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Amsterdam, The Netherlands - (The Hosting News) - May 30, 2008 - International business hosting services firm, LeaseWeb, for over six months, has been recognized in the first position on the list of the world’s fastest growing hosting companies.

Con Zwinkels, Managing Director of LeaseWeb noted, ”If we continue to grow as we did in the past year, I expect that LeaseWeb will remain in the number 1 spot for a while yet. In the past 12 months we have doubled the number of employees - and we still have at least 30 job openings. We have also doubled the capacity of our hosting network. We are expanding our Support Unit from some 30 to 50 employees. And we are already Dell’s biggest internet partner in Europe. To top it all off, in one year we have managed to fill nearly 500 data center cabinets with hosting equipment at the EvoSwitch CO2-neutral data center.”

The ‘Fastest Growing Companies’ list is published monthly by the American magazine, HostReview. LeaseWeb was already listed in 18th position on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 of 2007.

Mr. Zwinkels added, ”This position on the American HostReview list is extra special to me. To us, it confirms that we are not only working hard on growing but that the market is also seeing that. Not just in the Netherlands, but around the world.”

In the near future, LeaseWeb will be able to continue its fast expansion thanks to virtualization. Using virtualization enables us to allocate server space to customers in a much more flexible way, explains Zwinkels. It also allows us to roll out new servers even more quickly. We already have a Windows Express Server and a Linux Express Server that can be live within 24 hours. Virtualization would speed up the rollout of new servers even more. Among other things, LeaseWeb employs virtualization experts in the field of VMware and is a Microsoft launching partner for the virtualization feature via Hyper-V, which will be released as a part of Windows Server 2008 later this year.

Customer demand for bandwidth is growing very quickly at LeaseWeb. This is why LeaseWeb is currently restructuring its sizeable global hosting network. The recent acquisition of two Cisco Carrier Routing System 1s (CRS-1s) will make LeaseWeb’s network infrastructure more hierarchical and scaleable and enables a bandwidth capacity increase to 1900 Gigabits per second (1.9 Terabits).

Mr. Zwinkels continued, ”The CRS-1s and the related new network architecture will allow us to accommodate the predicted growth in internet traffic. As a result, LeaseWeb customers can be sure that our growth potential in terms of bandwidth for the next few years is huge.”

The growth of both LeaseWeb and its hosting network attract customers that need a lot of bandwidth. Hyves, for instance, has already selected LeaseWeb as its premier provider. And 123Video, the Dutch version of YouTube, has also switched to LeaseWeb in the past year. 123Video is growing so quickly that it expects to exceed the 12 Gbps of required bandwidth as early as next year.

Mr. Zwinkels concluded, ”Customers who need this much bandwidth need a hosting partner that is able to expand bandwidth quickly and properly. Our philosophy is to maintain twice as much capacity as is consumed by our customers. The great advantage is that we attract big customers, which in turn drives even faster growth.”

Recently, LeaseWeb restructured its support division, including a new support manager, and 16 additional support agents. The new Support Division that includes 33 employees, will be expanded significantly in the near future, to accommodate LeaseWeb’s expansion. LeaseWeb has engaged Ivo Roomer (35) to manage the Support Division. Roomer previously worked for VNU Media as a Sales Manager Online Media and has a lot of experience in the hosting sector, among other things as a Manager Sales Support and European Business Manager. Roomer will be off to a good start in his new position with an ambitious expansion of 16 additional support agents.

LeaseWeb is an international supplier of hosting products and services that specializes in both Microsoft and Linux, and focuses primarily on the professional market. The company is among the top 30 hosting providers in the world and provides services such as web hosting, dedicated hosting, colocated hosting, VPS and streaming, as well as technical support. LeaseWeb owns a first-class Cisco-powered network offering a bandwidth of over 160 Gbps, which extends across five data centers in the Amsterdam region via the major telecom carriers. LeaseWeb is also present on internet exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna , Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague and Madrid. Founded in 1997, hosting provider LeaseWeb now manages 11,000 servers. Its customers include Starbucks, Hyves, Telegraaf Media Groep, Koninklijke Joh. Ensched, PricewaterhouseCoopers, AVRO, Direct Wonen, and University.

