Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - March 31, 2008 - New dedicated servers are being offered through a partnership between on-demand, dedicated web hosting solutions firm, SoftLayer, and midPhase web hosting provider.

US web host midPhase Service, with SoftLayer Technologies, has launched a new range of midPhase dedicated servers, as an expansion of the midPhase portfolio to offer existing and new customers the complete web hosting line up.

Marc Bollinger, General Manager of midPhase noted, ”Everyone at midPhase has been working really hard to refresh our portfolio, to offer customers more robust and unique offerings. We think these new dedicated servers are a fantastic addition and will be very successful. We are also extremely happy to announce this unique partnership with SoftLayer which has already combined the strengths of both companies to bring a solid product to the table.”

The new dedicated servers use the latest server technology and offer customers a fantastic deal, with the entry level server starting at just $199 per month, with free set up. All dedicated servers come with the choice of Linux or Windows operating systems and control panels (including cPanel and Plesk), 24 / 7 support, include a whopping 10TB of bandwidth per month as standard, and free, unlimited SSLs.

Standardized dedicated hosting, service oriented architectures, infrastructure management systems, on-demand hosting solutions, remote management solutions, virtualized datacenter management, among other things.

SoftLayer offers customers world-class datacenter capabilities including the most advanced services, management convenience, and administration features ever assembled to manage the outsourced IT environment.

Earlier this month, SoftLayer expanded its data warehouse capacity, while improving its backend system performance with service oriented architecture (SOA), by adding an application layer processing cluster. The data warehouse expansion included the installation of multi-petabyte storage arrays from EqualLogix (now Dell) in its Dallas, Seattle, and, when launched, Washington D.C. facilities to serve as the backend data storage powering all of SoftLayer’s on-demand service offerings. Servers from SuperMicro provide the processing power for the new SOA infrastructure. Together, these improvements have been engaged to accelerate deployment of new features and increase performance for all SoftLayer customers (whether they use the SoftLayer Application Programming Interface (API) or the SoftLayer Portal to manage hosted IT infrastructure) and allow the company to maintain its leadership in bringing new products and services to market.

SoftLayer used industry-standard best-practices to create its SOA to deliver on the architectural style’s two fundamental concepts: - Enable a set of simple, ubiquitous, and open communication interfaces - Deliver data using an open schema (e.g. XML) through the interfaces SoftLayer’s SOA allows data to be captured, processed, and presented to users in a form chosen by the system administrator, delivering on the company’s commitment to give customers total control. The architecture is highly scalable, with the capacity to process millions of transactions per hour across thousands of physical and virtual servers, as well as with any number of related services.

midPhase Services provides budget, reseller, VPS, and dedicated hosting solutions to clients worldwide through its family of brands: midphase.com, anhosting.com, and autica.com. midPhase operates its services out of downtown Chicago in a state of the art Cimco datacenter. midPhase Services is part of the UK-2 Group, a major player in the hosting industry, for more information please visit www.uk2group.com.

Located in the INFOMART in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer was formed in June 2005 by a team of industry executives seeking to deliver low cost next generation on-demand hosting services for the small to medium enterprise (SME). Utilizing proprietary software, coupled with the industry’s first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers the power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing comprehensive scalability.

To learn more about the new midPhase dedicated servers, please visit: www.midphase.com/dedicated.

For more information about midPhase, please visit: www.midphase.com.

To learn more about SoftLayer, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

Quebec, Canada - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 31, 2008 - Internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc., has unveiled its new corporate identity, along with a newly designed, upgraded website, with new features.

The deployment of the website under the much coveted domain name iweb.com is an important element for the consolidation of the company’s brand.

Martin Leclair, Chief Operation Officer at iWeb noted, ”This new site is an important step in the process of affirming iWeb’s identity and in the differenciation of the company in front of the competition. Our ultimate goal is to transform and facilitate the use of our hosting infrastructures and the server or shared hosting management by giving more control to our users, by speeding the services delivery, and by offering unique, user-friendly and attractive online tools.”

The new website is the first visible effort in a series of improvements which will be unveiled in the coming months and which will include new products, but also an all new ordering process , and a recasting of the Customer Hub, iWeb’s control panel used by customers to manage every aspect of their hosting plan. This new image of the company is the next step in the consolidation of iWeb’s position alongside the leaders of the evolving web hosting industry, and also to make room for a renewed and improved services offer.

