News: Web Hosting Company, eMonsterhost, Deploys Enhanced Security Features
Green Bay, Wisconsin - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 19, 2008 - Web hosting provider, eMonsterhost, Inc., has deployed the TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems to block attacks, as another layer of security to its web hosting services.
TippingPoint systems deliver powerful network protection, functioning transparently at gigabit speeds to guard against cyber attacks. TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine service updates filters regularly to maintain defense against the latest vulnerabilities, viruses and rogue applications.
eMonsterhost has put TippingPoint systems in place to protect all dedicated and virtual dedicated hosting servers at no additional cost. An intrusion prevention system is an in-line device that scans traffic and, based on rules, determines whether data packets are legitimate or malicious.
In addition to this valuable security feature, each dedicated and virtual dedicated hosting plan includes free rapid setup, a free SSL certificate and 24/7 customer support, physical security and network monitoring.
Monsterhost has been serving the web hosting and domain industry since 2002. eMonsterhost is committed to serving customer’s on a whole new level. Customer satisfaction is always a first and a guarantee.
In January, the company began offering the WebSite Tonight product, providing key features designed to facilitate the .MOBI transformation. The new application is designed to allow anyone to design and create a .MOBI-compliant web sites easily and affordably. Pages designed for .MOBI are optimized for on-the-go devices, making them easy to load and navigate from the smaller, more limited screens of wireless phones and PDAs.
According to recent reports, 100,000-plus .MOBI domain names were registered during the first four days of the Landrush period beginning Sept. 26. General registration opens up to the public on Oct. 11 when even more registrations are anticipated. To put the excitement into perspective, it took more than 10 years for other top-level domains to garner 100,000 registrations in the early days of the Internet. The fast popularity of .MOBI registrations may support estimates by Yankee Group, an industry analyst, that the mobile data services market could reach $698 billion in yearly sales by 2009, according to a recent CNNmoney.com article.
To learn more information on eMonsterhost's hosting plans, please visit: www.emonsterhost.com.
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News: Search Engine Firm, iProspect, Acquires Range Online Media
Boston, Massachusetts - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 19, 2008 - Search engine firm, Boston's iProspect, has acquired search and interactive marketing agency, privately held Range Online Media, whose clients include Calvin Klein, Macys.com, Toshiba, The Sundance Channel, Hermes of Paris, Burberry, and Neiman Marcus.
Robert Murray, President, iProspect noted, ''Bringing the Range Online Media team into the iProspect family is a perfect fit on many levels, from our shared commitment to client relationships and world-class customer service to our established histories of industry leadership. Our respective client bases represent the most sophisticated and demanding online marketers in the world, and our combined expertise and technology leadership will serve as the core of a search marketing firm without rival.''
The acquisition is a key part of iProspect's strategy to extend its leadership position in the search engine marketing arena. This deal increases iProspect's scale in the U.S. by more than 60 employees, bringing the agency's U.S. employee base to over 230. iProspect will also be adding Range Online Media's vertical expertise in the luxury retail, travel, and hospitality sectors, as well as its flourishing display advertising and emerging media businesses to its recognized expertise in paid search and search engine optimization.
iProspect, a subsidiary of Aegis North America and member of its Isobar network of best of breed digital marketing agencies, has established the iProspect brand in 21 offices and a total of 17 markets worldwide.
Range Online Media was recently named for a second consecutive year to the Inc. 5,000 list of fastest growing private companies in America and to AdAge's top 25 search agencies. The firm also garnered the ''Most Innovative Search Engine Optimization Campaign'' Award at the first annual Search Engine Strategy Awards last month, where iProspect took home honors for the ''Best BtoB'' Search Engine Marketing Campaign.
Misty Locke, co-founder and president of Range Online Media, was also recently elected to the board of directors for Shop.org. Beyond the industry recognition, technology solutions and long history of leadership, iProspect will add to its Boston, San Francisco and Chicago offices a significant presence in the southeast, with Range Online Media's Fort Worth, Texas headquarters.
Mr. Locke added, ''Becoming a part of the iProspect and Aegis Media Americas organization is a source of pride for the Range Online Media team. We have, for years, had a great deal of respect for the iProspect team from a competitive standpoint, and we appreciate their work and expertise. Since 2001, we have been focused on offering our clients unprecedented customer service, innovative campaigns and fiscal accountability. We have extremely high standards at Range and it shows in our work and through our clients' success. iProspect is one of the only agencies in the business that I believe has comparable standards of excellence. So, joining forces with iProspect, and utilizing each group's strengths, will only further our ability to drive forward our customers' businesses.''
Clients of iProspect and Range Online Media will continue to be serviced by the staff and office locations to which they are accustomed. New clients will have the opportunity to be serviced out of the geographic location of their choice or where the agency's vertical expertise best suits their needs.
