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Opus Interactive Appoints New CEO AND VP

June 24, 2009 — Having founded Portland, Oregon business hosting provider Opus Interactive in 1994, Mark Brody has stepped down as chief executive officer, passing the torch to Eric Hulbert.

Microsoft Data Center Pro to Amazon

December 15, 2008 — According to several reports, James Hamilton, one of the thinkers credited with driving Microsoft’s recent movement toward containerized data center technology in the last several years, will leave the company to join Amazon.

Q&A: Jim Lewandowski, Rackspace

November 26, 2008 — In an email interview with the WHIR, Rackspace’s newly appointed senior VP of worldwide sales, Jim Lewandowski, discusses his new role and his strategies for expanding the company’s worldwide revenue growth.

Webmail.us Appoints Two New Directors

January 12, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online email service provider Webmail.us (webmail.us) announced the recent appointment of Kirk Averett as its new director of services and support and the promotion of Adam Williams to director of sales.

VitalStream Names New CFO

May 13, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Content delivery services provider VitalStream (vitalstream.com) announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Mark Belzowski as chief financial officer, replacing the outgoing CFO Kevin Herzog. The appointment is effective May 17, 2004.

NaviSite Buys Surebridge, Names CFO

“By combining our expertise and competency in delivering application management services to the mid-market with NaviSite’s proven hosting and operational excellence, we are building a company poised for leadership in the managed application services market,” says Peter J. Boni, chairman and CEO of Surebridge. “The complementary nature of our products, target markets and operating platforms make this a compelling proposition for both companies and for our customers.”

Via Cuts Jobs, Expands Amen Platform

The downsizing brings Via Net.Works UK’s staff down to less than half of what it was just twelve months ago. The company cut sixty jobs in May of 2003.

MX Logic Appoints VP, Signs up Tucows

“We’re thrilled to have Michael join our team. As our market momentum and broad customer base continue to grow, Michael’s excellent and proven business development experience with fortune 1000 and tier 1 service provider markets and leadership traits make him a strong addition to MX Logic,” says John Street, CEO of MX Logic. “Michael will leverage his 20-plus years of experience to lead our service provider strategies with the telecommunications, ISP, Web hosting and wireless markets.”

VIA Net.Works USA Appoints New Director

The company said Gaul was brought from the company’s headquarters in the Netherlands to run its US operations, based in Atlanta. Gaul was vice president of sales operations for Via Net.Works.

NaviSite Europe Appoints New Managing Director

November 10, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — NaviSite Europe (navisite-europe.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Maryland-based managed and infrastructure services provider NaviSite (navisite.com), today announced the appointment of Stephen Scott as managing director.