Hugo Dénommée, VP Development and Automation added, ”For many months, every department joined forces to produce a new user-friendly website, from design and accessibility, to the great variety of offered services. We are very proud of what has been accomplished and of the results are now public.”

For each of the four sections, major products additions have been made. In the dedicated servers and colocation sections, a new range of Mac servers, private dedicated server racks, cages in colocation and anti-ddos are now available. Our range of dedicated servers, load-balancing, clusters, and managed hosting services remain vital components of our offering. In the shared hosting section, all offers have been completely improved, a website builder has been added, and an offer for Google Adwords credit have been added. We invite ou to visit iweb.com to discover our new website.

Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or colocation in three data centers, featuring over 52,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to clients in more than 140 countries.

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

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - March 28, 2008 - Co-location and dedicated server hosting specialist, Server City, is continuing its partnership with Midway Games Ltd, to provide hosting infrastructure and Internet connectivity.

Midway is the UK arm of the legendary games publisher responsible for such games as Defender, Spy Hunter and Mortal Kombat. Server City will support the latest edition of the multi-award winning Unreal Tournament series, Unreal Tournament 3, on the PS3 platform.

Ricky Blaikie, Head of UK Sales, Server City noted, ”We are delighted that we once again have the opportunity to work with Midway Games to provide the hosting platform for the next edition in this popular series. With our infrastructure, support and internet connectivity, we believe we have the perfect environment for gaming companies to host their online services.”

Recent research shows that online gaming is growing at a faster rate than at any time in the past 15 years. With the advent of so-called ‘next-generation’ online gaming consoles, more people than ever are discovering the joys of online gaming, with other like-minded people, anywhere in the world.

Terry Riley, Senior European IT Manager, Midway Games Ltd added, ”Midway Games is very excited about the launch of Unreal Tournament 3 for the PLAYSTATION 3 platform. This is a fantastic game and we believe that working closely again with the team at Server City will ensure that the consumer receives an unparalleled online experience.”

Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices throughout the world, is a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for major videogame systems and personal computers.

Server City is a co-location and dedicated server hosting specialist based in the heart of London. Established in the late nineties and reborn in 2001 as part of a management buyout from the international multi-service provider, Jippii Group OYJ, Server City operates from fully featured, carrier class data centres. Privately funded, with no shareholders to satisfy, the focus is on providing quality of service while maintaining value for money in order to provide the end customer with the maximum return on investment.

For more information about Midway Games, please visit: www.midway.com.

To learn more about Server City, please visit: www.servercity.co.uk.

Phoenix, Arizona - (Website Hosting Directory) - March 28, 2008 - Developer of email, web log analytics, and help desk applications, SmarterTools Inc., has developed and released its SmarterMail 5.x, building upon hundreds of new features and enhancements.

The new development was created as a cost-effective alternative to Microsoft ExchangeTM for businesses, ISPs, and hosting environments.

Tim Uzzanti, CEO of SmarterTools remarked, ”SmarterMail 5.x delivers upon the SmarterTools promise to provide innovation, reliability, and value to our business and hosting customers. This latest release takes SmarterMail even further - creating new efficiencies for business users and helping ISP and hosting companies compete as they deliver the services and features their customers demand.”

SmarterMail is available for the Microsoft Windows Server operating systems, including the recently released Windows Server 2008. Synchronization of calendar, contacts, and tasks is available from Outlook, Windows Mobile devices, PocketPCs, and Smartphones (e.g. Motorola Q, Palm Treo, Samsung BlackJack). All users can access the complete set of email and collaboration tools from an industry-leading Web Interface that supports all major internet browsers.

SmarterMail 5.x significantly reduces IT infrastructure costs with the introduction of a revolutionary Event-driven architecture - giving all users the ability to receive alerts and automate actions on a wide array of events and criteria. Notifications can be sent via in-application reminders, SMS, or Email.

The ability to proactively forecast mail server requirements and growth is realized in SmarterMail 5.x. SmarterTools years of experience providing Web log analytics through the SmarterStats product has provided the foundation to give SmarterMail one of the most advanced reporting capabilities available. SmarterMail 5.x has been designed to make real-time mail server statistics, historical summary reporting, and detailed trend analysis available - in standard, custom, and email reports - with the power to drill down at every level.

