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 (The Hosting News) – Cloud Linux Inc., an innovative software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, announces today that Igor Seletskiy, CEO and Founder of Cloud Linux Inc., will speak on a panel entitled “What Tomorrow Brings” at HostingCon in Austin, TX on July 21, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.  The panel will be a discussion on technology and trends in the hosting market and will feature Mr. Seletskiy along with other industry leaders including Michael Jaffe from Microsoft, Doug Toombs of Tier 1 Research, George Karidis from SoftLayer, Ditlev Bredahl from UK2 Group, and Jack Zubarev from Parallels. HostingCon will take place at the Austin Convention Center from July 19 – 21, 2010. 

“We are excited to have the opportunity to discuss what we see happening in the hosting space at this premier hosting event,” states Igor Seletskiy, CEO and Founder of Cloud Linux Inc.  “As more organizations look for solutions within the cloud, solutions like CloudLinux will play a greater central role in the future of hosting.  It has always been our belief that hosting providers and datacenters need the right set of tools to manage the increasingly complex computing configurations that customers demand, and CloudLinux was created for just this purpose.” 

CloudLinux is a commercially supported Operating System proven to increase server density, stability and performance, helping customers realize reduced operating costs and increased profitability.  Tenant level virtualization solutions like CloudLinux are crucial for web hosts and data centers that require better control and efficiency from their infrastructure so that they can adapt to new cloud-based services. CloudLinux’s proprietary approach is an RPM-based Operating System that uses CloudLinux’s own kernel with new Lightweight Virtual Environment™ or LVE Technology to provide “crash proof” multi-tenant server environments. 

HostingCon is the premier conference and trade show for the hosted services industry.  In its 6^th year, conference attendees will learn about the latest news, ideas and technology affecting their businesses. This event is a tremendous opportunity to learn about the newest insights into the business, as well as network with the largest concentration of hosting industry leaders in the United States.  

For more information about CloudLinux, please visit www.cloudlinux.com  

About Cloud Linux, Inc.

Founded in Princeton, NJ, CloudLinux is a privately funded company that combines unique expertise in the service provider business with in-depth technical knowledge of hosting, kernel development and open source.  

CloudLinux provides hosting companies and datacenters with the only commercially supported Linux operating system (OS) optimized for their needs. The new technology behind CloudLinux has been proven to increase density, stability and performance, helping customers realize reduced operating costs and increased profitability.  

To join online discussions and receive news updates you can find CloudLinux on: Twitter and LinkedIn.  For more information, please visit http://www.cloudlinux.com.

Cloud Linux CEO To Speak At HostingCon

(The Hosting News)  - The quest for “Canada’s Smartest IT” that started in early 2010 is finally over. The 12 national finalists for smartest & greenest categories will be brought together on June 16 at the Steam Whistle Brewery in Toronto to announce the winners. Atum, who are experts in virtualizing business IT infrastructures in return minimizing costs and the environmental footprint, are a finalist for the Greenest IT award. The award criteria included companies with a sustainability objectives, overall green corporate strategy, vendor initiatives and programs, and personal passion for all things green. The gala is organized by IT World Canada and Info World and sponsored by IBM, Compugen, Samsung, Virtual Causeway and D-Link.

The quest for Canada’s Smartest IT is meant to recognize industry leaders that drive the Canadian economy, by celebrating the innovative technologies. The Smartest & Greenest IT quest recognizes companies that have the ability to run a well managed IT organization that delivers cost effective service as well as innovative financial and environmental beneficial solutions within and beyond the company. The gala on June 16 will recognize the nominees and their accomplishments in innovative business technology as well as award the winners.

A finalist for Greenest IT category, Atum specializes in virtualizing IT infrastructures, providing dedicated virtual private server (VPS) hosting and spreading awareness about the innovative efficient & environmentally friendly hosting.

“Virtualization means doing more with less,” states John Posan, Business Development Director.

