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May 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IT service and hosting company Rackspace, formerly of the "managed hosting" handle, said this week that it has added a new product to its self service portfolio with the launch of its enhanced Firewall Control Panel.

May 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center operator and managed service provider Peak 10 announced on Wednesday it has added The Kotter Group, a company that specializes in "customized technology solutions," to its customer portfolio.

May 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- A managed services company based in the UK said this week it is hosting live streaming of the proceedings from the National Assembly for Wales.

May 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In a press release describing the man as a "renegade" and the "king of controversy," Go Daddy reported Friday that its CEO Bob Parsons had received an honorary doctorate from the University of Baltimore.

May 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Network services provider and Internet exchange operator PacketExchange said Thursday that its global network would be available via the Telx facility at 60 Hudson Street in New York City.

May 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Thomson Reuters, the media and information giant unveiled a new $50 million data center in Eagan, Minnesota late last week.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - (The Hosting News) - May 30, 2008 - International business hosting services firm, LeaseWeb, for over six months, has been recognized in the first position on the list of the world's fastest growing hosting companies.

Con Zwinkels, Managing Director of LeaseWeb noted, ''If we continue to grow as we did in the past year, I expect that LeaseWeb will remain in the number 1 spot for a while yet. In the past 12 months we have doubled the number of employees - and we still have at least 30 job openings. We have also doubled the capacity of our hosting network. We are expanding our Support Unit from some 30 to 50 employees. And we are already Dell's biggest internet partner in Europe. To top it all off, in one year we have managed to fill nearly 500 data center cabinets with hosting equipment at the EvoSwitch CO2-neutral data center.''

The 'Fastest Growing Companies' list is published monthly by the American magazine, HostReview. LeaseWeb was already listed in 18th position on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 of 2007.

Mr. Zwinkels added, ''This position on the American HostReview list is extra special to me. To us, it confirms that we are not only working hard on growing but that the market is also seeing that. Not just in the Netherlands, but around the world.''

In the near future, LeaseWeb will be able to continue its fast expansion thanks to virtualization. Using virtualization enables us to allocate server space to customers in a much more flexible way, explains Zwinkels. It also allows us to roll out new servers even more quickly. We already have a Windows Express Server and a Linux Express Server that can be live within 24 hours. Virtualization would speed up the rollout of new servers even more. Among other things, LeaseWeb employs virtualization experts in the field of VMware and is a Microsoft launching partner for the virtualization feature via Hyper-V, which will be released as a part of Windows Server 2008 later this year.

Customer demand for bandwidth is growing very quickly at LeaseWeb. This is why LeaseWeb is currently restructuring its sizeable global hosting network. The recent acquisition of two Cisco Carrier Routing System 1s (CRS-1s) will make LeaseWeb's network infrastructure more hierarchical and scaleable and enables a bandwidth capacity increase to 1900 Gigabits per second (1.9 Terabits).

Mr. Zwinkels continued, ''The CRS-1s and the related new network architecture will allow us to accommodate the predicted growth in internet traffic. As a result, LeaseWeb customers can be sure that our growth potential in terms of bandwidth for the next few years is huge.''

The growth of both LeaseWeb and its hosting network attract customers that need a lot of bandwidth. Hyves, for instance, has already selected LeaseWeb as its premier provider. And 123Video, the Dutch version of YouTube, has also switched to LeaseWeb in the past year. 123Video is growing so quickly that it expects to exceed the 12 Gbps of required bandwidth as early as next year.

Mr. Zwinkels concluded, ''Customers who need this much bandwidth need a hosting partner that is able to expand bandwidth quickly and properly. Our philosophy is to maintain twice as much capacity as is consumed by our customers. The great advantage is that we attract big customers, which in turn drives even faster growth.''

Recently, LeaseWeb restructured its support division, including a new support manager, and 16 additional support agents. The new Support Division that includes 33 employees, will be expanded significantly in the near future, to accommodate LeaseWeb's expansion. LeaseWeb has engaged Ivo Roomer (35) to manage the Support Division. Roomer previously worked for VNU Media as a Sales Manager Online Media and has a lot of experience in the hosting sector, among other things as a Manager Sales Support and European Business Manager. Roomer will be off to a good start in his new position with an ambitious expansion of 16 additional support agents.

LeaseWeb is an international supplier of hosting products and services that specializes in both Microsoft and Linux, and focuses primarily on the professional market. The company is among the top 30 hosting providers in the world and provides services such as web hosting, dedicated hosting, colocated hosting, VPS and streaming, as well as technical support. LeaseWeb owns a first-class Cisco-powered network offering a bandwidth of over 160 Gbps, which extends across five data centers in the Amsterdam region via the major telecom carriers. LeaseWeb is also present on internet exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna , Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague and Madrid. Founded in 1997, hosting provider LeaseWeb now manages 11,000 servers. Its customers include Starbucks, Hyves, Telegraaf Media Groep, Koninklijke Joh. Ensched, PricewaterhouseCoopers, AVRO, Direct Wonen, and University.