Security features are enhanced with 99% antispam protection out-of-the-box along with standard antivirus, intrusion detection, and attack prevention that do not require the purchase of expensive add-ons or modules. SmarterTools has integrated the Yahoo! DomainKeys authentication standard and is compliant with regulatory requirements for email archiving (Sarbanes-Oxley)1 in SmarterMail 5.x.

SmarterMail 5.x is available now at the SmarterTools Web site and through Authorized Resellers. A complete list of new features and improvements are available by viewing the SmarterMail 5.x Release Notes.

Founded in 2003, SmarterTools Inc. is an information technology-management software company based in Phoenix, Arizona. SmarterTools builds a Windows Mail Server, Web Log Analytics reporting tool, and Customer Support Management application that simplify and automate the day-to-day IT operations of businesses and hosting environments in more than 100 countries.

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

San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - March 27, 2008 - Open source web infrastructure management systems, Hyperic Inc.’s HQ Enterprise solution, has been deployed by managed hosting provider, Contegix, across its entire infrastructure.

Contegix services a broad array of technology with rigorous service level agreements (SLAs). In the eight months since deployment, Hyperic HQ has become a strategic advantage forthe company, helping its customers go beyond keeping their systems up and running to actually improving application performance.

Matthew Porter, CEO of Contegix noted, ”We were immediately impressed with Hyperic’s Auto-Discovery feature. The product installed with the capability to immediately find and monitor more than 70 technologies, providing us with instant monitoring for the majority of our key applications - even those that spanned virtualized resources. Equally important to us was Hyperic’s high level of support. The team has been with us every step of the way- they’ve been a true partner.”

In the competitive managed hosting market, what sets Contegix apart is its customer service - the company offers all the needed equipment and infrastructure in addition to managing the data center and operating system. Customers get 24/7/365 access to Contegix’s Level Three engineers, a 30-minute hardware replacement SLA, and complete systems monitoring. Since its launch in 2003, Contegix’s reputation for excellence has helped it grow by 10 percent a month every month. Today, Contegix powers more than 37,000 managed resources.

To maintain its customer service record and meet its SLAs alongside its explosive growth, Contegix needed a solution that would give them a deeper understanding of its customers’ systems and enable them to solve problems fast. In the spring of 2007 they turned to Hyperic.

Hyperic HQ is designed to allow Contegix to manage its infrastructure from an application rather than hardware-centric view. Contegix managed applications can span a generous spectrum of technology and can include a moving set of physical and virtual components. Hyperic’s holistic perspective across technology enables the Contegix operations team to quickly identify and correctly diagnose application-level problems early, reducing the mean-time-to-recovery (MTTR) and helping them to beat their SLAs. Additionally, Contegix has given the majority of its staff access to Hyperic - from engineering and support all the way to sales.

Javier Soltero, CEO of Hyperic remarked, ”Contegix’s high customer service demands, diverse infrastructure and high growth rate, create one of the most difficult management challenges in the tech sector. Hyperic HQ was designed from the ground up to help customers like Contegix continue to meet the changing demands of their customers without wasting unnecessary resources to keep their IT infrastructure up and running.”

Hyperic’s ease-of-use, detail and historical metrics provide strategic benefits for Contegix. The company uses Hyperic HQ Enterprise to manage its internal infrastructure and using role-based access control extends visibility to its customers so that they too can use the data to improve their applications. By sharing access, Contegix proactively involves the customer to help monitor trends in their hosted applications and identify issues early. With customers for whom a minute of downtime translates into a loss of $10,000 dollars or more, this can mean significant savings.

Mr. Porter added, ”We never expected to give access to a systems monitoring tool to our sales team. But because Hyperic is so easy to use and gives sales a unique perspective into customer usage trends, it actually allows them to advise individual customers on how to modify their applications to more effectively accomplished business goals. Access to Hyperic has substantially raised an already high bar in customer satisfaction.”

Other key features of Hyperic HQ Enterprise include its task automation and sophisticated alerting capabilities, which have helped Contegix focus administrators on exceptions and solving problems by greatly streamlining management tasks. Since its deployment, these efficiencies have contributed to Contegix maintaining the same headcount of support staff despite accelerating growth. Contegix continues to expand its use of Hyperic and plans to extend its deployment to its third data center when it goes online in early 2008.

