March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center technology provider Active Power announced on Thursday that company CTO David Perkins, and director of product management and development Martin Olsen will speak at AFCOM Data Center World Spring 2008.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Iceland’s largest torrent site may be permanently shutting down, in addition to being forced to financial compensate copyright owners.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — 3Tera announced it has inked a deal with Nirvanix the company with new and advanced cloud computing solutions, including global distributed storage, content distribution and remote backup capabilities for Web application developers.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider PEER 1 Networks announced on Thursday that customer service at its Atlanta, Georgia facility remained unaffected during last weekend’s tornado and severe storms.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — NetNames announced on Thursday it has published its Quarterly Fraud Report, which reveals that banking customers continue to face increasing levels of online fraud as phishing attacks significantly rise in early 2008.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Apollo Hosting announced on Thursday it has named Bret Messer its new director of operations.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — To the relief of opposition politicians and civil liberties campaigners, Germany’s top court restricted a law on Wednesday proposed by the German government that would require telecom providers to store phone and Internet data for six months.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center research organization The Uptime Institute has reportedly authored a new paper that defines data center grades to help enhance its tier standards that differentiates data center availability.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web security firm Websense Security Labs announced on Thursday that MSNBC Sports website recently suffered a massive hack attack that has left at least 26,000 websites compromised and thousands of Web users at stake.

March 20, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — This week’s Web hosting news saw several companies announce the acquisition of facilities or other organizations, while several other providers announced key appointments.