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(The Hosting News) – Latisys, a provider of colocation, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery solutions, today announced it has been selected by leading Web Hosting provider Lunarpages to provide data center colocation and managed IT services.

For more than a decade, Lunarpages has focused on providing affordable and reliable hosting for over 150,000 satisfied customers – ranging from individuals and small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. Customer growth, as well as broader use of high-density applications, drove Lunarpages’ need for a provider that could deliver outsourced, scalable IT infrastructure management services.

“We consider our data center partner to be a critical part of the Lunarpages team, which is why we invest in only the best,” said George Natzic, Chief Operating Officer at Lunarpages. “By turning to Latisys, our customers will benefit from a SAS70 compliant infrastructure and continuous uptime. At the same time, we have assurance and peace of mind that our IT environment is secure.”

Lunarpages selected Latisys and its Irvine data center facility for its ability to provide:

· High-density colocation services – LatisysHD (Latisys’ high-density colocation services) in the firm’s SAS70 Type II certified Irvine, California data center facility (delivering 225 watts of power per square foot) can support customers’ increasingly high-performance computing and application requirements. LatisysHD is available in all Latisys locations including Denver, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois.

· Maximum uptime – Latisys data center facilities are engineered with the highest level of redundant systems to deliver a 99.999% uptime Service Level Agreement.

· Managed security – Latisys’ comprehensive suite of managed security solutions (firewall, intrusion detection, VPN, virus-filtering) ensures that the customer’s colocated or managed hosting environment is fully secure.

· Power and cooling – With N+1 cooling and power infrastructure, Latisys’ data center facilities have been designed to scale and meet power and cooling requirements in both the short and long term.

· Compelling pricing – Latisys employs a flexible approach with customers for managing their IT infrastructure in the most cost effective manner.

“Because Lunarpages prides itself on offering customers uncompromised security, management, pricing, and services, selecting a data center partner that enabled the firm to execute on this mission was paramount,” said Don Goodwin, executive vice president, Latisys. “We are excited to begin this new relationship with Lunarpages, and that our Latisys HD data center services and related managed services offering continue to resonate with leading Web hosting providers.”

Latisys is Choosen to Supply Data and IT services for Lunarpages is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News) – Latisys, a provider of colocation, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery solutions, today announced it has been selected by leading Web Hosting provider Lunarpages to provide data center colocation and managed IT services.

For more than a decade, Lunarpages has focused on providing affordable and reliable hosting for over 150,000 satisfied customers – ranging from individuals and small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. Customer growth, as well as broader use of high-density applications, drove Lunarpages’ need for a provider that could deliver outsourced, scalable IT infrastructure management services.

“We consider our data center partner to be a critical part of the Lunarpages team, which is why we invest in only the best,” said George Natzic, Chief Operating Officer at Lunarpages. “By turning to Latisys, our customers will benefit from a SAS70 compliant infrastructure and continuous uptime. At the same time, we have assurance and peace of mind that our IT environment is secure.”

Lunarpages selected Latisys and its Irvine data center facility for its ability to provide:

· High-density colocation services – LatisysHD (Latisys’ high-density colocation services) in the firm’s SAS70 Type II certified Irvine, California data center facility (delivering 225 watts of power per square foot) can support customers’ increasingly high-performance computing and application requirements. LatisysHD is available in all Latisys locations including Denver, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois.

· Maximum uptime – Latisys data center facilities are engineered with the highest level of redundant systems to deliver a 99.999% uptime Service Level Agreement.

· Managed security – Latisys’ comprehensive suite of managed security solutions (firewall, intrusion detection, VPN, virus-filtering) ensures that the customer’s colocated or managed hosting environment is fully secure.

· Power and cooling – With N+1 cooling and power infrastructure, Latisys’ data center facilities have been designed to scale and meet power and cooling requirements in both the short and long term.

· Compelling pricing – Latisys employs a flexible approach with customers for managing their IT infrastructure in the most cost effective manner.

