The New Year is the perfect time to start a blog, website or online business. Register a great domain name with Blacknight during their January sale and take advantage of huge domain and hosting savings.

From now until the end of the month Blacknight is offering special discounts on a broad range of domain names and hosting. Domain discounts include but are not limited to .com, .net, .org, .me and .biz registrations beginning at 5.99.

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Michele Neylon of Blacknight states: January is a time of new beginnings and instead of resolving to spend more time at the gym or de-cluttering the office, wed like to help you make a more progressive resolution to enhance your online identity.

If youve already got a domain registered but want to move it to Blacknight, deep discounts are being offered on transfers with prices ranging from 0.00 for .co.uk domain transfers to 14.99 for .ie transfers. For all domain name transfers add one year onto the registration period of your domain name with the exception of co.uk so you wont lose out on any paid registration period.

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http://wphostingreviews.com announced that HostGator won Best Host of the Year for 2011. This award was earned based on editor and customer reviews, tech support quality, hosting plan choices and pricing. HostGator proved to be the best in all categories.

WordPress Hosting Reviews follows each of the top hosting companies and measures their quality against a set of criteria reviewed by the editors and customers. To read what they have to say about HostGator read their

HostGator Analysis page.

Steven Johnson, one of the senior editors at WordPress Hosting Reviews went into more detail about HostGator, Hostgator has been my primary choice for several years now. They have very competitive pricing and provide excellent quality services. I host several sites with them and enjoy all the features that come with cPanel, stability of their servers, compatibility with WordPress, and outstanding tech support.

HostGator was awarded for high quality services which include stable and secure servers. Their hosting environment works great with WordPress. There are no issues getting WordPress up and running.

Additionally, HostGator was picked because of their great technical support. Their wait times are minuscule and the support staff is available twenty-four seven. Many have complemented HostGator because of their quick response tech support team. Also, they are known for resolving issues using social networks like Twitter for example.

HostGator have shared hosting plans while allowing anyone the opportunity to scale up their service should the need arise. HostGators starter plans (known as Hatchling Plan, Baby Plan, and Business Plan) as well as VPS and dedicated server plans. The features that come with each are plentiful says site editor, Steven Johnson, They come with a wide variety of applications, tools, and features which are helpful to making a website successful.

Some of the features provided by Hostgator include: unlimited disk space, transfer, ftp accounts, and MySQL databases. All of the servers run the latest versions of php, MySQL, Ruby On Rails, SSH, Perl, Chilisoft ASP, Python, and more.

WordPress Hosting Reviews pays for all hosting to maintain to help avoid any conflict of interest.

About WordPress Hosting Reviews — WordPress Hosting Reviews, established in 2008, is owned and managed by Intown Web Design of Atlanta, GA. The site was created as a place for WordPress users to post reviews and learn about the best WordPress hosting companies. It is a website that helps to the WordPress Hosting community. For more information: http://twitter.com/wphostingreview

About Intown Web Design (http://www.intownwebdesign.com) — Intown Web Design, located in Atlanta, Ga, is a web design and development firm with a focus on creating functional websites for business. Clients range from startups to corporations traded on the NYSE. Founded in 2007, with a specialty in open source technologies including PHP, WordPress and WordPress. They have continued to expand their expertise into improving site performance, usability and search engine rankings.

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HostMonster has long been recognized as one of the top web hosting service providers in the industry, so it comes as no surprise that they have been selected to receive this prestigious Host of the Month award. 100Best Web Hosting is a web hosting review site that provides in-depth reviews of the best web hosting service providers as well as web hosting comparisons that allow users to select any two hosts that are reviewed on the site and compare the features side by side to help visitors select the best web hosting service for his/her needs.

The 100Best team has personally used the web hosting service from HostMonster and can only add to the plethora of positive HostMonster reviews. From the best web hosting features to the friendly 24 hour a day 7 days a week customer support; HostMonster is always in the top web host rankings. One of the unique facts about the HostMonster customer service is that it is 100% US-based. From the toll free phone support to the live chat option, every customer service inquiry is handled by professional support engineers at HostMonster headquarters in Provo, Utah.

