive at the website and the country of the origin of the visitor, file type etc. Data transfer is recorded is maintained in the log file with precision and by viewing these in web analytics programs viz Webalizer and Awstats which analyse raw log file data in graphics.

While log file is usually available in the server page tagging is an outsourced option where visitor’s data is captured by provider’s remote server. Since page tagging requires

JavaScript to be installed in every web page there is the possibility of the visitor’s not to allow the script to run. Hence a log file has no such hassles. In log files certain parameters hits and page views are not as accurate as page tagging. Log file records visits by search engines where as page script don’t.

Log file web analytic records failed visits too whereas page tagging takes into account only when a web page is displayed.

To critically analyze the strength and weaknesses of the web site the feedback provided by the web analytics of visitor is invaluable. From these data it is possible find which pages are visited most and which key words are most related to the web site concerned.

Dedicated Server Firm, HostV, Named Platinum Sponsor, of WordCamp China 2008

Virtual Private Server and Dedicated server provider, HostV, has been named Platinum Sponsor and Hosting Partner of WordCamp China 2008, to be held next week in both Beijing, and Shanghai, China.

The event will gather hundreds of WordPress users and developers to discuss latest trends and innovations in the field. As a hosting partner for WordCamp China 2008, HostV will have a booth in both the Beijing and Shanghai locations, and representatives will be on site to answer questions about WordPress Web hosting. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg will give keynote speeches in both cities during the event.

John Xie, President of Cirtex Corp., HostV parent company noted, ”WordPress has proven itself as an integral application for the international blogging community. We have focused our energy over the past several years to not only support WordPress, but also provide a fully optimized and ready-to-go hosting environment for the script.”

Virtual Private Servers optimized for WordPress start at $39.99 per month and include at 500GB of premium data transfer and 25GB if RAID 10 disk space. Plans also include the Virtuozzo Power Panel, cPanel, FFMpeg and Red5 (for video hosting), Fantastico script auto-installer, and a variety of other developer tools. All servers are fully monitored and include 24×7x365 premium technical support.

In July, 2007, The first WordCamp was hosted in San Francisco, marking the beginning of a series of worldwide user gatherings of WordPress users and developers. In September 2007, it was hosted in Beijing, China, as the first ever WordCamp outside the United States. The WordCamp Beijing 2007 included many famous bloggers and more than 200 attendees sharing their blogging experiences. This year, in September 2008, WordCamp Beijing is renamed as WordCamp China, and will be hosted in the two biggest cities in China: Beijing and Shanghai. Founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, will give keynote speeches in both cities.

Founded in 2003, Cirtex Corp. is leading provider of Shared, Reseller, Virtual dedicated and Dedicated Web hosting solutions. The company serves thousands of customers internationally through two dynamic brands - CirtexHosting and HostV. Cirtex Corp. offers 24/7 technical support and a 30-Day unconditional guarantee.

For more information about CirtexHosting, please visit: www.cirtexhosting.com.

To learn more about HostV, please visit: www.hostv.com.

Hosted Application Provider, Pointivity, Welcomed by Parallels, for Automation

Server virtualization, automation and software provider, Parallels, has welcomed top application hosting and managed services company, Pointivity, including Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint, with Parallels Automation.

Kent Erickson, President and CEO of Pointivity noted, ”We are pleased to be able to offer our on-demand applications utilizing Parallels technology. Over time, we feel that the flexibility offered will allow us to scale our business and add new services efficiently, creating value for our customers and partners.”

Parallels Automation delivers hosting solutions through a multi-layer control panel with integrated billing, enabling Pointivity to automate all processes including online ordering, provisioning, billing and reporting. With its modular design and flexible architecture, Parallels Automation can expand to include new services and scale to several million customers. Pointivity solutions are built on the Pointivity Computing Cloud (PC2) technology that offers scalable deployment of applications and utility computing on a pay-as-you-go model. Pointivity aims to offer hosted Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint solutions as a reseller program enabling partners to enjoy the predictable recurring revenue stream with turn-key private label capability.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels remarked, ”Pointivity’s application hosting services provide a new opportunity for resellers. Using Parallels Automation to deliver resources extends reach to a large market of companies that may not have the in-house resources needed to develop and manage all aspects of their IT.”

