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NetHosting To Offer Enkompass Control Panel Based Windows Hosting

2010-09-02T05:41:00.001-07:00

NetHosting, an established provider of Dedicated, and VPS hosting services announced that it expanded its service offering to include the of Enkompass, cPanel’s newest Windows-compatible web hosting control panel.

Designed to operate with Microsoft IIS7 and Windows Server 2008, the Enkompass model takes directly from the effective and intuitive interface of cPanel/WHM for Linux, with a few alterations intended for Windows-only application. The close resemblance of the two products enables staff and customers alike who are familiar with cPanel/WHM to make a smooth transition to Enkompass.

“Until recently only Linux users have had access to the level of versatility and value that cPanel made possible with WHM. Since Enkompass was built and rooted in Windows technologies, all the advantages of reduced software licensing and support costs, streamlined and accurate reporting functions, and well as cPanel-grade performance are now available to Windows users through NetHosting.”, says NetHosting CEO, Lane Livingston.

Data Center Provider Expedient Expands In Ohio

2010-09-02T05:23:00.000-07:00

Expedient recently announced their expansion into the Columbus, Ohio market. The company is about to open its latest, state of the art data center active for customers by January 1, 2011. The new facility is located at 5000 Arlington Center in Upper Arlington and it will be the first Expedient data center in the Columbus area and the eighth data center the web host operates across 6 cities.

Company's data centers typically serve a mix of local and national companies, who choose to host their critical business computer systems and applications in secure, utility-redundant facilities.

The facility in Upper Arlington was used as an internal data center by the previous property owners, but Expedient will invest millions of dollars in market startup costs and improvements to the facility in order to meet the requirements of its customers. The new data center will feature 8,000 square feet of raised floor computing space, which will support the company’s growth model for several years.

The data center will have top tier features including; dual commercial power feeds, redundant generators, N+2 cooling systems, multi-carrier telecommunications infrastructure, multiple tiered security system, fire suppression system and a fully staffed, 24×7x365 Operations Support Center (OSC). Expedient has had a consistent pattern of strong growth over the years; the Columbus data center will be the third new facility the company has opened in as many years on top of several expansions to existing data centers. The other seven data centers are located in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis (dba nFrame), Boston and Baltimore (dba DataPoint).

Future Hosting Announced Improved VPS Hosting Services

2010-09-02T04:53:00.000-07:00

Future Hosting has announced full-scale upgrades across its entire line of web hosting services. The web host says that all existing customers will be automatically given a 50% increase in disk space and bandwidth, depending upon the level of the hosting package. The minimum monthly bandwidth quote has been increased from 100 GB to 2TB.

The hosting provider said that its Virtual Private Server hosting customers can now choose managed and unmanaged plans in different locations - Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Seattle, or Washington, D.C.

The company revealed that developed "Future Engineer", a technical support automation system designed to automate time consuming server configuration and repair tasks on Virtual Private Servers (VPS). "Future Engineer" allows VPS owners to receive a greater level of technical support than is available when technicians spend their time performing routine or basic maintenance tasks. With Future Engineer, technicians are free to spend their time offering a level of technical support that is unrivaled and otherwise unaffordable.

Host Color Announced "Summer Combo Deal" On SSL Hosting

2010-08-06T05:33:00.000-07:00

Host Color announced today that it launched a promotional campaign on SSL Hosting. The company offers a "Summer Combo Deal" which features Multi Domain Hosting plan, Free "Essential SSL" certificate and Free domain name registration.

The Multi Site hosting plan priced at $8.99/month now includes "Essential SSL" and allows website owners to get a free SSL upgrade to Extended Validation (EV), Green BAR SSL certificate, the highest assurance digital certificate available in Internet. The offers saves Host Color's customers $359/year on website security products.

Alongside with the SSL Hosting promotional campaign his company does a separate promotion on Comodo, Green Bar Extended Validation SSL certificates.

