The WHIR's web hosting industry feature reports offers in-depth analysis of the web hosting industry and comprehensive interviews.
by Justin Lee - Thursday, April 19, 2012
April 19, 2012 — As computing requirements and the demands of end users continue to grow, affecting businesses of all sizes, the use of graphics processing units is becoming a more common practice in the industry.
by Nicole Henderson - Wednesday, April 18, 2012
April 18, 2012 — Website builder BaseKit has partnered with many web hosts at this point, including HostGator and more recently providing the platform for UK web host Heart Internet’s website building tool SiteDesigner. On Wednesday, it announced that it has established its first partnership in South Africa, a completely new market for the four-year-old technology company.
by Justin Lee - Wednesday, April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012 — IBM made a pretty big announcement Wednesday with the introduction of its new line of PureSystems cloud integrated data center systems, which is designed to integrate all major IT components.
by Nicole Henderson - Tuesday, April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012 — At the beginning of March, the New York Times interviewed Hewlett-Packard senior vice president and general manager of cloud services Zorawar Singh, and unveiled some details of the anticipated launch of its public cloud service. Now, almost a month later, HP has given a specific timeline of its release, and announced on Tuesday that the public beta of its new public cloud will be available on May 10.
by Nicole Henderson - Monday, April 2, 2012
April 2, 2012 — Payment processing firm Global Payments announced via a conference call on Monday morning that its recent breach affected about 1.5 million card numbers in North America.
by Justin Lee - Friday, March 23, 2012
March 23, 2012 — Cloud computing technology owes a lot to the various open source projects that continue to propel the technology forward, along with helping to create a greater awareness — both within and outside the IT industry — for cloud capabilities.
by Nicole Henderson - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
March 21, 2012 — Having dealt with patents for the past 15 years, Yottaa CEO Coach Wei offers some tips to web hosts or other service providers looking to patent their IP, and how to determine if it’s worth it.
by Justin Lee - Monday, March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012 — No matter what industry sector they fall into, all SMBs require an efficient email and collaboration tool to manage the administrative side of their business. This provides an opportunity for web hosts to offer email and collaboration software as a value-added service.
by Nicole Henderson - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
March 14, 2012 — In a phone interview with the WHIR, Cogent Communications CEO Dave Schaeffer discusses the reasons a web host could be cut off by a supplier, how to avoid internet outages, and what to tell customers when it happens.
by Liam Eagle - Tuesday, March 13, 2012
March 13, 2012 — Targeting a specific web hosting niche can be an excellent way for a hosting service provider to gain a competitive advantage. With this Know Your Web Hosting Niche feature, we look at a LeagueUSA, a company succeeding by providing hosting and software for sports league websites.
by Justin Lee - Monday, March 12, 2012
March 12, 2012 — There are many certifications offered by hardware and software vendors like Microsoft, Red Hat, and Cisco. A few new vendors have introduced their own certification programs including cPanel and Parallels, which are useful in that they are more targeted and specialized around hosting.
by Nicole Henderson - Wednesday, March 7, 2012
March 7, 2012 — Web hosting providers that want to offer Windows hosted services to their customers need to be licensed under Microsoft’s Service Provider Licensing Agreement. The SPLA enables service providers to license Microsoft products on several terms.
