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Holiday Hosting Discounts From Codero

Michael Garrity — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:00:00 GMT

For many merchants, the influx of online shoppers that e-commerce sites see during the holiday season brings with it a need for more bandwidth. That is why hosting service Codero is offering special hosting discounts just in time for the inevitable increase in customer demands.

In an apparent effort to fall into the line of thinking that "Christmas season comes sooner every year," many retailers are expected to start their big holiday promotions as early as October (which is two weeks away, for those of you keeping track at home). This means that the time for e-tailers to increase the usability of their website is now, if they expect to compete with other online stores this holiday season.

With many predicting that a major portion of holiday retail shopping will be done online this year, ensuring that your website is functional and competitive is important. Codero seems to realize this, and has thus decided to offer its own holiday special.

"Before Cyber Monday arrives and the busy Christmas season, we've made it easier to shop Codero.com and launched valuable discounts," says Shelby Garlock, Codero's Director of Marketing. "The September specials are a way to help our customers be more visible to their won customers during the holiday season and assist those who are working on projects for the upcoming season. This is a great way to get quality servers that fit your IT needs at a discounted price that fits your budget."

Their discounts are based on some of the latest processor technology, namely the Second Generation Core i7 and Core i5, which are both bolstered with Intel Turbo Boost Technology to provide increased performance on demand.

Codero's servers also come with 12 TB of bandwidth in order to avoid having to charge overage fees to small businesses and e-tailers. Those familiar with the pitfalls of hosting a smaller e-tail site can tell you that without enough supporting bandwidth, they often face these charges when they are hit with increased traffic.

In addition to the discount, Codero has also enhanced their website to make it more e-commerce-friendly through updated navigation and purchasing designs.

Adobe & Intel Develop Service for AIR Apps

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:07:00 GMT

Adobe and Intel announced plans to enable developers to distribute and monetize Adobe AIR applications and games via the Intel AppUp center (released in public beta back in January 2010). AppUp had previously targeted netbooks and consumer laptops exclusively.

Using the new Adobe application distribution platform beta, code named “Melrose,” developers and publishers will be able to sell and distribute AIR applications while monitoring the sales and downloads. Available today, the beta of Melrose provides a portal for developers and publishers to distribute their applications through multiple distribution channels.

“Many developers crave a middle ground between the openness of web-centric computing and the tight integration found on restricted or closed devices without permissions to develop or precious time lost testing on hundreds of slightly differing devices," said Christos Georgiopoulos, general manager, Developer Relations Division, Software and Services Group, Intel Corporation. "That’s why we built AppUp. The strategic relationship between Intel and Adobe aims to delight developers by aligning one of the world’s largest non-fragmented developer platforms with one of the world’s largest consistent hardware platforms to bring consumers great experiences via ‘client centric’ software.”

Intel Launches Business Exchange

Mike Phillips — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:53:00 GMT

Yesterday Intel launched a service called Business Exchange, aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses. The new service offers a way to find software applications that runs on Intel hardware.

Categories include security, storage, telecommunications and business applications. Along with the software information is user-generated feedback and the ability to request a quote from the vendors. Some of the software includes offerings from Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Symantec and Tripwire and it's all intended to compete with IBM's Global Applications Marketplace.