So, I was lucky enough to go to the launch event for the new Intel Xeon processors yesterday.  There is plenty of more better more informed coverage out that there on the processor itself, so I am not going to try and re-create it here, but there are a couple of thoughts I did want to share.

The Xeon 7500 is certainly a significant accomplishment.  A couple of the soundbites that stuck with me was the 20:1 consolidation capability for existing Xeon servers with a predicted payback of 8 months including significantly reduced energy costs.  One of the interesting points Kirk Skaugen made was that, if you are so inclined, you can now deliver 20X more compute capability in the existing thermal/power envelope of your data center. Beyond the raw performance, there were some equally important enhancements around scalability, support for virtualization, and system reliability.  Intel’s point was that the Xeon has the wherewithal to be your primary processor for all your workloads—and I have to admit they make a pretty good case.

But, this is IT and there is no free lunch, so what is the impact of plopping these big honking processors down in the middle of your data center?  

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(The Hosting News) – GlobalSign today announced the launch of its new four-tier partner program, consisting of Authorized, Silver, Gold and Platinum levels. The new program is ideal for web hosts, ISPs, VARs, domain registrars and web consultants of all sizes wishing to incorporate SSL Certificates, as a value-add or revenue generating product into their current product portfolios.

Since the launch of its SSL Reselling program back in July 2007, GlobalSign has seen an unprecedented number of resellers, large and small alike, taking advantage of the opportunities reselling SSL Certificates has to offer. Now with four levels of commitment, partners can choose the most appropriate tier to suit their individual business needs, benefiting from varying levels of pricing discounts, product integration, customer support and marketing and sales resources.
 
As GlobalSign believe in helping every partner launch a successful SSL offering, it extends marketing and sales resources to all resellers, regardless of partnership tier. With a newly launched partner resource center, resellers have access to advanced SSL information, product copy, multi language canned HTML campaign templates, competitive analysis and inside sales training material, enabling them to learn about, integrate and market SSL to their customers easily and most importantly effectively. Also with access to a dedicated marketing representative, as well as a traditional account manager, GlobalSign provide partners with extra bespoke advice and support – ensuring their SSL is priced, positioned and promoted correctly first time round.

GlobalSign offers resellers automated SSL Certificate application and installation processes, speeding up delivery, whilst reducing customer support issues. From a simple Ajax API to full XML based API, the reselling process has been made even simpler and is now completely integrated with hosting control panels and purchasing systems already used by many resellers such as Hosting Controller, Ubersmith and WHMCS.

“GlobalSign prides itself on helping partners to launch their SSL offerings efficiently, as well as to grow their SSL business at every stage, said Steve Waite, Chief Marketing Officer, GlobalSign. “GlobalSign’s feature packed and simplified SSL product range enables resellers to offer the most secure and highly trusted SSL products in the market, whilst also taking advantage of the SSL reselling opportunity, generating additional revenue from existing customers and adding a value add product to their portfolio”.

Other partner program key features include the ability to resell all types of GlobalSign SSL Certificates, including fast issuance Domain Validation SSL, traditional Organization Validation SSL, and the newly standardised Extended Validation (EV) SSL, (which activates the green address bar interface in IE7 & 8, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari), as well as the options to buy in bulk on a discounted deposit or PAYG basis. GlobalSign partners can also set up their own sub-resellers and benefit from full reporting and audit trail mechanisms.

For further information about GlobalSign’s SSL Reseller Program and the associated financial opportunities please visit http://www.globalsign.com/partners

GlobalSign Launches SSL Reseller Partner Program

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(The Hosting News) – Fasthosts today announced the launch of Rise, an IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) provider enabling thousands of resellers to move into cloud computing.
 
Rise (www.rise-partners.co.uk), a brand new company from Fasthosts, will provide cloud and dedicated infrastructure as well as end-to-end solutions for channel partners to either resell, or offer as a white label service under their own brand.
 
Andy Burton, CEO of Fasthosts and Rise, said: “There is a lot of talk about cloud computing and much of it is hype right now. Vendors obviously thought that if they made enough noise then consumers would find them but that’s not how many small and mid sized businesses in particular buy IT. They’re aware of the cloud, but are often confused about what it delivers and how they can utilise it, and usually rely on a third party ‘trusted advisor and supplier’ to guide them. What we’re addressing with this launch is how SMBs buy IT, not just why they should. By providing cloud services to the channel partners, we’re enabling those companies that have the trusted relationship with the end customer to deliver the benefits in a way that is clearly understood by the customer.”
 
