Data Center Solutions Firm, Verizon Business, Conjoins IP Application Hosting (- InftekHosting.Com)

Data Center Solutions Firm, Verizon Business, Conjoins IP Application Hosting

Basking Ridge, New Jersey - (The Hosting News) - December 4, 2008 - Web host and Internet solutions firm, Verizon Business Systems, has deployed a new system whereby businesses can more directly manage web site content, intranets, extranets and blogs.

Verizon Business has made available in the U.S. and Europe, a new value-added offering that enables customers of the company’s Managed Hosting service to quickly, securely and easily change online content via an easy-to-use, intuitive Web interface. The new Application Management Service uses Alterian Content Management Enterprise Edition - Morello, a leading software platform for integrated marketing solutions.

Nancy Gofus, Senior Vice President, global business products, Verizon remarked, ”Verizon Business is witnessing a sea of change in how businesses and their employees are embracing the Internet as a medium for rich interaction. Today’s corporate users depend on up-to-date content and social networking sites to work smarter and collaborate more effectively. Verizon Business’ new solution addresses that need, providing today’s Web 2.0 workforce with the tools necessary to maintain a competitive edge.”

With Verizon Business’ Application Management Service, business users no longer need to acquire technical skills or to depend exclusively on the IT department to update content. Authorized users can simply drag and drop content directly from their desktop into the interface, and then preview the Web pages exactly as they will appear online.

The new offering enables companies to boost creativity, facilitate secure information sharing and collaboration, and deliver information in real time. It also relieves companies’ IT organizations of the burden of day-to-day Web-site management. The flexible interface also can accommodate the addition of new users and technologies, allowing the company’s Web site to grow along with the company.

The Welsh Assembly Government — a Verizon Business customer responsible for issues of day-to-day concern to the 3 million people of Wales, including the economy, health, education and local government — is using the new Application Management Service to dynamically update its external Web site.

Stuart Fitzgerald, head of e-communications for the Welsh Assembly Government, added, ”In taking advantage of the Application Management Service, we can very reliably deliver the most up-to-date information so our citizens can be well informed about Assembly Government initiatives, as well as provide the platform to develop online citizen engagement. This will greatly improve the way in which the Assembly Government can use e-communications in its day-to-day business.”

The new Application Management Service is hosted in a secure, reliable environment to provide a highly available service. The overall solution offers peace of mind for customers, and includes support for monitoring, maintenance, security, and backup and restore services.

Verizon Business IP Application Hosting Services are part of the company’s comprehensive portfolio of IT and hosting solutions that deliver complete, end-to-end, integrated IT and network solutions. From simple colocation to full IT applications management, Verizon Business serves as a true extension of a customer’s IT organization. Services include Data Center Colocation, Remote Backup and Restore, Hosted Messaging and Instant Messaging, IT Service Desk, Akamai Services, IP Application Hosting and Remote IP Application Management.

Alterian empowers marketers with an integrated marketing software platform combining database, online and operational marketing applications on a shared data infrastructure. The Alterian Integrated Marketing Platform makes it practical and cost effective for marketers to use actionable insight to execute an integrated marketing strategy across online and offline channels.

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications, operates the world’s most connected public IP network and uses its industry-leading global-network capabilities to offer large-business and government customers an unmatched combination of security, reliability and speed. The company integrates advanced IP communications and information technology (IT) products and services to deliver leading enterprise solutions including managed services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services. These solutions power innovation and enable the company’s customers to do business better.

For more information, please visit: www.verizonbusiness.com.

Verizon Business is one of the largest providers of advanced data, Internet and voice communications services globally. Verizon Business offers local-to-global-to-local network capabilities coupled with a broad range of telecommunications products and services, including managed network services and systems integration, to all levels of government. With this broad portfolio of services, Verizon Business can provide federal agencies with one-stop shopping for their communications or connectivity needs.

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large business and government customers worldwide. Combining global network reach with advanced technology and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers a range of IT and Hosting solutions to fully outsource data centers, storage, application management and IT help desks.

For more information about Verizon Business, please visit: www.verizonbusiness.com.

