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Pasadena, California - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - ASP.net hosting and SQL hosting provider, DiscountASP.NET, has been honored through recognition as the Best Hosting Service, for the fourth consecutive year, by the consumers of asp.netPRO.

The Readers’ Choice poll for asp.netPRO Magazine determines the outcome of which firm will receive the title. During March/April 2008, asp.netPRO Magazine asked their readers to participate in voting for their favorite ASP.NET products and services. There were over 20 categories, including Best IDE, Best Forum Application, and Best Hosting Services.

Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing at DiscountASP.NET noted, ”We are extremely proud to win this recognition and we thank the asp.netPRO magazine readership and the ASP.NET developer community for their continued support. Our team is energized by this win and remains committed to innovation and cutting-edge Windows hosting.”

Recently, DiscountASP.NET entered into a partnership with vendor of advanced ASP.NET user interface components and .NET reporting solutions, Telerik. Under the partnership, DiscountASP.NET customers can receive a $50 discount on Telerik RadControls and Reporting solutions. Telerik users can get 6 months free hosting for the first year of DiscountASP.NET’s base ASP.NET hosting annual plan.

Last month, DiscountASP.NET debuted the integration of Microsoft Windows 2008 Hosting, on its enterprise-class shared hosting infrastructure.
The new Windows 2008 hosting platform includes many new enhancements, including:

1. Windows Server 2008 Standard edition
2. Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7)
3. FTP 7 (including FTP over SSL)
4. PHP5
5. Trust Level Control
6. Microsoft IIS Manager access

DiscountASP.NET introduces two new Control Panel tools for IIS7 hosting management. Customers can use the Application Pool Pipeline Mode chooser tool to switch between Classic and Integrated mode. In addition, a new Microsoft IIS Manager Permission tool is introduced allowing customers to manage the users that can have IIS 7 Manager access privileges.

asp.netPRO is an information resource for the ASP.NET developer community. Through its magazine and website, asp.netPRO provides valuable programming techniques through real-world applications and code, as well as expert opinion and strategy. asp.netPRO is focused on helping professional software developers build, deploy, and run the next generation of dynamic, distributed web applications.

DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting provider, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET and SQL database hosting. A Microsoft Gold Certified partner, DiscountASP.NET was one of the first hosts to launch Windows 2008 hosting, and .NET 3.5 hosting supporting LINQ and ASP.NET AJAX hosting.

To learn more about asp.netPRO, please visit: www.aspnetpro.com.

For more information about DiscountASP.NET, please visit: www.discountasp.net.

Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - On-demand hosting services and virtual data center provider for the small to medium enterprise (SME), SoftLayer, will sponsor eMazing Gaming, LLC’s Guitar Hero 3 competition.

The event is scheduled to take place at the Wildflower! Music and Art Festival in Richardson, Texas from May 16-18. Over 60,000 festival attendees will have the opportunity to play and watch as competitors vie for a trip to Rocklahoma, a 4-day rock concert that will feature many of the artists featured in the Guitar Hero 3 game.

George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer noted, ”We are glad to sponsor the competition at WildFlower. Gaming is part of SoftLayer’s DNA. The technology and services we provide are ideal for powering the growing online gaming industry. It’s thrilling to see how each new generation of Internet-enabled game, from Guitar Hero 3 to World of Warcraft, is connecting people around the world in all new ways.”

SoftLayer’s sponsorship of the eMazing event grew out of an ongoing relationship between the companies. SoftLayer is the provider behind eMazing’s GamersZone, the online hub for all its tournaments and activities. James Tyler, Chief Executive Officer at eMazing remarked, ”There is no better solution for us than SoftLayer, with their commitment to providing the best performance and control. We look forward to seeing where and how our partnership will grow.”

Based in Dallas, eMazing produces interactive game competitions that are staged online and at events across the country. The company began as an e-sports franchise before evolving to organize the same kinds of tournaments that it was competing in, with a vision of enabling more people to enjoy the convergence of traditional and interactive entertainment.