In joining the Parallels Partner Program, Pointivity is able to leverage Parallels technology and resources to automate the delivery of hosted services and online billing. As a Gold Level Partner, Pointivity benefits from greater market exposure, expanded business opportunities, joint strategic sales and marketing initiatives, access to an extensive and growing customer base and a high level of service and support.

Founded in 1991, Pointivity is a leading application hosting and managed service provider offering enterprise level solutions to businesses and partners of all sizes and industries anywhere in the world. Pointivity has always been at the forefront of IT solutions and continues to research and adopt new technologies in the best interest of our customers and channel partners. Pointivity also serves as a master hoster working with VARs, MSPs, MBS partners and system integrators on technical training, marketing education and product distribution.

Parallels (formerly SWsoft) is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating system, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

To learn more about Pointivity, please visit: www.pointivity.com.

Web Hosting and Management Services Group, TriZetto, Closes Apax Partners Merger

Enterprise and component software, hosting and business process outsourcing services firm, The TriZetto Group Inc.,
and Apax Partners, have closed its merger deal.
The merger agreement was first announced on April 11, 2008. Funds advised by Apax […]

Web Hosting Provider, Newtek Data Center, Completes SAS 70 Type II Audit

Provider of Windows-based web hosting, and CrystalTech parent company, Newtek Technology Services’ i/o Data Centers, has completed a SAS 70 Type II audit.
Tony Wanger, Senior Managing Director of i/o Data Centers remarked, ”i/o Data […]

Web Hosting for Dual Platform, Unveiled by Gearworx

Web hosting services provider, Gearworx, has introduced its new Dual Platform shared hosting plan offerings, powered by Plesk Expand.
The plans are designed to allow users to host websites on Linux and Windows hosts,

Internap Hosting, Powers Financial Services Million Dollar Round Table

Internet performance network services company, Internap Network Services Corporation’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) and professional services, are delivering customized streaming media services for the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) association of financial professionals.
Anthony Germade, Executive Producer at the Million 

NEEDS FOR REDISGN OF WEBSITE

While the consumers have become adept in the search for websites, it is natural tendency that they are inclined to obtain informative current topics that are garnered generally from world renowned websites. Taking these into considerations, it is imperative that the website is accordingly accommodated to suit the needs of the consumers, and not find it obsolete.

Though the website concerned might register growth and sales turnover for a knowledge oriented consumer it is the adaptations of timely changes coupled with quality services and products that matters most.

Adaptation of Flash and other types of animation are fraught with problems of delays in opening and this exasperates the surfer who may decide to leave. Hence what matters most is the desired traffic and the lack of it should prompt for changes in the design for website. If the aforesaid incorporations are adapted, keeping in mind about the pace of opening, it would enable them to retain the existing cluster of visitors and also draw more customers by word-of-mouth.

Another most significant requirement in a website is easy navigability and any clumsiness in this aspect is also a deterrent for the consumer to make purchase from the website. While attractiveness is also important in a website, simplicity and error free format is also an added attraction for the consumer .In order to evince primary concern for the consumer the website should pay attention in the grammar aspect also

Incorporating Space Engine Optimization and other changes will bring about added attraction for the consumers for further patronization. In order to bring about in-depth redesigning several tools are available that are inexpensive It would also be wise to take the assistance of knowledgeable person by hiring him and implement necessary changes to make the website attractive to the consumer as multi-faceted and more consumer-oriented.

A Website is enamored by the clientele for its multitude of contents, service orientation and an ability to perceive the interests of consumers who have an universal likeness hence it is imperative that redesigning is made keeping in mind the needs of vagaries of customer needs.

ESSENTIAL MEANS FOR A GREAT WEBSITE

The following are tips from a renowned website owner in respect to the Subject.
The first and foremost is a HTML Editor.

The Html editor is a software application to write pages. Amongst the several brands that are available, Microsoft FrontPage should be the choice as it tends to add proprietary codes to your pages making it difficult to be edited with a different html editor. Homesite from Adobe is also ideal to write web pages and Homesite.

With HTML editor you write the contents of your pages by keying in the Html codes, and then checking in with the preview function.

