Adobe says Creative Suite 4.0 shipping, Flash 10 available (- InftekHosting.Com - Hosted Kerio Email)

Adobe announced Wednesday that all of its new Creative Suite 4.0 bundles are now immediately available for shipping or direct download. Separately, the software maker has released a final version of its new Flash 10 player and plug-in as a free download for Mac, Windows and Linux users.

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Vancouver, British Columbia - (The Hosting News) - October 15, 2008 - Web hosting company serving individuals and businesses, ReliableSite.Net LLC, has debuted Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting, a new service offering the performance and capacity of a dedicated server, as a more cost-effective solution.

Radic Davydov, owner of ReliableSite noted, ”Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting provides our customers with the equivalent performance of a powerful dedicated server, at a fraction of the cost and without the hassle of managing a server. We handle everything, from security to software updates, so our clients can concentrate on what they do best.”

Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting works by distributing important services, such as web, email, and database - across a variety of dedicated servers, and repackaging them into a virtual platform. Ultimately, clients are able use the distributed services with greater flexibility and power than allowed by a sole dedicated server. The cluster also balances server load and adds redundancy.

Powered by Dell and SuperMicro hardware, each cluster is limited to a maximum of 10 clients and built to prevent the degradation of any particular service during periods of high use. Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting plans offer full access to ASP, ASP.Net 3.5, MS SQL 2005, MS SQL 2008, PHP, and MySQL.

Customers also enjoy quick account setup and easy administration, through a traditional hosting control panel. Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting is geared primarily for businesses and individual webmasters with resource-intensive Web sites. The company also hopes to lure customers away from traditional Virtual Private Server plans and dedicated servers.

ReliableSite offers a power uptime guarantee in its New York datacenter, outfitted with UPS and diesel generator backups, cooling backup with multiple redundant temperature and humidity controls, and round-the-clock network uptime with a series of premium top-tier bandwidth providers.

Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting is available from $63.20/monthly on a Windows platform with 20GB of disk space and 100GB of monthly data transfer.

Since 2006, ReliableSite has been serving individuals and businesses internationally with its line of award-winning shared and dedicated Web hosting solutions. Offering 24/7/365 technical support, all technicians are Microsoft Certified Professionals and fully qualified in their field.

To learn more about ReliableSite, please visit http://www.reliablesite.net.

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San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - October 15, 2008 - GoGrid Cloud server hosting provider, has indicated that Windows is its preferred Cloud operating system, in comparison to the Linux solution, having provided Windows 2003 Cloud servers since March 2008.

Windows Cloud Servers accounts for approximately two-thirds of all Cloud servers deployed by customers within the GoGrid infrastructure. According to the company, GoGrid Windows Cloud Servers saw enthusiastic adoption since the initial launch of GoGrid in March with Windows Server 2003. In mid-August 2008, GoGrid was first to market with Windows Server 2008 in the Cloud. GoGrid parent company, ServePath (http://www.ServePath.com), is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner and SAS70 Type II certified which includes the GoGrid products as well.

John Keagy, CEO of GoGrid remarked, ”The demand for providing Windows in the Cloud is incredible. Back in March, 2008, it was critical for us to launch a complete Cloud infrastructure in order to capitalize on that tremendous Windows demand. GoGrid is currently the only Cloud Infrastructure Provider offering a complete Windows environment in the Cloud.”

GoGrid will be exhibiting at the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC) where it will announce exciting developments and features specifically targeted towards Windows developers. The PDC is Microsoft’ss premier gathering of leading-edge developers and architects and is the event to learn about the future of the Microsoft platform, exchange ideas with fellow professionals and hear about upcoming Microsoft Server related products.

GoGrid provides Cloud Hosting solutions for Windows developers and partners with a wide variety of Windows 2003/2008 Cloud Servers. On GoGrid, Windows Servers can be instantly provisioned with options that include:

32 and 64-bit Windows Server 2008
32-bit Windows Server 2003
IIS 6.0 ’s38; 7.0
ASP.NET
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express, Workgroup and Standard Editions

Paul Sterling, the 2008/2009 Umbraco MVP and principal of Motus Connect was searching for a Cloud provider to support Umbraco (http://www.umbraco.org/), a Windows-only Content Management System (CMS) based on Microsoft’ss ASP.NET and notes ”We’re thrilled with the ‘you can do this now’ state of Umbraco on GoGrid. We looked at all the offerings and found that only GoGrid provides the flexibility to run the Umbraco web services on IIS/Windows and the Umbraco database on mySQL/Linux.”
Because Windows users and developers frequently leverage the rich Windows user interface, GoGrid web-based portal provides the familiar and easy-to-use environment that Windows users are accustomed to. The GoGrid Graphical User Interface (GUI) and iconography allows for point and click deployment of complex, instant and flexible network infrastructures, which includes free load balancing and multiple web and database servers, and, coming soon: Cloud Storage. Of particular interest to Microsoft partners is GoGrid’ss public Application Programming Interface (API) which developers and partners utilize to programmatically control their GoGrid infrastructure and that of their clients.

GoGrid is a leading Cloud Computing, hosted, Internet service that delivers true Control in the Cloud’s8482;. GoGrid enables system administrators, developers, IT professionals and SaaS (Software as a Service) vendors to create, deploy, and control load balanced cloud servers and complex hosted virtual server networks with full root access and administrative server control. Bringing up servers and server networks takes minutes via a unique web control panel or GoGrid’ss award winning API. GoGrid delivers portal controlled servers for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server, ASP.NET, multiple Linux operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise and CentOS) and supports application environments like Ruby on Rails. Free f5 hardware load balancing and other features are included to give users the control of a familiar server environment with the flexibility and immediate scalability of the cloud.

