April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The greater adoption of “cloud computing” technologies by IT companies could lead to more low-level IT jobs being cut, said HP Monday.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — HSBC is reportedly on the verge of being investigated by UK financial watchdog the Financial Services Authority after it revealed it misplaced a CD containing the private information of 370,000 customers, four weeks ago.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Eleven2 Hostingannounced last week it named Cory Beavers its new customer service director.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK managed service provider eLINIA announced on Monday it has launched a new offering that provides a free Web hosting service for charities.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Application data security provider Imperva announced on Monday it has raised $20 million in a Series D round of venture capital financing.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer announced on Monday it has completed installing its second 10G connection in Seattle, Washington with backbone carrier Qwest.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online tutorial provider DemoWolf announced on Monday it has joined consumer feedback management provider RatePoint consumer feedback and site seal program.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — BladeLogic announced on Monday that managed hosting provider NaviSite has selected BladeLogic’s suite of data center automation software solutions to enhance the management processes for thousands of servers in its global data centers.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — GlobalSign announced on Monday that it has partnered with the developer of the HipServ home server software platform Axentra to provide layered security for Axentra’s HipServ through its Trusted Root solution.

April 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced on Monday that it has selected data center software provider Aperture’s VISTA 500 solution to increase visibility into the physical aspects of its data center operations.