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News: Web Hosting and Services Group, TriZetto, Selected for Software Support
Newport Beach, California - (The Hosting News) - April 3, 2008 - Enterprise and component software, hosting and business process outsourcing services firm, The TriZetto Group Inc., has been selected by the Triple-S Management Corporation.
According to the software licensing and professional services agreement, TriZetto's QNXTTM core administrative enterprise system and associated implementation, training and other professional services, will support the San Juan based managed care health plan, serving approximately 1 million members.
The three-year, $35 million system replacement and modernization project will give Triple-S the flexibility and scale in its technology to expand into additional plan designs and markets and more efficiently serve its members, providers and employer customers. As an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Triple-S is among more than 60 percent of Blues plans nationwide using TriZetto software.
Socorro Rivas, President of Triple-S noted, ''We selected TriZetto as our IT solutions partner because its systems utilize the most flexible and advanced technologies in the marketplace. With more than 45 years of experience in providing healthcare to the people of Puerto Rico, we have always looked for the most innovative ways to develop the highest-quality healthcare coverage at the most reasonable cost, and TriZetto has proven to be the best solution.''
Tim Hascall, Executive Vice President of professional services at TriZetto remarked, ''hroughout the competitive bidding process, we emphasized not just the superior flexibility and Web services architecture of our applications. We emphasized, and Triple-S appreciated, our commitment to follow through with system implementation, staff training and business process improvements to deliver an on-time, on-strategy solution integrated with their operational model.''
TriZetto's QNXT system supports greater efficiency in payers' claims processing, claims re-pricing, premium billing, membership administration, customer service and other core administrative operations. The company's professional services team performs strategic planning, business process reengineering and implementation services to help improve payer organizations using TriZetto and third-party applications.
Triple-S Management Corporation is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. It is the largest managed care company in Puerto Rico, serving approximately 1 million members across all regions. Triple-S offers a broad portfolio of managed care and related products in the commercial, Medicare and Reform (similar to Medicaid) markets. In addition to its managed care business, Triple-S provides life and property and casualty insurance in Puerto Rico.
TriZetto's payer-focused information technology offerings include enterprise and component software, hosting and business process outsourcing services, and consulting. Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., TriZetto can be reached at 949-719-2200. The company's systems are powering Integrated Healthcare Management, by facilitating health benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. The company provides premier information technology solutions that enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers. Healthcare payers include national and regional health insurance plans, and benefits administrators that provide transaction services to self-insured employer groups.
To learn more, please visit: www.trizetto.com.
Posted by editor on Thursday, April 03 @ 08:42:44 EDT (282 reads)
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News: Reseller Web Hosting Discounts, Included in ResellerClub Birthday Celebration
Inverness, California - (The Hosting News) - April 3, 2008 - Private-labeled end to end web service providers, ResellerClub, has amended its regular pricing structure, in connection with the celebration of its anniversary.
The Big Birthday Bash is providing heavy discounts and steep price slashes on all TLDs, Web Hosting, Digital Certificates, Website Builder services and all other products they offer. This product-wide extravaganza which commenced a few weeks ago has been inimitable and extremely beneficial for all the resellers and is expected to continue further due to popular demand.
Bhavin Turakhia, CEO, ResellerClub noted, ''The Big Birthday Bash has managed to increase profit margins for resellers through never before offers, heavy discounts and exciting price slashes. Also the launch of our India Hosting Services and the .asia domain landrush at exceptionally low pricing has certainly expanded our resellers' customer base and help them market a more attractive product bouquet.''
ResellerClub is committed to offering the most comprehensive product portfolio at the most economical prices making it the ideal service provider for Resellers. In a bid to offer its Resellers with the highest profit margins, ResellerClub also has many new products and promotions lined up which will definitely add value to a reseller's existing portfolio of world class Products.
Mr. Bhavin added, ''Resellers can take utmost advantage of all our Products along with the extremely low prices during the Big Birthday Bash to increase their profit margins and also expand their customer base. Since we only sell to resellers, we have their best interests in mind and this reflects on our unique pricing structure as well as our promo offers and packages.''
ResellerClub boasts of the most comprehensive product portfolio including Domain Registration, Advanced Web and Email hosting, Live Chat services, ecommerce modules, website builder etc available at the most economical pricing existing today. They also provide complete business process automation and a powerful promo engine that allows Resellers to introduce and pass on promotions, discounts, special packages etc to their sub-resellers and customers.
