HostingCon Morning Day 1 Summary

Posted on 2009-08-10

It seems only a brief time since the last HostingCon in Chicago, but HostingCon 2009 has now arrived. On Saturday I went out to get a jump start on things near the Gaylord Hotel which is the show hotel just outside Washington, D.C. A short shuttle tr

Parallels Moving Some DC Departments to Seattle

July 16, 2009 -- Virtualization and automation software developer Parallels confirmed last week that it is moving some operations currently located near Washington DC to the Seattle area in an effort to consolidate some of its US operations.

HostingCon Planning Underway

Posted on 2009-01-29

The fifth annual gathering of web hosting professionals known as HostingCon will be held this year in Washington, D.C. from August 10th-12th. While those dates may seem far off now, the deadlines for participation, particularly speaking and exhibitin

Reeltime Rentals Adds to Data Center

January 19, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Online DVD rental service Reeltime Rentals Inc. (reeltimetv.net) announced on Tuesday that it has completed the build-out of its primary data center located in Seattle, Washington.

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.

Oregon Host Buys Drizzle Site Specific

January 7, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and Internet access provider Drizzle Site Specific was sold to Internet Professionals & Network Solutions Inc. (ipns.com) this week, according to the firm representing Drizzle Site Specific in the deal.

Opsware Acquires Rendition Networks

December 3, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software developer Opsware (opsware.com) said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Rendition Networks (rendition.com), a developer of network device automation software, for $33 million, a sum that includes $15 million in cash and about 2.68 million shares of Opsware common stock.

SimpleNet Hosts Mock Election

October 29, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and data center services provider SimpleNet (simplenet.com) and Internet voting system provider Everyone Counts, announced on Wednesday that they had formed agreement to provide the infrastructure for October 28's US National Student/Parent Mock Election

Wells Acquires Data Center Used by IBM

October 26, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Wells Real Estate Investment Trust II Inc. announced on Monday that it has acquired a 393,000 square foot building in Gaithersburg, Maryland that includes a data center facility. The two-story building, situated on 45.51 acres of property, is leased to IBM (ibm.com). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Spry Opens New Data Center in Seattle

August 12, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Spry (spry.com), a specialist in virtual private servers, announced on Wednesday that it has opened a new data center facility, located in the Westin building in Seattle, Washington.

Superb Buys Hosting Unit of CoveSoft

July 13, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Superb Internet (superb.net) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the Web hosting division of Cove Software Systems (covesoft.net), a dedicated server specialist. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Watson Wyatt Relocates To Equinix

June 30, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Equinix Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced on Wednesday that Watson Wyatt & Company, a human capital consulting firm and the primary subsidiary of Watson Wyatt & Company Holdings, has relocated one of its internal data centers to Equinix's Washington, DC area Internet Business Exchange center.

XO Completes Allegiance Acquisition

June 24, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and Internet service carrier XO Communications (xo.com) announced on Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of the assets belonging to Allegiance Telecom (algx.com) for $322 million in cash, including $11 million of adjustments for working capital and approximately 45.4 million shares of XO common stock.

Sam's Club Introduces Web Hosting

June 3, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports, wholesaler Sam's Club (samsclub.com), a division of Wal-Mart, is getting into the Web hosting business. The Sam's Club Web hosting service is targeted at small businesses, offering a basic Web hosting plan for $5 per month. The plan includes hosting, a domain name and email address. An additional $5 fee adds an online shopping feature. The service also provides Web page templates that users can customize with their own branding, logo and content. The service is available to business customers with Sam?s Club memberships.

MSPAlliance Members Present at IT Forum

The first session was held last week at the MSPAlliance-hosted COMNET Conference & Expo in Washington and featured five speakers from the organization's board.

SB-Host Launches Dedicated Hosting Subsidiary

According to the company, the dedicated servers will be offered out of Web hosting provider The Planet's (theplanet.com) data center and will feature service from backbone providers such as UUNet, Verio, Time Warner and Global Crossing.

