Round Tale

(The Hosting News) – If fans of SingleHop recall, the full-service managed hosting provider marked the success of its third quarter by doing a sky-dive at an altitude of 14,000 feet. We haven’t decided yet how to mark the success of our fourth quarter and full-year progress for 2009, but we are working on it. Once the first signs of spring emerge here in the windy city, we will find a fun and crazy way to celebrate. And cause for celebration there is. For the fourth quarter ended December 31^st, SingleHop generated revenues of $1.88 million, representing a 16% increase over the third quarter of 2009. Revenues increased 99% over the fourth quarter of 2008, yielding an annualized run rate of $8.4 million. For the full-year, the company-generated revenues of $6.1 million, a 185% increase over 2008. Other achievements for the full-year include:

• An increase in EBITDA over 2008 of 1,222%.
• Over $300,000 investment in network upgrades
• Release of on-demand firewall, SnapShield
• Release of dedicated server rescue system, Server bailout mode

Among the highlights for 2009 were the opening of SingleHop’s second data center and the release of SingleHop.mobi. The data center facility has top of the line specifications in redundancy, security, connectivity, and cooling systems. The facilities’ power, UPS system, and HVAC systems are rated at a minimum of N+2, which means that for each system there are two independent backups that ensure ongoing functionality were the original system to fail. The data center is located at DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc’s (NYSE:DFT) facility in Elk Grove Village, IL — one of the most technologically advanced facilities anywhere in the world. SingleHop.mobi, specifically for the iPhone, is the market’s most robust, feature-rich remote webhosting control panel. This application allows SingleHop’s customers to reboot servers, view bandwidth graphics, submit standard and priority tickets, manage billing, view server details and more – all from their iPhones.

The year 2009 also brought a number of industry honors and recognition for SingleHop, from such leading sources as HostReview and Netcraft.  These include:

• #1 Fastest-Growing WebHosting Company, September 2009 (HostReview)
• Top 10 Managed Hosting Provider, August 2009 (HostReview)
• Top 10 Managed Hosting Provider, September 2009 (HostReview)
• #1 Most Reliable Webhost, October 2009 (Netcraft)
• Top 10 Managed Hosting Provider of the Year (HostReview)

“SingleHop had an incredible 2009 and we are especially proud that a focus on efficiency and innovation drove our positive EBIDTA and cash flow positions without having to sell equity or increase our debt. Quarter after quarter in 2009, the firm showed consistently strong and stable growth, and invested heavily on behalf of its customers and its continued future growth”, says Zak Boca, President and CEO of SingleHop.

About SingleHop, Inc.

SingleHop, Inc., is a full-service managed dedicated hosting provider that was founded on the principal of providing reliable, cost-effective, dedicated servers. The company was founded by Zak Boca and Dan Ushman in 2006 and currently hosts thousands of websites from around the world. SingleHop competitors include: SoftLayer, ThePlanet, FastServers, and RackSpace. The cornerstone of SingleHop’s managed hosting is the à la Carte Server Management Program, which is a full-array of transparent management services designed and tested to allow business customers to tailor their level of support to their needs or expertise. www.singlehop.com

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Contact Information:

Daniel Salcedo

PR@SingleHop.com

312 447 2581

SingleHop, Inc. Announces 2009 Numbers; 185% Growth, 1,222% EBIDTA Growth. is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

(The Hosting News) – If fans of SingleHop recall, the full-service managed hosting provider marked the success of its third quarter by doing a sky-dive at an altitude of 14,000 feet. We haven’t decided yet how to mark the success of our fourth quarter and full-year progress for 2009, but we are working on it. Once the first signs of spring emerge here in the windy city, we will find a fun and crazy way to celebrate. And cause for celebration there is. For the fourth quarter ended December 31^st, SingleHop generated revenues of $1.88 million, representing a 16% increase over the third quarter of 2009. Revenues increased 99% over the fourth quarter of 2008, yielding an annualized run rate of $8.4 million. For the full-year, the company-generated revenues of $6.1 million, a 185% increase over 2008. Other achievements for the full-year include:

• An increase in EBITDA over 2008 of 1,222%.
• Over $300,000 investment in network upgrades
• Release of on-demand firewall, SnapShield
• Release of dedicated server rescue system, Server bailout mode

Among the highlights for 2009 were the opening of SingleHop’s second data center and the release of SingleHop.mobi. The data center facility has top of the line specifications in redundancy, security, connectivity, and cooling systems. The facilities’ power, UPS system, and HVAC systems are rated at a minimum of N+2, which means that for each system there are two independent backups that ensure ongoing functionality were the original system to fail. The data center is located at DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc’s (NYSE:DFT) facility in Elk Grove Village, IL — one of the most technologically advanced facilities anywhere in the world. SingleHop.mobi, specifically for the iPhone, is the market’s most robust, feature-rich remote webhosting control panel. This application allows SingleHop’s customers to reboot servers, view bandwidth graphics, submit standard and priority tickets, manage billing, view server details and more – all from their iPhones.

