Microsoft Opens $550m Data Center

September 22, 2008 -- Microsoft's most advanced data center has gone online, adding the $550 million, 470,000-square-foot data center to the company's Web-based applications hosting backbone.

NTT Targets Japanese in Thailand

September 5, 2007 -- Mobile communications company NTT DoCoMo announced on Wednesday it has reignited plans to offer its data center services to Japanese companies based in Thailand through its fully-owned subsidiary NTT Communications Thailand.

Ironically, S3 Glitch Shows What Amazon is Doing Right

Posted on 2007-01-08

Amazon's S3 storage service had a bit of a hiccup last Thursday and Friday. I came across this discussion thread on Amazon's developer forum via CNet. Rich Miller and Dan Farber have also mentioned the incident.

Lycos Europe Ends Anti-Spam Campaign

December 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), Lycos Europe says it is taking down the MakeLoveNotSpam.com Web site and bringing its controversial MakeLoveNotSpam anti-spam campaign to an end. The company said it had achieved its objective, which was to ignite a debate about anti-spam measures.

Ensim Releases Ensim Pro 4.0

November 16, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting automation software developer Ensim (ensim.com) announced on Tuesday that it has released version 4.0 of Ensim Pro for Windows, its flagship hosting automation solution. According to the company, Ensim Pro delivers a significantly enhanced new user interface, expanded portfolio of applications, and the capability to offer additional applications and services.

You May Already Be a Reseller

August 25, 2004 -- Larger Web hosts are turning to the large, and growing, segment of hosting customers that may already be doing the work of Web hosting resellers.

Ensim Releases Ensim Pro, Basic 4.0

May 12, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hosting automation software developer Ensim (ensim.com) announced the immediate availability of Ensim Pro 4.0 and Ensim Basic 4.0 for the Linux platform on Tuesday. The latest releases include the integration of Ensim Ignite, a collection of services that allows hosting providers to offer their customers more than just basic Web hosting, and includes a new graphical user interface that gives hosts the ability to view statistical, usage and status information.

Ensim Ignite Completes the Web Hosting Package

April 12, 2004 -- Most Web hosts and analysts are, by now, in agreement about the tremendous potential held by the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) market as a base of Web hosting customers.

VeriSign Names New Executive VP

June 5, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- VeriSign, Inc. (verisign.com) announced today that it has named Vernon Irvin as executive vice-president of VeriSign?s Telecommunication Services Group.

BT Renews TELEHOUSE Colocation Agreement

April 23, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- BT Ignite (btignite.com), BT America Inc.?s business services and solutions division, announced today that it had signed a three-year renewal to colocate in TELEHOUSE?s (telehouse.com) New York facility.

BT Wins Five-Year Honeywell Outsourcing Contract

February 27, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- BT (bt.com) announced a new five-year outsourcing contract with Honeywell (honeywell.com), a diversified technology and manufacturing conglomerate.

BT Launches Network Control Center

November 21, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- UK-based telecommunications giant BT (BT.com) announced on Thursday that it has launched its new network control center in Brussels, Belgium, as part of the company?s strategy for meeting the information, communication and technology requirements of corporate customers.

BT Network Damaged in Arson Attack

October 24, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports released Wednesday, two arson attacks were responsible for bringing down parts of telecommunications carrier British Telecom?s network in and around Manchester.

New BT Strategy Legitimizes Web Services in Europe

October 4, 2002 - The concept of Web services made a large jump from hype to reality last week when BT Ignite introduced a new addition to its business strategy.

BT Achieves Recognition for Security Capabilities

June 26, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- European telecommunications provider BT (BT.com) announced on Tuesday that it has achieved two independent third party endorsements for its managed security services.

BT Ignite Selects nCipher to Combat Credit Card Fraud

June 12, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- nCipher (ncipher.com), a provider of IT cryptographic security, said yesterday that its nForce Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) had been chosen to help BT Ignite, BT's business services and solutions business, roll out new credit card security services in Europe.

BT Ignite Launches Online Vulnerability Scanner

April 24, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Communications service provider BT Ignite (ignite.com) announced on Wednesday that it has launched an online vulnerability assessment service, the BT Ignite Internet Vulnerability Scanner, designed to evaluate the security of Internet-facing Web, mail and application servers.

BT's New Strategy Means Domestic Focus for Ignite

April 10, 2002 - BT Ignite, the Internet services division of communications giant British Telecom, will be given a "greater focus" on Europe and high-end Web services under BT's new corporate strategy.

BT Ignite Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification

March 14, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- BT Ignite Content Hosting (ignitecontenthosting.com)announced that it has become the first stand-alone hosting provider inEurope to achieve the ISO 9001:2000 international system standardaccreditation.

BT Ignite Content Hosting Provides Tiered Service Offerings

January 23, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- BT Ignite Content Hosting (ignitecontenthosting.com) today announced a three-tiered suite of customer service initiatives that go

BT Ignite Content Hosting Provides Tiered Service Offerings

January 23, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- BT Ignite Content Hosting (ignitecontenthosting.com) today announced a three-tiered suite of customer service initiatives that gobeyond standard service level agreements. The new suite, incorporatingPlatinum, Gold and Bronze Service Management, will provide customers withhigher levels of personal service, the company stated.

BT Ignite Content Hosting Announces Alliance With RealNetworks

November 1, 2001 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- BT Ignite Content Hosting (ignite.com), a leading provider of integrated hosting solutions in Europe, and RealNetworks (real.com), the global leader in Internet media delivery, have announced that BT Ignite's content distribution network, iVelocity is deploying RealSystem iQ and RealSystem Media Commerce Suite. By integrating RealNetworks flexible, secure, end-to-end digital delivery solutions throughout their network, BT Ignite enables customers to build revenue generating services and applications, distributing rich media to the broadest worldwide audience.

BEA and Logica's Alliance to Offer Customized E-Biz Solutions

August 20, 2001 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- BEA Systems, Inc. (bea.com), one of the world's leadinge-business infrastructure software companies, and Logica (logica.com), a global IT solutions company, today announced a new strategic alliance under which Logica will offer its customers full access to customized software solutions built on the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform.

Ignite Your Website Traffic!

2000-03-20

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