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PCI Compliant Ecommerce Case Study
Posted in Company News,Web development
Earlier this year Adhost partnered with FrontStream Payments to provide PCI compliant credit card processing to our e-commerce clients. We now have a number of ecommerce clients using the solution and we’ve posted a case study on how Mountain Top Golf Cars integrated their online shopping cart with FrontStream. They are saving money in the following ways:
• Web development savings
• Vulnerability scan savings
• Credit card processing savings
Read the full PCI case study or contact Adhost Sales at 1-888-234-6781 to see how you can start saving and increase your PCI compliance at the same time.
posted by Rex 6:30 pm November 9, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
Hybrid Cloud Solutions Available
Posted in Company News
When your business has complex hosting requirements, we often recommend a hybrid hosting solution. What is a hybrid solution? Hybrid = Cloud + dedicated server. You can connect a dedicated server environment to the Adhost cloud environment and experience the benefits of both environments.
For example, some businesses require a private dedicated database server for sensitive information. You can easily connect your dedicated database server to our scalable cloud server. If your business requires PCI, HIPAA or other compliance, a hybrid solution will often meet those requirements. Learn more about the benefits of hybrid cloud solutions.
posted by Amy R 5:55 pm October 12, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
Construction of Third Seattle Data Center on Schedule
Posted in Company News
Due to continued growth and customer demand, this summer we commenced construction of our third data center at Fisher Plaza. Like our Adhost West Phase 1 data center, the new data center will feature N+1 power supply, 42 inch cabinets and an outside air exchange system.
The project is on track to be completed in mid-October. To learn more about the new data center or to reserve rack space for your server colocation needs or dedicated servers requirements, contact sales@adhost.com or call 1-888-234-6781.
posted by Amy R 1:05 pm September 22, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
SAS 70 Type II Audit Completed
Posted in Company News,Security
We are pleased to announce Adhost successfully passed our second annual SAS 70 Type II audit. During a week-long on-site visit in July, an independent service auditor examined the policies, procedures and business processes in place at Adhost over the previous one-year time period. The following controls related to the colocation and dedicated server solutions provided in our Seattle data centers were audited:
- Control Environment
- Physical Security
- Environmental security
- Availability
- Operations
The examination was performed in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Data center companies who complete an annual SAS 70 audit are able to demonstrate a substantially higher level of assurance and operationally visibility than those companies who do not.
By successfully passing our second annual SAS 70 Type II audit, we continue to demonstrate our commitment to stringent controls and security of services in our data centers. Adhost colocation and dedicated server clients benefit from our processes and procedures and are able to use our audit report for their required audits. Existing Adhost clients, as well as potential clients, can request a copy of the SAS70 audit report by emailing sales@adhost.com.
To learn more about SAS 70 and the details of the audit, visit our SAS 70 page.
posted by Michael K. Smith 10:53 am September 9, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
Adhost Joins the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Alliance
Posted in Company News
We are pleased to announce that Adhost joined the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Alliance as a Hosting Partner. The Dynamic Data Center Alliance brings together an ecosystem of partners including hosters, system integrators, hardware manufacturers, and software vendors who are working with Microsoft to offer differentiated value to customers based on the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit.
Earlier this year we launched our cloud hosting solution, using the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit, with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager as the foundation. You can read a Microsoft case study on why we built our cloud solution using these Microsoft virtualization and cloud technologies at: Cloud Service Saves Hosting Provider 65% on Hardware Costs and Increases Revenue.
posted by Amy R 11:49 am September 7, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
Email Marketing Manager Enhancements
Posted in Company NewsOur recent Email Marketing Manager (EMM) upgrade includes a host of new features including social networking and mobile device support, improvements in reporting, calendar functionality, performance and more. Highlights include:
- Social Networking: your recipients can post your email directly to their Twitter or Facebook accounts with a one click.
- Mobile Marketing: you can create and edit content for mobile devices
- Calendar: the new interface makes it easier to schedule campaign deployment, reports and subscriber exports.
