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📅 - RampRate Expands Board of Advisors - Hosting and Internet services technology advisor RampRate (http://www.ramprate.com) announced on Monday it has named Curt Hessler to its board of advisors. Hessler, a former assistant secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, is currently an adjunct professor at UCLA Law School. Most recently, Hessler was chairman of 101communications, a Los Angeles media company built from 10 acquisitions in three countries. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of utility-software maker Quarterdeck, and chairman and CEO of I-Net, a $400 million network-management-services company."Having Curt, with his wide-ranging experience running major companies, as an advisor is invaluable as ...
📅 - FreshDirect Deploys Internap Solution - Hosting and connectivity provider Internap Network Services (internap.com) announced on Monday that online fresh food manufacturing and delivery company FreshDirect (http://www.freshdirect.com) has purchased additional colocation and optimized Internet connectivity through the Internap Performance IP service. The New York-based FreshDirect deploys the Internap solution for all of its primary network connectivity, which runs the company's 300,000 square foot processing plant just outside of Manhattan. Internap also powers FreshDirect's customer-facing systems including the FreshDirect Web site, e-commerce operations and customer relationship management applications. ...
📅 - XO Offers ASP.NET 2.0 Web Hosting - Telecommunications provider XO Communications (xo.com 👉 Total Reviews: 5
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👈 Official Responses: 0) announced on Tuesday it is offering the latest version of Microsoft ASP.NET version 2.0 with all of its Concentric (concentric.com 👉 Total Reviews: 4
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👈 Official Responses: 0) Windows Web hosting plans. ASP.NET 2.0, says XO, enables developers to create scalable, secure, and stable applications faster and easier than with previous Web technologies. ASP.NET lets developers use Web forms to build Web pages out of reusable built-in or custom components, which simplifies code. In addition, ASP.NET allows scripts to conduct outbound communications from the Web server, providing information that updates in real time, such as stock quotes, or provides dynamic ...
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 5
👈 Official Responses: 0) announced on Tuesday it is offering the latest version of Microsoft ASP.NET version 2.0 with all of its Concentric (concentric.com 👉 Total Reviews: 4
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 4
👈 Official Responses: 0) Windows Web hosting plans. ASP.NET 2.0, says XO, enables developers to create scalable, secure, and stable applications faster and easier than with previous Web technologies. ASP.NET lets developers use Web forms to build Web pages out of reusable built-in or custom components, which simplifies code. In addition, ASP.NET allows scripts to conduct outbound communications from the Web server, providing information that updates in real time, such as stock quotes, or provides dynamic ...
📅 - Globat Adds to Customer Service - Web hosting provider Globat.com (globat.com 👉 Total Reviews: 32
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👈 Official Responses: 0) announced on Wednesday that it had launched a new customer service initiative designed to increase the quality of support it provides to customers. Since the launch of the program on August 7, says Globat, the company has seen significant drops in wait times, abandoned calls and pending email tickets.The increased customer service efforts include the doubling of both its customer and technical support centers, which are now available 24 hours a day. The company has also introduced 24-hour technical live chat and tier 2 technical support, along with increasing the resources of its email ticket center, guaranteeing a ...
🙌 Average Rating: 3.2 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 8
👎 Bad Reviews: 24
👈 Official Responses: 0) announced on Wednesday that it had launched a new customer service initiative designed to increase the quality of support it provides to customers. Since the launch of the program on August 7, says Globat, the company has seen significant drops in wait times, abandoned calls and pending email tickets.The increased customer service efforts include the doubling of both its customer and technical support centers, which are now available 24 hours a day. The company has also introduced 24-hour technical live chat and tier 2 technical support, along with increasing the resources of its email ticket center, guaranteeing a ...
📅 - SmartyHost Launches Contest - Web hosting company SmartyHost (smartyhost.com.au) announced this week that it had launched its "1 million reasons to Web" campaign, offering Australian small businesses the chance to win on of 1001 SmartyDesign Complete Web site packages, each valued at $999. The company says the promotion includes the largest ever giveaway of .au domain addresses.According to SmartyHost, only 27 percent of the 1.6 million small and medium-sized businesses in Australia operate professional Web sites. The company says it is inviting all Australian SMBs to enter its contest for a chance to win, by explaining in 25 or fewer words why they need a Web site."The ...
📅 - DemoWolf Acquires HostingTutorials - Web hosting tutorial developer DemoWolf (http://www.demowolf.com) announced on Thursday it has acquired the assets of competitor HostingTutorials (http://www.hostingtutorials.biz). As part of the acquisition, former HostingTutorials owner Chris Blunden has joined DemoWolf as a DemoWolf developer, and will assist in developing new support tutorials and demonstrations for the Web hosting industry."We are very pleased that Mr. Blunden has joined our team, as he has some great ideas about the direction of the industry, and what hosting companies need help with," says Rob Moore, founder and CEO of DemoWolf. "With his assistance in the development of new tutorials, we will be able to grow ...