Rackable Intros Rugged Enclosures December 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Making an ideal enclosure for harsh environments, server and storage product provider Rackable Systems has added a new line of portable data center enclosures that feature a plastic case to protect servers in field deployments. Colocation Web Hosting Data Center, [...]
Web Hosting Provider, FastNext, Debuts Holiday Specials New York, New York – (The Hosting News) – December 19, 2008 – Web hosting firm, FastNext, is offering holiday specials that include clustered hosting plans at the price of shared plans. In addition, six month contracts will receive one month of free service, while a year or [...]
Managed technology services firm, Global Netoptex, Inc. (GNi), has partnered with id Software, to host its QUAKE LIVE Title Infrastructure, as a Service (IaaS) provider. San Jose, California – (The Hosting News) – December 19, 2008 – Managed technology services firm, Global Netoptex, Inc. (GNi), has partnered with id Software, to host its QUAKE LIVE [...]
Copywriting for Direct Mail – Part 3: Five Motivators Two posts back I shouted: SELL THE OFFER.What does that mean?The offer is the theme of your communication. Begin with it. Restate it. Denote its key benefits. The actual product or service is largely incidental to your sales pitch.Let’s go back to the weight loss example. [...]
Orlando, Florida – (The Hosting News) – December 19, 2008 – Advanced Windows-based shared, virtual private server (VPS), dedicated and enterprise web hosting solutions firm, Server Intellect, has garnered recognition from Netcraft, as one of the most reliable web hosting companies in the latest provider uptime report. Eric Pratt, CEO of Server Intellect remarked, ”’We [...]
Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – December 17, 2008 – Provider of Hosted Cloud Services, High Availability VMware VI Enterprise Solutions, Managed Colocation and High Speed IP Bandwidth, iland Internet Solutions, has entered into a license agreement for space in CRG West’s Wilshire Annex data center in Los Angeles. Iland’s Phase 1 CRG West [...]
Wachovia Praises Data Center Market December 19, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Financial services provider Wachovia has initiated coverage on the network neutral data center operator industry, giving it an optimistic “overweight” rating, and noting that Equinix, and Switch and Data are key players. iB3 Buys Dating, Social Networks December 19, [...]
One of our WHIR writers, David Hamilton, got an email from Register.com today. It was an actual press release, submitted by an actual PR agency, with the headline “Register.com Asks ‘Haven’t we had enough meaningless flash?’” (Update #1: I just had a chat with someone from the PR agency in question, who understandably did not [...]
Dedicated Server Firm, iWeb Group, Hosts Montreal Historical Site Quebec, Canada – (The Hosting News) – December 15, 2008 – Web hosting services company, iWeb Group Inc., has been chosen to power and support The Montreal Canadien centennial celebrations, including extended official online highlights of the history of the legendary Hockey Club. The website, located [...]
Yesterday we ran a story on the advance notice Microsoft had put out about its plans to launch a patch for the serious IE flaw that was identified in the last week. I got an email at about 30 minutes ago saying the company had released the patch today, as scheduled: “Today, Microsoft released security [...]