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( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Security experts have called the US the “dirty man of the web world” in a report released by security firm Sophos (www.sophos.com), which identifies the US as the hosting location of the most infected sites …
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Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, founder member of the Cloud Security Alliance and Jericho Forum member talks about the growing.
Dedicated Server Web Hosting Firm Reports For Third Quarter · Har 2009: Dns Security In The Broadest Sense 5/8 · Software To Put On A Server, For Web Filtering. I Want It To Be Proxy Server, So Clients Can Connect..
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Cloud Computing Security Concerns are Logical, but not Actual. There has been no major violations of cloud security.
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Horizon Data Center Solutions will use a new cash infusion from Ballast Point Ventures to add new data centers in Northern Virginia and California, while also expanding their Dallas presence. Raising capital in this economy is no easy feat, but Horizon DCS has proven its viability with tremendous growth since its launch. The company provides data security, mission critical data back-up and managed information technology services to business and government clients across the nation.Plano, Texas Horizon Data Center Solutions, a leading data center and IT flexsourcing firm serving government agencies, enterprise clients and forward-thinking SMB’s, announced today a new round of funding with Ballast Point Ventures (St. Petersburg, FL) serving as lead. BPV, a growth equity firm based in St. Petersburg, FL with $200 million under management, invests in rapidly growing private companies in the Southeast and Texas. Horizon will use the $7.5 million minority equity infusion to open new data centers and expand development of its managed IT services, including its private cloud computing platform.Paul Johan, a Ballast Point Ventures partner, has joined the HDCS board of directors in conjunction with the financing. “Horizon has delivered outstanding service to its customers and has brought to the marketplace a new approach that provides access to top tier data center space in a format that is scalable and agile” said Johan. “The Horizon approach has been well received by both data center industry analysts and customers, as is evident in their rapid growth, which we found particularly impressive in a very difficult economic environment. We believe the company is well positioned to continue their growth, and we are excited to partner with such a high quality management team,” said Johan.Lance A. Smith, CEO of Horizon, said, “This new investment accelerates our plans for expansion with the addition of new data centers in new markets. We have been working on opportunities in both Northern Virginia and California, in addition to expansion in our Dallas home market. This investment will allow us to move quickly on those opportunities to provide much needed top tier data center services to enterprise, Web 2.0 businesses and government entities in these regions.”Horizon (HDCS) was founded -founders Lance A. Smith and Chuck Smith, long-time data center industry executives, with investment from the Eric Chancellor Family LTC Partnership (ECFLP). ECFLP is a diversified private investment firm that was founded by Dallas real estate investor Eric Chancellor in 1990. ECFLP will continue its relationship with Horizon in an equity position.Since the launch, Horizon has secured large government contracts and numerous multi-year agreements with businesses both in Texas and throughout the United States. The company has opened and nearly filled two 25,000 square foot data centers in the Dallas area over the last 18 months. Early in 2009, HDCS acquired Allen-based Mareechi, a managed services provider that provides outsourced IT and hosting services to approximately 100 firms such as Hunt Capital Group, Pizza Hut Park, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.For more information on Horizon Data Center Solutions, visit About Horizon Data Center Solutions Horizon Data Center Solutions is a fast growing data center services company led by experts in the data center industry who made the decision to offer customers a better way to do business. The company delivers enterprise quality colocation and managed services to global 250 clients, as well as forward-thinking small and medium sized businesses that demand quality IT infrastructure and a true partner relationship with their IT delivery partner.
About Ballast Point Ventures Ballast Point Ventures is a venture capital fund established to provide expansion capital for rapidly growing, privately owned companies in diverse industries, with a particular emphasis on companies located in Florida, the Southeast and Texas. The BPV partners have experience investing in and supporting over 75 high-growth companies in the healthcare, business services, communications, technology, financial services and consumer industries. Ballast Point Ventures has $200 million under management and seeks to make minority equity investments ranging in size from $3 million to $10 million. The firm was founded in 2002 by the partners of South Atlantic Venture Funds with an anchor investment from Raymond James Financial (NYSE- RJF). Ballast Point’s successful track record recently allowed the firm to raise $140 million for its second fund, exceeding its target of $125 million.
