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Subordinated creditors in German insolvency plan proceedings—Vae Victis?
I t is the very nature of subordinated claims that they are treated less favorably than senior claims in an insolvency proceeding. However, foreign investors in particular may be unpleasantly surprised when learning their legal situation in German insolvency plan proceedings. The 2013 reform of the German Insolvency Code (Gesetz zur weiteren Erleichterung der Sanierung von Unternehmen, or ESUG) resulted in stronger rights for secured creditors and the management of insolvent companies under the German Insolvency Code (“Code”) while subordinated creditors have been disenfranchised and are now regularly cut off from legal remedies. Consequently, subordinated (bond) creditors are often entirely wiped out without efficient remedies to appeal such decisions as was the case in Pfleiderer and IVG Immobilien. The reason is that the Code allows for a full waiver of subordinated claims in insolvency plan proceedings. Investors should be aware of these risks before making an investment in subordinated debt. The following summary is intended to give investors a better understanding of the legal position associated with subordinated debt.
Market participants in Germany are influenced by English terminology and frequently use the terms senior, mezzanine and junior debt when describing the relative rank of priority of their claims. However, it should be noted that the Code does not recognize these terms and that they have to be “translated” into German statutory law. In a technical sense, the Code solely recognizes two groups of insolvency creditors: ordinary insolvency creditors pursuant to § 38 of the Code and subordinated creditors pursuant to § 39 of the Code. Pursuant to the Code, secured creditors like secured bank-loan lenders become ordinary insolvency creditors if the enforcement proceeds out of the collateral are not sufficient to pay back their claims. The Code defines this group as creditors with the right to separate satisfaction (Absonderungsberechtigte Gläubiger). Based on this distinction, secured creditors often wear two hats in insolvency plan proceedings: one of a secured creditor (to the extent that the insolvency plan changes the rights of the secured creditors) and one of an unsecured ordinary insolvency creditor (to the extent that realization of collateral is not sufficient). Coming back to the abovementioned priority of debt (senior, mezzanine and junior debt), it is, of course, possible under German law to contractually agree on this kind of distinction. As a consequence, it is a common market practice that facility and intercreditor agreements governed by German law also contractually provide for these or comparable creditor groups and respective waterfall provisions. However, every investor should be well aware that contractual waterfall provisions are not fully in line with the statutory concept provided by the Code. This being said, contractual provisions may supersede the Code concept inter partes, but German law principally and solely recognizes creditors as ordinary insolvency creditors and subordinated creditors.
The most frequent reasons for a creditor qualifying as a subordinated creditor pursuant to § 39 of the Code are (a) explicit agreements according to which the creditor agrees to the subordination of his or her claims concerning the respective borrower, and (b) circumstances in which a creditor is deemed to be a quasi-shareholder or “equitable/shareholder subordination.” Here, we will focus only on the first group. A contractual subordination of claims in the sense of § 39 subsection 2 of the Code requires an explicit agreement between the creditor and the debtor. To the extent that bilateral credit or bond documentation contains a subordination clause in case of an insolvency proceeding, the Code provides a rebuttable presumption that the subordinated creditor ranks junior to ordinary insolvency creditors as well as to the subordinated debt as mentioned in § 39 subsection 1 No. 1 through No. 5 of the Code. This includes, but is not limited to: (a) interest and penalties for late payment accruing on the claims of the ordinary insolvency creditors from the opening of the insolvency proceedings, (b) costs incurred by individual insolvency creditors due to their participation in the proceedings and (c) even claims for restitution of a loan replacing equity capital or claims resulting from legal transactions corresponding in economic terms to such a loan. In this respect, it is noteworthy that typical LMA-based intercreditor agreements, which are concluded solely between certain groups of creditors who agree on different layers of debt, are generally not sufficient to trigger a technical subordination of junior creditors in insolvency proceedings in the sense of § 39 subsection 2 of the Code as long as a respective provision clearly lays out the concept that the subordination shall only apply among the creditors themselves and shall not apply for the benefit of the debtor (for example, via a contract to the benefit of a third party).
Based on a general decision of the German legislator, subordinated creditors have only limited rights and protections under the Code. The reason is that subordinated creditors shall not be in a position to block or hinder insolvency proceedings in which not even the ordinary insolvency creditors get repaid in full.
(c) access the court file of the proceedings.
(e) be represented in the (preliminary) creditors’ committees.
In insolvency plan proceedings, the Code contains a provision (§ 225 subsection 1) according to which subordinated claims are fully waived under a plan unless the plan specifically provides for a distribution for subordinated claims (see below under lit. 4 and 6). Based on this waiver, no class of subordinated claims is even formed under the insolvency plan. And without being grouped into a class, subordinated creditors do not get to vote on the plan. In other words, the law provides a mechanism which deprives subordinated creditors of all their claims without having a say or legal remedies (for example, by rendering evidence that the company actually has a higher value than asserted by either the management or higher ranking creditor groups).
(a) § 238a of the Code provides for a voting right of the shareholders to the extent that the insolvency plan impairs their rights who need to be crammed down in case of a dissenting vote of such group, § 245 of the Code; The subordinated creditors are principally not granted a voting right even if they lose 100% of their claims.
(b) The cramdown provision in § 245 subsection 3 of the Code provides special protection for shareholders with respect to their reasonable participation in the economic value of the insolvent company. The Code does principally not contain a similar provision for the benefit of subordinated creditors.
The background for granting shareholders the aforementioned rights is that a debate has taken place about the potential infringement of Art. 14 of the German Constitution that addresses property and expropriation. However, this debate has solely taken place in connection with shareholders while it is not apparent why subordinated creditors are less worthy of protection—especially in the light of Art. 3 of the German Constitution that addresses equality before the law.
(c) neither equity nor creditors that are junior to the dissenting class receive economic value and (d) the majority of the voting classes vote to approve the plan.
(d) files an appeal within two weeks of plan confirmation.
For a subordinated creditor, it is almost impossible to meet these prerequisites, especially the test regarding the liquidation scenario. First of all, subordinated creditors need to render evidence that they would receive a quota on their claim in a liquidation scenario. In other words, they have to provide evidence that all senior creditors (namely claims against the insolvent estate or Masseforderungen) as well as ordinary insolvency claims would get repaid in full in case of an insolvency. However, this is very rarely the case since insolvent companies are usually over-indebted, meaning their assets do not cover their existing payment obligations. Secondly, the applicant must demonstrate that the situation is “significantly” inferior, thus even increasing the obstacles for a successful appeal and making it a blunt sword for subordinated creditors.
In the Code, § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 enables the insolvency court to issue a request to subordinated creditors to file a proof of claim. Following this request, subordinated creditors have increased rights since they have, among other things, the right to (a) vote in the insolvency plan proceedings and (b) form a group under the plan and receive the benefit of the cramdown protection. However, the Code does not define the circumstances under which the insolvency court should issue a respective request to the subordinated creditors. The competent judge has to make an economic assessment whether there are enough assets in order to fully pay the claims against the insolvent estate and the ordinary insolvency creditors and whether excess assets will be available to at least partly satisfy subordinated creditors. Experience has shown that judges are not inclined to dig deep into these highly complex economic questions. In this context, the following should be considered: Insolvency proceedings are often opened not only due to illiquidity, but also due to over-indebtedness (in other words, the assets of the insolvent company are not sufficient to cover its ordinary debt). In order to assess the situation of over-indebtedness, the judge rarely makes his or her own independent decision, but usually relies on one or more valuations provided either by the debtor (and its advisors) itself (in case of debtor-inpossession proceedings) and/or the insolvency administrator/trustee.
All aforementioned parties are usually not incentivized to push through higher valuations for the assets of the company that might put them in a situation where there is a discrepancy of the assessed (higher) value and the actually realized (lower) proceeds. Moreover, the automatic waiver of subordinated debt is a very handsome tool for both the debtor and his or her ordinary creditors since it increases the value of the company and reduces the number of recipients of proceeds at the same time. Once insolvency proceedings (based on these valuations) are opened, it is more or less impossible to show that sufficient assets are available to also satisfy subordinated creditors since (a) the judge would have to admit that his or her initial decision was not correct, and (b) German insolvency law does not recognize the concept of a “battle of valuations.” Therefore, the likelihood that a request according to § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 of the Code based on an independent decision of the insolvency court is rather remote. The more likely scenario is that the insolvency administrator or the trustee (in case of debtor-in-possession proceedings) informs the insolvency court of the possibility for a distribution (like in the German Lehman Bank case), and the insolvency court issues the request on this information. Hence, § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 of the Code does not provide a real angle for subordinated creditors. >> The German Insolvency Code does very little to support the legal position of subordinated creditors << In the Code, § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 again comes into play via the exception of § 225 subsection 1 Code to the extent that the authors of the insolvency plan envision an independent group of subordinated creditors. If the insolvency plan foresees a special provision for subordinated creditors, for example, for tax reasons, the prerequisite for such a group formation is again the request of the insolvency court to the subordinated creditors to file a proof of claim. In such a scenario, it is again either the insolvent company (in case of debtor-in-possession proceedings) or the insolvency administrator who makes the respective request to the insolvency court. This being said, the subordinated creditors themselves again are not independently in a position to facilitate such a request, but need the support of either the insolvency company, the insolvency administrator or other groups of creditors. It may be the case that such support can be secured, for example, in cases in which subordinated creditors are willing to invest new funds in the insolvent company. In principal, however, ordinary creditors or the insolvent company itself are not incentivized to support the subordinated creditors. This is due to the fact that either proceeds would have to be shared or a debt burden would remain, which would otherwise be fully waived. As such, the avenues of escape are extremely narrow if at all existent.