ServePath is a leading managed and dedicated hosted server provider, delivering custom solutions and managed services to businesses that need powerful Internet hosting platforms for their production environments. Thousands of companies worldwide look to ServePath for its reliability, customization, and speed. ServePath has a Keynote-rated A+ network and guarantees uptime with a 10,000% guaranteed’s8482; Service Level Agreement. The employee-owned company has been in business for six years and operates its own San Francisco data center.

To learn more about GoGrid, please visit: www.gogrid.com.

For more information about ServePath, please visit: www.servepath.com.

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Renton, Washington - (The Hosting News) - October 15, 2008 - Server virtualization, automation and software provider, Parallels, will host its Summit 2009, spotlighting Cloud Computing, SaaS, hosting, virtualization and automation.

The Parallels Summit 2009 registration is now open, for the event scheduled to be held Monday, February 2 through Wednesday, February 4 and will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kurt Daniel, Senior Vice President, Parallels noted, ”In addition to the being a well-respected industry event that draws participants from over twenty countries, Parallels Summit uniquely offers a focus on quality, depth and particularly strong networking and collaboration. Momentum from last year’s event will accelerate as the Summit quickly becomes a premier event for service providers, ISVs, developers, hardware vendors and other industry experts.”

”Cloud Computing” will be an over-arching theme for the event, with sessions also covering Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), virtualized hosting and the future of automation. The Planning is underway for the 4th annual Parallels Summit and there will be something for everyone with live demonstrations of current and upcoming Parallels releases, key players in the hosting and service provider industry and the opportunity to establish new business relationships during multiple evening activities.

• Business people can expect to learn how Parallels products can help grow your revenue and improve their companies by exploring strategies with numerous industry leaders.
• Technical people can expect to interact directly with Parallels senior engineers, learn how to optimize usage of Parallels products in open advanced training forums with other users of Parallels products and give feedback on improving Parallels products.
• Application vendors can expect to learn and understand SaaS business strategies to find out how easy it is to offer their application in the SaaS delivery model.

Parallels expects over 1000 attendees at the event and space is limited, with registration and hotel accommodations subject to availability.

Sponsors for last year’s Summit represented many of the world’s leading technology companies - including Microsoft, AMD, Intel, Novell and IBM. If you are interested in being a sponsor this year, please contact sponsors@parallels.com.

To learn more about how to register, reserve a hotel room or check out the agenda, please visit: www.parallels.com/summit.

For more about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.

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Apple on Tuesday introduced its next-generation 13-inch MacBooks and 15-inch MacBook Pros but was unable to ramp production of its new 17-inch model, which is now expected to make an appearance by early next year.

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Louisville, Kentucky - (The Hosting News) - October 15, 2008 - Global hosting solutions and services firm, Hosting.com, has unveiled the results of a new survey highlighting 2008 colocation industry trends, indicating that improved reliability is the most important reason for colocating.

Hosting.com surveyed over 200 individuals to develop its first annual study on the colocation industry. Topics include virtualization, disaster recovery, green initiatives, and value-add services. Hosting.com completed the report based on data it collected over a four-week period through surveying its own colocation clients and clients of other colocation providers. Over 200 business and IT executives responded to the survey.

Aaron Hollobaugh, Director of Marketing and Communications for Hosting.com remarked, ”Client engagement is paramount to our success, but the true test is a company’s ability to take this information during an economic downturn and continue to provide and develop solutions that are client-centric and relevant to the current marketplace. We are taking these responses and rolling out enhanced value-add services (in December 2008) for our colocation clients.”

Key findings from the survey include: — 67% of companies choose to colocate their data infrastructure to ‘Improve Availability and Reliability,’ and 44% expect to see a ROI (Return on Investment) within 24 months. — 40% of respondents foresee virtualization having an impact on their datacenter space requirements, 21% expect no reduction and 37% are unsure. — Bandwidth, Security and Redundancy are the three most important factors for most companies when choosing a colocation provider. — Colocation clients are increasingly interested in managed services provided by colocation providers. 53% of respondents view ‘Remote Hands as a Service’ as an important value-add service. — 70% of respondents have a Disaster Recovery plan, but only 46% have a budget to execute on their plans.

The recent economic downturn presents an opportunity for colocation providers to more proactively consult with their clients to help them realize the reduced cost and security of virtualized environments, more effectively estimate their total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investments (ROI) when colocating, and provide the specific services they need from a provider to reduce their internal expenses.

Over 20% of respondents were CEOs or business owners. The demographics of the respondents ranged from companies with as few as two employees to well over 100,000 employees. Diversity was also evident in the revenues of the companies that responded, ranging from under $1 Million to over $100 Billion annually. The 2008 Colocation Industry Trends Report was published in the form of an e-book, and is available for download at Hosting.com.

Since 1996, Hosting.com has provided enterprise colocation, cloud computing, dedicated hosting, managed hosting, disaster recovery and business continuance services to a global customer base demanding a high level of security, reliability and responsiveness. Hosting.com monitors, manages, and enhances the web based platforms of Web 2.0 companies, software as a service providers (SaaS), content distribution networks (CDN), and medium to large enterprises whose web presence is crucial and high availability mandatory. Hosting.com currently operates SAS 70 certified data centers in Louisville, Kentucky; Irvine, California; San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts, and is currently expanding into Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia.

For more information about Hosting.com, please visit: www.hosting.com.

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