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VISI Launches VMware-Based Virtual Dedicated Server

July 28, 2009 -- Cloud computing provider VISI announced on Tuesday it has launched its new Virtual Dedicated Server product based on VMware's virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3.

Colocation Firm Holds Buyers Guide Webinar

March 9, 2009 -- Data center operator and managed hosting provider VISI announced on Monday it has published a new whitepaper called Buyer's Guide for Colocation.

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.

Play.com Picks Zeus Traffic Manager

March 16, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet infrastructure solutions provider Zeus Technology (zeus.com) announced that UK online entertainment retailer Play.com has deployed Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager to scale up their e-commerce platform.

Red Hat Appoints Senior Marketing VP

March 15, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Open source software developer Red Hat Inc. (redhat.com) announced on Tuesday that it had appointed Timothy Yeaton its senior vice president of marketing.

Opsware Supports SUSE Linux 9

March 14, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software developer Opsware (opsware.com) announced on Monday that it would provide automation support for Novell's (novell.com) SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 platform. The company says porting its solution to Novell's platform will help enterprises realize greater efficiencies, reducing total cost of ownership.

UK Registrar Leaves Customers Stranded

March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The pending status of Cambridge-based registrar Firevision (firevision.net) has left thousands of UK domain owners stranded, according to reports released this week. Several customers have vented their frustrations on Internet message boards about their inability to buy, move, update and renew domains names through the company.

Rodopi Supports Web Host Btnaccess

March 9, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Rodopi Software (rodopi.com), a developer of back-end automation software for Web hosting and Internet service providers, announced on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement to provide online provisioning and customer care applications for VOIP solution provider btnaccess's (btnaccess.com) Hosted PBX services. Btnaccess provides hosted private branch exchange solutions designed to support both enterprise and wholesale voice over Internet protocol markets.

Yahoo! OzHosting Launches SEO Service

March 7, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Destra's (destra.com) Yahoo! (yahoo.com) co-branded Web hosting subsidiary OzHosting.com (ozhosting.com) announced on Monday the launch of Searchability, its new search engine optimization service.

Opsware Releases NAS 4.0 Software

March 7, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software developer Opsware (opsware.com) announced on Monday that it has released Opsware Network Automation System 4.0, a solution for network infrastructure management.

Orange UK Picks BladeLogic Solution

March 2, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software developer BladeLogic (bladelogic.com) announced on Monday that wireless carrier Orange UK had selected BladeLogic Operations Manager as its data center automation platform. BladeLogic Operations Manager, the company says, is an automation solution that enables the provisioning, configuration and management of large-scale, distributed server environments.

Speedera Unveils App Hosting Platform

February 16, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Content delivery service provider Speedera Networks (speedera.com) announced on Tuesday that it had introduced FlexComputing, a platform that provides distributed application hosting.

Yahoo! Sets up Dublin Data Center

February 16, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet portal Yahoo! (yahoo.com), said on Tuesday that it will open an European operations headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. The new base will reportedly include a Web hosting center, in addition to accounting and revenue operations, and a multi-lingual customer support unit.

Sun, EDS Renew Strategic Partnership

February 3, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Sun Microsystems (sun.com) and EDS (eds.com) announced on Wednesday that they are in the midst of negotiating a new eight-year managed services contract that will see EDS migrate Sun's data centers to the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform, its global delivery system. The two companies also announced that they have entered an agreement to jointly deliver IT and utility computing services based on Sun's Solaris 10 operating system to large enterprise customers.

SWsoft Releases HSPcomplete 3.1

February 1, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting automation software developer SWsoft (sw-soft.com) announced on Tuesday that it has launched HSPcomplete 3.1, the latest version of its automation solution for small and medium-sized hosting service providers.

Sun Broadens and Upgrades Java Software

January 31, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports released Monday, Sun Microsystems (sun.com) will broaden its Java Enterprise System network services software package on Tuesday with the roll-out of a subset of offerings called Sun Java System Suites.

