Hosting Industry News Briefing for 04/25/2006

Here’s your hosting industry briefing for 04/25/2006

CWCS Upgrades Hosting Plans

CWCS, a hosting provider in the UK, announced that they have upgraded one of their hosting plans. Their starter plan will now include 400 megs of space, up from the previous 250 and the allowed amount of email addresses has been increased from 3 to 10.

According to the company, this plan also offers 24/7 phone and email support and servers are also monitored 24/7. CWCS has been in business for seven years and specializes in providing hosting services to small and medium sized companies.

In addition to their starter plan, CWCS also offers reseller hosting, virtual private servers and dedicated hosting solutions.

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VitalStream Premiers New Flash Player

VitalStream, a provider of streaming media services, announced that they have released a new Flash player. The VitalStream Media Player will include enhancements for flash based videos.

According to the company’s release, the new player’s “Key features include standard media player controls such as play, pause, volume controls and a video scrub bar, at-a-glance data on file name, total running time, audio and video data rate and video frame size, zoom in and out functions for viewing video at 100 or 200 percent, and access to a time code display.”

“VitalStream is a pioneer in the Flash video streaming market, and continues its leadership role by offering innovative products as solutions to existing industry needs,” says Philip N. Kaplan, president and COO at VitalStream. “Media Player for Flash is the newest addition to our suite of development tools created to simplify the workflow of delivering media online.”

Related Resource Article:

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Peak10 Expands Data Center

Peak10, a provider of managed services, announced that they have expanded their data center, located in Tampa, FL. The center has been increased by 30% and according to the company, this expansion will allow Peak10 to maintain their high level of security and quality.

“We continue to see consistent growth from our operation here in Tampa,” said Debra Curtiss, Vice President and General Manager of Peak 10 Tampa. “More organizations are outsourcing the hosting and management of their IT environments. This additional data center space enables Peak 10 to meet this need and provide organizations with a proven option for maintaining the around the clock availability, security and integrity of critical data and business applications.”

Peak10 also offers, “managed colocation, enterprise hosting, reliable bandwidth and managed services like disaster recovery, storage, monitoring, security and data protection.”

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GoDaddy Upgrades Webmail

GoDaddy, a provider of discount domain name registration and hosting, made the news again this week when they announced that they have upgraded their webmail tool. According to the company’s release, their webmail is now, “fraud, spam and virus protected, POP3-configured and advertising-free.”

Customers of GoDaddy will now be able to get an instant preview of their email, the ability to drag and drop messages, single click searching and more if they use GoDaddy’s Web Based Email 4.0.

“Email is a critical communications tool for our customers, from big corporations to individual home users,” said Bob Parsons, GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder. “Thanks to feedback from customers and input from our development staff, I’m proud to say that version 4.0 is our best email product to date, rivaling any email plan in the marketplace.”

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