HostMonster web hosting features provide many unlimited web hosting options to fit the needs of many different types of websites. Unlimited web space, bandwidth, domains, and email accounts are just a few of the best web hosting features that every HostMonster customer will enjoy. HostMonster web hosting also includes many free web hosting tools to assist each webmaster in setting up his website. Free domain name registration, free advertising credits, free site builders, even a free online store; these are just a few of the HostMonster free web hosting services. Right now, customers taking advantage of a HostMonster coupon or HostMonster promo will get the best web hosting deal at less than $ 4 per month.

Another reason that HostMonster was selected for this prestigious Host of the Month award from 100Best Web Hosting is the fact that the HostMonster web hosting service so reliable. Finding a web hosting service that is reliable and uses the best web hosting equipment is just one way for a webmaster to make sure his website is getting the maximum traffic and benefits. The team at 100Best has worked with HostMonster for a number of years and has always had reliable service for each of the HostMonster hosted websites they own. 100Best highly recommends HostMonster as one of the best web hosting options currently available.

About 100Best-Web-Hosting.com

100Best-Web-Hosting.com is a web hosting review site that provides detailed reviews of the best web hosting companies as well as web hosting tutorials to assist webmasters with every aspect of creating and maintaining a website. Visitors can compare web hosts and the features they offer to find the best web hosting solution for his needs.

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NetHosting, a leader in Cloud, Dedicated Server, VPS Hosting, and shared hosting services since 1994, has recently announced that its offering of hosting products now fully supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, which contains the next phase of enhancements to Red Hats primary operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 was released this week, on Tuesday, December 6th, and contains a number of updates to the May 2011 release of RHEL 6.1. Functionality enhancements in RHEL 6.2 include optimization in virtualization, resource management, High Availability (HA) configuration, identity management, storage capabilities, and overall server performance.

These updates allow for increased control over the dissemination of resources in virtualized environments, greater flexibility in cloud server deployment, added administrative control and security, improved storage capabilities through the utilization of iSCSI, as well as accelerated I/O and packet steering to improve network throughput by as much as 30 percent, Red Hat announced with the release of RHEL 6.2.

Mr. Lane Livingston, CEO of NetHosting, stated, As the efficiency benefits offered in virtualized hosting environments receive greater publicity, the prospect of migration and other reservations may still deter some enterprises from switching over. But cutting-edge operating systems like Red Hats RHEL 6.2 are proving the reliability of innovative hosting options like the cloud in both security and overall stability, which is why Red Hats newest release is fully supported on our products.

Other systems supported on NetHostings Cloud, Dedicated, and Virtual Private Server products include the latest releases of Fedora, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Debian, DirectAdmin, cPanel, and Windows.

About NetHosting

NetHosting has delivered custom hosting solutions for nearly fifteen years. Serving enterprises of every size, its products include a broad range of cloud hosting and storage options as well as dedicated, managed, and virtual hosting services. Housed within a state-of-the-art PCI certified data center, each service is packaged with a 100% uptime guarantee and the personal support of a Dedicated Expert.

Curious to know what sets NetHostings Dedicated Experts apart from other support teams? Find out at http://www.NetHosting.com or follow us @nethosting on Twitter.

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ZCorum, a provider of managed broadband services and software, announced today that they will be introducing what they are calling a first-of-its-kind DSL diagnostic application at the 2012 OPASTCO Winter Convention, January 14th through 18th in Lake Buena Vista, FL. OPASTCO, which is the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, represents over 400 rural local exchange carriers (LECs) across the country.

As part of their Winter Convention, OPASTCO hosts an Innovation Showcase where vendors can display new products and services introduced in the past year. ZCorum will be promoting a new toolset for DSL providers that will leverage the companys popular TruVizion diagnostics software already used by cable providers, coupled with the TR-069 standard for DSL.

Were excited to expand TruVizion into the DSL market, said Arthur Skinner, Vice President of Sales at ZCorum, who will be showing off the new capabilities at OPASTCO. Weve had great success with TruVizion in the cable modem market. Adding the DSL component will give telcos the tools and diagnostic capabilities they need to reduce operational and support costs, as well as to significantly improve the level of service to customers.

Scott Helms, Vice President of Technology at ZCorum, expects to see a lot of interest, noting that telcos have traditionally been at a disadvantage to their cable provider counterparts in the area of diagnostics. Telcos definitely have some challenges when it comes to troubleshooting subscriber and plant-wide issues. We have some customers that provide both cable modem service and DSL. They love TruVizion, and are really excited that theyll now have it available for the DSL side of the house.