Cloud computing security benefits, risks and recommendations (Help Net Security). Posted by RSA Conference on Nov 20, 2009 1:29:30 PM
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ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) today launched their 124 page report on Cloud Computing Security Risk Assessment.
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leader in Cloud operations, today announced three innovative OpSource Cloud partner programs that offer incentives, discounts and easy technology on-ramps for individuals and companies of all sizes looking to enter the lucrative cloud computing space. Available for online purchase by the hour from www.opsourcecloud.net : , OpSource Cloud is the first cloud to bring together the flexibility, availability and community of the public cloud with the security, performance and control the enterprise requires. To take advantage of OpSource Cloud’s power and help hasten mass adoption of cloud computing : , OpSource is offering a referral plan, SI/Developer/VAR discount program and a white label technology opportunity. These plans enable third parties to share cloud revenues and quickly build businesses in this white hot space.The unique referral partner plan is open to any individual, OpSource Cloud customer or not, who helps sign up new customers. All an individual or company has to do is encourage their customers, partners — or even their friends and family — to create an OpSource Cloud account. They then earn 10 percent of their referral’s first six month net fees while the referral gets to enjoy 25 percent off their first month using OpSource Cloud. This creates a lucrative revenue stream for individuals interested in promoting cloud computing. To apply to become a referral partner, please visit opsourcecloud.net/partners/referrals/ : .
“OpSource has created some truly innovative partner programs that are helping businesses make the most of all the cloud economy has to offer,”
said Steve Wagner, CEO, Servoterra. “We are already using OpSource Cloud and now through the referral program we can easily bring the same powerful, cost-effective capabilities to our customers. It’s a win for us and for our growing customer base.”OpSource has also created a plan to incent system integrators, developers and value-added resellers to use OpSource Cloud as a platform to deliver their products and services. To participate, these firms declare their eligibility, sign-up online and are automatically accepted into the SI/Developer/VAR program. They then open an OpSource Cloud account and receive an incremental ten percent discount on all OpSource Cloud services they consume in delivering their product or service. The program is easy to join and the discount applies to all OpSource Cloud plans, resulting in discounts of as much as thirty percent. For more information, please visit opsourcecloud.net/partners/sidevar/ : .The OpSource Cloud White Label Program speeds up time to market for companies wishing to offer their own infrastructure as a service solution.Rather than investing in Cloud development they can benefit from the years of development and millions of dollars OpSource has invested in developing its enterprise class Cloud while they focus their resources on marketing and selling their white labeled Cloud solution. The white labeled OpSource Cloud runs on OpSource infrastructure and includes: re-branded OpSource Cloud software; support of the application, including regular code releases; and OpSource Billing CLM(TM) integration. This program includes a significant discount off OpSource’s pay-as-you-go pricing based on volume as well as optional community support and website integration. For more information,”Cloud computing has the potential to change forever the way technology is consumed, by individual developers to the largest IT organizations. It is a veritable gold rush,” said Richard Dym, CMO, OpSource. “With our partner programs, we are helping cloud proponents build successful cloud businesses faster than they imagined possible, while saving money to boot. We’ve eliminated the need for them to invest in cloud development and also created potential referral revenue streams for them. Technology today is all about the cloud, and OpSource is committed to building a powerful, inclusive cloud ecosystem.”
OpSource Cloud offers companies the true Cloud, combining the availability, flexibility and community of the public Cloud with the security, performance and control that the enterprise demands. Its features include:
Best of the Public Cloud : Easy online sign-up with infrastructure provisioning in minutes
Pay by the hour and only for what you use, with no commitment Community resources for sharing and collaboration, third party add-ins
and configurations Web interface plus complete set of APIs Enterprise Security & Compliance : Virtual Private Clouds with user-specified public Internetconnectivity Unique customizable security for firewalls User-level login/password and access controlSAS 70 Audited Cloud One hundred percent uptime OpSource provides complete Cloud operations, infrastructure and services for companies of all sizes, from Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ISVs to the enterprise, with hundreds of applications, millions of users and billions of transactions supported daily.
