The Twitter Kings and Queens of Hosting.

Posted on 2010-03-15

Twitter has exploded as a social networking tool in the last couple of years.  There are a number of influential people in the hosting industry that tweet frequently.  I wanted to share my list of people I enjoy following the most.

NaviSite Moves Away from Colo to Focus on Cloud Hosting

March 12, 2010 -- Data center operator NaviSite unveiled this week that it is shifting its focus away from colocation as it makes a move toward hosting, managed services and cloud computing services, according to a report by Data Center Dynamics.

NaviSite Named Most Reliable Hosting Company Site in Netcraft's February 2010 Survey

March 4, 2010 -- Managed hosting and application management solutions NaviSite had the most reliable hosting company site for the month of February according to a monthly survey from Internet research and security firm Netcraft.

Web Host NaviSite Names President

March 3, 2010 -- Web hosting provider NaviSite announced on Monday it has promoted R. Brooks Borcherding to president of NaviSite.

NaviSite Sells Applications Services Unit to Velocity for $56M

February 25, 2010 -- Managed hosting provider NaviSite announced on Monday it has sold its Lawson / Kronos Application Services business to Velocity Technology Solutions for $56 million in cash.

Storms Cause Outage at NaviSite San Jose Data Center

January 19, 2010 -- A power outage caused by severe storms in the Northern California area led to at least one data center in San Jose experiencing downtime Tuesday morning, according to a report by Data Center Dynamics.

NaviSite to Soon Sell Off Colocation Business

January 5, 2010 -- Data center operator NaviSite recently revealed that its plans to sell its colocation business and some of the data centers supporting that division are progressing, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.

Web Host NaviSite Hosts InMobi Ad Network

November 18, 2009 -- Managed hosting provider NaviSite announced on Wednesday that mobile advertising network provider InMobi has selected NaviSite's managed hosting services to expand its reach into the North American mobile advertising space.

My Ballot for the Web Hosting Dream Team

Posted on 2009-09-29

What a great idea to have the readers of the WHIR pick a Web Hosting Dream Team - http://www.thewhir.com/Poll/vote .  I wanted to share with you my ballot and the process I used to make the decisions.  Additionally, I added a couple of cate

Sales Metrics That Matter - Part 1 of 2

Posted on 2009-09-15

Someone recently asked me to write a post on sales metrics.  There are an infinite number of sales metrics you can track, so I decided to condense this list down to 10 sales metrics that matter.  This had the makings of a long post, so I am

NaviSite Hosting Insurance ISV Application

September 3, 2009 -- Managed hosting company NaviSite said this week that its SaaS hosting solution has been selected by insurance industry application developer Input1, to provide hosting for its solution.

NaviSite Awarded GSA Contract for Managed Hosting

August 18, 2009 -- Web hosting provider NaviSite announced on Tuesday it has received a General Services Administration schedule contract where it will sell a full range of managed hosting and infrastructure services to US federal government agencies and all branches of the military.

HostingCon - Marketing + Sales, Launch Your Product Like a Pro

Posted on 2009-08-11

In the third Marketing + Sales session of HostingCon 2009's day two, "Launch Your Product Like a Pro", NaviSite's William Toll and Sumeet Sabharwal guide attendees through the overwhelming process of launching a new product.

Q&A: William Toll, NaviSIte

August 9, 2009 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, William Toll, director of product management at NaviSite discusses how companies can develop an effective launch plan, prioritize their "wish list", and select the right vendors.

Web Host NaviSite Names New Executive

July 20, 2009 -- Web hosting provider NaviSite announced on Monday it has named Roger Schwanhausser the company's senior vice president of service delivery and applications management.

NaviSite Looks to Sell Colo Division

June 25, 2009 -- Web hosting provider Navisite revealed on Tuesday that it is selling its colocation business, despite meeting compliance with the NASDAQ Stock Market guidelines on minimum market valuations.

NaviSite Settles Class Action Lawsuit

May 20, 2009 -- Web hosting provider NaviSite has been granted final approval by a federal judge in Baltimore to a $1.67 million class-action settlement between the web host and more than 5,500 of its customers whose websites were knocked offline for extended periods during a failed server migration.

NaviSite Enhances Business Email Services

May 19, 2009 -- Enterprise hosting and application services provider NaviSite announced on Tuesday it has expanded its suite of Business Email Services powered by Microsoft Exchange Server.

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What am I Worth?

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Birth of a Data Center

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Web Hosting's All Star Team

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