The Wildflower! Guitar Hero 3 event is just one event in eMazing’s complete Guitar Hero 3 tournament. Players can compete online or in person at similar events in multiple states. Eight players will progress to the Central Region Finals at the Rocklahoma event, where the two best players will progress to the U.S. finals.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry’s first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.

For more information about the event, please visit: www. emgamerszone.com.

To learn more about SoftLayer, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

Dayton, Ohio - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - Web hosting industry resource, Web Hosting Talk, has debuted the launch of its new Enhanced Member Profiles, which adds a new layer of social networking for its community membership.

Enhanced Member Profiles enable any Web Hosting Talk registered member to build more credibility and connect more deeply with other web hosting community members by integrating their social networks, building a powerful personal identity and sharing their broader expertise, interests and hobbies with the Web Hosting Talk community.

Web Hosting Talk members may integrate ”outside the community” reputations into their Web Hosting Talk persona, by leveraging existing online social media including YouTube, Blog feeds, Diggs, social bookmarks like Del.icio.us, Flickr photos, LinkedIn, forum activity, friend’s list and much more.

Web Hosting Talk is bringing together over 5 million forum posts with an advanced social sharing and communication tool to strengthen its value to the web hosting industry. The new Enhanced Member Profiles offer a unique new way for Web Hosting Talk members to get more engaged with the online community through not only forum participation but to also discover, share and discuss opinions, experiences and insights occurring outside the four walls of Web Hosting Talk. The Enhanced Member Profiles creates greater membership engagement which fosters stronger loyalty within the overall community.

Troy Augustine, CEO of iNET Interactive, the parent company of Web Hosting Talk noted, ”Web Hosting Talk is very excited about the launch and the quick adoption rate of the new Enhanced Member Profiles. The Enhanced Member Profiles provide added value for Web Hosting Talk’s members and creates a new social layer on top of forum participation.”

Since its launch in late March 2008, over 4,000 Member Profiles have been created by registered Web Hosting Talk members. Each week, hundreds of additional members are creating Enhanced Member Profiles. Some of the benefits for the profiles include:

1. Building deeper and stronger community relationships.

1. Adding character to a member’s Web Hosting Talk identity.

1. Combining a member’s outside the community reputation into their Web Hosting Talk identity to build credibility.

1. Gaining more search engine exposure for a member and their company.

1. Broadening a member’s online reputation and prominence by leveraging Web Hosting Talk’s authority in the web hosting industry.

Mr. Augustine continued, ”It’s just the start though. Over the coming year, Web Hosting Talk will be rolling out additional modules for the Enhanced Member Profiles beyond an already impressive list of social media.”

Any individual or company interested in setting up an Enhanced Member Profile should visit www.webhostingtalk.com/memberprofiles to learn more. Free registration is required.

Web Hosting Talk is a comprehensive and active web hosting community, with over 180,000 registered members who have generated over five million posts. Built initially as a message board, Web Hosting Talk has grown to include a web hosting wiki, web host directory and web hosting news. Web Hosting Talk is considered one of the largest, most influential web hosting communities on the Internet.

Founded in 2002, iNET Interactive embraced social media before the term was coined. iNET Interactive operates some of the most prominent online communities, including Web Hosting Talk and HotScripts.com, designed for technology professionals and technology enthusiasts. Its vertically-focused communities incorporate user-contributed ratings, reviews, and discussion augmented with professionally-produced content.

To learn more about iNET Interactive, please visit: www.inetinteractive.com.

For more information about Web Hosting Talk, please visit: www.webhostingtalk.com.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - April 30, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has reported a record first quarter, ending March 30, 2007, as the first such announcement since the company’s January relaunch.

The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress. With a new corporate moniker, The Planet plans to issue quarterly updates to provide its customers, business partners and prospects with information to validate its progress.

Kevin Klausmeyer, Chief Financial Officer of The Planet noted, ”The Planet posted another record revenue quarter, continuing its inception-to-date string of sequential record quarters. Gross margins also reached a new record level as a result of synergies, increased purchasing power and the leverage within the operating model. EBITDA was strong, coming in at 30 percent. Based on our performance, we expect to grow approximately 20 percent this year, roughly one-third faster than the overall market.”

