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Managed hosting provider WiredTree announced new faster SSD storage on its dedicated hosting services. The web host said it made the high-speed SSDs available as standard with all new dedicated servers. It is also introducing optional enhanced SSD storage with write performance characteristics an order of magnitude faster than standard drives.

“As a hosting company, we want our clients to have access to the best, the fastest, and the most advanced server technology on the market. They depend on our technology to support their sites and businesses, and part the reason we are so trusted by our clients is their knowledge that they’ll always have the server components and support they need to stay competitive”, says Zac Cogswell, President of WiredTree.

WiredTree said it will replace the current Intel S3500 drives with Intel S3510 SSD drives for all new dedicated server hosting contracts and SSD storage volumes. According to the web host the Intel S3510 SSD drives write up to 500 MB/s and read up to 460 MB/s.

The company said it will also offer optional upgrades to Intel S3610 and Intel S3710 drives, which can bring a ten-fold performance increase on standard drives, “making them perfect for use as dedicated database SSDs and for other applications where data I/O speeds are critical for performance”.

WiredTree uses Intel Xeon E3 and E5 processors and SuperMicro motherboards.

HostColor.com has announced a new small business Managed Web Hosting service, named Fully Managed Shared Account (FMSA). According to the company FMSA is an innovative managed web hosting service that makes possible for small business owners to assign the technical administration of their websites, apps and web hosting accounts to Host Color’s Managed support team.

The service features: Initial web hosting account technical audit, review, setup and optimization; Uptime monitoring; Computing resource utilization and optimization; Installation and management of premium Website Traffic Analytics; Installation, management and troubleshooting of WordPress based websites and plugins; WordPress website design themes; Installation, technical administration and troubleshooting of all Open Source software applications; Code and debugging; Database, file & email setup management; Security hardening; Domain and DNS management; Routine web hosting acccount maintenance, internal service management and optimization; Troubleshooting and Online business consulting.

FMSA service includes “up to 4 hours” management service, and according to Host Color, “saves a lot of time and financial resources to those SMB owners, who have limited knowledge on website design, coding, CMS, HTML and virtual hosting account management”. The Management service comes with four (4) different management levels, starting with “FMSA Light,” a basic service that applies to “Managed WordPress Hosting” and “Managed Blog Hosting” plans and includes one hour of technical administration per month.

“As more businesses go for virtualized instances instead of using physical dedicated servers, Managed Hosting refers now a bundle of computing resources, SaaS (Software as a service) and system administration services, specified in a certain IT Hosting service agreement. Back in 2000, when Host Color has started as web hosting provider, the Internet world was quite easy to understand. There were no software automation tools or those available were very few and immature. Ten years ago, all IT operations required certain skill set. The web hosting industry has changed a lot within the last decade, however. Many software automation products have been introduced on the market. They have simplified the process of designing, managing and supporting websites and applications at provider’s end. The software automation has also made the web business management very complex at user’s end. With thousands of software technologies available on the market, in each and every IT niche, and with the computer industry constantly pushing for new products, it is virtually impossible for most people to make informed decisions, even when it comes to simple website or app project,” explains Host Color’s VP of Operations Martin Andreev.

According to him the complexity of today’s dot-com business management and the opportunity to increase client base, were the main reasons for Host Color to switch from “Unmanaged” to “Managed Web Hosting.”

The web hosting provider has previously announced that it has made available to all Colocation, Dedicated Server and VPS customers, a network analytics platform named Network Performance Monitoring & Traffic Analyzer (NPMTA). It allows Host Color’s customers to analyze bandwidth usage, monitor business critical applications and network utilization. They can also monitor data transfer usage by: application, user, protocol and location.

One of the biggest domain registrars and web hosts GoDaddy has announced that it started renewing expiring web hosting subscriptions of its Greek customers free of charge. The company says it wants to help them keep afloat, sticking to a “business-as-usual situation”. The company said in a statement that”

In response to the current banking situation in Greece, GoDaddy launched an automatic renewal program for all its Greek customers. The program covers the entire GoDaddy product suite including domains, web hosting, e-commerce platforms and will automatically renew Greek businesses whose subscriptions are up for renewal this month and who have ‘auto-renew’ checked on their account. The products and services that automatically renew have their costs covered by GoDaddy.

According to the national statistics more than half of businesses in Greece are either home business or micro-enterprises with few employees. Godly also says in its statement that:

“A website and digital presence is not just a prerequisite for doing business. For an SMB, it’s also a criteria for survival. We simply can’t accept that our customers in Greece will cease to exist as a consequence of the banking system shutdown. Helping our customers in any way, particularly in these tough circumstances is a moral obligation. Every subscription with auto-renewal will be extended to ensure their online presence will continue, supporting their businesses and families.”

GoDaddy will extend only services which have the auto-renewal option activated.

GoDaddy has grown a lot through aggressive marketing and advertising, with Super Bowl ads among one of its most successful advertising campaign, that helped the company to achieve a global recognition.