Contegix offers clients its Beyond Managed Hosting(TM) service, comprehensive management solutions on a simple, monthly fee plan. The solution includes a variety of managed services that range from setting up server hardware, installing the operating system, deploying the software in an optimal configuration to managing licensing, maintenance renewals and wide ranging support.

Hyperic provides open source web infrastructure management software that reduces the workload for operations teams at the world’s biggest web companies, including CNET Networks, hi5 Networks, Dice, Contegix, and more. Its award-winning Hyperic HQ software auto-discovers and updates asset inventory and allows operations teams to perform cross-platform monitoring, diagnostics and control from a remote, web-based console, helping them more quickly pinpoint, correct, and prevent problems at every major layer - including hardware, networks, virtualization and applications. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hyperic is a private company funded by Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital.

To learn more about Contegix, please visit: http://contegix.com.

Minneapolis, Minnesota - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 27, 2008 - Global e-commerce and web hosting outsourcing provider, Digital River, has issued a call for entries for its 2008 ICE AwardsSM (Internet Commerce Excellence).

The awards recognize Digital River clients that are putting its e-commerce best practices to work in creative new ways to attract customers, build loyalty and drive revenues and efficiencies through their online stores. Digital River’s ICE Awards will be presented to clients at the company’s Spring Global Network Sales Summits, which are being held in Athens, Greece and Minneapolis, Minn. All entries must be received at Digital River by April 14, 2008.

Joel Ronning, CEO of Digital River noted, ”The ICE Awards recognize our clients for implementing the latest e-commerce tactics and tools to energize and expand their online businesses. Our clients continue to find success by launching targeted online programs and marketing campaigns, and optimizing their e-commerce sales using precise, disciplined and analytical methods. By combining these growth strategies with Digital River’s e-commerce and e-marketing best practices, our clients can generate some amazing results, clearly demonstrating why they should be recognized as 2008 ICE Awards winners.”

Digital River clients, ranging in size from small businesses to large enterprises, are eligible to participate in the ICE Awards. Clients will be recognized in a variety of award categories, including Rookie-of-the-Year, Highest Online Sales Growth, Best Product Launch, Best Performing Third-Party Promotion, Best International E-Commerce Strategy, Best Performance by an Online Retailer and Best Strategic E-Marketing Performance.

Digital River, Inc., a provider of global e-commerce solutions, builds and manages online businesses for over 40,000 software publishers, consumer technology manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and affiliates. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company’s comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.

Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; and Shanghai, China.

To learn more about Digital River, please visit: www.digitalriver.com.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - March 26, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, along with hosting and web infrastructure service integrator, NTT America, Inc. (NTTA), will offer over 22,000 customers, access to IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol.

Development on the project begins immediately, and The Planet expects to announce availability in late 2008. IPv6 provides a vast improvement over the current IPv4, deployed in the 1980s, by increasing address space, providing support for mobile devices, and improving quality of service and data security.

Stan Barber, Vice President, Network Operations, at The Planet noted, ”One of our top priorities at The Planet is to make sure all of our customers have access to the best technologies to keep their businesses competitive now and in the future. As the Internet grows in complexity and becomes even more ubiquitous, we’re looking to the future so that we are fully prepared to meet the vast needs of our customers. Working with NTT America allows us to add the considerable benefits of IPv6 to The Planet’s network and to help our customers prepare for the continued impact the Internet will have on their companies.”

As one of the first hosting companies to announce its plans for IPv6, The Planet continues to provide enhancements that give current customers methodologies to be ready today and for the future. By adding NTT America’s IPv6 transit to The Planet network, The Planet will be able to offer each hosting customer an innovative, dual-stack approach, which provides the most efficient approach for using both IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously.

NTT Communications Group has been directly involved with the development and deployment of IPv6 technology since 1996. With the launch of IPv6 transit services in 2001 and the first IPv6 managed firewall solution in 2005, which was provided by NTT America, the NTT Communications Group established itself as the global leader in commercial IPv6 managed services solutions.

Michael Wheeler, Vice President of Sales and Business Development at NTT America remarked, ”As the operator of the world’s largest commercial IPv6 network and with more than ten years of direct involvement with its development and deployment, we are pleased to be able to be working with The Planet to create long-term sustainable growth for their customers on the Internet. We continue to be committed to bringing superior technology, solutions and services to our customers worldwide.”

