Sunday 01 August 2010
Web Hosting is packed with exceptional keynote presentations spanning topics from cloud computing and virtualization to search engine optimization and professional development. The keynote topics were selected to help web hosts identify strategies to answer critical business questions necessary to compete and thrive in a changing environment. Three particular keynotes focus on market opportunities, competitive challenges, and government policy.
the opening keynote is Parallels CEO, Serguei Beloussov. He will deliver a presentation that enables attendees to learn first-hand how to leverage cloud computing and evaluate everything from automation to virtualization solutions. If you attended HostingCon , you know that Serquei has a unique ability to break down the competitive environment in a way that shakes out opportunities. For this keynote, he will help hosting services providers identify a unique opportunity to offer their SMB customers applications via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS.)
Following Serquei on Monday afternoon is Iain Grant, Managing Director of Sea Board Group. In this keynote, Iain will review the current business environment, the demands customers are placing on hosting companies, the opportunities hosting companies face and the choices that hosting companies have to make. These choices include building, co-locating and buying services from others. Iain will review the merits of each option, and the limitations, within the constraints of the current changing environment.
On Wednesday morning, August 12th, Frank Schmiedel from the Delegation of the European Commission, David Ritchie from the U.S. Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce and Larry Donahue from Deep Web Technologies are presenting an appropriate subject for a conference in Washington D.C. More importantly, their subject matter is a “need to know” for all web hosts serving customers in the U.S. and/or European Union. Their keynote presentation is titled, “Data Protection Policies in US and EU.” In this keynote panel, David, Frank and Larry will provide you with details on all aspects of data protection laws for both US and EU. Now more than ever, you need to protect your customers’ data by implementing processes today. You’ll learn how to implement processes effectively while improving the value of your services. Plus you’ll have an opportunity to ask questions based on your current data protection environment.
HostingCon is being held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, in National Harbor, MD (just miles outside Washington D.C.) With more than 50 educational sessions and over 100 exhibitors, HostingCon 2009 is the place to learn, network and grow in a changing environment. Don’t miss the enthusiasm and opportunities to take your hosted services business to the next level.
Plano. Texas Worldwide provider of on-demand IT infrastructure, Layered Technologies, Inc. (Layered Tech), has been named to the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Hosted Cloud System Infrastructure Services (On Demand)” published July 2, 2009, and written by Gartner analysts Lydia Leong and Ted Chamberlin.
Jack Finlayson, CEO of Layered Tech remarked, “There are hundreds of hosting companies, so Layered Tech is particularly pleased to be named to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant because we believe that industry recognition like this validates the strategies we have been implementing during the past year. Layered Tech is committed to delivering a broad range of managed solutions to our customers. As a technology innovator, we continue to enhance our solution set while broadening our roadmap to include automated solutions that support our customers’ evolving needs.”
According to the Gartner report which evaluated 16 companies overall, “The Web hosting market is evolving rapidly and converging with cloud system infrastructure services, creating new opportunities for cost savings and business agility.” Gartner based its 2009 evaluation on five use cases for hosting: self-managed hosting, mainstream-managed hosting, highly complex managed hosting, global solutions portfolio, and enterprise applications hosting.
Layered Tech offerings introduced during the past year include:
Launch of Astro, Layered Tech’s proprietary platform for rapid server deployment
The deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to Astro for rapid server deployments broadening the existing portfolio which includes Linux and Unix operating systems
Expanding Astro offerings to include Virtual Firewall Solutions from Fortinet
Expansion of its DEFCON managed services to include virtual machines
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009, 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 on 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.
Layered Technologies is a global provider of managed dedicated hosting, on-demand virtualization/cloud computing and web services. By providing high-quality technology, infrastructure and support, Layered Tech enables customers to eliminate capital expenses and save on operating costs while focusing on core business issues. Layered Tech’s scalable infrastructure powers millions of sites and Internet-enabled applications including e-commerce, software as a service (SaaS), content distribution and more. Our clients range from leading-edge Web 2.0 startups, successful mid-sized enterprises and some the world’s largest consultancy and integration firms.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW)Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet (www.1and1.com) announced on Wednesday that it has released the results of a new study which reveals that SMB owners are resorting to unnecessary spending because of confusion over the cost and effort involved in web hosting.
The results are taken from an online survey the company performed in December of 1,838 US small to midsize businesses which showed that 40 percent of SMBs do not yet have an online presence.
Of those businesses without a website, 53 percent said they had no idea what a website would cost each month. These small business owners need more information about the features and benefits of web hosting to “broaden their range of possibilities to profit from the Internet,” says 1&1.
“While many small companies today leverage the Web with increasing proficiency, too many businesses remain excluded from the online world,” says Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1&1 Internet. “Although an online presence becomes more and more important for the acquisition of new customers, small business owners are still unaware of the true cost of Web hosting. They overestimate the necessary business investments for being online and underestimate how simple and affordable it is to source a website.”
For those SMBs that are already online, 83 percent said that their website was an essential tool to their company’s success.
Those respondents that didn’t have an online presence seemed confused as to the price of hosting, guessing that a business website would cost $67 per month. Meanwhile, 91 percent of those same respondents thought it would cost more than $10 per month.
This is where 1&1 mentions that the average cost for a professional hosting package “from Web hosts like 1and1.com” are around $10 per month.