The year 2009 also brought a number of industry honors and recognition for SingleHop, from such leading sources as HostReview and Netcraft.  These include:

• #1 Fastest-Growing WebHosting Company, September 2009 (HostReview)
• Top 10 Managed Hosting Provider, August 2009 (HostReview)
• Top 10 Managed Hosting Provider, September 2009 (HostReview)
• #1 Most Reliable Webhost, October 2009 (Netcraft)
• Top 10 Managed Hosting Provider of the Year (HostReview)

“SingleHop had an incredible 2009 and we are especially proud that a focus on efficiency and innovation drove our positive EBIDTA and cash flow positions without having to sell equity or increase our debt. Quarter after quarter in 2009, the firm showed consistently strong and stable growth, and invested heavily on behalf of its customers and its continued future growth”, says Zak Boca, President and CEO of SingleHop.

About SingleHop, Inc.

SingleHop, Inc., is a full-service managed dedicated hosting provider that was founded on the principal of providing reliable, cost-effective, dedicated servers. The company was founded by Zak Boca and Dan Ushman in 2006 and currently hosts thousands of websites from around the world. SingleHop competitors include: SoftLayer, ThePlanet, FastServers, and RackSpace. The cornerstone of SingleHop’s managed hosting is the à la Carte Server Management Program, which is a full-array of transparent management services designed and tested to allow business customers to tailor their level of support to their needs or expertise. www.singlehop.com

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Contact Information:

Daniel Salcedo

PR@SingleHop.com

312 447 2581

SingleHop, Inc. Announces 2009 Numbers; 185% Growth, 1,222% EBIDTA Growth. is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.

( The Hosting News ) – 21 October 2009 – Dutch interactive and mobile solutions firm, mediaBunker, has announced the first iPhone application for the widely used Parallels Plesk Panel. The application, named ServerAdmin, has passed it’s pilot stage and is now available in the App Store worldwide.

ServerAdmin provides capabilities to administer your Plesk Panel as a server administrator. You can add new, edit, or remove clients and domains, or just make sure everything is running fine by checking your statistics. On the go, wherever you are, you have your Parallels Plesk Panel under control. More features, such as mail management and multiple login tiers, will become available in the near future.

ServerAdmin can be downloaded from the App Store, with a price tag of $ 3.99 in the US and € 2,99 in Europe. As more features are added, the price will increase. Buy it now and you will get all future updates for free!

More details and a demo video can be found on:
http://mediabunker.com/iphone/serveradmin/

mediaBunker brings Plesk to the iPhone is a post from: Web Hosting News

*Editors note: I talked to Magaly today about SwepApps and we will have our interview with her live shortly.

October 19, 2009 – (The Hosting News ) Sweb Apps (http://www.swebapps.com), the Web site that lets anyone build a great-looking, highly-functional mobile application for their business, today announced an upgrade to its service that will make it even easier and faster to create applications in minutes.

Sweb Apps 2.0 introduces a new Rich Internet Application function that makes it the first and only Web site to let users view their landing page in real-time as they are building their iPhone application. The feature also gives users more control of their branding by allowing them to customize their app with buttons and background images, all on one screen. Restaurants, retailers, nonprofits and other businesses are taking advantage of Sweb Apps’ increased ease-of-use to reach their customer base wherever they are.

“Businesses are quickly beginning to understand the importance of being at the tip of their clients’ fingertips with mobile applications,” said Magaly Chocano, CEO and founder of Sweb Apps. “We took feedback from our clients to add new functions to make that process even easier, so now they can retain their own branding in the app environment.”

Sweb Apps 2.0 now features:

Drag & Drop, giving users the ability to create their own button image or background, or select background images from the Sweb Apps library to customize the look of their app – *I have tried this and it is really easy to use.

