(The Hosting News) – Data center firm Peak 10 has formally announced a deal between itself and [...]]]> Peak 10 Cloud Chosen by Pure Fishing

(The Hosting News) – Data center firm Peak 10 has formally announced a deal between itself and Pure Fishing, Inc. to a multi-year contract to utilize managed services via the company’s private enterprise cloud. The product that is at the center of this deal is the Peak 10 cloud, which spans multiple, geographically diverse data centers, will be used by Pure Fishing to house its critical systems, and will utilize Peak 10 services to manage its complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and back-office application infrastructure.

“As we planned the move of our corporate headquarters from Spirit Lake, Iowa to Columbia, S.C., we needed a partner to assist with an SAP upgrade and data migration plan, execute a technology refresh, and work with us to refine our business continuity and disaster recovery plans,” said Larry Pritchard, the vice president of information technology for Pure Fishing. “Peak 10 listened to our needs and brought to bear a team that offered a range of services, processes and people that complemented our in-house capabilities and gave us confidence for meeting our aggressive re-hosting initiative.”

Pure Fishing is a global family of quality fishing tackle brands, offering a broad range of products that meet or exceed the needs of today’s anglers. Today, Pure Fishing addresses the needs of anglers around the world with a strong portfolio of leading brands, including Berkley®, Abu Garcia®, Shakespeare® and Penn®.

“One of the key differentiators for us was how Peak 10 could integrate our traditional physical server-based SAP environment with their private cloud offering,” added Pritchard. “Being able to integrate from a virtualization, storage, network and security standpoint without having to differentiate between our physical servers and the computer resources we have contracted from Peak 10, took a lot of the complexity out of the solution. Even with aggressive timelines, multiple simultaneous migration threads, and the usual surprises thrown in along the way, Peak 10 was able to get our systems into production on time and on budget.”

“Peak 10 always strives to provide technology solutions to business challenges. For Pure Fishing, a combination of physical device management and utilization of our private cloud services was the right solution,” said Pat O’Brien, the vice president and general manager of Peak 10 Charlotte.

Monty Blight, Peak 10’s vice president of managed services added, “We are also keenly aware of the how quickly things change, including both the requirements of our clients and the technology to support it. Our first generation private cloud is mature. At the same time, we are excited to be working with our technology partners on the next generation of cloud technology and what that means for our client base.”

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(The Hosting News) – With the new year come new challenges, and with that in mind [...]]]> Perimeter Releases List of Greatest Information Threats for 2010

(The Hosting News) – With the new year come new challenges, and with that in mind Perimeter E-Security, the trusted provider of information security services which provides delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance to companies of all sizes, unveiled its Top 10 Information Security Threats for 2010.

“The start of a new year is a great time for companies to evaluate their information security practices and begin thinking about what threats they’ll be facing in the coming year,” said Kevin Prince, CTO, Perimeter E-Security. “As these security threats are becoming more serious and difficult to detect, it is vital for companies to understand what they can do to best protect their systems and information.”

Perimeter’s ranking of the Top 10 information security threats for 2010:

1. Malware (Rising Threat)
Last year, Malware was listed as the second highest ranked threat to organizations on Perimeter E-Security’s list of top threats. There are many methods to install malware on systems, including the use of client-side software vulnerabilities. Browsers remain a top target for vulnerabilities. In 2009, the FBI reported that for the first time ever, revenue from cyber crime had exceeded drug trafficking, estimated at taking in more than one billion annually in profits.

2. Malicious Insiders (Rising Threat)
Malicious insiders were listed as the top threat for 2009, but have fallen to the #2 spot for 2010. With the downturn in the economy last year, it was no surprise that many desperate and disgruntled employees attempted to exploit the companies they currently or previously worked for. There is no way to eliminate the threat of malicious insiders completely, but through good security policies and followed procedures, the incidents could be a fraction of what they are today. With the economy still suffering and still high unemployment levels, Malicious Insiders w2ill continue to be a threat.

3. Exploited Vulnerabilities (Steady Threat)
Vulnerability exploit is at the heart of hacking and data breaches. Worms, viruses, malware, and a host of other attack types often rely on vulnerability exploit to infect, spread and perform the actions cyber criminals want. And yet, organizations are still not doing what they need to for patch management. Hackers are more often exploiting client side vulnerabilities and other vulnerabilities associated with 3rd party applications.

