Latest Industry News from WebHostingTalk

1. Colocation Network Services of Terremark, Deploys EU Utility Computing Platform - Integrated Tier-1 Internet exchange and managed IT infrastructure solutions provider, Terremark, has completed deployment of the Infinistructure utility-computing platform at its facilities in Madrid and Amsterdam.
2. Liquid Web Hosting Firm, Garners 693rd Placement, as US Fastest Growing Company - Web hosting company, Liquid Web, has been honored by INC. Magazine as the 693rd fastest growing company in the United States, for the second consecutive year.
3. Web Hosting Services Firm, New Edge Networks, Chosen by InMotion, for Airport - Earthlink subsidiary and broadband network company, New Edge Networks, has been chosen by the largest entertainment and electronics airport retailer in the United States.
4. Web Hosting R1Soft Software Provider Partner Program, Welcomes WpWeb - Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft, has welcomed integrated Internet solutions and media development company, WpWeb S.r.l, into its Hosting Partner Program.
5. Colocation Web Hosting Firm, Data393, Provides High Density for National Pension - Colocation, managed hosting, disaster recovery and IP network services, Data393, has entered into an agreement to deliver high density colocation services to business and technology public pension organization services firm, Sagitec Solutions.
6. HostingPanama, Welcomed by Parallels, in Gold Service Provider Partnership - Server virtualization, automation and software provider, Parallels, has welcomed provider of offshore web hosting, dedicated servers, and colocation, HostingPanama, as a Gold partner.
7. Hosting Business from BroadSpire, Acquired by Momentum -
   Ontario, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 26, 2008 - IT hosting and managed website services, Momentum Advanced Solutions Inc., has acquired the Los Angeles, California based IT hosting division of BroadSpire, Inc.

   Phil DeLeon, President of Momentum noted, ”Momentum has a […]

8. Web Hosting Provider, SingleHop, Chosen by Sphere Web Hosting -
   Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - August 26, 2008 - Web hosting managed dedicated hosting provider, SingleHop, Inc., will support Sphere Web Hosting’s infrastructure and managed services for its shared, reseller and dedicated hosting business.

   Dan Ushman, Co-founder and […]

9. Host Gator Reseller and Dedicated Hosting Firm, Ranks on Inc 5000 List -
   Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 25, 2008 - Shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting firm, Host Gator, has been ranked by Inc.com, as the 21st fastest-growing private company in the country, on its 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.

   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.

   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.

   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.

   For more information about Host Gator, please visit: www.hostgator.com.

10. SoftLayer Dedicated Server Solutions Firm, Debuts Geographically Redundant DNS -
    Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 25, 2008 - On-demand hosting services and virtual data center provider for the small to medium enterprise (SME), SoftLayer, has added Anycast DNS (also called IP Anycast Routing) to its offerings, free to all customers using SoftLayer’s DNS servers.

    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 interruptions
    Network Protection - provides a comprehensive network failover solution

    Disaster Recovery - allows critical services to be continuously maintained
    

    Earlier 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 servers
    • reduced provisioning times by allowing individual machines to be removed for maintenance without interrupting application use
    • decreased environmental impact, by delivering the productivity of multiple machines within only a single machine’s power, cooling and floor space requirements
    • fewer 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.

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

Latest Industry News from The WHIR

1. Foundry Expands Product Portfolio - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — End-to-end switching and routing solutions provider Foundry Networks has launched a suite of networking solutions aimed at the service provider market.
2. 451 Group Lists ICE Summit Speakers - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Technology-industry analyst firm The 451 Group announced on Wednesday the lineup of speakers scheduled to present at its upcoming 2008 Infrastructure Computing for the Enterprise Summit.
3. MessageLabs Buys Fortium ICA - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Integrated messaging and web security services provider MessageLabs has acquired image composition analysis software company Fortium ICA, which enables businesses to enforce acceptable use policies of email.
4. AIT, tyBit Offer Free Web Services - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — tyBit Unified Search has partnered with Advanced Internet Technologies to offer new Pay-Per-Click advertising customers a free domain name, one year of web hosting and a free $50 credit.
5. The Planet Reduces Backup by 50% - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider The Planet announced on Wednesday it has reduced list pricing by 50 percent on its two server backup products.
6. Layer42 Adds Transmode In California - August 27 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Santa Clara, California-based colocation, and managed and dedicated services provider Layer42 has completed installing new equipment from optical networking solutions firm Transmode, improving its network and quality of services.
7. Promise Technology Joins Green Grid - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center storage technologies provider Promise Technology announced on Wednesday it has joined The Green Grid, a global organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems.
8. Estonia Hosts Georgian Websites - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports on Tuesday, the government of Estonia is temporarily hosting two of Georgia’s key websites to protect them from hackers.
9. Managed Data Holdings Buys Stargate - August 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Managed Data Holdings announced on Wednesday it is has acquired Stargate, a local data center operator in Oak Brook, Illinois offering colocation, managed servers and managed services.