Akamai's State of the Internet report was one of the big web hosting industry stories from this week.
This week’s most popular web hosting news included an outage, a couple of new products, a Super Bowl ad and a security report. The week included a couple of big features, and blog posts.
Most Popular Web Hosting News for the Week of January 28 – February 2, 2013
Domain Registrar Namecheap Launches SSL Reseller Program
January 31, 2013 — Domain registrar Namecheap announced on Wednesday it has launched an SSL reseller program that automates the purchase of SSL certificates.
PayPal UK IPN Issues Impact Web Hosts, Users
January 28, 2013 — Several web hosting providers have reported issues with the PayPal IPN system Monday morning on a thread on Web Hosting Talk. PayPal confirmed that the issue began on Sunday, and continued to work towards a fix as of Monday at 12 pm ET.
DreamHost Cloud Storage Service DreamObjects Launches, Undercuts Amazon S3
January 29, 2013 — Hosting provider DreamHost announced on Tuesday that its DreamObjects object storage cloud is now generally available, emphasizing the fact that the service is priced cheaper than the base-level per-gig cost for Amazon’s market-leading S3 cloud storage service, at 7 cents per gig.
Go Daddy Super Bowl Commercial Gets Nerd Some Action
February 1, 2013 — Web host Go Daddy released its second Super Bowl ad on Friday, just two days before it is shown in the first quarter of the big game on Sunday. The 30-second Go Daddy Super Bowl ad, “Perfect Match”, features a solid 20-seconds of supermodel Bar Refaeli and actor Jesse Heiman making out.
Akamai State of the Internet Report Finds US Second Largest DDoS Attack Source in Q3 2012
January 29, 2013 — Content delivery network provider Akamai Technologies released its State of the Internet report on Wednesday, and found that most attack traffic in Q3 2012 originated from China, the US and Russia.
This Week in Web Hosting Features
RightScale’s 2013 Cloud Vision has a Role for Managed Service Providers
February 1, 2013 — Cloud orchestration software firm RightScale shared its predictions for the cloud in 2013 with the WHIR recently, including some ideas about the role to be played by hosts and managed service providers.
What Controversial Storage Service Mega Wants from Service Provider Partners
January 29, 2013 — Around half a million people signed up for cloud storage and file sharing site Mega within the first 14 hours of it being live early last week. These numbers make it clear that users are willing to embrace the successor of the controversial Megaupload service, which was taken down by US authorities last year.
This Week on the WHIR Blogs
Web Hosting Customer Support Predictions for 2013 and Beyond
January 30, 2013 — Customer service is happening everywhere. Customers expect companies to serve them whenever and wherever they are… on any device they use, via any channel. Therefore customer support organizations are now becoming hubs for interactions – it’s all about the agility to effectively handle and analyze a vast range of customer contacts.
About Liam Eagle
Liam Eagle has worked as a contributor to the Web Host Industry Review since its inception in 2000, and as editor since 2003. He has been editor of the WHIR's print magazine since its launch. His daily involvement in the gathering and reporting of Web hosting news and his regular interaction with Web hosting leaders gives him an uncommonly broad appreciation of the issues and tends facing the business. Through his WHIR blog, Liam spots Web hosting trends and offers opinions on the industry-wide impacts of major developments and the motivation behind big announcements. Follow him on Twitter @liameagle
