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San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 1, 2008 - Managed web hosting and IT services firm, Rackspace Managed Hosting, has released the results of a recent customer survey, with nearly 70 percent of customer respondents indicating that the number of IT functions outsourced to hosting, SaaS or cloud service providers should increase over the next five years. John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, Rackspace Hosting noted, ''Rackspace is changing the way companies are buying IT services. Two thirds of the survey respondents use a services provider to host one or more of their SaaS applications today and the data indicates that demand is likely to increase. To meet this demand, Rackspace intends to continue to build out its portfolio of hosted IT services, which currently includes email and cloud solutions, and to back them all with our award-winning Fanatical Support.'' Customer respondents also revealed that the amount they will spend on hosting is e

Ontario, Canada - (The Hosting News) - October 1, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application firm, Ensim Corporation, has entered into a reseller relationship with software solutions provider, Fleximation Systems Inc., which will allow Fleximation to offer the full Ensim Unify Enterprise Suite to enterprise customers. Ensim Unify self-installs in less than one hour and delivers instant savings by reducing the number of help desk calls by as much as forty percent, allowing enterprises to streamline Active Directory management challenges that include user provisioning, password management, and role management in a secure framework. In addition, Ensim Unify eliminates repetitive administrative tasks, helping improve workforce effectiveness and enabling IT departments in medium and large-sized organizations to focus on more strategic tasks. Wayne Simpson, President and CEO of Fleximation Systems noted, ''Our goal is to give our customers peace of m

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) - October 1, 2008 - internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc. and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, has opened its new head office, located on Nuns' Island, housing a completely redundant IT center. Eric Chouinard, President of iWeb noted, ''The new headquarters addresses two major objectives; to provide a high quality colocation infrastructure for our clients, and to reunite almost all of our employees by providing a unique working environment. Until recently, iWeb's 120 employees were spread out in our three data centers.'' Nicole Menard, Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister of Tourism, remarked, ''This new step in your young history reflects the energy that has marked your growth.'' This is the third building for iWeb, who are already thinking about the fourth according to Mr. Chouinard. The former headquarters, located at 3185 Hochelaga, wi

Reading, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - October 1, 2008 - Dedicated server management hosting provider, DediPower, has been selected to provide all of CNM Online's managed hosting requirements, following CNM's expansive growth over the last two years. Carl Simpson, Managing Director and Founder, CNM Online noted, ''We had already experienced the damaging effect of being offline and were determined to find a managed hosting partner we could rely on. In selecting DediPower we carried an exhaustive review of the market to find a company that had established an excellent track record and had proven, in depth and high quality technical capabilities backed up by a staff that really understood our needs. Our experience of working with DediPower has confirmed that we took the right decision in selecting them. I am very pleased with DediPower, they deliver what they say they will.'' According to the company, being exclusively an eCommerce business it

October 1, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Global engineering network Engineering.com has selected IT services and infrastructure firm Fusepoint Managed Services's scalable hosting solutions for its website.

October 1, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cirrus Tech announced it has updated its Linux and Windows reseller hosting plans, which the company says reflects its commitment to providing customers with "full featured web hosting options at a competitive price point."

October 1, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Utility computing technology developer 3Tera announced on Wednesday it is now offering beta availability of AppLogic 2.4 which includes support for virtual appliances running Microsoft Windows Server.

October 1, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center services provider VISI launched a quirky online game called Interstellar Pizza Express to showcase VISI's data center services by having customers try out being an IT manager for a hypothetical business.