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Pinnacle Cart to Debut PA DSS Compliant Release Next Week
February 8, 2010 -- Eagerly anticipated, the latest release of Pinnacle Cart will be one of only a handful of carts that are Payment Application Data Security Standard compliant, when it is officially released Thursday, February 18.
SoftLayer Offers VMware ESX Hypervisor, Adding Flexibility and Efficiency
February 1, 2010 -- On-demand data center and hosting services provider SoftLayer has begun offering VMware ESX for server virtualization to its portfolio of software services, giving customers access to a bare-metal hypervisor that abstracts processor, memory, storage, and networking resources to create multiple virtual machines from a single physical machine.
Microsoft Announces May Launch Date for SQL Server 2008 R2
January 20, 2010 -- Available in a Community Technology Preview version since August 2009, SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available by May 2010, according to a Microsoft blog post.
TurnKey Internet Adds R1Soft Backup Capability
January 19, 2010 -- TurnKey Internet will now offer its dedicated server clients R1Soft's high-performance Continuous Data Protection as a fully-managed, offsite backup service that provides simple, seamless bare-metal restores.
Tech Data Belgium Enters SaaS Market Using Parallels Automation
December 17, 2009 -- European technology distributor Tech Data Belgium has launched Fusyx, its foray into the Software as a Service market, offering a complete set of small and medium-sized business services based on Parallels Automation software.
Hosting Controller Offers Free Linux Control Panel
November 18, 2009 -- Web hosting software developer Hosting Controller announced on Wednesday it is offering a new promotion which invites hosting providers to try HC Linux Control Panel for free.
LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning 5.5 Adds "Provisioning Rollback" to Guard Against Human Error
November 11, 2009 -- Hosting automation software provider LinMin has announced the release of LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning version 5.5, adding Provisioning Rollback capabilities. A combination of bare metal provisioning and bare metal imaging technologies for Linux and Windows, Provisioning Rollback provides a virtual "undo" button for the provisioning process.
Microsoft Introduces Exchange Server 2010 to Europe at Tech-Ed Europe 2009
November 9, 2009 -- Released in beta in April, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is now officially released and available worldwide, helping European businesses reduce costs by as much as 70 percent, and offer better and more secure communication, according to Microsoft business division president Stephen Elop's Monday announcement at the Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 conference in Germany.
WHIR tv interviews Brian Shepard, CEO of Tenzing
November 3, 2009 -- WHIR tv had the opportunity to meet and interview Brian Shepard, CEO of Tenzing. We discuss what Tenzing does, who they cater to and their new cloud storage platform.
R1Soft Launches New Release Of Its Volume Snapshot Tool, Linux Hot Copy
October 30, 2009 -- Data protection software developer R1Soft, developer of Linux Hot Copy, a free command line utility that takes instant point-in-time snapshots of online Linux file systems, has announced the availability of HCP Beta Version 3.3.1, which adds adds the ability to take multiple point-in-time snapshots of online disk volumes.
Home Properties Uses Tripwire's Data Center Configuration Audit and Control Solutions
October 15, 2009 -- Multi-family real estate investment trust, Home Properties, has chosen configuration assessment and auditing solution, Tripwire Enterprise, to improve security and ensure total visibility of change activity across the company's IT systems.
R1Soft Adds CDP Integration With Web Hosting Control Panel InterWorx
October 14, 2009 -- Extending its Continuous Data Protection software for Linux and Windows to a wider range of web hosts, backup software developer R1Soft has successfully integrated CDP with the dedicated server web hosting control panel InterWorx.
Limelight Networks Adds Adaptive Intelligence To Its Global Network Platform
October 5, 2009 -- Managed infrastructure solutions provider Limelight Networks has introduced its next-generation global network platform, XD, which features new patent-pending "Adaptive Intelligence" to its infrastructure, providing advanced levels of performance and increased insight into real-time content delivery conditions.
R1Soft to Preview CDP 3.0 Technology at cPanel Conference
October 1, 2009 -- Unveiling the next major update to its successful Continuous Data Protection technology, software developer R1Soft will be debuting the latest version of its CDP software at the 2009 cPanel Conference in Houston on October 6 and 7.
Cloudera Announces Hadoop World: NYC 2009 Sponsors
September 23, 2009 -- Cloudera, which offers enterprise-level support to users of Apache Hadoop, has confirmed 12 sponsors for its inaugural Hadoop World conference in less than two weeks in New York City.
