New York, New York - (The Hosting News) - October 1, 2009 - Web hosting providers, CirtexHosting and HostV, will join the fight against cancer by donating a portion of its sales in October to the Jimmy Fund, which supports cancer research and care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

John Xie, President of Cirtex Corp. remarked, ”In one way or another, cancer affects us all. At Cirtex Corp, we’ve seen the effects of cancer up and close, and it’s our moral obligation to stand up and do our part to help advance the important research that offers the hope of better treatment and higher survival rates. My hope is that we can encourage more individuals and businesses to join our efforts and begin to support causes like this. Sometimes we don’t realize how important medical research is until it’s too late.”

Each year, the Jimmy Fund hosts the Jimmy Fund Walk as part of the Boston Marathon. This year’s walk was held several weeks ago and nearly 800 walkers raised more than $325,000. Cirtex Corp. is making its October donation to the 2009 Jimmy Fund Walk in the name of the walkers in this year’s event.

Cirtex Corp. has supported a variety of charitable initiatives in the past, including the recovery efforts in the wake of the 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province. The company also perpetually supports non-profit open source software development initiatives and conferences, including the WordCamp series for WordPress, as well as programs for Drupal, ClipBucket and PHPMotion.

Founded in 2003, Cirtex Corp. is the leading provider of shared, reseller, virtual and dedicated web hosting solutions. The company serves thousands of customers internationally through two dynamic brands - CirtexHosting and HostV. Cirtex Corp. offers 24/7 technical support and a 30-Day unconditional guarantee.

To learn more about Cirtex Corp., please visit: www.cirtex.com.

For more about The Jimmy Fund, please visit: www.jimmyfund.org.

To learn more about the Jimmy Fund Walk, please visit: www.jimmyfundwalk.org.

For more about Cirtex Corp.’s contribution and make a contribution yourself, please visit: www.cirtexhosting.com/donate-jimmyfund.shtml.

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CirtexHosting and HostV Web Hosting Companies Donate to Cancer Research

Manchester, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - October 1, 2009 - UK website hosting firm 34SP.com is celebrating its ninth anniversary, by giving away 9 great prizes designed specifically to mark the occasion. The company was founded by Manchester University colleagues Daniel Foster and Stuart Melling.

Despite its growth, the website hosting industry is a relatively new business segment. With mergers, acquisitions and the threat of continuously increasing competition, it is a testament to a company’s perseverance when that firm reaches the nine year mark.

34SP.com is located in Manchester, United Kingdom and specializes in providing the highest levels of customer service and technical support for website hosting and domain names.Over the past 9 years the company has solidified a reputation for outstanding support, coupled with extremely high reliability at fair prices. A complete list of the company’s website hosting products can be viewed at: www.34sp.com/hosting.

Stuart Melling, co-founder of 34SP.com explained, ”We thought it would be great to reward clients with a truly valuable prize for each year that 34SP.com has been in the website hosting business. It has been a great challenge to grow as we have over the past 9 years and continue to offer our clients world class support, but we are gratified to have had the opportunity to serve our customers over the past 9 years. We are very much looking forward to the next 9 years.”

Anyone who purchases any 34SP.com product during the month of October is eligible to win the ‘9 Years of Hosting, 9 Great Prizes’ contest. Winners will be determined by a random drawing at the end of the month. The prizes being offered are:

* New Apple iPod nano with Camera 8GB (5th Generation)

* Toshiba Satellite L350-20G 17-inch Laptop

* Canon Powershot 12.1 MegaPixel Camera

* Western Digital Elements 1TeraByte USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

* Canon Selphy ES40, a Portable Talking Printer (yes, you read that right - it talks)

* Sony DVPFX730 7-inch Portable DVD Player

* Flip Video Ultra High Definition Camcorder With 8GB Memory

* Toshiba 19AV615DB 19-inch Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV

* The Beatles Rock Band - Limited Edition Premium Bundle

34SP.com was established in the year 2000. The company was founded with the aim of bridging the gap between sophisticated hosting solutions and affordable prices. The owners and core engineering staff have been with the company since its founding. In terms of reliability, independent monitoring service, Netcraft in Bath, England recently rated 34SP.com as the fifth most reliable hosting service in the world for the month of June, 2009. Additionally, a recent internal survey found that 98% of 34SP.com clients would recommend the company to others.

34SP.com offers professional website hosting services for cost conscious web developers and designers. The 34SP.com team of technical experts offers industry leading support and service coupled with a money back guarantee to ensure client satisfaction. Website hosting services offered include: UK domains, UK web hosting and dedicated servers. The company is headquartered in central Manchester, England.

To learn more about 34SP.com, please visit: www.34sp.com.

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London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - September 30, 2009 - The Cloud Computing World Forum, scheduled to take place on October 22, will outline why Cloud Computing and Software-as-a-Service are ideal solutions for the small business sector, during its one day conference in London.

The event will take place the 22nd of October at 76 Portland Place and feature among others, a presentation from Mike Spink, Research Director for Gartner, who will discuss why the Cloud is perfect for SMBs.

Mr. Spink explained, ”The promise of Cloud Computing creates a tremendous opportunity for SMB’s to revisit their IT strategy and critical planning assumptions. As the market evolves and matures, Cloud Computing will become a viable and cost-effective alternative to on-premises IT for an increasing percentage of requirements.”

Mark Johnstone, MD of organizers Point Zero Media noted, ”It’s our intention with this event to make business aware of the possibilities of Cloud Computing and SaaS. This technology is available to everyone and could be of huge benefit to the SMB. We hope the event will provide insight to some of these businesses whilst also giving them the opportunity to network and meet with likeminded professionals and peers.”