ResellerClub, a DirectI Group business, is one of the largest private label web solutions providers in the world, providing end-to-end automation to domain resellers, web hosts, web designers, and other web service companies. ResellerClub offers products and services and powers the backend infrastructure and software of thousands of web hosts worldwide.
To learn more about ResellerClub, please visit: www.resellerclub.com.
Posted by editor on Thursday, April 03 @ 08:30:49 EDT (213 reads)
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News: The Planet Dedicated Server Web Host, Debuts Windows Server 2008 to OS Portfolio
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - April 2, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has debuted the launch of Windows Server 2008, to its operating system portfolio of dedicated server operating systems offerings.
The company is now offering four editions of the operating system, available immediately on all servers in The Planet's broad fleet. The offering includes Windows Server 2008 Web Edition, which is free on single-processor servers.
Windows Server 2008 features enhanced capabilities and powerful tools that build on the strengths of its predecessors. The new operating system delivers enhanced web tools, virtualization technologies and security features that, backed by The Planet's network and six world-class data centers, provide a secure and scalable hosted IT environment.
Urvish Vashi, Director of Product Management for The Planet noted, ''As more companies move their complex IT infrastructures to hosted environments, they're looking for the broadest portfolio of offerings to support their strategic business requirements. Windows Server-based solutions are one of the fastest-growing operating system segments in our business, and we expect this growth to accelerate by offering the added security, scalability and unique features that Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 provide.''
John Zanni, Director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft Corp. remarked, ''With the addition of Windows Server 2008, we are excited to help The Planet offer its customers an easy-to-manage and reliable platform for the development and hosting of web applications and services. The new capabilities available in Windows Server 2008, the core of the Microsoft hosting platform for service providers, will allow The Planet's customers to experience significant new features that enhance their IT infrastructure.''
The most robust Windows Server operating system to date, Microsoft's latest release delivers new functionality and improvements to the base operating system. Designed to meet the most exacting business requirements, Windows Server 2008:
- Provides a solid foundation for business workloads with technologies that simplify server management such as Server Manager, Windows PowerShell and Windows Deployment Services
- Protects servers from failure and unauthorized connections with security features such as Network Access Protection, enhanced Active Directory services, read-only domain controller and BitLocker drive encryption
- Hosts Web applications with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0), a security-enhanced platform that offers greater flexibility and control through a componentized architecture
- Consolidates multiple server roles and runs several operating systems on a single physical machine with built-in virtualization technology.
The Planet will offer Windows Server 2008 in four editions:
- Windows Web Server 2008 enables businesses to rapidly deploy Web pages, sites, applications and services with IIS 7.0, ASP.NET and Microsoft .NET Framework
- Windows Server 2008 Standard features built-in Web and virtualization capabilities and enhanced security features
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform with consolidated identity management features plus clustering and hot-add processor capabilities
- Windows Server 2008 Unauthenticated Version offers all the Web server power of the Enterprise edition without the ability to run Active Directory and related services.
Ultimately, The Planet endeavors 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 6.7 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.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, April 02 @ 09:00:50 EDT (381 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Applications Firm, Parallels, Chooses Tech Data U.S.
Renton, Washington - (The Hosting News) - April 2, 2008 - Server virtualization firm, Parallels, has selected IT products distributor, Tech Data Corporation, as its exclusive U.S. distributor for Parallels Virtuozzo Containers.
Following Parallels' channel program offering value-added resellers (VARs) access to container-based server virtualization software, distribution of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers will be managed by Tech Data's Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) Division, which provides VARs with specialized sales and technical support for virtualization solutions.
Bill Portin, Vice President of North American sales and operations, Parallels noted, ''Parallels Virtuozzo Containers takes a different approach to server virtualization than many of the other solutions available in the channel, and by doing, so offers enterprises large and small a unique set of advantages, such as better per-server density and superior performance. This makes Parallels Virtuozzo Containers an ideal solution for VARs deploying data center-scale virtualization or for those deploying virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions. Working with Tech Data's AIS Division, Parallels will ensure our VAR partners have access to the support, expertise and information they need to profitably deploy Parallels Virtuozzo Containers.''