“This results in fewer resources used holding the potential to decrease green house emissions significantly while at the same time increasing performance and cutting costs. It serves as an advantage to both the business and the environment and without a doubt is the future of hosting.”

With virtualization, on average a single physical server is now able to run 35 dedicated virtual servers with increased security and performance. This allows for utilization for resources and on average reducing company server count by 85%. Fewer servers mean reduced real estate needs and less waste heat delivering dramatic reductions in space requirements and energy use.

Atum also implements and participates in various green initiative programs starting in the everyday office routines such as a no plastic policy moving on to a macro scale of hardware recycling where Atum will purchase hardware from clients who want to switch to a virtual environment.  

“We’re ecstatic to be part of the quest. We are proud to be a Canadian IT leader who is conscious about the environment, coming up with solutions that benefit both business operations and the earth,” confirms Posan.

For more information on the event visit: http://www.smartest-it.ca/

Atum is based in Toronto, Canada and has been a leading server hosting provider for small to medium sized businesses for over 10 years. Working together with partners such as Microsoft, IBM, Citrix, RedHat, Symantec, Cisco, and Lenovo, Atum provides premium services to industries as diverse as software companies, web design firms, media agencies, doctor’s offices, law & architect firms. Helping businesses make the most out of their budgets, Atum offers hosted exchange email, IT support and specializes in VPS hosting.

For more information contact:
Marina Arnaout
marnaout@atum.com

Atum Named Finalist for Canada’s Smartest and Greenest IT Departments

(The Hosting News)  - The quest for “Canada’s Smartest IT” that started in early 2010 is finally over. The 12 national finalists for smartest & greenest categories will be brought together on June 16 at the Steam Whistle Brewery in Toronto to announce the winners. Atum, who are experts in virtualizing business IT infrastructures in return minimizing costs and the environmental footprint, are a finalist for the Greenest IT award. The award criteria included companies with a sustainability objectives, overall green corporate strategy, vendor initiatives and programs, and personal passion for all things green. The gala is organized by IT World Canada and Info World and sponsored by IBM, Compugen, Samsung, Virtual Causeway and D-Link.

The quest for Canada’s Smartest IT is meant to recognize industry leaders that drive the Canadian economy, by celebrating the innovative technologies. The Smartest & Greenest IT quest recognizes companies that have the ability to run a well managed IT organization that delivers cost effective service as well as innovative financial and environmental beneficial solutions within and beyond the company. The gala on June 16 will recognize the nominees and their accomplishments in innovative business technology as well as award the winners.

A finalist for Greenest IT category, Atum specializes in virtualizing IT infrastructures, providing dedicated virtual private server (VPS) hosting and spreading awareness about the innovative efficient & environmentally friendly hosting.

“Virtualization means doing more with less,” states John Posan, Business Development Director.

“This results in fewer resources used holding the potential to decrease green house emissions significantly while at the same time increasing performance and cutting costs. It serves as an advantage to both the business and the environment and without a doubt is the future of hosting.”

With virtualization, on average a single physical server is now able to run 35 dedicated virtual servers with increased security and performance. This allows for utilization for resources and on average reducing company server count by 85%. Fewer servers mean reduced real estate needs and less waste heat delivering dramatic reductions in space requirements and energy use.

Atum also implements and participates in various green initiative programs starting in the everyday office routines such as a no plastic policy moving on to a macro scale of hardware recycling where Atum will purchase hardware from clients who want to switch to a virtual environment.  

“We’re ecstatic to be part of the quest. We are proud to be a Canadian IT leader who is conscious about the environment, coming up with solutions that benefit both business operations and the earth,” confirms Posan.

For more information on the event visit: http://www.smartest-it.ca/

Atum is based in Toronto, Canada and has been a leading server hosting provider for small to medium sized businesses for over 10 years. Working together with partners such as Microsoft, IBM, Citrix, RedHat, Symantec, Cisco, and Lenovo, Atum provides premium services to industries as diverse as software companies, web design firms, media agencies, doctor’s offices, law & architect firms. Helping businesses make the most out of their budgets, Atum offers hosted exchange email, IT support and specializes in VPS hosting.