Real-time view of the landing page as they build it
Four new buttons, including Podcast, Audio Stream, YouTube and the “Store”, which allows anyone to purchase products through the app
Ability to manage multiple applications within their account

Sweb Apps has four, six, and eight button packages. A one time set-up fee of $50 per button applies, and there is a $25 monthly hosting fee applied to every application. Additional fees apply for access to the App Tracker™. More information about Sweb Apps is now available at (www.swebapps.com).

SwebApps Launches New Features for Rapid iPhone App Development is a post from: Web Hosting News

New York, New York – (The Hosting News) – July 21, 2009 – Hosting over 200,000 premium Microsoft Exchange mailboxes, Intermedia has revealed a sign of growing optimism among the company’s customer base of 11,000 small and medium-sized businesses.

The 200,000+ total puts Intermedia ahead of any other Exchange hosting provider. Intermedia hosts more than 400,000 mailboxes overall. The premium mailboxes use Microsoft’s full MAPI license, which includes a downloadable copy of Microsoft Outlook, the power to share calendars, and other features essential to business users.

Serguei Sofinski, chief executive officer at Intermedia remarked, ”It’s still too early to tell whether the economy is getting back on track. Intermedia’s growth indicates that small and medium-sized businesses aren’t standing by, waiting for the economy to turn around or the stimulus to kick in. Our customers are optimistic about what the future holds – they are taking concrete steps to improve their business.”

Intermedia’s recent performance parallels trends in the small and medium-sized business climate:

• In Q4 2008 and Q1 2009, Intermedia saw slower mailbox growth in its existing customer base. Higher than average numbers of accounts pared back the number of mailboxes they use – a reflection of staffing cuts enacted in response to the economy. This phenomenon tapered off in Q2 2009, signaling that many small and medium-sized businesses are stabilizing operations.
• An offering aimed at “corporate refugees” – business people who left or were laid off from large enterprises – experienced 240 percent monthly account growth in Q2 2009. Intermedia attributes the spike to growing entrepreneurial spirit among displaced workers. The offering combines a hosted Exchange email account with synchronization to a Blackberry, iPhone or Windows Mobile smartphone.
• Intermedia’s revenue and mailbox count continued to grow in Q1 2009, but the pace slowed to a level similar to that seen following the dot-com bust. In Q2 2009, the growth rate for new accounts more than doubled from the prior quarter. Q2 2009 “revenue per mailbox” also grew as existing customers provided Intermedia’s Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile smartphone synchronization to additional employees.

A profitable 14-year old company, Intermedia has grown organically and without debt. The company attributes its consistent quarterly gains in part to its Exchange Concierge service that manages customers’ transition to Intermedia from other hosting providers or an in-house server. Typically in less than an hour, customers are set up without disruption to email or other files.

Mr. Sofinski added, ”We are passionate about providing small and medium-sized businesses with the same communications and collaboration experience a Fortune 500 company can provide its employees. But we need to deliver our services in a way that is simple to set up, use and manage. That’s the bar we set for ourselves and how we can best help our customers put technology to work.”

Intermedia recently exhibited at the Microsoft World Partner Conference (WPC) in New Orleans.

Founded in 1995, Intermedia is the leading provider of business email including Microsoft Exchange hosting to the small and medium business market. Intermedia specializes in providing enterprise-grade solutions through its world class infrastructure and service to small and medium businesses at a price they can afford. Businesses looking for a more cost-effective and manageable solution for enterprise-class email and collaboration solutions should visit Intermedia’s Web site.

To learn more, please visit: www.Intermedia.net/Exchange.

New York, New York – (The Hosting News) – July 21, 2009 – Hosting over 200,000 premium Microsoft Exchange mailboxes, Intermedia has revealed a sign of growing optimism among the company’s customer base of 11,000 small and medium-sized businesses.

The 200,000+ total puts Intermedia ahead of any other Exchange hosting provider. Intermedia hosts more than 400,000 mailboxes overall. The premium mailboxes use Microsoft’s full MAPI license, which includes a downloadable copy of Microsoft Outlook, the power to share calendars, and other features essential to business users.

Serguei Sofinski, chief executive officer at Intermedia remarked, ”It’s still too early to tell whether the economy is getting back on track. Intermedia’s growth indicates that small and medium-sized businesses aren’t standing by, waiting for the economy to turn around or the stimulus to kick in. Our customers are optimistic about what the future holds – they are taking concrete steps to improve their business.”

