Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - February 27, 2009 - Web services provider, Steadfast Networks, will offer R1Soft’s high-performance Continuous Data Protection (CDP) to customers as an all-in-one backup solution.

The new service is designed to afford users with an easy-to-use Web interface that allows them to schedule their own backups, while utilizing less server resources. Steadfast Networks already provides user-friendly interfaces across all of their services, and R1Soft CDP enables them to now offer an easily accessible backup service. With R1Soft’s web interface, customers can manage their own backups without having to contact Steadfast, simplifying the backup process for everyone. R1Soft also makes management of the overall backup configuration easier by automatically allocating customers to the correct places, eliminating the concern of disk space shortage.

Karl Zimmerman, president of Steadfast Networks explained, ”R1Soft gives us a known solid platform we can build the backup side of our business on. We don’t need to worry about our customers’ familiarity with rsync or other shell scripts anymore. Now we can directly offer them an end-to-end backup solution. It reduces our concerns, decreases our work load, and improves customer satisfaction, as they have everything they need right at their fingertips. There is now no excuse for letting a drive failure, user error, or similar incident cause catastrophic data failures when backing up on a very regular basis is so easy and inexpensive.”

David Wartell, vice president of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. noted, ”Adding Continuo0us Data Protection should help with customer acquisitions on the backup side and be an additional attraction to potential fully managed dedicated server customers.”

Offsite backups will be available for Linux and Windows, including all archiving, control panel and MySQL modules, starting at $9.95/month per 20GB of backup space.

Established in 1998, Chicago based hosting company Steadfast Networks, delivers high-quality, powerful servers through reliable dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, and dedicated game server hosting. Steadfast’s award-winning services and dedicated support staff help customers from all over the world 24/7/365. Customers can choose basic hosting or a customized, fully managed dedicated server hosting solution.

To learn more, please visit: http://steadfast.net.

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Middlesex, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - February 27, 2009 - Hosting and storage company, Webfusion, has opened a brand new, 2.5 million, high performance UK data center, built in conjunction with IBM. The Leeds-based facility uses the latest technology to ensure green, secure and reliable data storage and hosting services.

Thomas Vollrath, managing director at Webfusion remarked, ”We have invested a great deal to maintain the highest levels of customer service, ensure that the data center is both best of breed and based in the UK. We do not believe that businesses should have to settle for data centers overseas and, from a customer’s point of view, it is reassuring to know that your data and support staff are onsite here in the UK 24/7/365.”

The 330m2 facility has 130 server racks and uses the latest cooling systems, high-level security and fire detection/suppression systems and power back-up capabilities to keep customer data online and available.

Mr. Vollrath added, ”We worked closely with IBM in the data center’s development to ensure the highest degree of security and performance while adhering to stringent data storage regulations and industry standards. As we wave goodbye to physical paper documentation, electronic data storage needs continue to grow, as do security regulations and compliance. Instead of investing vast sums of money in their own hardware, organisations that use our new facility can significantly reduce data storage costs while improving data security and operational reliability.”

Chad Cracknell, client manager at IBM noted, ”’Webfusion wanted a way to reduce energy consumption and become even more environmentally responsible. IBM’s modular data center technology gives Webfusion the freedom to innovate through flexibility and the scalability to better manage power, cooling and capacity.”

Physical security is equally important and the new data center has has magnetically locked doors, which are opened by swipe cards to control site access, and CCTV cameras relay real-time images to a 24/7 monitoring office.

Webfusion is a web hosting provider and domain name registration company, that has been in business since 1997. The company is rooted in the UK, and has expanded to the U.S.

To learn more, please visit: http://webfusion.com.

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Madrid, Spain - (The Hosting News) - February 27, 2009 - IT security company and provider of high-performance content filtering solutions, Optenet, has released a new solution that can automatically analyse, detect and report inappropriate user-generated material.

Javier Peralta, UK country manager at Optenet remarked, ”The volume of user-generated content on the Web is increasing exponentially. Manually monitoring that content for unacceptable or harmful text or images can be overwhelming. Service and hosting providers know that it only takes one bad incident to cause irreparable damage to their reputation. By enabling the detection and blocking of objectionable content, HostSecure addresses this escalating issue and minimises the risk faced by these companies. With HostSecure, organisations can rest-assured and operate with confidence in knowing their sites will remain safe and reputable online destinations.”

Focusing on information posted on organisations’ web sites, blogs and Wikis, HostSecure enables organisations that host online content - from web hosting and internet service providers to major corporations - to dynamically categorise and remove any material deemed inappropriate. HostSecure protects providers from unknowingly exposing site visitors to inappropriate content thereby helping to preserve their status as reputable and responsible organisations.

The rise in popularity of social networking sites, blogs and community web sites that encourage users to post content has resulted in a tremendous amount of uninspected Web content including objectionable text, photos and videos. As the amount of user-generated material continues to grow, organisations are under increasing pressure to maintain the interactive real-time communications of Web 2.0 technologies while still responsibly scrutinising content. These factors are driving organisations to seek a more automated and streamlined approach to reviewing, categorising and removing inappropriate material from their sites.

As a key offering within Optenet’s roster of security solutions for service providers and enterprises, HostSecure provides a detection system that enables service providers, hosting providers and other large organisations to continually monitor and manage the content of the Web sites they host and eliminate any unwanted or objectionable material. The solution is backed by multiple proprietary intelligent content filtering techniques and address analysis, in conjunction with databases of millions of URLs. HostSecure also provides reports in real-time, giving the administrator a detailed map of all content uploaded to the web by its subscribers.

