Company to showcase its Continuous Data Protection products at the conference.

R1Soft, a developer of Continuous Data Protection products for Linux and Windows, today announced that it will showcase its innovative data protection solution at HostingCon 2008, a conference and exhibition for the Web hosting industry, to be held July 28-30 in Chicago, Il.

Attended by thousands of hosted services professionals from more than 30 countries, the company claims that HostingCon provides it with an opportunity to connect with its user community and discuss the latest in data protection technology. The company says that it will exhibit at booth #425 in the exhibit hall and it claims that its booth will provide live demonstrations of its software.

It explains that its Continuous Data Protection solution provides round-the-clock backup of data, with intervals between restore points as short as five minutes. Through the technology, server administrators can virtually eliminate the threat of data loss in the event of a disaster. Continuous Data Protection is designed to integrate with all major hosting control panels, including cPanel, Plesk, Ensim, DirectAdmin, and H-Sphere, adds the company.

"HostingCon is a great opportunity each year to reach out to decision makers and leaders in the hosted services community. With such a diverse assortment of attendees, HostingCon allows our team to interact and learn about the needs of hosting providers, large and small," said David Wartell, Vice President, R1Soft division, BBS Technologies, Inc. "Our software has made major leaps forward, both for Windows and Linux servers, and we will be using HostingCon as a chance to highlight many of these improvements. The importance of robust data protection has never been greater and our software offers the only next-generation solution."

Increases data center space by expanding to 5,000 square feet.

Internet Facilitators Limited, a business class data centre provider, today announced that it has expanded its Manchester data centre network with an additional 5,000 sq ft of premium colocation space.

The company says that its expansion on the ground floor of Reynolds House, where the company already occupies over 17,000 sq ft, will be its second in the last twelve months. It avers that with further large scale expansion news expected in the next few months, this will ensure ever increasing demand will continue to be met by IFL with quality supply through its continued investment in new data centres.

In order to bring the new expansion space into service, the comapny articulates that it will build a second on-site energy centre with a new 1MVA power supply, diesel generators and n+1 UPS system. Also, state of the art air conditioning will be deployed to ensure the lowest possible Energy Efficiency Ratio - a measure of how much additional electricity is used beyond that needed for servers. An additional 150 racks will be made available with an expected average power usage of 4.5KW per rack up to a maximum of 8KW per rack, adds the company.

The company further explains that its data centres offer connectivity solutions from a wide range of Tier 1 network providers including BT, Cogent, NTL, NWIX and THUS all of whom have multiple resilient routes into the building. Also, their data centre network is connected to other data centres in the region through dedicated fibre networks such as MCIX & NWIX. London based carriers also provide low cost backhaul to data centres located in the nation's capital, claims the company. It says that the increasing number of carriers and IP Transit providers continues to drive the cost of connectivity downwards and ensure IFL customers are located on the backbone of the region's internet.

Matthew Edgley, IFL Sales Manager comments, "Much of our continued success can be attributed to the growth of our existing partners and customer base. Recognition of this drives our commitment to provide a continuous supply of high quality rack space to facilitate their future growth."

"We are attracting record numbers of new customers as an increasing number of organisations realise the advantages of outsourcing their data centre whilst retaining their in-house technical staff and expertise. The company is in outstanding health with sales records being broken every quarter since 2006. The very strength of the sales pipeline proves demand for quality colocation space and absolutely necessitates our continued multi-million pound investment in expansion," added Edgley.

Provides data flow and VoIP management for small and mid-sized businesses deploying unified communications.

Packet Island, Inc., a provider of Voice-Data Network Management solutions, today announced the release of an enterprise-lite version of PacketSmart, a carrier-class VoIP-Data lifecycle management solution. The company states that with this new product release, it now offers small and mid-sized enterprise customers a solution that leverages real-time flow-based analysis to assess and manage branch office VoIP+Data networks.

The company avers that PacketSmart Enterprise-Lite Platform comes with software pre-installed on a Dell server and a set of five 4"x5" micro-appliances. The micro-appliances function as sniffers and double up as VoIP call generators for assessment purposes, it says.

