June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecom equipment and solutions provider NEC Corp. announced a definitive agreement to acquire US-based operations support systems provider NetCracker Technology Corp. for about $300 million.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SharePoint360 announced on Friday it has launched SharePoint360 Web, a hosted solution using the SharePoint web-based collaboration and document management platform.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — On-demand, website test and measurement firm Keynote Systems has announced KITE 2.0, a new, web application performance testing environment that includes testing of web 2.0 and cloud applications to be released in August.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — An online security researcher has found a drive-by malware download that exploits an Internet Explorer feature to launch cross-site scripting attacks, according to a report by ZDNet.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hong Kong-based web host PacHosting has launched a BlackBerry email hosting service, allowing a BlackBerry to stay synchronized with via Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A group of Turkish hackers calling themselves “NetDevilz” defaced on Thursday the official sites of Internet governing bodies IANA and ICANN, according to researchers.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — On-demand, website test and measurement firm Keynote Systems has announced KITE 2.0, a new, web application performance testing environment that includes testing of web 2.0 and cloud applications to be released in August.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Webair announced on Thursday it is now offering its global content delivery network services, enabling users to deliver content with “unparalleled throughput and responsiveness.”

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting tutorial company DemoWolf has announced a new partnership with full-serivce production company and competitor VoiceWalk to complete their suite of custom demo services for clients.

June 27, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Released six weeks ahead of schedule, Microsoft announced on Thursday it has begun offering its new server virtualization software, Hyper-V, putting considerable pressure on industry leader VMware.