Amazon's EC2 Takes On Web Hosting Market
Netcraft - UK
While the complexities of web hosting with Amazon's EC2 platform may appear rather daunting to the majority of web site owners, the service will no doubt appeal to existing owners of dedicated servers who want further scalability or wish to make their sites highly available at a reasonable cost ...

Web Hosting Infrastructure for Midway Games, to be Provided by Server City
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Colocation and dedicated server hosting specialist, Server City, is continuing its partnership with Midway Games Ltd, to provide its hosting infrastructure and Internet connectivity. Midway is the UK arm of the legendary games publisher responsible for such games as Defender, Spy Hunter and Mortal Kombat. Server City will support the latest edition of the multi-award winning Unreal Tournament series, Unreal Tournament 3, on the PS3 platform ...

Local web hosting company launches new Chicago Data Center
WAVE - Louisville,KY,USA
MaximumASP, a Microsoft Gold Certified Provider of web hosting and managed IT services has announced the opening of its new data center in Chicago ...

OS Commerce: The True Cost of Free Carts
ECommerce-Guide - United States
A free, open source shopping cart may sound really attractive in these economic times, but how free is free? It's not a trick question. If you add in the cost of the technical degree required by some free, open source carts, or technical support to get others to work, as well as the value of your own labor and the supporting services needed, your free shopping cart may not really be free at all. Here we will examine the range of full costs of operating an Open Source, online store such as osCommerce, Zen Cart, CRE Loaded, or osC-MAX ...

Amazon EC2 Now More Ready for Application Hosting
Slashdot - USA
For months now, I've been geeked about Amazon's EC2 as a web hosting service. But until today, in my opinion, it wasn't ready for prime time. Now it is, for two reasons. One, you can get static IPs, so if an outward-facing VM goes down you can quickly start another one and point your site's traffic to it without waiting for DNS propagation. And two, you can now separate your VMs into "physically distinct, independent infrastructure" zones, so you can plan to keep your site up if a tornado takes out one NOC ...

Web Hosting Applications Firm, Parallels, Acquires ModernBills
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Server virtualization firm, Parallels, has entered into a merger acquisition of ModernGigabyte, the creators of the ModernBill automated billing system, while preparing for its Summit 2008. ModernBill may be offered along with Plesk for a complete reseller package, for dedicated hosting providers. Parallels ISV partners that have deployed the Application Packaging Standard (APS), will have a ready to deliver solution, for hosting companies to sell products ...

Own a Business without a Web Site? It’sa Costly Mistake!
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
It's hard to believe in this day and age, but nearly half the small businesses in the United States don’t have a dedicated Web site – this according to a recent report from research firm IDC.  IDC’s small business Internet forecast study estimated that 4.46 million small businesses would have a Web site by the end of 2007. But that represents only 53.9 percent of all the small businesses in the U.S.! ...

Frontpages Web Hosting Network Announces New Semi-Dedicated SharePoint Hosting Plans
HostSearch.com - USA
Frontpages Web Hosting Network has launched new semi-dedicated hosting plans for Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, it was announced yesterday. Six semi-dedicated hosting plans are available, three for WSS 3.0 and three for MOSS 2007 ...

Web Hosting Provider, EstHost, Upgrades Virtual Hosting Platform
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Web hosting provider, EstHost, Inc., is relocating its virtual hosting service to a new, more powerful platform, using the CentOS Supermicro servers, with advanced capabilities. EstHost, Inc. offers a wide range of hosting solutions: from virtual hosting to VPS services, and even more. Virtual hosting remains one of the most widely used hosting services today ...

The Planet to offer IPv6 hosting services
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
Web hosting vendor The Planet plans to offer in late 2008 commercial transit services that support IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. IPv6 provides larger address space, built-in security, enhanced network management and new mobility features when compared to its predecessor, IPv4...

