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Future Hosting Introduces Virtual Private Server Management in FHMP

August 30th, 2010 admin No Comments »

Future Hosting, an Internet solutions provider serving SMBs and enterprises internationally and developer of Future Engineer™, today introduced Virtual Private Server (VPS) management capability to its Future Hosting Management Portal (FHMP), which previously focused only on dedicated servers.

By adding VPS management capability, clients will have complete control of all of their Virtual Private Servers under a single username. VPS clients will also be able to access the complete lineup of Future Hosting client support and billing services through the same interface.

“By adding the ability for our VPS clients to manage and control their servers in this environment, our FHMP is finally becoming the ‘one stop shop’ we envisioned when we designed this solution. Our clients will be able to manage their entire array of products and services from Future Hosting in a fast, easy to use interface,” said Future Hosting Chief Technology Officer Nick Zyren.

Virtual Private Servers from Future Hosting are available in a wide variety of configurations, including on both managed and unmanaged plans. Clients are also able to locate their server in any of Future Hosting’s six international data centers, in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Seattle, or Washington, D.C.

Future Hosting is the developer of Future Engineer™, a technical support automation system designed to automate time consuming server configuration and repair tasks on Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Future Engineer™ allows clients to receive a greater level of technical support than is available when technicians spend their time performing routine or basic maintenance tasks. With Future Engineer™, technicians are free to spend their time offering a level of technical support that is unrivaled and otherwise unaffordable.

For more information about Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.com.

About Future Hosting, LLC

Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is a privately held leading Internet solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers, and Hybrid Virtual Private Servers. The company has built a strong reputation for its high-quality service, innovative pricing models, and 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Novi, Mich.

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Rackspace Leases UK Office Space for EMEA Headquarters

August 26th, 2010 admin No Comments »

Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting (www.rackspace.com) recently announced it has leased a large amount of office space in Middlesex, England to serve as its headquarters in the Europe, Middle East, Africa region, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.

The company has been actively growing out its managed hosting and cloud computing business in international markets, opening data centers in the UK and Hong Kong to support this expansion.

Last Wednesday, Rackspace signed a lease with Hyde Park GP for approximately 101,000 square feet of office space in Middlesex, according to the SEC filing.

The office is located relatively close to Heathrow Airport, as well as Rackspace’s green data center in Slough, which the company opened in May 2008.

The lease includes reserved space for employee training, a which has always been a significant focus for the company.

Though Rackspace is not set to move into the office space until November 2011, the lease shows that the company now has the potential to embark on growth opportunities in the European and the Middle Eastern cloud markets.

The hosting provider also has a UK headquarters at the Stockley Park business park in Uxbridge.

Rackspace has already seen significant growth in its US cloud business, bringing the company to more than 100,000 customers and 62,000 servers.

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Brocade Opens New Data Center and R&D Lab in San Jose

August 19th, 2010 admin No Comments »

Technology provider Brocade (www.brocade.com) announced on Thursday it has opened a new data center and engineering labs in a 75,000-square-foot space at its new San Jose headquarters.  The move comes a couple months after Brocade introduced its converged fabric-based solutions which optimize data center networks to support virtual servers, applications and data.

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cPanel Launches New Podcast Series

August 4th, 2010 admin No Comments »

cPanel officially launched its podcast series Sunday, August 1, 2010, www.cpanel.net/podcast. The cPanel team added this new multimedia addition to provide listeners with practical instruction for improving their websites.

Every two weeks, Technical Writer Lindsey White will interview cPanel experts and investigate a variety of subjects to help listeners learn more about cPanel products.“I plan to explore a wide range of web-related topics to help website owners perfect their sites,” White said.

The cPanel podcast team will release a new episode on a bi-weekly basis as well as offer information about the next episode via the podcast site. There is a pre-released schedule for the first three podcasts in the series, which includes:

Episode 1- “How to Install WordPress in cPanel,” will go through the basic steps to help answer this commonly asked question. This podcast became available August 1, 2010.

Episode 2- “Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates Demystified,” will look at how SSL certificates can be used to make a website more secure. This podcast will be available August 15, 2010.

Episode 3- “Installing Custom Web Applications,” will provide listeners with insight into the process of installing web applications in cPanel. This podcast will be available September 1, 2010.

Podcast episodes will be available via direct download from the cPanel Podcast site. Listeners will also have the option to subscribe via RSS feed or through iTunes.

Listeners may visit http://www.cpanel.net/podcast for more information about the cPanel podcast series. If you have questions or topic ideas, please email cPanel at podcast(at)cpanel(dot)net.

