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News: Web Hosting Support Services Firm, Foundry Networks, Schedules Financial Events
Santa Clara - (The Hosting News) - May 16, 2008 - Performance and solutions provider for end-to-end switching and routing, Foundry Networks, Inc., has updated the information in connection with its upcoming financial community events.
Recently, Foundry Networks presented at the R.W. Baird Growth Stock Conference in Chicago, IL, featuring Michael Iburg, Treasurer. Following that event, was the Piper Jaffray Semiconductor and Communications Conference, in New York, NY. The Deutsche Bank 2007 Technology Conference in San Francisco, CA also featured Mr. Iburg.
The Cowen and Company SMid-Cap Technology Conference has been scheduled for May 31, 2007 in New York, NY, at 1:55 p.m., where Mr. Michael Iburg, Treasurer will speak. Cowen and Company is an investment banking firm whose focus is research, trading and services centered around the key sectors of growth in our economy, including Health Care, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Consumer, Aerospace and Defense, and Alternative Energy, with nearly 90 years of experience.
On June 12, 2007, Mr. Iburg will appear at the Bear Stearns Technology Conference in New York, NY, at 3:25 p.m. The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns and Co. Inc., a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm, since 1923. Clients include corporations, institutions, governments and individuals.
All of the presentations may be accessed at the company's website, under the Investor Relations page.
Foundry Networks, Inc. is a provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security, and web traffic management solutions including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4 - 7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, access routers and metro routers. Foundry's customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial, and manufacturing companies.
For more information about Foundry Networks, Inc., please visit: www.foundrynetworks.com.
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News: Dedicated Server Provider, Layered Technologies, Debuts New Hosting Packages
Plano, Texas - (The Hosting News) - May 15, 2008 - Provider of ''on demand'' IT infrastructure, Layered Technologies, is offering a new range of servers, designed to meet the needs of the enterprise market, including HP servers configured with the Quad-Core AMD Opteron.
Also included in the offering, is the Intel Xeon CPU, along with the ability to hold up to 12 hot swappable hard drives. These new packages represent a huge increase in the price-for-performance value equation for clients seeking highly expandable, leading edge computing platforms.
New server packages include the latest HP chassis, newly released AMD Barcelona and Intel Harpertown / Clovertown processors, a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and 500 GB or larger hard drives. Each chassis can currently accommodate up to 12TB of storage and 32GB of RAM.
Todd Abrams, President and COO of Layered Technologies explained, ''Layered Technologies has a history of leading the market in next-generation technology and we'll continue to seek ways to maximize performance, optimize virtualization, increase levels of utilization and enable greater energy efficiency. These new name-brand server offerings are unrivaled and give our customers greater choices and unbeatable value.''
With clients in more than 120 countries, Layered Technologies custom technology solutions allow both large and small customers to rapidly deploy on-demand hosting and utility computing services, providing all the controls of collocation without the start up costs, capital investments, long term contracts and associated challenges. By partnering with Layered Technologies, companies are able to achieve ROI quickly via reduced capital investment, total cost of ownership (TCO), labor reduction, training and floor space. Layered Technologies can have a company up and running in days versus months.
Recently, it was announced that the Chicago based managed hosting company, FastServers.net, will be acquired by Layered Technologies as well. The acquisition will combine the expertise of FastServers.net in managed dedicated hosting with Layered Technologies' leading Grid and unmanaged offerings. The combination of Layered Technologies and FastServers will offer a new range of superior services significantly benefiting customers.
Layered Technologies will begin immediate integration of the two companies' operations, product development, distribution and customer support organizations to ensure a smooth transition and immediate value for customers, employees and partners. Combined, the company will serve over 6,000 clients.
Layered Technologies enables customers to forego capital expenses and save on operating costs while focusing on core business issues. Clients range from leading-edge Web 2.0 startups, successful mid-sized enterprises and some the world's largest consultancy and integration firms.