Server Central Expands Deployments at Equinix

The company said the agreement doubles its present deployments within Equinix's Chicago, Washington, DC area, and San Jose Internet Business Exchange (IBX) data center facilities.

Anti-Piracy Campaign Dealt Major Blow

December 22, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- A ruling made Friday in a US appeals court has dealt a major blow to the recording industry's efforts to take legal action against online music pirating by ruling that it cannot force Internet service providers to identify their customers. The federal appeals panel overruled a lower court decision that granted the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) the right to see customer information from Internet service provider Verizon Communications Inc.

XO Announces Network Expansion to 12 Markets

December 5, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Telecommunications carrier XO Communications (xo.com) said today that it is expanding its network with the addition of 12 markets to its current market footprint of 60. The new markets targeted for expansion include: Tucson, Arizona; Fresno and Stockton, California; Colorado Springs, Colordao; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Tacoma, Washington; Richmond, Virginia; Youngstown, Ohio; and St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Sarasota and Tallahassee Florida.

Superb Servers Records 200 Percent Growth

November 24, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Superb Internet Corporation (superb.net) announced today that SuperbServers.Net, its dedicated server line, has experienced record growth over the last quarter. The Vancouver and Washington, DC-based company said that growth over the last quarter exceeded 200 percent.

U.S. State Department to Colocate With Internap

November 11, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internap (internap.com), a provider of performance-based routing services, said today that the U.S. State Department has selected Internap?s managed route control IP services to support e-government Web applications. Under the agreement, Internap will provide connectivity and colocation services from its Network Access Point (P-NAP) facility in Washington, D.C.

Superb Internet Unveils New Hosting Line

November 10, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Superb Internet Corporation (superb.net), a Web hosting provider with operations in Washington, Vancouver and New Delhi, today unveiled SuperbHosting.Net (superbhosting.net), a new line of affordable hosting solutions.

Microsoft Launches Anti-Virus Reward Program

November 6, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Software giant Microsoft Corporation (microsoft.com) said yesterday it is creating a $5 million reward program that will help law enforcement officials identify and convict those who are responsible for illegally releasing worms, viruses and other malicious programs on the Internet.

VeriSign to Re-Launch Site Finder Service

October 17, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- VeriSign (verisign.com) said earlier this week that its controversial Site Finder service, temporarily shut down in early October, will be re-launched after a 30-60 advance notice period.

Keynote Unveils Streaming Perspective 3.0

October 14, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Keynote Systems (keynote.com), a provider of Web performance measurement and management services, unveiled today Streaming Perspective 3.0, a service that measures and manages the performance and availability of streaming media.

U.S. Dept. of Defense Taps VeriSign for MPKI

September 29, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- VeriSign (verisign.com) announced today it has been selected to provide hosting, security consulting, authentication services and Managed Public Key Infrastructure (MPKI) services for the U.S. Department of Defense?s Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE), a system that will allow overseas citizens to cast absentee ballots in the 2004 election.

Report on Microsoft Security Stirs Controversy

September 26, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- A report claiming that Microsoft's "monopoly" represents a national security risk has apparently landed one of its authors in hot water.

SAVVIS Tapped By UNICEF For Networking

September 24, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SAVVIS Communications (savvis.net) said today that the U.S. Fund for UNICEF has selected SAVVIS networking services to connect its six chapter offices with its network operations center in New York. The six chapter offices reside in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C.

UltraDNS Opens New Office in Virginia

July 24, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- UltraDNS Corporation (ultradns.com), a managed DNS service provider, announced today the opening of a new office in Reston, Virginia.

Report: XO to Lay Off 500, Consolidate Operations

July 17, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- XO Communications, Inc. (xo.com) will lay off 500 employees by the end of the year in order to consolidate its operations, according to a report in the Washington Post. The 500 employees represent nearly 10 percent of the Reston, Virginia-based telecommunications carrier's work force.

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