Cornwall, United Kingdom - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 1, 2007 - Website advertising firm, itsmymarket.com, has added new features to its free classifieds service, in an effort to enhance and improve customer interface satisfaction. Through the promotion, itsmymarket.com aims to further build the number of users and advertisers on the site and encourage more people to buy products within local areas.
The first feature titled '50 Pound Fridays' offers advertisers the opportunity to win 50 pounds in cash every Friday. Any advertiser that places a classified advert on itsmymarket.com in the week preceding the weekly Friday draw is automatically entered into the competition. The winner is drawn at random through a computer generated system and is notified on the following Monday.
The second new addition to the classifieds site is a premium listings service that allows advertisers to pay 1 pound per day for up to 14 days to ensure their advertisement is placed within the top three listings. While Itsmymarket.com is a free classified listings site, this premium listing service helps advertisers sell in a quicker time frame and receive more recognition for the items they sell. If an advertiser sells before their premium listing order runs out they will receive a refund.
Tom Probst, Managing Director at itsmymarket.com commented, ''Since its launch last year, itsmymarket.com has seen tremendous levels of interest, handling around 6,000 advertisements per month. We now want to give our customers something back for the support they have shown. Our aim is to become the number one classified listings site in the UK and we will continue to reward our customers for their loyalty.
www.itsmymarket.com is the trading name for Community Ads Online Ltd. itsmymarket.com is predominantly a local and free classified ads website incorporating other community focused services such as community websites, blogs, competitions, weather forecasts, traffic reports, cinema listings, and dating, among other interests. Itsmymarket.com launched in Cornwall using local radio in August 2006. From day one, traffic to the site has been outstanding. In July 2007 itsmymarket.com had around 100,000 visitors and handled over 6,300 adverts.
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News: Website Security Report, Issued by MessageLabs Intelligence
New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 1, 2007 - Messaging and web security services firm, MessageLabs, has revealed the results of its Intelligence Report for October 2007. Over recent months, spammers have been experimenting with different types of file attachments including text, html, image, ZIP, RAR, RTF and PDFs.
Analysis of the MP3 spam suggests that this was the work of the cyber criminals responsible for sending out PDF spam in early October, highlighting the frequent interchanging of tools being used. The report revelas that spammers have introduced MP3 music files into the expanding toolbox of stock spam techniques. In addition, 15 million emails shaping the first spam run. Use of MP3 files is the latest tactic designed to sneak messages past spam filters and ultimately control the value of stock for nefarious reasons.
MessageLabs intercepted the first copies of an estimated 15 million email spam run which lasted 36 hours and used StormWorm-infected computers to disseminate the emails. Purporting to be a legitimate music file, the MP3 file names were all music-related such as beatles.mp3, Britney.mp3 and elvis.mp3, and contained a rusty-sounding, 25-second voice-over touting the latest stock offering from Exit Only Incorporated. The voice was synthesized using a very low compression rate of 16 kHz to keep the overall file size small, at around 50 KB, to avoid detection.
Mark Sunner, Chief Security Analyst for MessageLabs remarked, ''The MP3 spam tactic is a natural progression for cyber criminals following runs of image, PDF and Excel junk mail earlier this year. As users become wary of certain file attachments, scammers will move on to their next tactic, ever hopeful of finding the key which will easily open all inboxes rather than having the door slammed in their face by anti-spam filters. Video spam and PowerPoint are both well anticipated so watch this space for the next format du jour.''
This recent trend proves that spamming techniques are becoming more innovative. As image spam shifts from email attachments to images on free image-hosting sites, MessageLabs experts believe that it is only a matter of time before the spammers apply the same approach to audio spam and upload the message to free multimedia hosting sites such as YouTube, Google Video, MySpace or any number of sites competing in this new media market.
Web Security: Analysis shows that 45.9 percent of all web-based malware intercepted was new in October. MessageLabs identified approximately 1,100 new sites per day which harbored malware, an increase of 63 percent compared to September levels. Gambling sites appeared back in the top ten of policy-based filtering triggers and rose to fourth place for large enterprises.
Spam: In October, the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and unknown bad sources, for which the recipient addresses were deemed valid, was 74.5 percent (1 in 1.34 emails), an increase of 1.0 percent on the previous month.
Viruses: This month, the global ratio of email-born viruses in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources destined for valid recipients was 1 in 161.5 emails (0.62 percent) in October, a decrease of 1.43 percent since the previous month. This decline is almost certainly linked with the fall in the number of StormWorm-related emails, particularly active in August and September. This takes the email virus rate to the lowest level since April 2007 when virus traffic accounted for 1 in 145.5 emails.
Phishing: October saw a decrease of 0.57 percent in the proportion of phishing attacks with one in 174.0 emails comprised of some form of phishing attack. Viewed as a proportion of all email-borne threats such as viruses and trojans, the number of phishing emails has risen by 36.8 percent to 92.8 percent of the malware threats intercepted in October, the highest level on record.
