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📅 - Rodopi to Operate Independently - Rodopi Software (http://www.rodopi.com), a developer of back office automation solutions, announced on Wednesday that it will begin independent operations next month, splitting off from its parent company Abacus America (http://www.abac.com). The company said operating independently will help it better serve its customer base and to develop technologies for the growing voice over IP, wireless, content and Web hosting industries. Todd D. Benjamin, president and CEO of Rodopi, will lead the new company. "Rodopi will leverage its new business structure to promote advanced technologies that fit the emerging needs of IP-based service provider and enterprise markets," says Benjamin. "We ...
📅 - Q9 Provides Web Hosting for ASP - Managed Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Thursday that it has secured a managed services contract to support Marlborough Stirling's hosted mortgage origination and servicing solutions. Marlborough provides hosted software solutions through an application service provider model. Q9 Networks will provide a suite of managed services, including firewalls, VPNs, load balancing, backup, bandwidth and data center space. "Our customers are many of Canada's top financial institutions," says Bill Pitkin, president and CEO of Marlborough Stirling Canada. "As such, we require an infrastructure service provider with national coverage, outstanding ...
📅 - Spiderhost Launches Low cost Dial-up - Spiderhost (spiderhost.com), a central Florida-based Internet services provider, announced on Thursday that it has launched a new nationwide, low-cost Internet dial-up access solution. Available in over 280 US cities, the new product ranges from $9.95 to $12.95, and is designed as an alternative add-on solution for businesses seeking to supplement their Internet access services. Spiderhost offers more than 6000 dial-up connection access numbers, equivalent to that of AOL's and Earthlink's, allowing users to access the Internet from virtually anywhere in the continental United States. Real time network monitoring and significant security and performance options ...
📅 - Star Appoints Chief Operating Officer - Star Internet (http://www.star.net.uk), a UK Internet solutions provider, said Monday that it has appointed Bill Henry to the newly created role of chief operating officer. Henry, who was previously the VP of marketing and strategy at PeopleSoft Global Services, will direct Star's delivery of innovative, enterprise-level technologies to the small and medium enterprise market. Henry will champion Star's portfolio of service offerings, designed to enable SMEs to take advantage of technologies normally considered the territory of larger organisations due to the significant investment they require. Also, he will continue to develop Star's new Managed On Demand Service, which is ...
📅 - WebCentral Founders Selling Shares - The founders and three largest shareholders of Australian Web hosting provider WebCentral (http://www.webcentral.com.au) will sell their shares, worth AU $18 million, to technology company FTR Holdings (http://www.ftrholdings.com.au), according to a report by ZDNet. The sale is part of FTR Holdings acquisition of the 50.6 stake in WebCentral it does not already own, at a total cost of $19.6 million. The three founders are Lloyd Ernst, Byron Newton and Joe Altoff. The trio has been offered a stake in FTR Holdings, the report said, which would allow them to maintain a role in the management and operation of the WebCentral. A spokeperson for WebCentral told ZDNet that the ...
📅 - Zend Launches PHP Certification Program - Zend Technologies (http://www.zend.com), which released PHP 5 last week, announced on Monday that it has launched the Zend PHP certification program, to be offered through the mobile testing facility it is hosting at The O'Reilly Open Source Convention on July 26-30 in Portland, Oregon. The program covers curriculum criteria specified by the Zend PHP Education Advisory Board, an organization established by PHP experts to create a certification program that will set industry standards for recognizing and certifying PHP expertise. The PHP Education Advisory Board includes Marcus Boerger, John Coggeshall, Andi Gutmans, Martin Jansen, Daniel Kushner, Derick Rethans, George ...