December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The story is almost the same every year, only more so — researchers predict the biggest online holiday shopping season yet, with 30 percent of holiday shopping taking place online for a total of $30 billion in business.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Server automation and virtualization provider SWsoft announced on Monday that company CEO Serguei Beloussov has been named “European Entrepreneur of the Year 2007″.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Monday that it has released a report that shows that 83 percent of Britons have been negatively affected by being unable to find contact details from a business’ website.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Host Department has extended its Thanksgiving Gobble2 hosting discount, enabling customers to receive 50 percent off the regular hosting fee, a free domain-for-life, six extra hosting months, unlimited bandwidth and storage.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting provider NET Telcos announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement to open a new data center space for the Hampton Roads market.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK managed hosting provider NetBenefit announced on Monday that it will provide private members club The Hospital Club with the hosting platform for its new social networking website.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center software provider Aperture Technologies announced on Monday that it is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Verizon Business recently partnered with Tandberg, Mesh City and the Freedom Calls Foundation to facilitate a videoconference between marines in Camp Fallujah and Al Asad Air Base in Iraq and their families at Camp Pendleton, California.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Ireland-based Web hosting provider Digiweb announced on Friday that it has launched both editions of CM4all’s WebsiteCreator branded as MyWeb.

December 3, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian Web hosting provider iWeb Group announced on Monday it has successfully closed its recently announced offering of 3,300,000 common shares at a price of $1.25 per common share, for gross proceeds of $4,125,000.