A renowned web hosting company, Exabytes Network Ltd, recently pronounced absolutely free setup for the dedicated server sign-ups.  Dedicated serve hosting, on the whole, is a bit more expensive than the rest of the types of hosting; since in dedicated server hosting, a complete server is solely devoted to one client’s business. So, to facilitate the clients in the best possible way, Exabytes Network has done away with the $99.00 set-up charges, for all those who get themselves registered for the dedicated server hosting.

Reasons to Choose Dedicated Server

Dedicated servers allow you to work on your own initiative, with complete access to the server. Along with getting benefit from the wide server bandwidth, CPU memory and storage space, you can also install any kind of app or software, whenever you yearn for. According to Chan Kee, the CEO of the company, “More often than not, we encounter complaints from customers that their websites are not accessible. After thorough investigation by our technical team, cases of website inaccessibility are often due to a surge of high web traffic, by the website itself or other websites hosted on the same server, which has abused the shared hosting server resources”.

Dedicated Server Expenses

Most of the clients’ first concern is the charges of the hosting facility. Now, as the dedicated server hosting enables you to have a single server-completely devoted to your company’s needs, promises high uptime, and an extremely good bandwidth, being the client you are required to pay for all the fees. However, keeping in view the high expenses of such a hosting, Exabytes is putting forward its clients’ a free setup.

Customers Support

With Exabytes Network, rest assured about the unprecedented customer support, day and night. It is better to make your mind up between the managed dedicated server hosting and the unmanaged one, beforehand. The managed dedicated server hosting, by Exabytes, is particularly meant for those with the least IT expertise and a professional IT team manages the server for those individuals. However, if you have a good know-how in relation to all these matters, you can safely pick out the unmanaged dedicated server hosting.

For more info, please visit http://www.exabytes.com

For web development, professionals require specific perimeters when selecting a content management system. These include:

• Cost-effectiveness
• Flexibility
• Customization
• Dynamic web manipulation
• Search engine-friendliness
• Communication with support

One of the best aspects of Drupal is the cost. The software does not charge licensing fees since it is open source. Therefore, for web developers this is a major attraction to the platform. They can develop incredible websites or applications without any cost which trickles down to the customer.

Also, Drupal allows its users to develop and manage a variety of content types such as audio, video, polls, user management, blog, text, podcasts and revision controls. Therefore, users have the flexibility to create basically whatever they want in a robust environment.

In addition to the ability to develop a variety of content, customization of the platform is almost endless. One of the best customizable features is the ability to create modules to streamline the information flow thus making it easier on developers and other users.

Once a website has been designed, simple module modifications will allow the user to change any aspect they see fit. This confirms the robustness and vibrant nature of the software while giving the users complete control over every aspect of the design process.

Furthermore, most web developers require search engine friendliness. Luckily Drupal provides exactly that and allows for development to ensure websites have a high search engine ranking. Once the website is created, it can easily be managed through a user-friendly interface designed for those with basic programming knowledge.

Finally, the platform provides easy access to support by asking help from the many Drupal experts. The experts are forum communities that are frequented by expert developers and other users who can assist with the question.

Drupal is a fully-supported, search-engine friendly, customizable, robust and flexible content management system that is the perfect solution for web developers. As the community continues to grow and produce enhancements to the software, the technology will improve and could eventually become the leading platform in the world.

A big supplier of internet based applications, Content Management AG, proudly announced that UK2 group (a giant in the domain of internet hosting) has successfully started CM4all Sites via its trade name WestHost. Advertised under the name “Dropclick”, they are accessible at 8 and $16. UK2, constituted of a dozen successful UK and US hosting brands, is the most rapidly growing internet hosting service provider in the United Kingdom, considered as “big boys” in web hosting.

The President of the UK2 Group- US operations, Jeff Hunsaker, stated that “Although we have been using CM4all software since 2005, we put the latest software’s front- and back-end capabilities to the test during an extensive QA phase. CM4all Sites is truly OEM ready. With its modern architecture and added flexibility, CM4all Sites perfectly supports our bundling strategy and opens up multiple new business opportunities”

CM4all sites are deliberately built to cater to the complicated requirements of mammoth hosting providers and holds admin APIs for endless cohesion with OEM partner’s control panel along with hardware infrastructure. Customers have the advantage of cutting edge features, such as setup page and widgets, which incorporates weather, Face book, etc. A shop widget now makes it easy to include your personal shop on your website. There are expansion gaps left for further development of these widgets in the future. These sites are available in limited and full edition.

