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Researchers Report Major Security Flaw in Apache Server Windows Version
March 9, 2010 -- Some serious vulnerabilities have been reported in popular open source web server Apache HTTP Server that could let an intruder gain access to potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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.
Netcraft February 2010 Web Server Survey Sees Apache Grow by 1.6M Hostnames
February 25, 2010 -- Having sifted through responses from more than 207 million sites, UK-based Internet services firm Netcraft released the results of its February 2010 web server survey, which found that Apache saw the biggest change with a 1.6 million increase in hostnames, closely followed by Microsoft, which saw a growth of 1.1 million.
January Netcraft Web Server Survey Sees Departure of qq.com Stats
January 8, 2010 -- Thirty million hostnames at qq.com, a popular instant messaging and blogging network in China, were made no longer public, leading to an increase in the market share for all the other major web servers, according to the results of the January web server survey from analytics firm Netcraft.
nginx Tops Growth in Netcraft December Web Server Survey
January 4, 2010 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft released the results of its December 2009 survey, which received responses from 233,848,493 sites.
Swishmail, Verio Top November Most Reliable Sites
December 9, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced last week that Swishmail and Verio topped the most reliable hosting company sites for November.
Twitter's Uptime Has Not Improved: CheckMySite.com
November 19, 2009 -- Global uptime monitoring service CheckMySite.com has reported that popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter, has not improved upon its less-than-perfect record of reliability.
Nginx Leads Growth on Netcraft Nov. Survey
November 10, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Tuesday it has revealed the results of its November 2009 survey, which received responses from 233,636,281 sites.
Singlehop, Acens Top Netcraft Most Reliable for Oct
November 5, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Wednesday that SingleHop and Acens had the most reliable hosting company sites for October 2009.
Ubuntu.com Suffers Intermittent Outages As Thousands Download Karmic Koala
November 2, 2009 -- The Ubuntu 9.10 server and desktop editions, as well as the 9.10 versions of Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, and Ubuntu Studio, were released last Thursday, causing the Ubuntu.com site to suffer periodic downtime, according to web analytics firm Netcraft.
Apache Leads Netcraft's October Web Survey
October 19, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft revealed the results of its October 2009 survey, which it received responses from 230,443,449 sites.
Hosting 4 Less and Server Intellect Top September Web Host Site Reliability Report
October 2, 2009 -- According to security and analytics provider Netcraft in its monthly survey of web hosting sites, Hosting 4 Less and Server Intellect had the most reliable hosting company sites in September 2009, both managing to respond to every request made by Netcraft's globally distributed performance monitors.
Nginix Sees Highest Gain in Netcraft's Sept. Survey
September 23, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Wednesday the results of September 2009 survey, which showed a small rise in the number of responses.
Two Hosts Tie for Netcraft Most Reliable Sites
September 3, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Thursday that DataPipe and Server Intellect tied for the most reliable hosting company sites in August 2009.
Netcraft August 09 Survey Sees Drop in Responses
September 1, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft reported on Tuesday the results of its August 2009 survey, which showed a significant decrease in the amount of responses it received compared to July 2009 survey.
Google Shows Gains in July 2009 Web Server Survey
July 31, 2009 -- July saw a substantial increase in Blogger and Wordpress sites, fulling web server market gains by Google of 1 percent and nginx of half a percent respectively, according to web analytics firm Netcraft, which received responses from nearly 240 million sites.
VeriSign Issues 4 Millionth SSL Certificate
July 27, 2009 -- Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign has issued its four millionth Secure Sockets Layer certificate since becoming a Certificate Authority in 1995.
Datapipe Tops Netcraft's June Hosting Site Uptime List
July 2, 2009 -- Responding to each and every request from Netcraft's performance collector without fail for the entire month, managed services provider DataPipe had the most reliable hosting company site in the Internet security and analytics provider's monthly survey.
VeriSign Leads in EV SSL Certificates
June 18, 2009 -- Certificate Authority VeriSign announced on Thursday reported that its VeriSign Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer Certificates continue to drive growth in revenues and conversion rates for online merchants.
Microsoft Drops in Netcraft June 09 Survey
June 17, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Wednesday it has posted the results of its June 2009 survey, which received responses from 238,027,855 sites, an increase of 2,137,329 on last month.
3-Way Tie in Netcraft Most Reliable for May
June 2, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft reported that New York Internet, pair Networks and INetU were all tied for the most reliable hosting company sites in May 2009.
10M Sites Run F5 BIG-IP: Netcraft
June 1, 2009 -- According to Netcraft's most recent Web Server Survey, more than 10 million websites were found to be running the BIG-IP network appliance, F5 Networks' flagship product.
Go Daddy Leads Domain Only SSL Certs.
June 1, 2009 -- Domain registar and web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Thursday it continues to lead the market's SSL certificates sales, showing the largest net growth 11 of the last 12 months.
Apache Leads Netcraft May 09 Web Servers
May 27, 2009 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Tuesday it has released the results of its May 2009 survey, receiving responses from 235,890,526 sites.
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