http://www.maximumasp.com/about/rss_news.ashx Recent press releases from MaximumASP http://www.maximumasp.com/about/news.aspx?article=1148 MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified Provider of web hosting and IT services today announced a partnership with Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT), a leading provider of application, database, Windows infrastructure management solutions and virtual environments, to offer Quest LiteSpeed for SQL Server to provide the fastest, most secure backups available for SQL Server. The enhancement of services in the MaximumASP supplemental SQL support package will give customers unparalleled performance, flexibility and strengthened security. <br /><br />Upgrading to the supplemental SQL support package with Quest LiteSpeed will increase backup speed, add a centralized view of backups and restores and reduce backup size by on average of 75-90% or better. The use of LiteSpeed maximizes disk space and process efficiency while greatly reducing server load, thereby resulting in greater overall performance. <br /><br />"Quest LiteSpeed for SQL Server provides another great incentive for our customers to get the most out of their hosting services with MaximumASP. We like to stay one step ahead with the latest technology to give our customers the tools and benefits necessary to maintain a competitive edge," said Sarah Barela, Manager of Database Services at MaximumASP. <br /><br />Quest Software's LiteSpeed for SQL Server is a backup and recovery product, whose low impact, high performance compression technology allows companies to reduce storage costs and backup/recovery windows, while maintaining complete control over the backup and recovery process. Recover individual database objects and encapsulate a complete database restore into a single file to speed up restore times. <br /><br />"Quest and MaximumASP are both huge supporters of SQL Server professionals, specifically the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS)," said Kevin Kline, director of technology for the SQL Server Solutions at Quest Software. "It is great that two organizations that have done so much for the community have come together to add even more value with this supplemental support for LiteSpeed." <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.maximumasp.com/products/dedicatedServers/faqs/support.aspx">http://www.maximumasp.com/products/dedicatedServers/faqs/support.aspx</a>  or contact <a href="mailto:sales@maximumasp.com">sales@maximumasp.com</a> today for more information on our support package with LiteSpeed for SQL Server. <br /> 7/31/2008 7:54:06 PM http://www.maximumasp.com/about/news.aspx?article=1147 MaximumASP a Microsoft Gold Certified provider of web hosting and IT services, today announced it has received the SAS 70 Type I report, an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Performed by <a href="http://www.cmcpa.com/">Chilton &amp; Medley</a>, a major public accounting and auditing firm, the SAS 70 is an independent report on the design of MaximumASP's business processes. <br /><br />"MaximumASP obtained the SAS 70 report to demonstrate to regulated and security conscious companies that we have internal controls and procedures related to our data center operations and services," said Wade Lewis, Managing Partner, MaximumASP. "The SAS 70 Type I report is valuable to our customers because they can provide it to their clients to verify the security of their data." <br /><br />The SAS 70 Type I report shows that MaximumASP's description of certain relevant controls over information technology related to its Louisville and Chicago data centers and hosting operations is presented accurately and that such controls have been properly designed to achieve their specified control objectives. <br /><br />MaximumASP's controls description is broader in scope than many other hosting providers. In addition to the physical security measures covered in typical data center facilities, MaximumASP's report covers a full range of information security, network performance, network monitoring, data back-up, disaster recovery, and other controls such as Service Level Agreements. <br /> 7/17/2008 7:04:03 PM http://www.maximumasp.com/about/news.aspx?article=1143 MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified provider of web hosting and IT services, today announced the release of Hyper-V technology as part of their dedicated server line-up. MaximumASP was among a handful of hosting providers selected for the Hyper-V Go Live program and first to launch hosted betas for IIS 7/Windows Server 2008 dedicated servers.<br /> <br />"MaximumASP has a long history of working closely with Microsoft in adopting new technologies and providing feedback on their development. Our customers should feel confident knowing when we deliver a product or service it is thoroughly researched and tested to ensure that it is the best solution available in the marketplace. Hyper-V meets our criteria because it provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualization platform." said Dominic Foster, Chief Technology Officer at MaximumASP. <br /><br />Bringing virtualization to the market is another way for MaximumASP to help businesses consolidate resources, reduce support costs, and decrease operational expenses. Hyper-V dedicated servers are available in a secure, hosted environment backed by MaximumASP’s around the clock superior support. With a firm commitment to this technology and plans to further develop dynamic service offerings built around the new virtualization platforms from Microsoft, this release is the first of several major product releases slated for 2008. <br /> 7/15/2008 4:33:09 PM http://www.maximumasp.com/about/news.aspx?article=1128 <p>cyScape®, Inc., creator of BrowserHawk®, the industry standard solution for ensuring a flawless web experience, today announced that MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified Provider of web hosting and managed IT services, has joined the BrowserHawk Certified Hosting Partner Program. Under the terms of this new program MaximumASP is now offering cyScape's BrowserHawk Enterprise Edition as an optional add-on to all dedicated server hosting plans.</p> <p>"We are very pleased that MaximumASP selected BrowserHawk as the preferred solution of choice to help its customers deliver a flawless web experience to every site visitor," states cyScape CEO Richard T. Litofsky. "MaximumASP demonstrated great knowledge of BrowserHawk and proven expertise in supporting our product in a hosted environment to meet the criteria for this program and we are happy to have them onboard."</p> <p>"We are excited to be accepted into the BrowserHawk Certified Hosting Partner Program," states Silas Boyle, Managing Partner for MaximumASP. "BrowserHawk is one of the most popular offerings within our shared hosting plans, and through this program our dedicated customers can now put the power of BrowserHawk to work on their web sites as well."