The above has shown that the Code in its current version not only does very little to support the legal position of subordinated creditors, but makes the life of such creditors extremely cumbersome. A direct comparison with shareholders shows structural disadvantages that can hardly be justified. While criticism in this respect was already voiced directly after the implementation of the 2013 reform, the legislator should immediately (de lege ferenda) implement safeguards for the benefit of subordinated creditors to abolish the currently existing disadvantages and to ensure the necessary fundamental rights. Otherwise, the German marketplace runs the risk of subordinated (bond) debt no longer being available as a refinancing instrument. Investors will not be silently led to the slaughter.

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subordinated creditors in german insolvency plan proceedings—vae victis?
i t is the very nature of subordinated claims that they are treated less favorably than senior claims in an insolvency proceeding. however, foreign investors in particular may be unpleasantly surprised when learning their legal situation in german insolvency plan proceedings. the 2013 reform of the german insolvency code (gesetz zur weiteren erleichterung der sanierung von unternehmen, or esug) resulted in stronger rights for secured creditors and the management of insolvent companies under the german insolvency code (“code”) while subordinated creditors have been disenfranchised and are now regularly cut off from legal remedies. consequently, subordinated (bond) creditors are often entirely wiped out without efficient remedies to appeal such decisions as was the case in pfleiderer and ivg immobilien. the reason is that the code allows for a full waiver of subordinated claims in insolvency plan proceedings. investors should be aware of these risks before making an investment in subordinated debt. the following summary is intended to give investors a better understanding of the legal position associated with subordinated debt.
market participants in germany are influenced by english terminology and frequently use the terms senior, mezzanine and junior debt when describing the relative rank of priority of their claims. however, it should be noted that the code does not recognize these terms and that they have to be “translated” into german statutory law. in a technical sense, the code solely recognizes two groups of insolvency creditors: ordinary insolvency creditors pursuant to § 38 of the code and subordinated creditors pursuant to § 39 of the code. pursuant to the code, secured creditors like secured bank-loan lenders become ordinary insolvency creditors if the enforcement proceeds out of the collateral are not sufficient to pay back their claims. the code defines this group as creditors with the right to separate satisfaction (absonderungsberechtigte gläubiger). based on this distinction, secured creditors often wear two hats in insolvency plan proceedings: one of a secured creditor (to the extent that the insolvency plan changes the rights of the secured creditors) and one of an unsecured ordinary insolvency creditor (to the extent that realization of collateral is not sufficient). coming back to the abovementioned priority of debt (senior, mezzanine and junior debt), it is, of course, possible under german law to contractually agree on this kind of distinction. as a consequence, it is a common market practice that facility and intercreditor agreements governed by german law also contractually provide for these or comparable creditor groups and respective waterfall provisions. however, every investor should be well aware that contractual waterfall provisions are not fully in line with the statutory concept provided by the code. this being said, contractual provisions may supersede the code concept inter partes, but german law principally and solely recognizes creditors as ordinary insolvency creditors and subordinated creditors.
the most frequent reasons for a creditor qualifying as a subordinated creditor pursuant to § 39 of the code are (a) explicit agreements according to which the creditor agrees to the subordination of his or her claims concerning the respective borrower, and (b) circumstances in which a creditor is deemed to be a quasi-shareholder or “equitable/shareholder subordination.” here, we will focus only on the first group. a contractual subordination of claims in the sense of § 39 subsection 2 of the code requires an explicit agreement between the creditor and the debtor. to the extent that bilateral credit or bond documentation contains a subordination clause in case of an insolvency proceeding, the code provides a rebuttable presumption that the subordinated creditor ranks junior to ordinary insolvency creditors as well as to the subordinated debt as mentioned in § 39 subsection 1 no. 1 through no. 5 of the code. this includes, but is not limited to: (a) interest and penalties for late payment accruing on the claims of the ordinary insolvency creditors from the opening of the insolvency proceedings, (b) costs incurred by individual insolvency creditors due to their participation in the proceedings and (c) even claims for restitution of a loan replacing equity capital or claims resulting from legal transactions corresponding in economic terms to such a loan. in this respect, it is noteworthy that typical lma-based intercreditor agreements, which are concluded solely between certain groups of creditors who agree on different layers of debt, are generally not sufficient to trigger a technical subordination of junior creditors in insolvency proceedings in the sense of § 39 subsection 2 of the code as long as a respective provision clearly lays out the concept that the subordination shall only apply among the creditors themselves and shall not apply for the benefit of the debtor (for example, via a contract to the benefit of a third party).
based on a general decision of the german legislator, subordinated creditors have only limited rights and protections under the code. the reason is that subordinated creditors shall not be in a position to block or hinder insolvency proceedings in which not even the ordinary insolvency creditors get repaid in full.
(c) access the court file of the proceedings.
(e) be represented in the (preliminary) creditors’ committees.
in insolvency plan proceedings, the code contains a provision (§ 225 subsection 1) according to which subordinated claims are fully waived under a plan unless the plan specifically provides for a distribution for subordinated claims (see below under lit. 4 and 6). based on this waiver, no class of subordinated claims is even formed under the insolvency plan. and without being grouped into a class, subordinated creditors do not get to vote on the plan. in other words, the law provides a mechanism which deprives subordinated creditors of all their claims without having a say or legal remedies (for example, by rendering evidence that the company actually has a higher value than asserted by either the management or higher ranking creditor groups).
(a) § 238a of the code provides for a voting right of the shareholders to the extent that the insolvency plan impairs their rights who need to be crammed down in case of a dissenting vote of such group, § 245 of the code; the subordinated creditors are principally not granted a voting right even if they lose 100% of their claims.
(b) the cramdown provision in § 245 subsection 3 of the code provides special protection for shareholders with respect to their reasonable participation in the economic value of the insolvent company. the code does principally not contain a similar provision for the benefit of subordinated creditors.
the background for granting shareholders the aforementioned rights is that a debate has taken place about the potential infringement of art. 14 of the german constitution that addresses property and expropriation. however, this debate has solely taken place in connection with shareholders while it is not apparent why subordinated creditors are less worthy of protection—especially in the light of art. 3 of the german constitution that addresses equality before the law.
(c) neither equity nor creditors that are junior to the dissenting class receive economic value and (d) the majority of the voting classes vote to approve the plan.
(d) files an appeal within two weeks of plan confirmation.
for a subordinated creditor, it is almost impossible to meet these prerequisites, especially the test regarding the liquidation scenario. first of all, subordinated creditors need to render evidence that they would receive a quota on their claim in a liquidation scenario. in other words, they have to provide evidence that all senior creditors (namely claims against the insolvent estate or masseforderungen) as well as ordinary insolvency claims would get repaid in full in case of an insolvency. however, this is very rarely the case since insolvent companies are usually over-indebted, meaning their assets do not cover their existing payment obligations. secondly, the applicant must demonstrate that the situation is “significantly” inferior, thus even increasing the obstacles for a successful appeal and making it a blunt sword for subordinated creditors.
in the code, § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 enables the insolvency court to issue a request to subordinated creditors to file a proof of claim. following this request, subordinated creditors have increased rights since they have, among other things, the right to (a) vote in the insolvency plan proceedings and (b) form a group under the plan and receive the benefit of the cramdown protection. however, the code does not define the circumstances under which the insolvency court should issue a respective request to the subordinated creditors. the competent judge has to make an economic assessment whether there are enough assets in order to fully pay the claims against the insolvent estate and the ordinary insolvency creditors and whether excess assets will be available to at least partly satisfy subordinated creditors. experience has shown that judges are not inclined to dig deep into these highly complex economic questions. in this context, the following should be considered: insolvency proceedings are often opened not only due to illiquidity, but also due to over-indebtedness (in other words, the assets of the insolvent company are not sufficient to cover its ordinary debt). in order to assess the situation of over-indebtedness, the judge rarely makes his or her own independent decision, but usually relies on one or more valuations provided either by the debtor (and its advisors) itself (in case of debtor-inpossession proceedings) and/or the insolvency administrator/trustee.
