NewsHosting news - 01 Dec 2004 - Listing Page: 2487

OLM Adds New Web Hosting Plans - 📅 Dec 1, 2004 - Web hosting provider OLM.net (olm.net 👉 Total Reviews: 19
🙌 Average Rating: 7 / 10
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According to the company, the newly designed site adds several options for new and advanced users, including Web site builders. The company said it has formed a variety of partnerships with vendors to provide design and managed services, search engine optimization, email marketing, merchant account services and low-cost ...

MCI Offers Managed Data Protection - 📅 Dec 1, 2004 - Communications giant MCI (mci.com) announced on Wednesday that it has introduced a new managed data protection service designed to help companies strengthen their efforts at business continuity.



The new service, the latest addition to MCI's Enterprise Hosting portfolio, presents an alternative to tape-based backup technology, says MCI, using more efficient disk-to-disk technology to back up and restore data. Enhanced Smart Backup, says the company, offers enterprises faster ...

BT to Offer Microsoft Hosted Software - 📅 Dec 1, 2004 - Software giant Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) and communications carrier British Telecom (http://www.bt.com) announced on Wednesday that they have signed an IT services agreement, valued at $7 million, for a series of strategic projects that will enable BT to offer Internet-based Microsoft software and services to its customers.



By implementing Microsoft's .NET-based solution, BT will be able to offer email, shared calendar and contacts and other software applications. The first project to ...

Globix Hosting Festival Webcasts - 📅 Dec 1, 2004 - Web hosting provider Globix (http://www.globix.com) said on Wednesday that it recently provided hosting, infrastructure and support for live and on-demand Q&A webcast sessions conducted at the California Independent Film Festival.



The webcast sessions featured celebrities such as Mark Hamill of Star Wars and Donna D'errico of Baywatch.

"We were excited to use Globix's webcasting services for the California Independent Film Festival," says Donna Garrison, marketing chair of the ...

InfoNet Picks FiberNet for Expansion - 📅 Dec 1, 2004 - FiberNet Telecom Group (http://www.ftgx.com), a provider of managed network services, announced on Wednesday that Infonet Services Corporation (http://www.infonet.com), a provider of Internet and telecommunications services, has agreed to purchase optical wavelength services and other comprehensive broadband connectivity solutions to support its network backbone expansion. FiberNet said the provision of these network services will help Infonet extend the reach of its global network.



Under the ...

Infocrossing Elects New Board Member - 📅 Dec 1, 2004 - Infocrossing (infocrossing.com), a provider of IT outsourcing services, announced on Tuesday that Jeremiah M. Healy has been elected to its board of directors.



Healy is chief financial officer and vice president of Ge-Ray Holdings Company Inc, a merchandising and manufacturing company that supplies knitted fabrics to the fashion industry. Prior to joining Ge-Ray in 1989, Healy was chief financial officer and vice president of Peabody International.

"We are pleased ...

Liquid Web Completes Network Upgrades - 📅 Dec 1, 2004 - Web hosting provider Liquid Web (liquidweb.com 👉 Total Reviews: 6
🙌 Average Rating: 8.5 / 10
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The connection to MCI/Uunet coincides with the activation of an SBC OC-48 redundant diverse path SONET ring in addition to a series of major network equipment upgrades. Among the upgrades are the addition ...

Go Daddy Introduces DNS Control Panel - 📅 Nov 30, 2004 - Web hosting provider and domain registrar Go Daddy (godaddy.com 👉 Total Reviews: 81
🙌 Average Rating: 3.2 / 10
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"Every domain name, Web site address, and email address on the Internet requires DNS in order to ...

Heiden Group Names Advisory Board - 📅 Nov 30, 2004 - The Heiden Group (http://www.heidengroup.com), a recently launched telecommunications industry consultancy, announced on Tuesday that it has named its advisory board.



The board includes Kathleen Earley, who created, built and managed AT&T's hosting business, and Heidi Heiden, who pioneered the IP and GPS protocols. Other members include Carl N. Grant III, vice president at Cooley Godward, Lynn Refer, CEO of Looking Glass Networks, Chris Albinson of JP Morgan Partners, Matt Newton of ...

HelmTastic Re-brands as ServerTastic - 📅 Nov 30, 2004 - HelmTastic (http://www.helmtastic.com), an online resource portal offering the Helm control panel (http://www.helm.webhostautomation.com) and related Web hosting software, announced on Tuesday that it has re-branded the company as ServerTastic (servertastic.com) in order to facilitate better recognition.



The company said it decided to re-brand the HelmTastic name because it did not encompass the breadth of products and services it provides its customers.

"Re-branding is always dangerous ...