Hosting365 News

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our valued customers, partners and friends a very Happy holidays, and joyous new year!

Our Operations and NOC teams remain on duty and available throughout the holiday period, 24 hours per day, every day without exception.

Our Sales, Admin, Finance and Engineering team will be unavailable for the holidays, on Wednesday 23rd December, through to Sunday 27th December. We will have full service from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th of December, then closed again from Thursday 31st December, reopening normally on Monday the 4th January.

Have a Happy and Peaceful Holiday and many thanks for 2009!

Hosting365 selects Zeus to provide a superior traffic management solution to its customers

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 27 May 2009 – Zeus Technology, the only software-based application traffic management company, today announces that Ireland’s leading Outsourced IT Services and Internet Hosting Provider, Hosting365, has joined the Zeus Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA). The partnership will enable Hosting365 to meet the needs of its customers by offering a comprehensive layer-7 load balancing and application acceleration solution with a monthly usage fee.

The Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM) software solution is offered in the market today via a SPLA model, which gives Hosters and Service Providers a significant advantage. Customers business requirements are constantly changing to keep up with and take advantage of the latest web technology. Therefore, there is a growing demand for Service Providers to deliver application acceleration and delivery solutions that go beyond the capabilities of many existing hardware based products.

Kevin O’Connor, Channel Manager, Hosting365, comments: “We partnered with Zeus, so we can have the benefit of providing a traffic management solution in the Cloud, coupled with utilizing a unique SPLA model which enables us to lease the ZXTM software. Flexibility for us is also key. We chose Zeus because it can handle huge bursts of traffic and can scale both vertically and horizontally, so the solution can grow alongside the needs of our customers. Those customers will now be able to take advantage of the powerful Zeus solution by renting it monthly.

“The Cloud is a highly cost-effective platform for the majority of companies, as they can scale their hardware requirements to match demand. Our customers have full control over their infrastructure usage maintaining a handle on costs at all times, as well as significantly reducing their IT web expenditure.”

Deployed literally in a matter of hours, the Zeus ZXTM software provides an impressive range of traffic management features and functionality, is intuitive with an easy to use interface and will run on any server hardware platform.

Hosting365 offers its Cloud hosting solutions as Platform as a Service, enabling customers to pay for services as and when they use them. Thus, as the Zeus SPLA program is a monthly, subscription-based model with minimal up-front costs, it seamlessly integrates with Hosting 365’s business model, by providing on-demand IT services.

Steve Webb, VP Sales, Zeus, adds: “With Hosting365’s specialist knowledge in outsourced IT and infrastructure hosting and as Ireland’s only Cloud Computing provider, we are delighted to have them on board our SPLA program. As more companies choose to outsource their IT services on a highly cost-effective monthly-usage model, Zeus can help Hosting 365 meet their customers’ needs for secure, reliable and scalable loading balancing and traffic management services. This will help ensure their online presence is continuously available 24 hours a day, even during high traffic peaks.”

For more information about the Zeus SPLA program, please visit; www.zeus.com/spla

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About Zeus Technology

Zeus software enables our customers to create, manage and deliver exceptional online services in Physical, Virtual and Cloud environments. Implementing a Zeus solution allows organizations to visualize and manipulate the flow of traffic to their web-enabled applications, thus ensuring a consistently robust web infrastructure. Coupled with the ability to deploy new online services very quickly, Zeus helps provide the competitive advantage businesses need, by making their online services faster, more reliable, more secure and easier to manage. Zeus software can be deployed on industry standard hardware, virtual machines and any Cloud platform, making it the right strategic choice for today and tomorrow. Zeus holds strategic partnerships with world-class companies such as Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Joyent, Oracle, Sun, Qualcomm and VMware. Zeus powers over one million website infrastructures across the world including, BT, Comic Relief, Domino’s Pizza, Gilt Groupe, ITV, PLAY.COM, STA Travel and Virgin Media. Zeus is in a unique position to assist any business looking to enhance their mission-critical Internet service infrastructure.

For more information, visit www.zeus.com.

Hosting365, Ireland’s only Cloud Computing provider, has announced a number of sales deals worth €650,000. The company has signed deals with Meteor, Billing Payment Solutions, Soft Telecom, Bord Gais, JS Web, Three and Elan Pharmaceutical. Hosting365 has arranged a range of solutions ranging from dedicated hosting solutions to outsourced managed services on the company’s Cloud Computing platform.

Commenting on the announcement, Paul Lynch, Sales & Marketing Director, Hosting365, said, “Our Cloud Computing platform has put us in a unique position. We are able to offer a range of solutions including simple web servers or complex, multi-site mission-critical applications and platforms. Combined with our Cloud Computing service, we can offer instant solutions to clients and enable them to grow their infrastructure in line with actual customer demand. Rather than jump in at the deep end, our clients can dip their toe in at the shallow end and steadily swim upstream in these choppy waters.”

“In the current economic climate, companies are looking to lower their running costs and IT spending has been affected as most companies’ investments are underutilised and may not always demonstrate value for money. As a result, we are seeing increased demands for our services as companies can benefit from economies of scale by availing of our multi million euro infrastructure and our staff’s expertise at competitive prices.”

