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News: midPhase Web Hosting Firm, Debuts New Dedicated Servers, with SoftLayer
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.
Posted by editor on Monday, March 31 @ 09:08:13 EDT (215 reads)
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News: PEER 1 Subsidiary, ServerBeach Managed Hosting, Unveils Self-Managed Firewalls
Vancouver, British Columbia - (The Hosting News) - March 31, 2008 - PEER 1 subsidiary specializing in self-managed hosting, ServerBeach, has released its self-managed firewalls to over 3,000 customers at its San Antonio data center.
Robert Miggins, Vice President of business development for PEER 1 noted, ''In keeping with the needs of our self-managed hosting customers, this product provides the highest security while being easy to install and manage. We know our customers, who come from a great variety of industries, and pride ourselves on offering the best and most affordable tools to support maximum business growth.''
The firewall product, mGuard Smart by Inominate, provides added security and is fully self-managed by customers via a web interface. This provides the kind of control and flexibility ServerBeach customers expect and can take full advantage of for their business or web presence. The mGuard Smart offers an extremely high degree of security and performance. It can be integrated anywhere both quickly and simply without modifications to the server, regardless of the processor technology or operating systems used. Because the firewall is independent it does not affect the performance of the server's processor.
The mGuard Smart unites the advantages of hardware and software-based security concepts in a single component. All the security functions are integrated into the self-contained, fully independent mGuard platform. For this reason, it is not necessary to reconfigure the server being protected, nor do drivers or additional software need to be installed. The firewall performs much better and is more reliable than the typical shared or PCI based firewall. ServerBeach will offer the firewall at $99 per month with a $50 setup fee, and it is available on Category 3 and 5 servers within the San Antonio data center.
ServerBeach, a PEER 1 company, specializes in self-managed hosting for businesses of all sizes around North America and the world, and is based in San Antonio Texas. PEER 1 is an online IT infrastructure provider, for more than 9,000 customers. Serving a variety of industries, PEER 1 offers solutions that grow through every stage of web commerce, regardless of company size, and ensures customers' online presence is always fast, always available. PEER 1 delivers highly scalable dedicated hosting and co-location solutions in addition to self-managed hosting by ServerBeach. Since 1999, PEER 1 has grown to include data centers and network points of presence in 17 major cities across North America and Europe. The company's headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada and the stock is traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol PIX.
To learn more about the offering, please visit: http://serverbeach.com/servers/specialoffers_firewalls.php.
For more information about ServerBeach, please visit: www.serverbeach.com.
Posted by editor on Monday, March 31 @ 08:53:45 EDT (217 reads)
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News: Dedicated Server, Colocation Web Host, LeaseWeb, Accelerates Cisco CRS-1 Hosting
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - (The Hosting News) - March 31, 2008 - International business hosting services firm, LeaseWeb, is set to restructure its global hosting network, with the acquisition of two Cisco CRS-1s.
The acquisition is designed to make LeaseWeb's network infrastructure more hierarchical and scaleable and enables a bandwidth capacity increase to 1900 Gigabits per second (1.9 Terabits). The two CRS-1s (non-stop machines) will have a vital role in the new hosting network. In the near future, they will play a central part in connecting all data centers in LeaseWeb's network to the outside world. LeaseWeb opted for two machines because this offers the ultimate uptime guarantee. It allows LeaseWeb to safeguard its service level agreements with customers to an even greater degree.
Con Zwinkels, the Managing Director of LeaseWeb noted, ''To date the volume of our data traffic has doubled or done better than that every year. If you calculate what this means for the future. Right now we have 80 Gigabits per second. It will be 160 a year from now. The required capacity will be 320 Gbps the year after that, and we will be close to 1.3 Terabits in a couple of years. We were unable to guarantee the growth potential with the current network structure., With the acquisition of the new Cisco CRS-1 platform, however, we can now realize that growth capacity. Moreover, the CRS-1s are ready for 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet from a technical perspective. So we will be able to use those standards as soon as they are available on the market.''
LeaseWeb customers currently use 80 Gigabits per second in bandwidth. The acquisition of two Cisco CRS-1s enables LeaseWeb to expand its hosting network to a capacity of 1900 Gbps (1.9 Terabits). The total investment for two of these Cisco machines is nearly 2.4 million US Dollars.
The CRS-1s are geographically separated in different data centers. The existing sixteen Catalyst 6500 switches will have to relinquish their central role and only transport the Internet traffic of customers internal to the hosting network. It makes LeaseWeb’s network more hierarchical with fewer cross-connections, which yields great benefits in terms of network management.
