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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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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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Web Hosting Services Company in need of Renewable Energy Sources for Data Center

July 22nd, 2010 admin No Comments »

Web hosting services and data centers maintained by them serve various purposes. They provide web hosting services, domain registration, back up services, storage services, etc. Web hosting companies have revolutionized the world! However, major inefficiencies exist when it comes to data center management. Data center management is becoming an expensive affair. Data center costs have increased significantly in the last five years. Researches show that data center cost is growing twice as rapidly as revenue. Besides cost, data center emissions are a serious drawback of web hosting services.

Data centers consume large amount of energy. Studies indicate that data centers alone consume 0.2% of the total electricity production in the world. A single data center consumes as much energy as consumed by nearly thirty thousand houses. As it consumes, so it emits! Data centers emit large amount of carbon into the atmosphere. Carbon emissions by web hosting services and its data center is a major topic of discussion amongst environmentalists. Leaving carbon footprints in air may lead to enhanced risk of global warming.
Majority of the web hosting services rely on conventional sources of energy to generate power. Facebook, a popular social networking site, was in news recently because of its new data center in Oregon utilizing coal to generate power. Environmentalists protest against this as it may lead to huge carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Coal, oil, gas etc. have the largest carbon footprints as they burn these fuels during operation. It is advisable to use renewable energy sources for data centers’ operation in web hosting services. Main renewable sources of energy for power generation are as below:
* Hydropower can reduce CO2 emissions considerably in web hosting services data centers. In this process, energy from flowing water is converted to electricity through turbines and generators. The flowing water can be derived from two sources – Storage and Run-of-river. Storage use dams. Run-of-river use turbines placed according to the natural flow of water in rivers. Hydropower emit very little CO2 as compared to the conventional sources of energy.
* Wind can also be used as a source to generate low-carbon emitting energy. Wind mills can be seen at many places. As the blades of a windmill turn, the central shaft spins a generator. Electricity is thus produced. Datacenters of web hosting services may use wind energy to generate electricity. Wind energy is the world’s fastest growing energy technology.
* Geothermal energy source can also be used to generate electricity. It emits less CO2 as compared to the conventional sources of energy. Geothermal power uses natural source of heat inside the earth. Steam or hot water from beneath the earth’s surface is utilized to generate electricity. This source of power generation is environment friendly and efficient.
Apart from these, data centers may also make use of biomass, solar power, and nuclear sources of energy to produce electricity. Web hosting services are facing criticism from around the world for increasing pollutants emission. Web hosting services are under pressure from environmental groups to reduce carbon footprints from data centers. Global warming is a direct consequence to high carbon emissions from data centers. It has become extremely important to reduce energy inefficiency. This, in turn, may also reduce the overall expenditure in data center management.

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Is media coverage of Danica Patrick hurting the small NASCAR Nationwide teams and their sponsors?

July 18th, 2010 admin No Comments »

One would think with all the added exposure that Danica Patrick, driver of the JR Motorsports No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala brings to the NASCAR Nationwide Series, a potential sponsor on the fence about supporting a low budget team for a bargain, would jump at the chance to get involved. Many of the smaller Nationwide team owners and their sponsors would disagree.

“I am sure it is a bargain for GoDaddy,” says Darrell Blanton of Blanton Motorsports, Inc. “The exposure they have received from this has been nothing short of amazing. Overall, I think it is a double edged sword, not only for the sport, but also for Danica. On one hand, because of the additional media attention focused on Danica, fan awareness of the Nationwide series has increased. On the other hand, the media frenzy over Danica has created a bit of overkill for fans and I am sure to some degree for Danica. While the increased media attention has increased fan awareness of the NASCAR Nationwide brand, other sponsors are feeling a bit left out. At the end of the day, there is only so much time in the broadcast and it is very difficult to get your story line picked up especially with that much focus on one team/driver.”

“We chose specifically to sponsor the New Hampshire race with Morgan Shepherd because that was Danica’s first race back,” said Kevin Strawbridge, President of DealTaker.com. “In that sense it was a bigger bargain. Of course we did get more than we bargained for when our car tangled with Danica in the early laps.”