The NTT Communications Group provides IPv6 Gateway services that are available globally and allow enterprises to connect to the world’s only commercial-grade Global Tier One IPv6 Backbone operating in four continents-North America, Europe, Asia and Australia-and serving thousands of customers. In addition, NTT has improved upon the inherent security features of IPv6 with the creation of its IntelliSecurity IPv6 Managed Firewall solution. The solution complements the NTT Communications Group’s existing suite of managed IPv6 Gateway Services, and satisfies the need for increased security for IPv6 users. NTT America also provides IPv6 transition solutions through its IPv6 Transition Consultancy, which supports companies’ and federal agencies’ smooth transition to the upgraded IPv6 network with specialized products and knowledge accumulated through the NTT Communications Group’s successful commercial implementation of IPv6 technology.

Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 3.1 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.

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

Redmond, Washington - (Website Hosting Directory) - March 26, 2008 - Microsoft has reached a virtualization milestone, with the release of its Hyper-VFeature-complete version of Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology.

Made broadly available to customers and partners, the new feature-complete release candidate of Microsoft Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization software available with various versions of Windows Server 2008. A beta of Hyper-V was included with Windows Server 2008 when it launched last month, and this release candidate provides updated, near-final code.

Bill Hilf, General Manager of the Windows Server Division at Microsoft noted, ”As customers begin deploying Windows Server 2008, we want to ensure they have the tools to optimize their IT infrastructure. Hyper-V will help customers consolidate IT systems and allow their businesses to respond more rapidly to ever-changing market conditions. Virtualization has been too complicated and expensive for most organizations, which is why less than 10 percent of servers are virtualized today. Our goal is to make Hyper-V broadly available, easy to adopt and cost-effective while delivering powerful systems management capabilities for customers’ traditional and virtualized IT environments.”

Hyper-V provides customers with efficient and cost-effective virtualization infrastructure software. It enables customers to reduce operating costs by increasing hardware utilization, optimizing infrastructure and improving server availability.

Customers who started evaluating Hyper-V during the beta process in December 2007 and as part of their Windows Server 2008 installation are already experiencing more flexible IT systems, greater control, increased business agility and higher performance.

Jason Nord, server engineer at Land O’ Lakes Inc. remarked, ”Hyper-V is a thinner, more optimized virtualization technology than we’ve seen from other vendors, and we look forward to improving server utilization and better managing our datacenter, especially in a clustered environment. While evaluating Hyper-V, we’ve found it offers better support for running simultaneous operating systems, which helps us consolidate our applications that run on a variety of older software and servers.”

Microsoft is working with partners to help them plan, build and test their own offerings built on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V to address broad customer needs and expand and enhance the platform capabilities.

Tim Lucas, President and CEO of Surgient Inc. commented, ”Surgient has seen growing customer interest in adding support for Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V to our virtual lab management software so that our mutual customers can streamline application life cycle operations, reducing capital and operating expenses. Our customers need to be able to replicate production application configurations in virtual labs using any virtual or physical infrastructure. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V delivers in all these areas, and we’re excited to add support for it to our virtual lab management platform.”

Hardware industry partners including AMD, Dell Inc., Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Hitachi Ltd., HP, Intel Corporation, IBM Corp., NEC Corp., Sun and Unisys Corp. are also working with Microsoft to test and evaluate Hyper-V. Once final code is available, these partners plan to integrate support for Hyper-V into their virtualization offerings in ways that best fit their business, including pre-installation on servers, device support, solutions and services. These partnerships will further lower barriers for customers as they adopt virtualization solutions, making it easier to incorporate virtualization into their server infrastructures.

The release candidate features an expanded list of tested and qualified guest operating systems, which now includes Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2), Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3. Host server and language support has been expanded to include the 64-bit (x64) versions of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter, with English, German and Japanese language options available as well as enablement of Hyper-V on international locales, and further language options and support available in the final release. In addition, the release candidate comes with support for more hardware configurations and offers improved performance and scalability. It also includes the option for installing Hyper-V Manager Microsoft Management Console on Windows Vista SP1 for remote management.

