Kaspersky Labs Site Hacked

July 21, 2008 -- Russia-based, international computer security firm Kaspersky Labs had its Malaysian website hacked on the weekend reportedly by a Turkish nationalist nicknamed "m0sted."

WHIR Magazine, July 08: Physical Security, SaaS Score Card

Posted on 2008-07-15

The main image on the cover of the upcoming July issue of the WHIR magazine has to do with a feature on the return of physical data center security as an issue, borne by a recent string of notable break-ins and thefts at data centers in the US and UK

Hackers Deface ICANN, IANA Sites

June 27, 2008 -- A group of Turkish hackers calling themselves "NetDevilz" defaced on Thursday the official sites of Internet governing bodies IANA and ICANN, according to researchers.

Photobucket DNS Record Hijacked

June 18, 2008 -- According to several reports Wednesday, the main page of photo hosting site Photobucket was hijacked Tuesday afternoon by a Turkish hacking group known as "NetDevilz."

Freewebs Offers New Tool and Widget

August 23, 2007 -- Web hosting tools provider Freewebs announced on Thursday that it has launched a new what-you-see-is-what-you-get site building tool.

Freewebs Creates Knocked Up Widget

July 11, 2007 -- Web hosting tools provider Freewebs announced on Wednesday that it is launching a new widgetized advertising campaign for Universal Studio's summer hit, "Knocked Up."

MySpace Users Face Phishing Attacks

June 28, 2007 -- Social networking site MySpace is facing an ongoing attack as a new worm is turning users' Web sites and computers into hosts for serving phishing scams and computer viruses.

FreeWebs Shares API

June 26, 2007 -- Web hosting tools provider Freewebs announced on Tuesday it will share its API through agreements with YouTube, Widgetbox, RockYou!, Picnik, Photobucket and Gizmoz.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

May 11, 2007 -- While this week's news was varied, its most significant revelations were both acquisitions, and the most widespread trend involved a series of announcements regarding current or upcoming industry events.

MySpace to Acquire Photobucket

May 8, 2007 -- Social networking site MySpace reached a preliminary deal Monday to acquire photo sharing site Photobucket for around $250 million in cash, according to a source familiar with the deal.

Photobucket, MySpace Resolve Dispute

April 30, 2007 -- Image hosting site Photobucket has reportedly resolved a dispute that had resulted in a partial block by the enormously popular social networking site MySpace.

Photobucket Doubles its Capacity

April 23, 2007 -- Internet exchange and colocation provider Switch and Data announced on Monday that online image sharing provider Photobucket has increased its capacity at Switch and Data's Denver, Colorado facility.

Freewebs Partners with Photobucket

February 28, 2007 -- Free Web hosting provider Freewebs announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with online image sharing provider Photobucket.

What's a Web Hosting Company's Core Competency?

Posted on 2007-01-23

I've been playing connect-the-dots with the following bits of information:

Might It Be Time to Re-evaluate the Shared Hosting Architecture?

Posted on 2007-01-02

Over the holidays, I came across this Digg thread on 1&1, in which an unhappy customer griped about his hosting plan's failure to handle a traffic surge.

Functional Hosting Has Been a Hit; Could Situational Hosting Be Next?

Posted on 2006-12-28

A few months ago, in response to Trinity Ventures' $10.5 million investment in Photobucket, Tier 1 Research wrote that "the growth in functional hosting represents a growing threat to shared hosting providers."

GoDaddy Rolls out Online Photo Filer; I Like Flickr Better

Posted on 2006-12-21

GoDaddy announced its new Online Photo Filer this morning, just in time for the holidays. Citing a Photo Marketing Association International report (Powerpoint), the company says 20.5 million digital camera were sold in 2005; "digital photography is

VC Explains Why Hosting Companies Don't Get YouTube-Like Valuation

Posted on 2006-12-18

Peter Rip, a general partner at Crosslink Capital, received pitches from two technology startups last week. The companies were at similar stages, but (A) received a 2x higher valuation than (B).

"0.1% of the Functionality for 99% of the Population"

Posted on 2006-12-11

Niel Robertson from Newmerix wrote a very insightful blog post last week about inversion as the cornerstone of the Web 2.0 revolution. (Niel used to be VP Research at Exodus.)

An Introduction to Photo Hosting Services

2006-10-13

There has been a surge of both free and fee-based photo hosting services in recent years to meet the needs of the millions of Internet users who do not have personal Web space....

Beyond the Web Hosting Box: Because Attention Drives Valuation?

Posted on 2006-10-04

No, this post won't be about 200-core Opteron processing arrays. But now that I've mentioned it, don't you think DataReturn could have come up with a better name than MH-One.com (with a dash in the middle of the URL, no less) for its new utility host

Data393 Hosting Photobucket Facility

June 2, 2006 -- Data center operator Data393 announced on Thursday that it has signed a colocation agreement with image hosting service Photobucket, to locate some of the company's data storage equipment in Data393's Englewood, Colorado facility.