all aforementioned parties are usually not incentivized to push through higher valuations for the assets of the company that might put them in a situation where there is a discrepancy of the assessed (higher) value and the actually realized (lower) proceeds. moreover, the automatic waiver of subordinated debt is a very handsome tool for both the debtor and his or her ordinary creditors since it increases the value of the company and reduces the number of recipients of proceeds at the same time. once insolvency proceedings (based on these valuations) are opened, it is more or less impossible to show that sufficient assets are available to also satisfy subordinated creditors since (a) the judge would have to admit that his or her initial decision was not correct, and (b) german insolvency law does not recognize the concept of a “battle of valuations.” therefore, the likelihood that a request according to § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 of the code based on an independent decision of the insolvency court is rather remote. the more likely scenario is that the insolvency administrator or the trustee (in case of debtor-in-possession proceedings) informs the insolvency court of the possibility for a distribution (like in the german lehman bank case), and the insolvency court issues the request on this information. hence, § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 of the code does not provide a real angle for subordinated creditors. >> the german insolvency code does very little to support the legal position of subordinated creditors << in the code, § 174 subsection 3 sent. 1 again comes into play via the exception of § 225 subsection 1 code to the extent that the authors of the insolvency plan envision an independent group of subordinated creditors. if the insolvency plan foresees a special provision for subordinated creditors, for example, for tax reasons, the prerequisite for such a group formation is again the request of the insolvency court to the subordinated creditors to file a proof of claim. in such a scenario, it is again either the insolvent company (in case of debtor-in-possession proceedings) or the insolvency administrator who makes the respective request to the insolvency court. this being said, the subordinated creditors themselves again are not independently in a position to facilitate such a request, but need the support of either the insolvency company, the insolvency administrator or other groups of creditors. it may be the case that such support can be secured, for example, in cases in which subordinated creditors are willing to invest new funds in the insolvent company. in principal, however, ordinary creditors or the insolvent company itself are not incentivized to support the subordinated creditors. this is due to the fact that either proceeds would have to be shared or a debt burden would remain, which would otherwise be fully waived. as such, the avenues of escape are extremely narrow if at all existent.
the above has shown that the code in its current version not only does very little to support the legal position of subordinated creditors, but makes the life of such creditors extremely cumbersome. a direct comparison with shareholders shows structural disadvantages that can hardly be justified. while criticism in this respect was already voiced directly after the implementation of the 2013 reform, the legislator should immediately (de lege ferenda) implement safeguards for the benefit of subordinated creditors to abolish the currently existing disadvantages and to ensure the necessary fundamental rights. otherwise, the german marketplace runs the risk of subordinated (bond) debt no longer being available as a refinancing instrument. investors will not be silently led to the slaughter.


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In the last few years, Khloe Kardashian has undergone a dramatic body transformation. Anyone who follows her on social media knows the woman puts in hours at the gym, sweating it out.
On Friday, she had a bit of an epiphany after taking a selfie in the mirror, which revealed her incredibly toned abs.
"My fitness journey will be a life long journey. Fitness is not about being better than someone else… It's about being better than you used to be. I'm not where I want to be and who knows if I ever will be," she captioned the photo she shared on Instagram. "But I am healthier than ever and due to my consistent workouts, I am slowly seeing results. Hi baby abs 🙋!! I see you!!! I hope to meet your other ab friends soon 😝 (yes I'm talking to my muscles. I've never met most of them before)."
"Looking back at pictures of myself I didn't realize at the time how unhealthy my lifestyle actually was. People love to call me the fat one but as weird as it sounds I still don't think I would consider myself fat back then. Definitely overweight and unhealthy, yes. About two years ago I decided to turn to fitness as a form of therapy and as a stress reliever. I started slow and eventually I started working out 4 to 5 days a week," she wrote in the photo's caption.
She added, "We all have to start somewhere and doing something is better than nothing at all. Start small so you don't get discouraged and give up. Remember it is all about consistency. There are no quick fixes if you want long-term results. Working out is a huge part of my life now. I genuinely enjoy sweating out my frustrations and living a healthier life. My workouts are not all about vanity. They are about clarity for my mind and soul. We all have different journeys in life, make sure your journey is for you and you alone. Remember in the end the turtle won the race. Slow and steady. dedication and tenacity."
Alright! Now who is ready to hit the gym?

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in the last few years, khloe kardashian has undergone a dramatic body transformation. anyone who follows her on social media knows the woman puts in hours at the gym, sweating it out.
on friday, she had a bit of an epiphany after taking a selfie in the mirror, which revealed her incredibly toned abs.
"my fitness journey will be a life long journey. fitness is not about being better than someone else… it's about being better than you used to be. i'm not where i want to be and who knows if i ever will be," she captioned the photo she shared on instagram. "but i am healthier than ever and due to my consistent workouts, i am slowly seeing results. hi baby abs 🙋!! i see you!!! i hope to meet your other ab friends soon 😝 (yes i'm talking to my muscles. i've never met most of them before)."
"looking back at pictures of myself i didn't realize at the time how unhealthy my lifestyle actually was. people love to call me the fat one but as weird as it sounds i still don't think i would consider myself fat back then. definitely overweight and unhealthy, yes. about two years ago i decided to turn to fitness as a form of therapy and as a stress reliever. i started slow and eventually i started working out 4 to 5 days a week," she wrote in the photo's caption.
she added, "we all have to start somewhere and doing something is better than nothing at all. start small so you don't get discouraged and give up. remember it is all about consistency. there are no quick fixes if you want long-term results. working out is a huge part of my life now. i genuinely enjoy sweating out my frustrations and living a healthier life. my workouts are not all about vanity. they are about clarity for my mind and soul. we all have different journeys in life, make sure your journey is for you and you alone. remember in the end the turtle won the race. slow and steady. dedication and tenacity."
alright! now who is ready to hit the gym?


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more than just a resource hub to be proud of. our own bespoke marketing e-dictionary, quizzes, tests, industry surveys, on-line library full of carefully selected e-books, videos and slideshares. always growing, always up-to-date. watch this space! stay tuned!
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HOWLER Tutorials: What is HOWLER?
HOWLER is an acronym for Help Online With Library Education and Research. Our goal is to share information literacy strategies and knowledge with Madison College students. These tutorials serve to both reinforce and enhance our in-person, library information literacy sessions and to help online and hybrid students with access to information literacy best practices and concepts.

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howler tutorials: what is howler?
howler is an acronym for help online with library education and research. our goal is to share information literacy strategies and knowledge with madison college students. these tutorials serve to both reinforce and enhance our in-person, library information literacy sessions and to help online and hybrid students with access to information literacy best practices and concepts.


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"Our SAN infrastructure is an open book - easy to read, but next to impossible to duplicate," says Jason Silverglate, CEO and chief architect of the company's storage solution. Silverglate says that his SAN was designed to deliver industry-leading performance with a high-level of reliability. The SAN's design includes redundant head nodes with redundant 10Gbps cards and redundant SAS 6Gbps wide internal SAS paths. The end result is two highly capable volumes that can achieve extremely high read and write speeds.
Jason remarks, "on Volume 1 we are able to achieve 1600MB/s read and 1300MB/s write. Mind you, Volume1 is our low performance Volume... Volume 2, which is our SSD volume can achieve 250,000 IOPS and can easily max out a few 10Gbps circuits."
That speed makes all the difference when it comes to cloud purposed storage and that is what Jason and his team are counting on. Earlier this year, DedicatedNOW partnered with OnApp to launch a managed private cloud solution. The DedicatedNOW private cloud solution allows customers to configure and deploy scalable, redundant hypervisors onto the SAN, connected through a redundant switch stack via multiple gigabit connections both to the Internet and The Company's own internal SAN network.
DedicatedNOW, provides managed dedicated servers and complex hosting solutions to customers in nearly 100 countries. More information about DedicatedNOW's private cloud and SAN technology is available on their website at http://cloud.dedicatednow.com.
For the past seven years, Jason and his team have been building and maintaining complex dedicated server environments for ecommerce companies. "We've learned allot about supporting and maintaining clusters and load balanced setups during that time," says Silverglate. "For starters, scalability is a problem with physical clusters. You can't expand resources at a moment's notice. Servers need to be brought down for upgrades, planning needs to go into making these kinds of changes." With the expansion of cloud technology, many of the constraints within the physical world are done away with.
Jason and his team have been developing their cloud technology for the past two years from the Company's New Jersey based datacenter. A cornerstone of that development has been improving on some of the downfalls of complex hosting. Jason commented on the benefits of the shift to virtualization, "when we move a complex setup to a virtual environment, we lose those physical constraints. We can scale horizontally and vertically and for less money".
