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Connectivity Provider AboveNet Names New Vice President of Marketing

February 10, 2012 — Bandwidth connectivity solutions provider AboveNet announced on Tuesday it has named Michael Tighe its new vice president of marketing. AboveNet’s private optical network delivers network and IP services in and among some of the largest hosting providers and data center operators in the US and European markets.

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Content Delivery Network Operator Akamai Names EVP and CFO

February 9, 2012 — Content delivery network operator Akamai Technologies announced on Wednesday it has named James Benson its executive vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding J. Donald Sherman, starting March 1. The news follows the recent completion of Akamai’s acquisition of web performance optimization technology provider Blaze Software. Content delivery networks are beneficial to hosting companies in that they provide added value to their customers, which translates to growth of business and increase in revenue.

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Cloud and CDN Provider OnApp Names Chief Technology Officer

February 9, 2012 — Cloud software and CDN provider OnApp announced on Thursday that it has named Carsten Sjoerup chief technology officer. In this role, Carsten will lead OnApp’s development teams in the UK, Malaysia and Ukraine. OnApp cloud software enables hosting companies and service providers to create cloud services, and recently launched a CDN designed specifically for web hosts.

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Cloud Services Firm CSC Names President and CEO, Non-Executive Chairman

February 8, 2012 — IT services provider CSC announced on Tuesday that it has named Mike Lawrie president and chief executive officer, as well as current board director Rodney F. Chase as non-executive chairman of the board of directors. Lawrie will join the company no later than March 31, 2012. He succeeds Michael W. Laphen, who previously announced in October he is retiring as the company’s chairman, president and CEO.

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Hosting Provider Datapipe Names Chief Financial Officer

February 7, 2012 — Web hosting provider Datapipe announced on Tueday it has named Jim Holtzman as chief financial officer, where he will oversee the company’s finance, accounting and investor relations functions. The appointment comes at a time of significant growth for the company, having just surpassed its growth for the previous two years combined.

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Cloud Management Provider enStratus Names VP of Enterprise Solutions

February 6, 2012 — Cloud infrastructure management solutions provider enStratus announced on Monday that it has appointed Bernard Golden as its new vice president of enterprise solutions. In the role Golden will be responsible for helping enStratus customers build operations based on the enStratus cloud management platform.

Data Center Software Firm Rackwise Names Chief Financial Officer

February 6, 2012 — Data center management software Rackwise announced on Monday it has appointed Jeff Winzeler as chief financial officer. Winzeler brings global operations and financial expertise through his extensive experience with multinational technology organizations.

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Web Host SoftLayer Names New Chief Financial Officer

February 6, 2012 — Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies announced on Monday it has named Walter Z. Berger its chief financial officer, effective in March. Berger will replace Mike Jones, who has served as CFO since June of 2005. The press release did not disclose the reasons for Jones’ departure.

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Web Host Claris Networks Names SVP of Corporate Development

February 3, 2012 — Cloud computing solutions and managed IT service provider Claris Networks announced on Friday it has named Walt Robinson as senior vice president of corporate development. He will be located in the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee branch office, and he will service the surrounding region. Robinson brings more than 25 years of broad marketing, finance and corporate strategy experience to the role. He will be responsible for driving Claris’ medium and large enterprise client strategies.

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Web Host Attenda Reveals Cloud Security Strategy, Names Director of Security

February 3, 2012 — UK web hosting provider Attenda announced on Friday the details of its cloud security strategy, which is to play a key role in the delivery of innovative and market leading cloud services to clients. To support this new strategy, the company has appointed a director of security.