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Infinera Reports Q4 Decline, Annual Growth

January 30, 2009 — Optical communications systems provider Infinera Corporation finished the fourth quarter with $99.3 million in revenue, compared to $120.5 million in the previous quarter (an 18 percent decline), but this quarter’s results were 30 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2007, when it earned $76.1.

Red Hat Announces Summit Speakers

March 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Open source software developer Red Hat, Inc. (redhat.com) announced on Wednesday the headlining speakers for their first annual Red Hat Summit 2005. The conference will be held in New Orleans from June 1-3 and joins various members of the open source community, including community contributors, developers, customers and partners.

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.

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.

Qwest to Offer $8 Billion for MCI

March 14, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports, Qwest Communications (qwest.com) will sweeten its offer to acquire MCI (mci.com) to $8 billion, a move that could force Verizon (verizon.com) to raise its own bid.

ReadyHosting Hosts NASCAR Party

March 11, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting firm ReadyHosting.com (readyhosting.com) will join some of the biggest acts in country music and ARCA RE/MAX Series and NASCAR Busch Series’ top drivers at the upcoming ARCA, and NASCAR Busch Series weekend pre-race mixer at the Hotel Preston in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday March 24, 2005.

ReadyHosting Debuts Spotlight Awards

March 9, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider ReadyHosting.com (readyhosting.com) introduced on Wednesday that it has launched its weekly Spotlight Award program. The program will recognize ReadyHosting.com customers for their accomplishments, as well as provide some added exposure and marketing tips to help promote their Web sites.

Postini Opens Two New Data Centers

March 7, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Email security and management provider Postini (postini.com) announced on Friday it has opened two new data centers in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands, providing Europe with additional processing facilities for an enhanced local, enterprise-level security.

Utah Law Requires ISPs to Block Content

March 4, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports, the Utah Senate approved legislation last week that would require Internet service providers to block access to publicly accessible Web sites that host pornographic content and are considered to be harmful to minors. The legislation would reportedly create a public list of Web sites to which ISPs would be forced to deny access. ISPs that do not comply with the blocking requirements of the law would face criminal charges.

Whois Source Plans Conference

March 4, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain name service provider Whois Source (whois.sc) announced on Friday that it will hold the 2005 Domain Roundtable Conference in downtown Seattle from May 25 to May 27.