Google has followed Microsoft in implementing free cooling technology in their Belgium data center. Windows-maker relies mostly on free cooling (when a DC relies on outside air 95% of the time, and saving water and power) in its Dublin data center location.
The online domain marketplace Sedo has purchased ParkingPanel, a domain monetizing service provider. ParkingPanel was launched three years ago and it caters primarily to individuals with large domain portfolios. ParkingPanel customers will be merged into the existing Sedo framework, according to sources, and will gain access to Sedo’s advanced monetization engine.
A second Dallas-based data center was opened by Horizon Data Center Solutions. Company’s first 25,000 square feet data center in Dallas reached its capacity approximately two months ago. Additionally, several thousand square feet has already been leased in the second data center, which is of the same size as Horizon Data’s first DC.
Microsoft has launched a program called WebsiteSpark. Designed to assist businesses with less than 10 employees, it provides qualified web professionals with design and development software licenses for a low $100 fee. Microsoft expects between 15,000 to 25,000 companies to take advantage of this offer.
Critical personal details of Demon Internet users have been leaked via email. The event was blamed on a human error. The director of customer service for the company sent an email to thousands of business and government subscribers that was intended to promote a new e-billing system. According to the statement issued by the company, […]
Two unnamed sources said Yahoo is looking for offers between $350 million to $500 million for its Small Business hosting branch. According to sources, potential buyers do not want to bid because the valuation is too high. Yahoo is also selling its job search site HotJobs and email/calendar groupware Zimbra.
Interxion has expanded its data center in Spain by 4,921 square feet, shortly after company’s London data center was also expanded by 4,300 square feet. This news follows an announcement that Interxion’s Madrid data center sold 60 percent of its capacity.
A new data center was opened for managed hosting services and disaster recovery provider Secure-24. The data center, which was named the Wayne County Technology Resource Center is located in Plymouth Township. An 18,000 square-foot facility will increase the attractiveness of the region and create over 250 jobs.
Infinera has announced that it has expanded its networking research and development team. A new design center will also be opened in Ottawa, Canada. The city was chosen due to its longtime center for optical networking development. Currently, the company is developing a 400 Gb/s photonic integrated circuit and is looking for additional engineers to […]
Colocation provider Internap has partnered with a dedicated server provider Global Net Access (GNAX). Internap will provide GNAX with a 10 GB IP connection, which will increase performance of the Gold Network in GNAX.
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