NewsHosting news - 21 May 2002 - Listing Page: 3469

Esna Cuts Domino Web Hosting Rates - 📅 May 21, 2002 - Esna Ltd. (esnahost.com), a UK-based provider of IBM Websphere and Domino managed hosting services, said this week it would reduce its dedicated Domino hosting rates.



The company said all new clients that sign up with Esna prior to May 30 would be offered 15 months of dedicated hosting for the price of 12.

IBM dedicated server prices at Esna begin at £350 plus VAT per month.

Founded in 1998, Esna provides managed hosting, messaging, application and ...

New Ensim Solution to Take Aim at .NET - 📅 May 21, 2002 - Ensim Corporation (ensim.com), which provides a wide range of Web hosting automation solutions, will announce the availability of WEBppliance 3.0 for Windows this week, the latest generation of its software-based Web hosting automation solution.



According to the company, WEBppliance 3.0 is designed to let service providers deploy and manage Windows-based Web sites with support for .NET tools and services.

Aside from .NET compatibility, WEBppliance 3.0 for Windows ...

Lycos Unveils Web Hosting, Community, Content Services - 📅 May 20, 2002 - Global Internet network Terra Lycos today unveiled Lycos Enterprise Services, a new business unit that will offer search, managed hosting, content and community services to enterprise-level clients.

The company said its target market is current Lycos clients or ones that are similar: typically content-driven Web sites with high traffic levels, dynamic content requirements and community components.

"Our target market [is] fairly well-established Internet sites," said Nick ...

Genuity Shareholders Approve Reverse Stock Split - 📅 May 17, 2002 - Internet infrastructure service provider Genuity (genuity.com), which recently announced it would cut 1,200 jobs in the wake of another unprofitable quarter, said on Thursday that its shareholders and board of directors have approved a proposal for a reverse 20-to-1 split of the company's common stock.





The proposal, says Genuity, was accepted by 96 percent of the company's Class A and Class B shared that voted at the company's annual shareholders? meeting in Washington ...

IBM Provides IT Infrastructure for Colgate-Palmolive - 📅 May 17, 2002 - Technology giant IBM (IBM.com) announced on Friday that it has been selected by consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive as its strategic provider of infrastructure technology, including servers, storage, software, PCs and other products.





IBM will supply infrastructure to power Colgate-Palmolive's critical business operations, beginning with its SAP applications. Colgate-Palmolive has already begun phasing in IBM eServer pSeries UNIX servers, IBM TotalStorage ...

Casey Group, AccessIT Partner in Managed Security - 📅 May 17, 2002 - IT development and outsourcing solutions provider The Casey Group Inc. (caseygrp.com) announced on Thursday that it has formed a partnership with managed storage service provider AccessIT Inc. (accessit.com) in order to offer businesses functional data storage solutions.





The partnership, says The Casey Group, will enable the two companies? customers to launch new applications quickly and cost effectively in a managed, hosted environment.



The Casey Group says ...

1&1 Internet Aims to Boost .info Domain Registrations - 📅 May 17, 2002 - European domain name registrar and Web hosting firm 1&1 Internet (Oneandone.co.uk -> ionos.co.uk) said today it would bundle free .info registrations with every domain name and Web hosting sale made in June and July, in a bid to boost uptake of the .info domain in the United Kingdom.



1&1 also said it is hoping .info registrations will be boosted by the announcement that Afilias, a consortium of 19 ICANN-accredited registrars responsible for managing the .info domain, will be releasing ...

SnapGear, Hitachi Semiconductor Team on Appliances - 📅 May 17, 2002 - Internet security firm SnapGear (snapgear.com) said this week it would collaborate with Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc. to develop gateway appliances that will provide network security and services for businesses and consumers connecting to the Internet.



The solution, which will be built on Hitachi's microprocessors, will also provide greater processing power for advanced audio and video applications over broadband and wireless interfaces.

"SnapGear's VPN ...

Rackspace Europe Expands Web Hosting Capacity - 📅 May 17, 2002 - Rackspace Managed Hosting (Rackspace.co.uk -> rackspace.com) said today that revenues from its operations in Europe grew by 34% during the first quarter of 2002, and that it would expand its European operations as a result.



To support its growth, Rackspace said it had extended its contract with IXEurope, which has provided Rackspace with neutral co-location facilities since August 2001, to increase its UK data center capacity to 2500 servers.

During the past quarter alone, Rackspace ...

Northland Supplies E-Learning for Bell Nexxia - 📅 May 17, 2002 - E-learning solutions developer Northland Systems Training Inc. (northlandelearning.com) announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Canadian Internet communications company, and part of Bell Canada Enterprises, Bell Nexxia (bell.ca).





According to the agreement, Northland will contribute its expertise in developing e-learning content to assist Bell Nexxia customers.



Bell Nexxia says it works to provide its customers with inclusive e-learning ...