Parallels CEO Birger Steen delivers his keynote at the Parallels Summit, the source of much of this week's hosting industry news.
Much of this week’s most-read web hosting news came out of the Parallels Summit, which took place this week in Las Vegas, and where the hosting software company launched several new products, and shared its vision for the future of hosting, with a major focus on serving small businesses.
Parallels CEO Birger Steen Introduces Cloud Storage in Parallels Summit 2013 Keynote
February 5, 2013 — In the first keynote to kick off the Parallels Summit 2013 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Parallels CEO Birger Steen thanked a packed room at Caeser’s Palace for attending its annual “family event” before introducing several new Parallels products, including Parallels Cloud Storage.
Serguei Beloussov Shares his Vision for the Future in Parallels Summit Keynote
February 6, 2013 — In one of the closing keynotes at the Parallels Summit this week in Las Vegas, founder and former CEO Serguei Beloussov delivered a presentation that, while it covered a very broad swath of topics, ultimately delivered a pretty focused message about Beloussov’s own vision, and Parallels’ vision, for the future of technology, service providers and small businesses and the role Parallels and its partners will play.
Who Wants to be a Hosting Millionaire? with Jack Zubarev
February 7, 2013 — In the last keynote presentation of Parallels Summit 2013, Parallels president of marketing and alliances Jack Zubarev moderated a quiz show that awarded attendees cash prizes for their hosting knowledge.
StopTheHacker Launches Version 3.7 of Website Security Tool
gFebruary 4, 2013 — Website security provider StopTheHacker announced on Monday it has released version 3.7 of its website security tool, which features server side scanning capabilities like detecting website defacement, hidden spam and PHP shells.
Parallels Report Calls SMBs the Fastest Growing Cloud Services Market
February 5, 2012 — Published this year for the third time, the SMB Cloud Insights report says SMBs continue to be the fastest growing market for cloud services, projecting compounded annual growth of 28 percent and a market that will reach $95 billion by 2015. The report calls the SMB market “the optimal target market for service providers of all sizes.”
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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
