This one will keep you humming the tune all day long. Who knew that working at a server farm could be so much fun?
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I got an e-mail last week, where Tom was wanting to know…
"Hi Mitch, love the podcast. I have just started up a reseller account of my own but I am in need of some billing or shopping cart software that will make it easier to resell the hosting space I have purchased. Any suggestions?"
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Humyo.com is a new personal file hosting service that is now giving away 30GB of disk space for free to people who sign up today. The tag line here is "access your life" and they want you to be able to reach the documents and file you need anywhere at any time.
You receive 25GB […]
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Winter Park, Florida - (The Hosting News) - July 3, 2008 - Multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, Highwinds, is contributing to raising brain cancer awareness, by providing video hosting and delivery services for the 38 Lemon nonprofit effort.
Steve Miller, President of Highwinds noted, "Highwinds is providing the video delivery for 38 Lemon as a public service. Clearly the use of video can be a highly educational tool, and we are pleased to be donating our content delivery services in support of such a worthy cause."
David Welch was diagnosed at age 38 with a lemon-sized brain tumor widely considered inoperable. Over the past three years, Mr. Welch has documented his journey as a brain cancer survivor on his web site, www.38lemon.com, which reaches and seeks to educate nearly 40,000 new visitors a month and had over 10 million hits in the past year alone. Highwinds is supporting Mr. Welch in his efforts by contributing its CDN (Content Delivery Network) services for the delivery of several videos over its high-performance RollingThunder(TM) network.
Mr. Welch utilizes the Highwinds CDN to deliver videos to interested individuals anywhere in the world — quickly and reliably. One featured video shows an operation performed by Mr. Welch's surgeon, Dr. Patrick J. Kelly, a highly respected neurosurgeon with the NYU Medical Center and the founder of The Brain Tumor Foundation. Another educational video promoting early detection was provided by this foundation and is also delivered courtesy of Highwinds. The 38 Lemon web site also features Mr. Welch's personal journal, which documents his daily experiences as a brain cancer patient, through surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation.
The Highwinds CDN provides unparalleled performance and value in the delivery of video and other media content over the Internet. Among content delivery networks, the Highwinds CDN sets the pace by offering important advantages in data center peering, real-time analytics, instant account provisioning, rapid content deployment, complete content control, massive scalability, and other critical differentiators. It consists of Highwinds' global RollingThunder network and its StrikeTracker media manager, which puts actionable data at users' fingertips.
Mr. Welch added, "It has been three and a half years since my diagnosis, and reaching a growing worldwide audience through 38 Lemon says much about increasing brain cancer awareness from a patient's perspective. Highwinds has created software and tools to deliver educational media that supports our mission, and I am very grateful to have their software, services and CDN platform for running our media."
38 Lemon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission of "Brain Cancer Awareness — From a Patient's Perspective." Diagnosed at 38 with a lemon-sized brain tumor widely considered inoperable, David Welch has documented his journey since then. 38 Lemon is not a medical web site. Rather, it is the experience of one brain cancer patient, from first surgery, chemo, second surgery, and radiation and chemo.
Highwinds Network Group, Inc. has provided development of content replication and delivery software and services since 2002, which has led to a number of technology innovations in network management, distributed file system technology and advanced content routing methods. The Highwinds CDN leverages best-in-class hardware and software to quickly and successfully move content at a global level. The company's high-performance RollingThunder network and user-friendly StrikeTracker content management and reporting dashboard enable clients to deploy and manage content, file downloads and streaming media. Highwinds is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., and maintains data centers in thirteen North American and European cities.
For more information about 38 Lemon, please visit: www.38lemon.com.
To learn more about Highwinds Network Group, Inc., please visit: www.highwinds.com.
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University Park, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - July 3, 2008 - Web host, Internet services and ISP company, AT and T Inc., has entered into a three-year service contract with insurance software vendor for the property and casualty insurance industry, Insuresoft.
Chris Blair, Vice President of Product Management for Insuresoft remarked, "From the start, we needed a collaborative provider with the power and connectivity to ensure a top-notch experience for our customers. AT and T has the complete set of solutions and capability to support Insuresoft's operations and paves the way for our company to evolve applications to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model."
As its primary provider, AT and T will deliver a portfolio of hosting services that keeps Insuresoft connected and "always on" for its customers. Insuresoft will take advantage of AT and T's collocation services, housing its equipment at one of 38 AT and T global Internet Data Centers (IDCs). AT and T will provide scalable bandwidth to Insuresoft, ensuring the reliable power and connectivity that is required to support Insuresoft's services and customers.
