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(The Hosting News) – Military contractor Lockheed Martin announced over the weekend that they had thwarted a massive cyber-attack on May 21.

It was reported that the hackers attempted to use SecurID tokens to compromise the company’s network. It also follows a March breach of RSA, the maker of SecurID, suggesting that the same hackers could be behind the new incident.

In a press release from Saturday, the company stated that the breach was detected “almost immediately” and that their system remained secure after hackers failed to compromise any information.

Upon detecting the attempted intrusion, Lockheed took extensive measures to secure the network. It was reported that these included temporarily shutting down the network, adding more security to login procedures, resetting passwords, and upgrading the actual remote access SecurID tokens.

The failed attack was considered serious enough that even U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the occurrence, although the attack was described as “fairly minimal” by White House spokesman Jay Carney.

Meanwhile, the U.S. government is offering the company additional help with further security precautions.

Headquarterd in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is the United State’s largest military contractor and has over 100,000 employees.

Lockheed Martin Acknowledges Failed Attack

(The Hosting News) – Hackers were able to compromise PBS’s website on Sunday, posting a phony news story about deceased rapper Tupac Shakur being found alive in New Zealand to the site’s Newshour Rundown section.

The hackers also posted personal PBS login information to other sites.

The cyber-attack was committed by the group in retaliation for an episode of PBS’s Frontline. The episode examined the recent WikiLeaks controversy, which resulted in the unauthorized release of previously classified US documents.

In a statement, hacker group “Lulz Boat” took credit for the incident, saying they were “less than impressed” by the documentary, so they decided to, “sail our Lulz Boat over to the PBS servers for further… perusing.”

Speaking to the Associated Press about the incident, Frontline executive producer David Fanning said, “From our point of view, we just see it as a disappointing and irresponsible act, especially since we have been very open to publishing criticism of the film.”

Through a statement, PBS noted that it was working to restore site services to normal.

Hackers Hit PBS with Fake Tupac Story

(The Hosting News) – Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing and colocation services, announces another major milestone in the construction of its Texas 1 data center, opening in June 2011. Texas 1 is now fully powered by dual feeds from two separate substations on the Texas power grid. The dual feeds from Austin Energy include a dedicated, end-to-end underground feed, offering full redundancy and high availability and is a unique feature only seen in premium data center facilities.

“The Texas 1 data center will accommodate a wide variety of configurations to meet the demand we are seeing from companies across the nation,” states Edward Henigin, Chief Technology Officer of Data Foundry. “The power feeds come into Texas 1 at two different locations on the property and as such, we are able to balance customer power loads between the two feeds. Our innovative power design ensures uninterrupted service for our customers, even in the unlikely event of a substation failure.”

“Austin Energy has the technical experience and a proven track record of meeting the needs of large or sensitive power users. This dynamic is a critical component of our economic development support to our community,” said Cheryl Mele, Austin Energy Deputy General Manager. “The Texas 1 project was substantial in size and complexity, and was completed on time, paving the way for the full development of this data center project.”

Texas 1 is the first data center constructed at the Data Ranch, a master-planned data center development in Austin, Texas. The 40-acre Data Ranch is designed for multiple data centers and will deliver over 100 megawatts of power to the facilities. Data Foundry’s Texas 1 data center offers dedicated private data suites, secure data cages and cabinets, as well as a full range of disaster recovery solutions.

For more information, please visit www.datafoundry.com, or email sales@datafoundry.com.

About Data Foundry

Data Foundry provides comprehensive wholesale and retail data center outsourcing, colocation, and disaster recovery services.  The company provides its customers with secure premium facilities for servers and equipment, emergency workspace and carrier-neutral network accessibility, supported by experienced onsite technicians and customer support 24/7/365.  The company supports more than 1,000 enterprise customers across a variety of industries including energy, healthcare and financial services. Founded in 1994, Data Foundry was the first Internet Service Provider in San Antonio and one of the first 50 Internet Service Providers in the United States. Today, Data Foundry operates data centers in Austin and Houston and owns private networks in Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. For more information, visit www.datafoundry.com or call 1.888.839.2794.

Data Foundry Data Center Now Powered By Dual Feeds

(The Hosting News) – IT Europa and Angel Business Communications announced today that they will jointly be staging the first UK Managed Services Summit on 13 September 2011 in London. The event will bring together leading hardware and software vendors, hosting providers, telecommunications companies, mobile operators and web services providers involved in cloud-based managed services with resellers, integrators and service providers migrating to, or developing their own managed services portfolio.

The UK Managed Services Summit 2011 is a director-level event designed to help organisations identify opportunities arising from the increasing demand for managed services and to develop and strengthen partnerships aimed at supporting sales. The summit will feature a high-level conference programme exploring some of the latest research on cloud-based managed services and looking at how the market is segmenting into Managed Support Services, Information Protection, Unified Communications and Collaboration, SaaS (Business Productivity Suites & Business Process Management), Cloud Infrastructure Services and Communications services.

During the day, separate streams will examine the building blocks that the channel will require to build a Managed Services Practice including: the application software required to manage, control and bill its services, how to develop a cloud infrastructure and the issues arising from the delivery of managed services including communications and mobility. Running alongside the conference an exhibition and an area for pre-booked 1:1 meetings will facilitate further interaction between delegates and sponsors.

“The role of the ICT channel company is changing rapidly, driven by new technologies, delivery models and customer business imperatives,” says Alan Norman, Managing Director of IT Europa. “The UK Managed Services Summit 2011 provides a unique opportunity for vendors, VARs, integrators and service providers to come together to address the issues and opportunities arising from the current surge in demand for solution delivery via managed services-based business models.”