Anyone who purchases a standard single-domain "Essential SSL" digital certificate, priced at $39/year can qualify for a Free upgrade to EV SSL. To find out more about this promotion read the news "Get Free Upgrade To Green Bar EV SSL Certificate".

Last month the web host launched Cloud Hosting services. Company's customers can now choose to host websites on High Availability, load-balanced IP based cPanel accounts. The Host Color Cloud (hostcolor.com/cloud) is build on a fully redundant, scalable infrastructure based on Supermicro Datacenter Blade hardware and powered by Fuscan Linux Cloud enterprise hosting automation platform.

A cPanel Cloud Hosting Provider Detuted In Europe

2010-02-16T07:41:00.000-08:00

Cloud.bg, a fully featured cloud hosting service has been launched in one of European Union member countries - Bulgaria. The company that launched the service, available through the local www.cloud.bg/en, stated that it is a "standards based cloud, delivered from a fully redundant and scalable clustered architecture built on Red Hat Cluster Suite and on Fuscan Linux Cloud, a cloud hosting automation platform of the U.S. software producer Single OS".

The Fuscan LBC, the platform used by Cloud.bg to automate the web hosting cloud debuted last year as Silver sponsor of HostingCon 2009, the largest conference and expo in the hosting industry. One of the research and development leader Tier1 Research featured Fuscal Linux Cloud in their reports by saying:

Single OS is basically a cloud infrastructure-enabling technology. It is built on the Red Hat Cluster Suite with a kernel-based VM virtualization layer. On top of this, there is an automation piece – named Fuscan – that manages the cloud infrastructure through a control panel interface and enables pay-per-use billing. Another layer of technology makes use of Virtuozzo containers, enabling service providers to run virtual environments on top of the redundant, high-availability architecture. The SingleOS technology is designed for service providers and enables them to build a cloud platform that is similar in concept to something like Rackspace's Cloud Sites, with automated redundancy. The company claims the platform also seamlessly scales, and this would be a capability that could give it a chance to draw some attention in the marketplace (more details on this are coming). The technology will be ideal for high-traffic websites and content publishers. The platform runs on Linux and does not support Windows.

The new European cloud hosts its infrastructure in a data center operated by Interoute, a UK data center solutions provider, which has 59 data centers and fiber optic network of twelve rings connecting 93 cities in 26 countries.

cPanel/WHM On The Cloud

Cloud.bg says it operates a fully redundant, scalable clustered infrastructure and cloud platfrom which runs cPanel/WHM on the cloud. The cPanel cloud hosting service features 100 GB of space in a storage area network, 1,000 GB data transfer per month and allows site owners to host up to 100 personal and small-business websites. The company's officials say that the main advantage of the new cloud is that it brings cPanel / WHM the most popular web hosting control panel and web hosting manager suite on the cloud.

"I think that we are probably the first hosting provider in Europe to use cPanel/WHM to deliver web hosting services from the cloud. Thanks to Fuscan LBC, a unique Cloud platform of SingleOS we have managed to automate our clustered server infrastructure we have built in 2009 and to launch fully featured cPanel based on cloud hosting service", says Dimitar Avramov, the CEO of the Cloud.bg. He adds that his development team appreciates a lot the support of cPanel Inc. "They have been very helpful and co-operative in the process of integrating cPanel/WHM control panel on the cloud", adds the CEO of Cloud.bg.

Cloud Hosting that works good for all European users. The web host has tested the connectivity of its infrastructure from different point in Europe and shared the results.

The average latency for European home users who ping Cloud.bg ranges from 10 ms to 60 ms. Pinged from London Cloud.bg is reachable for 47 ms, from Ljubljana, Slovenia - 35 ms, from Paris - 75 ms, from Madrid - 87, from Berlin - 47 ms, from Sofia, Bulgaria - 1.5 ms, etc. The average latency fro Israel is 105 ms.