It claims that this solution is targeted to IT administrators of small and mid-sized companies deploying VoIP for a handful of branch offices using mixed network topologies and multiple ISP WANs. IT administrators can use the solution to perform the following functions:

• Pre-assess data networks for VoIP readiness
• Verify LAN/WAN QoS design based on TOS or Diffserv
• Monitor live VoIP calls (SIP-based) on a 24x7 basis
• Troubleshoot VoIP signaling issues
• Remote packet capture with Ethereal/Wireshark compatibility
• Monitor Top-10 data flows on a 24x7 basis
• Generate a variety of on-demand reports to summarize SLAs

"Customers are increasingly realizing that real-time flow-based analysis is a must-have to effectively manage the multi-site converged media networks of today. Traditional SNMP-based solutions are great at monitoring servers and network devices, but fall short when managing converged media. As VoIP adoption hits the mainstream, what enterprises need is a comprehensive product that can help them manage the lifecycle of their converged media networks that go beyond SNMP monitoring. With PacketSmart-Lite, we are offering the combined functionalities of a VoIP assessment tool, VoIP monitoring tool, VoIP verification tool, Remote packet capture tool, Traffic flow monitor, and Top-N flow monitor, all in one package. Bought as separate vendor tools, these capabilities would cost tens of thousands of dollars. However, with our all-inclusive PacketSmart-Lite package, customers get a complete package for under $8K", said Praveen Kumar, CEO of Packet Island, Inc.

Provides data protection services through its subsidiary, Xeex Communications.

NR Software Systems, Inc., a provider of e-business solutions, today announced thati t has joined the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program, enabling it to roll out a variety of Continuous Data Protection solutions for its business and residential clients. The company claims that it will provide the data protection services through its subsidiary, Xeex Communications.

"By adopting R1Soft's innovative Continuous Data Protection solution, our company will be able to provide in a greater capacity data protection solutions for our customers," said Director of Business Development Erin Razo. "Data protection has and will continue to play an integral role in developing information systems for our clients, and with this partnership, we can deliver a more robust and secure overall solution. R1Soft moves us forward by leaps and bounds."

The company says that as a member of the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program, it gains access to a collection of sales and marketing resources, as well as priority technical support, greater product information, and volume licensing discounts.

"Our data protection solution provides a strategic complement to the infrastructure solutions that NR Software Systems offers to its clients. This partnership will allow both R1Soft and NR Software Systems to support new applications and settings that require data protection," said David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft division, BBS Technologies, Inc.

Company to host CommonPlaces key customer web sites, including Greenopolis.com.

BlackMesh, Inc., a provider of information technology solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced that CommonPlaces, a developer of e-business solutions, has selected the company to host its customer web sites, including Greenopolis.com, a "green" social networking web site owned by Waste Management, Inc. The company states that in addition to hosting Greenopolis.com, CommonPlaces plans to have the company support its entire portfolio of customers, including Bennett Design Group, the Bath Showcase, Jaguar Print, Fore on 4 and Fix Your Water.

The company explains that its hosting solutions provide the necessary database architecture, web load balancing and security to support the current beta site and provide the ability to quickly and easily scale Greenopolis.com. It says CommonPlaces is also able to take advantage of its unique unlimited service plan, which includes 100 percent uptime on the BlackMesh network, dedicated administrators and 24x7x365 access to personalized support via phone, email or the Web.

It says that in addition to its technology support and services, CommonPlaces chose the company because it leverages green technologies and methodologies that support the Greenopolis.com philosophy. The company avers that it uses low power servers to cut the amount of energy needed to keep customer web sites online, consuming only half the power of traditional servers from a year ago. In addition, the company claims that it ensures that its physical servers are installed according to the best practices for optimal thermal management so that the flow of air is not counter productive, helping to keep the temperature of the data center low.

"While many businesses often underestimate the hosting resources necessary to manage and maintain a complex Web site, CommonPlaces is taking the proactive steps to address growth and bandwidth demands," said Eric Mandel, CEO of BlackMesh. "With BlackMesh's scalable architecture and personalized service team, CommonPlaces can freely build and expand Greenopolis.com, without worrying about the day-to-day server maintenance."

