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News: Dedicated Server Solution Firm, SoftLayer, Opens Washington, D.C. Data Center
Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - May 7, 2008 - On-demand hosting services and virtual data center provider for the small to medium enterprise (SME), SoftLayer, has opened a new data center location in the Washington D.C. area.
The addition of this facility increases the company's total capacity to 45,000 servers throughout their facilities located in Dallas, Seattle, and now D.C.
Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer noted, ''Now with three geographically diverse data centers, we will bring even more new services to our customers in the coming months. As we searched for the best site for expanding our presence to the East Coast, the D.C. area was an easy choice. It has one of the highest concentrations of fiber connectivity in the U.S., providing us and our customers multiple network options and world class performance.''
SoftLayer Washington D.C. is located just 7 miles from Dulles International Airport in a facility designed to full Tier IV standards. It features multiple redundant power connections in addition to the three 2-megawatt generators and eight, fully redundant, 750 kVA UPS systems. As with all SoftLayer data centers, the facility has 24x7 onsite support and multiple security protocols controlling entrance to the building. In addition, the facility boasts infrastructure features including:
- 34 x 480v 3-Phase PDUs
- Redundant 30-ton CRAC Units
- FM-200 Fire Suppression System with VESDA
- Biometric Security System
- Digital Security Video Surveillance
SoftLayer has already begun pre-selling servers in the new data center to current customers, receiving an unprecedented level of demand resulting in a high backlog of server requests. Mr. Crosby added, ''We knew interest in the new location would be high, from both existing and new customers. We wanted to give our current customers an opportunity to request servers here and meet their demand prior to opening sales to the general market.''
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.
To learn more about SoftLayer, please visit: www.softlayer.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, May 07 @ 08:41:02 EDT (123 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Datacenter Firn, Digital Realty Trust, Reports First Quarter Leasing
San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - May 7, 2008 - Owner and manager of corporate datacenters and Internet gateways, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., has reported strong leasing results for the first quarter of 2008.
The Company commenced leases during the quarter totaling approximately 334,800 rentable square feet of space. This includes 256,200 square feet of Turn-Key Datacenter space leased at an average annual GAAP rental rate of $119.25 per square foot, 46,300 square feet of Powered Base Building space leased at an average annual GAAP rental rate of $52.42 per square foot, and 32,300 square feet of non-technical space leased at an average annual GAAP rental rate of $19.31 per square foot.
Michael F. Foust, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Realty Trust noted, ''We are continuing to experience strong demand for our Turn-Key Datacenter and Powered Base Building solutions from a diverse base of customers throughout our top markets. Those markets include New York Metro, Northern Virginia, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, San Francisco and Silicon Valley in the U.S. and London, Dublin and Paris in Europe.''
Leases were signed during the quarter totaling 260,200 square feet of space for the company, including 106,400 square feet of Turn-Key Datacenter space. The space was leased at an average annual GAAP rental rate of $100.05 per square foot, nearly 120,000 square feet of Powered Base Building space leased at an average annual GAAP rental rate of $67.60 per square foot, and 33,800 square feet of non-technical space leased at an average annual GAAP rental rate of $25.93 per square foot.
Chris Crosby, Senior Vice President of Sales and Technical Services for Digital Realty Trust noted, ''Customers from a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, corporate enterprise, and Internet enterprise, as well as managed service providers and IT outsourcing companies are seeking both Powered Base Building and Turn-Key Datacenter solutions to meet their own or their customers' requirements for state-of-the-art datacenter space. In fact, we have seen a particular increase in demand for outsourced solutions from customers looking for ways to cut costs under today's challenging market conditions.''
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, redevelops, develops and manages technology-related real estate. The Company is focused on providing Turn-Key Datacentre and Powered Base Building datacentre solutions for domestic and international tenants across a variety of industry verticals ranging from information technology and internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty Trust's 71 properties, excluding one property held as an investment in an unconsolidated joint venture, contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise datacentre tenants. Comprising approximately 1.2 million rentable square metres (12.6 million square feet) as of April 1, 2008, including 186,000 square metres (2 million square feet) of space held for redevelopment, Digital Realty Trust's portfolio is located in 26 markets throughout Europe and North America.
To learn more, please visit: www.digitalrealtytrust.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, May 07 @ 08:34:36 EDT (214 reads)
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News: The Planet Web Hosting Firm, Debuts Firewall Discounts
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - May 6, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has unveiled six new promotions for May, including savings of up to 26 percent on its two Check Point solutions, as the company's first-ever firewall discount.
Urvish Vashi, Director of Product Management at The Planet explained, ''The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard requires companies to have a secure firewall in place when accepting credit card payments. Companies that are compromised face serious risks as well as the loss of revenue and their hard-gained good reputations if there are breaches to their sites. This promotion signals a great time for companies to review their security profile and to consider an upgrade to their hosting infrastructures.''
