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Web Hosting Provider, Server Intellect, Premieres Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Orlando, Florida - (The Hosting News) - September 4, 2008 - Advanced Windows-based shared, virtual private server (VPS), dedicated and enterprise web hosting solutions, Server Intellect, has unveiled its new Microsoft SQL Server 2008 line of Windows Dedicated Servers.

Eric Pratt, CEO of Server Intellect noted, ”Server Intellect is jointly partnered with Microsoft in the SPLA program (Service Provider’s Licensing Agreement). We are proud to be one of the first Microsoft Gold Certified Partners to offer Microsoft SQL Server 2008. I feel this new product release justly reflects our commitment and experience with the entire Microsoft product line and better positions Server Intellect as an Industry Leader in the Windows Server market.”

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a major upgrade to the previous 2005 version. It offers an array of new and advanced features such as a new Resource Governor, full Database Encryption, Improved Auditing, Row based Index Exclusion and IntelliSense - Microsoft’s implementation of auto-completion - for writing and editing SQL Queries.

The SPLA provides Server Intellect the ability to provide customers with the most current Microsoft product versions at a flexible cost structure. Server Intellect offers SQL Server 2008 across its entire Dedicated Server product line and provides full managed support for the product. SQL Server 2008 is available in multiple editions to support the varying server needs of businesses of all sizes. Server Intellect offers five editions including; Express, Web, Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise. The Express Edition is offered on all dedicated servers at no additional charge, and the other editions begin at $25 per month.

Adam Cady, CTO of Server Intellect remarked, ”As a company who is focused on Microsoft hosting technologies we are excited to offer the latest edition of Microsoft SQL Server on all of our dedicated servers. The addition of SQL 2008 support fits into our focus of providing our customers with the latest technology to meet the growing demands of the online marketplace. We have drawn on our close relationship with Microsoft to be one of the first providers to offer Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on a dedicated server platform.”

A detailed comparison chart which lists the differences between the five versions is available on Server Intellect’s Website. For more information about SQL Server 2008, please visit: www.serverintellect.com/dedicated/sqlserver2008.

Server Intellect is a subsidiary of Client Intellect, Inc, and is a provider of managed Dedicated Server solutions. The company was founded in 2003 and is located in Orlando, Florida. Options range from basic web hosting services and dedicated server packages to sophisticated enterprise solutions encompassing multi-server load balanced configurations. All of the options are explained in detail on the site, allowing visitors to make better informed decisions.

For more information about Server Intellect, please visit: www.serverintellect.com.

Cappuccino Serves Up Strong New Web App Framework
Startup 280 North on Thursday released a new online programming language that promises to bring Mac-like software to the web. Called Cappuccino, the programing language will allow developers to bring the look and feel of Mac OS X desktop apps to online apps. 280 North promises that online apps will have drag ‘n drop, copy and [...]

Startup 280 North on Thursday released a new online programming language that promises to bring Mac-like software to the web.

Called Cappuccino, the programing language will allow developers to bring the look and feel of Mac OS X desktop apps to online apps. 280 North promises that online apps will have drag ‘n drop, copy and paste, undo and redo, and document saving functionality simply by pointing your browser at a URL.

A major trend in the development of Web 2.0 functionality is toward applications that work within your browser as opposed to relying on desktop programs that live on your hard drive and use up CPU resources every time you call on them. Cappuccino will let designers create apps like 280 Slides, the highly regarded presentation application the 280 North shop released in June to showcase the framework’s robust capabilities.

Unlike existing web app development frameworks, such as Prototype or Sproutcore, Cappuccino doesn’t expect its developers to know any HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - the languages used traditionally for standards-based web development. Cappuccino’s Objective-J works in every major browser, is completely extendable and comes with useful language features not available in JavaScript.

280 North co-founder Ross Boucher says “Cappuccino is an attempt to restore control of the language and basic building blocks of web development to the developers” and is quick to point out that it’s not about building web pages. “Cappuccino is about building applications - think 280 Slides, GMail, Meebo,” he says. “We believe the future of the core technologies of the web should not be in the hands of a select minority and that no one company [should] control the destiny of any other.”

