Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Feb 19, 2010

February 19, 2010 -- With Valentines Day and Presidents Day but a memory, there were only a handful of sales and promo announcements complimenting a great deal of continuing promotions in the week ending February 2010, including SingleHop's unlimited free SSL certificates to resellers, and Virpus Networks' $7 per month VPS promotion.

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Jan 15, 2010

January 15, 2010 -- There was a handful of announcements to report in the second Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup as marketing departments get back to business after the winter holidays. Sprial Hosting relaunched its popular free-for-life domain registration, LCN.com said it would give away a free, complimentary .UK domain with the purchase of another, and Exabytes continued its free hosting package upgrade offer.

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Jan 8, 2010

January 8, 2010 -- There were a handful of web host industry sales and promotions in the first full week of 2010, including a shared hosting discount from WebspaceHosting, extended savings on web hosting demos from DemoWolf, and Exabytes offering free upgrades and other discounts.

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Dec 11, 2009

December 11, 2009 -- With the holiday shopping season well underway, more than a fair share of Web hosts have began offering holiday promotions and discounts, including WebhostUK, LCN, Exabytes, and AIT.

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.

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Nov 27, 2009

November 27, 2009 -- As November draws to a close and the holiday shopping season reaches a heated fervor, web hosting firms are rallying to offer web hosting services when customers -- especially online retailers -- need them most. Among the deals announced this week are PEER 1's e-commerce hosting discount, Blacknight's cheaper domains, HostV's disk space double, and Internode's business-class broadband discount.

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.

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.

The Planet Joins Microsoft BizSpark Program

July 20, 2009 -- IT hosting provider The Planet has become a member of Microsoft's BizSpark Program, letting it provide free Microsoft software to early-stage startups, which may not otherwise be able to affordable such products.

Malaysian Web Host Joins BizSpark Program

April 23, 2009 -- Web hosting provider Exabytes Network, which describes itself as “Malaysia’s top hosting company,” announced on Thursday that it has become the first hosting company based in Malaysia to join Microsoft’s BizSpark program.

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup

April 3, 2009 -- There were a number of discounts for web hosting coupon collectors in the first week of April, including Tigersites' $50 off shared hosting offer, Sitevalley giving 25 percent off to those who have joined the Twitter band waggon, and HosterHoster.com offering customers their first month of hosting for just a penny.

CDNetworks Partners with Nirvanix

June 24, 2008 -- CDNetworks, and cloud storage platform provider Nirvanix announced on Tuesday they have signed a strategic partnership to deliver what they claim is the "industry's only unified cloud storage and content delivery service."

Aspiration Hosting Unveils Company

April 25, 2008 -- Malaysia-based web hosting provider Aspiration Hosting announced on Friday that it has officially launched its services and has entered the Web hosting market as a peer and competitor offering shared and reseller hosting services.

Exabytes Updates Billing System

April 11, 2008 -- Malaysia-based Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Wednesday it has updated its billing system to WHMCS, which offers a complete solution for the customer's management, support and billing needs.

Web Host Industry Week in Review

February 29, 2008 -- This week's biggest news has been set in stone for months, with the official launch of Windows Server 2008, the platform that will power a lot of hosting solutions in the years to come.

Exabytes Adds New Reseller Plan

February 26, 2008 -- Malaysia-based Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Tuesday it has launched its new Linux Unlimited Domains Reseller Hosting Plan, offering resellers the flexibility to host as many domains as they wish.

Exabytes Offers Hosting for Students

December 14, 2007 -- Malaysia-based Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Thursday that it has launched a new plan targeting students.

Exabytes Offers Shared Hosting Deal

October 26, 2007 -- Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Friday it has launched its shared hosting promotion, which goes through November 21.

Exabytes Launches HostingCon Promo

July 19, 2007 -- Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Wednesday that it is offering 30 percent off on every new hosting account purchased between July 17 and 31 in conjunction with this year's HostingCon.

Exabytes Adds to Web Hosting Plan

May 25, 2007 -- Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Thursday that it has upgraded its EBiz Gold hosting plan.

Are We Running Out of Storage Space? IDC is Concerned, but Maxell Says Never Fear

Posted on 2007-03-13

I learned about the IDC storage paradox on Zoli Erdos' blog. Zoli mentions this Associated Press article, which cites IDC's estimate that "the world had 185 exabytes of storage available last year and will have 601 exabytes in 2010. But the amount of

Cisco CEO Predicts 15 Exabytes/Month Bandwidth Usage by 2015

Posted on 2006-12-04

Silicon.com quotes Cisco CEO John Chambers' presentation at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong that by 2015, the monthly volume of Internet traffic will reach 15 Exabytes (that's 15 million TB). Wikipedia says as of the end of 1999, the sum of all human

Exabytes Launches Monthly Promotion

August 10, 2006 -- Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Thursday the launch of its new promotion, Host and Win.