1&1 Joins Open Source Foundation

May 21, 2008 -- German hosting firm 1&1 internet said Wednesday that it had joined the Foundation, based in Nuremberg, Germany, a European network of open source developers with more than 120 members.

Tilana Adds Storage Cloud APIs

March 19, 2008 -- Backup and storage company Tilana announced last week that it has introduced the Tilana Cloud, a SaaS development environment for applications based on Tilana's continuous data protection, storage and synchronization services.

Rackspace Launches New Identity

March 5, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Rackspace announced on Wednesday it has launched its new corporate identity as "Rackspace."

Peak 10 Renews with Arts Center

January 25, 2008 -- Managed hosting provider and data center operator Peak 10 announced on Friday that the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center has renewed its contract with Peak 10.

Network Solutions Names New CEO

January 17, 2008 -- Web hosting provider Network Solutions announced on Thursday it has named W. Roy Dunbar as its new CEO.

Infinera CEO Wins Leadership Award

October 19, 2007 -- Optical network system provider Infinera announced on Friday that its CEO Jagdeep Singh was named Person of the Year in telecommunication news website Light Reading's Leading Lights Awards for 2007.

Mirror Image Celebrates 10 Years

June 12, 2007 -- Content delivery solutions provider Mirror Image Internet announced on Monday a series of corporate, customer and technical milestones in conjunction with the company's 10th anniversary.

PASS Selects MaximumASP

June 6, 2007 -- Windows-based Web hosting provider MaximumASP announced on Wednesday that the Professional Association for SQL Server has chosen MaximumASP to provide a comprehensive hosting infrastructure for its new PASS member Web site.

SWsoft Hosting Summit - Thinking Outside the Virtual Box

Posted on 2007-05-15

I've got a few more posts to make following the SWsoft summit last week - Internet lawyer and WHIR blogger David Snead made a pretty excellent presentation; I had a very interesting conversation with Microsoft's Michael van Dijken regarding t

"Developers, Developers, Developers"

Posted on 2006-12-08

Jon Udell, one of my favorite writers, is leaving InfoWorld to become a Microsoft evangelist. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Amazon Web Services' awesome evangelists. I said it then; I'll say so again. I really really think evangelists can do wonders

Telstra Europe Opens Data Center

April 5, 2006 -- UK-based telephony and Internet supplier Telstra Europe announced on Tuesday it has selected NetApp storage to support Cambridge, England's first Internet data center

Network Solutions Makes Hosting Push

March 7, 2005 -- Just last week domain registrar Network Solutions unveiled a suite of enhanced Web hosting packages complete with a free domain name.

JDR Moves to n|Frame Data Center

February 4, 2005 -- Financial services management company JDR (jdrsol.com) announced on Friday it has recently outsourced its data center operation to n|Frame (nframe.com), enabling JDR to further protect its customers' confidential financial data and expand its business without the ...

SERVER4YOU Selects SWsoft for VPS, Automation

August 26, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SWsoft (sw-soft.com) announced today that SERVER4YOU (server4you.com), a subsidiary of German communications firm intergenia AG, has chosen to deploy SWsoft's Virtuozzo, HSPcomplete and Plesk 6 in order to strengthen its virtual private server (VPS) capabilities, manage servers, and automate its Web hosting operations.

InDigiNet In Merger Talks With C2C Exchange

July 11, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- InDigiNet, Inc., (indiginet.com) a provider of managed communications solutions, announced today that it has initiated merger discussions with C2C Exchange Inc. (c2cexchange.com), a Web design and hosting company, for restricted stock.

InDigiNet In Merger Talks With C2C Exchange

July 11, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- InDigiNet, Inc., (indiginet.com) a provider of managed communications solutions, announced today that it has initiated merger discussions with C2C Exchange Inc. (c2cexchange.com), a Web design and hosting company, for restricted stock.

SPS Commerce Secures $18 Million in Financing

May 22, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SPS Commerce (spscommerce.com), a supply chain integration service provider, announced Monday the completion of an $18 million Series B round of financing.

Akamai to Deliver Microsoft Webcast

April 24, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Akamai Technologies Inc. (akamai.com) announced Tuesday that it has been selected by Microsoft (microsoft.com) to provide the global streaming delivery network in support of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 launch event taking place on April 24, 2003.

PSINet Europe Returns With Managed Focus

April 7, 2003 -- After a brief hiatus, PSINet Europe (europe.psi.net) is betting on a renewed interest in managed services to propel itself back to the top of Europe's communications sector.

Senate Critcizes Three Major Telcos

July 31, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The US Senate reportedly leveled criticisms at the leaders of the three major telecommunications companies under investigation for fraud, concerning executives who cashed out millions in stock while hiding their companies? financial conditions from the public.

Loudcloud Narrows First Quarter Loss

June 7, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed services provider Loudcloud Inc. (Loudcloud.com) announced the results for its fiscal first quarter on Thursday, displaying a first-quarter loss that was half that of a year ago, following cost cutting and an increase in sales.

Terremark To Develop and Operate NAP in Madrid

April 25, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Terremark Worldwide, Inc., (Terremark.com), a carrier-neutral operator of Tier-1 Network Access Point (NAP) facilities, said today it had signed an exclusive agreement to develop and operate a carrier-neutral NAP in Madrid.

MTS, Bell Launch Bell West in Alberta and BC

April 12, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS), and Bell Canada (bell.ca) announced on Thursday that they are working together to combine the interests of Bell Intrigna and Bell Nexxia in Alberta and British Columbia, creating a new company focused on the two provinces and valued at $1 billion.

Cisco Announces Community Program to Promote VoIP Traffic Growth

October 11, 2001 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cisco Systems Inc. (cisco.com), has announced the Cisco

Telus to Deliver Hosting Solutions for HP Canada

September 11, 2001 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Telus Enterprise Solutions (telus.com) has signed a

Teleglobe to Serve International ISPs in China

August 23, 2001 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Teleglobe (teleglobe.com), a global communications company, yesterday announced the sale of Internet connectivity to China Unicom (hinaunicom.net). With the sale, Teleglobe becomes the first global network service provider to serve all of China's commercial international ISPs.

Lucent Releases Improved DHCP Server

August 14, 2001 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Lucent Technologies (lucent.com) today announced that one ofthe world's fastest Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers justgot faster. According to independent testing done at Exodus Performance Labs(exoduslabs.net), the newest version of the Lucent DHCP server is 13 percentfaster than previous releases. The test results demonstrate that the newLucent server can assign more than 79,000 IP addresses per minute, which iscritical for service providers to avoid service delays and outages.

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