For the time being it will be business as usual for both iProspect's and Range Online Media's clients, while the transition of two companies into one gradually takes place. Misty Locke will continue to serve as the president of Range Online Media, but will assume the new role of chief strategy officer of iProspect. Over time the Range Online Media brand will be carefully and strategically assimilated into the iProspect brand - but at a pace that does not jeopardize either firm's relationships with, or ability to service, its clients.
Sarah Fay, CEO, Aegis Media North America offered, ''Aegis Media - and our Isobar global network - certainly have a track record as world leaders when it comes to recognizing client demand for, and investing in, search marketing services. When we bought iProspect back in 2004, we knew we were acquiring the crown jewel of the search marketing industry, and since that time the agency has continued to dominate this space. With its acquisition of Range Online Media, the scale of iProspect's U.S. search offering has increased, and the breadth and depth of its service offerings has been enhanced. Along with the launches of multiple iProspect offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific over the last year, this acquisition further demonstrates the continued leadership and growth of the iProspect brand.''
iProspect is the Original Search Engine Marketing Firm. The company helps many of the world's most successful brands maximize their online marketing ROI through natural search engine optimization, paid inclusion management, pay per click advertising management, shopping feed management and numerous other related services. By dramatically increasing business results for clients, iProspect helps to create search marketing heroes every day. With offices in Watertown, Massachusetts, San Francisco, California, and Chicago, Illinois, as well as global search engine marketing offices, iProspect can be contacted at 1-800-522-1152.
Posted by editor on Friday, September 19 @ 11:59:32 EDT (630 reads)
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News: Hosted SharePoint Control Panel Debuts, as Services Delivery Platform
Yorba Linda, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 18, 2008 -
SaaS enabled hosted services control panel software for HSPs and Talco, MachSol, Inc., has released its Windows SharePoint Control Panel System.
Designed to automate the billing, provisioning and management of hosted SharePoint service via Windows SharePoint Service 3.0., SharePoint Extension (SPE), is available as a module of eJadSPM System v.2.
Max Roosenbrand, CEO/President of MachSol noted, ''eJadSPM Control Panel provides hosting providers with the tools and guidance to easily deploy revenue generating services such as enterprise-class e-mail, calendaring, contacts and real-time collaboration. eJadSPM SharePoint Control Panel allows HSPs and Telco to drastically lower down their operations cost, quickly introduce profitable services, organize business and improve usage of hardware and resources.''
Aziz Paracha, CTO of MachSol remarked, ''We are focused on empowering small and mid-size businesses with the tools and technologies that help them grow and sustain. eJadSPM System's Sharepoint Control Panel allows helps both small hosting companies and large telecoms to enter into Hosted SharePoint market segment cost-effectively with cutting-edge tools and technologies. Supporting Windows SharePoint Services single server deployment and Web Farm infrastructure, eJadSPM is the only hosted SharePoint control panel in the market that grows with you as your business grow.''
eJad Service Provider Management system (eJadSPM) is a SaaS enabled hosted services delivery platform for HSPs and Telco. With eJadSPM you can manage service plans, bill clients, automatically provision services, manage hardware inventory, IP pools, Name servers, Help desk support, e-commerce store-front, accounts renewals, etc all from single control panel. eJadSPM supports all popular hosting panels, domain registrars, and payment gateways.
eJadSPM System was created to allow HSPs and ISPs to drastically lower down ooperations cost, quickly introduce profitable services, organize business and improve usage of hardware and resources, to put hosting businesses on full automation.
MachSol, Inc., established in 2001 is a debt-free IT services company working in the areas of customer software development, offshore IT outsourcing, and training services. MachSol is focused on Microsoft products and technologies and specializes in the automation and training of Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Active Directory Services Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft DNS, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC/MPS), Windows Biztalk Server, and many more. The company has offices in North America and Asia. For more information, visit www.machsol.com or call 1-877-MACHSOL.
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News: Search Marketing Expo - SMX East, to Feature Bruce Clay
New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 18, 2008 - SEO Consultancy, Bruce Clay, Inc., for the first time, will present SEOToolSet Training on the East Coast. The company founder will teach time-tested search engine optimization techniques and strategy as part of Search Marketing Expo - SMX East.
The major search engine marketing conference is taking place in New York City in October. Based on more than a decade of research and successful Web site optimization, the SEOToolSet Training Course has been presented to over a thousand attendees.
Mr. Clay remarked, ''For those who have ever wanted to receive our top-quality SEO training but have been deterred by the cost of travel, this East Coast training may be the opportunity you have been waiting for. And as an extension of a premium industry conference, those who attend have the chance to receive five days of the most in-depth education and training available.''
The two-day training course for businesses will cover site architecture techniques, on-page optimization factors and white hat SEO best practices. The East Coast SEOToolSet Training will be presented from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on October 9-10 at The Westin New York at Times Square. Attendees will receive a three-month subscription to the SEOToolSet diagnostic search engine optimization tools, with login access for two domains. Attendance is capped to room capacity for this intimate classroom-venue course, so reserve early. Taken alone, the cost of this SEOToolSet Training is $1995. Those who register for both SMX East and SEOToolSet Training can receive a 20 percent discount on the combined show and training bundle using the promotional code ''smx20bci.''
