News: Web Hosting Firm, The Planet, Ranks on Deloitte 2008 Technology Fast 500
Houston, Texas - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 17, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has ranked No. 475 on a roster of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America.
Rankings on the Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500, are based on five-year revenue growth from 2003 to 2007. The Planet grew 259 percent during this period. This is the third consecutive year The Planet has secured a spot on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500.
Steve Kahan, vice president of Marketing and Product Management with The Planet remarked, ''Our success is driven by providing customers with the power to choose from the broadest selection of hosting options in the industry. We offer dedicated servers, advanced services, managed hosting and colocation, backed by our world-class data centers, network and support organization. Our goal is to deliver core IT infrastructure offerings that would otherwise be unaffordable for small- and medium-sized businesses. We appreciate this highly sought recognition from Deloitte. It is an honor to rank among the many prestigious companies on the North America Technology Fast 500.''
Phil Asmundson, vice chairman and national managing partner for Technology, Media and Telecommunications at Deloitte LLP added, ''Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 recognizes companies who have achieved extraordinary growth in North America's most innovative and competitive market sectors. We congratulate The Planet on this significant accomplishment.''
In addition to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, The Planet placed 41st on the Texas Technology Fast 50, which ranks the 50 fastest-growing technology firms in the state. Fast 500 Selection and Qualifying Criteria The Fast 500 ranks the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. It is compiled from Deloitte's regional North American Fast 50 programs, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500, and public company database research. Companies are selected based on percentage revenue growth from 2003 to 2007.
Entrants must own proprietary intellectual property or proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues or devote a significant proportion of revenues to research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify. Base-year operating revenues must be at least $50,000, and current-year operating revenues must be at least $5 million. Companies must be in business a minimum of five years, and they must be headquartered within North America.
Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:
High level of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business
The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 25,000 small and medium size businesses and 13.3 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.
For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, December 17 @ 12:10:58 EST (617 reads)
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News: Search Engine, Trulia, Releases Real Estate Survey
San Francisco, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 17, 2008 - Search engine, Trulia, has issued a new survey, with RealtyTrac, detailing how consumers feel about purchasing a foreclosed property.
The new study conducted by Harris Interactive showing notable decreases from the previous survey, in the willingness to buy foreclosed properties with three-quarters of respondents expecting a discount of at least 25 percent on a foreclosure purchase. In the previous survey conducted seven months ago, 54 percent of all U.S. adults surveyed said they would consider purchasing a foreclosed home, whereas now 47 percent of U.S. adults would consider purchasing a foreclosure, a drop of seven percentage points in only seven months.
These findings are part of a regular series of surveys conducted by Trulia to better understand consumer sentiment around housing issues. During the last seven months, negative sentiment around buying a foreclosure rose. In April of 2008, 69 percent of U.S. adults originally felt that there were negative aspects to purchasing a foreclosed home.
In this recent study, conducted during a three-day period in November, 80 percent of U.S. adults are now concerned with negative aspects, citing hidden costs, risky process, home losing value and personal connection with foreclosure as the core concerns. To compensate for perceived risks, consumers expect hefty discounts on foreclosed homes. More than 75 percent of consumers think they should pay at least 25 percent less for a foreclosed home, with three in ten consumers expecting a major discount of at least 50 percent less than a comparable home not in foreclosure.
Pete Flint, co-founder and CEO of Trulia remarked, ''What's significant about our findings is that just as the market is being flooded with more foreclosures, homebuyers are more hesitant to buy them. Misinformation around foreclosures abounds and that's dangerous for the market and for homebuyers. Information is power and at Trulia we are giving homebuyers the information they need to make a fully informed decision about whether a foreclosed property is a good buy or investment for them.''
Rick Sharga, senior vice president of RealtyTrac offered, ''The results of this study are eye-opening and highlight the need for consumer education about foreclosures. Being that the sale of foreclosed properties has been on the rise due to the increased inventory and discounts available on foreclosed homes, it is somewhat counterintuitive - although not totally unexpected - that consumers are more hesitant to purchase a foreclosed property. We expect that foreclosures will continue to dominate the market in 2009, and well-educated consumers will be able to find great deals on these properties.''
