(The Hosting News) – StratoGen completed today the final phase of its strategic upgrade of core network facilities. The upgraded network can carry more than 10GB of data per second and will provide customers with increased scalability, higher capacity and total resilience. It took 6 months to design, build and deploy.

The project has been completed 2 months early with zero downtime, which is testament to the talented engineers employed by the company.

Karl Robinson, Director of StratoGen, said: “We already have an enviable reputation for network quality and we continue to invest in our infrastructure to make sure we stay ahead. All our clients have a 100% uptime guarantee so it was vitally important that these significant upgrades were planned in such a way so as to avoid any service disruption. Naturally I’m very proud of the performance of our technical team as this will serve to highlight the strength of our service level agreement and the calibre of the engineers that look after our infrastructure.”

The deployment of all new high-end Cisco routers and switches has resulted in a significant speed increase and makes StratoGen one of the most resilient managed hosting providers in Europe. In addition, the platform allows for complex private network infrastructures and can cope with huge volumes of event driven Internet traffic.

“UK businesses have become increasingly aware of the importance of their online presence and this has led to a rapid growth in managed hosting. With these upgrades in place we can look forward to servicing many more customers and deploying complex hosting infrastructures with ease,” Robinson said.

For further information please visit http://www.stratogen.net/

About StratoGen
StratoGen is a managed hosting company providing enterprise VMware hosting, managed server hosting, colocation and connectivity products all backed by a 100% uptime SLA.

StratoGen have invested significant capital into building out a true enterprise class infrastructure that offers clients real business benefits whilst reducing their costs. High uptime, high throughput websites and online applications require resilient & scalable hosting solutions and this is where StratoGen is a market leader.

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Google Crowned King of Malware(The Hosting News) – Barracuda Networks Inc., a leading provider of content security, data protection and application delivery solutions, today released its Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report, revealing data from two key areas: search engine malware  and Twitter use and crime rate. The company is presenting this data at Security BSides Las Vegas and DefCON 18 this week in Las Vegas. The full report is available at the company’s security research portal at http://barracudalabs.com.

Searching for Malware
Barracuda Labs conducted a study across Bing, Google, Twitter and Yahoo!, over a roughly two-month period. The analysis reviews more than 25,000 trending topics and nearly 5.5 million search results. The purpose of the study was to analyse trending topics on popular search engines to understand the scope of the problem and to identify the types of topics used by malware distributors. The results will be presented at DefCON 18 on Saturday, July 31, at 11:00 a.m. PT, at the Riviera Hotel & Casino.

Key highlights from the search engine study include:
•    Overall, Google takes the crown for malware distribution – turning up more than twice the amount of malware as Bing, Twitter and Yahoo! combined when searches on popular trending topics were performed. Google presents at 69 per cent; Yahoo! at 18 per cent; Bing at 12 per cent; and Twitter at one per cent.
•    The average amount of time for a trending topic to appear on one of the major search engines after appearing on Twitter varies tremendously: 1.2 days for Google, 4.3 days for Bing, and 4.8 days for Yahoo!
•    Over half of the malware found was between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. GMT.
•    The top 10 terms used by malware distributors include the name of a NFL player, three actresses, a Play*boy [sic] Playmate and a college student who faked his way into Harvard.

The Darkside of Twitter
Barracuda Labs analysed more than 25 million Twitter accounts, both legitimate and malicious. The purpose of this part of the study was to measure and analyse account behaviour on Twitter in order to model normal user behaviour and identify features that are strong indicators of illegitimate account use. The study reviews several key areas including True Twitter Users1, Twitter Crime Rate2, and Tweet Number3. The results will be presented at Security Bsides Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 28, at 3:00 p.m. PT, at the 2810 Resort.

Key highlights from the Twitter research include:
•    In general, activity is increasing on Twitter: more users are coming online; True Twitter Users are tweeting more often, and even casual users are becoming more active. As users become more active, the malicious activity also increases
•    Only 28.87 per cent of Twitter users are actual True Twitter Users
•    Half of Twitter users tweet less than once a day, yet one in 10 users tweet five or more times a day and 30 per cent of Twitter accounts have never tweeted
•    One in every eight Twitter users has at least 10 times more followers than they are following
•    Only one in 10 users is following more than 100 users, and almost half are following less than five
•    The Twitter Crime Rate for the first half of 2010 was 1.67 per cent

To review the complete Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report and the company’s security portal, please visit http://barracudalabs.com.