In February 2008 Hosting365 announced a €2 million investment to create its Cloud Computing platform and sold its business division Register365, Ireland’s largest Internet hosting provider, to Namesco for an undisclosed amount last May.

Hosting365’s existing clients include the Irish Stock Exchange, the Irish Government Department for Social & Family Affairs, Certified Public Accountants of Ireland, O2, daft.ie and entertainment.ie.

Hosting365 have launched an off site detailed status site, complete with real-time status visibility on all Hosting365 core network nodes, datacentres, services like DNS and control panel sites and the Cloud Platforms. Additionally, a range of network tools, including speed tests, traceroute, voip, IPTV and video streaming tests are available.

Monitoring of all services is provided by independent third-party service - Pingdom.com

We recommend customers bookmark the site, as it will also be used to provide notifications of maintenance and issues.

Go to http://www.hosting365status.com/

Hosting365, Managed Services and Data Centre facility provider, has announced a number of sales deals worth €3 million for its cloud computing offering. Hosting 365 has signed deals with Viridian, Carphone Warehouse, Tesco Mobile, Webtrade, TV3 and Cityjet.

Commenting on the announcement, Ed Byrne, General Manager, Hosting365, said, “These deals are proof that the strategic decision we made to focus Hosting365 on Hosted Managed Services for the enterprise market has paid off. Through our cloud computing platform Irish companies can, for the first time, avail of the benefits of a multi million euro infrastructure for a cost less then a traditional dedicated server. In the current economic climate, companies have realised that they are overspending on IT and their existing investments are often underutilised. The outsourced managed services model is a cost effective solution as they can take advantage of our economies of scale. Hosting365 combines the best of both worlds by offering world class data centre facilities and the IT expertise of our diverse engineering, technician and support teams,”

“Ireland is quickly becoming a leader in Cloud Computing as evidenced by the deals we have announced today and also the decision by IBM to make Ireland the home of its first Cloud Computing centre. Our Cloud Computing offer is one of the cutting edge services that will help Ireland reach its goal in becoming a knowledge based economy. As the only provider in Ireland and one of only a few companies in the world with a commercial Cloud Computing offering, we are bucking the trend of IT companies experiencing a downturn in the global economy.” Byrne added.

Hosting365 has announced a number of significant company milestones this year, having completed a €2 million investment in new infrastructure and creating 20 new jobs in February and selling its business division Register365, Ireland’s largest Internet hosting provider, to Namesco for an undisclosed amount in May. The company also plans to hire an additional 14 staff in its Dublin and Polish offices by the end of the year.

Hosting365’s existing clients include the Irish Stock Exchange, the Irish Government Department for Social & Family Affairs, Certified Public Accountants of Ireland, O2, daft.ie and entertainment.ie.

All the team at Hosting365 would like to wish you and yours a very merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful New Year. Wishing you all the best for 2009, and thanking you for your valued support.

Happy Christmas 2008!

Hosting365 are delighted to announce the launch of an all new website today, providing renewed, clear focus on the affordable enterprise infrastructure and managed services provided by the company.

With a crisp new design and branding, provided by leading branding and design agency - http://www.atomic.ie - the new site provides detail on a wider range of enterprise solutions, ranging from comprehensively managed colocation, through hosted infrastructure solutions and virtualisation and cloud platforms.

Complete with re-skinned Blog - http://news.hosting365.com and Customer Portal - https://cp.hosting365.com, you can now also follow Hosting365 on Twitter at http://twitter.com/hosting365 and check out a gallery of photos on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hosting365/

Why not call, email or click live chat today and talk to us about how you can save money, improve reliability and services and get better support from Ireland’s leading hosted infrastructure provider.

Hosting365 ranked 25th in Deloitte Technology Fast 50, 2008

Hosting365 today announced that it ranked Number 25 in the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest
growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. Hosting365 grew 1,143 percent during this period.

Hosting365’s Managing Director, Stephen McCarron, credits the continuing move to an outsourced IT and infrastructure hosting model and the company’s position as a leader in both value and enterprise service with the company’s 1,143% revenue growth over the past five years. He said,
“We are thrilled and honoured to be ranked in the Deloitte Fast 50 for the second year running - it is a testament to the passion, commitment and energy of the amazing team I work with, both in Dublin and Krakow.”

The Fast 50 programme, now in its ninth year in Ireland ranks the fastest-growing technology companies in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This year, there were 17 companies from Northern Ireland in the ranking. The average annual growth rate of the 50 winning companies was 460%.

Announcing the winners of the Technology Fast 50 programme, David O’Flanagan, Partner with Deloitte, Dublin said: ?Congratulations to our 2008 Fast 50 winners – their success is indicative of the innovative technology companies present in Ireland. To have 16 new companies in the awards is a true sign of the talent and creative thinking that is present in
the technology industry in Ireland. It is this innovation and fresh thinking that will ensure Ireland’s continued success in this competitive industry.?

