The WHIR's web hosting industry feature reports offers in-depth analysis of the web hosting industry and comprehensive interviews.
by Nicole Henderson - Friday, August 5, 2011
August 5, 2011 — In an email interview with the WHIR, Mike Adams, group manager, product marketing for VMware, addressed the licensing concerns of VMware vSphere 5, and what sets vSphere 5 apart from its predecessors.
by Liam Eagle - Thursday, August 4, 2011
August 4, 2011 — In an email interview, Open Source Matters president Ryan Ozimek discussed the new version of Joomla!, the improved features of the software, and the process of using feedback from the open source community to build a better CMS.
by - Wednesday, August 3, 2011
August 3, 2011 — Founded and led by a group of software architects, engineers and executives from cloud optimization services provider Akamai Technologies, Basho Technologies has invested a great deal of monetary and human resources over the past two years developing, and hopefully, perfecting its distributed data storage network platform.
by Nicole Henderson - Thursday, July 28, 2011
July 28, 2011 — ElasticStack released version 2 of its cloud software platform on Thursday, addressing both scalability and hardware cost, which the company says makes it a good solution for web hosting providers looking to compete with Amazon EC2 or Rackspace cloud servers.
by - Wednesday, July 27, 2011
July 27, 2011 — In an email interview, Mitch Bishop, chief marketing officer at DotNetNuke, discusses the new version, its many benefits, and how it will provide developers with a range of cloud tools.
by Nicole Henderson - Monday, July 25, 2011
July 25, 2011 — In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Douglas Hanna, CEO of A Small Orange, gives a preview of what to expect from his talk at HostingCon 2011 and trends in the hosting customer service space.
by Liam Eagle - Friday, July 22, 2011
July 22, 2011 — As the third of three keynotes (Wednesday, April 10 at 10:00 a.m.) Steen will focus on providing the kind of insight to which only a major hosting software company like Parallels – with an incredible reach and deployment among hosting customers; the company says it enables $2 billion in business – has access .
by Liam Eagle - Wednesday, July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011 — In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Day discussed the concept of innovation, the ways in which it can apply to, and influence a hosting organization, and specifically how that will connect to the content of his Monday session at HostingCon.
by Nicole Henderson - Thursday, July 14, 2011
July 14, 2011 — When The Rolling Stones released Get Off of My Cloud in 1965, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sang that two was a crowd on a cloud. In 2011, it seems many disagree with that assertion, as earlier this week cloud technology provider Citrix acquired open source cloud software developer Cloud.com.
by - Wednesday, July 13, 2011
July 13, 2011 — Having been partners for nearly seven years, IT software giant Microsoft and hosting software provider Parallels have built a strong relationship over the years. And with its latest partnership, which will see the syndication for Microsoft Office 365 cloud productivity suite through Parallels Automation, this relationship will once again prove to be mutually beneficial for both companies.
by Liam Eagle - Tuesday, July 12, 2011
July 12, 2011 — This summer at HostingCon, I’ll be moderating an afternoon panel, featuring the insights of executives from several leading organizations in the hosting space. Right now, I’m looking to our readers to help steer the content of that session by contributing your questions, to be put to the panel.
by Nicole Henderson - Monday, July 11, 2011
July 11, 2011 — In an email interview with the WHIR, executive vice president of business development for web hosting provider pair Networks Tim Gaichas discusses its green data center being built in Las Vegas.
