ZNet Launches WHMCSExtras Site for Web Hosting Billing Platform Addons
February 10, 2012 -- Web hosting provider ZNet Technologies announced on Friday that it has released a new website WHMCSExtras to offer web hosts WHMCS addons. ZNet says WHMCSExtras focuses on enhancing the WHMCS billing platform with four Admin area addons, including a renewal addon, upsell addon, partner addon and client profile addon. Read more...
Cloud Platform Abiquo Wins Claranet Virtual Data Center
January 27, 2012 -- Cloud services firm Abiquo announced on Tuesday that managed hosting provider Claranet has selected Abiquo's enterprise cloud to power its recently launched virtual data center service. Claranet launched its virtual data center in November 2011. Read more...
IBM Acquires Cloud Management Software Firm Platform Computing
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IBM announced on Monday it has completed the acquisition of Platform Computing, a Toronto-based cluster, grid and cloud management software for distributed computing environments. The financial terms were not disclosed in the press release. This is the second cloud management software company IBM has acquired in a week, following last week's acquisition of Green Hat, a software quality and testing solutions for the cloud and other environments. The company first announced in October that it would acquire Platform Computing, whose software helps clients create, integrate and manage shared computing environments that are used in compute- and data-intensive applications such as simulations, computer modeling and analytics. Read more...
UK Web Host iomart Provides Misys with Virtualized Platform
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- UK cloud hosting provider iomart Hosting announced last week it has provided a virtualized platform to help Misys consolidate its IT infrastructure in the UK. The move comes a few months after iomart completed the second phase of its expansion at its Spectrum House, Maidenhead, UK data center. Misys delivers application software and services for banking, treasury and capital markets. The company reviewed its hosting services this year and decided to partner with iomart Hosting. Read more...
Jelastic Adds Apache CloudDB to Java PaaS Cloud Platform
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Java-based platform-as-a-service cloud hosting company Jelastic announced this week that it has added the Apache CouchDB distributed database to its system, giving users more choice over how they store their data. In the press release announcing the addition, the company says CouchDB is one of the fastest and most reliable distributed databases, and makes replication and scaling across multiple data centers easy. “We are really excited about making CouchDB available as a software stack in Jelastic,” says Ruslan Synytsky, CEO of Jelastic, quoted in the press release. “CouchDB is reliable and offers database replication that is unmatched. Pairing CouchDB with Jelastic gives developers greater freedom and choice, while providing a cutting edge solution to Java application hosting.” Read more...
Italian ISP Libero Runs New Public Cloud on Joyent Cloud Platform
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Italian Internet service provider Libero announced on Friday that it has launched its public cloud based on Joyent's SmartDataCenter cloud platform. This news comes a few months after Joyent launched its revamped public cloud platform. According to the press release, the public cloud offering will offer businesses and developers access to real time infrastructure resources with a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Read more...
Java Cloud Platform Jelastic Builds in NGINX Web Server
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Java platform as a service offering Jelastic (www.jelastic.com) announced on Wednesday that it has built the popular open-source web server NGINX (www.nginx.com) into its platform to provide customers with better performance and efficiency. Running NGINX will require no additional deployment or configuration work by users, says Jelastic, and offers built-in load balancing and caching in a system designed around the needs of the hosting environment. The announcement calls NGINX “the fastest web server in the world,” pointing to its efficiency and scalability as key reasons for its rapid growth – the software now has 8.5 percent of the web server market. “Our customers need a Java cloud computing platform that creates the highest level of availability and efficiency for their applications,” says Ruslan Synytsky, CEO of Jelastic, quoted in the press release. “Adding NGINX as part of our technology stack provides those Read more...
Web Host Windstream Hosted Solutions Upgrades Cloud Platform
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed web hosting provider Windstream Hosted Solutions (www.windstreambusiness.com) announced on Tuesday that it has launched its second-generation cloud platform. This announcement comes two months after Windstream acquired web hosting provider Paetec Holding Corp. According to the press release, this platform will enhance the technology of its exisiting cloud services offering, including solutions from VMware, NetApp, EMC and more. Read more...
New Cloud Security Platform
StillSecure is a leading security service provider that recently announced the launch of its newest security software suite that manages the security offerings of multiple tenants at once. This release comes only a few short weeks following the launch of its enhanced version of its Network Access Control solution titled, Safe Access. Recent Release of the Multi-Tenant Solution With the new multi-tenant solution, all Still Secure managed services are operational and available. The service is specifically designed to increase acceptance from hosting, cloud, telecommunication providers and data centers. To include the new option, StillSecure had to expand its virtual and physical deployment methods. Developing New Strategies In the software the high availability hardware appliance permits providers to develop an economies of scale strategy as a result of the ability to host many customers on a single platform. The StillSecure services included in the multi-tenant platform are intrusion Read more...
Weebly’s New Designer Platform
Weebly is an online startup business that delivers website building tools which are intuitive and not difficult to learn. The company recently expanded theif offerings with a new designer platform to assist with web designers in improving efficiency by creating sites quicker while managing additional clients and maintaining their own branding. The Weebly Designer Platform is an integrated content management system that includes website design, client management and hosting. Ease of Use Therefore, website owners with little web design experience will be able to login to the platform and begin building websites immediately. The new software provides a variety of advantages over using WordPress such as the branding of the content management system utilizing company logos, colors and sounds. The system also does not require separate hosting so clients will be able to spend their money on an excellent designer. The Basic Monthly Hosting Plan The basic hosting plan for the new platform Read more...