"With the upcoming launch of Greenopolis.com and expected popularity of the site, we needed a hosting solution that could manage increased activity as well as accommodate the addition of new features to the Web site," said Erich Beyrant, director of engineering at CommonPlaces. "Our previous provider did not understand our needs and could not deliver the technology and support necessary to meet our expectations. With its scalability and database architecture, BlackMesh has the resources to meet our traffic demands and the proven expertise to handle our future expansion, not only with Greenopolis.com, but with our entire customer base."

Partners with Open-Xchange to provide hosted communication and collaboration solutions for SMBs.

1&1 Internet Inc., a web host, today announced a new product, MailXchange, based on Open-Xchange Inc.'s collaboration technology. The company says that MailXchange is a hosted solution requiring no server management or licensing fees from customers. It states that small business owners and private users looking for an alternative to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint can utilize this hosted email and collaboration service. The service can also be utilized with any Windows Mobile smartphone, it adds.

The company articulates that with MailXchange users can take advantage of Open-Xchange's web-based personal information management, providing customers with email, calendaring, contact and task management to enhance efficiency and teamwork. The centralized document management system allows for users to attach documents to corresponding tasks, as well as share them without emailing large files. The web-based MailXchange interface is available anywhere with internet access. This gives companies with multiple locations and employees working out of office, the flexibility to effectively share information. With 1&1 MailXchange users also have the option of synchronizing with Microsoft Outlook, avers the company.

Oliver Mauss, CEO 1&1 Internet Inc., said, "MailXchange delivers valuable functionality for small businesses and individuals, facilitating effective teamwork and enabling document sharing anywhere, anytime, with any device. As a leader in innovative technology, 1&1 willcontinue to call upon proven open-source technologies which enable our customers to benefit from greatly reduced licensing costs."

"We're seeing the dawn of a new era with hosted software made widely available to everyone when that was previously reserved only for installations at enterprises," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "1&1's customers will benefit from access to our collaboration software that streamlines communications and can improve users' productivity."

The hosting discussion community features SEO friendly community blogs and forums available to all web hosts to post their thoughts on web hosting.

FindMyHost.com, a web hosting directory and review site, announced that it has released it's newly revamped hosting discussion community HostDiscussion.com. The re-tooled HostDiscussion.com features SEO friendly community blogs and forums available to all Web Hosts to post their thoughts on Web Hosting at no charge.

The company avers that in addition to free community blogs, the new site features a popular forum where Web Hosts are permitted to post their latest special offers. Web Hosts are also encouraged to participate in discussions aimed at helping consumers find web hosting. Web Hosts are encouraged and allowed to freely post responses to customer requests and discussions, thus making HostDiscussion.com more Host friendly than other forums. Press Releases and other worthy News are also allowed to be posted in their respected forums.

The company further states that web hosts will also benefit from extensive Search Engine Optimization which has garnered HostDiscussion.com over 80,000 indexed pages and increasing on Google alone. A revised HostDiscussion.com was only submitted to Google less than a month ago. Membership is free to Web Hosts for both the Community Web Hosting Blog as well as the Community Web Hosting Forums.

"We felt Web Hosts needed a place outside their normal channels of traditional online marketing to help get their message across. A forum and blog site such as HostDiscussion.com gives hosts a more personal avenue to reach hosting prospects in a more cost effective and friendly way than traditional advertising," said Christian Henning, President and Founder of FindMyHost, Inc. "Hosts can now interact with consumers without fear of being censored, flamed, or banned - free of charge," added Mr. Henning.

Company schedules the release of new features and upgrades for the Consumer and Business Edition of its WebsiteCreator.

CM4all, a developer of web-based applications, today announced that it will unveil new releases of the CM4all WebsiteCreator Consumer and Business Editions at HostingCon 2008 in Chicago. The software will be available to web hosting companies, MSOs, ISPs, and telcos for licensing, customization and installation this fall.

The company states that the new release of the CM4all WebsiteCreator Business Edition allows enterprises to operate multiple sales and marketing outlets by integrating Amazon aStores as well as eBay stores, RSS feeds and podcasts into the page styles. It also allows customers to embed external information via the integration of a custom i-frame application. A revised context-sensitive help system further improves the usability of the software, it says.

Other highlights of the improved Business and Consumer Editions are new and enhanced template designs. The company explains that these new templates include more business and consumer topics, larger logos and more expansive photo areas. For greater customization and better Search Engine Optimization, templates are available with photo backgrounds and with non-rendered text navigation to fully utilize the page's keywords.

