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Web Hosting at South By Southwest

March 7, 2012
On Monday, March 12, 2012, cPanel will travel to Austin, Texas and join a number of Partners, industry friends, and hosting guru’s at this year’s South by Southwest 2012 (SxSW) conference.
 
cPanel & WHM powers some of the largest and most successful web hosting companies in the world and provides web site owners with complete control over their hosting environment.
 
cPanel will also unveil its new “Launch in 60 Seconds Challenge” at SxSW!  This interactive game will challenge attendees to build a website as quickly as possible for a chance to win awesome grand prizes.  Do you think you have what it takes to beat our best score of 60 seconds?  If so, stop by booth number 204 and show your skills!
 
Here is how the challenge works:
 
You will become a website user who has just had account created by a server administrator.  Your mission is to get a website launched as quickly as you can!  We will record the top times in three-hour blocks.  The fastest time in each three-hour block will win a Kindle Fire tablet!
 
The hosting community has increased its presence at SxSW over the past few years.  Below is a list of some our closest friends and Partners who will exhibit next week: 
 
Exhibitors
iland Cloud Infrastructure

Linode
(mt) Media Temple

Nuboso Hosting

Rackspace 

 
 * Current cPanel Partner NOC's 
 
 
Stop by booth number 204 and we will show you how cPanel & WHM can improve your web hosting experience.  If you love hosting or have questions, come by and talk to one of our cPanel experts during the conference.
 

We’ll see you in Austin! 

Help us shape the future of cPanel: Annual Customer Survey

October 6, 2011

At cPanel, we thrive on feedback.  We utilize internal and external feedback in various forms to drive change and fine-tune our work lives and products.  Our CEO has championed this open environment for over 11 years.

We know a major key to our success is being focused on communication and staying connected with the individuals and organizations using our product.  Throughout the year, our Accounts Management team makes trips around the world to visit with partners, asking how we might improve and help usher in your success.  This feedback drives internal change, new features, and the direction of our products.
 
If Nick (our CEO) could have us visit every single customer, we’d be starting today.  In an effort to reach a wider range of the cPanel community and hear your voice more clearly, we’ve developed the cPanel Climate Survey.
 
The cPanel Climate Survey is a new tool we’re using to gain a broader scope and reach customer’s opinion that may otherwise be falling through the cracks.  It doesn’t contain any gimmicks, sweepstakes, or special incentives beyond asking you to help us improve.  We want to know what you specifically enjoy about cPanel, glaring details you see that need improvement, and creative additions that would help you better serve your clients.  We’re seeking your opinion through communication with willingness to expand our vision and product.
 
These surveys will be carefully read by various team members throughout cPanel, as well as being intimately reviewed by our executive team.  While our CEO can’t expect us to make 4,282 trips a year, he certainly can expect us to read 4,282 surveys, and we gladly will.
 
The cPanel Climate survey is open until 11-05-2011 and will take approximately 15-45 minutes to complete.
 
You can access the survey online at http://go.cpanel.net/survey
 
We sincerely appreciate your help and look forward to reading your thoughts, opinions, and suggestions of cPanel!

Liquid Web, Inc. makes substantial donation to the Perl Foundation

September 22, 2011

LANSING, Mich.-  Liquid Web, Inc.,(http://www.LiquidWeb.com), a rapidly growing managed Web Hosting company, with locations in Michigan and Arizona, recently made a significant donation to assist in the continued development and maintenance of the dynamic and powerful Perl programming language. The donation is reported to be $10,000 toward to Perl 5's Core Maintenance Fund (Perl 5 CMF). With a clear commitment to innovation and development, Liquid Web is certain that this gesture will help to ensure the continued advancement of what it considers a powerful resource.

 
 
Liquid Web has developed much of its software using perl and continues to do so. The programming language serves as an integral tool for the continued development of the company's existing systems such as its billing, support and monitoring programs.
 
Liquid Web Founder and CEO, Matthew Hill, speaks on the importance of the Perl Community:
 
Giving back to the Perl community is something we've been interested in for some time. As Liquid Web continues to expand and grow, we find the need for more developers proficient in perl grows in kind. Supporting Perl's continued excellence ensures that important programs that have proven invaluable to Liquid Web's success will continue to perform to our specific needs. 
 
Karen Pauley, President of the Perl foundation, was delighted with the news of the donation. "This investment in Perl's future from Liquid Web will go a long way to help maintain the viability of Perl 5 as a platform for the many businesses that depend upon it and will deliver a positive impact upon the entire Perl community,” stated Pauley upon hearing of the donation. The Perl Foundation is encouraged with success stories such as that of Liquid Web and other companies that have been built on the programming language's strong foundation and is excited to continue moving forward with them.
 
