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By: Mou Mukherjee on April 6th, 2009
Posted in: Events
Tags: WebhostingDay 2009
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WebhostingDay – a memorable trade show

A couple of weeks ago we attended WebhostingDay in Germany, a unique and memorable trade show. The fact that it took place at Phantasialand, an amusement park, had a lot to do with it.  It was a well-attended event with 2,000 visitors from all over the world and 55 partner companies. The organizers did an excellent job balancing the agenda with business, networking, and fun events. Check out a previous post “The Fun Side of WebhostingDay” to see a video of some of the fun and action.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by our booth. We enjoyed the chance to meet and talk with you. Also, congratulations to James from Interspire the lucky winner of our prize draw for a Digital Radio!

Presentations from WebhostingDay are available on the website, along with a video and pictures from the show. Cruise on over to the WebhostingDay website to have a look.

Upcoming Events – WHIR Networking and HostingCon

Our next trade show is HostingCon which takes place in Washington DC from August 10-12. We are also continuing to sponsor the WHIR Web Hosting Industry Networking Events. These are free events, but you need to rsvp in advance. This is a great opportunity to meet us, enjoy some food and drinks, and network with other folks in the web hosting and domains space. Look for Solomon Amoako, our Director of Sales, at the Chicago event and say hello. Here is the upcoming schedule:

• Chicago – April 16
• New York – May 6
• Los Angeles – June 18
• Miami – Sept 24
• Washington, DC – Oct 22

If any of these events are in your area, please register and mark your calendars. We look forward to seeing you there.

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By: Mou Mukherjee on February 13th, 2009
Posted in: Events
Tags: Parallels Summit 2009
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Last week we attended Parallels Summit 2009 in Las Vegas. The conference was a two-day event that brought together service providers, industry and technology experts, media, and vendors. The over-arching theme was “cloud computing” and there were sessions on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), automation, virtualization and other important topics.

Parallels will be posting some videos and presentations from the event, including Adam Eisner’s presentation on “Domain Names and Web Hosting in 2009 and Beyond”. We’ll let you know when it is ready. In the meantime you can see some conference coverage at theWHIR including a review of Adam’s presentation.

I thought it was a great opportunity for our team to network and meet face-to-face with many of our current and prospective resellers, as well as partners and other industry folks. We were very happy to meet some of you there and to get to know you and your businesses better. I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to meet with us or drop by our booth. On that note, I’d like to announce our booth prize winner. Congratulations to Steve from BlackSun on winning a Drobo!

Overall, we were very pleased with the event. We felt it was a well thought-out, organized, and attended event. We look forward to next year’s summit.

Next month, we are travelling to Germany to meet up with our EMEA team to sponsor WebhostingDay. We are excited to meet some of our resellers on the other side of the world. WebhostingDay takes place from March 18-20, 2009 and is the the largest web hosting event in Europe. If you are planning to attend, or interested in registering, please let us know.

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By: Mou Mukherjee on January 15th, 2009
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Tags: Parallels Summit 2009
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Our team is heading to the Parallels Summit 2009 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino from February 2 – 4th and we’d like to invite you to join us. This year’s theme is Cloud Computing and will include topics such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Automation, and Virtualization. There will be lots of business leaders and other experts to give you insights on how to win against the big fish in the market.

We are a silver sponsor this year. Adam Eisner, our Product Manager for domain names, is presenting “Domain Names and Web Hosting in 2009 and Beyond.” Come and see his presentation, and swing by our booth to chat with us, and see what’s new. Other well known speakers include Morris Miller, founder of Rackspace; Andreas Gauger, former CEO of 1&1 Internet; Bernie Meyerson, VP Strategic Alliances and CTO Server Business at IBM; and several other industry veterans, experts, and leaders who will discuss technology developments shaping the industry.

The Parallels Summit is free and includes:
•    Great speakers
•    Fun Night Out Events
•    Hands-on Labs for Product Demonstrations
•    4 different session tracks: Industry, Service Provider, Enterprise IT, and Technology
•    Sponsored Meals
•    Did I mention it is in Las Vegas?

There are plenty of Las Vegas travel deals out there. You may be able to snag an air and hotel package from $400-600.

Learn more or register today! Please enter OpenSRS in the “referred by” section of the registration page when you register.

We hope to see you in Las Vegas!

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By: Mou Mukherjee on September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Inside OpenSRS
Tags: WHIRTV
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In this video, Ken talks about the changes and plans for OpenSRS and some of the product launches and enhancements we’ve made over the past year. He explains some of the changes that are not as visible such as making our services even more reliable, scalable, and the preparatory work being done for future software development. Ken says that since we have become an Agile shop, we’ve been able to do quick iterations and roll out features and enhancements much faster than ever before.

Ken also shares some of the reason why we decided to reclaim OpenSRS as the name for our wholesale services. Ken explains that “reseller friendly” is not just a tag line; It is a value we have believed in for a long time.

What’s your opinion on some of the changes we have made recently? What would you like us to do more, do less, do differently? Also, what projects or products have you launched recently, or are thinking about doing in the future?

Stay tuned for two more videos that complete our series of six videos called Inside OpenSRS.

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By: Mou Mukherjee on September 23rd, 2008
Posted in: Inside OpenSRS
Tags: WHIRTV
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Kevin Rueckert has a long history with OpenSRS. He’s worked here for almost a decade! And as you can see, he’s still passionate about his work. Kevin is our Manager of Network Operations Center (NOC). Kevin and his team monitor our systems 24-hours-a-day to ensure high availability and performance of our services to our resellers. In addition to monitoring, the NOC documents and trouble-shoots any issues, and escalates to other departments if needed. In this video, Kevin describes the major functions of the NOC, best practices used including an ITIL-compliant process, and what happens when issues are serious. His team is proactive by providing data trends and monitoring, and working with engineers and architects to roll fixes. The NOC is the technical information hub at OpenSRS.

We’d like to hear from any of our resellers about their technical and network operations. What are some of the things that keep you up at night? And what do you (and your teams) do to relax when the pressure is off?

This is part of a series of six videos called Inside OpenSRS that features some of the people who work to provide high-quality services for our resellers. Stay tuned as we share the other videos with you over the next few weeks.