Apple Displaces Windows Mobile For Smartphone Market

More smartphones are using Apple’s OS X operating system than Windows Mobile, a researcher said Thursday. Apple’s software now has 12.9 percent of the global smartphone market, pushing Microsoft out of No. 3 behind RIM and handset giant Nokia. OS X-based smartphones - fueled by Apple’s popular iPhone - saw a 327 percent year-over-year increase, rising [...]

More smartphones are using Apple’s OS X operating system than Windows Mobile, a researcher said Thursday. Apple’s software now has 12.9 percent of the global smartphone market, pushing Microsoft out of No. 3 behind RIM and handset giant Nokia.

OS X-based smartphones - fueled by Apple’s popular iPhone - saw a 327 percent year-over-year increase, rising from 3.4 percent of the market in the third quarter of 2007. The increase far outstripped the 11.5 percent annual increase in the overall smartphone market, according to Gartner.

By contrast, Microsoft’s marketshare fell 3 percent to 11.1 percent.

“For the first time, iPhone sales exceeded sales of Microsoft Windows Mobile devices worldwide and in North America,” the research firm announced.

Another first: Symbian-based handsets fell below 50 percent of world sales to 49.8 percent of marketshare.

In what Gartner called a year for the weakest recorded sales growth for handsets, leader Nokia lost 3.1 percent of its No. 1 spot as No. 2 RIM and No. 3 Apple posted strong growth.

“Nokia is feeling the pressure from increased competition in the consumer smartphone market,” Gartner analyst Roberta Cozza said in a statement.

Cozza said the large handset maker first avoided the growing demand for touchscreen interfaces and now won’t be able to ship its new N97 until the first half of 2009.

Affirming the prediction of a slowing handset market, Nokia Thursday said it expects a five percent drop in handsets sold in 2009.

Piper: ‘The Sky is Falling’ For iPod Sales

Apple’s meteoric rise amid a crumbling economy is about to be doused with a cold shot of reality, a financial analyst warned investors Thursday. Mac sales will grow 10 percent in 2009, far below the earlier projected 43 percent increase, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster said. Munster cut his price target for Apple stock to $235 per [...]

Apple’s meteoric rise amid a crumbling economy is about to be doused with a cold shot of reality, a financial analyst warned investors Thursday. Mac sales will grow 10 percent in 2009, far below the earlier projected 43 percent increase, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster said.

Munster cut his price target for Apple stock to $235 per share, down from $250.

“The economic and consumer spending outlook has deteriorated significantly over the last month, which we expect to continue through 2009,” Munster told clients.

The analyst expects Apple to earn $41.22 billion in 2009.

Overall Apple revenue will gain 25 percent in 2009, down from the 32 percent sales increase Piper had earlier projected. Experts predict PC sales will grow just 5 percent next year.

However, Mac and iPod sales will bear the brunt of the economy. Along with less discretionary spending by consumers, a lack of credit will slow large purchases by educational, government and small business Apple customers, Munster said.

Possibly heaviest hit will be iPod sales, expected to drop 20 percent next year compared to a six percent increase in 2008.

“We are modeling for the sky to fall on iPod demand,” the note said.

In a bit of understatement, the Piper Jaffray analyst called his revised expectations “not an optimistic outlook” for iPod sales in 2009.

Although Munster still expects 45 million iPhones will be sold in 2009, he said demand for the handset “will spike” next year. Despite the consumer meltdown, the iPhone’s strong software will outlast competitors from RIM, Nokia and Google.

Report: Wal-Mart to Sell $99 4GB iPhone Dec. 28

Wal-Mart may be set to sell a 4GB iPhone for $99, Starting Dec. 28, the BoyGenius Website suggested Thursday. The move would mark the return of the iPhone version dropped in 2007 in favor of the 8GB iPhone. Although BG told readers to take the tip with a grain of salt, reviving the once $399 iPhone [...]

Wal-Mart iPhone training material. Image courtesy MacRumors.com

Wal-Mart may be set to sell a 4GB iPhone for $99, Starting Dec. 28, the BoyGenius Website suggested Thursday. The move would mark the return of the iPhone version dropped in 2007 in favor of the 8GB iPhone.