A good HTML editor is essential for forming a great Web site.

The second essential tool is the knowledge of HTML codes since they instruct the internet how to format the web pages. The basic HTML codes are:

Title

Body

Head

HTML

Headers (H1 H2 H3 etc)

Bold

Italic

Underline

Hyperlink

Table

In addition, it is important to know the format size, color of font, background and border. The third essential tool is a domain name viz www.happyjoblessguy.com, since dot.com is most popular, it would be ideal for a domain name. Though it is time consuming to get such a name, it is worth the while.

The fourth essential tool is web hosting. The web host provides the space and interface to manage the website. The web hosting and the domain could be construed as safe deposit box and safe deposit box number while the former is like buying space in the safe deposit box. Since at the inception of web site, the amount of space will be very low hence there is no need to pay more than required.

The fifth and final essential tool is to build a web site is FTP software. FTP software is an application that enables transfer of data from computer to website on the internet and vice versa. While there are many ways of doing it like using an online interface provided by web host but using the FTP software is the swift way of doing it. FTP software allows up load new pages to website and also updating existing pages.

WS FTP for instance which stands for WinSock File Transfer Protocol on down loading to google “Free FTP download” will bring the desired result.

Among all the aforementioned tips the choice of domain name is the vital link which may fetch millions in the years to come.

Web Hosting for Dual Platform, Unveiled by Gearworx

The plans are designed to allow users to host websites on Linux and Windows hosts, while managing all websites from a single management interface.

William Gregorian, CEO for Gearworx noted, ”We wanted to offer our customers something that most of our competitors won’t offer without forcing customers to become a reseller or pay $50+ per month. A simple way of hosting Linux and Windows accounts through a single management interface.”

All plans provide PHP5, MS SQL 2005, mySQL 5, Perl, ASP, and ASP.NET (1.1, 2.0 and 3.5) support, along with other standard features already provided in Plesk. Gearworx also offers Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus protection for all email accounts hosted on its servers using MailFoundry’s Anti-spam appliances. All of this, backed by Gearworx 60-day money back guarantee makes it an ideal and sensible choice for a web hosting provider.

Daniel Gomez, Operations manager for Gearworx remarked, ”We went on a hiatus to do our homework and find out what our customers really wanted. Plesk Expand provides a unified platform to centrally manage web hosting accounts, to that end, our customers are also able to take advantage of Plesk Expand by adding their own VPS server and create their own web hosting services.

”According to the Gearworx, their dual platform plans combine multiple Plesk servers into an integrated hosting platform, giving customers the ability to centrally manage Linux and Windows Plesk servers. Features include the ability to deploy websites within minutes, create backups to a central backup storage, switch accounts to another hosting plan, and create new plans and more, login to hosted domains.

Founded in July of 2000, Gearworx focuses on the small to medium business hosting market and provides solutions to better enable users to cater to their needs. By providing dual-platform hosting bundled with other products and services such as Shared Linux, Windows, managed dedicated servers and application hosting Gearworx tries to provide clients with the most complete suite of products and services possible

For more information regarding the Gearworx Dual Platform hosting services, please visit: http:// gearworx.net.

Internap Hosting, Powers Financial Services Million Dollar Round Table

Anthony Germade, Executive Producer at the Million Dollar Round Table noted, ”Membership in the Million Dollar Round Table is a highly coveted and respected career milestone. Our members are the ‘best of the best’ in financial services and are held to the highest standards of performance, excellence and ethics. Our web initiative, using compelling, exclusive video content to support our members, is critical to our success. Internap was the best company to provide the network and consulting services to deliver our video library, enabling us to better serve our membership.”

With more than 39,000 members, MDRT selected Internap to develop a specialized media player for a secured, community Web site that offers members exclusive content for their personal and professional development. The MDRT is a member-driven, international network of the world’s best insurance and investment services professionals / advisors who deliver to their clients the highest standards of ethics, knowledge, service and productivity.

The membership from 479 companies in 78 countries, MDRT represents the top 1% of financial professionals. AIG, Prudential, Mass Mutual, New York Life and Northwestern Mutual are just a few of the different companies represented. The MDRT promotes the ‘Whole Person Concept’ to help members have a balanced, meaningful and successful life through a focus on health, family, spirituality, education, financials, community service and career.

