May 18, 2012 — In the week ending May 11, 2012, web hosting company ServInt is offering 20 percent off its VPS Plans, 1&1 Internet is offering discounts on its hosting packages, UK2 is offering a promotion on its business hosting plan, and Hivelo…
Read MoreMay 18, 2012 — Web hosting industry veteran and current VP of engineering at UK2Group Nick Nelson has launched the beta of his new website backup venture Comcure. The service provides automated website backups in three steps, and supports any website …
Read MoreMay 18, 2012 — Web hosting company Cirrus Tech announced on Friday it has launched a range of Windows Server Cloud Virtual Machine Hosting plans, which include guaranteed dedicated resources, a fully redundant infrastructure and the ability to manage…
Read MoreMay 18, 2012 — Colocation provider CoLoCSX announced on Friday that it will offer customers data backup and recovery services from managed services provider StraTech.
Read MoreMay 18, 2012 — Space agency NASA is withdrawing its participation with OpenStack, the open source cloud organization it co-founded with Rackspace, according to a report by DatacenterDynamics.
Read MoreMay 18, 2012 — Online business directory Yell announced on Tuesday that it acquired UK website and ecommerce shop builder Moonfruit for $29 million in cash. Yell will pay retention bonuses of up to $8 million to key Moonfruit management after two year…
Read MoreMay 18, 2012 — Data center operator Equinix announced on Friday it will acquire European colocation and internnection services carrier ancotel, which adds a 6,890 square foot data center in Frankfurt, Germany to Equinix’s already massive footprint.
Read MoreMay 18, 2012 — Domain registrar and web hosting provider Domain.com announced on Friday that its “Next Great Idea” challenge will take place at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York City this weekend.
Read MoreGo Daddy has become an official partner of England’s Test match grounds for the 2012 cricket season, following its sponsorship of the UK coverage of IPL cricket on ITV4.
Read MoreMay 17, 2012 — Cloud platform Jelastic announced on Wednesday that it is now commercially available in Russia through a partnership with Russian web hosting provider Rusonyx.
Read MoreMay 17, 2012 — Web hosting provider Cbeyond announced on Thursday the limited release of Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012 beta offerings. It claims to be one of the few companies offering beta versions of Windows Server 2012.
Read MoreMay 17, 2012 — Data center operator and hosting firm Quality Technology Services announced on Thursday it has constructed new solar power installations at its Richmond and Atlanta Metro Data Centers.
Read MoreMay 17, 2012 — Web hosting provider Peak Hosting announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with technology accelerator StartEngine to launch the Peak Hosting Startup Program. The program will provide startup companies in StartEngine’s program a $1,…
Read MoreWith its latest small business offering, the Yahoo Marketing Dashboard for small business, Yahoo takes another step toward becoming that complete service provider, a route familiar to web hosting providers.
Read MoreMay 17, 2012 — Virtual private server hosting provider Infinitely Virtual announced on Wednesday it is now offering QuickBooks, Intuit’s financial management software, on a cloud-hosted basis to its customers.
Read MoreMay 17, 2012 — With the price for the Facebook IPO to be set late Thursday, investors and users are waiting with bated breath to see how high the social media stock will reach. With over 421 million shares up for grabs, Facebook could be valued at as …
Read MoreMay 17, 2012 — Web hosting provider ViaWest announced on Thursday it has partnered with NetApp to launch KINECTed network attached storage platform, which delivers simplified data and infrastructure management, coupled with improved storage efficiency…
Read MoreMay 16, 2012 — Website tools provider Zoho announced on Tuesday it has launched its new website builder Zoho Sites, which enables businesses to quickly create polished, professional websites without any coding.
Read MoreMay 16, 2012 — Irish web hosting provider Blacknight announced on Wednesday that more than 10,000 Irish businesses have signed up for the Getting Business Online program in its first year.
Read MoreMay 16, 2012 — The Parsons Foundation announced on Monday that it will help women, men and children with HIV/AIDS in Arizona by donating $5 million to the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS in Phoenix.
Read MoreMary 16, 2012 — Cloud computing management provider RightScale announced on Wednesday it is hosting the sixth RightScale Conference on June 13 at the Javits Convention Center in New York.
Read MoreMay 16, 2012 — Colocation provider Fortune Data Centers announced on Wednesday that social online dating network Zoosk will move from a colocation facility to Fortune’s wholesale data center in San Jose.
Read MoreMay 16, 2012 — European web hosting company Host Europe Group announced on Wednesday it has acquired Mesh Digital, which develops the back-end technology for domain registration. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed in the press release.
Read MoreCloud infrastructure automation software Opscode Chef has integrated a list of top cloud hosting services that includes hosting providers Rackspace, Terremark, BrightBox and Voxel, public cloud services like Amazon EC2, HP Cloud Services and Joyent Clo…
Read MoreMay 16, 2012 — Utah state technology director Stephen Fletcher resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a massive healthcare data breach that exposed personal information of about 780,000 people.
Read MoreMay 15, 2012 — Web hosting company SherWeb announced on Tuesday it has improved its SkyNox online backup solution by introducing new plans that are better suited to businesses with one or more servers to backup.
Read MoreMay 15, 2012 — Colocation provider Colocation America announced on Tuesday that it is increasing its available data center space in Los Angeles by 50 percent.
Read MoreMay 15, 2012 — Outsourced web hosting support provider Bobcares announced last week it has launched a new set of cloud administration support plans, starting with Cloud Migration Services plan which offers web hosts a more secure way to migrate from a…
Read MoreMay 15, 2012 — Web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Tuesday the recipients of its .ME Scholarship Program. Go Daddy has selected 10 students that will receive a $10,000 scholarship to apply towards tuition and books in fall 2012.
Read MoreMay 15, 2012 — UK web hosting company and data center operator The Bunker announced on Tuesday it has named Philip Bindley the company’s chief technology officer.
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