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ElasticHosts unveils simple cloud web hosting for SMEs

May 4, 2012 | Author: admin

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London-based ElasticHosts has launched two hosted services to help less tech-savvy businesses get their websites running on the cloud, going up against Amazon and Rackspace.

Cloud Sites and Managed Cloud Servers, introduced on Thursday, are designed to make the process of mounting a website less complex by automating the process and by taking on the task of managing the servers. Cloud Sites functions like a platform-as-a-service for simple websites made up of PHP and HTML, while Managed Cloud Servers provides companies with rentable computers whose infrastructure is handled by ElasticHosts.

Cloud Sites "is a clustered and distributed runtime environment... for running MySQL databases and PHP scripts", Richard Davies, chief executive of ElasticHosts, told ZDNet UK. "We allow them to upload their pages, their databases, their files into that. The Cloud Sites project is the next generation of conditional shared hosting."

The service is designed for basic sites built around a standard LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), potentially running simple e-commerce or blogging applications such as WordPress, he said.

As for Managed Cloud Servers service, this is based on "identical technology" to ElasticHosts's existing servers, but comes with more support in the package, according to Davies. "What we found over time was that more and more of our customers were coming to us and saying, 'We'd just like a bit of help to get us set up'," he said.

ElasticHosts is targeting its products at small businesses that may not have the technical expertise or the time to get to grips with Amazon Web Services's sprawling set of technologies.

"We've tried to build something which is much simpler and more easy to use, and starts from a user experience that shows flexibility," Davies said.

AWS's cloud consists of tens of separate services that must be chained together to run a cloud service some that can be intimidating for SMEs with little technical in-house knowledge. Furthermore, customers need to learn the ins and outs of Amazon's proprietary platform to get the best use of it. However, Amazon has tried to improve the usability of its cloud over the past year, with the introduction of technologies like the Simple Workflow Service.

In addition, AWS does not offer personal support for its basic technologies, though companies can pay for premium support. Besides Amazon, ElasticHosts's main competitor in the UK will be Rackspace, which aims to offer comprehensive support services to its customers.

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TLD Solutions Launches Next Generation "4GH" Web Hosting

May 4, 2012 | Author: admin

NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- TLD Solutions is reshaping the Web hosting landscape with its 4th GenerationWeb Hosting (4GH). Set up in a cloud environment, the new hosting platform provides customers numerous benefits, including scalability, security, performance and value when compared to traditional shared hosting.

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"4GH was created to help our customers succeed"

Under the shared hosting model, many customer websites are housed on a single server. If a Web server experiences issues, it affects everyoneon that server for example, if a hosting server goes down, all customers' sites hosted on that server go down with it. If a website on that server has an unexpected traffic spike, in certain cases it would cause website slowness or loading issues for everyone else hosted on that server as well.

TLD Solutions listened to customer feedback and created 4GH. Using a new architecture consisting of multiple Web hosting servers networked together, these issues are now a thing of the past. Under the 4GH model, because websites are hosted in a cloud supported by several servers with load balancing, if a server goes down, another server quickly takes its place, without customers experiencing a disruption in service. If a website receives a bunch of traffic, resources are shifted and the other websites still operate normally.

TLD Solutions was in the "cloud" before the term was coined, but 4GH is the next level of cloud services. With 4GH, if more servers are needed, the cluster can quickly expand, providing plenty of power for all Web hosting customers. Customers using TLD Solutions 4GH with proprietary Dynamic Traffic Management, Dynamic Defense Management and Dynamic Server Management are receiving a near-enterprise level service for a small monthly fee.

4GH Web hosting is also backed by TLD Solutions 24/7 Site Defenders team. A testament to its success in preventing cyber attacks and detecting website vulnerabilities.

To learn more about TLD Solutions Products, including 4GH and email marketing, please visitwww.tldsol.com

About TLD Solutions

TLD Solutions is a leading provider of domain name registration and web hosting services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. TLD Solutions provides a variety of domain name registration plans and website design and web hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce website hosting, email marketing, search engine visibility software, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. Website - http://www.tldsol.com

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Cloud services and search warrants: When are users notified?

April 29, 2012 | Author: admin

Most cloud-service privacy policies address how they deal with your personal information and data about your usage, but less clear is whether they would tell you when and if law enforcement sought access to your files residing on their servers.