Deployment and management capabilities are essential when building a scalable virtualization infrastructure. With the Microsoft System Center suite and the next version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager, available in the second half of 2008, customers can seamlessly manage their physical and virtual servers with a single set of consistent, compatible tools. Customers will be able to rapidly provision and configure new virtual machines and centrally manage their virtual infrastructure, regardless of whether they are running on Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, VMware ESX Server or VMware Infrastructure 3. A future release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager will also add support for the Xen hypervisor.

The final version of Hyper-V remains on target for release by August 2008, which aligns with the previously stated timing for delivery within 180 days of the Windows Server 2008 release to manufacturing. More information about Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is available at www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/virtualization-consolidation.aspx, and more details about the Hyper-V release candidate can be found on TechNet blogs at http://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes.

To learn more, please visit: www.microsoft.com/hyper-v.

Mountain View, California - (The Hosting News) - March 25, 2008 - Utility and grid computing solutions firm, 3Tera, Inc., has joined ”Cloud Storage” platform provider, Nirvanix, to offer new advanced cloud computing solutions, for Web application developers.

3Tera and Nirvanix will be integrating the Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network (SDN), which includes Nirvanix, the premier into the standard AppLogic catalog of virtual appliances. The first such integration is the inclusion of the Nirvanix SDN as a backup target option within the AppLogic Grid Operating System backup dynamic appliance.

Debbie Landa, Founder and CEO of Dealmaker Media, the organizer of Under The Radar conference noted, ”We are happy to see Under The Radar participants starting new partnerships. Both 3Tera and Nirvanix are new to our Graduate Circle of companies, both are offering exciting new technologies that allow emerging companies to easily build, manage and scale their web applications without the need to build and own complex and expensive data centers. Their announcement today is a proof point for our efforts to facilitate new business opportunities and exchange of innovative ideas.”

The solution is designed to enable developers to select the Nirvanix global storage network for the highest performance storage available in the market today. Additionally, by selecting the Nirvanix SDN, AppLogic customers will be able to send backup copies to multiple global locations simultaneously for best practices in disaster recovery. This integrated solution was demonstrated today, live, with a real application grid backing up multiple images and gigabytes of data to the SDN in just a few seconds.

Jonathan Buckley, Chief Marketing Officer for Nirvanix remarked, ”This solution blends together the best of both worlds, Utility Computing and Cloud Storage. The two companies are coming together to address a very real problem for their customer: How to complement the simplicity and automation of a robust Utility Computing platform, with a cost-disruptive, yet most-reliable layer of data protection based on Cloud Storage.”

Bert Armijo, Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Management, 3Tera, Inc. added, ”We are excited to work with Nirvanix, because they are bringing innovative high performance storage solutions to Web application developers. We have many users working with large data sets for whom backup and data mobility are serious concerns. Nirvanix performance and reliability provide immediate storage solutions as well as create new application opportunities.”

Under The Radar is a conference series and a blog profiling early-stage innovation, showcasing emerging startups and identifying trends. It began as an evening networking event in April 2003. After months of sold-out events, we were urged by our network of executives and VCs to create a full-day event: effectively a one-stop shop to evaluate and explore new business opportunities, partnerships, potential investments, and trends in several technology sectors. UTR conferences showcase 32 of the most disruptive startups in a sector. The conference takes a hands-on look at the true innovators fueling an explosion of emerging technology and new business opportunities.

Nirvanix is the premier ”Cloud Storage” platform provider. Nirvanix is a privately held company headquartered in San Diego, California and backed by world-class investors including Intel Capital. Nirvanix has built a global cluster of storage nodes collectively referred to as the Storage Delivery Network (SDN), powered by the Nirvanix Internet Media File System (IMFS). The SDN intelligently stores, delivers and processes storage requests in the best network location, providing the best user experience in the marketplace. With the ability to store multiple file copies in multiple geographic nodes, the SDN enables unparalleled data availability for developers, businesses and enterprises.

In February, 3 Tera was named a 2007 Best SaaS Provider, by HostReview, selected for its impact on enabling utility computing solutions for the hosting industry. Featured on the HostReview web site’s 2007 Top 10 Web Host Awards, Best SaaS Provider list, each award category lists companies who have distinguished themselves during the past year and have laid the foundations for continued quality service and innovation in 2008. The Top 10 Web Host Awards honor leading companies in eight different categories.To create their Best of the Year awards, HostReview editors reviewed the achievements of companies during the last year, including their contribution to the hosting industry and the performance of each company in their related category.

