November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Optical networking system provider Infinera announced on Thursday that it has named Minoo Mortazavi the newly created VP of strategic materials.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed Internet services provider Atlantic Metro Communications announced on Wednesday it has launched its services.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Utility computing platform developer 3Tera announced on Tuesday that it is offering the alpha release of a new concept in data center operations called Dynamic Appliances.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WiredTree announced on Thursday it has chosen to expand into the 427 LaSalle Street data center in Chicago, Illinois, providing up to 60,000 square feet of conditioned data center space for the company to move into immediately.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — SWsoft announced on Thursday that Exchange My Mail is expanding its use of SWsoft’s PEM automation software to launch Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Blackberry mobile email services.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Rackspace Managed Hosting recently commissioned an IDC white paper that has revealed that companies could be throwing money away by not considering the full impact of insourcing hosting for Web application and e-business infrastructures.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian Web hosting provider Cirrus Tech announced on Monday that the rising Canadian dollar has had a positive effect on the company’s operations and has helped it to attract more Canadian clients.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Applied Innovations announced on Thursday it has introduced Microsoft Windows Server 2008 hosting for dedicated servers.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — FiberNet Telecom Group announced on Thursday that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $5 million of the company’s common stock, either through open market purchases or in private transactions.

November 8, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Digital Realty Trust announced it is reporting new research data focused on the leading data center trends in the European market, following a similar report on the US data center market that was released earlier this year.