Web Host eUKhost Ltd Offers New Dual Quad-Core Dedicated Servers
HostSearch.com - USA
Web host eUKhost Ltd is offering new dedicated servers, it was announced recently. The Dell servers, featuring Intel Xeon processors, will be offered on a fully managed basis. According to the company, the servers provide generous bandwidth allocations and offer faster response times and improved scalability. The servers are connected by redundant gigabit connections and available through the company’s data center in Maidenhead, UK ...

365 Main Web Hosting Data Center, Joins EPA Energy-Efficiency Initiative
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Data center developer and operator, 365 Main, has added ENERGY STAR as a partner, and will participate in the EPA's future development of a related energy performance rating for data center facilities ...

The Planet, Dedicated Server Web Hosting Firm, Debuts Advanced Backup Solution
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
The Planet privately held dedicated hosting company, has included a new advanced backup server, equipped with 6TB of capacity in an enterprise-ready RAID5 configuration, as the largest and most powerful in its fleet ....

iHost Web Hosting Company, Premieres Vista Instant Publisher for WebStudio 4.0
WebSite Host Directory (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
On-demand web applications for small businesses, iHost Networks, Inc., is offering a new, Microsoft Vista version of it's Instant Publisher, along with its Web Studio 4.0 ...

Web Hosting Company Aplus.Net Announces Four Additions to Dedicated Server Range
HostSearch.com - USA
Web hosting company Aplus.Net has announced four additions to its dedicated server range, including dual quad servers, it was announced yesterday. The move is part of the company's strategy to overhaul and rebrand its entire line of dedicated hosting services to a more hardware-based naming system ...

Web Hosting Provider, Qwest, Chosen to Deliver Advanced Voice
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Web hosting high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services firm, Qwest Communications International Inc., has executed a 3-year contract to provide voice and networking to home products distribution company, Dey Distributing ...

Web Hosting Network Security Firm, SonicWALL, Supports Remote Access
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Provider of network, web, email security and backup and recovery solutions firm, SonicWALL, Inc., will provide New York City-based holistic legal technology consulting company, RVM, with solutions to help strengthen its email, remote access and network security ...

YouTube Offers Free Web Hosting?
HostSearch.com - USA
YouTube has launched an API that allows website owners to broadcast video content free of charge, through their own sites – a move essentially putting the company in the free hosting bracket ...

Web Hosting Firm, Network Solutions, Presents at ICANN NTIA Mid-Term Review
WebSite Host Directory (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Web hosting and small business solutions company, Network Solutions, recently presented to the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Telecommunications and Internet Administration (NTIA), in Washington, DC ...

ServInt Announces Upgrades to VPS Web Hosting Packages
Tophosts - Toronto,ON,Canada
ServInt, a provider of high-reliability web hosting for global businesses, today announced that it has incorporated major upgrades on its core line of Virtual Private Server (VPS) services. ServInt has increased the amount of RAM dedicated to its core line of VPS services to 128 MB, including Essential VPS, Signature VPS and Ultimate VPS. The upgraded VPS services are now available to new customers; upgrades will be automatically performed today for all existing ServInt VPS customers...

Web Hosting Brand Melbourne IT Selects Cloudmark Authority
Tophosts - Toronto,ON,Canada
Global leader in messaging security, Cloudmark, Inc., announced that Australia's largest Web and application hosting company, Melbourne IT, has selected Cloudmark Authority to protect its e-mail subscribers from messaging abuse ...

Dedicated Server Web Hosting Provider, ServInt, Debuts Super Green VPS
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Web hosting provider, ServInt, has released its new SuperVPS service, as a replacement for the traditional dedicated server, featuring increased redundancy, with the same computing performance of a traditional dedicated server ...

R1Soft Web Hosting CDP Software Platform, to Debut at FOSE 2008
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft, will premiere its CDP products at the FOSE 2008 Conference and Expo, scheduled for April 1-3, 2008 at the Washington Convention Center ...

