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Houston is Hottest Hosting Hub, Pingdom Says
March 7th, 2013 : Rich MillerHouston, Texas is the favorite hosting location for the world's most popular web sites, according to Pingdom, which has mapped the hosting universe by mapping the homes of the top 1 million sites. Read More
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UK Provider Accepts BitCoin for Hosting Accounts
February 19th, 2013 : Jason VergeUK host Hosting.co.uk is accepting a very non traditional payment method called BitCoin as payment for hosting accounts. BitCoin is a startup digital currency that eschews the traditional banking system. Read More
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Smart Routing Speeds Infrastructure for Digital Ad Firm
February 18th, 2013 : Colleen MillerWhile there are certainly a wide array of needs that cloud computing can meet, some businesses are finding that they need a more customized set of infrastructure components to really maximize their business. Digital advertising intelligence firm, OwnerIQ, is leveraging Internap's managed hosting for its infrastructure needs. Read More
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Roundup of Hosting, Cloud News: INetU, Internap, Phoenix Nap
February 14th, 2013 : Colleen MillerINetU adds a data center in the Pacific Northwest; Phoenix NAP adds services at its Asburn data center; an Internap survey finds that customers want clouds with control; and the United States is once again reported as having the top volume of spam emails compared with other countries around the world. Read More
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DDoS Protection for Hosting and Cloud Service Providers
February 4th, 2013 : Bill KleymanWith the increase in cloud utilization comes the very real increase in security threats. There’s little doubt that as the size, frequency and complexity of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to rise, hosting and cloud service providers must have solutions in place to protect the availability of their infrastructure and services. Read More
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Host.net Acquired by Canadian Private Equity NOVACAP
January 24th, 2013 : Jason VergeFlorida-based Host.net has been acquired by NOVACAP. The deal signifies continued engagement by private equity firms in the internet infrastructure space, NOVACAP’s entrance into the U.S. market, and it is advisor DH Capital’s 100th transaction. Read More
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Cloud Growth Propels Turnaround at Codero
January 23rd, 2013 : Jason VergeA year ago, Emil Sayegh took the reins as CEO at Codero, a dedicated hosting provider that had pretty flat growth at the time. After a year of adding talent and expanding the product portfolio, the company has returned to a year-over-year growth of better than 20 percent, and is set to expand its infrastructure. Read More
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INetU Set to Expand After Private Equity Investment
January 8th, 2013 : Jason VergeThe BV investment will fuel managed hosting provider INetU's growth, both geographically and product-wise. Read More
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Irving Named New CEO of Go Daddy
December 11th, 2012 : Jason VergeHosting provider Go Daddy has named veteran executive Blake Irving as its Chief Executive Officer of Go Daddy, Irving is a former Microsoft executive who most recently served as Chief Product Officer of Yahoo. Read More
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
