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The Parallels Summit 2009 is all set to bring to light certain important discoveries made during the previous year and other developments that are currently taking place. The overriding theme of the entire summit which is going to take place from the second to the fourth of February is focused on Cloud computing. The event also includes valuable sessions on Software as a Service, Virtualization, Automation and a host of other important relevant topics.

Successful business leaders and experts from various domains will be at the show providing useful tips and strategic insight in to the various techniques that can be adopted by smaller businesses to avoid being sidelined by corporate giants that are already taking over your market share.

Amongst the key objectives of the Parallels Summit 2009 is to provide the attendees with in depth insight into the intricacies of their industry along with the predicted market trends. Business leaders will be able to churn out valuable ideas that can help you to brave your business for facing the economic disaster tidal wave.

The show will also highlight the effectiveness of fostering business relationships as well as partnerships that can really fortify your business’s market position. Furthermore the public will be enlightened regarded the initiatives that Parallel will be taking in upcoming times. The attendees will also be required to give their feedback regarding the show.

In depth sessions of product, strategy and network will be hosted at the event. These sessions will cater to technical and business entities alike. Those present will have a chance to network with the in house team of Parallels along with which they can interact with potential business partners and enjoy free meals and the exhibition.

SmarterTools will once again be exhibiting at the Parallels Hosting Summit-Booth #43-which is being held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on February 2-4. They have a very exciting prize (ad attached) that we will be giving away and a couple big announcements-one of which is a new Partnership opportunity for Shared, Dedicated, and VPS hosting companies.

Smartertools ad: http://www.znetindia.com/SmarterTools_Summit_Booklet_Ad_FINAL.pdf

Although computer systems give you the opportunity to store large amounts of data they are also prone to lose that data due to some technical fault or damage. Such cases can cost millions of dollars to businesses that lose their data never to be recovered. In order to prevent facing such losses companies require top notch managed backup services that can preserve data and thereby keep the business running smoothly.

It has been observed that over 50% of small sized businesses never recover the data that they lose. In the case of large sized businesses the loss of data can cost the company millions of dollars as well as make them lose a valuable customer base. Therefore companies need to make use of recovery solutions to safeguard their company’s reputation.

Unmetered Managed Backup services have been especially construed in order to cater to this genuine problem. Such services first of all work to fortify the already existing data in every manner possible making it least vulnerable to get lost. Secondly in the case of data loss such recovery systems can quickly retrieve the data to ensure that your business does not break its continuity. But naturally such a service would be a great source of peace of mind for the company owners as well as its employees.

Company’s providing top notch managed backup take control of the entire process starting from the initial setup to the configuration tracking failures and changes. The service requires that the data backups that are performed on your server are recorded on tape media rather than on a separate drive. On the other hand you will have managed backup technicians to help you with any problem that you may encounter. In today’s times it is extremely essential to make use of such services

Businesses today require on demand software because this is something that can help them to make life easier for their customers. In order to channel that power however businesses require a proper infrastructure along with software or else that power remains unutilized. The strength of SAAS providers services is greatly dependent upon the infrastructure and manpower that supports.

A hosting provider that keeps running down or slow becomes a real pain for the customers. The repercussions of this are felt by the entire business as it strikes a blow to the company’s reputation. A customer demands a proper functioning website and it doesn’t matter to him whether the software or the infrastructure is causing the problem. All they know is that you are supposed to be delivering spot on services and if you are not being able to then your company’s reputation is bound to suffer.
On demand services can help you to give your customer the software that he needs when he needs it. A combination of well built infrastructure coupled with guarantees, Zero Downtime Network, extra services, Fanatical support and expertise is what you require in order to tackle this problem on a daily basis.

As your customer base expands you need a service that will be able to scale and deploy that ever growing size. The top companies providing such services will also offer to monitor the entire operations of your website along with which they will provide security and database storage services. This will help to optimize your applications and thereby give your customers exactly what they require. Irrespective of whether you are a fresh SAAS provider or a well established one you can make use of such services and support to cater to a growing customer base.

If you’ve heard of the WP Remix Wordpress then know that it is much more than a theme. In fact it is a master them that can be completely customized. It can also be quality coded and comes loaded with a host of layout options. This can help all the users to create websites based on their personal preferences in a matter of minutes. With the wordpress you don’t need to invest a great deal of money or time in order to get what you want.

The multi purpose wordpress is ideal for everyone irrespective of the kind of use you may have. The unique software explores all sorts of layouts possible giving the users a hassle free way of developing websites.

