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NetApp Backs BT's New Virtual Data Center
October 30, 2009 -- Data storage provider NetApp announced on Friday it will provide the storage infrastructure to support telecommunications provider BT's new virtual data center.
Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup
July 24, 2009 -- There were a handful of web hosting sales and promotions for the week ending July 24, most of which were geared toward shared hosting clients such as British Telecom's starter hosting discount, Gossimer's stripping of its shared hosting restrictions, and Cirrus Tech's addition of Parallels' latest control panel for their shared clients, as well as resellers.
BT to Launch Virtual Data Center
June 19, 2009 -- After an "unacceptable performance" which resulted in the company losing nearly $2 billion in cost overruns on large customer projects, UK telecommunications and hosting provider BT revealed that it will launch a new virtual data center service designed for large businesses and public sector organizations.
eLINIA To Virtualize The National Trust
May 1, 2009 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Breaking with antiquated tradition, the National Trust, a charity that helps preserve and present more than 300 historic houses and gardens, and 49 industrial sites in the UK, will be provided disaster recovery and managed, virtualized infrastructure services from managed hosting provider eLINIA (www.elinia.com).
eLINIA Resells BT Network Services
November 4, 2008 -- Welsh managed hosting provider eLINIA has partnered with UK broadband provider BT enabling eLINIA to offer network services including VPN and broadband connectivity, alongside its core hosting packages.
VIA NET.WORKS Looking for Financing
March 18, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider VIA NET.WORKS (vianetworks.com) said on Friday that it is working with PricewaterhouseCoopers in an attempt to obtain new financing to address what the company says is an "urgent" liquidity problem.
Tornado Merges with Web Host Novara.ie
March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Irish Web hosting provider Novara.ie (novara.ie) announced on Wednesday that it had merged with Tornado Dedicated Servers (tornado.ie), effective immediately. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
UK Registrar Leaves Customers Stranded
March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The pending status of Cambridge-based registrar Firevision (firevision.net) has left thousands of UK domain owners stranded, according to reports released this week. Several customers have vented their frustrations on Internet message boards about their inability to buy, move, update and renew domains names through the company.
Rodopi Supports Web Host Btnaccess
March 9, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Rodopi Software (rodopi.com), a developer of back-end automation software for Web hosting and Internet service providers, announced on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement to provide online provisioning and customer care applications for VOIP solution provider btnaccess's (btnaccess.com) Hosted PBX services. Btnaccess provides hosted private branch exchange solutions designed to support both enterprise and wholesale voice over Internet protocol markets.
Terremark Prices Public Stock Offering
March 9, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet exchange and network service provider Terremark Worldwide Inc. (terremark.com) announced on Wednesday that its public offering of 60,000,000 shares of common stock would be priced at $0.73 per share.
Qwest Still in Running to Acquire MCI
March 4, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Qwest Communications (qwest.com) is still in the running to acquire MCI (mci.com) after MCI and Verizon (verizon.com) agreed on Wednesday that MCI could consider Qwest's sweetened deal, which is reportedly worth $8 billion.
Terremark to Host Peering Forum
February 16, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet exchange and network service provider Terremark Worldwide Inc. (terremark.com), the London Internet Network Exchange and Lucent Technologies announced on Tuesday that they will host more than 125 global peering experts from around the globe at the annual TerreBit Peering Forum. The conference will be held in Miami and the Bahamas from March 4 to March 7.
Verizon Communications Acquires MCI
February 14, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Verizon Communications (verizon.com) announced on Monday that it has acquired MCI (mci.com) for $4.8 billion in equity and $488 million in cash, confirming reports that emerged late last Friday.
Verizon Makes Offer for MCI
February 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports, telecommunications carrier Verizon (verizon.com) is in serious merger talks with MCI (mci.com) and could announce a deal in the next few days.
Qwest, MCI in Merger Talks, Reports Say
February 3, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Qwest Communications (qwest.com) is reportedly in talks with MCI (mci.com) about a potential six billion dollar takeover, creating the possibility for another major telecommunications sector merger.
VeriSign Extends Email Service to Europe
February 2, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet security service provider VeriSign (verisign.com) announced on Wednesday that it has extended its Email Security Service to companies in Europe, enabling them to fight spam, viruses and email-borne attacks.
Sun Opens Access to OpenSolaris Patents
January 27, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Sun Microsystems (sun.com) announced earlier this week that it will release more than 1,600 patents related to the Sun OpenSolaris operating system, to the open source community.