3FN Achieves the Performance Aptitude Making Netcraft Top 5 Rating for 3 Months in a Row
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
3FN, Triple Fiber Network, proudly announces to be in Netcraft Top 5 Rating for the last 3 months, being recognized internationally for offering the best quality of dedicated hosting and other services. The company's team and 3FN itself are very delighted to win this prestigious reputation by Netcraft ...

WebhostingDay 2008 - A Grand Event
Tophosts - Toronto,ON,Canada
It was all serious Web hosting business from then on as another Jens, Mr. Schneider, Executive Director of Hosting Business at visionapp delved into, "The easy way to be a SaaS provider". Hosting providers have to participate in this roller coaster market, we're told, as apparently 80 percent of companies want to adopt SaaS by the end of this year. Opportunities exist in providing infrastructure services, application hosting services and managed services in what will be a billion dollar industry ...

Tier1 Research: Mass-Market Web Hosting Sector Is Under Pressure
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The mass-market hosting sector is developing into a space that is fragmented, under pressure and transforming rapidly. These findings are contained in a report released today by New York-based Tier1 Research (T1R), an independent research firm that analyzes the financial and industry implications of developments ...

Host The Best Adds ResellWHM Script
Web Host Industry Review - USA
Software developer and Web hosting provider Host The Best announced on Thursday it has released its ResellWHM script, enabling Web host resellers to individually offer reseller hosting ...

Web Hosting Tutorial Firm, DemoWolf, Releases New WordPress Blogging Software
WebSite Host Directory (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Web hosting tutorial firm, DemoWolf, has developed, released and made available, new WordPress blogging software, which is often provided to customers by web hosting providers ...

GoDaddy Web Hosting Firm, Engages Global Crossing Dedicated Internet Access
HostingTech.com - Leawood,KS,USA
Through Global Crossing's comprehensive, end-to-end network management system, GoDaddy.com can monitor traffic 24 hours a day, seven days a week for unsurpassed reliability, while enjoying always-on, direct high-speed connectivity to the Internet. Global Crossing also provides alternative routing and peering for GoDaddy.com's customers ...

Top Five Lies In The Managed Hosting Industry
MediaPost Publications - New York,USA
Managed hosting is loosely defined as a service where a customer’s Internet infrastructure is maintained and cared for by a Web hosting company. It can also be the ultimate smokescreen ...

Web hosting 'letting users down
Telappliant VoIP News - London,England,UK
More British businesses may be using high-speed broadband connections than ever before, but many being 'failed' by their hosting services, leading to offline websites and frustrated customers, a new survey has reportedly found ...

Dedicated Server, Colocation Web Hosting Provider, LeaseWeb, Debuts Green Promo
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
International business hosting services firm, LeaseWeb, is offering extensive green improvements, for its customers currently using Windows Server 2003, having configured over 2,000 dedicated servers at its EvoSwitch facility....

Green Web Hosting - Is It the Future? Green Web Hosting - Is it the Future?
HostReview.com (press release) - Orland Park,IL,USA
The green web hosting options have expanded quite a bit in recent months. Which one should you choose? Well, right now it appears that the primary discriminator is the method by which they power their datacenters ...

ServInt Introduces SuperVPS to Offer Business Customers Scalable Web Hosting and Support Green IT
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
ServInt, a pioneering provider of high-reliability web hosting for businesses worldwide, today introduced its new SuperVPS service. The SuperVPS virtual private server is a powerful replacement for the traditional dedicated server. It offers customers increased redundancy while providing the same computing performance of a traditional dedicated server - with significant cost savings ...

myy.name Initiates Strategy Change in Hosting Industry
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
Free hosting option for Web 2.0 entrepreneurs. High demand in emerging markets. The popular web hosting company myy.name has announced a strategy change in ...

Web Hosting Colocation by SoftLayer, to be Expanded by Internap Network
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Dedicated web hosting solutions firm, SoftLayer, has executed a 5-year, $40 million contract, with Internet solutions management company, Internap, to expand SoftLayer's on-demand hosting platform ...

