On November 11, 2008, Springs Hosting adopts Digium VOIP sytems.  Digium is the creator and driving force behind Asterisk, the open source voice communications software deployed by more than 3.5 million servers worldwide to manage VoIP calls for businesses and individuals. More resellers, telecom professionals and software developers choose Digium's products than those of any other open source telephony company because only Digium delivers the technical superiority, security, and flexibility associated with Asterisk. Asterisk powers Digium's family of software and hardware appliances including AsteriskNOW™, Asterisk Business Edition™ and Switchvox™

On November 2, 2008, the Springs Hosting Web and Email Hosting servers move to our new Data Center at 1205 Shasta Dr. The end result is a massive increase in bandwidth as our new Data Center proudly operates two completely redundant OC-48 lines to the internet backbone as well as plenty of space for growth within the facility. Companies that require Colocation and Rack Space can take advantage of this move as it makes Springs Hosting one of the largest Data Center providers in Southern Colorado with plenty of raised floor space to expand!

What is an OC-48? "OC-48 is a network line with transmission speeds of up to 2488.32 Mbit/s (payload: 2405.376 Mbit/s; overhead: 82.944 Mbit/s). With usually cheap interface prices and being faster than OC-3, OC-12 connections, and even surpassing gigabit Ethernet, OC-48 connections are used as the backbones of many regional ISPs. Interconnections between large ISPs for purposes of peering or transit are quite common. As of 2005, the only connections in widespread use that surpass OC-48 speeds are OC-192 and 10 gigabit Ethernet. OC-48 is also used as transmission speed for tributaries from OC-192 nodes in order to optimize card slot utilization where lower speed deployments are used. Dropping at OC-12, OC-3 or STS-1 speeds are more commonly found on OC-48 terminals, where use of these cards on an OC-192 would not allow for full use of the available bandwidth."
"Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OC-3#OC-48_.2F_STM-16x_.2F_2.5G_Sonet"

On August 8, 2008, "marked the (EOL) end of life for PHP4, which has been in stable release since May of 2000. With the release of PHP 4.4.9, official support has ended and the final security patch for the platform issued. Web hosts and web developers across the net have now lost another reason not to upgrade their development and support environments to current generation tools. With PHP 5 offering a viable upgrade path for the last few years, the recommendation is for administrators and developers is to move to the PHP 5 platform (if they haven't already done so), which is currently at 5.2.6."

**Fortunately, if your PHP website is hosted through Springs Hosting, then you have been on PHP5 since at least the middle of 2007 and are currently running the latest PHP 5.2.6 so this news won't affect your website!

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On May 18, 2008, "Springs Hosting released a new logo for our company brand. The goal was to create a FUN and FAST logo that exemplifies our company spirit. We enjoy what we do at Springs Hosting and want to keep our logo fun and inviting to express how we feel about what we do at work!"

On May 6, 2008, "Colorado Springs ranks among the 14 best places in the nation to build a data center, according to a new study by a New Jersey corporate site selection firm. Low power costs, an abundant supply of highly educated workers, the availability of government approved training programs and a low risk of natural disaster helped the Springs rank 11th in a study released Monday by The Boyd Co. Inc. Data centers are facilities that house large computer systems and related equipment, such as telecommunications and storage systems for customer information by companies in a variety of industries. The centers often include backup power generators and communications lines and raised floors to keep computer systems from overheating."

On May 1, 2008, "Springs Hosting closed on our building. Our new location will better serve our clients with more Data Center space, power, and bandwidth. With nearly 6,000 Square feet of raise flooring going into the new facility, we are cabable of providing existing clients with the ability to expand their colocation operations. We have teamed up with Dell, APC, Liebert, and Level3 to provide a best of breed experience for our customers. Our expected date for completion of the building is 3rd Quarter of 2008."