Cappuccino is being released as open source software under the lesser general public license which Boucher and his colleagues hope will build a strong open source community around the development platform. “We believe in the importance of getting the entire community involved, so that we can experiment and move forward at our own pace.”

In addition to the 280 Slides site, Cappuccino developers have a Flickr Photo Demo and a Puzzle Demo to showcase the platform’s capabilities.

Dedicated Server Survey Monthly Results, Released by Netcraft

Somerset, United Kindgom - (The Hosting News) - September 4, 2008 - Internet services company, Netcraft, has released its August 2008 survey, with information cultivated from approximately 176,748,506 web sites.

This month’s overall growth of 1.3 million sites reflects Apache’s growth of 1.2 million and Google’s gain of half a million sites, but a loss of 760 thousand sites using Microsoft IIS. Aside from Apache’s and Google’s leading growth, Igor Sysoev’s nginx shows the next largest gain, climbing by 170 thousand sites to a new total of 2.4 million and retaining its position as the 5th largest web server vendor.

LiteSpeed also shows strong growth this month, more than tripling the number of sites that run on this web server. Most of this growth is seen at the German company Hetzner Online, which remains the largest host of LiteSpeed sites. LiteSpeed is now used by 160 thousand sites around the world, which has taken it up to be the 16th most popular web server.

Netcraft is an Internet services company based in Bath, England. Netcraft is funded through retained profit and derives its revenue in the following ways: Providing Internet security services, including anti-fraud and anti-phishing services, application testing, code reviews, and automated penetration testing. Providing research data and analysis on many aspects of the Internet. Netcraft has explored the Internet since 1995 and is a respected authority on the market share of web servers, operating systems, hosting providers, ISPs, encrypted transactions, electronic commerce, scripting languages and content technologies on the Internet. Accepting advertising on the Netcraft web sites. Netcraft has a cosmopolitan client list, spread through the UK, the USA, mainland Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Clients include Aegon, British Telecom, Capita, John Lewis, Lloyds of London, Microsoft, Rackspace, and Securicor.

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

‘Get a Mac’ is Running Out of Gas
I just caught the “Pizza Box” Get a Mac spot during the Top Design premiere, and it struck me. Not because it’s particularly brilliant — it hits the same mark exactly that all the other college-related Apple ads have lately — but because I realized it was the first time I had actually paid attention [...]

I just caught the “Pizza Box” Get a Mac spot during the Top Design premiere, and it struck me. Not because it’s particularly brilliant — it hits the same mark exactly that all the other college-related Apple ads have lately — but because I realized it was the first time I had actually paid attention to a Get a Mac ad in almost three months.

Nor have I talked about one with anybody in more than a year. People don’t even get upset about it or make parody ads anymore. PC and Mac have been up there so long that I’m expecting them to introduce their children at any minute. Worse than being annoying or controversial, Apple’s core Mac marketing campaign has become the one thing the Cupertino Collective can never allow itself to be: boring.

Apple’s been here before. Switch had its (rather desperate) day. Think Different saved Apple during its darkest times. But each of them eventually outlived its usefulness based on where Apple was as an organization.

Today, Apple has become a powerhouse in media and a top-three computer maker. The iPhone is poised to become as ubiquitous as the iPod. And Get a Mac’s playful jabs are starting to make Apple look small. “Able to run Microsoft Office” isn’t news to anyone who could be swayed by a TV ad. What’s the next narrative? How does Apple start its next growth curve, whether through marketing or design?

Web Hosting Business Operations Management Software, Released for Small Business

Dulles, Virginia - (The Hosting News) - September 4, 2008 - Integrated business management software system for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Everest Software, has released its Knowledge as a Service (KaaS) option for companies.

Designed for streamlining web and multi-channel operations, KaaSsm is designed to lower the barriers of entry to learning and managing new software with a complete package of services and technology that provides total business process operations available at a subscription rate. KaaS now allows small companies focus just on what they know best - their business.

KaaS delivers access to all of the advantages of the Everest system, including the software, hardware, hosting (as needed), integration, customization, and related IT management services as a complete package. Other specialty services can also be provided via this one resource, such as website design, content management, Web analytics, SEO and SEM, synchronized selling via comparison engines and shopping portals, and integration with Everest partners for specialized services such as EDI.

