(The Hosting News) – A new data center is in the mix for colo provider Equinix, the company revealed Wednesday.

Designated an “International Business Exchange” facility, the location is near a current company data center in Singapore.

“Singapore is growing in importance as a cloud hub for the region. Global and multinational companies have seen Singapore as a gateway for diverse connectivity to the other Asia Pacific markets,” commented Equinix managing director for South Asia Clement Goh via a press release.

The new location is expected for launch in the latter half of next year.

Equinix to Add Singapore Data Center

(The Hosting News) - Server Sitters, industry leaders in outsourced web hosting support based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, recently announced an expanded monitoring service to all of its Canadian & United States clients. Server Sitters are extremely well reviewed for providing top tier outsourced technical support solutions to independent web hosting companies around the globe.

Server Sitters now monitors critical performance elements such as CPU usage and memory delivers the customer an instantaneous alert in the unlikely event there is extended downtime.

Ensuring vital applications are running smoothly,Server Sitters optimizes peak performance and availability of critical servers, which is an essential element for IT admins. For larger businesses, monitoring internal work flows is crucial to prevent server overloads and to guarantee maximum efficiency. These tasks can be simplified with premium server monitoring from Server Sitters.

Server monitoring from Server Sitters provides the client with reliable updates detailing the overall performance of various critical elements of the server. Thresholds can be configured and notifications are sent immediately via email, Twitter or RSS feeds when the preset threshold limits are exceeded. Server Sitters signature detailed reporting allows IT administrators to understand usage patterns and plan resource requirements well in advance.

Server Sitters makes things a lot simpler. Imagine you have a hundred websites running. If the router failed, would you rather get a rapid fire text messages for each site all at once, or would you rather be gently wakened by one phone call and a live technician? Server Sitters configures the router as a master device for all your clients websites and prevents this from happening. Monitoring using servers from all over the world, the professionals at Server Sitters understand that there is a lot riding on a websites up time, and they take every possible preventative measure to ensure servers run smoothly for their clients.

Server Sitters is an outsourced support provider specializing in hosting support for web hosting companies that require Help Desk Support, Live Chat Support and/or Telephone Support Services.

For more information, call Toll Free: 888-522-3177, or simply visit http://serversitters.com/

Server Sitters Unveils Expanded Monitoring

(The Hosting News]) – Atlantic.Net (http://www.atlantic.net/), a privately held leading hosting solutions provider, today announced a promotion offering heavily discounted pricing on dedicated server hosting. For a limited time, Atlantic.Net customers can take advantage of no-contract dedicated server hosting plans starting at only $64 a month.

Atlantic.Net dedicated servers provide a cost effective solution to organizations looking to spend less and get more. Fully equipped with top features and backed by 10 Terabytes of data transfer, Atlantic.Net dedicated servers are offered without any term agreement.

“We are focused on providing exceptional value to our customers, not just for a month or two, but every month. That is why our dedicated servers come with 10 Terabytes of data transfer, start at $64 per month, and are available free from contracts or term commitments”, said Josh Simon, Director of Data Center Services for Atlantic.Net. “For nearly 20 years, Atlantic.Net has helped thousands of organizations with industry-leading dedicated server solutions and we look forward to doing the same for decades to come.”

Clients can customize and configure their dedicated servers online and instantly place an order for a fast deployment at http://www.atlantic.net/dedicated-servers/dedicated-server-pricing.html. Additionally, Atlantic.Net customers can add cPanel & WHM (WebHost Manager) to a dedicated server for only $35 per month. All dedicated servers are hosted at Atlantic.Net’s world-class data center facility and backed by a 100% uptime guarantee. For more information about the dedicated server hosting services or other server hosting solutions offered by Atlantic.Net, please visit http://www.atlantic.net/ or call 1-800-422-2936 24/7/365.

About Atlantic.Net

Atlantic.Net is a market-leading Hosting Solutions Provider recognized for providing exceptional business hosting service, simplifying complex technologies, and building a brand that businesses trust since 1994. Atlantic.Net specializes in providing Cloud Servers, Colocation, Dedicated Servers and Virtualization Hosting Services. Atlantic.Net owns and operates a SSAE 16 (SOC 1) TYPE II (Formerly SAS 70) audited and certified data center infrastructure and is dedicated to implementing tailored hosting solutions that enable clients to enjoy the benefits of cost savings.

Atlantic.Net Rolls Out Huge Discounts

(The Hosting News) – Airlock, secure cloud hosting made simple, today announced the launch of the Airlock Secure Cloud Platform. Airlock’s private, secure cloud offers affordable pricing on enterprise-level security features like intrusion detection, hardware and web application firewalls, DDoS mitigation and malware scanning. Airlock also integrates a supercharged global CDN, easy DNS management, and quick deployment of more than 60 apps and development frameworks.

“When I was a security consultant I built a number of custom security solutions, but only large corporations with massive budgets could afford true, enterprise-level security in the cloud,” said Airlock co-founder and CTO Austin Saucier, who built the Airlock cloud platform from the ground up. “Airlock provides a solution for small businesses, developers and startups, and includes the superior security features they need to reliably protect their sites and apps.”

