Symform Announces World"s First Cooperative Storage Exchange

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 3, 2010

Symform, Inc, a pioneer in decentralized cloud-computing solutions for SMBs and IT Service Providers, today announced the worlds first Cooperative Storage Exchange. The Symform Storage Exchange(TM) is available immediately via Symform reseller Partners worldwide.

The Symform Cooperative Storage Cloud works on the principle that each local computer contributes inexpensive local storage in exchange for valuable cloud-based storage. This data protection solution is 10 times cheaper and 10 times faster than traditional online storage solutions. Unfortunately, bandwidth availability constraints prevent some SMBs from fully participating in the Symform solution. That ends today.

Starting immediately, Symform is enabling its reseller Partners to sell their excess local storage to those customers who are unable to contribute. Partners, in effect, become micro data centers that are distributed around the world. The storage trading isnt done directly; instead one side is selling excess storage to the Symform cloud while the other is purchasing it as needed. This revolutionary approach will allow SMBs and their MSPs with bandwidth or other constraints to participate in the Cooperative Storage Cloud while allowing those customers who have excess capacity to monetize their infrastructure.

Symform turned the backup model upside down and created a game-changer for the industry, said Marc Ross CTO for IT Foresight. This creates an important new offering and revenue opportunity for MSPs with sufficient IT infrastructure. A key principle for IT Foresight has always been to find ways to bring enterprise class approaches and architectures to the SMB space via an affordable, secure and scalable solution or service mix. For the backup and recovery space, Symform makes this possible today!

Our reseller Partners and their SMB customers are the cloud so this is a natural and exciting next step in our evolution, said Kevin Brown, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Symform. MSPs can now monetize their IT infrastructure in a global marketplace like never before. They save money for their customers, facilitate a global, distributed storage system, and earn additional profits. Talk about making an MSP smile.

About the Symform Cooperative Storage Cloud(TM):

The Symform Cooperative Storage Cloud(TM) enables small businesses to implement a backup and disaster recovery solution that is more secure, ten times cheaper, and ten times faster than traditional online backup services. The company was founded on the realization that millions of small businesses have computers with an excess of inexpensive storage capacity, power running 24×7, and unlimited Internet bandwidth especially nights and weekends. The Symform team has developed software that aggregates this relatively unreliable and un-trusted capacity over the Internet and transforms it into a secure and reliable global storage system. The heart of Symforms software is a proprietary technology called RAID-96(TM).

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IT Outsourcing Company, OneNeck, Signs Contract with the Worlds Leading Guitar Manufacturer, Fender Musical Instruments

Scottsdale, AZ (Vocus) November 18, 2010

IT outsourcing company, OneNeck, announced today it has entered into a two-year IT managed hosting contract with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Under the terms of the contract, OneNeck will provide all backup and data transport infrastructure as well off-site data archive storage for a number of Fenders servers. OneNeck will also provide monitoring and remote Oracle and SQL database management including patch management, system support and performance tuning with 24×7 help desk support.

Our partnership with OneNeck provides us with the security of business continuity and IT system effectiveness, stated Fender CIO Michael Spandau. With their support, we can focus our efforts on our passion, producing the worlds greatest instruments, instead of worrying about our IT systems.

It is an honor to welcome Fender to our family of customers, according to Chuck Vermillion, CEO of OneNeck IT Services, a leading IT outsourcing company. We love it when we can bring our customers peace of mind and allow them to focus on what really matters, their business.

OneNeck is a finalist for the Small Company Innovator of the Year Award at the Governors Celebration of Innovation (GCOI) taking place Thursday, November 18 at the Phoenix Convention Center. The Governors Celebration of Innovation has become the premier technology community gathering of its kind in Arizona, sponsored by the Arizona Technology Council in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Commerce. For more information on GCOI, please visit http://www.aztechcouncil.org.

About Fender Musical Instruments:

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the worlds leading guitar manufacturer, and its name has become synonymous with all things rock n roll. Iconic Fender

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Arbor Networks Introduces New Version of the Peakflow

CHELMSFORD, MA (PRWEB) April 24, 2012

Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of security and network management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, today announced the availability of version 5.7 of Peakflow SP, the industrys leading network-wide infrastructure security and traffic-monitoring platform.

According to a recent report from Infonetics Research titled DDoS Prevention Appliance Market Outlook, Arbor Networks was cited as the dominant leader for DDoS prevention overall, with a 75.4 percent market share in the carrier transport and wired broadband market segment, versus 8.8 percent for the next competitor.” Arbor quietly took control of the DDoS prevention appliance market over the last ten years, but with the massive increase in volume, size, and mainstream visibility of DDoS attacks, Arbor has emerged as a key security partner for large service providers around the globe, said Jeff Wilson Infonetics Research, Principal Analyst, Security.