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

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - May 30, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application, Ensim Corporation’s Unify, has been upgraded, designed to significantly reduce unplanned active directory downtime.

Ensim Unify Active Directory Manager, Version 2.5, which will feature Ensim’s latest web-based Active Directory management tools. Ensim Unify, which self-installs in less than one hour, allows enterprises to alleviate common challenges, such as provisioning, password management, role management, and auditing and compliance of Active Directory servers.

Scott Young, Vice President of product marketing at Ensim Corporation noted, ”It is Ensim’s goal to make AD unbreakable - that means with Unify 2.5, we intend that Active Directory will no longer be susceptible to downtime and misconfiguration as a result of human error. Our customers come from a wide variety of organizations, from medium and large enterprises to educational institutions, and they have played a major role in helping us achieve this goal through the new features and enhancements offered in the latest version.”

Active Directory (AD) is a complex application that is affected by a number of system administrators on a daily basis. With an increasing number of senior IT managers turning to Ensim Unify Active Directory Manager to protect, insulate and secure their AD environments, Unify’s AD Manager 2.5 features upgrades thatvirtually eliminate the unplanned downtime that frequently occurs through misconfiguration.

Unify Active Directory Manager 2.5 incorporates the following major enhancements:

AD Management Safety and Efficiency


Fine Grain Role Delegation : Allows system administrator roles to be restricted by organizational unit (OU).


Simplified Policy-based Provisioning : Auto-setup feature simplifies using IT policy to define user templates. Auto setup now automatically configures end-users’ home folder, logon script and home drive.


Customizable Provisioning Policies : System administrators can customize the user account creation and provisioning process by automatically configuring approved user name and display name patterns, as well as specified AD attributes.

AD Security and Compliance

Change and Audit Logs : AD Manager already tracks the status of each change request made against AD. Version 2.5 also creates a complete log of all changes made to each individual object.



Enhanced Alert Notification Capabilities : System administrators can now customize the action reports, including usage statistics and end-user license alerts.

Product Scalability and Extensibility



Support for multiple domain controllers: System administrators can now leverage Unify’s preferences to access multiple domain controllers.


Enhanced Web Services SDK: The usability and coverage of Unify Web Services has also been enhanced with this release. This allows medium and larger organizations to provide a much more seamless integration experience across their application infrastructure by allowing them to bring a broader variety of web-based and legacy applications under the Unify management umbrella.

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation endeavors to redefine user provisioning and access control software. Available as snap-in tools or a full suite, Ensim Unify allows organizations to decrease operating costs, improve workforce effectiveness, and meet security and compliance goals. Ensim Application Managers for Active Directory, Exchange, Mobility, and Password Reset deploy rapidly, deliver instant dollar-saving results. With over a million users currently supported, Ensim’s products are designed to eliminate repetitive administrative tasks, returning IT to the business of driving innovation. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified.

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

Bothell, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 30, 2008 - Rackspace Hosting has been retained to provide and maintain dedicated web servers by satellite tracking services monitoring firm, SARS, whose Tracpoint and UtilityEye solutions, service the operational data and location of thousands of remote assets.

Clayton Shelver, CEO of SARS Corp. noted, ”We demand a mission-critical level of server reliability and speed for our corporate and government clients. Rackspace demonstrated they have the industry’s best technologies and are diligent about supporting their enterprise-class hosted IT services. Our new scalable server capacity is commensurate with our recent growth and will enable us to continue offering the quick and stable connectivity our customers have come to depend upon with our SARS Tracpoint and SARS UtilityEye online interfaces.”

Glenn Reinus, Senior Vice President of worldwide sales, Rackspace Hosting remarked, ”Since hosting is our core competency, SARS Corp. can continue to focus their IT staff on delivering services. Our 100% network uptime guarantee and fully redundant, enterprise-class routing equipment will help assure SARS customers of world-class security and accessibility when accessing SARS’ innovative services.”