Coks Stoffer, the CEO of Cisco Netherlands remarked, ''I am happy that LeaseWeb, an internationally successful hosting provider, has opted for Cisco's CRS-1. The demand for bandwidth is growing very quickly at LeaseWeb. The CRS-1 and the associated new network design for LeaseWeb will enable them to accommodate the predicted growth of their Internet traffic. As a result, LeaseWeb customers can be sure that the growth potential, in terms of bandwidth, will be huge in years to come.''
LeaseWeb is able to scale its bandwidth quickly and efficiently via telecom carriers and Internet exchanges. Its philosophy is to always maintain twice as much capacity as the customers are consuming. At present, the available capacity for customers is 160 Gbps.
LeaseWeb is an international supplier of hosting products and services that specializes in both Microsoft and Linux, and focuses primarily on the professional market. The company is among the top 30 hosting providers in the world and provides services such as web hosting, dedicated hosting, colocated hosting, VPS and streaming, as well as technical support. LeaseWeb owns a first-class Cisco-powered network offering a bandwidth of over 160 Gbps, which extends across five data centers in the Amsterdam region via the major telecom carriers. LeaseWeb is also present on internet exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna , Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague and Madrid. Founded in 1997, hosting provider LeaseWeb now manages 11,000 servers. Its customers include Starbucks, Hyves, Telegraaf Media Groep, Koninklijke Joh. Ensched, PricewaterhouseCoopers, AVRO, Direct Wonen, and Univ.
To learn more, please visit: www.leaseweb.com.
Posted by editor on Monday, March 31 @ 08:43:56 EDT (272 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Colocation, Managed Solutions Firm, ViaWest, Acquires Dataside
Denver, Colorado - (The Hosting News) - March 31, 2008 - Colocation and managed hosting solutions provider, ViaWest, has completed its acquisition of Dallas, Texas based provider of customized data center infrastructure space and managed network services, Dataside.
Roy Dimoff, Chairman and CEO, ViaWest noted, ''ViaWest has become a market leader in Colorado, Utah and Oregon by providing a wide range of mid-sized businesses with unparalleled support in addition to network, facility and solution sets that are second-to-none. Likewise, Dataside has built a tremendous reputation servicing mid-size and Fortune 1000 companies' infrastructure space needs. We could not be more enthusiastic with the scale and market opportunities that this acquisition provides.''
The acquisition of Dataside expands ViaWest's market presence to include data centers in Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Texas and Nevada. The increased ViaWest footprint includes four enterprise-class facilities in the Dallas area, with additional data centers in Austin and Plano, as well as Las Vegas, Nevada. With the Dataside acquisition, ViaWest's annualized revenue will exceed $100 million by the fourth quarter of 2008.
ViaWest will introduce additional managed services into the Dataside facilities throughout the course of 2008 and 2009. Furthermore, ViaWest plans to immediately invest in the expansion of the existing facilities in Austin, Dallas, and Las Vegas in order to support the increasing demand for data center space.
James deVenny, President and CEO, Dataside remarked, ''ViaWest and Dataside is a perfect marriage as both companies have similar success stories and a well- earned reputation for the highest quality of customer service. We are very proud of what we created at Dataside, and we are extremely excited about the opportunities that the combined companies present.''
In support of the transaction, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Foothill provided debt financing and Goldman Sachs, Quilvest and ViaWest's existing investor group, led by Cowen Capital Partners, provided additional equity capital.
ViaWest's managed hosting solution offers businesses a platform for maintaining mission-critical business applications. Its dedicated hosting team is comprised of experienced engineers who provide proactive troubleshooting and support. ViaWest provides colocation, managed hosting solutions and comprehensive services to mid-sized businesses. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with additional Tier 1 data centers in Utah and Oregon, ViaWest offers technology infrastructure solutions and critical resources to support business needs. ViaWest currently serves thousands of customers nationwide including Frontier Airlines, the Denver Broncos, Exclusive Resorts and Chipotle. The company was named One of Denver's Top Corporate Philanthropists and One of Colorado's Top 10 Mid-size Best Companies to Work For.
For more information about ViaWest, please visit: www.viawest.net.
Posted by editor on Monday, March 31 @ 08:34:35 EDT (451 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Infrastructure for Midway Games, to be Provided by Server City
London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - March 28, 2008 - Colocation and dedicated server hosting specialist, Server City, is continuing its partnership with Midway Games Ltd, to provide its 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.
Posted by editor on Friday, March 28 @ 09:01:58 EDT (289 reads)
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