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Webfusion playing the imitation game
At first it was cute, but now it’s annoying. Web host Webfusion seems to be taking all its cues from the 1&1 Internet business model. It started back in December 2008, when UK’s Webfusion decided to offer its hosting to wider markets, specifically North America. This was in line with another UK web host, 1&1 […]
Wayback Machine’s new DC demands
A new data center will be opened for Internet Archive organization. It will store two petabytes of data for its now famous digital time capsule called the Wayback Machine, which houses 85 billion archived web pages dated since 1996.
Disaster Recovery by MaximumASP
A new disaster recovery service for enterprise and dedicated server customers has been launched by MaximumASP. It employs Symantec Recovery Solution which synchronizes and replicates databases and files to a Chicago data center. The service offers protection for critical data against events such as hardware failure, natural disaster, or data corruption.
NaviSite hosts PetsUnited
The e-retailer websites of PetsUnited is now being hosted by NaviSite. PetsUnited sell pet and outdoor supplies. Their brands include Dog.com and Horse.com. The deal with NaviSite provides PetsUnited with a hybrid virtualized and dedicated hosting solution.
IBM to purchase Sun?
IBM is out shopping again. After acquiring acquired Cognos, a Canadian software developer, last year for $5 billion, the technology giant made an offer to buy Sun Microsystems for at least $6.5 billion or double its closing price of $4.97.
Cisco’s new data center game plan
Cisco announced its new data center strategy called Unified Computing System, which unites things such as network and storage access in a single efficient system. This approach can reduce IT infrastructure costs and help customers develop efficient data centers.
Verio stimulates its own economy
Stimulus package has become the new buzz word of 2009, and it would stand to reason that the idea of economic rescue would eventually make it’s way to the hosting industry. In a move that is partially altruistic, and overwhelmingly self-serving, SMBs web host Verio announced its own stimulus package for its partners. The announcement […]
Host Color is appealing to the ladies
As much as I’d like to think of the web as a gender neutral industry, I’m constantly reminded that’s it’s not. Web hosting may be the last frontier in male/female equality. From the same people who brought us the ultra-gimmicky “free .US domain on Elvis’ birthday” promotion, Host Color is now offering a special rebate […]
Gmail outage
Gmail users experienced another outage today. Google expects to fix the problem by the morning of March 11. The company did not release any information of how many users were affected. Also, it is not clear whether both business and personal users are affected. If last year is any indicator, Gmail has been experiencing downtime […]
Newsweek condemns Bluehost
Newsweek has condemned web host Bluehost in censoring users affiliated with foreign countries, such as Belarus, Cuba, Syria and North Korea. HostMonster, Blaser Hosting, Biz Builder and other large web hosts also explicitly prohibit countries based on the perceived risk. This decision helps companies police customer websites but Newsweek notes that this is a form […]
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