SCOsource is a business division of The SCO Group that managed its (now legally voided ) Unix intellectual property . The term SCOsource is often used for SCO's licensing program that allowed corporate users of Linux to buy licenses to proprietary Unix technology that SCO claimed exists in the Linux operating system . A single CPU license costs $ 699 (USD).
34-558: On July 21, 2003, SCO announced that it intended to sell binary-only licences to use the free Linux operating system which would remove the threat of litigation from licence-holders. Linux advocates reacted by stating that SCO had no basis for this action, as their claims were still disputed in court, and that the terms of the GPL seemed to indicate that doing this may cause SCO to forfeit their rights to distribute Linux or Linux-derived code in any form. On March 1, 2004, SCO announced it had reached
68-712: A SCOsource license last August as part of a $ 40 million settlement between CA, the Canopy Group and Center 7". [2] Sam Greenblatt, senior vice president and chief architect of the Linux technology group at CA, further added that "CA's license for Linux technology is part of a larger settlement with the Canopy Group. It has nothing to do with SCO's strategy of intimidation." Computer Associates later denied buying licenses from SCO [3] : In October 2004 SCO Group Inc's CEO Darl McBride would admit that, after initial deals with Microsoft Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc brought in $ 8.3m in
102-485: A company rather than with one of the different brands they operated. The Planet then sold servers almost exclusively through their website rather than different brands which had been unified into their website. On November 10, 2010, GI Partners announced that the merger of The Planet and SoftLayer was effective. On November 16, 2010, The Planet was rebranded SoftLayer as part of the merger. On June 4, 2013, IBM announced its acquisition of SoftLayer. Everyone's Internet
136-486: A controlling investment in Everyone's Internet. At the same time, Everyone's Internet announced that it was merging with The Planet, in which GI Partners had invested. The CEO of EV1 Servers was Doug Erwin, from GI Partners, after they gained control of EV1 Servers. In October 2006, Everyone's Internet announced that it would stop providing dial-up Internet access starting November 12 and sold their dialup portion of
170-460: A dedicated hosting service offers the benefits of high performance, security, email stability, and control. Due to the relatively high price of dedicated hosting, it is mostly used by websites that receive a large volume of traffic. Availability, price and employee familiarity often determines which operating systems are offered on dedicated servers. Variations of Linux and Unix ( open source operating systems ) are often included at no charge to
204-413: A fixed monthly price to include specific software packages. Over the years, software vendors realized the significant market opportunity to bundle their software with dedicated servers. They have since started introducing pricing models that allow dedicated hosting providers the ability to purchase and resell software based on reduced monthly fees. Microsoft offers software licenses through a program called
238-424: A higher quality provider. One aspect of higher quality providers is they are most likely to be multi-homed across multiple quality up-link providers, which in turn, provides significant redundancy in the event one goes down in addition to potentially improved routes to destinations. Bandwidth consumption over the last several years has shifted from a per megabit usage model to a per gigabyte usage model. Bandwidth
272-453: A hybrid (combination of physical and virtual) hosting solution. There are many similarities between standard and complex managed hosting but the key difference is the level of administrative and engineering support that the customer pays for – owing to both the increased size and complexity of the infrastructure deployment. The provider steps in to take over most of the management, including security, memory, storage and IT support. The service
306-612: A large investment in core routers, long term contracts, and expensive monthly bills would need to be in place. The expenses needed to develop a network without a multi-provider blend of bandwidth does not make sense economically for hosting providers. Many dedicated server providers include a service level agreement based on network up-time. Some dedicated server hosting providers offer a 100% up-time guarantee on their network. By securing multiple vendors for connectivity and using redundant hardware, providers are able to guarantee higher up-times; usually between 99 and 100% up-time if they are
340-403: A letter answering some questions raised by IBM's attorneys. In this letter, sent on February 4, 2004 and published on Groklaw on February 10, 2004, Heise revealed that Computer Associates bought a Linux intellectual property license from SCO. On March 6, 2004 Network Computing likewise published an article in which it said: "Computer Associates, a major corporate backer and user of Linux, signed
374-493: A license agreement with EV1Servers.net , which allowed EV1Servers to use some of SCO's "intellectual property". [1] SCO's Blake Stowell claimed the deal was worth upward of "seven figures" ($ 1,000,000) while a few days later EV1Servers CEO Robert Marsh claimed the amount was much lower. The exact amount was required to remain secret under terms of the agreement. During discovery of the SCO v. IBM case, SCO attorney Mark J. Heise wrote
