Feb 29, 2008 : The webhost industry: week review

📅 February 29, 2008 - This week's biggest news has been set in stone for months, with the official launch of Windows Server 2008, the platform that will power a lot of hosting solutions in the years to come.

On Wednesday, Microsoft

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📅 Feb 28, 2008 - ICANN Makes Presentation to Department of Commerce Midterm Review Public Meeting - WASHINGTON, DC: The Internet Corporationfor Assigned Names and Numbers made its presentation on the Midterm Reviewof the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between itself and the United States Departmentof Commerce at a public meeting held today in Washington, DC. "I think that after almost 10 years of experience of this model thequestion before us is very stark: Are we going to complete the White Paper'svision of private sector management of the Internet's system of unique identifiers?I believe the overwhelming view from virtually all participants is that transitionis the goal and the interest is in settling how we get

📅 Feb 28, 2008 - Finjan Finds Stolen FTP Credentials - Security vendor Finjan (finjan.com) announced on Wednesday that it has recently uncovered an illegal database storing more than 8,700 stolen FTP credentials including usernames, passwords and server addresses. The database is being hosted on a server in Hong Kong, even though all of its contents are in Russian, and as of last weekend the server was still up and running, says Finjan. In this particular case, a trading interface on the server hosting the illegal database enables purchasers to buy FTP server credentials based on the countries that the servers are located or even by the Google ranking of the websites, says Finjan. Additionally, all of the FTP credentials on th

📅 Feb 28, 2008 - Crucial P Adds Xen Dedicated Servers - Web hosting provider Crucial Paradigm (crucialp.com ) announced on Thursday it has introduced its new line of managed Xen Virtual dedicated servers, after nearly a year of research and development. The new line of Xen-powered servers gives customers greater control over their virtual servers, enabling them to customize configurations and maximize the potential applications of the virtual server. The new resource allocation features of Xen also provides addtional security and reliability for all users hosted on a server, ensuring no single user monopolizes shared server resources. "With Xen, we have been able to mitigate the typical tradeoffs that a shared hosting

📅 Feb 29, 2008 - 1and1 Announces Affiliate Competition - 1&1 Announces Affiliate Competition
- First prize wins a 7 day trip to Jamaica

Philadelphia, PA (February 29, 2008) -1&1 Internet Inc., the world's largest web host by known servers, today announced the 20th Anniversary Affiliate Competition. During the contest all 1&1 Affiliates automatically receive one entry for every ten commissionable sales during the contest period (March 1st to May 31st). The top prize is a seven day trip for two to Montego Bay, Jamaica, including accommodations at a five-star hotel. Altogether, 1&1 is giving away prizes including a widescreen HDTV, notebook computer, iPhone, and digital cameras.

After last year's successful affiliate

📅 Mar 1, 2008 - FLV Hosting Streaming Player Giveaway - FLV Hosting Player Giveaway (flvhosting.com -> hostinger.com)
We have produced several new players for streaming from Wowza Media Server or Flash Media Server. These players contain a playlist and thumbnail reference for each flv file, displayed to the right of the video. Each description, file name and image, all of which you can be edit from a simple XML file.

FREE Streaming FLV Player system. Download this XML driven Playlist Player with thumbnail navigation and video list to the right of the video player. (NOTE; THIS PLAYER NEEDS RTMP FLASH STREAMING SERVER for either Flash Media Server, Flash Comm Server (FCS) or Wowza Media Pro Streaming server. You do not have to host with FLV Hos

📅 Mar 3, 2008 - KDDI Uses Ensim Unify Platform - Web hosting software provider Ensim (ensim.com) announced on Monday that Japanese telecommunications provider KDDI (kddi.com/english) has selected the Ensim Unify platform to deliver its SaaS offerings. With an open and extensible architecture, Ensim Unify enables KDDI to go to market quickly with Hosted Exchange and SharePoint, while still accommodating future applications. KDDI provides fixed and mobile communications services to almost 30 million subscribers throughout Japan, and offers SaaS-based business communication-ware service accessible from both PC and cellular devices. The telecommunications provider selected Ensim Unify as its solution for all hosted services,