March 11, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Webhosting Day the Web hosting industry event held in Germany and organized by hosting provider Intergenia returns for its third year beginning Wednesday, March 12.

March 11, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Layered Technologies announced on Tuesday it has received private funding of $11 million, led by US private equity firm Enhanced Equity Fund, and Layered Technologies’ founding investor, Pangloss International.

March 11, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In the last few weeks, Rackspace, one of the archetypal managed hosting companies, has - without a great deal of fanfare - begun promoting its message through a corporate blog on the company’s website over the past few weeks.

March 11, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IP services and content distribution provider Highwinds Network announced on Tuesday it has closed a $55 million round of equity financing led by General Catalyst Partners and Alta Communications.

March 11, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider Verizon Business made several announcements this week, kicking off with the unveiling of plans to expand its global network footprint in 2008.

March 11, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — After taking the first tentative steps toward collaboration last year, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft reported yesterday that they are walking hand-in-hand these days, working on an interoperability test lab in Redmond, Washington.

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider MochaHost announced on Tuesday it is offering new and existing customers special promotions for the remainder of the winter season.

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet Facilitators Limited announced on Tuesday has signed a multi-year contract to host critical network infrastructure for Internet service provider Cogent Communications within its IFL2 Manchester, UK data center.

March 11, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Customer feedback management service Ratepoint and Web hosting provider LexiConn announced on Monday that they are jointly hosting a Web seminar entitled “Value-Added Services: Finding the Right Mix for SMBs”, on March 12 at 2 p.m. EST.

March 10, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced last week it is offering a new promotion that enables customers to add Lantronix SecureLinx Spider KVM to any server platform for $30 per month.