Every Airlock secure cloud comes with:

• Hardware and Application Firewalls
• Customer Isolation
• Malware Scanning
• Vulnerability Monitoring
• Log Monitoring
• SSH Management

And protects against:

• Session Hijacking
• Brute Force Login
• DDoS Attacks
• IP Spoofing
• SQL Injection
• Cross-Site Scripting
• Side-Channel Attacks
• Packet Sniffing

“With Airlock’s managed security, our customers don’t have to spend nights responding to server errors or beating off a DDoS attack,” said co-founder and COO Peter Lanier.

A Cloud Platform Built for Developers

Airlock’s control panel was designed to be beautifully simple; perfect for beginners, but powerful enough for experts. The control panel offers quick access to user permissions, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates, firewall settings, load balancers, DNS, auto-scaling, server snapshots, real-time usage charts and full web console access. Airlock’s cloud server controls allow users to create, scale, rebuild, clone and backup cloud servers in a snap.

“I’m a fan of simple design,” said Saucier, “so I made Airlock’s control panel really easy to use. This means that even a beginning web developer can launch a Ruby on Rails framework in a secure cloud without spending hours reading how-to forums.”

In addition, Airlock partnered with JumpBox to integrate its entire library of more than 60 fully functional applications and development frameworks like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, LAMP, Magento and Ruby on Rails, plus the top Linux distros like Ubuntu, CentOS and Fedora.

Airlock’s Blazing Fast Cloud Technology

Airlock’s cloud infrastructure is built on top of high-performance dual quad-core HP Blade servers, with dedicated ECC RAM and StorageWorks iSCSI clustered SANs for spectacular performance and maximum reliability. All of Airlock’s cloud servers come with a premium, 1Gb/sec burstable network interface and top-tier bandwidth.

Airlock also offers a supercharged CDN with 133 locations in 39 countries, which can increase content delivery speed by up to 70 percent.

Bringing the Benefits of the Secure Cloud to Everyone

Airlock’s efforts to make secure clouds simple and affordable stem from its founders’ belief that the right business model can bring positive change to the world of technology. By providing access to affordable enterprise cloud security, said Saucier, Airlock saves companies money, provides greater protection from security threats, and assists entrepreneurs on the path to success.

“There are enough risks in business, without factoring in cloud vulnerability or the growing number of cyber criminals,” said Lanier. “Companies we’ve talked to cite security as their No. 1 concern about the cloud, and Airlock offers an attractive alternative with managed security around the clock at a price that beats popular cloud services.”

For more information about Airlock’s easy-to-use and affordable secure cloud, please visit www.airlock.io.

About Airlock

Airlock, secure cloud hosting made simple, is revolutionizing the private cloud market by offering a variety of enterprise security features in one package. Every Airlock cloud comes equipped with intrusion detection, hardware and web application firewalls, DDoS mitigation, malware scanning and more. Websites run fast with Airlock’s global content delivery network, and developers save time since Airlock integrates more than 60 apps and development frameworks. Airlock is based in Whitefish, Mont., with data centers in the U.S. For more information, visit www.airlock.io and follow Airlock on Twitter @airlock_io.

Airlock Launches Secure Cloud Hosting

April 2, 2013 — UK web hosting and data center operator Six Degrees Group announced on Tuesday it has acquired BIS, a central London-based data center operator that provides corporate colocation and private cloud services, for an undisclosed amount.

Keep on reading: Six Degrees Group Acquires London Data Center Firm BIS

April 2, 2013 — Open cloud systems provider Nebula announced on Tuesday the general availability of Nebula One, a private cloud system built from the ground up to provide compute, network and storage services for enterprises.

Keep on reading: Nebula Launches All-in-One OpenStack Private Cloud System

April 2, 2013 — Web hosting provider PEER 1 Hosting announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Tier 3 to launch Mission Critical Cloud, a new enterprise public cloud infrastructure solution.

Keep on reading: PEER 1 Hosting Launches Tier 3-Powered Enterprise Public Cloud Service

(The Hosting News) – Hosting company SinhleHop on Thursday unveiled the launch of a new VMware-enabled cloud solution.

Made for a single-tenant environment, the private platform is made possible through vSphere.

“Our VMware Enterprise Private Cloud stands out in the market because it enables users to deploy any number of virtual machines with no fluctuation in costs, as there is no hourly billing or per-user fee,” commented SingleHop Chief Operating Officer Andy Pace via a press release.

Features of the cloud, meanwhile, include things such as automatic failover, autoscaling, live migrations and more.

Pace’s comments also appeared to focus on the solution’s efficiency. “Organizations can use it to deploy resources much faster to individual departments, because they can create and destroy virtual machines on the fly. It’s ideal for companies that have concerns relating to privacy or need to meet certain compliance standards that cannot be fulfilled with public cloud options,” Pace went on to say.

The offering is custom-built wherein users can launch an unlimited amount of virtual machines and manage apps via vFabric Suite.

SingeHop provides a range of services such as public cloud, apps along with dedicated servers. The latest launch from the company follows a February announcement in which SingleHop debuted an enterprise-class public cloud.

SingleHop Launches Cloud Powered Via VMware

(The Hosting News) – Hosting company SinhleHop on Thursday unveiled the launch of a new VMware-enabled cloud solution.

Made for a single-tenant environment, the private platform is made possible through vSphere.