Utilizing a network of satellite, cellular and VHF radio systems, SARS Corp. provides remote asset management and telematics solutions that deliver real-time business intelligence about fixed and mobile assets anywhere in the world. With the SARS Tracpoint(R) software suite, business and government organizations in the marine, energy, transportation and other industries can track, monitor and manage assets for improved safety, better security and increased business efficiency.

Rackspace Hosting delivers hosted IT systems and computing to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support. Customers can receive benefits such as higher quality, lower cost and better performance from Rackspace’s vast knowledge of industry best-practices. Because Rackspace removes the burden of IT systems maintenance and management, customers can focus on key areas that differentiate their business. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted services includes managed hosting ( www.rackspace.com), email hosting ( www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting (www.mosso.com). Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list.

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

To learn more about SARS, please visit: www.sarscorp.com.

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - May 30, 2008 - Web hosting managed services company, Attenda Limited, has been engaged to manage the new web-based customer self-service portal, MNPA Limited, in a three year contract.

Voted 2008 Pension Administrator of the Year, MNPA, a subsidiary of the 3 billion pound Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, is a multi-award winning pension administration specialist. It provides pension administration services to a wide range of clients, who value strong working relationships. They adopt a partnership approach to service development and look to deliver a consistent high quality service to members, pension managers, HR and payroll contacts alike. The Attenda contract is the first significant web-based project for MNPA, aimed at delivering more self-service options to their membership to improve customer care and reduce the administration burden internally.

Paul Rooney Information Systems Manager, MNPA noted, ”As a strategic project, minimising risk was a key factor in the decision making process and this led us to outsource the operational management and support of the website infrastructure to Attenda. Attenda had all the required credentials with a proven capability and track record in operating and managing high availability business critical web applications for some of Europe’s leading companies.”

Based upon Microsoft technologies, the infrastructure has been designed to provide MNPA with the high level of availability required to meet their increasingly demanding customer needs. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting and Application Services, Attenda has a high level of operational excellence in delivering managed hosting services on the Microsoft platform. Attenda is leading the way in designing and operating reliable, secure and highly available Microsoft .NET infrastructure, supported by an extensive team of qualified Microsoft engineers with the understanding and expertise in the latest advanced and complex Microsoft technologies.

With MNPA’s administering benefits for more than 350,000 pension scheme members, 24×7 availability and IT certainty were key in MNPA’s decision to outsource the hosting and operational management of its website platform to Attenda.

In April, Attenda was chosen to host the new SAP system for Smythson, through a five year management infrastructure contract. Attenda is providing a fully managed service for the new SAP infrastructure in the initial phase of a major project to review and replace the current IT systems and business processes at Smythson.

Established in 1887 and the holder of three Royal Warrants, Smythson is internationally renowned for its elegant range of leather goods, travel and writing accessories and bespoke stationery. Exquisite quality, timeless design and traditional British craftsmanship have made Smythson the choice of British and European royal families and a number of international celebrities, as well as leaders in the arts, business and politics. Smythson recently opened their second US store in Beverly Hills.

The service includes taking operational responsibility and management of the SAP system up to and including the SAP Basis layer, in a secure and robust environment. The solution includes the full extent of back office applications from Financials, ERP, warehousing and procurement through to sales, telesales and CRM. Recently re-accredited as SAP Hosting Partner, Attenda has proven expertise in the operational management of SAP and a continued investment in delivering highly available and secure SAP managed services.

Attenda has built a team of highly skilled, highly motivated and fully certified engineers providing 24 x 7 operational support to its clients. Attenda?s partnership with SAP provides clients with access to the very latest SAP NetWeaver platform and new evolving enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) and business process technologies, plus the availability of an extended network of SAP technical specialists and business consultants.

