December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Tuesday it has extended its full hardware and software configurability for all new servers.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Host Color Servers announced on Tuesday it has launched its “Server-Xmas” promotion, which offers customers one free service month, waived setup fee and doubled RAM for each configuration.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Digital Realty Trust announced on Tuesday it has acquired two properties in Europe.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider 123Together announced on Tuesday it is offering Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 to its customers.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The fifth annual Social Networking Conference will be held in Miami, Florida on January 31 to February 1, 2008, covering all business aspects social networking markets.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Future Hosting announced on Tuesday it has added Seattle, Washington as another data center location for its virtual private server offerings.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider FastNext announced on Tuesday that it is offering customers new versions of frameworks, .Net and Ruby-on-Rails.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Madrid, Spain-based Mercapital announced on Tuesday they will acquire Spanish Web hosting and domain registrar Arsys for about $230 million.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting software provider Ensim announced on Wednesday it is providing support for Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM 4.0, the multi-tenant version of Microsoft’s customer relationship management application.

December 19, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Rackspace Managed Hosting announced on Wednesday it warns online businesses that the record increase in online spending this holiday season will place significant pressure on website infrastructures.