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Plano, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 2, 2008 - Self-managed, dedicated server products and utility services firm, Layered Technologies, Inc., has recently completed network upgrades in order to handle the complex requirements of enterprise-class customers for traditional and virtualization platforms. With an eye toward simultaneously positioning Layered Tech to effectively manage its rapid growth, the network investments include expanding its number of carriers so that customers have a superior blend of internet pathways. Level 3 Communications, Global Crossing and Sprint give Layered Tech's customers strong overseas access, while SAVVIS, Internap and Time Warner provide U.S. Internet access. Layered Tech also enhanced access between its data centers with 10-gigabit circuits, while hardware upgrades include new Cisco switches in VSS configuration. The upgrades and improvements have resulted in faster, more reliable access for Layered Tech customers. Jack Finlay

St. Louis, Missouri - (The Hosting News) - October 2, 2008 - IT infrastructure services for business applications, Savvis, is preparing to launch a new solution, designed to assist independent software vendors (ISVs) in meeting the growing demand for service-based licensing and delivery applications. Bill McNee, Founder and CEO, Saugatuck Technology remarked, ''Undoubtedly, SaaS has made it easier and more cost-effective to create, distribute and manage software; however, ISVs looking to adopt a SaaS delivery model have to address a number of key challenges to ensure their application is scalable, secure and multi-tenant. The reality is that successful ISVs and enterprise buyers not only need world-class managed hosting support, but an end-to-end software development ecosystem and cloud-based platform as they SaaS-ify their offerings, and create new value for end-users.'' SAVVIS' comprehensive new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution will prov

Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 2, 2008 - Colocation and managed service provider, Colo4Dallas, has been honored by Inc. Magazine, as it garners placement among America's fastest growing private companies listing. Ranking at #590 on the magazine's annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country, the company realized a 551% three-year growth rate from 2004 to 2007. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy - America's independent-minded entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy. Jim Melloan, Project Manager at Inc. 5000 noted, ''Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism. The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivaled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showin

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - (The Hosting News) - October 2, 2008 - Website hosting, design, development, e-commerce and content management systems firm, Port City Web, has extended its relationship with Shawmut Property Management. Erik Crago, President and CEO of Port City Web, LLC noted, ''Ranking customer websites is one of our specialties, and has been since we founded Port City Web. In today's competitive HOA, Condominium and Property Management industry in MA and NH, it will be a challenging task to have Shawmut outrank the competition, but we can do it.'' The program is expected to run through the remainder of the calendar year. Shawmut Property Management has selected Port City Web to create and implement an online marketing plan to increase Shawmut's natural search engine rankings. The plan will include re-writing copy on the Shawmut website, minor code changes to their website, extensive online directory submissions, and regular search engine

October 2, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting provider FatCow announced on Thursday it is celebrating its 10th anniversary in business.

October 2, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The UK-2 Group has acquired community-focussed Web host Dotable, bringing with it over 10,000 domains to the British hosting giant.

October 2, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting provider PEER 1 Network Enterprises announced on Thursday it has launched the PEER 1 Partner Network, an integrated referral and reseller program aimed at web developers, system integrators and IT consultants.

October 2, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- critical power and cooling services provider APC by Schneider Electric and independent IT management software company CA have announced a partnership to create a suite of solutions for assessing and optimizing data center efficiency.

September 30, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Fiber-optic connectivity solutions provider AboveNet has invested half-a-million dollars this past quarter on data center connections with its network to provide high-bandwidth interconnectivity to more than 300 data centers.

October 2, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting provider and domain registrar Namecheap announced on Wednesday it has acquired web hosting provider PeopleHost. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the press release.