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Hosting Controller Opens New Office in Canada
HostReview.com (press release), IL - Canadian office will be lead by Roozbeh Hashemiha, who has more than 10 years of web hosting marketing experience in both consumer and business-to-business … |
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Parallels Summit 2008 Attracts 550+ Attendees
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Web Hosting Tutorial Firm, DemoWolf, to Exhibit at HostingCon
WebSite Host Directory (press release), OR - Nova Scotia, Canada - (Website Hosting Directory) - April 29, 2008 - Web hosting industry tutorial firm, DemoWolf, will be exhibiting at HostingCon 2008 in … |
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Web Hosting Mergers and Acquisitions - March 2008
Web Host Industry Review - Lynchburg VA – Sitestar (OTC: SYTE) bought the assets of Comcation, an Internet service provider whose services also include web hosting. … |
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Web Hosting Company, Hostopia, to Acquire Uplinkearth Customer Assets
TheHostingNews.com (press release), OR - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - (The Hosting News) - April 29, 2008 - Web hosting company specializing in small and medium business support, Hostopia, … |
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GoDaddy Web Hosting Firm, Celebrates Webmaster's Day
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Dedicated Server Web Hosting Firm, The Planet, Reports Record …
TheHostingNews.com (press release), OR - Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has reported a record first quarter, … |
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Web Hosting Community Resource, Web Hosting Talk, Enhances Member …
TheHostingNews.com (press release), OR - Dayton, Ohio - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - Web hosting industry resource, Web Hosting Talk, has debuted the launch of its new Enhanced Member … |
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Wilmington, Delaware - (The Hosting News) - April 29, 2008 - Server management and data center administration facilitator, Rack-Soft, has launched its latest version of the backup solution for Parallels Plesk.
4PSA Total Backup 2 is a Parallels Plesk add-on that automates the server backup processes and maximizes hosting server availability. This release of the popular 4PSA backup solution comes with new features and design enhancements oriented to improve usability, flexibility, and server performance during the backup job.
4PSA Total Backup handles the entire backup lifecycle: backup, storage, alerting, restore. The software is also able to encrypt backups, a very important feature targeted to customers that save backups on third party infrastructures. To minimize transfer times and backup overhead, 4PSA Total Backup saves only differences occurred from the last backup. Enhancements introduced by the new version include improved backup cycle storage that allows keeping locally and remotely multiple backup cycles, selective restore, the possibility to cap archives storage bandwidth, and compressed file transfers.
Bogdan Carstoiu, General Manager at Rack-Soft noted, ”Hosting providers have quite special backup and disaster recovery requirements. The backup operation should not affect production services, should optimize disk space, minimize bandwidth consumption, and guarantee information security. 4PSA Total Backup has been available for almost five years, saving thousands of Plesk server administrators from disaster. In the new version we simply incorporate the experience accumulated during these years.”
4PSA Total Backup 2 is a Unix/Linux software add-on for Parallels Plesk, the industry leading hosting control panel. Licensing prices start from 69 USD and include 12 months of maintenance and technical support.
Parallels (formerly SWsoft) is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Rack-Soft is a specialized developer and integrator of server and Data Center software that supports major operating systems and platforms. The company delivers solutions designed to help service providers and enterprises control infrastructure, automate processes, and improve communications. The core of Rack-Soft’s business philosophy is based on an ISO 9001 certified quality management system certified by TUV CERT.
For more information about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.
To learn more, please visit: www.4psa.com.
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Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has reported a record first quarter, ending March 30, 2007, as the first such announcement since the company’s January relaunch.
The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress. With a new corporate moniker, The Planet plans to issue quarterly updates to provide its customers, business partners and prospects with information to validate its progress.
Kevin Klausmeyer, Chief Financial Officer of The Planet noted, ”The Planet posted another record revenue quarter, continuing its inception-to-date string of sequential record quarters. Gross margins also reached a new record level as a result of synergies, increased purchasing power and the leverage within the operating model. EBITDA was strong, coming in at 30 percent. Based on our performance, we expect to grow approximately 20 percent this year, roughly one-third faster than the overall market.”
Douglas J. Erwin , Chairman and CEO of The Planet added, ”We continue to make significant progress in shaping our newly integrated company, and the results are evidence of our success. Delivering a world-class customer experience remains our top priority, and we are investing in virtually every area of the company to deliver on that goal. The quality, reliability and scalability of our data centers deliver extraordinary value to our customers. We will continue to leverage our size and scale to enhance the products and services required to meet the demands of our growing multi-national customer base.”
First Quarter Highlights include:
New Customers, Record Transaction: More than 1,600 new customers leased servers in the company’s world-class data centers. The company also signed the two largest transactions in its history, adding Site5 and expanding its relationship with HostGator.
New Web Site: With enhanced navigation that incorporates the best features from the merged companies’ previous iterations, the new Web site makes it easier for customers to access its comprehensive portfolio of products and services.
New Product: The company added enterprise-class security and performance for private rack customers with Cisco ASA 5500 Series firewalls and Foundry ServerIronXL load balancers. The server portfolio expanded to include Dell’s Clovertown quad-core PowerEdge servers that provide 1.2 Terabytes of storage.
Network Upgrade: Accelerating network performance, the company added Foundry’s NetIron XMR to deliver enhanced performance, high 10-Gigabit port density and support for IPV6 and MPLS to enable future advanced IP services for customers.
The company announced a $5 million investment in a new customer contact center and expanded operating facilities designed to enhance customer satisfaction. The expansion includes its first CRM system, a broad range of new servers, additional software, communications tools and an expanded team of trained support representatives.
Data Center Expansions: The Planet expanded its data centers in Houston and Dallas, adding 25,000 square feet to meet the demands of its growing customer base.
Executive Appointments: In its customer-facing organization, the company appointed James P. Treuting as vice president, global sales and managed services. James P. Picone joined the company as vice president, customer contact centers.
Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:
The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 3.1 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.
Adding to its broad array of awards, The Planet ranked #81 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list for North America. The annual survey recognizes the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the nation based on consolidated results from its regional Fast 50 events. The win capped a series of awards during the year, including ranking #12 on the Fast 50 list for Texas; the Computer Reseller News Fast Growth list; and the Inc. 5000 roster.
For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.
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