Cartika Hosting Announces Launch Of Clustered Hosting Service
Ontario, Canada - Web hosting company, Cartika Hosting, has developed a new High Availability Linux (HAL) clustered hosting service, offering a range of targeted solutions, in addition to a streamlined web interface.
The new HAL services feature completely redundant clustered architecture with additional load balancing of all services within the cluster. Complimented by predictive failure analysis, Countinous Data Protection and enterprise grade Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus features.
Andrew Rouchotas, Cartika’s CEO explains that the unique aspect of HAL is that it resolves most common issues associated with shared hosting. By spreading loads over multiple nodes, HAL allows websites to burst well beyond normal CPU and RAM allocations without overloading servers. Additionally, service is more reliable as a downed server node will not impact service availability.
Mr. Rouchotas noted, ”HAL solves the problems typically associated with shared hosting by spreading services and loads across a fleet of load balanced nodes. We are able to dramatically increase the resource availability and capacity to any given website hosted. Additionally, we are able to increase reliability by building physical server redundancy into all services.”
A Pressure Release System ensures that the system will never become overloaded during periods of very large bursts by Quing request and also acts as an indicator for a requirement to add additional resources (i.e. nodes) to a given array without resulting in cluster instability.
Users get real multiple domain hosting allowing granual email, ftp, stats and web options control for each domain and DNS zone, as well as an Ajax based webmail solution powered by Roundcube. Spam is essentially eliminated with Mailfoundry Enterprise grade spam appliance integrated into users control panels and included for free with any HAL package.
HAL is a premium hosting service transcending industries, sectors and company size. With their range of services, Cartika specializes in providing small to medium sized and enterprise businesses the very best in high availability web hosting, complete with service that includes security firewalls, load balanced architecture, redundant storage arrays, continuous data protection, mail foundry anti-virus and anti-spam protection, and much more.
Mr. Rouchotas added, ”The TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) analysis for HAL is very strong for any business serious about their website performance, availability, and scalability. For $100 a month, a business can acquire high availability hosting for all of their core services. The solution is more reliable and robust then a dedicated server and solves the typical problems associated with shared hosting environments. Additional value adds as found in the redundant, end user accessible backup solution as well as the integrated Mailfoundry anti-spam/virus appliance round off this offering and positively impact a company’s TCO calculations.”
Founded in Toronto in May 2002, Cartika Inc. is an established Application Hosting utilizing advanced clustering technologies, providing advanced web hosting facilities, combined with several best of breed Open Source and Commercial Applications. Cartika caters to businesses of all sizes providing shared, reseller and dedicated hosting solutions on Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD operating systems supporting a multitude of solutions, languages and development platforms, including Coldfusion, Sharepoint, MS Exchange, CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Market differentiators include automated, multi-platform, managed clustered solutions allowing companies to scale across platforms, services and across a potentially infinite number of nodes from central control interfaces.
For more information on new High Availability Linux (HAL) hosting, please visit: www.cartikahosting.com/HAL.
To learn more about Cartika Hosting, please visit: www.cartikahosting.com.
New Unique Product Offering from CheapVPS.co.uk
Berkshire, United Kingdom - September 21st, 2008 (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - CheapVPS, a purveyor of unmanaged Virtual Private Server hosting, has announced the launch of new product offering. With the shift in economic climate, most businesses, non-profits, and other organizations are looking for ways to cut costs while remaining as efficient as possible. Based on CheapVPS’s current standard offering, they have announced the creation of a new product known as “Part Time Servers.”
Based on the rock solid OpenVZ/HyperVM infrastructure, Part Time Servers allow customers to turn on their Virtual Private Server only when needed, and disable them when they’re done. This allows for customers to take advantage of a 50% discount on pre-existing Virtual Private Server plans already offered by CheapVPS. Data is also retained when the Virtual Private Server has been powered down, allowing customers to enjoy the fact that their data is safe.
CheapVPS, based in Berkshire, United Kingdom, is a brand name owned by VAServ, LTD. CheapVPS provides Virtual Private Servers for businesses, non-profit organizations, and end users.
To learn more about CheapVPS and their new product offering, please visit: http://www.cheapvps.co.uk/
Earthlink Announces Partnership With InMotion
Vancouver, Washington - August 27, 2008 - Earthlink subsidiary and broadband network company, New Edge Networks, has been chosen by the largest entertainment and electronics airport retailer in the United States.
InMotion has engaged New Edge Networks, to build and manage a private wide area network that it does not want to know is there. Allan Ghelerter, Director of IT for the specialty retail chain that operates 55 stores in about 30 major airports around the country explained, ”We want our network to be transparent and do what it is supposed to do; we don’t want to have to pay attention to it. Our customers have to catch planes.”
