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EPiServer, a provider of Web Content Management (WCM), online community and e-commerce platforms has reached the 300 customer mark in the UK. The wins have been bolstered by several recent customer contracts in Q1, including the Canary Wharf Group (with partner Rufus Leonard), Aggregate Industries (with twentysix digital), NHS Grampian (with Mimtech), Corinthia Hotels (with Nucleus) and Ryman (with e-inbusiness).

With increasing numbers of brands looking to improve their online communication strategies, by taking steps to speak directly with their audiences online, the Swedish-based company has seen phenomenal growth in the UK, with hundreds of brands eager to take control of the way they communicate online, making their websites more dynamic, engaging and community-led.

Some of the UK’s leading digital agencies – including LBi, Fortune Cookie and Auros – have also been quick to adopt EPiServer CMS as their platform of choice due to its user friendliness for end users and developers alike.

Neal Perry, Country Manager, UK, Ireland & Middle East, EPiServer: “It has been an exciting few months for the team here in the UK, with some notable deals completed. We are seeing many businesses and brands in the UK eager to take their online presence to the next level and find new and exciting ways to engage with their online visitors.”

Martin Henricson, CEO from EPiServer: “The UK is a strategically important country for us and so this early success is particularly welcome. We are committed to providing our partners and customers with online solutions that will enable them to build dynamic and engaging websites and communities that can have dramatic effects on their business.”

In March, EPiServer launched the latest version of its web content management platform, EPiServer CMS 6, including a new OnlineCenter that makes it easy for businesses to develop, manage and measure all aspects of their online presence.

About EPiServer:EPiServer is the world’s fastest growing provider of Web Content Management (WCM), online community and e-commerce platforms. More than 3,000 customers worldwide use EPiServer CMS to create collaborative and engaging websites. EPiServer CMS is the foundation for more than 9,000 websites and is used by more than 130,000 web editors daily. The EPiServer platform is delivered through an extensive network of over 400 partner companies in 30 countries. EPiServer combines the stability and support of a commercial product with EPiServer World, a thriving developer community of more than 9,000 developers. EPiServer is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with an AAA-ranking by Dun & Bradstreet since 2000. The company was founded in 1994 and has offices in the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.episerver.com

Internap Network Services Corporation (Nasdaq: INAP), a global provider of end-to-end Internet business products and services, today announced Accelerated IP (“XIP”), a new service-based Internet traffic accelerator that can dramatically improve the performance of enterprise web services and applications by up to 400%. XIP ? to be shown at Interop in Las Vegas, April 27-29 in booth 550 ? complements Internap’s worldwide Performance IP? route-optimized network, resulting in end-to-end network and application optimization and a superior experience for end users.

As enterprises increasingly deliver mission-critical, latency-sensitive, and often dynamic, applications and services ? such as ecommerce, software as a service (SaaS), financial trading and streaming video ? over the Internet, the performance of the underlying network has become a key priority. One of the primary sources of poor web traffic performance is the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), a fundamental protocol for Internet communications which manages sessions between servers and clients. Designed nearly 40 years ago, TCP can slow the loading and utilization of web based applications due to the inefficient way that it manages session initiation, packet loss, and transmission windows during sessions.

Internap’s XIP service addresses these issues by significantly enhancing TCP, improving recovery time after packet loss is detected and enabling it to transmit more data at a continuously faster rate, allowing the application to load quickly and maintain accelerated performance throughout the entire session. XIP accelerates “application to client” traffic, making it well-suited for dynamic web content with improved response times for websites and web-based applications, as well as faster file downloads ? resulting in higher customer and end user satisfaction.

XIP will be available to customers in combination with Internap’s Performance IP service, which provides premium network connectivity and performance across its global platform of data centers. Deployed by thousands of companies around the world and backed by a 100% uptime service level agreement, Performance IP combines the ability to deliver traffic across numerous carrier networks globally with patented Managed Internet Route Optimizer? (MIRO) technology. Similar to the way in which XIP overcomes TCP’s inherent design issues that inhibit today’s enterprise business models, MIRO overcomes limitations with the Internet’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) by delivering traffic over the best-performing network path versus the shortest. The combination of XIP and Performance IP better position enterprises to address today’s more dynamic and demanding IT delivery models and applications needs.

