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ServInt, a pioneering provider of managed cloud hosting for enterprises worldwide, today named the Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) as the first quarterly finalist for the inaugural ServInt Sextant Award. The Award recognizes ServInt customers who are making the most profound community impact with their Internet-based enterprises.

Each quarter, a finalist for the $5,000 Sextant Award will be chosen from among ServInts customers. These finalists will be given three free months of hosting services to recognize the positive difference their web-based enterprises make in their community. In December, all ServInt customers will be given the chance to vote to choose the organization that they believe best embodies the Awards values.

The Sextant Awards values mirror those found in ServInts own core values:

Create possibility for yourself, for the customer and for the Company. ServInt empowers its employees to create possibility every day.

Invite challenge. Never sit still. Embrace the new, the unknown. Look for challenges that can be overcome to create better products and a better customer experience.

Better yourself and the next guy. Always strive for improvement. Pursue new knowledge, advance relationships and embrace change.

Be open to most everything and everyone. From open doors to open minds, welcome the input of others.

ServInt Chief Operating Officer Christian Dawson explained the purpose behind the Sextant Award, saying, Theres a reason why this award is named after a trusted technology that has helped humankind find its true course for nearly a thousand years. In a sense, were looking for the ServInt customers who show all of us the way toward a better tomorrow, through the use of the Internet and our hosting technology.

Dawson added, MCAN is one such customer. It uses its network of web sites to help ensure that no Michigan student is denied the opportunity to move on to postsecondary education a vitally important service in a state still struggling to rebuild after the near-collapse of its manufacturing sector. Were proud that MCAN chose ServInt to host its sites, and prouder still to recognize its good work by naming it a finalist for our 2012 Sextant Award.

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Hosting.com, a leading provider of enterprise-class cloud hosting and recovery services, today announced that Gartner, the worlds leading information technology research and advisory company, has positioned the company in the Challengers quadrant for the updated Managed Hosting Magic Quadrant.

We believe our inclusion in Gartners Magic Quadrant is a testament to our execution, customer responsiveness, cloud expertise, and completeness of vision with hosting and recovery solutions, stated Art Zeile, CEO of Hosting.com. Hosting.com is committed to the mid-enterprise market and ensuring their mission-critical applications are always on. Being recognized by Gartner in the managed hosting sector provides great reassurance to our existing and future customers.

The March 5, 2012 report, Gartner analysts,Ted Chamberlin and Lydia Leong state, The most heavily weighted criteria for a hoster's ability to execute are service offering and service excellence, as reflected in the customer experience with sales, support and operations. The report is focused on the enterprise-class, managed hosting market, regardless of whether the hosting is done on physical servers or a virtualized infrastructure. The report analyzes managed dedicated hosting, managed utility hosting, managed cloud hosting, and managed hybrid hosting.

Additionally, the report continues, Overall business viability, as reflected in the ability to successfully service a customer over a three-year period without significant disruption, and the service provider's track record also contribute to this rating. Here, we emphasize immediate capabilities for the use cases that we see most often.

Hosting.com has emerged as a leader in the data availability and recovery sector with a focus on the enterprise cloud hosting marketplace with six data centers, four cloud super sites, geographically-dispersed, and inter-connected; by providing expansive cloud management and professional services; and by providing an industry-leading web-based customer portal for managing cloud computing resources on-demand, self-provisioning, and advanced monitoring.In addition, Hosting.coms cloud offers distincthigh availability and disaster recovery solutionsfor companies needing production ready, enterprise-class technology. The company is leading the industry with its VMware-based Cloud Replication product that enables the replication of data between their internal data centers and customer premises sites.

About Hosting.com

Hosting.com is a global provider of enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions, services and facilities that ensure clients mission-critical applications are cloud-enabled and Always On.Hosting.coms geographically-dispersed data centers and Cloud Supersites, coupled with the industrys top networking and connectivity technologies, provide the highest levels of availability, security, and responsiveness.The most recognized names in SaaS, Healthcare, Retail, Financial Services, and Government repeatedly rely on Hosting.coms portfolio of dedicated hosting, managed cloud hosting, and colocation solutions to deliver the business continuity advantages they require. Hosting.com has been recognized by Gartner as a Challenger in the Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and is also included in the Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service report.

Hosting.com currently operates PCI Level 1 cloud and dedicated infrastructures and SAS 70 Type II certified data centers in Dallas, TX; Denver, CO, Irvine, CA; Louisville, KY; Newark, DE; and San Francisco, CA.

