Reading, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - October 6, 2008 - Managed dedicated hosting provider, DediPower, celebrates its 10th anniversary, with customers ranging in size from growing Internet businesses to large, well-established multinational organizations.

Craig Martin, CEO, DediPower noted, ”It is exciting to see DediPower the strength and size it is today. Throughout the years many people have played a part in the success of DediPower, we would not be the company we are today without their contributions. We believe that DediPower has set the standard against which hosting providers are measured. What sets us apart from the rest is our people and how the customer is at the heart of everything we do.”

With origins in web development, founders, its founders, Craig Martin, Spencer Tarring and Russell Champion, identified the growing need for reliable and effective web hosting solutions for their clients in the late 90’s. This exciting market opportunity changed the direction of the company that today is focused on delivering dedicated hosting solutions in its two UK enterprise class data centers.

Hosting is a dynamic and ever changing sector in IT upon which DediPower has had a significant impact through delivering consistently high levels of customer satisfaction combined with a deep understanding of the underlying technology as it has evolved. Awarded ‘best managed host honors by Top Hosts, DediPower has grown organically through its customer centric approach to business.

DediPower, one of the UK’s fastest growing managed hosting providers delivers a range of managed hosting solutions including: dedicated servers, application and exchange hosting, high availability multi-server clusters and co-location. DediPower is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a RedHat Ready Hosting Partner. A winner of numerous awards, hosted sites include Sony, Sam Learning, Institute of Physics, Coca-Cola, Capita, First Great Western and Carphone Warehouse. Established in 1998 and self-funded, DediPower runs its own purpose built data centres totalling over 22,000 sq ft situated in Reading, UK.

For further information, please visit: www.dedipower.com.

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San Jose, California - (The Hosting News) - October 3, 2008 - Web host and Internet hardware networking firm, Cisco Systems, has been chosen by Telecom Italia, along with Adobe, to handle the delivery of next-generation Web TV services.

The Cisco Content Delivery System will be integrated with Adobe Flash Streaming Technology, to bring multimedia content to multiple screens. Live television channels and on-demand content will be delivered through web portal, Yalp!. With the CDS-IS platform and Adobe Flash technology, Telecom Italia can deliver high-quality, rich streaming media content to its viewers enabling them to watch TV shows on their laptops and PCs, accelerating the fusion of TV and the Internet. And because the CDS-IS system supports all major streaming and download formats, including the integrated native Adobe Flash Player, Telecom Italia now has the platform foundation to deliver ‘any stream to any screen’ in any format.

Sandro Dionisi, Vice President of Network Development and Innovation at Telecom Italia noted, ”We are constantly striving to improve our customer services and experiences. The Cisco CDS-IS with Adobe Flash technology will provide us with the flexibility and scalability we needed to elevate our services to the next level, enabling us to scale Flash streaming while providing resiliency and high-quality services that our customers expect from us. CDS-IS offers us greater control of our delivery infrastructure so that we can cost-effectively create differentiated services that span across multiple screens.”

Consumers are accessing content across PCs, PDAs, mobile phones and other devices on an accelerated basis. Through the deployment of the Cisco CDS-IS and the integration of Adobe Flash technology, Telecom Italia subscribers can view interactive video online with a hassle-free, instant-on Web video experience.

Kip Compton, Director and General Manager, Video and Content Platforms business unit, Cisco noted, ”The visual networking era is under way, and the Cisco CDS-IS platform is helping Telecom Italia go beyond traditional television. Consumers are no longer satisfied with linear programming delivered through the television screen. They want choice and personalized experiences, and they want them on their time across a myriad of devices. The combination of the CDS-IS and Adobe streaming technologies in a single high-performance solution enables service providers to deploy next-generation multimedia services across both traditional as well as converged IP infrastructures.”

