October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider AT&T announced on Monday it has added new AT&T Internet data centers in Toronto, Canada and a third center serving the metropolitan New York City market.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — McAfee announced on Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ScanAlert for approximately $51 million in cash up front and with an earn-out of up to an additional $24 million if certain performance targets are met.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider DiscountASP.NET announced on Tuesday it has partnered with ASP.NET Web and Intranet solution provider Xigla Software.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider VEXXHOST announced on Monday it is offering a promotion on its virtual private server plans.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider AllureHost announced on Tuesday that it has introduced a custom plan generator, enabling prospective customers to design their ideal Web hosting plan instead of picking from a set of pre-configured options.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Social media company Demand Media announced on Thursday that it has launched a user advertising program through its ChannelME.TV venture.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Akamai Technologies announced it has introduced its PCI-compliant site acceleration service, which provides online merchants with the assurance that sensitive credit card information is transmitted over a platform that is PCI-compliant.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Advanced Internet Technologies announced on Monday that it has completed the beta phase of its website builder program Ready4Design and rolled out a fully functional version of the software for customers.

October 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Tuesday it has named Stan O. Barber VP of network operations.

ober 30, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting and IT infrastructure provider Data393 announced on Monday it has signed a multi-year agreement with IT compliance and security solutions provider Alert Logic.