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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Hosting.com, a leading provider of enterprise-class managed cloud hosting and recovery services, today announced at VMworld 2012 several enhancements to its array of managed cloud services. Improvements include feature enhancements to its Cloud Replication service and a new Cloud Ready Dedicated Server offering. Also, the company announced it has cloud-enabled its Dallas data center.

These enhancements to our services show Hosting.coms commitment to delivering a reliable enterprise-class cloud experience, said Craig McLellan, Hosting.coms Chief Technology Officer. They demonstrate a persistent engineering focus to deliver the Always On platform our customers expect.

Protect with Cloud Replication

Hostings award-winning Cloud Replication service, powered by VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5, debuted at last years VMworld 2011. Since then, Cloud Replication has emerged as a leading solution for off-site disaster protection. By leveraging cloud technology, it brings cost-effective disaster recovery to small and medium-sized companies. With this new version of Cloud Replication, customers can now view the progress of recovery steps being taken during a test or failover via the Hosting.com Customer Portal. In addition, Hosting.com has added the ability for customers to retain historical failover results and support for multiple recovery plans.

"Hosting.com has continued to innovate with their VMware vCloud Powered Cloud Replication service, said Joe Andrews, Director, Cloud Product Marketing, VMware. Their commitment to VMware vCloud and disaster recovery solutions, combined with their differentiated customer value, is evident with these feature enhancements.

Simplify Migration with Cloud Ready Dedicated Server

Cloud Ready Dedicated Server is a newly released option for customers needing a dedicated server platform, but wanting the benefits associated with cloud based solutions. It allows administrators to:

Connect with the Dallas Cloud

Hosting.coms Dallas, Texas data center is now fully cloud-enabled, complementing the colocation and dedicated hosting services currently offered from that location. The Dallas data center, acquired by Hosting.com with the acquisition of NeoSpire last October, represents the companys fifth cloud-enabled data center in North America joining Denver, Colorado; Louisville, Kentucky; Newark, Delaware; and Irvine, California. Existing Hosting.com Dallas customers now have full access to on-demand cloud hosting and recovery services. In addition, enterprises located in the rapidly growing Southwest region who are seeking to deploy cloud-based applications can now choose Dallas as their primary application site or recovery site.

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Hosting.com Advances the Managed Cloud