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Tech Firms Oppose California Bill that would let Emissions Rise

November 1, 2010 — A proposition designed to create jobs in California at the expense of the state greenhouse gas emission goals, has several technology companies pleeding with voters to oppose the legislation, which will go to ballot Tuesday.

GreenLight: Getting more computational work done for fewer watts of energy

A green strategy requires various steps: monitoring and controlling the use of electricity of network-connected devices, design innovative ways to reduce energy consumption and then more monitoring and measuring to refine the process. Academia and enterprise often collaborate in this research, looking for ways to get more computational work done for fewer watts of energy. …Read More

TechSpace Buys E-commerce Gateway

March 15, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and IT infrastructure services provider TechSpace (techspace.com) announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the Web hosting, dedicated server and colocation customers of E-commerce Gateway. California-based TechSpace picks up 21,000 business-class user accounts and over 500 Web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Terremark Closes Stock Offering

March 15, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Network facility operator Terremark Worldwide Inc. (terremark.com) announced on Tuesday it has closed its follow-on offering of 60,000,000 shares of its common stock. Terremark sold the shares at $0.73 per share.

Radiant Adds Two New Board Members

February 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet service and Web hosting provider Radiant Communications (radiant.net) announced earlier this week that Wendy Porter and Don Calder have joined its board of directors, replacing outgoing members Marc Bouchard and Omaya Elguindi, who have resigned.

Texas Takes on Student Spammer

January 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A federal suit was launched on Thursday against a University of Texas student alleged to have led one of the world’s largest spam operations. Ryan Samuel Pitylak, 22, and alleged accomplice Mark Stephen Trotter of Encinitas, California are accused of sending thousands of junk mail messages through their two firms, PayPerAction and Leadplex.

Terremark Adds New Data Center Customers

January 10, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator services provider Terremark Worldwide (terremark.com) announced on Monday that it has inked contracts with new customers in an effort to extend their relationships with the NAP of the Americas, California’s NAP/West and the NAP de las Americas in Spain.

Update on Omnis MySQL Crash

December 8, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The MySQL server crash that took place over the weekend at Omnis Networks did not bring down the California-based Web host’s entire network as originally reported by the Web Host Industry Review.

SyncCast Launches Data Center

December 8, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — SyncCast Communications (synccastcommunication.com), a provider of streaming media and content delivery services, announced Wednesday that it has launched its newest data center in Orange County, California providing a highly connected network of fiber to numerous tier 1 Internet backbone providers in Southern California.

MySQL Server Crash Brings Down Omnis

December 7, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a post on the Omnis Networks (omnis.com) user support forum Saturday night, a system administrator for the California-based Web hosting provider confirmed that a multiple hard drive failure caused its MySQL server to crash, reportedly causing a failure that brought down the Web sites of a significant number of Omnis customers.