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

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - May 30, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application, Ensim Corporation's Unify, has been upgraded, designed to significantly reduce unplanned active directory downtime.

Ensim Unify Active Directory Manager, Version 2.5, which will feature Ensim's latest web-based Active Directory management tools. Ensim Unify, which self-installs in less than one hour, allows enterprises to alleviate common challenges, such as provisioning, password management, role management, and auditing and compliance of Active Directory servers.

Scott Young, Vice President of product marketing at Ensim Corporation noted, ''It is Ensim's goal to make AD unbreakable - that means with Unify 2.5, we intend that Active Directory will no longer be susceptible to downtime and misconfiguration as a result of human error. Our customers come from a wide variety of organizations, from medium and large enterprises to educational institutions, and they have played a major role in helping us achieve this goal through the new features and enhancements offered in the latest version.''

Active Directory (AD) is a complex application that is affected by a number of system administrators on a daily basis. With an increasing number of senior IT managers turning to Ensim Unify Active Directory Manager to protect, insulate and secure their AD environments, Unify's AD Manager 2.5 features upgrades thatvirtually eliminate the unplanned downtime that frequently occurs through misconfiguration.

Unify Active Directory Manager 2.5 incorporates the following major enhancements:

AD Management Safety and Efficiency

Fine Grain Role Delegation : Allows system administrator roles to be restricted by organizational unit (OU).

Simplified Policy-based Provisioning : Auto-setup feature simplifies using IT policy to define user templates. Auto setup now automatically configures end-users' home folder, logon script and home drive.

Customizable Provisioning Policies : System administrators can customize the user account creation and provisioning process by automatically configuring approved user name and display name patterns, as well as specified AD attributes.
AD Security and Compliance Change and Audit Logs : AD Manager already tracks the status of each change request made against AD. Version 2.5 also creates a complete log of all changes made to each individual object.

Enhanced Alert Notification Capabilities : System administrators can now customize the action reports, including usage statistics and end-user license alerts.

Product Scalability and Extensibility

Support for multiple domain controllers: System administrators can now leverage Unify's preferences to access multiple domain controllers.

Enhanced Web Services SDK: The usability and coverage of Unify Web Services has also been enhanced with this release. This allows medium and larger organizations to provide a much more seamless integration experience across their application infrastructure by allowing them to bring a broader variety of web-based and legacy applications under the Unify management umbrella.


Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation endeavors to redefine user provisioning and access control software. Available as snap-in tools or a full suite, Ensim Unify allows organizations to decrease operating costs, improve workforce effectiveness, and meet security and compliance goals. Ensim Application Managers for Active Directory, Exchange, Mobility, and Password Reset deploy rapidly, deliver instant dollar-saving results. With over a million users currently supported, Ensim's products are designed to eliminate repetitive administrative tasks, returning IT to the business of driving innovation. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified.

For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.

Bothell, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 30, 2008 - Rackspace Hosting has been retained to provide and maintain dedicated web servers by satellite tracking services monitoring firm, SARS, whose Tracpoint and UtilityEye solutions, service the operational data and location of thousands of remote assets.

Clayton Shelver, CEO of SARS Corp. noted, ''We demand a mission-critical level of server reliability and speed for our corporate and government clients. Rackspace demonstrated they have the industry's best technologies and are diligent about supporting their enterprise-class hosted IT services. Our new scalable server capacity is commensurate with our recent growth and will enable us to continue offering the quick and stable connectivity our customers have come to depend upon with our SARS Tracpoint and SARS UtilityEye online interfaces.''

Glenn Reinus, Senior Vice President of worldwide sales, Rackspace Hosting remarked, ''Since hosting is our core competency, SARS Corp. can continue to focus their IT staff on delivering services. Our 100% network uptime guarantee and fully redundant, enterprise-class routing equipment will help assure SARS customers of world-class security and accessibility when accessing SARS' innovative services.''

Utilizing a network of satellite, cellular and VHF radio systems, SARS Corp. provides remote asset management and telematics solutions that deliver real-time business intelligence about fixed and mobile assets anywhere in the world. With the SARS Tracpoint(R) software suite, business and government organizations in the marine, energy, transportation and other industries can track, monitor and manage assets for improved safety, better security and increased business efficiency.

Rackspace Hosting delivers hosted IT systems and computing to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company's award-winning Fanatical Support. Customers can receive benefits such as higher quality, lower cost and better performance from Rackspace's vast knowledge of industry best-practices. Because Rackspace removes the burden of IT systems maintenance and management, customers can focus on key areas that differentiate their business. Rackspace's portfolio of hosted services includes managed hosting ( www.rackspace.com), email hosting ( www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting (www.mosso.com). Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine's 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list.

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

To learn more about SARS, please visit: www.sarscorp.com.

May 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- On this Memorial-Day shortened week, the main thrust of the Web hosting industry news was much the same as any other week, with quite a few companies announcing plans to bring significant new data center space online.