“Our VMware Enterprise Private Cloud stands out in the market because it enables users to deploy any number of virtual machines with no fluctuation in costs, as there is no hourly billing or per-user fee,” commented SingleHop Chief Operating Officer Andy Pace via a press release.

Features of the cloud, meanwhile, include things such as automatic failover, autoscaling, live migrations and more.

Pace’s comments also appeared to focus on the solution’s efficiency. “Organizations can use it to deploy resources much faster to individual departments, because they can create and destroy virtual machines on the fly. It’s ideal for companies that have concerns relating to privacy or need to meet certain compliance standards that cannot be fulfilled with public cloud options,” Pace went on to say.

The offering is custom-built wherein users can launch an unlimited amount of virtual machines and manage apps via vFabric Suite.

SingeHop provides a range of services such as public cloud, apps along with dedicated servers. The latest launch from the company follows a February announcement in which SingleHop debuted an enterprise-class public cloud.

Source: SingleHop Launches Cloud Powered Via VMware

(The Hosting News) – Hosting company Peer 1 on Tuesday unveiled its new enterprise-grade public cloud solution, something virtualized via VMware and powered through network provider Tier 3.

“Many enterprises are searching for a more powerful, yet less complex public cloud solution,” commented PEER 1 Hosting SVP of Business Development Robert Miggins a via  press release.

Miggins continued, “Mission Critical Cloud addresses that need with a complete enterprise-grade cloud platform that eliminates concerns typically associated with public cloud usage and instead introduces them to the benefits of the public cloud – from increased ROI to reduced complexity and operational costs. Mission Critical Cloud is also a perfect example of our commitment to providing customers with choice in the cloud and allowing them to focus on the possibilities of the Internet and not the problems.”

The solution itself is branded a “self-service platform” and emphasizes redundancy and security. Peer 1’s services include security, dedicated servers, disaster recovery, cloud and more.

Peer 1 Rolls Out Public Cloud

(The Hosting News) – Hosting company Peer 1 on Tuesday unveiled its new enterprise-grade public cloud solution, something virtualized via VMware and powered through network provider Tier 3.

“Many enterprises are searching for a more powerful, yet less complex public cloud solution,” commented PEER 1 Hosting SVP of Business Development Robert Miggins a via  press release.

Miggins continued, “Mission Critical Cloud addresses that need with a complete enterprise-grade cloud platform that eliminates concerns typically associated with public cloud usage and instead introduces them to the benefits of the public cloud – from increased ROI to reduced complexity and operational costs. Mission Critical Cloud is also a perfect example of our commitment to providing customers with choice in the cloud and allowing them to focus on the possibilities of the Internet and not the problems.”

The solution itself is branded a “self-service platform” and emphasizes redundancy and security. Peer 1’s services include security, dedicated servers, disaster recovery, cloud and more.

Source: Peer 1 Rolls Out Public Cloud

(The Hosting News) – Aria Systems, experts in cloud-based subscription billing, today announced three deployment options for enterprises requiring greater performance and increased control of their data and datacenters.Options include 1). Multi-tenancy – standard SaaS; data on secure, shared servers 2). Private Database – data located on secure, dedicated servers – for companies who want greater capacities for higher performance during spikes and peaks 3). Private Appliance – data, infrastructure, and processing on private, dedicated appliance; no shared components – for companies who desire complete control over their data or datacenter.

All of Aria Systems’ customers enjoy the state-of-the-art security that comes with today’s enterprise-grade SaaS software solutions. However, Aria Systems’ customer service team listened to customers asking for greater control and higher performance for their datacenters and Aria responded by offering the Private Database or Private Appliance options.

“These additional options are especially significant for large enterprises who own their own datacenters,” said Oleg Ganopolskiy, Vice President of Production Operations, Aria Systems. “Like Aria’s ‘Live Release’ capability, Aria’s ‘Private Database and Appliance’ deployment option is unique to Aria among cloud-based billing system providers.”

Now enterprises can enjoy the widest set of deployment options available from a cloud-based subscription billing provider.

About:

Aria Systems delivers the full power of subscription commerce to transform business by creating new revenue opportunities, improving customer relationships and providing more business predictability. The Aria Subscription Billing and Management Platform was chosen by brand name companies such as Pitney Bowes, Experian, AAA NCNU, Red Hat, Ingersoll Rand, EMC, VMware, and HootSuite to evolve their subscription businesses while delivering outstanding customer experiences.

Take a look at the new Recurring Revenue video where Aria’s CEO, Tom Dibble, talks about growing recurring revenue streams, or download the Maximizing Revenues through Customer Subscription Processes whitepaper. Visit http://ariasystems.com or call 1-877-755-2370.

Aria Systems Adds Deployment Options

(The Hosting News) – Aria Systems, experts in cloud-based subscription billing, today announced three deployment options for enterprises requiring greater performance and increased control of their data and datacenters.Options include 1). Multi-tenancy – standard SaaS; data on secure, shared servers 2). Private Database – data located on secure, dedicated servers – for companies who want greater capacities for higher performance during spikes and peaks 3). Private Appliance – data, infrastructure, and processing on private, dedicated appliance; no shared components – for companies who desire complete control over their data or datacenter.

