Today at Cisco Live 2010, Ben Gibson presents a new series of innovations, designed to increase the flexibility of the data centers, as they become more virtualized and cloud-based.
Stay tuned for more details, as our bloggers will share more insights as well as their thoughts on this announcement
Of course you’re aware of John Chambers big announcement today. So let’s be focus on what our blogger friends have to say.
Today, WAAS 4.2 is a key component of our Data Center 3.0 launch. In this video Dave Frampton, VP/GM of the Application Delivery Business Unit, talks about this product release and the significance for our customers.
We have a new article series up on using the logrotate service to, well, rotate logs. I recommend it to anyone with a slice, especially if they’ve never heard the term “log rotation” before (or did, but thought it had something to do with lumberjacks).
It’s a two-parter, with the first part discussing the basics of logrotate and why you’d want to use it, while the second part describes how to set up log rotation for virtual hosts and gives some troubleshooting tips.
Quite often when a customer comes to us with a disk space problem, or are concerned because their slice resize is taking a long long time, the culprit is a giant log or two. That’s especially the case for virtual host logs, but it can also happen with custom applications that write to their own logs. Once logrotate is set up it will take care of those logs for you, making sure they don’t get too bloated.
In the “worth mentioning” department, earlier this month Matiu posted the steps he used to upgrade PHP on an Ubuntu Hardy slice. Plenty of people are still using Hardy, so the instructions may prove useful to others.
As always, we have people sitting in slicechat and monitoring requests sent via email to support@slicehost.com. If you have questions, concerns, or an aching need for human contact, we’re around 24/7.
Thanks for reading!
Chicago, June 30, 2010 — SingleHop, Inc., one of the fastest-growing providers of dedicated servers and complex web hosting solutions, announced the launch of the world’s first cloud hosting reseller system, which will be sold under their Tandem reseller brand.
The Chicago-based web hosting company has quickly achieved a dominant position in the dedicated and complex hosting business by offering innovative solutions for end users and resellers. In 2008, SingleHop introduced LEAP, an advanced control panel, designed to give customers complete control over their infrastructure. Earlier this year, SingleHop launched the highly successful Tandem Reseller system, which offers resellers enhanced control, greater sales potential, and higher margins.
“Tandem revolutionized the reseller market,†said SingleHop President and CEO Zak Boca. “It was the first to offer the end-user a fully white-labeled control panel. Tandem also gained notoriety amongst web hosters by providing unlimited SSL certificates, among other exclusive offers.†Both systems, LEAP and Tandem, have also been extended to various additional platforms, including; the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Firefox toolbar, and various widgets, making SingleHop a leader in providing complementary tools that expand on the amount of control the end-user has.
With the launch of the Cascade Platform, SingleHop will again redefine the reseller experience by offering the world’s first turn-key cloud reseller system, available under the Tandem Reseller program, with all of the usual perks including end- user control panel’s in over 15 languages. Cascade will allow resellers to seamlessly create, and manage virtual machines via LEAP, and then have the ability to sell them with fully customized control panels for the end -user through Tandem.
“Adoption of cloud computing technologies by hosting providers has not yet hit a tipping point, because we feel hosting companies haven’t had the necessary components to easily bring a product to market.†Boca said. “We feel that our unique combination of technologies, LEAP, Tandem, and Cascade will change the landscape, and will further enable adoption of cloud computing in the hosting world.”
The Cloud hosting reseller system will be launching July 17th around the time of the industry’s annual convention, HostingCon. SingleHop executives are scheduled to speak during two exclusive sessions, July 19th and 20th at 3 pm. Monday’s event is focused on “Reselling the Cloud,†while Tuesday’s is focused on mobile server and cloud management technologies. Entrance is limited to HostingCon participants and media.
About HostingCon
HostingCon is a premier conference and trade show for the hosted services industry. This year’s event will take place July 19-21 at the Austin Convention Center, Texas. Around 1,500 internet professionals from 30 countries are expected to attend the show, which is celebrating its 6th anniversary.
About SingleHop
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. 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. www.singlehop.com
(The Hosting News) – Sony recently announced that it would be launching a new fee-based PlayStation Network subscription service. Starting Tuesday, PS3 owners can sign up for PlayStation Plus by installing firmware update 3.40.
The new update also brings new features including a new network-based photo-sharing application that allows users to upload, comment on, and share items on Facebook and Picasa, or between their PSN friends. Other minor tweaks include new power settings (auto-off is now two hours by default), and a rating system for items available in the PlayStation Store.
PS3 users will also have the ability to edit non-copyright protected videos stored on the PS3’s hard drive via the XMB (cross-media bar). Users can also share these videos by posting them to Facebook or YouTube.
(The Hosting News) – ViaWest has announced expansion of data center capacity in the Utah market. The expansion will encompass an additional 14,000+ square feet in the western-most of the company’s three Salt Lake City area data centers. The construction is already underway, and is slated for completion in the 4th quarter of 2010.
“This expansion was driven by continued requests for growth capacity by current customers, as well as increased demand from prospective customers,†said Steve Prather, ViaWest’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Development. “With several recent infrastructure and network augmentations, we were already in position to quickly respond to the demand. We have experienced consistent quarterly growth in Utah, and specifically in Salt Lake City. This capacity addition is a good representation of our continued commitment in this market.â€
In addition to the three Utah facilities, ViaWest’s national footprint also includes four enterprise-class data centers in Denver, six in the Dallas area, as well as one in Austin, Las Vegas, and in Portland, Oregon.
(The Hosting News) – HostGator.com has announced a sponsorship with Joe Nemechek today in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide races at Daytona International Speedway for the July 4th weekend.