“Because Lunarpages prides itself on offering customers uncompromised security, management, pricing, and services, selecting a data center partner that enabled the firm to execute on this mission was paramount,” said Don Goodwin, executive vice president, Latisys. “We are excited to begin this new relationship with Lunarpages, and that our Latisys HD data center services and related managed services offering continue to resonate with leading Web hosting providers.”

Latisys is Choosen to Supply Data and IT services for Lunarpages is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News) – Latisys, a provider of colocation, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery solutions, today announced it has been selected by leading Web Hosting provider Lunarpages to provide data center colocation and managed IT services.

For more than a decade, Lunarpages has focused on providing affordable and reliable hosting for over 150,000 satisfied customers – ranging from individuals and small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. Customer growth, as well as broader use of high-density applications, drove Lunarpages’ need for a provider that could deliver outsourced, scalable IT infrastructure management services.

“We consider our data center partner to be a critical part of the Lunarpages team, which is why we invest in only the best,” said George Natzic, Chief Operating Officer at Lunarpages. “By turning to Latisys, our customers will benefit from a SAS70 compliant infrastructure and continuous uptime. At the same time, we have assurance and peace of mind that our IT environment is secure.”

Lunarpages selected Latisys and its Irvine data center facility for its ability to provide:

· High-density colocation services – LatisysHD (Latisys’ high-density colocation services) in the firm’s SAS70 Type II certified Irvine, California data center facility (delivering 225 watts of power per square foot) can support customers’ increasingly high-performance computing and application requirements. LatisysHD is available in all Latisys locations including Denver, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois.

· Maximum uptime – Latisys data center facilities are engineered with the highest level of redundant systems to deliver a 99.999% uptime Service Level Agreement.

· Managed security – Latisys’ comprehensive suite of managed security solutions (firewall, intrusion detection, VPN, virus-filtering) ensures that the customer’s colocated or managed hosting environment is fully secure.

· Power and cooling – With N+1 cooling and power infrastructure, Latisys’ data center facilities have been designed to scale and meet power and cooling requirements in both the short and long term.

· Compelling pricing – Latisys employs a flexible approach with customers for managing their IT infrastructure in the most cost effective manner.

“Because Lunarpages prides itself on offering customers uncompromised security, management, pricing, and services, selecting a data center partner that enabled the firm to execute on this mission was paramount,” said Don Goodwin, executive vice president, Latisys. “We are excited to begin this new relationship with Lunarpages, and that our Latisys HD data center services and related managed services offering continue to resonate with leading Web hosting providers.”

Latisys is Choosen to Supply Data and IT services for Lunarpages is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News) – EvoSwitch, the Dutch carrier-neutral data center with CO₂-neutral operations, has lowered the average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of its data center from 1.6 in 2008 to 1.5 in 2009.  Thus, the energy savings compared to a conventional data center has increased from 40 to 50 percent with the ultimate goal of EvoSwitch is to achieve an energy savings rate of 80 percent.

“Actually, our energy savings rate is already more than 50 percent,” says Eric Boonstra, Managing Director of EvoSwitch.  “This is due to the fact that the PUE of our data center continuously has been slightly below 1.5 for some time now.  The extra savings is primarily due to further investments in green technology and in control systems.  The expansion due to customer growth in 2009 was another reason for the reduced PUE.”

Affordable Data Center

Boonstra: “The number 1.5 indicates that our operations at EvoSwitch are quite energy-efficient, although we still have not achieved our goal.  We started with a PUE of 1.8 in early 2007.  One year ago, the PUE was 1.6.  We now have a PUE of 1.5, but we will continue to invest in further energy savings.  This is critical to EvoSwitch and to our customers, since the negative impact on the environment caused by the data center sector should be kept to an absolute minimum..  In addition, energy prices will rise, and we want to be able to keep our energy bills, and those of our customers, at an affordable level.”

EvoSwitch uses much of its energy savings to finance its current and new investments in green technologies.  Boonstra: “Building a green data center is more expensive than building a conventional data center, for the simple reason that green technology costs more than conventional equipment.  But we do not pass on these extra costs to our customers.  And that also applies to the green power we use and our investments in CO₂ compensation in collaboration with the Climate Neutral Group.”

