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MySpace makes their servers green
MySpace has recently installed Fusion-io flash memory cached servers at its data center in order to reduce costs and carbon footprint. It previously had multiple racks of 2U rackmount servers. With server changes, the racks are now smaller and they can hold 1U servers.
Mouzz Interactive domain registrar accreditation at risk
ICANN has warned Mouzz Interactive to pay its overdue domain registrar accreditation fees or lose its license. Mouzz Interactive owes $21, 175.01 in accreditation fees to ICANN and the organization placed October 20 as the last due date. Should the company not meet the deadline, it will be unable to renew its Registrar Accreditation Agreement. […]
CGI Federal wins two high-profile government contracts
IT services firm CGI Federal has won two high-profile contracts. The first is with the US General Services Administration that is worth $32 million and lasts for 5 years (it will host the data from the financial system of the GSA). The second is a 30-year long contract with the US Environmental Protection agency for […]
This week in hosting
A successful “phishing” trip dominated this week’s headlines with an upcoming hosting industry event and the cleaning up of a mess involving domain names coming a close second and third. Here is an overview of this week in the hosting and web service industries.
ICANN orders bulk domain transfer, fines Red Register
ICANN has ordered Red Register to transfer its domain names to DirectNIC after the company violated several conditions of an agreement called the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. Red Register also must pay a fine in the amount of $15,600 to ICANN for neglecting to pay accreditation fees.
UK home improvement group Kingfisher to colocate with SSE Data Centers
A new long-term colocation deal has been signed by SSE Data Centres with Kingfisher, a UK home improvement group. Kingfisher has over 820 stores in eight countries. It chose SSE because of its energy efficient environment. The size of the SSE data center is 80,000 square feet and it has 15MW of power.
DataPipe opens third data center in Somerset
A third data center facility in Somerset, New Jersey has been added for DataPipe. The 55,000 square foot data center is company’s seventh facility. The power infrastructure and security systems are expected to be upgraded and completed by April 2010.
$295M Compuware acquisition of Gomez
Web application experience management provider Gomez has been acquired by Compuware, an application performance management software firm. The two companies will provide optimization services for business applications. The deal is expected to close in November this year.
VMware builds green facility, releases SRM 4
Virtualization software maker VMware has announced the opening of its first “green” data center, located in East Wenatchee, Washington. While details of the data center were not offered with the press release, previous reports indicate that the building occupies anywhere between 61,000 and 100,000 square feet. This announcement coincided nicely with VMware’s revealing of an […]
Equinix to build another data center in Geneva
An international data center operator Equinix has announced plans to build another DC in Geneva, Switzerland. The new data center is part of company’s 1.4 billion-dollar expansion program. The projected size of the new DC will be 48,400 square foot.
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