Nov 7, 2003 : The webhost industry: week review

📅 November 7, 2003 - In some ways, this week was an average week in the Web hosting industry, with news of several acquisitions, as well as the launch of a number of new services. But in one particular way, it was a week of major significance in the hosting business, with some critical developments in the fate of Cable & Wireless's U.S. hosting division.
On Thursday, theWHIR reported that sources had indicated the US Web hosting division of Cable & Wireless was considering filing for bankruptcy on Friday evening. The development came as the company appeared to be faltering its efforts to land a buyer for the US hosting division. C&W had announced in June that it would exit the US hosting market, and planned to sell its operations.
On Friday, C&W

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📅 Nov 6, 2003 - Hostingplex Unveils Upgraded Hosting Plan - Hostingplex (hostingplex.com -> hostmds.com) announced this week that it has upgraded and reduced the price of its "Pro" shared hosting package. The new price is $7.45 per month and includes 1000mb of Web space (up from 350mb), 50gb (up from 10gb) of bandwidth transfer, unlimited e-mail accounts and various other features. The company said it has also dropped its pricing for domain name registration from $19.95/year to $9.95/per year. The new domain registration price applies to all Web hosting packages. "This is an exciting time here for us at Hostingplex and we want to bring that excitement to our customers by offering them even more value for their hard earned dollar," said

📅 Nov 6, 2003 - HP and Oracle Top 1 Million Transactions - Hewlett-Packard (hp.com) and Oracle (oracle.com) announced yesterday that they have become the first companies to top the one million transactions per minute barrier on the Transaction Processing Council's TPC-C benchmark. The results were achieved running Oracle database 10g on an HP Integrity Superdome server and Intel Intanium 2 processors. HP and Oracle achieved 1,008,144.49 tpmC with a price/performance ratio of $8.33/tpmC. The industry record results were 30 percent faster than those of the nearest competitive hardware vendor, the companies said. "HP and Oracle offer the choice, scalability and flexibility to meet customer needs," said Rich Marcello, senior

📅 Nov 6, 2003 - Equinix Commences Public Offering - Equinix (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers, said yesterday that it will commence a public offering of 3.5 million shares of common stock. The company said it plans to use the proceeds from the offering to repay debt, pursue possible acquisitions and invest in capital expenditure. According to the company, Equinix stockholder STT Communications, a subsidiary of Singaporean telco carrier Singapore Technologies Telemedia, has agreed to purchase 916,500 of the 3.5 million shares in the offering at the public offering price. Equinix, based in Foster City, California, operates 13 Internet Business Exchange (IBX) Centers in five countrie

📅 Nov 10, 2003 - Equinix Adds Customer to Chicago Facility - Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers, said today that Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. has chosen Equinix's Chicago Internet Business Exchange (IBX) Center to host its Britannica.com Web site. The company said colocating in Equinix's IBX center will give it a flexible environment to control and enhance the delivery of its digital content services while lowering overall costs. "With the increasing importance of the digital delivery of our content, Britannica requires a data center infrastructure that provides us with the greatest degree of flexibility and control over our IT operations," said James Glenski, director, IT of Enclyclop

📅 Nov 10, 2003 - EV1Servers Increases Power, to Open 2nd IDC - EV1Servers (ev1servers.net) said today that is has expanded the power capacity of its data center and plans to open a second Houston area facility in March. In September, Houston utility provider CenterPoint Energy informed EV1Servers that its local power grid would be unable to support the company's continued growth. The company said today that it has successfully completed a construction project that gives EV1Servers access to additional power through a separate grid segment. "I am very pleased that we have overcome one of the most serious challenges EV1Servers has faced," said Robert Marsh, CEO of the Texas-based company. The power expansion, accordi

📅 Nov 10, 2003 - Encyclopaedia Britannica Picks Equinix for Hosting - Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers, said today that Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. has chosen Equinix's Chicago Internet Business Exchange (IBX) Center to host its Britannica.com Web site. The company said colocating in Equinix's IBX center will give it a flexible environment to control and enhance the delivery of its digital content services while lowering overall costs. "With the increasing importance of the digital delivery of our content, Britannica requires a data center infrastructure that provides us with the greatest degree of flexibility and control over our IT operations," said James Glenski, director, IT of Enclyclop