It avers that the Consumer Edition of the CM4all WebsiteCreator also received social networking enhancements including tagging functionality with a proprietary tag cloud in the Community Media Album and Multi-Author Blog. The event planning tool has been enhanced and simplified to offer both private and public RSVP styles.The convenience and usability of the Getting Started Wizard has been integrated directly into the WebsiteCreator leading to a streamlined and faster process of creating pages, it claims.

"As the Internet continues to advance at rapid speeds, we are proud that our suite of WebsiteCreator products leads the way in terms of operation and output as well as setting the direction that value added features and enhancements need to follow for maximum profitability," said Robert Schovenberg, CEO of CM4all. "This allows our partners and their customers to fully take advantage of the latest and most scalable technology currently available in the industry."

"We aim to make the new features we launch available in today's current formats such as HTML, .mobi and W3C Accessibility," added Cornel Schnietz, CTO of CM4all. "CM4all Technology is based on XML and XSLT for data and template description so we can serve multiple output format websites from a single software source. We therefore anticipate a very good response from our worldwide partners when we deploy the latest generation of enhancements."

Increases data center space by expanding to 106,000 square feet.

Colo4Dallas, a colocation service provider, today announced that it has expanded its data center space with the purchase of two buildings and the lease of another nearby building from Level 3 Communications. The company claims that the transactions bring its total colocation space to approximately 106,000 square feet.

The company says that it completed the purchase of both its current headquarters at 3000 Irving Boulevard and the property situated immediately adjacent to it, 3004 Irving Boulevard, in early May. Construction has already started to integrate the two adjoining buildings. When complete, its expanded flagship facility will include over 68,000 square feet of raised floor, state-of-the-art data center space.

Additionally, in March, the company leased 38,000 square feet within the Level 3 data center located in the Stemmons Corridor. Paul VanMeter, Colo4Dallas President and Chief Technology Officer, points to increasing demand for dependable, high quality data center space as the driving force behind the recent expansions. He noted, "Many of our new customers outgrew their previous data center's power and space capacities—they are coming from facilities that weren't designed to handle high density power applications."

“What's unique about Colo4Dallas is that we're able to meet the tremendous space and power needs of large enterprise customers who have their own technical staff, but also those of smaller customers who rely on us for 24/7 remote hands support," added VanMeter. He continued, "With our additional square footage, we can accommodate businesses of all sizes as they grow and expand." The company's customer base includes privately-held companies such as Pinnacle Technical Resources Inc., Womack Machine & Supply Co., and First Choice Emergency Room.

Latest update provides perimeter protection to corporate networks and delivers the highest levels of security and protection out-of-the-box.

Comodo, a security company, today announced an updated release of Trustix Enterprise Firewall version 4.8.1 - an enterprise class, open source LINUX-based free firewall solution. The company states that the Trustix Firewall provides robust perimeter protection to corporate networks and delivers the highest levels of security and protection out-of-the-box. This high performance firewall monitors network traffic and protects the network against unauthenticated traffic or login attempts which could inject Trojans, worms, or infected files into the network. This free, commercial version now incorporates a powerful new anti-SPAM module for improved performance and security, it adds.

The company explains that the Trustix Enterprise Firewall is acclaimed for its innovative, drag-and-drop user interface which allows administrators to quickly set and modify complicated firewall settings such as De-Militarized Zones without having to program using a command line. This feature enables administrators to visualize and configure firewall policy, DMZ's, port forwarding, network address translation and virtual private network settings in a few mouse clicks. The underlying rules generated by the program are then fully optimized before being deployed, thereby optimizing the security and performance of your firewall's architecture, and avoiding errors and duplication.

It adds that the latest version of the Trustix Enterprise Firewall contains the following new features and improvements:

• High Availability & Load balancer
• Intrusion Detection System
• VPN Connection
• Improved Client GUI

"Comodo's Enterprise Trustix Firewall has earned a well-deserved reputation as a high performance, free enterprise firewall that is highly intuitive and easy to use," according to Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo. "This best-in-class enterprise firewall is innovative because it integrates multiple technologies to make it feasible to deploy comprehensive security services to more network locations. This latest release underscores Comodo's commitment to freely provide the highest grade security software to both business and home users alike."