Bruce Clay, Inc. provides search engine optimization and consulting, pay per click management, optimization training and diagnostic tools. Along with offering high-quality services since 1996, Bruce Clay, Inc. has led the industry by authoring the SEO Code of Ethics, creating the downloadable Search Engine Relationship Chart (www.bruceclay.com/searchenginerelationshipchart.htm) and presenting a certification program (www.seotoolset.com/training/courses.html#certification) to promote ethical practices. Today the company has offices in California, New York, the U.K., Australia, South Africa and Japan.
For more information about Bruce Clay, Inc., please visit: www.bruceclay.com.
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News: Web Hosting Firm, Rackspace, Powers Teen Choice 2008 Ceremony
San Antonio, Texas - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 17, 2008 - Hosting services provider, Rackspace Hosting's cloud division, Mosso, has been deployed by interactive design firm, Hello Interactive, with The Hosting Cloud, which hosted the FOX 2008 Teen Choice Awards program.
Since 1999, the star-studded program has recognized the year's biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, and television, as voted on by teens aged 13-19. Winners in the more than 70 categories are awarded with life-size surfboards. Running on Mosso's cloud, Hello Interactive's site helped this year's awards program to increase audience participation to more than four times last year.
Michael Wilhite, Founder of Hello Interactive noted, ''We'd been working to get the Teen Choice Awards project for several years. When we won it this year, the stakes were very high, both from the design, and performance and scalability standpoint. Mosso helped us exceed expectations on all fronts - the Hosting Cloud scaled seamlessly. We saved so much time that the team could dedicate those extra hours to doing what we do best, making the a great website.''
With more than 34.5 million votes processed in real time over the course of only a few weeks, the Teen Choice Awards site needed to be very flexible - able to scale quickly to handle traffic spikes after various promotions from FOX, MySpace, and other companies. For example, the day prior to the award ceremony, the site had more than 225,000 visitors, an increase of more than 500 percent over the previous day.
Using Mosso's Hosting Cloud, Hello Interactive was able to handle the traffic fluctuations seamlessly, and provide up-to-the-minute voting updates to industry executives, talent agents, and other parties seeking information about the standing of participating celebrities. In fact, the site performed so well that FOX has indicated that it will continue to use Hello Interactive for other upcoming projects. Wilhite learned of Mosso through a blog post, and said he was immediately hooked.
Mr. Wilhite added, ''I had previously used other providers, but they were difficult to use and unable to meet my needs. We selected The Hosting Cloud for several reasons, including: the easy-to-use Control Panel; the ability to bill clients directly through Mosso; the 24/7/365 support from experts in the technologies used by Hello Interactive; and Mosso's Rackspace connection. We also use Rackspace's hosted email solution, Noteworthy, and the combined solution was a perfect fit for our fast growth needs.''
Jonathan Bryce, co-founder of Mosso added, ''Extreme traffic fluctuations are characteristic of entertainment websites, which experience huge spikes during promotions on the days immediately preceding the event - it is practically impossible to predict patterns. These kinds of sites make up the majority of Hello Interactive's projects. The challenges they present are Mosso's sweet spot, and we were able to provide them with the scalability, cost structure and support needed in order to help ensure a seamless client experience, every time.''
A large majority of Hello Interactive's clients are in the entertainment space. Before using the Hosting Cloud, the company had to provision dedicated servers to ensure performance, which was not as cost effective, given the types of projects the company normally runs. Now, it can deploy a site in minutes and pay only for what it uses at any given time. Mosso has helped Hello Interactive not only save money, but also achieve better performance. The company is also using Mosso to host the upcoming 2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars, a tour that showcases the stars of the US Olympic team in cities across the nation.
Mosso, LLC is the home of The Hosting Cloud and CloudFS, providing enterprise-grade hosting and storage services. Mosso provides an easily managed interface so that developers, designers and IT managers can deploy reliable web applications quickly and easily as well as a high performance cloud-based storage service. Founded by two Rackspace employees, The Hosting Cloud is built upon a cross platform, clustered-computing architecture.
Hello Interactive Founded in 2005, Hello Interactive (www.hellointeractiveinc.com) is a strategic interactive agency that provides experience design and industry-leading technologies for major brands and events. Based in Tampa, Hello Interactive works with companies such as FOX, Edge Entertainment, Viacom, FORTUNE, Gentiva and Bank of America. For more information, visit www.hellointeractiveinc.com or call 727-388-5210.
Rackspace Hosting delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry's best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company's mission to be one of the world's greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine's 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list. Rackspace's portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting (www.rackspace.com), email hosting (www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting (www.mosso.com).
For more information about Mosso, please visit: www.mosso.com.
To learn more about Rackspce Managed Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, September 17 @ 10:35:11 EDT (601 reads)
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