Attenda Managed Services company, manages vital applications that businesses relies upon to function effectively, allowing for selective outsourcing of IT operations. Attenda manages, secures and optimises the performance of applications, irrespective of the physical location of the infrastructure. With over 5 years’ investment into Attenda M.O., Attenda’s operations platform, the company provides the people, process and technology to deliver high service levels, at a cost that is amortised across Attenda’s client base - currently 134 of the UK’s leading companies. The company has acquired substantial financial backing, the industry’s leading accreditations and a portfolio of clients including bmi, Christian Aid, easyCar, Microsoft, NHS, Princes, St. James’s Place and Travelodge.

Attenda is both ISO9001 and ISO27001 accredited, an HP SP Signature Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a SAP Adaptive IT Hosting Provider, a SunTone accredited managed service provider and an Accredited Catalist Supplier. Attenda is one of only seven companies to have been ranked in the UK’s Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100 for three consecutive years and was voted 2007 Best Managed Services Provider by Data Centre Europe Awards 2007.

To learn more, please visit: www.attenda.net.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - May 29, 2008 - The Planet privately held dedicated hosting company’s Vice President of Facilities, Jeff Lowenberg, has been awarded with SearchDataCenter.com’s first-ever ”Data Center Manager of the Year” award.

The award recognizes excellence in data center project management, according to senior site editor Matt Stansberry. Mr. Lowenberg was recognized for his work that will save the company over $1 million on energy costs in 2008 alone, based on the implementation of new ”green” data center efficiencies.

Mr. Lowenberg provided a guided tour that outlines the efficiencies the company has implemented. Douglas J. Erwin, Chairman and CEO of The Planet remarked, ”From our own research and through discussions with customers, they choose The Planet based on the quality of our world-class data centers and network, as well as our reputation for customer service. With more than 50,000 servers across our data centers, energy is our fourth-largest expense. Jeff Lowenberg’s work contributes significantly to customer satisfaction, as well as to our bottom line. Jeff’s award is a resounding commentary on the quality of our data centers, which our customers will appreciate.”

Mr. Lowenberg conducted a six-month trial to reduce power consumption and increase data center operating efficiency. Initial results demonstrate that while critical server loads increased by 5 percent, power used for cooling decreased by 31 percent. Overall, the company experienced power reductions of up to 13.5 percent through a broad range of improvements. The new green initiatives were conducted across its six world-class data centers.

Armin Heinlein with Panalpina Group was a runner-up, followed by finalists Ben Stewart with Terremark and William Stewart with Sempra Energy.

The Planet operates more than 150 30-ton computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units across its six data centers. In one data center alone, the company was able to turn off four of the units. The cooling requirement on two of the units was reduced to 50 percent of capacity, while another nine now operate at 25 percent of capacity. The company also extended the return air plenums on all of its down-flow CRAC units to optimize efficiency. In some cases, The Planet team was able to increase CRAC unit temperature settings by as much as 10 degrees while still meeting the thermal guidelines for data processing environments set by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Across the board, the company evaluated both its data center footprint and recommended guidelines from the Site Uptime Network, an invitation-only consortium of companies that operate data centers around the globe. The Planet also evaluated standards for air conditioning efficiency from ASHRAE to optimize operating performance. Among these improvements are the following:

• Rearranged floor tiles to better manage cold airflow
• Installed seals and grommets in the ceilings, walls and floors to reduce bypass airflow
• Installed blanking plates in server cabinets to direct airflow more efficiently
• Sealed power distribution units to reduce bypass airflow

Last month, The Planet added an automated recovery solution, which is now available on all of its new and existing servers within the company’s extensive offerings. The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE) allows customers to self-restore and repair their servers directly from The Planet customer portal in the event of a critical software failure.

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 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.

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

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - May 29, 2008 - The Planet privately held dedicated hosting company’s Vice President of Facilities, Jeff Lowenberg, has been awarded with SearchDataCenter.com’s first-ever ”Data Center Manager of the Year” award.

