(The Hosting News)- LogMeIn, Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based remote connectivity solutions, has named Greg Hughes to the company’s board of directors. The software industry veteran joins LogMeIn as the company looks to build on its growth in the remote access, support and collaboration markets.

Having recently held the position of President, Enterprise Product Group, at Symantec, a leading storage, security, and systems management software company, Hughes brings significant business-to-consumer and business-to-business experience to LogMeIn’s board of directors. Hughes joined Symantec in July 2005 as part of the VERITAS acquisition, where he held the position of Executive Vice President, Global Services.
Prior to VERITAS, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company, the management consulting firm.

“LogMeIn’s success offers a unique example of how a new generation of technology companies can simultaneously capitalize on consumer, small business and enterprise demand,” said Hughes. “I look forward to working with the LogMeIn team to help guide the next phase of growth for its access, support and collaboration businesses.”

“Greg Hughes brings invaluable experience and insight from some of the world’s most successful software businesses,” said Michael Simon, CEO of LogMeIn. “We believe that his guidance and expertise will play a significant role in our continued growth and will be a valuable complement to our leadership team.”

Hughes will replace Dave Barrett, a General Partner at Polaris Venture Partners, who has served on LogMeIn’s board of directors since 2005 and has resigned his position.

“Working with the LogMeIn leadership through the company’s early growth and successful IPO has been a great, rewarding experience,” said Barrett. “I wish the LogMeIn team the best and will enjoy watching the company’s continued success in the future.”

“Dave was a key leader and early member of our board as we evolved and expanded our business from a start-up to a recognized market leader,” added Simon. “We sincerely thank him for all of his contributions to our success.”

Source: LogMeIn Names Greg Hughes to Board of Directors

 

(The Hosting News) - Veloxum™ Corporation, a performance management company, today announced the expansion of its global reseller program with the addition of leading enterprise reseller, Blue Channel Solutions. The signing of Blue Channel Solutions will increase distribution of Veloxum’s optimization solutions, such as Veloxum for VMware, in the North American market.

Veloxum selected Blue Channel Solutions to resell its Active Continuous Optimization (ACO)-based Veloxum for VMware enterprise optimization solution based on Blue Channel Solution’s North American market presence, industry knowledge and depth of technical expertise to successfully implement Veloxum for VMware in virtualized environments.

Veloxum’s ACO solution helps VMware users automatically optimize VMware platforms and increase performance and density up to 50%. Veloxum’s ACO offering enables VMware users to analyze and optimize all elements of their platform including the server capacity, networking, physical storage and interaction with clients.

“Blue Channel Solutions’ track-record, contacts with IT organizations, and strategic approach to solving customers’ IT issues was a major reason that we selected them to be part of our program,” said Kevin Cornell, Chief Executive Officer of Veloxum. “Our partnership will enable both companies to provide VMware users with significantly increased efficiency and TCO, greater east coast support and reduced time-to-market to successfully implement our ACO optimization solution.”

“Veloxum provides a perfect complement to Blue Channel Solution’s strength in solving our client’s greatest business challenges with global solution providers who can offer game-changing solutions for our customers’ networks and IT infrastructure,” said Brandon Vaughan, Vice President of Marketing Communications, Blue Channel Solutions. “Veloxum’s approach to virtualization optimization is both powerful and unique, and has the potential to deliver dramatic improvements in efficiency and significant cost savings to our customers. We believe Veloxum offers a solution that has all the factors that our partners and customers require – quick deployment, guaranteed performance improvements and a fast return on investment.”

Active Continuous Optimization (ACO) sets Veloxum apart from other server and application monitoring-only tools

Many organizations have invested heavily in virtualization projects in order to achieve the cost savings presented to them as part of an ROI model. But without continuous tuning of server platforms to the applications they are running, it is difficult to achieve these results. Veloxum actively and continuously tunes server settings to deliver optimum performance and virtual-to-physical densities.

Veloxum’s ACO uses patent-pending algorithms to calculate the optimum server configuration settings that improve all aspects of performance. Veloxum then implements and logs these new optimal configurations, and acts as a continuous ‘tune-up’ service to configure elements automatically without requiring any user intervention or specialist skills.

