Hosting Blog – Overland Park, KS - Codero, a resourceful innovator in the web hosting industry, has launched a new sale on the purchase of multiple servers.

For a limited time, new customers purchasing servers for their dedicated hosting or managed services from Codero will receive a discount of up to forty percent off. Customers buying two new servers will receive 20 percent off the base price of the second server. Those purchasing three or more new servers will receive forty percent off the base price of each additional server. A $25.00 per server setup fee applies.

The promotion is valid for every server including the most popular offerings: the Intel Xeon Quad Core 2.66 GHz, the 2x Xeon Quad Core 2.33, and the newest server in the Codero line-up, the Intel Core i3 Dual Core 3.07 GHz. Codero also provides 24/7/365 support for all servers. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – New York - When you think web host you don’t think simple, beautiful design. You usually associate web hosting with a means to an end. It is where designers come and upload their beautiful designs after the design process has ended. Actual web hosts are rarely arbiters of good design. To micfo, however, an international and Better Business Bureau accredited web hosting company, this did not make sense. After eight years of hosting, micfo decided to change its image to reflect its consumer first ethos.

“You wouldn’t sell beautiful and expensive clothes in a dusty hard to navigate backwoods shop would you?” says executive director Amir Golestan. “Why would you host your business on a site that was less than inspiring and hard to use?”

This thought process inspired micfo’s rebranding. Established in 2002 and growing to include offices across the United States and the UK, the new micfo site combines cutting edge technology with unparalleled support all while engaging the end user to create a unique web hosting experience. The design, which was the largest focus of the rebranding, has garnered interest from top design sites because of its form and function. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – NUREMBERG, Germany – Open-Xchange, a provider of business-class open source collaboration software, announced the availability of data migration tools for users of Microsoft Outlook to easily move e-mails, contacts, appointments and tasks to Open-Xchange Server.

Whether users have used Outlook as a stand-alone e-mail client or in combination with Exchange Server, the “Open-Xchange Microsoft Outlook Uploader” enables all users to easily move their data — stored as PST files (Personal Storage Table) to Open-Xchange Server. A PST file contains copies of e-mail messages, calendar events, and other items on the local computer. Due to PST file size limitations, PST files can be distributed amongst several workstations without a proper back-up strategy. Having all data centralized on the Open-Xchange Server enables administrators to integrate that data into their server-side backup environment and security policies. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – SAN FRANCISCO - Connectria Hosting, a global complex and managed hosting provider, announced today that it has launched a Business Only Cloud, a cloud solution for select corporate members.

The Business Only Cloud offers companies a secure alternative to mass market clouds, which allow anyone with a valid credit card to gain entry. And unlike other “enterprise clouds” that claim to be more suitable for enterprises yet place no restrictions on who gains entry, Connectria’s Business Only Cloud is more secure by virtue of who’s in it…as well as who’s not in it. Connectria’s Business Only Cloud does not admit consumers or hobbyists, and attempts to eliminate presence of activities that may jeopardize the integrity of the Business Only Cloud, such as spamming, phishing and spoofing. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced its gold sponsorship of the Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit North America at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, 13-15 September. Presented by Tier1 Research and The 451 Group, the event is the premier forum for executives in the hosting, data centre, CDN and cloud Internet infrastructure sectors.

In addition to sponsoring the event, Interxion’s Group Managing Director Anthony Foy will participate in the Q&A panel, “Strategies for Business Model Paradigm Shifts – The Future of Building, Buying or Partnering.”  The panel will discuss how enterprises are increasingly shifting to OPEX models over CAPEX models and explore whether service providers should do the same. The panel will be moderated by Tier1 Research analysts Jason Schafer and Phil Shih. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – New York, NY - Namecheap, a leading domain name registrar and web hosting provider, will be hosting its first ever “Bored at Work and Back to School Riddle Me This Contest” on Twitter, featuring more than $10,000 in prizes that include domain name or web hosting credits and grand prizes of three MacBook Pros, a 16GB WiFi iPad, and the all new Amazon Kindle. The contest is scheduled to begin on September 3rd and will run through September 9th.

“With school around the corner and summer vacation waning, we’re super excited about this contest to show our customers that going back to school or work can still be so much fun,” says Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap. “Plus, we love building up a strong community around the Namecheap brand, and we’ve found that our contests bring our valued customers together and gives us the opportunity to give back to our customers. On behalf of all of Namecheap, I’d like to say thank you.” Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – LAS VEGAS, NV - Photoshop World — Media Lab, Inc., today announced a partnership with UK2 Group, a world leader in web hosting, providing SiteGrinder customers with an optimized hosting solution for SiteGrinder generated and managed websites. The partnership will greatly enhance the SiteGrinder 3 user experience providing a complete solution from the initial web design in Photoshop all the way to deployment of the website to the Internet.

“We have years of experience, best of breed technology, world-class support and state of the art data centers to bring SiteGrinder 3 users the very best that hosting has to offer,” said Jeff Hunsaker, President/COO of UK2 Group, US Operations. “Our MidPhase brand hosting integration with SiteGrinder 3 is just one of many opportunities we envision with our Media Lab partnership.” Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Peak 10 Inc., a managed services company with world-class data centers, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (“Welsh Carson”), a leading private equity firm, have entered into a transaction in which Welsh Carson and Peak 10’s executive management will acquire a majority shareholder interest in Peak 10. Selling shareholders include majority owner Seaport Capital, a New York-based private equity firm and McCarthy Capital, an Omaha, Neb.-based private equity fund.

Peak 10’s existing management team, led by Co-Founder, President and CEO David Jones will continue to operate the business.   David Jones indicated, “Our partnership with Welsh Carson enables Peak 10 to continue increasing the scale of our business to meet the high demand for data center infrastructure and related managed services. Our strategic focus remains intact but our resources now position us to more rapidly extend our geographic footprint, strengthen our team and further accelerate our managed services and cloud offerings.” Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – London, UK - GMO GlobalSign Ltd. one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialists in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that Ultraspeed UK Limited (www.ultraspeed.com), one of the UK’s top webhosts and specialists in managed hosting solutions has joined GlobalSign’s Partner Program. Ultraspeed’s hosting customers will now be able to purchase GlobalSign’s full range of SSL Certificates as an additional value add product to their hosting package to fully secure their websites, online transactions, web mail and other next generation online services using GlobalSign highly trusted 2048bit SSL technology.

After deciding to switch from their current SSL provider, Ultraspeed sought a leading international Certificate Authority who could offer the most highly trusted and reliable SSL Certificates available in today’s market, to complement their existing premium hosting solutions. The location of their chosen SSL vendor was also a key business factor for Ultraspeed, with the availability of UK-based support seen as a crucial element to assist their high profile clients. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting Blog – Wayne, PA - More and more people are browsing the web on the go with devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry or Android phone. In order to help website owners benefit from this boom, 1&1 Internet Inc., the world’s largest web host, today announced that its hosting packages are now offered with free professional web design software. Depending on the chosen hosting package, new customers will receive full versions of either NetObjects Fusion 1&1 Edition or Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. Both solutions allow easy creation of a website optimized for mobile viewing.

NetObjects Fusion 1&1 Edition is exclusive to 1&1 customers and especially suitable for beginners. This powerful website design application, included free with 1&1 Beginner Package, (priced from $3.99/month) and 1&1 Home Package, (from $6.99/month), provides a variety of templates already optimized for handheld viewing and navigation. All templates can be implemented into a homepage with ease. Even users without prior Internet experience can create a new, modern website in just a few minutes or adapt an existing web presence to be mobile compatible. Read the rest of this entry »