4. Careless Employees (Steady Threat)
Careless and untrained insiders will continue to be a very serious threat to organizations in 2010. Insiders can be broken down into three categories: careless & untrained employees, employees that are duped or fall prey to social engineering type attacks, and malicious employees. Protecting a network and critical and sensitive data is done very differently for each type. Policies, procedures, training and a little technology can make a world of difference in reducing an organization’s risk to careless insiders.

5. Mobile Devices (Rising Threat)
Mobile devices have become a plague for information security professionals. There are worms and other malware that specifically target these devices such as the iPhone worm that would steal banking data and enlist these devices in a botnet. Theft is still a major cause of data breaches as mobile devices, especially laptops, are the main culprits. Tens of thousands of laptops are stolen each year and often these have sensitive data that require public disclosure as a data breach.

6. Social Networking (Rising Threat)
Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and others have changed the way people communicate with each other, but these sites can pose serious threats to organizations. One main problem is that there is a trust component to these sites which makes them fertile ground for identity thieves. There is also a personal safety issue. Social networking sites are a stalker’s dream come true. Social networking sites are breeding grounds for SPAM, scams, scareware and a host of other attacks and these threats will continue to rise.

7. Social Engineering (Steady Threat)
Social engineering is always a popular tool used by cyber criminals and phishing is still a popular method for doing just that. In fact, these new venues make social engineering even more effective. This year will have an added measure of complexity when it comes to social engineering attacks. Beginning sometime mid-2010, domain names will be expanded to include Japanese, Arabic, Hindi and even Greek characters, and with all of these characters being available for domain names, no longer will looking at a domain help one determine if it’s legitimate or not.

8. Zero-Day Exploits (Rising Threat)
Zero-day exploits are when an attacker can compromise a system based on a known vulnerability but no patch or fix exists, and they have become a very serious threat to information security. Zero-day vulnerabilities are being discovered in traditionally very secure protocols such as SSL and TLS. The zero-day vulnerability could also be in providers.

9. Cloud Computing Security Threats (Rising Threat)
Using cloud based (i.e. Internet based) applications may not be as secure as once thought with many stories in 2009 regarding cloud based security issues. Many are calling for forced encryption to access “in the cloud” services. As cloud computing grows in popularity over the next few years, cloud security will become a very big issue.

10. Cyberespionage (Rising Threat)
Cyberespionage is a threat that’s being heard more and more all the time and there have been a flood of stories in 2009 on this subject. Most of these incidents surround government bodies and agencies and therefore have not been a huge threat to most individual organizations. However, since cyberespionage has major implications for the government, it is a rising threat that must be closely monitored.

“Information security is an ever-evolving discipline that requires tremendous expertise, time, and money to effectively manage. Every organization should take stock of what they are doing today and how well their current solutions mitigate the risk of the top 10 threats. In most cases, adjustments will need to be made and new technology should be implemented to ensure that the organization is properly prepared for what cyber criminals, spammers, phishers, and hackers are planning for 2010,” added Prince.

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(The Hosting News) – According to a survey of 150 information technology decision makers from [...]]]> US Companies Ready For Added Cloud Computing Investment

(The Hosting News) – According to a survey of 150 information technology decision makers from various small and large companies across the country by ReliaCloud, a national IT infrastructure company based in Minneapolis, three-quarters of companies identified the development of cloud computing as a priority for 2010.

The ReliaCloud survey included 150 professionals who held positions of CXOs, owners, president, vice president or technical decision makers. Roughly three-quarters of the decision makers were familiar with cloud computing and identified cloud computing as a priority among their organization’s leadership. A majority (85.3%) of decision makers were either currently implementing cloud computing services or had plans to do so within the next 12 months.
“These findings confirm expert projections that cloud computing is poised to become an inevitable and crucial part of a company’s technology infrastructure,” said Johnny Hatch, Product Manager for ReliaCloud. “More and more companies are realizing the cloud’s potential, not just for protecting data, but also providing better access to it.”

A majority (95.4%) of IT decision makers believed that cloud computing would either radically shift or have a definite impact on how technology services will be provided within their companies. As for the services that would be best suited to cloud computing, the survey indicated that “Web Applications,” “Data Bases” and “Data Storage” topped the list.

Issues like “up time/high availability,”, “performance” and “cost savings” were cited as the top reasons for using cloud computing, while “security” and “support” were cited as the top barriers to adopting the technology.

