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Social Bookmarking Primer

Social media is the Internet’s version of viral messaging and marketing. Social media can be used to disseminate news or information, as well as to attract attention. There is a wide variety of social media channels and networks available.

WIDE Project Moves to 200 Paul Avenue

March 8, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Digital Realty Trust (digitalrealtytrust.com), a manager and operator of technology-related properties, announced on Tuesday that research consortium WIDE Project had selected the San Francisco-based 200 Paul Avenue Internet gateway and colocation facility as a new node in its worldwide network and moved its West Coast distance education studio there.

WebBased Serves World's Largest Image

March 3, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Educational IT solution provider WebBased Ltd. (webbased.co.uk) announced on Tuesday it is using its Internet based GIS application InfoMapper and ER Mapper’s Image Web Server to serve the world’s largest image – a 3.9 terabyte ECW file.

Peak 10 Hosts Disaster Recovery Seminar

February 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center and managed services provider Peak 10 (peak10.com) announced on Thursday it will host an educational Web seminar on disaster recovery and business continuity online February 24, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. The Web seminar will discuss the importance of disaster recovery and business continuity solutions as well as their availability and affordability to small and medium-sized businesses.

Telehouse Continues Seminar Series

February 10, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation and communications solutions provider TELEHOUSE America (telehouse.com) held its first Breakfast On Broadway seminar on January 26, 2005 at its Broadway Center facility. Executives from S-doc and TAMP DRS discussed government regulations’ impact on financial services and the enterprise.

SWsoft PEM Manages HCT Data Center

January 26, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting automation software developer SWsoft (swsoft.com) announced on Wednesday that its PEM hosting automation platform had been selected by the Higher Colleges of Technology, one of the largest institutes of higher learning in the United Arab Emirates.

Oracle Hosts Grid Computing Webinar

January 14, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Software provider Oracle (oracle.com) hosted a Webinar on Wednesday, January 12, 2005. Titled “Real-life Customer Experiences on Grid Computing and Data Center Automation,” the presentation featured IDC vice president of system software research Dan Kusnetzky, as well as IT leaders from Deutsche Post, EPL, Inc. and Qualcomm. The discussion covered real-life experiences, guidelines and best practices for implementing grid computing in IT environments.

Peak 10 CEO to Present at Conference

January 7, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Peak 10 (peak10.com) announced on Thursday that its president and chief executive officer David Jones will present on the changing data center landscape at the next Research Triangle chapter event of the Association for Corporate Growth.

Web Hosting Event Names Speakers

October 13, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hostingcon 2005 (hostingcon.com), a Web hosting industry conference being prodcued by Web host Interjuncture (interjuncture.com), announced on Tuesday that it has secured three keynote speakers for its event, to be held in June of 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. The three slated to speak are Sandip Gupta, CEO of Ensim Corporation (ensim.com), Robert Marsh, CEO of EV1 Servers (ev1servers.net) and Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft (sw-soft.com).

Template Monster Opens Design Library

September 29, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web site template provider TemplateMonster.com (TemplateMonster.com) announced on Tuesday that it had launched Web Design Library, a resource providing news, resources and tutorials related to Web design.