August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Host Color announced on Friday that it has launched its new website that now more accurately reflects the company’s “new model of providing web hosting services.”

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT-management software developer SmarterTools has released the latest version of its analytics software, providing website statistics, data mining, geographic mapping, spider and bot detection, and a Web interface.

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web research organization Hostexploit has released a report identifying Concord, California-based web host Atrivo as a major, long-time source of fake anti-virus products, spyware, adware and viruses.

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Vistrex, owner and operator of custom web design firm BestSiteDesign.net, announced on Friday it has launched a complete solution that includes both website design and hosting services for a business or individual’s website.

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center services provider n|Frame will be hosting a free Webinar entitled “Complicated Equation: Facility Power + Cooling = Uptime,” to help businesses deal with the rising cost of data center energy and cooling.

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Emerson Electric announced this week it is building a 35,000-square-foot data center in the company’s headquarters of St. Louis, as part of an enormous initiative to consolidate 100 global data centers into four facilities.

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — One of the interesting trends in this week’s hosting news was the issuance of data from a selection of surveys, with some of the more significant news of the week coming from more one-off events.

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider ServerPoint announced on Friday it has added Integra Telecom as a backbone provider on its network.

August 29, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Web has grown by a net 1.3 million sites due to 1.2 million Apache sites and half-a-million Google sites, desite Microsoft IIS losing 60,000 sites, acccording to the latest web server survey by UK research and security firm Netcraft.