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Nebraska Seeks to Win Massive $1.2 Billion Data Center Contract

February 6, 2012 — Nebraska data center development officials are making a move to pass economic incentives to win a massive data center build contract dubbed “Project Edge”, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge. The company looking to build the $1.2 billion data center campus hopes to break ground in May, with an initial first phase investment of $500 million.

Yahoo! Names Former PayPal President its New CEO

January 5, 2012 — Internet giant Yahoo! announced on Wednesday it has appointed former PayPal president Scott Thompson its new CEO. The move came about four months after the company’s board of directors fired the previous CEO Carol Bartz, replacing her with CFO Tim Morse in the interim.

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Yahoo! Study Says Small Businesses Find Washington Policies Obstacle to Growth

December 20, 2011 — Small business owners say that the biggest obstacle to growth of their business is Washington, according to a study released by Yahoo! on Tuesday. The survey of 250 small business owners conducted by Yahoo! Small Business and Ipsos MediaCT to measure the concerns that will affect the 2012 election.

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Yahoo Japan Subsidiary IDCF Offers RightScale Cloud Management Platform

November 9, 2011 — Yahoo! Japan subsidiary and data center solutions provider IDC Frontier announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with cloud computing management firm RightScale. The joint development and marketing agreement with Yahoo! Japan and IDCF will enable customers to leverage RightScale Cloud Management on the IDCF cloud, called NOAH.

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Apple Hires Away Yahoo Data Center Chief

October 23, 2011 — According to reports published over the weekend, including an initial report from GigaOm, tech giant Apple has hired away the head of data center operations at Yahoo, a company with much more history in the hosting space.

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Web Host myhosting.com Offers Free Ad Credits for Bing and Yahoo!

October 6, 2011 — Web hosting provider myhosting.com announced on Wednesday that it launched free advertising credits for Bing and Yahoo! search for its exisiting and new customers. This announcement closely follows the company’s launch of its Pinnacle cart offering for its ecommerce customers.

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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – September 2, 2011

September 2, 2011 — As we head into fall, and the long weekend, web hosts are offering all sorts of discounts. DiscountASP.NET is offering 20 percent off SQL Source Control, Infrenion Networks is offering discounted Joomla hosting, Yahoo! Hosting is offering 25 percent off hosting, and Network Solutions is offering 25 percent off hosting as well.

Yahoo Cloud Chief Resigns to Join IT Venture Firm Battery Ventures

August 5, 2011 — Yahoo vice president and chief cloud architect Todd Papaioannou has resigned from his position to join venture capital and growth equity firm Battery Ventures as an entrepreneur in residence, according to a report by GigaOm.

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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – May 13, 2011

May 13, 2011 — Though Friday 13 is usually associated with bad luck, those looking for deals on web hosting this week are in luck. In the week ending May 13, 2011, there were various promotions appealing to all kinds of hosting related needs, including cybercrime prevention, wildcard SSL certificates and a web design contest. CoreLink Data Center is offering companies a free hour-long security consultation to protect from cyber attacks, ClickSSL has launched a Wildcard SSL certificate for $99/year, HostBaby is giving away three years free web hosting to the winner of its web design contest, Yahoo Web Hosting is offering 50 percent off its small business hosting packages and Namesco is offering 25 percent off web hosting.

Greenpeace Study Targets "Dirty Power" in Cloud Computing

April 21, 2011 — Environmental organization Greenpeace announced on Thursday it has released a new study that highlights the rapidly growing environmental footprint of the online world and evaluates both good and bad energy choices made by top IT companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, and Yahoo!.