Ditlev Bredahl, CEO of OnApp, has worked with FortressITX throughout the development of their cloud. Bredahl remarks, "I'm impressed by the significant investments Fortress has made into their SAN infrastructure. When speaking with our own clients, I often recommend that they take a look at the storage technology that Jason and FortressITX have designed, before investing in their own." Silverglate claims that the Company's SAN storage is capable of performance that most never thought possible in a virtualized environment, due to its unique architecture.
Jason will be presenting his ideas on virtualization at the OnApp booth (#313) on Tuesday, Aug. 9th at 11:45AM and again on Wednesday, Aug. 10th at 12:45PM.
"This merger brings together a unique combination of talents between DedicatedNOW and Solar VPS. Our new company has vast experience with Windows hosting, virtualization, dedicated and managed hosting," said Ross Brouse, former CEO of SolarVPS, who will now serve as COO of the combined company. "We've brought together so many talented individuals whose knowledge we are blending to develop truly unique hosted partner and customer offerings. We have also recruited other top talent from the industry to expand our offerings and reach more customers around the world."
Although there is no change in management or existing server locations, the merger will provide benefits to new and existing customers of both companies. DedicatedNOW customers now have access to world-class Windows web hosting support and virtualization expertise. Additionally, with access to SolarVPS's locations, DedicatedNOW will be offering hosting for new servers in Los Angeles, Dallas and Miami.
SolarVPS can now access DedicatedNOW's resources to sustain and stimulate growth in addition having a place to call home - DedicatedNOW's Clifton, N.J. datacenter. The new company's datacenter has a multi Gigabit bandwidth network accessing all key tier 1 providers, while hosting routers, load balancers, firewalls, Internet servers and switches and accommodating large and small clients.
"I'm excited about the new opportunities that will open up as a result of this move. Both DedicatedNOW and SolarVPS customers will have access to more staff, better resources and a wider product selection. The merger makes both brands stronger, more marketable and sets the foundation for the growth of our cloud hosting division," says Jason Silverglate, CEO.
SolarVPS started in 2005 as a managed Windows Virtual Private Server provider before quickly expanding services to Parallels and linux VPS hosting and spreading to 5 cities around the globe. DedicatedNOW was founded in 1998 and has earned awards for its customer service and managed hosting expertise. Financial considerations were not disclosed.
DedicatedNOW, provides managed dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. Customers rely on DedicatedNOW for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, CDN, private clouds and colocation. DedicatedNOW's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in Clifton, New Jersey. The Clifton facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the Company's corporate headquarters and network operations center. To learn more about DedicatedNOW, please visit http://www.dedicatednow.com.
Founded in 2005, SolarVPS was established to provide next-generation windows and linux vps web hosting services on virtualized infrastructure. With the help of automation and virtualization software, it has quickly become a global hosted application service provider. Through the operation of virtual business infrastructure and strong partnerships with industry leaders, SolarVPS provides a fully automated service platform that enables a focus on personal customer relationships and superior customer support. To learn more about SolarVPS, please visit http://www.solarvps.com.
"I've met the brightest people in the (hosting) industry, here at DedicatedNOW," says Salvatore Poliandro, Director of Information Technology. In recent years, DedicatedNOW has carved out a niche for itself within the managed and complex hosting space. Leaning on its proficiency with Linux clustering, load balancing and managed security, the Company has earned many awards over the years for best in class service.
Current client Chris Azzari says "DedicatedNOW sets the bar high... Just knowing that your site that you have spend countless hours creating and promoting is in good hands is worth its weight in gold." Mr. Azzari's sentiment mirrors that of many DedicatedNOW customers - the support and customer service available with DedicatedNOW are unparalleled in the industry. That level of service has helped DedicatedNOW to earn the business of headliners like AirTran, COMODO, NYU and SpiritAir. "We love what we do and we do it well," says CEO Jason Silverglate.
DedicatedNOW, provides managed dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. Customers rely on DedicatedNOW for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, CDN, reseller and colocation. DedicatedNOW's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in Clifton, New Jersey. The Clifton, NJ facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the Company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
These will be the companies to look at in 2011.
The awards are based on the mantra: 'Ahead of the rest.' This mantra is well reflected in the award winning plans provided by these companies.
DedicatedNow's high performance managed dedicated servers are setting new standards of reliability and efficiency in the industry. "This award not only highlights DedicatedNow's growth and commitment to excellence, but also continued emergence as a leader in the Managed Hosting and Managed Service industry," said Mr. Shelton Walker, Managing Director, Top10DedicatedHosting.com.
DedicatedNOW's primary datacenter, located in the NY Metro area, has undergone significant improvements over the past year. In addition to improved security, the building recently added a new power sub-station, which provides true redundant power feeds and improved power stability to all of DedicatedNOW's managed hosting and colocation clients.
While DedicatedNOW's commitment to excellence within the managed dedicated server niche has brought them notoriety and awards in recent years, the company will be breaking ground on its cloud hosting offering later this year. "If the company's current success is any indication, the new cloud product should be a real game changer," says Walker.
"This award highlights Online Tech's commitment to proactive professional support and delivering a turnkey colocation experience," said Mike Klein, President and COO of Online Tech.
Online Tech's investment in SAS-70 certification over the last 2 years and its reputation of proactive customer support has propelled Online Tech into a leadership position for enterprise managed colocation and servers.
Online Tech's data centers provide sophisticated power backup systems, high tech security, multiple Tier 1 ISP feeds and redundant Cisco core networks. Other offerings include locked racks, rack and stack services, backup, VPN services and network firewall protection.
Online Tech is a premier Managed Data Center Operator in the Midwestern United States with 15 years of expertise delivering outstanding products and service levels. Online Tech, offers a full range of managed colocation, dedicated server hosting and managed servers for clients from around the world. Online Tech has won dozens of awards and has SAS-70 certified data centers which have been specifically noted by Top10DedicatedHosting.
This is the reason why industry people trust Online Tech to insure their servers are always on, always online, and always safe.
Top 10 Dedicated Hosting is a team of highly skilled professionals focused on providing Dedicated Web Server Reviews to Clients, Cloud Computing Consultancy and Training to End Users. We provide Expertise and Experience to: help the business grow, reduce the overall costs, and simplify the Web environment. Dedicated Web Hosting is committed to delivering results that endure.
In his new role, Brandon will be responsible for leading the company's Sales efforts and continuing the Company's growth.
Brandon chimes in on his latest challenge, "I'm very familiar with DedicatedNOW's success and am excited to be a part of the Company's future. DedicatedNOW is well positioned within the industry and it's my intention to grow the business to new heights. Combined with our top of the line technology, superior infrastructure and committed team, DedicatedNOW is going to be a force to be reckoned with in 2011."
DedicatedNOW, founded in 1997, provides managed dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. Customers rely on DedicatedNOW for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, CDN, reseller and colocation. DedicatedNOW's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in Clifton, New Jersey. The Clifton, NJ facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the Company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
The site's content went viral and Chris learned how traffic can crash a server. "It was at that point that I knew I needed something more substantial behind my website," says Chris. "PopThatZit.com was going to be featured on the Tyra Banks show and I knew that would bring in the traffic, big time. I needed a dedicated server and after sifting through available providers, decided to move my sites over to DedicatedNOW, a managed dedicated server provider."
Azzari continues, "the biggest thing about having your own dedicated server is that you can do a lot of tweaks that you could never do on a shared hosting plan. I run Wordpress on the site and decided to run w3 supercache after high recommendations from some friends. Getting it to work right was beyond my scope of expertise. I needed to install memcached and I wasn't about to mess that up. A simple email to the server support team and they had me up and running. The site was lighting fast and ready for traffic."
"Just knowing that the site that you have spent countless hours creating and promoting is in good hands is worth its wait in gold. Remember, your website is your business, so you need to protect that business, and it starts with where it is hosted."
PopThatZit.com is the original website by zit poppers, for zit poppers. The site's outrageous material gained a cult following on day 1. With nearly 2000 videos of every kind of pimple, boil and pustule imaginable, Chris Azzari's creation was featured on the Tyra Banks show in 2009.
For more information, visit PopThatZit.com.
DedicatedNOW, founded in 1997, provides managed and unmanaged dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. Customers rely on DedicatedNOW for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, CDN, reseller and colocation. DedicatedNOW's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in Clifton, New Jersey. The Clifton, NJ facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the Company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
For more information about DedicatedNOW, visit www.dedicatednow.com.
In an effort to provide the best possible support to its growing dedicated hosting customer base, DedicatedNOW has released new support phone numbers for five countries, including Great Britain, Israel, New Zealand, Australia and The Netherlands. "While our on-site dedicated support team has always been available 24/7, every day of the year, we wanted to provide the best possible immediate support for our international client base," says CEO Jason Silverglate.
Silverglate continues, "With our expansion into the European market, we felt having immediate phone support for Europe and Australia was particularly important". The company plans on adding additional support numbers as its growth and international expansion continues.
