VeriSign Sells Messaging Business for $175M
VeriSign Sells Messaging Business for $175M
August 25, 2009 — Telecommunications provider VeriSign announced on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its messaging business to mobile services provider Syniverse Holdings for $175 million.
Rackspace Offers Partner-Developed Cloud Tools
August 25, 2009 — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting announced on Tuesday it has launched Cloud Tools, an online service for sharing tools, applications and services developed by the company’s strategic partners and independent developers for The Rackspace Cloud.
eBridge Hires Web Media Specialist as Account Manager
August 25, 2009 — Internet marketing firm eBridge Marketing Solutions has brought on board online media specialist Tom Nimchuk to serve as an account manager.
PowerDNN Upgrades Private DotNetNuke Cloud Infrastructure
August 25, 2009 — DotNetNuke solutions provider PowerDNN has completed a major update to its hosting platform, PowerGrid, allowing enterprise customers to certifiably deploy large-scale DotNetNuke web applications across as many as 60 web servers in a private cloud configuration.
DE-CIX Expands Infrastructure at Interxion’s Frankfurt Facility
August 25, 2009 — International Internet exchange DE-CIX has extended its Internet exchange infrastructure into Interxion’s latest Frankfurt data center, Frankfurt5, which will be its fifth infrastructure location in Frankfurt.
SoftLayer Offers EVault Bare Metal Restores
August 25, 2009 — On-demand virtual data center services provider SoftLayer has begun offering EVault Bare Metal Restores, an advanced disaster recovery capability that enables customers to completely restore servers to a bare metal state after an operating system or hardware failure.
Country Musician Mom Named New Go Daddy Girl
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 — Domain registrar and web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Tuesday it has hired country singer Erin Kalin as its newest Go Daddy Girl.
Clairvest Buys 17.2% of PEER 1 Stock
August 25, 2009 — Canadian merchant bank Clairvest Group and Clairvest Equity Partners III Limited Partnership announced on Tuesday it has acquired 17.2 percent of the common shares of managed hosting provider PEER 1 Network Enterprises.
Dedicated Server Provider, Superb Internet, Premieres Managed Hosting Services
Honolulu, Hawaii – (The Hosting News) – August 25, 2009 – Dedicated server web hosting company, Superb Internet, has officially launched its managed hosting division, having had a long history of offering high-end custom dedicated server solutions.
The new suite of managed services will officially be available to all new and existing clients.
Dale Bunten, Dir. Sales and Marketing noted, ”This marks a natural evolution for Superb Internet, as companies become increasingly dependent on the Internet to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. As a result, we are seeing heavy demand for our outsourced IT services despite the economic downturn.”
William Song, Senior Product Manager added, ”The new managed dedicated server line provides clients with enhanced security, disaster recovery, proactive monitoring, and managed firewall options. Each customer is assigned to a certified Technical Account Manager (TAM), who is responsible for understanding and maintaining the client’s infrastructure; including: identification of problem areas and pro-actively resolving them before an incident occurs. We are confident we have one of the strongest managed hosting offerings on the market.”
All Managed servers come with a 100% network uptime guarantee, 1 hour hardware replacement SLA, and Gold Level managed support by default. The services are provisioned by certified network and systems engineers 24×7, at all three company-owned datacenters.
Patrick Ahler, Dir of Business Development added, ”Working closely with such a great group of dedicated professionals has been a rewarding experience and we are confident that our clients will benefit from our rigorous attention to detail, and strict quality control and change management procedures. Our key objective is to ease the day-to-day pain associated with managing IT infrastructure, so our clients can focus on developing their business and applications.”
Since 1996, Superb Internet has been consistently rated as one of the best web hosts by all web host rating agencies, such as Web Hosting Magazine, in all areas, especially customer support and reseller services. Superb Internet provides a complete range of managed web hosting solutions, from virtual shared web hosting through to high-volume, mission-critical dedicated server solutions. Superb’s core focus is customer service, and continuous service improvement, as a part of its commitment to staying ”Ahead of the Rest.” Superb Internet has its own data centers staffed 24x7x365 in McLean, VA, Springfield, VA, and Seattle, WA, and its headquarters office in Honolulu, HI.
To learn more, please visit: www.superbhosting.net/managed-hosting.
Swedish Court Threatens Upstream ISP, Sinking P2P Site Pirate Bay
August 25, 2009 — A Swedish court has pulled the plug on file-sharing website the Pirate Bay by ordering its upstream Internet service provider, Black Internet, to cut it off or else be fined 500,000 kronor (more than $71,000).
Consonus Heads Retire, Restructures Management
August 25, 2009 — Data center solutions provider Consonus Technologies announced it is restructuring the company’s management team, following the retirement of CEO Mike Shook and executive VP of channel sales Will Shook.