Provides recently launched domain extension to its customers.

Blacknight Solutions, an internet services company, announced that is now accredited to sell .co.nl domain names. The company avers that by registering a .co.nl domain name, registrants have the opportunity to reach a wider audience, particularly in the Netherlands.

The company explains that domain names with the .co.nl extension can be registered by anyone anywhere, unlike the .nl country code that requires a contact point in the Netherlands.

It claims that with over three million .nl domain names already registered, obtaining your preferred .nl domain name can be difficult, however with this new extension, it will be much easier. It adds that the .co.nl domain name extension was launched at the ICANN meeting in Paris held from 23-26 June, 2008. To ensure every person and every company has a fair chance to register their own .co.nl domain name, there will be a Sunrise period, during which every owner of a .nl and/or a valid trademark registration has the exclusive opportunity to register the international variant of their domain name within the defined Sunrise periods. Multiple eligible applications of the same .co.nl name received during the 2nd Sunrise period will be assigned on a first come first served basis, it says.

"Becoming an accredited registrar for .co.nl domain names allows us to give our clients an even wider range of options for registering domain names", said Blacknight CEO Michele Neylon. "It extends the level of service we can offer our clients, making Blacknight Solutions a one-stop shop for all a businesses' internet hosting and domain name requirements."

Latest Open-Xchange offering gives customers a free preview to business-class groupware.

Open-Xchange Inc., a provider of open source groupware, today announced a preview to the new version of Open-Xchange Server Edition, which facilitates teamwork and enables document sharing anywhere, anytime, with any device.

The company says that it offers email, calendar, contacts, tasks and document sharing to provide companies with all the tools needed to facilitate communication and teamwork. It avers that Customers can improve communication and teamwork with simple, intuitive tools and intelligent features, such as smart links between calendar appointments, task lists, contacts, documents, bookmarks and knowledge articles.

It explains that unique features of Open-Xchange Server Edition include:

• AJAX-based user interface, which enables management of emails, contacts, tasks and document sharing without prior training.
  
• Support for latest Enterprise Linux distributions -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux 10 -- delivers stability for long-term enterprise use.
  
• "Mashup" capabilities powered by UWA (Netvibes Universal Widget API) enable easy integration of web applications, such as RSS feeds, podcasts, video channels, Salesforce.com, and SAP Business One, so that the Open-Xchange software serves as the user's central information portal.
  
• Plug-in architecture for the graphical user interface enables smooth integration of Instant Messaging tools, support for text messages and fax to help unify communications and reduce the need for managing multiple address books.
• Customization of the user interface (GUI) allows enterprise customers to adapt the look and feel of Open-Xchange to different themes and their corporate design.
• Fully-modular architecture enables easy integration into existing IT infrastructures (e.g. mail servers), which simplifies implementation and does not require migration of email data.
• OSGi framework support enables the addition and removal of third-party applications, such as spam and virus protection with zero downtime of Open-Xchange, which is key for use in large enterprises as it ensures 24/7 availability of the system.
  

The company claims that Open-Xchange Server Edition, the successor of Open-Xchange Server 5, is expected to be released in Q3, 2008. As of today, Open-Xchange Server is installed by more than 3,500 companies and organizations worldwide, it adds.

"Today, we're making available to users and IT professionals a free preview of the upcoming release of Open-Xchange Server Edition, which is the only remaining open and independent collaboration platform that can scale to millions of users," said Juergen Geck, CTO of Open-Xchange. "We welcome participation by the open source community and are fully committed to open standards and enabling industry partners and community members to extend this Java- and OSGi-based communication platform far beyond traditional groupware functionality."

ntroduces their third IIS Manager UI extension module, a global assembly cache viewer tool.

DiscountASP.NET, a windows hosting provider, today announced the launch of their third IIS Manager UI extension in public beta for customers. The company avers that the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) Viewer module allows customers to view and obtain details of the server-side global assembly cache assemblies.

The company states that with the launch of Windows 2008 and Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), Microsoft introduced IIS Manager, a new IIS administration tool which provides end users with a familiar user interface to remotely manage IIS7 server configurations. It avers that using IIS Manager, customers can view settings and manipulate their web.config files for features that have been delegated to them.