DedicatedNOW, Inc. is a privately owned, multi-million dollar corporation located in Clifton, New Jersey and founded in 1997. DedicatedNOW provides managed and unmanaged dedicated web hosting services to thousands of satisfied customers. The Company delivers cutting-edge hosting solutions to meet the requirements of small and medium sized businesses as well as large corporations. Customers rely on DedicatedNOW for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, CDN, reseller and colocation hosting.
DedicatedNOW's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in Clifton, New Jersey. The Clifton, NJ facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the Company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
"There is allot of confusion about what a cloud is and even more confusion over how to build a truly efficient and sustainable cloud," says Silverglate, owner of DedicatedNOW, a managed dedicated hosting company. The CEO's presentation will cover all facets of cloud design, including hardware, network configuration, storage considerations, selection of hypervisor and cloud management software.
With 12 years in the business, Silverglate has developed an innate knowledge of hardware available on the market. Options including 1U rackmount, 2U blade and 8U blade chassis will be discussed, as well as specific metrics like cost per GB of RAM, cost per kw and price per U; all of which factor into the viability of a host's cloud. Jason will also cover network options, such as 1Gbps, 10Gbps, Infiniband and Fiber Channel. Cloud storage and IOP (I/O Operations per second), which is a key metric for cloud performance will be discussed and Jason will enlighten the audience on various storage solutions available on the market.
With more than a year of internal testing under the Company's belt, Jason will share his own experience on Hypervisor selection and discuss options such as XenServer, XenSource, Vmware ESX, KVM, HyperV and VMware ESXi. Cloud management systems including Cloud.com, ONapp, Abiqiuo and Enomaly will also be reviewed and discussed during the presentation.
DedicatedNOW is also exhibiting at HostingCon 2010. The Company's senior management will be on-site throughout the exhibition at booth #106. Jason will be available during the conference to cover questions about cloud infrastructure and dedicated hosting.
Attendees are urged to visit the DedicatedNOW booth to meet with DedicatedNOW's staff and enter for a chance to win a Sony Dash. The Dash is Sony's latest innovation - a personal internet viewer capable of running more that 1,000 free apps over Wi-Fi. For more information about DedicatedNOW, visit the Company's website at dedicatednow.com, call 888.734.9320 or visit booth #106.
"This award not only highlights DedicatedNow's well-earned reputation for quality and stellar growth, but also continued emergence as a leader in the Managed Hosting and Managed Service industry," said Mr. Shelton Walker, Managing Director, Top10DedicatedHosting. Since 2003, DedicatedNOW has led the dedicated hosting industry by providing comprehensive management of Dedicated Servers. With an emphasis on customized solutions and adaptive customer support. DedicatedNOW leverages its partnerships and redundant network to provide unparalleled performance for its customers.
He added that by offering cutting edge technologies, industry-leading customer service and comprehensive dedicated web server solutions, DedicatedNow has become a front-runner in the global managed hosting market.
"The success of DedicatedNOW's 100% uptime in 2009 is due to our investment in data center infrastructure, engineering support, and backbone providers," said Josh Ewin, Director of Sales and Marketing at DedicatedNOW. "Our multi-homed network is fueled by premium tier 1 carriers such as Sprint, Saavis, Telia, NLayer, Global Crossing, and Level3."
Additionally, DedicatedNOW uses redundant power systems including an inline power backup, using industry standard Liebert UPS systems and onsite Caterpillar generators. "Our facility is safeguarded by redundant Libert CRAC units that are kept at an optimal temperature to ensure hardware and network components are consistently running properly," said Jason Silverglate, CEO. "And our cooling systems offer an accurate and reliable control of humidity, airflow, and room temperature that improves the working conditions for delicate electronic equipment."
"DedicatedNOW's network runs on our own dark fiber ring connecting our two redundant pops in 111 8th NYC and 165 Halsey (Equinix) NJ," said Silverglate. "Our core consists of Dual Cisco 6509 SUP720-3BXL routers, fully meshed to multiple aggregation switches for maximum uptime." DedicatedNOW encourages current and prospective customers to view the data center. Visitors can also test DedicatedNOW's fast network connection by using visiting http://speed.fortressitx.com/ or using IP address 65.98.0.42 to ping the network.
"With enterprise class reliability and performance DedicatedNOW's Managed Hosting division has provided cost effective solutions since 2003. The Company has exceeded industry level standards of management and support," said Mr. Shelton Walker, Managing Director, Top10DedicatedHosting.com.
The veteran hosting company is no stranger to the managed hosting market. With the launch of its all-Intel managed server line in 2008, DedicatedNOW gained notoriety for its managed services. Over the course of the past two years, the Company has earned many awards, including FindMyHost.com's "Editor's Choice" Award for Managed Hosting.
According to CEO Jason Silverglate, "when we created our managed server line, we canvassed our client base and industry professionals to get a real sense of what our clients and prospective clients would need for a complete managed dedicated server package. By leveraging vendor relationships, we were able to offer better service, more features and a better overall value proposition to our hosting customers".
The relationships Silverglate is referring to include R1Soft and Applicure Technologies among others. "Bundling in services like R1's backup and Applicure's dotDefender WAF product made our offering much more enticing to prospective clients," boasts Silveglate. The Company includes 50Gb of backup using R1Soft's CDP (continuous data protection) which, as Jason points out, includes the MySQL hot restore feature - very useful if you have a database driven website. Also included (on servers with the cPanel control panel) with each managed server, is a fully licensed version of the dotDefender Web Application Firewall. Other freebies include KVM over IP, round the clock monitoring and the Company's 100% Uptime guarantee.
The Company's new managed server line provides a wide-range of servers and includes many options and available features. "With our new server line, we wanted to make DedicatedNOW's server management accessible to smaller companies and startups while still being a viable option for performance-focused enterprises", noted Silverglate. With the launch of the new product line, DedicatedNOW reduced the price of its entry-level servers, while adding in the Xeon 5620 and X5650 CPU options, which include eight and twelve CPU cores, respectively.
DedicatedNOW's new managed server lineup is available for purchase from the company's website. For more information, please visit www.dedicatednow.com.
"We have a broad range of specials that DedicatedDollars.com affiliates can use to attract new customers to DedicatedNOW," says Josh Ewin, Director of Sales and Marketing. "Thousands of businesses, organizations, and resellers use dedicated server hosting so we make sure we have very attractive offers available for affiliates to use that result in higher conversions."
Since registration for DedicatedDollars.com began last November, DedicatedNOW has experienced a 30% larger response from affiliate marketers than originally estimated. One reason for the increase in response is due to the extensive support DedicatedDollars.com affiliates receive in their efforts to attract visitors and make conversions.
"DedicatedDollars.com is a full service affiliate program, with keyword tools, custom landing pages and ads, and resources for beginner through advanced affiliate marketers," says Ewin. "Our marketers are not left stranded on their own - another big problem with some affiliate programs is identifying which affiliate marketer sent a visitor to the site and initiated that sale. DedicatedDollars.com uses 120-day cookies as well as IP-based tracking to make sure every marketer gets properly credited and paid."
Another reason for the high registration and satisfaction of DedicatedDollars.com affiliates is the unrestricted payment structure. There is no limit on earnings, like there is with some other programs in the dedicated hosting industry. Affiliates can also choose from a variety of available payment options, including Paypal.
"Our affiliates are important to us, and we want to make the relationship as beneficial to both sides as possible," says Ewin. "Affiliates can earn up to 125% of a sale, and receive an instant commission alerts right to their desktop. We have put a lot of time, resources, and well-planned development into this program to make it the best affiliate program in the industry ."
DedicatedNOW offers affiliates ten specials ranging from one month of free dedicated server hosting to super competitive deals on high-end managed servers. Additional specials include feature-packed dedicated server hosting plans, complete with Managed support and backup options at low monthly rates.
DedicatedNOW, Inc. is a privately owned, multi-million dollar corporation located in Clifton, New Jersey and founded in 1997. DedicatedNOW provides managed and unmanaged dedicated web hosting services to thousands of satisfied customers. DedicatedNOW delivers cutting-edge hosting solutions to meet the requirements of small and medium sized businesses, large scale corporations, and individuals. Customers rely on DedicatedNOW for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, cloud hosting, reseller and colocation hosting.
DedicatedNOW's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in Clifton, New Jersey. At present, the data center incorporates more than 7,500 sq. ft. of raised floor space. In addition, DedicatedNOW boasts over 5,000 sq. ft. of corporate office space including conference rooms, a reception area, and staff facilities.
"This will be our second major revision in the past eight months for the website. As a player within a space as competitive as managed hosting, we do everything possible to provide best of breed services, so we need a website that lives up to that expectation," says Jason Silverglate, CEO of DedicatedNOW.