In order to provide this upper echelon of sales experts with the most robust resources on the Web, MDRT engaged Internap to build and support MDRTV, an online private Web channel featuring videos on the meaning of MDRT, mentoring, leadership, education, organizational history, the MDRT volunteer foundation and highlights from the MDRT annual meetings, which are considered some of the best events in the industry.

Internap’s CDN solution is unique in the industry in that it comes standard with a 100% service level agreement (SLA) for both quality and uptime. All the major streaming media formats are supported including Adobe Flash, Microsoft Windows Media, Silverlight and HTTP/Web downloads. Internap has a rich history in the CDN industry, working closely with Adobe to develop the first Flash video streaming platform and being the first service provider to offer live and on-demand streaming services for Flash.

Included with Internap’s CDN is MediaConsole, a workflow management toolset for streaming media that includes a media manager, pre-built video skins and a real-time reporting dashboard.
Lastly, Internap’s CDN offers a suite of optional services, including transcoding, player development, digital asset management and monetization tools to create a tailored solution for every customer environment.

Tim Sullivan, Chief Technology Officer at Internap added, ”The Million Dollar Round Table is an exclusive community of the most successful financial services professionals that demand the most of themselves and their web site. Our CDN service delivers the scalability and performance necessary to empower MDRT’s membership initiatives and we are pleased to provide customized solutions for such a prestigious and respected association.”

Million Dollar Round Table MDRT is The Premier Association of Financial Professionals. Founded in 1927, MDRT is an international, independent association of more than 36,000, or less than 1 percent, of the world’s best life insurance and financial services professionals. With membership from 78 nations and territories and 479 different companies, MDRT members demonstrate exceptional professional knowledge, strict ethical conduct and outstanding client service. MDRT membership is recognized internationally as the standard of sales excellence in the life insurance and financial services business.

Internap is a leading Internet solutions company that provides The Ultimate Online Experience by managing, delivering and distributing applications and content with unsurpassed performance and reliability. With a global platform of data centers, managed Internet services, a content delivery network (CDN) and content monetization services, Internap frees its customers to innovate their business and create new revenue opportunities. More than 3,700 companies across the globe trust Internap to help them achieve their Internet business goals.

For more information, visit www.internap.com.

Reliable Web Hosting Is The Key To Success

If you are starting up your own online business, then you are going to want to make sure that you have some reliable web hosting to put it on. This is a must for any online website, and you have to make sure you get good service. There are a lot of different companies out there that offer this kind of service, but the truth is that you get what you pay for. If you are going to be running a business that has a lot of people that are going to be visiting it, then you are going to have to pay more. This is because some companies only allow you to get so many hits a month. Whenever you reach that limit they take down your website until the next month. If you are trying to make a living off your website, that is not good.

Another thing is that you are going to want to make sure that your web hosting is always going to be working 24 hours a day. This is because if your web host is down, then so is your website. So as you can see, your web hosting is the key to your business. Another thing is, you want to make sure your web hosting has great customer service. If you have a problem, you want to make sure that they are willing to work with you. You also need to make sure that they have fair prices. There is a big difference in getting what you pay for and overpaying. Making sure you get good web hosting is going to make sure that your online shop stays up and running through good and bad times. Nothing beats a web hosting company that you can count on, and once you get your own website you will understand why.

Free Web Content Keeps Visitors Coming Back For More

Have you ever been to a website that was just full of great information, and not just information on what the site is about? For example, for those of you not following me, say you go to a website that has great reviews on movies. This site is going to be full of great movie reviews for you to read, but it may also have other information as well. Maybe it has the latest stock quotes or the most recent news. Maybe it has fun quizzes or polls for people to answer. Well, that kind of stuff is called free web content. These are things that keep your website new and up to date, so that people will keep coming back to check it out. Things like free hit counters are all free web content that you can get off the internet!

