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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.
Dotcom-Monitor Releases Free Uptime Meter
June 18, 2009 -- Externally-hosted network and IT monitoring services provider Dotcom-Monitor has launched Uptime Meter, a free website monitoring tool that records uptime and performance data in 30-minute intervals for small and medium-sized businesses.
FatWire To Manage La Vanguardia.es
December 16, 2008 -- Major Spanish online publisher La Vanguardia Digital has chosen Web Experience Management solution provider FatWire Software to manage its web presencia.
Heat Wheel Reduces Facility Energy
November 17, 2008 -- A fairly new data center cooling technique called "heat wheel," which is also referred to as a rotary heat exchanger or Kyoto Cooling, is seeing more widespread use, according to reports by Rich Miller's Data Center Knowledge.
Omahosting.com Launches in Nigeria
February 17, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Omahosting.com (omahosting.com) announced on Thursday it is now available in Nigeria and all its states. With offices in the US, UK, and now Nigeria, Omahosting is able to provide affordable hosting services.
Web1000 to Overhaul Infrastructure
February 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- 110 Media Group (110mediagroup.com) announced on Thursday that it has signed on WalkerTek Internet Services to design and implement changes to the infrastructure of its recently acquired Web1000 (web1000.com) free hosting service.
SiteUptime Passes 30,000 Mark
February 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Free Web site monitoring service provider SiteUptime (siteuptime.com) announced on Thursday that it now monitors over 30,000 Web sites as a result of its commitment to offering free quality Web site monitoring services.
OANDA Extends ServerVault Web Hosting
January 20, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hosted application provider ServerVault Corp. (servervault.com) announced on Tuesday that currency exchange market OANDA has increased its ServerVault managed services, in an effort to help distribute OANDA's online currency trading and information products and services to domestic and foreign clients.
Movielink Picks Equinix Web Hosting
January 17, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center operator and Internet exchange provider Equinix (equinix.com) announced on Monday that broadband video-on-demand service Movielink, LLC will move its infrastructure into Equinix's Washington, DC-area Internet Business Exchange center.
Schematic Deploys Coyote Point Tools
January 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- E-business solutions provider Coyote Point Systems (coyotepoint.com) announced that technology development firm Schematic (schematic.com) has, using the Equalizer E350 load-balancing and traffic management solution in its data center, succeded in providing "five-nines" availability to client Web sites. Since implementing Equalizer, Schematic's Web hosting service has not experienced any downtime in more than two and a half years.
SyncCast Launches Data Center
December 8, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SyncCast Communications (synccastcommunication.com), a provider of streaming media and content delivery services, announced Wednesday that it has launched its newest data center in Orange County, California providing a highly connected network of fiber to numerous tier 1 Internet backbone providers in Southern California.
MySQL Server Crash Brings Down Omnis
December 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In a post on the Omnis Networks (omnis.com) user support forum Saturday night, a system administrator for the California-based Web hosting provider confirmed that a multiple hard drive failure caused its MySQL server to crash, reportedly causing a failure that brought down the Web sites of a significant number of Omnis customers.
Travel Company Picks NaviSite Europe
November 30, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- UK-based managed hosting provider NaviSite Europe (navisite-europe.com) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a 12-month contract to provide managed Web hosting for UK-based travel company Xcape With Us Ltd.
SiteUptime Launches Paid Monitoring
November 29, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Free Web site monitoring tools provider SiteUptime (siteuptime.com) announced on Friday that it has introduced new paid services starting at $5.00 per month. The paid features include SMS alerts, five minute monitoring intervals, multiple alert contacts and custom port monitoring.
Web Host The Planet Hits Milestone
November 17, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed Web hosting provider The Planet (theplanet.com) announced on Tuesday it has brought its 2,500th Total Control server online nine months after the program's launch.
Webmail.us Launches Open Source Webmail
November 2, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Email hosting provider Webmail.us (webmail.us) announced on Tuesday that it has introduced an open-source Webmail service that guarantees near uptime. Built on the company's third-generation platform, the improved service includes hosted email, an Outlook-style webmail interface, a choice of 100MB or 1GB email boxes, POP3, IMAP, dual-scanning virus protection and spam filtering, as well as other features.
WebFusion Adds Windows Web Hosting
September 23, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Linux-based shared Web hosting provider and PIPEX Communications business WebFusion (webfusion.co.uk) announced on Thursday that it has introduced a new Windows-based Web hosting platform to provide home users, small businesses and Web developers with a more comprehensive shared hosting offering.
