Web Hosting News

Google and Blacknight Program Sees More Than 10,000 Irish SMBs Join in First Year

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — May 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. … more

The Parsons Foundation Donates $5 Million to Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — May 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. … more

RightScale Conference to Focus on Multi-Cloud Strategies

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — Mary 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. … more

Fortune Sells its First Turnkey Data Center to Dating Site Zoosk

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — May 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. … more

Host Europe Plans to Expand Domain Services with Mesh Digital Acquisition

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — May 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. … more

Opscode Chef Cloud Software Partners with Terremark, Rackspace, Other Cloud Hosts

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — Cloud 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 Cloud, … more

Utah Government Fires Tech Director After Data Breach on Medicaid Server

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — May 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. … more

Peak Hosting Teams Up With StartEngine

Wednesday May 16, 2012 — (The Hosting News) - Peak Hosting, the industry leader in Operations-as-a-Service, dedicated hosting services, and hybrid cloud computing, today announced a partnership with StartEngine, an LA-based technology accelerator.    The Peak Hosting Startup Prog … more

SherWeb Introduces Cloud Backup Plans for Businesses with Multiple Servers

Tuesday May 15, 2012 — May 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. … more

Colocation America Increases Los Angeles Colocation Space by Half

Tuesday May 15, 2012 — May 15, 2012 -- Colocation provider Colocation America announced on Tuesday that it is increasing its available data center space in Los Angeles by 50 percent. … more