For more information contact:
Marina Arnaout
marnaout@atum.com

Atum Named Finalist for Canada’s Smartest and Greenest IT Departments

(Gawkwire.com) – ClickStreamTV has recently announced that its video and content management platform supports open web standards for online video.

“First there was Real Player, then Windows Media, Flash technology and now open source standard HTML5 as industry leaders such as Apple and Microsoft have recently noted,” said Kevin Yahl, president of ClickStreamTV. “Due to the constant emergence of new technology, we developed ClickStreamTV with an open source system to ensure that our product was a high-quality, onetime investment that would adapt to future technologies.”

ClickStreamTV, built with open source languages, is able to quickly change its infrastructure to adapt to include new formats for streaming online video. Over the next couple of months, ClickStreamTV will be incorporating HTML5 into the system.

The single system utilizes the proper video formats to deliver video to any online player including Flash and Windows Media; smartphones including iPhones, BlackBerrys and Androids; and other technologies including iPods and iPads.

“We are dedicated to our customers and strive to provide them with a solution to reach their audience regardless of what device they are using to view video,” said Yahl. “Our open system was built to include multiple video formats to provide universal streaming to any computer system, smartphone or media device.”

With ClickStreamTV, video is automatically encoded and stored in multiple formats for delivery to any media system and does not require additional applications for multiple device streaming. ClickStreamTV’s exclusive Speed and System Wizard automatically detects the viewer’s media device and streams the optimum video quality and correct format to the viewer.

http://www.gawkwire.com/video_tv/clickstreamtv_supports_open_standards_for_online_video.html

(The Hosting News)- The 2nd PoweredbyCloud 2010 and the first international Cloud Law Summit taking place in London over three days, 8-9-10 February 2010 has attracted a wide international audience, particularly from the enterprise sector. Featuring a speaker academy comprising of experts and front line players from Europe and North America, the event is positioned as the key content platform for providers and users.

In addition to the 2-day content driven conference, a special summit will focus on emerging Cloud Law will draw on experts from the US and Europe to discuss the implications of the Patriot Act in the United States, and EU Data Directive for enterprises.  Other topics covered included Privacy in the Cloud, Open Law, financial services, Cloud content and liability, negotiating contracts for Cloud Services, and how Cloud law might be framed in future.

“What emerges from this important conference in terms of creating a commercial and technological perspective of cloud services and infrastructure in Europe will be of key interest to enterprises,” commented Philip Low, managing director at BroadGroup, the conference researchers and producers. “The added dimension of how potentially a wide range of cloud issues will be treated legally represents the first such initiative across the region, and is also being observed from Brussels to Tokyo.”

The summit follows the second annual PoweredByCloud conference, also hosted by BroadGroup, which will take place in London, February 8-9 2010 at the America Square Conference Centre and features industry leaders from Amazon, BT, Cisco, HP, IBM, and Intel among others.

3-Day London Cloud Conference Causes Wide Attention is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News)- The 2nd PoweredbyCloud 2010 and the first international Cloud Law Summit taking place in London over three days, 8-9-10 February 2010 has attracted a wide international audience, particularly from the enterprise sector. Featuring a speaker academy comprising of experts and front line players from Europe and North America, the event is positioned as the key content platform for providers and users.

In addition to the 2-day content driven conference, a special summit will focus on emerging Cloud Law will draw on experts from the US and Europe to discuss the implications of the Patriot Act in the United States, and EU Data Directive for enterprises.  Other topics covered included Privacy in the Cloud, Open Law, financial services, Cloud content and liability, negotiating contracts for Cloud Services, and how Cloud law might be framed in future.

“What emerges from this important conference in terms of creating a commercial and technological perspective of cloud services and infrastructure in Europe will be of key interest to enterprises,” commented Philip Low, managing director at BroadGroup, the conference researchers and producers. “The added dimension of how potentially a wide range of cloud issues will be treated legally represents the first such initiative across the region, and is also being observed from Brussels to Tokyo.”

