Parallels Summit 2010 - Day 3 Session: How Cloud affects Deal Valuation and M&A volume

February 24, 2010 -- In his presentation "How Cloud affects Deal Valuation and M&A volume", DH Capital managing director Paul Stapleton talked about how cloud computing can influence the financing and investing nature of a company.

DH Capital Appoints Tier1's Dan Golding to Managing Director

January 19, 2010 -- Investment banking firm DH Capital announced on Tuesday it has named Daniel Golding as a managing director.

Web Hosting Year in Review: Investment and Finance

December 30, 2009 -- For businesses in just about every industry, 2009 was marked more by the state of the economy than by any other individual factor. The recession from which we may or may not have now emerged wreaked wide and well-reported havoc on the automotive, banking and insurance industries, and did varying degrees of damage to other businesses.

DH Capital Closes $20M Debt Financing for SoftLayer

September 30, 2009 -- Investment banking firm DH Capital announced on Wednesday it has closed $20 million in financing for SoftLayer Technologies from an unidentified private investment group.

DH Capital Closes Cervalis' $48M Loan

July 7, 2009 -- Investment banking firm DH Capital announced on Tuesday it has closed $48,000,000 in senior credit facilities for IT services provider Cervalis from a consortium of commercial lending institutions.

Parallels Summit Session - Valuation and Finance

Posted on 2009-02-04

Wednesday afternoon's "Valuation and Finance" session at this year's Parallels Summit was hosted by straight talking DH Capital managing director Paul Stapleton covered the often complex business world that is more in the realm of bankers than hoster

DH Capital Advises Complex Drive Sale

December 3, 2008 -- Providing expert advice in San Diego colocation provider American Internet Services' acquisition of nearby colocation provider Complex Drive, investment banking firm DH Capital has served as exclusive financial advisor to Complex Drive.

HostingCon 2008 Wraps Up Today

July 30, 2008 -- In its final year of planning the event, Interjuncture hosts the final day of the hosted services industry's largest conference and trade show, HostingCon 2008, from Chicago's Navy Pier.

Web Hosting Mergers and Acquisitions - April 2008

Posted on 2008-05-31

April was a bit more active than March. I am getting some good "vibes" pre HostingCon and ISPCON was better than expected. My firm closed a couple of transactions which is always nice. So here we go...

ABRY Buys Hosted Solutions for $140m

April 9, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Hosted Solutions announced on Tuesday that the company has been acquired by media and communications private equity firm ABRY Partners for $140 million.

DH Capital Advises Data393 in Sale

January 16, 2008 -- In one of the first major data center acquisition of 2008, DH Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor to managed hosting and colocation provider Data393 in its sale to Managed Data Holdings

Tier 1's Hosting Transformation Summit-Day 1

Posted on 2007-09-19

Tier 1 Research's third annual Hosting Transformation Summit kicked off on Tuesday at The Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada with a full-day of panels and sessions surrounding everything from the next-generation of managed hosting, to tip

WHIR Week in Review - Blogs

September 4, 2007 -- The WHIR blogs saw a thick collection of posts last week, more than one of which had to do with well-known Web hosting pundit, and a past WHIR blogger herself, Isabel Wang.

HostingCon 2007-Interview with Paul Stapleton, DH Capital

Posted on 2007-08-29

HostingCon 2007 Video Review

Posted on 2007-07-31

WHIR TV recently checked out HostingCon 2007, the third annual event dedicated to the Web hosting industry, held at the Navy Pier in Chicago. Liam has been bringing you in-depth coverage from the event through his blog and we have a lot of interviews

Stapleton says "Rat's ass cheap deals" at HostingCon

Posted on 2007-07-25

The tale: Hillary Stiff of Cheval Capital (Competitor of my firm NCC) and self proclaimed "buyer's broker" made a presentation at HostingCon. Paul Stapleton of DH Capital (Also a competitor of NCC) used several pages of Ms. Stiff's

DH Capital Sponsors HostingCon

July 20, 2007 -- Media, Internet and telecommunications investment banking firm DH Capital announced ion Thursday it is sponsoring the second day conference luncheon at Web hosting conference and tradeshow HostingCon 2007.

Thoughts from ISPCON - who wants to buy a hosting company?

Posted on 2007-05-25

One of the questions I got the most at the spring ISPCON was "what does the market for hosting companies look like?" While I've handled 3 hosting transactions in 2007, my typical response is: "I don't know, ask DH Capital or Cheval Capital." But t

DH Capital Closes Cervalis Deal

April 10, 2007 -- Investment banking firm DH Capital announced on Monday the closing of $20 million in senior credit facilities for data center operator and Web hosting provider Cervalis.

ISPCON Shifts to Profits Wednesday

November 9, 2006 -- Internet service provider conference ISPCON carried on Wednesday in Santa Clara, California, with sessions shifting from the broader marketing theories of the previous day's agenda to more specific directions for making money.

DH Capital Initiates G Force Sale

November 3, 2006 -- Investment banking firm DH Capital announced on Thursday that G Force has completed the sale of its cable television systems to telecommunications provider Atlantic Broadband.

DH Capital Advises Data Center Sale

November 2, 2006 -- Investment banking firm DH Capital announced on Wednesday it served as exclusive financial advisor to Boston Datacenters on its sale to Web hosting provider Hosted Solutions.

DH Capital Advises USCarrier

September 26, 2006 -- Financing advisor DH Capital announced on Monday it represented fiber-optic network provider USCarrier Telecom on its recently completed financial restructuring and strategic partnership with American Fiber Systems.

Summit Eyes Success Beyond the Box

September 22, 2006 -- Held in Las Vegas this week, Tier 1 Research's Hosting Transformation Summit illustrated all the ways in which the Web hosting business is changing.

Hosting Summit Wraps with Bold Talk

September 20, 2006 -- The final day of Tier 1 Research's Hosting Transformation Summit began with Tier 1 analyst Dan Golding's keynote on what the future holds for the Internet, the data center market and content distribution networks.

DataPipe Secures $12M Investment

September 13, 2006 -- Managed hosting and security services provider DataPipe announced on Tuesday it has secured a $12 million private placement investment.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

July 14, 2006 -- Deep into what Web hosts might consider "conference season," this week's Web hosting news was filled with updates from this week's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference and previews of next week's HostingCon.

DH Capital HostingCon Luncheon

July 13, 2006 -- Media, Internet and telecommunications investment banking firm DH Capital announced on Wednesday it is sponsoring the second day Conference Luncheon at HostingCon 2006.

An Interview With Isabel Wang

June 28, 2006 -- Isabel Wang is one of Web hosting's original thinkers. She co-founded Internet access directory ISPCheck in 1997, and was editor of the excellent but now defunct hosting magazine WHMag.

Web Hosting's All Star Team

October 2009 The October 2009 issue features our polling results to determine our Web Hosting All Star Team.

Physical Security, SaaS

July 2008

Big Money and Web Hosting

October 2008