The previous DedicatedNOW.com website was launched back in July of 2008, along with the Company's new Managed hosting products and services. With a focus on their new product launch, the July facelift was heavily geared towards promoting the Company's new servers and services. In addition to the new look and products, DedicatedNOW also launched out their proprietary billing system with the July release.
"We released the last website on the opening day of HostingCon '08. The new website was massively instrumental in pushing the Managed product line," mentions Josh Ewin, VP of Sales & Marketing.
Ewin continues, "The new DedicatedNOW look didn't include just the website. We wanted a total facelift for the brand. All of our creative was updated to the new look and feel of the DedicatedNOW brand."
While the release of the latest version of the DedicatedNOW website does not treat visitors to a new look and feel, it provides superior functionality and performance.
"The new DedicatedNOW website is focused on usability and accessibility across all major operating systems and browsers, as well as meeting the Web Accessibility Initiative and Section 508 of the Federal Government's guidelines for creating accessible websites" says SEO analyst and consultant to DedicatedNOW, Franki Nguyen of TN3 Productions in Australia. "Since the release of the new website, we've seen increased conversions, better search rankings and have had some terrific feedback from customers and visitors alike," Nguyen continues.
With the removal of functionally superfluous items like flash and some scripting, the DedicatedNOW team has seen substantial gains in productivity from the website. As dedicatednow.com is constantly in flux, much like the Internet itself, the Company is constantly updating instructional content, photos and products on the website.
DedicatedNOW plans the release of several new hosting products and services during the second quarter this year and will use the dedicatednow.com web presence as a platform to introduce them to the market.
Since 2003, DedicatedNOW has led the dedicated hosting industry by providing comprehensive management of dedicated servers. With an emphasis on customized solutions and adaptive customer support, DedicatedNOW leverages its partnerships and redundant network to provide unparallelled performance for its customers.
DedicatedNOW has carved out a niche for itself within the web hosting industry as a leading provider of managed dedicated servers, providing comprehensive solutions to todays complex IT challenges.
"Our relationship with Applicure and offering dotDefender with each of our servers, by default, is a natural fit. Now, through DedicatedNOW, reseller hosting companies not only have 24/7 access to our Dynamic Support, server class hardware and redundant network - but they also have a valuable tool (dotDefender) which they can use to differentiate themselves in this widely undifferentiated market," says Jason Silverglate, CEO of DedicatedNOW.
Yaacov Sherban, CEO of Applicure, commented,"DedicatedNOW and Applicure have each attained leadership positions in our respective markets by providing great products and services at affordable prices. Our partnership further validates Applicure's technology and market strategy for the hosting marketplace. We look forward to working with DedicatedNOW to ensure that hosting providers can offer their customers a compelling reason to acheive enterprise-class security and improved compliance."
Applicure Technologies develops the leading multi-platform web application security software solution for hosting companies that protect web servers and internal applications from external and internal attacks. Built upon years of research into hacker behavior, Applicure solutions feature a comprehensive knowledge base to identify attacks accurately, and stop them before they reach the website or application.
Since 2003, DedicatedNOW has led the dedicated hosting industry by providing comprehensive management of dedicated servers. With an emphasis on customized solutions and adaptive customer support, DedicatedNOW leverages its partnerships and redundant network to provide unparalleled performance for its customers.
The DedicatedNOW network runs on its own dark fiber ring, connecting two redundant pops in NYC and (Equinix) NJ. Each fiber leg is capable of handling the entire network's traffic in case of a failure. In addition, each leg can upgraded to provide transport capacities up to 320Gbps, totaling 640Gbps of available transport capacity. The core consists of Dual Cisco 6509 SUP720 Routers, fully meshed to multiple aggregation switches for maximum uptime.
DedicatedNOW is the premier provider of managed dedicated hosting and collocation. Backed and managed by industry experts, the company leverages its industry expertise and proprietary applications to drive consistency, availability, performance and security. Located in Clifton, New Jersey, DedicatedNOW leverages a modular, flexible, building block approach to deliver customized support and management. The company's services include dedicated hosting, collocation, customized hosting support, monitoring, high availability infrastructure planning, load balancing and clustering solutions. For more information visit the DedicatedNOW web site at www.dedicatednow.com.

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"our san infrastructure is an open book - easy to read, but next to impossible to duplicate," says jason silverglate, ceo and chief architect of the company's storage solution. silverglate says that his san was designed to deliver industry-leading performance with a high-level of reliability. the san's design includes redundant head nodes with redundant 10gbps cards and redundant sas 6gbps wide internal sas paths. the end result is two highly capable volumes that can achieve extremely high read and write speeds.
jason remarks, "on volume 1 we are able to achieve 1600mb/s read and 1300mb/s write. mind you, volume1 is our low performance volume... volume 2, which is our ssd volume can achieve 250,000 iops and can easily max out a few 10gbps circuits."
that speed makes all the difference when it comes to cloud purposed storage and that is what jason and his team are counting on. earlier this year, dedicatednow partnered with onapp to launch a managed private cloud solution. the dedicatednow private cloud solution allows customers to configure and deploy scalable, redundant hypervisors onto the san, connected through a redundant switch stack via multiple gigabit connections both to the internet and the company's own internal san network.
dedicatednow, provides managed dedicated servers and complex hosting solutions to customers in nearly 100 countries. more information about dedicatednow's private cloud and san technology is available on their website at http://cloud.dedicatednow.com.
for the past seven years, jason and his team have been building and maintaining complex dedicated server environments for ecommerce companies. "we've learned allot about supporting and maintaining clusters and load balanced setups during that time," says silverglate. "for starters, scalability is a problem with physical clusters. you can't expand resources at a moment's notice. servers need to be brought down for upgrades, planning needs to go into making these kinds of changes." with the expansion of cloud technology, many of the constraints within the physical world are done away with.
jason and his team have been developing their cloud technology for the past two years from the company's new jersey based datacenter. a cornerstone of that development has been improving on some of the downfalls of complex hosting. jason commented on the benefits of the shift to virtualization, "when we move a complex setup to a virtual environment, we lose those physical constraints. we can scale horizontally and vertically and for less money".
ditlev bredahl, ceo of onapp, has worked with fortressitx throughout the development of their cloud. bredahl remarks, "i'm impressed by the significant investments fortress has made into their san infrastructure. when speaking with our own clients, i often recommend that they take a look at the storage technology that jason and fortressitx have designed, before investing in their own." silverglate claims that the company's san storage is capable of performance that most never thought possible in a virtualized environment, due to its unique architecture.
jason will be presenting his ideas on virtualization at the onapp booth (#313) on tuesday, aug. 9th at 11:45am and again on wednesday, aug. 10th at 12:45pm.
"this merger brings together a unique combination of talents between dedicatednow and solar vps. our new company has vast experience with windows hosting, virtualization, dedicated and managed hosting," said ross brouse, former ceo of solarvps, who will now serve as coo of the combined company. "we've brought together so many talented individuals whose knowledge we are blending to develop truly unique hosted partner and customer offerings. we have also recruited other top talent from the industry to expand our offerings and reach more customers around the world."
although there is no change in management or existing server locations, the merger will provide benefits to new and existing customers of both companies. dedicatednow customers now have access to world-class windows web hosting support and virtualization expertise. additionally, with access to solarvps's locations, dedicatednow will be offering hosting for new servers in los angeles, dallas and miami.
solarvps can now access dedicatednow's resources to sustain and stimulate growth in addition having a place to call home - dedicatednow's clifton, n.j. datacenter. the new company's datacenter has a multi gigabit bandwidth network accessing all key tier 1 providers, while hosting routers, load balancers, firewalls, internet servers and switches and accommodating large and small clients.
"i'm excited about the new opportunities that will open up as a result of this move. both dedicatednow and solarvps customers will have access to more staff, better resources and a wider product selection. the merger makes both brands stronger, more marketable and sets the foundation for the growth of our cloud hosting division," says jason silverglate, ceo.
solarvps started in 2005 as a managed windows virtual private server provider before quickly expanding services to parallels and linux vps hosting and spreading to 5 cities around the globe. dedicatednow was founded in 1998 and has earned awards for its customer service and managed hosting expertise. financial considerations were not disclosed.
dedicatednow, provides managed dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. customers rely on dedicatednow for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, cdn, private clouds and colocation. dedicatednow's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in clifton, new jersey. the clifton facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the company's corporate headquarters and network operations center. to learn more about dedicatednow, please visit http://www.dedicatednow.com.
founded in 2005, solarvps was established to provide next-generation windows and linux vps web hosting services on virtualized infrastructure. with the help of automation and virtualization software, it has quickly become a global hosted application service provider. through the operation of virtual business infrastructure and strong partnerships with industry leaders, solarvps provides a fully automated service platform that enables a focus on personal customer relationships and superior customer support. to learn more about solarvps, please visit http://www.solarvps.com.
