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News: Colocation, VoIP Firm, Level 3 Executive, Presents at GSA Networx Winners Circle
Broomfield, Colorado - (The Hosting News) - September 11, 2007 - Colocation, VoIP, and Internet backbone company, Level 3 Communications' Wholesale Markets Group, recently participated in a round-table discussion at the GSA/ITS Network Services Conference, in Denver, Colorado at the Adams Mark Hotel.
Jerry Hogge, the Senior Vice President of Government Markets for Level 3, appeared on behalf of the company. The conference was designed for Federal government employees focused on transitioning from FTS 2001 to Networx, a new program supporting cross-agency collaboration, transformation and government-wide technology improvement. Mr. Hogge participated in a round-table discussion in the Plaza ballroom, as part of the opening plenary session entitled, ''The Winners Circle.''
The session included representatives from the Networx contract awardees and will address how the Networx program can enable government agencies to transition into the next generation of telecommunications services in a seamless, secure and interoperable environment. Level 3 will be hosting a Networx training site at the conference. The Level 3 training site was designed to educate attendees about Level 3, the Networx contract and Level 3's comprehensive suite of network, security and managed network services. Level 3 also exhibited at the conference in Plaza One.
In addition, Level 3's Business Markets Group, was selected to be the exclusive network provider for Wall Street West, a Federal and Pennsylvania-funded initiative to provide back-up systems to New York City's financial institutions. Wall Street West, a comprehensive program designed to attract financial services firms to northeastern Pennsylvania, will include network infrastructure and services between the two regions, a workforce development program, and other financial incentives. Under the terms of the agreement between Level 3 Communications and Ben Franklin Technology Partners, fiscal agent for the Wall Street West initiative, Level 3 has been selected to construct a diverse fiber optic network from New York City to Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The network is designed to meet specific requirements for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery applications to protect critical financial information in the event of an outage in the New York City area. Network construction is targeted to begin over the next 12 months. Governor Edward G. Rendell, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania remarked, ''The Wall Street West initiative provides a robust and unique alternative for financial institutions seeking to improve their disaster recovery model. Level 3 is a long-time and valued provider to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and we believe that Level 3's involvement with Wall Street West enhances the benefits of this proposition.''
Wall Street West is a $40 million initiative involving a variety of federal, state and private funding sources, including a $15 million investment from the Federal government through the Workforce Innovation Regional Economic Development (WIRED) program.
Level 3 Communications, Inc., an international communications company, operates one of the largest Internet backbones in the world. Through its customers, Level 3 is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services over its broadband fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, voice services and voice over IP services. The services are designed to provide building blocks that enable Level 3's customers to meet growing demands for advanced communications solutions.The principal components offered by Level 3's (3)VoIP Enhanced Local service include network trunking, local telephone numbers, local number portability, the safety of E-911, operator assistance, caller ID, directory listings, and directory assistance. The service is designed to allow Level 3 customers to retain the flexibility to manage and control end-user features without the difficulties of implementing complex interconnection arrangements.
For more information about Level 3, please visit: www.level3.com.
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News: Web Hosting Founder, Former Google Executive, Acquired by LinkedIn
Mountain View, California - (The Hosting News) - September 11, 2007 - Online professional network, LinkedIn Corporation, has appointed former Google Director of Global Operations, Lloyd Taylor, as Vice President of its Technical Operations division. During his three year term at Google, Mr. Taylor was responsible for scaling the Google.com infrastructure, including data centers and server operations.
Mr. Taylor's efforts helped Google scale its infrastructure by more than 500%, while growing staff responsible for machine maintenance by only 80 percent, which also served to support Google's post-IPO growth.
