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Hostway Launches Cloud Computing Service
January 5, 2009 -- After spending much of 2008 in development, global web services provider Hostway Corporation has launched its cloud computing infrastructure FlexCloud, adding simple and affordable cloud computing functionality to all its standard hosting packages.
Blog Host Shuts Down Following Data Loss
January 5, 2009 -- Blog hosting site Journalspace shut down last week, after an undetermined error caused all of the service’s data to disappear from its hard drives.
Pakistan, India Engage in Cyber War
January 5, 2009 -- Many government-operated websites in India and Pakistan have been hacked and defaced following November's Mumbai terrorist attacks, as reported on Friday by The National.
Netcraft Posts Most Reliable Hosts for Dec.
January 5, 2008 -- Web analytics firm Netcraft announced on Friday that New York Internet and WestHost are the most reliable hosting company sites for December 2008.
Gaza Conflict Heats Up Online
January 5, 2008 -- More than 400 Palestinians are expected to have been killed since raids on the Gaza Strip began last week in retaliation against anti-Isreali rocket attacks, however, a number of prominent Israeli websites have also become casualties of the conflict, having been defaced by online militants.
Aflexi Offers New CDN Platform
January 5, 2009 -- Malaysian content delivery network provider Aflexi announced on Monday it has launched its new website, a new red logo, and a new "collaborative" content delivery management solution and service.
Cfengine Updates Data Center Software
January 5, 2009 -- With a reputation as a major automation tool for UNIX and Linux-based machines, software developer Cfengine has announced version three of its flagship, open-source, self-repairing data center management software, cfengine, including substantial rewriting of the software that has kept thousands of computers compliant and secure over the past 15 years.
Fujitsu-Siemens Makes Fastest Server
January 5, 2009 -- After releasing the results of Benchmark tests performed at its laboratories in Paderborn, Germany, Fujitsu Siemens Computers has proven that its Primergy RX600 rack server is the fastest web server on Earth.
Survey: Facility Budgets Same in '09
January 5, 2009 -- AFCOM, a leading association for data center professionals, released a survey last month that shows that nearly two-thirds of large data centers operators will maintain or increase their budgets in 2009, despite the current economic downturn.
Internap Hosts Sharedband Highspeed Service
January 5, 2009 -- Online service provider Internap Network Services announced on Monday that it is providing IP network and data center colocation services to UK-based Sharedband to expand its operations and offer its network solution in the US, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sharedband Technologies.
Undersea Cable Breaks During Repair
December 30, 2008 -- As the repair of three undersea cables in the Mediterranean cut on December 19 was reaching a close, another break occurred on one of the same cables in a different location.
Terremark Hosts Network Operators Event
December 30, 2008 -- Managed IT infrastructure services provider Terremark Worldwide announced on Tuesday it will be hosting the North American Network Operators Group at its upcoming event, NANOG 45, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic next month.
WHIR Blogs
Features
Noise Filter: Hackers Forge SSL Cert
January 5, 2009
Last week we reported that security researchers had published a report outlining the process they had used to create a forged SSL certificate by cracking the MD5 algorithm using the processing power from 200 PS3 game systems.
Q&A: Steve Eschweiler, Hivelocity
December 10, 2008
In an email interview with the WHIR, Hivelocity general manager Steve Eschweiler discusses his company's recent ad campaigns that have been creating a stir, featuring a spoof of male enhancement ads and Wilson from the Tom Hanks movie "Cast Away."
Q&A: Mike Smith, Report-Gisol.com
December 9, 2008
In an email interview with the WHIR, Mike Smith, the founder of Report-Gisol.com, discusses his motivations for setting up a consumer complaint forum against web hosting provider Global Internet Solutions and why he's even gotten the authorities involved in the issue.
Q&A: Jim Lewandowski, Rackspace
November 26, 2008
In an email interview with the WHIR, Rackspace's newly appointed senior VP of worldwide sales, Jim Lewandowski, discusses his new role and his strategies for expanding the company's worldwide revenue growth.
November 24, 2008
Web hosting provider Brinkster recently began offering the beta release of its new File Manager, which was developed using Adobe's open source Flex Framework.
New Features in Parallels Plesk 9
November 24, 2008
Last week, Parallels released version 9 of its Parallels Plesk Panel control panel software to partners, the first major upgrade of the most popular web hosting control panel since the release of Plesk 8 in September of 2006.
November 20, 2008
In an email conversation with the WHIR, Apptix's director of engineering James Bond, who discusses his notion of "hostophobia," and how hosting companies might counter reluctance toward outsourcing among IT guys.
