(The Hosting News) – OVERLAND PARK, KS – Codero, a dedicated server/managed hosting leader, recently completed its 1st Annual Toys for Tots campaign, raising more than $3,600 to buy new toys for Kansas City-area youth during this holiday season. Codero used an all-employee competition known as “Penny Wars” to raise $1,806.25, matched by the company for a total of $3,612.50. This in turn allowed employees to purchase 496 toys which were then delivered to the local Toys for Tots office.

In early December, Codero launched its “Penny Wars” game to raise money for the Kansas City Metro Toys for Tots, part of a national program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Codero departments and groups then had one week to generate the most cash or points: pennies and $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills counted as positive points for each team, while nickels, dimes, quarters, and $1 and $5 bills were negative points.

“I would like to thank Codero for their generous donation, and it has gone a long
way in making this Christmas season a little brighter for those less fortunate in our area,” says MSgt Gerhold Wanamaker, Toys for Tots coordinator with the 24th Marine Regiment.” It’s through the generosity of people like this that I am able to provide this assistance to the kids of Kansas City.”

In all, this year’s Kansas City Toys for Tots campaign collected over $71,000 and 70,000 toys to assist more than 52,000 children throughout the metro area. According to Marine Corps Reserve organizers, this season was a success in meeting all requests from those who applied to the program in 2009.

“In the spirit of giving, and giving back to our community, we’re pleased to partner with this longstanding charity to help children experience the joy of the holidays,” says Ryan Elledge, Codero’s Chief Operations Officer. “This has been a great experience for us as well, and we’re already making plans to do it again next year.”

See more about the Toys for Toys campaign on the Codero Facebook page.

About Codero
Specializing in dedicated and managed hosting services for small-to-mid-sized businesses, Codero offers advanced email, eCommerce, security and networking solutions. This includes a full line of high-performance Windows® and Linux servers as well as EVault Backup, Pinnacle Shopping Cart, and more. All Codero products are backed by secure data centers, live 24/7/365 U.S.-based support and a seasoned staff with international experience in the hosting business for over 15 years. Codero recently launched its Codero Rewards program and the Green with Codero Initiative, powering 100% of its dedicated server and managed hosting operations through renewable energy credits. For more information about Codero, please visit www.codero.com.

About the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program

Founded in 1947, Toys for Tots is dedicated to collecting new, unwrapped toys every October, November and December and distributing those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children. Local Toys for Tots campaigns are held in communities throughout the United States where Marine Corps Reserve Units are located. Fundraising activities include golf tournaments, foot races, bicycle races and other purely voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots and concurrently generate toy and monetary donations.

Contact

Shelby Garlock, Director, Marketing
shelbyg@codero.com
877.999.2750

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Data centers have received a steady stream of technological updates in recent years, leading to faster, cheaper, and more automated operations.  I think of these changes like a ladder, from the conventional data center of five or ten years ago, up to cloud computing today.

From the bottom rung of the ladder up, there have been advantages for data centers taking each step:

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(The Hosting News) – Fremont, CA – dataguise, a leading innovator of security solutions for protecting sensitive data across the enterprise, has announced that Molina Healthcare  deployed dataguise dgmaskerâ„¢ and dgdiscoverâ„¢ in more than 100 training, development and testing environments. dataguise security products identify and mask the Personal Health Information (PHI) of Molina Healthcare’s members and providers, thus protecting sensitive data and enabling the managed care organization to meet HIPAA compliance requirements.

Molina Healthcare, Inc. is a multi-state managed care organization that arranges for the delivery of healthcare services to persons eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored programs for low-income families and individuals. Altogether, Molina Healthcare’s licensed health plan subsidiaries in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Washington currently serve approximately 1.3 million members.

Prior to dataguise, Molina Healthcare was relying on an internally developed solution, which proved to be unreliable, difficult to maintain and required frequent adjustments. Since implementing the dataguise solutions, Molina Healthcare has eliminated the risk of exposure and access to its sensitive data while reducing the overhead needed for dedicated resources to manage and maintain the integrity of its database environments by 300 percent.