What this means for the customer is that they can increase guest to host density, running a greater number of VMware instances without increasing physical server capacity. This leads to dramatic cost savings in terms of deferred capital expenditure on new hardware and reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in the areas of support, maintenance, powering and cooling requirements. Veloxum customers typically see a Return on Investment period of less than 6 months.

Veloxum supports most enterprise platforms, including Linux, AIX, SUN and Windows OS with supplied OS modules, and optimizes popular applications such as Exchange, SharePoint, SQLserver, Lotus Notes and Oracle.

Availability, Pricing and Promotion:
Veloxum for VMWare is available from Veloxum and its authorized resellers. For a free evaluation download and more information on Veloxum for VMware, including feature, function and pricing information, please visit:http://www.veloxum.com.

About Blue Channel Solutions

Blue Channel Solutions (http://www.ImproveVMware.com) is comprised of former IBM professionals and is uniquely positioned to help clients improve data center performance by leveraging their portfolio of “Best of Breed” technologies. For Veloxum, Blue Channel Solutions adds to a growing list of IT infrastructure, network and application optimization vendor partners that help it serve both the US and the UK markets.

About Veloxum

Veloxum’s founders started the company with the vision to apply active, continuous optimization to manage complex IT environments for optimum performance and utilization. Veloxum actively and continuously optimizes physical and virtual infrastructure by optimizing operating system and application settings. It leverages the existing systems and infrastructure by tuning the various components within their manufacturer-supported settings. The solution enables IT organizations to maximize performance, increase workload density, and minimize virtualization costs, dramatically reducing CAPEX and OPEX spending.

Customers such as Adecco, Baron Funds, Beeline, CGB Group, Deutsche Bank, the United States Department of Energy, Fortress, and ISI Financial, Maimonides, PPC, and The Washington Post are enjoying significant cost savings with Veloxum. Veloxum http://www.veloxum.com, headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, was founded in September, 2007.

Veloxum, IPTE and ACO are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Veloxum Corporation in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Source: Veloxum Continues Network Expansion with Reseller Blue Channel Solutions

 

(Gawkwire.com)—EZPZ Hosting announced today it has deployed the SpamExperts Incoming Mail Filter to on all shared and reseller hosting accounts, automatically providing customers with enterprise-grade spam protection at no additional charge to them.

The hardware-based solution offers one of the industry’s most robust protections against spam, relying on public and internal anti-spam data sources to provide optimal protection. The Incoming Email Security Firewall combines more than 50 different filtering mechanisms that are continuously updated and configured to assure spam filtering is accurate and effective.

“For many of our customers, spam email creates more than just a nuisance—it also causes significant losses in productivity and can expose end users to a myriad of security threats, ranging from viruses to sophisticated phishing attacks. Unfortunately, the problem is not getting better, as many industry leaders had hoped,” said Daniel Knights, director of EZPZ Hosting. “By investing in this enterprise-grade, next-generation anti-spam technology for all of our shared and reseller hosting customers, we can deliver a tangible value-add that separates us from our competitors.”

According to SpamExperts, filtering is divided into two stages. Stage 1, the SMTP-stage, analyzes the behavior and reputation of the sending server. Around 95% of all spam can already be detected at this stage. In stage 2, the content-stage, the actual content of the message is checked and the remaining 5% of spam messages are detected. Together, a spam-score probability is calculated and based on this customizable score, messages will be accepted, rejected, or quarantined.

Last year, EZPZ Hosting introduced the industry’s first module to automate business management for reseller hosting customers, by enabling resellers to automatically provision and manage all new sub-reseller accounts through a single application. It was developed internally by EZPZ Hosting and provides an interface between WHMCS, a client management and billing system for hosting businesses, and WHMPHP, a master reseller hosting control panel.

In 2008, EZPZ Hosting received the Planet Positive certification. As part of the process, EZPZ Hosting measured the carbon footprint of its business, made a commitment to reduce it on an annual basis, and offset it by 110% into verified carbon projects.

To learn more about EZPZ Hosting, visit http://www.ezpzhosting.co.uk.

About EZPZ Hosting

Located in the United Kingdom, EZPZ is a leading Web hosting provider offering Shared, Reseller, Dedicated and Shoutcast hosting services. With 24/7/365 technical support and 5-minute response times for all tickets, EZPZ offers world-class service to individuals and businesses internationally. The company hosts more than 65,000 domain names across data centers in the United States and Europe.
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(Gawkwire.com) Web Host Boot Camp today announced the details of the first webinar in its 2011 webinar series for hosting industry professionals, the first of its kind in the hosting industry. The critically-acclaimed webinar series is free to attend and offers insider-knowledge of the latest trends and topics in the industry.