Geographical Trends: -- Israel continued to have the highest spam rate this month with 77.1 percent; however, the sharpest increase in spam this month among the top five was again in Canada where levels rose by 5.6 percent, tied with China. -- Sweden had the lowest spam rate with 25.9 percent. -- Virus activity fell in India by 0.24 percent although it remained the most targeted country. The largest rise in virus activity was observed in Spain where levels rose by 0.29 percent, closely followed by Germany with an increase of 0.25 percent. -- The UK, China and Spain entered the top five this month, replacing Austria, Ireland and Singapore.
Vertical Trends: -- Spam levels decreased across almost all sectors in October, with the largest decrease noted in the Non-profit Sector, where spam fell by 9.6 percent. -- Telecom has become the most targeted sector for spam despite a fall of 6.4 percent since September. -- Education sector remains the most targeted sector for viruses although virus levels fell by 0.25 percent since September. -- Virus levels in Agriculture rose by 0.02 percent in October, although Agriculture remains the least targeted sector in October.
The October 2007 MessageLabs Intelligence Report provides greater detail on all of the trends and figures noted above, as well as more detailed geographical and vertical trends.
MessageLabs Intelligence is a respected source of data and analysis for messaging security issues, trends and statistics. MessageLabs provides a range of information on global security threats based on live data feeds from our control towers around the world scanning billions of messages each week.
MessageLabs is a provider of integrated messaging and web security services, with over 16,000 clients ranging from small business to the Fortune 500 located in more than 86 countries. MessageLabs provides a range of managed security services to protect, control, encrypt and archive communications across Email, Web and Instant Messaging.
The services are delivered by MessageLabs globally distributed infrastructure and supported 24/7 by security experts. This provides a convenient and cost-effective solution for managing and reducing risk and providing certainty in the exchange of business information.
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News: Vertical Search Engine for Aerospace & Defense Industry, from AviationWeek
New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 1, 2007 - A new vertical search engine, has been launched by multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries, AviationWeek.com, developed specifically for the industry.
The vertical search engine is designed to provide AviationWeek.com users with a single resource to obtain aviation-specific information from highly specialized sources in seconds. The new search capability was developed in partnership with Inventory Locator Service, ILS, using the Industry Eyes filtered web search along with content from AVIATION WEEK including selected news, company information and product/service listings.
Tom Henricks, President of AVIATION WEEK offered, ''AVIATION WEEK's new vertical search capability adds even more power to the world's leading online destination for aviation, aerospace and defense industry professionals. Vertical search enables our users to more readily find relevant information, and offers our advertisers a cost-effective method of reaching a very focused and engaged audience.''
Bruce Langsen, President of ILS remarked, ''Industry Eyes and AVIATION WEEK are an excellent fit. Industry Eyes will expand upon the already wide array of information available from the AviationWeek.com site. This relationship enables us to provide a valuable resource for the global aviation and defense industries.''
The new vertical search capability is the latest in a series of enhancements to AviationWeek.com, which was relaunched in January 2007. The site now includes the latest industry news and insight; multimedia content, including news, videos, audio podcasts, photo galleries, blogs across all aerospace and defense sectors as well as forums and discussion groups. AviationWeek.com boasts a current average of 800,000 views and over 200,000 unique visitors per month, who are predominantly executives and engineers from aerospace and defense manufacturers, airlines, armed forces, government agencies, MRO service providers, educational and R and D institutions.
AVIATION WEEK, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the largest multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries, and includes the publications Aviation Week Space Technology, Defense Technology International, Business Commercial Aviation, Overhaul Maintenance, ShowNews, Aviation Daily, The Weekly of Business Aviation, Aerospace Daily Defense Report and the World Aerospace Database. The group's web portal, www.aviationweek.com, offers the industry's most reliable news, information, intelligence and features, and its Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) at www.aviationweek.com/awin is the industry's most integrated business tool for managers, business developers, buyers and technical professionals across the entire aviation and aerospace field. The group also produces 12 major conferences and exhibitions in the MRO, defense and programs sectors. Information is available at www.aviationweek.com/conferences.
Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP - News) is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands including Standard and Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2006 were $6.3 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgrawhill.com.
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News: Web Hosting Provider, ProperHost.net, Institutes Data Center Choices
London, United Kingdom - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 31, 2007 - Web hosting provider, ProperHost.net, has expanded its offerings to include web hosting services based on servers located in the United Kingdom, to allow customers to choose their data center locations.
Formerly, all client accounts were hosted on US-based servers in PEER1's facility in Fremont, California. Sindre Moe, Director of ProperHost.net remarked, ''Our intention is to provide an equally good service for all our clients, without regard to which part of the world they are physically located. With servers now available in the United Kingdom, clients from Europe, Asia, and Africa will all see a significant improvement in terms of network speed and latency.''