The results of the most recent Harris Interactive survey provide nuanced insight into the shift in confidence for consumers looking to purchase a foreclosed home. In particular: • 56 percent of single/never married adults were at least somewhat likely to consider purchasing a foreclosed home, down from 60% in April. • 43 percent of married adults were at least somewhat likely to consider purchasing a foreclosed home, down from 50% in April. • 42 percent of divorced/separated/widowed adults were at least somewhat likely to consider purchasing a foreclosed home, down from 50% from April. Trulia plans to track consumer confidence throughout next year. Trulia offers market data as well as listings of foreclosed properties to help prospective buyers with their research. Trulia is one of the most popular sites on the web for real estate helping approximately 5 million unique visitors per month find homes.
Trulia, Inc. is a residential real estate search engine and the fastest-growing U.S. real estate Web site (comScore), which has revolutionized online home search by offering a rich, intuitive user experience that points consumers directly to listings on agent and broker web sites. By partnering with the real estate industry, including 93 of the top 100 largest U.S. brokers, Trulia helps approximately 5 million unique visitors per month find information on homes for sale using custom search criteria. The site also provides market trends and neighborhood data at the hyper-local level, as well as a real estate Q and A community that enables consumers and professionals to exchange information about their local markets.
Brooklyn, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 16, 2008 - Website template provider, Template Monster, has launched a new product line, which is somewhat similar to the version of Flash Intros previously available, now with the admin panel addition.
The new Flash CMS Intros design approach has also been slightly modified. The Flash Intros are generally used as introductional movies or clips that are displayed before the actual website is accessed. Their main goal is to visually impress the visitor before he actually sees the alternative website contents (e.g. text, static images etc). Previously the Flash Intros were plain Flash files that could only be edited with specialized Flash software or required hiring Flash experts who could customize the Intro for the end user. According to the company's information, the new version of Flash Intros is meant to solve the customization problem for the end user who can now do it all on his own without having any kinds of special software.
David Braun, CEO of TemplateMonster remarked, ''Internet today is all about Flash - it has even become a sort of an Internet subculture. And the mass nature of something means that it becomes attractive for non-professionals who are eager to take advantage of the benefits but aren't always have enough skills for that. Actually, that's the reason CMS platforms have appeared. Flash technology is also very popular today and non-professionals also want to use it. And that's where we come up with our Flash CMS Intros - the product that has all of the Flash's advantages (dynamics and attractiveness) plus the CMS features allowing to modify the content and design.''
The Flash CMS developed by TemplateMonster allows users to edit the color scheme of the Flash Intro, to modify slogans (even multiple slogans), change logo, set the redirect URL that the visitor will be taken to when the Intro is over and to modify the functional texts of the Intro (skip, replay, sound on/off etc.).
TemplateMonster.com is the anchor, e-commerce project in web design started in 2002 as a project of Artvertex, Inc. According to the company, it was the first to offer high quality website templates. TemplateMonster.com receives more than 30,000 unique visitors daily, and consistently numbers among the top 1,000 most popular websites on the Internet.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 16 @ 11:55:16 EST (826 reads)
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News: Search Engine Facilitator, Index Engines, Honored by LTN
New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 16, 2008 -
Enterprise discovery solutions firm, Index Engines's Tape Engine product, has been recognized by Legal Technology News (LTN) for its capabilities in records management.
The Sixth Annual LTN Technology Awards recognize leaders in technology innovation serving the legal community. The selection process for these awards is based on the publication's more than 40,000 subscribers voting for technology that represented outstanding achievement in legal technology. Read more about the 2008 LTN Awards at www.lawtechnews.com/awards.
Jim McGann, VP of Marketing for Index Engines remarked, ''We are pleased that the Tape Engine has been recognized by LTN and its readers. By allowing quick and easy access to information on backup tapes, our technology makes both eDiscovery and records management processes more effective and intelligent. As IT and legal teams work together more, solutions that solve problems for both departments, like the Tape Engine, will continue to be in great demand.''
Index Engines Tape Engine is an appliance that automates the process of searching and extracting data from offline tapes without the original backup software. Using the Tape Engine, offline tapes are directly indexed and the data is immediately searchable. Users can quickly find what they need, restoring only relevant files and email, rather than restoring the entire tape contents, indexing the data, and then commencing the search process. No other solution can directly index tape content allowing for full text and metadata search.
