NVIDIA platform claimed likely for new MacBook line (- InftekHosting.Com - Hosted Kerio Email)

Stoking the fires just days before Apple revamps its portable line, the origin of a previous claim now believes NVIDIA's mainboard and discrete chipsets will form the backbone of the MacBook range update.

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San Diego, California - (The Hosting News) - October 10, 2008 - Web host and web access solutions provider, Internet America, Inc., has released its fiscal year results for June 30, 2008, including revenue of $8.4 million compared to $7.9 million a year ago.

The increase in revenues was primarily due to an increase in wireless subscribers through acquisition and organic growth, partially offset by an ongoing decline in the Company’s legacy dial-up Internet business. Revenue from telex messaging services included in other income was $346,000 for fiscal 2008. The Company did not have telex revenues prior to fiscal 2008. While Internet America’s total subscriber base decreased by 11.4% to 30,300 at June 30, 2008 due to a decrease in dial-up Internet customers, the Company’s broadband wireless Internet subscriber base increased 39.1% to 8,000 as of June 30, 2008 from 5,750 for the previous year.

The Company’s net loss was $3.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 compared to a net loss of $347,000 for the previous year. The increase of $2,653,000 is related primarily to the non-cash impairment of goodwill, increases in telecommunications costs and professional fees, and temporary increases in personnel costs.

In furtherance of its policy to regularly evaluate the carrying value of intangible assets, the Company recorded $780,000 as impairment of goodwill related to potential reduction in future cash flows from previous dial-up subscriber acquisitions.

During 2008, the Company experienced an increase in the telecommunications cost per subscriber as a result of the expansion of network capacity to provide higher quality service to customers as well as a growth in its wireless broadband footprint. Higher costs were partially offset with more favorable agreements with telecommunications service providers. Professional fees increased due to payments of $224,000 under a consulting contract related to telex messaging services.

Beginning in January 2008, the Company implemented a productivity program designed to improve operating margins by quality improvements in service processes. Although the Company experienced increases in personnel costs in the first and second quarters for the year ended June 30, 2008, the Company has experienced a significant decline in headcount in the third and fourth quarters. From its peak of 93 employees in December 2007, headcount was reduced to 73 people as of June 30, 2008 and further to 63 people as of September 21, 2008.

During the year, the Company undertook substantial network upgrade projects, investing $1.2 million in property and equipment, compared to $320,000 invested in fiscal 2007. Funding for these improvements was generated from two private placements of securities during fiscal 2008, totaling $5.3 million. Remaining cash on hand at June 30, 2008 totaled $3.9 million.

In addition to the continued growth of the Company’s broadband wireless subscriber base, the Company has sought to identify prospective acquisition opportunities that provide significant subscriber growth, a larger revenue base and meaningful geographic expansion. The Company believes that these acquisitions allow it to spread the costs of the Company’s well developed systems, superior network performance, high quality customer care and technical support over an increased number of subscribers, thus providing the benefits of economies of scale. The Company is actively looking at acquisition opportunities with operations outside of Texas which provide geographical diversity and greater potential for organic growth. The Company attempts to use its stock as consideration in acquisitions though financing for acquisitions could be a combination of the issuance of stock, the public issuance of equity securities and the private sale of debt or equity securities.

Internet America is an Internet service provider serving the Texas market. Based in Houston, Internet America offers businesses and individuals a wide array of Internet services including broadband Internet delivered wirelessly and over DSL, dedicated high-speed access, web hosting, and dial-up Internet access. Internet America provides customers a wide range of related value-added services, including Fax2email, online backup and storage solutions, parental control software, and global roaming solutions.

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

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Atlanta, Georgia - (The Hosting News) - October 10, 2008 - Financial institution web hosting technology solutions firm, Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc., has been selected by Premier Commercial Bank (PCB), to implement its web design and hosting services.