3FN Marketing Updates the Advertiser Reporting Features
PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna,Bulgaria
3FN Marketing is a global leader in the pay per click advertising, affiliate marketing and webmaster affiliate programs is delighted to present the resent update in the reporting features for advertisers ...

Web Hosting Applications Provider, Nexaweb, Debuts Web 2.0 Bundle
WebSite Host Directory (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Nexaweb's Professional Services team will be hosting a series of free, online seminars during the months of March and April including an overview of Nexaweb ...

Unlimited Licenses Offered by Hosting Controller
Tophosts - Toronto,ON,Canada
Hosting Controller, a Web hosting automation solutions provider, announced on Thursday that it is offering dedicated ...

1&1 Internet, Web Hosting Provider, Expands with Parallels Deployment
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Web hosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has chosen to offer open source applications certified with the Application Packaging Standard (APS), to 1.7 million German-speaking hosting customers ...

Host Color Adds Poll and Online Survey To Shared Hosting Plans
India PRwire (Press Release) - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Host Color has added the web survey software to its PowerTools software pack. PowerTools is an advanced hosting application which combines a script library and auto installer. The software pack works on company's web hosting automation system - NextColor. It enables website owners to set up many useful software applications such as MODx, Drupal, Joomla and TextPattern CMS; WordPress and B2evolution blog platforms; Pligg and MediaWiki social media; forum software; image gallery scripts and etc by a single click ...

Web Hosting Firm, CrystalTech, Sponsors Microsoft MIX08 Sandbox-in-the-sky
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
As a key participant at MIX08, CrystalTech is further solidifying its status as an important partner to Microsoft with respect to web hosting and web-related technologies. MIX08 affords us a great opportunity to not only meet with individuals who count on CrystalTech for their web hosting needs, but also allows us to interact with the designers and developers who will produce the next generation in cutting-edge websites and web applications ...

Web Hosting Solutions Provider, Attenda, Supports Windows Server 2008
WebSite Host Directory (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Web hosting company, Attenda Limited, will provide full support of the new Microsoft Windows Server 2008, as well as the migration of its first client, reed.co.uk, to the major new operating system ...

myhosting.com Introduces Microsoft Windows (R) Server 2008/IIS7 Web Hosting Plan
Mass Media Distribution LLC (press release) - Naples,FL,USA
myhosting.com, a leading global provider of affordable web, email and application hosting services and a brand of SoftCom Technology Consulting Inc., announces the introduction of new Microsoft Windows Server 2008/IIS7 based Web Hosting Plans ...

Rackspace Dedicated Web Hosting, Offers Enhanced IT Windows Server 2008
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
Managed web hosting services firm, Rackspace Managed Hosting, will begin offering Windows Server 2008 with an enhanced set of flexibility, security, reliability and management features, designed for customers' IT hosting needs ...

Verio Wins Best E-commerce Provider Industry Review Award
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Verio Inc., a leading provider of online business solutions, including hosting, applications and managed services, announced today that the company has been named Best E-commerce Provider by industry review site Web Host Directory ...

Web Host ServePath Launches Windows Server 2008
Tophosts - Toronto,ON,Canada
ServePath, a dedicated web hosting provider, today announced the availability of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web and Windows Server 2008 Standard Editions as hosted platforms....

Web Host Cirrus Tech Changes VPS Plans
HostSearch.com - USA
Web host Cirrus Tech has made a number of changes to its Virtual Private Servers (VPS) plans, it was announced recently. The Toronto, Canada-based provider suggests the changes will allow the company to stay ahead of its competition in the competitive market for Virtual Private Servers ...

Hosting Controller Offers HC7 License
Web Host Industry Review - USA
Web hosting automation software developer Hosting Controller announced on Friday that it has launched HC Mini, a new product license that enables users to run HC7 on their servers and host up to ten domains for free. Hosting Controller says HC Mini is a solution targeted to Web hosts that can't afford to run a control panel due to their limited budgets. The company says it is also an opportunity for dedicated server providers to bundle it as a free control panel with their dedicated server offerings ...