Recently they have dramatically increased their plans resources and offer their clients to sign up, upgrade or renew their account for 12, 24 and 36 months. AwardSpace.com has also added value to their services by giving not only one but two free domains for life. With their 100GB disk space and 1500GB monthly traffic Max Pack Plus hosting plan you can easily run a middle size online business. Not only that but you can also host unlimited domains, unlimited subdomains, set up unlimited email accounts, MySQL Databases, PHP 5, phpMyAdmin, have access to their proprietary Zacky tolls instaler software which is a powerful combination of shopping carts, online forum and blog systems, website builders, CMS and many more.

For those who are planing to start a new business online AwarSpace’s Web Pro Plus hosting plan is the most appropriate choice. The plan offers 60GB disk space and 1000GB monthly traffic, 1 free domain for life, 32 domains hosted, unlimited email accounts, MySQL Databases, PHP 5, phpMyAdmin and Zacky tolls instaler and more

The third Hosting Plan is called “Basic” and is ideal for small and middle size personal web sites where you can build a family picture gallery, your very own blog or forum or just a site you would like to build. Basic hosting plan is giving you 1 free domain for the firs year, 30GB disk space and 500GB monthly traffic along with all that it also has MySQL Databases, PHP 5, phpMyAdmin and Zacky tools installer.

AwardSpace.com is also offering 99,9% servers up time and 24/7 highly qualified and experienced customer support there is also a 30 day money back policy where you get a complete refund in case you are not satisfied with their service, which the guarantee will not happen.

And last but not least Awardspace.com is offering their clients an FREE Easy Starter hosting plan so that you can try the service for free and upgrade to a paid account when you are convince that it is a good value for money.

For more information you can visit: www.AwardSpace.com or compare their hosting plans at: http://www.awardspace.com/web_hosting.html

”IT Compliance and Risk Management: Bridging the Gap on Governance, Risk and Compliance” - featured leaders who provided advice and counsel from their own experiences in developing compliance frameworks for their organizations.

The event’s featured speakers included Craig Mullins, corporate technologist for Neon Enterprise Software, and Nick Ignatiev, systems engineer for Alert Logic. A panel presentation on CIO strategies for IT compliance followed, with panelists from IBM, BJ Services, Access Sciences and Texas Children’s Hospital.

Steve Kahan, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management with The Planet noted, ”Compliance continues to frame discussions inside every organization, whether publicly traded or privately held. We use our facilities to host educational forums that benefit our community and the businesses that operate here. We welcome the Techxans organization as they work to provide thought leadership and information topical to the challenges faced today by technology companies.”

The Techxans is the largest technology executives network in the state, with more than 13,000 members and chapters in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.

Recently, The Planet upgraded and expanded in its Network Operations Center (NOC), through a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) designation requirement.
All employees who work in the company’s NOC are required to hold the CCNA, and the staff is now 100 percent certified. Every NOC technician has earned this complex designation, which tests the skills required to install, configure, operate and troubleshoot routed and switched networks. Many on the team have earned even more senior Cisco certifications.

Created by Cisco Systems Inc., CCNA is the industry-recognized standard of expertise for IT network professionals. The rigorous certification requires knowledge of core network functions, including the verification of remote sites in a Wide Area Network (WAN), knowledge of various network types and the basic mitigation of security threats. Additional skills tested include the implementation of Local Area Networks (LAN) and an understanding of wireless networking concepts.

Currently, there are open positions in The Planet NOC for those with CCNA qualifications. For more information on careers at The Planet, visit www.theplanet.com/about-us/careers.asp.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.

> For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

Rodney Giles, Co-founder and CEO of Eleven2 noted, ”’We are very excited about this relocation. We feel this new environment will give us the room to continue to expand our personnel in order to meet the needs of our growing customer base.”

Since the company opened in 2004, they have seen its clientele double many times over and now services well over 66,000 websites. In that time, Eleven2 has moved its headquarters five times in order to accommodate.

Mr. Giles continued, ”We feel like we’ve been constantly growing, and with that we’ve had to make many changes to how we do things. Moving as much as we have is all part of the growing process, and we feel that this new location will give us enough room and will meet the needs of our growth for quite a while.”

Recently, the company debuted the launch of a new solution that will work with President George W. Bush’s Economic Stimulus Plan, to provide web hosting services for life, at $600. In January of 2008, Bush announced that U.S. taxpayers would get checks of several hundred dollars from the government in order to boost the economy. Eleven2 immediately began to brainstorm ways on how to give something back as well.

