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A diagram, taken from a PDF data sheet on the FalconStor website, showing the companys CDP Virtual Appliance performing remote data protection.

Inside FalconStor’s “TOTALLY Open” Data Protection Solutions

September 3, 2010 -- Encouraged by its second quarter results, “TOTALLY Open” data protection solutions provider FalconStor Software anticipates strong sales of its data deduplication and replication solutions, as well as growing brand recognition in the channel.

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Taken from the comapny's website, an illustration of Verne Global's planned data center campus in Iceland.

Q&A: Verne Global's Lisa Rhodes on Iceland Data Centers

September 2, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Lisa Rhodes, marketing and sales vice president of wholesale data center developer Verne Global, explains why its operations in Keflavik, Iceland offer advantages over local options.

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Inside Horizon Data Center Solutions' Growth Strategy

August 26, 2010 -- The past year has been a whirlwind of activity for Horizon Data Center Solutions. The Plano, Texas-based data center operator is currently in midst of implementing several major steps in a growth strategy that will secure a presence in all three major power-grids of the United States.

Q&A: Eirikur Hrafnsson, CEO and Founder, Greenqloud

August 23, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Greeqloud CEO Eirikur Hrafnsson discussed the green cloud service and how it differentiates itself from other hosting providers using clean energy.

Q&A: Eric Woods, Industry Analyst, Pike Research

August 20, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Pike Research analyst Eric Woods, discussed the results of the Green Data Centers report and what it means for the future of ecologically-friendly data centers.

Q&A: Rebecca Steinberg Herson of Commtouch, on Outbound Spam

August 19, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Commtouch VP of marketing Rebecca Steinberg Herson discusses the severity of outbound spam and how service providers can be more proactive in defending their networks from this growing problem.

Q&A: Rani Osnat of Storage Hardware firm CTERA

August 19, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, CTERA VP of marketing Rani Osnat discusses the CloudPlug solution, the company's recent partnership with Mezeo, and how the solution can ultimately benefit CTERA, Mezeo and end users.

Q&A: Fran Rosch of VeriSign, on Malware Scanning

August 17, 2010 -- VeriSign recently began offering two new trust enhancements, free of charge, to its existing SSL certificate customers.

Q&A: Imad Mouline, CTO of Compuware Division Gomez

August 13, 2010 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Gomez CTO Imad Mouline discusses the theory around monitoring application performance from the end-user perspective; how the evolving influence of cloud computing technology is impacting application performance and the way it is measured; and he discusses how his company creates opportunities for web hosting providers to partner and distribute its products to their customers.

Q&A: Christian Dawson, ServInt

August 12, 2010 -- In an interview with the WHIR, ServInt COO Christian Dawson discussed the benefits of the Kickstart Program and why it will help to differentiate ServInt from other web hosting providers.

Q&A: Alert Logic Co-Founder and CTO Misha Govshteyn

August 11, 2010 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Misha Govshteyn, co-founder and CTO, responsible for security strategy, security research and operations at security firm Alert Logic, explains the dangers of today's cloud and what organizations can do to create secure clouds.

Q&A: Nicholas Tanzi, President and CEO, GPX Global Systems

August 10, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, GPX Global Systems president and CEO Nicholas Tanzi, GPX discusses these two data centers and their respective range of services.

Q&A: Armorize CEO Caleb Sima on Malware Threats to Web Hosts

August 9, 2010 -- In an email Interview with the WHIR, Armorize chief executive officer Caleb Sima explains the latest malware threats and the dangers they pose to Web hosts, as well as some steps that can help prevent their services from being hijacked.

Q&A: Dan Ephraim, Digital Realty Trust

August 6, 2010 -- In an email interview with The WHIR, Digital Realty Trust's Dan Ephraim discusses the some of the key points addressed in the HostingCon presentation, along with some practices web hosting providers  and what practices Web hosts can follow in order to maximize their revenue.

Web Hosts SoftLayer, The Planet Reveal Merger Plans

August 5, 2010 -- After revealing this week that investment fund GI Partners had acquired a majority stake in the hosting provider SoftLayer, the latter company revealed that it is in discussions for a merger with another of GI’s hosting properties, The Planet.

GI Partners Acquires Majority Stake in SoftLayer

August, 3, 2010 -- In a deal that has been the topic of much speculation around the hosting industry for at least several weeks, investment firm GI Partners  and hosting company SoftLayer revealed on Tuesday that GI had acquired a major equity interest in SoftLayer.

SIPD Customizes Acumatica Cloud ERP for French Canada

August 3, 2010 -- Cloud enterprise resource planning software provider Acumatica and Les Services SIPD, a cloud ERP solutions distributor in French Canada, recently announced the availability of a French language pack and system configurations for Acumatica's ERP software for the Quebec market.

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