The Professional and Consulting Services Partner Agreement between the companies details that Denim Group will provide application security services for Rackspace and its clients.

John Engates, CTO of Rackspace Hosting remarked, ”For companies looking to migrate to Hosted and Cloud applications, Denim Group can help evaluate and recommend security strategies in this new business paradigm. Our relationship with Denim Group, allows us to extend our consulting services to provide deeper offerings in the application security services market. Denim Group has a track record of proven delivery with Rackspace, and the fact that we’re both located in San Antonio makes this relationship even more beneficial.”

As part of the relationship, Denim Group will conduct code reviews, deliver secure software development training, and evaluate software development strategies for Rackspace clients.

Dan Cornell, Prinicpal of Denim Group added, ”We are pleased to join forces with Rackspace in providing additional support in this area. Hosted and Cloud computing have certain risks, making security more important than ever. By teaming with Rackspace, customers can now have a more complete set of service options in order to secure their custom software.”

Denim Group develops secure software, helps organizations assess and mitigate risk with existing software, and provides training on best practices in software security. Denim Group has worked with a range of Fortune 500 companies and public sector organizations, bringing a focused software development approach to the world of software security. The Company provides clients with secure .NET and Java development services remediates serious software flaws in existing application portfolios. Denim Group also identifies vulnerabilities and quantifies risks that vulnerable applications represent through assessments, code reviews, and application-focused penetration testing. Training complements Denim Group’s development and testing services by helping organizations build an internal competency in secure software development and testing through a combined classroom instruction and e-Learning approach.

Denim Group is a strong contributor to the larger application security community, and has been involved with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) since shortly after its inception. Additionally, Denim Group was ranked 1101 in Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America in 2008.
As a global leader and specialist in hosting, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company’s mission to be one of the world’s greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 43 on the list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting, email hosting (www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting (www.mosso.com).

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From its inception in 2001, AptHost has been providing the web hosting market with quality hosting services to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses. In early 2006, AptHost found its niche in the social media market by providing web hosting services to individuals with social media and video sharing related websites.

Cody McLain, President of AptHost explained, ”The launch of our new website is a landmark achievement for us as we continue to grow rapidly in the hosting community. Our new website is the first step as we begin to increase advertising and improve our internal infrastructure which will ultimately allow us to serve more clients and keep our existing clients happy.”

AptHost plans to focus on rapid development in the upcoming months with plans to open a new office in Bellevue, WA and a planned increase of US based employees to support an influx of new customers. Recently AptHost moved all of its shared, reseller and vps hosting servers to ThePlanet.com after forming an exclusive partnership. The move has increased AptHost’s reliability and uptime with the cooperation of ThePlanet Internet Services.

Mr. McLain added, ”Since the company was recently acquired by RSDV, myself and our new management team has been focusing on providing the highest quality of hosting services and with the improvements we plan to implement before the end of the year, I believe we can become known as one of the highest quality Hosting providers on the market.”

With the addition of AptHost’s new website, customers can enter in coupon code “SUMMER” which will give 25% off any initial order, no matter what billing cycle is selected.

Founded in 2001, AptHost.com started its enterprise on the web in early 2003. Since then, AptHost.com has been a provider of Linux-based web hosting services for Personal, Small, and Medium Sized businesses. AptHost is owned by RSDV.

Founded in 2004, Rancho is a US Public Company with ticker symbol RSDV. RSDV is a diversified development company based in Madera, CA.

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LeaseWeb’s clients use LeaseWeb’s hosting network as well as, among other things, its servers and network equipment in a data center to enable people to visit their websites. This Internet traffic has increased tremendously. LeaseWeb’s network, which includes fiber-optic links and four data centers in the Amsterdam region, extends across the world via telecom carriers and Internet exchanges.

Con Zwinkels, managing director of LeaseWeb explained, ”We have recently seen a strong increased in the use of streaming video in Web environments. Video is a key factor in the growth of Internet traffic handled by our network. In addition, we’re seeing a continuous flow of new clients from the Netherlands, but particularly from other countries, who have come to appreciate LeaseWeb’s qualities and competitive price-quality ratio. To give you an idea, we are currently managing approximately 22,000 servers and we’re adding about 300 servers each month. This growth is significant.”