Douglas J. Erwin , Chairman and CEO of The Planet added, ”We continue to make significant progress in shaping our newly integrated company, and the results are evidence of our success. Delivering a world-class customer experience remains our top priority, and we are investing in virtually every area of the company to deliver on that goal. The quality, reliability and scalability of our data centers deliver extraordinary value to our customers. We will continue to leverage our size and scale to enhance the products and services required to meet the demands of our growing multi-national customer base.”

First Quarter Highlights include:

New Customers, Record Transaction: More than 1,600 new customers leased servers in the company’s world-class data centers. The company also signed the two largest transactions in its history, adding Site5 and expanding its relationship with HostGator.

New Web Site: With enhanced navigation that incorporates the best features from the merged companies’ previous iterations, the new Web site makes it easier for customers to access its comprehensive portfolio of products and services.

New Product: The company added enterprise-class security and performance for private rack customers with Cisco ASA 5500 Series firewalls and Foundry ServerIronXL load balancers. The server portfolio expanded to include Dell’s Clovertown quad-core PowerEdge servers that provide 1.2 Terabytes of storage.

Network Upgrade: Accelerating network performance, the company added Foundry’s NetIron XMR to deliver enhanced performance, high 10-Gigabit port density and support for IPV6 and MPLS to enable future advanced IP services for customers.

The company announced a $5 million investment in a new customer contact center and expanded operating facilities designed to enhance customer satisfaction. The expansion includes its first CRM system, a broad range of new servers, additional software, communications tools and an expanded team of trained support representatives.

Data Center Expansions: The Planet expanded its data centers in Houston and Dallas, adding 25,000 square feet to meet the demands of its growing customer base.

Executive Appointments: In its customer-facing organization, the company appointed James P. Treuting as vice president, global sales and managed services. James P. Picone joined the company as vice president, customer contact centers.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:

• High level of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 3.1 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.

Adding to its broad array of awards, The Planet ranked #81 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list for North America. The annual survey recognizes the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the nation based on consolidated results from its regional Fast 50 events. The win capped a series of awards during the year, including ranking #12 on the Fast 50 list for Texas; the Computer Reseller News Fast Growth list; and the Inc. 5000 roster.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - (The Hosting News) - April 29, 2008 - Web hosting company specializing in small and medium business support, Hostopia, will sign a definitive agreement to purchase the customer assets of New Jersey-based hosting services provider, Luxmovera, LLC’s uplinkearth.

Uplinkearth accepted the all-cash offer last week. The companies plan to migrate all users of record from uplinkearth’s data center facility to Hostopia’s unified web services platform by June 30, 2008. The companies indicated that all users shall continue to be served under the familiar brand of uplinkearth, which will operate as a managed service by Hostopia.

Colin Campbell, CEO of Hostopia noted, ”We are very pleased to have concluded this agreement with uplinkearth. They have approximately 12,500 small business subscribers, which we feel are very compatible with the Hostopia web services platform. Our strategy will be to migrate all users and present them with many upgraded features and services. Over time, we will expect additional value-added services to be a logical upgrade path for many of these small businesses. Hostopia’s main focus is private-labeled, wholesale outsourced web services that we sell to Telco’s and broadband providers. Acquisitions such as uplinkearth complement our organic growth plan by adding end-users to our unified platform and giving us revenue-per-user opportunities through the many additional value-added services we offer, such as fax-to-email and collaborative email with wireless mobility synchronization.”

Michael Yablonowitz, Co-founder and President of Uplinkearth added, ”My partners and I have built a very successful hosting services business over the years. We are experiencing increased demand for new services from our customers which can drive opportunity for our business to grow. We decided the market timing was ideal to transfer our user base over to a highly capable provider in the hosting and SaaS arena - one who can deliver the high-demand services our users need. Hostopia’s proven credentials and track record in migrating large numbers of hosted business customers made them the ideal choice as our chosen buyer. We think our users will eagerly respond to the many new upgrades and value-added services Hostopia plans to offer them.”

