Alentus Extends Free SSL Package for SharePoint.ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Alentus Corporation (Pink Sheets:ALNS ALNS Admiral Lord Nelson School (Portsmouth, UK) ALNS Alien Lord New Species ), a leading provider of web solutions including managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , sharepoint hosting, Windows and Linux web hosting, and Microsoft exchange email services is pleased to announce that in response to unprecedented customer demand, it is now offering its "SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. 4Life" as a regular feature in all annual Microsoft SharePoint Hosting accounts. The program which was initiated on February 6, 2009, has proven to be one of the most popular small business promotions run by the company. The service underscores the Alentus commitment to customer security by enabling Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption on all SharePoint sessions. This technology protects all of the client's information transmitted over the Internet by utilizing complex encryption to encode and decode data between the client computer and the Alentus network. The promotion features a free SSL Certificate on all annual Alentus SharePoint hosting plans for the duration the SharePoint site is hosted with Alentus. In conjunction with the certificate, Alentus also provides a proprietary security product which forces the users' browser to the SSL protected HTTPS (1) (HyperText Transport Protocol Secure) The protocol for accessing a secure Web server. Using HTTPS in the URL instead of HTTP directs the message to a secure port number rather than the default Web port number of 80. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. on both public pages as well as pages requiring login authentication. By adding the security of a 128-bit encryption as well as forced HTTPS URL browsing, businesses can further protect the transfer of their information via a hosted SharePoint solution. "Online security is one of the most important issues to our customers. SSL4Life brings enterprise level security to even the smallest customer," said Darren Hauch, VP of Operations. "By adding this feature as a free service to an already extensive list of components on our annual SharePoint hosting plans, we took another step in improving customer security without added cost. The increase in customer demand made it clear to us that SSL needed to be a mandatory part of the SharePoint service. We will continue to seek innovative ways to extend our competitive advantage in the small business market, and have quite a few new programs set to roll out in the coming months." To find out more about Alentus' SharePoint Hosting with SSL4Life service, please visit: http://www.ssl4life.com About Alentus Alentus Corporation is based in Aliso Viejo, California Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, Aliso Viejo population was 40,166. Aliso Viejo became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, and has been the only city in Orange County to incorporate since 2000. , with Data Center and Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Columbus and Austin in the United States and in London, United Kingdom. The company provides Microsoft Windows ASP.NET hosting, RedHat Linux website hosting, SharePoint hosting, SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. and mySQL database hosting, Microsoft Exchange Hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS (1) (Vectors Per Second) The measurement of the speed of a vector or array processor. See vector, vector processor and array processor. (2) (Virtual Private Server) See OS virtualization. ), and dedicated server solutions to thousands of small- to medium-sized companies and customized solutions to larger organizations including many Fortune 500 clients. Alentus is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, RedHat Ready Hosting Partner, and MySQL Enterprise Ready Partner. |
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