OpSource is the first Cloud to bring together the flexibility, availability and community of the public Cloud with the security, performance and control the enterprise demands. Emphasizing security, OpSource Cloud provides enterprise users with a Virtual Private Cloud within the public Cloud, allowing them to determine their own degree of Internet connectivity. For more information, visit www.opsourcecloud.net : .OpSource On-Demand empowers SaaS ISVs to bring the Cloud to the enterprise by quickly and securely delivering their applications and services over the Web. Going far beyond full-featured managed hosting, the comprehensive, award-winning Cloud operations solution includes the application management, compliance and business services that are necessary for on-demand business success.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., OpSource has Cloud and Web application delivery centers in Virginia, London and Bangalore. For more information about OpSource, visit www.opsource.net : .
OpSource, OpSource Cloud, OpSource On-Demand, OpSource Billing CLM and the OpSource logo are trademarks of OpSource, Inc. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are protected by their respective owners.
Assessment Based on Review of Select Group of Key Companies in the B2B Service MarketPHOENIX– Independent analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc. positioned Axway as a Leader in the“The Forrester Wave™: B2B Service Providers,Forrester Research evaluated Axway’s strengths and weaknesses along with 11 other B2B service providers. “The Forrester Wave™: B2B Service Providers” report indicated: “Axway scored well due to the multiple delivery options that it supports and extensive managed service offerings.”Available as on-premise software and through hosted and managed services, Axway’s business-to-business solutions enable companies to manage delivery cycles, increase end-to-end visibility, protect sensitive data in motion, and manage large and diffuse trading partner communities. Axway’s comprehensive business-to-business integration (B2Bi) solutions include services for electronic data interchange (EDI) translation, secure B2B communications, managed file transfer (MFT), visibility and analytics, application integration, support for multi-enterprise collaboration interactions and community management.Community management poses a myriad of challenges, including security, efficiency, visibility and integration. Depending on an organization’s size, industry or strategy, the company can configure its B2B infrastructure in a variety of ways, including on-premise or hosted options.Axway’s B2B solutions feature trading partner and community management, internal and back-end integration, plus message tracking and secure support for standard messaging and business protocols. Moreover, Axway has developed a comprehensive set of tools and methods, as well as a dedicated center, to help customers with their community on-ramping. In addition, Axway’s partnerships with Atos Origin, HP and Wipro, as well as its own managed services and integration offerings, round out the company’s comprehensive B2B offering.Meeting the most stringent service level agreements (SLAs), both in terms of service availability and support availability, allows Axway’s B2B services to be more competitive in the market. Axway has developed flexible pricing policies that take into account the service level required by the customer.“We believe being positioned as a leader in ‘The Forrester Wave™: B2B Service Providers, report is representative of our dedication to innovation in the B2B infrastructure market,” said Dave Bennett, chief technology officer, Axway. “Our hybrid delivery model allows us to provide our customers with a strong set of business solutions to efficiently and securely conduct business interactions across their networks of trading partners.”To learn more about Axway’s B2B solutions, Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company — the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway’s comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway’s global presence spans 20 countries.
Savvis, Inc. has announced their Senior Vice President, Managing Director Savvis International, Thomas T. Riley, has received the Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service, the only award given by the State Department to a political-appointed Ambassador. Prior to his work as Savvis, Riley was the U.S. Ambassador to Morocco from January 2004 to January 2009. The award was presented to Ambassador Riley by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a formal awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.Try Best Penny Stocks, a web based financial publication, is pleased to alert investors of stocks on the move. Sign Up for our Free Stock NewsletterSAVVIS, Inc. (SAVVIS) provides information technology (IT) services, including managed hosting, utility computing, colocation, managed security, network and professional services, through its global infrastructure to businesses and government agencies around the world. Its services are designed to offer IT solution that meets the specific IT infrastructure and business needs of its customers. The Company’s suite of products can be purchased individually, in various combinations, or as part of a total or partial outsourcing arrangement. Its point solutions meet the specific needs of customers who require control of their physical assets, while its managed hosting solution provides customers with access to services and infrastructure without the upfront capital costs associated with equipment acquisition.
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