The HostGator.com #87 Car of Nemco MotorsportsHostGator.com will become the main sponsor of the #87 car piloted by Joe Nemechek of Nemco Motorsports in time for the Coke Zero 400. The sponsorship also extends to Nemechek’s Nationwide Car for its upcoming races at Chicagoland Speedway, Gateway International Raceway, and O’Reilly Raceway Park.
“We are honored to have HostGator.com on board, and that they picked Nemco Motorsports to see what NASCAR is all about. It’s always great to bring a new company into NASCAR,†said Joe Nemechek. “It also means a lot at Nemco Motorsports to have an environmentally friendly, green sponsor such as HostGator.com.â€
Earlier this year, HostGator.com announced a renewed commitment to keep more than 1,800 of its web hosting servers green through Renewable Energy Certificates for wind farms in the state of Texas.
“We are very excited and proud to become a part of Nemco Motorsports and support a veteran driver like Joe. Many of our current customers and staff are huge fans of NASCAR, and we look forward to serving the many NASCAR Fans in the future.†stated Lance Custen, CEO for HostGator.com.
About HostGator.com
HostGator.com LLC is a world leading provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting. Privately held and based in Houston, Texas, the company was founded in 2002 by founder Brent Oxley, who started the company from his dorm room at Florida Atlantic University. Since then, HostGator has grown into one of the largest hosting providers and was named the 21st fastest growing private companies of 2008 by Inc. Magazine. With more than 8,000 servers under management, HostGator hosts nearly 3 million domains, which makes up approximately 2% of the U.S. web site traffic. For more information, please visit HostGator Web Hosting.
(The Hosting News) — Equinix has announced plans to build its third International Business Exchange™ (IBX) in Sydney, Australia. The new IBX data center, called SY3, will significantly increase the company’s Sydney capacity to meet the high demand for premium colocation and interconnection data center services in the Sydney market. The $65 million first phase of the SY3 IBX data center will add 1,000 cabinets and is targeted for opening during the second quarter of 2011.
“With strong demand for secure and well-connected data center space, our investment in the SY3 IBX data center highlights our ongoing commitment to delivering cutting edge facilities and data center services to support the Australian market,†said Darren Mann, managing director, Equinix Australia. “Our second Sydney IBX data center (SY2), which officially opened in early 2009, has filled ahead of our expectations. We are confident that this new capacity offering will also result in similar strong demand from both local and multinational corporate, government and financial services entities that leverage the Sydney metropolitan area as a key location for business.â€
Located south of Sydney, the new IBX data center will have a total capacity for more than 3,000 cabinet equivalents when all of the phases are fully built out. The new IBX will support a standard power density of 4kVA per cabinet and capability to support much higher densities where required. The new site will have direct fiber connectivity to Equinix’s SY1 and SY2 IBX data center campus, which is located less than one mile away. Interconnected by Equinix’s IBXLink service, customers can enjoy a wide range of connectivity options and immediate access to over 50 network providers at the existing facilities in Sydney.
New private email appliance with premium messaging and collaboration for under $2,000
June 30, 2010 – A new generation of the Atmail Server Appliance designed speciï¬cally for small businesses, will be available soon. The Atmail S-Class Email Appliance is a complete messaging solution in a box, designed to meet small businesses email, webmail and collaboration needs. The new email appliance incorporates Atmail Email Server messaging and collaboration software with energy efï¬cient hardware, as a complete, simple to use solution for companies with up to 200 email users.
“Email has become mission critical for most companies, making it an important intellectual property assetâ€, said Ben Duncan, Atmail’s CEO. “Email has no expiration date and email records can exist into the distant future. Cloud, SaaS or hosted email solutions require companies to assign or share control of intellectual property assets, along with their security, storage, mobility and availabilityâ€, Mr Duncan added. “After giving up control, companies also lose control of where this data will be in 5, 10 or 20 years.â€
According to Gary Doan, Atmail VP Business Development, “The S-Class Appliances will be the most complete, most comprehensive email appliances available for small businesses. It will also be the most cost effective solution for small business. With the introduction of the S-Class appliance, small businesses will have an affordable private messaging option and are no longer forced to give up or share control of critical assets, to get affordable messaging, calendar and contact sharing or resort to expensive, more complicated options like Microsoft Exchange Serverâ€
The Atmail S-Class Appliance is compatible with the leading desktop email clients like Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail. The S-Class Appliance includes a private webmail server, with a premium webmail client, plus calendar and contact sharing.
Appliance:
The S-Class Appliance is powered by a 64-bit dual core processor, an Enterprise-Class operating system with integrated server software packages and ample storage to accommodate 200 user accounts with 1GB mailboxes. It is a stand alone server with gigabit Ethernet network access. The S-Class has a low operational cost and it is energy efï¬cient. It consumes only 33 watts of power under load.
Easy Setup and Administration:
Installation, setup and administration is done using a web browser. First direct the domain MX record to the appliance’s IP address. Then use the included Webadmin administration tool to change settings, add a company logo, name, footer information to the webmail client. Once the administration and user information is entered, the private S-Class Appliance is ready to use and will require very little attention for administration and management.
Features:
Pricing and Availability:
The S-Class Appliance S50-200 with 50 user licenses is $1,995 and additional 50 user license packages are available for $200. The prices include a one year, upgrade and Basic Support package. The Appliance will be available in the USA from Atmail website on July 14, 2010. Atmail is planning to make the S-Class available to resellers in the near future.
About Atmail:
Atmail develops email messaging and collaboration solutions. Products include, Atmail Cloud Services, Atmail Webmail, Atmail Email Server, Atmail Email Server Appliances, Atmail ArchiveVault and Atmail ArchiveVault Appliance. The company has more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including many international companies, universities, service providers and government agencies. Atmail now has more than 15 million users.