All Hosting.com products and services are supported by 24x7 live expert technical support through toll-free telephone, email, and online chat

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire -03/06/12)- Intermedia, a global leader in cloud services and the largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider, today announced it is now offering a Microsoft Office 365 plan to its direct customers and advisor resellers. The Office 365 plan is in addition to Intermedia's Office in the Cloud suite of plans. Trusted by 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses and well over 400,000 premium users, Intermedia's Office in the Cloud combines popular Microsoft services such as hosted Exchange 2010, Lync and SharePoint 2010 with Intermedia's management tools and other cloud services including security, backup, mobility, voice and more. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Intermedia is among only a few organizations offering an Office 365 plan -- which is geared towards customers looking for an integrated suite of cloud services that includes Microsoft Office and Office Web Apps.

Delivered over the Internet from Microsoft's datacenters, Intermedia's Office 365 includes:

"With Intermedia's Office in the Cloud suite of plans, and now Office 365, we offer businesses a number of choices so they have the cloud service solution best tailored to their needs," says Michael Gold, president, Intermedia. "We're excited to combine Microsoft's Office 365 with Intermedia's value-added, proprietary cloud services and support in order to help businesses realize the cost-effectiveness and power of cloud computing. Businesses that demand the highest level of customer service, reliability, security and control choose Intermedia. Whether they run their business on one of our Office in the Cloud plans or Office 365 from Intermedia, they have 24x7 phone access to our unparalleled expert and highly responsive support team."

Businesses set up and manage Office 365 using Intermedia's HostPilot Control Panel -- an intuitive control panel that enables administration to be delegated to non-technical staff. All Intermedia services are managed through HostPilot, giving businesses access to best-of-breed cloud services, but sparing them from having to use multiple control panels or pay multiple bills.

For customers interested in a fully integrated suite of cloud communications and collaboration services, Intermedia offers its Office in the Cloud bundles. Office in the Cloud combines Exchange 2010, hosted Lync and SharePoint 2010 with proprietary solutions from Intermedia for backup, compliance, mobility, voice, and more. Intermedia is recognized as the premium support provider, with an average phone response time of less than one minute and an intuitive HostPilot Control Panel that even non-technical staff can manage. The company's Cloud Concierge team assures Office in the Cloud customers have a secure migration to the cloud. Hosted Exchange 2010 is backed by a 99.999% uptime service level agreement and secure infrastructure spanning seven datacenters.

For more information, please call 1-800-379-7729.

ABOUT INTERMEDIAIntermedia is the premier provider of cloud services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and the world's largest provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange. Intermedia's cloud offering is business grade and built specifically for the SMB. Delivered from Intermedia's secure datacenters, the company's Office in the Cloud suite combines Microsoft tools such as Exchange 2010 email, Lync Secure Instant Messaging, and SharePoint document management with Intermedia's proprietary offerings for complete mobile freedom, backup, security, voice and more. The company's proprietary cloud infrastructure assures high reliability and a certified support team is available around the clock. Intermedia also empowers thousands of partners - including managed service providers and select Fortune 500 companies - to sell cloud services under their own brand. Founded in 1995, Intermedia was the first to offer hosted Microsoft Exchange business-class cloud email and now has 400,000 premium hosted Exchange mailboxes under management - more than any other provider. The company is one of a select group of companies partnering with Microsoft to bring Office 365 to market. For more information, visit http://www.intermedia.net.

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire -03/07/12)- Intermedia, a global leader in cloud services and the largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider, today announced the unification of the company's private label program and advisor program into one combined partner program. The Intermedia Partner Program now allows members to choose either the private label or advisor model on a customer-by-customer basis. Intermedia further developed its industry leading partner portal so that partners can easily provision and manage customer accounts for both the private label and advisor models. Intermedia is the business cloud powering over 10,000 MSPs, VARs and IT consultants -- as well as select Fortune 500 companies -- to resell an entire suite of cloud services such as hosted Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Hosted PBX, backup, security and much more.

The private label model enables VARs and MSPs to own customer billing and the overall customer relationship under their own brand. Intermedia provides dedicated sales and technical support, behind the scenes, so that private label partners remain at the front end of the solution. The advisor model is designed for partners that prefer to leverage the Intermedia brand and earn a commission on every sale. Under the advisor model, Intermedia handles customer billing and technical support. Intermedia's partner program is completely free and easy to join. Partners can choose which model to sell under on a customer-by-customer basis.