“For customers, investments in green technologies are the ultimate insurance against high energy bills in the near future,” says Boonstra.  “This keeps their energy bills manageable, predictable and affordable.  This is a key criterion, especially for major IT infrastructures.”

Copenhagen Climate Conference

EvoSwitch is a good example of a company that successfully combines green and profitable business operations.  Boonstra: “To put it even more strongly: significant energy savings will, in the near future, be  a prerequisite for data centers to remain in business, and a necessity for customers in order to keep their IT infrastructures affordable.  IT infrastructures generally use huge amounts of power, unlike green data centers such as EvoSwitch.”

The data center sector could have been a topic for the Copenhagen Climate Conference, according to Boonstra.  “The data center sector in its conventional form is said to be just as environmentally harmful as the aviation sector, and that might be true.  Thanks to green technologies, the use of green power, and the fact that IT infrastructures are of vital importance to companies, this huge power consumption is justifiable.  Also, using a shared data center for multiple IT infrastructures is still more efficient than each company having its own small data center.  But it also demonstrates that the environmental benefits would be significant if all data centers operated in an environmentally sound manner.”

The green design

The environmentally sound design of the EvoSwitch data center is based on advice provided by TNO  and on in-house innovation by a dedicated design team.  This resulted in an energy-efficient design when the data center opened in April 2007, using technologies such as Free Cooling (cooling by using the outdoor temperature), Cold Corridors (separation of hot and cold airflows), and UPS technology with Delta Conversion.

The EvoSwitch R&D team is currently working on a new cooling design that will further improve the PUE.  Boonstra: “This will result in further reduction of capital expenses and operational expenses, which will substantially benefit the environment as well as EvoSwitch customers.  With this new design, we aim to achieve a PUE of 1.2.”

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About EvoSwitch

EvoSwitch  is a carrier and climate neutral data center, which is energy saving and has a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.6, aiming towards a PUE of 1.2.   EvoSwitch is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified whichj means for their customers that their IT infrastructure at EvoSwitch is protected following the highest security standards.  In collaboration with the Climate Neutral Group, the data center   EvoSwitch customers can use the logos in the partner program The Green Fan on their website to demonstrate that they use a climate neutral data center.  In January 2009, a report issued by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment described EvoSwitch as one of the world’s eleven most energy saving data centers.  In the Netherlands, EvoSwitch joined a group of 16 leading ICT companies in signing the Multi Year Energy Efficiency Agreement (MJA) of the Ministry for Economic Affairs.

EvoSwitch Green Data Center Raises Rate of Energy Savings by 50 Percent is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News) – EvoSwitch, the Dutch carrier-neutral data center with CO₂-neutral operations, has lowered the average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of its data center from 1.6 in 2008 to 1.5 in 2009.  Thus, the energy savings compared to a conventional data center has increased from 40 to 50 percent with the ultimate goal of EvoSwitch is to achieve an energy savings rate of 80 percent.

“Actually, our energy savings rate is already more than 50 percent,” says Eric Boonstra, Managing Director of EvoSwitch.  “This is due to the fact that the PUE of our data center continuously has been slightly below 1.5 for some time now.  The extra savings is primarily due to further investments in green technology and in control systems.  The expansion due to customer growth in 2009 was another reason for the reduced PUE.”

Affordable Data Center

Boonstra: “The number 1.5 indicates that our operations at EvoSwitch are quite energy-efficient, although we still have not achieved our goal.  We started with a PUE of 1.8 in early 2007.  One year ago, the PUE was 1.6.  We now have a PUE of 1.5, but we will continue to invest in further energy savings.  This is critical to EvoSwitch and to our customers, since the negative impact on the environment caused by the data center sector should be kept to an absolute minimum..  In addition, energy prices will rise, and we want to be able to keep our energy bills, and those of our customers, at an affordable level.”

EvoSwitch uses much of its energy savings to finance its current and new investments in green technologies.  Boonstra: “Building a green data center is more expensive than building a conventional data center, for the simple reason that green technology costs more than conventional equipment.  But we do not pass on these extra costs to our customers.  And that also applies to the green power we use and our investments in CO₂ compensation in collaboration with the Climate Neutral Group.”

