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📅 - IBM Introduces New UNIX Midrange Server - IBM introduced what it is calling the world's most powerful midrange server, an IBM eServer UNIX system that the company claims outperforms a much larger machine from Sun Microsystems while costing a third less. The IBM eServer (http://www.ibm.com/eserver) provides advantages in power, scalability and reliability that IBM says beats out competitor Sun's brand-new UltraSparcIII technology. An eight-way server for Web serving and Java applications, the system is well-suited for service providers as well as the data centers of large corporations and other demanding e-business environments. The rack-mounted IBM eServer pSeries server provides the same advanced technology that ...
📅 - Inflow Expands Outreach to Trucking and Shipping Industry - On the heels of securing an additional $35 million in equity funding, InFlow, Inc. (http://www.inflow.com), a leading provider of Internet Data Centers and managed hosting services, announced yesterday its vertical market expansion into the trucking and shipping industry. Two companies in this vertical signed on with Inflow. Denver-based Truckload Management, Inc., parent company of TripPak Online (http://www.trippakexpress.com), a fully integrated outsource infrastructure provider for time-sensitive document management services, as well as Atlanta-based CarrierPoint (http://www.carrierpoint.com), a logistics software provider, supplying Web-based applications that allow shippers and carriers to ...
📅 - Internap Unveils Tool to Measure Internet Backbone Performance - Internap Network Services (internap.com), a leading provider of intelligent routing services over the Internet, has unveiled PathView, a portal that measures hourly performance metrics of the major Internet backbones and compares those to Internap's "best path" route selection, at the Networld+Interop (http://www.interop.com) industry trade show in Atlanta today. The tool, the first of its kind from an Internet connectivity provider, was developed to allow customers to monitor how the actual performance of Internap's Overlay Network stacks up against guaranteed service levels in Internap's multi-backbone SLA. This service leverages Internap's unique network architecture of ...
📅 - Host Europe Provides Site for Famed Dr. Ali - Dedicated Servers, part of Host Europe PLC (http://www.hosteurope.com), has recently completed the delivery of a total Web hosting architecture for the new health Web site launched by the famous Dr. Mosaraf Ali, whose supporters include Prince Charles, Richard Branson, Michael Caine, Kate Moss and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Website, at www.dr-ali.co.uk, contains innovative health care solutions, lifestyle programmes and a unique health MOT. Mike Harris, founding CEO of Egg PLC, was also involved in the project as Dr. Ali's advisor, having been a patient of Dr. Ali for some years and a strong supporter of the holistic approach to health care. He said, "Host Europe provided ...
📅 - FutureRange Launches Web Integration Product - Server computing firm FutureRange (http://www.futurerange.ie) today unveiled its NFuse product to customers at a seminar held in the Camden Court Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. At the launch, Tom Haugh, managing director of FutureRange, presented NFuse, a Citrix-developed application portal that enables applications running on a MetaFrame server farm to be 'published' onto a Web page. This is first time that end users can access and subscribe to interactive applications and content through a standard web browser. "Previously, companies have spent literally millions of pounds to 'Web enable' their applications," Haugh said. "Using NFuse, these same applications can be ...
📅 - IBM Wins Web Hosting Magazine's "Best Hosts" Award - IBM Global Services (http://www.ibm.com/services) has announced that it has won a Best Hosts award from Web Hosting Magazine (http://www.whmag.com). The award is based on "evidence of financial stability, positive and well-managed growth, competitive range of services, industry reputation and management enthusiasm," according to Shirley Siluk Gregory, editor of Web Hosting Magazine. IBM was singled out for its "Web Hosting Solutions," the magazine said. Web Hosting Magazine presented the Best Hosts award in late August as part of its Web Hosting Expo, taking place at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington, D.C. IBM last month announced it had signed US$1 billion in Web hosting ...