So why is free web content so great to have on your page? Well, this free web content can make sure that people do not lose interest in your web page. It can also arm you with information that you may want to know. Like, if you need to know how many hits you are getting on your web page, you can get a free web content counter. So now you know why it helps you, but what do the people that are making this free web content getting? Well, for someone that is writing articles for a free web content site are getting their work out there. If their work gets out there enough, they may get noticed by a publisher. Also, this is a great way for people to share their hobbies with the world. Say you are into making polls for people to answer. It could take you forever to find a company that will let you make polls for them. This is a good way to share your knowledge with the world, and get your work out there. After all, everyone is more willing to listen when it’s free.

The Planet Web Hosting Provider, to Manage Atitude Digital Media Hosting

Helder Conde, Chief Technology Officer of Atitude Digital Media noted. ”In our business, our Webcasts are live, with several hundred people online for each event. Nothing can go wrong with the level of clients we serve. Our reputation is earned every time we conduct a Webcast, so uptime, stability and security are critical to us.”

Based in Sao Paulo, the 20-year-old company provides webcasting services to some of the world’s largest companies, including Pfizer, Schering-Plough, AstraZeneca, Novartis and Avon, as well as a number of medical societies.

In the past four years, the company has conducted more than 700 Webcasts with thousands of hours of live content to thousands of people in more than a dozen countries. A customer of The Planet since 2005, Atitude previously used dedicated hosting services for managing the company’s complex infrastructure.

Mr. Conde noted, ”We’ve grown rapidly, and we were looking for a company that provides all the services and technical expertise of Planet Northstar. Their Anticipation Advantage methodology helped determine exactly what we needed to create a top-notch infrastructure that could scale with our growth, and at a budget that was workable for us. We expanded our footprint to include additional servers, load balancers, firewalls, SAN storage, managed backup and database management. At Atitude, our core values include being responsive, trustworthy and committed to our customers, and I’m impressed our dedicated account team shares these values.”

Steve Kahan, Vice President of marketing and product management with The Planet added, ”Our development of the Anticipation Advantage enables customers to thoroughly plan their IT infrastructure beyond their needs just today. The methodology also provides key process indicators about when they need to begin scaling, which eliminates the worry and frustration many organizations experience in the face of rapid growth. Equally as important, the account team of highly skilled and seasoned experts is always available to customers so they have the confidence that a knowledgeable partner who knows their business is always available to help.”

In its 20-year history, Atitude has kept a keen eye on emerging market trends. The company was originally known for creating high-quality, computer-generated slides and transparencies for corporate presentations, as well as multimedia productions. Today, it is Brazil’s leading provider of Webcasting services, hosting on average more than one each day from three studios in its Sao Paulo offices.

Mr. Conde continued, ”In the last four years, the Internet has emerged as the best platform for communications, and our client base has moved rapidly for both internal and external audiences. Our clients require extensive training both for sales representatives and physicians, and they’ve found Atitude as the perfect solution to meet these needs.”

The company manages the entire event for clients. They work directly with presenters to host the event, sending notification and reminder e-mails to participants, generating reports on results, providing on-demand access afterwards, as well as maintaining extensive databases for each company. According to Conde, the presentations continue to add value for the companies since each one is typically viewed by at least four times the number of live Webcast participants.
Mr. Conde observed, ”In years past, these companies sponsored semi-annual meetings for their sales forces, but today as new studies emerge or competitive products are announced, it’s critical that they have new data immediately, so they rely on our services to meet that demand. At the same time, if one of these companies hosts physicians at an event anywhere in the world, they can Webcast with us from any venue, and we can support the requirement since our bandwidth connections are incredibly robust. With our capabilities, we make their lives much easier.”

The costs for hosting in the U.S. are five to six times lower than those in his native country. While bandwidth costs are slowly declining, ADSL is more common and far less efficient. In addition, because taxes on hardware are approximately 70 percent, hosting provides far better economic sense for his growing business.

Mr. Conde concluded, ”Making the decision to host overseas was difficult. As our international business grew, I knew it was the right direction for our company. We’ve seen other companies emerge in Brazil, and they appear to do a good job, until the participants begin to load. It’s there they fail. Our speed and reliability set us apart, which makes our offering highly competitive.”
Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:

High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performanceInstant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network trafficParallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stabilityMultiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businessesKnowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet hosts over 22,000 small and medium-size businesses and 7.7 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24×7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.