Cost was also found to be a major factor for SMBs that already had an existing online presence, with the average SMB saying that they spend $45 per month for hosting. Eighty-four percent said they spend over $10 per month.
Sixty-four percent agreed that an inexpensive monthly fee is important, which outranked service by 33 percent and quality and reliability by 25 percent.
1&1 points out that SMBs can significantly lower web hosting costs by creating and updating their own website through DIY website packages. Currently, 28 percent of respondents said they create their own website themselves and 37 percent hire a professional web designer from outside the company.
Other results showed that 44 percent of SMB owners cut costs by updating the site themselves, while only 22 percent still employ an external professional.
The company says that 15 percent of SMBs may have been paying for a service they could have easily done in-house, since a most professional hosting packages include templates and therefore do not require professional programming skills.
ST. GEORGE, Utah,100Best, Inc., a leading resource for information on the web hosting industry, announced today the recipients of its coveted web hosting awards. These awards are given to the best web hosting providers based on a number of factors including price, disk space and monthly bandwidth allotments, plan features, reliability, customer service performance, and the amount of time a web host has been in business.
The top web hosting award winners were identified as HostMonster, IX Web Hosting, and GoDaddy. HostMonster received the award for host of the year, IX Web Hosting received the reader’s choice award, and GoDaddy received the award for being the best domain host. All of the award winners can be proud of their accomplishments and for putting in the work necessary to rise to the top of the web hosting industry. The big surprise this year was IX Web Hosting. IX Web Hosting made a strong showing because of great feedback from customers praising their top quality customer service and their great pricing. For more information on all the hosting award winners, visit 100Best-Web-Hosting.com.
The 100Best-Web-Hosting.com web hosting directory was designed to provide readers with an unbiased independent review of the top web hosts around the world. Additionally, readers can read reviews from actual users to help identify if a particular web host is a good fit for them. The directory is also good for web hosts by helping drive online traffic to their websites and providing them with an opportunity to increase their exposure to a targeted market of consumers searching for information about web hosting and Internet services.
100Best, Inc. was started by a diverse group of web hosting and financial experts to find a better way of delivering information to consumers about web hosting and ecommerce. Through its web hosting directory 100Best-Web-Hosting.com, 100Best, Inc. is striving to educate consumers about web hosting and ecommerce. This is accomplished through its reviews of web hosting companies as well as a series of tutorials and a glossary that can help consumers learn the essentials of web hosting, email, and domain registration services.
Exclusive discounts in the form of promotion codes, such as 25% off .com domains and 50% off web hosting, will be sent directly to those who follow the LCN.com twitter profile.
Mark Boost, Managing Director, LCN.com Ltd, said “Twitter has become a fantastic platform for companies to communicate with and listen to existing and potential customers. By offering exclusive discounts to new and existing customers through Twitter we are giving them another reason to engage with us via social networking.”
“Providing promotion codes and discounts are not the only ways we are using Twitter to engage with our customers. Through Twitter we are seeking customer feedback which allows us to develop and tailor our products and services to give customers exactly what they want.”
LCN.com has been consistently evolving to help customers grow their business and the company highlights this as one of the main reasons for its extremely high customer retention rates.
Over the last 6 months LCN.com has created partnerships with leading industry brands to offer its customers over £100 free online advertising vouchers, award winning web design software, royalty free stock images, and, free email marketing credits all as part of its web hosting packages.
Follow @LCN_com on Twitter for the latest domain name and web hosting promotions
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High Quality Web Hosting At the Lowest Prices
If your website is currently undergoing developed or you have already got an existing site the performance of your web hosting company is something which must be put in priority. A poor hosting service can slow down your site, restrict your website and lose you business. There’s a fine balance between cheap hosting and bad service.
Nowadays there are a range of hosting companies who offer some pretty good deals, always look for a larger establishment and a name you may of heard about. There are usually several packages to choose from, Knowing your requirements would give you a good idea what you would need. I.E a small low traffic basic website would probably OK with just a basic package, however a business website may need something a bit more substantial.
One of the Best packages available online today can be seen at HostGator, this gives unlimited bandwidth, disk space for only $4.95 / month. This also includes free site builder, 24 hour support with many more features you would ever need.
There are many more packages which increase in price, obviously depending on your website and budget would decide which one you will go for. You can even purchase a reseller account and dedicated server giving you full control and allowing you to resell hosting.
topseos.com has ranked its list of the Top Web Hosting Firms for August. These companies have been placed through an evaluation process and then highlighted as the best web hosting companies in the industry.
The need for good hosting firms increases as the Internet becomes a more cluttered arena. The work associated with a website does not end after creation and proper development. Web hosting companies take a site, “to the real world on a quality platform,” says topseos.com.
These are the Top Web Hosting Companies for August:
1. FastServers.Net- Illinois
2. AT&T Web Hosting- New York
3. DataPipe- New Jersey
4. PEER 1- California
5. Hosting.com- Kentucky
6. Rackspace LTD- Texas
7. Hostway Corporation- Illinois
8. GoDaddy.com Inc.-Arizona
9. Aplus.Net- Kansas
10. Pow Web- Massachusetts
Internet hosting companies were reviewed using set evaluation criteria. This criteria includes reviewing how knowledgeable the technicians are, how much development is offered outside of what is agreed to, and the frequency with which the website goes down because of the host. The preceding companies are industry leaders according to topseos.com, the independent authority on search vendors.