Although BG told readers to take the tip with a grain of salt, reviving the once $399 iPhone comes as handset makers struggle against tightening consumer spending.

“Anyone looking to spend $99 on an iPhone probably doesn’t care that much about storage anyway,” according to the blog.

If true, the action would jive with analysts who have suggested Apple could cut the iPhone’s price to $99. In October, Needham Research’s Charlie Wolf said Apple’s high margins would permit a 50 percent price drop, increasing the marketshare of the already popular iPhone.

The $99 iPhone would require a two-year contract. In October, BG wrote that the iPhone would appear Nov. 15 on Wal-Mart shelves.

Web Hosting Colocation Firm, Revelation Networks, Selected by Tiscali Internatio

Milan, Italy - (The Hosting News) - December 4, 2008 - Pure play carrier business, delivering international wholesale products to carriers and service providers worldwide, Tiscali Group’s Tiscali International Network (TINet), has selected the services of Revelation Networks.

The Revelation Networks provider of Transport and Colocation Services with facilities in the U.S., London and Amsterdam, will deliver fiber transport services in the Dallas, Texas metro area for Tiscali.

Revelation will provide TINet fiber transport between multiple colocation facilities presently hosting large Internet properties and exchanging high volumes of traffic. The capacity service is in response to the booming growth in the Web 2.0 businesses, such as online gaming, in the Dallas metro area.
Paolo Gambini, Chief Marketing Officer for Tiscali International Network remarked, ”Revelation Networks was able to build an intelligent and cost-effective network solution to meet our immediate needs in the Dallas metro area. In Revelation, TINet engages a partner who shares our vision and who will help us deliver the best possible experience to our growing customer base.”

Revelation Networks, which presently reaches 23 major metro areas in the United States, offers competitive pricing by leveraging large commitments with major international carriers. With its population currently over 6.1 million people, Dallas is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., making the Revelation metro transport service agreement with TINet a milestone accord for the Central Florida-based company.

Joshua Noll, CEO of Revelation Networks noted, ”When it comes to providing metro transport services, every geographic region, city, commercial building, and neighborhood cluster present their own unique challenges. Revelation excels at understanding local challenges and thereby offering targeted, customized solutions, that we’re excited to deliver to TINet.”

Tiscali International Network (TINet) - the carrier arm of Tiscali Group - is a pure play carrier business delivering International Wholesale Products to Carriers and Service Providers worldwide. As a specialist player exclusively focusing on wholesale customers, TINet has engineered its network and its organisation to deliver the best service experience to its Service Providers customer base.

TINet IP/MPLS backbone counts over 100 IP-MPLS PoPs and extends over 16 European countries and across the United States, Canada, as well as Singapore and Hong Kong.

Its Autonomous Systems (AS3257) in only 5 years has grown up to become a core ASN in the global Internet routing table as well as one of the top 10 global IPv4 backbones and the top IPv6 backbone worldwide. TINet has been one of the very first companies worldwide to have a next generation Internet multi-service network in actual production that implements a full suite of service-enabling protocols such as MPLS, CoS, IPv6 and Multicasting.

Founded in 2005, Revelation Networks Inc. is a privately held company based in Central Florida. With facilities in every major metropolitan center in the United States, London and Amsterdam, Revelation Networks provides IP Transit, Data Transport and Collocation Services. In addition to their own service, Revelation Networks offers IP Transit and Services from several major international carriers. By leveraging large commitments from these carriers, Revelations Networks offers discounted pricing and independent expert advice on data networking. Our Master Service Agreements give our clients a choice of calling the carrier directly as the end-user or taking advantage of the Revelation Networks 24×7 Network Operations Center.

For more information on Revelation Networks, please visit: www.revelationnetworks.com.

For more information on TINet, please visit: www.tiscali.net.

Dedicated Server Web Host, Hivelocity, Debuts Unmetered Bandwidth, Double Ram

Tampa, Florida - (The Hosting News) - December 4, 2008 - Dedicated hosting provider, Hivelocity.net, is offering a new promotion that allows new customers to upgrade several aspects of their server purchase for one price.