CloudLinux Inc. Signed New Hosting Provider In UK

2010-02-16T07:29:00.000-08:00

Software producer CloudLinux Inc announced that its CloudLinux Operating System (OS) has been selected by Altaire as an OS option to improve density on its servers, and will offer the OS as an option for its dedicated server solutions. According to LousLinux Inc. Altaire selected their solution "because of its cutting-edge technology that promises service providers the ability to double the density on its servers via its new Lightweight Virtual Environment™ (LVE) that optimizes the number of users on a server while maintaining a high level of server stability".

“The CloudLinux OS is an important advancement in the management of web hosting infrastructure. Its LVE technology allows us to significantly improve our operations,” states Steve Ball of Altaire. He adds that his company's past experience with CloudLinux Inc. gives him the confidence that "this new approach to web server management will deliver improved service quality to our customers".

“We are proud to partner with Altaire, the first U.K. based data center to deploy our innovative LVE technology,” says Igor Seletskiy, CEO and Founder of CloudLinux.

SIMtone Presented Universal Cloud Terminal At The Consumer Electronics Show

2010-01-07T07:50:00.000-08:00

SIMtone Corporation announced the launch of its second generation of SIMtone “SNAP” universal cloud terminals at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The new devices are the first to break the $100 price barrier and deliver fast, powerful “on-demand” access to applications and media/communication services hosted on Windows, Linux or Media Virtual PCs.

“The new SIMtone products set a new price and performance standard that is uniquely positioned to take advantage of these growing trends. We just broke a barrier that will allow billions of people to afford and use Cloud services.”, said the SIMtone CEO, Mario Dal Canto.

Cloud services are lowering the cost of computing by eliminating the need for a full PC while also enhancing the user experience for other devices such as accessing the mobile Internet.

“Power them on, type your ID and you instantly have extraordinary browsing and download speeds with no compatibility issues, no complications or configuration, and for a one-hundred dollar price tag,” says Dal Canto.

Both the SNAP Two desktop/set-top terminal and the SNAPbook Two Wireless netbook terminal will be available from SIMtone carriers starting in Q1, 2010, and are the first ultra-low-cost, cloud-enabled solutions featuring plug-and-play wireless and wireline connectivity with zero-configuration and maintenance.

Avoid Spamming Web Hosting Providers

2010-01-06T08:13:00.000-08:00

There are plenty of publications to offer advice on "How to choose web hosting?", most of them of poor quality, written by representative of wen hosting providers. Some others are created by newbie webmasters who hope to publish articles somewhere and to get some back-links to their websites. Crappy!

The same SEO gurus that advise site owners to write articles as way to promote their website and to get back-links offer another piece of advice - "Post comments on blogs". And most people do it. SOme of them are correct and do not spam. Others post meaningless but sign the posts with keywords linked to their own web address.

Just like a company called KVCHosting which has spammed Web Hosting Times. We don't know who was the genius who tried whether we accept comments without reviewing them but here is a screenshot that gives some impression of the way the above mentione web host does business!

The only comment to make is that this is the worst way to sale anything online. Living parasitically your links that no one want on other peoples publications says a lot about this web hosting company. The jerk who's spamming on behalf KVGHosting hasn't even tried to stay on the topic. Just look at the picture and judge on your own if such web hosting provider deserves your money. Another good question is whether these guys pay for software licenses or act as pirates the way the did their marketing!

Mary Christmas To Anyone In Web Hosting Industry

2009-12-25T02:10:00.000-08:00

We wish Mary Christmas to anyone who respects the finest traditions of the Christianity. Of course Christmas isn't just a religious holiday anymore although it is Christian holiday in its roots. It is influence is extended far beyond the religion and today Christmas is a family holiday.

The today's pop culture and the multicultural modern society extends the significance of Christmas and makes it a holiday that has a global impact, which is honored by different cultures and societies.

Web hosting market hasn't much to do with this holidays except the general spirit of entrepreneurship which anyone could find in the roots of European Christian reform movement (Protestant Reformation).