The summit follows the second annual PoweredByCloud conference, also hosted by BroadGroup, which will take place in London, February 8-9 2010 at the America Square Conference Centre and features industry leaders from Amazon, BT, Cisco, HP, IBM, and Intel among others.

3-Day London Cloud Conference Causes Wide Attention is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News) – A Dedicated Host is more than just another supplier, and the decision you make when choosing your host can be a ‘make or break’ one when it comes to executing your online strategy. A top quality Dedicated Host is a partner in your success, anticipating your needs and having solutions in place when you need them.

Here are five key points to consider when evaluating your current or future Dedicated Host:

1) Brand names versus generic equipment – The days of cutting corners with white box equipment are past, and the first step to securing a reliable, high performing internet presence is by building it on brand name architecture. A first rate Dedicated Host will offer service packages using technology from industry leaders like IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft.

2) Enterprise grade hosts have enterprise class customers – Continuing the theme of ‘the company you keep’, the best indicator of a Dedicated Host’s ability to deliver enterprise class services is whether or not they already have enterprise class customers. Dedicated hosts with high end clients know what it takes to execute large, complex solutions. More importantly, they know the difference between planning and doing.

3) Rock solid infrastructure – If IT solutions are built on technology, then the quality of that technology directly impacts the services delivered. When you choose the right Dedicated Host, your business benefits from the maximum reliability and top performance than comes from disaster proof multi-million dollar infrastructure. True redundancy and “five nines” uptime doesn’t come cheaply, and infrastructure is a key differentiator for the best Dedicated Hosts.

4) Supporting services – The core services provided by your Dedicated Host should be exactly that – the framework for your web or application hosting deployment. It should be a starting point that is made more robust and efficient through professional supporting services. Fully managed servers solutions for data security, content delivery, and complex applications protect and add value to your IT investment.

5) Quality of support – As critical as the above 4 items are when selecting a Dedicated Host, the quality of support arguably outweighs them all. Brand name hardware and millions of dollars of infrastructure don’t mean a whole lot when you’re down at 2AM and can’t get a live support person on the phone. A quality Dedicated Server Host doesn’t just have support staff on call; they’re on site 24/7/365.

There is no shortage of dedicated hosting companies vying for your business, and the Dedicated Host you choose is going to be more than just another supplier. In a 21st century marketplace that is driven by the Web, a subpar Dedicated Host can be the difference between success and failure.

Crucial key check points Dedicated Host must endow with is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

San Francisco, California – (The Hosting News) – September 23, 2009 - Web hosting sponsors have been confirmed for commercial Hadoop company, Cloudera, for the inaugural Hadoop World conference, which will take place Friday, October 2 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

The 12 confirmed sponsors for Hadoop World: NYC 2009 are Facebook, Rackspace, Yahoo!, Intel, IBM, Amazon.com, Supermicro, Softlayer, and eHarmony. Confirmed media sponsors include GigaOm, High Scalability, ReadWriteWeb and The Register.

Christophe Bisciglia, founder of Cloudera remarked, ”To have such a large number of industry leaders sponsor a first-time event speaks volumes about the importance of Hadoop and its future. As traditional enterprises around the world are turning to Hadoop to solve data-intensive computing challenges, Hadoop World will provide compelling use cases along with the introduction and instruction needed for enterprise users to get started.”

At Hadoop World, more than 30 of the world’s most experienced Apache Hadoop practitioners — including project creator Doug Cutting — will gather to discuss Hadoop-related best practices and use cases.

Eric Baldeschwieler, Vice President, Hadoop Software Development, Yahoo! explained, ”Yahoo! is the largest supporter and contributor to the Hadoop project, and we run the largest Hadoop installations in the world to support complex data analysis and mining, display advertising, our content platforms, personalization, filtering email spam, research, and more. We are excited about the growth we’re seeing in the Hadoop ecosystem, including more uses of Hadoop for mission critical activity across the industry. At Hadoop World, we look forward to discussing the exciting prospects and challenges for continuing to make Hadoop faster, more scalable, more reliable and more secure.”

