Archive for August 19th, 2008

Evolution Builds £6m Netstore Facility

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Information and communications technology provider Evolution announced on Tuesday it has completed the design, project management and installation of a £6 million data center in Reading, UK for IT services provider Netstore.

Internap Delivers Comedy Site’s Jokes

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online service provider Internap will be hosting the National Lampoon’s humor network and ad services on its Managed Server solution, delivering on-demand content to the 18-to-34-year-old demographic.

ICANN to Hold Auctions for Disputes

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — International Internet regulation body ICANN announced this week that it will handle any disagreements over who wins the right to new generic top level domains by auction.

3PAR Stores Demand Media’s Data

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web 2.0 social media company Demand Media has chosen utility storage provider 3PAR to fuel its rapidly growing social media business by providing flexible infrastructure, storage scalability and capacity utilization over the data lifecycle.

Mosso Appoints Chief Uptime Officer

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting’s cloud division Mosso announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Bruce Runyan its chief uptime officer.

Quality Tech Adds New GM

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center and managed services provider Quality Technology Services has appointmented Paul Corning as General Manager for the company’s western region.

iStreet Opens Philadelphia Facility

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator iStreet Solutions announced on Tuesday it has opened a new East coast data center in Philadelphia, which completes its key strategy for business expansion.

New AIT Enterprise Server Platform

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web Hosting provider AIT has launched a new, Enterprise server platform that combines high performance hardware and premium, around-the-clock support suited for both managed and self-managed customers.

ResellerCluster Adds DNS Packages

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — ResellerCluster has released its new Private DNS Cluster reseller hosting program, providing partners with the means to resell re-branded Web hosting at no charge to the reseller.

Apptis, ServerVault Offer Cloud Comp.

August 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT and communications services provider Apptis announced on Tuesday it has partnered with web hosting provider ServerVault to offer a cloud computing environment to federal agencies.