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		<title>100% Uptime Guaranteed Cloud Hosting by XeHost</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  XeHost is proud to announce its new 100% Uptime Guaranteed Cloud Shared Hosting Plans! These plans are powered by our new high-performance, high availability Storage Area Network (SAN). Even in the event of a complete serve failure, your data will always be protected and online! In other words, this SAN allows for us to [...]]]></description>
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<p>XeHost is proud to announce its new <strong>100% Uptime Guaranteed Cloud Shared Hosting Plans!</strong> These plans are powered by our new high-performance, high availability Storage Area Network (SAN). Even in the event of a complete serve failure, your data will always be protected and online! In other words, this SAN allows for us to offer a <strong>100% uptime guarantee</strong> on all of our cloud shared hosting plans!</p>
<p><strong>What exactly is cloud hosting?<br />
</strong>Cloud Hosting is new, innovative technology which is slowly gaining popularity in the web hosting market. Essentially, it is an internet-based form of hosting where several different servers are used to share resources, software, and information. In the event that a service crashes, our systems will automatically revert over to a backup system. This allows for us to offer complete redundancy!</p>
<p><strong>Is cloud hosting for me?</strong><br />
Cloud hosting is for extremelly popular sites that require lots of resources and businesses or consumers that demand 100% uptime for their website. Some types of web sites that may be interested in this service include online stores, affiliate marketers, web designers, photographers, and small businesses.</p>
<p><strong>Where can I learn more?<br />
</strong>To view a complete overview of our cloud web hosting plans, <a href="http://xehost.net/cloud-hosting.php" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Free WHMCS Upgrade for XeHost Reseller Clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At XeHost, we are very proud to offer many different value-added services to our reseller clients at no additional cost including a Free WHMCS License, Free End-User Support, Free WHMReseller Master Reseller Software, Free Enom Domain Reseller Account, Free Hosting Template, and more! Earlier today, WHMCS launched the newest version of their leading billing and [...]]]></description>
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<p>At XeHost, we are very proud to offer many different value-added services to our reseller clients at no additional cost including a <strong>Free WHMCS License</strong>, <strong>Free End-User Support</strong>, <strong>Free WHMReseller Master Reseller Software</strong>, <strong>Free Enom Domain Reseller Account</strong>, <strong>Free Hosting Template, </strong>and more!</p>
<p>Earlier today, WHMCS launched the newest version of their leading billing and client management software, WHMCS Version 4.3.1. Some upgrades and new features include the following:</p>
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<div id="post_message_159310"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>New Features &amp; Enhancements</strong></span></div>
<p><strong>New Ajax Order Form</strong> &#8211; fully customisable, open-source, ajax based order process with live order summary</p>
<p><strong>Per Billing Cycle Invoice Settings</strong> &#8211; Now you can specify for different billing cycles to generate at different times, for example your monthly items could generate 14 days in advance while annual items could generate 30 days in advance</p>
<p><strong>Twitter Integration</strong> &#8211; a client side integration with twitter to display the latest tweets from your company twitter account along with a follow icon pointing to your twitter page</p>
<p><strong>Product Addons</strong> &#8211; Weighting ability to customise display order of addons, added the ability to easily transfer an addon from one of the clients products to another, and improved adding process to make pricing retrieval more intuitive</p>
<p><strong>Admin Order Review</strong> &#8211; Optimised display to show clients full name/address to aid manual fraud checking, added the ability to manually re-test an order with MaxMind after editing clients details, and optimised loading time by converting Affiliate Assign to Ajax load on request only</p>
<p><strong>Admin Add Order Process</strong> &#8211; Expanded to support product addons &amp; quantities of a product being ordered</p>
<p><strong>Client Area Search &amp; Sorting</strong> &#8211; the My Products/Services &amp; My Domains lists in the client area have had the ability to sort by any column and users to search for a specific domain they own added</p>
<p><strong>Suspension Reasons</strong> &#8211; now when performing a manual suspend you can specify a reason for that suspension to be displayed in the admin area, client area, and suspension notification email &#8211; automated suspensions default to non-payment</p>
<p><strong>Live Ticket Status Updates</strong> &#8211; WHMCS will now monitor in the background and notify you if any other admins have started replying to a ticket if you start replying, and also on submission if the status has changed since you opened it to indicate another admin has already dealt with it</p>
<p><strong>Expanded Downloads Features</strong> &#8211; Added the ability for downloads to be associated to addons so that addons can provide access to additional downloads automatically when purchased like with products</p>