It explains that the GAC viewer module displays details of the supported server-side assemblies, including Microsoft .NET Framework assemblies, and provides its customers with a way to check which versions of assemblies are available on their production web server as they develop their web applications, without having to contact Technical Support for this information.

"One of our guiding principles is to provide our customers with maximum control over their hosting platform," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing at DiscountASP.NET. "That is why we are very excited with new features in IIS7 that provide us with the ability to delegate website configurations to our customers and allow us to extend IIS Manager to address customer needs."

"With the rapid pace of technology and the movement toward fully open alpha and beta software development, it is increasingly easy to have a local development environment get out-of-sync with a live production web hosting environment," added Takeshi Eto. "With this new GAC viewer module, we wanted to make it easier for our customers to get details of the installed server-side assemblies, and help them avoid experiencing errors associated with version incompatibility."

Version 16 of SiteGalore incorporates enhancements to its features while significantly improving ease of use.

Akmin, a provider of private branded online website building software SiteGalore, today announced the launch of version 16 of its online website builder with a set of new features and significant enhancements.

The company explains that version 16 incorporates new features like Google AdSense, PayPal Checkout, Google Checkout, Image Replacement Wizard, iFrame insertion and Google Sitemap. V16 also includes new design templates, advanced form page wizard, fully reloaded shop/ecommerce wizard, a new rich text WYSIWYG editor, new flash intro movie templates, option to edit page filenames, site design alignment options, downgrade pack option, setting multiple payment modes and creating stand-alone pages. It adds that V16 also includes numerous other enhancements to the depth & utility of SiteGalore's features while improving ease of use.

Prashanth, CEO Akmin's SiteGalore says, "Unlike domains and hosting which have become mere commodities today, the success or failure of an online website building service still depends entirely on the choice of the site building tool ... this critical choice could decide the fate of your site building service … because ultimately if your users are not able to use it on their own to build a professional looking website that really works for their business ... there is simply no point ... which is why SiteGalore makes such a crucial difference. And V16 only reiterates our commitment to making this difference which puts our clients way ahead of the rest of the competition."

Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry says, "We are committed to showcasing proven tools that help the .ORG Community to further enhance the viability and effectiveness of their .ORG websites. We are proud to have a pioneer like SiteGalore as one of our Showcase Members and have no doubt that SiteGalore version 16 will serve as a new benchmark for ease of use among online website builders."

Lou Honick, CEO of HostMySite, says,"Version 16 reminds me of the famous V16 engines that have been used in certain, very few, premium and high-performance cars. V16s were known for their smoothness and low vibration. More cylinders meant more power, performance & reliability and a status symbol. SiteGalore's V16 is similar in many ways. It is a high quality, extremely scalable and reliable online site building tool that packs a whole lot of high utility, in-depth features while ensuring that it remains as smooth and easy to use. I'm sure our customers are going to love it."

State-of-the-art network paves way for future technology growth and innovation.

PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc., a provider of online IT infrastructure, today announced that it has completed a comprehensive, standardized network upgrade to 10GB/OC192. The company explains that the upgrade strengthens the IT platform needed for online business growth and new technologies, as well as helping to enable continued innovation in the market. The upgrade also maximizes its strategy for offering new infrastructure architectures and its capability to support new technology development.

The company states that its move to the new 10GB/OC192 architecture enables higher throughput and packet-per-second capability, which meets the needs of industries such as VoIP and gaming. Additionally, the upgrade enables it to provide the highest possible bandwidth required by companies specializing in rich-media and streaming applications.

It claims that its long-term strategy for implementing new market innovations is to partner with companies that are experts in specific technologies. In this way the company will not be tied down to an exclusive technology, but instead can take full advantage of the dynamic infrastructure market. This also gives it the flexibility to continue to grow and develop with partners as the technology matures.

"The growth of new technologies in the IT infrastructure and managed hosting markets is changing the landscape significantly," said Antonio Piraino, senior analyst with Tier 1 Research. "The eventual winners in this space will be those companies that are best able to leverage these new technologies in concert with the efficient use of existent resources to produce services that are genuinely flexible and always available."

"PEER 1's strategic development for these new technologies enables us to continue delivering world-class service for our customers now and in the future," said Fabio Banducci, CEO of PEER 1. "We are committed to help businesses realize the growing possibilities of the Internet. With the power and breadth of the PEER 1 network, we are in a unique position to promote and support more powerful solutions to benefit both our customers and the industry in general."

