Archive for March 10th, 2008

Brit Users Upset with Hosting Service

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — British businesses are increasingly ‘failed’ by their Web hosting services, leading to offline websites and upset customers, according to the results of a new survey conducted by technology blog IT Pro.

ServInt Offers New VPS Service

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider ServInt announced on Monday it has added its new SuperVPS service.

Cloud Computing Study Released

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud computing does not meet the needs of large businesses, but remains to have definitive potential, says a report released by Forrester Research on Monday.

Web Host THC Adds JS-Kit Tools

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian Web hosting provider Top Hosting Center announced on Monday it has partnered with JS-Kit to distribute rich Internet tools and services.

Spam Penetrates Gmail Filters

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Spam originating from Google’s Gmail doubled last month from 1.3 percent of all spam email to 2.6 percent, said email security vendor MessageLabs on Monday.

Rackspace Signs 4000th Customer

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — European Web hosting provider Rackspace announced on Monday it has signed its 4,000 customer after online advertising firm Adknowledge selected Rackspace to help launch two new products, Taglines and Cubics Social advertising.

SoftLayer Opens 2nd Dallas Facility

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer announced on Monday it has opened its second data center facility in Dallas, Texas.

Aussie Firm Adds Disaster Recovery

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Macquarie Hosting, the managed hosting division of Australian telecommunications firm Macquarie Telecom announced last week that it had introduced a new virtualized managed disaster recovery service.

DemoWolf Offers WordPress Tutorials

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online tutorial provider DemoWolf announced on Friday it released a new series of tutorials for blogging software tool, WordPress.

Peak 10 Names Cincinnati VP

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center owner and operator Peak 10 announced on Monday it has named Ernest Leffler the company’s VP of its Cincinnati operations.