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#1732786598640408-601: A total of $ 27.5m between 2003 - 2007, at a cost of $ 55.2m. The Planet Internet Services The Planet was a privately held dedicated server company based in Texas. In May 2006, the company merged with Everyone's Internet , which used the EV1 Servers brand. In 2010, they merged with SoftLayer . All services provided by both companies were then operated under the SoftLayer name. The Planet's support system
442-512: Is a type of Internet hosting in which the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone else. This is more flexible than shared hosting , as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system , hardware , etc. There is also another level of dedicated or managed hosting commonly referred to as complex managed hosting. Complex managed hosting applies to both physical dedicated servers, hybrid server and virtual servers , with many companies choosing
476-426: Is an all-inclusive set of software applications, server applications, and automation tools that can be installed on a dedicated server. Control panels include integration into web servers, database applications, programming languages, application deployment, server administration tasks, and include the ability to automate tasks via a web based front end. Many providers do not allow IRC (bots, clients or daemons). This
510-499: Is defined as having a web based control panel while other providers define it as having dedicated system engineers readily available to handle all server and network related functions of the dedicated server provider. Server management can include some or all of the following: Dedicated hosting server providers define their level of management based on the services they provide. In comparison, fully managed could equal self managed from provider to provider. Administrative maintenance of
544-495: Is primarily proactive in nature. Server administration can usually be provided by the hosting company as an add-on service. In some cases a dedicated server can offer less overhead and a larger return on investment . Dedicated servers are hosted in data centers , often providing redundant power sources and HVAC systems. In contrast to colocation , the server hardware is owned by the provider and in some cases they will provide support for operating systems or applications. Using
578-485: Is targeted towards clients with less technical knowledge, whereas dedicated hosting services, or unmanaged hosting services, are suitable for web development and system administrator professionals. To date, no industry standards have been set to clearly define the management role of dedicated server providers. What this means is that each provider will use industry standard terms, but each provider will define them differently. For some dedicated server providers, fully managed
612-476: Is the total Mbit/s allocated to the server and configured on the switch level. Unmetered bandwidth services usually incur an additional charge. Some providers will calculate the Total Transfer, which is the measurement of actual data leaving and arriving, measured in bytes. Although it is typically the sum of all traffic into and out of the server, some providers measure only outbound traffic (traffic from
646-620: The Service Provider License Agreement. The SPLA model provides use of Microsoft products through a monthly user or processor based fee. SPLA software includes the Windows Operating System, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint and shoutcast hosting, and many other server based products. Other software applications available are specialized web hosting specific programs called control panels. Control panel software
680-497: The company to PeoplePC , another dialup Internet service provider. Some users were upset because PeoplePC requires a dialer, which does not work on all operating systems, and therefore opted to move to other Internet service providers. As of January 2007 the EV1 name was dropped following the merger of The Planet and EV1. On March 1, 2004, EV1Servers.Net announced it had licensed SCO Group 's alleged intellectual property, saying that it
714-497: The customer. Commercial operating systems include Microsoft Windows Server, provided through a special program called Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement , or SPLA. Red Hat Enterprise is a commercial version of Linux offered to hosting providers on a monthly fee basis. The monthly fee provides OS updates through the Red Hat Network using an application called Yum . Other operating systems are available from
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#1732786598640748-429: The cutoff at 95th percentile, with 5% of measurements above the value, and 95% of measurements below the value. This is also known as Burstable billing . Line speed is measured in bits per second (or kilobits per second, megabits per second or gigabits per second). The second bandwidth measurement is unmetered service where providers cap or control the "top line" speed for a server. Top line speed in unmetered bandwidth