New internet solution to demonstrate how non-technical personnel can build full-featured web sites in a few hours at a minimal monthly cost.

SharePoint360 LLC, a San Diego-based SharePoint hosting and consulting firm and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, today announced that it has launched SharePoint360 Web.

SharePoint360 Web is a hosted solution utilizing the SharePoint Web-based collaboration and document management platform. Now, SharePoint360 LLC is taking advantage of its SharePoint expertise to allow organizations to produce and maintain their own Web sites in a matter of hours, with built-in Web 2.0 features such as blogs, calendars, alerts, RSS feeds, wikis and search capabilities. Any existing staff member can utilize the service without the need for a webmaster, an FTP site, Web design software or even entry-level programming skills, claims the company.

The company avers that the use of the service begins with selection of a domain. Customers can then choose to produce a Web site that is as basic or as sophisticated as they want. Although a standard template can be used at the onset for instant deployment, businesses can customize their sites to suit specific requirements, whether that means embedding Google Analytics, creating image libraries or adding Flash animation or collaboration capabilities. Companies can explore even more creative options by using SharePoint Designer, Microsoft's latest Web design software.

The company further states, after a customer's initial Web site is up and running, non-technical users can continue to manage the system, performing ongoing updates in seconds. Designated administrators simply sign in and post documents in real time. In addition, new pages can be created and added in minutes, and images can be uploaded quickly using an intuitive SharePoint360 Photo Webpart.

"The old model of having an outside design firm controlling your site and your ongoing updates is antiquated, inefficient and can be very frustrating and costly," said Paul West, one of the principals for SharePoint360 LLC. "With SharePoint360 Web, we demystify the design and maintenance process so that the customer is in complete command of one of the most important aspects of their business -- their Web site.

"SharePoint360 Web is a great entry point into SharePoint," said Cliff Smeed, co-founder/principal for SharePoint360 LLC. "Its user friendly interface and customizable features simply trump the traditional, static web site model. Plus, once you have been exposed to the Internet version of SharePoint, you begin to appreciate all the benefits the product offers for internal purposes as well. Creating intranet and extranet portals can be done with the same level of ease, but with significantly more horsepower, allowing employees, partners, and customers to contribute and have a much richer collaborative experience."

Provides every dedicated server customer with SmarterMail, SmarterStats and SmarterTrack along with a 50 user permanent software license.

Enterhost, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of Windows-only web hosting, today announced that it has renewed its partnership with SmarterTools, an information technology management software company, to provide business communication software for its dedicated server clients.

The company states that the SmarterTools suite includes:

• SmarterMail 5.X - an ASP.NET AJAX-based mail server
• SmarterStats 3.X - a site analytics application and
• SmarterTrack 3.X - a helpdesk application designed for customer service departments

The company claims that as a result of the partnership, every client who purchases a dedicated server from it will automatically receive all three applications at no charge, and will own a 50-user permanent software license in their own name.

It further explains that SmarterMail 5.X introduces an entirely new AJAX-driven Web interface, bringing desktop application performance to the Web. Its newest features include improved calendaring, throttling, notification and advanced server reporting. SmarterStats 3.X gives users detailed web analytics in a web interface that includes a full complement of standard and custom reports, data mining, geographic mapping and more. SmarterTrack 3.X is a ticketing system that also includes live chat, cost analysis, data mining, a knowledge base and full reporting analytics.

"Our relationship with SmarterTools has provided our customers with a solid, feature rich set of applications," said Enterhost President Kevin R. Valadez. "This is the fourth year we've committed to doing business with SmarterTools and we continue to have great confidence in SmarterTools' ability to meet our clients' requirements."

Partnership allows customers of both companies with more choices to meet their marketing and support needs.

DemoWolf, a provider of flash tutorials for the web hosting industry, today announced a new partnership with VoiceWalk, a production company dedicated to creating high-impact demos. The company says that it will be working closely with VoiceWalk to provide a complete suite of custom demo options to each of their clients.

The company claims that it is a producer of web hosting flash support tutorials, many of which are pre-produced and only need to be re-branded for the purchasing hosting company. However it also produces custom demos for those cases where their clients have custom applications for which they want tutorials.