Rise will ensure that the IT and telecommunications channels have the opportunity to embrace the considerable benefits that cloud infrastructure can offer in terms of agility, scalability and cost effectiveness.
 
Burton continues, “This, we hope, is seen as good news for the channel after many predicted cloud computing would be bad news for businesses who traditionally sold packaged software or on-premise hardware. If anything this should give resellers an even stronger bond with their customers as they can continue to provide on-premise solutions as they always have, but can now add hosted solutions to that portfolio as well. A combination of the two looks the best bet for some years to come.”
 
Rise is offering value-added resellers and systems integrators the opportunity to partner with them through a new and beneficial programme to add cloud solutions to their portfolio as a complement to their existing business and expand their available market.
 
Rise is in turn launching a new platform called – Data Centre on Demand, an Infrastructure as a Service offering based upon the Microsoft Dynamic Data Centre. It will serve as a showcase for Microsoft’s Hyper-V technology, enabling virtualisation efficiencies in the data centre which can pass scale as well as cost- and energy-saving onto users.
 
Bob Tarzey analyst and director Quocirca, comments, “Many SMBs look to their resellers for advice on new technology developments, such as cloud based services. The cloud has a lot to offer, especially when it comes to commodity applications like email, backup and web hosting; enterprise class capability at SMB prices. Resellers need to look at how they rebalance their portfolios to include cloud based services and continue to help their SMB customers procure the most cost effective IT solutions. To achieve this, resellers need to identify cloud service providers with a strong reseller focus that understand the indirect sales model and are prepared to share the annuity revenue that cloud services generate.”
 
Jeff Lenton, In2itive Business Solutions (www.in2itive.biz) – “We’ve been party to the Fasthosts Internet Group channel proposition for a time now, and believe this is a service that the IT consultancies, VAR’s and SI’s will benefit from. The support to build cloud services into the channel proposition is clear, and the focus from the Rise account teams on the partner growth is very welcome.”

Fasthosts Enables Resellers to Move into Cloud Computing

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(The Hosting News) – Telehouse has officially opened Telehouse West, its state-of-the-art £80 million flag ship data centre facility. This new data centre adds to the latest evolution of the Telehouse brand, which has also recently expanded into South Africa and Vietnam. As a result, Telehouse’s global data centre footprint has now reached 119,000m².
 
The 35th Telehouse data centre worldwide, West will meet the demands of UK businesses for high-capacity data centres, as well as offering connectivity to over 400 ISPs, carriers, operators and Internet Exchanges. Spread over nine floors, five with a ‘localised data centre environment’, the custom-built 19,000m² state-of-the-art facility brings the total power at the company’s London Docklands site to 40MVA. Four redundant HV power systems on separate grids ensure maximum redundancy and reliability levels of 99.999%. Furthermore, an additional 132K primary sub-station is also being built to provide even greater levels of redundancy protection.
 
“In a recent survey of UK decision makers from some of the country’s top organisations, 89% stated they were keen to secure additional data centre space,” said Michelle Reid, Sales and Marketing Director, Telehouse. “This trend is supported by many analysts who have stated that a lack of capacity in the capital is costing the UK economy millions.”
 
“Telehouse West offers UK businesses access to the latest services, including KDDI’s global network infrastructure and range of end-to-end services including system integration, network services and ICT consultancy. Businesses will also be able to access a highly secure, resilient connection between the company’s network of global data centre facilities, including London, Paris New York and Los Angeles, through the Global InterLink service.”
 
Further to providing secure, resilient, data centre services, Telehouse West will help UK businesses achieve their green commitments to the forthcoming Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation. It will do so by deploying a variety of innovative solutions to mitigate the carbon footprint of the building, including exporting waste heat for use in nearby homes and businesses.
 
“We designed Telehouse West with the forthcoming CRC legislation in mind. The opening of the facility will not only help customers achieve their own green targets by reducing the amount of carbon allowances they will need to purchase, but also enable them to expand their businesses and launch new services as they see fit. We are excited to be the first UK data centre to support local residents by providing them with much needed energy resources to power their homes and businesses.”
 
