Web Hosting – HONG KONG – Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced that a carrier-class switching infrastructure based on the Juniper Networks® QFabric™ architecture will be deployed at a new data center being built by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx). The new Hosting Services Data Center, scheduled for completion by the third quarter of 2012, is designed to provide exchange participants with equal, ultra-low latency access to HKEx markets and information.

The development of a tier-four data center supports the HKEx extension strategy of preserving its leadership positions in core markets while preparing to capture new growth opportunities associated with emerging trends. HKEx will become the first financial services customer in Asia to deploy high-performance, ultra-low latency access switches based on the Juniper Networks QFabric architecture.

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Web Hosting – SAN DIEGO, CA – American Internet Services (AIS), a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, cloud and connectivity services in the western United States, today announced it has successfully completed the SSAE 16 SOC 1 Type 2 and the SSAE 16 SOC 2 Type 2 audits for its San Diego and Phoenix enterprise-class data centers. These third-party audits of the AIS data center services serve to further demonstrate the commitment AIS has made to provide a high level of standards for compliance and security.

Per the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, the SOC 1 report is geared towards reporting on the Internal Control over Financial Reporting and is designed to be a reporting standard for a business’ financial reports, highlighting its financial accounting and reporting practice. And the SOC 2 report covers the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of controls to meet the criteria for the security and availability principles set forth by the Trust Services Principles.

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Web Hosting – New York, NY – The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced the launch of Express Connect, a low latency, point-to-point network solution offering connectivity from the NASDAQ OMX Data Center in the U.S. to major financial trading and co-location venues in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Canada.

CFN Services, a leading provider of automated trading enablement services and Sidera Networks, the premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, will be the initial suppliers helping NASDAQ OMX enable Express Connect. By partnering with CFN Services and Sidera Networks, NASDAQ OMX will provide significantly lower communications latency through a secure and highly efficient network, which may be expanded across the globe.

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Web Hosting – MT PLEASANT, S.C. – eGroup announces eCloud v2.0, its newest public cloud computing platform. eCloud v2.0 delivers efficient, flexible and cost-effective ways for IT departments to meet escalating business needs. In the eCloud, customers can access their applications and data anytime, anywhere, on any device.

Steve Rattacasa, cloud services manager at eGroup says, “Customers from any business and of any size can take advantage of our public cloud offering by running their workloads in our cloud, minimizing their capital and operational costs, and being more agile in meeting the needs of their business.” For businesses that are understaffed, eGroup eases the burden of daily IT management by offering hosting agreements with IT support.

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Web Hosting – London, UK – euNetworks Group Limited (SGX: H23.SI), today announced an upgrade to its European long haul transport platform, delivering a 100 Gigabit (G) capable network to market. euNetworks has invested in this next generation of network due to customer demand, both for greater capacity and 100G circuits. The Company has selected Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) as its equipment supplier and deployed Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform with WaveLogic™ coherent optical processors. This platform enables a simple upgrade to 100G transmission and beyond without any network infrastructure changes.

Today euNetworks’ long haul network covers 37 cities in 9 countries, with fibre based metropolitan networks operating in 13 of these cities. The new 100G capability is available between the key cities of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris, and also between Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Dublin, and Manchester. The power of euNetworks’ dual gateways in major cities, combined with their mesh based metropolitan fibre networks means more data centres and customer sites are within 10km of a gateway (mitigating some customer 100GbE reach issues).

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Web Hosting – Denver, CO – ViaWest, one of the largest privately-held data center, cloud computing and managed service providers in North America, today announces the addition of a Network Attached Storage (NAS) product, delivered in partnership with industry leader, NetApp. Addressing the need of its clients for flexible storage options, ViaWest launches this new NAS product as part of its KINECTed Storage family, which also includes a high-performance Storage Area Network (SAN) offering.

ViaWest introduces its NAS offering to deliver increasing flexibility and choice for its customers. The NAS solution delivers simplified data and infrastructure management, coupled with improved storage efficiency. For customers who seek a powerful storage solution for basic web applications, file-based interactions and more static data volumes, the KINECTed Storage NAS platform is a flexible, affordable offering that delivers built-in support for Ethernet attached storage to enable file sharing across Windows, Linux and UNIX environments.

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Web Hosting – Toronto, Ontario – Cirrus Tech Ltd., a Canadian web hosting company specializing in shared, VPS and cloud hosting services, announces the launch of its latest offering – Windows® Server Cloud Virtual Machine (VM) Hosting. Their VM plans are designed for users looking for a bare-metal hypervisor solution and offer all the benefits of running a dedicated server with the advantages of virtualization such as lower costs, scalability, and high-availability. Cirrus VM hosting services include guaranteed dedicated resources, a fully redundant infrastructure and the ability to manage, control and customize your environment.

Cirrus Microsoft® Windows VM hosting offers a greater amount of control and OS access than other options, allowing users to modify and update the OS as needed, whether installing patches or performing updates. Unlike other Virtuozzo based VM solutions, the Cirrus offering allows any Windows update to be installed by an administrator. The VMs are fully customizable with either full remote desktop access for Windows or SSH/Root Access for those on Linux. With the easy to use, award winning Parallels® Plesk® Control Panel deployed on every Cirrus VM hosting plan, management is intuitive and user friendly, allowing the automation of web hosting activities. All plans include an FTP server, mail server, web server, MySQL database, phpMyAdmin, firewall with GUI and more.

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Web Hosting – ATLANTA – Cbeyond Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading provider of cloud and network services to small and medium sized businesses, today announced the limited release of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 beta offerings. Working with Microsoft to offer the new Windows Server 2012 – the industry’s first cloud-ready server – Cbeyond is one of the few companies offering beta versions of the new solution.

Windows Server is the leading server operating system that powers many of the world’s businesses and delivers immense value to IT professionals and web developers. In the latest version, Microsoft is set to deliver a highly dynamic, available, and cost-effective server platform for cloud-enabled IT, building on their significant experience in operating public clouds. Windows Server 2012 provides IT professionals and developers the flexibility to deploy applications and websites on-premises, in the cloud, or both. Businesses can now utilize Windows Server 2012 to deploy new applications, migrate, or extend their existing applications to the cloud.

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Web Hosting – LONDON, UK – Genious Communications is the first company to bring cloud hosting to Morocco with a new range of cloud and CDN services powered by OnApp software.

Genious launched in 2003 and is the only ICANN accredited hosting provider in North Africa. Like many hosts, Genious chose OnApp Cloud to evolve from traditional dedicated servers and bring more flexible, scalable cloud services to its customers, with lower costs. With OnApp, Genious has already reduced customer costs by 30% while improving its own margins.

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Web Hosting – Los Angeles, CA – Colocation provider and dedicated server hosting company, Colocation America, announced today that it is increasing its available Los Angeles data center space by fifty percent. With a rise in foreign and domestic companies seeking to have West Coast server redundancy, Colocation America is expanding in order to meet the demand. In addition, recently formed partnerships with some of the best VOIP software providers has resulted in an upswing in requests for calling card software at the Colocation America data centers in Los Angeles and in other U.S. cities.

“If we are not prepared to immediately meet client demands for server space, then we are not staying committed to our mission of providing the highest level of customer service,” stated Albert Ahdoot, Colocation America’s Business Development Director. “By making it incredibly easy for businesses to colocate or get a dedicated server with us, we can put our effort into staying on top of the latest data center technological developments.”

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