The UK-based servers are deployed in the BlueSquare Data Center in Maidenhead, about 20 miles from London. A state-of-the-art facility utilizing N+1 redundancy systems and a total of 20Gbit/s network connectivity.
Earlier this year, ProperHost significantly upgraded all of its hosting packages, while keeping the prices unchanged, including an increase in number of hosted domains and MySQL databases included with each account.
ProperHost.net offers multi-domain hosting with all their packages. In addition to the renovation of existing hosting plans, a new plan named “Enterprise” is offered, priced at $14.95 /mo., offering hosting of unlimited domain names, sub domains and databases, including 40 GB of disk space and 500 GB data transfer per month. The “Enterprise” plan is designed for medium to large businesses, as well as for web designers and advanced web developers.
ProperHost.net offers three different hosting plans: “Premium”, “Advanced” and “Enterprise.” The “Premium” plan ($5.95 /mo.) now includes 15 GB disk space and allows 3 hosted domains, while the “Advanced” plan ($9.95 /mo.) offers hosting of 30 domains and includes 25 GB of disk space. All hosting plans include a free domain registration. Since 2004, ProperHost.net has been providing professional web hosting services to individuals and businesses worldwide. ProperHost comprises responsive around the clock customer support and state-of-the-art technology.
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News: Web Hosting Firms Support Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, for On-Demand Solutions
Copenhagen, Denmark - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 31, 2007 - The Convergence 2007 Copenhagen customer event gathered leading hosting firms from around the world, committed to delivering on-demand customer relationship management (CRM) solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, formerly code-named ''Titan,'' scheduled for release later this year.
As international hosting firms support Microsoft Dynamics strategy for Software Plus Services, Microsoft has announced plans to lower the subscription licensing fees paid by its global hosting partners for Microsoft Dynamics CRM by approximately 40 percent. The lower licensing fees will enable Microsoft’s hosting partners to invest more in building out their CRM offerings and growing their customer base. This price reduction is consistent with Microsoft’s long-standing strategy to deliver more affordable CRM technology through on-premise and partner-hosted deployments as well as the new Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live service.
Partners building new on-demand solutions on Microsoft Dynamics CRM include Mondo A/S, a leading Danish IT services company; JayThom Pty Ltd., a hosted and on-premise Microsoft Dynamics CRM provider in Australia; EveryWare AG, a leading hosted business applications provider in Switzerland; and Increase Ltd., a U.K.-based hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM solution provider. These new partners join an extensive range of existing partners around the world that deliver on-demand solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics enterprise resource planning (ERP) products.
Brad Wilson, General Manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM at Microsoft explained, ''We're committed to delivering the power of choice to our customers and to our partners. With our global partner network and single Microsoft Dynamics CRM code base, we're able to deliver the right combination of on-premise and on-demand solutions for customers of any size around the world.''
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 offers a software platform that is fully multi-tenant and highly scalable, and supports multiple languages and currencies. By using a single code base for on-premise and on-demand deployments, customers are able to choose whichever model suits their business and IT needs, and to change their option over time if their needs or preferences change. In addition to a choice of deployment options, Microsoft Dynamics CRM delivers a highly productive, role-tailored user experience across a wide range of user interfaces, including Microsoft Office Outlook, Windows Internet Explorer and a broad range of mobile devices.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a key aspect of Microsoft's software plus services strategy. It delivers rich CRM capabilities that may be deployed as a traditional on-premise solution, as a Web-based on-demand solution, or as a flexible mix of on-premise software and on-demand services. This delivers unparalleled flexibility that allows businesses to get the most from their existing client and server systems while leveraging on-demand services where it makes sense for the business.
Partners such as Mondo, a listed international IT service company that delivers hosting and IT solutions and has switched from salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, clearly see business opportunities through a software plus services model.
Lars Munch Johansen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Mondo remarked, ''We're now 100 percent vested in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. It wasn't a difficult decision to switch to Microsoft Dynamics CRM; the rich feature set coupled with the power of choice to switch seamlessly between hosted and on-site deployments, and customers' option to buy up front or pay as they go, squarely addresses our customers' needs in a way no other company can rival.''
Customers have the flexibility to choose on-demand versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ERP solutions that are now available from nearly 100 partners in 30 countries. They can choose solutions that are customized for a specific vertical industry or region, or client-specific solutions that are developed by partners. Partners that offer these types of on-demand Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ERP solutions include Affordable Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd., CRM OnTarget/TriVenture, CRM-Resultants, NextCorp Ltd. and Sandhills Publishing Co.
For more information about Microsoft, please visit: www.microsoft.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, October 31 @ 11:26:25 EDT (521 reads)
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