3Tera, Inc. is a grid and utility computing firm for the deployment and scaling of web applications. Named a 2007 Category Breaker by NetworkWorld magazine, 3Tera’s AppLogic grid operating system enables the first true utility computing services that completely remove the cost and complexity associated with infrastructure. The operating system converts commodity servers into scalable grids on which users can visually operate deploy and scale transactional web applications without any modification of code. Software-as-a-Service providers, Web 2.0 companies, enterprises and open source developers may obtain new online services, to market by utilizing resources from commodity hosting providers on a pay-as-you-go basis, while maintaining complete control of applications including visual operation, scaling and on-demand resource provisioning using only a browser.

For more information about the conference, please visit: www.undertheradar.com.

To learn more about Nirvanix, please visit: www.nirvanix.com.

For more information about 3Tera, please visit: www.3tera.com.

Seattle, Washington - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 25, 2008 - Website hosting provider Flux Services, Inc., has debuted its new Ultra Unlimited hosting plan, which allows for unlimited website traffic.

Under the new plan, unlimited traffic under a single hosting account is offered for a monthly cost of $9.95 a month. No setup fees or necessary annual contracts are required to receive this offered price, which is unlike most hosting providers which require two years payment in advance for reduced pricing.

Website hosting features include live support, site builder, website template package, Dual-Core Intel Xeon Servers, a monstrous 500 GBs+ of disk space and unlimited monthly transfer. Other features included are a script installer, daily backups, advanced SPAM protection, automatic web stats, PHP 4.4.x and 5.x support, Zend Optimizer, Ioncube Loader, GD, Imagemagick, hotlink protection, password protect directories, custom error pages, log file accessibility, sub-domains, parking domains, an IP deny manager, Directory Virus Scan, Dreamweaver and FrontPage compatible, and website marketing tools, among other features. Another offered plan, the Ultra 1x, allows for the hosting of a single website with the above features at a reduced price.

David Turner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Flux noted, ”The Ultra Unlimited and 1x web hosting plans are the most competitive hosting plans on the market. Without the requisite of an entire year in advance for payment as with most website hosting providers, new clients may sign up for monthly hosting at the same offered price and start using services immediately.”

The new plans provide the capability for web designers and developers easier administration with an increased feature set while reducing cost. With the new Ultra Unlimited plan web designers and developers can add multiple domains and content within seconds. Individual web pages can also receive their own ftp account information used to upload content which allows for micromanagement of accounts as well if required.

The Ultra Unlimited hosting plan features one consolidated interface and one low monthly cost, presented as a convenient option for many web designers and developers.

Flux Services also offers to price match competitor hosting plan prices. If a client’s existing hosting provider supports the cPanel interface which is a popular control panel for websites provided by many hosting providers, Flux Services also offers to transfer the entire hosting account to their service free of charge.

Flux Services was established in 2002 and provides value website hosting and domain registration services. The company maintains its operations in Seattle, Washington.

For more information on the Ultra Unlimited plan, please visit: www.ultrawebsitehosting.com/hosting-plans.php.

San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - March 24, 2008 - Data center developer and operator, 365 Main, has added ENERGY STAR as a partner, and will participate in the EPA’s future development of an ENERGY STAR energy performance rating for data center facilities.

J.P. Balajadia, SVP of engineering for 365 Main noted, ”365 Main brings to the table our expertise from operating more than one million square feet of data center space nationwide across five facilities, as well as our experience with reducing energy use through green programs offered by PG and E and our involvement with groups such as the Green Grid and U.S. Green Building Council.”

According to 365 Main, it is the first company whose sole business is the development and operation of data centers, to join ENERGY STAR as a partner. 365 Main will alsoAs an ENERGY STAR partner, 365 Main agrees to measure and track energy performance where possible by using tools such as those offered by ENERGY STAR, develop and implement a plan consistent with ENERGY STAR guidelines to achieve energy savings, as well as educate staff and the public about achievements with ENERGY STAR.

Data centers are facilities that house computing, networking and data storage equipment as well as the infrastructure to power and cool the equipment, and thereby consume a substantial and increasing amount of energy. According to an EPA report issued in 2007, data centers accounted for about 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption in 2006, similar to the amount of electricity consumed by 5.8 million average U.S. households. The report projects that national energy consumption by servers and data centers could nearly double by 2011.