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Blue Box Group Earns US – EU Safe Harbor Certification

August 1st, 2010 admin No Comments »

As more companies store their information on third party platforms and cross international borders in order to serve their clients; ensuring that a hosting provider is US – EU Safe Harbor certified can be critical. The importance of data security and privacy becomes more and more paramount as business operate across borders. This couldn’t be more true of the growing hosting industry in the United States. For Blue Box Group, a Seattle based managed web hosting company, the decision to seek certification couldn’t have been easier. Blue Box Group announces that it has achieved U.S.-EU Safe Harbor certification status from the U.S. Department of Commerce. This designation recognizes that Blue Box Group meets or exceeds the European Union’s directives for data privacy and protection practices. Nathan Kaiser, Chief Operations Officer noted: “We provide custom hosting solutions to many types of organizations, and now we can expand our offering to those needing a hosting provider that guarantees Safe Harbor protections.”

Certification requires Blue Box Group to comply with the seven Safe Harbor principles covering: notice, choice, transfers to third parties, access, security, data integrity, and enforcement. These principles are intended to give individuals more control over the accuracy and transfer of personal data. Benefits of this certification for Blue Box Group customers include the requirements for prior approval of data transfers will be either waived or automatically granted by all 27 Member States of the European Union. It also ensures that any claims brought by European citizens against U.S. companies will be heard in the U.S. thereby helping to contain legal expenses.

Additionally, Blue Box Group is slated to earn their SAS70 Type II certification in August, 2010.

For more information, please contact Blue Box Group at www.blueboxgrp.com/contact!

About Blue Box Group

Founded in 2003, Blue Box Group evolved quickly into a boutique provider of reliable, comprehensive and customized shared web-hosting solutions. We guarantee you freedom, reliability and superior customer service in our custom installations and solutions. As a proven expert in Ruby on Rails Hosting, BBG provides powerful and secure platforms from which to deploy applications. In every package we offer, simplicity and scalability are paramount. We give you choices – but we won’t box you in.

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PEER 1 Hosting Signs Multi-Year Colocation Agreement with Capgemini Canada

July 31st, 2010 admin No Comments »

Today announced that it has signed a multi-year colocation agreement with Capgemini Canada Inc.(“Capgemini”), a member of the Capgemini Group, a leading global provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. Under the agreement, Capgemini is taking approximately one full Performance Optimized Data Centre (POD) of space, in PEER 1 Hosting’s new flagship data centre located in northeast Toronto. The initial term of the agreement is five years and includes options for renewal and to expand the total amount of space utilized. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.“Just a few short months since the opening of our new Toronto data centre, we have been able to secure a key anchor client,” said Fabio Banducci, President and CEO of PEER 1 Hosting. “We are proud to work with a company like Capgemini to enhance their own computing power and provide their clients with another solution to their hosting needs.”

“Teaming with PEER 1 Hosting enables Capgemini and its affiliates to effectively deliver our high value services to our expanding client base,” said Kim Lesley, Vice President of Capgemini Canada Inc. “The relationship between Capgemini Canada and PEER 1 Hosting is a powerful one in the Canadian marketplace and is designed to support a robust, secure, predictable service delivery for clients in a number of different industries.”

PEER 1 Hosting’s new US$40 million, 40,000 square foot state-of-the art Toronto data centre offers a complete range of services with managed hosting, dedicated hosting through the ServerBeach brand, and colocation services all available in the same facility for the first time. This is the most efficient data centre PEER 1 Hosting has built to date, with increased power densities, high reliability, and robust security. Building it in four sections, with each section built as a separate POD, enables customers to scale their data centre capacity to rapidly meet their evolving needs, while allowing PEER 1 Hosting to efficiently manage growth. Each of the four PODs has the capacity for approximately 270 cabinets, equivalent to roughly 7,500 servers.

About PEER 1 Hosting

PEER 1 Hosting is one of the world’s leading IT hosting providers. The company is built on two obsessions: Ping & People. Ping, represents its commitment to best-of-breed technology, founded on a high performance 10GB SuperNetworkTM connected by 17 state-of-the-art data centres, 21 points-of-presence and 10 colocation facilities throughout North America and Europe. People, represents its commitment to delivering outstanding customer service to its more than 10,000 customers worldwide, backed by a 100 percent uptime guarantee and 24×7×365 FirstCall Support™. PEER 1 Hosting’s portfolio includes Managed Hosting, Dedicated Servers under the ServerBeach brand, Colocation and Cloud Services. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with European operations headquartered in Southampton, UK. PEER 1 Hosting shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX.

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