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.

New Video on WHIR tv - Interview with Amarjyoti Krishnan of Bobcares

Posted on 2010-01-13

Today's video features Amarjyoti Krishnan of Bobcares. WHIR tv caught up with him at the Parallel's EMEA Roadshow stop in Amsterdam. Bobcares has been a solid webhosting support company for years now and it's no surprise that they're expanding into t

Interview with Amarjyoti Krishnan of Bobcares

January 13, 2010 -- WHIR tv interviews Amarjyoti Krishnan of Bobcares at the Parallels EMEA Roadshow in Amsterdamn.

UK Web Host Webfusion Launches New VPS Plans

January 7, 2010 -- UK Web hosting provider Webfusion announced on Wednesday it has launched its new virtual private server packages.

Interxion Names Senior VP Marketing and CMO

January 6, 2010 -- European carrier-neutral data center operator Interxion announced on Wednesday it has named Kevin Dean as senior vice president marketing and chief marketing officer.

Web Host Heart Internet Launches White Label iPhone Control Panel for Resellers

January 4, 2010 -- Specializing in reseller hosting, UK web host, Heart Internet, has announced the launch of its white label iPhone control panel for resellers, letting its resellers use their iPhone to manage client's domain names and all their web hosting accounts, including adding brand new hosting accounts.

Web Hosting Year in Review: Data Center Construction

December 29, 2009 -- There were many high-profile data center builds announced this year, but five data center projects in particular stood out, both in size and financial investment.

Energ-IT Project Demonstrates Data Center Power Efficiency Practices

December 21, 2009 -- With the goal of finding ways to reduce power consumption in data centers, the Energ-IT project has created a test data centre that switches from a traditional IT infrastructure into a virtualized one in order to determine benchmarks on green savings as well as to identify a set of actions that can be applied to the data center as it moves to a virtualized infrastructure.

Reported Fasthosts Outage Hits Email Users

December 18, 2009 -- According to a report published Thursday in The Register, a network performance issue affected the services of the email customers of UK-based web host Fasthosts Thursday, for approximately two hours.

Tech Data Belgium Enters SaaS Market Using Parallels Automation

December 17, 2009 -- European technology distributor Tech Data Belgium has launched Fusyx, its foray into the Software as a Service market, offering a complete set of small and medium-sized business services based on Parallels Automation software.

Study Shows Security Largest Barrier to Cloud Adoption

December 16, 2009 -- Telecommunications provider Colt Telecom Group announced on Wednesday that it has commissioned research firm Portio to conduct study on its behalf which revealed that 68 percent of European CIOs and IT decision-makers say security fears prevent them from adopting cloud computing services.

Interxion Lends Its Design and Operation Expertise to Dutch Media Hub

December 16, 2009 -- Carrier-neutral European data center operator Interxion has become a partner of the Dutch Media Hub industry initiative and will provide expertise in the design and operation of critical server environments for media aggregation and dissemination in support of the Dutch Media Hub's goals.

EvoSwitch Facility Ups Energy Savings Rate to 50 Percent

December 15, 2009 -- European data center operator EvoSwitch announced on Tuesday it has lowered the average Power Usage Effectiveness of its data center from 1.6 in 2008 to 1.5 in 2009.

Connectivity Provider Hibernia Atlantic Acquires Transport Services Provider MediaXstream

December 15, 2009 -- In an effort to build greater network solutions for worldwide media companies, transatlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider Hibernia Atlantic has acquired MediaXstream, a leading provider of high-quality transport and managed network services for the media production and broadcast industries.

Interxion Dublin Data Center Buildout Employs 90

December 14, 2009 -- European data center operator Interxion announced on Monday that it has hired construction firm StructureTone to build its new €12 million data center in Dublin.

Interxion Opens New Par 5 Data Center in Paris

December 11, 2009 -- European data center operator Interxion announced on Friday that its PAR 5 data center in Saint Denis, a suburb located 5.8 miles from the center of Paris, is now operational.

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.

ServeCentric Expands Lease in Digital Realty Dublin Data Center

December 3, 2009 -- Wholesale data center space provider Digital Realty Trust reported this week that Irish managed services and data center operator ServeCentric had signed a new lease agreement for additional space within DRT’s Dublin data center, based on the increasing demand for its own services.