XIP is the first web traffic accelerator to be delivered as a service from ‘source to destination’, resulting in enhanced traffic performance from the application to the end user. As a service, XIP expands the geographic reach of applications, allowing high-performance application delivery from any location ? and also reducing costs ? by eliminating the need to deploy hardware and software at regional data centers or on the client side.

“The new XIP service ensures enterprises and SaaS providers of high-performance websites and applications through a services model that eliminates the need for expensive hardware and cumbersome end user software,” said Scott Hrastar, senior vice president ? IP Service at Internap. “When combined with the performance benefits of our premium IP network services, enterprises will reap the benefits of unparalleled, end-to-end network and application optimization.”

Internap’s new XIP service will be available in select markets starting in the second quarter of 2010. For more information about Internap’s XIP service, visit: www.internap.com.

About Internap

Internap is a leading Internet products and services company that provides The Ultimate Online Experience® by managing, delivering and distributing applications and content with 100 percent performance and reliability. With a global platform of data centers, managed Internet services and a content delivery network, Internap frees its customers to innovate, improve service levels, and lower the cost of IT operations. Thousands of companies across the globe trust Internap to help them achieve their Internet business goals. For more information, visit http://www.internap.com

YESpay has successfully launched its new cloud computing architecture for its 4 global card payments transaction processing data centres located in London (UK), Heathrow (UK), Toronto (Canada) and San Francisco (USA). Cloud computing refers to accessing dynamically scalable and often virtualized IT resources as a service over the Internet.

“Our EMBOSS card payment service probably the world’s first card payment service to develop and deploy our new cloud computing architecture as defined by industry experts such as Sun Microsystems”, said Dr. Chandra Patni, CEO and CTO of YESpay group of companies.
YESpay provides its integrated card transaction processing service to merchants throughout Europe and North America (USA and Canada). YESpay’s new 4 data centres, branded as EMBOSS, work on the new cloud computing architecture and deliver a resilient payment service to its customers through a “Software as a Service model” (SaaS) model. In a SaaS model, a single application is accessed by thousands of customers through the Internet. The main application is hosted centrally in multiple EMBOSS data centres and a basic software (EasyV Terminal) is installed at the customers end to facilitate communication with the host. In this type of multitenant architecture, customers are just thin clients with no requirements for servers or software licenses. The customers of such a service model are generally billed on a utility (pay as you use) or subscription basis.
The benefits deriving from YESpay’s SaaS model range from infinite scalability to reduced infrastructure investment and no software licensing charges. The main benefits of replicating cloud computing architecture for YESpay’s customers are categorized below.
Data Security
Since YESpay is responsible for storing the cardholder data on behalf of its clients, it ensures high levels of security, certified to PCI DSS level 1 at all its data centres throughout Europe and North America.
Commercial Benefits
With YESpay’s SaaS model, there is no capital investment required for the merchant, just operational monthly service costs. Customers don’t need their own operational staff and physical equipment (such as servers, storage, networks, and virtualization technologies) and can access YESpay’s payment solution over the internet.
Service Availability
YESpay EMBOSS Cloud computing load sharing gives 99.99% availability (practically 100%) even during maintenance, upgrades, etc, and additionally multiple load sharing data centres provide auto Disaster Recovery (DR) capability. Hence, YESpay is utilizing the cloud computing revolution to impart a fully resilient and “ready for future” payment services to its customers helping them adapt and excel in the ever changing card payment market scenario.
About YESpay International Ltd:
YESpay, card payments service company, provides highly secure Internet, EMV Chip & PIN, contactless and gift card payment processing services to independent and multi-chain merchants. Through EMBOSS™, YESpay’s Managed Payment Service, merchants can quickly accept integrated card payments within EPOS, kiosks, hospitality and e-commerce systems with minimal capital investment and low on-going services costs. EMBOSS is an on-line IP-based payment processing service that has been generically pre-accredited by major Card Acquirers in Europe and North America (including Chase Paymentech, First Data Merchant Service (FDMS), Barclaycard Business, HSBC, HBOS, Lloyds Cardnet, Streamline, Ulster Bank, Elavon, PBS, Amex and Diners). In addition, YESpay’s EMBOSS service is fully end to end certified to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) Level 1 as mandated by Visa and MasterCard. The YESpay EasyV-Suite of card payment products is innovative and cost-effective for EPOS, Kiosk, Hospitality, Mobile and Internet environments. In combination with the YESpay hosted EMBOSS payment service, merchants can perform card payments in both card-present and card-not-present environments.
http://www.yes-pay.com

