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When you go shopping for a web hosting company, you will soon find that there are hundreds out there offering many of the same features. Choosing the right one may come down to something very insignificant unless you know the features that can set a hosting provider apart from the bunch. The following are examples of four features you should definitely want.

1. Advanced flexibility – Plenty of hosts will let you upload pretty much whatever you want, but when it comes to web application development, some can get pretty picky. Having flexibility with PHP memory limits, .htaccess files, and other configuration settings will be very useful.

2. Easy scalability – You may have a hard time imagining your websites outgrowing their current hosting plans, but if they do, you will want a setup that allows for easy scalability. This often means avoiding dependency on proprietary systems that lock your sites into their current mode.

3. Extra tools – Tons of hosts will offer the space, bandwidth, and uptime you want, but not all will offer the same set of free scripts, SEO tools, and additional perks that make them special.

4. Approachability – Most great web hosts gain their high approval ratings by providing excellent customer service. Some users would even sacrifice certain features or even low prices for better service. One thing you should look for is a customer service staff that is approachable. In many situations, it is helpful to be able to refer back to the same person when working out a problem. Are the host’s customer service people absent on their own support forums? That might be a sign. Ask around and investigate. It may save you headaches down the line.

4 Hosting Features You Should Definitely Want

(The Hosting News) – Lately, Dublin, Ireland has been considered one of the hottest markets for data center construction. Popular tech giants already forming a presence in the area include Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. Internet search giant provider Google already has an established presence there as well, and now they’re ready to expand it.

Today, it was reported that Google plans to construct an energy efficient facility that comes with a price tag of €75 million. Gmail, Google Maps, and Google’s search engine are all services the data center will provide for.

Commenting on the matter in a press release by IDA Ireland (Industrial Development Authority), Google company head in the country John Herlihy stated, “We’re very happy to continue investing in Ireland and to build out our presence here even further.

“The new data centre will be one of the most energy-efficient in Google’s global fleet. This investment further strengthens our presence here, and I’d like to thank IDA Ireland for the assistance they gave us in selecting this site,” he continued.

Meanwhile, the facility’s construction could give the area’s economy a boost. According to the release, the facility will eventually provide for 30 employees. In the meantime, 200 construction jobs are expected.

Lately, Google has been rapidly expanding plans for data center construction. Just a couple days ago, AFP reported that the company is also planning three facilities in the Asian market.

The company highlighted its Hamina, Finland data center earlier this year, which relies on the Baltic Sea as a source of cooling. Meanwhile, the newly announced data center relies on “advanced air-cooling technology.” For more information on the news, visit: http://www.idaireland.com/news-media/press-releases/google_investment/index.xml

Data Centers: Google Set for Dublin Expansion

(The Hosting News) – DiscountASP.NET, a global leader in Microsoft ASP.NET web hosting and Team Foundation Server hosting, is extending its special customer offer for 20% discount on SQL Source Control, Red Gate’s seamless tool for version control of SQL databases. This offer is for a limited time and expires on December 31, 2011.

“We are always interested in working with leading companies like Red Gate to help improve workflow and solve real-world issues that developers face every day,” said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. “Used in conjunction with our TFS hosting services, Red Gate’s SQL Source Control is a very powerful tool to source control SQL databases.”

DiscountASP.NET customers can find more information on how to redeem this offer through their TFS hosting control panel marketplace and web hosting control panel marketplace.

For more information on SQL Source Control, visit http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-source-control/.

For more information on DiscountASP.NET’s hosted TFS solution and to take advantage of a 30-day free offer, visit http://www.discountasp.net/tfs

About Red Gate Software

Red Gate Software produces ingeniously simple tools used by more than 500,000 information technology professionals worldwide. Red Gate currently specializes in MS SQL Server, .NET, Oracle and cloud-based tools. The Red Gate philosophy is to design highly usable, reliable tools that solve the problems of DBAs and developers. For more information, visit http://www.red-gate.com/

About DiscountASP.NET

DiscountASP.NET is an innovative leader in hosting solutions for ASP.NET developers, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET web hosting and Team Foundation Server hosting. A Microsoft Partner with the Gold Hosting Competency, DiscountASP.NET recently launched TFS hosting in Europe, hosted Urban Turtle scrum tools and TFS Build Server. Through strong word-of-mouth and their commitment to ASP.NET developers, DiscountASP.NET has become the choice for affordable enterprise-class ASP.NET web hosting and TFS hosting. For more information, visit http://www.DiscountASP.NET

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DiscountASP.NET Extends Offer on SQL

(The Hosting News) – Applied Innovations, a Microsoft Gold Certified Windows web hosting announced today it has renewed its partnership agreement with Smarter Tools Inc. This partnership, now in its 10th year, allows Appliedi.net to continue providing customers with SmarterTools’ state-of-the-art suite of business productivity software with all hosting plans free of charge.

One of the first to join the SmarterTools partner program, Applied Innovations offers the suite of three online tools—SmarterMail, SmarterTrack, and SmarterStats— free with all hosting plans. Customers receive access to full-featured, lifetime licenses to the software, a value of over $800.

“Applied Innovations was one of the earliest SmarterTools partners,” stated Jess Coburn, president and CEO of Applied Innovations Corp. “We’re huge fans of the product suite, and know it offers a significant value-add to our customers.”

SmarterMail 8.x

The best-in-class alternative to Microsoft Exchange, SmarterMail offers a wide variety of enterprise features, including smartphone synchronization (through Exchange ActiveSync, SyncML, and SmarterMail Sync technologies) and compatibility with enterprise-class email clients such as Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird. Achieving 97% anti-spam protection out-of-the-box, SmarterMail also offers advanced SOX-compliant message archiving and a leading web-based interface for administrators.