InMotion awarded New Edge Networks, the business communications unit of EarthLink Inc., a three-year contract valued at nearly $1 million to build and manage a private network based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology. Network installation is underway.
Jacksonville, Florida-based InMotion selected MPLS so that it can integrate multiple existing legacy networks into one that can prioritize communications traffic. This will help optimize use of available network bandwidth, and enable improved performance of latency-sensitive applications used to operate online business functions. MPLS also makes it easy and quick to add and move stores on the network.
Mr. Ghelerter added, ”Our new MPLS network is the centerpiece of InMotion’s strategic initiative for investing in technology so we can both grow and offer an excellent customer experience.”
A principal driver for InMotion’s migration to an MPLS network is the company’s new strategic initiative for offering fast digital downloads of music and movies through an in-store kiosk called PlayPoint. The self-serve kiosk lets customers browse music or movie titles and play trailers before they swipe a credit card to purchase and quickly download their selections from a server based in Seattle, Wash.
Credit card transactions are routed from individual stores to InMotion’s payment processor, ChasePaymentech, through a direct network connection that New Edge Networks already has in place. A private network that does not traverse the public Internet provides added security and makes it easier for the retailer to achieve and maintain compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards imposed by credit card companies.
In addition to PlayPoint, which is currently available in about half of the stores, InMotion intends to use the new network to power a new point-of-sale and inventory management system, in-store camera systems with digital video recording, secure Internet access and corporate email.
The MPLS network can prioritize data traffic based on the customer’s preference. This helps InMotion optimize use of available bandwidth yet ensures applications perform at customers’ expectations.
Kevin Flaherty, Vice President of sales for New Edge Networks remarked, ”By managing InMotion’s private network, New Edge Networks becomes an extension of InMotion’s IT staff. This frees them to focus on other strategic IT activities for supporting a business that spreads across four time zones.”
With a managed network, InMotion’s IT staff gets access to an online dashboard that allows them to see near-live network performance results, make appropriate decisions and take necessary action. The online portal allows InMotion to check status of orders, see technician notes on trouble tickets, and more.
Mr. Ghelerter noted, ”One of the reasons we selected New Edge Networks is because they seem to better understand the nuances of dealing with airports and their security restrictions. Installers can’t just walk through security check points with screwdrivers and expect to get in and get out quickly. It’s a tough environment to work in.”
InMotion is a division of Gate Petroleum, a diversified private company that also operates more than 200 convenience stores and service stations in the Southeast, eight concrete plants in six states, four private resorts and various real estate holdings.
New Edge Networks, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a wholly owned subsidiary of EarthLink Inc. (NASDQ: ELNK). New Edge Networks builds and manages private networks for businesses and communications providers. Through its nationwide backbone network with about 900 switches and Internet routers, New Edge Networks uses any blend of access technologies (xDSL, frame relay, ATM, cable, wireless, and satellite) for providing broadband connectivity at any business address in the United States. Network options include any combination of access, network management functions, and on-site installation services.
To learn more about New Edge Networks, please visit: www.newedgenetworks.com.
Mosso Announces New Chief Uptime Officer
San Antonio, Texas - August 21, 2008 - Clustered hosting provider, and Rackspace Hosting’s cloud division, Mosso, has named technology industry and operations veteran, Bruce Runyan, as its new Chief Uptime Officer.
In this role, Mr. Runyan is responsible for ensuring that Mosso continues to provide a reliable and consistent customer experience as the cloud scales, and creating an environment that allows Mosso to introduce new capabilities and capacity without impacting the experience.
With a background spanning leadership positions in the high technology sector, from startups to Global 100 enterprises, as well as extensive technical consulting, Mr. Runyan brings broad management, operations, and customer service expertise to this newly created position at Mosso.
Jonathan Bryce, Co-founder of Mosso noted, ”Our goal at Mosso is to minimize downtime as much as possible, and we’re looking forward to working with Bruce to improve our processes, and infrastructure, in order to ensure that The Hosting Cloud delivers the performance and uptime that our customers expect and deserve.”
Mr. Runyan remarked, ”I’ve been helping companies improve their operations, effectiveness, and customer experience for decades, and I’m excited at the opportunity to bring my expertise and focus to the unique challenges now facing emerging cloud environments. Rackspace and Mosso are well known for their extremely rigorous SLA’s, and industry-leading Fanatical Support. My job is to integrate these capabilities, and then take them to the next level, by providing bulletproof reliability, consistency, and scalability so that our customers can have complete confidence and trust in the cloud.”