Both cost efficient and flexible, AT and T's solution assigns the optimal bandwidth that is needed to support network traffic and Insuresoft's Web tools. In addition to expanded bandwidth and extensive hosting services, Insuresoft will benefit from the AT and T BusinessDirect Web portal and management tools. This online platform securely provides access to applications for convenient bill payment and network data analysis. About Insuresoft Insuresoft is a Microsoft Gold-Certified independent software vendor delivering insurance software to the property and casualty insurance industry. Insuresoft offers a suite of products and services that are configured to meet the unique needs of managing general agents and insurance companies in North America. Insuresoft is a privately-held company headquartered in University Park, Illinois, and has offices in Alabama and Minnesota. For additional information, please visit www.insuresoft.com.
AT and T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT and T brand, AT and T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT and T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 55.8 million wireless customers.
For more information on AT and T hosting services, please visit: www.business.att.com/hosting.
To learn more about AT and T, please visit: www.att.com.
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Here is an interesting idea. Would you like to have the domain name yourname.yourbusiness?
How about firstname.lastname?
Well thanks to those wacky and crazy people at ICANN and a few bottles of expensive French wine, we might see that go into effect sooner than you would think. In an unanimous vote held in Paris, France last […]
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Wilmington, Delaware - (The Hosting News) - July 3, 2008 - Server management and data center administration facilitator, Rack-Soft, has released the free connection module between its hosted PBX server software 4PSA VoipNow and Paralells Plesk.
By incorporating the industry's leading control panel, the new software delivers a unified communication platform, By integrating Parallels Plesk with 4PSA VoipNow under a single administration interface, the user management is automated and the provisioning of voice and video communications in hosted environments is greatly simplified.
Bogdan Carstoiu, General Manager at Rack-Soft noted, "By combining the hosting industry's leading control panel with the hosted VoIP PBX software, providers are ready for unified communications and to offer value services to their customers. With this integration, service providers that use Plesk can resell VoIP services and offer affordable hosted PBX services to SMB and residential users using SaaS (Software as a service) model."
VoipNow Plesk Module replicates effortlessly existing Plesk accounts into VoipNow with only a click of a button or links Plesk users with existing VoipNow accounts for centralized management. Plesk users with VoipNow accounts can work with hosting and VoIP from the same interface. When VoIP functionality is added to a Plesk account, the user will have delivered voicemail and faxes directly into his email box.
VoipNow Plesk module is a free application and can be downloaded from 4PSA website. The software is compatible with the latest Plesk 8.4 version running under Linux and UNIX.
Rack-Soft is a specialized developer and integrator of server and Data Center software that supports major operating systems and platforms. The company delivers solutions that help service providers and enterprises control their infrastructure, automate processes, and improve communications.
Rack-Soft is a developer and integrator of software solutions for the server market, utilized by ISP, HSP, small and medium businesses. Rack-Soft products are developed to simplify server management, data center administration, and voice communications. Rack-Soft implements CMM (Capability Maturity Model) in order to maximize software reliability.
To learn more, please visit: www.4psa.com.
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - (The Hosting News) - July 3, 2008 - Provider of on-demand dedicated utility servers with hourly billing, NewServers, has
launched free migration assistance and scalability planning services.
The free service includes consulting provided by the NewServers engineering group focused on developing a migration and scalability plan that leverages the API and automated scaling features of the NewServers platform.
JP Gagne, President of NewServers noted, "Our goal with the free migration and scalability planning service is to assist our clients in leveraging the full potential of NewServers' dedicated utility platform. We want to educate our client on how to take advantage of the performance benefits and cost savings our platform delivers."
Recently, NewServers sponsored the Structure 08 conference in San Francisco, CA. Structure 08 is a conference developed by award winning technology writer Om Malik. Structure 08 was created to inform businesses so they can plan their future computing infrastructure needs.
The current promotional offer from NewServers through July 31 includes:
Last month, the company debuted its reseller program featuring multiple API feature access. With volume discounts of up to 20% and NOC level support access, the NewServers reseller program targets traditional hosting resellers, ISVs, web designers and application developers with higher volume and control needs. The API allows Resellers to fully integrate with NewServers' NOC automation to manage six key functions. These functions include adding a server, canceling a server, real-time available inventory list, active server information, current billing information, and server reboot control.
GigaOM is the premier destination site for technology industry insiders. Edited by award-winning journalist Om Malik, GigaOM is widely considered an authoritative voice on what is disrupting the world of technology. Topics covered include broadband, VoIP, infrastructure, mobile, wireless, and venture capital. With signature intelligence, candor and irreverence, GigaOM breaks down the hype and explains how these new technologies will shape our future. GigaOM is part of Giga Omni Media, a portfolio of leading publications in the technology and entrepreneurial markets that reaches 1.75 million readers worldwide.
NewServers is a provider of on-demand dedicated utility servers. With datacenter services located at NAP of the Americas in Miami, FL and multi-gigabit networks managed by Internap, NewServers provides the industry's leading dedicated utility server architecture with hourly billing. With this architecture the company delivers unprecedented security, power and control to manage IT environments while providing high scalability.
For more information, please visit: www.newservers.com.
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