About ZCorum

ZCorum provides broadband Internet and communication solutions to telcos, cable companies, utilities, and municipalities, assisting in all facets of broadband implementation, integration, engineering and consulting, network monitoring and diagnostics. ZCorum also offers wholesale, private-labeled Internet services, including data and VoIP provisioning, email, Web hosting, and 24×7 support for end-users, enabling service providers to compete effectively in their local rural and suburban markets. ZCorum is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. For more information, please visit http://www.ZCorum.com.

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Certified Hosting, the leading specialist in shared hosting, reseller hosting, and dedicated server hosting services, announced today the launch of exciting new video content available at certifiedhosting.com. With a friendly, informative style designed to make the basics of web hosting easier to understand, Certified Hostings new videos help to put a face to this rapidly growing hosting company.

The truth is that the web hosting industry can at times be a little cold and uninviting, says Kacy Carlsen, co-founder and CEO of Certified Hosting. Thats not what we are about. At Certified Hosting, we are real people who love getting to know our customers, whether we are helping them get started with their hosting or just hearing about the success they have had online. Our latest video, available now, explains the basics of getting your web hosting service online and acts as an introduction so that every potential customer knows we are friendly people and always willing to help.

Although almost everybody can identify the major benefits of establishing a web presence online, the realities of implementing a professional, attractive and easy to navigate website can be overwhelming to those with no prior knowledge of web hosting services. In addition to the difficulty of choosing between different types of hosting such as dedicated server hosting or VPS web hosting plans, businesses need to choose and register a useful domain, link this domain to their hosting plan, and then launch actual content onto their server. Certified Hostings latest video, How To Create A Website In 5 Steps, is delivered by Kacy Carlsen herself, with a friendly, humorous approach that helps to engage the audience and make learning the basics of setting up a website an enjoyable experience.

There are so many options out there, says Carlsen. Not only are there a lot of web hosting service providers, but also each of those website hosts offer different things. Its too much to expect that potential customers should have to research the definitions to our in-house jargon that only a geek like me will understand. So what weve done is to explain, in real terms, what buttons need to be hit in order to get a site up and running. Then, once customers have begun to grasp the basics, Im hoping theyll take advantage of our new Ask Kacy feature to keep developing a good relationship with Certified Hosting.

In addition to the informative video guide to setting up a website hosting plan, Certified Hosting also now offers an informal question and answer service, called Ask Kacy. By completing a short online form, current and potential customers can get in direct contact with Certified Hostings co-founder and CEO to ask a question on just about any subject. The new video blog (VLog) works alongside over 200 existing video tutorials to provide a more comprehensive overview of what Certified Hosting does and how the company works. In the first video of the series, Carlsen outlines the recruitment process of technical support staff, identifying the key traits that lead to the creation of a helpful team to respond to online chat, ticketed support, or phone calls. Carlsen hopes that the introduction of Ask Kacy will make Certified Hostings customer service division even more impressive.

I like getting great service when I make a purchase, says Carlsen. But the Internet can be a very anonymous place, and some web hosting services use this as an excuse to hide in an office and leave customers to fend for themselves. In a physical store, face to face interaction makes helping customers easier. Our continued focus on video guides, video tutorials, and video responses to questions helps us to mimic that intimacy and achieve the best customer service in the business.

In the years since the company was first founded, Certified Hosting has seen rapid growth, becoming the leading provider of web hosting and reseller hosting services largely thanks to outstanding customer service. Now, despite the sheer volume of customers who have chosen Certified Hosting for their website, Carlsen and her team are finding new ways to maintain that sense of care and assistance.

About Certified Hosting

Certified Hosting was established in 1999 as a Southern California based unlimited web hosting company to provide shared hosting, reseller hosting, and managed dedicated servers to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and individuals throughout the world. Recognizing that each client has unique goals, Certified Hosting tailors hosting services to meet specific needs including individualized services available for clients in many different specific industries such as unlimited ffmpeg hosting, flash hosting, wordpress hosting, dolphin hosting, elgg hosting, magento, joomla, drupal, and php motion hosting, among many other technologies available for webmasters and business owners.

For more information about Certified Hosting, visit http://certifiedhosting.com/.