All of Aria Systems’ customers enjoy the state-of-the-art security that comes with today’s enterprise-grade SaaS software solutions. However, Aria Systems’ customer service team listened to customers asking for greater control and higher performance for their datacenters and Aria responded by offering the Private Database or Private Appliance options.

“These additional options are especially significant for large enterprises who own their own datacenters,” said Oleg Ganopolskiy, Vice President of Production Operations, Aria Systems. “Like Aria’s ‘Live Release’ capability, Aria’s ‘Private Database and Appliance’ deployment option is unique to Aria among cloud-based billing system providers.”

Now enterprises can enjoy the widest set of deployment options available from a cloud-based subscription billing provider.

About:

Aria Systems delivers the full power of subscription commerce to transform business by creating new revenue opportunities, improving customer relationships and providing more business predictability. The Aria Subscription Billing and Management Platform was chosen by brand name companies such as Pitney Bowes, Experian, AAA NCNU, Red Hat, Ingersoll Rand, EMC, VMware, and HootSuite to evolve their subscription businesses while delivering outstanding customer experiences.

Take a look at the new Recurring Revenue video where Aria’s CEO, Tom Dibble, talks about growing recurring revenue streams, or download the Maximizing Revenues through Customer Subscription Processes whitepaper. Visit http://ariasystems.com or call 1-877-755-2370.

Source: Aria Systems Adds Deployment Options

(The Hosting News) – Aria Systems, experts in cloud-based subscription billing, today announced three deployment options for enterprises requiring greater performance and increased control of their data and datacenters.Options include 1). Multi-tenancy – standard SaaS; data on secure, shared servers 2). Private Database – data located on secure, dedicated servers – for companies who want greater capacities for higher performance during spikes and peaks 3). Private Appliance – data, infrastructure, and processing on private, dedicated appliance; no shared components – for companies who desire complete control over their data or datacenter.

All of Aria Systems’ customers enjoy the state-of-the-art security that comes with today’s enterprise-grade SaaS software solutions. However, Aria Systems’ customer service team listened to customers asking for greater control and higher performance for their datacenters and Aria responded by offering the Private Database or Private Appliance options.

“These additional options are especially significant for large enterprises who own their own datacenters,” said Oleg Ganopolskiy, Vice President of Production Operations, Aria Systems. “Like Aria’s ‘Live Release’ capability, Aria’s ‘Private Database and Appliance’ deployment option is unique to Aria among cloud-based billing system providers.”

Now enterprises can enjoy the widest set of deployment options available from a cloud-based subscription billing provider.

About:

Aria Systems delivers the full power of subscription commerce to transform business by creating new revenue opportunities, improving customer relationships and providing more business predictability. The Aria Subscription Billing and Management Platform was chosen by brand name companies such as Pitney Bowes, Experian, AAA NCNU, Red Hat, Ingersoll Rand, EMC, VMware, and HootSuite to evolve their subscription businesses while delivering outstanding customer experiences.

Take a look at the new Recurring Revenue video where Aria’s CEO, Tom Dibble, talks about growing recurring revenue streams, or download the Maximizing Revenues through Customer Subscription Processes whitepaper. Visit http://ariasystems.com or call 1-877-755-2370.

Source: Aria Systems Adds Deployment Options

(The Hosting News) – HostingCon, the premier industry conference and trade show for web hosts and cloud service providers, today announced the theme for HostingCon 2013 in Austin, Texas. ‘Raise Your Game’ by transforming ideas into innovation and opportunities.

“Without a doubt, the web hosting and cloud services market is growing at a tremendous rate,” stated Kevin Gold, Vice President of Marketing at iNET Interactive, the producers of HostingCon. “A recent Parallels’ SMB Cloud Insights™ report projected the global cloud services market will continue to grow at 28 percent CAGR through 2015 to a forecasted $95 billion USD.” Now is a time for web hosts and cloud service providers to think broadly about the future of the industry and identify vastly new opportunities to tap into this substantial growth trend.

HostingCon is the only North American event specifically created for the web hosting and cloud community with an unbiased platform for presenting the best networking opportunities, thought leaders, educational opportunities, and solutions. For 2013, the conference has organized its educational program to help web hosts and cloud providers identify and create new business models to drive breakthrough revenue growth. The program is broken into four tracks covering Marketing & Sales, Technology, Business Development and Industry Trends – all focused on sketching a compelling business vision and a robust roadmap for moving forward.

“HostingCon is a highly interactive learning environment designed to drive industry networking, partnerships and relationship building,” stated Philbert Shih of Structure Research and a HostingCon Advisory Board Member. “In 3 days, attendees will learn all they need to know for the coming year through exposure to the best thinking, best practices and best experts in the industry.”

Over 1,900 cloud service providers and web hosts from more than 30 countries are expected to attend HostingCon 2013 from June 17-19 in the Austin Convention Center, home of SXSW.

HostingCon 2013 showcases an exhibit floor with more than 150 companies that support the web hosting and cloud services provider ecosystem including CloudFlare, Data Foundry, Interxion, Jelastic, Neustar, OnRamp, Parallels, SoftLayer, SolidFire, Symantec, VMUnify, and Zadara Storage, Inc. With an environment rich with thought leaders and deep with major industry brands, business executives and entrepreneurs attending HostingCon 2013 will have the opportunity to think broadly about the future, to connect with new business partners and to learn strategic insights to raise their game to a whole new level.