Jean Lupinacci, Chief of EPA’s ENERGY STAR Commercial Buildings program remarked, ”EPA would like to congratulate 365 Main for joining ENERGY STAR as a partner. Strategic energy management is a critical element in our efforts on climate change, and by joining ENERGY STAR, 365 Main is helping lead the way to greater energy savings in the data center industry and real results for the environment.”

365 Main also announced today its participation with EPA in developing an ENERGY STAR Infrastructure Rating for Data Centers. The effort, still in its early stages, will for the first time make it possible for data center facilities to earn the coveted ENERGY STAR mark of excellence for superior energy-efficiency. Dozens of leading companies and other organizations are assisting the EPA with the development of the ENERGY STAR for data center buildings. Nearly 4,100 commercial buildings and manufacturing plants have earned the ENERGY STAR through the end of 2007, but a national energy performance standard has not yet been established that allows data center buildings to earn the ENERGY STAR.

The EPA initiated the ENERGY STAR Infrastructure Rating for Data Centers after companies requested a system to help them measure, benchmark and improve the energy-efficiency of data center space. ENERGY STAR is working to collect information from organizations such as 365 Main to gain greater understanding of where energy is consumed within a data center.

The ENERGY STAR rating system will measure the efficiency of power and cooling systems within data center facilities, but will not address the efficiency of IT equipment running within data centers. The EPA is working on a separate ENERGY STAR specification for server hardware.

ENERGY STAR was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. Today, the ENERGY STAR label can be found on more than 50 different kinds of products, new homes and commercial and industrial buildings. Products and buildings that have earned the ENERGY STAR designation prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the government. Last year alone, Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved about $14 billion on their energy bills while reducing the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 25 million vehicles.

365 Main Inc. develops and operates data centers, developed and certified to compliance requirements, including SAS70, and feature 24/7/365 power, cooling, connectivity and security capabilities to ensure mission-critical operations and business continuity for tenants. Hundreds of hosting, telecommunication and Fortune 1000 enterprises utilize 365 Main’s privately held services, based in San Francisco, California.

To learn more about ENERGY STAR, please visit: www.energystar.gov.

For more information about 365 Main Inc., please visit: www.365main.com.

Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 24, 2008 - Web hosting registrar firm, GoDaddy, as the offshoring of American jobs is once again in the forefront, has made a commitment to keep its workers on American soil.

Responding to news of companies announcing plans to move positions overseas to big government contracts being awarded to European firms, Go Daddy’s pledge comes on the heels of a recent study that indicates offshore spending is on the rise. In a December 2007 news release, Gartner, Inc., an information technology research company, predicted that offshore spending would grow by 40 percent in the U.S. during 2008.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy explained, ”We will not sacrifice quality just because it might save a few dollars. Providing the absolute best customer service has always been one of our hallmarks. It distinguishes us from the competition — always has.”

Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons believes that keeping Go Daddy’s employees local ensures customer care representatives and developers can quickly respond to customer feedback, providing the most responsive support in the business.

Go Daddy is the world’s largest domain name registrar, as well as a leading web hosting company, and is considered a one-stop shop for anyone looking to develop an Internet presence. The company develops most all of its 40-plus products in-house, which keeps prices low. Go Daddy wasawarded the Most Innovative Company in Arizona last year and now serves some 5 million customers world-wide.

While the company is currently evaluating its options for international development, such expansion would not result in a decrease in workers at U.S. offices.

Go Daddy employs more than 1,900 people and the fact it has not offshored a single job is an element that has drawn huge applause from audiences whenever the company’s outspoken CEO speaks publicly.

Mr. Parsons added, ”Go Daddy is first and foremost an American company. What we have here works.”

Go Daddy has been ranked by The Business Journal as One of the Valley’s Best Places to Work for four consecutive years. The company prides itself on its competitive salaries and generous performance rewards. CNN Money has even recognized Go Daddy for its extraordinary perks, which include paying selected employees’ mortgages for a year, giving away expense paid vacations, cars and large screen televisions. Go Daddy pays for the taxes on the prizes it awards too.

Go Daddy is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and also has offices in Phoenix, Mesa, Gilbert, Tempe, as well as Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Denver, Colorado and Washington D.C.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 27 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

For more information about GoDaddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.