<p><strong>Promotions Recurring Limits</strong> &#8211; Coupons can now be set to recur for a set number of cycles, allowing offers such as &#8220;Get your first 3 months at half price&#8221; for example</p>
<p><strong>Customisable Admin Email Templates</strong> &#8211; You can now customise the New Order, Support Ticket Response, Automatic Setup Failure, Domain Renewal Failure and Service Unsuspension admin email notifications like existing email templates</p>
<p><strong>Client Default Payment Method</strong> &#8211; the admin profile page now allows an admin user to change the payment method of all a clients products, services &amp; open invoices in one quick action</p>
<p><strong>Config Options Monthly Breakdown</strong> &#8211; updated the order process product configuration step to also apply monthly breakdown pricing to configurable options if enabled</p>
<p><strong>Checkout Credit Card Payment</strong> &#8211; if a credit card based payment gateway is chosen during checkout, in a more streamlined process the client is now asked to enter their card details as part of checkout rather than following checkout being completed</p>
<p><strong>Multiple Free Subdomain Choices</strong> &#8211; ability to specific more than 1 subdomain a client can choose from as an alternative to domain registration at Products Signup</p>
<p><strong>Read-only/Locked Client Profile Fields</strong> &#8211; ability to choose which fields from the main profile name, email, address fields are editable</p>
<p><strong>Affiliate Withdrawal Enhancements</strong> &#8211; can now automatically create a transaction out or credit entry for the client direct from the admin affiliate withdrawal screen</p>
<p><strong>cPanel Reseller Upgrades</strong> &#8211; Added support for automated reseller disk/bandwidth package upgrades</p>
<p><strong>Release Domain Support</strong> &#8211; added support for registrar modules to contain a release function to automate transfer out of domains so Nominet module supports IPSTAG changes from within WHMCS &#8211; can be admin only or clients can also be given access to perform it</p>
<p><strong>Additional Hook Points</strong> &#8211; AdminLogin/Logout, ClientClose, AdminHomepage, AdminServiceEdit, TicketOpenAdmin &amp; TicketAddNote, Pre(xxx) event for all module command hooks</p>
<p><strong>Upgrade Order Process</strong> &#8211; added automatic redirect to gateway ability like main cart system</p>
<p><strong>Client Summary Generate Invoices</strong> &#8211; popup prompt added to ask if you want invoices emailing or generating only so you can edit first</p>
<p><strong>NameCheap Registrar</strong> &#8211; Updated to latest API &amp; added support for NameCheap Promo Codes</p>
<p><strong>Batch PDF Exporter</strong> &#8211; added additional filter option of Payment Method and Sorting ability</p>
<p><strong>VirtualMin</strong> &#8211; Added support for reseller account automation and disk &amp; bandwidth usage stats importing</p>
<p><strong>Invoice Payment Methods</strong> &#8211; updated to only show the payment methods enabled for the product group(s) the items on the invoice belong to</p>
<p><strong>Wildcard IP Bans</strong> &#8211; added support for banning entire IP ranges, for example 91.123.*</p>
<p><strong>Mass Pay Invoices</strong> &#8211; excluded from client area due invoices list and due balance totals to avoid affecting displayed balance</p>
<p><strong>UK Postcode Auto Formatting</strong> &#8211; rules now auto applied to ensure UK postcode format which was causing Nominet UK domain registrations to fail</p>
<p><strong>cPanel Module</strong> &#8211; updated to use new V11.25 reseller specific API calls, added option to prevent reseller owning their own account</p>
<p><strong>Plesk Reseller Module</strong> &#8211; added permission settings to be configurable within WHMCS</p>
<p><strong>Order Notification</strong> &#8211; any custom order notes specified by the customer are now included in the notification email</p>
<p><strong>New Email Template Merge Fields</strong> &#8211; invoice_tax2, invoice_tax_rate2, domain_dns_management, domain_email_forwarding, domain_id_protection, domain_do_not_renew, service_suspension_reason</p>
<p><strong>Direct Admin Links</strong> &#8211; added direct links to view a support ticket and new order in admin notification emails</p>
<p><strong>Added Additional API Calls</strong> &#8211; AddContact, DeleteContact, GetInvoices, GetProducts, UpdateClientProduct, UpdateContact &amp; UpdateInvoice</p>
<p><strong>Stronger Random Password Generator</strong> &#8211; the automated passwords generated for products/services auto provisioning has been improved to ensure they always include a mix of both upper/lowercase chars &amp; numbers</p>
<p><strong>InterWorx Module</strong> &#8211; Added support for reseller account creation &amp; management</p>
<p><strong>Backdated Invoice Payments</strong> &#8211; If adding a transaction to an invoice with a date in the past which marks it paid, the invoice date of payment is now set to the date entered also rather than current date</p>
<p><strong>Domain Renewal Restrictions</strong> &#8211; The default per TLD domain renewal restrictions can now be customised for advanced users via the config file</p>
<p><strong>SSL Configuration</strong> &#8211; added support for SSL certificates without the approver email step</p>
<p><strong>Enom Module</strong> &#8211; Various fixes &amp; enhancements</p>
<p><strong>Invoice Resend Confirmation</strong> &#8211; added button to resend payment confirmation email receipt</p>