O’Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb today preview exhibitor announcements that will be made at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, happening May 3-6 this year at Moscone West. Web 2.0 Expos are the leading annual events that bring people, ideas, products, and companies together to build stronger Web 2.0 communities, shaping the next-generation Web. Registration is now open at www.web2expo.com/sf.

Sarah Milstein, Web 2.0 Expo Co-Chair, said, “We’re excited to see a lot of news coming out of the tech sector this year, and we’re truly pleased that Expo creates an opportunity for companies to share their announcements with an avid audience.”

In addition to the vast array of sponsor news, each day will bring major announcements from the event’s main stage. The line-up of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco exhibitors making announcements is growing and a lot of news will be made on site. The snapshot of announcements currently includes:

babyTEL Inc., leader in Social Voice, will be announcing the private beta launch of its Social Telephone Voice API at Web 2.0. Web Application Developers will be amazed how easy it is to integrate fun and sophisticated voice features into their web apps.

Cazoodle builds novel vertical search engines using its large scale structured data extraction technology developed at the University of Illinois. Adding to its current search engines for Apartment Rentals and Online Shopping, at Web 2.0, Cazoodle will launch its new Vacation Rental search engine for travelers around the world.

Central Desktop will unveil the new Microsoft Office Plugin, which integrates the company’s online collaboration platform with Microsoft Office. The application allows multiple users to simultaneously co-author any Office document, spreadsheet or presentation, as well as open/save files directly into the cloud. Demos available in the Long Tail Pavilion (LT#11).

Clustrix Inc. will present a radically new approach to solving infrastructure scalability challenges for Internet-scale applications on Tuesday, May 4, 1:15-1:25 p.m. Discussions will continue on the show floor at booth #730.

.CO Internet will unveil details about its launch of the .CO domain name extension this summer. Now, the name of your website, business or brand is based on what you want ? not just what’s left over. Come visit us in Booth #714 or www.cointernet.co to learn more.

Ravenflow is launching a new web-based application ? RAVEN Cloud ? that like magic automatically creates stunning, error-free process diagrams from plain English text. Designed for people who understand processes but just can’t draw them very well, RAVEN’s natural language engine does the drawing for you. Demonstrations available at Pavilion Booth 14.

Rhomobile will introduce the next generation of its cross-platform smartphone app framework, Rhodes, the leading framework for building native, enterprise-class applications for all devices.

Trademarkia.com, a leading legal web-based technology platform and trademark filer, releases an enhanced Logo Search feature of its free trademark search engine for the first time at Web 2.0 Expo. The new feature helps logo designers, marketers, and IP attorneys search for trademarked logos by multi-level graphic attributes or words.

In a first-time presentation at Web 2.0 Expo, OpenSRS will outline a proven revenue stream for Web 2.0 companies. The wholesale reseller services group of domain name registrar Tucows will present a seminar that will encourage companies offering Web-based publishing tools to rethink their approach to namespaces.

Wrike.com, the award-winning project management software, introduces a ground-breaking product for unparalleled project collaboration productivity. By combining the simplicity of e-mail with revolutionary productivity features and a fast, intuitive interface, Wrike’s new product transforms the online management space. Managing projects, teams and businesses has never been easier and more efficient.