Earlier this year, Hostopia reported a 42% increase in its operating income with record third quarter revenue, for the third quarter of 2007.

Highlights included: - Q3 revenue increased 29.8% year over year; 7.1% sequentially from Q2 - 31st consecutive quarter of increasing revenue - 17th consecutive quarter of positive operating income - Announced the launch of new Nexthaus mobile data synchronization applications - Closed 9 new customer contracts for web services, templates and mobile sync services - Added 8,000 end users.

Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2008 Revenues increased 29.8% to $7.3 million in the three months ended December 31, 2007, compared to the same period last year. This was the 31st consecutive quarter of higher revenues. Sequential revenue growth of 7.1% in the third quarter was primarily due to the migration of 28,000 end users onto the Hostopia platform in the previous quarter as well as the net addition of 8,000 end users this quarter. Two website template license contracts also contributed to the sequential revenue growth. Gross profit of $6.3 million increased by $1.4 million compared to last year. Income before interest and income taxes was $643,000 up $189,000, compared to the third quarter of last year.

The 42% increase in income before interest and income taxes was tempered by the $1.2 million increase in operating expenses resulting primarily from: (1) personnel costs associated with two new start-up units within Hostopia: Website Experts (website creation services) and the Nexthaus mobile syncing service, (2) higher amortization expenses related to the acquisition of licensed technology and Nexthaus’ intellectual property, (3) increased operating costs and sales commissions related to the large end user migrations in the second quarter, and (4) the effect of the appreciation of the Canadian dollar on our Canadian dollar denominated expenses. Income before income taxes of $950,000 was $320,000 higher than the same period last year because of improved operating profitability as well as $131,000 higher net interest income.

As revenues continue to grow over the remainder of the year, both from our existing and expanding customer base as well as our expanded product offerings, we expect our income before interest and taxes will continue to improve. Net income of $615,000 was $242,000 higher than the same quarter last year. Basic and diluted net income per common share were both $0.05 this quarter compared to $0.05 for basic and $0.04 for diluted net income per common share in the third quarter of last year. Net income per share was little changed as higher net income was offset by the increase in weighted average shares outstanding related to the Company’s public offering of 4.83 million shares in the third quarter of last year and the exercise of 516,000 stock options this year.

Hostopia is a provider of web services that are designed to enable small and medium-sized businesses to establish and maintain an Internet presence. The company’s customers are communication services providers, including telecommunication carriers, cable companies, internet service providers, domain registrars, and web hosting service providers. Hostopia’s customers purchase its web services on a wholesale basis and resell these services under their own brands to small and medium-sized businesses. The company provides customers with the technology, infrastructure, and support services to enable them to offer web services, while saving research and development as well as capital and operating costs typically associated with the design, development, and delivery of web services.

For more information about Hostopia, please visit: www.hostopia.com.

Scottsdale, Arizona - (The Hosting News) - April 29, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, Go Daddy, has instituted a special designated day to honor Webmasters, by declaring April 29th as Webmasters’ Day.

Most companies now consider the web site a key aspect of the business plan and bottom line success. According to IDC, two-thirds of small to medium sized business have the webmaster in-house. Webmasters are typically responsible for the content and stability of web sites. Having a good Webmaster is invaluable to any company with an online presence. GoDaddy.com has decided to build momentum toward officially honoring these critical professionals.

Bill Cullifer, Executive Director, World Organization of Webmasters noted, ”We think it’s great Webmasters are being recognized for their efforts. Webmasters are not geeks who sit in the server closet, they are integral parts of companies now. During the last ten years, the Internet changed the way we as a society interact. Webmasters are key to Internet development.”

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy commented, ”The Internet wouldn’t be where it is today without this underappreciated group who keep content on the net fresh. I think a day to remind everyone of how vital Webmasters are is way overdue.”