One of the best qualities of wordpress is that it can be used as CMS. With just one click you can insert a complete page layout using wordpress as a CMS. It has a built in visual editor that lets you perform all sorts of editing tasks before you publish it. The software also gives you the opportunity to make use of various sidebars and headers on different pages.

You have a multitude of options when making use of wordpress as a CMS. You have the option to create a blog or choose from ten different homepage options. Furthermore you have twenty single pages with various layouts along with a product and gallery page. To add to this you have five miscellaneous pages, Ajax slider, Plugins compatibility, tabs, tables, smart drop menu and a whole lot more.

What’s best is that the end product will be extremely lightweight using professional code and high standard designs. The website you create with wordpress will enable produce for you cross browser compatible websites that do not make use of tables.

ISVs don’t have to spent large amounts of money in order to deploy their own server. Rather there are excellent ready made hosting/server solutions for ISV’s available in the market today.

Many ISVs require an independent server on which they can host their application and software. This task can be achieved through hosting solutions tailored to meet the needs of ISVs. Special hosting solutions are also available for ISVs that desperately require a dedicated server but do not possess the financial strength to invest in one. The independent Hyper-V VDS is one such program that has been specially prepared for IVSs in this situation.

Then there are other fully loaded or managed dedicated servers to be used with Windows 2008 Datacenter Edition, Windows 2008 Virtual Machines, Donetpanel Hyper-V Manager and SQL Server 2008. By making use of such a bundle pack you can actually create a Hyper- V for your self.

Special preconfigured highly suitable server solutions have also been developed on the statistics attained through conducting an in depth market survey. Interested customers now have the chance to choose between Database Server, Web Server, Storage Server and Cluster Server solutions.

Such services can come in handy for small and medium size businesses that have the need but do not possess the finances to go with conventional hosting solutions. The wide range of server solutions developed for such IVSs offers them basic to dedicated hosting server packages. Businesses that require full time sophisticated enterprise solutions are also being catered to by the range of hosting/server solutions for IVS’s. These revolutionary services have enabled IVSs to enhance there business and keep up with the global standards without having to invest a great amount of money that would strain their finances.

hosted email

Businesses in today’s times require hosted email that can help them facilitate their operations. There are certain key features that businesses need to look for when going for hosted email. Basically what they require is robust collaboration including folders, contacts, calendars, notes and tasks.

Moreover all these features must be totally compatible with the kind computer systems like Microsoft Outlook and the various mobile devices like Blackberry, Windows Mobile and iPhone etc. Basically hosted business email should offer you a complete communications platform making your job easier.

One of the most important features to look for in hosted email is synchronization with Microsoft Outlook. Most cheap mail servers however lack this synchronization which limits their usability. On the other hand there are some affordable hosted email services that are endowed with all the features that you require along with synchronization with Microsoft Outlook.

Wireless synchronization with mobile phones is also an extremely important feature that businesses look for in hosted email packages. This enables them to access and use all the features of their email while on the go through their mobile devices. Generally though, the functionality varies according to the kind of mobile device that you will be using because the entire range of features may not be available on all devices.

Hence what you need is a powerful web interface that gives you the ability to collaborate anywhere. Such an interface would enable you to perform the entire range of tasks that you could perform when suing your desktop pc with greater mobility all around the clock.

In order to get such a powerful hosted email package however you need not go with the high priced Microsoft exchange. Rather there are cheaper alternatives that will offer you the exact same services to quite an extent thereby making it much easier for you to avail hosted email.

Dear Customer

We are very pleased to announce monthly leased licenses for all SmarterTools (smartertools.com) products. We are Authorized by SmarterTools.

SmarterMail 5.x is the cost-effective Microsoft Exchange alternative, bringing enterprise-level functionality to businesses, ISPs, and Web hosting environments. Scalable and easy to manage, SmarterMail features a rich Webmail interface; collaboration; reporting; throttling; synchronization with Microsoft Outlook, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile devices; and an event-driven architecture that provides automated actions and notifications. Enhanced antispam, antivirus, and security features provide 98% protection out-of-the-box.

We are very excited by offering monthly lease licenses for all Smartertools products, as hosting providers can use Smartertools unique and world class products with very affordable monthly price starting from only USD15/Mo. All lease licenses are with no setup fee and anytime upgrades.

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Internet, by default, is not a secure medium to send or receive information and that’s the reason why you need to take some steps to ensure the security. One way of making websites securer is available in the form of SSL certificates.

