Houston -- Internet America, Inc., a Houston-based provider of Internet access services, today announced the private sale of 4 million shares of its common stock at $1.00 per share for $4 million to a trust controlled by Mr. Steven G. Mihaylo. Additionally, Mr. Mihaylo was elected to fill a vacancy in the Company’s Board of Directors.
Internet America has filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission that attaches as an exhibit the form of Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement under which the Company issued 4 million shares of Common Stock and agreed to limited registration rights for those shares. As a result of this transaction, Mr. Mihaylo is now positioned as the Company’s largest shareholder with an approximate 23% ownership stake.
Mr. Mihaylo founded Inter-Tel (Delaware), Incorporated in 1969 and served as its CEO from 1969 to February 2006. During his stewardship, Inter-Tel grew from a one-man business to a global organization employing over 2,000 people and servicing over 500,000 business customers.
“I see a tremendous opportunity for Internet America to establish a leading position in the rural wireless Internet access market,” said Mr. Mihaylo. “I intend on being an active participant in the Company’s growth and aim on directing my forty plus years of business experience in the telecommunications and data industries to educating the institutional investment community on the Company’s strategic objectives and market opportunity.”
“We are very excited about completing this capital raise as it allows us to continue our active growth and acquisition strategy,” said William (Billy) E. Ladin, Jr., Internet America’s Chief Executive Officer. “We believe that we are better positioned to pursue our growth initiatives now that we have expanded our access to lower rate Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service debt, coupled with the proceeds generated from this private placement. Additionally, adding Steve to our board will enable us to benefit from his vast experience in supporting the growth of early stage telecommunications companies.”
About Internet America
Internet America (OTCBB: GEEK) is a leading Internet service provider serving the Texas market. Based in Houston, Internet America offers businesses and individuals a wide array of Internet services including broadband Internet delivered wirelessly and over DSL, dedicated high-speed access, web hosting, and dial-up Internet access. Internet America provides customers a wide range of related value-added services, including Fax2email, online backup and storage solutions, parental control software, and global roaming solutions. Internet America focuses on the speed and quality of its Internet services and its commitment to providing excellent customer care. Additional information on Internet America is available on the Company’s web site at http://www.internetamerica.com.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Shared hosting provider Easy CGI offers upgrade to .NET 3.5
Pearl River, NY -- Easy CGI, a leading provider of Windows hosting, is launching .NET 3.5 hosting for all customers of its shared hosting plans. The seamless upgrade enables current customers to take advantage of all the new features this updated version of .NET Framework offers. As with all upgrades, Easy CGI carried out extensive performance, compatibility and reliability testing, before launching .Net Framework 3.5.
The 3.5 release builds incrementally on new features previously added in .NET 2.0 and 3.0, so current sites built using those earlier versions should enjoy a seamless migration to .NET 3.5. Expansions on previous versions with ASP.NET AJAX, the ability to use Language Integrated Query (LINQ), and a variety of other new tools for developers, make it simpler and faster to build applications using Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation.
The newly released Visual Studio 2008, an integrated development environment, can also target .NET Framework 3.5 or previous versions.
Some of the new features and tools in .NET Framework 3.5 include:
new product and item templates
Auto-Host for self-hosted WCF services
Enhanced duplex/async messaging
Ability to author services as a workflow
Better support for the growing variety of web protocols, formats and services
Support for all the new WS- services, such as WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-AtomicTransaction, and WS-Trust/WS-SecurityPolicy
“Many of our customers stay in tune with the latest technologies, so we anticipated a large number of requests to upgrade to Framework 3.5,” said Ted Beckwith, VP of Easy CGI. “Now, our customers have all the new features and tools of .NET Framework 3.5 to push boundaries in their developments.”
The 3.5 release builds incrementally on new features previously added in .NET 2.0 and 3.0, so current sites built using those earlier versions should enjoy a seamless migration to .NET 3.5. Expansions on previous versions with ASP.NET AJAX, the ability to use Language Integrated Query (LINQ), and a variety of other new tools for developers, make it simpler and faster to build applications using Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation.
The newly released Visual Studio 2008, an integrated development environment, can also target .NET Framework 3.5 or previous versions.