Optenet is a global IT security company that provides intelligent, integrated content security solutions to service providers and large enterprises worldwide. Optenet’s technology protects 75 million end users around the globe, including the customers of many of the world’s leading ISPs and mobile operators, as well as employees of global enterprise organizations. Since its founding in 1997, Optenet has experienced over 50% revenue growth each year. At present, more than half of all global telecom operators and millions of users worldwide use Optenet technology. Optenet has offices throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Australia.

To learn more, please visit: http://optenet.com.

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Madrid, Spain - (The Hosting News) - February 27, 2009 - IT security company and provider of high-performance content filtering solutions, Optenet, has released a new solution that can automatically analyse, detect and report inappropriate user-generated material.

Javier Peralta, UK country manager at Optenet remarked, ”The volume of user-generated content on the Web is increasing exponentially. Manually monitoring that content for unacceptable or harmful text or images can be overwhelming. Service and hosting providers know that it only takes one bad incident to cause irreparable damage to their reputation. By enabling the detection and blocking of objectionable content, HostSecure addresses this escalating issue and minimises the risk faced by these companies. With HostSecure, organisations can rest-assured and operate with confidence in knowing their sites will remain safe and reputable online destinations.”

Focusing on information posted on organisations’ web sites, blogs and Wikis, HostSecure enables organisations that host online content - from web hosting and internet service providers to major corporations - to dynamically categorise and remove any material deemed inappropriate. HostSecure protects providers from unknowingly exposing site visitors to inappropriate content thereby helping to preserve their status as reputable and responsible organisations.

The rise in popularity of social networking sites, blogs and community web sites that encourage users to post content has resulted in a tremendous amount of uninspected Web content including objectionable text, photos and videos. As the amount of user-generated material continues to grow, organisations are under increasing pressure to maintain the interactive real-time communications of Web 2.0 technologies while still responsibly scrutinising content. These factors are driving organisations to seek a more automated and streamlined approach to reviewing, categorising and removing inappropriate material from their sites.

As a key offering within Optenet’s roster of security solutions for service providers and enterprises, HostSecure provides a detection system that enables service providers, hosting providers and other large organisations to continually monitor and manage the content of the Web sites they host and eliminate any unwanted or objectionable material. The solution is backed by multiple proprietary intelligent content filtering techniques and address analysis, in conjunction with databases of millions of URLs. HostSecure also provides reports in real-time, giving the administrator a detailed map of all content uploaded to the web by its subscribers.

Optenet is a global IT security company that provides intelligent, integrated content security solutions to service providers and large enterprises worldwide. Optenet’s technology protects 75 million end users around the globe, including the customers of many of the world’s leading ISPs and mobile operators, as well as employees of global enterprise organizations. Since its founding in 1997, Optenet has experienced over 50% revenue growth each year. At present, more than half of all global telecom operators and millions of users worldwide use Optenet technology. Optenet has offices throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Australia.

To learn more, please visit: http://optenet.com.

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Raleigh, North Carolina - (The Hosting News) - February 27, 2009 - Data center and managed services provider, Hosted Solutions’ founder and chief executive officer, Rich Lee, was recently named “Business Leader of the Year” by Business Leader magazine’s 2009 Triangle Hall of Fame Awards.

Mr. Lee offered, ”It’s a great honor to be recognized. There are some incredibly talented leaders in this state, representing very impressive businesses. To be named as ‘Business Leader of the Year’ from such an esteemed group is wonderful. The fact that this award was determined by votes from my peers, customers, partners and others in the community makes it even more special.”

The award follows a very strong year for Hosted Solutions. In April, the company was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners for $144 million. The company has had great momentum since then with significant growth in both customers and employees. New customers included Belk, Atlanta Falcons, UNC Charlotte and Britax Child Safety, who joined a prestigious list of existing blue chip customers like Krispy Kreme, Carolina Panthers, McClatchey Broadcasting, Capitol Broadcasting and Lowe’s Motor Speedway. In addition, the employee base doubled since Q4 of 2007.

The Business Leader of the Year awards are given annually to top performing business executives in North Carolina. This year, for the first time, the awards were determined by a public vote. More than 7,000 people visited the Triangle Business Leader website to vote for winners over the last month.

Mr. Lee added, ”Our business continues to prosper even in a tough market because we’re offering our customers intelligent IT infrastructure and expertise that allows them to conserve capital, drive growth and improve productivity. IT is tremendous expense for most companies. We can help to alleviate some of that and allow companies to operate more efficiently. For some customers, we serve as their IT department - they outsource all aspects of IT to us. For others, we’re an extension of their IT department - providing managed hosting, virtual dedicated hosting or professional services. Customers love it because they can use us as their business ramps up or down, allowing them to remain competitive in a dynamic market. Last year was a great year for us and 2009 is shaping up to be even better.”

Hosted Solutions’ quality Data Center and Managed Hosting services maintain and protect customers’ mission-critical IT systems and applications, enabling them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. The company operates SAS 70 Type II Certified facilities in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, the highest level of security, and a complete managed services portfolio. Hosted Solutions was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners in April 2008 for $144 million.

Business Leader magazine’s Triangle edition is a monthly publication focused on covering the companies, leaders and business happenings in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Published in the Triangle since 1989, the magazine features profiles of Triangle businesses and business leaders, as well as feature stories and expert columns on the trends affecting the Triangle business community. The magazine includes quarterly specialty magazines featuring women in business, local real estate and the local tech community, as well as an annual relocation and newcomer’s guide for the area.

To learn more, please visit: www.hostedsolutions.com.

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