Cloud Computing is a general technology term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These types of services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service. The name cloud computing was inspired by the cloud symbol that’s often used to represent the Internet in flow charts and diagrams.

ReliaCloud retained Evalueserve, an independent research firm, to conduct 150 quantitative interviews and deliver analysis stemming from the aggregated and cross-tabulated data. Evalueserve executed a rigorous selection and screening process to ensure the eligibility of all respondents, and conducted audits and logic tests to validate all the data. Evalueserve is is an accredited member of multiple internationally reputed market research standards organizations. As such, the research was conducted in adherence with well-established industry standards.

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(The Hosting News) – In order to increase their combined influence on the web hosting industry [...]]]> The Green Grid And Data Center Pulse Partnership Established

(The Hosting News) – In order to increase their combined influence on the web hosting industry a collaboration between Data Center Pulse and The Green Grid has been formally created.

This new relationship will enable The Green Grid to quickly and effectively reach a significant end user population to help validate and direct their overall efficiency and standards work. It will also allow Data Center Pulse members to have a direct conduit into the important work that The Green Grid is leading.

“This relationship allows Data Center Pulse to continue our mission to influence the industry through the consumers of Data Center products and services while maintaining the anonymity of our members,” said Dean Nelson, chairman and founder of Data Center Pulse. “Our focus is to drive efficiency and performance gains in the Data Center because we are the customers. This relationship will accelerate that agenda, ultimately helping Data Center users and the industry as a whole.”

“We are pleased to build on our relationship with Data Center Pulse,” said Kathrin Winkler, a director of The Green Grid. “When we started exploring the opportunities, we realized that our efforts were complementary. We expect our relationship to accelerate the work each organization is pursuing and also to strengthen our output with a larger audience of end users participating and validating our energy efficiency efforts.”

The Green Grid has an established Advisory Council (AC) made up of end users from eight of their primary member companies. This includes AT&T, ADP, eBay, Nationwide, Strato, The Walk Disney Company, Tokyo Electric Power Company, and Verizon. It was established to advise the board of directors on direction and strategy, to actively participate in technical committees, drive greater awareness of The Green Grid within the community, and guide and shape published materials and processes as one unified voice.

“The Advisory Council will be the conduit for the Data Center Pulse relationship,” said Jeannie Diefenderfer, The Green Grid Advisory Council chair, “This relationship greatly augments our reach to end users. It will help us deliver on the AC charter.”

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(The Hosting News) – Despite the economic troubles in the US today economic data has indicated [...]]]> E-Commerce Growth To Remain Strong Into The New Year

(The Hosting News) – Despite the economic troubles in the US today economic data has indicated that e-commerce has continued to rocket its way forward throughout 2009 reporting year-over-year growth rates hitting the mid teens. In addition, consumer e-commerce spending for the holiday and post-holiday season-to-date was roughly .5 billion, nearly a 4% increase over 2008, even in what is called a tough retail environment. Cyber Monday, November 30th, boasted sales that totaled 7 million dollars.

AspDotNetStorefront shopping cart e-commerce customers continue to experience the same upward trends. With over 36 months of usage, Phillip Kellogg of Daffy Apple states: “We moved to the AspDotNetStorefront system 3 years ago. We doubled our internet sales each of the first 2 years and this current year [2009 we are up an additional 70%. Because of the architecture and the search engine [SEO friendly pages, our visibility on the Internet drove this sales growth. Switching to AspDotNetStorefront was a great move, and it blew our prior home grown e-commerce system out of the water in terms of performance and driving sales.”
Another customer, Jeff Rein, of PoolPartsOnline.com said: “Year after year we have seen constant enhancements from AspDotNetStorefront….Year after year we have achieved steady double digit percentage increases with AspDotNetStorefront….And year after year we are thankful for the decision we made in 2004 to choose AspDotNetStorefront as the new ecommerce platform for PoolPartsOnLine.com”.

Cables for Less, a customer of AspDotNetStorefront for over 36 months, reports in 2009 a 57% growth in orders alone! “Let me start by saying this: We did a study when we had to switch shopping carts recently and wanted to make sure we used THE BEST shopping cart on the market. We reviewed every imaginable cart with a cost range of free to ,000. We found that AspDotNetStorefront is THE BEST product out there – perfection at its best” states Robert Plummer.

