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Adhost Powers the New Orleans Saints Web Site
Posted in Company News
The Adhost Team would like to congratulate the New Orleans Saints on their incredible Super Bowl victory. As a behind-the-scenes partner for the Saints, Adhost supplies the redundant bandwidth, dedicated servers, Web server administration, system monitoring, data back-up, and firewall services to their Web site.
It has been exciting to watch the correlation of the Saints’ dramatic success on the field to their greatly increased network activity. After the Saints won the Super Bowl, their traffic reached an all-time high. Although unsurprised, we were pleased that our network handled their extra traffic without an issue.
The Saints have been an Adhost client for the last three NFL seasons. We work closely with the Cypress Consulting, another Seattle company, which provides the Web site development for www.neworleanssaints. Site features include Saints news, player interviews, photo galleries, ticket sales, and community news.
Of course, we are pleased that the Saints won. But more importantly, we are happy for the people of New Orleans who suffered such devastation during Katrina.
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Puget Sound Business Journal Web Developers List
Posted in Company NewsWe’re proud to announce the Adhost Development Team is #14 on the 2009 Web Developers List in last week’s Puget Sound Business Journal. It’s our 6th year on the list!
In other Adhost Development Team news, our lead designer Doug gave the www.adhostdevelopment.com home page a wonderful makeover which includes screen shots of client sites and content blocks with stylish green buttons for each of our development services.
We also posted our latest client case study for the Big Dipper Wax Works ecommerce site. And have just helped Skyline Engineering upgrade their e-commerce site and transfer it and all their legacy data from another host.
posted by Rex 1:15 pm November 5, 2009permalink | digg this | technorati
Network Security Webinar Presented by WatchGuard
Posted in Company News, SecurityEmerging Network Security Threats Stopped: How secure is your network?
Join Adhost and WatchGuard for a fast paced webinar where you will learn about the power of Unified Threat Management (UTM) for protecting your essential employee, customer and business data.
When: Thursday, November 12, 11 am – 12:30 pm PST
Topics to be covered include:
* Today’s security landscape
* Inspecting the applications we use
* Bots malware review
* Egress filtering and data loss
* Definition
* Strategies
Who should attend:
* Adhost clients with colocated and dedicated servers
* Businesses looking to safeguard their internal networks
The presenter will be WatchGuard Senior Sales Engineer Peter McNaull. As a WatchGuard Expert Partner, Adhost offers WatchGuard firewall products and services.
posted by Amy R 12:21 pm November 2, 2009permalink | digg this | technorati
Adhost Joins Microsoft WebsiteSpark Program
Posted in Company NewsAdhost is an approved Hosting Partner for Microsoft’s new WebsiteSpark program. The program is aimed at small Web development and design companies (Web Pros) who want to gain expertise on the Microsoft platform.
Benefits for Web Pros include:
- Design and development software: Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Expression Web, Windows Web Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Web
- Production and deployment software: Windows Web Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Web
- Support and training
- New business opportunities
We can approve existing Adhost clients looking to use Microsoft technology for new sites or Web Pros looking for an experienced Windows host – we are a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with over 12 years of Windows hosting experience.
Adhost is offering dedicated Windows server packages with free Windows and SQL licenses starting at $149/month for WebsiteSpark Web Pros. All of our dedicated servers include 24×7 tech support, 24×7 remove hands, offsite monitoring, 100% uptime SLA and much more.
To learn about Web Pro qualifications and apply for the program, visit our WebsiteSpark page.
posted by Amy R 10:55 am October 13, 2009permalink | digg this | technorati
Reduced Price on Geotrust True BusinessID with Extended Validation SSL Certificates
Posted in Company News, SecurityIf you’re in the market for an SSL certificate, now is a great time to purchase a Geotrust True BusinessID with Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificate. These certificates are 50% off their regular price.
Only Extended Validation SSL Certificates trigger the green bar in high-security web browsers like the graphic below.
Learn more about SSL certificates and order one today at our SSL Certificates page.
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Adhost Partners with WatchGuard for Managed Firewall Services
Posted in Company News, Security
Adhost is partnering with WatchGuard to offer managed firewall services for Adhost’s server colocation and dedicated server clients. Also located in the Seattle area, WatchGuard specializes in unified threat management (UTM) solutions that combine firewall, VPN and security devices to protect networks.
As a partner, we have the training to recommend the best solution for your business, plus we receive discounts on WatchGuard products which we pass on to you. Learn more about WatchGuard devices and special deals at: www.adhost.com/watchguard.
