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Chillers and fuel cells: the greening of the hosting industry continues
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
By Chris Redman
WebhostingDay 2010: dates, location, speakers
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
By Chris Redman
Web hosting socially and in the cloud in 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
By Renee Hendricks
One man’s data loss is another man’s lesson
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
By Chris Redman
Questions you didn’t know you can ask potential web hosting providers
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
By Artashes Toumanov

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Artashes Toumanov has written 22 posts for Web Hosting News

Artashes Toumanov is the owner and contributor to HostingDiscussion.com.

Zenlayer launches cloud collaboration service Zenlink

Cloud service provider Zenlayer has launched Zenlink, a service that allows companies to connect between cloud deployments, enabling businesses to collaborate. The service makes use of a dedicated connection, which reduces latency and increases security within data centers.

OVH, VMware launches cloud offerings for the US market

Following its acquisition of VMware’s vCloud business in April 2017, French company OVH has launched its next-generation Hosted Private Cloud offerings for the US market, targeting SMBs. The service begins in the Eastern U.S. region along with the U.K. and Germany, with more regions to be added in the 2018 Q1-2. OVH has a leading […]

CDN security market to reach $7.63 billion by 2022

A new MarketsandMarkets research report suggests the CDN security market is expected to grow from $1.93 billion in 2017 to $7.63 billion in 2022. The market is primarily driven by ongoing instances of DDoS and application layer security attacks and rising customer preferences for cloud-based services. For study purposes, the CDN security market has been […]

Rackspace completes Datapipe acquisition

Rackspace announced it has completed its transaction to acquire Datapipe, a managed services provider. This is the largest deal in Rackspace history that will enable the company to expand its capabilities in the managed hosting and private cloud space. With this acquisition, the company becomes one of the leading providers of managed public cloud services […]

Questions you didn’t know you can ask potential web hosting providers

Looking for a new web hosting company to deal with? I am guessing you’ve already looked through tens of same old articles and same old advice suggesting what to ask prospective companies of your choice or what to watch out for. Stay away from promises of unlimited resources. Verify the age of a company you […]

LCN.com offers free hosting to 190,000 UK based charities

Four out of 10 charities say they have been hit by the economic downturn, which forces them to cut costs and make savings wherever possible, including their Internet-based operations. A UK-based LCN.com hosting company announced that it will offer free hosting and domain registration discounts to registered UK charities. Mark Boost, LCN Managing Director, said: […]

8 companies lose business privileges at HostingDiscussion.com

We’ve all heard of social marketing and the benefits it yields. Regrettably, it is just as easy to abuse this strategic know-how and fault your company’s reputation forever. Such was the destiny of at least 8 web hosting firms that were censored and banned on HostingDiscussion.com forum in November 2008.

DemoDemo launches monthly subscription tutorials

Hosting flash tutorial provider DemoDemo.com announced the launch of monthly subscription tutorials –  a program that will allow web hosting firms save considerable amount of money in up front costs. With plans starting as low as $14.95/mo, DemoDemo’s “pricing is a fraction of that of our competitors”, says company President Vito Ceniti. Flexible monthly subscription […]

Hostway warns online retailers on product video addiction

Like any addiction, Hostway hosting provider thinks that massive adoption of video previews could cost online retailers millions of pounds this holiday season. Thomas Herbert, product manager at Hostway, says “companies should actually be planning for a higher volume of traffic this Christmas and be especially prepared to maintain their websites if they use videos […]

Falling out of love with Internet Explorer, thanks to version 8 (beta)

I thought the day would never come when I fall out of love with an Internet Explorer browser. I have been a fan since day one. Sure, I tried a few other browsers along the way (Netscape, early Firefox, Opera, recent Google Chrome and even Safari for Windows), but I was nevertheless convinced that Microsoft […]