Intermedia’s recent performance parallels trends in the small and medium-sized business climate:

• In Q4 2008 and Q1 2009, Intermedia saw slower mailbox growth in its existing customer base. Higher than average numbers of accounts pared back the number of mailboxes they use – a reflection of staffing cuts enacted in response to the economy. This phenomenon tapered off in Q2 2009, signaling that many small and medium-sized businesses are stabilizing operations.
• An offering aimed at “corporate refugees” – business people who left or were laid off from large enterprises – experienced 240 percent monthly account growth in Q2 2009. Intermedia attributes the spike to growing entrepreneurial spirit among displaced workers. The offering combines a hosted Exchange email account with synchronization to a Blackberry, iPhone or Windows Mobile smartphone.
• Intermedia’s revenue and mailbox count continued to grow in Q1 2009, but the pace slowed to a level similar to that seen following the dot-com bust. In Q2 2009, the growth rate for new accounts more than doubled from the prior quarter. Q2 2009 “revenue per mailbox” also grew as existing customers provided Intermedia’s Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile smartphone synchronization to additional employees.

A profitable 14-year old company, Intermedia has grown organically and without debt. The company attributes its consistent quarterly gains in part to its Exchange Concierge service that manages customers’ transition to Intermedia from other hosting providers or an in-house server. Typically in less than an hour, customers are set up without disruption to email or other files.

Mr. Sofinski added, ”We are passionate about providing small and medium-sized businesses with the same communications and collaboration experience a Fortune 500 company can provide its employees. But we need to deliver our services in a way that is simple to set up, use and manage. That’s the bar we set for ourselves and how we can best help our customers put technology to work.”

Intermedia recently exhibited at the Microsoft World Partner Conference (WPC) in New Orleans.

Founded in 1995, Intermedia is the leading provider of business email including Microsoft Exchange hosting to the small and medium business market. Intermedia specializes in providing enterprise-grade solutions through its world class infrastructure and service to small and medium businesses at a price they can afford. Businesses looking for a more cost-effective and manageable solution for enterprise-class email and collaboration solutions should visit Intermedia’s Web site.

To learn more, please visit: www.Intermedia.net/Exchange.

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – July 15, 2009 – The Cloud Servers API beta solution has premiered at web hosting provider, Rackspace Hosting, as part of the company’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering.

The service provides inexpensive compute capacity that can be instantly sized allowing businesses to pay only for
what it uses – as needed. Through the open, standards-based API, Rackspace Cloud customers can now manage their cloud infrastructure with greater control and flexibility. The API, for example, enables elastic scenarios as users can write code that programmatically detects load and scales the number of server instances up and down.

The Rackspace Cloud solicited feedback and conducted intensive testing with its partners and cloud developers to help ensure that the community shaped the API. With today’s announcement, users now have control panel and programmatic access to the company’s cloud infrastructure services.

Michael Mayo, iPhone application developer noted, ”It’s been a great experience to collaborate with the Rackspace Cloud team on the development of the Cloud Servers API. Working together with the Rackspace team enabled me to develop my application much more quickly. I’m very pleased with the open feedback process as it makes my work a lot easier.”

The Cloud Servers API will introduce four new features including:

- Server Metadata – Supply server-specific metadata when an instance is created that can be accessed via the API.

- Server Data Injection – Specify files when instance is created that will be injected into the server file system before startup. This is useful, for example, when inserting SSH keys, setting configuration files, or storing data that you want to retrieve from within the Cloud Server itself.

- Host Identification – The Cloud Servers provisioning algorithm has an anti-affinity property that attempts to spread out customer VMs across hosts. Under certain situations, Cloud Servers from the same customer may be placed on the same host. Host identification allows you to programmatically detect this condition and take appropriate action.

- Shared IP Groups – While Rackspace has always supported shared IPs, it’s been made simpler with the creation of Shared IP Groups and the ability to enable high availability configurations.

Rackspace Cloud customers will be able to manage their Cloud Servers or Cloud Files accounts anytime, anywhere on their iPhones thanks to an application built off the APIs by developer Michael Mayo. The application is expected to be available in the App Store within a month.

With the API, developers can create applications for the Rackspace Cloud which can automatically access compute power as required. The Cloud Servers API also allows developers to work with partners on pre-built applications.

