April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — On-demand application management solutions provider Gomez announced on Tuesday it has signed a referral partner agreement with Web hosting provider Rackspace.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — April Fools’ day may be an excuse to pull off the perfect gag, but the perpetrators responsible for the Storm Worm botnet are exploiting the ongoing tradition to unleash a more harmful prank: infecting Windows PCs.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider Primus Telecommunications Canada announced on Tuesday it is opening its newest Internet data center in Edmonton, Canada, expanding its Alberta operations.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed IT and VoIP services provider mindSHIFT Technologies announced on Tuesday it has acquired software as a service solutions provider Collaboration Online, which includes subsidiaries, groupSPARK and AgileWave CRM.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Iceland, a country perhaps best known for its glaciers, attractive blondes and Bjork, has recently been trying to put itself on the map as a competitive location for the operation of data centers.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Monday that it has added Windows Server 2008 to its full line of dedicated server operating systems.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data management solutions provider NetApp announced on Tuesday it has developed the NetApp Kilo Client, a massive testing environment in which utility computing approaches can be tested in real-world environments.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM announced on Tuesday that it is continuing to expand its data center services, and its “green” initiative, with the launch of two new facilities in Europe.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK-based video hosting provider LiveLeak announced on Monday that it has removed Geert Wilders’ anti-Koran documentary after receiving several complaints and threats.

April 1, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Fayetteville Observer parent company, Fayetteville Publishing, filed a libel lawsuit last week against Fayetteville-based Web hosting provider Advanced Internet Technologies and its CEO Clarence Briggs.