KEMP Technologies New Load Balancing Act

Mike Phillips — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:34:00 GMT

What do service providers need to stay relevant with their clients? More and better services, of course.

KEMP Technologies has released a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) product to further enhance managed service providers' and managed hosting providers' offerings, and help website owners gain peace of mind. KEMP's Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) is focused on load balancing technology, where user requests from websites and Web apps are directed to the appropriate server based on availability and the type of request - be it delivering a SSL, caching, compression and more. In other words, the VLM acts as a traffic cop between end user requests and load balancing.

As websites look to deliver a more robust experience to end users - often through new Web apps - they need to ensure that requests are handled properly to prevent an problems. This is load balancing and, in the past, a very expensive proposition involing the purchasing of servers and other hardware. The key is KEMP's virtualization of this effort. In the past, the hardware required to accomplish load balancing would cost tens of thousands of dollars. But now, companies can offer this service for as little as $99 per client, and the charge is only levied for active user accounts. So, re-sellers can offer their clients a way to enhance user experience and prevent downtime by providing inexpensive load balancing through the Sevice Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA).

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New Hostway Reseller Program Launches

Pete Prestipino — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:35:00 GMT

Web hosting and services provider Hostway has launched a reseller program. Resellers that sign up for the Hostway Tango offering before June 30, 2009 will have their first annual fee ($200 US if paying by credit card, $400 by check) waived. No information was immediately available on the website about the actual services that the fees included - not typically a very good sign.

Tango resellers can purchase Linux or Microsoft Windows hosting, hosted Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint, sell domain name registrations and a few more interesting add-ons, but again, not much information was present. This would be something to consider if you're one of the 600K HostWay customers and are interested in selling web hosting packages.

"We wanted to give resellers a complete platform that lets them start selling as few or as many products as their customers need and add to their offerings as their customers grow," said John Lee, senior vice president of small business hosting. "With Tango, resellers can offer their customers all the hosting products they need under one roof."

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KEMP Technologies New Load Balancing Act

New Hostway Reseller Program Launches