The awards took place in the Guinness Storehouse on October 16th. Industry figures speaking at the event included Jim Breen, CEO, Pulse Learning, John McElligott, Director of Strategy and M&A, eBay Global Classifieds and David Tansley, Partner, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Deloitte UK.

Details of the final Technology Fast 50 ranking list are available to download at
www.fast50.ie.

Hosting365, Ireland’s leading Managed Services and Data Centre facility provider, has signed a deal with Webtrade, one of Ireland’s top web design, development and online marketing companies.

Webtrade & Hosting365Hosting 365 is Ireland’s largest hosting provider with over 35% of the market, and operates its own 25,000 square feet, state of the art data centre in Park West, Dublin. Their deal, thought to be worth around €100,000, is for the provision of website hosting solution for Webtrade’s client base. Hosting365’s Hsphere clustered solution will allow Webtrade to create and manage web hosting plans at ease for their customers, with added functionality such as full transparency of usage data per client to enable easy invoicing.

Founded in 1998, Webtrade is one of Ireland’s longest established and highly successful web development companies having developed more than 500 websites for businesses and government agencies.

Commenting on the deal, Gary Cosgrave, Sales Director, Webtrade (pictured right), said, “Hosting365 was chosen giving us confidence that they can accommodate our own technological growth while ensuring our clients receive a service level that’s second to none.”

Kevin O’Connor, Channel Manager, Hosting 365 (pictured right), which was named as Ireland’s seventh fastest growing technology company in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50, commented, “Our dedicated solutions are tailored for customers seeking a flexible, stable and secure hosting solution.  As Ireland’s only Cloud Computing provider, we can provide on demand IT services.  Our cloud hosting solution offers our customers with a fully redundant solution, providing automatic failover of dedicated server solutions at both a physical and virtual level.  This means that their server is constantly available within the Hosting365 cloud server environment. Should an individual data centre encounter issues, services can simply fail over to another available data centre facility within the Hosting365 cloud network.”

“At Hosting365 we are trying to change the way businesses think about IT and how they buy hardware or software applications.  We invest in the very best technology, infrastructure, R&D and technical staff so that our clients can enjoy Ireland’s most sophisticated IT infrastructure with absolute efficiency, flexibility and security.  This enables our customers to concentrate on what’s important to them – growing their business!” O’Connor added.

Apart from the usual web design and web development, search engine optimisation, email and website hosting offerings, Webtrade’s services include online booking and reservation systems, onlinemarketing and their Content Management System, Siternity.

Siternity is based on the Software as a Service model (SaaS) which they claim reduces the lifetime ownership costs of websites by over 50%.  Webtrade’s clients receive a novel warranty that the standard features of their websites are permanently in-step with the latest web technologies, and with regular upgrades, clients are informed as to what the new and improved functionality entails and how it will benefit their on-line presence – making this investment very appealing to the business community.

Discover More About - www.hosting365.ie and www.webtrade.ie

Dublin, 6th October 2008 – Hosting365, Managed Services and Data Centre facility provider, has signed a deal worth €100,000 with Webtrade, one of Ireland’s top web design, development and online marketing companies, to provide a website hosting solution for Webtrade’s client base.

Now in its tenth year, Webtrade is one of Ireland’s longest established web development companies. The company has developed more than 500 websites for businesses and government agencies. Commenting on the deal, Gary Cosgrave, Sales Director, Webtrade, said, “Hosting365 was chosen because their high performance infrastructure is extremely resilient and secure, giving us confidence that they can accommodate our own technological growth while ensuring our clients receive a service level that’s second to none.”

Hosting365’s Hsphere clustered solution will allow Webtrade to create and manage web hosting plans at ease for their customers, with added functionality such as full transparency of usage data per client to enable easy invoicing.

Kevin O’Connor, Channel Manager, Hosting 365, commented, “Our dedicated solutions are tailored for customers seeking a flexible, stable and secure hosting solution. As Ireland’s only Cloud Computing provider, we can provide on demand IT services. Our cloud hosting solution offers our customers with a fully redundant solution, providing automatic failover of dedicated server solutions at both a physical and virtual level. This means that their server is constantly available within the Hosting365 cloud server environment. Should an individual data centre encounter issues, services can simply fail over to another available data centre facility within the Hosting365 cloud network.”

“At Hosting365 we are trying to change the way businesses think about IT and how they buy hardware or software applications. We invest in the very best technology, infrastructure, R&D and technical staff so that our clients can enjoy Ireland’s most sophisticated IT infrastructure with absolute efficiency, flexibility and security. This enables our customers to concentrate on what’s important to them – growing their business!” O’Connor added.

Webtrade’s custom solutions are built around its Content Management System, Siternity – that is based on the Software as a Service model (SaaS). This reduces the lifetime ownership costs of websites by over 50% because clients receive a novel warranty that the standard features of their websites are permanently in-step with the latest web technologies. With regular upgrades, clients are informed as to what the new and improved functionality entails and how it will benefit their on-line presence – making this investment very appealing to the business community.