“With space at a premium in the capital there has been a high level of interest in new facility. Currently our customer tours of Telehouse West are in high demand as organisations look to secure space in the new facility.” concluded Reid.
 
Interested parties have been able to keep track of construction on the building using the online portal to: review the latest news, products and services; download industry articles; source technical information; view a diary of construction; watch the site evolve.
 
For more information regarding the new facility or to book a tour please contact: marketing@uk.telehouse.net or visit the Telehouse West online portal.

Telehouse Opens New London Data Centre

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(The Hosting News) – Digital Realty Trust, Inc., the world’s largest wholesale datacenter provider, has begun expanding power and datacenter capacity at its 210 N. Tucker property in St. Louis. The centerpiece of these enhancements is the addition of 16 MW of new electrical power, which effectively quadruples the power available to the facility. Other enhancements include a new power distribution system for the building and the addition of 30,000-60,000 square feet of datacenter space.

“These improvements to 210 N. Tucker make it one of the most desirable datacenter properties in the midwestern United States,” said Glenn Benoist, Vice President, Portfolio Management at Digital Realty Trust. “The increased level of datacenter demand in St. Louis has prompted us to expand our commitment to this market. With a total of 20 MW of power and a significant amount of new datacenter space, the facility will be the premier site for St. Louis’ growing datacenter market. The power enhancement also allows us to offer customers our Turn-Key Datacenter solution.”

Located in the heart of downtown St. Louis, 210 N. Tucker is an 18-story building that offers over 200,000 square feet of space and the design flexibility that clients need to support their unique requirements. Powered from Ameren UE’s underground power grid with multiple generators on-site and included in the current upgrade, 210 N. Tucker is a carrier-neutral facility serviced by multiple fiber providers that offers a broad array of connectivity options. 210 N. Tucker is also connected to the neighboring facility at 900 Walnut via 400 strands of dark fiber.

Construction has begun and is expected to be completed by Q3 2010. Customers seeking space in the building can begin building out their datacenter space immediately, concurrent with the infrastructure improvements. In addition to this construction, Digital Realty Trust is working with its national and international partners and customers for expansion of their datacenter networks into the 210 N. Tucker property.

Digital Realty Trust is partnering with the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA), the City’s Economic Development Agency, the St. Louis Chapter of AFCOM and the local brokerage community to address the needs for quality and affordable datacenter space.

RCGA President and Chief Executive Officer Richard C.D. Fleming, noted, “This is further evidence that the St. Louis region is a leader in the Midwest for datacenter operations. We have the world’s largest wholesale datacenter provider making this major investment in St. Louis at a time when the region prepares to showcase St. Louis IT industry successes at the upcoming Gateway to Innovation Conference on April 20th. We at the RCGA were pleased to partner with Digital Realty Trust on this important business expansion project.”

“These improvements to 210 N. Tucker will establish the building as one of the most strategic properties in the Midwest. St. Louis is a very attractive location for IT operations because of its low electrical rates,” said Dave Caron, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management at Digital Realty Trust. “Our company’s financial strength allows us to make this significant investment in the property. In addition, our Turn-Key Datacenter solution makes us an ideal datacenter partner for customers that are planning datacenter expansions and prefer to avoid the significant capital investment of a do-it-yourself project.”

Digital Realty Trust Turn-Key Datacenter facilities provide state-of-the-art environments for supporting mission critical infrastructure, with advanced cooling, power, redundancy, and sustainability features to ensure that critical applications are available while optimizing energy efficiency. Digital Realty Trust’s Turn-Key Datacenters are scalable from hundreds of kilowatts of IT Load to megawatts of IT load and are located in markets throughout North America and Europe. Each Turn-Key Datacenter facility is physically secure and features a state-of-the-art power and cooling architecture that has been optimized for green operation. Every Turn-Key Datacenter is built using the Company’s proprietary POD Architecture® and uses metered power to ensure that clients pay only for the power that they use.

For more information about leasing space at 210 N. Tucker, contact Brent Behrman at 214-231-1350 or sales@digitalrealtytrust.com.

Digital Realty Trust Boosts Power and Capacity

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Chicago, IL: March 30, 2010: SingleHop, the leading Chicago-based dedicated and managed web hosting provider, today announced, with great excitement, extended hours for its sales department. SingleHop’s Sales Department will now be open from 9 A.M. – 6 P.M. CST on both Saturdays and Sundays. This is in addition to the Sales Department’s normal weekday hours of Monday-Friday from 8 A.M. – 8 P.M. CST.

