April 30, 2010 — There were a number of interesting web hosting sales and promotions during the last week of April, including free cloud hosting deals from Server Intellect and Bulgarian web host Cloud.bg, as well as an interesting event sponsorship announced by The Planet, as well as a promotion that will make skilled IT pros compete over an Asus Eee PC netbook.
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Archive for April, 2010
Oracle Continues Construction on Utah Data Center
Posted in April 30th, 2010
April 30, 2010 — Oracle announced on Friday it has resumed construction on its large data center in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area, after abruptly pulling the project without any details last year.
Cloud Industry Forum Looks to IT Community For Input on New Code of Practice
Posted in April 30th, 2010
April 30, 2010 — A new industry initiative to promote trust, security and transparency within the cloud computing sector is turning to the IT community to help meet its goal of eventually providing standards and and certifications for businesses offering cloud services.
Google Energy Reveals Potential Green Data Center Strategy
Posted in April 30th, 2010
April 30, 2010 — Bill Weihl, head of Google Energy, revealed on Friday at the Earth2Tech Green.Net event that the subsidiary might help the search engine giant access renewable energy to power its massive data centers, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.
DNSSEC Rollout May Cause Internet Slowdowns Melbourne IT Exec
Posted in April 30th, 2010
April 30, 2010 — Early next month, the world’s top domain authorities, headed by ICANN, the US Government and Verisign, will complete the first phase of the rollout of Domain Name System Security Extensions across the entirety of the 13 root servers that translate user requests to corresponding websites. These larger requests, however, may not sit well with older networking equipment.
Irish Telecom Digiweb Buys TalkTalk
Posted in April 30th, 2010
April 30, 2010 — Irish telecoms provider Digiweb announced on Friday it has acquired TalkTalk in Ireland and Belgium. The company did not disclosed the details of the agreement.
Symantec to Acquire PGP and GuardianEdge for 370M
Posted in April 30th, 2010
April 30, 2010 — Security firm Symantec announced on Thursday it will acquire two data encryption companies for $370 million.
iNET Unveils Cloud Theme for HostingCon 2010
Posted in April 29th, 2010
April 29, 2010 — Social media firm and event organizer iNET Interactive announced on Wednesday that the theme for web hosting conference and tradeshow HostingCon will be “Piloting Into the Cloud – Setting a Course for the Future”.
Lexent Extends Footprint to CoreSite Data Center
Posted in April 29th, 2010
April 29, 2010 — Dark fiber networks provider Lexent Metro Connect announced on Thursday it has extended its footprint to CoreSite’s New York data center at 32 Avenue of the Americas.
Report Questions UK Governments Green Strategy
Posted in April 29th, 2010
April 29, 2010 — A recent study conducted by data storage firm Bridgehead Software has brought into question the UK government’s green computing strategy, according to a report by Gold Global.