<p><strong>Smarty Error Checking</strong> &#8211; improved error handling should mean any email template syntax errors will now be recorded in the activity log rather than displaying a blank page</p>
<p><strong>Nominet</strong> &#8211; Added support for IPS Tag Change Requests by Admins &amp; Clients (Optional)</p>
<p><strong>Improved Email Piping Charset Handling</strong> &#8211; improvements to converting of emails being received in different charsets to local charset</p>
<p><strong>Improved Multi-Line &amp; Multi-Page PDF Handling</strong> &#8211; updates to templates to better handle multiple line item descriptions and splitting accross multiple pages</p>
<p><strong>Updated TinyMCE Rich Text Editor</strong> &#8211; Added to product config descriptions also</p>
<p><strong>Mobile Edition</strong> &#8211; Added search facility for clients, products, invocies &amp; tickets. Also added invoice browsing, viewing and editing as well as invoice creation</p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>New Gateway Modules</strong></span></p>
<p>Authorize.net CIM (Remote Card Storage)<br />
BluePay (Remote Card Storage)<br />
IP.Pay<br />
Mollie iDeal<br />
MWarrior<br />
Payment Express</p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>New Provisioning Modules</strong></span></p>
<p>VPS.Net<br />
GlobalSign SSL<br />
FluidVM<br />
XPanel</p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>New Registrar Modules</strong></span></p>
<p>OpenSRS Domain Sync Script<br />
ResellOne Domain Sync Script<br />
Bizcn<br />
IPMirror<br />
InternetBS<br />
NetRegistry</p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Bug Fixes</strong></span></p>
<p>Client Area Product Details Page showing module specific auto-login links for suspended products<br />
Client group discount was being applied to mass pay invoices<br />
3D Secure Process wasn&#8217;t always breaking out of frames for some gateway modules<br />
Some advanced search field options were leading to a blank page<br />
TLDs where only 10 years pricing was set were not showing after triennial addition<br />
Billable Items uninvoiced work count in client profile list was displaying double<br />
Affiliates greater/less than filter options were not filtering correctly<br />
Report graphs were failing to generate on some PHP5 setups<br />
Triennial product cycle pricing was not being automatically updated in exchange rate sync<br />
Promo code required addons check was not considering addons to a new product in the order<br />
Homepage announcements summary was not using localised language version if available<br />
Email template merge field client_cc_expiry was not being populated<br />
Upgrade of products was not creating new configurable option placeholders for those belonging to new product<br />
General Settings page was hanging while checking support modules on PHP 5.3<br />
Fixed Windows IIS PHP_SELF loop redirect issues<br />
Email Address not accepting + seperator<br />
Quote convert to invoice button was resulting in a blank page<br />
Knowledgebase looping endlessly if no categories are found to own an article<br />
Improved handling of situations where the billing contact assigned to a client is deleted &#8211; revert back to primary profile<br />
Escalation rules were not including custom ticket statuses in selectable options<br />
Modified admin client dropdowns to sort by company name if company name first is selected display type<br />
When deleting a department, tickets were becoming orphaned left belonging to no department<br />
Admin Side Open Ticket inserting predefined replies was clearing existing input<br />
Configurable options were creating a recurring label in order confirmation email even with one time cycle selected<br />
Invoice line item descriptions including hidden configurable options<br />
Billable Items invoiced with next invoice option were not having link established<br />
Attempting to merge a ticket to itself loses ticket entirely<br />
Client area module change password function needed entity encoding for values passed to APIs<br />
Quotes were not working correctly with compound level 2 taxation<br />
New order initial invoice was not always showing discount correctly if product included a setup fee<br />
Admin password reset process was not working with SMTP without auth configurations<br />
File attachments with more than one dot in the filename were often failing allowed extension check<br />
Ticket auto linking of urls was stopping at # symbols<br />
EPP Codes containing an equals sign were not being handled correctly</p></blockquote>
<div>All XeHost clients are encouraged to submit a support ticket to us to take advantage of this exciting new upgrade free of charge. Simply let us know that you wish to retrieve the latest version of WHMCS and we will make it available for you to download! These same files can be used for either a fresh install or for an upgrade from a previous version.</div>
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		<title>Upgraded VPS Plans at XeHost</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since we first entered the VPS market, much has changed! We are finding that as Virtual Private Servers are becoming more popular, our client&#8217;s needs and requirements for these servers are changing. In an attempt to both stay competitive with the market and to ensure that we are meeting our clients needs, we have made [...]]]></description>
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<p>Since we first entered the VPS market, much has changed! We are finding that as Virtual Private Servers are becoming more popular, our client&#8217;s needs and requirements for these servers are changing. In an attempt to both stay competitive with the market and to ensure that we are meeting our clients needs, we have made several changes to our VPS plans.</p>