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Related Dedicated Servers News

Colocation America, a leading provider of colocation services, dedicated server hosting, and connectivity, is pleased to announce that it has signed a Service Provider Agreement with Dome9 Security to offer its first-of-its-kind cloud security firewall management service to Colocation Americas growing customer base.

Dome9 Security is the only cloud server security service to automate cloud firewall management, closing ports such as SSH, RDP, and MYSQL otherwise left open so administrators can connect to and manage their servers. This common practice leaves servers and their data vulnerable to hackers. Dome9 secures all administrative ports enabling secure access, on-demand.

“Data safety is among the chief concerns for clients setting up dedicated servers and we are delighted to offer an additional level of security with the Dome9 server security management firewall,” said Albert A. Ahdoot, Business Development Director at Colocation America. Our partnership with Dome9 is a major achievement in our ongoing commitment to providing our clients with access to the most up-to-date technology solutions.

We are pleased to offer our service to Colocation America customers to best secure their infrastructure, said Dave Meizlik, VP of Marketing & Business Development at Dome9. No other cloud security service automates firewall management, and by partnering were able to provide Colocation America customers with a valuable service to enhance their security management.

About Colocation America

Established inside 2000, Colocation America has grown with become the most reliable information center services inside the United States plus is the premier Los Angeles information center provider. Based inside Los Angeles, California, the firm was built within the ground up by expert designers with a vision of delivering a totally integrated, reliable colocation host hosting service. With many information center places inside main U.S. cities, including 60 Hudson inside NY plus One Wilshire inside Los Angeles, Colocation America has direct access with over 240 bandwidth services all over the world plus could scale Internet connectivity to satisfy customer requires. For more info, visit http://www.colocationamerica.com

About Dome9 Security

Dome9, the leader inside cloud safety administration, automates plus centralizes cloud firewall administration over all servers plus clouds. Available for both companies plus hosting services, Dome9 supports clouds, VPS, devoted servers, plus Amazons EC2 Security Groups, over all main working systems plus service services. Dome9 is headquartered inside Tel Aviv, Israel, plus is venture supported by Opus Capital Ventures. For more info, visit: http://www.dome9.com/.

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Related Dedicated Servers Press Releases

iWeb.com, a global provider of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure, is proud to introduce its new reseller program. The announcement comes just a few weeks after iWeb launched its new website.

By reselling iWebs dedicated servers, partners can offer value-added services, such as fully-managed hosting, shared hosting, vps hosting, virtualization and so on, without having to manage and invest in costly hosting infrastructure, like datacenters and network.

iWebs reseller program is designed to offer a lucrative business opportunity for companies and entrepreneurs offering hosting services. Our approach is crystal clear, said Curtis Phillips, iWebs Partner Relationship Manager, We are entering into a partnership with web hosters as peers and partners, not just clients. We are making a promise to help them gain an advantage over their competition by uniting with us.

Joining the program offers access to many benefits, including:

Great discounts from regular listed pricing, and no setup fees.
A world class network so partners can confidently offer reliable hosting
A dedicated account manager to insure getting adequate support when needed.
Hardware replacement, free reinstalls, power and uptime guarantee.
Flexible monthly billing for all the servers.
Exclusive offers on overstock and clearance inventory.

Dedicated account managers will take the time to get to know each partner and their business so that they can better help them meet their business targets. iWeb also plans to develop the program and introduce new features based on the conversations and feedback received from its reseller partners.

Visit the page http://iweb.com/reseller-hosting to become a reseller partner or to get more information.

About iWeb

iWeb is a worldwide provider of Internet hosting services and IT infrastructure. Operating four data centers, iWeb has a capacity of 34,000 dedicated servers, over 1,100 colocation racks and Internet capacity of 77 Gbit/s, divided between nine providers.

One of Canadas 200 fastest growing companies according to PROFIT Magazine, iWeb now generates more than 60% of its revenues from abroad. With revenues of USD $ 35 million in 2011, iWeb provides services to more than 25,000 customers in 150 countries.

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Canadian Web Hosting (http://www.canadianwebhosting.com), a leading provider of web hosting and infrastructure services in Canada, today announced a new partnership with Green Data Centre Inc (http://www.greendatacentre.ca) and the successful rollout of Joyent SmartDataCenter for their Software as a Service (SaaS) clients in Canada. With this platform, Canadian customers and service providers will have a more flexible range of cloud offerings that result in better performance and proven business results.