The UK Managed Services Summit 2011 will take place at IET London, Savoy Place on 13 September 2011. Resellers and integrators wishing to attend the convention and vendors, distributors or service providers interested in sponsorship opportunities can find further information at: www.managedservicessummit.com

About IT Europa

IT Europa is the leading provider of strategic business intelligence, news and analysis on the European IT marketplace and the primary channels that serve it. It publishes European channel publications such as the IT Europa Newsletter. IT Europa also markets a range of database reports and organises European conferences and events for the IT and Telecoms sectors. For further details visit: www.iteuropa.com.

About Angel Business Communications

Angel Business Communications is an industry leading B2B publisher and conference and exhibition organiser. ABC has developed skills in various market sectors – including Semiconductor Manufacturing, IT – Storage Networking and MEMS manufacturing. With offices in both Watford and Coventry, it has the infrastructure to develop a leadership role in the markets it serves by providing a multi-faceted approach to the business of providing business with the information it needs. For further information visit: www.angelbc.co.uk

UK Managed Services Summit Announced

(The Hosting News) – Leading on-demand ecommerce software firm Kalio, Inc. today announced that Jonathan Lee has been named chief executive officer. Lee, who has served as executive chairman of Kalio’s board of directors since 2002, succeeds Larry Kavanagh in the CEO role. Kavanagh was named chief ecommerce strategy officer and will remain fully involved in the company, leading the ecommerce consulting practice and product management team.

“Jonathan is exactly the right leader to take Kalio to the next level,” said Kavanagh. “His extensive entrepreneurial background and vision complement the efforts Kalio is making in defining a leadership position in the ecommerce market. His strong experience in growing companies will help shape Kalio as we continue our expansion. Jonathan has been a key figure already in shaping our corporate strategy and culture.”

Lee is regarded as one of the pioneering leaders of the on-demand movement reshaping the software industry today. He was founder and CEO of Corio, an early application service provider, which went public in 2000 and was acquired by IBM Global Services in 2005. Before founding Corio, Lee founded IT outsourcing company DSCI , which he transformed into the launching pad for Corio in 1998. He also co-founded and managed two other technology companies.

“I am very passionate about Kalio for a number of reasons,” Lee said, “not least of which is my long-standing working relationship with Larry and the other members of the senior management team, who are trusted colleagues and capable executives. Kalio has the breakthrough technology, a strong team at all levels of the company, and the right strategy to become a major player in the ecommerce industry. I am thrilled by the opportunity to advance Kalio to its next phase of growth.”

About Kalio, Inc.
Kalio develops and delivers our integrated on-demand ecommerce application suite to online retailers across the nation. We partner with our clients to produce sales growth 50% above industry average. KalioCommerce™, KalioMobile™, KalioMail™, and KalioSocial™ comprise our core technology offerings, all of which are built on our firsthand direct marketing and ecommerce expertise. Kalio has offices in Cupertino, CA and in Covington, KY, in the Greater Cincinnati area. To learn more, visit www.KalioInc.com.

Kalio, Inc. Names Jonathan Lee Chief Executive Officer

(The Hosting News) – 4PSA, a leading-edge Cloud Computing software development company is celebrating today the 5th anniversary of its flagship Unified Communications solution, VoipNow. The first version of VoipNow was released on 30th of May 2006 and it was the first VoIP platform designed for small and medium service providers.

The solution rapidly became popular thanks to its outstanding management features, easy deployment, and modest hardware requirements that included virtualization support. It quickly allowed service providers to access new business opportunities and increase the ARPU through value-added communication services. On its first release, VoipNow already featured an impressively diverse functionality that included call routing, call queues, dynamic conferencing, voicemail, call recording, call transfers, call waiting, call cascading, call forwarding and call filtering.

“These past five years have been really exciting! We are honored that VoipNow has become a leading choice for service providers that want to deliver Unified Communications to businesses on a cloud based environment,” said Bogdan Carstoiu, 4PSA’s CEO.

The current version, VoipNow 2.5.2, is offering a large number of features and benefits, including a new provisioning system, integration with many cloud services, voice, video, instant messaging, faxing, presence, business and operations automation. VoipNow’s unrivaled scaling capabilities, highperformance and ability to address real-market needs has earned the product major awards from the industry, i.e. the Unified Communications® Magazine’s 2010 Product of the Year Award and the INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine’s Thirteenth Annual Product of the Year Award.

“We have made it our goal to constantly improve our solution to address the real needs of our customers. We will continue to raise the bar with the upcoming developments on the VoipNow Platform that will dramatically improve the way people communicate, work and have fun using the “infinite” cloud resources,” Mr. Carstoiu also added.

VoipNow® Platform was designed to simplify and accelerate the adoption of Unified Communications in the cloud and currently includes VoipNow Professional, the leading UC software solution and VoipNow Automation, a business and operations solution for automating the most important business flows.

For a brief VoipNow history and celebration wishes, you can visit the 4PSA Blog at http://bit.ly/lJ0wOC.

About 4PSA

4PSA® is a leading innovative software development company, specialized in applications that run on computer clouds. The company provides, under the 4PSA® brand, solutions that help service providers and enterprises better manage their IT infrastructure, automate processes, and deliver improved communication services.

The 4PSA flagship solution is VoipNow® Platform, a suite of software applications designed to accelerate Unified Communications adoption by businesses and end-users. The products are built around cloud computing and provide unrivaled performance with the most comprehensive features, massive scalability, and the ultimate in automation. With the Green Commitment program, the company optimizes the use of power resources and helps organizations reduce carbon emissions. 4PSA is ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management certified by TÜV CERT.

For more info, please visit www.4psa.com, follow us on Twitter at
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4PSA Celebrates Five Years of VoipNow

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