About HostingCon

HostingCon is the premiere industry conference and trade show for web hosting and cloud services providers. In its ninth year, HostingCon brings the industry together including cloud providers, web hosts, multi-tenant data centers, colocation providers, infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), ISVs and other infrastructure providers who make the Internet work to network, learn and grow. HostingCon is an iNET Interactive event. For details about HostingCon, visit http://www.HostingCon.com.

HostingCon Announces Theme

(The Hosting News) – HostingCon, the premier industry conference and trade show for web hosts and cloud service providers, today announced the theme for HostingCon 2013 in Austin, Texas. ‘Raise Your Game’ by transforming ideas into innovation and opportunities.

“Without a doubt, the web hosting and cloud services market is growing at a tremendous rate,” stated Kevin Gold, Vice President of Marketing at iNET Interactive, the producers of HostingCon. “A recent Parallels’ SMB Cloud Insights™ report projected the global cloud services market will continue to grow at 28 percent CAGR through 2015 to a forecasted $95 billion USD.” Now is a time for web hosts and cloud service providers to think broadly about the future of the industry and identify vastly new opportunities to tap into this substantial growth trend.

HostingCon is the only North American event specifically created for the web hosting and cloud community with an unbiased platform for presenting the best networking opportunities, thought leaders, educational opportunities, and solutions. For 2013, the conference has organized its educational program to help web hosts and cloud providers identify and create new business models to drive breakthrough revenue growth. The program is broken into four tracks covering Marketing & Sales, Technology, Business Development and Industry Trends – all focused on sketching a compelling business vision and a robust roadmap for moving forward.

“HostingCon is a highly interactive learning environment designed to drive industry networking, partnerships and relationship building,” stated Philbert Shih of Structure Research and a HostingCon Advisory Board Member. “In 3 days, attendees will learn all they need to know for the coming year through exposure to the best thinking, best practices and best experts in the industry.”

Over 1,900 cloud service providers and web hosts from more than 30 countries are expected to attend HostingCon 2013 from June 17-19 in the Austin Convention Center, home of SXSW.

HostingCon 2013 showcases an exhibit floor with more than 150 companies that support the web hosting and cloud services provider ecosystem including CloudFlare, Data Foundry, Interxion, Jelastic, Neustar, OnRamp, Parallels, SoftLayer, SolidFire, Symantec, VMUnify, and Zadara Storage, Inc. With an environment rich with thought leaders and deep with major industry brands, business executives and entrepreneurs attending HostingCon 2013 will have the opportunity to think broadly about the future, to connect with new business partners and to learn strategic insights to raise their game to a whole new level.

About HostingCon

HostingCon is the premiere industry conference and trade show for web hosting and cloud services providers. In its ninth year, HostingCon brings the industry together including cloud providers, web hosts, multi-tenant data centers, colocation providers, infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), ISVs and other infrastructure providers who make the Internet work to network, learn and grow. HostingCon is an iNET Interactive event. For details about HostingCon, visit http://www.HostingCon.com.

Source: HostingCon Announces Theme

(The Hosting News) – HostingCon, the premier industry conference and trade show for web hosts and cloud service providers, today announced the theme for HostingCon 2013 in Austin, Texas. ‘Raise Your Game’ by transforming ideas into innovation and opportunities.

“Without a doubt, the web hosting and cloud services market is growing at a tremendous rate,” stated Kevin Gold, Vice President of Marketing at iNET Interactive, the producers of HostingCon. “A recent Parallels’ SMB Cloud Insights™ report projected the global cloud services market will continue to grow at 28 percent CAGR through 2015 to a forecasted $95 billion USD.” Now is a time for web hosts and cloud service providers to think broadly about the future of the industry and identify vastly new opportunities to tap into this substantial growth trend.

HostingCon is the only North American event specifically created for the web hosting and cloud community with an unbiased platform for presenting the best networking opportunities, thought leaders, educational opportunities, and solutions. For 2013, the conference has organized its educational program to help web hosts and cloud providers identify and create new business models to drive breakthrough revenue growth. The program is broken into four tracks covering Marketing & Sales, Technology, Business Development and Industry Trends – all focused on sketching a compelling business vision and a robust roadmap for moving forward.

“HostingCon is a highly interactive learning environment designed to drive industry networking, partnerships and relationship building,” stated Philbert Shih of Structure Research and a HostingCon Advisory Board Member. “In 3 days, attendees will learn all they need to know for the coming year through exposure to the best thinking, best practices and best experts in the industry.”

Over 1,900 cloud service providers and web hosts from more than 30 countries are expected to attend HostingCon 2013 from June 17-19 in the Austin Convention Center, home of SXSW.

HostingCon 2013 showcases an exhibit floor with more than 150 companies that support the web hosting and cloud services provider ecosystem including CloudFlare, Data Foundry, Interxion, Jelastic, Neustar, OnRamp, Parallels, SoftLayer, SolidFire, Symantec, VMUnify, and Zadara Storage, Inc. With an environment rich with thought leaders and deep with major industry brands, business executives and entrepreneurs attending HostingCon 2013 will have the opportunity to think broadly about the future, to connect with new business partners and to learn strategic insights to raise their game to a whole new level.