<p><strong>1) Unmanaged VPS Plans</strong>- We are proud to announce that we have now launched unmanaged VPS plans to our product mix. Although we pride ourselves in offering high end Virtuozzo VPS plans with extremelly reliable server management, we find that not all customers need us to manage our VPS plans for them. As a result, we have launched this new line of plans for both developers and advanced users who are not looking to pay a premium price for server management. Starting at only $29.99/mo, users can purchase one of our unmanaged VPS plans that come with the Virtuozzo Power Panel as well as the other features offered on our fully managed VPS plans.</p>
<p><strong>2) Unmetered Bandwidth-</strong> We are now offering <span style="text-decoration: underline;">unmetered</span> premium bandwidth on all of our Virtual Private Servers. Clients will no longer need to worry about bandwidth limitations on their VPS plans!</p>
<p><strong>3) Price Deductions-</strong>All of our Fully Managed VPS plans have been dropped in price by $10 per month! Clients can now enjoy Fully Managed Virtuozzo VPS Plans with cPanel and Fantastico starting at only $39.99/mo!</p>
<p>Not sure if a VPS plan is right for you? Make sure to check out our blog post <a href="http://xesolutions.net/blog/2010/05/is-a-vps-right-for-me/">Is a Virtual Private Server right for me?</a>.</p>
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		<title>XeHost Acquires Juna Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce that after much negotation and planning, we have acquired Juna Web! The following e-mail was sent out to all Juna Web clients just a few moments ago:  Greetings!  My name is Sean Frank and I am the Chief Executive Officer of XeHost. After much negotiation and planning, we are [...]]]></description>
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<p>We are very pleased to announce that after much negotation and planning, we have acquired Juna Web! The following e-mail was sent out to all Juna Web clients just a few moments ago:</p>
<blockquote><p> Greetings! </p>
<p>My name is Sean Frank and I am the Chief Executive Officer of XeHost. After much negotiation and planning, we are proud to announce that we have officially acquired Juna Web. On behalf of the entire XeHost team, we would like to welcome you! We have been providing quality hosting services since 1999 &#8211; our reputation for stellar support and uptime speaks for itself. I have every confidence that you will find your stay at XeHost to be very rewarding. We currently have an industry-leading 15-minute average response time guarantee on all support tickets. From this point forward, we request that you submit all support inquiries directly to us (over the next few days the Juna Web website will point to our domain). To do so, simply go to <a href="http://clients.xehost.net/" target="_blank">http://clients.xehost.net</a> and click “Client Area” to login (login information is below). Once logged in, click the “Submit Support Ticket” link to submit a ticket to our support department. I’m sure you are concerned that things will change or that you will need to update your hosting settings. Rest assured, we will make the move to our servers as quickly and painless as possible. In fact, we have already went ahead and migrated all of the Juna Web accounts to our network. If you are on the public Juna Web nameservers (ns1.junaweb.com, ns2.junaweb.com, ns3.junaweb.com, or ns4.junaweb.com), no change is need on your end – the nameservers are already pointing to our servers. If you are on different nameservers, you will either need to switch to our anonymous nameservers (ns1.xdns2.net and ns2.xdns2.net), or you will need to contact us to get your nameservers fixed. Please note that the old server will be shut down this Saturday so if you are not pointing to our servers by then, you will experience downtime.</p>
<p>All clients should be advised that although we did our best to mimic the server configurations of the old Juna Web servers, we needed to change some settings for security reasons. In the event that you notice any errors on your website, please contact our support team immediately so that we can get them resolved for you as quickly as possible. In moving to our network, you will experience a number of different upgrades. Most importantly, we utilize premium bandwidth that will result in decreased latency and faster page loads for you. Although XeHost’s hosting packages are slightly different than those of Juna Web’s, we will be happy to honor current hosting packages and pricing for as long as you wish to remain with us. Please note that in hosting with us, you will now have the ability to setup automatic billing so that you do not need to worry about manually paying your invoice each month. Also, we are a certified domain name reseller and can handle all of your domain name needs. Clients that register domain names from us can control them directly in the client panel! </p>
<p>****IMPORTANT**** You will no longer need to access your Client Area through Juna Web. All of your Billing and Support needs will be handled through <a href="http://clients.xehost.net/" target="_blank">http://clients.xehost.net</a> – our official Client Area. Your login credentials are exactly the same as they were in the old Juna Web client portal. In the event that this password does not work for you, simply use the “Forgot Password” link below. Please feel free to change this password once logged in.</p>