“We are excited to see WestHost starting to market CM4all Sites in the United States, and we are looking forward to rolling out the product within the other UK2 Group brands. In order to support our OEM partner’s business in the best possible way, our latest product innovation offers enhanced customization options and includes several new features designed to actively promote upgrades from the software’s Limited Edition to the Full Version.” said the enthusiastic CEO of CM-AG, Roven Schovenberg.

CM4all is a giant in the arena of web-based applications. Having more than 3 million customers across the globe, they distribute their applications via all major Tele-companies, Internet service providers (ISP) and web hosting companies.

About UK2 group

UK2 is a big name in the U.K, European and United States hosting industry for over 12 years. Through its chain of hosting brands e.g. UK2.net, Wingsix, 100Tb.com, etc, it provides hosting services to a large number of worldwide clients.

Domain Name

A professional domain name is the foundation for building an effective website.  A strong and related domain name is imperative for making a memorable first impression.   Not only does a simple, clutter-free domain name attract new visitors, but also search engine spiders generate such domain names when yielding search results.  Selecting a strategic domain name for a business venture also means that websites will rank higher among the popular search engines.

Some tips when choosing a domain name:

• Keep it short and simple.
• Avoid misspellings or unusual spelling of words.
• Choose one that’s memorable.
• Avoid replacing a letter with a number, character or symbol.
• Try to use popular keywords and search terms included in the domain name.
• Be creative adding uniqueness and originality.
• Set the domain name apart from competitors.

Web Hosting

Choosing a dependable web hosting provider delivering the services and features necessary to manage hosting needs is often the most challenging aspect of managing an effective website.   A reputable hosting provider should offer features such as file hosting, control panel, e-mail, databases, file-backup, and security.   Affordability is also an important aspect to consider when opting for a web hosting provider.

For business and e-commerce website owners when choosing web hosting, reliability and security measures are two areas of valid concern.   It’s important to initially assess what a web host offers to users.  There are several ways to make an assessment to choose the best web host.  The first is to thoroughly read the details of network uptime rates; inquire about uptime guarantees.  Often, especially with shared hosting, severs become strained with the demand of multiple users sharing resources on a single server results in downtime; detrimental to e-commerce ventures.  Second, check to see if the web host offers cloud hosting.  If so, consider opting for cloud hosting because it delivers users impeccable uptime network time and enhanced security.   Also, the host’s policies and services regarding file backup and disaster recovery.  Finally, read customer reviews of each of the web host being considered.

SEO Content

After securing a domain name and trust-worthy web host, developing effective SEO content is vital to establish and maintain a strong web presence.  Implementing quality SEO content helps in ranking websites higher in search engine rankings as well as driving traffic and potential sale leads to online business ventures.

Examples of effective SEO content include keywords, keyword density, keyword placement and link building.  There are many free tools and services readily available to help with developing strategic SEO content.  Hiring a SEO guru is also a solution for managing and marketing SEO campaigns.

Conclusion

Unfortunately, many website owners soon discover that changing web hosting providers mid-course is often a nightmare.  Therefore, registering a domain name, securing a reliable web host that delivers the features and services necessary to support online ventures and implementing good SEO content is vital for developing and maintaining an effective business website.

Authorized customers would be pleased to hear that high-quality software is now available at their disposal, since Enterhost has recently renewed its affiliation with SmarterTools Inc.-the software developer. According to the conditions highlighted in the partnership, customer acquiring a dedicated or cloud server will be provided with highly specialized versions of the SmarterMail mail server, SmarterTrack customer service and SmarterStats Web log analytics and SEO software, without any additional costs or hidden charges. All these features are available in an amazing bundle offer, for only $800 (U.S. dollars).

“This is the seventh consecutive year we’ve committed to doing business with SmarterTools,” stated Enterhost President, Kevin Valadez. “We continue to have great confidence in SmarterTools’ ability to meet our clients’ requirements.”

SmarterMail is a low-cost substitute for Microsoft Exchange, offering companies with high quality features, along with an excellent Web hosting environment and ISPs. The functions provided, in this software, include file storage, email documentation, innovative anti-spam, throttling, in-depth reporting, identification and correction of any invasions into the system, events and notifications, modernized synchronization, a Webmail interface and antivirus and several elective add-ons for Exchange ActiveSync, Commtouch Zero-hour Antivirus and Commtouch Premium Anti-spam.

