SSA Host Adds Semi-Dedicated Plans
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider SSA Host announced on Wednesday it has added semi-dedicated servers to its product line, offering a bridge hosting solution between traditional virtual hosting and dedicated servers.


RatePoint Adds New Language Support
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- RatePoint announced on Wednesday that its website is now available in three additional languages next to English enabling online consumers to provide feedback to companies in their language of choice.


iNFRENION Offers UK VPS Hosting
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- After offering VPS solutions for more than a year in the US, streaming FFmpeg hosting provider iNFRENION Networks has launched a new line of virtual private server plans for UK customers at its London data center location.


Brinkster Adds File Manager in Beta
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Brinkster announced on Wednesday it has released the beta release of its new web-based File Manager, which was developed using Adobe's open source Flex Framework.


tyBit Issues First Payout to Affiliates
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- No-click-fraud search engine tyBit, with more than 45,000 advertisers in its network after coming out of beta in September, has issued its first payments to members of its affiliate program, one of the most robust in the industry.


McAfee Closes SecureComputing Buy
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Security technology firm McAfee announced on Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of Secure Computing for $5.75 per common share in cash, for a total value of $418 million.


Exanet Appoints Two New Execs
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Network-attached storage service provider Exanet has named NetApp veteran Mark Weiner president and chief executive officer, using his 15 years of experience in storage field to head the clustered NAS leading organization.


Netcraft Releases November Survey
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Wednesday it has released the results of its November 2008 Web Server Survey.


AboveNet Connects to Switch and Data
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Switch and Data announced on Wednesday that AboveNet is offering a full suite of high-bandwidth Ethernet, IP and fiber data transport services to customers in Switch and Data's new North Bergen, New Jersey data center.


Mosso Integrates Limelight CDN
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cloud hosting provider Mosso has announced that its scalable online storage service Cloud Files, announced last month, has been successfully integrated with content delivery service provider Limelight Networks' CDN for rapid delivery.


Wowza Offers Friction Free Flash
November 19, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Last week, Wowza launched "friction free" licensing with its Wowza Media Server Pro Subscription Edition software, a setup designed specifically for CDN, streaming services and hosting providers.


Sun Battles for Greenest Data Center
November 14, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- While the battle to be the "greenest" in a particular field rages on, companies and customers are benefiting from this constant one-upmanship.


Good Signs in Financial Market Chaos
November 12, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Over the past few weeks I have had many conversations with other merger and acquisition professionals, CEOs engaged in consolidations, and other business owners.


Concentric Looks to the Clouds
November 12, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Concentric Hosting launched its Managed Server service this week, a hosted service providing on-demand processing power, bandwidth and storage capacity, in a cloud computing environment.


Salesforce Launches Force.com Sites
November 7, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Software as a service provider Salesforce has built a reputation among enterprises over the years as being a leading provider of customer relationship management software.


Q&A: Ben Fisher, TechPad Agency
November 6, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an email conversation with the WHIR, Ben Fisher, one of the co-founders of marketing and creative services company TechPad Agency talks about the development of iNetMania, an Internet-business themed game for the iPhone.


Q&A: Phillip Spencer, Aplus.net
November 4, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an email interview with the WHIR, the CEO of Aplus.net, Phillip Spencer, discusses the company's recent move to in-source its employee base and consolidate all its operations to its headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas.


Q&A: Kevin Mahon, KEMP Technologies
November 3, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Kevin Mahon, founder and CEO of load balancing solution developer KEMP Technologies discusses the technology's role in application development and delivery, and his company's relationship with the web hosting market.


Q&A: 1301 Fannin/Griffin Partners
October 24, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an email interview with the WHIR, real estate development, management and leasing firm Griffin Partners discusses how its downtown Houston data center survived the third most destructive hurricane to hit the US in recorded history.


Q&A: Con Zwinkels, LeaseWeb
October 17, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an email interview with the WHIR, LeaseWeb managing director Con Zwinkels discusses his company's "green" practices through its EvoSwitch data center, as well as the environmentally friendly efforts of the hosting and data center industries at large.


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