<p>By the time you received this e-mail, your PayPal subscription to Juna Web will have been cancelled by someone from the Juna Web billing department (if paypal was your payment method). This means that you will need to manually pay your first invoice with us. When you pay this invoice, if you choose to use PayPal as your payment method, you can create a new subscription so that you have automated billing once again. Alternatively, we also accept Credit Card and Check/Money Order payments. If you’d like to setup automatic credit card billing, please submit a ticket to our billing department and we’d be glad to assist you! We welcome your questions, comments and concerns. Please contact us if you have any questions and we will get back to you right away. I invite all of you to e-mail me directly at <a href="mailto:sean.frank@xesolutions.net">sean.frank@xesolutions.net</a> . Thank you and we are looking forward to serving your hosting needs for many years to come!</p>
<p> Best Regards,Sean Frank<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
XE Technology Solutions<br />
<a href="http://www.XeSolutions.net">http://www.XeSolutions.net</a></p></blockquote>
<p>On behalf of everyone at XeHost, I&#8217;d like to welcome everyone from the Juna Web family! I have no doubt you will enjoy your stay with us.</p>
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		<title>Is a Virtual Private Server right for me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 03:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Undoubtedly, one of the latest fads in the web hosting industry is the Virtual Private Server (VPS for short &#8211; also sometimes referred to as VDS or Virtual Dedicated Server). In short, a VPS is a way of splitting a server into multiple partitions using virtualization software. These different partitions can run their own operating [...]]]></description>
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<p>Undoubtedly, one of the latest fads in the web hosting industry is the Virtual Private Server (VPS for short &#8211; also sometimes referred to as VDS or Virtual Dedicated Server). In short, a VPS is a way of splitting a server into multiple partitions using virtualization software. These different partitions can run their own operating system, be rebooted individually, and be completely controlled independent of the other partitions. We utilize this technology to sell these different partitions to users, allowing them to have their own &#8220;virtual private server&#8221;.</p>
<p>The question now arises &#8220;is a VPS right for me?&#8221;. Many people incorrectly jump on the VPS bandwagon because of the increased power and control over their service that it grants them but do not really understand what risks they are potentially facing. The two biggest issues to consider when deciding whether to choose to upgrade to a VPS are management and price.</p>
<p><strong>1) Management-</strong> With both shared and reseller hosting packages, your hosting provider does a lot for you behind the scenes to ensure that your hosting is stable and secure. The provider frequently hardens, secures, and optimizes the server to prevent any problems. In a VPS enviornment, this technical burden is on you. If you do not posess the technical knowledge to efficiently maintain your VPS (meaning you cannot troubleshoot technical issues yourself, nor can you perform any of the actions previously mentioned effectively), you lose out on the reliability of the service. Sure, there are ways to overcome this problem such as to pay a premium price for a managed VPS plan (one that your hosting provider will manage for you) or you can hire a server management company to help you out. In any case, you are adding more to the cost.</p>
<p><strong>2) Price-</strong> Price is the second major factor in choosing whether to upgrade to a VPS or not. While some people get excited to see super-low price VPS plans, there are many results of this &#8220;budget&#8221; service. Firstly, the VPS will use budget virtualization software. A quick google search will show you many horror stories that result from this &#8211; mainly the low-end software being exploited through a vulnerability and then the server getting hacked. In this case, all of your content is often lost. Also, these low end VPS plans do not come with the same software and features that you and your clients would expect (ie. cPanel and Fantastico). You will need to pay extra for these licenses and install them yourself. At the opposite end of the spectra, you can get a high end VPS using the latest and best virtualization technology with the best value-added features but pay significantly more than you would for the same features on a reseller plan. The only real &#8220;extra&#8221; thing you are getting for the significantly higher price is root access to the server and the ability to host reseller accounts (though some hosts, ourselves included, now have the ability to give reseller customers access to create and host their own reseller accounts).</p>
<p>Now that the two main factors in deciding whether to upgrade to a VPS plan have been addressed, it is time to decide if a VPS plan is right for you. For clients that ask us if we think it is worth it for them to upgrade, we ask them the following two questions:</p>
<p><em>1) Do you <span style="text-decoration: underline;">need</span> root access, or do you just want it?<br />
2) Do you think it is worth it to pay more for slightly less features?* </em></p>