HostGator.com took advantage of the extra publicity by running a promotion for a year of free shared web hosting, for any GoDaddy.com customer that switched to HostGator.com immediately following Nationwide race at Chicagoland. For fans to claim the free year, Joe Nemechek had to have a better finish than Danica Patrick in that race. Nemechek was 15th and Patrick finished 24th. This was not mentioned once by the television coverage.

Dana Tomes, co-owner of Herd Racing said, “I think her involvement has not changed the sponsorship hunt. But her being in races results in the smaller teams being ignored by the media, which makes it harder to convince sponsors to come on board.”

“For teams without sponsors or only limited sponsorship, consistent mentions of the team during a broadcast certainly helps,” Blanton says. “When a sponsor signs on with a team, they naturally expect to get media attention, TV exposure and mentions during the event. If this does not happen, it becomes difficult to justify the expenditure. It certainly makes it more difficult to keep the sponsor or increase the level of commitment from that sponsor. That’s why we really need the announcers to focus on all teams. Believe me there is a good story behind each one these teams and the companies that are putting out money to support them. These guys are struggling to make it out there each week and for some guys the only time their sponsor may get a chance to be mentioned is in qualifying. So again, it is really important that the announcers focus on this group as well.”

“I think that drivers mid-pack and back have been hurt by the Danica race coverage,” said Steve Burke, CEO of Zimmzang.com. “The TV coverage spends so much time focused on the leaders of the race and on Danica that drivers who would normally get at least a minimal mention by the commentators are being completely left out. More eyeballs on the sport is always a good thing, but the obsessive coverage of only a handful of cars per race leaves every other car, and sponsor, out.”

“We would like to do another sponsorship deal with Kenny Wallace, but the complete lack of coverage of Kenny (along with many other drivers who are 12-25th in points) on ESPN2, makes it impossible for us to get any kind of TV return for our investment.”

“I think it is disappointing that other drivers/teams/sponsors are overlooked just to try and get a reaction from Danica regarding her back of the pack performance,” says Strawbridge in reference to the post race interviews. “But in the end, news is news and Danica’s presence is an influence and perhaps that exposure increases overall exposure over time.”

Source : examiner.com

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Web Hosting Provider Hosting Zoom Begins the Summer of Support

July 16th, 2010 admin No Comments »

Hosting Zoom, an industry-leading provider of web hosting services, today announced the rollout of a number of new customer-focused support initiatives. Under the lead of the recently hired Director of Support, enhancements to the client dashboard as well as a revamped Service Level Agreement (SLA) demonstrate Hosting Zoom’s dedication to their client base.

The new Director of Support, Jim Sowell, was recruited into the role a couple months back and is tasked with managing support services, quality and communications. Sowell will be the senior level management contact over other support managers and also regularly participate in Hosting Zoom’s message boards.

Several hundred improvements have been made to the client dashboard, the most notable ones being the following:

- View health status of servers, including history
- Support Center content has been rounded out with Tutorials, Guides, Knowledge base, FAQs, useful downloads, and access to Community Forums.
- Reply to ticket updates and notification via emails
- New ticket escalation processes
- Create multiple users (up to 5) with access controls
- New ticket rating, feedback system and search features
- Integrated rewards points and ordering
- Many order form improvements including order tracking
- Rewards points and affiliate stats improvements
- New private messaging system
- Monitoring improvements include uptime reports and logs
- Ability for dedicated and VPS clients to add monitoring with instructions free of charge
- Manage private name servers
- Automating all orders, API improvements

“Our clients have proven to be some of the most loyal in the industry, and we wanted to thank them for their continued business by reaffirming our commitment to them,” says Greg Landis, CEO of Hosting Zoom. “Research consistently shows the cost of acquiring new customers is always higher than retaining existing ones. Higher customer satisfaction and positive word-of-mouth will complement our compelling sales initiatives we have readied for the fall and winter.”

