Managed Hosting Platform at The Planet, Includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux (- InftekHosting.Com - Hosted Kerio Email)

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 14, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, announced the addition of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, to its Planet Northstar Managed Hosting business line of offerings.

Steve Kahan, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at The Planet noted, ”With our rigorous Anticipation Advantage best-practices methodology, Planet Northstar Managed Hosting becomes a proactive extension of your IT team. CIOs require proactive planning, preparation and prevention, which is precisely what Planet Northstar provides. Backed by a team of certified professionals, our enterprise-class network and SAS 70 Type II world-class data centers, customers gain access to infrastructure that would otherwise be unaffordable for most companies.”

Customers with Linux, Microsoft or blended environments can now take advantage of premium managed hosting services. As one of just two Red Hat Premier Hosting Partners, the Planet Northstar engineering team will have direct access to the company’s product roadmaps and new platform features, creating a technically superior hosted environment for its customers.

Planet Northstar Managed Hosting provides small- and medium-sized customers with the advantage of enterprise-class IT managed hosting services, backed by a dedicated team of seasoned IT professionals who are personally accountable for their success. Web 2.0 and SaaS (Software as a Service) companies building innovative and cutting-edge applications use Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a foundational component of the LAMP stack — Linux, Apache, MySQL and PhP — or J2EE (Java Platform, Enterprise Edition).

Databases provide the foundation for today’s advanced, multi-tier applications. To provide the support required by customers in managing these complex applications, Planet Northstar customers are assigned a dedicated MySQL cluster-certified database administrator as part of their core team.

Red Hat Certified Engineers: Every customer is assigned a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), who has passed rigorous testing requirements to earn the designation.

MySQL Management: A senior database administrator (DBA) specifically certified on MySQL is assigned to every customer account. Each customer account also has access to exclusive MySQL 5.1 Cluster DBAs who are responsible for reviewing the performance and future scalability of every database platform.

Red Hat LVM Expertise: Planet Northstar uses Red Hat’s Logical Volume Management snapshots to perform online and reliable database backups with virtually no performance impact. Customer databases are expertly managed to ensure maximum processing power.

Advanced Linux Platform Features: Linux engineers help customers leverage advanced platform features, including centralized authentication over LDAP; cluster suite failover; shared storage over high-performance SANs; or Apache Web server load balancing.

OS Management: Every Planet Northstar customer gains access to proactive OS management, including hardening procedures, performance monitoring, security patching, managed backups and scalability reviews to be certain systems grow with their business.

Planet Northstar is backed by The Planet’s core infrastructure, including six SAS 70 Type II world-class data centers, enterprise-class network, data center operations, customer provisioning systems, physical and environmental security, and problem management and resolution through its customer portal. Coupled with its powerful and industry-leading Service Level Agreement, Planet Northstar guarantees 100 percent power and network uptime, along with one-hour hardware replacement and 15-minute response times.

Using its Anticipation Advantage methodology, Planet Northstar utilizes a four-step proactive process throughout every client’s hosted IT lifecycle:
every client’s hosted IT lifecycle:

Assess: For every customer, the Planet Northstar team begins with in-depth business and technology planning to gain a thorough understanding of business and technology goals. Together they examine current and future expectations, and how each will impact the customer’s technology requirements. The result is a recommended IT implementation plan that delivers on business requirements, along with alternate configurations should the environment or goals change.

Design: Based on the customer’s business and technology goals, the team designs and develops a comprehensive, customized systems architecture plan from the ground up to satisfy specific needs now and into the future. It provides scalability foresight - not just insight - so customers are prepared for each business cycle. The plan also defines how the Planet Northstar team will work as an extension of the customer’s team.

Maintain: The dedicated team of certified and seasoned IT experts applies years of experience to proactively manage and maintain each customer’s IT performance. For example, protection of IT assets is secured by design. Customized change-control procedures are built into the plan to ensure high-availability and security for customers. These processes enable the Planet Northstar team to anticipate and mitigate risks, and prevent breaches, outages or compliance violations.

Metrics are a key component of Planet Northstar Managed Hosting. By integrating metrics and reporting best practices, the dedicated account team establishes benchmarks to report the status of IT systems and to identify critical trends. Quarterly interactive meetings are held to review systems health and discover new ways to improve operating procedures and technology performance, at the same time integrating these metrics with the Anticipation Advantage methodology.

White papers that provide additional details are available for download: The Anticipation Advantage of Proactive Managed Hosting; and Leveraging Capex-Free Managed Hosting by the Yankee Group, an industry-leading research company.

Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 12 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24×7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution, with the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network.

To learn more about Planet Northstar, please visit: www.planetnorthstar.com.

For more about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

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Dublin, Ireland - (The Hosting News) - November 14, 2008 - Research and Markets’ new report, detailing the future of data center network equipment, describes how related vulnerabilities and regulatory requirements can be engaged to ensure availability of data.

”Data Center Network Equipment and Data Center Automation Solutions Market 2007-2010 - Bundled Report” includes information on how the increase in web hosting services and other web services has significantly driven the sales of Data Center Network Equipment. Further, there are many industry specific needs such as digital imaging, Picture Archive Systems (PACS) in multimedia companies, which drive the sales for efficient Data Center Network Equipment.

Secondly, the adoption of data center automation solutions is becoming increasingly critical for IT departments, driven by the need for high availability, need to reduce management costs, need to improve regulatory compliance, increasing technology consumption, adoption of virtualization etc. In addition, exponential growth in number of servers, storage devices and network equipment has significantly increased the infrastructure complexity. Further, while the price of servers has declined by over 50 percent in the last decade, the cost of managing a server over its lifetime has increased significantly. Currently, most organizations either manually administer their servers or use stand-alone solutions, which are incapable of managing its entire data center portfolio. However, with the rapid increase in cost and complexity of managing data centers, the adoption of data center automation solutions is expected to increase significantly over the period 2008-2010. Open source and policy-based form factors of data center automation solutions are expected to gain momentum in the market. In addition, server automation and configuration and change management are expected to account for a significant share of the DCA market.

This is a bundle of two technology market assessment reports: Data Center Network Equipment Market 2007-2010; and Data Center Automation Solutions Market 2007-2010. Bundled reports are available at an attractive discount over the individual reports.

Key topics covered include:

1. Data Center Network Equipment - Market Size and Forecast

2. Data Center Network Equipment - Geographic Segmentation

3. Data Center Network Equipment - Vertical Segmentation

4. Data Center Network Equipment - Sales Drivers by Verticals

5. Data Center Automation Solutions - Market Size and Forecast

6. Data Center Automation Solutions - Geographic Segmentation

7. Data Center Automation Solutions - Vertical Segmentation

8. Data Center Automation Solutions - Sales Drivers by Verticals

Research and Markets is an international market research and market data resource, with major research publications from most of the leading publishers, consultants and analysts, concerning key industries, top companies, new products and the latest trends. The market research reports and industry newsletters from specialist research firms and niche market analysts, are listed at the same price as the specialist research firms.

To learn more about the report, please visit: www.researchandmarkets.com/research/242d04/data_center_networ.

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Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 14, 2008 - Web hosting and solutions company, C I Host, has unveiled plans to open a new datacenter facility which is scheduled to open in 2009 in Dallas, Texas.

The new facility is being developed to maximize best practices from the company’s 11 years in business, along with providing improved technology.

Erin Bullock, Executive Director of Business Development for C I Host remarked, ”C I Host is a pioneer in the Web hosting industry and we have the opportunity to use more than a decade of experiences to build a customer’s ideal datacenter from the ground up - and then deliver it to them.”

The company continues to offer services for the same low prices. The new datacenter facilities expand the company’s capabilities while consolidating operations to more efficiently serve customers worldwide. The new datacenter facilities represent a transformation for the company, as the datacenter is built out for maximum performance, efficiency and availability for the customer - all before customers are ever moved in.

The new facilities, which will open in February 2009, boast 60,000 square feet of space with diverse electrical feeds and fiber entrances, while a 1.5-megawatt power transformer and 750-kilowatt transformer will ably handle electrical loads. On-site fuel storage and a generator with Automatic Transfer Switches will help ensure consistent power availability.

Nicholas Giancola, Chief Network Architect at C I Host added, ”We’re using the new facilities as a blank slate opportunity to provide the kind of technology and service our customers demand.”

The new buildings are located in the Dallas Love Field Corridor, 6 miles from downtown Dallas, 2.5 miles from Love Field Airport, and 10 miles from DFW International Airport. New customers will be added to the new facility in early 2009, while current CI Host customers will be migrated during the following six to twelve months.

C I Host, based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is a web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) hosting hundreds of thousands of domains around the world. C I Host creates business-class web hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names. C I Host operates three data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles and Chicago.

C I Host has been ranked among the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the United States by Inc. magazine, with over 250,000 clients and a growth rate of 85 percent, placing it at #3488 in the list. C I Host has also been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by cnet’s Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.