As the virtual reality online storage wars gear up, many consumers and privacy advocates have expressed concern about the policies that will be applied to the content that they would be moving into remote servers.

All of the services include a clause expressing that they will act in accordance with legal requests for data.

"Like all law-abiding companies, we comply with valid legal process," replied a Google spokesman. "Whenever we receive a request we make sure it meets both the letter and spirit of the law before complying. If we believe a request is overly broad, we will seek to narrow it."

Similarly, business-focused cloud service Box replied to our query saying, "Our policy is to have any subpoena or court order reviewed by our outside privacy experts."

Of course, that's to be expected of a business worth its salt. The more pressing issue for some time online is whether they are obligated in any way to tell the user that someone with a badge or authority wants to get a look at his content.

The only instance we could find of this being addressed was in Dropbox's terms of service. Itreads: "To be clear, aside from the rare exceptions we identify in our Privacy Policy, no matter how the Services change, we won't share your content with others, including law enforcement, for any purpose unless you direct us to."

When we asked Dropbox for a bit more clarity, the company issued this response: Our policy is to provide notice to users about law-enforcement demands for data, except in the event where the law or highly compelling circumstances prohibit us from doing so.

Other cloud service providers also responded.

"In a situation where it is absolutely necessary to provide access, we would provide notice to the affected customer prior to disclosure (subject to our obligations under the subpoena or court order)," according to a Box spokesperson.

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Privacy protections vary for your data in the cloud

April 29, 2012 | Author: admin

With the advent of Google Drive, we talk about cloud computing as if the bits and bytes of our lives are stored somewhere up in the air, but, really, the "clouds" are very terrestrial. What's more up in the air are the laws that govern who can access your stuff and how.

Originally a way for geeks to explain to the rest of us the notion of remote servers storing and serving up content, cloud computing can be defined several different ways, depending on whom you ask. In some ways, even email is a form of cloud computing. (It really lives on a server somewhere out there and is served up wherever we desire.)

"The problem that cloud computing has, more generally, is that [the real world] assumes that rights are based geographically," Mark Radcliffe, senior partner at law firm DLA Piper, said in an interview with The Times. "That assumption is not realistic in the cloud."

Why? Who knows where the servers really sit? They may be in the United States, governed by American laws. Or they may be across the pond in Europe, where there are rather stringent privacy rules. Regardless of where the company is based, the location of the servers determine in some large part who can legally gain access to the content on them and how.

"The U.S. is more like the Wild West," Radcliffe said. "It's very heterogeneous," with laws at the federal, state and sometimes the municipal level.

One concern some have expressed online and out loud is how law enforcement could gain access to your digital life stored in a cloud.

With a computer in your home, you'd have to be served a warrant for legal access to your hard drive. But with remote storage, you may not know whether a subpoena or warrant has been served on the cloud service provider.

"Law enforcement can subpoena the service, but it depends on their contractual obligation," Radcliffe said. In other words, what they spell out in their terms of service. Always remember, that's a contract that you agree to by using the service.

Most terms of service include a clause stating the provider would give up your information if required by law, with no mention of whether it would inform you. Interestingly enough, Dropbox's TOS says something a little different.

It reads: "To be clear, aside from the rare exceptions we identify in our Privacy Policy, no matter how the Services change, we won't share your content with others, including law enforcement, for any purpose unless you direct us to."

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Cloud Antivirus 1.1.01 — FREE DOWNLOAD – Video

April 24, 2012 | Author: admin


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World's Most Innovative Companies Run Business On NetSuite Cloud

April 24, 2012 | Author: admin

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSuite Inc. (N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that six of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies and more than 10 of the Top 10 By Industries ranked by Fast Company Magazine run their mission-critical business processes, from financials to CRM to Ecommerce and professional services automation (PSA), on NetSuite. This reflects how NetSuite's cloud-based business management solutions help power innovation by liberating companies from the onerous chores of on-premise systems installation, upgrades and maintenance to focus on delivering compelling products and services. Cloud-based solutions enable companies to avoid large upfront costs for software, servers and personnel, freeing capital for investment into innovation.