About Barracuda Networks Inc.
Barracuda Networks Inc. combines premises-based gateways and software, virtual appliances, cloud services, and sophisticated remote support to deliver comprehensive content security, data protection and application delivery solutions.  The company’s expansive product portfolio includes offerings for protection against email, Web and IM threats as well as products that improve application delivery and network access, message archiving, backup and data protection. Coca-Cola, FedEx, Harvard University, IBM, L’Oreal, and Europcar are among the more than 100,000 organizations protecting their IT infrastructures with Barracuda Networks’ range of affordable, easy-to-deploy and manage solutions.  Barracuda Networks is privately held with its International headquarters in Campbell, Calif.  For more information, please visit www.barracudanetworks.com.

Source: Google Crowned “King of Malware”

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(The Hosting News) – Managing open source hypervisors, including Xen and KVM, became a lot easier today with the release of ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise edition from Convirture Corp.

The open source version of ConVirt has been available for more than three years and is broadly deployed and well-tested in real-world data centers — having been downloaded more than 30,000 times. In fact, ConVirt1.x is included in most major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Open SUSE, Debian and others.

ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise extends ConVirt Open Source with the advanced automation and scalability features necessary for running large-scale or mission-critical virtualized environments. By delivering high availability, backup and recovery, storage and network automation, and enterprise-grade security, ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise enables IT managers to meet and exceed service levels while using infrastructure in the most efficient way.

ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise is also the go-to tool for enterprises ready to move beyond virtualized infrastructure management towards a hosted or private cloud model. With an extensive cloud management feature set, which includes multi-tenant security, delegated control, scheduled provisioning, resource limiting, and many more, ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise enables IT organizations to offer infrastructure-as-a-service, while ensuring full isolation and compliance with corporate policies.

“We’ve implemented a variety of virtualization platforms over the years and managing them all – especially the open source hypervisors – has always been the single biggest pain point,” said Steven Scoleri, Principal Architect at GSI Commerce, a leading provider of e-commerce and interactive marketing services. “Our beta test of ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise has gone very well and we think it just may be the game-changer we’ve been looking for. We no longer need experts on hand at all times to complete simple virtualization tasks. We look forward to further exploring ConVirt’s capabilities and using it to manage our entire open source-based virtual data center.”

“Until now, any organization that wanted a complete solution for managing and automating a virtual data center was locked into expensive and proprietary solutions like VMware vCenter,”,” said Arsalan Farooq, CEO of Convirture. “That changes today as ConVirt 2.0’s advanced automation, private cloud management, enterprise scalability and datacenter integration features now meet or exceed what’s available from proprietary platform vendors. With ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise, organizations considering Xen or KVM as open source alternatives to commercial virtualization platforms are no longer forced to compromise on manageability.”

About ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise
ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise supports all of the features available with the ConVirt 2.0 Open Source product including:
- Server pool-based management
- Templates-based provisioning
- Monitoring and configuration management
- Comprehensive virtual machine administration
- Highly scalable, 3-tier, standards-based architecture

In addition, ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise delivers scalability, automation, and private cloud management features that were previously available only for proprietary virtualization platforms, including:

- High availability: ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise ensures that mission-critical applications are always up and running by delivering a comprehensive high availability feature set, including virtual and physical machine failover;

- Backup and recovery: A full backup and recovery feature set ensures successful recovery from planned and unplanned outages. Scheduled and on-demand backups are supported. Restore modes can be for the most recent state or any earlier backup. Both virtual machine state and storage are captured, so virtual machines are brought up in a consistent state.

- Private Cloud Management: A data center that has been virtualized can be turned into a private, infrastructure-as-a-service cloud in a scalable and secure way, with support for full multi-tenant security, delegated control, scheduled provisioning, resource limiting and the ability to create virtual appliances that comply with corporate standards and publish them effortlessly to cloud users.

- Storage and network automation with ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise significantly streamlines the error-prone and time-consuming tasks of configuring network and storage in a virtualized environment. Storage configuration standardizes storage across a server pool by automating configuration of all storage types, including NFS, iSCSi, AOE, Fiber Channel and LVM. Network integration provides a centralized interface for managing virtual networks.

- Enterprise Integration: ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise provides a full suite of integration capabilities, including an open repository, command line interface, and programmatic APIs.

