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Let's Make Music
I have heard many jazz musicians talk about how they love to do improv jam sessions. They find great...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 05/14/2010
Guest Blog by NetApp: Great Ideas + Fast Execution = Innovation Hosters Can Monetize
From the Dynamic Data Center Alliance blog:The Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit for Hosters (DDTK-H) has...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 05/12/2010
Microsoft Hosting Summit’s Impact Greater than Eyjafjallajokul?
Microsoft's annual Hosting Summit has passed and we have great plans for our hosting partners. When...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 05/06/2010
Microsoft Hosting Summit 2010 from Cobweb Solutions
From the Cobweb Blog: Last week was the fifth Microsoft Hosting Summit in Bellevue, Seattle and once...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 05/06/2010
Thoughts on the Microsoft Hosting Summit from Hosting.com
Sometimes it makes sense to measure the success of an event, such as Microsoft's Hosting Summit, on...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 05/05/2010
Want to Grow Your Hosting Business? Welcome Aboard Partner.
During Microsoft's Hosting Summit last week, David McCann, GM of Windows Server Marketing delivered...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 05/05/2010
Hosted OCS Reaching Critical Velocity to Soar into the Cloud
This week at Microsoft hosting summit, it was a good feeling to see how many partners were in market...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 05/04/2010
Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Lead balloons
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Author: HostingBlog Date: 04/28/2010
SharePoint 2010: Hosting Ready!
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Author: HostingBlog Date: 04/28/2010
Microsoft Hosting Summit to Strengthen Partnerships for 2010. But why Bellevue?
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Author: HostingBlog Date: 04/28/2010
A Cloud Passes Over Europe - What Happens When It's Permanent!
This past week, the Icelandic Volcano reminded us that not everything goes as planned. Sometimes,...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 04/21/2010
The One-Stop Shop Website for the One-Stop Shop Hoster
We updated https://www.microsoft.com/hosting to give you the tools you need to be the one-stop shop...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 04/08/2010
US appeals court strike down Net Neutrality, so what now if you are offering Hosted UC?
by Alex Danyluk - Marketing Director Tuesday of this week the US federal appeals court ruled that...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 04/07/2010
Sticky Like Honey and Just as Yummy!
CBeyond, a US-based CLEC with presence in 13 cities, is one of the most interesting companies when...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 04/02/2010
Turning Commodity Into Value Added Service
I have always believed that you can turn something we consider a commodity into a value added...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/23/2010
Fun venue sets the stage for great hosting conversations and networking
by John Zanni I am at WebhostingDay in Germany this week. It’s a fun event because it’s based in a...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/18/2010
Happy Birthday dot-com and many happy returns of the day!
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the first dot-com domain name registration. As I read the...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/15/2010
Stand out from your competition. Submit for a Microsoft WPC 2010 Award!
Showcase your innovative solutions at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington,...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/15/2010
Hosted Exchange vs. Gmail for the SMB
There was a good debate article in Computerworld this week that had two experts weigh the merits of...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/15/2010
New Time to Revenue Record: 10 DAYS! Provisioning goes from 48hours to 10 minutes. Partnership Pays
This week I received an email that a hosting partner had launched a managed VM offer in 10 days. How...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/12/2010
Thoughts on John Zanni’s Keynote at the Parallels Summit 2010 – “The New Face of Hosting”
The Parallels Summit 2010 in Miami was a great event – good content, conversations and all of the...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/10/2010
What would you have asked Microsoft and Google on the same panel with other UC companies?
By Alex Danyluk Last week I participated on a panel at the Parallels Summit in Miami with Google,...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/05/2010
Frenemies are good for your business
By John Zanni Last week, I told you I would share some of what I learned from talking to hosters at...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/05/2010
Bring your Phone; we bring your email
Recently, John Zanni blogged about a new tool that enables Microsoft Exchange service providers to...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/02/2010
Guest Blog by F5 Networks: Where’s the (Infrastructure) Beef?
From the Dynamic Data Center Alliance Blog: By Lori Mac Vitte, Technical Marketing Manager The often...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 03/01/2010
1000 Hosters Storm Miami Beach for the Parallels Hosting Summit
This week I attended Summit '10 Profit from the Cloud hosted by Parallels and held at the...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/25/2010
Hosting Community Insights – Survey
Microsoft would like to get a better understanding of what you’re reading and what press you find...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/23/2010
No Fuss. No Muss. Quick and Easy Setup of Windows Phones Means More Happy Customers for You.
By John Zanni I am a technologist at heart. Working with technology comes naturally to me. Because...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/19/2010
Announcing! Microsoft Virtualization Summit 2010 – From the Desktop to the Datacenter
From the Dynamic Data Center Alliance Blog: Looking at virtualization but unsure about your options?...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Microsoft’s Windows Azure Platform Gains Traction Among Hosting Providers
This week at PDC 2009, Microsoft announced three hosting providers who have utilized the Windows...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
GoGrid Provides Infrastructure Services in the Cloud
At PDC this week, we're excited to announce the Windows Azure Platform Application Lifecycle...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Mamut Selects Windows Azure as its Cloud Computing Platform
At PDC this week, we're pleased to share a bit about Mamut Online Backup built on Windows Azure...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Stromboxx from T-Systems
As one of three European beta testers within the Technical Adoption Program, we have been trialing...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Thou Shalt Listen to Thy Customer
I don't know if there's an official handbook of rules or commandments for the hosting business, but...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Finding your one thing
I flew down to San Francisco last week on Virgin America, to get a business visa for an upcoming...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Web Hosting Providers and Microsoft WebsiteSpark
Recently, Microsoft announced their latest "Spark" program, specially designed for Web professionals...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
You can take the boy out of hosting, but you can’t take hosting out of the boy!
I know that there is a perception among some in the hosting industry that Microsoft is a strong...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
ARR and MaximumASP
As you may know, Application Request Routing (ARR) has a host name affinity feature that is designed...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Dynamic Data Center Alliance
On Tuesday I wrote about the Dynamic Date Center Toolkit for Hosters. Today I'd like to talk about...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
HostingCon 2009
On August 10 – 12 I attended HostingCon 2009 in Washington D.C. It was a great show and below are...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Unified Communications in a Software + Services World
For those who couldn’t make the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans last month, I delivered...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010
Azure Services Platform and Microsoft's Hosting Partners
It's nice to see so much blog and Twitter activity about Azure today at Microsoft's Worldwide...
Author: HostingBlog Date: 02/16/2010