Web Hosting Provider Online Tech Launches Upgrade to Client Portal

Greatresponder.com – 2011-08-18 – The web hosting leading provider Online Tech made an announcement on Tuesday. The company announced that it has now an upgraded version of its web-based client portal. This web-based client portal, OTPortal, was upgraded in order to provide a “single pane of glass” to customers of its colocation, managed hosting and cloud services.

The new upgrade of the web-based client portal,OTPortal, will provides clients with an update to user experience, and access to new features, including the ability to view network configuration on a single screen, and make changes to firewall rules and IP addresses for individual devices, sys the web hosting provider.

The new upgrade also provides functions for upgrading server capacity, and managing services such as offsite backup.

“We developed our client portal to provide our clients an easy, convenient tool to remotely manage their servers,” says Mike Klein, president of Online Tech, quoted in the press release. “While our support staff is always available 24×7, our next generation portal provides our clients a hassle-free way to self-manage their servers when they prefer to do so.”

IThe web-based client portal, OTPortal, was designed to simplify remote server management, based on the years of server management experience at the company, says the company. The portal is offered to every colocation, managed server and cloud client as a free part of his or her service.

The web hosting provider says that this update is the third major one they have made this year. The company plans the updates to roll out seamlessly and actively seeks feedback on the new technology from customers.

The web hosting provider was offering in July a series of webinars covering the subject of cloud security.

Web Hosting Provider Online Tech Launches Upgrade to Client Portal

Digital Realty Trust Web Hosting Nears Completion of Upgrades

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-27 – Digital Realty Trust web hosting and well known worldwide wholesale data center operator, is completing the initial phase of serious improvements at its Quannapowitt Parkway data center facility complex in Boston region. The upgrades are the result of a noticeably financial investment by Digital Realty Trust web hosting and data center operator company to convert the Quannapowitt data center facility into a state-of-the-art first class space that meets the highest technical standards of large enterprises. Digital Realty Trust company has already equipped in terms of security an anchor tenant at the facility for data center space to take care of its mission critical computing systems.

Quannapowitt Parkway web hosting data center is just one of few buildings at Digital Realty Trust’s data center complex. The renovation also includes the construction of six Turn-Key Datacenter PODs, each featuring around 6,000 square feet of raised floor space and 1 MW of IT load. The enhancements also include new HVAC systems and electrical infrastructure to support advanced data center operations.

Here is how company VP commenting this upgrade:

“Boston is a strong data center marketplace in our country, especially along the Route 128 Corridor, which is the spine of New England’s technology industry. The improvements at Quannapowitt web hosting data center will make it one of the most desirable data center facilities in the region. As we approach the completion of the first phase of the project, we are very pleased to be able to provide the Boston business and enterprise customer with a first class data center solution to support their IT requirements,” said Dave Caron, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management at Digital Realty Trust. “The renovated Quannapowitt web hosting data center facility also provides very affordable utility rates. Our relationships with local utility companies and volume purchase agreements enable us to provide our clients with very affordable and even unique utility rates, which can noticeably lower their operating costs.”

Digital Realty Trust Web Hosting Nears Completion of Upgrades

Teleco TDS Web Hosting Names COO of TDS Hosted And Managed Services

 

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-20 – Telecommunications and web hosting provider TDS Telecommunications announced few days ago it has named Phil LaForge the company’s COO (chief operating officer) of TDS Hosted & Managed Services and solutions.

He will play a primary role in the company’s merger and acquisition strategy, which includes finalizing several important company deals that TDS is expected to announce in near future.

TDS telecommunications and web hosting is targeting mid-market MSPs for acquisition, which LaForge said involve companies that are “growing very fast and needs investment.”

LaForge said his main role is to “remove obstacles to growth” for TDS’ acquired companies.

“Phil comes to TDS with an extensive background in the managed services industry. Most recently, he was vice president and general manager at Nimsoft (part of CA Technologies) in Campbell, California,” said William Megan, president of TDS Hosted & Managed Service. “Phil understands the hosted and managed services business exceptionally well and will help TDS expand in this exciting business segment.”

Prior to his work at CA Technologies, LaForge had a long tenure with CDW Berbee in Madison, Wisconsin.

He has also served as vice president of sales and COO at TEAM Companies in Cedar Falls, Iowa, which is now a TDS subsidiary.