Q9 Launches Additional Data Center
September 22, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and colocation provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its downtown Toronto data center, adding the equivalent of approximately 300 cabinets and enabling the company to meet the continued strong demand from customers with critical data and Internet applications.
Rackspace Launches ASP Web Hosting
September 20, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed Web hosting firm Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com) announced on Monday that it has released a new offering tailored specifically for application service providers, Intensive Hosting for ASPs. Rackspace says the service makes it the first hosting provider to offer a custom solution for companies seeking to offer their products through the software-as-a-service model.
Spiderhost Withstands Hurricane
September 10, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Florida-based Web hosting provider Spiderhost (Spiderhost.com) announced on Friday that the company's data center remained online with power and connectivity at 100 percent capacity during and after Hurricane Frances last weekend. This marks the second catastrophic event that the Spiderhost data center has been able to withstand without sacrificing a second of uptime for its customers.
MySQL, Rackspace Launch MySQL Hosting
July 29, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- MySQL AB (mysql.com) announced on Wednesday that it has launched MySQL Hosting, a new application hosting solution for the popular open source MySQL database, in partnership with Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com). MySQL Hosting comes with a 99 percent uptime guarantee, technical support and a commercial MySQL license. Accounts also include PHPMyAdmin, a Web-based utility for administrating MySQL databases, allowing users to add, modify and delete MySQL databases through their Web browsers.
Portland Tourism Picks SDC Web Hosting
July 28, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Solar powered Web hosting provider Solar Data Centers Inc. (solardatacenters.com) announced on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with Portland Oregon Visitors Association to manage and host POVA's Web site and content management system.
Rackspace Unveils Application SLA
June 23, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com) announced on Tuesday that it has launched a new application platform service level agreement for its Intensive (intensive.com) Hosting division, which specializes in hosting on Windows platforms. The company said the new SLA guarantees a minimum 99 percent level of uptime for the entire software stack, including operating systems, database servers and the application framework.
Netriplex Adds Seattle Data Center
June 14, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- E-business hosting provider Netriplex (netriplex.com), announced on Monday that it has opened its fifth data center, located in Seattle. Since launching its antispam and antivirus solution at year's beginning, the company says it has received an overwhelming demand.
Wachovia Renews App Hosting With for USi
May 10, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Application service provider USi (usi.net) announced on Monday that Wachovia Mortgage Corporation is renewing its application hosting contract with the company. Wachovia Mortgage's Web site and applications are hosted on USi's AppHost platform.
Troxo, Helm Develop Security Upgrade
"Protected folder security is a service that has been greatly skimmed in hosting control panels. We feel that every host should have more than one solution available just like you typically find with mail, ftp and other hosting services," says Adam Saunders, director of Webhost Automation. "Helm users can now have access to advanced password protection services like IISPassword directly from within Helm itself. The partnership will benefit Helm administrators greatly by integrating state-of-the-art password protection technologies whilst keeping consistent, easy to use interfaces for the end users."
The Planet Picks RLX Servers, Software
"We are thrilled that The Planet has chosen our RLX RackModule Systems and Control Tower XT," said Doug Erwin, chief executive officer of RLX Technologies. "We have worked hard to build manageability into all of our server technology while also providing industry-leading performance and reliability. We're proud that The Planet will now be able to extend this manageability to its own customers as well."
Rackspace Hosting for WebtrafficIQ
The partnership, according to the announcement, was prompted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) renewal of its Web analytics contract with WebtrafficIQ. RICS said its high levels of traffic necessitated a dedicated and flexible service.
Raritan Launches Data Center Solution
According to the company, Paragon II allows users to access, monitor, configure and reboot multi-platform servers remotely as if they were physically present at the rack.
Q9 Delivers 33 Months of Uptime for Customer
Those 33 consecutive months of uptime, said Q9, included the massive power outage that hit Ontario and the eastern seaboard of the United States in August of last year.
New York Internet Acquires Level 3 Data Center
The facility is housed on the top floor of 100 William Street in New York and includes redundant fiber, power, Internet connectivity, and emergency backup facilities.
CoroSoft IDC Software Available for Windows
December 19, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- CoroSoft Technologies, Inc. (corosoft.com), a provider of data center automation software for Linux and Solaris, said today that its data center automation solution, CoroSoft Director version 2.1, is now available for servers running on the Microsoft Windows platform.
