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Live Spaces Closing, Sends Users to WordPress
September 28th, 2010 : Rich MillerMicrosoft' will close its Windows Live Spaces blog hosting service and offer its millions of bloggers an "upgrade" to WordPress.com, which will be doubling its user base almost overnight. Read More
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Silver Lake Takes Stake in Brazil’s Locaweb
September 20th, 2010 : Rich MillerPrivate a equity firm Silver Lake has bought a minority stake in Locaweb, Brazil's largest provider of hosting and cloud computing services, the companies said today. Read More
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Microsoft to Hosters: Move Up The Value Chain
September 17th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Is Microsoft a partner or rival for its hosting provider customers? At the Tier 1 Summit, Microsoft's Elliot Curtis urged web hosting companies to see the relationship with Microsoft as one presenting opportunity, not risk.
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Go Daddy: Huge Hosting Operation For Sale?
September 13th, 2010 : Rich MillerIs Go Daddy for sale, along with its 8 million customers? If so, it represents an opportunity for potential acquirers to quickly acquire a huge footprint in the hosting world. Read More
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Cervalis Raises Expansion Financing
September 13th, 2010 : Rich MillerManaged hosting provider Cervalis has received a preferred equity investment from Goldman Sachs, and will use the proceeds to accelerate its data center expansion, the company said Friday. Read More
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Roundup: Peak 10, Peer 1, Interxion, ViaWest
August 26th, 2010 : John RathPeak 10 selected by Ultramatics, Interxion reports second quarter results, ViaWest hires new senior vice president, Peer 1 completes SAS 70 and CICA audits. Read More
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PAETEC Gets Cloudy With Boston Data Center
August 19th, 2010 : Rich Miller
PAETEC today took the first step in a major move into cloud computing, opening a major data center in Andover, Mass. The telcom and hosting provider plans to open eight new data centers in the next 18 months to support a major push into cloud services.
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Becker Steps Down as NaviSite’s CEO
August 16th, 2010 : Rich MillerArthur Becker has resigned as CEO of NaviSite, effective immediately, the managed hosting company said today. Becker will be succeeded by conpany president Brooks Borcherding. Read More
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NaviSite Board Rejects Takeover Offer
August 9th, 2010 : Rich MillerThe board of directors of NaviSite has rejected a takeover offer from the company's largest investor, Atlantic Investors, the company said Friday. 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