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Ecommerce Case Study for Boma Sterling Silver Jewelry
Posted in Company News, Web developmentA Shiny New Web Site for Boma Sterling Silver Jewelry
Boma Sterling Silver has a reputation for being the leader in the sterling-silver industry based on their quality product, first-class customer service and trendy designs. However, they needed new Web site to match their reputation. Boma came to the Adhost Development team with a basket of big goals for their new Web site, and we worked with them to find an affordable, flexible solution. The new site…
- Functions as both a retail catalog and a wholesale shopping cart
- Integrates with Boma’s proprietary back-office system using XML
- Allows wholesalers to customize and buy many different products from the same page
- Includes product pages which show detailed views of all stone options – with the design differing for retail catalog shoppers and wholesale shoppers
- Uses AJAX on the product pages to quickly switch product names and detail images when a stone color is clicked
Read about the rest of the cool features on our Boma Ecommerce case study.
posted by Amy R 10:56 am September 15, 2009permalink | digg this | technorati
Adhost Managed Security Services
Posted in Company News, SecurityAre your servers prepared for the new security threats that emerge everyday on the Internet? Adhost has a dedicated team of security professionals, including two Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs), who are up-to-date on these latest threats and committed to providing customized security solutions to our colocated and dedicated server clients.
Our managed security services include:
- Security implementations for compliance (PCI Level 1, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance)
- Dedicated firewalls for network security
- Virtual private networks
- Managed anti-virus protection
- Security event monitoring and remote secure logging
- Intrusion detection systems
- Web application firewalls
Based on your business requirements, we’ll work with you to find the best security solution to protect your confidential and essential information on your servers.
For more information visit Managed Security Services. Or to set up a security consultation, contact Adhost Sales at 1-888-234-6781 or sales@adhost.com.
posted by Amy R 10:34 am September 14, 2009permalink | digg this | technorati
Fisher Plaza Forensic Report Update
Posted in Company NewsFisher Plaza has released the official forensic report from the Plaza East electrical failure event on July 2. The event resulted in extensive damage to two 5000 A bus ducts connecting the utility source equipment located in an adjacent electrical vault to the building power switchboards in the electrical room. The investigators concluded that:
The most likely cause of the incident is the failure of the insulation between phase C bus and ground in bus duct 1 as the result of progressive degradation of the insulation or the structural integrity of the assembly. Bus ducts consist of insulated bus bars that are sandwiched together to form a compact bus way system. In areas where two individual sections are joined together or where the bus ducts form a bend, a system of transition buses and through bolts are used to help secure the joint or the bend. These areas are susceptible to failure as they are under increased thermal and mechanical stresses. More often failures are found at such locations of the bus duct systems. It is our opinion that this was the most likely cause of failure.
Adhost continues to work closely with Fisher Plaza and its vendors on the long-term solution that will take this event into consideration and will allow Adhost to operate continuously through a similar loss. This solution includes the following:
- Diversifying the Adhost East critical equipment loads across the two switchgear rooms that service or will service Fisher Plaza East.
- Working with Fisher Plaza to ensure that catastrophic loss of one room will not inhibit our ability to operate.
We are on track to have the replacement for the damaged equipment in place by the end of October. We will update you if there are any changes to this schedule. We do not have a timeline yet for item #2 above. Although significant progress has been made, Fisher and its vendors are still refining options and defining budgets for this item.
We will publish any timeline as well as detailed plans for this item as soon as they are finalized. We appreciate your business, patience and understanding as we work this solution. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email support@adhost.com.
Will Riffle
President and CEO
Adhost Internet
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Plaza East Power Maintenance
Posted in Company NewsStart of Work: 10:00 PM PDT, August 22nd 2009
End of Work: 8:00 AM PDT, August 23rd 2009
Impact to Customers: None Anticipated
Description
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Fisher Plaza will be performing maintenance on the power risers that feed Adhost’s East Data Center. During the maintenance window, power will be transferred to the generators while utility power is restored to the North and South Risers in Plaza East. We do not anticipate any interruption in power delivery to the data center during the maintenance event. Adhost’s Plaza West facility is not affected by this maintenance.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Adhost Support at (206) 404-9500 or support_at_adhost.com.
Regards,
Michael Smith
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Michael K. Smith – CISSP, GISP
Chief Technical Officer – Adhost Internet LLC mksmith@adhost.com
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