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is the world's leading operating system (OS) virtualization solution. On a single physical server and single OS installation, it enables users to run workloads in multiple, simultaneously running execution environments called 'containers'. Compared to other virtualization technologies, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers offers the highest levels of density, performance and manageability.
Amy Belcher, Director of product marketing, Advanced Infrastructure Solutions at Tech Data remarked, ''Tech Data's AIS Division has built one of the channel's most robust data center solution offerings that includes the broadest virtualization practice of any distributor. The addition of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides our VAR customers with more options as they develop and deploy server virtualization solutions for a wide range of end-user environments and business-enhancing applications. Parallels has a strong commitment to the channel, and we'll work closely with them to help our VAR partners build profitable and successful virtualization practices.''
VARs can leverage Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to enhance and deploy a wide range of IT solutions, including:
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Server and Operating System Consolidation - Parallels Virtuozzo Containers superior density enables customers to consolidate multiple physical servers to fewer servers that run multiple instances of the same operating system.
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Business Continuity - New features such as real-time backup and live migration enable cost-effective disaster recovery and high-availability configurations that ensure continuous business operations.
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) - Industry-leading density and performance make Parallels Virtuozzo Containers the best solution for deploying VDI enterprise-wide.
- Workload Management - The unique ability of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to manage applications and allocate resources in real-time - in response to changing user needs - delivers maximum efficiency, productivity and uptime.
- Application Hosting for SaaS (Software as a Service) Deployments - Because each container is lightweight and can be deployed in seconds, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is an ideal solution for businesses looking to capitalize on SaaS both internally and externally. Parallels has a robust ISV and partner community working on SaaS solutions and is spearheading the Application Packaging Standard, which drives rapid SaaS deployment of applications.
Founded in 1974, Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS: TECD) is a leading distributor of IT products, with more than 90,000 customers in over 100 countries. The company's business model enables technology solution providers, manufacturers and publishers to cost-effectively sell to and support end users ranging from small-to-midsize businesses (SMB) to large enterprises. Ranked 109th on the FORTUNE 500 Tech Data generated $23.4 billion in sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008.
Parallels (formerly SWsoft) is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.
To learn more about becoming a Parallels Virtuozzo Container reseller, please visit: www.techdata.com.
For more information about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, April 02 @ 08:50:31 EDT (373 reads)
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News: Web Hosting, VoIP Firm, Covad, Receives Regulatory Approval for Acquisition
San Jose, California - (The Hosting News) - April 2, 2008 - Web host and national provider of integrated voice and data communications firm, Covad Communications Group, Inc., has obtained all of the required regulatory approvals for the proposed acquisition of Covad by an affiliate of Platinum Equity.
The approvals were provided by the Federal Communications Commission and a number of state public utility commissions. At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, held February 29, 2008, holders of a majority of the company's outstanding shares approved the agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which an affiliate of Platinum Equity will acquire all outstanding shares of Covad for $1.02 per share in cash. The parties expect to close the transaction on April 15, 2008.
Late last year, Covad extended its Line Sharing Agreement with AT and T. The Agreement will continue to May 2009, and also includes extentions of the commercial terms as to former BellSouth territory, and guarantees access to AT and T copper and remote-terminal facilities for new Covad line share customers. The agreement also provides for commercial access to AT and T copper facilities in the former Bellsouth territory, also through May 2009. Covad and ATT also resolved a number of disputes.
Platinum Equity is a global M and O firm specialized in the merger, acquisition and operation of companies that provide services and solutions to customers in a broad range of business markets, including information technology, software, telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing, metals services and distribution. Since its founding in 1995 by entrepreneur Tom Gores, Platinum Equity has completed more than 75 acquisitions with more than $23 billion in aggregate annual revenue at time of acquisition.
Covad is a nationwide provider of integrated voice and data communications, offering DSL, Voice Over IP, T1, broadband wireless, web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, and bundled voice and data services directly through its network and Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home users. Covad broadband services are currently available across the nation in 44 states and 235 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and can be purchased by more than 57 million homes and businesses, which represent over 50 percent of all US homes and businesses. Corporate headquarters is located at 110 Rio Robles San Jose, CA 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD.
To learn more about Platinum Equity, please visit: www.platinumequity.com.
For more information about Covad, please visit: www.covad.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, April 02 @ 08:33:16 EDT (502 reads)
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