Organizations can enhance their alterations and optimize ROI, with appropriate, precise and informative website details, offered by the low-priced Smarter Stats software- a wide-ranging Web log analytics and SEO software.

SmarterTrack is a proficient help desk application, developed to assist customers with tracing, maintaining and accounting for client service and communications, along with problems faced regarding sales and technical support. The distinct features of this application embrace time logs, cost analysis, a ticket system, live chat, data mining, call logs, surveys, a knowledge base, a check on who is on the system, reporting, a task management system, branding and language assistance.

About SmarterTools

Established in 2003, this Arizona-based company, located in Phoenix, offers information technology management software and develops a Windows mail server, SEO software, Web log analytics and client service software, which mechanize the daily IT procedures of companies, operating in nearly 100 countries worldwide.

A SmartOS cloud server operating system, functions through an open source software license, has been unveiled by the cloud computing software provider, Joyent, this Monday, encompassing the KVM hardware virtualization expertise.

Based on a statement made by the company, with the assistance of the SmartOS operating system, commodity hardware can be converted into a multi-tenant application hosting platform; thus, offering developers with the expert equipment to manage storage, along with resourceful virtualization.

Joyent CTO and chief scientist Jason Hoffman stated in a recent interview, held with Stacy Higginbotham, from GigaOM that being the first server system of its kind, since nearly ten years, SmartOS operating system is perfect for the latest computing operations. The software provider made an intelligent initiative to open-source SmartOS, since it is high-quality software and Joyent wants to give back to society.

The company stated that it will be operating SmartOS in order to develop cloud computing for business firms and telecommunication companies. The introduction of the SmartOS cloud server operating system adds to the development of the increasing popularity of cloud computing amongst companies that are even providing free IP addresses. It is a development, which has affected VMware Cloud Foundry, Rackspace OpenStack and Facebook Open Compute Project.

The endeavor, made by the company towards open source, was applauded by numerous presenters, attending HostingCon 2011, who described it as being the ideal manner through which a modification could be made towards the generation of cloud ecosystem.

“Joyent SmartOS is the first hypervisor platform to emerge in five years, and it’s the only cloud server solution that can manage both KVM hardware virtualization and operating system-level virtualization on a single OS,” stated Hoffman, in his recent press release. “This combination of virtualization options, data consistency through ZFS and access to DTrace for rapid troubleshooting, is the most powerful and efficient collection of technologies in cloud application development. I invite developers who use VMWare, Citrix, Red Hat or Microsoft hypervisor tools to try this open source package.”

According to the company, further details, regarding SmartOS, are available on the Joyent website. Live distribution ISO media is also accessible on the website, along with the open source code provided by GitHub.

It seems a better time, now, to start evaluating the development, witnessed in the hosting industry, as HostingCon 2011 has ended. The big question asked by many is, which one of the web hosting firms has the highest quantity of hardware, installed in its data centers?

Based on a boastful declaration made by the French hosting firm, OVH, its data centers are operating nearly 100,000 servers and the company has managed to exceed the 100,000 server limit.

Reports of this development led to OVH, being on top of the list of companies, suggested for the query “Who Has The Most Web Servers?” which took into consideration content delivery providers, cloud computing providers, enterprise companies and hosts.

Top companies in this list include:

• OVH: Running 100,000 dedicated servers (Source: Company forum)
• SoftLayer: After the Dallas–based company completed its merger with The Planet, it now boasts nearly 85,000 servers under its command, and still continues to develop. (Source: Company press release).
• Rackspace: With its rapid development, Rackspace Cloud has managed to improve, by installing up to 74,028 servers, in its San Antonio-based center. (Source: Company press release)
• 1&1 Internet: The German-based web hosting company, 1&1 claims to offer ‘more than 70,000 servers’ through its official website. Although, it has not brought that number up to date since 2010, by now, a higher estimate could be suggested for the company. (Souce: company web site)

One of the biggest competitors in the web hosting industry, missing from the list, is Go Daddy, which operates around 49 million domains, catering to nearly 9 million customers. There are several hosting giants, such as DreamHost with thousands of servers; although, official reports claim, it has only 1,500.

Second Quarter 2011 Domain Market Study Results

Domain name marketplace industry leader, Sedo, announced the results of its second quarter 2011 Domain Market Study which demonstrates that the industry trends on the transactions in its marketplace. One positive aspect the study revealed is that multi-word keyword domain names continue to be available and affordable. This is the complete opposite of what was predicted once the gTLDs became available.