</p> <p>The BrowserHawk Certified Hosting Partner Program enables hosting providers with proven expertise to offer BrowserHawk directly to its customers for a small monthly fee.</p> <p>"I am thrilled to now have BrowserHawk installed on our dedicated server at MaximumASP," states Mark Patteron, CEO of Big Picture Tours. "This new program made it very convenient and affordable for us to get up and running quickly with BrowserHawk. Combining BrowserHawk with their dedicated hosting plan adds a great deal of value to their service, and we jumped at the chance to take advantage of this offering."</p> <p>For more information on BrowserHawk visit <a href="http://www.cyscape.com">http://www.cyscape.com</a>.</p> <p>About cyScape, Inc.</p> <p>cyScape is the worldwide leader in Intelligent Browser and System Analysis tools and technologies. Its BrowserHawk product is the industry standard solution used by over 35,000 developers in 70+ countries to help ensure a Flawless Web Experience for every site visitor. Customers include many of the world's largest and most prominent organizations from a wide range of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises including IBM, Intel, Cisco Systems, The Walt Disney Company, J.C. Penney, Verizon, and Citigroup. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.cyscape.com">http://www.cyscape.com</a>.</p> 4/18/2008 5:45:55 PM http://www.maximumasp.com/about/news.aspx?article=1125 MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified Provider of web hosting and managed IT services announced today the opening of their new data center in Chicago, Illinois. MaximumASP’s new data center will provide a broad range of IT infrastructure services, including off-site disaster recovery for the existing Louisville, Kentucky location, customer colocation services, managed private customer networks, and managed security services designed to meet the growing needs of enterprise IT customers. <br /><br />MaximumASP’s new Chicago data center will provide SAN-to-SAN data replication via a private connection, allowing customers to retain backup data in two locations, with both locations having rapid-restore capabilities. The design and implementation of this system allows customers to have off-site data retention and backup capabilities without the management headaches typically found with keeping data synchronized between locations. <br /><br />"This expansion was a no-brainer for us and was driven by customer demand and a need for a separate new high-power-density location," said Wade Lewis, MaximumASP's Managing Partner. "We are very proud of what this data center has to offer to our customers, and are equally proud of the efficiency and redundancy of the design." <br /><br />"We work hard to stay on top of all the latest developments in the IT infrastructure industry," added Lewis. "With that priority in mind, and the steady growth of our customers, a data center expansion was a necessary move for us. After an extensive nationwide search Chicago was the location of choice for us." <br /> 3/27/2008 6:06:26 PM http://www.maximumasp.com/about/news.aspx?article=1124 MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified Provider of web hosting and managed IT services, is featured in the Microsoft Heroes Happen Here Portrait Book for their significant impact in bringing new technologies to market.<br /><br />"MaximumASP's participation in the 2008 Global Launch Wave is another example of our tight knit relationship with Microsoft," said Chris Morrow, CIO at MaximumASP. "As with previous Microsoft web-related technologies, we will continue to be early adopters, whether that is testing and offering a new product like IIS 7 or SQL Server 2008 in its beta stage, or helping launch a new product to the public as we are now doing with Windows Server 2008."<br /><br />MaximumASP has immediate availability of all four of the new Windows Server 2008 Editions as options in its dedicated server product line-up.<br /><br />"The new features delivered by Microsoft in this Windows Server platform have distinct advantages when compared to Windows Server 2003," said Dominic Foster, CTO at MaximumASP. "The Web Edition is on par with the Standard Edition of Windows 2003 and security and performance improvements are also standouts in this release." Foster continues, "We expect good response from our customers and will continue rolling out more versions and options of the new OS over the coming months."<br /><br />MaximumASP is currently offering a free beta version of SQL Server 2008 CTP 6 in a hosted environment at www.sqlserverbeta.com.<br /><br />To learn more about MaximumASP new technology beta releases visit:<br />Advertisement<br /><br />http://www.iis.net/spotlight/customer.aspx?Customer=MaximumASP<br /><br />http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001217 3/18/2008 12:59:39 PM http://www.maximumasp.com/about/news.aspx?article=1144 MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified Provider of web hosting and managed IT services opened a new server operations center to accommodate expansion needs. The state of the art "SOC" occupies 1,500 square feet of the 11,000 square foot corporate offices. <br /><br />"Our steady growth over the past eight years, along with the popularity of our managed IT services, prompted the upgrade," said Wade Lewis, Managing Partner, Operations. "In addition to monitoring servers for ping response and terminal service port response, we offer customized monitors that send alerts via email for overall server health, HTTP, SMTP, POP, FTP, disk space, process status and service status. We are delighted to provide our customers proactive options for monitoring the health of their servers in this fully-equipped up to date environment," Lewis added. <br /><br />Senior Systems Engineer Mike Schneider commented, "The SOC provides a more dynamic atmosphere for MaximumASP support engineers – collaboration on issues in real time allows for a more tightly integrated support team with even better response to the customer." <br /><br />Highlights of the new server operations center include: <br /><ul><li>1,500 sq feet </li><li>Seating for 21 engineers </li><li>Dedicated power backup via UPS and natural gas generator, designed to stay online in the event of catastrophe </li><li>Supports 16 separate monitoring aspects on main display wall including server health, server response, data center environmental, outside weather, internal and external security feeds, application status, bandwidth monitoring and utilization, and database performance </li><li>Purpose-built from the ground up for advanced server monitoring </li><li>Located in the same physical building as the data center </li><li>Located in center of office space and protected from external threats </li><li>All display data is protected from line of sight of unauthorized users by screening walls and protective film on windows of entry points </li></ul> 7/16/2008 8:47:46 PM