About Hosting Zoom

Hosting Zoom is a privately held web hosting company based in Houston, Texas. Hosting Zoom is an industry-leading provider of web hosting services to small and medium-sized businesses, government agencies and non-profit organizations worldwide. Hosting Zoom customers enjoy the flexibility of choosing from a full suite of hosting solutions, ranging from shared hosting and virtual private servers to dedicated and managed hosting. Each plan is backed by a world-class data center infrastructure and network, and supported by a rock solid customer service operation. Our roots go back over a decade in the hosting industry with a combined staff experience of over a hundred years.

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INetU Managed Hosting Commissions its Sixth and Largest Data Center

July 12th, 2010 admin No Comments »

INetU Managed Hosting, a leading provider of managed hosting, managed cloud, compliance solutions, and related consulting services, is pleased to announce the commissioning of its newest data center featuring best-in-class hardware, safety, security, and power management systems.

The sixth data center, referred to as DC6, is 33% larger than its largest predecessor to accommodate INetU’s quickly-growing customer base.  All of INetU’s data centers are Visa PCI certified, SAS 70 Type II Compliant, and contain top-level security measures that include dual-factor building and data center access for all employees involving bio-metric and electronic documentation, 24/7 CCTV cameras located at each data center’s entrance, motion sensors, and more.

“We are happy to continue the expansion in data canter and corporate facilities to accommodate continued client growth,” said Dev Chanchani, President of INetU. “Our customers not only value the technology investment we have made in building more state-of-the-art facilities, but also the rigorous maintenance and testing we perform continuously to ensure industry-leading reliability and availability for our customers.”

DC6 will continue to improve on the high standards that INetU requires of all its data centers.  Located in a strategically neutral location, the data center maintains multiple Internet connections from Tier-1 providers, FM-200 gas fire suppression, vapor barrier walls, raised floor panels, and uninterrupted power that is tested on a monthly basis.

INetU recently expanded its property by 144% in the second quarter of 2010 and plans to add more data centers as their client base grows.

About INetU Managed Hosting

INetU is a leading managed hosting provider serving customers worldwide. Dedicated to building long-term relationships with its clients, INetU supports many popular Web applications and provides highly reliable hosting for enterprise class websites in the Online Retail, Healthcare, Financial Services, SaaS, Web Development, Education, Government, Consulting, and Non-Profit sectors. INetU recently scored a 96.5% customer satisfaction rating and is PCI, SAS 70 Type-II, and Safe Harbor compliant. To learn more, visit www.inetu.net.

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NASCAR Nationwide Sponsor Go Daddy Gets Competition from HostGator.com

July 12th, 2010 admin No Comments »

Competing web hosting companies HostGator.com and Go Daddy will go bumper-to-bumper this Friday at Chicagoland Speedway for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300. Joe Nemechek will race the No. 87 HostGator.com Chevrolet, competing against the No. 7 Go Daddy car driven by Danica Patrick.

“Racing competition has always been a lot of fun and a big part of the sport. Bringing in a competing sponsor will give fans more interest in the racing and the competition. We are glad that HostGator jumped on board,” said Joe Nemechek.

This is HostGator.com’s second race in the Nationwide Series. Their debut was last week for the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona where veteran driver Joe Nemechek qualified 32nd and finished 16th and currently is ranked at 22. Danica has completed three races so far this season with a rank of 70.

“If Joe Nemechek places ahead of Danica Patrick, HostGator is offering a free year of shared web hosting service to any Go Daddy hosting clients who switch their service to us on race day,” said Lance Custen, CEO of HostGator.com. “We’re super excited to be teaming up with Joe for another race, and looking forward to a little friendly competition between HostGator.com and Go Daddy.”

About HostGator.com

HostGator.com LLC is a world leading provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting. Privately held and based in Houston, Texas, the company was founded in 2002 by current Founder and Chairman Brent Oxley, who started the company from his dorm room at Florida Atlantic University. Since then, HostGator has grown from a small hosting company with just three servers into a world leading and industry recognized hosting provider with more than 8,000 servers under management. The over three million domains hosted by HostGator make up approximately 2% of the world’s Internet traffic. For more information, please visit HostGator Web Hosting.

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