Introducing a bigger, badder, greener shared SQL environment

Tech blogger Jon Stokes of ars technica observed that the term “cloud” is so overused that it now means everything and nothing all at once.
He has a point.
Depending on who you ask, “cloud” still means different things to different people. For some it means Google Apps, SalesForce.com, or even Facebook, which is to say it’s [...]

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Filed under: Technology by Will Rose
Tags: asp.net, cloud, green, hosting, Hyper-V, Microsoft, power efficiency, scalability, shared hosting, SQL, virtualization
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Custom Hosting: Ask us, we might surprise you

Here’s something you might not know about: We offer custom hosting solutions.

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Filed under: General Information, Technology by Will Rose
Tags: Active Directory, CrystalTech, custom, Dedicated hosting, Google Mini, infrastructure, shared, support, Virtual Private Network, VPN, VPS
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Our Gift to You: 22 Free DotNet & PHP Web Apps at Your Fingertips

Today, we’re announcing another new feature—and this is a big one: Integration of Microsoft’s Web App Gallery.

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Filed under: Technology by Will Rose
Tags: .NET, acquia drupal, Amplifeeder, app, application, AtomSite, blog, CMS, DasBlog, dotnet, dotnetblogengine, DotNetNuke Community Edition, Gallery Server Pro, Kentico, Mayando, Microsoft Web App Gallery, mojoPortal, Moodle, n2 cms, PHP, phpbb, ResourceBlender.NET, ScrewTurn Wiki, SiteFinity, Subtext, Sugar CRM, Tango, Umbraco, WAG, WebControlCenter, WordPress, WPI
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New DotNet Plans — Awesome Changes Right Under Your Nose

Back in April, we announced new .NET plans that featured, among other things, individual application pools. Since then, however, we’ve continued to build the feature out even more.

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Filed under: Technology by Will Rose
Tags: .net 4.0, App Pool Manager, Application Pool, dotnet, IIS7, pipeline mode, shared hosting
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Becoming Your Own Web Host Has Never Been Easier

One of the biggest benefits WebsitePanel brings to the table, in concert with some of our other key services, is that it’s now easier than ever to become your own web host.

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Filed under: Technology, ecommerce by Will Rose
Tags: cookbook, dedicated, DotNetPanel, Microsoft, newtek technology services, NewtPay, Virtual private server, VPS, Web Apply Gallery, web hosting, WebsitePanel, Windows Server 2008
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Cooking with WebsitePanel

Like our original cookbook, the point of WebsitePanel–or, at least, why we love it–is that it will make the lives of dedicated and VPS customers easier. Now, all through a web-based control panel, you’ll be able to create custom made hosting plans and price them how you see fit, create websites without touching IIS, or FTP accounts without ever touching FileZilla, create full-blown mail accounts, manage customer billing, and much, much more.

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Filed under: Technology by Will Rose
Tags: .NET, cookbook, dedicated, DotNetPanel, FileZilla, hosting, IIS7, reseller, SmarterMail, SmarterStats, SmarterTools, Virtual private server, VPS, Web server, WebsitePanel, Windows Server 2008
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3 Tools to Intensely Mock

Who hasn’t, at one time or another, needed to mock up a web page, a user interface, or even a complete application? For a designer or developer, sometimes it’s best to whip up a quick mock up for management or clients prior to starting a task. That way you get sign off from the VIPs [...]

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Filed under: Design, Development, Technology by Derek
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Back to the Future

Back to the Future
Last month we announced the upcoming availability of DotNetPanel for our dedicated and VPS customers. This month we’re pleased to announce something for our shared customers: new ASP.NET 4.0 plans that are hosted on Windows Server 2008 R2 and IIS 7.5.
But that’s not all, dear reader.
We’re also provisioning sites in their own [...]

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