“For customers, investments in green technologies are the ultimate insurance against high energy bills in the near future,” says Boonstra.  “This keeps their energy bills manageable, predictable and affordable.  This is a key criterion, especially for major IT infrastructures.”

Copenhagen Climate Conference

EvoSwitch is a good example of a company that successfully combines green and profitable business operations.  Boonstra: “To put it even more strongly: significant energy savings will, in the near future, be  a prerequisite for data centers to remain in business, and a necessity for customers in order to keep their IT infrastructures affordable.  IT infrastructures generally use huge amounts of power, unlike green data centers such as EvoSwitch.”

The data center sector could have been a topic for the Copenhagen Climate Conference, according to Boonstra.  “The data center sector in its conventional form is said to be just as environmentally harmful as the aviation sector, and that might be true.  Thanks to green technologies, the use of green power, and the fact that IT infrastructures are of vital importance to companies, this huge power consumption is justifiable.  Also, using a shared data center for multiple IT infrastructures is still more efficient than each company having its own small data center.  But it also demonstrates that the environmental benefits would be significant if all data centers operated in an environmentally sound manner.”

The green design

The environmentally sound design of the EvoSwitch data center is based on advice provided by TNO  and on in-house innovation by a dedicated design team.  This resulted in an energy-efficient design when the data center opened in April 2007, using technologies such as Free Cooling (cooling by using the outdoor temperature), Cold Corridors (separation of hot and cold airflows), and UPS technology with Delta Conversion.

The EvoSwitch R&D team is currently working on a new cooling design that will further improve the PUE.  Boonstra: “This will result in further reduction of capital expenses and operational expenses, which will substantially benefit the environment as well as EvoSwitch customers.  With this new design, we aim to achieve a PUE of 1.2.”

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About EvoSwitch

EvoSwitch  is a carrier and climate neutral data center, which is energy saving and has a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.6, aiming towards a PUE of 1.2.   EvoSwitch is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified whichj means for their customers that their IT infrastructure at EvoSwitch is protected following the highest security standards.  In collaboration with the Climate Neutral Group, the data center   EvoSwitch customers can use the logos in the partner program The Green Fan on their website to demonstrate that they use a climate neutral data center.  In January 2009, a report issued by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment described EvoSwitch as one of the world’s eleven most energy saving data centers.  In the Netherlands, EvoSwitch joined a group of 16 leading ICT companies in signing the Multi Year Energy Efficiency Agreement (MJA) of the Ministry for Economic Affairs.

EvoSwitch Green Data Center Raises Rate of Energy Savings by 50 Percent is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News) – EvoSwitch, the Dutch carrier-neutral data center with CO₂-neutral operations, has lowered the average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of its data center from 1.6 in 2008 to 1.5 in 2009.  Thus, the energy savings compared to a conventional data center has increased from 40 to 50 percent with the ultimate goal of EvoSwitch is to achieve an energy savings rate of 80 percent.

“Actually, our energy savings rate is already more than 50 percent,” says Eric Boonstra, Managing Director of EvoSwitch.  “This is due to the fact that the PUE of our data center continuously has been slightly below 1.5 for some time now.  The extra savings is primarily due to further investments in green technology and in control systems.  The expansion due to customer growth in 2009 was another reason for the reduced PUE.”

Affordable Data Center

Boonstra: “The number 1.5 indicates that our operations at EvoSwitch are quite energy-efficient, although we still have not achieved our goal.  We started with a PUE of 1.8 in early 2007.  One year ago, the PUE was 1.6.  We now have a PUE of 1.5, but we will continue to invest in further energy savings.  This is critical to EvoSwitch and to our customers, since the negative impact on the environment caused by the data center sector should be kept to an absolute minimum..  In addition, energy prices will rise, and we want to be able to keep our energy bills, and those of our customers, at an affordable level.”

EvoSwitch uses much of its energy savings to finance its current and new investments in green technologies.  Boonstra: “Building a green data center is more expensive than building a conventional data center, for the simple reason that green technology costs more than conventional equipment.  But we do not pass on these extra costs to our customers.  And that also applies to the green power we use and our investments in CO₂ compensation in collaboration with the Climate Neutral Group.”