Founded in 2003, Index Engines is the leader in enterprise discovery solutions. Our mission is to organize enterprise data assets, making them immediately accessible, searchable and easy to manage. Businesses today face a significant challenge organizing their files and email to ensure timely and cost efficient access, while also maintaining compliance to regulations governing electronic data. Companies rely on Index Engines solutions for comprehensive insight into their data to simplify information discovery, classification and management.
The patent-pending Index Engines discovery platform is the only solution on the market to offer a complete view of electronic data assets. Online data is indexed in-stream at wire speed in native enterprise storage protocols, enabling high-speed, efficient indexing of proprietary backup and transfer formats. Index Engines' unique approach to offline records scans backup tapes, indexes the contents and extracts relevant data, eliminating the time-consuming restoration process. Index Engines provides the only comprehensive discovery platform across both online and offline data, saving time and money when managing enterprise information.
Index Engines, Power Over Information and Litigation Ready are trademarks or registered trademarks of Index Engines, Inc. All rights reserved. All product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective organizations.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 16 @ 11:49:14 EST (430 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Provider, Amazon Web Services, Unveils Public Data Sets
Seattle, Washington - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 15, 2008 - Subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), has launched a new solution to provide access to a centralized repository of public data sets that can be seamlessly integrated into AWS cloud-based applications.
AWS is hosting the public data sets at no charge for the community, and like all of AWS services, users pay only for the compute and storage they consume with their own applications. Data sets already available include various U.S. Census databases from the U.S. Census Bureau, 3-D chemical structures provided by Indiana University, and an annotated form of the Human Genome from Ensembl. More data sets will be available soon, including a wide range of economic statistics from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and additional scientific data sets.
Previously, large data sets such as the Human Genome and U.S. Census data required many hours to locate, download and customize. Now, anyone can access these large data sets from their Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances and start computing on the data within minutes. By growing the number of people with access to important and useful data, and making it easy to compute on that data with cost-efficient services such as Amazon EC2, AWS hopes to fuel innovation and further accelerate the pace of new discoveries.
Adam Selipsky, Vice President of Product Management and Developer Relations for Amazon Web Services remarked, ''For over five years AWS has been working to lower the barriers to entry, level the playing field, and make it possible for our customers to be successful based on their ideas, not on their resources. Public Data Sets on AWS is the latest of these efforts, and we can't wait to see the discoveries and innovations that could stem from this ecosystem.''
Select public data sets are hosted on Amazon EC2 for free as Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots. Amazon EC2 customers can access this data by creating their own personal Amazon EBS volumes, using the public data set snapshots as a starting point. They can then access, modify and perform computation on these volumes directly using their Amazon EC2 instances and just pay for the compute and storage resources that they use. If available, researchers can also use pre-configured Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with tools like Inquiry by BioTeam to perform their analysis.
Dr. Peter Tonellato from the Harvard Medical School noted, ''Public Data Sets on AWS will enable me and many of my colleagues to collaborate with each other by sharing our commonly used data sets, research environments and tools. We can set up a controlled environment in minutes, run our computational analysis for a couple of hours, and shut down the environment. Our results are completely repeatable. I only pay for the compute time I use, and more importantly I can spend more time focusing on research, not downloading and setting up computational infrastructure.''
Dr. Glenn Proctor, Ensembl Software Coordinator at the EBI commented, ''Bioinformatics is a hugely exciting area which is providing much insight into our understanding of biology and, particularly, the genetic basis of many human diseases like cancer and diabetes. The genome is a complex thing, however; it presents us with a potential source of invaluable information but also with great challenges in how to store, analyze and annotate it, and how to make both the raw genomic information and our annotations available to as many people as possible. Ensembl's approach has always been to try and lower the barriers to entry so that a researcher using a desktop PC in a lab or a laptop in an airport departure lounge has access to high-quality, up to the minute genetic information that they can use in their work. Amazon EC2 allows us to go even further and make all our data available in a robust, scalable and flexible form that anyone with an AWS account can use.''
Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Examples of the services offered by Amazon Web Services are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS), and Amazon Mechanical Turk.
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