The vast majority of the worlds leading service providers rely on Arbors Peakflow SP platform to proactively fend off malicious threats such as botnets and volumetric and application-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, while strengthening the availability and quality of their services. The Peakflow SP platform includes two main components, Peakflow SP and the Threat Management System (TMS). Peakflow SP combines network-wide anomaly detection and traffic engineering with TMSs carrier-class threat management, which automatically detects and surgically removes only attack traffic, while maintaining legitimate business traffic. With the ability to mitigate only the attack traffic, customer-facing services remain available while providers actively mitigate attacks.

New features include the ATLAS Intelligence Feed (AIF), which delivers automated protection from virtually all known botnets, plus a real-time update service that protects customers from new botnets as they emerge. No other product or vendor has this capability. In February, Arbor announced that Japans KDDI, a global provider of fixed-line and mobile communications services, had incorporated AIF functionality into its security service offerings. Additionally, Peakflow SP now delivers an enhanced suite of detection and countermeasures that protect business-critical servers from application-layer attacks caused by malformed and abusive SSL signaling and negotiation, retransmit storms and IPv6 attack vectors.

ATLAS Intelligence Feed

AIF also delivers deep DDoS signatures in real-time to keep networks protected against hundreds of botnet-fueled DDoS attack toolsets and their variants. This unique feed automates the identification of attacks against infrastructure and services from known botnets while ensuring that updates for new threats are automatically delivered without software upgrades. The ATLAS Intelligence Feed enables Peakflow SP customers to directly benefit from the depth and breadth of Arbors research team.

The Arbor Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) is a recognized industry expert when it comes to Internet threat analysis. ASERTs primary focus is on botnets, which account for a majority of the DDoS attacks on the Internet today. ASERT has unique visibility into DDoS botnets because of its ATLAS infrastructure, which combines a darknet sensor network with traffic data from more than 100 service provider customers around the world. This enormous dataset enables ASERT to develop a unique, globally-scoped view of malicious traffic traversing backbone networks that form the Internet’s core. This insight is critical, as botnets are constantly changing and updating to thwart detection.

SSL Protocol Attack Protection

Today, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) provides the necessary security and encryption for enterprises and their customers to safeguard sensitive transactions and email over the Internet. As enterprises increasingly rely on SSL for their mission critical communications, it becomes a more significant target for DDoS attacks. To ensure the availability of SSL-powered services, Arbors Peakflow SP now delivers DDoS protections for SSL regardless of the application HTTPS, POP3S, SMTPS, etc. Peakflow SP blocks SSL DDoS attacks with ASERT-designed protections that guard against malformed traffic, attempts to continually renegotiate connections and other advanced attacks that aim to disrupt service availability.

Peakflow SP has dominated the service provider market for a long time because we continue to invest and innovate in the platform, said Colin Doherty, Arbor Networks president. Increasingly, large enterprises, hosting providers and cloud providers are also deploying Peakflow SP because of the advanced, proven DDoS protection the solution provides. Peakflow SP plays a critical role in securing the Internet from availability threats like denial of service attacks. It also provides extremely valuable insight into network traffic with actionable intelligence that provides real value for security, operations and even marketing teams within a provider organization. Peakflow is and will remain a very robust security and traffic management platform.

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EarthCam Introduces The World"s First Outdoor Gigapixel Construction Camera; Automated Robotic System Produces Over 1 Billion Pixel Panoramas

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2012

Think all construction cameras are the same? Think again. EarthCam debuted the world’s first outdoor gigapixel camera. The groundbreaking GigapixelCam is the ultimate in documentation photography, generating impressive billion pixel panoramas. Featured prominently on the new and improved EarthCam.net website, clients will learn why this system is a must for many construction, transportation and entertainment projects.

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CRC Clients Receiving the Best of All Backup Worlds: Local Restore, Emergency Virtualization, and Online/offsite Component

(PRWEB) November 17, 2011

Says Robert Gerace, CEO, Backup should be complete, automatic, monitored, have a local restore option, have an online/offsite component, and should be able to restore a server to life in 30 minutes or less by creating a virtual copy of it in case of a failure.

Yet all too often, CRCs new IT clients come from businesses that relied on substandard solutions and either lost data or a great deal of time in attempting to recover from a data catastrophe.

This is not so, and will not ever happen to any of CRCs current IT clients. CRCs solution takes 15 minute snapshots of entire servers, moves that data offsite, allows technicians to restore data without waiting for it to download from the Internet, and allows technicians to bring up an emergency copy of the server in a virtual environment.

