Web Hosting Industry Briefing for 06/01/2006

Here’s your hosting industry briefing for 06/01/2006

NetNation, a popular provider of hosting services, announced that they have joined forces with CM4All, a provider of site building software. According to NetNation, this new partnership will provide their customers with an easier way to create and edit their web sites.

“CM4all WebsiteCreator is evolving as the definitive choice for Web site creation software in North America,” said Robert Schovenberg, CEO of CM-AG. “We are delighted that NetNation, Canada’s top-ranked Web hosting company has selected our software for their customers’ Web site building needs.”

CM4All has been doing well in 2006, and recently announced their partnership with dotCanada, a Canadian provider of hosting services.

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Peak10 Prepares For Hurricane Season

Peak10, one of the largest data centers in the United States has announced that they are preparing for hurricane season. Weather experts have stated that 2006 could have up to nine major hurricanes, and at least 14-16 named storms are expected.

In order to prepare, Peak10 reviewed their emergency management plan and added information to their website to assist business owners in preparing.

“With the increased number of hurricanes in the past two years, more organizations are realizing the importance of being prepared,” says Jeff Biggs, vice president of operations and engineering for Peak 10. “We take our responsibility as a DR partner seriously and have tested our emergency plan in all data centers to ensure Peak 10 can maintain the security and availability of our customers’ technology infrastructure, data and applications in the event of a disaster.”

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APlus.Net Adds Security Tools

APlus.net, a provider of hosting solutions, announced that they have expanded their security protection for their customers by adding two new tools. Hotlink Prevention and IP Blocker will be provided to all APlus.net customers at no extra charge.

According to the company, Hotlink Prevention tool helps customers prevent Web users from linking directly to images hosted on their servers. Hosting customers whose images are being hotlinked may face increased bandwidth charges, and images from secure sites may be hotlinked in constructing fraudulent phishing sites.
The IP Blocker tool is designed to block abuse of customer Web sites. If a customer notices a particular IP address draining its Web site resources, leaving unwelcome comments or abusing the site in some other way, that customer can use the IP Blocker tool to prevent that user from returning to the site. The tool can be useful in preventing DDoS attacks.

“One of Aplus.Net’s top priorities is to protect our customers’ online security,” says CEO Ivan Vachovsky. “The Hotlink Prevention and IP Blocker tools are useful additions to our large arsenal of online security products and services.”

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Cybertrust Scores Third WebTrust Seal

Cybertrust, a provider of information security services, won their third WebTrust seal this week. According to the company, this means that they continually provide their customers with secure systems and back up their services with governing policies to make sure they are implemented.

“Having Cybertrust achieve the WebTrust Certification Authority standards showcases our commitment to assuring that client data is secure and protected in Cybertrust’s operations,” says Kerry Bailey, Cybertrust’s senior vice president of global services. “By auditing our practice to industry standards, our customers can have complete confidence that they are working with a trusted partner with the experience and expertise to align information security to their unique business needs.”

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