eApps upDATE Newsletter for March 2009

eAPPS upDATE Newsletter
March, 2009

from eApps Hosting

IN THIS ISSUE:
News: cPanel Reseller VPS plans are now available!

More News: eApps evaluating Enterprise mail services

Promotion: 50% off one month for Plesk or cPanel Reseller plans

Best Post Winner: Community Forum Monthly Best Post Winners!

Featured Customer: Applicants Wanted

Updated/New Applications: Updates: Glassfish, Liferay, phpMyAdmin, Java 6, PostgreSQL JDBC drivers, WordPress, SquirrelMail, mod_jk, MySQL connector, ZendFramework;

Article: Is the wait over? Presto quickly reboots your computer

Tech Tips: Speeding up your web site


News: New cPanel Reseller VPS plans are now available!
cPanel Reseller VPS plans:
We are pleased to announce the availability of our cPanel Gold and cPanel Platinum plans for
resellers. The cPanel plans are similar to the Plesk Gold and Plesk Platinum reseller plans in
that both plans allow you to set up administrator login IDs at the
site/domain level. Compared to Plesk, the administrative features of
cPanel are more consistent with
how a Linux server works. It provides for domain/site login
capabilities, as does Plesk, but offers more flexibility for installing
higher end applications using Java and other programming languages.
cPanel also offers an unlimited domain license at no extra charge.

More News: eApps evaluating Enterprise eMail services
Enterprise eMail:
Over the past two years we have looked into the feasibility of offering
enterprise mail services. Our goal has been to offer an advanced mail
service that supports shared calendars and other collaboration
features. During these past reviews we have not been able to find a
solution that met our technical, business policy, support, and pricing
requirements. However, we met again with the folks from Scalix at the
Parallels 2009 Summit in February and based on what we learned have
decided to take another look. Watch this space as we will have a report
on how our evaluation goes in the next issue of eAPPS upDATE.

Promotion: 50% off one month for Plesk or cPanel Reseller Plans

Through April 15th, we are offering 50% off of
the first month for any Plesk or cPanel Reseller plan! If you need to
set up an administrator login at the site/domain level then you should
consider a Reseller plan. The Plesk plans are geared more to PHP
developers whereas the cPanel plans are more suitable to those that use
Java applications or want a server as close to the native Linux
environment as possible.

    To take
    advantage of this offer, place your order, but do not pay it yet. Then send an email to sales@eapps.com,
    with the text ‘March Newsletter Promotion – 50% off Reseller
    plans’ in
    the subject of your message. We will issue the 50% credit for the first month to the order
    and then you can pay the remainder. Hurry, April 15th will be here
    before you know it.


    Best Post Winners: Community Forum Monthly Best Post Winners!

    Each month we select at least one outstanding post on our Community Forum

    and award a $50 credit to the account of the selected
    contributor(s)! The winners for the March newsletter are .
    . .

    Please stop by the forum and check it out, ask a question, offer a suggestion, or answer a question. You might just win a $50 credit in April!

    Featured Customer: Applicants Wanted


    Recently we started a new section in the eAPPS upDATE newsletter called
    “Featured Customer.” This section allows us to highlight one of our
    customers that is doing impressive things with their site in the areas
    of innovation, commerce, civic and philanthropic contributions, and
    general interest.

    If you would like to be considered for inclusion in this section in a
    future newsletter, please send a link to your site and a brief
    description of why you think our readers would be interested to
    sales@eapps.com. Please include the text “Featured Customer
    Application” in the subject.

    Updated/New Applications:

    Updated versions of the following applications are now available, all for CentOS 5 plans:

      • GlassFish 2.1 (Standard Max and higher)
      • Liferay-Tomcat-6 5.2.2 (Advanced and higher)
      • Liferay-GlassFish 5.2.2 (Advanced and higher)
      • phpMyadmin 3.1.2
      • Java 6 u_12 (Standard Plus and higher)
      • PostgreSQL-JDCB3-Driver 8.3-604
      • PostgreSQL-JDBC-Driver 8.3.604 (JDBC4)
      • Wordpress 2.7.1
      • SquirellMail 1.4.17
      • mod_jk 1.2.27
      • mysql-connector 5.1.7
      • ZendFramework 1.7

        New Applications, all for CentOS 5 plans:


        • no new apps at this time, but GIT is coming soon

          If you are interested in moving
          to the new CentOS 5 environment, please contact billing@eapps.com.

          Article: Is the wait over? Presto quickly boots your computer


          Users
          of Windows based PCs have experienced the mind numbing wait that occurs
          whenever their computer boots up. In some cases the boot time wait can
          go on for 10 minutes, 20 minutes or even longer. Not only is this
          a waste of time, but for mobile users it can mean the difference
          between connecting to the Internet to perform a quick task or not.

          Enter Presto, an add
          on software program that works with most PCs running Windows XP or
          Windows Vista. Presto is installed in the Windows environment. After it
          is installed, the user will be prompted to select Presto or Windows
          each time the PC is booted. Selecting Windows, of course, allows you to
          run your computer as before. However, when you select Presto, your
          computer will boot with the bare essentials necessary to access the
          Internet, access your local network connection, and use the varius
          devices in your PC. It is also compatible with Open Office, allowing
          you to read and edit office documents. Presto typically boots your
          computer in less than 30 seconds, and in some cases as soon as 10
          seconds.

          The makers of Presto, a division of Xandros Incorporated, state that their product has many benefits, including the following:

          • get online quickly
          • save battery life of laptops
          • make older, slower computers useful again
          • use rich media in a smaller boot footprint
          • more

          Presto
          has demonstrated their product to the public and will be offering a
          download of their Beta version on March 16, 2009. Visit this form to request your Beta copy.

          Tech Tips: Speeding up your web site

          In our previous newsletter we
          offered tips on
          conserving disk space . This month we offer tips for speeding up your web site.
          Steve Souders
          is a noted web developer, best selling author, part time college
          professor, speaker, and business leader in the technology arena. His
          specialty is web site performance. Steve is the creator of
          YSlow, Yahoo!’s performance analysis extension to Firebug,
          with over 700K downloads. Steve works for Google now. Previous to his
          employment there, he worked for Yahoo! where he was Chief Performance
          Yahoo!
          Steve’s web site, and Yahoo!’s developer center, have valuable
          information on how to speed up your web site. Check out the following
          links:

          Performance area of Steve’s site – http://stevesouders.com/examples/

          Steve’s 14 rules for faster loading web sites – http://stevesouders.com/examples/rules.php

          Yahoo!’s Best Practices for Speeding up your Web Site – http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html

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