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Hosting Companies - Who is Your Lobbyist? Where is Your 1099?

Posted on 2010-06-20

I am crafting my presentation for HostingCon and tangents keep on slipping in. I kick them out, Obviously I can’t just go off in the wrong direction. So these are a couple of topics we can discuss over a Texas tea.

Know How Social Media Drives your Business with Greater Sensation

2010-04-24

Nowadays people wants simplest thing with huge profit in return rather than exerting so much effort with a little impact on business! Latest technology, Social Media will do the rest in business....

Part II - Cloud Frenzy - Valuations - A Real Deal For Once

Posted on 2010-04-21

Possibly you read my 2009 Wrap-Up and 2010 Predications or the Preface and Part 1 of this series. Today we look at a real deal - VISI and recent comments by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer,  I think I am on to something...if all goes well we will ha

Few of Many Advantages Of Managed Hosting

2010-04-07

People purchase all kinds of products via the Internet these days. Even those customers who prefer to shop locally will look up products online before going to a store. For these reasons all businesses need to learn what's involved in having a presence on the World Wide Web. Often their research wil...

Businesses Going Green

2009-12-08

A business that makes the decision to be environmentally-conscious will often promote goodwill among potential customers, while making the world a better place for future generations. Many businesses hesitate to adopt green practices because they fear it will hurt their bottom line and negatively im...

Bring on "The Hacking Business model"

Posted on 2009-04-21

So I read early this morning that Oracle has bought out Sun.  Yadda yadda, one more large company buys out another large company....  However in this case it brings a few more complciations to the table.  Sun who bought out MySQL (argu

VIA NET.WORKS Looking for Financing

March 18, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider VIA NET.WORKS (vianetworks.com) said on Friday that it is working with PricewaterhouseCoopers in an attempt to obtain new financing to address what the company says is an "urgent" liquidity problem.

Nacio Launches Partner Program

March 18, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed Web hosting and application service provider Nacio (nacio.com) announced on Thursday that it had launched Via Nacio, a partner program for delivering hosted enterprise applications. Under the program, Nacio will partner with independent software vendors, delivering applications out of a managed hosting environment housed in Nacio's data center.

OPEC Selects Speedera for Streaming

March 18, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Speedera Networks (speedera.com), a provider of application hosting and content delivery services, announced on Thursday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries had selected Speedera to deliver live and on-demand streaming of its global conferences.

Netvention Unveils WebHosting Prospector

March 17, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Netvention (netvention.com) announced on Wednesday that it had officially launched WebHosting Prospector (webhostingprospector.com), an online tool that generates leads for Web hosting companies and hosting resellers of all sizes.

Play.com Picks Zeus Traffic Manager

March 16, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet infrastructure solutions provider Zeus Technology (zeus.com) announced that UK online entertainment retailer Play.com has deployed Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager to scale up their e-commerce platform.

TechSpace Buys E-commerce Gateway

March 15, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and IT infrastructure services provider TechSpace (techspace.com) announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the Web hosting, dedicated server and colocation customers of E-commerce Gateway. California-based TechSpace picks up 21,000 business-class user accounts and over 500 Web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Zervex Updates Hosting Control Panel

March 14, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Zervex Server Solutions (zervex.com) announced on Monday it has released an updated version of its online Web hosting control panel, Zervex DSM Version 3. Using standard Linux technology, Version 3 caters to Web hosting companies by providing a scalable and cost-effective hosting automation solution loaded with features that are adaptable to any size business model.

OpenTech Buys Continuity Technology

March 14, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- OpenTech Sytems (opentechsystems.com), a developer of storage management and disaster recovery solutions, announced late last week that it had acquired business continuity technology from Implementation and Consulting Services (ics-corporate.com). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

ReadyHosting Hosts NASCAR Party

March 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting firm ReadyHosting.com (readyhosting.com) will join some of the biggest acts in country music and ARCA RE/MAX Series and NASCAR Busch Series' top drivers at the upcoming ARCA, and NASCAR Busch Series weekend pre-race mixer at the Hotel Preston in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday March 24, 2005.

WebSitePulse Adds New Monitoring Sites

March 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web-based systems and e-business transaction monitoring firm WebSitePulse (websitepulse.com) announced on Thursday that it had added two new European monitoring locations - one in Munich, Germany, and one in Amsterdam, The Netherlands - bringing the number of stations to 14. The company projects a total of 30 monitoring locations worldwide by the end of 2005, with more locations added thereafter, as needed.

Netspoke Picks Rodopi Software

March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Rodopi (rodopi.com), a developer of back-end software automation for Internet service and Web hosting providers, announced on Wednesday that Web and audio conferencing service provider Netspoke has selected Rodopi's OSS telephony services for international and domestic customer billing.

Tornado Merges with Web Host Novara.ie

March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Irish Web hosting provider Novara.ie (novara.ie) announced on Wednesday that it had merged with Tornado Dedicated Servers (tornado.ie), effective immediately. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Yahoo! Launches SMB Resource Center

March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web portal operator and Web hosting provider Yahoo! (yahoo.com) announced on Wednesday that it had introduced a new online resource center designed to provide small businesses with information on running their companies.

Peer 1 Network Opens New Data Center

March 10, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet bandwidth, colocation and Web hosting provider Peer 1 Network (peer1.net) announced on Wednesday that it had opened a new 12,000 square-foot data center in Herndon, Virginia, its twelfth facility.

Rodopi Supports Web Host Btnaccess

March 9, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Rodopi Software (rodopi.com), a developer of back-end automation software for Web hosting and Internet service providers, announced on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement to provide online provisioning and customer care applications for VOIP solution provider btnaccess's (btnaccess.com) Hosted PBX services. Btnaccess provides hosted private branch exchange solutions designed to support both enterprise and wholesale voice over Internet protocol markets.

NYC Connect Names VP of Sales

March 7, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- New-York-based data center operator NYC Connect (nyc-connect.com) announced late last week that it had named Joseph C. Kiaer to the position of vice president of sales and business development. Kiaer will be responsible for expanding the carriers and connectivity of the company's meet me rooms in addition to its enterprise data centers.

Yahoo! OzHosting Launches SEO Service

March 7, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Destra's (destra.com) Yahoo! (yahoo.com) co-branded Web hosting subsidiary OzHosting.com (ozhosting.com) announced on Monday the launch of Searchability, its new search engine optimization service.

Runbox Launches Email Hosting

March 4, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Email service provider runbox.com (runbox.com) said on Friday that it had launched email hosting on the runbox.com email platform, enabling small and mid-size businesses to provide their employees with premium email under their own domain.

Spiderhost Offers SMB IT Solution

March 3, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IT services provider Spiderhost (spiderhost.com) announced on Thursday that it has released an affordable plug-and-play IT solution for small and medium businesses across Florida.

Omega Continues Web Hosting Buys

March 3, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Omega Communications (omegacomminc.com), a Connecticut-based Internet service provider, said on Thursday that it successfully acquired two Web hosting companies in 2004 and plans to continue buying small to mid-size Web hosts in 2005.

Orange UK Picks BladeLogic Solution

March 2, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center automation software developer BladeLogic (bladelogic.com) announced on Monday that wireless carrier Orange UK had selected BladeLogic Operations Manager as its data center automation platform. BladeLogic Operations Manager, the company says, is an automation solution that enables the provisioning, configuration and management of large-scale, distributed server environments.

Network Solutions Updates Web Hosting

March 2, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain name registration and Internet services provider Network Solutions (networksolutions.com) announced on Wednesday that it has introduced three new Web hosting packages designed to provide complete solutions for individuals and businesses.