There are few companies that can say they’ve had as much of a hand in the development of the web hosting industry as cPanel.  J. Nick Koston, the founder and guiding force of cPanel, has been at the helm since its inception in 1996. Looking back on the history of the Internet, you’ll find few who’ve had as much of an impact on its growth, development, and progress as Nick Koston. Prior... 

(Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) will host End-User Conferences on May 22 and May 24, 2011 in Las Vegas. Themed “Fast Forward,” the conferences are designed to give customers a keen understanding of the future of printing and document management and will focus primarily on cloud computing/mobility, security and managed document services. Participants... 

(Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine) – smartFOCUS, a global provider of multi-channel marketing software, has released a survey which demonstrates the challenges that lie ahead for marketers as they look to embrace social media marketing in 2011. Conducted at TFM&A 2011 in March 2011, the survey asked attendees about key marketing channels their business used; how effective their business was... 

Whether you are just starting out or you have been in business for years, there are several things you can do in 2011 to promote your business and increase revenue. Some things you may already be doing and others you may have plans to do. Either way, take a few minutes and read the following list of the most important 10 things you can do in 2011 to attract qualified visitors to your website,... 

(Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine) – Internet marketers are clamoring to turn the 600 million-strong Facebook community into customers. And they’ll learn how at aimClear Facebook Marketing Intensive, which has just been added to the Search Marketing Expo – SMX West conference line up. SMX West, the leading search and social media marketing conference featuring more than 60 sessions... 

(Ping! Zine) – Woosah Hosting Solutions, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is helping businesses accomplish their goals. They provide a number of professional services including domain registration, web hosting and optimized marketing. Their success is proof that charging a low monthly fee doesn’t have to mean sacrificing quality. High quality service and low pricing gives them the edge over... 

(Ping! Zine) – Mozilla today announced that it has appointed Gary Kovacs as the new CEO in a blog post. Gary Kovacs will be responsible for leading the overall direction of the organization and the Firefox Web browser. Prior to joining Mozilla, Gary held senior leadership roles as Senior VP of Markets, Solutions & Products at Sybase (through its acquisition by SAP earlier this year), as General... 

(Ping! Zine) – Go Daddy is adding Jillian Michaels to its marketing marquee – signing the world-renowned fitness guru and television star as an official Go Daddy Girl! “America’s Toughest Trainer” joins A-list celebrity sports icon and Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick for what promises to be a powerful one-two spokesperson punch. Like Danica, Jillian represents Go Daddy Girl... 

(Ping! Zine) – Secure128 (secure128.com), a value added wholesaler of VeriSign, GeoTrust, and thawte SSL certificates and website security and marketing products catering to resellers unveils four new security and website marketing product offerings.  The new products, VeriSign Trust™ Seal, Domain Registrations, PCI Compliance solutions from Trustwave and website marketing and customer feedback... 

(Ping! Zine) – Web.com, a leading provider of online marketing for small businesses, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately-held Register.com, a leading provider of global domain name registration and complementary website design and management services. Under the terms of the agreement, which is  subject to standard closing conditions, Web.com will pay $135 million... 

Without knowing exactly what you are doing, you can waste a lot of time and money on expensive marketing campaigns that can leave your budget in a wasteful deficit. For first time marketing do-it-yourselfers, the following low cost marketing ideas are essential and have been proven to work. Columns How to Write for the Blogosphere cPanel Parked and Add-on and Sub-domains, Oh My! Blow... 

Whether you are leasing server space from a datacenter provider or you are managing your own, connectivity is a must for any web host. “Of course” you might be thinking, otherwise what good would our hosting be? That’s true, but I’m not referring to keeping your servers reliably connected to the Internet; I’m talking about maintaining a reliable, persistent, and secure connection... 

Although international web hosting demand is rising rapidly, often in countries outside of the U.S., the infrastructure to serve this demand has yet to adequately develop. Further, websites developed and owned by international entrepreneurs are likely targeting the web traffic from the broader Internet community—many of whom are based in the U.S. Therefore, hosting with a U.S. based provider... 

A hosting business is an investment. Whether you plan to “cash it in” or not, it’s always in your personal interest to set a target objective for your investment’s value and act so as to maximize that value. In the last issue of Ping! Zine we discussed the basics of applying a value to a service provider operation. We saw that some service providers are able to sell their operation... 

Are you ready? Host Rocket reviews some of the key factors to consider when building a data center from the ground up. Take out your pen and paper guys and gals! Columns Hosting Gurus: All-In-One Hosting Server Free and Effective Mail Filtering Buildling A Data Center in Your Home Industry Profile: Positive Software Business Issues: Retiring on Hosting Product Review: Spam Stops Here WebHostGear Datacenter...