May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator and managed service provider Peak 10 announced on Wednesday it has added The Kotter Group, a company that specializes in “customized technology solutions,” to its customer portfolio.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Networking specialist Ciena reported this week that the data center operator had deployed Ciena’s CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Series Platform in its Dallas and New York metro markets.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT service and hosting company Rackspace, formerly of the “managed hosting” handle, said this week that it has added a new product to its self service portfolio with the launch of its enhanced Firewall Control Panel.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Network services provider and Internet exchange operator PacketExchange said Thursday that its global network would be available via the Telx facility at 60 Hudson Street in New York City.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Thomson Reuters, the media and information giant unveiled a new $50 million data center in Eagan, Minnesota late last week.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a press release describing the man as a “renegade” and the “king of controversy,” Go Daddy reported Friday that its CEO Bob Parsons had received an honorary doctorate from the University of Baltimore.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — On this Memorial-Day shortened week, the main thrust of the Web hosting industry news was much the same as any other week, with quite a few companies announcing plans to bring significant new data center space online.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Content delivery network operator Akamai Technologies announced on Wednesday that it had issued the first installment of its “State of the Internet” report.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A managed services company based in the UK said this week it is hosting live streaming of the proceedings from the National Assembly for Wales.

May 30, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web analytics firm Netcraft announced Friday that it had released its Web Server Survey for May 2008, saying it had received responses from 168,408,112 websites for the May survey.