Prior to Mosso, Mr. Runyan served as VP of Operations and Customer Care at open source solutions provider Fonality. While at Fonality, Runyan significantly scaled service and manufacturing capacity while simultaneously reducing operating costs. Before Fonality, Runyan was the director of Global IT solutions at Autodesk where he was responsible for IT Governance, and the optimization of the company’s front and back office systems. Other positions have included VP and GM of Professional Services at Genesys Telecommunications, President and COO at TelePost, and VP and CIO at Borland International.
Mr. Runyan holds a BS in Physics from Purdue University, and an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University.
A recognized leader in the global IT marketplace, Rackspace delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support. Rackspace serves as an extension of its customers’ IT departments, by handling infrastructure maintenance and management. Rackspace’s portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso cloud computing platform and Mailtrust, a provider of business-class hosted email solutions. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting, email hosting and cloud hosting.
Mosso, LLC is the home of The Hosting Cloud, providing enterprise-grade hosting through an easily managed interface so that developers, designers and IT managers can deploy reliable web applications quickly and easily. Founded by two former Rackspace employees, The Hosting Cloud is built upon a cross platform, clustered-computing architecture.
To learn more about Rackspace, please visit: www.rackspace.com.
For more information, please visit: www.mosso.com.
XO Announces Partnership With RingCentral
Redwood City, California - August 21, 2008 - Web host, Internet and telecommunications services company, XO Communications’ Concentric, has partnered with RingCentral, to provide enterprise-class hosted applications.
Solutions will include Web site hosting, business email, Microsoft Hosted Exchange, corporate domain management and perimeter email protection. Concentric customers will have access to RingCentral’s hosted business phone system and Internet fax to streamline and enhance their business communications.
Barbara Branaman, Executive Vice President of product and marketing for Concentric explained, ”’Small to medium businesses need streamlined communications solutions that are affordable and do not require the purchase of complex technology. The RingCentral hosted business phone system compliments a small business’s voice services by providing a centralized phone and Internet fax solution for mobile and distributed employees. With RingCentral, we now offer a comprehensive suite of affordable small business services including everything a small business needs to create a big business presence on the web and on the phone.”
RingCentral’s hosted services help people connect to businesses and mobile professionals worldwide. Delivering the power of a sophisticated phone system without expensive hardware to buy or maintain, RingCentral takes the high cost and hassle out of communications proving you don’t need a ”big company” budget to look like a big company. RingCentral combines a toll-free or local number with advanced call management, PBX, voicemail and Internet fax, enabling customers to set up multiple extensions with voicemail, automatically screen, forward and place calls, allow their customers to click-to-call directly from the website, view call logs for sales leads, send and receive faxes, and receive message alerts.
Vlad Shmunis, President and CEO of RingCentral noted, ”Growing businesses rely on Concentric web hosting and messaging services to reach their customers effectively and project an established, professional image. The RingCentral hosted business phone system is a perfect fit with these services enabling businesses to extend their professional image and brand through the most critical communication channel, their phone. We are thrilled to partner with Concentric, a recognized leader in business IT infrastructure.”
The new service is available August 11, 2008. For a limited time, existing Concentric customers will receive the first 30 days free when signing up for the RingCentral service through a link in the Concentric Customer Gateway.
Ron Heradian, Chief Systems Architect for long-time Concentric customer, Global System Services Corporation offered, ”We were really pleased to find RingCentral through Concentric. RingCentral streamlines our messaging platform for global communications. By utilizing this service, we have consolidated our phone services, resulting in better service for our customers at a lower total cost. Now, we have a solid business communications capability that enhances our highly mobile business model.”
RingCentral provides an award-winning hosted business phone system for small business. With top industry honors, including PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award and Small Business Computing’s Excellence in Technology, RingCentral offers full-access to core small business phone services and helps improve productivity for tens of thousands of customers worldwide. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, RingCentral is privately held with backing from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and DAG Ventures.
Concentric, founded in 1997, is a business unit of XO Communications Services, Inc. Concentric provides enterprise-class hosted applications including web site hosting, business email, corporate domain management and perimeter email protection. Leveraging its patented Clustered Hosting Architecture, Concentric delivers superior performance, reliability, and security. Concentric accounts are backed by a three month Satisfaction Guarantee and 24×7 U.S.-based telephone technical support.
XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc., is a provider of national and local telecommunications services to businesses, large enterprises and communications service providers. XO offers a portfolio of services, including local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private networking, data transport, and web hosting services, as well as bundled voice and Internet solutions. XO provides these services over an advanced, nationwide facilities-based IP network and serves 75 metropolitan markets across the United States.
To learn more about RingCentral services, please visit: www.ringcentral.com/concentric/rco.
For more information about Concentric, please visit: www.concentric.com.
To learn more information about XO, please visit: www.xo.com.
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