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DDoS Attack Causes Two Hour Service Disruption for Web Host Media Temple

May 26, 2010 — Los Angeles-based Web host Media Temple was struck Tuesday afternoon by the largest distributed denial-of-service attack against its nameservers in the company’s history.

Web Host PacHosting Adds Anti-Spam Firewall

March 23, 2009 — Hong Kong-based business hosting provider PacHosting has introduced its new Advanced Anti Spam Firewall service for its web hosting, email and Hosted Exchange clients without users having to install software or change local settings.

Web Host The Planet Adds Cisco Firewalls

March 18, 2009 — IT hosting provider The Planet announced on Monday that it has begun offering two new Cisco Firewalls to its product catalog, providing enhanced server performance and security within the company’s dedicated server and virtual and private rack product lines.

Spiderhost Offers SMB IT Solution

March 3, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT services provider Spiderhost (spiderhost.com) announced on Thursday that it has released an affordable plug-and-play IT solution for small and medium businesses across Florida.

SWsoft Unveils Virtuozzo 2.6.1 for Linux

February 15, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting automation software developer SWsoft (sw-soft.com) will announce the availability of Virtuozzo 2.6.1 for Linux Tuesday at LinuxWorld in Boston.

NSS Group Completes Testing Round

February 14, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Independent security testing laboratory NSS Group (nss.co.uk) announced on Monday that it has released the results of the second round of its complete third party evaluation of intrusion detection and prevention products. The entire report can be viewed for free on its Web site with PDF and CD versions also available.

VFM Picks Web Host Q9 Networks

February 2, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Wednesday that it has signed VFM Interactive, a producer and distributor of online marketing content for the lodging and travel industry, as a new managed hosting customer. Under the terms of the agreement, Q9 will provide physical space, servers, firewalls, load balancers and Internet bandwidth.

Savvis Launches Managed Security Tools

January 26, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SAVVIS Communications (savvis.net) announced on Wednesday that it had launched a new portfolio of managed security services.

Symantec Launches Email Security Device

January 26, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Information security provider Symantec Corp. (symantec.com) announced on Wednesday that it is preparing to release the Symantec Mail Security 8200 Series, a secure email hardware solution for medium and large businesses.

Web Host RackForce Upgrades Firewall

January 21, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian wholesale Web host RackForce (rackforce.com) announced on Friday it has enhanced its managed FortiGate ASIC accelerated antivirus firewalls, enabling its managed security services to handle increasing volumes of traffic.