(PRWEB) November 23, 2003

“THE TECH BOOM IS BACK IN LOS ANGELES”

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C     I Host Presents LA Data Center Opening

*** Buffet Brunch 1st RSVP’s to event 818-772-2678

*** Entrepreneurial Door Prizes

Who:    

Counterterrorism Expert Elsa Lee, CEO, Advantage SCI Internet and Intranet threats faced by all businesses; policies and practices that make or break your business; linking cyber security to operational and strategic goals

CEO Christopher Faulkner, C I Host

2004 Internet & ecommerce predictions; trends on small and medium business online; meeting business Internet needs of tomorrow; critical principles for running a successful business

V.P. of Security Bernie Cowens, Rainbow Technologies, Inc. Encryption technology; hacker threats; technology used by terrorists; ecommerce trends; personnel security and intrusion detection systems

When:     Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003, 10:30 – 1:00 PM

        (Program starts at 11 a.m.)

Where:    Radisson Hotel, 3515 Wilshire Blvd., Los

        Angeles (Across the street from LA Data

        Center 3550 Wilshire, 7th Fl.)

Elsa Lee is one the few Americans who can properly claim to be a true-to-form counterterrorism expert. Lee is CEO, President, and founder of Advantage SCI, LLC (http://www.Advantagesci.com) based in Redondo Beach, CA – serving government and private industry clients globally. She has 22 years of public and private sector experience in anti-terrorism operations, counterespionage investigations, threat and vulnerability assessments, and information systems security in the United States, Asia, Central America, and Europe.

C I Host (http://www.cihost.com), a global managed Web page hosting and server colocation provider, based in Bedford, TX, is the largest privately held hosting company in the world. Twenty percent of its customers are located in California. C I Host began as a small Web design and Internet consulting company in 1995 under the guidance and vision of Christopher Faulkner from his college dormitory room. The company grew into a local web-hosting provider for webmasters in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and then blossomed into a worldwide Tier 1 host company that has captured more than 400 awards and honors. C I Host provides Web page hosting and server colocation for 200,000 individual consumers and companies in 182 countries worldwide. It creates business-class Web page hosting with the broadest portfolio of managed Web hosting services in the industry.

Rainbow Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: RNBO) (http://www.rainbow.com), is a leading provider of digital content and transaction security for SSL VPNs, secure remote access and software anti-piracy. Bernard (Bernie) Cowens, VP of security services, is known for his ability to translate complex technology into durable business solutions. Cowens leads Rainbow’s professional services in helping small, medium, and Fortune-class clients transition their business processes to the Internet while protecting their data. Cowens, CISSP, is a security expert with over 15 years experience in designing, developing, managing and protecting complex and sensitive information systems and networks.

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Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) November 21, 2008

iHostStores, a provider of e-Commerce services for small businesses, announced a promotional discount of 50% off the price of all e-store plans. E-commerce is one of the best ways for businesses of any size to reach more potential customers and create new revenue streams. By cutting the cost in half, iHostStores is reducing the barriers to entry and lowering the startup cost for companies not yet selling on the internet. With many businesses gearing up for the holiday retail season, it is a perfect time to expand beyond the brick and mortar business and go to the Web. iHostStores will be offering this discount until the end of the year, on their Website: iHostStores.com. iHostStores online shopping cart is a service of iHost Networks, Inc.

iHostStores is a complete online solution that is designed for ease of use and maximum ROI for sellers. You do not need to coding skills and there is no software to install or manage. A merchant is able to choose from a wide variety of store designs, upload their products, enter in their payment and shipping settings, and quickly be ready to start selling on the Web. Once they receive an order, the Order Manager enables them to process orders, print packing lists and manage inventory. iHostStores is certified to PCI Compliant. This assures merchants and their customers that their credit card and identity information are secure.

The iHostStores e-commerce offering has integrated the tools you will need to be a successful e-merchant and allows you to customize the selling experience. Merchants can easily accept online credit card orders, using major payment gateways, such as Authorize.net. A merchant simply enters their account information. Shipping via UPS, USPS and FedEx is also included. iHostStores solution provides many other tools, such as support for electronic downloads, coupons/discounts and Google Analytics.

John Norton, President of iHost Networks said, “Our year end promotion for iHostStores makes e-commerce accessible to businesses of all size. These days, people are looking for low cost ways to bring in new income. Using our platform, they can setup an online shopping cart quickly and easily, with a small investment.”

About iHost Networks

iHost Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of Web hosting, email, domain registration, shopping carts and on demand Web applications. For more information on iHost Networks, please go to the corporate website at: http://www.iHostNetworks.com .

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Personal Asset Protection

When you’re operating as a sole proprietor, the law views you and your business as inextricably linked. Explains attorney Patrick O’Neill, CEO of http://IncorporateABusiness.com, One of the biggest benefits of incorporating or forming an LLC is that your business becomes, in a legal sense, a completely separate entity from you and any other shareholders. So in the unfortunate event that your business is sued, a judgment against your business doesn’t extend to your assets, other than those invested in the business. Similarly, your business’ creditors can only come after company assets – your house, life savings, and stamp collection remain safely out of reach.

Image Enhancement

Besides putting a virtual firewall around your personal property, you’re also strengthening your business’ image. This is especially important, because as a small E-Biz owner, you’re already at a disadvantage:

* First, as a small, unknown business, you have to work hard to create credibility with your customers. Unlike a well-known chain store, you must convince shoppers that you can consistently provide top-quality products and first-rate customer service.

* Second, when you sell online, you lack a physical storefront where shoppers can walk around and get a sense of the kind of operation you run, and whether they feel comfortable purchasing from you.

Seeing XYZ Business, Inc. goes a lot further towards reassuring potential buyers that you’ve been verified, than a generic XYZ Business. The same is true for other organizations with which you do business. Wholesale suppliers and loan officers, for example, are more likely to take you seriously. Even the IRS is less apt to audit a home business that’s an established formal entity – they believe the odds are much higher that the owner isn’t just looking for illegitimate tax deductions.

Tax Flexibility

LLCs and S-corporations were both developed with small businesses in mind, and both eliminate the double taxation of a traditional corporation. A C-corp is taxed on its earning as if it were an actual person. Post-tax profits pass through to shareholders, who must include them in their reported taxable income. For Coca-cola, this might be bearable; but for a small eBay business, double taxation can be a crushing burden. An LLC or an S-corp, on the other hand, allow you to be taxed as a partnership, so you’re not paying taxes at entity-level. You’re only required to fill out an information return for your business, and the profits and deductions pass through proportionally to the shareholders.

* An LLC is much easier to form than a corporation, and the compliance formalities are less stringent. The operating agreement can be as flexible as you choose to make it.

* An S-corp is basically a small business corporation, or a corporation that’s taxed as a partnership. It is generally less adaptable than an LLC in income distribution and imposes greater ownership restrictions.

For the entrepreneur, forming a legal entity presents a tremendous value proposition. You’re taking preventative measures in protecting yourself and proactive measures in creating greater credibility, advises O’Neill. So you’re helping yourself on the front and back ends.