Previously, Mr. Taylor was Vice President, Technology and Operations at Keynote Systems, where he grew the measurement infrastructure from 60 measurement agents in 10 domestic locations to well over 3,000 agents worldwide. Before Keynote, Mr. Taylor was the founding technical executive for Digex Web Hosting. His datacenter designs at Digex are still featured as the premier hosting locations of Digex's current owner, Verizon. Mr. Taylor started his career at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he participated in the creation of ARPANet, designed flight computer systems for several Space Shuttle missions, worked on cryptographic systems for U.S. Department of Defense applications, and implemented one of the first Internet-based distance learning systems.
Dan Nye, CEO of LinkedIn remarked, ''Lloyd is one of the world's leading experts on technical infrastructure scalability. His experience in building and growing the technical infrastructure for Google, as well as his work at Keynote, where he led design and development of an infrastructure spanning 50 cities on five continents, were clearly the perfect fit for Linkedin as we continue to rapidly grow our network around the world.''
Mr. Taylor commented, ''I look forward to joining the talented management team at LinkedIn at this key point in time for the company. With the exponential growth in membership and network usage over the next few years, the challenge to build a strong and scalable infrastructure for LinkedIn is both critical to the company's success and a very exciting opportunity for me personally.''
LinkedIn is one of the Internet's premier professional network, where over 14 million professionals find customers, jobs, employees, investors, business partners, service providers, industry experts and opportunities through their network of business relationships. With over 14 million members, the LinkedIn network is currently growing at a rate of nearly 300,000 new professional members a week.
LinkedIn provides a a professional network online, with access to people, jobs and opportunities. LinkedIn has established one of the largest and most powerful professional networks, with over 14 million professionals are on LinkedIn, representing all five hundred of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as a wide range of household names in technology, financial services, media, consumer packaged goods, entertainment, and numerous other industries. LinkedIn is backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Greylock, the European Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners.
With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.
To learn more about LinkedIn, please visit: www.linkedin.com.
For more information Google, please visit: www.google.com.
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News: Nexx Web Hosting Company, Deploys MultiPlatform Clustered Server Technology
Toronto, Canada - (The Hosting News) - September 10, 2007 - Global web hosting company, Nexx Online, Inc., has devised a new hosting plan, designed to give SMBs greater reliability, security and uptime, including new specifications, clustered MultiPlatform server technology and an upgraded control panel.
Offered at $7.95 per month, Nexx's new plan includes:
- 300 GB of disk space
- 3,000 GB of bandwidth per month
- 1,000 POP and web-based email accounts
- Spam and virus screening for email
- An included free .com domain name
- Windows and Linux MultiPlatform
- Clustered server technology
- 24/7 technical support
MultiPlatform clustered server technology provides greater reliability, security and uptime Nexx Professional hosting includes MultiPlatform clustered server technology, giving customers the ability to use Microsoft Windows and Linux- based website tools simultaneously.
Jason Matheson, Product Manager at Nexx explained, ''Clustered architecture ensures our customer websites are always available, even during traffic spikes, by distributing the hosting across hundreds of servers. Since there is no single point of failure, websites are more secure and more reliable.''
An upgraded website and control panel has been added to accompany the new hosting plan and technology. Nexx has also launched a new website and control panel that makes finding information easier and includes detailed product specs, step-by-step instructions and tutorials.
Nexx Online, Inc., established in 1996, powers thousands of business websites to online success everyday with industry-leading MultiPlatform clustered server technology. Nexx is known for professional, reliable, secure web hosting, supported by 24/7 world class customer service. Nexx has been featured by the New York Times, Slashdot, CNET, CBC, and CTV for innovation and industry excellence.
To learn more, please visit: www.nexx.com.
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News: Web Hosting Firm, C I Host, Garners Inc. Magazine Fastest Growing Ranking
Fort Worth, Texas - (The Hosting News) - September 10, 2007 - Web hosting and solutions company, C I Host, has been ranked among the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the United States by Inc. magazine, with over 250,000 clients and a growth rate of 85 percent, placing it at #3488 in the list.
Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host offered, ''We are extremely pleased to be included in such company. We have enjoyed consistent growth over the years due to our solid financial foundation, cutting edge technology, the support of our customers and the skill and dedication of our 220 employees.''
In 2006, C I Host added more than 60,000 new clients all over the world and lowered its churn rate to 2 percent, less than half of the rate in 2005 and considered the lowest in the web hosting industry. Revenues increased more than 20 percent and profits increased more than 25 percent. The main data center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area was expanded for the ninth time in ten years and the company has contracted for another 60,000 square feet of space. All this expansion has been supported from the organic growth of the company with no use of venture capital, bank loans or outside investments.
Mr. Faulkner continued, ''We are extremely happy to be at this juncture in the growth of our company. The combination of a solid financial footing and a supportive customer base bodes well for our future.''
Over the past ten years, C I Host has incurred no long-term debt and has been able to anticipate economic changes accurately enough to successfully ride out the collapse of the dot.com bubble and even show growth during that time. In large part, that growth has occurred because C I Host has consistently put its customers at the center of its operation - using quality-controlled customer service programs, a live chat room with the CEO, customer satisfaction surveys and a ''Customers Rule'' program to keep the focus on the needs of its clients.
Mr. Faulkner concluded, ''We have been blessed with tremendous success, and none of it would have been possible without the support of our customers. They are truly the collective CEO of my company.''
C I Host, based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) hosting 330,000 domains in 190 countries worldwide. C I Host endeavors to create business-class web hosting solutions for the small and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names. C I Host is HIPAA-compliant and has passed the SAS70 Type I audit.
C I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce. The company offers innovative packages and services to the Internet community. C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and London.
C I Host has been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by cnet's Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.
To learn more, please visit: www.cihost.com.
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Colocation and Managed Services Firm, DataPoint, Initiates Executive Appointment
Baltimore, Maryland - (The Hosting News) - September 10, 2007 - Connectivity and managed service provider and carrier-class data center, DataPoint, Inc., has reassigned its former Director of Sales, Curtis DePass, to an appointment of General Manager, replacing Carter Smith, who assumes a management position with Continental Broadband, DataPoint's parent company.
In addition to the promotion of Mr. DePass, Anthony Estelle has been promoted to Sales Manager; Brent Pulsipher is Operations/NOC Manager; and Shaun Bogan is now the organization's lead engineer.
Mr. DePass commented, ''These promotions stem from the business growth DataPoint has recently celebrated and I intend to build on this momentum as we enter the second half of 2007. I'm very excited about the position DataPoint has achieved as the premier provider of business class data network services in Baltimore, and about the opportunity DataPoint has right now relative to continuing to grow to support our market and the technology industry.''
Charlie Watkins, CEO of Continental Broadband remarked, ';We are glad to see DataPoint continuing to make great strides and becoming the region's preferred resource for organizations with data-centric needs. I have confidence in Curtis and his team's ability to build on this success into the future.''
DataPoint now manages more than 13,000 square feet of data center space within its Tide Point campus location and serves more than 2000 customers throughout the region. DataPoint is also home to Baltimore's largest all-Ethernet network offering bandwidth selections beginning at 3Mbps up to 40Mbps of service, with tiered options in between.
DataPoint is a facilities-based data center and managed services company delivering Internet, colocation and managed services solutions to businesses throughout the region. These services include traditional high-speed Internet access, an innovative Ethernet Anywhere Internet access product, and point-to- point connections. Other solutions include managed servers, disaster recovery, data back-up and network and managed hosting services out of its carrier class data center with a Network Operations Center manned on-site 24/7. The company delivers personalized customer care, rapid response times, and customized service level agreements. DataPoint's data center facility is located at its headquarters in downtown Baltimore's Tide Point campus at 1050 Hull Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.
To learn more, please visit: www.datapoint.com.
Posted by editor on Monday, September 10 @ 09:47:29 EDT (508 reads)
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