Pricing and Availability
ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise is available immediately direct from Convirture. Pricing starts at $1,495 per host for up to 10 hosts, with volume pricing available for larger environments. A “per virtual machine” pricing package is also available for ISP’s and hosting providers. More information is available at www.convirture.com/contact.html.

About Convirture
Convirture was founded in 2006 to help organizations effectively manage open source virtualization platforms. More information is available at www.convirture.com.

Source: Enterprise-Grade Virtualization Management Now Available

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Since the modern network security era begin in late 2001 with NIMDA and Code Red, I’ve been observing how to protect against threats and vulnerabilities to the enterprise across my professional experiences with dedicated security appliance vendors such as Fortinet and ServGate, and more recently in my strategic marketing role within Cisco’s enterprise services customer segment.  Clearly, protecting the network at the edge and devices internal to the network has been challenging enough.  Now, with the movement to virtual or cloud-based computing, this trend even further complicates the need for multi-layers of defenses at all access points into the cloud, both egress and ingress.

The legacy architecture of today’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure unnecessarily increases overall management costs and complexity.  Accordingly, ICT infrastructure is now moving toward a service-based consumption model often referred to as enterprise cloud services.  This new model requires a fresh, contemporary way of thinking about both the underlying technology and the way ICT is delivered to ensure customer success.

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(The Hosting NewsFuture Hosting Grows Global Footprint with Hybrid Servers) – Future Hosting, an Internet solutions provider serving SMBs and enterprises internationally and developer of Future Engineer™, today introduced Hybrid Servers in Chicago and Washington, D.C., further expanding the company’s global footprint. Hybrid Servers are also available in London and Dallas, allowing clients to now choose from four international cities.

Hybrid Servers from Future Hosting are unique, high-end Virtual Private Servers that deliver full management, high-availability, premium bandwidth, and access to either the cPanel or Plesk hosting control panel. Unlike standard Virtual Private Servers, Hybrid Servers offer an average of 1 CPU core per Hybrid Server and high-performance RAM, disk storage, and network connectivity.

“Offering truly global solutions for our clients remains a strategic goal for Future Hosting. In the past two years alone, we have more than quadrupled our international presence, and created the ability to offer full-service hosting solutions for companies based in the United States and abroad. By adding Hybrid Servers to two new major American cities, we are fulfilling our commitment to continuously build geographic diversity in our services and open the door to even further expansion in the months ahead. This is one more step in our march to globalization,” said Future Hosting Chief Strategy Officer Stephen Kowalski.

Hybrid Servers from Future Hosting are automatically backed up by the company’s next-generation Future Protect™ data protection service, which delivers the ultimate in protection against data loss. Starting Hybrid Server plans offer 80GB of disk space, 2GB of RAM, and 2000GB of premium bandwidth. All Hybrid Servers include SLA uptime of at least 99.9%.

In early July, Future Hosting added complete DNS management functionality to the Future Hosting Management Portal (FHMP), which provides dedicated server clients with complete control of their servers. FHMP is slated to eventually incorporate Hybrid servers, further enhancing user control.

Future Hosting is the developer of 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 clients 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.

For more information about Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.com.

For more information about Hybrid Servers from Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.com/managed-hybrid-servers.

About Future Hosting, LLC
Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is a privately held leading Internet solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers, and Hybrid Virtual Private Servers. The company has built a strong reputation for its high-quality service, innovative pricing models, and value-added features. Future Hosting is based in Novi, Mich.

Source: Future Hosting Grows Global Footprint with Hybrid Servers

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LinMin™ Releases Bare Metal Provisioning 6.0(The Hosting News) – LinMin, maker of award-winning IT and hosting automation software LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning™, today unveiled LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning Release 6.0 with Cloud, hosting and corporate data center enhancements. Today’s release, which has been in development for nearly a year, also offers improvements in security, platform support and ease of integration with IT applications, including control panels and Cloud orchestrators.

The new release offers several key new features. The optional Windows Provisioning Module enables the deployment of Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 and Windows® 7 systems using the same graphical or programmatic interfaces used to provision all current releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE and SLES as well as legacy Windows operating systems. The new online self-help and knowledge base provides customers with unprecedented self-support ability.

LinMin now also offers more streamlined application integration. Release 6.0 boasts an upgraded API, including a new disk imaging interface, enhanced provisioning support, and token and IP-based authentication. LinMin’s API enables Cloud, hosting and corporate data centers to seamlessly add provisioning and imaging support to their existing IT applications, enabling full server provisioning, recovery and cloning automation of the data center. The API also enables Independent Software Vendors and OEMs to augment their offerings with sophisticated provisioning and imaging capabilities.