Thawte Adds Wildcard Cert for Resellers
January 27, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SSL certificate authority Thawte (thawte.com) said on Thursday that it has introduced SSL Web Server Wildcard Certificates to its reseller channel.
POBox Hosting Targets 1&1 Customers
January 21, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- UK-based Web hosting firm POBox Hosting (poboxhosting.co.uk) announced on Thursday that it had begun promoting its services as an alternative for customers of European hosting giant 1&1 that might have been removed from Google's UK regional search results.
Terremark Purchases TECOTA
January 4, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Terremark Worldwide, Inc (terremark.com), a provider of integrated tier-1 Internet exchanges and network services, announced on Monday that it has acquired from its partners all of the equity interests not owned by it in the entity that owns the Technology Center of the Americas, home of Terremark's flagship NAP of the Americas. Under the acquisition terms, Terremark paid $40 million for the equity interests in Technology Center of the Americas, LLC and repaid $35 million in debt.
VitalStream Offers SDK for Flash Users
November 2, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Streaming media and Web hosting provider VitalStream (vitalstream.com) announced on Tuesday that it has made the new MediaOps Software Development Kit exclusively available to customers using its Flash video streaming services.
WebtraffIQ Launches SMS Server Alert
October 28, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web analytics firm WebtraffIQ (www.webtraffiq.com) announced on Thursday that it has launched a new SMS and email alert service, WebtraffIQ Alerts. WebtraffIQ Alerts checks a customer's Web site every 10 minutes, notifying them by SMS and email if the site does not respond. Once the site is recovered, the customer will receive a notification also by SMS and email, informing them what has happened.
Terremark Extends Financing Close Date
October 27, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Terremark (terremark.com), an operator of tier-1 Internet exchanges and network services, announced on Wednesday that it has exercised an option to extend the closing date of its previously announced intended purchase, from its partners, of 100 percent of the equity interest in the Technology Center of the Americas from November 1 to December 1, 2004.
Terremark CEO Repays $5 Million Debt
September 30, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet exchange operator Terremark Worldwide Inc. (terremark.com) said on Thursday that the company's Chairman and CEO has repaid his outstanding $5 million loan from the company by tendering Terremark approximately 7.7 million shares of Terremark common stock.
MSPAlliance Merges With MSP Network
September 9, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The MSPAlliance (mspalliance.com), a global trade group for the managed services and IT outsourcing industry, and the Global Managed Service Provider Network have announced the merging of the two organizations.
Apache Project Rejects Sender ID
September 3, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Apache Project (apache.org) has rejected the Sender ID proposal for email user authentication because of the incompatibilities between Microsoft's (microsoft.com) license for the technology and open source software, according to a report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com).
Savvis Renews Master Lease Agreement
August 27, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and network provider SAVVIS Communications Corporation (savvis.com) announced on Friday that it has amended the terms of its Master Lease Agreement with General Electric Capital Corporation.
Barry University Picks Terremark Hosting
August 12, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet exchange operator Terremark Worldwide Inc. (terremark.com) announced on Thursday that Barry University has selected Terremark's NAP of the Americas to host its Internet access platform.
Web Hosts Support Sender ID Protocol
August 3, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Sender ID anti-spam protocol, which is aimed at thwarting email spoofing, is being supported by some Internet service and Web hosting companies, while some Linux supporters oppose the Microsoft-backed approach, according to a report by Ziff Davis Channel Zone.
Zoolink Finalizes Sale, Buys Carrier
July 22, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and data center services provider Zoolink Corporation (zoolink.com) announced on Wednesday that it has finalized the sale of its Zoolink Communications division, announced in May, to Internet service provider Universco Broadband Networks (universco.com) and signed a letter of intent to acquire Puerto Rican local exchange carrier ICEnetworks.com (icenetworks.com).
Terremark Buys Miami Data Center
July 22, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Terremark (terremark.com), an operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and network services, announced earlier this week that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Technology Center of the Americas, a 750,00 square foot data center facility based in Miami, Florida. TECOTA is home to the NAP of the Americas, owned and operated by Terremark.
XO Completes Allegiance Acquisition
June 24, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and Internet service carrier XO Communications (xo.com) announced on Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of the assets belonging to Allegiance Telecom (algx.com) for $322 million in cash, including $11 million of adjustments for working capital and approximately 45.4 million shares of XO common stock.