David Day, CTO, Zeus Technology offered, ”After testing, it is apparent the Cloud Servers API was created to meet the needs of the community. The REST API has a complete feature set and is easy to use. We are excited to be building on such a robust platform.”

Emil Sayegh, General Manager, The Rackspace Cloud added, ”With the launch of our API, we’re looking forward to working with our partners and the developer community to create a powerful cloud ecosystem which we believe will generate new tools and applications to make cloud hosting even easier and more efficient. We see programmatic control as essential for igniting an ecosystem around the Rackspace Cloud. It’s a key tool for generating the next big thing in cloud because it gives developers the power and control to bring their great ideas to fruition.”

The Cloud Servers API is implemented using a RESTful web service interface. Aiming to build a cohesive approach to all products in the Rackspace Cloud suite, Cloud Servers shares a common token authentication system that allows seamless access between products and services.

Launched earlier this year, Cloud Servers is a compute service that provides server capacity in the cloud to businesses of all sizes and leverages key technology developed by Slicehost, LLC, a Rackspace wholly-owned subsidiary. Until today, interactions with Cloud Servers only occurred via the Rackspace Cloud Control Panel (GUI) and now programmatically via the Cloud Servers API.

The Rackspace Cloud provides on-demand scalable website, application and storage hosting backed by Fanatical Support. Through its suite of cloud solutions, Cloud Sites, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, The Rackspace Cloud enables astute developers and IT managers to minimize the hassles, upfront investments and high costs associated with dedicated hardware, while offering the ability to easily scale hosting resources.

As the leader and specialist in hosting services, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company’s mission to be one of the world’s greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 43 on the list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting, and Email and Apps.

To learn more about the Cloud Servers API, please visit: www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers/compare.

For more information on Rackspace Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – July 15, 2009 – The Cloud Servers API beta solution has premiered at web hosting provider, Rackspace Hosting, as part of the company’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering.

The service provides inexpensive compute capacity that can be instantly sized allowing businesses to pay only for
what it uses – as needed. Through the open, standards-based API, Rackspace Cloud customers can now manage their cloud infrastructure with greater control and flexibility. The API, for example, enables elastic scenarios as users can write code that programmatically detects load and scales the number of server instances up and down.

The Rackspace Cloud solicited feedback and conducted intensive testing with its partners and cloud developers to help ensure that the community shaped the API. With today’s announcement, users now have control panel and programmatic access to the company’s cloud infrastructure services.

Michael Mayo, iPhone application developer noted, ”It’s been a great experience to collaborate with the Rackspace Cloud team on the development of the Cloud Servers API. Working together with the Rackspace team enabled me to develop my application much more quickly. I’m very pleased with the open feedback process as it makes my work a lot easier.”

The Cloud Servers API will introduce four new features including:

- Server Metadata – Supply server-specific metadata when an instance is created that can be accessed via the API.

- Server Data Injection – Specify files when instance is created that will be injected into the server file system before startup. This is useful, for example, when inserting SSH keys, setting configuration files, or storing data that you want to retrieve from within the Cloud Server itself.

- Host Identification – The Cloud Servers provisioning algorithm has an anti-affinity property that attempts to spread out customer VMs across hosts. Under certain situations, Cloud Servers from the same customer may be placed on the same host. Host identification allows you to programmatically detect this condition and take appropriate action.

- Shared IP Groups – While Rackspace has always supported shared IPs, it’s been made simpler with the creation of Shared IP Groups and the ability to enable high availability configurations.

Rackspace Cloud customers will be able to manage their Cloud Servers or Cloud Files accounts anytime, anywhere on their iPhones thanks to an application built off the APIs by developer Michael Mayo. The application is expected to be available in the App Store within a month.

With the API, developers can create applications for the Rackspace Cloud which can automatically access compute power as required. The Cloud Servers API also allows developers to work with partners on pre-built applications.

David Day, CTO, Zeus Technology offered, ”After testing, it is apparent the Cloud Servers API was created to meet the needs of the community. The REST API has a complete feature set and is easy to use. We are excited to be building on such a robust platform.”

Emil Sayegh, General Manager, The Rackspace Cloud added, ”With the launch of our API, we’re looking forward to working with our partners and the developer community to create a powerful cloud ecosystem which we believe will generate new tools and applications to make cloud hosting even easier and more efficient. We see programmatic control as essential for igniting an ecosystem around the Rackspace Cloud. It’s a key tool for generating the next big thing in cloud because it gives developers the power and control to bring their great ideas to fruition.”

