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Fasthosts, GameShadow and epic.LAN Join Forces For Online Gaming Tournament

Fasthosts, GameShadow and epic.LAN have joined forces to launch GameShadow Battles, a fantastic opportunity for gamers to win a combined prize fund of £10,000.

Launching on 14 May, GameShadow Battles invites gamers to take part in a series of challenges within two featured games: ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Challenge’ and ‘Counter Strike: Source Challenge’.

Up to 128 teams will be able to take part in the tournament, with each team consisting of five players.

The prize fund, which is being provided by Fasthosts, will be divided equally between the two challenges, with each £5,000 prize to be shared between the top three finishing teams. The winning teams will collect £2,750, the runners up £1,500, and bronze medalists £750.

Additional prizes will also be on offer for teams who top the weekly scoreboards. The tournament brings together the best of the best with GameShadows’ significant following, Fasthosts world class hosting services and epic.LAN providing the gaming software and administering the tournament.

Mark Townsend, CEO of GameShadow commented: “We believe that this will be a thrilling battle with some of the best gamers around the UK teaming up to win not only a cash prize but also recognition in the gaming community. We are excited to be working with epic.LAN and Fasthosts, and are grateful to them for providing the support we need for such a substantial tournament. We can’t wait for the action to start.”

Steve Holford, Marketing Director of Fasthosts, stated: “We are delighted to support this inaugural GameShadow Battles tournament. It’s a great opportunity for us to showcase to the gaming community the quality, performance and value of our range of hosted services and servers. Over a million customers rely on us every day to provide their websites, email and other online services, and as such this is a natural development and one we are delighted to partner with GameShadow and epic.LAN on.”

Jon Winkle, Managing Director at epic.LAN, commented: “We’re really excited to be involved in an online tournament on this scale. We hope that the gaming community will turn out in their droves. With the prizes on offer, it should be an unmissable opportunity for any gamer.”

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Waveform Technology Is Now Offering Two Months Free Server Colocation For Unemployed Workers Who Want To Start Or Expand A Business

With the unemployment rate in Michigan continuing to rise, there are plenty of smart, talented individuals from information technology who are now out of a job. Waveform Technology is encouraging those people to take their great Internet start up ideas and form new companies to rebuild Michigan’s economy.

Waveform’s Data Center, located in Troy Michigan, is now accepting servers for colocation through the new Start program. With Start, new companies can bring servers online quickly and have no worries about data center fees for the first two months.

Parishpilot.com will be the first organization to take advantage of Waveform’s Start program. Parishpilot.com provides low cost Internet services to Detroit churches, including websites and E-mail. “I’m tired of jobs leaving Michigan,” said Bill Wilson, who founded parishpilot.com after twelve years in the information technology industry. “I’m going to become part of the solution and start something that can help Michigan grow. I’m proud to join forces with Waveform on this.”

Data centers are where start ups begin. Flexibility and reliability are always important when selecting a data center, but cost is also key for new businesses. With Start, Waveform Technology will provide trusted colocation for start ups and a helping hand in tough economic times.

Colocation is the hosting of user owned servers in a data center to take advantage of superior Internet connections and other support systems such as backup power. Colocation is excellent for developing start ups because they have complete control over their machine, there is no sharing of server resources or conforming to the provider’s preferred software installations.

Participants are eligible as long as they can provide proof of unemployment. Interested parties should contact Waveform Technology through the website, http://www.michigan-colocation.com, or by calling 1-866-Waveform.

About Waveform Technology, LLC
Waveform Technology is a Michigan based data center operator and metro Ethernet provider. Waveform’s Troy data center is a world-class facility, featuring Liebert cooling and uninterruptible power systems, along with backup generator support, unmatched connectivity, and advanced security. Tenants of all sizes colocate in Waveform facilities. Waveform Technology is a privately held company in operation since 1992. More information is available at http://www.michigan-colocation.com or 248-784-7000.

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Apps4Rent LLC Announced The Addition Of Sharepoint Hosting To Their Flexible Price Plans

The affordable price plans for SharePoint Web site hosting with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) start at $8.95/month that includes 500MB disk space, project collaboration, document sharing, mobile access, and more. Further details of the pricing plan can be found at http://www.apps4rent.com/share-point-silver.html.

Hosted SharePoint on the Apps4Rent secure server cluster gives SMBs all the benefits of integrated virtual collaboration technology added to Web site hosting, previously affordable only to larger corporations. Hosted WSS 3.0 allows team members, clients, partners and vendors to share documents, schedules and calendars, task and contact lists, project workspaces, and a variety of hosted SharePoint templates for business applications. The newest features of the hosted SharePoint application include collaboration for documents, blogs and wikis.

Wade Dube, an executive with Apps4Rent, shares the hosting company’s excitement. “Apps4Rent has always believed that SharePoint hosting is a great productivity enhancing platform, offering flexibility, scalability, security, and reliability. With the advanced features incorporated into hosted WSS 3.0, our business customers, ably supported by our knowledgeable team, have the opportunity to take advantage of the vast repertoire of tools available, and use them to improve business productivity.”

SharePoint WSS 3.0 hosting also gives businesses the ability to have integrated document libraries, as well as web content management with policies and workflow. An enterprise portal template, site directory, my sites and social networking with privacy control, as well as the ability to create intranets and extranets, round out the features of SharePoint hosting services nicely.

Apps4Rent gives you unlimited users on your Microsoft SharePoint hosting account, and the pricing plans include four choices for maximum flexibility.Reseller plans for SharePoint hosting services are also available. More information on pricing plans and flexibility can be found athttp://apps4rent.com/sharepoint.html.

About the Company
Apps4Rent (http://www.apps4rent.com), a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is the leader in providing Hosted Exchange, SharePoint 3.0 Hosting, and many other applications, hosted on Apps4Rent’s secure servers with 99.99 percent reliability. Apps4Rent provides 24/7 support for its hosted applications through phone, email, and chat, staffed by experts on Microsoft and open source platforms.

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