December 9, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Speedera Networks (speedera.com), a provider of application hosting and content delivery services, announced on Wednesday that it will provide free hosting and infrastructure services for Goodwill Industries International as part of its "Giving Back" philanthropy program.
Goodwill Industries International is a network of 207 independent, community-based organizations in the United States, Canada, and 22 other countries that provide various job training and career services. The company's CIO Steve Bergman says Speedera was chosen because of its ability to provide security and an additional layer of business continuity.
"We applaud Speedera for its generous offer to ensure that the goodwill.org site is supported by the latest Internet infrastructure services and technology," says George W. Kessinger, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. "Our Web site is the nerve center of our outreach program, and it is critical that anybody and everybody can quickly and easily access the site whenever they wish."
Under the "Giving Back" program, Speedera Networks has allocated one percent of its infrastructure for non-profit organizations, offering hosting and other IT infrastructure services for no charge.
"Speedera is dedicated to the idea of giving back to the community, not only during this season of giving, but all-year round," says Ajit Gupta, president and CEO of Speedera. "We believe that technology should be available to all as a means to educate people, transform their lives, and to make the world a better place to live. We created our Giving Back program to provide free Web site delivery services to non-profit organizations such as Goodwill Industries, an organization whose tireless efforts have helped millions of people find good jobs and support their families."
Read Back Issues of WHIR Magazine
October 2009 - Web Hosting's All Star Team
This has been, for us, one of the most interesting, exciting and challenging build-ups to an issue of the magazine yet, Web Hosting's All Star Team. The balloting process was our first experiment with a kind of user participation we're planning to do a lot more with in the months to come. We had thousands of ballots submitted, with hundreds of write-in suggestions and a demonstration of user engagement that has us feeling super positive about the project.
About This Issue | Read Digital Edition
July 2009 - What am I Worth?
One of the interesting luxuries of working on a project like the printed WHIR magazine is that it allows us to play with things like our point of view from one issue to the next. In recent months we've been giving added attention to the kind of practical and applicable advice aimed at smaller hosts and resellers. This issue carries on with that point of view, asking, in our cover story, "what am I worth?" It's a complicated question without a clear-cut answer.
About This Issue | Read Digital Edition
May 2009 - The Blueprint for a Small Web Host
I was a little surprised by how difficult it became to see this idea through. We set out to assemble a blueprint for a small hosting business, but butted up pretty quickly against the general impossibility of covering all the territory that was out there to be covered. The basic constraints of a printed magazine, and the less-than-infinite amount of time we had available forced us to face the fact that we could never produce an exhaustive guide to starting a hosting company.
About This Issue | Read Digital Edition
Comment anonymously or log into your WHIR account
Logging in allows enhanced commenting features (such as external linking) in news, features, blogs and more.