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Cell Systems Client Case Study
Posted in Company News,Web development
So you say you need some live cell lines for your research? Well, we have designed and built the site for you. Actually, we built it for Cell Systems Corporation – developers and manufacturers of standard research tools for the science of cell biology.
The site is built on Adhost Content Management System and loosely coupled to a CFWebstore Shopping Cart. On the CMS side, we helped define and then built a custom content ‘configurator’ to handle the creation of custom ‘Cell Certificates’. On the cart side, we did the same for a complex system of domestic and international shipping and handling options intended to ensure that regardless of what you ordered or where you were, the fresh or frozen cell lines would arrive in good condition and correctly packed.
If you’ve ever wanted to see the specs of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells – now is your chance: www.cell-systems.com
permalink | digg this | technoratiFisher Plaza East and Adhost East Data Center Update
Posted in Company NewsWe are pleased to announce that Adhost and Fisher Plaza have completed the major steps required to safeguard our services following the event and subsequent outage experienced by the Adhost East Data Center (EDC) in early July of 2009. During this process we identified and have implemented a number of improvements which we feel greatly enhance our ability to continue to operate even during significant events. The highlights of these improvements include:
• Fisher Plaza has made improvements in their electrical infrastructure and has completely isolated the electrical paths from the utility service into the two switchgears.
• Fisher Plaza completely replaced all of the affected gear and re-built the switch gear room.
• Adhost has added additional UPS redundancy.
• Adhost has achieved switchgear redundancy for all critical electrical loads in the EDC.
• Adhost has achieved switchgear redundancy for all HVAC operations in the EDC.
• Adhost has updated its emergency communications plan to include off-site emergency notification facilities as well as taking advantages of services such as Twitter for more constant communication in case of significant outages.
Of course, there have been many smaller upgrades and improvements as well. Taken as a whole, these changes will enhance not only our footing going into a significant event, but also improve the response and lessen or eliminate the impact that surround such events. In short, if the same event – or a similar one – were to happen today, Adhost would be able to maintain continuous operations throughout.
Adhost and Fisher Plaza continue to analyze the physical plant infrastructure. There are additional milestones that have been identified for future upgrades and improvements. All of the identified future projects are dependent on, and will be triggered by, growth of electrical and mechanical loads in the building. We will be sure to share these with you as they arise.
We are committed to providing an unparalleled hosting experience. We thank you for your continued business and your trust in us.
Warmest Regards,
Will Riffle
President and CEO
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.com. 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.
permalink | digg this | technoratiAdhost Joins Hosting for Haiti
Posted in IndustryAdhost is joining forces with Hosting for Haiti, an online project that is raising funds and awareness for the American Red Cross’ efforts in Haiti. Normally, a competitive group of companies, Web hosting companies are coming together to help the people of Haiti recover from the devasting earthquake on January 12 and numerous aftershocks.
Money raised through hostingforhaiti.com will provide the American Red Cross with funds for mobilizing relief workers, send relief supplies and provide financial resources for recovery. All of the money donated on the site goes directly to the American Red Cross.
Please donate today. You can also help spread the word by following @hostingforhaiti on Twitter or use the hash tag #hostingforhaiti.
How Video Can Improve Search Ranking
Posted in IndustryWhile researching how video can improve your Web site’s search engine ranking, I came across these helpful articles:
Conversation Marketing: Image and Video Search – How to Optimize
SEOmoz Blog: SEO for Video Content and An Intro to Video Search Optimization
American Express Open Forum: The Little Known Secret to Getting Page 1 Google Rankings
Enjoy!
permalink | digg this | technoratiBig Announcements from Google
Posted in IndustryIn the past few days Google announced two big changes to how it will display search results:
1. Personalized Search Results - Instead of displaying the same results to everyone who does the same search, Google is now personalizing the results based on your searches over the past 180 days. Check out these articles for more information:
- Google Blog: Personalized Search for everyone
- Search Engine Land: Google Now Personalizes Everyone’s Search Results
- Search Engine Land: Google’s Personalized Results: The “New Normal” That Deserves Extraordinary Attention
2. Real-time Search Results - Google will be incorporating real-time results from Twitter, Google News and other sources on its search results pages. See examples and more details at:
- Google Blog: Relevance meets real-time web
- Search Engine Land: Google Launches Real Time Search
- TechFlash: Google’s eye-catching updates
Time will tell how will these changes affect search engine optimization strategies for business Web sites.
permalink | digg this | technoratiSANS Security Newsletter
Posted in SecurityThe December SANS Ouch! Newsletter (aka the Security Newsletter for Computer Users) is available and contains useful computer jargon in plain English. As the editor notes: ‘Computer jargon appears more and more in the news and pops up in everyday conversation. When you are in over your head with a computer problem, familiarity with these terms will help you communicate more effectively with IT or your computer consultant.’
Do you know the difference between 3G and 4G? How about ransomware and spyware? Sniffing and social engineering? If not, check out the December SANS Ouch.
permalink | digg this | technoratiWebinar: How to Outsmart your PPC Competition
Posted in Seattle Internet EventsSeattle-based Point It presented a webinar titled “How to Outsmart your PPC Competition” on Wednesday, December 16th from 11 am-noon. If you missed it, you can view the online recording. Here’s the description:
Ah competition, the lifeblood of business. Do you know what your competitors are up to in paid search? Even worse, do your competitors know what you’re up to while you’re running blind?
Join Jon Lisbin and Maria Nikishyna as they take a deep dive into shark infested waters of paid search. In this webinar you will learn:
- How to prevent your competitors from seeing your PPC Ads
- What are the best ways to buy competitor’s branded keywords on paid search
- Tricks and tips on how to handle competitors buying your branded terms
- How to keep an eye on what your competition is doing in paid search
- Some of competitive tools used by Point It
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.
permalink | digg this | technoratiNetwork 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.
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