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Hosting Provider Datapipe Names Chief Financial Officer
February 7, 2012 — Web hosting provider Datapipe announced on Tueday it has named Jim Holtzman as chief financial officer, where he will oversee the company’s finance, accounting and investor relations functions. The appointment comes at a time of s…
High Cloud Storage Demand Allows AWS to Lower Amazon S3 Prices
February 7, 2012 — Cloud provider Amazon Web Services has lowered the prices on its storage solution Amazon S3, according to a blog post on Monday. At the end of 2011, Amazon S3 hosted 762 billion objects, and processed more than 500,000 requests per …
Q&A: DreamHost CEO Simon Anderson Discusses Outages and their Impact
February 7, 2012 — In an email Q&A with the WHIR, DreamHost CEO Simon Anderson talked about how the company is working to maintain customer relationships, and its plans to avoid a similar incident in the future.
Web Host Hostway Launches Networking Tool for Hybrid Cloud Hosting
February 7, 2012 — – Web hosting provider Hostway announced on Tuesday it has launched FlexLink, which offers an individual, private VLAN connection to enable users to deploy hybrid cloud solutions for increased security. The hybrid cloud solutions wi…
VMware Simplifies Service Provider Cloud Delivery with vCloud Integration Manager
February 7, 2012 — Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware announced on Tuesday that it has launched VMware vCloud Integration Manager for service providers automate the delivery and operations of clouds based on VMware vCloud Director…
Colocation Firm Online Tech Hosts Online Backup Provider Cogitate
February 6, 2012 — Colocation firm Online Tech announced on Monday that it will provide colocation services for online backup services provider Cogitate. This news comes a month after Online Tech completed a fiber optic build-out between its Ann Arbor…
UK Web Host Eukhost Offers SSL Certificates on Monthly Billing Term
February 6, 2012 — UK web hosting provider Eukhost announced on Monday it is now offering SSL certificates on a monthly billing term with free malware monitoring. Eukhost said its SSL certificates are designed for a wide scope of users ranging from SM…
Cloud Management Provider enStratus Names VP of Enterprise Solutions
February 6, 2012 — Cloud infrastructure management solutions provider enStratus announced on Monday that it has appointed Bernard Golden as its new vice president of enterprise solutions. In the role Golden will be responsible for helping enStratus cu…
Nebraska Seeks to Win Massive $1.2 Billion Data Center Contract
February 6, 2012 — Nebraska data center development officials are making a move to pass economic incentives to win a massive data center build contract dubbed “Project Edge”, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge. The company looking to build…
Web Host Canadian Web Hosting Launches Redesigned Website
February 6, 2012 — Web hosting provider Canadian Web Hosting announced on Monday that it has launched the new version of its website. The company says its new design and layout emphasizes its recently launched CA cloud infrastructure and cloud hosting…
Data Center Software Firm Rackwise Names Chief Financial Officer
February 6, 2012 — Data center management software Rackwise announced on Monday it has appointed Jeff Winzeler as chief financial officer. Winzeler brings global operations and financial expertise through his extensive experience with multinational te…
Internet Backbone Firm Hurricane Electric Launches Portuguese IPv6 Certification
February 6, 2012 — Colocation hosting and Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric announced on Monday that it has partnered with the Brazilian Network Information Center to provide its IPv6 certification program in Portuguese.
Q&A: Sedo’s Simonetta Batteiger Discusses Partnership with Go Daddy
February 6, 2012 — With more than 15 million domains available in its marketplace, Sedo is, by far, the largest domain resale marketplace operator in the world. The company recently teamed up with domain registrar and hosting provider Go Daddy to grea…
Tulip Data Center Services Builds Largest Facility in Bangalore, India
February 6, 2012 — Data center operator Tulip Data Center Services, a subsidiary of Tulip Telecom, announced on Monday it has launched “Tulip Data City” data center in Bengaluru, India. The data center is considered the largest in Asia, according to t…
Web Host Go Daddy Sees Record Mobile Traffic on Super Bowl Sunday
February 6, 2012 — Web hosting provider Go Daddy broke its own records for sales on during Super Bowl and for its best mobile website traffic ever, according to an announcement on Monday. The ads, “Body Paint” and “Cloud”, helped Go Daddy pass the 10 …
