Netcraft released that Rackspace, New York Internet, Verio and Pair Networks are ranked as the most reliable hosters during February 2005.

According to the Netcraft's report, Rackspace, a managed hosting specialist, has made numerous appearances in the monthly top 10. The company is first time top performer. Making its appearance among top performers is domain registrar Go Daddy , which was highly reliable during a period of heavy site traffic related to a Super Bowl advertisement.

Today, in an international Web conference that connected multiple venues throughout the world, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates talked about the company's vision for integrated communications, Gates joined Microsoft executives to showcase new versions of Microsoft Office real-time collaboration solutions.

During the event, guests from NBC's "The Apprentice" joined a live collaboration session. They demonstrated how real-time solutions improve individual and team collaboration, and help businesses make faster and informed decisions.

"We have lots of ways to connect with people using technology, but there are countless opportunities to make them smarter and more efficient," Gates said.

"With these solutions, we can use the power of software to simplify the way we communicate - offering a greater sense of presence, a more unified experience and a more secure, trusted environment."

The goal of integrated communications is to help information workers easily and effectively communicate with colleagues, customers and partners in real time.

Meanwhile Keynote Systems announced that its market-leading Streaming Perspective® service for optimizing audio and video streams over the Web now includes support for Macromedia Flash video.

The Streaming Perspective 4.0 provides full support for monitoring streams using Macromedia Flash video. Keynote Streaming Perspective continues to dominate the streaming performance monitoring industry and is the only service to offer support for all the leading streaming formats, state from the company.

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