Web Hosting Provider, UK2, Earns Recognition, for Consecutive Three Months

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - September 10, 2009 -
Web hosting firm, UK2, has been voted 2nd place in the Top 25 most popular web hosting companies on Web Host Directory UK.

The award which is based on the number of votes a company receives and the amount of times their profile has been viewed each month was won by UK2 in June, July and now August 2009.

Martin Baker, Managing Director at UK2 remarked, ''At UK2 we are constantly thinking of ways to add value to our customers. This is why we regularly launch innovative products, unbeatable offers and invest in UK based support for our customers. It is very rewarding to see that customers are responding positively to our efforts, and I am very pleased that we have been voted one of the most popular web hosting companies for three months in a row.''

Web Host Directory established in 1997 is a brand of Serchen Interactive and a market leader in the hosting industry providing free resources and information for customers researching web hosts online.

UK2 is one of the biggest and most innovative web hosting companies in the UK with a comprehensive range of domain name registration, web hosting, e-commerce, reseller, dedicated server and cloud hosting solutions. UK2 specializes in making it easy, cheap, and quick for any consumer, small or large business to have the online presence they need.

UK2 is also a part of the UK-2 Group, a large web hosting organization made up of over 10 web hosting companies such as VI.net, VPS.net, Midphase.com and more. The group operates its services out of several state of the art, multi million pound data centers and is committed to providing reliable, secure and great value products and services underpinned with excellent support.

To learn more, please visit: www.uk2.net.

Parallels Announces Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

HERNDON, Va., September 22, 2009 — Automation and virtualization leader, Parallels, today announced support of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 in its Parallels Automation product, which will be available shortly following Microsoft’s official release expected second half of 2009. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 beta was released in April, 2009, and is the first server in a new generation of Microsoft server technology built from the ground up to work on-premise and as an online service.

Exchange Server 2010 introduces many new features to help achieve new levels of reliability and performance, protect communications, and meet customers’ demands for greater business mobility. Microsoft Hosted Exchange offers small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) a cost-effective alternative to managing an in-house e-mail server. In the Hosted Exchange model, the service provider manages all the technology and support for the SMB.

Building on the native capabilities introduced in Exchange Server 2007, the new high availability architecture in Exchange 2010 provides a simplified, unified framework for both high availability and disaster recovery. The result is greater uptime for end users, increased freedom for administrators, and decreased capital and operational costs for the organization. Exchange Server 2010 also enables organizations to run Exchange Server on a wide range of storage options. The latest version of Exchange Server requires less storage performance and is more tolerant of storage failures and helps SMBs provide larger mailboxes at lower cost without sacrificing system availability.

Parallels Automation enables delivery of SaaS applications including Microsoft Exchange, Windows SharePoint, Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), etc. in a hosted environment. In the SaaS model, end user customers subscribe to the application instead of purchasing them, typically on a monthly basis. In this pay-as-you go approach, SMBs are afforded an easy-to-use low-cost service.

"Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 represents an exciting opportunity for hosters and cloud services providers to deliver world-class unified communications to meet the growing communications needs of SMBs," said Jack Zubarev, President of Parallels Service Provider Division. "Parallels is proud to enable support for Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2010."

About Parallels — Optimized Computing
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com.

Layered Tech Ranks Second on 2009 Tech Titans Fast Tech List

PLANO, Texas - Sept. 2, 2009 - Layered Technologies, Inc. (Layered Tech), a leading worldwide provider of on-demand IT infrastructure, has ranked second on the 2009 Tech Titans Fast Tech Five-Year Listing by the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), the largest technology trade organization in Texas. The Tech Titans Fast Tech Award annually recognizes the fastest-growing technology companies in the DFW Metroplex, based on percentage of revenue growth during five-year or one-year periods.

Layered Tech ranked ahead of several other leading technology companies in North Texas, a result of the company's explosive growth since 2004. To qualify for the ranking, companies must own proprietary technology; Layered Tech possesses a fully automated Web hosting platform called Astro that dramatically accelerates the availability and provisioning of servers for customers and channel partners alike.

"Layered Tech is proud to achieve such a high ranking on this prestigious annual list, which features many prominent DFW-area technology providers. The entire Layered Tech team has worked tirelessly to advance our services and offerings and become a leading global Web hosting provider, and being ranked second on the Tech Titan Fast Tech Five-Year List is a testament to our success," said Layered Tech Founder and President Todd Abrams. "Layered Tech strives to meet and exceed customer needs, and our strategic business decisions and technological advancements have allowed us to achieve this goal. Our double-digit growth rate reflects the value that customers receive from Layered Tech and the flexible solutions we provide."

The ranking of the 2009 five-year and one-year list was announced at the annual Tech Titans/Fast Tech Awards Gala Event on Aug. 28, 2009 at the Renaissance Hotel Dallas-Richardson in Richardson, Texas. As a winner in the five-year growth category, Layered Tech is eligible for the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, which recognizes the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the U.S. and Canada.

"The Tech Titans/Fast Tech Awards provide the premier recognition of fast-growing, highly innovative companies that contribute to the vibrancy of the North Texas economy and make our region an exciting place to live and work," said Cindi Keith, partner/technology marketing industry leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and co-chair of the MTBC's Tech Titans steering committee. "We look forward to showcasing the true leaders in our industry and celebrating their hard work and creativity."

Layered Tech official website: www.layeredtech.com