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Savvis Names North Asia MD, Expands Cloud Infrastructure in Asia
March 10, 2010 -- Internet infrastructure services provider Savvis announced on Tuesday it has named Mark Smith its new managing director for North Asia, which includes Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
HP Labs Opens Cloud Research Lab in Singapore
March 3, 2010 -- HP Labs announced last week it has opened a new research facility in Singapore, which will focus on developing data center architecture, cloud computing services and sustainable practices.
CDN Firm Aflexi Launches Bandwidth Marketplace: FlexiMart
March 2, 2010 -- Content delivery network software developer and management solutions provider Aflexi has launched its FlexiMart platform, which lets web hosts easily buy, sell and trade bandwidth instantly.
Pacnet to Spend $300M on Data Center Builds in Asia
February 25, 2010 -- Asia-wide undersea cable network operator Pacnet announced on Tuesday it is making a $300 million investment to build a data center network in Asia, as it diversifies in the run-up to a planned IPO.
Go Daddy Supports Alipay, China's Top Online Payment Platform
February 18, 2010 -- Adapting to its growing worldwide customer base, US-based web host and domain registrar Go Daddy offering Alipay, China's leading payment platform, making it easier for Chinese customers to build and maintain an online presence.
Infosys Opens $8M Aussie Data Center
February 17, 2010 -- Indian IT services provider Infosys Technologies announced on Wednesday it has opened a new data center in Melbourne, Australia, according to a report by ZDNet Australia.
PTCL Opens Largest Data Center in Pakistan
February 11, 2010 -- Telecommunications provider Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited announced on Thursday it has opened the largest data center in Pakistan, the first of which will be located in Karachi.
Edgecast Networks Expands Global Capacity with New POPs in Singapore and Paris
January 14, 2010 -- In a major upgrade to its global network, content delivery network provider EdgeCast Networks is adding two new strategic points of presence, Singapore and Paris.
Aflexi Announces Distributor License for CDN Solutions
January 13, 2010 -- Content delivery network ecosystem and platform provider Aflexi has launched a new marketing structure for its CDN solutions, providing service providers and web hosting companies with extra revenue streams.
Bank of Asia Builds Data Center in Shanghai
January 12, 2010 -- Financial institution Bank of East Asia announced on Monday that its mainland subsidiary Bank of East Asia (China) has opened a $29.3 million (RMB 200 million) data center in Shanghai, according to a report by China Knowledge
Four Phillippine Government Websites Defaced
January 11, 2010 -- Last week, four Philippine government agency websites were defaced by hackers, which National Computer Center director-general Tim Diaz de Rivera said was more of an embarrassment to the government more than anything else.
NTT to Establish Global IP-VPN POP in India and Enhance Service in New Zealand
December 16, 2009 -- Japanese network management, security and IT solutions provider NTT Communications plans to establish a point of presence for its global IP-VPN managed network service, Arcstar, in Chennai, India. It is also interconnecting Arcstar Global with an IP-VPN service in New Zealand operated by Telecom New Zealand to improve its global connectivity.
Data Center Monitoring and IT Service Management Provider AccelOps Opens Office in China
December 9, 2009 -- In an effort to expand its operations into China, Silicon Valley-based integrated data center monitoring provider AccelOps has opened its first office in Shanghai.
Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Dec 4, 2009
December 4, 2009 -- With Cyber Monday starting it off, this week has seen many sales and promotions across the web hosting spectrum including Easyspace's gift voucher discount, a range of hosting deals from JaguarPC, and domain discounts from Exabytes and LCN.com.
Verio Partners with Indonesian Telco For SMB Hosting Solutions
December 1, 2009 -- Online business hosting solutions provider Verio has announced an agreement with PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta, an Indonesian telco, to provide Verio's global hosting solutions to its small and medium business customers.
ICANN Formalizes Relationship with Singapore's ccTLD Manager
November 4, 2009 -- The nonprofit responsible for the assignment of domain names and IP addresses has signed an agreement with the organization that manages the .SG country code top level domain, Singapore Network Information Centre, which has just released its schedule for rolling out Chinese character domains.
Harbour MSP Opens Singapore Data Center
October 30, 2009 -- Australian data center provider Harbour MSP announced on Friday it has opened data center space at Global Switch's facility in Singapore.