April 29 is a time to celebrate the hard work and dedication Webmasters put in each day. Bake them a cake, give them a gift or send them an e-card. From articles to blogs, the holiday is picking up steam as a recognized holiday and the general consensus is it’s been a long time coming. It’s a move Webmasters organizations applaud and are helping publicize.

Mr. Parsons added, ”It’s just the right thing to do for our industry and for hard working Webmaster professionals. The Internet wouldn’t be where it is today without this underappreciated group who keep content on the net fresh. We hope the holiday will inspire gratitude for webmasters around the world.”

Mr. Cullifer added, ”We think it is great organizations like GoDaddy.com are recognizing webmasters for the true professionals they are. Webmasters serve their customers with a broad skill set, including strong technical, design, business and project management skills, and they play a pivotal role in any organization’s structure today.”

Anyone can go to www.GoDaddy.com/WebmastersDay and select a card to send to the person responsible for their Web site. Once you select your card, it will be automatically delivered. There is no cost, nor obligation.

Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and web site design and 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 web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

For more information about GoDaddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.

To learn more about Webmasters’ Day, please visit: www.godaddy.com/webmastersday.

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - April 29, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application, Ensim Corporation’s Unify Enterprise Edition, has been deployed to secure and automate the management of the Active Directory (AD) servers of CashEdge.

Francois Depayras, Vice President of marketing and alliances at Ensim noted, ”We are pleased to expand our enterprise customer base. By using Unify, CashEdge will meet the increasing demands associated with rapid growth and will reap significant business benefits while gaining a competitive edge in the market.”

CashEdge selected Ensim Unify for its ease of installation and for its modular design. Unify streamlines the day-to-day provisioning, configuring, and management of CashEdge’ over 400 employees, who are located throughout multiple offices worldwide. Additionally, it alleviates the ongoing security challenges that have developed from the company’s rapid growth, including user provisioning and de-provisioning, password reset requests and Active Directory maintenance processes. Unify’s AD and Password Managers enable its IT to easily automate provisioning and access control, while allowing employees to self manage basic tasks.

Ensim Unify can be installed in less than one hour and delivers instant savings by reducing the number of help desk calls by as much as forty percent. It also eliminates repetitive administrative tasks, helping improve workforce effectiveness and enabling IT departments in medium and large-sized organizations to focus on more strategic tasks.

Davis Truong, Senior Systems Engineer at CashEdge noted, ”Ensim Unify allowed us to immediately reduce the amount of time spent on basic Active Directory management by forty percent. By giving access to Ensim Unify’s web portal, we can enable users to change their passwords and manage their own distribution lists without having to rely on IT, giving our department the ability to focus on mission-critical projects.”

Ensim Unify is available as a full suite of modules or as individual snap-in tools, which can be added or removed as needed. The complete suite includes the following modules:

Microsoft Active Directory Manager: provides control over AD and the ability to easily administer complex tasks.
Microsoft Exchange Manager: helps prevent mis-configuration of Exchange server, increases uptime and automates key tasks.

Mobile Manager: allows for Over-The-Air (OTA) configuration and wipe of smart phones.

Self-Service and User Manager: lets employees easily self manage, from distribution lists to email profiles, cutting help desk and IT time in half.
Password Manager: allows employees to reset their own passwords via a web-based portal.
Migration Manager: automates the migration schedule of mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to 2007.

CashEdge provides innovative, online financial applications to banks, credit unions and wealth management firms. CashEdge’s solutions include end-to-end online account opening and funding, funds transfer, small business payments and invoicing, and data consolidation. These proven solutions are flexible, scalable and supported by extensive risk management capabilities. Working with CashEdge, financial institutions are able to create compelling online offerings that attract customers, generate revenues and reduce costs.

CashEdge has been ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the United States for two years in a row. In 2007 it was also recognized by the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Fast 50 as one of the nation’s 500 fastest growing private companies and one of the fifty fastest growing companies in the New York area, respectively. The company currently serves hundreds of leading financial institutions including 4 of the top five banks, 23 of the top one hundred banks, and 20 of the top 100 credit unions. CashEdge has offices in New York, Silicon Valley and India.

