NewsHosting news - 31 May 2001 - Listing Page: 3548

Cable & Wireless Advances Full Steam - 📅 May 31, 2001 - Telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless (cw.com) and Web hosting company Digital Island Inc. (digitalisland.com) announced on Thursday that the waiting period imposed on the proposed acquisition of Digtal Island by Cable & Wireless, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, was approved for early termination by the Federal Trade Commission on May 30, 2001.



The companies also announced that it has been determined that a pre-merger notification filing ...

Cervalis Welcomed To New York - 📅 May 31, 2001 - On Wednesday, the office of the Governor of New York, George Pataki announced that it would welcome the Connecticut-based Web hosting company Cervalis Inc. (cervalis.com -> hostinger.com) into the Hudson Valley, where it has invested $10 million in establishing a new 71,000 square foot Internet data center in the town of Wappinger, creating 221 jobs in the region.





The warm welcome was part of the state's aggressive efforts to draw technology-based businesses into the state. The plan ...

Hostcentric Launches Content Accelerator, .biz Domain Claim Service - 📅 May 31, 2001 - Managed hosting company Hostcentric, Inc., today announced the availability of MediaEdge, a new utility for accelerating content distribution to Web sites, enabling faster download speeds for end users.

MediaEdge enhances delivery speeds by routing end-user's requests to the fastest Point of Presence (POP), creating a performance improvement that the company says will "help e-businesses enhance their online brand image through a rapid, more consistent Website visit." The company ...

FASTNET Wins Tarantella Inc., Outsourcing Contract For Web Hosting and Email Services - 📅 May 31, 2001 - FASTNET Corporation (fast.net -> hostinger.com), a growing business Internet solutions, web hosting and colocation provider, announced today that Tarantella Inc., of Santa Cruz, Calif., has selected FASTNET to provide colocation, web hosting and email services.



Tarantella selected FASTNET to migrate its web hosting services, electronic commerce application and database application to FASTNET's state- of-the-art data center. FASTNET will also provide managed email services enabling Tarantella ...

VeriSign Expands .bz Domain Availability - 📅 May 31, 2001 - VeriSign, Inc. (verisign.com), a leading provider of Internet trust services, announced on Thursday that its Global Registry Services division will support registration of .bz names to its customer base of over 80 domain name registrars, which account for over 75% of domain names registered on the Internet.





University Management Limited, which manages the .bz domain chose VeriSign to provide the services.



?We are pleased that University Management Limited ...

Openwave Systems Transfers ASP Operations to iBasis - 📅 May 30, 2001 - Openwave Systems Inc. (openwave.com), a leader in open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with iBasis, Inc., a leader in advanced Internet-based voice communications, where iBasis assumes the application server provider operation and support of the Openwave Unified Messaging hosted customers.



Previously, Openwave served as the host for its network operator customers who chose to outsource ...

PRIMUS Opens Web Hosting Data Center in Brazil - 📅 May 30, 2001 - PRIMUS Telecommunications Group became the latest telecom to increase its presence in Latin America today when it announced the opening of its newest data center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The company also announced that the new 10,000 square-foot facility has already landed its first major client, but stopped short of saying who the client was. Instead, PRIMUS issued a release saying they had landed "a major US-based financial institution" using "bandwidth capacity on a Brazil-New York ...

Exodus and Counterpane to Deliver Network Security Monitoring Service - 📅 May 30, 2001 - Emphasizing the importance of managed security services, Exodus Communications, Inc. (exodus.net), a leader in complex Internet hosting and management services, and Counterpane Internet Security Inc., a developer and leading provider of Managed Security Monitoring, announced a reseller agreement designed to provide Exodus customers with a Managed Security Monitoring solution.





According to the agreement, Exodus will offer its customers Counterpane's Managed Security ...

Excite@Home Works With Helpful Hacker - 📅 May 30, 2001 - In an occurrence not entirely in keeping with the traditional relationship between giant Internet corporations and hackers, a hostile one, for the unaware, Excite@Home recently finished patching up its defenses in response to the advice of a hacker who pointed out a vulnerability in April.





The hacker, working under the alias Adrien Lamo, found a hole that allowed him access to the company's internal network and almost 3 million support records. Excite@Home applauded Lamo ...

Data Return Ranked Third Fastest Growing Technology Company in Dallas - 📅 May 30, 2001 - Recognized as playing a vital technology and business role in Dallas and the greater global economy, Data Return Corporation (datareturn.com), a leading provider of managed hosting services, announced on Wednesday that it has been ranked number three on the ?FastTech 50? list.





Compiled each year by Arthur Andersen Consulting and the Dallas Business Journal, the list includes the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in the Dallas Metroplex who have experienced ...