The Cloud Servers API is implemented using a RESTful web service interface. Aiming to build a cohesive approach to all products in the Rackspace Cloud suite, Cloud Servers shares a common token authentication system that allows seamless access between products and services.

Launched earlier this year, Cloud Servers is a compute service that provides server capacity in the cloud to businesses of all sizes and leverages key technology developed by Slicehost, LLC, a Rackspace wholly-owned subsidiary. Until today, interactions with Cloud Servers only occurred via the Rackspace Cloud Control Panel (GUI) and now programmatically via the Cloud Servers API.

The Rackspace Cloud provides on-demand scalable website, application and storage hosting backed by Fanatical Support. Through its suite of cloud solutions, Cloud Sites, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, The Rackspace Cloud enables astute developers and IT managers to minimize the hassles, upfront investments and high costs associated with dedicated hardware, while offering the ability to easily scale hosting resources.

As the leader and specialist in hosting services, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company’s mission to be one of the world’s greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 43 on the list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting, and Email and Apps.

To learn more about the Cloud Servers API, please visit: www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers/compare.

For more information on Rackspace Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – July 15, 2009 – The Cloud Servers API beta solution has premiered at web hosting provider, Rackspace Hosting, as part of the company’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering.

The service provides inexpensive compute capacity that can be instantly sized allowing businesses to pay only for
what it uses – as needed. Through the open, standards-based API, Rackspace Cloud customers can now manage their cloud infrastructure with greater control and flexibility. The API, for example, enables elastic scenarios as users can write code that programmatically detects load and scales the number of server instances up and down.

The Rackspace Cloud solicited feedback and conducted intensive testing with its partners and cloud developers to help ensure that the community shaped the API. With today’s announcement, users now have control panel and programmatic access to the company’s cloud infrastructure services.

Michael Mayo, iPhone application developer noted, ”It’s been a great experience to collaborate with the Rackspace Cloud team on the development of the Cloud Servers API. Working together with the Rackspace team enabled me to develop my application much more quickly. I’m very pleased with the open feedback process as it makes my work a lot easier.”

The Cloud Servers API will introduce four new features including:

- Server Metadata – Supply server-specific metadata when an instance is created that can be accessed via the API.

- Server Data Injection – Specify files when instance is created that will be injected into the server file system before startup. This is useful, for example, when inserting SSH keys, setting configuration files, or storing data that you want to retrieve from within the Cloud Server itself.

- Host Identification – The Cloud Servers provisioning algorithm has an anti-affinity property that attempts to spread out customer VMs across hosts. Under certain situations, Cloud Servers from the same customer may be placed on the same host. Host identification allows you to programmatically detect this condition and take appropriate action.

- Shared IP Groups – While Rackspace has always supported shared IPs, it’s been made simpler with the creation of Shared IP Groups and the ability to enable high availability configurations.

Rackspace Cloud customers will be able to manage their Cloud Servers or Cloud Files accounts anytime, anywhere on their iPhones thanks to an application built off the APIs by developer Michael Mayo. The application is expected to be available in the App Store within a month.

With the API, developers can create applications for the Rackspace Cloud which can automatically access compute power as required. The Cloud Servers API also allows developers to work with partners on pre-built applications.

David Day, CTO, Zeus Technology offered, ”After testing, it is apparent the Cloud Servers API was created to meet the needs of the community. The REST API has a complete feature set and is easy to use. We are excited to be building on such a robust platform.”

Emil Sayegh, General Manager, The Rackspace Cloud added, ”With the launch of our API, we’re looking forward to working with our partners and the developer community to create a powerful cloud ecosystem which we believe will generate new tools and applications to make cloud hosting even easier and more efficient. We see programmatic control as essential for igniting an ecosystem around the Rackspace Cloud. It’s a key tool for generating the next big thing in cloud because it gives developers the power and control to bring their great ideas to fruition.”

The Cloud Servers API is implemented using a RESTful web service interface. Aiming to build a cohesive approach to all products in the Rackspace Cloud suite, Cloud Servers shares a common token authentication system that allows seamless access between products and services.

Launched earlier this year, Cloud Servers is a compute service that provides server capacity in the cloud to businesses of all sizes and leverages key technology developed by Slicehost, LLC, a Rackspace wholly-owned subsidiary. Until today, interactions with Cloud Servers only occurred via the Rackspace Cloud Control Panel (GUI) and now programmatically via the Cloud Servers API.

