“By utilizing a distributed file system instead of expensive SAN software commonly used by other cloud providers, we are able to massively cut costs down without sacrificing performance or reliability,” Ubiquity Servers says. “Your data is safe and secure on our distributed storage system (which is attached to our hypervisors at a blazing 20 Gbps and fully redundant).” The new Ubiquity Cloud is available immediately in New York city with Los Angeles, Chicago and Amsterdam.

“Everyone here at Ubiquity is extremely excited to finally step into the cloud market,” Daniel Haim, director of digital marketing for Ubiquity Servers said in a statement. “Up until now the hardware and software technology behind the scenes didn’t let us create a product that we felt offered value for our customers. We’re all very excited to put those days behind us.”

Their cloud plans start at $6 per month with the features that includes 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM, and 10 GB of SSD storage and Ubiquity charges $0.02 per GB of usage beyond the instance’s reserved bandwidth allocation and they will offer hourly rates starting soon, according to the press release. Ubiquity provides constant data protection for $0.05 per GB and their clients can select for hourly, daily, monthly and on-demand backups.

The new facility is designed to resist natural disasters and it is backed up by power generators and systems to ensure uninterrupted operations that support the main power and electricity. “We chose IBM as our strategic partner due to its proven capability of designing, building, and operating the most advanced data centers. IBM’s comprehensive suite of data center offerings will help companies in the region improve efficiency, scale up easily, and harness new opportunities,” said Arief Yahya, President Director, Telkom.

In order to make sure optimal utilization of resources, IBM will design and build the data center to the highest standards of energy efficiency. The new data center facility will be designed to offer maximum uptime which enables the organizations to host their computer systems and it also supported by the infrastructure experience of telkomsigma.

“As the world moves to a mobile environment and creates mountains of data, it is critical that data center efficiency increases manifold. This engagement between Telkom and IBM brings together the best of both worlds in IT and communications. With IBM’s extensive capabilities in data centre capacity, combined with Telkom’s experience and understanding of local business needs, we will be able to provide our clients with a superior experience,” saidSuryo Suwignjo, President Director, IBM Indonesia.

“Rackspace is improving the key technologies used by developers in the open cloud. Our focus on the developer community is deeper than ever before and we are carefully adding strategic technologies to our open hybrid cloud portfolio, while keeping the needs of application developers in mind,” said Pat Matthews, senior vice president of corporate development at Rackspace. “Through the acquisition of Exceptional Cloud Services, we’re gaining technology and expertise that will provide startups and cloud developers with the tools that help them deliver more reliable customer experiences and to bring the next generation of cloud-based apps to market faster.”

“We’re delighted to join the Rackspace family. Rackspace’s reputation for service is unmatched and truly unique in the marketplace. Combined with their leadership in the open-sourced cloud, they have created an amazing environment for innovation and growth,” said Siegel. “Rackspace and Exceptional have a mutual interest in delivering best in class tools and services for developers. Aligning efforts make sense. Integrating the expertise, tools and IP that Exceptional brings to the table into the Rackspace Open Cloud will create new and compelling experiences for developers.”

“Being a technology visionary, services guru and innovative infrastructure architect makes Debra the ideal leader to continue to build Nirvanix,” said Vinod Khosla, founding partner of Khosla Ventures. “Nirvanix continues to meet the challenge of storing large amounts of video and multi-media data in the cloud and is poised to offer a more expansive set of cloud services. Managing the complexity of cloud services is getting harder not easier, and Nirvanix has the opportunity to help businesses solve this technical challenge.”

“I am excited about the opportunity to lead the future direction at Nirvanix. I believe there is room for innovation in the enterprise storage market. Nirvanix is already ahead of the game and differentiating services and gaining traction against some of the storage goliaths. Having built and run some of the industry’s largest cloud environments, I know the importance of secure, available, cost efficient infrastructure and storage. Now we have the chance to build a truly differentiated cloud offering and pass that value on to our enterprise customers. That’s exciting for me and, more important, for the industry,” Debra Chrapaty said.

“DataBank has been working diligently on expansion into new markets, and VeriSpace offered us the perfect vehicle,” Tim Moore, CEO of DataBank said in a statement. “VeriSpace has a strong market presence and provides service to a number of the region’s top businesses. We are continuing to execute on our plan. This first step in Minnesota gives us a great location in which to launch our expansion efforts and we will be developing additional high-quality data center capacity here, in the coming year.”