Based in Frisco Texas, Layered Technologies, Inc. is one of the five largest global providers of on-demand hosting and utility computing solutions, providing dedicated, partially managed server hosting solutions primarily for the small and medium-sized enterprise SME market. They provide customers with the highest quality technology, infrastructure and support services that enable them to operate servers at secure Tier III/IV data centers, while saving them the capital and operating costs typically associated with purchasing and maintaining their own servers at co-location facilities. Layered Technologies servers and associated network facilities are used by customers to host a variety of Internet-enabled applications, including content and e-commerce Web sites, software as a service (''SaaS'') offerings, online multiplayer games, shared Web site hosting services, and streaming multimedia content distribution and delivery, among other applications.
For more information about Layered Technologies, please visit: www.layeredtech.com.
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News: The Planet Web Hosting Firm, Upgrades Network Operations Center
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - May 15, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has upgraded and expanded its Network Operations Center (NOC), through a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) designation requirement.
All employees who work in the company's NOC are required to hold the CCNA, and the staff is now 100 percent certified. Every NOC technician has earned this complex designation, which tests the skills required to install, configure, operate and troubleshoot routed and switched networks. Many on the team have earned even more senior Cisco certifications.
Created by Cisco Systems Inc., CCNA is the industry-recognized standard of expertise for IT network professionals. The rigorous certification requires knowledge of core network functions, including the verification of remote sites in a Wide Area Network (WAN), knowledge of various network types and the basic mitigation of security threats. Additional skills tested include the implementation of Local Area Networks (LAN) and an understanding of wireless networking concepts.
Stan Barter, Vice President of Network Operations at The Planet noted, ''Customers tell us that they come to The Planet to host their IT infrastructures based on the quality of our network and our six world-class data centers. The NOC is the nerve center for our company, and its primary role is to ensure the entire network infrastructure functions at its highest level of capability. Cisco is the recognized market leader in IT and network knowledge, so we certify each engineer to their standards, which offer an excellent career path for advancement in our company.''
Currently, there are open positions in The Planet NOC for those with CCNA qualifications. For more information on careers at The Planet, visit www.theplanet.com/about-us/careers.asp.
Earlier this month, The Planet unveiled six new promotions, including savings of up to 26 percent on its two Check Point solutions, as the company's first-ever firewall discount.
The following promotions continue through May 31, 2008, or while promotional supplies last:
- Firewall Upgrades: The Check Point X16, formerly priced at $89 per month, is now available for $69, a 22 percent savings. The Check Point XU is now available for $139 per month - reduced from $189 per month - a savings of 26 percent.
- Double Down Select: This promotion provides customers the choice to double their base bandwidth, hard disk or RAM for free on new orders of the Kentsfield SATA or the Dual Xeon 2.8 IDE.
- Dual Xeon 2.4 SCSI: Now priced at $143 per month - down from $219 - customers can take advantage of a 35 percent savings on this popular server.
- Dedicated Backup Servers: For customers looking for special pricing on backup servers, the company is offering savings ranging from 13 percent to 29 percent on 500GB to 6TB servers.
- Component Upgrades: Existing customers can take advantage of disk space, additional bandwidth and backup at 50 percent off current prices.
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.
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News: Data Center Provider, Aperture, Chosen for Defense Information Systems Agency
Stamford, Connecticut - (The Hosting News) - May 15, 2008 - Provider of software for managing the physical infrastructure of data centers, Aperture Technologies, Inc., has been selected to upgrade the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Engaged for the Aperture VISTA 500, the company will manage its data center environment. Aperture closed the deal in partnership with Global Technology Systems Consortium (GTSC), an IT provider to federal, state and local agencies. GTSC will work with DISA to implement the Aperture solution which will be rolled out in seven of DISA's largest data centers across the continental United States (CONUS).
Bill Clifford, President of Aperture Technologies remarked, ''This is unarguably a vitally important organization. To have Aperture managing federal data center resources speaks to our expertise and VISTA's role in providing much-needed visibility and control of today's complex data center environments.''
GTSC proposed Aperture VISTA as the solution that would enable the precise tracking and management of all physical devices throughout DISA's data centers and provide DISA with accurate information to track and forecast capacity, power, and space. The DISA Computing Services Division's (CSD) data centers are operated by the Infrastructure Management Division, which plans, engineers, and maintains fundamental elements required by the Defense Enterprise Computing centers (DECCs) to perform operational processing in support of customer applications.