Web hosting is a business that shall be seen as a part of the opportunities and business environment typical for the modern societies of XX century. It wasn't possible without the global spread and fast development of the Internet communications and technologies and without the liberalization of the financial infrastructures and banking sector.

Al this makes web hosting industry very attractive for young entrepreneurs from all over the world. This makes it an industry of opportunity, which can change life of anyone who is focused on creating value and devoted to their enterprises. We wish anyone who's involved in web hosting Mary Christmas and successful 2010.

Alweb Hosting - A Web Hosting Blog In Arabic Language

2009-12-15T13:12:00.001-08:00

We have found a new web hosting blog in Arabic language while searching the web today. Its name is "Al Web Hosting". The blog is brand new, but has already featured some articles about some most used software applications.

One of the articles presents Plesk Panel Hosting Automation. Another article reviews five different web hosting plans and providers.

The blogger didn't mist to write about virtual private servers in an article titled "Do you need VPS Hosting?".

Two other articles cover different issues about domain names and the term "bandwidth". The last one is part of a section called "Web Hosting Wiki".

How did we know what is written in Arabic? The answer is simple - check the URLs.

MODx CMS. Much Better Than Most CMS You Know!

2009-12-12T14:25:00.000-08:00

MODx CMS is a PHP development framework that has become very popular within the last 2 years. the reason for this is that it is very flexible. MODx makes the creation of a website easy for developers, It also allows anyone to create very complex sites in a very short time.

Anyone who uses MODx can extend their web presentation in almost any direction and to create standards powered website. That's MODx CMS is often described as a "content management framework" rather than a "content management system".

To learn more about MODx installation visit MODx CMS website. You can also have a consultation with you web hosting provider. From MODx web hosting we recommend Host Color. The have their own MODx Hosting plan and are strong supprter of the MODx community.

Other MODx review can be found in Mooreds.com blog, Renegadezen.com and Ajaxian.com MODx presentation article.

The 2nd Best Web Hosting Forum

2009-12-08T11:54:00.000-08:00

Web hosting forums are very important for the industry and the reason for this is you can meet many other site owners there who can help you on account management and to refer a website service or product. Of course the best you can do in any web hosting forums is to ask for opinions about any particular web hosting provider.

The web hosting market is too big and it is not possible to track the business record of all web hosting companies. Every year a new web hosts emerge, others close. There are many mergers and acquisitions. One the the latest examples of a big merger is one between HostMySite and Hosting.com. As a result of this HostMySite disappeared as a brand. But let's get back on the topic. Who's the second best web hosting forum?

Hosting Discussion

Hosting Discussion was created by Artashes Toumanov, a popular professional in web hosting industry. Hosting Discussion is not that big as Web Hosting Talk (a monster forum), but it is a quality community. Its logo, a cup of coffee is very friendly and makes the members to feel comfortable.

The general "Web Hosting Discussion" is the most visited one in the hosting community. Another sections like "VPS, Dedicated & Colocation" also attracts visitors attention. The forum has advertising boards. Hosting Discussion Marketplace is a the place within the forums where web hosting providers can post advertising offers and consumers to post requests.

The last to say is that HD Rules have to be carefully read and observed by anyone who wants to participate and to have good posting history in the community!

A Good Way To Receive Targeted Traffic From Blogs?

2009-12-06T06:31:00.000-08:00

I have always had issues with the website traffic. I mean I always want to get more quality, targeted visitors. An honestly the only way to receive them is to write quality content that people like. However I still didn't find a tool or service that would help me to boost the targeted traffic. Until today!

I have found Linkwithin, a service that allows bloggers to stick related titles and articles from their blogs under each article. When you install Linkwithin code to your blog it adds widget that appears under each blogs post, linking to related stories from your blog archive. It retrieves and indexes all articles published on your blog and posts them in the websites of other bloggers and this way makes them accessible to their readers.

