Vancouver, Washington - (The Hosting News) - September 7, 2007 - Earthlink subsidiary and broadband network company, New Edge Networks, has completed installation of an MPLS network for independent telecom consulting firm, TOTLCOM Inc., reseller of hardware and communications services from major communications providers.

TOTLCOM's four-site MPLS network, short for Multi Protocol Label Switching, displaces a point-to-point wide area network used to link the company's headquarters in Watsonville, Calif., with each of its remote service and sales locations in Sacramento, Fresno and Modesto, Calif.

Greg Griffiths, Vice President of Marketing for New Edge Networks explained, ''Building a network for a firm that specializes on advising and offering multi-site networks to small and medium sized businesses is the ultimate vote of confidence any carrier can receive. Clearly, they can be selective in choosing the company that can maximize value for them or their clients. We value the long-standing business relationship with TOTLCOM and American Broadband Services.''

Elimination of the private point-to-point connections, which are priced based on distance, allowed TOTLCOM to migrate to new technology while slashing its monthly telecommunications costs. The MPLS network was installed within six weeks. With MPLS, any remote location can communicate with any other site on the network without funneling all traffic through the headquarters locations, thus eliminating single points of failure. MPLS also allows businesses to prioritize their data traffic.

Sam Bishop, President of TOTLCOM and Founder of the Technology Assurance Group (TAG) offered, ''If we are going to sell MPLS networks, we have to use one for our own business. This was the number-one reason for migrating to MPLS.'' TOTLCOM is affiliated with master agent American Broadband Services, based in Fresno, Calif. Both companies are members of TAG, a national buying collective for more than 120 telecom agents and interconnect companies.

Mr. Bishop continued, ''New Edge Networks' MPLS product is very cost competitive. From what we have discovered and learned over time, New Edge has a more robust MPLS environment than some of the biggest providers, particularly in the tier two and tier three markets that we play in. MPLS brought us dispatching reliability and timely gathering and dissemination of data. Data traffic prioritization is super critical. The number one thing we protect over our network is our voice traffic. This takes priority over everything else; then it is database access, remote desktop, and at the bottom of the heap is Internet access.''

Through its affiliation with American Broadband Services, TOTLCOM is a large telecommunications company serving Central and Northern California. It offers small and medium business a wide range of communications technology solutions including hosted VoIP, VoIP PBX, Hybrid VoIP, network infrastructure, connectivity and more. Based in Watsonville, Calif., TOTLCOM also maintains offices in Modesto, Fresno and Sacramento, Calif. TOTLCOM has strategic partnership relationships with manufacturers and service companies, positioning itself as a one stop business communications shop.

New Edge Networks, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a wholly owned subsidiary of EarthLink Inc. (NASDQ: ELNK). New Edge Networks builds and manages private networks for businesses and communications providers. Through its nationwide backbone network with about 900 switches and Internet routers, New Edge Networks uses any blend of access technologies (xDSL, frame relay, ATM, cable, wireless, and satellite) for providing broadband connectivity at any business address in the United States. Network options include any combination of access, network management functions, and on-site installation services.

For more information about TOTLCOM, please visit: www.totlcom.com.

To learn more about New Edge Networks, please visit: www.newedgenetworks.com.

Napa, California - (The Hosting News) - September 7, 2007 - Server virtualization company, SWsoft, has chosen ScanAlert, for its Hacker Safe certification and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) validation services, for delivery to web hosting clients and e-commerce merchants.

The SWsoft Virtuozzo operating system virtualization software uses patented technology to create multiple, isolated virtual environments - or virtual private servers - on a single physical server and operating system, making the most efficient use of hardware, software and other resources. Each virtual environment has the same performance and functionality as a stand-alone server.

Under the agreement, ScanAlert will provide hosting service providers using the SWsoft Plesk control panel the ability to offer their customers complimentary services to validate PCI DSS compliance for merchants, as well as discounted services to certify them to the HACKER SAFE standard.