"i've met the brightest people in the (hosting) industry, here at dedicatednow," says salvatore poliandro, director of information technology. in recent years, dedicatednow has carved out a niche for itself within the managed and complex hosting space. leaning on its proficiency with linux clustering, load balancing and managed security, the company has earned many awards over the years for best in class service.
current client chris azzari says "dedicatednow sets the bar high... just knowing that your site that you have spend countless hours creating and promoting is in good hands is worth its weight in gold." mr. azzari's sentiment mirrors that of many dedicatednow customers - the support and customer service available with dedicatednow are unparalleled in the industry. that level of service has helped dedicatednow to earn the business of headliners like airtran, comodo, nyu and spiritair. "we love what we do and we do it well," says ceo jason silverglate.
dedicatednow, provides managed dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. customers rely on dedicatednow for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, cdn, reseller and colocation. dedicatednow's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in clifton, new jersey. the clifton, nj facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
these will be the companies to look at in 2011.
the awards are based on the mantra: 'ahead of the rest.' this mantra is well reflected in the award winning plans provided by these companies.
dedicatednow's high performance managed dedicated servers are setting new standards of reliability and efficiency in the industry. "this award not only highlights dedicatednow's growth and commitment to excellence, but also continued emergence as a leader in the managed hosting and managed service industry," said mr. shelton walker, managing director, top10dedicatedhosting.com.
dedicatednow's primary datacenter, located in the ny metro area, has undergone significant improvements over the past year. in addition to improved security, the building recently added a new power sub-station, which provides true redundant power feeds and improved power stability to all of dedicatednow's managed hosting and colocation clients.
while dedicatednow's commitment to excellence within the managed dedicated server niche has brought them notoriety and awards in recent years, the company will be breaking ground on its cloud hosting offering later this year. "if the company's current success is any indication, the new cloud product should be a real game changer," says walker.
"this award highlights online tech's commitment to proactive professional support and delivering a turnkey colocation experience," said mike klein, president and coo of online tech.
online tech's investment in sas-70 certification over the last 2 years and its reputation of proactive customer support has propelled online tech into a leadership position for enterprise managed colocation and servers.
online tech's data centers provide sophisticated power backup systems, high tech security, multiple tier 1 isp feeds and redundant cisco core networks. other offerings include locked racks, rack and stack services, backup, vpn services and network firewall protection.
online tech is a premier managed data center operator in the midwestern united states with 15 years of expertise delivering outstanding products and service levels. online tech, offers a full range of managed colocation, dedicated server hosting and managed servers for clients from around the world. online tech has won dozens of awards and has sas-70 certified data centers which have been specifically noted by top10dedicatedhosting.
this is the reason why industry people trust online tech to insure their servers are always on, always online, and always safe.
top 10 dedicated hosting is a team of highly skilled professionals focused on providing dedicated web server reviews to clients, cloud computing consultancy and training to end users. we provide expertise and experience to: help the business grow, reduce the overall costs, and simplify the web environment. dedicated web hosting is committed to delivering results that endure.
in his new role, brandon will be responsible for leading the company's sales efforts and continuing the company's growth.
brandon chimes in on his latest challenge, "i'm very familiar with dedicatednow's success and am excited to be a part of the company's future. dedicatednow is well positioned within the industry and it's my intention to grow the business to new heights. combined with our top of the line technology, superior infrastructure and committed team, dedicatednow is going to be a force to be reckoned with in 2011."
dedicatednow, founded in 1997, provides managed dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. customers rely on dedicatednow for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, cdn, reseller and colocation. dedicatednow's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in clifton, new jersey. the clifton, nj facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
the site's content went viral and chris learned how traffic can crash a server. "it was at that point that i knew i needed something more substantial behind my website," says chris. "popthatzit.com was going to be featured on the tyra banks show and i knew that would bring in the traffic, big time. i needed a dedicated server and after sifting through available providers, decided to move my sites over to dedicatednow, a managed dedicated server provider."
azzari continues, "the biggest thing about having your own dedicated server is that you can do a lot of tweaks that you could never do on a shared hosting plan. i run wordpress on the site and decided to run w3 supercache after high recommendations from some friends. getting it to work right was beyond my scope of expertise. i needed to install memcached and i wasn't about to mess that up. a simple email to the server support team and they had me up and running. the site was lighting fast and ready for traffic."
"just knowing that the site that you have spent countless hours creating and promoting is in good hands is worth its wait in gold. remember, your website is your business, so you need to protect that business, and it starts with where it is hosted."
popthatzit.com is the original website by zit poppers, for zit poppers. the site's outrageous material gained a cult following on day 1. with nearly 2000 videos of every kind of pimple, boil and pustule imaginable, chris azzari's creation was featured on the tyra banks show in 2009.
for more information, visit popthatzit.com.
dedicatednow, founded in 1997, provides managed and unmanaged dedicated servers to customers in nearly 100 countries. customers rely on dedicatednow for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, cdn, reseller and colocation. dedicatednow's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in clifton, new jersey. the clifton, nj facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
for more information about dedicatednow, visit www.dedicatednow.com.
in an effort to provide the best possible support to its growing dedicated hosting customer base, dedicatednow has released new support phone numbers for five countries, including great britain, israel, new zealand, australia and the netherlands. "while our on-site dedicated support team has always been available 24/7, every day of the year, we wanted to provide the best possible immediate support for our international client base," says ceo jason silverglate.
silverglate continues, "with our expansion into the european market, we felt having immediate phone support for europe and australia was particularly important". the company plans on adding additional support numbers as its growth and international expansion continues.
dedicatednow, inc. is a privately owned, multi-million dollar corporation located in clifton, new jersey and founded in 1997. dedicatednow provides managed and unmanaged dedicated web hosting services to thousands of satisfied customers. the company delivers cutting-edge hosting solutions to meet the requirements of small and medium sized businesses as well as large corporations. customers rely on dedicatednow for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, cdn, reseller and colocation hosting.
dedicatednow's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in clifton, new jersey. the clifton, nj facility houses nearly 5,000 servers in a secured environment, right next door to the company's corporate headquarters and network operations center.
"there is allot of confusion about what a cloud is and even more confusion over how to build a truly efficient and sustainable cloud," says silverglate, owner of dedicatednow, a managed dedicated hosting company. the ceo's presentation will cover all facets of cloud design, including hardware, network configuration, storage considerations, selection of hypervisor and cloud management software.
with 12 years in the business, silverglate has developed an innate knowledge of hardware available on the market. options including 1u rackmount, 2u blade and 8u blade chassis will be discussed, as well as specific metrics like cost per gb of ram, cost per kw and price per u; all of which factor into the viability of a host's cloud. jason will also cover network options, such as 1gbps, 10gbps, infiniband and fiber channel. cloud storage and iop (i/o operations per second), which is a key metric for cloud performance will be discussed and jason will enlighten the audience on various storage solutions available on the market.
with more than a year of internal testing under the company's belt, jason will share his own experience on hypervisor selection and discuss options such as xenserver, xensource, vmware esx, kvm, hyperv and vmware esxi. cloud management systems including cloud.com, onapp, abiqiuo and enomaly will also be reviewed and discussed during the presentation.
dedicatednow is also exhibiting at hostingcon 2010. the company's senior management will be on-site throughout the exhibition at booth #106. jason will be available during the conference to cover questions about cloud infrastructure and dedicated hosting.
attendees are urged to visit the dedicatednow booth to meet with dedicatednow's staff and enter for a chance to win a sony dash. the dash is sony's latest innovation - a personal internet viewer capable of running more that 1,000 free apps over wi-fi. for more information about dedicatednow, visit the company's website at dedicatednow.com, call 888.734.9320 or visit booth #106.
"this award not only highlights dedicatednow's well-earned reputation for quality and stellar growth, but also continued emergence as a leader in the managed hosting and managed service industry," said mr. shelton walker, managing director, top10dedicatedhosting. since 2003, dedicatednow has led the dedicated hosting industry by providing comprehensive management of dedicated servers. with an emphasis on customized solutions and adaptive customer support. dedicatednow leverages its partnerships and redundant network to provide unparalleled performance for its customers.
he added that by offering cutting edge technologies, industry-leading customer service and comprehensive dedicated web server solutions, dedicatednow has become a front-runner in the global managed hosting market.
"the success of dedicatednow's 100% uptime in 2009 is due to our investment in data center infrastructure, engineering support, and backbone providers," said josh ewin, director of sales and marketing at dedicatednow. "our multi-homed network is fueled by premium tier 1 carriers such as sprint, saavis, telia, nlayer, global crossing, and level3."
additionally, dedicatednow uses redundant power systems including an inline power backup, using industry standard liebert ups systems and onsite caterpillar generators. "our facility is safeguarded by redundant libert crac units that are kept at an optimal temperature to ensure hardware and network components are consistently running properly," said jason silverglate, ceo. "and our cooling systems offer an accurate and reliable control of humidity, airflow, and room temperature that improves the working conditions for delicate electronic equipment."
