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Hosting Metro & Cloud Linux Now Offer Cloudlinux

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Cloud Linux Inc has announced that Hosting Metro will integrate CloudLinux into its standard Linux Operating Systems (OS) to its customers. Hosting Metro offers a full suite of hosting services from domain names to dedicated servers including shared, VPS and managed hosting. Selected for its new innovative Lightweight Virtual Environment (LVE) technology, Hosting Metro will deploy CloudLinux to increase its ability to deliver the stability, reliability and customer service to its customers.

“We have always put our customers needs first and when we started working with CloudLinux, we saw the benefits of increased stability and reliability and realized what a great win it would be for customers,” said Tony Chu, Hosting Metro CEO. “CloudLinux will deliver the solid infrastructure our customers demand and which is the reputation that Hosting Metro has been built upon.”

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NaviSite Third Quarter Financial Results

Friday, June 11th, 2010

NaviSite announced it’s Third Quarter Financial Results for 2010.  Bookings of recurring revenue of $734K, up 47% from the prior year.  Initial gross cash proceeds of $56.9 million with up to $4.5 million to be received in the future upon release of escrow balances.

The following results of operations reported exclude the results of discontinued operations for the periods presented.

— Recurring hosting revenue was $31.0 million for the third quarter, an increase of 4% compared to $29.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. The third quarter of fiscal year 2009 included $0.8 million of hosting revenue from NaviSite’s former Los Angeles data center, which lease NaviSite did not renew at the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. Excluding the Los Angeles hosting revenue in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, recurring hosting revenue increased 7%.

— Total revenue for the quarter ended on April 30, 2010, was $31.4 million an increase of 1.5% compared to $31.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. Excluding the revenue from the non-renewal of the Los Angeles data center revenue increased 4% over the prior year.

— Gross margin improved to 37% for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, representing a one-percentage-point increase from the 36% recorded in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.

— Income from operations improved 2% for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, increasing to $0.78 million compared to $0.77 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.

— EBITDA, excluding impairment costs, stock-based compensation, severance, discontinued operations, related gain on discontinued operations, and other non-operational charges (“adjusted EBITDA”), for the third quarter was $6.0 million, a 6% decrease compared to $6.3M for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. Excluding the impact from the non-renewal of our Los Angeles data center in fiscal year 2009 and the $0.56 million impact from the conversion of our UK data center lease to an operating lease at the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, adjusted EBITDA increased 8% over the prior period in fiscal year 2009.

— Net loss from continuing operations in the third quarter was $0.7 million as compared to a loss of $1.8 million in the comparable period in fiscal year 2009. Net loss from discontinued operations for the third quarter was $1.8 million as compared to a loss of $0.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. Net income available to common shareholders for the third quarter including the gain on sale of assets was $17.3m, or $0.47 per share, compared to a loss of $3.2 million, or $(0.09) per share, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.

— Cash generated from operating activities for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 was $4.0 million, representing a decrease of 26% from the $5.4 million recorded in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.

— Senior leverage ratio (Sr. Debt/trailing twelve months adjusted EBITDA) decreased from 3.3x at the end of fiscal year 2009 to 2.1x at the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2010.

“With the sale of the two data centers and the former netASPx business, we made significant progress in our strategy to deleverage the balance sheet and focus our marketing and sales efforts to the enterprise customer,” said Arthur Becker, NaviSite’s Chief Executive Officer. “Our strong bookings, success in closing larger enterprise deals, low churn and investments in our proprietary enterprise cloud infrastructure are anticipated to translate into increased revenue and EBITDA growth in the coming quarters.”

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The Planet Cloud Hosting… Not YET

Friday, June 11th, 2010

The Planet is considered one of the largest hosting providers in the world controlling around 2-3% of all the worlds traffic in their data centers.  But where are they in the cloud hosting world?

TMCnet interview Doug Erwin at Interop earlier this year. Here is the interview with Erwin in this video.

Does the cloud play into their strategy? “We could play Jay Leno here and stop 10 people walking by and ask them to define the cloud and every one of them would probably have a different answer and two of them would probably point to the sky,” said Erwin. “The cloud really is a new method in trying to get more out of hardware.

“We are announcing our new product at the end of this quarter and will have 1,500 people working on it to really test it. The cloud is really about the end user as they get better service. At the same time, the provider can deliver bigger and better without more cost,” Erwin added.

As for energy efficiency, it is a huge factor for The Planet. In his top 5 expense lines, Erwin highlighted that number 3 is utilities. By adding a “chimney” type device to the data center, they saved 9 percent in energy expenses.

What does this all equate to… AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PLANET IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO ABOUT THE PLANET CLOUD HOSTING.

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