Having been involved in SMB software development for fourteen years, Everest intimately understands the needs and issues of the market. Everest Advanced has been offering the most flexible solution available, in a centralized platform that integrates all critical business operations with real time information, as well as allowing for a great deal of customization.

Edwin Miller, CEO of Everest noted, ”We know for a fact there’s a pent-up demand out there for KaaS in small business. Especially in this economy many companies are not ready to make a big upfront investment in software and systems; they need a more affordable way to be competitive. We’re leap-frogging the limitations of SaaS (software as a service) that doesn’t allow ownership of a company’s own information, offers them no control and no customization. KaaS is here and it’s ready to go. It allows companies to pay for growth on an ongoing basis, spreading out the investment while alleviating a lot of the daily technology headaches.”

As with most software, the time to implement the complete solution, train key staff and then do customizations differs from company to company. Everest Software also knows that companies who are expert at their own businesses have difficulty keeping pace with technology and the network implications of integrating different product updates. It can be cost-prohibitive for them to acquire all the resources needed to efficiently manage a Web business, where the complexities change on an almost daily basis. For companies that don’t have extensive resources and want an accelerated path to improved business productivity, Everest now offers KaaS.

Everest’s KaaS provides a faster way to transform all a company’s business operations with the Everest shared environment. It’s a way to launch, improve or combine web stores and multi-channel businesses with the expertise it could take an individual company months or years to acquire. Everest knows our own software better than any customer ever can. This is all delivered for a single monthly subscription fee that maximizes productivity and helps a company to grow without having to research and acquire yet more technology.

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

Port City Web Hosting Firm, Offers Edge CMS Solutions, with Ektron

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - (The Hosting News) - September 4, 2008 - Website hosting, design and development firm, Port City Web, has partnered with technology and web content management software provider, Ektron.

The partnership will extend Port City Web’s offering of business-grade, 3rd party applications that the company integrates into business web sites. Ektron CMS400.NET content management system allows any business user to easily add and modify web site content and take advantage of innovative features such as social networking, RSS feeds, web alerts, blogging, enterprise search, document management functions, eCommerce and more.

By integrating Ektron’s CMS into Port City Web’s customer web sites, development and content management production is streamlined for the end users, and businesses can invest in tools which offer value across their entire organization. Ektron CMS400.NET provides an all-in-one platform for rapidly creating, deploying and managing interactive web, extranet and intranet sites and eliminates the need for businesses to invest in multiple solutions, in-house development staff and other web editing tools.

Although the partnership has been formalized, the relationship between Port City Web and Ektron has been ongoing for almost 2 years. During Port City Web’s re-branding and re-designing of Service Credit Union’s corporate web site, Ektron’s CMS400.NET was selected to manage the credit union’s site.

Port City Web not only re-designed the credit union’s web site, but also developed the new web site and implemented the Ektron content management system into the new Service Credit Union web site.

Erik Crago, President and CEO of Port City Web noted, ”Finalizing the partnership was more of a formality, something we had planned to do after seeing how powerful a tool it was for managing web sites. Ektron has so many powerful features, but the search engine is my favorite. Google has taught people to search for what they’re looking for, and it’s no different when people visit a web site. If they don’t find what they’re looking for, they leave - period. Ektron’s built-in search engine is the best I’ve seen in a CMS, and it will keep users on the web site, and that’s huge.”

Since its founding in 1998 Ektron has been committed to providing affordable web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron CMS400.NET empowers non-technical business users by providing an intuitive user interface for managing their web site’s content and messaging. Ektron has a complete set of social networking tools and fully supports all Web 2.0 functionality. An open API provides web designers and developers all the tools to extend Ektron’s solution. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including NASA, Kodak and Johnson and Johnson.

Port City Web is a full-service website hosting, design, development, and marketing company. Specializing in online commerce, also known as ecommerce, Port City Web provides cost effective electronic marketing tools that are built to work with current systems, including web 2.0 business solutions. Past and present clients include The University of New Hampshire, Born and Bicknell, Columbia University, Service Credit Union, NAPS, K2, Lonza Biologics and Smith and Wesson.

For more information about Ektron, please visit: www.ektron.com.

To learn more about Port City Web, please visit: www.portcityweb.com.