Developers as well have been raving about continued steady growth within the e-commerce industry. “We’ve had a good year and have seen growth. It seems the economy is staying flat for some but growing for many like ourselves in the e-commerce space, focusing on providing customized solutions based on the AspDotNetStorefront shopping cart software platform,” stated Chris McKellar of Vibe Commerce.

Retail businesses not online in 2010 are foregoing a 100+ Billion marketplace which is growing year over year. Businesses in nearly every industry can leverage AspDotNetStorefront’s state-of-the-art product merchandising features and near-limitless extensibility to grow sales by providing a world-class online shopping experience to customers, while advanced, intelligent SEO features can an enhance visibility organically, allowing businesses to out-reach competitors and reduce traditional search engine marketing costs at the same time.

The AspDotNetStorefront e-commerce platform includes powerful, high performance, full-text product searching, helping shoppers find what they are looking for faster and keeping them anchored to your site. Additionally, AspDotNetStorefront will intelligently build related products as shoppers browse your site and display them on your product pages, allowing merchants to effortlessly increase upsell percentages and capitalize on cross-marketing opportunities.

“If the economy as a whole has seen a dramatic slow-down it has not been present within the ecommerce sector. AspDotNetStorefront sales continue to climb, as do the number of AspDotNetStorefront powered sites and partners. We are very proud to continue to provide a top notch product with the customer service and support to back up one of the most feature rich ecommerce platforms available” states Lisa Van Kuren, AspDotNetStorefront Marketing Manager. “eCommerce customers should take advantage of this powerful medium to propel and drive sales within 2010.”

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(The Hosting News) – SSL Certificates have become increasingly vital for the owners of e-commerce website owners. With this [...]]]> SSL Certification Tools Newly Released by Netfirms

(The Hosting News) – SSL Certificates have become increasingly vital for the owners of e-commerce website owners. With this importance in mind the minds behind web hosting provider Netfirms are doing their part by introducing seamless purchase and application of SSL Certificates as a standard feature through their Control Panel.

Not long ago, obtaining and applying an SSL certificate was a cumbersome task for the average website owner. It not only required knowledge of how their server works, but also required a certain level of comfort in working ‘under the hood’ of your website. For many, this was a real technology headache that needed to be resolved. However, thanks to their latest innovation, this frustration has now been alleviated for Netfirms customers.
“We’ve always been in the business of providing simple solutions for our clients’ web hosting needs. And clearly, the status quo out there for obtaining SSL certificates was frustrating for most.” says Darius Antia, Chief Technology Officer, Netfirms, Inc. “Here we’ve developed a tool that eliminates the hassle of purchasing from a third-party and automates the task of installing it. Acquiring something as essential as an SSL certificate shouldn’t be difficult.”

Netfirms web hosting customers can now literally click a button that says ‘Add SSL Certificate’ found in their control panel. Here they will be prompted for the domain name, certificate type (currently RapidSSL and GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium are available), and the usual customer information for validation. Netfirms automation will take care of the rest, including application of the SSL certificate to their site. This virtually reduces what was once an arduous process, down to just a few clicks.

SSL Certificates can be purchased from one to five years, starting at just /yr, up to 70% less than comparable offerings from competitors. Thanks to scale economies and automation of key processes, Netfirms is consistently able to deliver cutting edge solutions to its small business web hosting customers at low cost.

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(The Hosting News) – Small business tool provider Newtek Business Services, Inc. , today released [...]]]> New Tools for Business Released By Newtek Business Services, Inc.(Nasdaq:NEWT)

(The Hosting News) – Small business tool provider Newtek Business Services, Inc. , today released it’s newest brand of Ecommerce tools, NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM), which will assist the online operations during the start up period for small businesses.

In response to the needs of its small business customers, Newtek created NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM) to deliver a seamless, online Ecommerce solution by harnessing the knowledge and expertise of two of Newtek’s primary small business services, Newtek Web Services and Newtek Merchant Processing. Both products draw on the three core areas necessary for an effective Ecommerce product:

 * accelerated approval for merchant payment processing accounts;
 * 48 hour availability of funds from online transactions; and
 * a single telephone number to call for all facets of online
   storefront activity including website access, hosting,
   gateway, shopping cart and electronic payment processing.

“In handling online, electronic storefronts as well as the brick and mortar presence for tens of thousands of business owners over the past decade, we found that most customers had similar Ecommerce needs,” commented Barry Sloane, CEO and Chairman of Newtek. “NewtPay(TM) and NewtPay Pro(TM) were developed with those client demands in mind, including increased security and compliance updates which incorporate the latest directives for data center protection and PCI Compliance.”