About HostingCon

HostingCon is the premiere industry conference and trade show for web hosting and cloud services providers. In its ninth year, HostingCon brings the industry together including cloud providers, web hosts, multi-tenant data centers, colocation providers, infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), ISVs and other infrastructure providers who make the Internet work to network, learn and grow. HostingCon is an iNET Interactive event. For details about HostingCon, visit http://www.HostingCon.com.

Source: HostingCon Announces Theme

(The Hosting News) - Cologix™, a network neutral interconnection and colocation company, announced today that Omega ATS, a leading Alternative Trading System (ATS) that provides the Canadian marketplace with a fast, low cost, strict price/time priority trading platform, has chosen Cologix’s new 905 King Street West data centre as a strategic site for their customers to directly access their order matching services.

“Cologix’s new facility at 905 King Street will satisfy the most pressing need of the financial community, which is availability of space and power for our growing subscriber demand in downtown Toronto,” stated Omega’s CEO, Brian Crew. “Perhaps more importantly, we have been concerned about the absence of data centre options with true network neutrality, low latency connectivity to the financial infrastructure at 151 Front Street as well as access to network routes to financial hubs that offer diversity from 151 Front Street and the potential for further improvements to latency for the financial community. Cologix’s new facility at 905 King Street addresses each of these elements and we are pleased to be a part of what we believe will be a new era in financial network connectivity in Toronto.”

Through their 905 King Street deployment, Omega ATS gains a strategic presence to onboard new subscribers and vendors for their matching engine within the 20,000 SQF data centre. 905 King Street will serve as a natural extension of 151 Front Street by utilizing a Cologix-controlled diverse fibre ring with better than 0.016 Millisecond latency or as a stand-alone facility where customers have the ability to connect around 151 Front Street. With the upcoming launch of the 905 King Street West facility, Cologix will operate over 50,000 SQF in downtown Toronto, including a significant presence in the primary carrier hotel at 151 Front Street.

“Omega has been a thought leader within Toronto’s financial community highlighting key network and infrastructure requirements to support Toronto’s continued growth as a leading financial centre in North America,” stated Sean Maskell, President, Cologix Canada. “We are gratified that Omega shares our view of the potential of the 905 King Street facility and look forward to continued engagement to best support Omega’s infrastructure and its marketplace participants going forward.”

About Cologix, Inc.

Cologix, Inc. is a network neutral interconnection and colocation company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, that provides massively scalable interconnection services and secure, reliable colocation services in densely connected, strategically located facilities in Dallas, Minneapolis, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. With more than 300 network choices and eleven prime interconnection locations, Cologix currently serves over 550 carrier, managed services, cloud, media, content, financial services and enterprise customers. The company’s experienced team of communications infrastructure professionals is committed to providing its customers the highest standard of local customer support.

For more information about Cologix, please visit the company’s website at http://www.cologix.com.

About Omega ATS:

Omega ATS is an ultra-low latency, low cost alternate trading system. ATS is the only marketplace that facilitates trading on all of the major Canadian listed exchanges including TSX, TSXV and CNSX. Omega offers a wide variety of trading tools and order types aimed at simplifying trading, protecting market integrity and reducing costs for all of its subscribers.

For more information about Omega, please visit the official Omega ATS website at: http://www.omegaats.com.

Omega ATS Selects Cologix Data Centre

(The Hosting News) - Cologix™, a network neutral interconnection and colocation company, announced today that Omega ATS, a leading Alternative Trading System (ATS) that provides the Canadian marketplace with a fast, low cost, strict price/time priority trading platform, has chosen Cologix’s new 905 King Street West data centre as a strategic site for their customers to directly access their order matching services.

“Cologix’s new facility at 905 King Street will satisfy the most pressing need of the financial community, which is availability of space and power for our growing subscriber demand in downtown Toronto,” stated Omega’s CEO, Brian Crew. “Perhaps more importantly, we have been concerned about the absence of data centre options with true network neutrality, low latency connectivity to the financial infrastructure at 151 Front Street as well as access to network routes to financial hubs that offer diversity from 151 Front Street and the potential for further improvements to latency for the financial community. Cologix’s new facility at 905 King Street addresses each of these elements and we are pleased to be a part of what we believe will be a new era in financial network connectivity in Toronto.”

Through their 905 King Street deployment, Omega ATS gains a strategic presence to onboard new subscribers and vendors for their matching engine within the 20,000 SQF data centre. 905 King Street will serve as a natural extension of 151 Front Street by utilizing a Cologix-controlled diverse fibre ring with better than 0.016 Millisecond latency or as a stand-alone facility where customers have the ability to connect around 151 Front Street. With the upcoming launch of the 905 King Street West facility, Cologix will operate over 50,000 SQF in downtown Toronto, including a significant presence in the primary carrier hotel at 151 Front Street.

“Omega has been a thought leader within Toronto’s financial community highlighting key network and infrastructure requirements to support Toronto’s continued growth as a leading financial centre in North America,” stated Sean Maskell, President, Cologix Canada. “We are gratified that Omega shares our view of the potential of the 905 King Street facility and look forward to continued engagement to best support Omega’s infrastructure and its marketplace participants going forward.”