Jim Guerard, General Manager and Vice President for Dynamic Media at Adobe remarked, ”The combination of the Cisco CDS-IS with the Adobe Flash Media Server 3 expands deployment options and business opportunities for our customers and brings a new level of interactivity and rich experiences to consumers. The collaboration between Cisco and Adobe to create an integrated solution provides content distributors with more delivery options and is major step toward the shared vision of delivering content, anywhere, anytime, to any device.”

With the Cisco CDS, service providers can offer a variety of services to subscribers now, including streaming intensive Web services, video-on-demand, time-shifted television, video ad insertion, user-generated content and next-generation content delivery network (CDN) services. The Cisco CDS-IS supports all leading Web formats.

The CDS implementation of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 software offers the full benefits of Adobe Flash technology, including improved performance for faster user response and increased streaming protection to help ensure that valuable content is better protected as it is delivered to viewers. The CDS platform provides additional benefits for the hosting and distribution of streaming video with Adobe Flash technology, including content and service routing, dynamic hierarchical caching, load balancing, failover protection, IP multicast extensions, unified management tools and end-to-end quality-of-service (QoS) support.

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information — anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

Cisco Systems, Inc. was founded in 1984, by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University and provides Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions. Cisco employs over 47,000 staff worldwide. The company’s core development areas include routing and switching, as well as dvanced technologies such as: IP Communications, Network Security, Wireless LAN, Storage Area Networking, Home Networking, Video Systems, and Application Networking Services.

To learn more about Cisco, please visit: www.cisco.com.

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Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 2, 2008 - Colocation and managed service provider, Colo4Dallas, has been honored by Inc. Magazine, as it garners placement among America’s fastest growing private companies listing.

Ranking at #590 on the magazine’s annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country, the company realized a 551% three-year growth rate from 2004 to 2007. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy - America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.

Jim Melloan, Project Manager at Inc. 5000 noted, ”Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism. The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivaled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth.”

In addition to its overall standing, Colo4Dallas ranked #27 in the Top Businesses in Dallas-Fort-Worth-Arlington category and #65 in the Top Business Services category.

Paul VanMeter, President and Chief Technology Officer at Colo4Dallas noted, ”We are honored to be ranked among the most dynamic companies in the country. We owe our tremendous growth to the loyalty of our customers and the tireless efforts of our great team of technicians who support them.”

With customers’ mission-critical data and computing applications housed at Colo4Dallas data centers, the company provides around the clock on-site staffing.


Mr. VanMeter also points to the increasing demand for dependable, high quality data center space as the driving force behind the company’s success, remarking, ”Over the years, we’ve continued to invest in our facilities to ensure they are top notch in every way, from high density power, climate control, and security as well as plenty of space for our enterprise customers to grow as their businesses expand. We’ve always focused on quality, and it has paid off.”

In May 2008, Colo4Dallas completed the purchase of both its current headquarters at 3000 Irving Boulevard and the property situated immediately adjacent to it, 3004 Irving Boulevard, bringing the company’s total colocation space to approximately 106,000 square feet.


The 5000 companies that made Inc.’s list reported aggregate revenue of $185 billion and median three-year growth of 147 percent. Most important, the 2008 Inc. 5000 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 826,033 jobs since those companies were founded. The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.


Founded in 2000, Colo4Dallas is a SAS70 certified provider that serves a diverse customer base including enterprise customers, businesses in the financial, health care and technology sectors as well as Web hosting providers. The company‘s robust growth has prompted expansion of its data center space, which now includes over 106,000 square feet of secure, climate-controlled space at three facilities.


Inc.com, the daily resource for entrepreneurs, delivers how-to guides, advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses. Inc.com offers dynamic marketing solutions to help advertisers effectively reach Inc.com’s audience of business leaders.

Colo4Dallas is a provider of colocation services located in Dallas, Texas. Colo4Dallas operates three environmentally controlled and secure data centers totaling 106,000 square feet, and offers multi-homed connectivity from Level3, Internap, Time Warner Telecom, XO Communications and other quality providers. The company provides colocation services backed by high density power in a carrier neutral setting for an array of customers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as well as businesses across the country and around the globe. SAS70 certified, Colo4Dallas offers customers a 100% service level agreement and around the clock support from trained, on-site technicians. In 2007, Colo4Dallas was named a winner of the Dallas 100 Award by the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at the SMU Cox School of Business. The award identifies and honors the 100 fastest growing privately held companies in the Dallas area.