The Rackspace Cloud provides on-demand scalable website, application and storage hosting backed by Fanatical Support. Through its suite of cloud solutions, Cloud Sites, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, The Rackspace Cloud enables astute developers and IT managers to minimize the hassles, upfront investments and high costs associated with dedicated hardware, while offering the ability to easily scale hosting resources.

As the leader and specialist in hosting services, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company’s mission to be one of the world’s greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 43 on the list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting, and Email and Apps.

To learn more about the Cloud Servers API, please visit: www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers/compare.

For more information on Rackspace Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – July 15, 2009 – The Cloud Servers API beta solution has premiered at web hosting provider, Rackspace Hosting, as part of the company’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering.

The service provides inexpensive compute capacity that can be instantly sized allowing businesses to pay only for
what it uses – as needed. Through the open, standards-based API, Rackspace Cloud customers can now manage their cloud infrastructure with greater control and flexibility. The API, for example, enables elastic scenarios as users can write code that programmatically detects load and scales the number of server instances up and down.

The Rackspace Cloud solicited feedback and conducted intensive testing with its partners and cloud developers to help ensure that the community shaped the API. With today’s announcement, users now have control panel and programmatic access to the company’s cloud infrastructure services.

Michael Mayo, iPhone application developer noted, ”It’s been a great experience to collaborate with the Rackspace Cloud team on the development of the Cloud Servers API. Working together with the Rackspace team enabled me to develop my application much more quickly. I’m very pleased with the open feedback process as it makes my work a lot easier.”

The Cloud Servers API will introduce four new features including:

- Server Metadata – Supply server-specific metadata when an instance is created that can be accessed via the API.

- Server Data Injection – Specify files when instance is created that will be injected into the server file system before startup. This is useful, for example, when inserting SSH keys, setting configuration files, or storing data that you want to retrieve from within the Cloud Server itself.

- Host Identification – The Cloud Servers provisioning algorithm has an anti-affinity property that attempts to spread out customer VMs across hosts. Under certain situations, Cloud Servers from the same customer may be placed on the same host. Host identification allows you to programmatically detect this condition and take appropriate action.

- Shared IP Groups – While Rackspace has always supported shared IPs, it’s been made simpler with the creation of Shared IP Groups and the ability to enable high availability configurations.

Rackspace Cloud customers will be able to manage their Cloud Servers or Cloud Files accounts anytime, anywhere on their iPhones thanks to an application built off the APIs by developer Michael Mayo. The application is expected to be available in the App Store within a month.

With the API, developers can create applications for the Rackspace Cloud which can automatically access compute power as required. The Cloud Servers API also allows developers to work with partners on pre-built applications.

David Day, CTO, Zeus Technology offered, ”After testing, it is apparent the Cloud Servers API was created to meet the needs of the community. The REST API has a complete feature set and is easy to use. We are excited to be building on such a robust platform.”

Emil Sayegh, General Manager, The Rackspace Cloud added, ”With the launch of our API, we’re looking forward to working with our partners and the developer community to create a powerful cloud ecosystem which we believe will generate new tools and applications to make cloud hosting even easier and more efficient. We see programmatic control as essential for igniting an ecosystem around the Rackspace Cloud. It’s a key tool for generating the next big thing in cloud because it gives developers the power and control to bring their great ideas to fruition.”

The Cloud Servers API is implemented using a RESTful web service interface. Aiming to build a cohesive approach to all products in the Rackspace Cloud suite, Cloud Servers shares a common token authentication system that allows seamless access between products and services.

Launched earlier this year, Cloud Servers is a compute service that provides server capacity in the cloud to businesses of all sizes and leverages key technology developed by Slicehost, LLC, a Rackspace wholly-owned subsidiary. Until today, interactions with Cloud Servers only occurred via the Rackspace Cloud Control Panel (GUI) and now programmatically via the Cloud Servers API.

The Rackspace Cloud provides on-demand scalable website, application and storage hosting backed by Fanatical Support. Through its suite of cloud solutions, Cloud Sites, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, The Rackspace Cloud enables astute developers and IT managers to minimize the hassles, upfront investments and high costs associated with dedicated hardware, while offering the ability to easily scale hosting resources.

As the leader and specialist in hosting services, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company’s mission to be one of the world’s greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 43 on the list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting, and Email and Apps.

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