Dec, 2015 : OnlyDomains Bought by CentralNic Ltd. for AUS$33 Million

📅 Dec 9, 2015 - Fidelity Bought by Fusion for $30 Million - Fidelity, a voice and data company was recently acquired by cloud service provider Fusion for $30.0 million. The deal was split with $28.5 million paid in cash and another $1.5 million given in Fusion common stock.

Fidelity is based in Beachwood, Ohio and provides cloud connectivity, voice, storage and security services, along with a data center. They have about 2,000 business clients found throughout the Midwest and the entire United States.

Fusion has set a goal of completing the integration of Fidelity into their services by the end of the second quarter of next ...

📅 Dec 9, 2015 - Sandvine Report Shows Netflix Dominating North American Streaming Traffic - About 70% of all downstream internet traffic is made up of streaming video and audio. According to the research done by Sandvine, Netflix is the leader when it comes to streaming traffic in North America. They account for over 37% of the traffic with YouTube the closes competitor at nearly 18%.

All of the major players in video streaming increased their share of traffic from the last report done by Sandvine. Netflix may be the leader, but Amazon Video, Hulu and YouTube have all grown, as well.

As streaming video traffic grows BitTorrent traffic continues to decline. IN 2008, BitTorrent made up about 31% of the traffic, while the new report only shows BitTorrent with about 5% of the ...

📅 Dec 8, 2015 - Net Neutrality Enforcement Defended by the FCC in Federal Court - The United States Telecom Association would like to see the net neutrality order from the FCC reversed. The case was heard in an appeals court last week and the FCC defended their position.

In February of 2015, the FCC reclassified internet services under Title II of the Communications Act. They reclassified these services as telecommunications, which means ISPs may be regulated in a similar was as telephone providers.

Telecom argued that the FCC doesn't have the authority to reclassify mobile and fixed broadband as common carrier services.

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📅 Dec 10, 2015 - RackHD Released by EMC under the Apache License - Recently, EMC Corporation announced the release of their open source project RackHD. This project is a platform-agnostic technology stack, which will help to solve the challenge of managing both server and network resources in data centers.

The software offers a solution for hardware management with the ability to automate some of the process. RackHD API may also be used by developers in larger orchestration systems or to create an interface for hardware management. It has been designed specifically to help accelerate deployment of applications using large amounts of commodity ...

📅 Dec 10, 2015 - Clearleap, Inc Recently Acquired by IBM - Big Blue or IBM, recently acquired the “TV Everywhere” company called Clearleap, Inc. Clearleap is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia and provides a cloud-based IP video platform for delivering TV and other types of media.

IBM, headquartered in Armonk, New York, is a massive brand recognized worldwide. This acquisition is another move in the direction of redefining what IBM does and how they operation. They also acquired the company SoftLayer in 2013, which will play a role in the integration of Clearleap, along with Cleversafe, which was acquired recently, as ...

📅 Dec 10, 2015 - New App & Theme Store Launched by ePages - With the popularity of app stores growing, ePages has launched their new App & Theme Store for ecommerce merchants. The store is aimed to help drive sales and provide value for ecommerce clients. Along with the new App & Theme Store, ePages plans to expand their offerings with a premium shop for themes.

Since apps will soon run many business processes such as marketing, logistics, accounting and SEO, ePages saw this as a necessary move. The apps will be priced individually and offered in both English and local ...