Web Hosting News – London - A survey of registered attendees at this year’s Data Centre World has revealed that only one in eight data centre managers cite a desire to go green as the key reason for implementing energy saving solutions, falling from one in three this time last year. The effects of the credit crunch mean that reducing the carbon footprint of data centres has become less of a priority than ever before; saving money is still the number one reason for lowering power consumption in today’s data centres, according to the new survey released today by the organisers of Data Centre World, the UK’s first and only data centre expo (24th and 25th February 2009 at the Barbican, London).

The more positive news is that over two thirds of data centres are proactively implementing policies and technologies that will enable them to minimise power consumption. Although the primary reason given for this was to save money during today’s difficult economic climate, the fact still remains that any reduction in power is a positive thing for the industry – especially when data centre energy requirements are expected to double over the next four years. Any curb on this will be a welcome shift for the sector. Continue reading “Data Centres Ignoring Green As Drive To Cut Costs Magnifies” »

Web Hosting News – Philadelphia, PA - Web hosting company 1&1 Internet Inc., today announced surpassing Yahoo as the fourth largest US web host based on WebHosting.Info’s domain rankings.
The move by 1&1 marks an important milestone, after launching US operations about five years ago.

From the launch 1&1 has made a significant impact on the US web hosting industry. Since US inception 1&1 has been called one of the most aggressive web hosts, dramatically dropping standard industry prices, making everything from domains to servers affordable for small to medium businesses. 1&1 was able to leverage economies of scale to offer their services and products across the globe in order to be competitive within the individual markets. 1&1 Internet is an internationally successful company, and hosts the largest number of websites up and running with content. The substantial and steady growth in the US market has been supported by over 700,000 US customers to date. Continue reading “1&1 Internet Inc. Jumps To Forth Largest US Web Host” »

Web Hosting News – SAN ANTONIO - Rackspace® Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, today announced that they will have new tools available to help customers assess and reduce their environmental impacts. Rackspace customers can now estimate their total carbon footprint utilizing a new business carbon calculator, and access information to allow them to take steps to reduce and then mitigate their global warming impact.

The new carbon calculator was developed for Rackspace by NativeEnergy, a leading international provider of high quality carbon offsets and emission reductions, and represents the continuation of efforts to promote environmentally friendly programs that began under Rackspace’s Greenspace initiative, which was launched in 2007. Continue reading “Rackspace Hosting Announces Business Carbon Calculator to Help Businesses Green Up” »

Web Hosting News – Mountain View, CA – The Internet added 24 million new domain names in 2008, according to the fourth quarter 2008 Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world.

The year 2008 ended with a total base of 177 million domain name registrations across all of the Top Level Domains (TLDs). This represents 16 percent growth over the previous year. In the fourth quarter of 2008, more than 10.1 million new domain names were registered across all TLDs. The composition of the domain name industry and rank order in terms of base size remained consistent in the fourth quarter. The five largest TLDs in terms of base size were .com, .cn (China), .de (Germany), .net, and .org. Continue reading “Internet Domain Names Grow to 177 Million in 2008, Latest VeriSign Industry Brief Shows” »

Web Hosting News – Pasadena, CA – DiscountASP.NET, a leading innovator in Windows hosting, announces launching support for the Microsoft Failed Request Tracing Module for Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) on their Windows 2008 hosting platform.

With the launch of Windows 2008 and Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), Microsoft introduced IIS Manager, a new IIS administration tool which provides end users with a familiar user interface to remotely manage IIS7 server configurations. Using IIS Manager, DiscountASP.NET customers can view settings and manipulate their web.config files for features that have been delegated to them. Continue reading “DiscountASP.NET Launches Microsoft Failed Request Tracing Module on Windows 2008 Hosting Platform” »

Web Hosting News – Surrey, UK - Memset, the award-winning dedicated IT hosting provider has been placed in the Top 10 most reliable hosting providers worldwide, a list void of other UK hosts, according to an independent survey by Internet analysts, Netcraft.

Netcraft, which began analysing Internet technology in 1995, publishes an independent, unbiased monthly survey of web hosting companies. It is the oldest and most respected web survey in the industry. In December 2008, Memset was placed in the top 10 for reliability placing it ahead of industry giants as Rackspace, WebFusion and others. Continue reading “Memset Rated UK’s Most Reliable And Fastest Web Host” »

Web Hosting News – London, UK - Quova, Inc., the leading provider of Internet geolocation data services, announced today that Absolute Software Corporation, the leading provider of computer theft recovery, data protection and IT asset management solutions has integrated Quova geolocation technology into its popular Computrace® line of business laptop security services. Quova’s Wi-Fi geolocation technology is also used to assist with the recovery of home computers protected by Absolute’s LoJack® for Laptops consumer service. Integration of Quova’s Wi-Fi triangulation data supplements Absolute’s existing GPS and IP-based tracking capabilities.

As more businesses and consumers rely on mobile computers, the risk of losing them or having them stolen becomes important issues. According to a report published by the FBI, 109,000 laptops were confirmed stolen in 2008. Of those stolen, only 18 percent were returned to their owner. Businesses and consumers are rapidly adopting technology as assurance against device and data loss as replacement devices may cost over a thousand dollars. Continue reading “Quova provides Wi-Fi Triangulation Data to Absolute Software” »

Web Hosting News – WASHINGTON – Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB), a global leader in education technology, today announced the opening of its second data centre in Amsterdam, reinforcing the Company’s commitment to supporting the growing number of European institutions that have turned to Blackboard to host and manage their learning environments.

Blackboard’s two European data centres now provide hosting services to more than 50 institutions across the continent. Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Birmingham have both recently established new hosting agreements with Blackboard. In addition, Leiden University in the Netherlands and The University of Manchester have recently extended their hosting agreements. Continue reading “Blackboard Opens Second European Data Centre to Support Increased Demand for Hosting from Colleges & Universities” »

Web Hosting News – Fenton, Missouri – Managed hosting provider Fpweb.net is now a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor at the upcoming SharePoint.Org Conference in Baltimore, MD on March 22-24, 2009. Fpweb.net CEO, Rob LaMear IV will also be speaking at the event.

SharePoint.Org, held by SusQtech, is the second annual SharePoint conference for associations and non-profit organizations. “We are excited to showcase our Managed SharePoint Hosting services at this event,” said LaMear. “As the first and only company in the world to host SharePoint back in 1999, we have a high level of knowledge and experience to share with this group.” Continue reading “Fpweb.net Sponsors SharePoint.Org Conference” »

Web Hosting News – Wayne, Pa. - SunGard Availability Services has opened a third data center in Philadelphia that will provide its customers with IT infrastructure and managed services to help ensure their business systems are always up and running. SunGard has invested $25 million in the new 120,000 square foot facility in Philadelphia which will help customers avoid capital and operating costs associated with building and operating their own data centers.

With a total of 350,000 square feet of operations space among its three Philadelphia facilities, SunGard’s concentration of business continuity and disaster recovery facilities is the largest in Philadelphia and is expected to attract more than 30,000 customer visits this year. SunGard Availability Services employs more than 400 employees in Philadelphia while SunGard overall employs 2,700 employees in the Greater Philadelphia region. Continue reading “SunGard Availability Services Announces New Managed Services Facility In Philadelphia” »