As the eighth largest telecom provider in the US, TDS Telecommunications provides broadband Internet, phone and TV entertainment services in hundreds of rural, web suburban, and metropolitan communities in 30 states.

TDS also provides VoIP phone service, dedicated Internet, data networking, web hosting and hosted managed services, as well as manages the data center operations of VISI Incorporated and TEAM Companies which specializes in colocation, cloud hosting, and disaster recovery solutions for businesses of all-sizes.

Founded in 1969 year telecommunications and web hosting provider TDS Telecommunications with headquarter in Chicago, employed over 12,440 people as of June 30, 2009. Company continues to growth starting new telecommunication services and solutions for its customers in US.

Teleco TDS Web Hosting Names COO of TDS Hosted And Managed Services

ByteGrid Web Hosting Acquires 11-Acre Data Center in Maryland

ByteGrid Data Center

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-06 – ByteGrid known wholesale web hosting company and data center operator announced that it has acquired an 11-acre data center campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, US.

Referring to the press release, ByteGrid cooperating with New York-based private equity firm Altpoint Capital Partners to expand the platform across multiple markets.

According to ByteGrid, campus is fully operational data center with all necessary features. Press release also states that current owner will continue to rent some of the data center infrastructure and space.

ByteGrid also says that data center has over than 20 megawatts of back-up generator capacity and nine megawatts of available power. The facility is connected by multiple Tier 1 telecommunications carriers.

Data center has also all necessary security equipment and monitoring systems icluding physical access control procedures.

To summarize ByteGrid executive director said:

ByteGrid is focused on acquiring, developing and operating highly flexible, efficient, and resilient wholesale data centers. We serve the growing need for mission-critical data center solutions by providing secure, interconnected, carrier-neutral, and density robust facilities that integrate modular and energy efficient technologies.

ByteGrid Web Hosting Acquires 11-Acre Data Center in Maryland

Sidera Extends Network To DuPont Web Hosting Data Center

Sidera Extends Network to DuPont Web Hosting Data Center

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-26 – Network and connectivity service provider Sidera Networks several days ago that it has extended its premium quality fiber optic network to well known DuPont Fabros Technology web hosting data center in New Jersey, US.

This announcement comes a few week after Spread Networks added connectivity and bandwidth at the same DuPont Fabros Piscataway, New Jersey web hosting data center.

According to the press release, the tenants at NJ1 now have access to financial exchanges and carrier hotels through Sidera’s Xtreme Network. DuPont Fabros’ NJ1 web hosting data center is a network node on Sidera’s network and is connected to 111 Eighth Avenue and 165 Halsey Street.

“Sidera’s Xtreme Network provides very unique routes and extremely low latency network connectivity and will provide an excellent data center experience for our existing tenants, and it will also allow us to invite new customers looking for an expert partner with high quality network solutions,” Vinay Nagpal, director of carrier relations for DFT said in a statement.

Sidera Networks company acquired colocation service provider Cross Connect Solutions in November 2010 year.

“We are very excited to partner with well known DFT at its Piscataway web hosting data center. This highly specialized data center facility has brought a ‘new level’ of data centers to this region,” Mike Sicoli, chief executive officer of Sidera Networks said in a statement. “Through this relationship, DFT customers can benefit from not only a first class data center, but ultra high speed, diverse connectivity from a trusted network provider. Our Xtreme Network is a testament to our ongoing commitment to invest in our technology infrastructure — ensuring that we continue to deliver industry-leading speeds, access and top quality of service.”

Small summary on DuPont Fabros Technology company:

DuPont Fabros Technology is one of the leading operator and manager of wholesale data centers. The Company’s data centers are highly equiped, specialized and very secure. Company’s facilities designed to support most critical business processes.

Well known industry leading companies such as Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo! and Facebook, completely entrust DFT to provide constant power and cooling to their web servers and other network equipment that support their ongoing business processes.

Small summary on Sidera Networks company:

Sidera Networks was found in 1994. Since the foundation company provide highly reliable, customized solutions data centers and telecom companies.

Today Sidera Networks known as one of the largest network and connectivity provider in North America.

Sidera Extends Network To DuPont Web Hosting Data Center

Web Hosting SoftLayer Partners With SendGrid

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-29 – Worldwide known web hosting provider and data center operator SoftLayer Technologies announced yesterday that it has partnered with SendGrid email solutions company to launch its SoftLayer unique Email Delivery Service.