''Kurt Daniel, Vice President of Marketing and Alliances at SWsoft remarked, ''By partnering with SWsoft, ScanAlert can deliver greater security and peace of mind to Plesk-based service providers and their customers. This is another good example of how our OPEN FUSION integration and partnership initiative is helping to deliver value to website owners, while helping service providers create new revenue streams.''

Michael Ayers, Manager of Channel Sales at ScanAlert added, ''As the leading automation and virtualization provider to the hosting industry, SWsoft is a logical partner for ScanAlert. Working with SWsoft, we will help make hosts and end-user merchants more secure, meet their compliance obligations, and increase online transactions.''

ScanAlert's PCI DSS Service provides e-commerce merchants with the necessary tools for PCI DSS standard validation, including unlimited security scans, an interactive self-assessment questionnaire, and extensive online/telephone/email technical support. Using its patent pending technology, ScanAlert conducts daily security audits to certify clients to the HACKER SAFE standard. Websites meeting the standard can then promote their certified security to site visitors by placing the HACKER SAFE certification trustmark on their sites. As long as the standard is met, ScanAlert continues to serve a date-stamped image from its network to the site.

SWsoft customers interested in ScanAlert's PCI DSS and HACKER SAFE certification services should contact SWsoft directly at scanalert@swsoft.com, for details on availability, pricing and sign-up procedures.

Some of the ways that SWsoft may realize the green potential of virtualization with Virtuozzo, include:

- ServInt Internet Services (www.servint.net), a leading hosting company based in the United States, estimates that their green efforts have produced a savings of as much as 85 percent in electricity usage for every hosted customer that transitions from a single physical server to a virtual server.

- Host Europe (www.hosteurope.de), a large hosting company based in Germany, estimates that their virtualized hosting customers use 63 percent less electric power.

- ikoula (www.ikoula.com), a hosting company based in France, estimates they can save as much as 60 percent on electricity by moving customers from dedicated to virtualized servers. The reduced power consumption also means delaying additional infrastructure investment to provide more power or space.

SWsoft is a global virtualization and automation software firm that helps consumers, businesses, and service providers optimize their use of technology. The SWsoft product line includes Virtuozzo - the leading operating system virtualization solution, Parallels - the leading desktop virtualization product, and Plesk - the leading server control panel. Founded in 1999, the company has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

ScanAlert secures organizations of all sizes against threats to their network infrastructure and then certifies them to the HACKER SAFE standard -- the world's Internet security benchmark. Offered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, HACKER SAFE technology protects more than 250,000 websites in over 70 countries worldwide. The trustmark is displayed on websites including ESPN, The American Red Cross, Toshiba, Sony Music Store and Warner Brothers, along with the majority of the 500 largest online retailers in the USA. ScanAlert also operates HACKER SAFE Labs, the security industry's only research group focused on ecommerce application security.

For more information on ScanAlert, please visit: www.scanalert.com.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

Atlanta, Georgia - (The Hosting News) - September 7, 2007 - Colocation data center and carrier neutral facility located in Atlanta Georgia, AtlantaNAP, has completed its new 2 megawatt UPS expansion, a system designed to provide power in the coming year, as well as provide true redundancy as an alternate a/b power arrangement.

The system consists of 5 500 kw MGE EPS units in a parallel frame with full wraparound bypass. This allows us to provide N+1 redundancy to users primary on the system. It is backed up by a 2 megawatt parallel N+1 redundant generator system that is made up of 5 500 KW generators paralleled together.

Power from the system became available August 31, 2007. The expansion was undertaken, due to the high demand for corporate collocation and disaster recovery the NAP has been experiencing.

The AtlantaNAP is a large scale datacenter and disaster recovery center, built by the owners of Global Net Access (GNAX) after 12 years in the Internet business. The AtlantaNAP features include a carrier class facility with cost-effective prices. Built out of a retrofitted A and P meat freezer warehouse, the facility includes a steel beam frame and rebar reinforced 4 inch poured concrete roofs and no windows. The exterior is maintained with solid brick on block construction.

To learn more, please visit: www.atlantanap.com.