About Cologix, Inc.

Cologix, Inc. is a network neutral interconnection and colocation company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, that provides massively scalable interconnection services and secure, reliable colocation services in densely connected, strategically located facilities in Dallas, Minneapolis, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. With more than 300 network choices and eleven prime interconnection locations, Cologix currently serves over 550 carrier, managed services, cloud, media, content, financial services and enterprise customers. The company’s experienced team of communications infrastructure professionals is committed to providing its customers the highest standard of local customer support.

For more information about Cologix, please visit the company’s website at http://www.cologix.com.

About Omega ATS:

Omega ATS is an ultra-low latency, low cost alternate trading system. ATS is the only marketplace that facilitates trading on all of the major Canadian listed exchanges including TSX, TSXV and CNSX. Omega offers a wide variety of trading tools and order types aimed at simplifying trading, protecting market integrity and reducing costs for all of its subscribers.

For more information about Omega, please visit the official Omega ATS website at: http://www.omegaats.com.

Source: Omega ATS Selects Cologix Data Centre

eNom, the world\’s largest ICANN accredited wholesale registrar, today announced the dates of its participation in the Public Interest Registry\’s (PIR) Project 94. This historic auction will offer one and two-character .ORG domain names never before released for registration beginning April 7 and continuing through April 19. eNom has partnered with the premier aftermarket domain name service, NameJet, to host the auction of 39 premium .ORG domain names exclusively in partnership with PIR. Registration is open and validation by the Registry is required in advance of the auctions in order to participate.

Source: ENom Offers Premium .ORG Domains Exclusively In Auction

April 1, 2013 — Managed and cloud hosting provider SingleHop announced on Monday it has launched its VMware Enterprise Private Cloud, which offers a private cloud environment powered by the VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus platform.

Keep on reading: SingleHop Launches VMware Enterprise Private Cloud

April 1, 2013 — Red Hat and Rackspace Hosting announced on Thursday that they have won a federal court decision granting early dismissal of a patent infringement claim brought by Uniloc USA.

Keep on reading: Red Hat, Rackspace Hosting Win Against Patent Troll

ServiceNow, the enterprise IT cloud company, today announced it received Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Moderate Authority to Operate (ATO) from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The authorization will allow federal, state and local government agencies to securely leverage ServiceNow software-as-a-service for IT system consolidation and business process automation to improve IT service delivery and reduce costs.

Source: ServiceNow Delivers Enterprise IT Cloud To Government Agencies

April 1, 2013 — Web host Ubiquity Servers announced on Monday that it has launched its SSD cloud platform, that uses Intel 520 series SSD alongside OnApp distributed storage in order to deliver strong IO performance.

Keep on reading: Ubiquity Servers Launches SSD Cloud Servers

April 1, 2013 — Industry research firm IDC has reported a significant increase in the number of online attacks last year on the websites of top financial firms and other important organizations.

Keep on reading: Global Market for Cybersecurity Solutions to Grow to $870M by 2017: IDC Report

April 1, 2013 — Wholesale domain registrar eNom announced on Monday that its auction of one and two-character .ORG domains, dubbed Project 94, will kick off on April 7 and run through April 19.

Keep on reading: eNom Readies One and Two-Character .ORG Domain Auction

April 1, 2013 — Wholesale domain registrar eNom announced on Monday that its auction of one and two-character .ORG domains, dubbed Project 94, will kick off on April 7 and run through April 19.

Keep on reading: eNom Readies One and Two-Character .ORG Domain Auction

April 1, 2013 — Every April Fools Day, our email inbox and Google News feed gets flooded with a plethora of web hosting-related press releases. Though some of these announcements tend to be mildly amusing at best, a handful of them can be outright hilarious.

Keep on reading: April Fools Day 2013 Web Hosting Round-Up

April 1, 2013 — Every April Fools Day, our email inbox and Google News feed gets flooded with a plethora of web hosting-related press releases. Though some of these announcements tend to be mildly amusing at best, a handful of them can be outright hilarious.

Keep on reading: April Fools Day 2013 Web Hosting Round-Up

April 1, 2013 — Endurance International Group quietly announced last week its acquisition of Mojoness Inc., the Utah-based provider of WordPress theme and code marketplaces and WordPress and Magento tutorial websites.

Keep on reading: Endurance International Group Acquires Magento and WordPress Design, Tutorial Provider Mojoness

April 1, 2013 — Endurance International Group quietly announced last week its acquisition of Mojoness Inc., the Utah-based provider of WordPress theme and code marketplaces and WordPress and Magento tutorial websites.

Keep on reading: Endurance International Group Acquires Magento and WordPress Design, Tutorial Provider Mojoness

April 1, 2013 — Web hosting provider The Host Group announced on Monday it is now offering three different hosting plans to accommodate WordPress users around the globe.

Keep on reading: The Host Group Launches Enhanced WordPress Hosting Plans

(The Hosting News) – Today marks the beginning of April – and with it, comes some pretty interesting pranks. For their part, top web presences took part in the festivities.

Google showed off a fake, new service known as “Nose” – providing what it said was the “sharpest olfactory experience available” – allowing Google-enabled devices to display search results based on smell.