The award recognizes excellence in data center project management, according to senior site editor Matt Stansberry. Mr. Lowenberg was recognized for his work that will save the company over $1 million on energy costs in 2008 alone, based on the implementation of new ”green” data center efficiencies.

Mr. Lowenberg provided a guided tour that outlines the efficiencies the company has implemented. Douglas J. Erwin, Chairman and CEO of The Planet remarked, ”From our own research and through discussions with customers, they choose The Planet based on the quality of our world-class data centers and network, as well as our reputation for customer service. With more than 50,000 servers across our data centers, energy is our fourth-largest expense. Jeff Lowenberg’s work contributes significantly to customer satisfaction, as well as to our bottom line. Jeff’s award is a resounding commentary on the quality of our data centers, which our customers will appreciate.”

Mr. Lowenberg conducted a six-month trial to reduce power consumption and increase data center operating efficiency. Initial results demonstrate that while critical server loads increased by 5 percent, power used for cooling decreased by 31 percent. Overall, the company experienced power reductions of up to 13.5 percent through a broad range of improvements. The new green initiatives were conducted across its six world-class data centers.

Armin Heinlein with Panalpina Group was a runner-up, followed by finalists Ben Stewart with Terremark and William Stewart with Sempra Energy.

The Planet operates more than 150 30-ton computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units across its six data centers. In one data center alone, the company was able to turn off four of the units. The cooling requirement on two of the units was reduced to 50 percent of capacity, while another nine now operate at 25 percent of capacity. The company also extended the return air plenums on all of its down-flow CRAC units to optimize efficiency. In some cases, The Planet team was able to increase CRAC unit temperature settings by as much as 10 degrees while still meeting the thermal guidelines for data processing environments set by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Across the board, the company evaluated both its data center footprint and recommended guidelines from the Site Uptime Network, an invitation-only consortium of companies that operate data centers around the globe. The Planet also evaluated standards for air conditioning efficiency from ASHRAE to optimize operating performance. Among these improvements are the following:

• Rearranged floor tiles to better manage cold airflow
• Installed seals and grommets in the ceilings, walls and floors to reduce bypass airflow
• Installed blanking plates in server cabinets to direct airflow more efficiently
• Sealed power distribution units to reduce bypass airflow

Last month, The Planet added an automated recovery solution, which is now available on all of its new and existing servers within the company’s extensive offerings. The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE) allows customers to self-restore and repair their servers directly from The Planet customer portal in the event of a critical software failure.

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 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.

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

Renton, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 29, 2008 - Server virtualization, datacenter automation and SaaS software provider, Parallels, recently entered into a
Zend Technologies collaboration, to provide enterprise level PHP applications.

Through Parallels’ control panels and server virtualization offerings, the companies will deliver product interoperability and integration, define packaging and distribution standards, and pursue joint marketing initiatives.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”The APS standard is already supported by more than 100 PHP applications for everything from blogging and collaboration to content management, ecommerce and CRM. The Parallels-Zend partnership advances the web hosting industry by helping service providers deliver a greater variety of professional PHP applications and by growing the channel for PHP application vendors.”

Zend products will be certified with the Application Packaging Standard (APS), a new application packaging format designed to help easily and quickly implement software as a service (SaaS). Using the APS standard, hosting providers will be able to configure technology stacks based on Zend products to deliver premium PHP solutions for operating business-critical web applications.

Mark de Visser, Chief Marketing Officer, Zend Technologies remarked, ”With thousands of web applications available for individual and business use, PHP is one of the key technologies for hosting companies to support. Combining the PHP expertise of Zend with the packaging, delivery and maintenance capabilities of the APS standard will further expand the portfolio of high-quality PHP applications.”

Zend and Parallels will deliver an APS-compliant Zend Framework and an updated version of Zend Optimizer later this quarter. Over time, the companies plan to release new versions of all Zend products that support the APS standard.

Jochen Berger, CTO of intergenia AG added, ”It is exciting to see Parallels and Zend extending their partnership. We believe that this collaboration will enable us to broaden our portfolio with applications built on Zend technology.”

Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, provides products and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications. PHP is used by more than twenty million websites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic web applications. Deployed at more than 25,000 companies worldwide, Zend’s family of products provides a comprehensive platform for supporting the entire lifecycle of PHP applications. Zend is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

For more information on Zend Technologies, Inc., please visit: www.zend.com.

To learn more about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.

Renton, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 29, 2008 - Server virtualization, datacenter automation and SaaS software provider, Parallels, recently entered into a
Zend Technologies collaboration, to provide enterprise level PHP applications.

Through Parallels’ control panels and server virtualization offerings, the companies will deliver product interoperability and integration, define packaging and distribution standards, and pursue joint marketing initiatives.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”The APS standard is already supported by more than 100 PHP applications for everything from blogging and collaboration to content management, ecommerce and CRM. The Parallels-Zend partnership advances the web hosting industry by helping service providers deliver a greater variety of professional PHP applications and by growing the channel for PHP application vendors.”

Zend products will be certified with the Application Packaging Standard (APS), a new application packaging format designed to help easily and quickly implement software as a service (SaaS). Using the APS standard, hosting providers will be able to configure technology stacks based on Zend products to deliver premium PHP solutions for operating business-critical web applications.

Mark de Visser, Chief Marketing Officer, Zend Technologies remarked, ”With thousands of web applications available for individual and business use, PHP is one of the key technologies for hosting companies to support. Combining the PHP expertise of Zend with the packaging, delivery and maintenance capabilities of the APS standard will further expand the portfolio of high-quality PHP applications.”

Zend and Parallels will deliver an APS-compliant Zend Framework and an updated version of Zend Optimizer later this quarter. Over time, the companies plan to release new versions of all Zend products that support the APS standard.

Jochen Berger, CTO of intergenia AG added, ”It is exciting to see Parallels and Zend extending their partnership. We believe that this collaboration will enable us to broaden our portfolio with applications built on Zend technology.”

Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, provides products and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications. PHP is used by more than twenty million websites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic web applications. Deployed at more than 25,000 companies worldwide, Zend’s family of products provides a comprehensive platform for supporting the entire lifecycle of PHP applications. Zend is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

For more information on Zend Technologies, Inc., please visit: www.zend.com.

To learn more about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - May 29, 2008 - Webhosting company, ResellersPanel, has debuted major upgrades to its hosting platform, in celebration of its fifth anniversary, including a new file manager, multi-currency billing solution and multi-store functionality.

Resellers will have the opportunity to create up to three more, entirely independent of each other, free reseller web hosting stores, configured according to their specific marketing strategies. They can get a unique domain name, choose a different website template and activate a separate DNS cluster for each of the stores, which will drive brand recognition and significantly increase their reseller anonymity.

The new multi-currency billing solution, on the other hand, gives the resellers the possibility to offer web hosting and domain registration services in the five most widely used online transaction currencies and directly address the demands of a particular target audience or a specific local market.

The new file manager, which has been integrated in the web hosting control panel, boasts an entirely new, easy to navigate user-friendly interface. Beside the ability to manage multiple files and folders at once, the users now have an unprecedented opportunity to edit their files using a WYSIWYG editor and to view the changes they are making directly in a web browser in real time.

The new file manager also gives the clients the opportunity for the first time to upload .zip, .rar, .tar.gz and .gz archived files and folders, which are being automatically unpacked in the selected directory, and visually keep track of the process by means of a progress bar. Pop-up tooltips, which contain essential information about a given file or folder and display the actions that can be performed on them, self-evident file type icons and image file thumbnails have been introduced as well.

The updates to the multi-lingual hosting control panel include also the addition of the Chinese language, PHP6 support, a new domain parking option, a WHOIS/ID protection service, which allows the registrants to shield their identity against spammers and fraudsters, and a new .htaccess file generator, which offers IP authentication, hotlinking protection, SSI activation, URL redirection and custom error pages creation.