Premier Commercial Bank (PCB) will also be supported with compliance and security functionality. Anaheim, Cailfornia-based PCB is an independent community bank engaged in a full range of banking services for small- to medium-size businesses, professionals, entrepreneurs and hospital industry clients in the Orange County area. The $390 million bank selected Goldleaf’s Web services to help promote its new offerings, such as Premier Express Deposit (remote capture deposit), as well as to enhance customer service through added convenience and functionality online.

Since implementing the new Web site in the fourth quarter of 2007, PCB has received three to four online loan inquiries per month and five to seven online inquiries about its new remote deposit capture service. About 37 percent of PCB’s customers currently bank online, and the bank has been adding 10 to 15 new online banking customers every month this year.

Ash Patel, President and COO of PCB noted, ”We wanted a way to implement a full-service virtual bank that would continue to grow and expand our business, and Goldleaf provided that and more. We now have a fully-functional site without geographic barriers that better caters to our customers. This further demonstrates PCB’s commitment to an unparalleled caliber of service for our customers.”

PCB is also leveraging Goldleaf’s distinct security features, including full site secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption and the company’s Pharming Shield solution. The solution has an automated system that archives changes to Web site content and images that will be tracked throughout the life cycle of PCB’s relationship, ensuring compliance with Regulation DD in the Truth and Savings Act.

Lynn Boggs, CEO of Goldleaf remarked, ”Goldleaf’s Web solutions ensure that banks can branch out through the Internet, which is especially important to maintain a competitive stance in today’s dynamic market,”. PCB is an emergent bank that can leverage all of its offerings on web for additional exposure and stronger market share. Combining optimal functionality with security and compliance positions the bank for great success.”

Premier Commercial Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Commercial Bancorp (OTCBB:PCBP.OB). The full-service bank specializes in small- to medium-size businesses, professionals, entrepreneurs and hospitality industry clients. Launched in November 2001, Premier Commercial Bank is the only independent bank with headquarters in Anaheim.

Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc., offers a strategic suite of integrated technology and payment processing solutions to financial institutions. Goldleaf’s products and services enable financial institutions to succeed in today’s competitive market, solidify their trusted financial relationships, expand their presence and improve profitability through the efficient use of technology. Goldleaf works with clients across six continents.

To learn more about Goldleaf Financial Solutions, please visit: www.goldleaf.com.

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Apple said this week some of its more recent MacBook Pro models may contain faulty Nvidia graphics chips that produce distorted video or fail completely.

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Las Vegas, Nevada - (The Hosting News) - October 10, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application firm, Ensim Corporation, is scheduled to demonstrate its Unify Enterprise 2.5 solution, at the TechMentor Conference, taking place October 13-17, 2008.

Ensim will demonstrate the full Unify Enterprise suite in Booth #107 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition, Version 2.5, allows enterprises to simplify and automate common IT challenges, such as provisioning, password management, role management, and auditing and compliance of Active Directory servers, Exchange and mobility applications through a secure web-based management portal.

The latest edition of Ensim’s Unify Enterprise platform is designed to use IT policy to standardize user provisioning and access control for Active Directory, MS Exchange, and mobile device infrastructure including BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. Available as individual tools or a complete suite that installs in less than an hour, Unify Enterprise provides a turnkey solution that allows IT provisioning policy to be centrally and securely implemented from a web-based user interface or configurable self-service portal, virtually eliminating downtime caused by misconfiguration.

Scott Young, Vice President of marketing at Ensim remarked, ”TechMentor is widely respected for providing strategies to automate, manage, and control Microsoft Windows server systems. As such, it is an ideal place for Ensim to demonstrate Unify 2.5 to reach IT professionals who are looking for ways to decrease operating costs, improve workforce effectiveness, and meet their security and compliance goals.”

Key features of the 2.5 release include: Fine Grain Role Delegation: Allows system administrator roles to be restricted by organizational unit (OU). Simplified Policy-based Provisioning: Auto-setup feature simplifies using IT policy to define user templates. Auto setup; now automatically configures end-users’ home folder, logon script and home drive.