"Intermedia gives you a choice -- that's something other partner programs don't offer," says Intermedia partner, Peter Hanna, CEO, Y Fi LLC. "I'm able to make the decision between selling under the advisor or private label model based on what's best for my business and my customers. Regardless of the model I choose, I know Intermedia's expert partner sales team is always available to help me close deals. I'm able to grow my business, provide leading cloud services to my customers, and rely on Intermedia's multi-million dollar infrastructure and rock solid support."

Revenue from Intermedia Private Label Partners increased 40 percent year-over-year in 2011. Over 3,000 partners joined Intermedia's Partner Program in the last two years alone. "The receptivity of MSPs, VARs and other IT providers to Intermedia's partner programs is driven by a number of factors," says Michael Gold, president, Intermedia. "We invest heavily in the channel and give partners the tools, services and flexibility necessary to be successful cloud services resellers. This includes the ability to control billing and branding, as well as access comprehensive behind-the-scenes support from Intermedia. Partners can leverage Intermedia's Cloud Migration team to assist with end customers' migrations to the Intermedia cloud -- which is difficult to do without the well-honed tools and process that Intermedia provides."

To sign up for Intermedia's Partner Program or to learn more about the program, please call 1-800-379-7729.

ABOUT INTERMEDIAIntermedia is the premier provider of cloud services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and the world's largest provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange. Intermedia's cloud offering is business grade and built specifically for the SMB. Delivered from Intermedia's secure datacenters, the company's Office in the Cloud suite combines Microsoft tools such as Exchange 2010 email, Lync Secure Instant Messaging, and SharePoint document management with Intermedia's proprietary offerings for complete mobile freedom, backup, security, voice and more. The company's proprietary cloud infrastructure assures high reliability and a certified support team is available around the clock. All Intermedia services are managed from the company's proprietary HostPilot Control Panel, providing customers a single point of communications control. Intermedia also empowers thousands of partners -- including managed service providers and select Fortune 500 companies -- to sell cloud services under their own brand. Founded in 1995, Intermedia was the first to offer hosted Microsoft Exchange business-class cloud email and now has over 400,000 premium hosted Exchange mailboxes under management -- more than any other provider. The company is one of a select group of companies partnering with Microsoft to bring Office 365 to market. For more information, visit http://www.intermedia.net.

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Virtual Internet delivers high availability cloud hosting solution to rapidly expanding Grade Results

Providence, Utah (PRWEB) March 01, 2012

Grade Results provides one-to-one online tutoring and interactive, multimedia courseware that is completely customized for each student. The company approached Virtual Internet looking for a high-availability hosting environment that would be able to support their online learning platform and allow the flexibility to scale in tandem with the rapid growth that Grade Results is currently undergoing.

Prior to Virtual Internet, we had dedicated servers with another hosting provider but we outgrew the solution, and purchasing additional dedicated servers would have made for an unnecessarily complex infrastructure, said Grade Results founder and COO, Craig Ullman.

Virtual Internet worked to understand Grade Results existing infrastructure set up and current and future business goals, then proposed a cloud hosting solution that would deliver the flexibility to scale the service as and when needed.

Grade Results is an online service and our students are logging on 24/7 from across the United States to access our courses, said Ullman, so it was crucial that our hosting provider be able to deliver a high availability platform. Grade Results evaluated several other cloud service providers, but selected Virtual Internet because of its enterprise-class, always up hosting environment, technical support and very competitive pricing. Virtual Internet offered the best bang for the buck; it ended up being an easy choice.

Choosing an Infrastructure-as-a-Service model for their hosting requirements has eliminated the necessity to employ infrastructure technicians in house. Instead, Grade Results has a team of software developers and designers that focus on innovating and driving the Grade Results business offerings forward.

Having fast and reliable technical support from Virtual Internet has been invaluable to us. With Virtual Internet, we have the confidence that we can keep growing our business without running into any limits with our supporting IT infrastructure, said Ullman. With the Virtual Internet cloud hosting solution in place, we can grow to support massive numbers of users.

Grade Results serves clients throughout the Southeast and Mid-South regions of the United States, and recently opened new offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Madison, Wisconsin.

"Grade Results is a great example of how Virtual Internet can provide a valuable service to a busy customer to which high-availability is paramount" commented Patrick McCarthy, Managing Director, Virtual Internet. "Because we provide Infrastructure-as-a-Service, business IT leaders can concentrate on driving their organization forward, rather than having the constant worry of whether they have the agile and reliable IT infrastructure in place to support business demand."

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