March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the conviction of a notorious North Carolinian spammer does not violate free-speech rights.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Last week, Brazil’s largest media portal and Internet company UOL announced that it had acquired Web hosting and dedicated server provider Digiweb, making UOL the country’s third-largest provider of Web hosting services.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft is speculated to be building out two-dozen data centers, each spanning approximately 500,000 square feet, in an effort to accelerate its cloud computing initiative.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As the hosting market grows in India, the demand for data centers and hosting services has increased exponentially.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Monday it is offering Dual Xeon 2.4 servers for $149 per month, a cost savings of 29 percent.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer announced on Monday it has launched its Application Protocol Interface 3.0, an even more enhanced version of the industry’s first open source API.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Content delivery network operator Akamai Technologies announced on Friday that a jury has awarded it $45.5 million after ruling for it in a patent infringement case against rival content delivery network operator Limelight Networks.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Host Department announced on Monday it has upgraded all of its Hurricane Electric data center switches to increase its overall network reliability.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK managed hosting provider iomart announced on Thursday that it has signed a five-year contract with the UK’s leading telecom operator to provide it with managed data center facilities.

March 3, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting software provider Ensim announced on Monday that Japanese telecommunications provider KDDI has selected the Ensim Unify platform to deliver its SaaS offerings.