April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud storage platform provider Nirvanix announced on Tuesday that it has received funding from German venture capital firm European Founders Fund.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT security researchers have found a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google spreadsheets that opens the application up for cookie stealing.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Tuesday it has released a new white paper that analyzes the varying business benefits of dedicated hosting and colocation services for SMB companies.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation provider TELEHOUSE America announced on Tuesday it has appointed Yasushi Kubota its new president and CEO, replacing Toshiaki Miki, who was recently named VP of KDDI Europe.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting software provider Ensim announced on Tuesday that YouSAAS has set up the Ensim Unify platform to speed up its deployment of Microsoft Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 as well as ease extensibility.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A developer has discovered a way to host Google Apps on Amazon’s Web services platform, and is releasing the hack to the open source community, according to BetaNews.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Canadian Internet Registration Authority announced on Tuesday that Canadian Internet users have registered one million .ca domain names, which shows the country’s strong Internet presence and the popularity of Canadian websites.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting provider VISI announced on Tuesday it will build an $18 to 19 million Tier 3 data center in Duluth, Minnesota to provide colocation and managed hosting services to the area.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK Web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet faced a major outage early on Tuesday, leaving many of its dedicated servers offline for at least up to eight hours.

April 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer announced on Tuesday it was selected to be the hosting service for Web design and hosting provider MMO Guildsites.