Key speakers at the event will include:

- Evangelos Kotsovinos, VP of Hosting, Morgan Stanley
- Dr Pamal Sharma, CIO - UK and Ireland, General Motors
- Kostas Tsatsaris, CTO and Director, Strategy and Architecture, HM Revenue and Customs
- Keith Misson, Business Director, Group IT, Aviva
- Andy McLoughlin, Co-founder and Strategy Director, Huddle
- Simon Abrahams, EMEA Head of Product Marketing, Rackspace
- Euan Semple, Freelance Consultant/Former Director of Knowledge Management, BBC
- Laurent Lachal, Senior Analyst, Ovum
- Robin Daniels, Sr Manager, Product Marketing, Salesforce.com
- Tim Mather, Author, Cloud Computing and Privacy
- David Terrar, CEO, D2C
- Mike Spink, Senior Analyst, Gartner

The event will also feature an intimate exhibition and networking area available to all attendees and provide great networking opportunities with industry leaders, presenting opportunities to meet and do business with likeminded individuals who have an interest in cloud computing.

To register, please visit: www.cloudwf.com or call +44 (0) 845 519 1230. For further information on the event, please contact Mark Johnstone at +44 (0) 845 519 1230 or email mark@pointzeromedia.com.

The Cloud Computing World Forum began as a way for professionals to learn and discuss the future development and integration of cloud services and will feature key decision makers from all of the cloud service providers. The conference will address the current state of the cloud computing market, the business value of the cloud, deployment strategies and integration techniques, and security and privacy issues, as well as look into what the future holds from cloud service providers.

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

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Parksville, British Columbia - (The Hosting News) - September 30, 2009 - New reseller and dedicated web hosting packages for Canadian and U.S. clients have been launched by web hosting service provider, Hosting Nation.

Sean Enns, Director of Marketing and Communications at Hosting Nation explained, ”We already offer a lot of extra resources in our shared hosting plans. The reseller and dedicated environments are natural extensions of products and services we already provide.”

Users receive WHM and cPanel, as well as the Fantastico DeLuxe and Installatron software installers. Hosting Nation has also added custom resources, such as simple installations of development frameworks like jQuery and Blueprint CSS and the R1Soft Continuous Data Protection. The basic reseller plan from Hosting Nation includes 25 GB of disk space and 250 GB of bandwidth for only $19.95 per month. View all reseller hosting plans from Hosting Nation

Dedicated severs are either dual or quad core Xeon servers with a minimum of 2 GB of Ram and 2000 GB of disk space. Dedicated servers from Hosting Nation start at $259 per month. View all dedicated server plans from Hosting Nation

Hosting Nation is a privately owned web hosting and web service provider headquartered in beautiful Parksville, British Columbia. Hosting Nation is committed to providing their citizens with best in class web hosting technology, software and support by drawing on over 50 combined years of experience in server management, web design, programming, project management and internet marketing.

To learn more, please visit: www.hosting-nation.com.

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Phoenix, Arizona - (The Hosting News) - September 29, 2009 - A recent licensing agreement between Microsoft Corp. and SmarterTools Inc. extends Microsoft’s patented Exchange ActiveSync technology to more than 15 million end users through the latest version of the SmarterMail mail server.

The agreement provides a patent license to SmarterTools for this industry-leading technology and allows Microsoft to expand its reach to include SmarterTools’ robust customer base, which encompasses hosting/service providers, enterprises, and small to medium sized businesses.

David Kaefer, general manager of intellectual property licensing at Microsoft offered, ”We are pleased to work with SmarterTools to provide Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to SmarterMail users. This technology is being sought out by our partners and competitors alike because it enhances their value proposition to their customers, and we believe that to be a testament to the innovation taking place at Microsoft.”

Microsoft has been licensing the Exchange ActiveSync protocol for mobile devices since 2003, and SmarterTools joins a growing number of companies licensing the Exchange ActiveSync patents for implementation on a server.

Tim Uzzanti, CEO of SmarterTools noted, ”With the growing number of mobile manufacturers adding Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync compatibility to their devices, the technology is the standard for mobile synchronization and communication. Mobile devices are becoming the primary device for communication and the ability to accept a calendar event, read email immediately, and track tasks from a mobile device while syncing with the server is a necessity. The addition of Exchange ActiveSync to the SmarterMail mail server is part of our continuing commitment to provide individuals and businesses the tools necessary to compete in today’s marketplace.”

Under the terms of the patent licensing agreement, SmarterMail 6.x users have the ability to synchronize emails, calendars, contacts, and notes between mobile devices in real time using Exchange ActiveSync’s Direct Push technology. SmarterTools has packaged the SmarterMail 6.x Exchange ActiveSync add-on differently than other providers, resulting in a yearly subscription priced well below competitive solutions.

In addition, SmarterTools allows customers to add Exchange ActiveSync to only the mailboxes that need the technology, making adoption of the add-on easy and affordable for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) and the ISP/hosting industry. Scalable and easy to manage, SmarterMail 6.x features a rich, Webmail interface; reporting; events/notifications; throttling; message archiving; intrusion detection/prevention; advanced synchronization with Microsoft Outlook; over-the-air support for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile devices; and optional add-ons for Exchange ActiveSync and Commtouch Antispam. Enhanced antispam, antivirus, and security features provide superior protection out-of-the-box. SmarterMail is available at the SmarterTools Web site and through authorized resellers.

Founded in 2003, SmarterTools Inc. is an information technology-management software company based in Phoenix, Arizona. SmarterTools builds a Windows mail server, customer service software, and a Web log analytics reporting tool that simplify and automate the day-to-day IT operations of businesses and hosting environments.

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

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