Archive for February 22nd, 2008

Globat Post Explains Outage

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Globat says it has fully recovered from yesterday morning’s outage, which caused almost all customer sites, as well as Globat’s own site, its service infrastructure and phone systems to go offline throughout the entire day.

Stream Offers Ready-to-Fit Facility

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Real estate investment, development, and services company Stream Realty recently announced that it has built a ready-to-fit data center in Plano, Texas to accommodate large companies that need to expand to a new facility quickly.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — This week, an uncommonly active one for the Web hosting business, saw several significant legal rulings, a major outage at a hosting provider and the launch of several significant new products.

Microsoft to Support Open-Source

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Software giant Microsoft announced on Friday it has improved its business practices to support software from other providers, including open-source communities.

34SP Launches Script Installers

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK Web hosting provider 34SP announced on Wednesday that it has launched a range of automated script installers that take advantage of its UK hosting plans and are designed to smooth the process of deploying Web 2.0 applications.

Frontpages Announces Webinar

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting provider Frontpages Web Hosting Network announced on Friday that along with Neverfail, it will jointly host a Continuous Availability Webinar on February 28 at 10 a.m. CST.

Superb, SEOmoz Host SMX West Draw

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — SuperbHosting announced on Thursday it has partnered with search marketing provider SEOmoz to give away a free Intel Core 2 Duo dedicated server custom hosting solution at the upcoming Search Engine Expo - SMX West 2008.

EMC Acquires Software Company Pi

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Computer storage hardware provider EMC announced on Friday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire software company Pi.

Parallels, AXIGEN Offer SaaS Solution

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Parallels and AXIGEN announced on Thursday that they will offer an integrated AXIGEN Mail Server and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers solution targeted towards service providers offering virtualized hosting environments.

R1Soft Launches Partner Program

February 22, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — R1Soft announced it has launched R1HPP, a hosting partner program that will provide R1Soft partners with volume discounts, 50 percent off MySQL add-ons, professional public relations services and other brandable marketing materials.