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is a provider of management software for unified communications and collaboration infrastructure. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft. For more information, contact Ensim at 1-877-693-6746 or 1-408-496-3700 outside the United States.

For more information about For more information, please visit www.cashedge.com.

To learn more about Unify, please visit: www.ensim.com/products/unify/Saas.

For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.

Wilmington, Delaware - (The Hosting News) - April 29, 2008 - Server management and data center administration facilitator, Rack-Soft, has launched its latest version of the backup solution for Parallels Plesk.

4PSA Total Backup 2 is a Parallels Plesk add-on that automates the server backup processes and maximizes hosting server availability. This release of the popular 4PSA backup solution comes with new features and design enhancements oriented to improve usability, flexibility, and server performance during the backup job.

4PSA Total Backup handles the entire backup lifecycle: backup, storage, alerting, restore. The software is also able to encrypt backups, a very important feature targeted to customers that save backups on third party infrastructures. To minimize transfer times and backup overhead, 4PSA Total Backup saves only differences occurred from the last backup. Enhancements introduced by the new version include improved backup cycle storage that allows keeping locally and remotely multiple backup cycles, selective restore, the possibility to cap archives storage bandwidth, and compressed file transfers.

Bogdan Carstoiu, General Manager at Rack-Soft noted, ”Hosting providers have quite special backup and disaster recovery requirements. The backup operation should not affect production services, should optimize disk space, minimize bandwidth consumption, and guarantee information security. 4PSA Total Backup has been available for almost five years, saving thousands of Plesk server administrators from disaster. In the new version we simply incorporate the experience accumulated during these years.”

4PSA Total Backup 2 is a Unix/Linux software add-on for Parallels Plesk, the industry leading hosting control panel. Licensing prices start from 69 USD and include 12 months of maintenance and technical support.

Parallels (formerly SWsoft) is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Rack-Soft is a specialized developer and integrator of server and Data Center software that supports major operating systems and platforms. The company delivers solutions designed to help service providers and enterprises control infrastructure, automate processes, and improve communications. The core of Rack-Soft’s business philosophy is based on an ISO 9001 certified quality management system certified by TUV CERT.

For more information about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.

To learn more, please visit: www.4psa.com.

Waltham, Massachusetts - (The Hosting News) - April 28, 2008 - Managed web hosting and IT services firm, Rackspace Managed Hosting, has entered into an agreement with residential property valuation and risk management firm, Pro-Teck Services.

Under the terms of the agreement, Pro-Teck will utilize Rackspace’s Intensive Hosting to support the company’s ProValue platform that requires 24×7 availability to service today’s rapidly evolving financial markets.

Luc Levensohn, Vice President Security and Infrastructure, Pro-Teck Services noted, ”We did a lot of due diligence and determined Rackspace could provide us with the highest level of disaster recovery and system redundancy to protect our clients information while providing the scalability and capacity to support our growth.”

Pro-Teck’s ProValue connects many of the world’s largest financial institutions with the real estate data, modeling and expertise they need to effectively manage their real estate collateral. The system requires robust performance to support a large number of simultaneous connections as vendor and client partners throughout the United States process thousands of daily transactions in real time. The platform also provides extensive archiving, retrieval and data stream capabilities critical to its client’s business operations.

Glenn Reinus, Senior Vice President of worldwide sales, Rackspace remarked, ”Because Pro-Teck’s IT infrastructure was Microsoft-based, they found Rackspace’s Windows expertise and Microsoft Gold Certification a true advantage. Intensive Hosting takes a consultative approach with our enterprise customers. Through our dedicated team of experts, we are able to build a deep working relationship, effectively becoming an integral component of customers’ IT departments. We work alongside Pro-Teck as an extension of its IT department and work diligently for our customer’s success.”

