Why the Rackspace IPO is Good for Hosting

Posted on 2008-04-28

As reported here at The WHIR and around the Internet, Rackspace has filed the preliminary paperwork with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to issue an Initial Public Offer of stock (IPO). The complete S-1 documents can be found her

Traffic Flood Slows Apple Web Site

January 12, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to a report released Tuesday by Internet performance monitoring firm Netcraft (netcraft.com) a flood of traffic slowed the performance of Apple's Web site yesterday following the release of the company's new Mac Mini and iPod Shuffle products at the MacWorld Expo conference in San Francisco.

Netcraft Rates Web Hosting Reliability

January 6, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Datapipe (datapipe.com) had the most reliable Web site in the second half of 2004, according to research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com). Datapipe was one of six companies that did not record any downtime. The other five, in order of reliability, were Pair Networks (pair.com), New York Internet (nyi.net), Myhosting.com (myhosting.com), Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com) and iPowerWeb (ipowerweb.com). Kattare (katarre.com), Schlund (schlund.de) and Netcetera (netcetera.co.uk) were the seven to ninth most reliable sites, according to Netcraft, while Interland (interland.com), Energis (energis.com) and 1&1 Internet (oneandone.com) rounded out the top 12.

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.

Microsoft Unveils Management Software

November 16, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Software giant Microsoft (microsoft.com) announced on Tuesday that it has released version 3.0 of Microsoft Solutions for Windows-based Hosting, a management platform that includes tools for handling, building, provisioning, patching and monitoring Windows-based Web servers and allows service providers to deploy value-added hosted services rapidly and efficiently, lowering costs and generating revenue opportunities.

Teros Appoints VP of Marketing

November 5, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Teros (teros.com), a developer of application security solutions, announced on Thursday that it has appointed David Jevans as senior vice president of marketing. Jevans will be responsible for all marketing functions at Teros, including corporate positioning, product branding and public relations.

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.

Pool.com Offers open Listing Service

October 8, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Pool.com (pool.com), a provider of Web

Plesk for Windows Gaining, SWsoft Says

September 9, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting automation software developer SWsoft (sw-soft.com) said on Thursday that the Plesk 7 for Windows control panel continues to gain momentum, with several hosting providers bundling the solution with their hosting offerings.

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.

Seeweb Most Reliable, Netcraft Says

June 2, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Italian Web hosting provider Seeweb.it (seeweb.it) has the most reliable Web hosting company Web site, according to monthly data published by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com). Jumpline.com (jumpline.com), which topped last month's list, came in second followed by Dellhost (dellhost.com) in third. Hostway (hostway.com), iPowerWeb (ipowerweb.com), myhosting.com (myhosting.com) and Pair Networks (pair.com) occupied positions four through seven, while About.com (about.com), 1and1 (www.oneandone.com) and Cee-Kay (cee-kay.net) rounded out the top 10. According to Netcraft, seeweb.it recorded a failed request rate of 0.04 percent. Jumpline followed closely with 0.05 percent and Dellhost, Hostway, iPowerWeb, myhosting.com and Pair Networks all recorded 0.06 percent rates.

Traffic Surge Slows Down SEC Web Site

Keynote's data showed that between 2:30 and 3:30 eastern time last Thursday, the SEC home page took up to 45 seconds to load. The SEC?s home page typically loads in approximately 4 seconds. During this hour, the success rate for downloading the home page dropped to 20 percent, significantly lower than the normal rate of 100 percent.

Terra Considers Sale of Lycos USA

According to the report, Terra issued a statement, saying that it was in the process of reviewing the possibility of selling some of its operating units. And while a number of alternatives were being considered for the US division, a final decision has not yet been made.

Opsware Plans $150M Sale of Stock

Opsware is one of a recent string of Internet companies to announce plans to sell shares to the public.

Yahoo Drops Google, Targets Search Space

"Today's announcement marks the beginning of a rapid succession of innovations from Yahoo Search that will deliver against our mission of providing the highest quality search experience on the Web," says Jeff Weiner, senior vice president of search and marketplace at Yahoo. "Within the next few weeks and months, consumers will continue to see improvements to Yahoo's search technology in addition to advancements in search personalization and other user features."

