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by Justin Lee - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
May 23, 2012 — Canadian web hosting company iWeb announced on Wednesday it has named Christian Primeau its president and chief operating officer, a position in which he will implement the company’s strategic plan and compound its growth.
by Nicole Henderson - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
May 23, 2012 — Web host ServInt announced on Tuesday night at the Web Host Industry Review networking event that it is now taking orders for hosting services in its new data center in Amsterdam.
by Nicole Henderson - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — Web hosting billing system WHMCS plans to setup and migrate to a new multi-server hosting infrastructure after suffering from both a DDoS attack, and social engineering attack over the past two days.
by Justin Lee - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — Web and cloud hosting provider Savvis announced on Tuesday it has named Donald Badoux to managing director of Savvis Germany, who will be based in Savvis’ new German headquarters in the heart of the financial services district in Frankfurt.
by Nicole Henderson - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — ICANN announced on Monday that the TLD Application System has officially reopened. Applicants can log in, review, and submit applications until May 30, 2012.
by Justin Lee - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — Cloud storage firm EMC announced on Tuesday it has acquired cloud-based file management solutions provider Syncplicity. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed in the press release.
by Nicole Henderson - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — Hacker group Anonymous released 1.7GB of data belonging to the US Department of Justice on Monday, according to several reports.
by Justin Lee - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — SSL certification authority GlobalSign announced on Tuesday at WorldHostingDays India it has expanded into India with the opening of its new office in New Delhi, enabling local organizations to easily acquire and resell GlobalSign security solutions and products.
by Nicole Henderson - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — Web optimization provider Yottaa announced on Tuesday that it has closed $9 million in Series B funding. The round of funding will be used towards accelerating the delivery of its services that optimize, protect and monitor websites for SMBs, and other organizations.
by Justin Lee - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 — Data center operator Cequel Data Centers announced on Tuesday it has acquired colocation and cloud services provider TierPoint. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the press release.
by Justin Lee - Friday, May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 — In the week ending May 11, 2012, web hosting company ServInt is offering 20 percent off its VPS Plans, 1&1 Internet is offering discounts on its hosting packages, UK2 is offering a promotion on its business hosting plan, and Hivelocity is offering several new deals on its dedicated servers.
by Nicole Henderson - Friday, May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 — Web hosting industry veteran and current VP of engineering at UK2Group Nick Nelson has launched the beta of his new website backup venture Comcure. The service provides automated website backups in three steps, and supports any website with FTP or STFP access including websites built on WordPress, Umbraco, Drupal, Windows Linux or Mac.
