An ICANN working group, called “The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group”, has requested clarification from the organization about domain expiration policies. The questions that the group are asking includes whether there is enough notice that domain registrants receive and whether domain transfer should occur during the Redemption Grace period.
A security expert Kevin Mitnick was officially let go by his web hosting provider to find a new home. An often target of attacks that his website has become, HostedHere is clearly tired of dealing with with various website breaches. Kevin has moved his site over to FireHost, a provider known for its hacker-safe hosting […]
CoreSite announced its plan to expand its Northern Virginia data center in Reston. The expansion is scheduled to be completed later this year. This will reinforce energy efficiency that includes water-side economization and 95 percent-efficient UPS units. Previously, the company announced the completion of its Chicago data center.
A 5,000 square-foot data and network operations center located at Brazil has been completed for HostDime. The new data center provides reduced costs and better accessibility. A place for a new DC (at João Pessoa, Paraíba) was chosen based on it having no prior earthquakes or hurricanes.
Private-label reseller Value Reseller has announced the launch of new “Pay As You Go” and “All You Can Eat” reseller plans. The cost of a “Pay As You Go” plan is 50 cents per 1 GB of storage and 4 GB of bandwidth while the “All You Can Eat” plan runs at $297 per month […]
iNET Interactive announced that HostingCon 2010 will take place in Austin, Texas from July 19 to July 21. The event is designed for infrastructure providers such as web hosts, ISPs, and data centers. The location is easily accessible and technologically-focused. The city is also one of the top technology cities in the United States. A […]
Fortune Data Centers received an incentive award worth $900,000 from PG&E due to improvements in energy efficiency that it set in its green data center launched four months ago. An independent engineering firm provided Fortune and PG&E estimates of energy savings.
TeliaSonera, a Nordic telecommunications provider, has officially dropped its connections with Latvian-based Real Host. The decision was made after it learned about allegations on the web host company that its hosted sites are distributing botnet software. Among other suspicious activities are stealing credit card data and using an Adobe Flash vulnerability to infect computers of […]
A 28,000 square-foot data center, fully powered by wind, will be built in Stratford, Texas for Baronyx. It will initially be powered by 150 onshore wind turbines. Each of those turbines are capable of producing between 3.3 to 6 MW of power. 450 additional turbines will be added later in the Gulf of Mexico.
An announcement has been made by Rackspace Hosting that it has leased a facility in Chicago for a new data center. The size of the rented space is 36,700 square feet and it operates with 5.633 megawatts of critical load. It will go online later this year.
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