<p>*There are slighly less features on a VPS than a reseller if you use a reseller hosting provider that offers value added services. At XeHost, we offer many different value added services on reseller plans such as a Free WHMCS, End-User Support, a Free Enom Domain Reseller Account, a Free Hosting Template, and much more!</p>
<p>If the client cannot answer yes to both of these questions confidently, then we advise them that a reseller plan may be best for them. While it may be attractive to be on a more expensive hosting platform, they are geting more &#8220;bang-for-their-buck&#8221; as is. For clients that do answer yes to both questions, a VPS may be a very beneficial solution to them.</p>
<p>At XeHost, we pride ourselves in offering very high-end and high-performance Virtual Private Servers. Here is a breakdown of some of the features that we offer:</p>
<p><strong>8-Core Intel Dual Xeon CPUs-</strong> We utilize top-of-the line servers for all of our VPS plans. Budget hosts that run VPS plans often run them on budget servers, hindering the ability of the VPS to meet its full potential. We run our VPS&#8217;s on very high end servers to ensure that our VPS plans not only meet but can exceed their specifications (see Burstable RAM below).</p>
<p><strong>RAID10 Disk Space-</strong> RAID10 technology allows a hard drive to keep running even if it has failed. While other hosts will experience hours of downtime in the event of a hard drive failure, our high-end drives can keep running even in the event of a hard drive failure. Our technicians will be able to place the failed drive with a new one with minimal to no downtime. Companies that do not utilize this technology will not be able to boot up their servers until the hard drive has been replaced.</p>
<p><strong>Free Backup Disk Space-</strong> We understand how important website backups are and constantly emphasize it to our customers. On all VPS plans, we give you backup disk space at an offsite location at no additional cost so that you can backup all of your websites. We even provide industry leading software to help automate backups and ensure that they are taken daily.</p>
<p><strong>R1Soft Enterprise Continuous Data Protection and Recovery-</strong> This industry-leading disastery recovery software comes standard on all of our VPS plans. This will allow you to automate frequent backups of your entire VPS and store them on the free off-site backup location that we give you. In the event that you ever need to restore your VPS to a previous date, you can rest assured that we have you covered!</p>
<p><strong>Burstable RAM-</strong> On your VPS, we allot you a certain amount of dedicated RAM. This is RAM that you are guaranteed &#8211; your VPS will never have less RAM than this to operate. Between all of the VPS&#8217;s ran on the server, there is often an excess of RAM because not all VPS&#8217;s utilize all of their RAM at any given time. Burstable RAM is the maximum amount of RAM that your VPS can achieve. With our high end servers, you will often find that your VPS can utilize more RAM than we have actually allocated to you.</p>
<p><strong>Virtuozzo Power Panel-</strong> Virtuozzo Power Panel is undisputively the best, most powerful, and most secure virtualization platform in the industry today. It comes with a higher price (meaning that budget VPS providers cannot offer you this) but we believe that it is a necessary cost to ensure complete customer satisfaction. With Virtuozzo Power Panel, you can start, stop, reboot, and monitor your VPS via a web-based control panel.</p>
<p><strong>cPanel/WHM-</strong> cPanel/WHM is an industry-standard for control panel and website management. For web hosts, your clients will expect a control panel like this if they do business with you. cPanel/WHM licenses come at a cost and budget VPS providers do not eat this cost for you, meaning that you will have to buy your own license if you wish to offer it to your customers. At XeHost, not only do we offer our VPS clients cPanel/WHM for free but we also offer them Fantastico DeLuxe Auto-Installer &#8211; an addon software that enables customers to install many different popular PHP scripts with the click of a button.</p>
<p><strong>Free Firewall Protection-</strong> We offer all of our VPS clients free firewall protection to help protect them against hackers, ddos attacks, and many other things that can affect the stability and reliability of their VPS.</p>
<p><strong>24&#215;7 Monitoring-</strong> Unlike other providers that require you to monitor your VPS, we will monitor it 24&#215;7 to ensure that it remains online. In the event that it crashes, one of our technicians will immediately restart it for you. If the VPS does not start back up, we will contact you to make sure that you are aware there is a situation and so that you can investigate it accordingly, minimizing the downtime that you will experience.</p>
<p>These are just some of the many features that come with all of our VPS plans. To learn more, simply view the &#8220;Virtual Private Servers&#8221; section of our website.</p>
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		<title>Increased Resources, Free WHMCS Billing Panel, End-User Support, and Free Enom Domain Reseller Account for XeHost Resellers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At XeHost, we strive to stay ahead of the competition. To date, we have strived for excellent customer service by offering a 15-minute response time guarantee on all support tickets as well as offering quality phone support and superior uptime all at a low price. Today, we are proud to announce several changes to our [...]]]></description>