For more about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

Web Hosting SMEStorage, Debuts Data Access Solution Integration

The new Facebook component can also share Flickr, for easy image uploads. Ian Osborne, CEO, commented, ”We are committed to providing increased integration with other high value web application services so that our users can get the most from their data. We believe storage to be a commodity and that the true value of working data is what you can do with it, how you can access it, and how it integrates with others.”

Mr. Osborne added, ”We already provide our users the ability to use a rich web client, iGoogle, the iPhone or a light mobile client to access their data. We also provide email backup and business collaboration features that include business groups, revision control, firewall friendly file sharing, all of which we intend to augment over the next 3 months.

”Our Storage service is built on top of Amazon S3 and we will make an exciting announcement about new ways to access our service quite soon. We will also be announcing some exciting new collaboration integration to enable our users to do even more with their data.”

SMEStorage provides access to data using various channels such as a rich web client, iGoogle, IPhone, Mobile, Facebook and Joomla. It uses Amazon S3 as to store its data and provides new users with 250MB free. TheSMESpace provides online and mobile applications for businesses and individuals - TheSMESpace is your space for business.

To learn more, please visit: http://thesmespace.com.

What does bandwidth mean?

In web hosting the bandwidth is a limit of data that web hosting company provide for your site. The amount of bandwidth mainly depends on content and disign of your site and on average number of visitors.

Nowadays web hosting companies offer different types of bandwidth solutions. For instance, you can choose unlimited bandwidth, but you’ll have to pay more. We just want to recommend you not to choose the plan with little bandwith volume because successive web site assume to have a lot of visiters. But everything depends on your site. It is better to scan the plans that web hosting company offers and correlate them with your web site requirements. Web hosting company may disable your site if you use more bandwidth than it was agreed. Some companies do it in another way. They don’t disable your site but take extra money from you.

If you are in a doubt how much bandwidth you need you should ask for suggestions a professional because it is unreasonable to choose a web hosting plan when you have no expectations. The price of the plans depends on bandwidth requirement. High plans allow to use more traffic at one time.

You also may do without smb’s help and calculate your probable bandwidth usage. You should count the size of text and images on one page, then multiply it with expected traffic from the Internet. And, finally, multiply the sum with days of month. The result will approximately equal bandwidth requirement of your web site.

You may take an interest in methods of saving your bandwidth. First of all you should know that the most easy way to limit your bandwidth usage is to create web site with small pages.

It is also necessary to follow some more rules:

1.Try to use less grafics and images. It is better to use grafics in GIF format and images and photos in JPEG format.
2.Use text content in HTML format.
3.Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Remember that usage of numerous large images, grafics, music, online movies in your web site requires high web hosting plan

Four key elements for a profitable web site.

Probably, you know all this elements but they are mixed so that it is hard to distinguish them. In this article we’ll try to separate this elements and show what your site should have in order to be successful and earn money for you. They are very essential and your site will not work even if you miss only one of the elements.This four elements for your web site are:1)It should be integrated with your business.

2)It must have appropriate visual design.
3)It must have a good technical structure.
4)It should be magnetic.

We’ll make an attempt to describe each element in some words.The first element means that your business and your site should go hand in hand. Your site should reflect all event that happen in your business. The correlation between your business should be easy observed. Your web site is the trump in your hands wich can draw your customers’ attention far better than advertisements in a newspaper.

The second element implies that visual design is a face of your site. Of course your site may be filled with eloquent texts, useful information and so on but if it looks gloomily than visitors will not linger on there. For the best effect your online and offline corporate identity should be consistent. You may hire a professional designer to prettify your site or master the topic yourself with the help of goob books or articles in the Internet. It will help you to save your money.

The third element refers to a technical structure of your site. It consists of fast downloading, accessibility to visitors and search engine friendship. Moreover, your site should have good web hosting support in order to eliminate errors in snatch. Try to create your site in such a way that it would be easy for visitors to find necessary information.

The fourth element implies that you should use the key words in text content of your site skillfully. Then you will be able to achieve one important aim – to attract a lot of visitors. An immediate task is to hold this visitors as long as possible. It is not difficult to gain such aims. Everything that you need is to learn the secrets of search engines and master the fulcrums of globally high profile for your site.