Learn more about these and other upgrades at EMM 2010 Enhancements.
posted by Amy R 11:42 am August 30, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
PCI Compliant Ecommerce Solution
Posted in Company News,Web development
Adhost has partnered with FrontStream Payments to provide PCI compliant credit card processing as a service to our e-commerce development and hosting clients. FrontStream offers a secure e-commerce gateway allowing an online transaction to occur on the FrontStream PCI compliant servers rather than on an Adhost or client server.
Our Web development team can assist with integrating the secure gateway to your Web shopping cart. In addition FrontStream offers competitive processing rates, and several Adhost clients have already saved money by switching to FrontStream from their current credit card processor.
Learn more about how the solution works and view pricing on our PCI Compliant Ecommerce page or contact Adhost Sales at 1-888-234-6781 or sales@adhost.com.
posted by Rex 3:02 pm July 20, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
Adhost Approved for BizSpark Hosting
Posted in Company News,Industry
Adhost is pleased to have been selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark Program as a Network Hosting Partner. The BizSpark Program is a global program designed to accelerate the success of early stage Startups by connecting them to Network Partners: active members of the global software ecosystem who can provide mentorship, guidance and resources to BizSpark Startups. BizSpark creates an ongoing, mutually beneficial ecosystem between Microsoft, Startups and Network Partners.
As a Network Hosting Partner, Adhost provides Windows Web Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 hosting on our Cloud Servers and/or Dedicated Servers. All services are provided in our secure data centers located in Seattle and include:
- No extra charges for Windows Web Server® 2008 and SQL Server® 2008 Web for three years, compliments of Microsoft
- Secure data center with SAS 70 Type II certification
- Multiple Tier-1 bandwidth providers
- 24x7x365 expert technical support
- 24x7x365 client access and monitoring
Microsoft is committed to helping entrepreneurs to transform their ambitions into sustainable, dynamic businesses and to foster innovation and entrepreneurialism. To this end, the BizSpark Program provides Startups with software, support and visibility at a time when they are most valuable and least affordable—during their first three years, with no upfront costs and minimal requirements.
Startups receive fast and easy access to Microsoft’s current full-featured development tools, platform technologies as well as production licenses to bring to market innovative and interoperable solutions for the next generation of user experiences. To be eligible for the Microsoft BizSpark Program, a Startup must be actively engaged in development of a software-based product or service that is a core piece of their business model, have been in business less than three years at the time of enrollment, and have less than USD$1M in annual revenue.
For more information about the program and our application form, visit adhost.com/bizspark.
posted by Amy R 4:26 pm July 19, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
Free Hosting for WebMatrix Beta
Posted in Company News,Technology
Today Microsoft launched WebMatrix Beta – a tool for developers to to build, test and deploy web applications. We’ve been working closely with the Microsoft IIS team on testing this new tool and making it easy to deploy a site at Adhost to try out the features. Here’s how Microsoft describes WebMatrix:
WebMatrix is everything you need to build Web sites using Windows. It includes IIS Developer Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). It streamlines Web site development and makes it easy to start Web sites from popular open-source apps. The skills and code you develop with WebMatrix transition seamlessly to Visual Studio and SQL Server.
You can learn more about the features and then sign up for free beta hosting at Adhost. The beta hosting offer includes 1 GB of space and 100 GB of monthly data transfer.
posted by Ernie Marquez 3:45 pm July 6, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
SQL Server 2008 Packages
Posted in Company News
We’ve launched our shared SQL Server 2008 offering. If your business needs high-availability for your SQL database, this is a great solution. Located in two separate data centers, these fully redundant SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition servers include hot failover and a 100% SLA.
In addition, the SQL 2008 resource governor allows us to isolate resource consumption between the SQL databases so you don’t have to worry about another client’s database consuming the entire server resources.
Our 3 GB SQL Server 2008 package is $30/month and can be added to a web hosting or cloud server package. We also offer dedicated SQL Server 2008 solutions. Monthly licenses are available for SQL Server 2008 Web, Standard and Enterprise editions. Learn more about our dedicated servers or contact Adhost Sales at sales@adhost.com or 1-888-234-6781.
posted by Mike Graves 11:15 am June 28, 2010permalink | digg this | technorati
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