The network capacity of 750 Gbps is twice the amount of bandwidth that clients actually use. The actual amount of Internet traffic is currently about 375 Gbps. The web page at http://noc.Leaseeb.com has a graph showing the latest developments in LeaseWeb’s daily Internet traffic.

Mr. Zwinkels added, ”Maintaining ample bandwidth is a conscious choice. Our double bandwidth capacity is one of the main reasons why companies with rapidly expanding web environments choose LeaseWeb. Exactly one year ago, LeaseWeb’s hosting network bandwidth capacity was 210 Gbps. That was already significant, certainly compared to the capacity offered by the average hosting provider in the Netherlands. I would not have predicted that we would reach 750 Gbps this soon.”

Bulk users of bandwidth within LeaseWeb’s network include the websites of 123Video (www.123video.nl), Garage TV of Belgium (www.gargetv.be), product comparison site Twenga (www.twenga.com), the German broadcasting company WIGE Media AG (www.wige.de), Turkish media giant (www.haber7.com), and the websites from Turkish companies like Akilli.tv, Turkticaret.net, Tescilet.net-Kurtlarvadisi.com, Internethaber.com, and Super Muzik.

LeaseWeb is an international provider of hosting solutions that is primarily geared towards the professional market. The company is among the top-20 hosting providers worldwide and its services include server virtualization, dedicated servers, collocation, streaming, web hosting, and domain name registration. LeaseWeb is the proprietor of a first-class network that offers a bandwidth of more than 750 Gbps, spanning four data centers in the Amsterdam region via major telecom carriers. LeaseWeb is also present via Internet exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna, Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague and Madrid. This way, LeaseWeb enables companies around the world to create and continue their online presence in a simple and affordable manner. Since its founding in 1997, hosting provider LeaseWeb has expanded its network to include more than 22,000 servers. LeaseWeb’s clients include Royal Joh. Ensched, OGD, 123Video, Jaap.nl, Relatieplanet, MijnAlbum, Starbucks, Hyves, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Twenga, Direct Wonen, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, and Unive.

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Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb remarked, ”Customers face an increasing complexity in managing their IT infrastructure, and many of our dedicated hosting customers have requested that iWeb provide additional services. Netsimplify’s customer-driven approach brings a lot of experience, expertise and depth, all of which are important aspects of iWeb’s services.”

Simon Boulet will be appointed to the newly created position of IT Manager, from which he will spearhead internal development initiatives.

Martin Leclair, co-founder and President of Products and Technology added, ”This is a logical step towards both cloud computing and managed services. It is also a homecoming of sorts; Netsimplify’s founder, Simon Boulet, was one of iWeb’s first employees before he left to start his own company nearly three years ago - Welcome back Simon.”

Cyrille Mertes, Vice-President of IT and Infrastructure remarked, ”We looked at a number of companies and individuals, and Simon was naturally at the top of the list of potential candidates. In the medium-term, Simon and the entire infrastructure team will integrate cloud computing and automation into iWeb’s service offering.”

The transfer of Netsimplify’s customers to iWeb is almost complete, a task made easier by the fact that Netsimplify’s infrastructure was mostly colocated within iWeb’s data centers. Financial details regarding the transaction were not disclosed.

iWeb is a worldwide provider of Internet hosting services and IT Infrastructure, with three secure data centers in Montreal. Since 2004, the company’s compounded annual growth rate has been above 75%, making it one of Canada’s 100 fastest growing companies according to PROFIT Magazine.

Founded in 1996 in Montreal, iWeb now generates more than 60% of its revenues from abroad and employs over 170 full-time employees. Providing Dedicated Server Hosting, Co-location and Web Hosting services to more than 20,000 customers in 150 countries.

To learn more, please visit: http://about.iweb.com.

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Ryan Block, co-founder of live.gdgt.com remarked, ”Scaling an infamously well-trafficked event like Apple’s WWDC has always been a major challenge, often requiring a large IT staff and massive infrastructure at multiple data centers. The Rackspace Cloud has enabled us to iterate and scale our live coverage beta quickly, and without us having to make a major investment in hardware or operations.”