NetSuite customers honored by Fast Company include:

Airbnb (www.airbnb.com): Top 50 Most Innovative, Top 10 Web/Internet

Jawbone (www.jawbone.com): Top 50 Most Innovative, Top 10 Consumer Electronics

Kiva Systems (www.kivasystems.com): Top 50 Most Innovative, Top 10 Retail

Liquid Robotics (www.liquidr.com): Top 50 Most Innovative

Siemens (www.siemens.com): Top 50 Most Innovative

Square (www.squareup.com): Top 50 Most Innovative, Top 10 Consumer Electronics, Top 10 Mobile, Top 10 Finance

2tor (www.2tor.com): Top 10 Education

3M (www.3m.com): Top 10 Healthcare

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IPad Onslaught Sends Taiwanese Laptop Makers to the Cloud: Tech

April 24, 2012 | Author: admin

By Tim Culpan - Tue Apr 24 06:56:19 GMT 2012

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An employee fills an order for the new iPad at an Apple store in San Francisco.

An employee fills an order for the new iPad at an Apple store in San Francisco. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Kevin Dede, technology analyst at Auriga USA, talks about Apple Inc.'s shares and the outlook for tomorrow's fiscal second-quarter earnings report. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Sales of the iPad, cheaper and lighter than most laptops, have forced a slowdown in the $233 billion PC market.

Sales of the iPad, cheaper and lighter than most laptops, have forced a slowdown in the $233 billion PC market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

The worlds two biggest laptop assemblers are seeking shelter in the cloud as Apple Inc. (AAPL)s iPad threatens the future of personal computers.

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R1Soft Unveils CloudCopy — Online Backup Software for Service Providers

April 24, 2012 | Author: admin

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire -04/24/12)- R1Soft, a division of Idera and the developer of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) backup and recovery software for servers in the cloud, today announced CloudCopy, secure online backup software for Internet service providers (ISPs), enabling them to offer cloud backup services to homes and small businesses. CloudCopy enables providers to offer online backup services competitive with existing services from companies like Carbonite, Inc. and Mozy by Decho Corporation, a subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

The CloudCopy workstation client performs automated backups of desktop computers running Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, or Linux operating systems. CloudCopy server client software for Microsoft Windows Servers provides small office servers with automated cloud backup including support for Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange.

"Why shouldn't a consumer have just as many choices for online cloud backup as they do for web hosting or domain name registration?" said David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft Products at Idera. "Everyone in the business knows the barrier to entry in online backup is the software, and the existing providers like Carbonite, Mozy, Backblaze, and CrashPlan, all develop their own. CloudCopy will bring thousands of new service providers into the growing multi-billion dollar online backup market."

ISPs use their existing data centers and infrastructure and simply install the CloudCopy repository and management software on commodity Windows servers in their data centers. A fully-configured, white-labeled online backup service offering takes less than a day to set up. The CloudCopy management server software integrates with popular ISP billing software including: Parallels Business Automation Standard, Citrix EMS Cortex, Extend ASP, Ensim Unify, WHCMS, and Kaseya.

R1Soft will immediately make CloudCopy software available to its existing customer base of over 1,000 cloud, hosting, and ISPs that already use the R1Soft CDP software to back up the Windows and Linux servers in their data centers.

About R1Soft

R1Soft is a division of Idera and the developer of Continuous Data Protection (CDP), scalable and high-performance backup software for Windows and Linux servers in the cloud. Recognized as the leading commercial backup software in hosted services, R1Soft CDP is currently used by over 1,000 Cloud infrastructure providers and protects more than 200,000 servers worldwide.

Idera, R1Soft, CloudCopy and Continuous Data Protection are registered trademarks of Idera, Inc. in the United States and trademarks in other jurisdictions. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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ScaleXtreme Offers Cost Control, Budgeting and Enforcement for Cloud Computing

April 24, 2012 | Author: admin

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

ScaleXtreme, the leading provider of server and cloud management products, today released a new set of tools that enable IT professionals to gain visibility into cloud provider costs, establish role-based budgets and prevent the launch of unauthorized cloud machines. With this new functionality, ScaleXtreme is the only product on the market that ties together cost monitoring and budgeting to actual server launch control.