Zoosk, http://www.zoosk.com, the world’s largest social dating community, brings online dating to popular social networks and platforms?via mobile devices and the desktop?with Zoosk Messenger and its new iPhone application, now available in 20 languages. Zoosk will also announce new partnerships including Tagged and The Onion.

About O’Reilly

O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism. For more information, visit: http://www.oreilly.com/. O’Reilly is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Other products mentioned may be trademarks of their respective companies.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses ? media solutions, marketing services and paid content ?UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb’s communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading magazines. UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion

Rackspace® Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, has joined forces with Spiceworks™ to allow small and medium businesses (SMBs) to manage their Rackspace email hosting services through the free Spiceworks social IT management application. The integrated systems simplify the jobs of SMB IT professionals by allowing them to monitor and administrate Rackspace cloud email services within the Spiceworks IT management interface, rather than launching a separate portal.
The relationship with Spiceworks allows Rackspace to extend the functionality and reach of its hosted email services, including Rackspace Email, Microsoft Exchange or a hybrid of both, through the use of Rackspace’s APIs that are available to customers and partners interested in integrating with the Rackspace cloud email platform. For Spiceworks, the integration is part of an ongoing effort to provide SMB IT professionals free management capabilities for their on-premise, cloud-based and hybrid IT infrastructures.

“Managing IT today means more than just taking care of the computers and software within the four walls of your company,” said Scott Abel, co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks. “Already, over 25 percent of SMBs rely on one or more cloud-based services to keep their organizations running, and that number keeps growing. By working with Rackspace, we’re simplifying the jobs of IT professionals by giving them the ability to manage both their on-premise technologies and cloud-based services through a single integrated IT management application.”

Spiceworks will support the management of Rackspace’s cloud email services with the following key features:

Email Usage – shows the current status of a company’s Rackspace cloud email services, including the top 5 email users in the organization, the status of available licenses vs. used licenses, and the number of Blackberry and Active Sync accounts.
Account Management – provides users with a full list of the domains they manage with Rackspace, including the total number of mailboxes per domain. In addition, resellers can access information on the customer mailbox accounts they manage with Rackspace.
Email Account Monitors – provides alerts when an individual mailbox nears its capacity limit. For example, when free space is below 5 percent or when it’s less than 50MB.
Community – Rackspace cloud email users will have the opportunity to collaborate within the Spiceworks social IT management application and community of 950,000 IT professionals who currently use Spiceworks to manage over 31 million email accounts.
“Both Rackspace and Spiceworks are committed to creating the best experience for our customers and making IT simple and affordable for businesses,” said Jim Curry, VP of Corporate Development at Rackspace. “Through our relationship with Spiceworks, we’ll provide a new avenue for nearly 1 million Spiceworks customers to integrate and manage the Rackspace cloud email platform within their IT.”

Rackspace offers a full suite of cloud-based applications including email, collaboration and storage solutions. Rackspace hosts more than 1.6 million paid email accounts through its email platform that includes Rackspace Email, hosted Microsoft Exchange and a hybrid offering of the two services all backed by Rackspace’s 24×7 Fanatical Support®.

About Spiceworks

Founded in 2006, Spiceworks™ develops the first free social business application that combines network management and help desk software with an online community of IT professionals to help over 950,000 IT pros and 85,000 managed service providers (MSPs) simplify everything IT. Spiceworks makes it easy for businesses to manage their networks, collaborate to solve technology problems, and find the best practices, products and services they need day-to-day. Through its Voice of IT™ market research program, the company enables direct conversations with IT professionals, conducts surveys and provides insight on important technology usage, staffing and purchasing trends by small and medium businesses worldwide. Spiceworks is a privately held company headquartered in Austin, Texas with funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.spiceworks.com.

About Rackspace Hosting

Rackspace Hosting is the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical Support ® to its customers, across a portfolio of IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com