SoftLayer® Adds IPsec for Secure, Robust Remote Access

Web Hosting Tools – DALLAS — SoftLayer Technologies®, a global provider of on-demand data center hosting and cloud services, has announced the addition of Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) to its best-in-class portal allowing customers to securely connect to their infrastructure environment through a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

IPsec provides a framework of protocols for protecting transmissions over an IP network. This allows the creation of a secure VPN over the existing Internet, with data fully encrypted and secure when transferred between two points. IPsec resides at the network level and can be implemented regardless of applications used, giving remote users full access to their network and to robust data, voice, or video applications.
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FireHost, Inc. Closes Series A Funding Round

Web Hosting Tools – DALLAS, TX - FireHost, a secure Web hosting company, today announces it has closed its Series A funding round totaling $2 million. The company has been earning revenue at a 40 percent growth rate, quarter over quarter, since its marketing launch in June 2009. This initial infusion of capital was raised solely to help the company swiftly expand its team in the areas of IT, sales and marketing and build out it’s infrastructure in order to meet tremendous demand. FireHost opened the round to highly experienced technology entrepreneurs and investors around the Southwest, such as Pat Sullivan of ACT!, SalesLogix, and Flypaper, and Doug Ducey of iMemories and Cold Stone Creamery. FireHost was able to close the round in under three months.

“The investors who came to the table to participate in the round are incredibly accomplished and seasoned entrepreneurs. Each one has been generous enough to not only invest, but also give us the benefit of their mentorship. In the end, both will pay off for this company,” said Chris Drake, founder and CEO FireHost. “I’m proud to say this was a very easy round to close.”
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Netcetera Introduces Self-Managed Backup Service

Web Hosting Tools – Isle of Man, THE BRITISH ISLES — Netcetera, one of Europe’s leading managed hosting and data center providers, today announced it has implemented R1Soft Continuous Data Protection® (CDP) software to offer a new self-managed backup service to its Windows and Linux clients.

R1Soft CDP enables Netcetera to provide its clients with many beneficial features including an easy-to-use Web interface for client self-service and bare-metal restore capabilities for minimal down time. Through the web-based administration portal, clients can easily manage their own high-performance backups and restores. By allowing the delegation of administrative functions, R1Soft CDP simplifies the entire process for clients and administrators.
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VPS.NET to Offer CloudLinuxOS as One of Its Standard Operating Systems

Web Hosting Tools – Princeton, NJ – CloudLinux Inc., an innovative software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, announces today that VPS.NET, a leader in the cloud hosting arena,will begin to offer CloudLinux as one of its standard Linux Operating Systems (OS) on all of its VPS cloud offerings. VPS.NET is an elastic cloud hosting provider offering instant scalable Virtual Private Server (VPS) solutions. VPS.NET selected CloudLinux because of the increased flexibility and control that the CloudLinux OS provides VPS.NET across its cloud computing architecture. By leveraging its Lightweight Virtual Environment™ (LVE) technology, the CloudLinux OS allows VPS.NET to deliver increased performance and flexibility to its suite of secure cloud service offerings.

With offices in the U.K. and the U.S., VPS.NET is a Virtual Private Server Cloud solution provider offering a flexible, innovative alternative to traditional hosting. VPS works by allocating a partitioned portion of a physical server, then breaks its infrastructure into “nodes,” or blocks of resources (376MB of RAM, 10GB storage, 250GB transfer, and 600Mhz CPU share) that can be pooled together in various ways to create custom virtual machines. Read more

Savvis Expands Cloud Infrastructure Solutions in Asia-Pacific

Web Hosting Tools – Singapore – Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that Savvis Symphony Open cloud infrastructure services will be available to clients in Asia-Pacific through its Singapore data center later this month.

Due to high client demand in Asia-Pacific, Savvis is expanding its cloud infrastructure services offering to this region. Savvis Symphony Open will be the second cloud solution available from its Singapore data center, complementing the broad portfolio of managed and virtualized hosting and network services that Savvis currently offers to enterprises and the public sector in Singapore.
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Business Professionals Invited to Learn how to Use Search Engine Marketing

Web Hosting Tools – Herndon, VA — Network Solutions® will host online marketing seminars for local business owners and managers interested in learning how search engine optimization and Pay Per Click advertising can help them attract new customers. Taking place at New York City, New York’s NYC Seminar & Conference Center on March 17 and Newark, New Jersey’s Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel on March 18, each seminar will run from 8 am -12 pm.