“As a healthcare organization that supports government programs, we are constantly receiving and storing highly sensitive data; a data breach would not only have a negative impact on customer satisfaction, but would also jeopardize our fulfilling HIPAA compliance standards,” said Nitin Gotmare, director of IT for Molina Healthcare. “The dataguise technology desensitizes information so that a breach is not possible. With dgmasker and dgdiscover in place, we can provide our customers and members with peace of mind that their personal health information is safe and secure.”

dataguise dgdiscover and dgmasker are designed to find structured database repositories across the network, search and discover sensitive data in structured databases, and then mask or de-identify to protect sensitive data. With dataguise, organizations have access to a single product that finds, searches and masks sensitive data across all databases throughout the enterprise. This allows organizations to create corporate masking policies for faster adherence to compliance regulations, lower risk of a data breach, and reduce reliance on cumbersome single database masking solutions. While most organizations have measures in place to control access to critical data in their production environments, this protection does not always extend to non-production data – an area addressed by dataguise.

“With dataguise, organizations are mitigating the risk of exposure that privacy data presents when moved outside the walls of a secure network environment and replacing manual or home-grown solutions that drain internal resources and endanger its compliance status,” said Allan Thompson, Executive Vice President, Operations for dataguise. “By using our cross-platform sensitive data discovery and masking technology, organizations can implement a reliable, cost-effective solution that provides the highest level of data protection, satisfying the many compliance mandates currently in place surrounding privacy data.”

About dataguise
dataguise offers automated and advanced data security solutions to help ensure regulatory compliance ,protect against data theft, discover sensitive data and maintain data quality. dgdiscover enables organizations to find structured database repositories across the network, search and discover sensitive data in structured databases. dgmasker is then able to mask or de-identify to protect sensitive data. dgmasker provides secure masking of database content with unprecedented flexibility and functionality across heterogeneous environments. For more information, call 510-824-1036 or visit dataguise.com

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One of the more fun aspects of working at Cisco is an oppty to see all the cool things our customers are working on.  Every once in a while, our customers are kind enough to let us write about what they are up to, and such is the case with TASER International (of Taser fame).  Taser has launched an a cloud-based service for law enforcement authorities called Evidence.com.  The service is a virtual evidence warehouse, offering digital storage in a highly secure, easily accessible environment that allows law enforcement and legal professionals to quickly access key evidence, including video and audio data captured from an officer’s viewpoint.  Even if you are not in law enforcement, its kinda cool to check out the website and see the technology in action.

As you can imagine, this kind of offering needs some significant back-end infrastructure in place, which is why they turned to Cisco.  We helped them design a data center environment that would help them meet their stringent operations requirements and keep up with the scaling requirements.  We were able to go from planning to a deployed system, based on Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus, in 98 days with the help of the Cisco Advanced Services team. The deployed system saved Taser $900,000 in up front costs and they expect to save an additional $37,000 a year in reduced power and cooling costs.

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(The Hosting News) – Top features of the Miva Merchant 5.5 Shopping Cart:

1. PCI & PA-DSS Compliance

It is crucial that the shopping cart software you use for your e-commerce site is compliant with the new PCI PA-DSS by July 2010 if you store any confidential or credit card information.  Many shopping carts are not and will not be compliant by the deadline.  However, Miva Merchant will be 100% compliant by July.  Sites that are found to be non-compliant can face severe and hefty fines and even face the possibility of being shutdown.  This is not a matter that is being taken lightly by any means since Internet security is taken very seriously nowadays.

Miva Merchant has developed a strategic partnership with ControlScan to provide all-inclusive PCI compliance and security across all sites utilizing Miva Merchant Hosting.  Websites that use ControlScan’s services receive a seal from the company notifying customers that they are protected.  This seal will give consumers a sense of trust and security so they will feel comfortable sharing their private information.

2. Store Morph Technology (SMT)

This popular and powerful new feature allows users to create stores that are totally customized to their specific needs based on provided templates.  Store Morph Technology is a huge advancement in the creation, design and management of e-commerce businesses.

With SMT, storeowners have total control over the layout and design of every single page of their store.  SMT allows merchants to have a certain layout on one page and a totally different one on another page.  SMT is renowned for its simple use of basic HTML commands in order to create customized pages.

SMT allows stores to become more functional to their target clients and customers by modifying small yet important details of a site.  This way not every Miva Hosting store looks the same – you can make your site stand out amongst the competition.

3. Miva Skins

A skin is a graphical interface that changes the appearance of a site without altering the way the site functions or operates.  Miva Merchant has developed skins for just about any kind of retailer or service you can fathom.  From sporting goods retailers and beauty product stores to travel agencies and restaurants, store skins for a wide array of businesses are available at a reasonable cost.