Rod Smith, vp of Emerging Technologies, IBM Software Group noted, ”We see that applications based on Hadoop have the potential to revolutionize business analytics in the same way PC spreadsheets did in the 80s. Using Hadoop to tap the power of ‘Big Data’ sets the stage for a new class of Web applications– enabling more business professionals across industries to gain insight from today’s massive amount of information.”

John Engates, CTO at Rackspace noted, ”At Rackspace, we generate terabytes upon terabytes of log files and event level data operating our cloud services. Hadoop has proven to be a scalable and reliable system for storing and processing our ever increasing volumes of data, and we’re excited to share details with the community at Hadoop World: NYC 2009.”

Nathan Day, CTO, Softlayer noted, ”We see a lot of our customers taking advantage of Softlayer’s bare metal cloud offering to achieve better performance for Hadoop. It’s exciting to see how many companies are turning to Hadoop and we’re pleased to be a part of this growing community.”

Cloudera, the commercial Hadoop company, delivers the scalable platform for a new generation of data-intensive applications. Founded by leading experts on big data from Facebook, Google, Oracle and Yahoo, Cloudera helps traditional enterprises tap into the power of Hadoop. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Cloudera has financial backing from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and angel investors who include Diane Greene (former CEO of VMware), Marten Mickos (former CEO of MySQL), and Jeff Weiner (CEO of LinkedIn).

To learn more about Cloudera, please visit: www.cloudera.com.

For more information on Hadoop World, please visit: www.cloudera.com/hadoop-world-nyc.

San Francisco, California – (The Hosting News) – September 23, 2009 - Web hosting sponsors have been confirmed for commercial Hadoop company, Cloudera, for the inaugural Hadoop World conference, which will take place Friday, October 2 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

The 12 confirmed sponsors for Hadoop World: NYC 2009 are Facebook, Rackspace, Yahoo!, Intel, IBM, Amazon.com, Supermicro, Softlayer, and eHarmony. Confirmed media sponsors include GigaOm, High Scalability, ReadWriteWeb and The Register.

Christophe Bisciglia, founder of Cloudera remarked, ”To have such a large number of industry leaders sponsor a first-time event speaks volumes about the importance of Hadoop and its future. As traditional enterprises around the world are turning to Hadoop to solve data-intensive computing challenges, Hadoop World will provide compelling use cases along with the introduction and instruction needed for enterprise users to get started.”

At Hadoop World, more than 30 of the world’s most experienced Apache Hadoop practitioners — including project creator Doug Cutting — will gather to discuss Hadoop-related best practices and use cases.

Eric Baldeschwieler, Vice President, Hadoop Software Development, Yahoo! explained, ”Yahoo! is the largest supporter and contributor to the Hadoop project, and we run the largest Hadoop installations in the world to support complex data analysis and mining, display advertising, our content platforms, personalization, filtering email spam, research, and more. We are excited about the growth we’re seeing in the Hadoop ecosystem, including more uses of Hadoop for mission critical activity across the industry. At Hadoop World, we look forward to discussing the exciting prospects and challenges for continuing to make Hadoop faster, more scalable, more reliable and more secure.”

Rod Smith, vp of Emerging Technologies, IBM Software Group noted, ”We see that applications based on Hadoop have the potential to revolutionize business analytics in the same way PC spreadsheets did in the 80s. Using Hadoop to tap the power of ‘Big Data’ sets the stage for a new class of Web applications– enabling more business professionals across industries to gain insight from today’s massive amount of information.”

John Engates, CTO at Rackspace noted, ”At Rackspace, we generate terabytes upon terabytes of log files and event level data operating our cloud services. Hadoop has proven to be a scalable and reliable system for storing and processing our ever increasing volumes of data, and we’re excited to share details with the community at Hadoop World: NYC 2009.”