Some of the new features and tools in .NET Framework 3.5 include:
new product and item templates
Auto-Host for self-hosted WCF services
Enhanced duplex/async messaging
Ability to author services as a workflow
Better support for the growing variety of web protocols, formats and services
Support for all the new WS- services, such as WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-AtomicTransaction, and WS-Trust/WS-SecurityPolicy
“Many of our customers stay in tune with the latest technologies, so we anticipated a large number of requests to upgrade to Framework 3.5,” said Ted Beckwith, VP of Easy CGI. “Now, our customers have all the new features and tools of .NET Framework 3.5 to push boundaries in their developments.”
New Book on Service Oriented Architecture and its Approach to Integration Published by Packt
Packt is pleased to announce a new book “SOA Approach to Integration” which shows how to define SOA integration architecture, what technologies to use, and how to best integrate existing applications with modern e-business solutions.
SOA Approach to Integration
This book focuses on the SOA approach to integration of existing (legacy) applications and newly developed solutions, using modern technologies, particularly web services, XML, ESB, and BPEL. The book shows how to define SOA for integration, what integration patterns to use, which technologies to use, and how to best integrate existing applications with modern e-business solutions.
This book also shows how to develop web services, how to process and manage XML documents from JEE and .NET platforms, and how to use ESBs and BPEL executable business processes within SOA architecture. This book explains SOA, web services, and the Enterprise Services Bus before covering processing XML and web services on the .Net and JEE platforms in more detail.
Architects and senior developers who are responsible for setting up SOA for integration for applications within the enterprise (intra-enterprise integration) and applications across enterprises (inter-enterprise integration or B2B) will find this book extremely useful
SOA Approach to Integration
This book focuses on the SOA approach to integration of existing (legacy) applications and newly developed solutions, using modern technologies, particularly web services, XML, ESB, and BPEL. The book shows how to define SOA for integration, what integration patterns to use, which technologies to use, and how to best integrate existing applications with modern e-business solutions.
This book also shows how to develop web services, how to process and manage XML documents from JEE and .NET platforms, and how to use ESBs and BPEL executable business processes within SOA architecture. This book explains SOA, web services, and the Enterprise Services Bus before covering processing XML and web services on the .Net and JEE platforms in more detail.
Architects and senior developers who are responsible for setting up SOA for integration for applications within the enterprise (intra-enterprise integration) and applications across enterprises (inter-enterprise integration or B2B) will find this book extremely useful
DemoWolf releases Horde, SquirrelMail and WebHost Manager VOICE tutorials
Nova Scotia, Canada -- DemoWolf today announced the release of 51 new tutorials for three new series: 10 tutorials for Horde webmail, 11 tutorials for SquirrelMail webmail, and 30 new VOICE tutorials for the latest release of WebHost Manager.
"These new webmail tutorials will help web hosting companies significantly reduce their support costs by providing instant support to their customers" says Rob Moore, president of DemoWolf. " With these webmail tutorials, customers will be able to get instant help in how to use the Horde and SquirrelMail webmail applications.
Both the Horde and SquirrelMail series of tutorials can be purchased for $49.95, and that includes complete custom branding of the tutorials for the purchasing hosting company. This includes inserting the company’s logo in the first and last frame of all tutorials, and free custom color choices for the text boxes within the tutorials.
"Also included in this release is 30 new VOICE tutorials for the latest version of WebHost Manager (version 11)" continues Moore. " Voice tutorials are similar to our standard tutorials, except that they include professionally recorded voice narration that makes the tutorials easier to follow, and greatly increases the professional look and feel of the tutorials.
DemoWolf is the only tutorial production company that produces voice tutorials, and they can be purchased for approximately two times the price of standard non-voice tutorials.
To view the Horde webmail tutorials, go to www.demowolf.com/horde-tutorials.htm.
To view the SquirrelMail webmail tutorials, go to www.demowolf.com/squirrelmail-tutorials.htm.
To view the WebHost Manager Voice tutorials, go to www.demowolf.com/whm-tutorials-11-x-voice.htm.
DemoWolf now has over 1500 ready-made custom branded tutorials for the web hosting industry, including tutorials for cPanel, Plesk, Helm, H-Sphere, Virtuozzo, Direct Admin, Email and FTP applications, Domain Registrars, Private Nameservers, phpMyAdmin, RVSiteBuilder, and many more. DemoWolf is the fastest growing tutorial provider in the industry, and also produces custom tutorials, voice tutorials and interactive demonstrations. For more information, you may contact DemoWolf by visiting their website at www.demowolf.com, or by calling toll free 1-866-905-4678.