.com Market Trend

This trend is not exclusive to the United Kingdom, holiday-themed domain names are also increasing in popularity in the .com market. For instance, presciptionsunglasses.com was sold for over $10,000, sunburnt.com for $8,800 and tropicalislands.com for $5,300.

Quarterly Financial Results

At the end of the second quarter ending June 30^th, 2011, 10,600 domains had new owners on Sedo’s online marketplace. This accounted for approximately GBP 15 million in sales. Also, there was a GBP 2 million increase in sales during the quarter and the average sale price for Top-Level Domains (TLD) remained strong when compared with previous quarters. Overall, there was a 13 percent growth from last quarter and 4 percent from last year.

Sales remained consistent and stable despite the $2.5 million sale of Gambling.com. The median sales from for a .co.uk TLD increased by 5 percent from 2010 to 2011 from GBP 342 to GBP 358.

Statement from the Director of U.K. Operations at Sedo

The Director of U.K. Operations at Sedo released a statement that confirmed the 13 percent increase in sales for the second quarter disproved the theory that the new gTLDs will decrease the current value of existing TLDs. Domain names values are steadily growing. Therefore, business interested in buying keyword domain names to grow their digital real estate should be assured that there continue to be many available at inexpensive prices.

The domain name market has been affected by the announcement of the gTLDs, however, the affect appears to be minor. This is excellent news as it gives many smaller firms a chance to remain competitive. Hopefully the trend of purchasing TLDs continues to grow, even after gTLDs are implemented.

The latest modified version of Network Access Control solution, Safe Access, has been launched by security provider-StillSecure (http://www.stillsecure.com/), reports declared on Wednesday.

According to the company, the latest version offers customers with a Common Access Card authentication, which bears the execution of the Department of Defense smart card, along with modifying the simplicity of the Microsoft operating systems patching process. Being a qualified NAC solution, Safe Access puts a stop to unofficial access and malevolent endpoint activity, bringing the company’s safety procedures into effect.

Safe Access assists organizations to act in accordance with PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, FISMA and SOX.

StillSecure is proud to state that Safe Access is being operated by nearly 700,000 clients, ranging from mid-market and large scale businesses to national agencies.

“By continuing to innovate in the NAC sector, StillSecure Safe Access continues to provide our customers with the highest levels of network security,” James D. Brown, chief technology officer for StillSecure, explained in a statement. “This new version provides a deeper level of security for not only our governmental customers, but also for our mid- to large-size commercial customers. NAC continues to become easier to deploy, manage, and use and as a result we are seeing increased adoption in the market.”

This Network Access Control solution facilitates clients with complete command over safety procedures, across an entire network. Safe Access implements the guidelines, set for approving the right to use the network, and offers entry control options for gadgets, which fulfill safety requirements, including unknown or unmanaged gadgets.

Based on a latest public statement made in the news, Safe Access has been perfected for carrying out operations in DoD situations. This is because IAVM threat codes are held up within the system and exhibited via guidelines, news and analysis.

The company states that Safe Access can identify and comment on USB devices delivery malware.

Regardless of the intention, it is important to learn the way in which you can utilize the new naming system to introduce your business as never seen before. There are four specific tips that will be of great assistance:

1)      Think different

2)      Act now

3)      Commercialize you brand

4)      Elimination of language barrier

The first tip is to think outside-the-box and develop an innovative way to utilize this opportunity as it is not only about trying to be the next .com. The value of the idea comes with the vertical centric generic TLDs that will provide value to specific customers. For instance, .music could be launched specifically for the music industry. This is not meant to be a competitor of .com but holds significant value to the music industry.

The second guideline is to act now as the clock is limited. The application window will open January 12, 2012 for operation beginning 2013. If companies miss the application window which ranges from January 12, 2012 to April 12, 2012, it may be awhile before the window reappears.

The third point is to take this opportunity to commercialize your brand TLDs. There are a number of ways for brand TLDs to drive a huge return on investment. For instance, picture eBay procuring .eBay and selling the name to its 94 million registered users at two dollars per subdomain. This is a solid strategy and revenue generation model.

The fourth idea is that TLDs will now be available without a language barrier for the first time in history. 60 percent of the world’s population resides in countries where the native language is based on script other than Latin. Therefore, you could capitalize on the latest domain name technology. How much would the Chinese equivalent for .com be worth to a thriving Chinese community?

Although there is a large amount of controversy with regards to the new naming conventions, the TLDs will certainly kick start the global economy. The new extensions will create a whole new market of buying and selling and most importantly, innovation.