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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.
HostingCon - Marketing + Sales, Launch Your Product Like a Pro
Posted on 2009-08-11
In the third Marketing + Sales session of HostingCon 2009's day two, "Launch Your Product Like a Pro", NaviSite's William Toll and Sumeet Sabharwal guide attendees through the overwhelming process of launching a new product.
M&A Tuesday - Stiff Family Fun
Posted on 2009-08-11
It is packed as I sit here in the Stiff family session. I am impressed with the number of people, THE HOUSE IS PACKED - at least 70 people in the room. As this is my theoretical competition making the pitch I am envious. My session is
Selling Premium Services to Cost-conscious Customers
Posted on 2009-08-11
In a near-capacity HostingCon 2009 seminar, VeriSign SSL solutions product marketing manager Bob Angus explained how businesses can find the right mix of products, quality, and pricing to make selling premium services highly profitable in a presentat
HostingCon Session - It's no Longer IPv4, Meet IPv6
Posted on 2009-08-11
Richard Jimmerson of the Internet registry ARIN delivered a presentation on the depletion of IPv4 address space, and the growing need to adopt IPv6.
HostingCon Session - Accepting Credit Cards and PCI/DSS Compliance
Posted on 2009-08-11
This one was a little complicated, both in subject matter, and in the fact that it was a panel of seven people, each delivering about eight minutes of presentation. It’s not an easy format to cover from my perspective, since it jumped all over
Capitalizing on Cloud Computing Opportunities
Posted on 2009-08-11
As cloud computing continues to pick up speed -- and popularity -- cloud computing represents a critical opportunity for growth and development for service providers during the current economic slowdown. In an interesting HostingCon 2009 di
HostingCon - Marketing + Sales, 20 Ways to Outsmart Your Competitors
Posted on 2009-08-11
The first Marketing + Sales track of HostingCon 2009 Day Two was probably the one session that both new and existing hosting companies and registrars should have attended, if any, this afternoon.
HostingCon Day 2 Keynote - Cloud Opportunity Panel
Posted on 2009-08-11
Tuesday’s second keynote presentation was a panel discussion on “Shaping the Cloud Opportunity: Vision and Growth for the Future,” moderated by Antonio Piraino of Tier 1 Research, with panelists Zane Adam of Microsoft, Stephen Cho o
Mezeo Intros Service Provider Alliance Program
August 11, 2009 -- Cloud storage provider Mezeo Software announced on Tuesday it has introduced the Mezeo Service Provider Alliance Program, which lets service providers instantly enter the cloud storage market.
HostingCon Keynote - Microsoft's Zane Adam
Posted on 2009-08-11
Day two at HostingCon 2009 kicked off with an early (8:15 a.m.) keynote by Microsoft’s Zane Adam, entitled – hold on, this might take a minute – “Virtualization: Enabling Hosting Providers to be Successful in the New Era of So
HostingCon - Metrics
Posted on 2009-08-11
Yesterday’s metrics panel was by far the best of the three that I‘ve moderated over the years. The main reason was the amount of specific information given by the panel members. Key among these was:
HostingCon - Marketing + Sales, Get More From Email Marketing
Posted on 2009-08-11
The second Marketing + Sales track of the afternoon on day two of HostingCon 2009 was an eye-opening look into email marketing, highlighting a plethorea of opportunities available in a marketing medium that many people still believe is nothing more t
eNom Launches RichContent Website Service
August 10, 2009 -- Domain registrar eNom announced today, in a presentation at HostingCon, that it has launched its new RichContent service, a subscription service designed to provide website operators with article, blog and video content to supplement their existing site content.
HostingCon 2010 to Take Place in Austin
August 10, 2009 -- Social media firm iNET Interactive announced on Monday that HostingCon 2010, a conference and trade show serving the hosted services industry, will be held in Austin, Texas, on July 19 to 21 at the Austin Convention Center.
