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Carrier and Colo Firm Hurricane Electric Doubles IPv6 Network Size

November 23, 2009 -- Hurricane Electric, a colocation provider and Internet backbone carrier, announced on Monday that it is the first network in the world to connect to more than 600 IPv6 networks, having doubled the reach of its IPv6 network in less than a year.

Hurricane Electric Expands Fremont Data Center

November 3, 2009 -- Colocation and Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric announced on Tuesday it has completed construction of its Freemont 2 Colocation Facility, one of its two data centers in Fremont, California.

Hurricane Electric Makes IPv4 Depletion iPhone App

July 21, 2009 -- In its latest efforts to educate the public about Internet Protocol version 4 address space depletion, IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider Hurricane Electric has announced the availability of its free IPv4 countdown App for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Eight Hosts Top Netcraft Survey

December 17, 2008 -- Eight hosting companies have shared last month's top spot in Netcraft's monthly survey of the most reliable hosting company sites, each showing only one failed request throughout November according to the UK research and security firm.

Rackspace, ZeroLag Most Reliable: Poll

October 24, 2008 -- Hosting companies Rackspace and ZeroLag Communications have been found to have the most reliable home pages in the industry for the month of September, having been the only two sites that responded to each request made by Netcraft.

Spam Activity Drops After ISP's Demise

October 10, 2008 -- MessageLabs discovered a brief decline in spam following the demise of Atrivo/Intercage, an ISP that hosted many malware and cyber criminal websites, as reported on Brian Krebs' Security Fix blog on WashingtonPost.com.

HE August's Most Reliable Hosting Site

September 9, 2008 -- Internet backbone and colocation provider Hurricane Electric is the most reliable hosting company site for August 2008 according to UK research and security firm Netcraft.

Host Dept. Buys NJ Data Center

July 28, 2008 -- Web hosting and domain name registrar Host Department has announced it is expanding to a new data center in New Jersey in effort to provide greater reliability and access times.

Host Dept. Upgrades Facility Switches

March 3, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Host Department announced on Monday it has upgraded all of its Hurricane Electric data center switches to increase its overall network reliability.

HE Expands Switch and Data Peering

July 30, 2007 -- Switch and Data announced on Monday that Web hosting and colocation provider Hurricane Electric has expanded its PAIX public peering footprint with 10GigE ports in both Palo Alto, California and New York.

Hurricane Electric Upgrades Connection

December 12, 2006 -- Colocation provider Hurricane Electric announced on Monday it has increased the size of its connection at PAIX Palo Alto.

Hurricane Electric Doubles Capacity

November 1, 2006 -- Web hosting provider Hurricane Electric announced on Tuesday it has completed the second phase build out of its new colocation facility located in Silicon Valley, resulting in more than double the capacity available six months ago.

Hurricane Electric Sponsors Web SIG

September 13, 2006 -- Web hosting provider Hurricane Electric announced on Monday it is sponsoring a new Silicon Valley based technology users group called Web SIG.

Hurricane Reaches 500 Network Mark

April 7, 2006 -- Internet backbone and colocation provider Hurricane Electric announced on Friday that it has established peering relationships with over five hundred unique Internet networks worldwide and has over 1,200 live BGP peering sessions.

Rock Star Sues Web Hosts Over Video

March 9, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports, the lead singer for the rock band Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst, has filed suit against ten Web site operators, almost all Web hosting and Internet service providers, for allegedly hosting footage of him in a homemade sex tape.

Rackspace Most Reliable, Netcraft Says

March 8, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com) had the most reliable Web hosting company Web site last month, according to research and analysis firm Netcraft's (netcraft.com) survey of Web site reliability. It was the first time Rackspace topped Netcraft's survey.

Hurricane Electric Offers Anti-Spam

March 3, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Technical Service Provider Hurricane Electric (he.com) announced on Thursday that it has updated added its Web hosting and dedicated server accounts with several new anti-spam email options that will significantly lower its customers' incoming spam. The anti-spam technologies include greylisting, sender email address validation, virus blocking and MX+.

The BitTorrent Debate

March 3, 2005 -- After making a big impact in the way files are distributed online, BitTorrent, the latest in peer-to-peer technology, has become the next target for some high-profile copyright holders.

Hurricane Electric Hosting Seminar

February 2, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hurricane Electric (he.net) announced on Monday it will host a marketing seminar titled "Low Budget Online Marketing" on March 12, 2005, discussing the strategies that participants can take to expand a business on the Internet.

Hurricane Electric Adds BitTorrent

January 26, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and colocation provider Hurricane Electric (he.net) announced on Tuesday that it has added a new service feature that enables hosting customers to track and seed files via the BitTorrent (bittorrent.com), file transferring protocol.

Hurricane Electric Connects to Amsterdam

January 13, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hurricane Electric (he.net) announced on Thursday that it has connected to an Internet exchange point in Amsterdam called AMS-IX, one of Europe's largest.

Hurricane Electric Runs Java Seminar

December 22, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hurricane Electric (he.net), said on Wednesday it will host "Better Software, Faster," an informative Java seminar geared toward all Java software developers. The seminar, scheduled for February 5, 2005, is the fourth in a series hosted by Hurricane Electric that promotes continued education in the business and technology field.

New York Internet Tops Netcraft Survey

December 3, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), New York Internet (nyi.net) was the most reliable Web hosting provider Web site in November.

Hurricane Electric Holds Perl Seminar

November 3, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and colocation provider Hurricane Electric (he.net) announced on Monday that it will host "Intermediate Perl," a second seminar in a two-part series on Perl Programming to be held on November 20, 2004 in Fremont, California. The event follows "Learning Perl," which took place a month ago.

Netcraft Names Most Reliable Web Hosts

November 2, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to research and analysis firm Netcraft's (netcraft.com) October study of the most reliable Web hosting provider Web sites, iPowerWeb (ipowerweb.com), INetU (inetu.com) and Cee-Kay (cee-kay.net) were the three most reliable Web hosting companies over the past month.

Hurricane Electric to Hold Unix Seminar

September 2, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hurricane Electric (he.net) announced on Wednesday that it is hosting "SysAdmin 101," a Unix seminar geared toward intermediate and advanced users as well as beginning system administrators, on October 3, 2004.

Hurricane Electric Increases Storage

August 31, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hurricane Electric (he.net) announced on Monday that it has upgraded its Web hosting plans by significantly increasing the amount of storage and traffic included without increasing the price.

Netcraft Says Seeweb Most Reliable

July 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Italian Web hosting company Seeweb (seeweb.it) was the most reliable Web hosting provider for the second consecutive month, according to research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com). Seeweb, which runs on Linux, experienced a rate of only 0.02 percent failed requests.

FastServers.Net Sets up Shop in Midwest

June 14, 2004 -- When PowerSurge first got into Web hosting in 1996 it focused squarely on the shared hosting segment of the market. It was not until 2001 that the company began offering dedicated servers, branding the new division Fastservers.Net.