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Latest News: Layered Technologies Named to Leading Industry Analyst Firm’s Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Hosted Cloud System Infrastructure Services

Published on July 14, 2009 in LT News, PR Bites and Uncategorized. Closed
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by Tom Eagle

Last week, we learned of some very exciting news from the industry analyst front – Layered Tech was one of 16 companies named in the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Hosted Cloud System Infrastructure Services (On Demand)” published July 2, 2009, and written by Gartner analysts Lydia Leong and Ted Chamberlin.

According to the Gartner report, “The Web hosting market is evolving rapidly and converging with cloud system infrastructure services, creating new opportunities for cost savings and business agility.”  Gartner based its 2009 evaluation on five use cases for hosting: self-managed hosting, mainstream-managed hosting, highly complex managed hosting, global solutions portfolio, and enterprise applications hosting.

As our CEO Jack Finlayson indicated in our July 14 news release, “There are hundreds of hosting companies, so Layered Tech is particularly pleased to be named to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant because we believe that industry recognition like this validates the strategies we have been implementing during the past year.  Layered Tech is committed to delivering a broad range of managed solutions to our customers.  As a technology innovator, we continue to enhance our solution set while broadening our roadmap to include automated solutions that support our customers’ evolving needs.”

During the past year, Layered Tech has introduced a number of offerings, including the launch of Astro (our proprietary platform for rapid server deployment), the deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to Astro which broadens our existing portfolio of Linux and Unix operating systems, the expansion of Astro offerings to include Virtual Firewall Solutions from Fortinet, and the expansion of our DEFCON managed services to include virtual machines.

We are thrilled about this news and hope you all share not only our enthusiasm, but also our dedication to continuously providing valuable managed and hosting solutions and services to a wide variety of customers worldwide.  More information is available at www.Gartner.com.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009, by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission.  The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period.  It depicts Gartner’s analysis on how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.  Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant.  The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action.  Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Now Available Through Layered Tech’s Astro Rapid Deployment Platform

Published on July 1, 2009 in LT News, PR Bites, Product Updates, Technology Bits and Uncategorized. Closed
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Layered Tech customers can select from a full range of Windows- and Linux-based servers to best fit their business needs.     Find out more

By Tom Eagle

Layered Tech announced today that Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is now available for rapid server deployments via Astro, our proprietary automated Web hosting platform.  With this addition, we offer a full range of operating systems, including high-performance and secure Linux and Unix systems, with servers that can be provisioned almost instantaneously.

“By adding Windows Server 2008 to our rapid deployment server offerings, our customers can stay current with the latest offerings from Microsoft, explore new features with the .NET product offering and leverage a rich Web server environment that is more robust and feature-driven than previous versions of IIS,” said Layered Tech COO and CIO Terrance Bush.

With Windows Server 2008, customers can develop, deliver and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within their organizations.

Through Astro, Layered Tech customers can quickly customize their rapid deployment servers with a wide range of options, including IIS, Plesk control panel, virtual firewall solutions and DefCon bundled managed services.  Astro displays server inventory in real-time and enables near instantaneous server provisioning so that within 90 minutes, our customers can easily configure their server, complete the purchase and have the server available for use.

“We continue to evaluate the latest and greatest server technologies to determine what will best meet our customers’ needs and support their business goals,” Bush continued.  “We’re excited to make Windows Server 2008 available within our rapid deployment service offering, provide our customers a wide variety of robust operating system options, and deliver powerful servers in less than two hours after selection.”

The Window Server 2008 editions currently available via Astro include:

  • Data Center Edition: an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications on medium and large servers;
  • Standard Edition: the most robust Windows Server operating system to date, due to its increased reliability, flexibility and control;
  • Enterprise Edition: an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications.

Through Encompass, Layered Tech’s centralized client management portal, customers can manage their account, request support, reboot servers and access other critical information such as bandwidth graphs, alerts and notifications.  Customers can access Astro and buy servers directly through our Web site at www.LayeredTech.com, and with an open API created by Layered Tech, partners can display inventory and coordinate sales in real-time from their own Web sites.

Astro was launched in January 2009 in Layered Tech’s DataBank data center located in Dallas and the rapid deployment platform continues to broaden so customers can take advantage of additional services within minutes, not hours or days.  Layered Tech plans to expand Astro into its Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Chicago facilities in the near future.

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75% Referral Fees with LT's Affiliate Program

Published on March 2, 2009 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , .
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As of March 1st, Layered Tech announced it will now be offering 75% in referral fees to their Affiliate partners through their Hosting Affiliate Program >>

With the economic pressures facing businesses today, everyone is looking for ways to increase profits. So Layered Tech has stepped up to the plate by boosting earning potential. Whether it’s via a link on one -or many- of your web sites, your blog, non-spam emails – even old school referrals via phone, you get paid for helping your contacts make the intelligent choice in hosting: Layered Tech.

AND with Layered Tech’s grid offerings (averaging around $2,500 per month) Affiliates can earn up to $1875 on first month’s MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue) on new customers.

PLUS with the trend in companies outsourcing their IT infrastructure during tough economic times to stay competitive – even to just stay in business, all conditions are aligned to make significant earnings.

Learn more about Layered Tech’s Hosting Affiliate Program >>

Interview: Microsoft Hyper-V at Layered Tech

Published on August 14, 2008 in Uncategorized, Virtualization and Virtualization Hosting. Closed Tags: , , .
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(Aug 2008) Hostsearch.com Interview with John Pozadzides, VP and CMO of Layered Tech 
         
Layered Tech …“the leading provider of next generation, on-demand grid computing and hosting solutions” …Catering to entry and enterprise-level customers (recently launched) the first worldwide release of Windows 2008 with Microsoft Hyper-V hosted on dedicated or virtual servers >> 
              
Given the buzz Hyper-V has created, we ask John Pozadzides, the company’s VP and CMO, about this new technology’s benefits for hosts and hosting customers.
           
Q: You’re one of the first to offer Hyper-V.  Can you offer a brief description of Hyper-V.
            

A: As a key feature of Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V allows virtualization of multiple operating systems (including Windows and Linux) all on the same server. The technology provides a scalable, reliable and highly available virtualization platform along with a single set of integrated management tools to manage both physical and virtual resources. Windows Hyper-V also offers large memory support and provides backup/restore, snapshotting and easy transition of virtual servers from one physical server to another.

          

Q: What benefits do end users get from Hyper-V?  

             

A: With our uniquely configured Hyper-V platforms, Layered Tech outperforms traditional VPS offerings generally available in the marketplace. We offer full virtual machines with complete control over everything, right down to the operating system. Customers now have a greater range of control than ever before, combined with a much higher degree of security and reliability.

           

Q: Can you share a little about other offerings Layered Tech provides?

            

A:  Layered Tech’s portfolio of offerings is quite comprehensive, from on-demand managed dedicated hosting and web services to virtualization and grid computing.  In fact, we are considered one of the leaders in virtualization solutions with our GridLayer product, which was one of the first commercially available virtualization computing solutions.  Learn more at www.thegridlayer.com >>

                

Layered Technologies Welcomes FastServers.net

Published on April 21, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , .
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The entire team at Layered Technologies would like to offer a BIG TEXAS Welcome to FastServers.  We are excited to have you as part of the team and look forward to continued success and the opportunity to grow together.  

Layered Tech Welcomes Fastservers

Join Layered Technologies & FastServers at our Third Annual LT PACT 2008 Hosting Transformation Conference (June 25-27) Las Vegas, NV – Caesars Palace Learn more >>