Rackspace’s Intensive Hosting provides Pro-Teck with a fully-managed hosting solution. With primary and failover server locations, advanced custom monitoring services, managed backup and storage, and Windows 2003 Enterprise database services, Pro-Teck relies on Rackspace’s 24/7/365 Fanatical Support(TM) demanded by today’s financial markets.

Last month, Rackspace announced two high-level appointments - Florian Schiebl as European Business Director, and Tarquin Bellinger as Sales Director, to reinforce its European operations. Prior to joining Rackspace, Schiebl was Managing Director of iPass, being responsible for the Central and Eastern European regions. He has also held positions at Bertelsmann, Compaq, Siemens, COLT Telecom and MFN.

Mr. Bellinger has joined Rackspace to lead the Sales and Solutions Engineering team. His previous position was at BT, where he led the company’s 21st Century Network business development programme. Prior to that, he led Cable and Wireless’ global services business division focusing on financial markets, based in New York.

Established in 1977, Pro-Teck Services works with Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage Servicers, Secondary Market Investors, Capital Markets and Property and Casualty Insurers to improve risk management through superior real estate collateral information. Pro-Teck provides a comprehensive suite of services including on-line real estate data, fraud scoring, value modeling, inspections, valuations and appraisals.

Rackspace delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes, including hosting specialization and expertise, delivering services as an extension of its customers’ IT departments. Rackspace’s portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso cloud computing platform and Mailtrust provider of business-class hosted email solutions.

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

Broomfileld, Colorado - (The Hosting News) - April 28, 2008 - Colocation, VoIP, and Internet backbone company, Level 3 Communications’ Content Markets Group, has deployed Adobe Flash Media Server 3 across its infrastructure.

In its expanded strategic collaboration with Adobe, Level 3, as an Adobe Premier Authorized Flash Video Streaming Service Partner, will further expand the options available for delivering video in the Adobe Flash format for content publishers. The integration of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 technology into Level 3’s CDN services will make it possible for customers to deliver true HD streams, leveraging Level 3’s large IP network to effectively deliver video in the Flash format, around the world.

Bill Rusitzky, Director of global strategic alliances for Dynamic Media at Adobe noted, ”We are pleased to expand our relationship with Level 3, which includes the integration of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 into their infrastructure. With this announcement, Level 3 is proving its commitment to upgrade its infrastructure with the latest technological developments. We believe customers will benefit from the combination of Level 3’s global CDN platform and Adobe Flash Media Server 3.”

With this deployment, Level 3’s CDN service offering will mark one of the first major content delivery platforms to be fully enabled with Flash Media Server 3, and will help customers deliver an improved online experience with HD streaming capabilities and improved functionality for encoding, protecting and monetizing their content. Additionally Flash Media Server 3 enables more concurrent streams to be delivered by the same server, offering improved efficiencies and economics for the customer.

Grant van Rooyen, President of Level 3’s Content Markets Group remarked, ”Level 3 continues to invest in core features and functionality demanded by today’s streaming customers. This rollout is the latest step in building a world-class streaming platform. Level 3 is committed to pushing technology platforms such as Adobe Flash Media Server 3 to market to help drive adoption of rich media content.”

Level 3 continues to offer customers diverse options for distributing content with the combination of both its CDN and Streaming services, and its Vyvx services portfolio; the company offers all aspects of the content delivery value chain for traditional and non-traditional distribution. Level 3 will begin offering its HD streaming service integrated with Adobe’s Flash Media Server 3 at the end of April.

Level 3 Communications, Inc., an international communications company, operates one of the largest Internet backbones in the world. Through its customers, Level 3 is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services over its broadband fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, voice services and voice over IP services. The services are designed to provide building blocks that enable Level 3’s customers to meet growing demands for advanced communications solutions.The principal components offered by Level 3’s VoIP Enhanced Local service include network trunking, local telephone numbers, local number portability, the safety of E-911, operator assistance, caller ID, directory listings, and directory assistance. The service is designed to allow Level 3 customers to retain the flexibility to manage and control end-user features without the difficulties of implementing complex interconnection arrangements.

For more information about Level 3, please visit: www.level3.com.