NewtPay(TM) is primarily focused on the Website Designer and Developer community as well as business owners establishing their initial online e-commerce presence to provide a competitive solution to PayPal(TM), with superior pricing, customer funds availability and Newtek’s standard, superior customer service. NewtPay Pro(TM) provides features and enhanced functionality to those businesses that currently have an online presence. Given that small business owners across the U.S continue to fight through a tough economy, Newtek is in the market everyday doing what it can to help businesses reduce costs, provide needed capital and solve their Ecommerce needs.

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4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs qualified as E-Lab™ Tested

ATTO Technology, Inc., a global [...]]]> ATTO’s Celerity Fibre Channel Host Adapters Enable Mac Connectivity for EMC Storage Systems

4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs qualified as E-Lab™ Tested

ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announced today that its 4Gb/s Celerity Fibre Channel Host Adapters have been qualified by EMC Corporation as E-Lab™ tested for use with the EMC® CLARiiON® and EMC Symmetrix® networked storage systems. ATTO’s 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs provide high performing SAN connectivity and robust multipathing and failover/failback functionality for EMC storage systems in Mac® OS X environments. With E-Lab qualification, Mac users can now use ATTO HBAs and EMC storage to deploy a scalable, high-availability enterprise storage solution for the Mac market.

The ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel Mac OS X multipathing solution provides load balancing and path failover for uninterrupted access to storage media to deliver a solution that meets both high-availability and high-performance requirements. The combination of Celerity HBAs and EMC’s CLARiiON storage systems provides customers with an innovative solution that enhances workflow, improves storage utilization and simplifies management of many virtual resources.

“EMC’s certification of our Fibre Channel host adapters and multipathing driver for Mac OS X reinforces ATTO’s role in delivering leading storage infrastructure solutions,” states Timothy Klein, president and CEO of ATTO Technology. “By teaming with EMC to gain E-Labs certification status, our mutual customers now have a high-performance and completely redundant storage solution to help them enhance their workflows and increase productivity.”

The ATTO Celerity family of 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs include single-, dual- and quad-channel configurations that leverage over a decade of leading-edge technologies, stable drivers and proven interoperability to provide customers with reliable, high performance Fibre Channel connectivity. With first-to-market technology and a comprehensive product line, ATTO demonstrates a commitment to the rapid transition to Fibre Channel-based SAN connectivity.

“E-Labs certification is a rigorous testing and qualification process that validates third-party products work seamlessly with our leading networked storage systems,” said Deirdre Wassell, director, EMC E-Lab Marketing. “Our qualification of ATTO’s Celerity 4Gb/s Fibre Channel host adapters and multipathing driver allows us to deliver a SAN connectivity solution to Mac OS X customers that keeps storage media and digital content available in real time for multiple users.”

About ATTO Technology, Inc.
ATTO Technology, Inc. is a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO provides a wide range of solutions to help customers’ better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures host and RAID adapters, bridges, RAID storage controllers, and management software. ATTO distributes its products worldwide directly to Original Equipment Manufacturers, systems integrators, VARs and authorized distributors. Contact ATTO: 155 CrossPoint Parkway, Amherst, NY 14068; Phone: (716)691-1999; website: attotech.

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(The Hosting News) – The Rackspace® Cloud, which is the cloud computing arm of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), formally announced that [...]]]> The Rackspace Cloud Selected by Encoding.com

(The Hosting News) – The Rackspace® Cloud, which is the cloud computing arm of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), formally announced that Encoding.com, the popular Internet-based video encoding provider, will now utilize Rackspace’s Cloud Servers, to support its rapidly growing computing and hosting needs. With the power of Cloud Servers, Encoding.com expects to increase the average speed at which it can deliver studio-quality video encoding services to its users by more than two-fold without incurring more hosting costs.

Launched in September 2008, Encoding.com was one of the first companies to introduce a cloud-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for video encoding. Encoding.com’s business model is to provide guaranteed turn-around times for encoding services at a fraction of the cost of in-house encoding. The company is said to have encoded more than three and a half million videos to date including a recent peak of 100,000 videos in just one weekend. Using this on-demand approach to high quality video encoding has driven the company’s growth and attracted noted customers such as MTV Networks, CarDomain and Brightcove.