VeriSpace currently operates a 10,000 square foot facility located in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, Minnesota. After the acquisition of VeriSpace, DataBank now operates more than 180,000 square feet of data center space in Texas and Minnesota. According to the Q2 2012 Data Center Market Report for Minneapolis – St. Paul by Colliers International, Minnesota is appealing for data center operators based on its important economic incentives for data center construction, cool climate that facilitates cheaper cooling costs, and a seismic zone rating of zero.

“CH3 is incredibly flexible, unlike the standard multi-story data centers in Chicago, making it adaptable to new technology and server rack designs that some of the older constructions are unable to accommodate,” Phil Horstmann, CEO of Ascent said in a statement. “Downtown Chicago is an attractive location for data center space, but previously didn’t offer the options the market is now demanding. We’re talking with companies about their current data center needs and developing CH3 to meet those market demands.”

“Having worked with Ascent on powering two other large data center developments in the Chicago area, we are pleased to be working with Ascent on the delivery of reliable power to a third project, this time in the downtown market,” Fidel Marquez, senior vice president, governmental and external affairs for ComEd said in a statement. “The high-tech industry is experiencing significant growth in Chicago, and our ability to provide smart grid technology and industry-leading reliability in a state with a highly competitive electricity market makes Chicago an ideal location for mission-critical data center operations.”

CDN.net is backed by a global federated compute network and it launches 30 premium points-of-presence that provides global coverage guarantee with 100 percent SLA. OnApp also working to add locations in developing markets and their users will have access to add locations based on demand. CDN.net is OnApp’s first try at selling that federated capacity to end users in order to increase the performance of their websites in various locations.

“Today’s rich content demands plague online businesses with bounce-back, high latency and downtime that are harmful to their customer retention, marketing and SEO efforts,” said James Fletcher, marketing director at CDN.net. “That’s why CDNs are now essential for all Web property owners. However, buying CDN is generally an expensive, frustrating experience where customers pay for resources they don’t end up using, and get a pre-packaged service that doesn’t match their business. We’re taking a new approach to CDN, with a totally transparent service so customers pay for what they use, when they need it, with reliable performance and uptime. CDN.net is customizable on-the-fly to the needs of any business looking to deliver rich content quickly and affordably, wherever in the world their customers happen to be.”

In 2012, IBM has more than 5,000 private cloud customers which increased 100 percent year by year according to its press release. “Open standards drive innovation. We all know that Linux attracted early adopters, but Apache is another example. In fact IBM stopped doing our own HTTP servers in 1997 and instead embedded Apache – a phenomenal step at the time – but we understood how open standards can work with proprietary technologies to ultimately drive business growth. That’s what many are seeing with OpenStack,” Daniel D. Frye, vice president, IBM Open Systems Development said.

“If we don’t convene around basic framework of standards, everything becomes slower and more expensive. A world not based on standards is a world dominated by vendor lock-in. With a proprietary cloud infrastructure, when a client decides they want to change the hardware underneath, they may have to change everything – a significant barrier – requiring new software and even middleware,” Frye said. “However, if the cloud infrastructure layer is standard, then you can switch only the hardware without changing middleware or software. More importantly, this means that the market forces come to bear and superior technology and competitive pricing win out.”

“We really want to make this easy to use. Most of our small business users don’t have expertise in online technology, working with scripts or optimization software. Our most important goal is to make basic SEO available to everyone,” said Taei. “These days, over 80% of consumers use the web to search for local products and services. That’s why having an online presence is so important.” Each client can sign up for a free account at Attracta’s official website.

From the user’s point of view, the way Attracta integrates with the hosting accounts at WebNet Hosting is almost transparent and the tools can be found and accessed by the cPanel. Through this partnership the users can get more benefits that include Google backlink check, link building, easy script installs and more. Apart from the basic shared hosting platforms, WebNet Hosting offers a wide range of task-optimized plans such as audio hosting, VPS hosting, video hosting and media streaming servers like Wowza Hosting. These features are available to all WebNet Hosting clients for no additional charge and the tools can be accessed anytime.

“We selected Slamdot based on the quality product and service they deliver to their clients. Slamdot will extend this personalized service to Moniker clients while adding value for our customers needing to get online in a manner that reflects their business needs and goals,” said Craig Snyder, CEO of Moniker and SnapNames. “We strive to provide an experience that exceeds our clients’ expectations. Working with Slamdot is an extension of that philosophy, and one we think will be a win for our clients.”

“In an industry saturated with call center-based web design agencies that churn out novelty sites, we differentiate ourselves by providing a stellar service that is focused on results, and customer delight. We do that through a consultative relationship with our clients, where your web designer is also your project point of contact, available by both email and telephone,” said Christman. “We’re providing a premium service at a fair price for the results we deliver, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with a company that values their customers’ success as much as we do.”