Lockerbie Data Centres' $1.5B Data Center Approved

December 2, 2009 -- Scottish data center operator Lockerbie Data Centres announced on Wednesday that its proposed $1.5 billion (£950 million) data center near Lockerbie, Scotland has been approved by Dumfries & Galloway Council.

Telecom Italia Sparkle to Locate in Interxion Frankfurt Facility

December 2, 2009 -- European carrier-neutral data center operator Interxion announced on Wednesday that Telecom Italia Sparkle has extended its relationship with Interxion by locating equipment in the company's recently completed Frankfurt 5 data center.

Xhu.hu Launches Web Hosting Plans For Hungarians, By Hungarians

November 30, 2009 -- Xhu.hu has launched Hungarian web hosting plans to provide various hosting plans including shared, reseller and dedicated servers for Hungarian businesses that want world-class service delivered by a Hungarian company.

euNetworks Provides European Traders Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity at NASDAQ OMX Europe

November 24, 2009 -- European networking solutions provider euNetworks Group Limited will be offering ultra-low latency and high availability connectivity to Europe's financial community by connecting to the NASDAQ OMX Europe (NEURO) trading platform.

iomart Reports Six Month 47% Revenue Growth

November 24, 2009 -- Managed hosting and cloud computing business iomart Group has reported revenue growth of £8.4 million (roughly $12.3 million), a 47 percent increase over the first half of 2009 revenues, with help from its managed hosting arm, iomarthosting.com, which doubled its customer based and moved into profitability after a period of investment.

eircom, Hibernia Atlantic Partner for Irish Cable Link

November 23, 2009 -- Irish telecommunications and web hosting company Eircom and network carrier Hibernia Atlantic announced on Monday that the companies had partnered to link eircom’s Clonshaugh, Ireland data center to the US and Canada via Hibernia Atlantic’s trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable.

Proposed $1.5B Scottish Data Center Sees Progress

November 20, 2009 -- Scottish data center operator Lockerbie Data Centres, a wholly owned subsidiary of Robison and Davidson, has revealed that local planning officials have approve its proposal to build a $1.5 billion (£950 million) data center near Lockerbie, Scotland, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.

BroadGroup's Next PoweredbyCloud European Forum Scheduled for February 2010

November 20, 2009 -- The European forum for business leaders and strategists in the cloud space, PoweredbyCloud will take place February 8 to 9, 2010, which will coincide with the Cloud Law summit, the first legal forum for cloud computing in Europe.

Deutche Telekom to Buy Web Host Strato for $400M

November 19, 2009 -- Telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom announced on Thursday it will acquire Web hosting provider Strato from German telecom services provider Freenet.

UK Web Host 123-reg Partners with Google and Clickstream to Deliver AdSense Ads

November 18, 2009 -- UK domain registrar and web host 123-reg has partnered with Google and content platform developer Clickstream Technologies to offer its customers free automated tools to generate revenue from AdSense, Google's advertising program.

Cobweb Launches Managed Cloud Messaging Service Based on Exchange Server 2010

November 17, 2009 -- As demand for private cloud solutions grows, flexible IT solutions provider Cobweb Solutions has launched Dedicated Exchange 2010, a new, managed cloud service for messaging and collaboration, which has an integrated user and management experience, as well as integration into a customers' existing Active Directory, effectively making it unnecessary for organisations to host their own email servers.

European Data Center Revenue to Double by 2015: Study

November 13, 2009 -- UK based telecom research firm Tariff Consultancy issued a report this week suggesting that revenue for the European data center market will double between 2010 and 2015, with net raised floor space to increase by 70 percent during time, as a result of price increases.

Interxion Appoints Frederik Dewulf Belgian Managing Director

November 12, 2009 -- Leading European carrier-neutral data center operator Interxion has appointed Frederik Dewulf as managing director of Interxion Belgium. Dewulf brings a wealth of management, sales and financial expertise to Interxion.

Register for a Panel Discussion with Telecity, Proofpoint and The Planet

Posted on 2009-11-11

As I mentioned last week, we’re ramping up the frequency of webinars here at the WHIR. Yesterday we had a great presentation from Neustar on traffic management and its UltraDNS collection of products. And we've got another one lined up for