Eleven2 is offering lifetime hosting for $600. Based on the pricing of its “launchParty” plan, $600 would only go as far as roughly eight and a half years.

Established in 2004, Eleven2 Hosting was started by two web developers who, at the time, could not find high quality hosting solutions that met their requirements. Now hosting over 60,000 websites and with ten years of experience, Eleven2 offers shared hosting, reseller hosting, and customized dedicated server plans. Data centers include locations in Houston, TX and Atlanta, GA. The company continues to reinvent the customer experience with VIP, an automated support system developed in-house. Eleven2 Hosting also provides domain sales and database/FTP/email hosting for small to medium sized businesses.

To learn more, please visit: www.eleven2.com.

Also included in the offering, is the Intel Xeon CPU, along with the ability to hold up to 12 hot swappable hard drives. These new packages represent a huge increase in the price-for-performance value equation for clients seeking highly expandable, leading edge computing platforms.

New server packages include the latest HP chassis, newly released AMD Barcelona and Intel Harpertown / Clovertown processors, a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and 500 GB or larger hard drives. Each chassis can currently accommodate up to 12TB of storage and 32GB of RAM.

Todd Abrams, President and COO of Layered Technologies explained, ”Layered Technologies has a history of leading the market in next-generation technology and we’ll continue to seek ways to maximize performance, optimize virtualization, increase levels of utilization and enable greater energy efficiency. These new name-brand server offerings are unrivaled and give our customers greater choices and unbeatable value.”

With clients in more than 120 countries, Layered Technologies custom technology solutions allow both large and small customers to rapidly deploy on-demand hosting and utility computing services, providing all the controls of collocation without the start up costs, capital investments, long term contracts and associated challenges. By partnering with Layered Technologies, companies are able to achieve ROI quickly via reduced capital investment, total cost of ownership (TCO), labor reduction, training and floor space. Layered Technologies can have a company up and running in days versus months.

Recently, it was announced that the Chicago based managed hosting company, FastServers.net, will be acquired by Layered Technologies as well. The acquisition will combine the expertise of FastServers.net in managed dedicated hosting with Layered Technologies’ leading Grid and unmanaged offerings. The combination of Layered Technologies and FastServers will offer a new range of superior services significantly benefiting customers.

Layered Technologies will begin immediate integration of the two companies’ operations, product development, distribution and customer support organizations to ensure a smooth transition and immediate value for customers, employees and partners. Combined, the company will serve over 6,000 clients.

Layered Technologies enables customers to forego capital expenses and save on operating costs while focusing on core business issues. Clients range from leading-edge Web 2.0 startups, successful mid-sized enterprises and some the world’s largest consultancy and integration firms.

Based in Frisco Texas, Layered Technologies, Inc. is one of the five largest global providers of on-demand hosting and utility computing solutions, providing dedicated, partially managed server hosting solutions primarily for the small and medium-sized enterprise SME market. They provide customers with the highest quality technology, infrastructure and support services that enable them to operate servers at secure Tier III/IV data centers, while saving them the capital and operating costs typically associated with purchasing and maintaining their own servers at co-location facilities. Layered Technologies servers and associated network facilities are used by customers to host a variety of Internet-enabled applications, including content and e-commerce Web sites, software as a service (”SaaS”) offerings, online multiplayer games, shared Web site hosting services, and streaming multimedia content distribution and delivery, among other applications.

For more information about Layered Technologies, please visit: www.layeredtech.com.

Easyspace today announced the launch of its May 2008 special offer, just one of a number of special offers to be rolled out in the coming months.
Until 31st May, all people buying a domain name with Easyspace will be able to purchase any number of .biz domain names for 7.50 pounds each for one year - a saving of 40% on the standard sale price of the domain. The offer lasts only until 31st May and is open to both new and existing customers.

This latest offer comes on the heels of a number of product improvements at Easyspace, not least the reduction in price of it’s Virtual Server range, but also the introduction of virtual servers and the introduction of improved specification Dedicated Servers.

Errol Vanderhorst, Sales and Marketing Director of Easyspace noted, ”While we realise that .coms and .co.uks are the most popular extensions for domain owners in the UK, we feel giving a significant discount on some of the other Top Level Domains opens up an alternative option if customers preferred .com or .co.uk is already registered. We’ve also recently added new mailbox and forwarding features to all domain registrations, meaning alternative domains through Easyspace are now a fantastic option.”