Last month SendGrid company partnered with well known web hosting Rackspace for an email infrastructure ideal for huge amounts of email.

Available with almost any SoftLayer solution including dedicated or CloudLayer Computing environment, SoftLayer says its new email solution comes in four various packages, including a free one.

Referring to the SoftLayer web hosting company press release, the new email solution integrates into applications and services easily to allow clients to avoid the time, efforts and cost of developing a proprietary solution or licensing a third-party service.

“Practically almost every online application has email built into it in some fashion. So we wanted to provide an advanced email delivery service our customers can easily merge and manage with their entire SoftLayer environment,” Nathan Day, chief scientist for SoftLayer web hosting company said in a statement. “SendGrid’s platform was the ideal foundation for doing just that. Its extensive capabilities, performance, and features dovetail perfectly with our commitment to automation, reliability, and empowerment.”

The new SoftLayer Email Delivery solution is capable of scaling up to millions of email messages and provides complete real-time analytics.

“Application providers want to focus on pursuing their business objectives, not on creating and managing email delivery infrastructure,” Isaac Saldana, president and co-founder for SendGrid said in a statement. “We’re proud to partner with SoftLayer web hosting company to offer that benefit directly to their customer base. As SoftLayer customers ourselves, we know firsthand that being able to integrate and control your whole solution in one place provides enormous efficiency advantages.”

The packages are priced based on volume of emails and other features. The free package offers up to 25,000 emails per month while the enterprise solution allows up to 250,000 emails every month.

Small summary on SoftLayer web hosting company:

Founded in 2005 year, SoftLayer web hosting and data center operator provides global, on-demand data center and web hosting services from facilities across the U.S. SoftLayer delivery best-in-class connectivity and technology to innovate industry-leading, completely automated solutions that empower enterprises with complete access, advanced control and security, great scalability. With this insightful company strategy and talented technical execution, company gained great reputation worldwide.

Web Hosting SoftLayer Partners With SendGrid

Hostway Web Hosting Expands Data Centers For Cloud Hosting

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-22 – One of the market leaders, well known web hosting provider Hostway announced yesterday its plans to add 18,000 square feet of space to its Tampa data center facility. This space will be used for cloud infrastructure purposes.

This announcement comes a day after Hostway launched Registry Services Corporation, the retail version of its domain registry back-end service.

According to the company press release, Hostway’s expansion will house its FlexCloud Server services and provide lower latency connectivity for users in the US Eastern regions.

Hostway web hosting company says its FlexCloud servers will be supported in its Austin and Tampa data centers. The Tampa facility will be used as a disaster recovery and redundancy point for clients in order to provide excellent data protection from single location failures, according to Hostway.

The company says its customers can manage two data center locations with a single control panel.

“Our Tampa data center provides our clients with the ability to easily provision secure cloud services in multiple locations for disaster recovery and redundancy,” Todd Benjamin, vice president of enterprise hosting for Hostway said in a statement. “This expansion is a part of our goal to introduce our secure and reliable FlexCloud Servers throughout North America and to further build our global presence.”

Hostway web hosting company did not release any details or general information about the costs of planned expansion.

Sammary on Hostway web hosting company:

Hostway offers dedicated hosting, shared hosting, colocation, domain name registration, ecommerce solutions and other Web-based services to over 1.5 million Web sites and 600,000 customers worldwide. The company operates more than 250,000 square feet of state-of-the-art data center space that reduces the complexity and cost of Web-based technologies for small businesses and large enterprises. Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the world’s largest Web hosting companies with a direct presence in 14 countries, 17 worldwide operation centers and more than 700 employees.

Hostway Web Hosting Expands Data Centers For Cloud Hosting

Online Tech Web Hosting Provider Expands Data Center Staff

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-30 – Online Tech web hosting and data center operator company announced yesterday it has noticeably increased its data center operations team by 33 percent, as well as added new partner certifications to its operations team this year.

Online Tech web hosting and data center operator has not disclose the actual number of employees it has added in 2011 year, but it says in a press release that its “staff operations now consists of Microsoft, VMware, Cisco and Dell certified members”.

Since the beginning of this year, Online Tech web hosting and data center operator has received Microsoft certifications, Cisco certifications, VMware certifications and Dell Equallogic SAN certifications.

Several month ago, Online Tech achieved SSAE 16 Type II certification for its well known Michigan web hosting data centers.