Tony Perry, CRCs CTO said, This is the ultimate backup solution. Imagine a company depending on a server to process orders or perform other critical business tasks. In the past, companies would lose that server, and be days without a replacement. No more. Now, in less than 30 minutes they are right back in business taking orders, receiving email, etc. While the virtual copy is running, its still making backups of itself. Once the new (or repaired ) server is available, the solution simply copies the virtual server back to the physical server, and the system is restored to full health without more than 5 minutes of downtime for users.

CRC, Computer Resource Center, LLC was founded in 1989 in Tampa Florida as a software development company for the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. Beginning in 1996, CRC began serving its software in the cloud as a provider of Software as a Service. Since the year 2000, CRC has grown and diversified and become four distinct but synergistic business units. In addition to the SaaS mentioned above, CRC offers other cloud based services such as: IT service/support, Disaster Recovery planning and protection, and hosted applications such as QuickBooks. CRC is headquartered in Cumming, GA and led by Robert Gerace, its CEO.

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Arbor Networks to Showcase Worlds Leading DDoS Mitigation Solutions for Enterprises at Internet Security Days 2012 in Bruehl Germany

Chelmsford, MA (PRWEB) September 04, 2012

Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network security and management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, today announced that they are a Platinum sponsor for the Internet Security Days 2012 (ISD 2012) trade show and exhibition taking place in Bruehl, Germany on September 11-12, 2012.

Arbor participated in the ISD 2011 and found it to be a very worthwhile event, bringing together leading technology vendors and enterprises concerned about a wide variety of security and networking issues, said Michael Tullius, Arbor Networks country manager in Germany. For more than a dozen years Arbor has been focused on the DDoS problem, and we have closely tracked its evolution. Today, any business operating online is a potential target of hackers. Weve developed purpose-built solutions for enterprises of all sizes who are concerned with maintaining the availability of Internet assets, from networks to applications and services.

Dynamic Threat Landscape: DDoS Targeting Businesses of All Sizes

With the rise of hacktivism in recent years, any enterprise operating online can become a target, because of who they are, what they sell, who they partner with. The explosion of inexpensive and readily-accessible attack tools is enabling anyone to carry out DDoS attacks. At the other end of the spectrum, commercial DDoS services are running full-steam, with a variety of service offerings available. Botnets for hire are springing up everywhere, and unskilled attackers are now able to hire botnet services for bargain-basement prices. Just as an enterprise can subscribe to a technology provider or a cloud-based DDoS mitigation service, hacktivists can subscribe to a DDoS service to launch attacks. Not only can potential customers test drive DDoS attack services before purchasing, they also can get discounts for multiple purchases. Some services offer persistent attacks for as little as $ 1000/month. This has profound implications for the threat landscape, risk profile, network architecture and security deployments for any business operating online today.

World Leader in DDoS Mitigation

Arbor Networks 450 customers include the vast majority of the world’s service providers and many of the largest enterprise networks in use today. According to a recent report from Infonetics Research titled, DDoS Prevention Appliance Market Outlook, Arbor Networks was cited as top supplier of DDoS prevention solutions overall as well as in the Carrier, Enterprise, Government and Mobile market segments.

Availability & Investment Protection for the Enterprise

What makes Arbors approach to DDoS such an important solution for the enterprise is that it not only protects against availability threats such as application-layer DDoS attacks, it provides investment protection to existing security infrastructure. For example, firewalls and IPS are designed for important security problems other than DDoS. They were built to stop unauthorized access to critical resources, enforce corporate security policies and prevent data loss. Whats changed is that availability itself is now under assault and it requires a solution designed specifically for todays complex DDoS problem.

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ProviDyn Alleviates IT Burden for Renmatix, Allowing the Company to Focus on its Mission of Reducing the Worlds Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 30, 2012

ProviDyn, a provider of IT support, strategy and services for small and medium-sized businesses, announced today it is providing Renmatix, a leading cellulosic sugar producer for global biochemical and biofuels markets, with private cloud services and IT strategy.

Experiencing rapid growth, Renmatix was consistently adding office space and employees across multiple locations. Its IT equipment was aging and the company recognized that enlisting an additional resource to help manage and scale its IT infrastructure was necessary for success. Renmatix selected ProviDyn to assess its current technology situation and provide recommendations for building out an infrastructure that would ensure efficiency as the company continued to grow.

To set Renmatix on the proper path, ProviDyn began by providing managed services to stabilize and support the existing IT environment. With its assessment and readiness methodology, ProviDyn was then able to uncover opportunities for Renmatix to increase efficiency and implement new technology. Rather than make an out of the box recommendation, ProviDyn interviewed key stakeholders, evaluated existing hardware and equipment and assessed the status of software licensing, along with legal and technological compliance. As a result, ProviDyn was able to provide Renmatix with a solid recommendation of migrating to a private cloud based on a lower upfront investment and the benefits of better equipment, updated licenses, scalability, remote access and disaster recovery.