DISA DECCs' needed a solution that would provide management capability as data centers continue to grow in size, complexity, and operational demand. This included the ability to integrate work flow and to assess the impact of high density computing devices, such as blade servers, that provide higher processing power within a more compact footprint.
The DISA Computing Services Division has been an Aperture customer since 1989, when it invested in Aperture's original product offering, an application that helped managers to position mainframes in the data centers. The Division is currently the DoD's number one provider of computing services spanning personnel, payroll, logistics, accounting, and medical records processing.
Global Technology Systems Consortium, Inc. Global Technology Systems Consortium, Inc. (GTSC), a minority-owned, SBA 8(a) company, was established in 1997 to provide quality software solutions and consulting services to help government and commercial clients manage the business and technology complexities of today's IT environment. GTSC is a reseller for several high profile vendors in addition to providing IT services in key areas such as high level management consulting, systems development, systems integration and engineering, systems performance optimization, and application programming.
Aperture provides software for managing the physical infrastructure of data centers. Aperture's solutions reduce operational risk and improve efficiency through the planning and management of data center resources and real-time monitoring of the environment. Aperture delivers best practice processes designed to enable organizations to take control of an increasingly complex physical infrastructure including equipment, space, power, cooling, network and storage. With over 20 years of experience, Aperture provides organizations with the information required to optimize their data center operations, delivering better services at the lowest cost. Aperture's customers include the world's largest companies, half of which are Fortune 1000 and Global 500 organizations.
To learn more, please visit: www.aperture.com.
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News: Hosting Firm, NTT Com, Garners Network Services Award
Tokyo, Japan - (The Hosting News) - May 15, 2008 - NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), a network integrator, hosting and web services firm, has garnered a Platinum Award for an overall customer satisfaction ranking for its global data network services.
The company was recognized in the latest ''Voice of the Customer: Global Data VPN'' report from the 2008 Telemark Services of the United Kingdom. The company earned its first-ever Platinum Award by receiving the highest cumulative score overall.
Janet Watkin, Director at Telemark Services remarked, ''Telemark uses a Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) to measure perceived operator performance. The overall CSI measures the customer experience of the total service provider's Data VPN offerings against a set of customer requirements. NTT Com occupies the number-one position, in the league table that compares eight global operators for overall customer satisfaction, because it captured the hearts and minds of Data VPN service users more successfully than its rivals, thereby scoring the highest overall CSI.''
Eight categories are measured by the survey: Indispensable to Customer, Top 10 Customer Priorities, Meeting Requirements, Pricing, Network Installation, Network Operation, Customer Support and Billing. NTT Com also was presented a Diamond Award for its top ranking in Meeting Requirements.
The report is based on the results of 749 interviews of IT managers of multinational companies.
Eight global operators were considered for awards: AT and T, BT, Cable and Wireless, Orange Business, T-Systems, Telefonica, Verizon Business and NTT Com, the only Asian candidate.
NTT Com holds the annual Arcstar Carrier Forum in Tokyo to gather partner telecoms from Asia and other regions and consider ways to upgrade private network-related services offered jointly under the Arcstar brand.
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) provides information and communications technology (ICT) solutions worldwide with dedicated professionals stationed in 21 countries. Renowned as an IPv6 technology pioneer and managed service expert, NTT Com offers diverse high-quality IP, Web-based, and managed network solutions combining network management, security, ubiquitous, web portals/engines, and global services. Its world-class Tier 1 Internet backbone and secure closed networks with over 98,000 MPLS ports, combined with the networks of partner companies around the world, connect more than 200 countries. The company earned non-consolidated revenues exceeding one trillion yen (about 10 billion USD) in fiscal 2006 ended March 31, 2007. NTT Com started as a long-distance phone company in 1999 after the reorganization of the NTT Group, and is the wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. NTT is listed in Japan, London and New York stock exchanges.
For more details about Telemark Services, please visit: www.telemarkservices.com.
To learn more about NTT Com, please visit: www.ntt.com.
Posted by editor on Thursday, May 15 @ 08:27:52 EDT (4163 reads)
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