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Program Establishes Benchmarks and Provides the Ultimate Stamp of Approval and Credibility for High Performance Website Operations

October 16, 2009 (The Hosting News) – Dotcom-Monitor, a trusted industry provider of the Unified Performance Monitoring™ suite of advanced, affordable externally-hosted network & IT monitoring services, has announced a call for participation in its new All-Star Website Performance Award Program. The program is designed to monitor, measure, and analyze the availability and performance of participating websites, and then to recognize top-performing sites across all industries .  There will be three award designations with associated logos, which are displayed prominently on each participant’s website.

The submission form and additional information is available at http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/website-performance-award.asp.

In today’s Internet-driven economy websites have become the leading source for knowledge and information for most businesses and consumers. With millions of websites in existence, it has never been more important for organizations to establish their website as a credible, high performance operation. The Dotcom-Monitor All-Star Website Performance Award program was created to help each participant’s website stand out from the crowd with a stamp of prestige signifying world-class excellence from the industry’s leading global authority on website performance monitoring and reliability.

How it Works

The Dotcom-Monitor All-Star Website Performance Award is the IP industry’s most prestigious award for website availability as it holds participants to the highest known standards of uptime/performance excellence.
- each month during program participation, nominated companies will automatically receive the appropriate award logo based on their website’s composite performance score over the course of the month
- the website administrator must copy a few lines of HTML code into the appropriate page on their website for the award logo to automatically appear
- three awards designations and associated logos are available based on website availability;
* 5-star “Best of Industry” for > 98% availability
* 4 star “Outstanding” for > 95% availability
* 3-star “Standard of Excellence” for > 90%
* websites with < 90% availability do not receive an award for that month
- Sites that receive the highest average score within a given industry category are also awarded a “Best of Industry” Dotcom-Monitor All-Star Performance Award logo for their promotional purposes, as well as inclusion in a press release sent to major media
- all websites will initially receive a 4-star logo during the first 2 weeks of participation to allow time for accurate performance data collection
- there is a $100/month fee to participate in the program, which is designed to minimize the participation of low-quality websites and to help offset the cost of the competition.

“Websites today have taken on a role of almost Herculean importance in most organizations, as a highly visible symbol of the company’s brand, marketing, service quality, reliability, customer service, and operational integrity,” said Vadim Mazo, founder and chief technology officer of Dotcom-Monitor. “While there are myriad industry award programs that reward website design, the Dotcom-Monitor All-Star Website Performance Award program is setting the industry standard for website performance, reliability and quality, giving organizations a highly credible stamp of approval for their website, and for all that is represents.”

Enter Now

The Dotcom-Monitor All-Star Website Performance Award program is open for participation effective immediately, and is available to companies and website of all types. To learn more, or to nominate your company’s website, please visit: http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/website-performance-award.asp.

About Dotcom-Monitor:
Since 1998, thousands of companies worldwide have trusted Dotcom-Monitor to deliver the ultimate value in a unified suite of advanced, externally-hosted solutions for proactively monitoring the uptime and performance of websites, web applications, and Internet network infrastructure. Dotcom-Monitor’s modular design and ultra-reliable platform enable organizations to combine powerful monitoring, reporting, notification, escalation, and analysis options in tailored packages designed to best fit their needs. To discover the power, simplicity, and affordability of Dotcom-Monitor’s innovative suite of monitoring services, including: website monitoring, network monitoring, web load stress tests, video stream monitoring, SIP monitoring, and much more, please visit www.dotcom-monitor.com or call 1-888-479-0741.

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Dallas, Texas – (The Hosting News) – September 8, 2009 – On-demand data center services provider, SoftLayer Technologies, has received the 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award at the 9th Annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech, presented by the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC).

The award recognizes the company with the highest percentage of revenue growth in 2008 over 2007 in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. Both private and public companies from any technology industry segment are eligible for the award, as long as they own proprietary technology. SoftLayer received the same award in 2008 for its growth in 2007 over 2006.

George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer noted, ”We are very proud to win this prestigious award two years in a row. It is an honor being recognized among DFW’s technology leaders – there are many innovative companies doing great things here. Our continuing growth can be directly attributed to our unique approach to hosting and data center services. We’re bringing new ideas and practical advantages to our customers and the market.”

MTBC is the largest technology trade organization in Texas. Its annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech rankings showcase the industry’s most talented individuals and the companies with the most advanced technologies in North Texas. The region is a leading center for technology and innovation in the U.S. and globally. The American Electronics Association Cybercities 2008 report ranked DFW fifth among U.S. cities in high-tech employment, with approximately 176,000 high-tech workers. DFW ranked second nationwide for employment in both the telecommunications services and Internet services sectors.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers world-class, on-demand virtual data center services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to innovate industry-leading solutions that are fully automated. This empowers customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management for their IT environment.

More information about the event and award is available at: www.metroplextbc.org/techtitans.

For more information about SoftLayer Technologies, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

Dallas, Texas – (The Hosting News) – September 8, 2009 – On-demand data center services provider, SoftLayer Technologies, has received the 2009 One-Year Fast Tech Award at the 9th Annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech, presented by the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC).

The award recognizes the company with the highest percentage of revenue growth in 2008 over 2007 in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. Both private and public companies from any technology industry segment are eligible for the award, as long as they own proprietary technology. SoftLayer received the same award in 2008 for its growth in 2007 over 2006.

George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer noted, ”We are very proud to win this prestigious award two years in a row. It is an honor being recognized among DFW’s technology leaders – there are many innovative companies doing great things here. Our continuing growth can be directly attributed to our unique approach to hosting and data center services. We’re bringing new ideas and practical advantages to our customers and the market.”

MTBC is the largest technology trade organization in Texas. Its annual Tech Titans Awards and Fast Tech rankings showcase the industry’s most talented individuals and the companies with the most advanced technologies in North Texas. The region is a leading center for technology and innovation in the U.S. and globally. The American Electronics Association Cybercities 2008 report ranked DFW fifth among U.S. cities in high-tech employment, with approximately 176,000 high-tech workers. DFW ranked second nationwide for employment in both the telecommunications services and Internet services sectors.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers world-class, on-demand virtual data center services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to innovate industry-leading solutions that are fully automated. This empowers customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management for their IT environment.

More information about the event and award is available at: www.metroplextbc.org/techtitans.

For more information about SoftLayer Technologies, please visit: www.softlayer.com.