Q&A: Jamie De Guerre, CTO of Cloudmark
August 10, 2009 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Jamie De Guerre, chief technology officer of email security company Cloudmark discusses the evolving nature of email threats in advance of his HostingCon 2009 presentation on the next generation of email security.
HostingCon Session Summary: Email Hosting Trends: Past, Present, and Future, Henry Weber, VP of Operations, FuseMail
Posted on 2009-08-10
The first part of Henry’s presentation was about the history of email and the original platforms, technologies and providers.
HostingCon - Dealing with Legal Threats
Posted on 2009-08-10
My first presentation this HostingCon was on how to deal with legal threats in your business. Of all the presentations I’ve given on similar topics, this was the most well attended. I’m not sure why, but I’m glad that ho
HostingCon Morning Day 1 Summary
Posted on 2009-08-10
It seems only a brief time since the last HostingCon in Chicago, but HostingCon 2009 has now arrived. On Saturday I went out to get a jump start on things near the Gaylord Hotel which is the show hotel just outside Washington, D.C. A short shuttle tr
WHIR HostingCon Coverage Update - Delays
August 10, 2009 -- HostingCon 2009 kicked off this morning at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington DC. But the WHIR’s planned blanket coverage of the event will be delayed, as all of our editorial staff was unable to fly out of Toronto Sunday evening.
1st hostingcon, not my first conference
Posted on 2009-08-10
Well, it seems I was smart(er?) leaving Toronto locale earlier than the rest of theWhir crew. I left early Sat AM to drive (yes Drive) to NJ for a wedding sunday night. After driving to DC, through Delaware and then dropping off my beau @ BWI,
Made it to Hosting Con (unlike many others)
Posted on 2009-08-10
So apparently thunderstorms have kept many of the critical WHIR editorial staff away from Hosting Con until later tonight and caused them to miss the first full day of the conference.
HostingCon Pictures on the WHIR
Posted on 2009-08-10
It appears HostingCon has been going on as planned, even though I have personally been delayed. I admire everyone’s perseverance during this time of strife.
Q&A: William Toll, NaviSIte
August 9, 2009 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, William Toll, director of product management at NaviSite discusses how companies can develop an effective launch plan, prioritize their "wish list", and select the right vendors.
Q&A: Adam Eisner, Tucows
August 9, 2009 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Adam Eisner, director of domain services at Tucow discusses the key strategies for success, how to use products and services to edge out competitors, and the many advantage of the growing domain marketplace.
Q&A: VeriSign's Bob Angus on Selling Premium Services
August 7, 2009 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, VeriSign SSL solutions product marketing manager Bob Angus explains how businesses can find the right mix of products, quality, and pricing to make selling premium services highly profitable. He will be discussing premium service strategies in greater detail in his Tuesday session at HostingCon 2009, "Selling Premium Services to Cost-conscious Customers."
HostingCon 2009 Kicks Off Next Week
August 7, 2009 -- Media company iNET Interactive will host HostingCon 2009, the premier conference and trade show, at Washington, D.C.'s Gaylord National Resort on August 10 to 12.
Bobcares Complimentary Server Security Audit at HostingCon
August 7, 2009 -- As a special promotion for HostingCon 2009 in Washington DC, technical support and dedicated server management provider Bobcares is offering attendees one free server security audit per company.
Q&A: Larry Donahue, Deep Web Technologies
August 7, 2009 -- In his HostingCon 2009 presentation, "How to Structure Your Company Now to Sell Later," Deep Web Technologies COO and corporate counsel Larry Donahue will explain how companies can build more value into their businesses in preparation for that day when it leaves their hands. In a WHIR Q&A, he answers some questions about the process of making a business worthy of sale.
theWHIR team HostingCon 2009 bound
Posted on 2009-08-07
As Liam pointed out in his blog post earlier this week, theWHIR team will be at HostingCon 2009 next week which runs from August 10-12th at the Gaylord Resort in National Harbor, Maryland.
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