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<p>At XeHost, we strive to stay ahead of the competition. To date, we have strived for excellent customer service by offering a <strong>15-minute response time guarantee</strong> on all support tickets as well as offering quality phone support and superior uptime all at a low price. Today, we are proud to announce several changes to our current reseller hosting plans that will further maximize the value that our clients can receive from our packages!</p>
<p><strong>1)</strong> <strong>Increased Resources</strong>- We have tripled the disk space and bandwidth of all of our reseller hosting plans. Rest assured that our quality of service will not change one bit. It is because of our high performance servers and superior network that we are able to offer such incredible plans for the same great low price.</p>
<p><strong>2) Free WHMCS Billing Panel- </strong>XeHost is now proud to be listed as a Certified WHMCS Reseller! As a result, we will be offering free WHMCS licenses with all of our reseller hosting plans. WHMCS is a all-in-one billing, support, and client panel that allows you to manage and automate practically every part of your hosting business. This script, which is normally priced at $15.95, is now free for XeHost reseller clients!</p>
<p><span><strong>3) Free Enom Domain Reseller Account-</strong> Enom is one of the largest and most reputable domain reseller providers in the world. Enom, which can be integrated and automated with WHMCS, allows you to register, renew, and transfer domain names for you and your clients. Additionally, it allows you to fully manage every aspect of all the domains that you have registered and even give your clients limited access via an unbranded control panel to their domains! This service, which typically costs $195 for an entry-level plan, is free for all XeHost clients!</span></p>
<p><strong>4) End-User Support-</strong> On our Reseller Silver and Reseller Gold plans, we now offer free End-User Support! Essentially, <span>XeHost Support Staff will act as the technical support department for your hosting company! Whether you&#8217;d prefer us to offer support through your billing panel, a third-party helpdesk, or an unbranded helpdesk that we host &#8211; you can rest assured that your clients will receive quality 24&#215;7 support branded to your company. This will allow you to offer quality support and prompt service to your clients without increasing your overhead!</span></p>
<p><span><strong>5) Free Hosting Template-</strong> On our Reseller Gold plan only, we now offer the ability for the client to choose one web hosting template from XeDesigns (up to $150 in value) to receive absolutely free!</span></p>
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<p><span>Not an XeHost reseller yet? Take advantage of all of these features and more by signing up today!  Use the coupon code <span style="text-decoration: underline;">xereseller</span> with your order for 50% off your first invoice!</span></p>
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		<title>5 Ways to keep your Account Secure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s society, online hackers pose a huge risk to webmasters, companies, and government agencies alike. While often times server security is your hosting provider&#8217;s or IT department&#8217;s responsibility, there are several actions that you can take to help ensure that your website and other accounts are safe. 1. Create complex passwords. In most situations [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-66" title=" " src="http://xesolutions.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img-secure.png" alt=" " width="280" height="280" />In today&#8217;s society, online hackers pose a huge risk to webmasters, companies, and government agencies alike. While often times server security is your hosting provider&#8217;s or IT department&#8217;s responsibility, there are several actions that you can take to help ensure that your website and other accounts are safe.</p>
<p><strong>1. Create complex passwords.</strong> In most situations where a password is cracked, it is because the password is way too simple. Although you may love your dog, cat, goldfish, child, or anyone else very much, do not use their name as a password. Hackers that use password crackers will be able to gain access to your account way too easy. Instead, using a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols is ideal. For accounts that are case-sensitive, take advantage of using both upper and lowercase letters. The more complex your password is, the harder it will be for a hacker to crack. If you need help creating a good password, try use a website like <a href="http://www.goodpassword.com">http://www.goodpassword.com</a></p>
<p><strong>2. Periodically update your passwords.</strong> This is, without a doubt, one of the easiest but often most effective lines of defense that you have. Often times hackers will gain access to somewhere, like your e-mail account, and not take any action to deface it. Instead, they will monitor it over time and can often use it to gain access to other accounts. By periodically updating your passwords, it will lock the hacker out of the account after he has gained access to it. Obviously, the more frequently that you update your account, the better. At the very minimum, we recommend that you update your passwords once every quarter (once every 3 months).</p>