Meanwhile, via a blog post, YouTube said its eight years of existence to date had simply been a “contest” for best video. The company detailed plans to shut down the popular website following the selection of a winner

Social networking wasn’t excluded. For its part, Twitter announced Twttr – noting it was eliminating vowels minus “Y” while allowing them to still exist via a monthly fee of five bucks.

“Twttr will roll out slowly to a small percentage of users, growing to 100% over the next few days. We recommend that you practice using only consonants (and “y”) with the hashtag #nvwls (or if you have paid for our premium service, use #icanhasvowels),” explained the social network via a blog post.

Vimeo changed its homepage to “Vimeow,” noting its change to a site for uploading cat videos.

Are you pulling any April Fools’ Day pranks today? Share them with us via our Facebook page.

Web Presences Participate in April Fools’ Day

(The Hosting News) – Today marks the beginning of April – and with it, comes some pretty interesting pranks. For their part, top web presences took part in the festivities.

Google showed off a fake, new service known as “Nose” – providing what it said was the “sharpest olfactory experience available” – allowing Google-enabled devices to display search results based on smell.

Meanwhile, via a blog post, YouTube said its eight years of existence to date had simply been a “contest” for best video. The company detailed plans to shut down the popular website following the selection of a winner

Social networking wasn’t excluded. For its part, Twitter announced Twttr – noting it was eliminating vowels minus “Y” while allowing them to still exist via a monthly fee of five bucks.

“Twttr will roll out slowly to a small percentage of users, growing to 100% over the next few days. We recommend that you practice using only consonants (and “y”) with the hashtag #nvwls (or if you have paid for our premium service, use #icanhasvowels),” explained the social network via a blog post.

Vimeo changed its homepage to “Vimeow,” noting its change to a site for uploading cat videos.

Are you pulling any April Fools’ Day pranks today? Share them with us via our Facebook page.

Source: Web Presences Participate in April Fools’ Day

Atlantic.Net, a privately held leading hosting solutions provider, today announced a promotion offering heavily discounted pricing on dedicated server hosting. For a limited time, Atlantic.Net customers can take advantage of no-contract dedicated server hosting plans starting at only $64 a month.

Source: Atlantic.Net Offers Huge Discounts On Dedicated Server Hosting Plans

StorOmni launched by Cognosys Technologies provides an easy to use storage integration platform to get a consolidated management of different types of storage Including On Premise Storage and Public Cloud Storage like Azure and AWS. With ever expanding storage needs, every organization is faced with storage management and backup challenges. Legacy storage solutions cause high costs and infrastructure investments, and most organizations find it is difficult to track and manage cloud storage in tandem with storage management applications which are outdated for such hybrid environment. StorOmni solves multiple such problems giving security, automated backups and integration with all major public cloud storage vendors.

Source: Cognosys Technologies Launches StorOmni, A Cloud Integrated Storage Solution, To Securely Integrate OnPremise Storage With Public Cloud Like Azure amp; AWS

To access cPanel’s web-based control panel, you will need to access a non-standard port. The default cPanel port is 2082 for unencrypted connections and 2083 for encrypted. You do not have to append this port number to your URL, as your normal cPanel URL (yourdomain.com/cpanel) should redirect to it. In some cases, however, it may not work. In the event that it does not work, there are a few possible causes.

1. Your firewall is blocking it. This is the easiest to fix. If your firewall blocks cPanel’s port, all you have to do is open that port and proceed as normal.

2. Your ISP is blocking it. This is a bit more difficult. If your ISP is blocking cPanel’s port, you may need to find an alternative method of accessing it. Depending on your web host and the configuration it offers, you should be able to use an alternative URL to access cPanel through port 80 (the standard web port).

3. Your office is blocking it. If you run the office, you should be able to unblock it rather easily. If you do not and you can still justify using your cPanel installation during work hours, you should talk with your supervisor about getting it unblocked.

If you are still not able to access cPanel, you may have to use SSH tunneling, a proxy, or a VPN to access your website’s control panel. You can find free and premium options for all of these solutions.

Fixing Trouble with cPanel Port Access

To access cPanel’s web-based control panel, you will need to access a non-standard port. The default cPanel port is 2082 for unencrypted connections and 2083 for encrypted. You do not have to append this port number to your URL, as your normal cPanel URL (yourdomain.com/cpanel) should redirect to it. In some cases, however, it may not work. In the event that it does not work, there are a few possible causes.

1. Your firewall is blocking it. This is the easiest to fix. If your firewall blocks cPanel’s port, all you have to do is open that port and proceed as normal.

2. Your ISP is blocking it. This is a bit more difficult. If your ISP is blocking cPanel’s port, you may need to find an alternative method of accessing it. Depending on your web host and the configuration it offers, you should be able to use an alternative URL to access cPanel through port 80 (the standard web port).

3. Your office is blocking it. If you run the office, you should be able to unblock it rather easily. If you do not and you can still justify using your cPanel installation during work hours, you should talk with your supervisor about getting it unblocked.

If you are still not able to access cPanel, you may have to use SSH tunneling, a proxy, or a VPN to access your website’s control panel. You can find free and premium options for all of these solutions.

Source: Fixing Trouble with cPanel Port Access