INetU, Secure Dog Rated Most Reliable

According to Netcraft's research, both INetU and Secure Dog were faultless during January and did not have any failed requests. For INetU, it was the second month of having no failed requests.

Netcraft Calls IP Exchange Fastest Growing

According to Netcraft, German-based IP Exchange grew by 352 percent, adding 218,117 hostnames between December 2002 and December 2003. Hurricane Electric followed with 198 percent growth, while iPowerWeb grew 196 percent. GoDaddy, EV1Servers and Net@access occupied positions 4-6 with Agarik/Amen, Yahoo, Hostway and Burstnet rounding out the top 10.

Netcraft Calls INetU, Datapipe Most Reliable

According to Netcraft's research, which covered the last six months of 2003, only three hosting company sites incurred as much as a single day's downtime and five hosting providers went through the entire six-month period having experienced no power outages at all.

Netcraft: Secure Dog Most Reliable Company Site in October

November 3, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Secure Dog Hosting (secdog.com), an Alexandria, Virginia-based Web hosting provider, became the first Web host to have its Web site run an entire month without a single request from Netcraft's (news.netcraft.com) five performance monitoring machines failing, the UK-based research and analysis firm said Monday.

Netcraft: The Planet Surges in Size

October 14, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Planet (theplanet.com), a Dallas, Texas-based hosting provider, has been the fastest growing Web hosting company over the last six months based on percentage growth in active sites, according to research conducted by Netcraft (news.netcraft.com).

Netcraft: BT Most Reliable Hosting Site in September

October 7, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- British Telecom (bt.com) and DellHost were the most reliable Web hosting company sites in the month of September, according to research and analysis firm Netcraft.

Netcraft: 69% Feature Price Customers Moved

September 12, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The fallout from the collapse of Florida-based Web hosting provider Feature Price (featureprice.com) continues as over 69 percent of former Feature Price customers have switched to new hosting providers since May 2003, according to research by Netcraft (netcraft.com).

Netcraft: Apache Uptake Continues to Rise

September 3, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Apache?s (apache.org) share of the Web server market continues to climb, according to Netcraft?s (news.netcraft.com) September Web Server Survey. According to the results, Apache was found to be running on 64.52 percent of the 43,144,374 sites surveyed. This percentage marked a 0.54 percent increase from the previous month.

Feature Price Rejects Bids, Shuts Down

May 9, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In a rare instance of what appears to be one man walking away from a million dollar payday, Feature Price (featureprice.com) appears to have disintegrated amidst strange behavior and customer outcry.

Tripod Introduces Blog Publishing Tools

February 6, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Global Internet network Terra Lycos announced on Wednesday that it has launched the Tripod Blog Builder (blog.tripod.lycos.com) tool, designed to allow Tripod's millions of members to easily publish ideas and photos online.

Genuity Files for Bankruptcy, Level 3 to buy assets

November 28, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. and Genuity Inc announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Level 3 will acquire substantially all of

divine Supports Harley 100th Anniversary

October 28, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Extended enterprise solution provider divine Inc. (Divine.com) announced on Monday that it has been selected as a technology partner for the 14-month Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary celebration, which will culminate in Milwaukee, Wis. on Labor Day weekend, 2003.

Interland Named 2002 Deal of the Year

October 10, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Business-class Web hosting service provider Interland Inc. (Interland.com) announced on Thursday that the company has been selected as a winner in the annual Catalyst Awards presented by Atlanta-based business magazine Catalyst.

NY State Sues Telecom Execs Over IPOs

October 1, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Following a similar move by US securities regulators, the state of New York is reportedly suing WorldCom founder Bernard Ebbers, along with four other telcom executives, to recover millions in alleged ill-gotten gains.

Terra Lycos Launches Domain Registration Services

April 29, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain name registration provider Register.com Inc. (register.com) announced on Monday that it has formed an agreement with global internet network Terra Lycos (lycos.com) whereby Terra Lycos will use Register.com?s Global Partner Network technology to power a system through which Terra Lycos users can easily register a URL for their personal or business use.

Verado Reduces Staff by 63

January 3, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Verado (verado.com), a Denver-based managed hosting

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