“For customers, investments in green technologies are the ultimate insurance against high energy bills in the near future,” says Boonstra.  “This keeps their energy bills manageable, predictable and affordable.  This is a key criterion, especially for major IT infrastructures.”

Copenhagen Climate Conference

EvoSwitch is a good example of a company that successfully combines green and profitable business operations.  Boonstra: “To put it even more strongly: significant energy savings will, in the near future, be  a prerequisite for data centers to remain in business, and a necessity for customers in order to keep their IT infrastructures affordable.  IT infrastructures generally use huge amounts of power, unlike green data centers such as EvoSwitch.”

The data center sector could have been a topic for the Copenhagen Climate Conference, according to Boonstra.  “The data center sector in its conventional form is said to be just as environmentally harmful as the aviation sector, and that might be true.  Thanks to green technologies, the use of green power, and the fact that IT infrastructures are of vital importance to companies, this huge power consumption is justifiable.  Also, using a shared data center for multiple IT infrastructures is still more efficient than each company having its own small data center.  But it also demonstrates that the environmental benefits would be significant if all data centers operated in an environmentally sound manner.”

The green design

The environmentally sound design of the EvoSwitch data center is based on advice provided by TNO  and on in-house innovation by a dedicated design team.  This resulted in an energy-efficient design when the data center opened in April 2007, using technologies such as Free Cooling (cooling by using the outdoor temperature), Cold Corridors (separation of hot and cold airflows), and UPS technology with Delta Conversion.

The EvoSwitch R&D team is currently working on a new cooling design that will further improve the PUE.  Boonstra: “This will result in further reduction of capital expenses and operational expenses, which will substantially benefit the environment as well as EvoSwitch customers.  With this new design, we aim to achieve a PUE of 1.2.”

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About EvoSwitch

EvoSwitch  is a carrier and climate neutral data center, which is energy saving and has a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.6, aiming towards a PUE of 1.2.   EvoSwitch is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified whichj means for their customers that their IT infrastructure at EvoSwitch is protected following the highest security standards.  In collaboration with the Climate Neutral Group, the data center   EvoSwitch customers can use the logos in the partner program The Green Fan on their website to demonstrate that they use a climate neutral data center.  In January 2009, a report issued by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment described EvoSwitch as one of the world’s eleven most energy saving data centers.  In the Netherlands, EvoSwitch joined a group of 16 leading ICT companies in signing the Multi Year Energy Efficiency Agreement (MJA) of the Ministry for Economic Affairs.

EvoSwitch Green Data Center Raises Rate of Energy Savings by 50 Percent is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

( The Hosting News ) – Network Solutions® announced today that Kurt Gastrock has been named Senior Vice President. Kurt responsibilities will span three key areas: Product, Sales and Wholesale. Gastrock will be a catalyst for product innovation and customer growth. He is charged with extending the company’s suite of products and services through online and new sales channels and developing new private label offerings to a growing portfolio of partners.

“Kurt brings a wealth of experience in product development and channel strategy to the company,” said Tim Kelly, President of Network Solutions. “He is a great complement to the existing team members.”

Network Solutions is focused on providing businesses with quality products and services that make it easy for them to establish and grow their companies using the Internet. The product portfolio spans a wide range of services – from web hosting to online marketing services – that are supported with free, 24/7 customer service support, certified by JD Power & Associates year after year.

“I am happy to be part of the Network Solutions team,” said Kurt Gastrock. “The company continues to develop, refine and expand its product portfolio and open new sales channels to deliver products and services that deliver results small businesses expect.”

Prior to joining Network Solutions, Gastrock served as the Senior Vice President for Sales and Business Development at NextG Networks. His past experience includes leading the day-to-day operations of Convera Corporation where he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Gastrock also spent a number of years at Sprint Nextel Corporation where he held senior level posts in their wireless site development, hosting, and E|Solutions business units.

Gastrock earned a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University.

Kurt Gastrock Named Senior Vice President at Network Solutions is a post from: Web Hosting News