Hosting Announcements
- 3FN Shutdown Costs Adult Affiliate Operator $5K a Day
July 2, 2009 -- After the US Federal Trade Commission effectively pulled the plug on web host 3FN in early June for alleged distributor of spam, child pornography, and other illegal content, a mid-size Spanish pornography company that operates affiliate programs said the shutdown has cost its legitimate business $5,000 a day.
- Data Center Pulse Reaches 1,000 Members
July 2, 2009 -- Non-profit data center organization Data Center Pulse announced on Thursday it has enrolled its 1,000th member.
- Web Host Value Reseller Acquires LogicSupport
July 2, 2009 -- Little more than a week following its acquisition of Javascript Zoom, private-label reseller web hosting services provider Value Reseller has added another key piece to its reseller hosting offering by buying LogicSupport, which provides white-label, outsourced technical support, administration and management services exclusively for web hosts.
- NTT America Names Two Executives
July 2, 2009 -- Telecommunications provider NTT America announced on Thursday it has appointed Michael Wheeler the company's vice president of the global IP network business unit.
- Datapipe Tops Netcraft's June Hosting Site Uptime List
July 2, 2009 -- Responding to each and every request from Netcraft's performance collector without fail for the entire month, managed services provider DataPipe had the most reliable hosting company site in the Internet security and analytics provider's monthly survey.
- Web Host Fasthosts Names New CEO
July 2, 2009 -- UK web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet announced on Wednesday it has named Andy Burton the company's new CEO of Fasthosts Internet, as well as of the company's subsidiary in the US.
- GoDaddy.com Launches New SEO Tool
July 2, 2009 -- Giving its customers more of a chance to complete with the more than 200 million websites in existence, domain registrar web host Go Daddy has released "Search Engine Visibility," a new search engine optimization tool that walks users through a step-by-step process to make their website search engine friendly, not only making a search engine more likely to index the entire site, but also to help the website rise in search engine rankings.
- NSA Plans 1M Square-Foot Utah Data Center
July 2, 2009 -- The National Security Agency has revealed plans to build a 1-million-square-foot data center at Fort Williams in Utah, which borders Salt Lake and Tooele counties, according to a report by the Salt Lake Tribune.
- Hosting.com Plans 30k Square-Foot Denver Data Center
July 2, 2009 -- Managed hosting and colocation solutions provider Hosting.com plans to open a a 13,000 square foot corporate office complex and a 30,000 square foot data center in the Denver metro area by late August, providing multiple layers of connectivity, redundancy, and security.
- SEO Hosting Network Extends Services to Web Hosts
July 1, 2009 -- Offering geographically targeted hosting, the SEO Hosting Network has opened its services to web hosting companies worldwide, offering geographically distributed IP addresses to their clients for search engine optimization purposes, and participate in supplying local nodes for its network as an additional revenue stream.
