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VIA NET.WORKS Looking for Financing

March 18, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider VIA NET.WORKS (vianetworks.com) said on Friday that it is working with PricewaterhouseCoopers in an attempt to obtain new financing to address what the company says is an “urgent” liquidity problem.

Union Datacom Launches Dallas IDC

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Qwest Raises Offer to Buy MCI

March 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Qwest Communications (qwest.com) has submitted another bid to MCI (mci.com), sweetening its offer to $8.45 billion, according to reports.

Netvention Unveils WebHosting Prospector

March 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Netvention (netvention.com) announced on Wednesday that it had officially launched WebHosting Prospector (webhostingprospector.com), an online tool that generates leads for Web hosting companies and hosting resellers of all sizes.

TeleCity Picks MSI for Backup

March 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — TeleCity (telecity.com), a provider of colocation, Web hosting and data center services, announced on Thursday that it had renewed and expanded its agreement with Managed Storage International (msiservice.com), enabling it to provide data protection services to its customers in Europe.

Play.com Picks Zeus Traffic Manager

March 16, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet infrastructure solutions provider Zeus Technology (zeus.com) announced that UK online entertainment retailer Play.com has deployed Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager to scale up their e-commerce platform.

TechSpace Buys E-commerce Gateway

March 15, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and IT infrastructure services provider TechSpace (techspace.com) announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the Web hosting, dedicated server and colocation customers of E-commerce Gateway. California-based TechSpace picks up 21,000 business-class user accounts and over 500 Web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Terremark Closes Stock Offering

March 15, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Network facility operator Terremark Worldwide Inc. (terremark.com) announced on Tuesday it has closed its follow-on offering of 60,000,000 shares of its common stock. Terremark sold the shares at $0.73 per share.

TemplateMonster Adds New Product Range

March 15, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web site template provider TemplateMonster.com (templatemonster.com) announced on Monday that it has released Icon Sets. Each set includes ten icons that can be used by clients for both online and offline needs.

Red Hat Appoints Senior Marketing VP

March 15, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Open source software developer Red Hat Inc. (redhat.com) announced on Tuesday that it had appointed Timothy Yeaton its senior vice president of marketing.