The much-anticipated keynote was the highlight of the sold-out WWDC 2009. During the keynote, Apple announced among other notable technologies, a new feature-rich and fast iPhone 3G S, a $99 version of the iPhone, and new Macbook Pro products.

Representing a real world demonstration of the power and value of cloud computing, Ryan Block, live.gdgt.com co-founder and editor, was able to provide live coverage of the keynote event over his site using Cloud Sites. He and his photographer were also able to simultaneously capture and upload photos in real time to Cloud Files which auto-integrates into the site.

These activities took place while serving an average of 656 page views per second to live.gdgt.com viewers around the world at a minimum of cost and hassle.

Mr. Block added, ”Perhaps most importantly, though, Rackspace’s support staff went above and beyond to help us prepare for the event. Their input and attentiveness to maintaining our uptime - even despite unbelievable load - sets them apart.”

Cloud Sites retails at $100 per month and Cloud Files is based on a pay-as-you-go model starting at $.015 per gigabyte of data. Cloud Files also allows customers the option to serve content files using Limelight Networks, a top tier content delivery network (CDN) in real time without any extra effort and only paying for what is used.

Customers also receive 24/7 Fanatical Support for questions or concerns about their hosting needs at no extra cost.

The estimated cost difference between ”do-it-yourself” hosting from scratch vs. deploying Cloud Sites and Cloud Files using this type of an event as a barometer provides a clear example of the cost benefit of cloud computing. Physical space, hardware, software, and administration costs for a unique datacenter capable of handling this type of load and traffic could cost tens of thousands of dollars, while using Cloud Sites and Cloud Files is likely to cost just a few hundred dollars.

Emil Sayegh, general manager of The Rackspace Cloud offered, ”Ryan and his team did a great job of integrating our Cloud Sites product for his application and our Cloud Files content delivery network to deliver an amazing live-blogging experience. We were really happy to remove the scaling burden for him so he could focus on his real-time reporting. You don’t have to be Nostradamus anymore and predict what your datacenter needs are going to be during peak periods using Cloud Sites when you can simply code, load and watch it scale.”

The Rackspace Cloud, provides on-demand scalable website, application and storage hosting backed by Fanatical Support. Through its suite of cloud solutions, Cloud Sites, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, The Rackspace Cloud enables astute developers and IT managers to minimize the hassles, upfront investments and high costs associated with dedicated hardware while offering the ability to easily scale hosting resources.

As the leader and specialist in hosting services, Rackspace Hosting is changing the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service, integrating the industry’s best technologies into a flexible service offering, making computing more reliable and affordable.

A trusted partner to companies of all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company’s mission to be one of the world’s greatest service companies. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best companies to work for in the US, ranking number 43 on the list. Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted IT services includes Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting, and Email and Apps.

For more information about The Rackspace Cloud, please visit: www.rackspacecloud.com.

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The .MX domain was only offered to a few select institutions in the last two decades. Now, Mexico is offering the extension for use worldwide. Interest in .MX domain extensions is bound to be muy caliente! Consider this…According to Internet World Stats, the number of Spanish-speaking Internet users has grown 619 percent in the last eight years. Today, more than 130 million Spanish speakers use the Internet - making it one of the top three languages on the Web.

Go Daddy opened registration for sub-extension .COM.MX in May. Now, anyone who owned a sub-extension prior to March 1, 2009 can participate in pre-registration for a .MX domain at GoDaddy.com. Go Daddy is known for having industry-best personalized customer service. With bilingual customer care representatives already on staff and more being hired, Go Daddy is ready to serve the needs of interested takers - in both Spanish and English.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy explained, ”We realize many of our customers will want a dot-MX domain. We plan to help them get it the same way we do everything at Go Daddy - easily and affordably.” This current pre-registration - or Sunrise period - ends July 31.

General registration - also known as Landrush - starts Sept. 1 on a first come, first served basis. For more information on .MX and other ccTLDS available through GoDaddy.com, click here. Go Daddy is the largest domain registrar in the world, registering one domain every second of every day. The Internet giant has more than 35 million domains under management and more than 6.7 million customers.

Go Daddy is a provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 35 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2008, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all new domain names created in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

To learn more, please visit: www.GoDaddy.com.

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