<p><strong>3. Use different passwords for different accounts.</strong> This is another simple yet very effective defense against hackers. Often times, hackers will crack your password for one account (ie. a forum login) and then use that password to try gain access to other accounts (ie. your webhosting account). As many people use the same password for everything, this creates an obvious problem. In short, if someone is able to get your password, they will have access to everything you do on the internet. By using different passwords for different accounts, in the event that a forum login gets cracked, your webhosting account is not in jeapordy.</p>
<p><strong>4. Check the last login.</strong> Many hosting providers, e-mail applications, etc. now tell you on the main page the IP address, date, and time of the last login. Although your tendency is to completely overlook this, it is a very useful feature to verify that your account is secure. A brief look at this text (which is often located on top of the page once you first login) can tell you if someone has been in your account. Obviously, in the event that you do not recognize the IP address, date, or time, you can simply change your account password. Additionally, use can contact the hosting provider or IT department and request that the IP be blocked from the server.</p>
<p><strong>5. Protect your password.</strong> A hosting provider, service provider, IT department, or anyone else will never need to know your password &#8211; they have a root login that will allow them access to your account. For this reason, you should <span style="text-decoration: underline;">never</span> give your password out over the internet. A common way that hackers can gain access to accounts is by sending a phishing e-mail requesting that the user login to the website. Most of the time, you will notice that these links are not actually hosted by the company that it looks like the e-mail is from. This is because they are not &#8211; once you login the login credentials will automatically be sent to the hacker. Always make sure that you login to the company&#8217;s website, don&#8217;t login using any links that you receive via e-mail.</p>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from XeSolutions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays to all XE Technology Solutions past, present, and future clients!]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Happy Holidays to all XE Technology Solutions past, present, and future clients!</p>
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		<title>XE Technology Solutions on Twitter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After much deliberation, upper management has finally decided to put XE Technology Solutions on Twitter! In bringing the company on to this up and coming social network site, we hope to add another means for XeSolutions customers to interact directly with the company. We hope that customers will fully utilize this new means to contact [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-55" title=" " src="http://xesolutions.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/twitter_logo_header.png" alt=" " width="155" height="36" /> After much deliberation, upper management has finally decided to put XE Technology Solutions on Twitter! In bringing the company on to this up and coming social network site, we hope to add another means for XeSolutions customers to interact directly with the company. We hope that customers will fully utilize this new means to contact us for support, general concerns, and to just keep in touch! To do so, we invite all customers to &#8220;follow&#8221; us!</p>
<p>For non-XeSolutions clients, we will be running weekly &#8220;Sunday Specials&#8221; that will only appear on our Twitter page. If you are in the market for any web services, definitely check out our weekly specials!</p>
<p>To view the XE Technology Solutions Twitter page, simply go to <a title="http://www.twitter.com/xesolutions" href="http://www.twitter.com/xesolutions" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/xesolutions </a></p>
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		<title>Hasty Host Acquisition Complete!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are very excited to announce that the Hasty Host acquisition has been completed! At this time, not only have all accounts been migrated to us but the public Hasty Host nameservers have been changed to point to our servers. Any client using private nameservers should contact our support team as soon as possible so that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="size-full wp-image-49 aligncenter" title=" " src="http://xesolutions.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/slogan12.jpg" alt=" " width="300" height="45" />We are very excited to announce that the Hasty Host acquisition has been completed! At this time, not only have all accounts been migrated to us but the public Hasty Host nameservers have been changed to point to our servers. Any client using private nameservers should contact our support team as soon as possible so that we can help re-route them correctly.</p>
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<p>All clients should be advised that although we did our best to mimic the server configurations of the old Hasty Host server configurations, we needed to change some settings for security reasons. In the event that you notice any errors on your website, please contact our support team immediately so that we can get them resolved for you as quickly as possible.</p>
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<p>Once again, welcome to the XeHost family! I am certain that you will enjoy your stay!</p>
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