“Large hosting companies need to implement server provisioning automation as much as possible in order to keep service levels high and costs low,” said David Elbaze, Managing Director, Elb Group Netissime, a leading French hosting company. “We standardized on LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning 6.0 because it takes less than one day to implement, is easy to use, reduces labor costs tremendously and offers very high scalability, resulting in very efficient data center operations.”

“LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning 6.0 incorporates everything we’ve learned from LinMin production deployments in numerous data centers and IT shops worldwide, including enhancements in performance, platform support, security over public networks, online self-help, rescue system deployment and the provisioning of Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7,” said Laurent Gharda, CEO of LinMin Corp. “Our new Application Programming Interface enables data centers and OEMs to easily add automated provisioning and imaging to any IT application.”

Ultimately, LinMin helps create flexibility within the data center. By enabling system administrators to automate server provisioning, scalability is enhanced without increasing cost. Disaster Recovery is also substantially streamlined with LinMin’s snapshot rollback capability. By offering both a browser-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) and an Application Programming Interface (API) so customers can integrate their control panels, cloud orchestrators and other automation tools, LinMin makes server provisioning, rollback and cloning easy.

LinMin is also used to automate PC deployments by remotely installing Windows 7, Windows XP and Linux. PCs can also be backed up and restored, avoiding lengthy OS and application installations should PCs get infected with malware.

For a detailed description of the new features of LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning Release 6.0, please visit http://www.linmin.com/help/linmin_revision_history_lbmp6_0.html.

Pricing
LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning 6.0 for Linux and Windows is available for free trial. Perpetual license pricing starts at $1,199 for up to 100 systems to provision and image (for major versions of Linux and Windows Server 2003/XP) or $1,799 (for major versions of Linux, legacy Windows plus Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7).

About LinMin
LinMin provides IT infrastructure deployment software for cloud, hosting and corporate data centers. LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning automates Windows and Linux server provisioning and PC deployments, while LinMin Bare Metal Imaging enables Disaster Recovery and system cloning of servers, blades, PCs, appliances and virtual machines. LinMin delivers enterprise-grade IT software for use in organizations of any size with limited budgets. LinMin is based in Redwood City, Calif.

Source: LinMin™ Releases Bare Metal Provisioning 6.0

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ISPsystem Supports Cloud Linux’s SecureLVE(The Hosting News) – Cloud Linux Inc., an innovative software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, today announces that ISPsystem will support SecureLVE™ in their control panel, ISPmanager. As one of the leading web server control panels, ISPmanager allows hosting service providers to manage various aspects of a web server via a friendly and easy-to-use web interface. Integrating SecureLVE into the control panel gives hosting providers new security controls previously unavailable.

SecureLVE is based on CloudLinux’s Lightweight Virtual Environment™ technology and creates a new level of security for shared hosting servers. SecureLVE provides a virtualized file system, which separates each user on the server into its own environment, preventing one user from seeing any other users on the server. This new server security makes it difficult for hackers to attack, deface, or steal data from the shared web server.

“We are very pleased to have SecureLVE integrated into ISPmanager because it will give hosting providers not only the control promised by CloudLinux but also the most secure shared hosting environment available,” states Cloud Linux Inc. Founder and CEO Igor Seletskiy.

Since it is based on CloudLinux’s Lightweight Virtual Environment technology that allows the administrator to control usage of the resources on a server at the tenant or application level, SecureLVE virtualizes a filesystem to limit the available applications, devices, and what a user can see in the file system to make it harder for an attacker to penetrate the server. Unlike existing technologies limited only to shell access, SecureLVE works across shell, CGI & cronjobs.

“Supporting CloudLinux with ISPmanager is a big win for our customers,” states Igor Chekushkin, ISPsystem CEO. “SecureLVE will fill the critical gap in security for shared hosting setup. Combining the ability to manage resources on a per tenant basis with the ease of ISPmanager will create a top of the line solution and a excellent experience for the end customers.”

The integration of SecureLVE into ISPmanager is further demonstration of Cloud Linux’s promise to help service providers improve efficiency and security of multi- tenant setups. SecureLVE provides system administrations functionality similar to container based virtualization, but on application level instead of the OS level. It will fill the gap between shared hosting and virtual private servers (VPS), and will allow server administrators to increase server stability and density while greatly improving the security of shared hosting.