In addition to expanding the knowledge base of its operations team, Online Tech has added additional IT professionals to strengthen its 24/7 support.

“As our client’s needs have shifted to greater expectations of uptime and hands-on managed services, we have adjusted our staffing model accordingly,” said Mike Klein, president of Online Tech web hosting and data center operator. “We are continually looking for ways to drive our ticket response time down closer and closer to zero.”

Klein said that Online Tech’s private cloud and managed cloud hosting services have allowed the company to grow by more than 39 percent in current year, that is great growth.

The company says it has been able to reinvest this growth in its support team.

Small summary on Online Tech web hosting and data center operator:

Online Tech founded in 1994 year as one of Michigan’s first Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Online Tech stands as one of the longest lasting Internet companies in the Great Lakes market. In July 2003, Online Tech company was acquired by new owners who made noticeable investments in our data center and network infrastructure, making Online Tech company one of Michigan’s largest managed data center operators.

Since then, Online Tech web hosting and data center company continues growth providing managed web hosting services.

Online Tech Web Hosting Provider Expands Data Center Staff

SoftLayer Web Hosting Company Becomes A Sponsor Of StopBadWare

SoftLayer web hosting

Greatresponder.com – 2011-06-04 – SoftLayer web hosting company becomes a sponsor of non-profit and well known security organization StopBadware

 

Founded in 2006, StopBadware provides various tools and information that assist industry and policymakers in meeting their responsibility to protect users from badware.

Referring to the press release, StopBadware provides various reports and insights, community forum, useful guidelines and definitions, tips and tricks for users and website owners to stay on safe side.

Maxim Weinstein, executive director of StopBadware said: “SoftLayer recently demonstrated their commitment to combating badware by supporting our best practices for Web hosting providers. We’re excited they have elected to extend their support by becoming a StopBadware sponsor.”

According to SoftLayer press release, they said: “We are proud to sponsor StopBadware. More than 22 million websites are hosted on SoftLayer’s infrastructure, making us one of the largest providers in the world. With such a reach, we believe it is our duty to strengthen efforts to protect the Internet for everyone.”

Overall it seems that SoftLayer joins Google, Mozilla, PayPal and Verizon in supporting StopBadware. SoftLayer web hosting company known as one of the market leader. They have facilities in 5 US states.

SoftLayer Web Hosting Company Becomes A Sponsor Of StopBadWare

Enteracloud Web Hosting Launches Colocation Service

Greatresponder.com – 2011-07-02 – Enteracloud company, California’s well known cloud web hosting provider, yesterday informed about the launch of their first class private, well secured, virtual colocation service. New green service provides a multitude of benefits that enable IT professionals the ability to grow and extend their network while maintaining the highest level of security.

First class private virtual colocation solutions provided by Enteracloud has many benefits, including very affordable price, reliable well improved security and high performance, increased availability, reduced management overhead and server startup time, simplified budgeting scheme, and built-in disaster recovery feature, all with true domestic 24/7 US based support. Additionally, servers hardware power and other services can be accessed on demand and in a manner that is more effective and greener than owning racks of servers and stacks of software that almost never run at peak efficiency.

“As cloud web hosting service provider, our primary job is to make our customers happy and satisfied,” said mr. Dave Wiedmaier, Co-Founder of Enteracloud company, “we accomplish this by building our own private cloud web hosting solution on branded hardware and software provided by well known vendors such as Dell, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft, VMware and backing it with meticulously monitored, highly redundant, very reliable and secure data centers.”

“As an global IT solution provider, we require a flexible and affordable virtualization service that is secure and highly scalable,” said mr.Tim Doscher, President and CEO of Computer Support of San Diego. “Enteracloud company delivered the first class private cloud computing solution for our business while continuing to under promise and over deliver as they always do. Their support and service are top-notch in web hosting industry, a definite A+.”

The cloud web hosting structure that is based on private cloud computing technology is built upon Enteracloud Carrier-Grade Internet connectivity, which provides businesses with an affordable and cost effective alternative to building and managing their own data center facility. The uniqueness of this private virtualization infrastructure offering creates an extremely low latency and high quality end-user experience designed to maximize a company’s uptime. Additionally, private virtual co-location services can help companies pass important audits such as SAS70, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, ISO and others.

Enteracloud Web Hosting Launches Colocation Service