Parallels Adds Support for Microsoft Exchange 2010
September 22, 2009 -- Automation and virtualization provider Parallels announced on Tuesday it will soon offer support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 in its Parallels Automation product following the release of Microsoft's service later this year
WHIR tv interviews Lawton Cheney of LeaseWeb
September 18,2009 -- I had a chance to sit down with Lawton Cheney, business development manager at LeaseWeb. Check out what he has to say about the company and what they're up to.
WHIR tv interviews Grant Kirkwood, CTO at Mzima
September 11, 2009 -- WHIR tv sits down with Grant Kirkwood, CTO at Mzima, at HostingCon 2009. He explains how Mzima uses the "donut" to help end users.
Parallels to Outline Plans for Asia-Pacific Expansion
July 20, 2009 -- Web hosting provider Parallels announced last week it will outline plans for the company's expansion into Asia-Pacific cloud computing market during the first Parallels APAC Summit, to be held on September 25.
SmarterMail To Use ActiveSync for Mobile Sync
July 14, 2009 -- In a new partnership with Microsoft, IT management software developer SmarterTools is including the ability to license Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for use with its upcoming mail server software as an optional add-on for synchronizing email, calendars, tasks, and notes between mobile devices.
Future Facilities Releases 6SigmaDC Version 5
July 9, 2009 -- Future Facilities has released version five of its data center design and operations software suite 6SigmaDC, featuring new software modules and plug-ins to increase the usability, functionality and scope of its modelling capabilities to include the cooling design of IT equipment.
Citrix Delivers XenServer 5.5 and Community Website
June 19, 2009 -- Less than three months after making the full XenServer platform available for unlimited production deployment at no charge, enterprise-class virtualization software provider Citrix Systems has released XenServer 5.5, which adds a wide range of new features that enable easier virtualization management and broader integration with enterprise systems, as well as an online support community for the rapidly expanding XenServer user base.
Parallels Solutions Used by ZipServers and TurnKey
June 18, 2009 -- Managed hosting, virtual private server, and shared hosting provider ZipServers has launched the latest version of Parallels Website Builder, a browser-based website editing application that lets small and medium-sized businesses create and publish professional websites for no additional cost to its "OnePlan" shared hosting customers.
Skandinavisk To Use Terradata Data Warehouse Platform
June 15, 2009 -- Supporting more than 140 financial institutions in Scandinavia, Skandinavisk Data Center has purchased the Enterprise Data Warehouse platform from Teradata Corporation, which offers data warehousing and enterprise analytics, to optimize the system performance of SDC's banking data center in Denmark.
MailChannels Upgrades Spam Defense
June 15, 2009 -- Email traffic shaping software provider MailChannels has substantially increased the capacity and performance of its email security add-on, Traffic Control, an Nginx-based, light-weight solution able to support millions of email accounts on a single CPU.
EMC Buys Software Firm Configuresoft
May 28, 2009 -- Data center storage and recovery solutions provider EMC announced on Wednesday it will purchase data center management provider Configuresoft for an undisclosed sum.
VPS.NET Offers Free ISPmanager PRO
May 26, 2009 -- UK web hosting provider UK2 Group announced last week it has partnered with ISPsystem in which VPS.NET will offer customers ISPsystem's flagship control panel ISPmanager PRO for free.
VMware vSphere 4 Generally Available
May 22, 2009 -- After unveiling its next-generation operating system for building internal clouds, virtualization solutions provider VMware has made VMware vSphere 4 general availability, ahead of schedule and with the support of an extensive partner ecosystem and customers around the globe.
Ensim Upgrades to Unify Service Provider 4.7.0
May 21, 2009 -- Web hosting software provider Ensim announced on Thursday it has released the upgraded version of Ensim Unify Service Provider 4.7.0.
Rackspace Launches Email 7.0, Cuts Price
May 20, 2009 -- "Computing-as-a-service" provider Rackspace Hosting has unveiled a major release of its business-class hosted email offering, Rackspace Email 7.0, making it a viable alternative to Microsoft Exchange at a tenth of its price.
Open-Xchange Expands Apple Support
May 14, 2009 -- Open-source groupware provider Open-Xchange has unveiled two new software extensions that let native Mac applications be used with Open-Xchange and the iPhone to access Open-Xchange groupware.
Comodo Adds Two-Factor Web Security
May 14, 2009 -- Giving IT managers better control over who accesses corporate information over the Internet and in cloud-based applications, Comodo has added another form of identification besides passwords to user logins for Microsoft SharePoint and Outlook Web Access applications.
