Verio Introduces Next Generation of Business Management Portal for Customer Interface with Enterprise Hosting Solutions.Business Editors ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004 Newly updated NTT/VERIO PowerPortal allows customers to view and manage their infrastructure in real time Verio, a subsidiary of NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications Corp. and a leading provider of global IP solutions, today unveiled an enhanced version of its NTT/VERIO PowerPortal, the interactive customer service portal that gives end-users a single view of their enterprise hosting solution and network infrastructure. Built on end-user feedback, the new version of PowerPortal provides managed hosting and colocation customers with a more intuitive and customizable feature-set, including enhanced trouble ticketing, online billing capabilities, inventory and bandwidth displays, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. online support and service alerts. Implemented under the NTT/VERIO PowerPlatform Hosting framework, PowerPortal improves efficiency by providing customers with a highly secure, full-featured, easy-to-use access point to their solution and delivers a working view into the operations of their hosting infrastructure. The offering enables customers to easily access information, monitor the status of servers, and inquire in·quire also en·quire v. in·quired, in·quir·ing, in·quires v.intr. 1. To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. 2. about specific issues, enhancing control over business-critical information. "Our enhanced PowerPortal offering gives customers the peace of mind that comes with outstanding security as well as ultimate control over functionality of all of their applications and systems managed by Verio," said Isabel Ehringer, president of Verio's Enterprise Hosting business unit. "It is truly a window into the health of their managed systems, and a key component to the overall service management we provide to customers." "Forbes.com provides round-the-clock business information news, stock quotes and interactive tools for a worldwide community of senior business decision makers and investors, and it is critical that we have real-time insight into the health status of our managed hosting and security solution," said Michael Smith Michael or Mike Smith may refer to: Journalists
As the NTT/VERIO suite of solutions continues to serve a global base of customers, Verio has also extended PowerPortal in other countries, providing necessary translation capabilities to international customers with offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and is planning to offer PowerPortal to customers in both Asia--with NTT Communications--and Europe during the first quarter of 2004. The new version of NTT/VERIO PowerPortal includes the following features: -- Authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. hierarchy and user administration providing a custom view into NTT/VERIO 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 and solutions -- Detailed system reporting access, including network, bandwidth, performance and application monitoring with personalized Verio Network Monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. System alerts -- Remote power cycle functionality -- Service integration for single customer view -- Online invoice presentation -- Trouble ticket access, management and enhanced functionality. More information can be found at http://verio.com/hosting/powerplatform/portal About Verio Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides long distance and international telecommunications reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. NTT Com and Verio market their global IP solutions under the NTT/VERIO brand. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , dedicated access, virtual private networks, and managed service offerings, among other enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; . Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network, and provides Web hosting services A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing to customers in more than 146 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises and multi-national corporations. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html. |
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