Marketing strategist Hartland Ross, founder of eBridge Marketing Solutions, will kick off the 2011 series with, “From First Click to Conversion—Usability and Website Efficiency,” on February 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM EST. The webinar will provide a comprehensive guide to making websites more user-friendly and profitable. Ross will discuss how to provide website users with only what is necessary and convenient for them, while removing unnecessary clutter and distractions.

In the 2011 series, which follows the successful series held last year, each webinar will last up to an hour, and will be led by a distinguished industry leader. Topics include marketing, technology, news, and industry trends. Additional information is available at http://www.webhostbootcamp.net/category/webinars/.

“Our webinar series has been one of the most lauded developments in the hosting industry, because it provides professionals at all levels access to high-quality, engaging educational content that can tangibly improve the way they do business online. Webinar leaders don’t provide theoretical or lofty insight. Instead, they provide hands-on, reliable information that is instantly applicable and widely transferrable. We’re proud to continue this exciting new series into 2011, and as before, it will remain a free service,” said Zachary McClung, president of Web Host Boot Camp.

Last week, Web Host Boot Camp opened registration and announced details of its third virtual conference for the Web Hosting industry, which will be held June 7-8, 2011. Unlike traditional conferences which require the expense of travel, hotel, meals, and other accommodations, Web Host Boot Camp delivers award-winning programming and exceptional vendor interaction through an interactive online interface. The previous virtual conference, held in December 2009, drew more than 700 attendees and featured dozens of engaging online lectures. Attendees were able to register at no cost to them.

For a limited time, those who register for the 2011 Web Host Boot Camp will automatically be entered in a drawing for a new 16GB Apple iPad.

To learn more about the 2011 webinar series and sign up, please visit http://www.webhostbootcamp.net/category/webinars/.

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for Web Host Boot Camp events, please visit http://www.webhostbootcamp.net/exhibit/.

About Web Host Boot Camp

Web Host Boot Camp is the first-ever virtual conference exclusively for web hosting companies, hosting resellers, web designers, and anyone who wants to build a successful web hosting firm. Established by business consultant Zachary McClung, Web Host Boot Camp has everything a physical conference would have except the high expense of traveling, room, and board.

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(Gawkwire.com) – Optimized hosting infrastructure provider, Codero, now supports the debut of the new Microsoft WebMatrix for web development. This tool is available for anyone who wants to create a website and publish it on the Internet. When the user is ready to publish their site on the web, they can simply select Codero as their hosting provider for their website. Codero is one of an exclusive group of providers to be asked by Microsoft to be a hosting partner for the launch of WebMatrix.

WebMatrix was released in 13 languages January 13, 2011. The variety of templates and pre-built web applications available within WebMatrix makes it appropriate for every kind of user. Whether the developer uses WordPress or Joomla, the product is noted for being a simple and seamless way to get a website on the Internet.

The WebMatrix tool allows the creation of websites in two main ways: starting with open-source applications like WordPress/Umbraco and Drupal; and creating them from scratch using HTML, CSS/ and JavaScript and ASP.Net Web Pages with “Razor” syntax.

“Codero embraces the opportunity to help make developers’ busy lives easier through a product such as this,” said Taylor Giddens, Director, Dedicated Services. “WebMatrix is a very simple way to build websites. You can start coding, testing and deploying your own site without worrying about configuring your own web server or managing databases. WebMatrix is just one of many ways Codero can support you with your hosting.”

About Codero

A leading provider of optimized hosting infrasctructure, Codero creates flexible, scalable solutions using dedicated and managed hosting. All Codero services and products are backed by SAS 70 Type II secure data centers, live 24/7/365 U.S.-based support and a seasoned staff with international experience in the hosting business for over 15 years. An industry innovator, Codero has a customer loyalty Rewards Program and offers green hosting from the Phoenix, Arizona data center and four points of presence. For more information about Codero, please visithttp://www.codero.com.


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(Gawkwire.com) – Intronis, the leading cloud backup and disaster recovery solution for IT/managed service providers serving small businesses, announces today the appointment of Carol Ferrari as Vice President of Marketing.