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

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Miami, Florida - (The Hosting News) - November 14, 2008 - Integrated Tier-1 Internet exchange and managed IT infrastructure solutions provider, Terremark, has reported its results for the quarter ending September 30, 2008, including $59.6 million, representing a 31% year-over-year increase.

Revenues generated during the second quarter were at the high end of previously announced guidance, with more than 91 percent of the $59.6 million in revenues recurring in nature.

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin America and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark’s flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, California (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil) and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid). The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that provides exchange point, colocation and managed services. Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, (305) 856-3200.

Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark remarked, ”We executed well and reached the high-end of our revenue guidance despite a tough macro-economic environment. Demand for IT infrastructure services, and particularly Terremark’s full suite of offerings, remains strong driven by the compelling value proposition we offer to today’s CIOs who are under pressure to produce more effectively and efficiently with smaller budgets.”

Jose Segrera, CFO of Terremark commented, ”With a fully funded growth strategy and diverse, blue-chip customer base, we anticipate that our company will continue to produce strong results despite the tough macro-economic environment. Given our strong revenue growth this past quarter, we feel confident that the recurring nature of our business model enhances our ability to continue our strong performance in the coming quarters.”

Mr. Medina added, ”We are excited about the long-term prospects for our business. While our results this quarter were impacted by a strategic process that is now complete, our Company remains ideally positioned to meet the needs of CIOs, as demonstrated by our healthy bookings and pipeline.”

Q209 Financial Highlights include:

• Total revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 were $59.6 million, which is in-line with the high-end of previously announced guidance and representing a 31% year-over-year increase.
• EBITDA, as adjusted, for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 was $9.9 million, which represents a 27% year-over-year increase. Income from operations for the six months ended September 30, 2008 was $3.5 million. A significant impact on our results of operations and EBITDA, as adjusted, during the September 2008 quarter was related to the evaluation of strategic alternatives by the Company’s Board of Directors. This evaluation began in April 2008 upon receipt by the Company of an unsolicited expression of interest regarding a potential acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Company stock at a premium to the then current trading price. The Board of Directors formed a strategic committee to conduct a market check and to authorize and oversee management’s preliminary exploratory process to identify transaction alternatives to maximize stockholder value. No definitive transaction with any third party ensued as a result of the process in light of global economic conditions and credit market illiquidity. Therefore, the Board of Directors determined that it was in the shareholders’ best interest to continue executing the Company’s business plan.
• Cross connects billed to customers increased to 7,459 as of September 30, 2008 from 7,232 the previous quarter and 6,119 a year earlier, representing increases of 3% and 22%, respectively. This increase continues to highlight the strong demand for Terremark’s network-neutral model.

Sales and Marketing

• During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, Terremark added 80 new customers, for a total of 1,068 customers at the end of the period.
• Terremark booked $27.6 million of new annual contract value, which represents the fourteenth straight quarter of strong bookings.

Operations

• Total built-out colocation space increased to 187,671 as a result of additional space coming online in the NAP of the Capital Region and the NAP of the Americas. The Company is currently deploying customers into the new space and is seeing a robust pipeline for services in both facilities.
• Total colocation space utilization was 23.3% as of September 30, 2008 compared to 23.7% as of June 30, 2008. Utilization of built-out colocation space was 55.0% as of September 30, 2008. The utilization rates both decreased due to the activation of additional space in the NAP of the Capital Region and Terremark’s facility in Miami.
• Following the launch of the Enterprise Cloud in June, Terremark has continued to promote its innovative cloud computing platform. The Company presented at a number of the leading industry conferences and hosted a series of customer webinars, which have resulted in a number of customer contracts.

Business Outlook

• For the third quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company expects revenues to range from $65.0 million to $67.0 million and EBITDA, as adjusted, to range from $15.0 million to $16.0 million.
• For the 2009 fiscal year, guidance remains between $255 million to $260 million of revenues and EBITDA, as adjusted, to range between $58 million and $60 million.

Additional information regarding the Company’s financial performance as of and for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 and a comparison to the quarter ended September 30, 2007 can be found on the balance sheet and statement of operations and in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Terremark Worldwide is a leading global provider of IT infrastructure services delivered on the industry’s most robust and advanced technology platform. Leveraging data centers in the United States, Europe and Latin America with access to massive and diverse network connectivity, Terremark delivers government and enterprise customers a comprehensive suite of managed solutions including managed hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, security and cloud computing services. Terremark’s acclaimed Infinistructure utility computing architecture has redefined industry standards for scalable and flexible computing infrastructure and its DigitalOps service platform combines end-to-end systems management workflow with a comprehensive customer portal.

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

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