ScaleXtremes cloud management tools give IT professionals the power to set budgets based on user, role or organization and obtain granular usage information. Customers can set soft and hard budget limits to either warn systems administrators of over spend or actively prevent individual users from launching new machines. This additional control comes directly integrated into ScaleXtremes powerful cloud server management console, which customers use to build, deploy, monitor and patch public cloud instances.

With many enterprises adopting self-service launch capabilities for developers and other groups on the public cloud, like Rackspace and Amazon EC2, it is important that finance and other groups have a way of tracking and enforcing strict budget policies to control inadvertent cost and budget overruns. Given the ease with which new servers can be created in the public cloud, it is important to have products like ScaleXtreme to help create control and visibility into the process.

The new ScaleXtreme tools help make the cost of launching and maintaining new instances transparent so IT professionals can make good decisions about their needs. Customers can either use the default costs associated with their public cloud provider instances or set their own, custom per-instance parameters.

For the first time, customers can adopt public cloud computing without a nasty billing surprise waiting for them at the end of the month. ScaleXtreme gives customers clear guardrails to both see their spending and become comfortable budgeting for cloud computing, said Nand Mulchandani, co-founder and CEO of ScaleXtreme. Our products enable some groups within the company to self-serve their server needs from the public cloud while still staying within the budget boundaries that finance and management are comfortable with.

CFOs, CIOs and IT professionals at all levels can use these tools to adopt public cloud computing with confidence.

ScaleXtreme's new budget and cost visibility features should help organizations using Rackspace Cloud Servers efficiently manage spending as they grow, said John Engates, CTO of Rackspace. Our customers can benefit from seeing how specific departments, roles and individuals use Rackspace so they can make the proper allocations and chargebacks.

Pricing and Availability

Basic cost visibility for a single cloud provider comes free with ScaleXtreme Xpress. Additional features, including instance launch prevention, are available through ScaleXtremes paid offerings, Xpert and Xtreme. The cost visibility and budgeting features work natively with Rackspace and other cloud services built on VMWare VCloud Director, CloudStack and OpenStack. Support for Amazon EC2 is coming soon.

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Courion Leverages NaviSite's Enterprise Cloud to Deliver Identity and Access Management Software-as-a-Service

April 24, 2012 | Author: admin

ANDOVER, MA--(Marketwire -04/24/12)- NaviSite, Inc., a premier provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, managed messaging and managed cloud services, today announced that Courion Corporation, the leader in identity and access management for access risk, has selected NaviSite's NaviCloud platform to deliver its CourionLive identity and access management in the cloud via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

"Courion's SaaS version of its Access Risk Management Suite, CourionLive, helps organizations that don't have the resources or infrastructure to manage and administer security and access risk on their own," said Dave Fowler, chief operating officer at Courion. "To ensure its reliability and security, we needed to deliver CourionLive via a best-in-class cloud infrastructure with a global footprint, superior managed services and top notch security expertise. We have that in NaviSite's Managed Cloud Services."

"NaviSite's Managed Cloud Services platform provides flexible, on-demand provisioning of IT services that are reliable and secure, allowing organizations like Courion to scale their services up or down, based on demand," said Brooks Borcherding, president at NaviSite. "And we are committed to the highest standards in security controls, processes and procedures for our NaviCloud Platform, giving Courion the peace of mind they need to leverage the cloud and expand their service offerings."

About CourionCourion Corporation delivers software solutions that effectively and securely manage access risk. Fourteen million users across more than 500 organizations rely on Courion's access risk management technology to align user access privileges with corporate and regulatory governance policies. Courion's cloud and on-premise solutions provide a full range of identity and access management functionality while demonstrating compliance and achieving quick time-to-value. For more information about Westborough, Mass.-based Courion, visit http://www.courion.com or check out our blog at http://www.courion.com/blog.

About NaviSiteNaviSite, Inc., a Time Warner Cable Company, is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise-class, cloud-enabled hosting, managed applications and services. NaviSite provides a full suite of reliable and scalable managed services, including Application Services, industry-leading Enterprise Hosting, and Managed Cloud Services for organizations looking to outsource IT infrastructures and lower their capital and operational costs. Enterprise customers depend on NaviSite for customized solutions, delivered through an international footprint of state-of-the-art data centers. For more information about NaviSite's services, please visit http://www.navisite.com.

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