The Miva Merchant 5.5 Skin Store gives the online merchant an impressive selection of store skins available for purchase.  When a storeowner purchases a skin for their store, they are able to improve the look and feel of their site instantly.  Banners, custom images, backgrounds and buttons are also included with the purchase.

4. Miva Modules

Miva Merchant 5.5 presents its users with the ability to buy and install third party modules for their stores.  These plug-ins are easily installed and allow for customization without costly outsourcing to a custom programmer.

New modules are consistently being developed since there is an evolving market for them.  There are modules for a wide variety of tasks including:

• Physical Appearance Templates (that go beyond the abilities of SMT)
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Email Management
• Ordering and Shipping
• Marketing and Promotions
• Inventory Management

For a list of the best-selling Miva Merchant modules available, please visit Miva Central’s Modules Page.

5. Technical Support

The technical support of Miva Merchant and its Premier Partner hosting companies is unparalleled and unrivaled.  They connect with each and every client on a personal level and demonstrate time and again that they actually care about their customers.  Furthermore, online merchants will find a great deal of valuable information on the Miva Merchant website through their forums, tutorials, FAQs and videos.

For a setup fee of $129 and a monthly cost of $19.95, store operators can join the Miva Merchant Service Club, which provides them with exclusive support through Miva themselves.  The $129 setup fee will be waived if you sign up within thirty days of obtaining your Miva license.

If a storeowner signs up with Miva’s Service Club they will receive the following:

• Priority access with unlimited toll free telephone and email support for Miva Merchant
• Support for Miva Synchro (Miva’s unique program that integrates online storefronts and databases with Intuit Quickbooks)
• Database Repair
• Free modules, success secrets and store graphics as part of Miva’s monthly “Gem”

For the clients of Webnet Hosting, a Premier Provider of Miva Merchant Web Hosting and consistently voted Best Miva Merchant Host, 24/7/365 phone and email technical support are included with all hosting packages at no additional cost.  Keep in mind that a quality web host will always provide 24/7 both email and phone support.  Having constant support for your website is important because if your site is not working properly you can quickly lose money and no e-commerce operator wants that!

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(The Hosting News) – Latisys, a provider of colocation, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery solutions, today announced it has been selected by leading Web Hosting provider Lunarpages to provide data center colocation and managed IT services.

For more than a decade, Lunarpages has focused on providing affordable and reliable hosting for over 150,000 satisfied customers – ranging from individuals and small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. Customer growth, as well as broader use of high-density applications, drove Lunarpages’ need for a provider that could deliver outsourced, scalable IT infrastructure management services.

“We consider our data center partner to be a critical part of the Lunarpages team, which is why we invest in only the best,” said George Natzic, Chief Operating Officer at Lunarpages. “By turning to Latisys, our customers will benefit from a SAS70 compliant infrastructure and continuous uptime. At the same time, we have assurance and peace of mind that our IT environment is secure.”

Lunarpages selected Latisys and its Irvine data center facility for its ability to provide:

· High-density colocation services – LatisysHD (Latisys’ high-density colocation services) in the firm’s SAS70 Type II certified Irvine, California data center facility (delivering 225 watts of power per square foot) can support customers’ increasingly high-performance computing and application requirements. LatisysHD is available in all Latisys locations including Denver, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois.

· Maximum uptime – Latisys data center facilities are engineered with the highest level of redundant systems to deliver a 99.999% uptime Service Level Agreement.

· Managed security – Latisys’ comprehensive suite of managed security solutions (firewall, intrusion detection, VPN, virus-filtering) ensures that the customer’s colocated or managed hosting environment is fully secure.

· Power and cooling – With N+1 cooling and power infrastructure, Latisys’ data center facilities have been designed to scale and meet power and cooling requirements in both the short and long term.

· Compelling pricing – Latisys employs a flexible approach with customers for managing their IT infrastructure in the most cost effective manner.

“Because Lunarpages prides itself on offering customers uncompromised security, management, pricing, and services, selecting a data center partner that enabled the firm to execute on this mission was paramount,” said Don Goodwin, executive vice president, Latisys. “We are excited to begin this new relationship with Lunarpages, and that our Latisys HD data center services and related managed services offering continue to resonate with leading Web hosting providers.”

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