SmarterTrack 7.x

SmarterTrack is a robust help desk application that transforms customer service efforts into a multi-channel communications portal. Businesses can manage employees and communications at distributed locations around the world from a web browser using a desktop, tablet or mobile device. Features include a world-class ticket system, live chat, call logging, a task management system, multiple branding and language support, cost analysis, data mining, reporting, surveys, and a knowledge base.

SmarterStats 6.x

SmarterStats website log file analytics and SEO software allows businesses to manage website statistics and SEO efforts in a single application, providing them with the tools needed to make informed decisions and run their online business at maximum efficiency. Unlike Google Analytics, which records data only on pages that have the JavaScript tracking code, SmarterStats analyzes performance and page load times and even monitors performance of servers across the network.

“The SmarterTools suite – SmarterMail, SmarterTrack and SmarterStats – is just one of the ways Appliedi.net differentiates itself as a customer-centric hosting provider,” continued Coburn. “We go an extra ten miles to offer our customers the best possible value and the most powerful hosting package.”

About Applied Innovations Corp

Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Appliedi is a Microsoft Gold Certified hosting provider specializing in Windows hosting since 1999, including Shared, VPS and Dedicated hosting. Promising superior performance – at 99.99% uptime, innovative world-class hosting services and Total Customer Satisfaction at highly competitive rates, Applied Innovations hosts thousands of domains for small to medium sized businesses worldwide. Applied Innovations has developed a reputation for implementing the latest hosting technologies as soon as they become available, offering customers a cutting-edge Windows hosting experience for PHP, .Net, Ecommerce and CMS applications; business, personal, professional and novice customers alike.

For more information, please visit: http://www.appliedi.net/

Applied Innovations Renews with SmarterTools

(The Hosting News) – FIBERTOWN, Houston colocation data center provider and Central Texas business continuity campus, has named Garreth Speer, PMP as vice president of operations. In this newly created position, Speer will lead the FIBERTOWN engineering teams and guide the delivery of data center services across Texas.

With two colocation data centers in Houston and Bryan/College Station, FIBERTOWN is in rapid growth mode. The mission to align organizational infrastructure with always evolving data center services is the number one priority as FIBERTOWN continues to scale the company.

“Garreth is a natural leader who brings extensive experience to our operations as we expand our data centers and extend our geographic reach,” said John Clanton, CEO at FIBERTOWN. “His proven ability to direct successful operations across delivery units aligns with our growth goals, and we are thrilled to have him join our team.”

Speer brings more than 13 years managing complex IT environments with the ability to map internal technology products and service capabilities to business needs. He comes to FIBERTOWN from his role as vice president of infrastructure development at JPMorgan Chase.

His leadership roles have also included positions in the legal, hospitality and chemical industries. Speer carries prestigious certifications including Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), ITILv3, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), MCITP Enterprise Administrator (MCITP) and Microsoft Certified Senior Engineer (MCSE).

“I look forward to contributing to our mission of operational excellence so that we can continue to provide our customers with the highest quality of service,” said Garreth Speer, vice president of operations at FIBERTOWN.

ABOUT FIBERTOWN

FIBERTOWN is the premier provider of quality data center solutions, high availability colocation and business continuity/disaster recovery office space in Houston and Bryan/College Station. With a proven 100% SLA, FIBERTOWN houses the mission critical IT systems for Fortune 500 companies and smaller organizations across many industries.

The SAS 70 Type II compliant data centers and award-winning DR office space offer Gulf Coast-based companies a carrier neutral, one-stop solution for best-in-class technology and amenities to support business continuity needs. Both the North Houston data center and Bryan Tier IV-designed data center feature a pod design for maximum efficiency, fault tolerant 2N power and cooling, 24x7x365 security, and fully redundant multi-carrier Internet connectivity. Learn more at http://www.fibertown.com or call (888) 501-4368. Visit our blog, The Continuity Council, at http://thecontinuitycouncil.com.

FIBERTOWN Names VP of Operations

(The Hosting News) – The new Phixios Monitoring Service allows clients to leverage Enterprise Monitoring software from the cloud to monitor system performance and only pay for devices that need monitoring. The ability to monitor system performance with the flexibility to quickly add and/or remove devices from monitoring, provides clients with information to manage their infrastructure and address issues that may impact their business in a cost effective manner. By utilizing this cloud based software as a service solution, clients eliminate the capital costs of dedicated hardware and software, and operational costs of staff to support the monitoring software, database, and server infrastructure. With simple interface to the portal, clients do not need a monitoring tool expert. System and component performance is provided such that when there are incidents, they can be quickly identified and assigned to the correct support group.

Phixios is now providing an array of services that can meet many business needs. The Website Monitoring Service ensures websites are available within an acceptable response time. The ICMP Monitoring Service provides basic up/down and response time monitoring of any device that has an IP address. The Full Monitoring Service augments the ICMP Monitoring service with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) performance data from the device including CPU, Memory, and Interface utilization as well as any other performance data the SNMP protocol provides from the device. This service also includes options for application specific monitoring for many industry standard applications including Active Directory, Citrix, Exchange, FTP, IIS, SQL, Oracle, SharePoint, VMWARE, and more. Phixios also offers an IP Discovery Service that provides one time discoveries to document devices utilizing the client’s infrastructure and ongoing discoveries to document changes to their infrastructure.

For more information, please visit: http://www.phixios.com/

Phixios Announces Cloud Services

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