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Research Firm 451 Group Names Research Director

March 21, 2011 – IT analyst company The 451 Group announced last week it has appointed IT industry veteran Eric Hanselman the organization’s new research director for networking technology and related areas.

Botnet Hijacking Steals 70GB of Data

May 5, 2009 — Researchers from the the University of California, Santa Barbara recently hijacked the Torpig botnet and observed 70GB of data collected by the malware over a 10 day period.

Netvention Unveils WebHosting Prospector

March 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Netvention (netvention.com) announced on Wednesday that it had officially launched WebHosting Prospector (webhostingprospector.com), an online tool that generates leads for Web hosting companies and hosting resellers of all sizes.

Yahoo! Extends $4.98 Domain Offer

March 14, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), Internet portal and Web hosting provider Yahoo! (yahoo.com) had extended its $4.98 domain offer, the fourth time since the promotion was launched on December 10, 2004. The third extension of the promotion was made last month.

Rackspace Most Reliable, Netcraft Says

March 8, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com) had the most reliable Web hosting company Web site last month, according to research and analysis firm Netcraft’s (netcraft.com) survey of Web site reliability. It was the first time Rackspace topped Netcraft’s survey.

WIDE Project Moves to 200 Paul Avenue

March 8, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Digital Realty Trust (digitalrealtytrust.com), a manager and operator of technology-related properties, announced on Tuesday that research consortium WIDE Project had selected the San Francisco-based 200 Paul Avenue Internet gateway and colocation facility as a new node in its worldwide network and moved its West Coast distance education studio there.

Qwest Still in Running to Acquire MCI

March 4, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Qwest Communications (qwest.com) is still in the running to acquire MCI (mci.com) after MCI and Verizon (verizon.com) agreed on Wednesday that MCI could consider Qwest’s sweetened deal, which is reportedly worth $8 billion.

Warwick University Picks Xsession.com

February 16, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK-based Web hosting provider Xsession.com (xsession.com) said on Tuesday that it has been selected to provide Web hosting for Warwick Business School’s Operational Research and Information Systems group. According to the agreement, Xsession.com will host Warwick’s Undergraduate Web Applications Development module for 2005.

Verizon Communications Acquires MCI

February 14, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Verizon Communications (verizon.com) announced on Monday that it has acquired MCI (mci.com) for $4.8 billion in equity and $488 million in cash, confirming reports that emerged late last Friday.

Net Registrars Want Competition

February 2, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Market research firm Penn Schoen & Berland Associates said on Monday it has released an independent study that shows that current .net registrars prefer increased competition in the generic top level domain registry market. The survey’s results show nearly 9 out of 10 registrars agree that not one company should be allowed to monopolize the generic TLD registry market.