“We offer a studio-class service at industry-leading encoding speeds with guaranteed service level agreements. We need a cloud solution that is powerful, dynamic and stable,” said Jeff Malkin, chief operating officer, Encoding.com. “With their Fanatical Support, rapid response and personal attention, The Rackspace Cloud helps us focus on what we know best – video encoding.”

Each Cloud Server comes with a specific amount of guaranteed CPU power. However, Cloud Servers customers can take advantage of extra processing power – at no additional cost – if and when the host machines are below their peak load. This unique “CPU bursting” capability of Cloud Servers can result in two significant benefits for Encoding: 1) faster service for their customers, and 2) reduced computing costs because of their ability to consume more processing power during peak times without incurring an additional fee.

The Disk and CPU efficiency of the two leading IaaS cloud computing platforms were recently analyzed through research commissioned by Rackspace and conducted by The Bitsource, a technology research lab. The results of The Bitsource analysis highlight important advantages of utilizing Cloud Servers from The Rackspace Cloud.

The performance, ease of use, and reliability of The Rackspace Cloud helps Encoding.com to meet its SLA commitments (such as never letting a video sit in a queue for more than four minutes). With the flexibility that Cloud Servers offers to burst, companies like Encoding.com are more able to deliver an improved experience to their customers without increasing costs.

“We are finding that customers are not choosing us for performance alone,” said Emil Sayegh, general manager, The Rackspace Cloud. “A broad range of companies – from innovative start-ups like Encoding.com to large enterprises – are choosing The Rackspace Cloud because of our comprehensive, worry-free approach to cloud computing so that customers can focus on what they do best. We take great care to help our customers with their total hosting experience which starts with our human touch known as Fanatical Support, and extends to optimal system performance, uptime, and ease of use.”

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(The Hosting News)— Cloud computing software creator and computing services provider 3Tera® officially announced it’s plans for a new educational [...]]]> Cloud Computing Certification Announced by 3Tera®

(The Hosting News)— Cloud computing software creator and computing services provider 3Tera® officially announced it’s plans for a new educational and certification programs to provide customers with expertise in building world-class cloud computing services and solutions. Along with it’s primary offerings there will be two certification programs are available, Certified Cloud Operator and Certified Cloud Architect, designed to address the needs of cloud computing professionals.

“Rapid development and deployment of applications are key reasons thousands of users are adopting cloud computing through our service providers and we’ve designed our certification programs with that in mind,” said Bert Armijo, SVP Marketing and Product Management, 3Tera, Inc. “Our certification programs offer instruction and hands-on labs covering the essential elements needed for rapid success in the cloud – basic concepts, advanced technologies, best practices, automation, and business continuity.”
Currently, two cloud computing certification programs are available:

The Certified Cloud Operator program is targeted toward service providers, enterprises operations professionals and systems integrators, responsible for the deployment and operation of cloud services. The program covers the process of installing, configuring and maintaining the computing fabric used for building cloud computing services. Emphasis is placed on hardware requirements, service configuration, hardware failure troubleshooting, provisioning of customers, and configuration of virtual private datacenters.

The Certified Cloud Architect program is offered for system architects, IT operations professionals, application developers and systems engineers responsible for the design, integration, provisioning, deployment and management of distributed applications. Participants learn the architectural concepts of the AppLogic cloud computing platform, step-by-step procedures for deploying, operating and managing applications in the cloud, best practices for security, testing and scaling applications, and how to architect for business continuity.

“In the nine months we’ve partnered with 3Tera, cloud computing has become the fastest growing, and most profitable part of our business,” commented Mark Ortenzi, President, Cari.Net. “To meet this demand, we now have five 3Tera Certified Cloud Computing Operators and Architects well-versed in the deployment and management of customers’ solutions available 24/7 in all of our five datacenters.”

“Enterprises need more than just a single virtual machine for their blog; they need to run multi-tiered, mission-critical applications with geographic fault tolerance,” said Mike Michalik, CEO, Cirrhus9, a cloud systems integrator. “AppLogic is the best cloud computing technology we’ve seen that meets the needs of both the enterprise and start-ups. The certification ensures Cirrhus9 can deliver on any cloud computing requirement our customers may have.”

3Tera’s cloud computing training and certification programs are accessible to IT professionals who are either evaluating or using the AppLogic cloud computing platform. Certification is awarded upon successful completion of the training coursework and online testing. For more details on training schedule and availability, visit http://www.3tera.com/AppLogic/Cloud-Certification.php.

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