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Web Host Claris Networks Names SVP of Corporate Development
Feb 3rd
February 3, 2012 — Cloud computing solutions and managed IT service provider Claris Networks announced on Friday it has named Walt Robinson as senior vice president of corporate development.
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Web Host Claris Networks Names SVP of Corporate Development
Web Host iomart Asks UK Government to Enforce Child Protection Software
Feb 3rd
February 3, 2012 — Web hosting provider iomart has asked the UK government to enforce the purchase of software products that protect children for public sector organizations responsible for childcare.iomart suggests that organizations implement software products that have been awarded the BSI Kitemark for Child Online Saftey, which, incidentally, its web security software Netintelligence has received, and is the “first and only such software” to do so.
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Web Host iomart Asks UK Government to Enforce Child Protection Software
Domain Registrar KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee
Feb 3rd
February 3, 2012 — Luxembourg-based domain name registrar KeyDrive S.A.
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Domain Registrar KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee
Host Virtual Expands Cloud Service in TelecityGroup London Data Center
Feb 2nd
February 2, 2012 — loud hosting provider Host Virtual announced on Wednesday it is expanding its Cloud Service in London, UK. Located in the London Docklands, the expansion into Telecity Sovereign House provides a premier, Tier 3 carrier class hotel as the basis for the Host Virtual service.
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Host Virtual Expands Cloud Service in TelecityGroup London Data Center
Internet Infrastructure Firm VeriSign Hit by Multiple Hacks in 2010
Feb 2nd
February 2, 2012 — Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign was the target of multiple online attacks throughout 2010 which resulted in stolen information, according to a report by Reuters which cites the company’s quarterly regulatory filing. The company did not include the details of the stolen information or any specifics regarding the attacks in its 10-Q report filed in October with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Internet Infrastructure Firm VeriSign Hit by Multiple Hacks in 2010
Microsoft Gives Free Windows Azure Access to TechStars Startups
Feb 2nd
February 2, 2012 — Microsoft announced on Monday that it is working with startup accelerator TechStars to provide startups with up to $60,000 of Windows Azure compute and storage at no cost. TechStars accelerators in Boulder, Colorado, Boston, New York, Seattle and Texas will have access to Windows Azure over a 24-month period.
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Microsoft Gives Free Windows Azure Access to TechStars Startups
Facebook IPO Filing Details Data Center Spending
Feb 2nd
February 2, 2012 — With 845 million users, and more than half of users logging in everyday, Facebook has provided some insight into how much it costs to run its infrastructure through the release of its IPO filing on Wednesday. Facebook has invested more than $1 billion in its infrastructure, comprised of its own data centers in Oregon, North Carolina and Sweden, and leased facilities in California and Virginia, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.
VoIP Operator ShoreTel to Buy Hosted Unified Communications Firm M5 Networks
Feb 2nd
February 2, 2012 — Voice over Internet protocol provider ShoreTel announced on Thursday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire hosted unified communications provider M5 Network, allowing ShoreTel to provide its customers a choice between on-premise and hosted UC solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, M5 shareholders will receive about $84 million in cash and 9.5 million shares of ShoreTel stock.
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VoIP Operator ShoreTel to Buy Hosted Unified Communications Firm M5 Networks
Web Host Datapipe Says 2011 Growth Surpassed 09 and 10 Combined
Feb 1st
February 1, 2012 — Web hosting provider Datapipe announced this week that it saw a rate of growth during 2011 that surpassed the company’s growth for the previous two years combined, even after having doubled its 2009 growth during 2010, and all of it in spite of difficult economic conditions.
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Web Host Datapipe Says 2011 Growth Surpassed 09 and 10 Combined
Linux Vendor Red Hat Slips into the OpenStack Cloud Community
Feb 1st
February 1, 2012 — A really interesting Monday post by Joe Brockmeier on ReadWriteWeb points out that open source giant Red Hat, while it declined to participate in the community around open source cloud computing platform OpenStack, citing problems with the governance model and, later, reservations about the activity of participants, has been quietly contributing to the project.
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Linux Vendor Red Hat Slips into the OpenStack Cloud Community