It is estimated that five years of work went into the ResellersPanel updates, and this special anniversary coincides with the introduction of several important updates to ResellersPanel’s platform, such as a new file manager, which is designed to enable clients to handle the content of their websites more easily and efficiently, and new multi-store and multi-currency options, which will dramatically expand the marketing reach of the resellers themselves, and that ResellersPanel will continue to surprise the hosting community with newer and newer innovations beneficial for it.

ResellersPanel has been in business since 2003, and is the first and to this date the only company in the web hosting business offering a completely free, fully-automated reseller hosting program. Approximately 100 000 resellers have established full-featured private label web hosting companies. ResellersPanel also offers also a cPanel reseller hosting program, dedicated, semi-dedicated and virtual private servers, domain name registration.

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

Vienna, Virginia - (The Hosting News) - May 29, 2008 - Web hosting provider, Internet services and ISP company, AT and T Inc.’s government solutions division, has
garnered a $292 million contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Serving as the secondary network service provider in the Eastern and Western regions for OneNet, an advanced, next-generation network, AT and T Government Solutions will utilize its 4,000 employees to support the federal government. OneNet will consolidate seven legacy Wide Area Networks (WANs) into one secure Internet Protocol (IP) network infrastructure that will facilitate the future convergence of IP and wireless while driving data sharing across all components of DHS.

The award was made via the General Services Administration Networx Universal contract, a 10-year $20 billion contract vehicle that allows AT and T Government Solutions and others to provide a full range of telecommunications and related network services to the federal government.

Don Herring, Senior Vice President, AT and T Government Solutions noted, ”The Department of Homeland Security is tasked with the critical mission of leading the unified national effort to protect our country from a wide variety of constantly changing threats. AT and T looks forward to serving DHS as a trusted long-term transformational provider for OneNet.”

AT and T currently provides a wide array of voice and data services to DHS agencies, such as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration and others.

Recently, AT and T was listed by industry analyst firm, Gartner Inc., in its 2008 Leaders Quadrant for Web Hosting Services. Gartner’s ”Magic Quadrant for North American Web Hosting, 2008,” authored by L. Leong, T. Chamberlin, includes .AT and T Inc.’s Hosting and Application Services. This new positioning for AT and T comes on the heels of a Gartner ”Magic Quadrant Report for U.S. Network Service Providers, 2008,” which also placed AT and T in the Leaders Quadrant.

AT and T’s leadership in hosting services is being driven by an ongoing strategy to extend its global network reach and capacity, globalize its portfolio of business services and embed the latest utility-computing and other managed hosting technologies so that companies can deliver real-time applications to their employees, customers, suppliers and partners. A portion of AT and T’s recently announced $1 billion investment in its global network will be used to increase its data center hosting capacity by 180,000 square feet through mid-2009. Expansion targets in 2008 will include Singapore, Amsterdam, Boston and Dallas.

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the ”Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

AT and T Government Solutions is a long-standing, trusted source of network-enabled solutions for the federal government, integrating unmatched network resources and IT and software engineering expertise with innovative technologies from AT and T Labs and industry-leading partners. With headquarters in Vienna, Va., AT and T Government Solutions is best known for network leadership in voice, data, video and managed services. AT and T Government Solutions is a proven solutions integrator, with expertise in areas such as education and training, enterprise resource planning and management, information assurance, knowledge management, modeling and simulation, network transformation and management and program management.

AT and T Hosting and Application Services provides a variety of hosted infrastructure, managed services and managed applications capabilities that support the IT operations of customers ranging from small and midsize businesses up to the largest global corporations. Customer applications enabled by AT and T include corporate Web sites, e-commerce, digital content delivery, multiplayer online gaming, collaborative intranets and extranets, data backup and recovery, and enterprise resource planning (ERP), among other services.

AT and T Inc. is one of the world’s largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT and T brand, AT and T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services.

For more information on AT and T hosting services, please visit: www.business.att.com/hosting.