SoftLayer Dedicated Server Solutions Firm, Debuts Geographically Redundant DNS

Jacob Linscott, Director of Information Systems at SoftLayer noted, ”We are very excited to offer a high availability DNS solution to the market. Its capabilities give our customers another level of reliability and an effective mechanism for maintaining business continuity.”Anycast DNS is a high availability and geographically diverse advanced routing solution that allows multiple server destinations to share the same IP address and routes IP requests to the best destination based on network conditions. This enterprise-class feature increases uptime, provides exceptional opportunities for optimizing traffic flow, improves network performance, and maintains service redundancies. Previously, this functionality has not been available to organizations of all sizes as it is difficult to build in-house and very expensive to purchase from third party providers.

Anycast DNS routing is available from all three SoftLayer data centers. All of SoftLayer’s resilient name servers have the feature enabled and offer real-time DNS record population.
According to the company, by allowing multiple destinations to share the same IP address, Anycast DNS routing permits DNS registration information to be mirrored on server clusters either locally, regionally, or globally. Requests for the IP address are routed to the closest destination with the highest availability, preventing requests from being routed to a server that is unavailable or experiencing unusually heavy traffic.

Key features include:

Service Continuity - helps maintain uptime in the event of service interruptionsNetwork Protection - provides a comprehensive network failover solutionDisaster Recovery - allows critical services to be continuously maintainedEarlier this summer, the company enhanced its offerings, to include virtualization with the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.Hyper-V was developed as a next-generation virtualization hypervisor that allows a single physical server to be separated into multiple virtual machines that can run independent operating systems’ Windows, Linux and others. As with all SoftLayer services, Hyper-V can be ordered through the customer portal and provisioned automatically along with a server’s operating system or systems.

A hypervisor such as Hyper-V creates a level of software in between the physical ”bare-metal” hardware and any operating system. The hypervisor then assigns and manages the hardware’s resources to create and run distinct virtual machines. Each virtual machine can run a different operating system, or even its own instance of the same operating system. This presents incredible advantages, including:

increased server utilization rates and decreased infrastructure costs by pooling server resources rather than managing individual serversreduced provisioning times by allowing individual machines to be removed for maintenance without interrupting application usedecreased environmental impact, by delivering the productivity of multiple machines within only a single machine’s power, cooling and floor space requirementsfewer application and OS incompatibilities, as each virtual machine runs independently from others on the same physical hardware

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry’s first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.

Host Gator Reseller and Dedicated Hosting Firm, Ranks on Inc 5000 List

Brent Oxley, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HostGator remarked, ”I started the company with a $1,000 budget from my dorm room in Boca Raton, FL. Today the owners of more than 1.3 million websites depend on our hosting service. We are extremely proud of our strong past growth, but we’re really only getting started.” Mr. Oxley, who turned 25 in March, attributes the growth of the company to its commitment to customer service and dedication to providing customers with the best web hosting experience in the hosting industry.

The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent - not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies - as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.

HostGator revenue grew by 5297% during the measured period. In addition to being ranked #21 overall, HostGator was also ranked #1 for growth in the Houston metro, #2 for growth in the Business Services category, and #1 for growth within the state of Texas.

The Houston-based company had revenues of $18,700,000 in 2007 compared to revenues of $326,000 in 2004 and projects revenues over the next 12 months will reach $50,000,000. Since moving to Houston in 2006, HostGator has created over 155 positions for highly skilled technicians and systems administrators. It recently completed renovations to accommodate a large increase in hiring activity and expects to add at least 100 new employees in Houston over the next few months.

In January, after reporting a successful fiscal year, has given gifts to support cancer fighting initiatives, while promoting education in underdeveloped countries

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The company gave $100,000 to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and $25,000 to One Laptop per Child. The gifts were decided upon by HostGator management and staff, including a significant contribution to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

In addition. HostGator donated to the international organization, One Laptop Per Child. The Anderson Cancer Center received a gift of $100,000 and One Laptop per Child received $25,000. The goal of One Laptop per Child is spelled out in its name: to improve the educational opportunities for children in underdeveloped regions by giving every child access to an inexpensive, durable, web-capable laptop. At $100 each, the gift from HostGator should provide at least 250 laptops.