Customizable Provisioning Policies: System administrators can customize the user account creation and provisioning process by automatically configuring approved user name and display name patterns, as well as specified AD attributes.
Change and Audit Logs: AD Manager already tracks the status of each change request made against AD. Version 2.5 also creates a complete log of all changes made to each individual object.

Enhanced Alert Notification Capabilities: System administrators can now customize the action reports, including usage statistics and end-user license alerts.

Support for Multiple Domain Controllers: System administrators can now leverage Unify’s preferences to access multiple domain controllers.

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access control software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft.

To learn more about TechMentor, please visit: http://techmentorevents.com/2008/lasvegas/default.aspx.

For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.

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Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) - October 10, 2008 - Internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc. and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, has launched a new blog designed as an industry benchmark, to strengthen the firm’s community positioning.

iWeb was one of the first Internet hosts to use the blog as a means of communication with its customers, with the first article posted on the French version of their blog in February 2001, more than seven years ago.

More of a transformation than an update, the new blog is streamlined for rapid browsing and is divided into three main sections, in line with the interests of the various audiences. The items will be categorized as either; a) iWeb news, including press releases and anything new about the company, b) a ticket or post of technical interest for web developers and systems administrators and c) articles and news related to the web hosting industry in general.

A section dedicated to the ’system status’ will be visible at all times on the blog’s pages. This section keeps clients informed in real-time of any emergency, maintenance, intervention or any other occurrence that may affect one or more aspects of iWeb services. Once an event (even minor) arises, an article is immediately posted to inform customers and provide as much detail as possible.

The value of the blog is its use as a means of communication with all audiences iWeb, friends, customers, partners (and sometimes even competitors). With the clear objective of ‘opening and facilitating dialogue’ rather than just ?sending? or disseminating information.

Earlier this month, iWeb opened its new head office, located on on Nuns’ Island, housing a completely redundant IT center. Eric Chouinard, President of iWeb noted, ”The new headquarters addresses two major objectives; to provide a high quality colocation infrastructure for our clients, and to reunite almost all of our employees by providing a unique working environment. Until recently, iWeb’s 120 employees were spread out in our three data centers.”

Nicole Menard, Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister of Tourism, remarked, ”This new step in your young history reflects the energy that has marked your growth.”

This is the third building for iWeb, who are already thinking about the fourth according to Mr. Chouinard. The former headquarters, located at 3185 Hochelaga, will remain staffed to fully support the 1800 servers on site. The second center, located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Leonard, has a total capacity of 12 000 dedicated servers and 105 colocation cabinets.

Gerald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal added, ”If iWeb is now recognized as a world leader in the field of web hosting, it is thanks to the perseverance of its leaders who managed to avoid the pitfalls of the dot com implosion while steering their business towards promising growth markets.”

iWeb is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V : IWB), and is one of the largest Canadian providers of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure. With three secure data centers, all in Montreal, iWeb has carved out an enviable position on the international scene with more than 60% of its revenues from abroad.

iWeb recently announced plans to add three new carriers, the addition of these three new transit providers will mean better diversity, redundancy and reachability for all our customers and partners, including:

- T-Systems / Deutsche Telekom
- 3Men@Work / Bell Peering
- Level 3 Communications

The company attained ranking among Profit Magazine’s top 100 Canadian companies, based on revenue growth over the past 5 years. From 2002 to 2007, the company’s revenues have gone from 1.35 million to 9.82 million as of October 1st 2007, an increase of 627%; enough for iWeb to make its entry into the 100th position on the annual ranking. The PROFIT 100 is the annual ranking which rates the top 100 Canadian companies based on the percentage of their revenue growth over a 5-year span. Produced by the business magazine PROFIT, 2008 marks the 20th edition of the ranking.

iWeb is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V : IWB), and is one of the largest Canadian providers of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure. With three secure data centers, all in Montreal, iWeb has carved out an enviable position on the international scene with more than 60% of its revenues from abroad. Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb has recently completed a $22M financing agreement with investment banking giant Goldman Sachs. iWeb now has over 120 full-time employees and more than 17 000 customers in 145 countries.

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

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