The Network Solutions Search Marketing Seminars explore the use of search engine optimization (SEO) and pay per click advertising (PPC) as they pertain to small business. Attendees will gain an understanding of how these online marketing strategies can help them attract new customers previously out of their reach and, in turn, compete with businesses of all sizes. Read more

SingleHop Announces Upcoming Cascade Cloud Services

Web Hosting Tools – CHICAGO - SingleHop, a leading Chicago-based dedicated and managed web hosting provider, today announced the planned launch of its new Cascade cloud hosting platform. Cascade will consist of several new cloud services that will be rolled out this spring.

SingleHop’s Cascade program is named for a skydiving term, which describes two lines that run together into a single line. Vice President of Communications Dan Salcedo commented that “the name of the program is relevant, because our goal here has been to develop a cloud product that integrates exceptionally well with dedicated servers. The current integration of cloud computing and dedicated hosting is cumbersome, and as such, the level of adoption from dedicated server users has been low. Like the cascading lines of a skydiver, Cascade is a suite of cloud services that will be integrated with SingleHop dedicated servers to offer all of the great functionality of cloud computing.” Read more

ServInt donates web-hosting services for new philanthropic effort Indie Music for Haiti

Web Hosting Tools – McLean, VA - ServInt, a pioneering provider of managed web hosting for businesses worldwide, today announced it is donating hosting services for the new philanthropic effort Indie Music for Haiti.

The new site from Maryland-based music studio Asparagus Media allows independent musicians to submit video clips of recent performances, new songs written for or about the crisis, and other video content designed to promote charitable giving to Haitian relief.  The site is structured to make submitting content simple, and allows artists to easily direct viewers to the charity of their choice.

To mark the launch of the site, ServInt was a major supporter of the successful Indie Music for Haiti fundraising concert Feb. 2nd at the popular Washington, DC music venue DC9.  The event, which featured performances by artists including Tommy T of Gogol Bordello, raised several thousand dollars for the relief group Voice of Haiti.  One of the highlights of the event was an appearance by ServInt CEO and Founder Reed Caldwell, who flew in from ServInt’s Los Angeles office to announce that ServInt would match all donations made at the event. Read more

Fasthosts Launches New Virtual Private Servers

Web Hosting Tools – Gloucester, UK - Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting provider, today introduced a new range of virtual servers that combine high-speed performance, scalability and resource monitoring.  Designed to scale with the changing needs of businesses and their customers, RAM, CPU, disk space, and IP addresses can all be determined by the user and dynamically adjusted.  With prices starting from £29.32/month+VAT, the Virtual Servers deliver dedicated resources, the latest Windows 2008 R2 operating system and full remote access and resource monitoring.  The launch comes as a study of 500 UK firms finds that over one third expect to be using a virtual server solution in the coming year.  For businesses, virtualised solutions can provide greater agility and efficiency, and when combined with Fasthosts’ connectivity and unlimited bandwidth, offer an impressive business case.

Fasthosts Virtual Servers are based on Microsoft Dynamic Data Center architecture, meaning that resources are dedicated but also adaptable dynamically and can be upgraded or reconfigured easily without losing data or functionality.  Fasthosts customers can select from a range of suggested configurations or design a server by choosing capacity, processor power and control settings at order, and are free to modify these at any point in time.  By re-adjusting their server, the user only pays for the resources they need and so saves money and helps the environment.
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Aestiva Invoice Approval Software Adds Cloud-Hosting Option

Web Hosting Tools – TORRANCE, CA - Aestiva Invoice Approval, a standalone software application for creating, approving, and managing invoice payment requests, now includes a new option for Cloud Hosting service that lets customers fully outsource IT hardware and support for their invoice approval system.

For as little as $149 per month, through Aestiva-approved providers, the Cloud Hosting service lets companies get control of their invoice payment approval process using Aestiva Invoice Approval, without having to maintain in-house hardware and IT support.
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