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Loudcloud Agrees to Acquire Frontera - 📅 - Loudcloud, Inc. (loudcloud.com -> hostinger.com), a managed services
provider, today announced that it has
signed an agreement to acquire Frontera Corporation (frontera.com), a
privately-held managed services provider located in Los Angeles, California.
Frontera's customers include Pioneer Electronics, Conseco, Wherehouse Music
and Coach, Inc.



Pursuant to the agreement, Loudcloud will acquire Frontera in an all-stock
transaction, subject to closing conditions including Frontera ...
Rackspace Supports Crimereports.com - 📅 - Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com 👉 Total Reviews: 16
🙌 Average Rating: 3.3 / 10
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👎 Bad Reviews: 12
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) has announced it
was chosen to provide hosting to Crimereports.com, a project currently in
use by multiple police departments nationwide to improve communication with
members of the public. Originally founded in 1999, Crimereports.com was
expanded to involve citizens in protecting their communities in the wake of
the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.



Currently in use in Washington, D.C., Arlington, Virginia, and ...
Agreement for .jp ccTLD Completed - 📅 - Marina del Rey, California, USA (28 February 2002) -- The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that it has entered
into an
agreement with the Japan Registry Service Corporation (JPRS), which will
become the new operator of the .jp "country code top level domain",
or ccTLD. This agreement is the second agreement ICANN has signed ...
Statement Concerning Schedule and Process for Consideration of Restructuring Proposal - 📅 - To the ICANN community:
In response to my proposal that was discussed at the ICANN Board Retreat
this past weekend and posted
on the ICANN website, many of you have asked how and when the Board
will consider the proposal. I cannot speak for the Board as to how and
whether it might act, but I can assure you that it will most certainly
be ...
Cogent Announces Plan To Buy Key U.S. Assets of PSINet - 📅 - Cogent Communications Group, Inc. (cogent.com), a Tier One, next-generation optical Internet Service Provider announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the major U.S. operating assets of PSINet.



PSINet (psinet.com), a provider of Internet access, web-hosting and related services, is looking to sell portions of its U.S. customer base and network, certain equipment, and three hosting centers to Cogent Communications.

The agreement is ...
Sprint Selected by WeatherBug for Hosting - 📅 - Sprint (sprintesolutions.com) announced today that AWS
Convergence Technologies, Inc. (aws.com), which owns and operates a global weather network as well as the online WeatherBug service (weatherbug.com), has selected Sprint to provide Web hosting for its line of online services.



Sprint has completed the move of AWS servers to Sprint's Reston, Va. IDC,
providing co-location, monitoring and Internet connectivity services to AWS
to meet its current needs and future ...
Path 1 Allies with Science Applications International Corporation To Target Video IP Market - 📅 - Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. (path1.net) today announced that it has formed a partnership with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company. With SAIC (saic.com), Path 1 will create and deploy Internet Protocol (IP) networks capable of delivering real-time, broadcast quality video distribution in addition to regular IP traffic.



The alliance will target broadcasters, governments, ...
Williams Considers Chapter 11 Reorganization - 📅 - Williams Communications Group Inc.
said Monday it may reorganize under Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection, as the struggling telecommunications company develops
a plan to restructure its balance sheet and reduce its $975 million debt.




Earlier in the month, Williams said that bank lenders warned it may be in
default on a credit agreement, although the company has disputed the claim.


"Williams Communications continues to have a productive dialogue with its
banks," ...
Zero-Knowledge Outsources to Digital River - 📅 - Digital River, Inc. (digitalriver.com), a global e-commerce
outsource provider, today announced that it built and launched an e-commerce
site for Zero-Knowledge Systems (zeroknowledge.com), a provider of security
and privacy software and services. The e-commerce site, located at
freedom.net, is hosted and managed by Digital River. Digital River is
managing transactions, as well as providing e-marketing, fraud prevention
services, 24x7 customer service, and digital product fulfillment for ...
HyperFeed Selects AT&T as Hosting Service Provider - 📅 - HyperFeed Technologies, Inc. (hyperfeed.com), a financial
market data provider, announced yesterday that it has selected AT&T
(att.com) as its Web hosting services provider.



With hundreds of thousands of online users per day, the Web-based data and
investment analysis tools provided by HyperFeed to business customers demand
high-quality support for the time-sensitive nature of the information. The
services provided by AT&T will allow HyperFeed to ensure its clients ...