Today, companies are endeavoring to help online users to shop securely over the internet by using SSL certificates but there is another form of digital certificates called Extended Validation SSL certificates. In the start of 2008, it was found in some surveys that around 0.5% of the total number of people use EV SSL certificates.

Precisely, more than 4000 people were using EV SSL certificates in the beginning of 2008. Considering the last year’s result showing that only 81 people used EV SSL certificates, 4000 is a really good improvement. It clearly shows that trend is growing but the numbers are still on the lower side especially when you see that more than 809,000 sites use traditional SSL certificates.

Though SSL certificates are considered as one of the best ways to enforce more security but there certainly are some loopholes especially when you will check the Netcraft’s SSL Survey of June. In this survey, it was found that Debian OpenSSL vulnerability affected a large number of SSL certificates.

In the same survey conducted by Netcraft, Equifax was found to be on top in terms of popularity. Equifax was followed by Thawte, a Verisign company which was the first to offer digital certificates. Both of these names are well recognized by the users because of the consistent performance.

In case of Thawte, features like 256 bit encryption, domain name verification and IDN supports allow it to be on top. Along with some entry level certificates, there are some sophisticated certificates as well which can cope with different vulnerabilities. All this implies that SSL certificates are likely to get better in near future.

Today, the most popular databases are based on the relational model. Microsoft SQL Server is also based on this model and that’s the reason why it is called a relational database management system or RDBMS.  MS-SQL and T-SQL are the basic query languages for Microsoft SQL Server.

There are several versions of SQL Server since its first introduction in 1989 when SQL Server 1.0 was introduced. With Katmai, as a codename, SQL Server 2008 is now available for everyone. SQL Server 2008 is the best option because data storage from unstructured, semi-structured and structured documents becomes a simple task with SQL Server 2008. It also offers integrated services which help you in order to perform different tasks like searching, reporting, synchronizing and analyzing.

Server Consolidation is another great benefit of switching to Microsoft Server 2008. Your cost of maintenance plummets because of the introduction of enterprise-class manageability. Microsoft Server 2008 also provides a great database engine for applications related to specific tasks. For OLTP data solutions, it provides visual designer, enhanced database mirroring with automatic data encryption for foolproof security.

There are several features that make SQL Server 2008 more special. To make things clearer, it is significant to quote Carl Olofson, an IDC analyst, “SQL Server is designed with Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and
.NET framework all blended together. That … is the big selling point of SQL”.

So, you can now understand why SQL Server 2008 is regarded as a good option. To conclude, here are some of the improvements found in SQL Server 2008 that will help you to get to a decision.

•    Built-in data compression for optimized storage
•    Comprehensive data auditing
•    Introduction of Declarative Management Framework for consistent policy compliance
•    Resource Governor to manage workload resource prioritization
•    Support for XML, relational data, FILESTREAM and spatial data
•    External Key Management
•    Streamlined Installation
•    And so on

To simplify the Windows hosting, one sophisticated and effective option is available in the form of Dotnetpanel. Through secure and scalable architecture, it helps you to manage different servers without going through any hassle.

Apart from the ease of use, enhanced security (through the use of asymmetric cryptography, process isolation and Services messages signing) and the competitive price, there are some other features which should be known by you. For instance;

• Amazing file browsing features will make you forget the FTP. Inclusion of zip or unzip operations along with copying, creating, moving and deleting of files or folders makes it even impressive.
• Management of virtual directories and websites becomes much easier. In Dotnetpanel for users, you can access the audit log but it will be on read-only basis. A report about bandwidth consumption will also be available for users along with the disk space report. Moreover, users can specify different MIME types for all of their sites along with specifying default documents and custom error pages.
• Creation of any number of sub-seller accounts is one of the prominent benefits of Dotnetpanel.
• Creation of web portals and management of remote servers with terminal connections have also become hassle-free in the presence of Dotnetpanel.
• Single click installation of certain applications like DotNetNuke, Starter Kits, CommunityServer, etc is also one of the reasons behind the widespread use of Dotnetpanel.

These are the basic advantages associated with Dotnetpanel but there are several others as well. The availability of Hyper-V technology is another great feature. Director of DotNetPanel, Feodor Fitsner, declared: “Now that we are out of beta, hosting companies have a solid, reliable Windows hosting control panel for creating VPS accounts and managing business operations – all from one control panel.” This statement clearly implies the fact that DotNetPanel is supposed to get better and better with the passage of each day.