About ISPsystem
ISPsystem is a fast growing software development company specialized in web technology. ISPsystem was founded in February 2004 with the mission to provide and design the best web hosting automation software available. The core of the company is a dedicated team of highly skilled programmers who work hard at fulfilling this mission. Their products are installed on thousands of servers worldwide. For more information visit http://www.ispsystem.com

About Cloud Linux, Inc.
Founded in Princeton, NJ, Cloud Linux Inc. is a privately funded company that combines unique expertise in the service provider business with in-depth technical knowledge of hosting, kernel development and open source.

Cloud Linux Inc. provides hosting companies and datacenters with the only commercially supported Linux operating system (OS) optimized for their needs. The new technology behind CloudLinux has been proven to increase density, stability and performance, helping customers realize reduced operating costs and increased profitability.

To join online discussions and receive news updates you can find CloudLinux on: Twitter and LinkedIn.  For more information, please visit http://www.cloudlinux.com.

Source: ISPsystem Supports Cloud Linux’s SecureLVE

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Aflexi Launches New Web Site(The Hosting News) – Aflexi, a leading developer of CDN Software and Content Delivery Network Management solutions today launched the new Aflexi web site. (http://www.aflexi.net).

Aflexi’s CDN Management services and CDN software is targeted towards service providers who want to quickly, easily and cost-effectively provide CDN services.

“Our new site is tightly focused on the services and software that Aflexi offers to small and medium size service providers who need CDN functionality in order to compete on an international scale,” said Whei Wong, CEO of Aflexi. “Web hosting companies can now provide content providers and publishers with all the bandwidth and POPs they need without having to pay the exorbitant rates charged by the major CDN suppliers.”

The Aflexi CDN software provides automated installation and software upgrades for CDN server deployment as well as intuitive account management, bandwidth management, CDN server management and Publisher migration process. The Aflexi CDN solution supports commonly-used webhosting control panel systems and comes bundled with software that can improve CDN performance or experience

FlexiMart, Aflexi’s new and unique Bandwidth Exchange platform, enables web hosts to share infrastructure by allowing them to buy, sell and trade capacity, in real time and on the fly, both at a fixed price and via auction-like bidding. FlexiMart includes a powerful search engine that enables an Aflexi CDN operator to quickly discover all available bandwidth within specific regions offered by other CDN Operators. This allows buyers to enhance traffic performance at desired locations and time periods by purchasing region-specific bandwidth instead of global bandwidth.
About Aflexi
Aflexi develops and provides content delivery solutions for ISPs and content distributors worldwide. The Aflexi CDN software optimizes website traffic across various ISPs and their POPs. The intelligent Aflexi back-end system scrutinizes traffic patterns and visitor profiles, and can make the necessary adjustments in real time to ensure the highest possible delivery speeds and data quality. If a specific server or network becomes overloaded, the Aflexi system automatically reroutes incoming and outgoing traffic to the next available ISP, server or POP.

Source: Aflexi Launches New Web Site

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(The Hosting News) – Ubersmith recently announced the release of the latest version of its flagship datacenter management software, Ubersmith DE Version 1.8, with Natural Language Search across all of its core modules. Now, data center managers can find and quickly correlate client account information, support issues, and device and usage data across the platform 85% faster. The new search tool returns more relevant and nearly instant results from very large data sets; and, as part of the leading automation software for the web hosting and data center market, it will save users thousands of hours per year, while improving reaction time to critical issues.
Complex searches that used to take 30-60 seconds now take less than five seconds thanks to the integration of powerful Apache SOLR and Zend Lucene search engines. The search tools also allow advanced screening capabilities in instances where either limited or obscure information is all that is available, such as support ticket information, one of the most important use cases, or IP addresses in use.
“The latest release of Ubersmith DE meets the service provider market’s needs for drastic improvements in speed when dealing with large data sets and user bases, which is typical for Ubersmith clients” said Dan Cech, chief technology officer. “As we make critical advancements in scalability and performance, we deliver on Ubersmith’s promise to bring continuous innovation, greater efficiency, cutting-edge features and time and cost savings to our customers.”

The new natural language search functionality is just one of hundreds of feature enhancements added in Ubersmith DE Version 1.8 in order to maintain the company’s position as the leader in streamlining data center operations and improving the efficiency and automation of service providers across the lifecycle of datacenter operations, assets, and customers.

