Online advertising and services company eZanga announced on Thursday that it has joined with Web hosting provider HostMySite and content delivery network provider Panther Express to progress its online services and search engine offering. EZanga’s CEO says that it determined to partner with these companies because eZanga wanted to proffer a much faster website for [...]
UK Web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet faced a key outage early on Tuesday, leaving many of its dedicated servers offline for at least up to eight hours. According to reports by The Register, websites and services hosted by Fasthosts went offline in the early hours of the morning, making this the last straw for many [...]
Web design and software company PowerServe announced on Monday it has acquired Augusta, Georgia-based Web hosting and design provider 7th Street Media from Morris Communications. The financial terms of the transaction were not revealed. The acquisition, which completed on March 1, adds more than 100 website customers to PowerServe. 7th Street Media customer base is [...]
Domain registrar NetNames announced on Thursday it has published its Quarterly Fraud Report, which divulges that banking customers persist in facing mounting levels of online deception as phishing attacks drastically increase in early 2008. In February 2008 alone, there were over 60,000 phishing emails sent to customers of financial services organizations. Conducted by NetNames’ sister [...]
Montreal, Canada-based Web hosting provider iWeb Group announced on Wednesday it has revealed its new corporate identity together with a new website. The company’s earlier corporate brand was iWeb8 and its website was located at iWeb8.com, which the company has redirected to its new site. In the press release, the company says “the deployment of [...]
On Tuesday, Yahoo! disclosed a three-year plan it maintains will put it in front of forecasts from Wall Street, in an attempt to prove to investors that the takeover offer from Microsoft undervalues the company. The plan was initially presented to the company’s board in December of 2007, before the $44.6 billion takeover bid from [...]
Enterprise software provider BMC Software announced on Monday it has signed a authoritative accord to acquire data center automation provider BladeLogic for $28 in cash per outstanding share of BladeLogic common stock, or a total of approximately $800 million. Once the purchase is concluded, it will bring a major, high-growth revenue stream to BMC. Consequently, [...]
Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Thursday it will host the Partner2Profit seminar and networking event, which investigates how small- and medium-sized businesses can profit from outsourcing opportunities. Held on March 27 from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Planet’s Houston, Texas headquarters, the seminar will converse how businesses can capitalize on their [...]
IP services and content distribution provider Highwinds Network Group announced on Wednesday that Virgin Media has chosen its RollingThunder content delivery network as the CDN infrastructure for the company’s recently improved and extended newsgroup service. The companies have agreed an IP infrastructure hosting contract, allowing the UK-based Virgin Media to leverage the Highwinds CDN to [...]
Software developer and Web hosting provider Host The Best announced on Thursday it has released its ResellWHM script, allowing Web host resellers to independently offer reseller hosting. ResellWHM is backed by the WebHostManager control panel system, enabling users to generate a cut down version of the interface in order that hosting resellers can administer their [...]
Data center operator and colocation provider FORTRUST announced it has made two key hires to maintain the company’s growth and increasing demand for its services. FORTRUST has named Tim Pierce the company’s business development manager. In this position, he will assist customers in creating scalable and dependable solutions for their vital services and applications. Pierce [...]
Managed hosting and colocation provider Hosting.com announced on Wednesday that Christopher R. McCleary has joined the company’s board of directors. In his position as a board member, McCleary will work intimately with the company’s board and management team centering on corporate policy. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company say it provides dedicated hosting, managed hosting, colocation, disaster [...]
Virtualization and automation software vendor Parallels, previously known as SWsoft, announced on Wednesday that its third annual Parallels Summit 2008 will spotlight on hosting and software as a service. The two-day, free event will in addition feature themes such as ‘green’ hosting, virtualization and open platform. Parallels customers, partners and additional industry participants from around [...]
Web hosting provider HostMySite announced on Wednesday it has selected Don MacIntyre, a previous Monster.com executive, the company’s VP of software development. Prior to joining HostMySite, MacIntyre was the creator and CEO of AgileBootCamp.com, an Agile software consultancy firm. The firm has consulted with Fidelity Investments to assist shift their software staff toward Agile methodologies, [...]
Domain asset management provider Moniker, an Oversee.net business, announced on Wednesday it is hosting its second online auction of premium gaming and casino industry domain names at Casino Affiliate Convention Amsterdam. The auction will commence April 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel in Amsterdam, Holland, and persist into the week following [...]
Australian Web hosting provider Hostworks announced on Tuesday it has agreed a three year contract with online auction provider GraysOnline. GraysOnline has developed five-fold since changing from conventional to online auction sales, shipping more than 120,000 orders each month to its customers. The online auction service allows customers to buy products from key corporate brands [...]
Web hosting provider Concentric, a subordinate of XO Communications, announced on Monday it is offering its Perimeter Email Protection service via its latest reseller program to provide email security for the email infrastructures of small- to mid-size businesses. Mmid the increase in online security fear and spam email, an effectual security tool is vital for [...]
Colocation service provider Internet Facilitators Limited announced on Tuesday it has agreed a multi-year deal to host vital network infrastructure for Internet service provider Cogent Communications inside its IFL2 Manchester, UK data center. IFL is hosting Cogent’s equipment inside its most recent 15,000 square feet IFL2 data center, which comprises rack space within a protected [...]
Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced last week it is presenting a new promotion that allows customers to add Lantronix SecureLinx Spider KVM to any server platform for $30 per month. The offer, which lasts until March 31 or while limited promotional stocks last, includes free setup valued at $100. Urvish Vashi, director of product [...]