Founded in 1997, Easyspace was one of the first domain and web hosting companies in the UK. Easyspace domains come with the usual admin features, including MX Control, Name Server Control and web redirection. Customers can also take advantage of 100 pound Pay Per Click Vouchers with each domain name.

To learn more, please visit: http://www.easyspace.com.

As a Microsoft partner, Easy CGI is increasing their number of dedicated server plans to five. Their range of plans is now capable of satisfying almost any dedicated hosting need - from those of small businesses, to those of large corporations.

The two new plans, Dedicated X10 and Dedicated X20, offer 100 and 200 gigabytes of disk space, respectively, two and four gigabytes of RAM, and two terabytes of bandwidth per month.

Dan Richfield, President of Easy CGI noted, ”Customers clearly want more server capability such as more disk storage and memory. We’ve always prided ourselves on being flexible about delivering what our customers want.”

Significantly, all of Easy CGI’s dedicated VPS plans guarantee a limited number of virtual servers for each hardware node, something few other hosting services do. By limiting the number of virtualization clients, each client is assured of a greater share of processor time, RAM, and disk space.

Dedicated virtual private servers (VPS) are midway between shared web hosting services and dedicated hosting services. They create multiple, independent virtual servers, each with its own operating system and other software, on a single, partitioned physical server. VPS customers enjoy the benefits of private hosting, but a less cost than having their own dedicated server.

Mr. Richfield continued, ”These range of plans suits almost any company of any size that needs an economical alternative to dedicated hosting. Our plans offer a variety of options, coupled with cutting edge technology.”

Recently, EasyCGI has released its Window Server 2008, making it available to all hosting customers, to allow for flexibility, better performance and greater security, with hosting features designed to save programming time and ehance profitability.

Windows Server 2008 hosting features IIS 7 (Internet Information Services 7) which builds upon the previous IIS 6 release to provide enhanced security and performance for web hosters. With the new server platform, Easy CGI’s hosting customers now have the flexibility to set up their hosting plans on Windows 2008, or continue with Windows 2003.

Microsoft has reported that IIS 7 is the most ambitious Microsoft Web server it has yet offered, having such features as FastCGI, which runs powerful PHP applications at high performance levels, and feature delegation, which lets users modify many website settings quickly through the web.config file. By offering more and better controls to developers, Windows Server 2008 enables them to develop applications locally, and then transfer them to the live server, without having to make updates to the server site.

Easy CGI has opted to provide Windows Server 2008 with IIS 7 for several reasons:

• Security - IIS 7 builds on the security features of IIS6 to offer the most secure web services ever offered by Microsoft.
• High-performance, reliable PHP hosting on the IIS web server using FastCGI.
• Cost-effective modular architecture - IIS 7.0 is already established in more than 40 feature modules that can be independently, quickly, and inexpensively installed.
• Improved functionality with IIS 7 Extensibility - The IIS7 core web server features use a new set of public web server APIs that all developers can use to extend, replace or add functionality to their web servers.
• Unified Configuration - Distributed configuration files can now be stored along with Web site or application content.
• LINQ - The LINQ (Language Integrated Query) Project is a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that include language-integrated query, set, and transform operations.

Easy CGI has been in the web hosting industry since 1994, offering technology, with cost effective, efficient solutions and customer service.

For more information about Easy CGI’s VPS Windows 2008 offering, please visit: www.easycgi.com/services/dedicated+hosting+overview.html.

For more information about Easy CGI, please visit: www.easycgi.com.

Hostopia has launched the new Private label wholesale service, so that telecoms may tap into the high growth IP Fax market with a key patent license. Also known as “IP fax” in the communications services market, fax-to-email services allow a user to send or receive facsimile messages from their computer - typically within their preferred email application such as Microsoft Outlook.

The benefit to this is having the ability to send or receive fax messages without the expense and inconvenience of owning a physical fax machine and additional phone line.

Paul D. Engels, Chief Marketing Officer at Hostopia noted, ”Fax-to email is in high demand as a business service with annual growth of over 25% according to a prominent category study published by Davidson Consulting. Our wholesale customers such as telecoms and broadband companies are eager to offer these services to their SME customers.”