Other Feature Enhancements in Ubersmith DE Version 1.8 include:
•    New support feature for “Level 2″ credit card processing helps merchants save money on transaction fees: This new features sends tax details along with each transaction to help merchants accept more credit cards and qualify for the best rates.  Merchants with large numbers of customers and high transaction volumes (such as government and large corporations) will benefit by getting higher approval percentages and more favorable rates.
•    System-wide and Support Manager User Interface (UI) enhancements help better manage large numbers of data, especially support tickets, by adding usability improvements and time-saving data correlation on the support screens, as well as the screens to manage billing, client accounts, orders, permissions, and reports and monitoring.
•    Integrated device support has been expanded to new switch and rebooter/PDU models, adding to the hundreds of specialty datacenter switches, servers and appliances that Ubersmith already supports.
•    Expanded virtualization features to manage cloud and hybrid offerings via the Virtuozzo API.
•    Several new API calls, including support for tags, enhancements to IP management handling and order queue interaction
•    SSL certificate provisioning enhancements
•    Plus, over 200 bug fixes, speed and usability improvements.
Hosting companies, managed services provider (MSPs), public cloud vendors, SAAS providers and enterprises can now manage multiple areas of the operations and business faster and more effectively, including: billing automation, management and provisioning of devices, support and trouble ticket resolution, customer relationship management (CRM), usage and alert monitoring and integrated financial and business reporting.

Ubersmith DE 1.8 is designed to fit the needs of all sizes of service providers, from startup cloud providers all the way to the largest ISPs and enterprises and is available starting from a low, monthly base rate.  Each installation of Ubersmith comes with comprehensive migration assistance and full 24/7 support from Ubersmith’s team of expert engineers. Upgrades are performed by contacting customer support.

About Ubersmith.
Ubersmith is a pioneer in Web-based automation for the global web hosting, data center and service provider industries and the market leader in automated data center management tools among businesses generating $1 – $20 million in revenue from cloud, virtual hosting, and dedicated servers offerings.  Founded in 2003 and based in Troy, NY, the privately-held company was the first to offer automated billing and monitoring of server usage to the IT infrastructure industry. The company is the only company serving a significant share of the market with a single-platform workflow solution offering real-time billing of bandwidth and overage usage, alongside mission-critical features to automate device lifecycle management, customer relationship management (CRM), support and trouble ticket resolution, real-time performance monitoring, and advanced profitability evaluation and business reporting. Please visit our website at www.ubersmith.com.

Source: Ubersmith Adds Brand New Advanced Search Tools

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SCRANTON, PA – July 27, 2010 – BurstNET Technologies, Inc.™ (http://www.burst.net), a leading provider of budget hosting services, today announced IPv6 addressing service available end-to-end on its entire product line: including Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), & Co-Location.

IPv6 stands for Internet Protocol version 6. It is the second version of the Internet Protocol to be used generally across the virtual world, with the first version being IPv4. IPv4 is still the protocol of choice for most of the Internet, however, the transition to IPv6 is steadily underway. IPv4 32-bit addresses, due to the growth of the Internet, have become a scarce and valuable commodity. Organizations have gone to great lengths to deal with the shortage and high cost of IPv4 addresses. IPv6 is the future of Internet addressing, because IPv4 is close to running out of available addresses space. With less than a year’s worth of Internet addresses left, as industry professionals predicted in July 2010, the call for the technology industry to move faster to adopt the next-generation Internet protocol is growing louder.

The differences between IPv6 and IPv4 are in five major areas: addressing and routing, security, network address translation, administrative workload, and support for mobile devices. One of the main differences in IPv6, is in the number of addresses available for networked devices. For example, each mobile phone or other kind of electronic device can have its own IPv6 address. The most visible change in IPv6 is that addresses balloon from 32-bits to 128-bits, example: 3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf. IPv4 addresses have 32 bits in them and so allow a maximum of four billion addresses, while IPv6 addresses have 128 bits. With such a huge address space, ISPs will have sufficient IP addresses to allocate enough addresses to every customer, so that every IP device/website has a truly unique address—whether it’s behind a firewall or not.

BurstNET® is one of the first budget hosting providers to make IPv6 addressing service available end-to-end on its entire product line: including Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), & Co-Location. BurstNET® clientele can get a head start configuring their services for IPv6, or just utilize an inexpensive VPS package to just learn how to configure/utilize IPv6 for future needs.