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.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, May 06 @ 09:10:23 EDT (168 reads)
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News: Dedicated Servers, Colocation from NFSi Telecom, Powered by R1Soft
Linda-a-Velha, Portugal - (The Hosting News) - May 6, 2008 - Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft, has been selected by dedicated server, virtual service, colocation, and local internet access provider, NFSi Telecom.
NFSi has joined R1Soft's Hosting Partner Program, and will deploy the R1Soft's Continuous Data Protection (CDP) solution.
NFSi Telecom will offer Continuous Data Protection as standard on all managed servers. For unmanaged servers, the company will offer Continuous Data Protection as a premium add-on, starting at 30.00 EUR per month.
Nuno Vieira, Chief Technical Officer of NFSi Telecom noted, ''By offering R1Soft’s solution, we will be able to reduce customer churn and increase customer satisfaction. Customers who feel confident their data is protected are more likely to remain with the company in the long run.''
NFSi Telecom is the leading Internet Service Provider in Portugal, hosting more than 40,000 Web sites on more than 700 servers in its datacenter. The company works mostly with small to medium sized businesses in Portugal.
David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies remarked, ''We are excited to work with NFSi Telecom in offering our data protection solution for individuals and businesses in Portugal. I hope this partnership will allow NFSi Telecom to offer its customers a higher level of managed serves.''
As a member of R1Soft's Hosting Partner Program, NFSi has access to volume licensing discounts, sales and marketing tools, more detailed product information, and priority technical support.
NFSi Telecom was founded in 2001in the Portuguese Internet services market. Its array of products and services include local Internet access for individuals and businesses; dedicated and virtual servers; server colocation; disaster recovery solutions; turn-key ecommerce services; and network infrastructure for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). NFSi Telecom is based in Linda-a-Velha, Portugal and is licensed with the national regulatory body, ANACOM.
Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company's customer list includes some of the world's largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for over 85,000 mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc.
To learn more about NFSi Telecom, please visit: www.nfsi.pt.
For more information about R1Soft and Continuous Data Protection, please visit: www.r1soft.com.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, May 06 @ 09:01:47 EDT (146 reads)
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News: PEER 1, Dedicated Colocation Hosting Provider, Unveils Contest
Sunnyvale, California - (The Hosting News) - May 6, 2008 - Internet infrastructure and hosting solutions provider, PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc., has initiated a contest, in connection with the release of the second episode of its humorous video series, ''Growing Pains.''
The $10,000 Contest premiered at Interop Las Vegas, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Episode two continues the saga of a home business start-up that grew quickly out of control, taking over the house with new employees, computers and servers. Viewers of the episode can create their own growing pains videos highlighting their personal experiences for a chance to win a prize package of 12 months of free managed hosting, a 15-inch MacBook Pro and a Sony HD camcorder, at a total value of $10,000.
Rajan Sodhi, Vice President of marketing at PEER 1 noited, ''We want our customers to focus on the possibilities not the problems of the Internet. With the Growing Pains series we are able to bring people together through humor and show that we truly understand the issues that businesses face today. PEER 1 removes these issues to help online businesses succeed in any industry.''
Many PEER 1 customers experienced their own growing pains before they turned to the company to help gain control of their IT infrastructure. PEER 1 has compiled the top five of these growing pains, which are: 1. High Costs - Running servers from a home office eats up too much capital and keeps small businesses from making other important investments 2. Too Complex - Networks are too complex, too difficult to manage 3. Time Consuming - Businesses suffer because IT takes up too much time, and business owners are not able to focus on generating revenue 4. Unreliable - Lack of redundancy means businesses experience downtime and lose revenue 5. No support - Running a network in a home office means there is not any IT support The Growing Pains video series is a part of PEER 1's ''We Get IT'' campaign, which focuses on the customers behind technology.
The first episode was viewed more than 75,000 times through Viddler and YouTube. To watch the new episode of Growing Pains and enter the Growing Pains $10,000 Contest visit www.peer1.com/growingpains.
PEER 1 is an online IT infrastructure provider, with over 10,000 customers. PEER 1 delivers highly scalable managed hosting and co-location solutions to ensure customers' online presence is always fast, always available. Since 1999, PEER 1 has grown to include data centers and network points of presence in 17 major cities across North America and Europe. Serving a variety of companies, PEER 1 offers solutions that grow through every stage of web commerce, regardless of company size. The company's headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada and the stock is traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol PIX.
For more information about PEER 1, please visit: www.peer1.com.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, May 06 @ 08:56:19 EDT (191 reads)
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