Canadian Web Hosting and Green Data Centre Inc. have successfully reduced the time it takes to bring a Joyent enterprise-ready cloud service to clients, and reduced deployment costs by more than 50%. Working directly with Joyent and Green Data Centre Inc, Canadian Web Hosting deployed SmartDataCenter in combination with their CICA 5970 and SAS70 Type II certifications to ensure that Canadian clients were able to meet their strict corporate governance and privacy requirements.

Through this partnership, Canadian Web Hosting has been able to expand its portfolio of cloud infrastructure and hosting solutions, which now includes cloud service offerings that utilize Citrix Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware and Joyents SmartDataCenter. “Cloud computing can be a simple web-based application available to customers online, or an array of high powered servers capable of processing thousands of transactions for customers worldwide. The only constant for our customers is the cloud itself. In reviewing the broad types of cloud infrastructures required by our customers, and their primary business functions, SmartDataCenter represents a perfect combination of flexibility and performance, said Matt McKinney, Managing Director at Canadian Web Hosting.

“With the SmartDataCenter platform, we are able to control access to our pool of resources and better manage timing, throughput and latency giving that helps us deliver an elevated quality of service because of the amount of control we can give our customers. Working with Canadian Web Hosting, we are able to deploy faster and more robust clouds when compared to other cloud products on the market. Our customers now have a competitive advantage,” said Emerich Winkler, CEO of Green Data Centre Inc.

About Canadian Web Hosting

Since 1998, Canadian Web Hosting has been providing on-demand hosting solutions that include Shared hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, and IT as a Service for Canadian companies of all sizes. Through the use of innovative technologies and experienced support personnel, they continually focus on helping each customer by offering configurable solutions that are tailored to their exacting business requirements. Canadian Web Hosting is also SAS70 Type II and CICA 5970 certified ensuring that their processes and business practices are thoroughly audited against industry standards. Canadian Web Hosting guarantees a 100% network uptime, and a total money back guarantee that backs everything they do. Customers can get help by calling 1-888-821-7888 to get basic support. For more advanced technical support, customers can use email, ticketing or real time live chat support with support staff. For more information, visit them at http://www.canadianwebhosting.com, email at sales(at)canadianwebhosting(dot)com or get the latest news by following them on Twitter at @cawebhosting.

About Green Data Centre

Green Data Centre Inc strives to grow by addressing the environmental footprint created by technology. Focused on becoming a Canadian leader in implementing green Information and Communication Technology, we provide value through efficient cost effective solutions. This allows our clients to practice and promote environmental responsibility for a sustainable future. GDC’s goal is to translate between the Technology realm and the Business world. Utilizing green ICT, Green Data Centre Inc provides the efficiencies from enterprise level solutions to small and medium size business. We deliver valuable services in Complete End-to-End IT Business Solutions via knowledgeable consulting, efficient solutions, and long-term business relationships. The result is simplistic, effective, and powerful tools that our clients understand and rely on.

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Tier 3, Inc., the enterprise cloud platform provider, announced today that it has been selected by Gartner, Inc. for inclusion in the Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service.

We believe this inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for public cloud affirms what Tier 3 sees in the market: the growing demand for cloud offerings that serve unique customer communities. Our Enterprise customers expect a cloud platform designed for their unique needs most notably high availability, security, disaster recovery, and advanced automation for IT agility, says Adam Wray, Tier 3 CEO. We consider our position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant evidence that Tier 3 is delivering a cloud platform for mission-critical applications and services to our Enterprise customers today and is well positioned to challenge for a leadership position in 2012. We are proud to be among the small number of leading providers selected by Gartner for inclusion in this report.

Gartner bases its evaluation on the ability to execute and completeness of vision. Ability to execute measures the vendors financial viability, market responsiveness, product development, sales channels and customer base. Completeness of vision reflects the vendors innovation, whether the vendor drives the market and if the vendors view of how the market will develop matches Gartners perspective.

The Magic Quadrant for the Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service was introduced earlier this year and covers multi-tenant cloud applications with a focus on scale-out cloud hosting, virtual lab environments, self-managed virtual data centers and turnkey virtual data center segments.

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