Connectria (News - Alert) Corporation, a managed hosting services provider, has consolidated its REDPLAID Managed Hosting Division under the parent brand, Connectria Hosting.

REDPLAID Managed Hosting is most suitable for small- to mid-sized organizations that require secure and reliable Windows and Linux hosting solutions which include a wide range of managed services. REDPLAID utilized Connectria’s experience for the delivery of highly reliable and secure solutions that it had built for companies like Deutsche Bank and IBM (News - Alert).

According to Connectria sources these solutions were packaged into standardized offerings for meeting the needs of a wide audience at very attractive prices. REDPLAID’s business has shown exponential growth thereby providing a complementary offer to its parent, Connectria. Connectria’s main focus lies in providing complex hosting solutions for large enterprises.

In a release, Connectria president and CEO, Rich Waidmann said, “Given the growth we’re seeing and the emergence of Cloud Computing in our business, this is the right time to consolidate our brands.”

“With the exception of our customers and partners, Connectria has been a well kept industry secret. As we look to increase our marketing efforts to fuel further growth, it made sense to unify our brands. We are confident a single brand will create more economies of scale in our marketing efforts, and provide greater clarity surrounding Connectria’s Hosting Solutions,” Waidmann added.

Connectria also announced the launch of a redesigned Web site that will now represent the combined offers of Connectria and REDPLAID besides offering a more content rich experience for the visitor.

The company specializes in providing self-managed, managed, complex and cloud hosting services. Also packaged or customized solutions are available for technologies including OS, virtualization, database, e-mail/collaboration and application/web servers.

Connectria’s hosting expertise offers a wide range of supported platforms from a variety of vendors, including Microsoft, IBM, Oracle (News - Alert), HP, Dell, SUN, Citrix, VMware and Open Source like for example Linux/LAMP, MySQL.

The company operates data centers, network operations centers, and engineering centers in St. Louis, Mo., and Philadelphia, Penn.