The new Server Stud promotion allows you to make your server bigger, stronger and last longer. For $20 per month each new server will get double the ram (stronger), 10Mbps unmetered bandwidth (faster) and a 16-32MB cache raid specific server grade sata hard drive (last longer).

Compared to standard pricing, this promotion equates to a savings of up to $75 per month. The Server Stud upgrade promotion is available for every new server Hivelocity offers with the lone exception being their dual-six core xeon server which already includes 8GB ram and SAS hard drives.

Steve Eschweiler, General Manager at Hivelocity noted, ”There are so many different options these days available for a new server. With all the new types of hard drives, memory, metered bandwidth, unmetered bandwidth and different nuances within each of those it can be downright confusing. Sometimes you just need to make it nice and easy for the consumer and say, for a little bit more we are going to upgrade everything and give you very good server at a very good price.”

Recently, Hivelocity garnered placement on Inc. Magazine’s annual list of fastest growing companies in America. With a three year growth rate of nearly 200% Hivelocity came in at #1834, which ranks as the 6th fastest growing IT Company in Florida. Hivelocity attributes its growth and success to its ability to provide the latest in server technology at a fraction of what the competition charges while consistently remaining atop their 99.9% network uptime guarantee. Hivelocity’s most recent server line includes Intel’s latest generation of Quad-Core Xeon Harpertown processors. According to WebHostingStuff’s objective network uptime tracker, Hivelocity has been very reliable with a 99.98% uptime record over several years. With its new line of energy efficient and cooler running servers Hivelocity’s operating costs are sure to decrease which should result in even lower server pricing down the road.

Since 2001, Hivelocity has offered 99.9 percent network uptime, specializing in dedicated web hosting and co-location, providing services to thousands of customers from all over the world.

To learn more about Hivelocity, please visit: www.hivelocity.net.

Colocation Web Hosting Holiday Specials, Premiere at Dedicated Server Store

Miami, Florida - (The Hosting News) - December 4, 2008 - Dedicated Internet server and colocation firm, DedicatedServerStore, is offering a new Holiday Special that includes 1 month of free colocation service with a 6 month contract, or 2 months of free colocation with a 12 month colocation agreement.

The special offers applies for colocation services with shared as well as dedicated connections. The different offers will be valid through 12/31/2008.

The most popular colocation special offering customers with other colocation providers the opportunity to switch to Dedicated Server and Colocation Store for 10% less off their current invoice. All new colocation customer will receive free setup of their servers.

In addition, non-profit, educational organizations student or military personnel discounts will be available within the promotion period. Military support organizations, military commands and veteran families are eligible for free webhosting with is provided by Stealth - ISS Inc. the parent company of DedicatedServerStore.com at www.stealth-iss.org.

Dedicated Server and Colocation Store is a Stealth - ISS Inc. company located in Las Vegas, NV and offices in North America and Europe. Dedicated Server and Colocation Store is providing high quality data center services in their Miami, FL data center. The data center services include professional web hosting and colocation for business customers, communication companies, organizations, government agencies as well as game server hosting businesses. Dedicated Server and Colocation Store plans are designed to tailor to specific needs - from small businesses to sophisticated e-commerce sites with higher requirements for bandwidth.

For more details about the specials, please visit: www.dedicatedserverstore.com/colocation-specials.html.

To learn more, please visit: www.dedicatedserverstore.com.

iPhone Table in The Cards

Mac fans Tuan Nguyen and Ken Thomas got busy with corrugated cardboard and regular white glue to make this iPhone table. The straightforward design comes with handy removable icons to use as coasters. It doesn’t quite reach the chic of the iPod table, but it’s cute and hey, if you decide for a radical home [...]

Mac fans Tuan Nguyen and Ken Thomas got busy with corrugated cardboard and regular white glue to make this iPhone table. The straightforward design comes with handy removable icons to use as coasters.

It doesn’t quite reach the chic of the iPod table, but it’s cute and hey, if you decide for a radical home makeover, you wouldn’t feel too bad about breaking it up for the recycling bin. Details about price, availability to follow.

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