"These new webmail tutorials will help web hosting companies significantly reduce their support costs by providing instant support to their customers" says Rob Moore, president of DemoWolf. " With these webmail tutorials, customers will be able to get instant help in how to use the Horde and SquirrelMail webmail applications.
Both the Horde and SquirrelMail series of tutorials can be purchased for $49.95, and that includes complete custom branding of the tutorials for the purchasing hosting company. This includes inserting the company’s logo in the first and last frame of all tutorials, and free custom color choices for the text boxes within the tutorials.
"Also included in this release is 30 new VOICE tutorials for the latest version of WebHost Manager (version 11)" continues Moore. " Voice tutorials are similar to our standard tutorials, except that they include professionally recorded voice narration that makes the tutorials easier to follow, and greatly increases the professional look and feel of the tutorials.
DemoWolf is the only tutorial production company that produces voice tutorials, and they can be purchased for approximately two times the price of standard non-voice tutorials.
To view the Horde webmail tutorials, go to www.demowolf.com/horde-tutorials.htm.
To view the SquirrelMail webmail tutorials, go to www.demowolf.com/squirrelmail-tutorials.htm.
To view the WebHost Manager Voice tutorials, go to www.demowolf.com/whm-tutorials-11-x-voice.htm.
DemoWolf now has over 1500 ready-made custom branded tutorials for the web hosting industry, including tutorials for cPanel, Plesk, Helm, H-Sphere, Virtuozzo, Direct Admin, Email and FTP applications, Domain Registrars, Private Nameservers, phpMyAdmin, RVSiteBuilder, and many more. DemoWolf is the fastest growing tutorial provider in the industry, and also produces custom tutorials, voice tutorials and interactive demonstrations. For more information, you may contact DemoWolf by visiting their website at www.demowolf.com, or by calling toll free 1-866-905-4678.
BladeLogic Reports Key Findings of Data Center Automation Survey
90% of Survey Respondents Cite Servers and Applications as the Most Critical Data Center Elements that Mandate Automation
HostReview.comFriday, December 14, 2007; 03:47 AM
Lexington, MA — BladeLogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLOG), a leading provider of next-generation data center automation software, announced the findings of a data center automation survey the company conducted last week. The survey was part of a webinar hosted by BladeLogic entitled, “Turning Your Data Center into a Profit Center.” Over 400 IT managers and executives from leading global organizations registered for the webinar, which featured a live roundtable discussion with senior-level IT executives from E*Trade, General Dynamics and VeriSign.The interactive online survey was designed to poll the audience on key issues regarding each organization’s IT management strategy. As part of the survey, when the audience was asked what were the most critical elements in the data center that demand automation, over 90% of the respondents selected servers and applications. Respondents also overwhelmingly responded that configuration management, over other areas such as service monitoring and problem management, was the top management function that required automation.“The results of the webinar survey clearly indicate that in order to make the biggest impact on addressing the cost, risk and complexity of managing the data center, automating the management of servers and applications is a priority,” said Vick Viren Vaishnavi, vice president of marketing, BladeLogic, and moderator for the webinar. “With attendees representing nearly every major industry segment, the survey responses clearly demonstrate that configuration management is an important priority for most IT organizations.”In the webinar, the executives from E*Trade, General Dynamics and VeriSign discussed their best practices for automating their data center environments and the business benefits they have experienced by doing so. These leading IT executives also shared their data center automation insights, business drivers for automation, key challenges, critical risks and lessons learned. The webinar panelists indentified major cost savings in areas such as:• data center operations costs by improving server to administrator ratios; • administration costs by consolidating tools and centralizing management of multi-vendor, multi-platform environments;• provisioning costs by consolidating and centralizing all activities across platforms;• compliance audits by automating the enforcement of compliance policies; • software deployment costs through increased accuracy of distributed application rollouts across environments;• service downtime costs by enabling fast rollback of incorrect configuration changes; • and operating costs by automating manual and error-prone procedures.Among the many best practices cited by the webinar panelists, the ones that were credited as critical to reducing costs were:• workload sharing that enables IT organizations to handle operational tasks using lower cost resources;• shared services that enable a platform agnostic operations model for consistent management across platforms;• and adopting a policy-based approach to implement and enforce continuous compliance to reduce misconfigurations that cause service downtime.To view an archived version of this webinar, please visit the BladeLogic website at: http://www.bladelogic.com.About BladeLogic (NASDAQ:BLOG)BladeLogic is a provider of leading data center automation software with a large installed base of Fortune Global 500 customers, including 21 of the top 100 global companies, 3 of the top 10 aerospace and defense companies, 7 of the top 25 commercial and savings banks, 3 of the top 5 securities companies, 2 of the top 3 entertainment companies, 2 of the top 3 general merchandisers, 7 of the top 12 pharmaceutical companies and 7 of the top 10 telecommunications companies. BladeLogic’s data center automation software solutions enable enterprises, service providers and government organizations to easily browse, provision, configure, patch, audit and remediate physical and virtual servers and applications, allowing customers to achieve reduced data center operating costs, improved service quality and enhanced security and compliance. BladeLogic is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.