"dedicatednow's network runs on our own dark fiber ring connecting our two redundant pops in 111 8th nyc and 165 halsey (equinix) nj," said silverglate. "our core consists of dual cisco 6509 sup720-3bxl routers, fully meshed to multiple aggregation switches for maximum uptime." dedicatednow encourages current and prospective customers to view the data center. visitors can also test dedicatednow's fast network connection by using visiting http://speed.fortressitx.com/ or using ip address 65.98.0.42 to ping the network.
"with enterprise class reliability and performance dedicatednow's managed hosting division has provided cost effective solutions since 2003. the company has exceeded industry level standards of management and support," said mr. shelton walker, managing director, top10dedicatedhosting.com.
the veteran hosting company is no stranger to the managed hosting market. with the launch of its all-intel managed server line in 2008, dedicatednow gained notoriety for its managed services. over the course of the past two years, the company has earned many awards, including findmyhost.com's "editor's choice" award for managed hosting.
according to ceo jason silverglate, "when we created our managed server line, we canvassed our client base and industry professionals to get a real sense of what our clients and prospective clients would need for a complete managed dedicated server package. by leveraging vendor relationships, we were able to offer better service, more features and a better overall value proposition to our hosting customers".
the relationships silverglate is referring to include r1soft and applicure technologies among others. "bundling in services like r1's backup and applicure's dotdefender waf product made our offering much more enticing to prospective clients," boasts silveglate. the company includes 50gb of backup using r1soft's cdp (continuous data protection) which, as jason points out, includes the mysql hot restore feature - very useful if you have a database driven website. also included (on servers with the cpanel control panel) with each managed server, is a fully licensed version of the dotdefender web application firewall. other freebies include kvm over ip, round the clock monitoring and the company's 100% uptime guarantee.
the company's new managed server line provides a wide-range of servers and includes many options and available features. "with our new server line, we wanted to make dedicatednow's server management accessible to smaller companies and startups while still being a viable option for performance-focused enterprises", noted silverglate. with the launch of the new product line, dedicatednow reduced the price of its entry-level servers, while adding in the xeon 5620 and x5650 cpu options, which include eight and twelve cpu cores, respectively.
dedicatednow's new managed server lineup is available for purchase from the company's website. for more information, please visit www.dedicatednow.com.
"we have a broad range of specials that dedicateddollars.com affiliates can use to attract new customers to dedicatednow," says josh ewin, director of sales and marketing. "thousands of businesses, organizations, and resellers use dedicated server hosting so we make sure we have very attractive offers available for affiliates to use that result in higher conversions."
since registration for dedicateddollars.com began last november, dedicatednow has experienced a 30% larger response from affiliate marketers than originally estimated. one reason for the increase in response is due to the extensive support dedicateddollars.com affiliates receive in their efforts to attract visitors and make conversions.
"dedicateddollars.com is a full service affiliate program, with keyword tools, custom landing pages and ads, and resources for beginner through advanced affiliate marketers," says ewin. "our marketers are not left stranded on their own - another big problem with some affiliate programs is identifying which affiliate marketer sent a visitor to the site and initiated that sale. dedicateddollars.com uses 120-day cookies as well as ip-based tracking to make sure every marketer gets properly credited and paid."
another reason for the high registration and satisfaction of dedicateddollars.com affiliates is the unrestricted payment structure. there is no limit on earnings, like there is with some other programs in the dedicated hosting industry. affiliates can also choose from a variety of available payment options, including paypal.
"our affiliates are important to us, and we want to make the relationship as beneficial to both sides as possible," says ewin. "affiliates can earn up to 125% of a sale, and receive an instant commission alerts right to their desktop. we have put a lot of time, resources, and well-planned development into this program to make it the best affiliate program in the industry ."
dedicatednow offers affiliates ten specials ranging from one month of free dedicated server hosting to super competitive deals on high-end managed servers. additional specials include feature-packed dedicated server hosting plans, complete with managed support and backup options at low monthly rates.
dedicatednow, inc. is a privately owned, multi-million dollar corporation located in clifton, new jersey and founded in 1997. dedicatednow provides managed and unmanaged dedicated web hosting services to thousands of satisfied customers. dedicatednow delivers cutting-edge hosting solutions to meet the requirements of small and medium sized businesses, large scale corporations, and individuals. customers rely on dedicatednow for reliable, secure and value-rich services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting, complex hosting, cloud hosting, reseller and colocation hosting.
dedicatednow's servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in clifton, new jersey. at present, the data center incorporates more than 7,500 sq. ft. of raised floor space. in addition, dedicatednow boasts over 5,000 sq. ft. of corporate office space including conference rooms, a reception area, and staff facilities.
"this will be our second major revision in the past eight months for the website. as a player within a space as competitive as managed hosting, we do everything possible to provide best of breed services, so we need a website that lives up to that expectation," says jason silverglate, ceo of dedicatednow.
the previous dedicatednow.com website was launched back in july of 2008, along with the company's new managed hosting products and services. with a focus on their new product launch, the july facelift was heavily geared towards promoting the company's new servers and services. in addition to the new look and products, dedicatednow also launched out their proprietary billing system with the july release.
"we released the last website on the opening day of hostingcon '08. the new website was massively instrumental in pushing the managed product line," mentions josh ewin, vp of sales & marketing.
ewin continues, "the new dedicatednow look didn't include just the website. we wanted a total facelift for the brand. all of our creative was updated to the new look and feel of the dedicatednow brand."
while the release of the latest version of the dedicatednow website does not treat visitors to a new look and feel, it provides superior functionality and performance.
"the new dedicatednow website is focused on usability and accessibility across all major operating systems and browsers, as well as meeting the web accessibility initiative and section 508 of the federal government's guidelines for creating accessible websites" says seo analyst and consultant to dedicatednow, franki nguyen of tn3 productions in australia. "since the release of the new website, we've seen increased conversions, better search rankings and have had some terrific feedback from customers and visitors alike," nguyen continues.
with the removal of functionally superfluous items like flash and some scripting, the dedicatednow team has seen substantial gains in productivity from the website. as dedicatednow.com is constantly in flux, much like the internet itself, the company is constantly updating instructional content, photos and products on the website.
dedicatednow plans the release of several new hosting products and services during the second quarter this year and will use the dedicatednow.com web presence as a platform to introduce them to the market.
since 2003, dedicatednow has led the dedicated hosting industry by providing comprehensive management of dedicated servers. with an emphasis on customized solutions and adaptive customer support, dedicatednow leverages its partnerships and redundant network to provide unparallelled performance for its customers.
dedicatednow has carved out a niche for itself within the web hosting industry as a leading provider of managed dedicated servers, providing comprehensive solutions to todays complex it challenges.
"our relationship with applicure and offering dotdefender with each of our servers, by default, is a natural fit. now, through dedicatednow, reseller hosting companies not only have 24/7 access to our dynamic support, server class hardware and redundant network - but they also have a valuable tool (dotdefender) which they can use to differentiate themselves in this widely undifferentiated market," says jason silverglate, ceo of dedicatednow.
yaacov sherban, ceo of applicure, commented,"dedicatednow and applicure have each attained leadership positions in our respective markets by providing great products and services at affordable prices. our partnership further validates applicure's technology and market strategy for the hosting marketplace. we look forward to working with dedicatednow to ensure that hosting providers can offer their customers a compelling reason to acheive enterprise-class security and improved compliance."
applicure technologies develops the leading multi-platform web application security software solution for hosting companies that protect web servers and internal applications from external and internal attacks. built upon years of research into hacker behavior, applicure solutions feature a comprehensive knowledge base to identify attacks accurately, and stop them before they reach the website or application.
since 2003, dedicatednow has led the dedicated hosting industry by providing comprehensive management of dedicated servers. with an emphasis on customized solutions and adaptive customer support, dedicatednow leverages its partnerships and redundant network to provide unparalleled performance for its customers.
the dedicatednow network runs on its own dark fiber ring, connecting two redundant pops in nyc and (equinix) nj. each fiber leg is capable of handling the entire network's traffic in case of a failure. in addition, each leg can upgraded to provide transport capacities up to 320gbps, totaling 640gbps of available transport capacity. the core consists of dual cisco 6509 sup720 routers, fully meshed to multiple aggregation switches for maximum uptime.
dedicatednow is the premier provider of managed dedicated hosting and collocation. backed and managed by industry experts, the company leverages its industry expertise and proprietary applications to drive consistency, availability, performance and security. located in clifton, new jersey, dedicatednow leverages a modular, flexible, building block approach to deliver customized support and management. the company's services include dedicated hosting, collocation, customized hosting support, monitoring, high availability infrastructure planning, load balancing and clustering solutions. for more information visit the dedicatednow web site at www.dedicatednow.com.


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