The service is free and very easy to install. I have already placed it in Web Hosting Times. If you see that it is live when you visit this website, this means that it works for us.

Time To Move To A New Web Hosting Provider. What To Do?

2009-12-06T05:26:00.000-08:00

The Web Hosting Times aims to provide useful (not general) information about web hosting market. In this article we will offer some advise on who to choose web hosting provider that will worth the money.

The first to do is to register in Web Hosting Talk, Hosting Discussion or Site Point Forums. Those are communities where you can find smart and experienced professionals who will give you advise on various topics related to the web hosting account and website management.

Don't miss to visit Wikipedia and to read something about web hosting (Wikipedia Web Hosting page). This is a must if you need to understand VPS Hosting and different virtualization technologies.

When it comes to web hosting we will suggest you to consider using VPS Hosting service powered by Virtuozzo Containers (see Virtuozzo Video Tutorial).

Once you focus your attention on some web hosting providers is to place any of their names in Google, Bing or Yahoo and to find out more about them. "Do they maintain forums?", "Do they publish articles and knowledge bases?", "Do they have Twitter or Facebook accounts to stay in touch with their customers?", those are only 3 of many other questions to ask yourself before signing up with any provider.

Another important thing is to send support ticket or pre-sale question to the selected web hosting providers and to test their response time.

There are many other things to do and we are sure you will learn them if you visit the above mentioned web hosting communities. The last suggestion that we will make here is to sign up with a web host that has friendly support and will pay attention on your web site.

Best Domain Names To Use

2009-12-06T02:10:00.000-08:00

Just type any keyword or combination of keywords in the domain name search bar in any popular domain registrar and you'll find out that most of the popular words and phrases are already registered from someone. Especially with .COM. .NET and .EU TLDs.

So a good question is what domain extension name to choose for your web address. Here are my suggestions.

.US Domain

I like this extension. It is American, it is low cost and there are plenty of exlennet keywords and combinations which are still available under .US TLD. The .US names have excellent value althougs that the general audience does not pay to much attention on the TLD.

.EU - European TLD

The European - dot-EU addresses - are excellent opportunity to target a large and rich market. Don't miss it. Tehre are still plenty of good domains available. To find a review of EU Domain registration providers visit webhostingeu.blogspot.com.

.ASIA - Very Promising

You must register dot-Asia name if you want to expand on one pf the fast growing consumer markets. The Asian marjket is still not globalized, the national TLDs are still more important than the Asian domains. But if you look at the future...

.WS Domains

This is a good alternative, althougs I must admit that .WS isn't that popular at all.

.TV Based Website

Today anyone is looking forward to create video content, but at the same time a very few site owners put their websites under .TV domain. Why? I don't have a good explanation.

These were our suggestions for domain extensions you might consider to use. Stay with Web Hosting Times to learn more about websites and web hosting.

Compete.com - very good way to check traffic

2009-12-05T12:17:00.000-08:00

I have recently found a tool that helps you to measure traffic - Compete.com. You can type a few domain names in a boxes and to compare their traffic as well as the websites that send traffic to any domain.

With the free account you can:

Compare up to 5 sites at one time
Tag sites and explore tag clouds
Export data and run your own analysis
View subdomain data

The paid versions give you much more data to analyze, but at the same time are quite expensive. Stay with Web Hosting Times to learn more about web hosting.

Why Web Hosting Times?

2009-12-05T12:05:00.000-08:00

There is no any particular reason to create this blog. I'm planning to write about web hosting, web design, and Internet business in general.

Let's start with some good resources.

Web Hosting Forums

Web Hosting Talk and Hosting Discussion

Web Hosting Directories

I like WebHosting.info because you can find any kind of hosting providers there. Web Hosting Stuff, Host Search and Web Hosting Search are also good. Try also Web Host Dir.

Hosting Providers

Media Temple, Site 5, Liquidweb, Hostgator, Hostway, Host Color.

See you soon.