SBC Acquires AT&T for $16 Billion

January 31, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet service and Web hosting provider SBC Communications (sbc.com) announced on Monday that it has acquired AT&T (att.com) in a $16 billion deal that will create the largest telecommunications company in the US.

Rosignol Picks NaviSite Web Hosting

January 25, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider NaviSite Inc. (navisite.com) announced on Tuesday that ski manufacturer Rossignol, North America has chosen NaviSite to implement and manage its Microsoft Great Plains deployment. The new solution will replace the company's legacy business systems.

TeleCity Receives ISO Accreditation

January 20, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- European colocation provider TeleCity (telecity.com) announced today that its data centers in London, Manchester, Frankfurt and Amsterdam have each been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification for quality of service, systems and facilities.

Speedera Networks Hits Record High

January 19, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hosting and content delivery provider Speedera Networks (speedera.com) announced on Wednesday that during a 24-hour period in December 2004 it delivered more than 15 billion Web requests, making it one of the largest content delivery companies in the world.

MPAA Crackdown Catches Web Hosts

January 18, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports released Monday, two Web hosting companies based in Dallas, Texas were caught up in the Motion Picture Association of America's crackdown on Web site and server operators involved in the illegal online distribution of movies and television content.

ReadyHosting.com Launches New Site

January 18, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Wisconsin Web host provider ReadyHosting.com said on Tuesday that it has launched its new Web site (readyhosting.com) to give visitors a better, more "user-friendly" experience, promising new content and easier navigation.

Verio Europe to Host Rally Web Site

January 14, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- NTT Communications subsidiary Verio Europe (verio.com) announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with the Subaru World Rally Team to host the team's Web site. Verio will also become a technology partner for the Subaru World Rally Team, providing the team with Internet infrastructure, managed security services and high performance online solutions at swrt.com.

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.

Putnam Picks BladeLogic Server Tools

January 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software provider BladeLogic (bladelogic.com) announced on Monday that leading money management firm Putnam Investment had chosen the BladeLogic Operations Manager as its server management platform.

Vectorvision Launches Web Hosting

January 6, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Software programming and Internet firm VectorVision (vectorvision.net) announced on Tuesday that it had launched its new line of managed Web hosting services, 59Host.

Spam King Ordered to Stop

January 5, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Under an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, a man known as the "Spam King" has been ordered to stop infecting computers with advertising programs until a federal lawsuit against him is resolved. Stanford Wallace and his companies, SmartBot.net Inc. of Richboro, Pennsylvania and Seismic Entertainment Productions Inc. of Rochester are required by the agreement to send online ads only to people who visit their Web sites.

Raleigh News Picks Hosted Solutions

January 4, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hosted Solutions (hostedsolutions.com), a data center and Web hosting solutions provider, announced on Monday the addition of the Raleigh News and Observer's online property newsobserver.com as a new customer.

NaviSite to Resell PeopleSoft Apps

December 8, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and managed application services provider NaviSite (navisite.com) announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with PeopleSoft (peoplesoft.com) to sell its PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World software packages to companies with revenues under $100 million. EnterpriseOne is a suite of Web-based business and productivity applications. PeopleSoft World is an enterprise software solution for the IBM iSeries platform.

MSI Picks Cable & Wireless IDC

December 8, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Storage management solutions provider Incentra Solutions (insentrasolutions.com) said on Wednesday that its subsidiary ManagedStorage International (msiservice.com) has renewed and expanded its agreement with Cable & Wireless IDC (cw.com), a provider of voice, data, IP and hosting solutions based in Tokyo, Japan.

The Planet Sets Up 500 Game Servers

December 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed Web hosting provider The Planet (theplanet.com) announced on Monday that it deployed 500 servers in just five hours for Pandemic Studios, creators of Star Wars Battlefront and other popular games. The 500 servers were installed, configured and delivered at the rate of one every 36 seconds using The Planet's proprietary automated provisioning system.