Hostopia Inks Deal to Aquire Uplinkearth
Web hosting company specializing in small and medium business support, Hostopia, will sign a definitive agreement to purchase the customer assets of New Jersey-based hosting services provider, Luxmovera, LLC's uplinkearth.
Uplinkearth accepted the all-cash offer last week. The companies plan to migrate all users of record from uplinkearth's data center facility to Hostopia's unified web services platform by June 30, 2008. The companies indicated that all users shall continue to be served under the familiar brand of uplinkearth, which will operate as a managed service by Hostopia.
Colin Campbell, CEO of Hostopia noted, ''We are very pleased to have concluded this agreement with uplinkearth. They have approximately 12,500 small business subscribers, which we feel are very compatible with the Hostopia web services platform. Our strategy will be to migrate all users and present them with many upgraded features and services. Over time, we will expect additional value-added services to be a logical upgrade path for many of these small businesses. Hostopia's main focus is private-labeled, wholesale outsourced web services that we sell to Telco's and broadband providers. Acquisitions such as uplinkearth complement our organic growth plan by adding end-users to our unified platform and giving us revenue-per-user opportunities through the many additional value-added services we offer, such as fax-to-email and collaborative email with wireless mobility synchronization.''
Michael Yablonowitz, Co-founder and President of Uplinkearth added, ''My partners and I have built a very successful hosting services business over the years. We are experiencing increased demand for new services from our customers which can drive opportunity for our business to grow. We decided the market timing was ideal to transfer our user base over to a highly capable provider in the hosting and SaaS arena - one who can deliver the high-demand services our users need. Hostopia's proven credentials and track record in migrating large numbers of hosted business customers made them the ideal choice as our chosen buyer. We think our users will eagerly respond to the many new upgrades and value-added services Hostopia plans to offer them.'
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30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced today that David M. Fish, 26, of Woodbury, Conn., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., to 30 months in prison on charges of criminal copyright infringement and circumvention.
Fish was also sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronald M. Whyte to a three year term of supervised release following his release from prison, a mandatory special assessment of $500, and the forfeiture of computer and other equipment used in committing the copyright offenses.
The case is part of Operation Copycat, an investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office targeting online warez groups, which illegally distribute newly-released movies, games, software and music online. Operation Copycat has resulted in 40 convictions thus far and is part of a larger federal crackdown against the illegal online distribution of copyrighted materials known as Operation Site Down.
On Feb. 27, 2006, Fish pleaded guilty to five counts in federal court in San Jose, including four counts in the Northern District of California case for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement; distribution of technology primarily designed to circumvent encryption technology protecting a right of a copyright owner and aiding and abetting; circumventing a technological measure that protects a copyright work and aiding and abetting; copyright infringement by electronic means and aiding and abetting. On the same day, Fish also pleaded guilty to one count of criminal infringement of a copyright in the Southern District of Iowa. The two cases involved separate investigations and conduct in both jurisdictions. The charges were consolidated and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
In the Northern District of California case, according to court documents and information presented at the sentencing hearing, from approximately August 2004 to July 2005, Fish served as the site operator as well as a scripter, equipment supplier, broker and encoder for warez sites. As a site operator, he built and managed the warez site and controlled the daily operations of the site and server. Fish also circumvented technology measures designed to protect or limit access to copyrighted materials. Without circumvention, many of the copyrighted works could not be reproduced and made available to others. Once the DVDs were circumvented, they were uploaded onto the warez site and downloaded and accessed by hundreds of other warez participants.
Scripters for warez sites create, program and help build the sites. Suppliers provide an unauthorized copyrighted movie, game or software while equipment suppliers provide hardware (such as hard drives, computer parts, and computer servers) to the warez site. Brokers find groups to participate on the warez site and encoders circumvent the technological measures and protections of copyrighted works on the DVDs designed to prevent unauthorized access and copying.
In the Southern District of Iowa case, Fish participated in a separate warez site from Jan. 21, 2003, through April 21, 2004. The warez server used in this case was determined to contain approximately 13,000 pirated software titles including movies, games, utility software and music. Transfer logs confirm that defendant Fish assisted in the uploading of 131 software titles and downloading 373 software titles to and from the warez FTP server between Aug. 16, 2003, and March 29, 2004. The Iowa case resulted from an earlier national initiative against online piracy known as Operation FastLink.
Operation Site Down and Operation FastLink are the largest and most successful global criminal enforcement actions ever taken against the organized piracy groups which are responsible for most of the initial illegal distribution of copyrighted movies, software, games and music on the Internet. Consisting of multiple FBI undercover investigations, these two operations have so far resulted in a total of 108 felony convictions; more than 200 search warrants executed in 15 countries; the confiscation of hundreds of computers and illegal online distribution hubs; and the removal of more than 100 million dollars worth of illegally-copied copyrighted software, games, movies and music from illicit distribution channels. Countries participating in these U.S.-led operations include: France, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Hungary, Israel, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Belgium and Germany.