HostReview.comFriday, December 14, 2007; 03:47 AM
Lexington, MA — BladeLogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLOG), a leading provider of next-generation data center automation software, announced the findings of a data center automation survey the company conducted last week. The survey was part of a webinar hosted by BladeLogic entitled, “Turning Your Data Center into a Profit Center.” Over 400 IT managers and executives from leading global organizations registered for the webinar, which featured a live roundtable discussion with senior-level IT executives from E*Trade, General Dynamics and VeriSign.The interactive online survey was designed to poll the audience on key issues regarding each organization’s IT management strategy. As part of the survey, when the audience was asked what were the most critical elements in the data center that demand automation, over 90% of the respondents selected servers and applications. Respondents also overwhelmingly responded that configuration management, over other areas such as service monitoring and problem management, was the top management function that required automation.“The results of the webinar survey clearly indicate that in order to make the biggest impact on addressing the cost, risk and complexity of managing the data center, automating the management of servers and applications is a priority,” said Vick Viren Vaishnavi, vice president of marketing, BladeLogic, and moderator for the webinar. “With attendees representing nearly every major industry segment, the survey responses clearly demonstrate that configuration management is an important priority for most IT organizations.”In the webinar, the executives from E*Trade, General Dynamics and VeriSign discussed their best practices for automating their data center environments and the business benefits they have experienced by doing so. These leading IT executives also shared their data center automation insights, business drivers for automation, key challenges, critical risks and lessons learned. The webinar panelists indentified major cost savings in areas such as:• data center operations costs by improving server to administrator ratios; • administration costs by consolidating tools and centralizing management of multi-vendor, multi-platform environments;• provisioning costs by consolidating and centralizing all activities across platforms;• compliance audits by automating the enforcement of compliance policies; • software deployment costs through increased accuracy of distributed application rollouts across environments;• service downtime costs by enabling fast rollback of incorrect configuration changes; • and operating costs by automating manual and error-prone procedures.Among the many best practices cited by the webinar panelists, the ones that were credited as critical to reducing costs were:• workload sharing that enables IT organizations to handle operational tasks using lower cost resources;• shared services that enable a platform agnostic operations model for consistent management across platforms;• and adopting a policy-based approach to implement and enforce continuous compliance to reduce misconfigurations that cause service downtime.To view an archived version of this webinar, please visit the BladeLogic website at: http://www.bladelogic.com.About BladeLogic (NASDAQ:BLOG)BladeLogic is a provider of leading data center automation software with a large installed base of Fortune Global 500 customers, including 21 of the top 100 global companies, 3 of the top 10 aerospace and defense companies, 7 of the top 25 commercial and savings banks, 3 of the top 5 securities companies, 2 of the top 3 entertainment companies, 2 of the top 3 general merchandisers, 7 of the top 12 pharmaceutical companies and 7 of the top 10 telecommunications companies. BladeLogic’s data center automation software solutions enable enterprises, service providers and government organizations to easily browse, provision, configure, patch, audit and remediate physical and virtual servers and applications, allowing customers to achieve reduced data center operating costs, improved service quality and enhanced security and compliance. BladeLogic is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.
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