The gift to One Laptop per Child was another easy decision, according to Mr. Oxley, ”If it wasn’t for the internet and computers we wouldn’t be in business. If just one of the kids can further their knowledge in computers and make a career out of it, in some shape or form, it will have been worth every penny.”

At Anderson, one of the country’s largest cancer treatment centers, HostGator’s gift will go to support a variety of programs — from research and clinical trials, to education, counseling and treatments. Mr. Oxley says as HostGator continues to grow and earn profits, it will continue increasing the amount of its annual gifts.

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Host Gator is a provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting services focused on the consumer and small business markets. Founded in 2002, Host Gator provides hosting for over 1.3 million websites and supports over 50,000 resellers worldwide with 24/7 technical support and web hosting tools, including free billing software for resellers and access to over 4,500 high quality free web templates. Host Gator has offices in Houston, Texas and its data center operations are co-located out of The Planet’s facility in Dallas, Texas, enabling it to access Tier-1 backbone providers such as UUNet, Sprint, Level 3, Global Crossing, Verio and AT and T and AboveNet.

Six thing that you should avoid in web design.

1. Don’t use flash introduction pages. Visitors really wouldn’t like to see them.
2. Avoid using pop up windows. If you want place some information then do it right on the page. It is possible to use popups just in some cases: to sell smth or to get an e-mail address.
3. Don’t take over the ideas of designing of living sites. Just aim at originality. It make an unpleasant impression on visitors because they don’t expect to see old motives of web site designing. The more sites with analogous colours, content, navigation style the worse.
4. Don’t use a lot of grafics. Avoid frames. The main disadvantage of a web site that is filled with grafics – inaccessibility for search engines to reach the text in frames. If your site consists only of frames – than it is not friendly for search engines.
5. Never put text inside pictures. Firstly, it is difficult for users to read indistinct text. Most of them even leave their attempts to read smth in a few seconds. Secondly, if people need to make affort to read the text then search engines have no chances at all to discern it.
6. Avoid such design ideas which may lead to blurring of visitor’s cursor with leaving a trace on it’s place. Be sure that navigation bar of a web site corresponds with all required rules.

Web development team or a single web developer?

If you decided to start business and create your own site in order to sell products or services then you have a choice to hire a web development team or a single individual. This mainly depends on the size of your future web site. If you are going to have a small site without luxuries then you can take services of a single web developer. But he must be a professional and has background in different fields. But if you have a world-wide business then your web site should have an appropriate size. People can visit your site 24 hours a day and it is very favorably for your business. Remember that your web site is a face of your business and it is available throught the world. So, it is a great work to create an attractive and winning site and in more cases this work should be implemented by a reliable and solidary web development team. One more advantage of a team of web developers over an individual developer is that in case of emergency almost every member of a team can assume the duties of an absentee workmate.

A good web team must consist not less than of 5 members. An ideal web team must have at least 7 specialists. They are: a web developer, a project manager, a web designer, an application developer, a system administrator and two or more web analists. In cut variant of a web team a web developer can serve as a web designer and a web analist can be also a project manager. For a small web project one analist will be quite enough.

The project manager is the main person in the team. He serves as a supervisor of the project and team members. The project manager represents his team and acts as a middleman between the team and the client. He must now how to awake the client’s interest in the services that his team offer. Only a sociable person can be the project manager.

The web developer is one of central members of a team. His prerogative is the work with web development tools (including exellent knowledge of HTML). But his secondary function as to serve as a connecting-link between the project and the project manager.

The web designer is also plays a very important role in web development team activity. His task is to create the graphic design, choose right colour spectrum and sort out attractive images for the site. The web designer should also have good knowledge of multimedia tools.

The web analist’s main assignation is to check whether the client’s wishes coincide with the work of other memebers of a team. His additional function lies in giving advice about designing and content of a web site.The application developer is an expert in JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, ColdFusion and other programs.The system administrator is a team member who should have an eye on maintenance and security of the web, servers for application and database.