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Liquid Web Inc. is a privately held managed web hosting company founded in 1997, with three wholly owned data center facilities located in Lansing, Michigan. In 2010 Liquid Web opened a software development office in Scottsdale, Arizona. Liquid Web is a leader in the professional web hosting market with an unwavering dedication to providing the best hosting products available.  Liquid Web has over 20,000 clients served in over 120 countries.  To service our customers we have assembled a world class Heroic Support staff and a proactive Sonar Server Monitoring team, professionally educated and easily accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Liquid Web received the INC.5000 Fastest Growing Companies award in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
 

 

HostingCon 2011: Lightning Talks by cPanel

July 8, 2011

HostingCon is the premiere conference and trade show serving the hosted services industry.  In its seventh year, HostingCon brings together web hosts, data centers, cloud, software-as-a-service (SaaS), ISVs, and other infrastructure providers who make the Internet work.  HostingCon is an iNET Interactive event.  On August 8-10 at the San Diego Convention Center, HostingCon 2011 will host more than 1,800 web hosts, SaaS, ISVs, and cloud providers, to learn, network, and grow.

On Tuesday, August 9th at 9:00AM, Dan Muey (Linux & BSD Developer) and Aaron Phillips (Vice President of Operations) will be hosting a fun session using a format called Lightning Talks.

Mr. Muey will kickoff the Lightning Talks with a Lightning Talk about Lightning Talks.

What are Lightning Talks?
Lightning Talks are five-minute presentations given by various individuals and organizations about differing topics.  Lightning talks are educational in nature.  The primary goal is to teach the audience something in 5 minutes or less.

When will Lightning Talks take place?
9:00AM Tuesday morning.  Due to the dynamic nature of these talks, it’s suggested to arrive early to secure your spot and get a good seat.  This session is expected to be standing room only.

How Does it Work?
Each presenter is provided five minutes to give an educational presentation.  The presentations can be as simple or comprehensive as the presenter wishes.  There are no limitations on topics beyond being educational and non-promotional.  5 minutes before the session begins, we'll gather those wishing to present.  At the 4 minute mark a bell will ring to let the presenter know they have 1 minute left.  At 5 minutes, a gong will sound and the Lightning Talk will end.

There will be a small break between presentations.  During this break, 30 second announcements and/or advertisements will take place.

Who can participate?
Any individual or organization attending HostingCon can participate in both the 5-minute and short advertisements.

How can I participate?
Show up 10-15 minutes early, let us know you want to participate with a presentation or advertisement, and inhabit a special front row seat.  We’ll call you up when it’s your turn to present. Time will allow for 8-10 talks.  To participate in the advertisements, you will need to come a few minutes early to express your desire and be assigned a special front row seat.

What should I bring?
A single laptop computer will be available with USB.  Bring your completed presentations in either Microsoft PowerPoint, Keynote, or PDF format.  Once called, you will have about 18 seconds to prepare and go!

If you have any questions, please email aaron@cpanel.net.  

 

We’re looking forward to a great session!

World IPv6 Day

June 3, 2011

The cPanel systems administration team has been hard at work keeping our network on the cutting edge of technology, with our latest project being the  implementation of IPv6.

 

As many of you know, IPv4 addresses are quickly running out, with new allocations soon only available in IPv6. In an effort to speed up the deployment of IPv6, on June 8, The Internet Society (ISOC) is hosting "World IPv6 Day." Participating along with many other companies around the world, we will be enabling IPv6 over our www.cPanel.net servers 

(but not yet in the cPanel & WHM product – go.cPanel.net/ipv6)..

 

Our company website is currently available for people to access through IPv6 via http://ipv6.cpanel.net/, but on June 8th, we’ll be making http://www.cpanel.net/ available through both IPv4 and IPv6.  We will also be making our forums, http://forums.cpanel.net/, available through IPv6 as well. "World IPv6 Day" will give network operators worldwide an opportunity to test for any potential issues with IPv6 without risk of long-term down time.

 

The migration to IPv6 has proven to be a journey into uncharted territory. Unlike IPv4, IPv6 doesn’t yet have many documented best practices for implementation. We, like much of the world, are still learning the best ways to apply this technology. Although IPv6 is still relatively new to many, its implementation will be a very welcome change to how the Internet works as we know it.

 

To test your IPv6 readiness, please visit http://test-ipv6.com/

 

For more information about World IPv6 Day, visit http://www.worldipv6day.org/

 

-=Tom Donnelly

cPanel Systems Administrator

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