SingleHop’s Director of Sales Jim Tremmel comments, “Because we serve clients all over the globe, we’re committed to being open and available when and how they need us. By extending our Sales Department hours into the weekend, we’re ensuring rapid and efficient responses to our clients’ orders and inquiries, and an overall higher standard of service.”

About SingleHop, Inc.
SingleHop, Inc., is a full-service managed dedicated hosting provider that was founded on the principal of providing reliable, cost-effective, dedicated servers. The company was founded by Zak Boca and Dan Ushman in 2006 and currently hosts thousands of websites from around the world. SingleHop competitors include: SoftLayer, ThePlanet, FastServers, and RackSpace. The cornerstone of SingleHop’s managed hosting is the à la Carte Server Management Program, which is a full-array of transparent management services designed and tested to allow business customers to tailor their level of support to their needs or expertise.

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(The Hosting News) – Economy-x-Talk has released a new little gem: Clipboard Link. Clipboard Link enables you to share the contents of the clipboard of your computer with other computers on the same local network. Copy a text or picture on one computer and paste it on any computer connected to your network and running Clipboard Link.

To use Clipboard Link, copy a text or picture from any window first and start Clipboard Link. Now start Clipboard Link on another computer on your local network. The name of your first computer will appear in the Clipboard Link window on the second computer. Click the Copy button next to the name of the first computer. The clipboard of the first computer has now been transferred to the second computer.

From the developer: “Because I often develop software on two or more computers simultaneously, I frequently want to test the same code on multiple machines. Clipboard Link lets me copy a text or picture on my MacBook and paste it on my Windows PC for example. Anyone who has ever been in the same situation might want to check out Clipboard Link.”

The software is available for MS Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, but should also work with most other Windows versions. Clipboard Link is also compatible with Mac OS X 10.3 and later and runs fine on most Linux versions.

For more information about Economy-x-Talk, please visit:
http://economy-x-talk.com

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(The Hosting News) Open-Xchange, a provider of business-class open source collaboration software, moved to increase its U.S. sales presence by announcing the appointment of Behshad Behnam as vice president of sales, Americas.

The company increased users to more than 15 million people worldwide – an increase of 80 percent in 2009.

“As we continue to deliver our collaboration software working with U.S. service providers, Behshad will be a great resource,” said Frank Hoberg, executive vice president of sales and a founder of Open-Xchange. “We work with providers all around the world and have lots of interest in the U.S. so we want to have a ‘go-to guy’ that partners can count on.”

Today, Open-Xchange is used by leading hosting providers in the U.S., such as Dotster and Network Solutions, as well as 1&1 Internet in the U.S. and Germany.

Behnam most recently was the channel sales manager for Apptix which rolled out a new reseller program to recruit systems integrators, managed service providers (MSPs), and telecommunications companies. Prior to that, he was in a channel sales management position at DS3 DataVaulting, which was recently acquired by Terremark.

He spent three years at Parallels as a channel sales representative with responsibility for expanding the company’s products and services to the hosting market. Behnam has also held sales positions at Oracle and WorldCom. He is a graduate of George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Management Information Systems (MIS).

About Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premise versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is architected to integrate into a hosting provider’s existing infrastructure, such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and e-mail storage and does not require that these systems be replaced.

Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, please visit www.open-xchange.com.

Open-Xchange Increases U.S. Presence with New Sales VP

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(The Hosting News) – Canadian Web Hosting has announced an increase of benefits for their popular affiliate program. The immediate increase from $35 to $60 for sales of their web hosting packages, is expected to energize affiliates and help the company reach new revenue milestones for 2010 and beyond. The new affiliate incentive rate makes it one of the highest commission rates offered in the web hosting industry.

Canadian Web Hosting, delivering hosting services since 1998Founder and Chief Technology Officer Kevin Liang, commented, “Our affiliates are one of the primary drivers behind our success and will continue to play a pivotal role in the continued growth of Canadian Web Hosting. Our incentive programs are designed to give our affiliates a strong revenue stream, and offer an opportunity to deepen an already successful relationship. Included in their program, Canadian Web Hosting provides affiliates with access to real-time statistics for sales and traffic, proven marketing collateral, detailed reporting, payout details and account management.

Canadian Web Hosting Increases Benefits for Affiliate Program

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