Nathan Day, CTO, Softlayer noted, ”We see a lot of our customers taking advantage of Softlayer’s bare metal cloud offering to achieve better performance for Hadoop. It’s exciting to see how many companies are turning to Hadoop and we’re pleased to be a part of this growing community.”

Cloudera, the commercial Hadoop company, delivers the scalable platform for a new generation of data-intensive applications. Founded by leading experts on big data from Facebook, Google, Oracle and Yahoo, Cloudera helps traditional enterprises tap into the power of Hadoop. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Cloudera has financial backing from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and angel investors who include Diane Greene (former CEO of VMware), Marten Mickos (former CEO of MySQL), and Jeff Weiner (CEO of LinkedIn).

To learn more about Cloudera, please visit: www.cloudera.com.

For more information on Hadoop World, please visit: www.cloudera.com/hadoop-world-nyc.

San Jose, California – (The Hosting News) – September 16, 2009 – Provider of premium wholesale data center space for corporate customers, Fortune Data Centers, has leased 100% of its 8 Megawatt critical load capacity, within six months of opening the doors of its Phase 1 development.

John Sheputis, CEO of Fortune Data Centers explained, ”Despite a tough economic climate, demand for data center space continues to be a bright spot. To have a facility of this size fully leased in such a short time period should confirm the market strength of Silicon Valley. And, we have a strong team with great vendors and business partners that helped make this happen.”
The company is now beginning work on Phase 2 development at the San Jose facility, which is expected to add approximately 6 Megawatts of critical load capacity. When completed, Fortune San Jose will occupy over 140,000 square feet and support nearly 14 Megawatts of IT critical load.

Dan Golding, vice president and research director, Tier 1 Research added, ”The colocation market is extremely strong, especially for high quality, highly redundant wholesale datacenter capacity. The Silicon Valley area, in particular, is one of the most under-supplied regions of the U.S., with datacenter demand exceeding supply for the past four years. This trend has been exacerbated by the credit crunch, which has made it tough to secure financing for large datacenter projects. The few large, high quality datacenter projects on the market are in great demand from both enterprises and Internet content providers – particularly if they are energy efficient, which makes them less expensive to operate.”

Mr. Sheputis continued, ”Our tenants are among some of the most respected companies in the world. They are experienced industry leaders in their core businesses and have many other data center holdings. They recognize that there are significant cost savings to be realized by partnering with a company that delivers highly energy-efficient data center space.”

Fortune’s Phase 1 data center delivers superior energy efficiency as measured by Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). PUE is determined by dividing the total facility power by the IT equipment power – the lower the resulting ratio, the more efficient the data center. During independent testing through a Level 5 Commissioning Process, the data center achieved a PUE of 1.37 at full load, an energy-efficiency level far superior to the industry average data center PUE of 2.0, and better than the EPA’s 2011 target PUE of 1.45 for state-of-the-art enterprise-class data centers.

Mr. Sheputis concluded, ”We have participated in several PG and E efficiency programs and have been very happy with the results. We exceeded our PUE projections for Phase 1 and expect to deliver an even better PUE for Phase 2 by leveraging and advancing many of the efficiency measures used in the first phase. We are currently defining the technical program for Phase 2, and it will include state-of-the-art efficiency measures for service redundancy and energy density. We’re confident that increasing the facility’s capacity will not only lower tenant operating costs, but our expansion should result in lower power costs for our tenants.”

Fortune Data Centers was founded to create a class of industrial grade data centers for corporate clients seeking a cost-effective alternative to the prospect of in-house development and facility management. Fortune’s San Jose facility is designed to provide best in class reliability and total value for large scale deployments of mission critical applications. The property meets or exceeds the toughest industry standards for data centers – in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience. Fortune is a privately held company, founded in 2006.

To learn more, please visit: www.fortunedatacenters.com.