Ferrari joins Intronis from Salary.com, a Nasdaq-listed company, where she was a major contributor in helping the company achieve significant growth. Salary.com is the SaaS compensation management leader that was acquired by Kenexa in October, 2010. Prior to Salary.com, she was the Vice President of Marketing for SaaS –based configuration and quoting leader, Firepond.

When asked why she wanted to join Intronis, Ferrari responded, “I wanted to be part of a successful, fast-paced company. The Intronis cloud solution is the best product and service solution for MSP’s serving small businesses. I also wanted to work at Intronis because of its winning culture that is exciting to be a part of. The people here are second to none.”

Intronis CEO Kent Plunkett commented, “I had the privilege of working with Carol while I was CEO at Salary.com, and she is a world class SaaS marketing VP.” “Carol implements marketing and lead generation processes that are highly metrics-driven and creates repeatable and scalable marketing programs. Intronis is already winning the category and I am pleased that we now have Carol to drive both our growth and revenue for our MSP channel partners to even higher levels,” he continued.    

About Intronis 
Intronis is a cloud provider of backup and disaster recovery services for managed service providers. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the convenience of online account management, and an industry leading technical support team.http://www.intronis.com.


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(Gawkwire.com) – Phoenix NAP®, a next generation datacenter and network access point, announced today plans for physical expansion and a new cloud infrastructure offering in 2011. The growth and new services follow a successful 2010, in which the datacenter was built and opened.

“When we initially opened, we were able to already have a nice customer footprint in place, so we knew we were meeting market needs. Additionally, we were able to bring in the carriers that we wanted early on in the process, which definitely helped spur customer interest,” said Ian McClarty, president of Phoenix NAP.

McClarty adds bringing in more connectivity options continues to be a focus for the datacenter in 2011, specifically from Asian and European carriers which may not have a strong presence in the U.S. This strategy is just one example of how Phoenix NAP is working to ensure its clients’ future needs are met, and complements the datacenter’s other 2011 growth plans.

“The modular nature of our facility will enable us to quickly expand the initial 45,000 square feet of datacenter floor to meet customer demand throughout 2011. We will also be offering cloud infrastructure services and components of cloud, such as shared storage,” said McClarty.

Additional details on the cloud offerings will be announced prior to their release. Phoenix NAP will also be pursuing its SAS 70 Type II certification and HIPAA certification in 2011, along with working to retain its PCI Validated Services Provider status.

To view a short interview with McClarty regarding Phoenix NAP’s future plans, visit the Phoenix NAP Media page, located at phoenixnap.com/media.php.

About Phoenix NAP

Phoenix NAP, LLC is a privately held organization of operational, networking and management professionals that have worked in the datacenter and IT fields since the early 1990s. The company employs a unique approach to providing flexible datacenter solutions that are tailored to meet the differing needs of small businesses and large enterprises. For more information, visit the company’s website at phoenixnap.com.


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(The Hosting News) – Optimized hosting infrastructure provider, Codero, now supports the debut of the new Microsoft WebMatrix for web development. This tool is available for anyone who wants to create a website and publish it on the Internet. When the user is ready to publish their site on the web, they can simply select Codero as their hosting provider for their website. Codero is one of an exclusive group of providers to be asked by Microsoft to be a hosting partner for the launch of WebMatrix.

WebMatrix was released in 13 languages January 13, 2011. The variety of templates and pre-built web applications available within WebMatrix makes it appropriate for every kind of user. Whether the developer uses WordPress or Joomla, the product is noted for being a simple and seamless way to get a website on the Internet.

The WebMatrix tool allows the creation of websites in two main ways: starting with open-source applications like WordPress/Umbraco and Drupal; and creating them from scratch using HTML, CSS/ and JavaScript and ASP.Net Web Pages with “Razor” syntax.

“Codero embraces the opportunity to help make developers’ busy lives easier through a product such as this,” said Taylor Giddens, Director, Dedicated Services. “WebMatrix is a very simple way to build websites. You can start coding, testing and deploying your own site without worrying about configuring your own web server or managing databases. WebMatrix is just one of many ways Codero can support you with your hosting.”