To learn more, please visit: www.colo4dallas.com.

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire - (The Hosting News) - October 2, 2008 - Website hosting, design, development, e-commerce and content management systems firm, Port City Web, has extended its relationship with Shawmut Property Management.

Erik Crago, President and CEO of Port City Web, LLC noted, ”Ranking customer websites is one of our specialties, and has been since we founded Port City Web. In today’s competitive HOA, Condominium and Property Management industry in MA and NH, it will be a challenging task to have Shawmut outrank the competition, but we can do it.”

The program is expected to run through the remainder of the calendar year. Shawmut Property Management has selected Port City Web to create and implement an online marketing plan to increase Shawmut’s natural search engine rankings. The plan will include re-writing copy on the Shawmut website, minor code changes to their website, extensive online directory submissions, and regular search engine submission programs using Port City Web’s in-house technology. Port City Web will also implement other non-disclosed trade secrets for improving Shawmut’s ranking among Massachusetts and New Hampshire property management company websites.

Shawmut Property Management is a full service management firm offering comprehensive and responsible management to communities throughout Massachusetts. Shawmut’s principal owners are Real Estate professionals with more than 25 years of combined experience. Shawmut’s in-house maintenance and management team is complemented by an extensive network of industry professionals, developed over years in the business. Shawmut and its staff have been involved in the management of properties ranging from 10 to 500 units. Our commitment to you is fair and balanced management.

Port City Web is a full-service website hosting, design, development, and marketing company. Specializing in online commerce, also known as ecommerce, Port City Web provides cost effective electronic marketing tools that are built to work with current systems, including web 2.0 business solutions. Past and present clients include The University of New Hampshire, Born and Bicknell, Columbia University, Service Credit Union, NAPS, K2, Lonza Biologics and Smith and Wesson.

To learn more about Port City Web, please visit: www.portcityweb.com.

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San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 1, 2008 - Managed web hosting and IT services firm, Rackspace Managed Hosting, has released the resultes of a recent customer survey, with nearly 70 percent of customer respondents indicating that the number of IT functions outsourced to hosting, SaaS or cloud service providers should increase over the next five years.

John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, Rackspace Hosting noted, ”Rackspace is changing the way companies are buying IT services. Two thirds of the survey respondents use a services provider to host one or more of their SaaS applications today and the data indicates that demand is likely to increase. To meet this demand, Rackspace intends to continue to build out its portfolio of hosted IT services, which currently includes email and cloud solutions, and to back them all with our award-winning Fanatical Support.”

Customer respondents also revealed that the amount they will spend on hosting is expected to increase over the next five years. Today, 47 percent of respondents said they spend between 0 and 20 percent of their IT budget on hosted services, while 30 percent of respondents said that they spend 30 - 50 percent of their IT budget on hosted services. Nearly 50 percent of customer respondents said that they expect the percentage of IT budgets spent on hosted services to increase over the next five years.

The customer survey also acknowledged that outsourcing IT functions to a hosting provider can save IT managers a significant amount of time. More than 40 percent of the customer respondents said that outsourcing their IT functions to a hosting provider saved them from 30-50 percent of their time. As a result, almost three-fourths of them believe that they can spend at least 25 percent more time on new projects because of the time that saved from outsourcing their hosting needs.

The methodology for Rackspace’s survey research involved sending an email survey to approximately 1,600 US-based Rackspace customers. Approximately seven percent of survey recipients responded to the questions. Detailed information and the full survey report can be found at: www.rackspace.com/downloads/surveys/RackspaceITSurvey.pdf.

Rackspace Hosting delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting, email hosting and cloud hosting.

For more information about Rackspace Managed Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

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