ProviDyn came in at the perfect time, said Duncan Cross, Director of Marketing for Renmatix. We tried other approaches, such as hiring an internal IT resource, but knew that a managed environment would run more efficiently, reduce costs and add an element of strategy to our existing infrastructure. Because ProviDyn took the time to understand our business inside and out, we felt confident in going with the recommendation to migrate to a private cloud versus building a data center in-house.

We are excited to work with Renmatix and provide the forethought and expertise needed to get the most out of their investment in technology, said Hamish Davidson, president and co-founder of ProviDyn. By taking the IT burden off of Renmatix, we can help them work toward and meet business goals without worrying about how technology will impact growth.

About ProviDyn

ProviDyn provides technology expertise, services and support to Atlanta-area small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by certified technology professionals, ProviDyns services include managed services, cloud computing solutions, virtualization, help desk and computer support, IT strategy, network security, backup and disaster recovery and IP telephony. ProviDyn delivers the right mix of technology and expertise allowing its clients to focus on growing their business. To learn more about how ProviDyn is Driving Business Through Technology and helping companies reduce costs, improve efficiency and maximize productivity, visit http://www.providyn.com or follow us on Twitter.

About Renmatix

Renmatix is the leading producer of cellulosic sugars for the global renewable chemical and fuels markets. The companys proprietary Plantrose process challenges conventional sugar economics by cheaply converting biomass from woody biomass to agricultural residue into useful, cost-effective sugars. Renmatixs supercritical hydrolysis technology deconstructs non-food biomass an order of magnitude faster than other processes and enhances its cost advantage by using no significant consumables. Renmatix is privately held, with operations in Georgia (USA) currently capable of converting three dry tons of cellulosic biomass to Plantro sugar per day. For more information, please visit http://www.renmatix.com.

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Platte River Networks Named Top-Performing Cloud Partner within the Western Region by Worlds Largest Technology Distributor

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 14, 2012

Platte River Networks (PRN) today announced it earned the prestigious recognition of Rainmaker of the Western Region from the North America Services Division of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the worlds largest technology distributor and master aggregator of cloud services and solutions.

The accolade was presented to David DeCamillis and Brent Allshouse during the 2012 Cloud Partner of the Year awards ceremony which took place on June 6, at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. Approximately 700 channel partners, vendors and Ingram Micro associates attended the distributors 2012 Cloud Summit.

Cloud computing has become a driving force within the technology industry and is radically changing the way businesses and consumers leverage technology both professionally and personally, says Renee Bergeron, vice president, Managed Services and Cloud Computing, Ingram Micro North America. As a valued business partner and great enabler for the technology industry, Ingram Micro is honored to recognize Platte River Networks as one of our top cloud partners of the year and applaud the companys growing expertise, leadership and success in this emerging market.

By leveraging the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace (http://www.ingrammicrocloud.com), PRN has extended its business value and cloud services expertise. Platte River Networks made a name for themselves when they introduced Intuition, a proactive monitoring and maintenance suite bundled within the Cloud and capable of handling their clients entire IT infrastructure. Intuition provides 24×7 remote and onsite management of network environments; including cloud based business class: antivirus, email security, web security, offsite backup and disaster recovery.

We are proud and honored to receive this incredible award, said Brent Allshouse, CFO of Platte River Networks. Without the dedication and hard work of our talented employees, we would not be here today.

Excerpts from Ingram Micros annual Cloud Summit can be found on Twitter via the hashtag #IMCloud2012 and seen on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/ingrammicroservices.

About the Ingram Micro Cloud

Ingram Micro Cloud (http://www.ingrammicrocloud.com) provides channel partners access to hundreds of business, strategy, marketing, technical and sales resources including the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, a transactional, online marketplace where solution providers can shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro.

About Ingram Micro Inc.

As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics, technical and financial support, managed and cloud-based services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 145 countries on six continents with the worlds most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.

About Platte River Networks

For the past decade, Platte River Networks, a technology consulting firm based in Denver, CO, has provided complete IT services for small to mid-sized businesses throughout both Colorado and the nation. Their expertise and work ethic has resulted in hundreds of diverse clients in all types of industries. Ingram Micros recognition is the latest commendation Platte River Networks has received in the past six months, including winning 2012 Small Business of the Year by the Denver Chamber of Commerce and recognized as one of CRNs coveted 2012 North American Next-Gen 250 List. Platte River Networks also provides complete telecommunication needs including voice/data circuits, bandwidth, VoIP, and low voltage cabling. http://www.platteriver.com

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Platte River Networks Named Top-Performing Cloud Partner within the Western Region by Worlds Largest Technology Distributor