782-412: The deal, it was not out of line with the number of sites EV1 loses in a typical month. A Utah court document filed on April 5, 2006, revealed that Robert Marsh, co-founder and CEO of EV1, was misled by SCO's Philip Langer's claims when making the deal, and that EV1 paid $ 800,000 for the license. Dedicated server A dedicated hosting service , dedicated server , or managed hosting service
816-599: The open source community at no charge. These include CentOS , Fedora Core , Debian , and many other Linux distributions or BSD systems FreeBSD , NetBSD , OpenBSD . Support for any of these operating systems typically depends on the level of management offered with a particular dedicated server plan. Operating system support may include updates to the core system in order to acquire the latest security fixes, patches, and system-wide vulnerability resolutions. Updates to core operating systems include kernel upgrades, service packs, application updates, and security patches that keep
850-410: The operating system, often including upgrades, security patches , and sometimes even daemon updates are included. Differing levels of management may include adding users, domains, daemon configuration, or even custom programming. Dedicated server hosting providers may provide the following types of server managed support: Dedicated hosting server providers utilize extreme security measures to ensure
884-401: The safety of data stored on their network of servers. Providers will often deploy various software programs for scanning systems and networks for obtrusive invaders, spammers, hackers, and other harmful problems such as Trojans , worms, and crashers (Sending multiple connections). Linux and Windows use different software for security protection. Providers often bill for dedicated servers on
918-483: The second quarter of fiscal 2003, revenue from SCOsource would drop to $ 7.3 million in the third quarter and $ 10.3 million in the fourth. Revenue from SCOsource then plummeted to $ 20,000 in the first quarter of 2004, followed by $ 11,000 in the second quarter and $ 678,000 in the third quarter. In June 2007 SCO revealed that quarterly revenue from SCOsource in the 2004-2005 period averaged $ 20,000 to $ 35,000. The company’s financial results indicate that SCOsource has generated
952-416: The server secure and safe. Operating system updates and support relieves the burden of server management from the dedicated server owner. Bandwidth refers to the data transfer rate or the amount of data that can be carried from one point to another in a given time period (usually a second) and is often represented in bits (of data) per second (bit/s). Line speed, billed on the 95th percentile, refers to
986-411: The server to the internet). One of the reasons for choosing to outsource dedicated servers is the availability of high powered networks from multiple providers. As dedicated server providers utilize massive amounts of bandwidth, they are able to secure lower volume based pricing to include a multi-provider blend of bandwidth. To achieve the same type of network without a multi-provider blend of bandwidth,
1020-406: The speed in which data flows from the server or device, measured every five minutes for the month, and dropping the top 5% of measurements that are highest, and basing the usage for the month on the next-highest measurement. This is similar to a median measurement, which can be thought of as a 50th percentile measurement (with 50% of measurements above, and 50% of measurements below), whereas this sets
1054-412: Was called Orbit and was located at orbit.theplanet.com . Prior to the merger, The Planet operated under several different brands. They included: "Server Matrix", which served the low-price end of the market; "Total Control", which featured servers with complete remote control, such as Dell DRAC and Remote Console capabilities; Orbit was the main way customers knew they were dealing with The Planet as
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1088-428: Was looking to offer its customers stability in the wake of SCO's protracted battle with the open source community. However, the deal was perceived by Linux users as using a licensing deal to support SCO Group's lawsuit against Linux. On March 25, 2004, Netcraft reported EV1 had lost 1,080 Web sites in the previous 30 days. Robert Marsh, CEO of Everyones Internet, said that although EV1 had lost some hosting business since
1122-474: Was originally a Houston, Texas -based internet service provider . It was formed on October 6, 1998 by Robert A. Marsh , Roy Marsh III, and Randy Williams. Its service was available nationwide. Since 2000, Everyone's Internet's focus shifted toward Web hosting through its EV1 Servers subsidiary. This company was a dedicated server hosting market. At its peak in 2006, EV1 Servers hosted over 30,000 servers. In May 2006, private equity firm GI Partners bought
1156-500: Was traditionally measured inline speed access that included the ability to purchase needed megabits at a given monthly cost. As the shared hosting model developed, the trend towards gigabyte or total bytes transferred, replaced the megabit line speed model so dedicated server providers started offering per gigabyte. Dedicated hosting services primarily differ from managed hosting services in that managed hosting services usually offer more support and other services. As such, managed hosting
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