Hostopia’s fax-to-email service is available to telecoms and other communications providers on a wholesale basis. It can be branded by the telecom and sold as a standalone service or as part of a bundle of services, such as web hosting and business email. It can be billed to end users directly by the telecom or sold on a referral model where Hostopia performs the billing and end-user support.

Mr. Engels added, ”Service providers who sell this service will enjoy the benefit of patent protection due to our license with j2 Global Communications, the leader in IP fax technology.”

j2 Global licenses its patents to leading companies worldwide. Jeffrey D. Adelman, Vice President and General Counsel of j2 Global noted, ”We are especially delighted to add Hostopia as a licensee because they have a demonstrated ability to successfully sell IP-based business solutions on a large scale basis to telecommunications and Internet service providers. This agreement is a great opportunity to expand the market for digital faxing services by delivering these patented solutions into the hands of a leading service provider.”

According to Hostopia - citing the Davidson Consulting report on IP fax services - demand for fax-to-email is driven largely by small enterprises that rely heavily on faxing in day-to-day business. This demand includes the need to be mobile while receiving important documents via email on a PDA or smart phone device, such as RIM’s Blackberry. Hostopia’s fax-to-email service has suggested retail prices for service providers starting at US$9.99 per month, which allows for 300 send or received pages. Hostopia’s wholesale model is structured to provide at least 40% gross margin to the telecom service provider who retails the service.

Hostopia’s managed email services are available to service providers such as telcos, ISPs and broadband providers on a private-labeled, wholesale basis. Service providers can offer Hostopia’s email service to end users under their own brand including a customized look and feel in the end user interface. API’s available from Hostopia even allow service providers to fully integrate the email services into their own customer login environments such as web-based business portals or online authentication applications.

Hostopia is a provider of web services that enable small- and medium-sized businesses to establish and maintain an Internet presence. The company’s customers are communication services providers, including telecommunication carriers, cable companies, Internet service providers, domain registrars, and web hosting service providers. Hostopia’s customers purchase their web services on a wholesale basis and resell these services under their own brands to small- and medium-sized businesses. The company provides customers with the technology, infrastructure, and support services to enable them to offer web services, while saving them research and development as well as capital and operating costs typically associated with the design, development, and delivery of web services. Nexthaus, Hostopia’s wireless mobility technology unit, is a global leader in data and device synchronization and has developed industry-recognized SyncML solutions that feature wireless interoperability between PC’s, handheld devices and mobile phones.

For more information about Hostopia, please visit: www.hostopia.com.

FabulaTech, a software development company which specializes in device driver development, application development and systems internals programming for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Embedded operating systems announced today the launch of the Virtual Serial Port Kit new version 5.0.5

According to Robert Fischer, a company spokesman, Virtual Serial Port version 5.0.5 is tenderly designed to create pairs of virtual serial ports in the system which are virtually connected to each other. Physical null modem cables are not required any more. One can connect any number of virtual port pairs. Virtual serial port pairs will look and work exactly like real hardware serial ports connected via null modem cables. Virtual Serial Port Kit is designed for software developers to speed up development process during software debugging.

Additional offerings for discount enable use of OEM license, the latter allows to integrate Virtual Serial Port Kit functionality into any own application and permits unlimited redistribution of Virtual Serial Port Kit as an integral part of one’s own software without having individual license keys. Andrew Scott said OEM License grants a royalty free distribution, so it is no use to pay extra fee per every license of one’s application.

“Whether you need to emulate unlimited number of serial ports and connect each pair of them via a virtual null-modem cable, Virtual Serial Port Kit is the ideal solution. For example, using VSPK, you can create pair of virtual serial ports (e.g. COM7 and COM8) and connect two applications to them. All data that the first application writes to COM7 is read from COM8 by the second application, and vice versa” says the Business Director of FabulaTech , John Scott. He added, “Virtual Serial Port Kit is extremely useful for serial software developers as it allows to speed up development process during debugging and data-logging period. You can debug your program (which uses serial port) by connecting it to another program (e.g. serial device emulator).You can connect ActiveSync directly to Pocket PC emulator using Virtual Serial Port Kit.”

According to Fischer, Virtual Serial Port Kit is the only program of its kind designed both for professionals, software developers and general users. More details are available at http://virtual-serial-port.com

The agreement has expanded and renewed for managing and maintaining a private network linking the jewelry chain’s regional and super-regional shopping malls and power centers in 39 states.