ICANN To Accept Applications For Non-Latin TLD Characters In November
October 30, 2009 -- After years of intense technical testing, policy development, and global co-operation, the first Internet addresses containing non-Latin characters from start to finish will soon be online thanks to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers board's approval of the new Internationalized Domain Name Fast Track Process.
ICANN Discusses Non-Latin Domain Names at Meeting In Seoul
October 26, 2009 -- At its 36th International Public Meeting, happening this week in Seoul, South Korea, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers board of directors is set to review a historic measure that could bring about "Internationalized Domain Names" before the end of the year.
Amazon to Host Cloud Workshops In China and India
October 20, 2009 -- In Amazon's latest effort to include Asia in its cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services technology evangelist Jinesh Varia will be embarking on a journey through Asia, meeting with system integrators, independent software vendors, enterprise architects,entrepreneurs, and anyone else who would like to learn more about AWS.
First Parallels Asia-Pacific Summit Previews Platform for Building Cloud Services
October 9, 2009 -- Virtualization and automation software provider Parallels put cloud computing at the top of the agenda at its inaugural APAC Summit held in Singapore on September 25, 2009, which set the stage for Parallels' annual event that will be held in February 2010, in Miami, Florida.
Equinix Builds Peering Relationship with Internet Exchange JPNAP
September 28, 2009 -- Global data center services provider Equinix has made an agreement with Internet exchange provider Internet Multifeed to extend its Japan Network Access Point peering fabric into the Equinix Tokyo-2 (TY2) International Business Exchange data center.
DediPower Debuts in Asia with Hong Kong Dedicated Hosting Operations
September 14, 2009 -- Setting it sights firmly on the rapidly expanding Asian web hosting market, UK managed hosting and data center solutions provider DediPower has announced the launch of its new dedicated operations in Hong Kong.
GlobalSign Partners with Vietnam's Only Public Certificate Authority
August 26, 2009 -- Hosting security and Digital Certificate provider GlobalSign has signed a business partnership with V-SIGN, the co-operator of the only government-approved Vietnamese public Certificate Authority, GlobalSign will provide V-SIGN with CA operational support and a wide range of consulting services.
Gomez Provides Performance Monitoring to Top Chinese Sites
August 24, 2009 -- Overcoming the challenges of China's rapidly growing, yet complex and fragile infrastructure, web application experience management provider Gomez is providing some of the top brands in China with performance and availability testing and monitoring to optimize web and mobile applications for end-users across China.
Aflexi Demonstrates FlexiMart Web Hosting Platform
August 24, 2009 -- Content delivery network ecosystem and platform provider Aflexi has unveiled its new platform for web hosts, letting them buy and market excess server capacity and bandwidth.
Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup
August 21, 2009 -- There were a number of web hosting sales and promos in the third week of August including Lunarpages' addition of Facebook ad credits to its hosting plans and Globin's free lifetime web hosting plan. Also, Exabytes announced additional promotions tied to Malaysia's anniversary, and ConnectReseller had continues to discount its domain names.
Yahoo to Set Up Cloud Data Center in Taiwan
August 21, 2009 -- Search engine provider Yahoo announced on Thursday it will set up a cloud computing data center in Taiwan.
Bobcares Partners with Magento to Develop E-commerce Platform
August 20, 2009 -- Web host and data center technical support and software development services provider Bobcares has partnered with open-source e-commerce platform Magento to develop a platform that lets online merchants control their business processes without constraint.
Bobcares Opens German Office for European Expansion
August 17, 2009 -- Web host and data center technical support, software development and phone support services provider Bobcares has opened a new office in Bad Durkheim, Germany.
Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup
August 14, 2009 -- A number of hosting providers announced interesting promotions in the second week of August including Globin.com's life-long hosting plan, ConnectReseller's discounted domains, Exabytes' "ILove Malaysia" festivities, and MochaHost's 30 percent discount on shared hosting and other summer discounts.
Tez Networks to Distribute Coyote Point Solutions in India
August 7, 2009 -- Indian IT solutions provider Tez Networks has entered into an alliance with mid-market application acceleration and load balancing solutions provider Coyote Point Systems to distribute its "Equalizer" family of load balancers and application acceleration solutions in India.