The company states that VoiceWalk produces custom demos as well as commercial-quality marketing demos. It adds that its partnership with VoiceWalk will bring a new service to each of DemoWolf and VoiceWalk's clients. VoiceWalk's clients will now have a cheaper alternative when they want simple demonstrations for their applications, whereas DemoWolf clients will have access to higher-end demo solutions for those cases when they want commercial-grade marketing demos.

"We are excited to be bringing VoiceWalk's expertise to our customers" says Rob Moore, president of DemoWolf. "Having this high-end alternative for our customers allows us to focus on what we're good at, and provides our customers with more choices. Additionally, it allows us to grow our custom demo business with the additional business resulting from this partnership. Truly a win-win for both VoiceWalk and ourselves."

"We are delighted to be moving forward with Demowolf as a Voicewalk partner" says Saul Ives, President of VoiceWalk. "With Demowolf we will be able to provide a lower cost support solution for our clients. Giving them a full range of options to meet all their Marketing and Support needs."

The company delivers SaaS-based online backup with Virtuozzo Containers 4.0.

Parallels, a provider of virtualization and automation software, today announced that ProServe, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the Netherlands, has selected Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 to deliver a cost-efficient and scalable Online Backup solution via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides the virtualization technology for ProServe's Virtual Online Backup Server (VOBS) offering. By using Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, ProServe is able to quickly deliver an on-line backup solution with the necessary performance, cost-efficiency, scalability and isolation required for their VOBS offered in a SaaS delivery model, says the company.

"Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 combined with our automation software provides the ideal platform for companies like ProServe that are looking to capitalize on the SaaS opportunity," said Soeren von Varchmin, vice president SaaS and service providers international, Parallels. "ProServe's VOBS solution is another example of how our SaaS enablement technologies are driving real business results for service providers and their customers."

The company avers that ProServe's VOBS offering is flexible, with many software capabilities and services. It features backup storage from 1GB up to 250GB, flexible backup schedules from days, weeks, months and years and can be supported with modules for Microsoft Exchange/SQL, Lotus Domino, Oracle, MySQL and others. The SaaS feature enables a new virtual container to be created by an end user in a matter of one command line and less than five minutes time.

"Parallels Virtuozzo Containers clearly delivered the performance and isolation we needed," said Gerben van der Veen, ProServe Director, "The product has doubled our confidence of no interaction between users' backup tasks, and gives us twice the performance of any other approach."

Privacyware, a provider of web application security, intrusion prevention and security data analytics software, today announced the release of the latest version of ThreatSentry, a software-based IIS web application firewall and intrusion revention solution. The company says that in response to customer and general market demand for more effective protection against Structured Query Language injection, cross-site scripting and other web application and database related attacks, it has expanded ThreatSentry's parameter parsing and URL query string inspection capabilities at the web application firewall and behavioral analysis layers.

The company states that ThreatSentry, an ISAPI filter hosted in MMC, is comprised of a web application firewall and behavior-based intrusion prevention component founded on specialized artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies specifically designed to address internal and external unauthorized system access and cyber-criminal threats on Web servers utilizing Microsoft Internet Information Services. It explains that IIS has grown in popularity since its introduction and while it is well-regarded for its ease of use and range of features, it is frequently targeted by hackers due to a variety of server and database vulnerabilities and the inherently open nature of many Web applications, many of which manage sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, or other private data.

"In recent months, we've witnessed the attack landscape expand exponentially", said Privacyware CEO, Greg Salvato. "This problem is largely a result of the swift adoption of automated tools now in common use by hackers to rapidly identify vulnerable websites and servers. More urgent, however, is the evolving sophistication of the evasion techniques used which can render ineffective traditional rules-based technologies."

"In response the alarming rise in frequency of SQL-based attacks, we've expanded ThreatSentry's Parameter parsing and URL Query String inspection capabilities at the Web Application Firewall layer,” said Privacyware CTO, Konstantin Malkov. "In addition, we've enhanced ThreatSentry's cognitive components, which are capable of detecting similarities to known malicious patterns or revealing behavioral deviations among normal traffic, to deliver improved protection against known or new SQL Injection and other threats to the web infrastructure."