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2008 cPanel Conference Feedback Video

Posted on 2008-06-20

Last week theWHIR was at cPanel's third annual partner conference at the Westin Oaks Galleria in Houston. Here's a written recap of my thoughts from the event as well as some pictures from the various activities throughout the three days.

Video Interview with Serguei Beloussov, Parallels

Posted on 2008-05-16

In advance of the Parallels Summit 2008 happening in Washington, DC early next week (May 19 to 20), here's an interview with Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov talking a bit about the upcoming event.

CrystalTech Becomes Adobe Partner

December 4, 2007 -- Web hosting provider CrystalTech Web Hosting announced on Tuesday it has signed an exclusive partnership with ColdFusion vendor Adobe.

New Go Daddy ad is "100 percent Go Daddy-esque!"

Posted on 2007-11-07

Today we wrote about Go Daddy's newest set of commercials starring the company's newest Go Daddy girl Amanda Beard, which will be airing for the first time this weekend during the ESPN2 Saturday Night College Football Primetime.

HostingCon 2007 Video Review

Posted on 2007-07-31

WHIR TV recently checked out HostingCon 2007, the third annual event dedicated to the Web hosting industry, held at the Navy Pier in Chicago. Liam has been bringing you in-depth coverage from the event through his blog and we have a lot of interviews

HostingCon 2007 Video Clips

Posted on 2007-07-30

While at HostingCon 2007 in Chicago last week theWHIR team was on hand to bring you some sights and sounds of the event. We hope you enjoy! Look out for more WHIR TV interviews and coverage of HostingCon 2007.

Video testimonials featuring Web hosting clients

Posted on 2007-06-21

I happened across some excellent video testimonials at Fastservers.Net and I thought that I would share it with you. Flash video is certainly not new to the web as we are all probably painfully aware but video testimonials are pretty new to Web hosti

HostMySite to Present at CFUnited

June 21, 2007 -- Web hosting provider HostMySite announced on Thursday it will present at the eighth annual CFUnited conference to be held in the Washington, DC area from June 27 to 30.

Data Center Video Tours

Posted on 2007-05-30

Back in April The Planet now the largest privately held dedicated hosting company announced that it launched a video tour of its world-class Data Centers. I took a look at the tour and was impressed with the quality of the production. Having been in

SWsoft Hosting Summit - Interview with Serguei Beloussov, SWsoft

Posted on 2007-05-16

As you've probably been reading in Liam's blog, the WHIR was down in Virginia for SWsoft's second annual global hosting partner summit and this time around WHIR TV was also on location for the action.

WHD 2007 - Interview with Marco Houwen, Datacenter Luxembourg

Posted on 2007-05-11

While at Webhosting Day 2007 WHIR TV also met up with Marco Houwen, the COO and co-founder of Datacenter Luxembourg and inquired about what business opportunities he believed were available in Europe for foreign companies as well as the benefits of e

WHD 2007 - Interview with Derek Wueppelmann, Roaring Penguin

Posted on 2007-05-03

WHIR TV also caught up with email filtering services provider Roaring Penguin while at Webhosting Day 2007 and caught up with Derek Wueppelmann, a sales engineer with the company to gain some insight into the state of the virus and spam landscape in

WHD 2007 - Interview with Nora Cotter, Sedo

Posted on 2007-05-02

While at Webhosting Day 2007, WHIR TV stopped by at domain marketplace operator Sedo's booth to chat with Nora Cotter, Sedo's UK/International director of operations.

Webhosting Day 2007 - Significance of the Event

Posted on 2007-04-12

WHIR TV was recently on location in Cologne, Germany for Europe's largest Web hosting conference, Webhosting Day 2007. And while the WHIR's editor-in-chief Liam Eagle has been bringing you in-depth coverage of the sessions themselves and their impli

Fireworks CS3

Posted on 2007-04-05

Every so often, I'll do a little online expedition in search of information on upcoming product releases. The Adobe/Macromedia merger in late 2005 was of particular concern to me in the product release department, for two reasons reasons: 1) Macrome

Hostopia Licenses Site Templates

February 7, 2007 -- Web hosting provider Hostopia announced on Wednesday its initial licensing of Web site templates to the service provider market, focusing on large hosting providers with strong reseller networks.

Sibername Offers Promotional Hosting

September 5, 2006 -- Canadian domain registrar Sibername announced on Tuesday it has recently started offering a free two-page Web site to customers when they purchase a domain name from the company.

CFDynamics Offers Free Web Hosting

August 31, 2006 -- Web hosting provider CFDynamics announced on Thursday it is offering a new content manager provided by Savvy Software and is offering ColdFusion Web hosting free of charge for ColdFusion user group Web sites.

Mirror Image Upgrades Network

May 23, 2006 -- Content delivery service provider Mirror Image Internet announced on Monday that it is undergoing a major upgrade to its global content access point network.

Red Hat Appoints Senior Marketing VP

March 15, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Open source software developer Red Hat Inc. (redhat.com) announced on Tuesday that it had appointed Timothy Yeaton its senior vice president of marketing.

Keynote Measures Macromedia Flash Video

March 8, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet performance authority Keynote Systems (keynote.com) announced on Tuesday that Streaming Perspective, a service for optimizing video and audio streams over the Internet, now includes support for Macromedia Flash video. Keynote says the move addresses growing market interest in the Macromedia format.

HostMySite Offers ColdFusion Hosting

February 25, 2005 -- Delaware-based Web hosting provider HostMySite.com (hostmysite.com) announced on Thursday the

Acelis.net Launches ColdFusion Hosting

February 22, 2005 -- ColdFusion Web Hosting provider Acelis.net (acelis.net) announced on Monday the launch of its Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 hosting solutions, providing customers with support for the most recent version of the technology.

REI Selects Mirror Image Internet

February 22, 2005 -- Content delivery network operator Mirror Image Internet (mirror-image.com) announced on Tuesday that it added Recreational Equipment, a national retail cooperative providing outdoor gear and clothing, as a new customer.

CrystalTech Offers ColdFusion MX 7.0

February 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider CrystalTech Web Hosting Inc. (crystaltech.com) announced on Wednesday that it has officially launched its shared Web hosting plans for ColdFusion MX 7.0

Vitalstream Extends Flash Video Streaming

February 8, 2005 -- Content delivery network and streaming media provider VitalStream Inc. (vitalstream.com) announced on Tuesday that it has seen a substantial growth and adoption of its services for Flash video streaming.

Macromedia, Mirror Image Stream Flash

January 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Content delivery solution provider Mirror Image Internet (mirror-image.com) announced on Monday that it has partnered with Macromedia (macromedia.com) to release the Macromedia Flash Video Streaming Service.