Building on a long-standing business relationship, New Edge will manage and maintain Whitehall’s existing private IP network based on DSL technology. The agreement also expands Whitehall’s network to 78 recently acquired jewelry stores. Installation work at the newly acquired locations is underway.

The specialty retailer of fine jewelry uses its private wide area network for processing store transactions, sales polling, selected Web access and corporate email. To ensure privacy and security, Whitehall’s network traffic, such as payment transactions and email, does not traverse the public Internet.

Greg Griffiths, Vice President of Marketing for New Edge noted, ”Our business relationship with Whitehall Jewelers has led to our mutual growth and success.” Both companies have benefited from trying new service approaches for optimizing the value of a private network after discussions in quarterly account review meetings.

Feedback from Whitehall was instrumental in New Edge’s decision to reorganize its operations support center and assign dedicated teams of technicians for supporting large customers with complex network configurations. When these customers call New Edge’s operations support system, they speak to someone they likely know by first name and who is familiar with their network design.

Mark Funasaki, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Chicago-based Whitehall Jewelers added, ”Our private network is an important component of our business growth plans and strategies. We want to use our network to favorably transform the shopping experience for our customers. Network flexibility, uptime and stability are paramount for smooth and efficient store operations.”

Whitehall Jewelers is a national specialty retailer of fine jewelry offering a selection of merchandise in the following categories: diamonds, gold, precious and semi-precious jewelry and watches. As of April 30, 2008, Whitehall Jewelers operated 375 stores in regional and super-regional malls as well as power centers in 39 states.

New Edge Networks is a wholly owned subsidiary of EarthLink Inc. (NASDQ: ELNK). New Edge Networks builds and manages private networks for businesses and communications providers. Through its nationwide backbone network with almost 900 switches and Internet routers, New Edge Networks uses any blend of network and access technologies (MPLS, frame relay, ATM, xDSL, cable, wireless, and satellite) for providing high-speed connections at any business address in the United States. Network options include any combination of access, network management functions, and on-site installation services.

To learn more about Whitehall Jewelers, please visit: www.whitehalljewelers.com.

For more information about New Edge Networks, please visit: www.newedgenetworks.com.

The new languages include Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, Indonesian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (European) and Thai. In total, Hyperspin supports 18 languages, with several more being developed.

With today’s announcement, Hyperspin holds its spot in the market as the monitoring service offering the widest selection of languages. There is no additional fee to utilize the new languages, and Hyperspin automatically detects the user’s preferred language through their web browser. Users can override this default language, if needed.

ChoonKeng Chua, Managing Director Hyperspin noted, ”We have made multi-lingual support a priority for several reasons. Namely, we are meeting the demand from our resellers for more languages in specific regions. In doing so, these resellers will be able to localize our system into their respective languages so they can reach a wider base of customers. We also hope our users will also be able to take greater advantage of our services if they can interact in their native language.”

Hyperspin allows website owners and server administrators to maximize uptime by constantly monitoring the status of web services. The platform can monitor virtually any service, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, SMTP, DNS, POP3, IMAP, MySQL, and any arbitrary services running on TCP/IP. If the system detects downtime, Hyperspin sends a notification through email or cell phone text message (SMS).

Recently, Hyperspin upgraded the application programming interface (API) for its reseller platform to support external payment systems. Designed to enable resellers to accept online payments through virtually any payment gateway or system. In the past, Hyperspin’s reseller platform required payments to be made through PayPal or 2Checkout.com. However, as the company’s resellers have become increasingly international, the need has developed for greater flexibility in payment processors.

Hyperspin has created a library of literature outlining the parameters of its API. Resellers can access this through the company’s website. There are no additional fees for using the API. Hyperspin allows website owners and server administrators to maximize uptime by constantly monitoring the status of web services. The platform can monitor virtually any service, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, SMTP, DNS, POP3, IMAP, MySQL, and any arbitrary services running on TCP/IP. If the system detects downtime, Hyperspin sends a notification through email or cell phone text message (SMS).

Hyperspin Internet Services is a registered online reliability solutions provider based in Singapore. Launched in 2002, the company’s flagship website and server monitoring service provides SMS and email updates of website downtime, allowing server administrators and webmasters to rectify reliability problems and maximize sales and ROI. Hyperspin currently monitors the reliability of more than 20,000 websites and servers.

For more information about Hyperspin, please visit: www.hyperspin.com.