Alentus Acquires Website Source and SpeedFox
Laguna Niguel, California. - May 1, 2008
Alentus Corporation announced that it has acquired Austin, Texas-based Website Source, Inc. and SpeedFox, Inc., providers of Linux website hosting.
The acquisition adds $2.6M and 14,000 clients to Alentus portfolio. The current Website Source infrastructure is being integrated into the Alentus global, redundant Cisco-powered network, and all Texas staff has been retained.
“This acquisition provides a stable and solid addition of Linux powered web hosting to the Alentus client base. And at the same time, it offers Windows hosting options to Website Source and SpeedFox clients. We are pleased with how the companies complement one another and look forward to growing our client base by offering a more complete menu of hosting services to the Internet community,” said William King, Alentus Corporation CEO.
Financial details of the cash and stock transaction were not disclosed.
Alentus Corporation is based in Laguna Niguel, California, with Data Center and Network Operations Center facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Idologic offering distributed and redundant DNS services
LONDON, Canada - May 2, 2008 - Idologic, a reseller and dedicated web hosting company based in London, Ontario, Canada, announced earlier that it would begin offering distributed and redundant DNS services to its existing customers for free.
These dedicated and redundant DNS services allow customers to experience true 100% uptime. It's a must have for companies that depend on email or for customers that have accounts spread over multiple services, said Damiaan Habets, Idologics CTO.
The DNS services, which are spread across two separate networks located in Georgia and Texas, are specifically designed for customers who require unparalleled reliability or customers with accounts on multiple servers.
This service is designed to provide 100% uptime. Even if the customers primary server is down, the DNS service allows a backup service to accept mail and queue it. When the primary server is restored, the mail will be delivered as usual, added Habets.
The new DNS services offered by Idologic are also expected to improve the speed of customers web sites on both a network and server level. For customers with advanced configurations, the distributed DNS services can also be used to enable load balancing and failover setups.
For customers who utilize multiple servers to host their web sites, these new DNS services allow them to only have one set of name servers. This will make hosting simpler for Idologics reseller customers and in turn, their customers.
This is an offering we are very excited about. I think it is something our customers will really appreciate and grow to love,said Jeff Gardiner, Idologics CEO.
The distributed DNS services will be available free of charge to Idologic reseller and dedicated hosting customers. For customers choosing to have their DNS running off of a private IP, private IP addresses will be available at a charge of $2.50 per IP per month.
Idologic, which was founded in 2001, is a high quality reseller and dedicated web hosting company based in London, Ontario, Canada. The company prides itself in providing unmatched customer service and offering powerful hosting solutions to all of its customers.
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SharkSpace goes Green
SharkSpace LLC , one of the leading web hosting providers based in
the United States, with an intention to better protect the environment
has gone green from Earth Day (April 22, 2008).
SharkSpace over the last several months has moved their entire server fleet to new energy efficient Dell servers. The servers consume up to 25% less energy than previous generations. When combined with impressive performance gains, this results in up to a 3X increase in performance per watt over previous generations. SharkSpace also uses energy efficient florescent light bulbs in all their office locations.
In addition to the new server fleet and lighting, the company will also reduce its energy use by converting its paper files to electronic versions through document imaging technology. With the conversion, the company expects to use about half of the paper it is currently using, furthering SharkSpace's commitment to environmentally friendly operations.
SharkSpace LLC Founder & CEO Scott Jones said: "Today, we are proud to have taken a first step towards true energy sustainability by integrating green power and energy-efficient strategies into our operations. As a company that strives to best serve the residents of our community, we feel an obligation to do everything we can to protect our environment. We view this not only a matter of corporate responsibility, but also a case of moral and ethical accountability. By joining The Green revolution, we're expanding our scope beyond just optimizing our own operations to helping the industry set higher efficiency standards and develop better environmental practices."
Electronic waste (e-waste) is the fastest growing type of trash in the United States. E-waste makes up 2% of the garbage, but produces up to 40% of the lead in landfills. E-waste in landfills can leach toxic substances into the soil and groundwater. Electrical power plant emissions clog up the environment. There is a lot being said in the media right now about the importance of maintaining a healthy and green environment and the message is now starting to be heard that the responsibility does not only lie with large companies. Environmentally sustainable practices are the responsibility of everyone and must start in our own backyards to dramatically feel the impact of positive change for the environment. Whether the changes are as small as beginning a recycling routine, or maybe changing your light globes to minimize energy consumption or larger changes such as optimizing the internal efficiency of your home through structural changes; these decisions will ultimately have a positive impact on the environment.
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