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Hostcentric Launches Content Accelerator, .biz Domain Claim Service - 📅 - 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 - 📅 - 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 - 📅 - 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 - 📅 - 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 - 📅 - 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 - 📅 - 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 - 📅 - 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 - 📅 - 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 ...
Surebridge Secures Equity, Inks Deal With Compaq - 📅 - Mid-market Application Service Provider (ASP) Surebridge Inc announced today that it had secured $20 million in equity and penned a joint marketing deal with computer manufacturer Compaq.

Surbridge, which provides ASP services for approximately 60 customers and employs 220, closed on $15 million of committed equity capital from a group of investors that included Axxon Capital, Compaq Computer Corporation, Providence Growth Investors, The Goldman Sachs Group and a group of executives ...
MP3.com Introduces Business Offerings, Including Audio Hosting - 📅 - MP3.com Inc. (mp3.com/corporate/b2b/), known as the Internet's Premier Music Service Provider, recently introduced some innovative business solutions available to a variety of marketers looking to advance their offerings.





Included in the collection of MP3.com's b2b services are MP3.com's Radio Services, the Spirit 2000 fundraising service, the Music Licensing Program and the MP3.com mobile initiative. Also included among the services is the company's audio hosting ...