About Codero
A leading provider of optimized hosting infrasctructure, Codero creates flexible, scalable solutions using dedicated and managed hosting. All Codero services and products are backed by SAS 70 Type II secure data centers, live 24/7/365 U.S.-based support and a seasoned staff with international experience in the hosting business for over 15 years. An industry innovator, Codero has a customer loyalty Rewards Program and offers green hosting from the Phoenix, Arizona data center and four points of presence. For more information about Codero, please visit www.codero.com

Source: Codero Supports WebMatrix for Help in Configuring and Operating Servers

 

(The Hosting News) – ASAP Ventures Ltd – the leading Internet e-commerce company – has announced that it has acquired a batch of new Internet domain names to keep the country’s consumers and web users up to speed on new topics. The company will soon launch new sites

Fly.org.uk, Hottub.org.uk and InsurancePolicies.org.uk having acquired the website domains for unannounced amounts.

With many people’s thoughts turning to a trip overseas for some sunshine in January, ASAP Ventures has announced the acquisition and launch of new site, Fly.org.uk. Users can count on the website to become an in-depth resource offering flight and travel information as well as where to go to fly for a bargain price this January.

Another way of keeping warm in the cold winter months is by installing a hot tub in a home or garden. With that in mind ASAP Ventures has purchased Hottub.org.uk to tell UK consumers all that they need to know about fitting a hot tub in their home.

A further acquisition by ASAP Ventures this month is InsurancePolicies.org.uk, and this domain will grow to offer users a website which will keep them informed about the insurance sector and which insurance policies might be the right one for them and their needs.

Derek Paulson, spokesperson for ASAP Ventures Ltd, said, “At ASAP Ventures we are continually looking to enhance the offering we give to people as consumers in the UK rely on us for up to date, honest information across a range of subjects. These latest domains will help us to continue with our website stable building project.”

About ASAP Ventures Ltd

Fly.org.uk, Hottub.org.uk and InsurancePolicies.org.uk are all websites owned and operated by ASAP Ventures and were acquired by the company in November 2010. ASAP Ventures is a specialist in the online arena, with over 10 years’ experience in creating and developing high performing websites in markets ranging from travel and recycling to dating and promotions. The company has expanded significantly over the last five years through a programme of domain name acquisition and development, with the company’s portfolio of websites attracting tens of millions of visitors and creating over US$200 million in sales for their partners.

Source: Online Specialists ASAP Ventures Announce Latest Round of Domain Name Acquisitions

 

(The Hosting News) – iNET Interactive, a social media company serving Internet professionals and technology enthusiasts, today announced the launch of Web Hosting Talk Brazil, an online community focused on web hosting for the Brazilian marketplace.

As part of the iNET Interactive network, Web Hosting Talk Brazil joins Web Hosting Talk Australia as a region-specific extension of the Web Hosting Talk brand. A Portuguese-language site, Web Hosting Talk Brazil is the only member of the Web Hosting Talk family of sites with content in a language other than English, a first for iNET Interactive.

“Web Hosting Talk is a well respected authority in the web hosting industry,” stated Troy Augustine, President and CEO of iNET Interactive. “The recent growth of web hosting services in Brazil provided the perfect opportunity to launch a Portuguese language web hosting community to serve the market and extend the Web Hosting Talk brand.”

Assisting iNET Interactive with the launch of Web Hosting Talk Brazil is Ricardo Costa, a 10 year veteran of the IT industry in Brazil. “It has been a pleasure to assist iNET Interactive through the conception and launch of Web Hosting Talk Brazil,” said Costa. “I am excited to help grow the community into the premier destination for Brazilian web hosting news and conversation.”

The site realized immediate success during its beta launch, achieving more than 30,000 page views across 1,000 forum posts in less than three months. Web Hosting Talk Brazil’s growth potential was recognized by Locaweb, who became the first sponsor of the site immediately following the beta launch. Companies interested in advertising to the growing Brazilian web hosting market can contact the iNET Interactive sales team to learn about current advertising opportunities.

About iNET Interactive:
Founded in 2002, iNET Interactive is a social media company operating prominent online communities for Internet professionals and technology enthusiasts. Its vertically-focused communities incorporate user-contributed ratings, reviews, and discussion augmented with professionally-produced content.

About Web Hosting Talk Brazil:
Launched in 2011, Web Hosting Talk Brazil is an online community focused on web hosting and hosted services within the Brazilian marketplace. Web Hosting Talk is a registered trademark of iNET Interactive.

Source: iNET Launches Web Hosting Talk Brazil

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