Other news
📅 - Parallels Acquires ModernGigabyte - Web hosting software provider Parallels (http://www.parallels.com) announced on Thursday that it has acquired billing software firm ModernGigabyte (http://www.moderngigabyte.com) for an undisclosed amount. ModernGigabyte, perhaps best known for its automated billing system ModernBill, is based in Louisville, Kentucky and provides software to nearly 15,000 hosting resellers with more than two million customers worldwide. The acquisition provides Parallels with a complete hosting control panel and billing system for small to medium-sized service providers and hosting resellers that purchase dedicated servers with pre-loaded software, says the company. Now, service providers will be ...
📅 - NGDC Event Focuses on Green Energy - Tradeshows and events organizer IDG World Expo (http://www.idg.com) announced on Thursday that this year's Next Generation Data Center Conference & Expo (http://www.ngdcexpo.com) will address the topics of power consumption and the greening of the data center. The event will be held August 4 to 7 at San Francisco, California's Moscone Center. The second annual NGDC conference and expo will address energy consumption and environmental concerns within a data center in its keynote presentations and overall conference agenda, as industry experts pass onto attendees on ways they can increase efficiency across their infrastructure. Energy costs account for the second largest expense ...
📅 - ICANN Calls for Expressions of Interest to Host 2009 Meeting - ICANN is actively soliciting expressions of interest from organisations seeking to host the first ICANN International Public Meeting in 2009. ICANN has previously agreed upon the following location and date: 1-6 March 2009 | Latin America The specifications outlined in the Request for Proposals detail the estimated required elements of an ICANN meeting and the responsibilities of the hosting organization. ICANN will consider all elements of the meeting in making its decision but will pay special attention to the provision of basic/minimum requirements as specified in the RFP. Any questions on these requirements or other aspects of the call for ...
📅 - Netcraft Releases March Survey - Web analytics firm Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.com) announced last week that it received responses from 162,662,052 websites in its March 2008 survey. The number of websites continues to rise over the last few months, with four and a half million new sites gained since February. In what appears to be a growing theme, the largest changes for March were found amongst blogging and social network providers. Google saw increases in its developer share by gaining 842 thousand host names, most of which are used for blogs hosted on Blogspot (http://www.blogspot.com)And despite MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) gaining almost 200 thousand host names this month, the total number of active sites ...
📅 - Virgin to Set '3 Strike' Rule for P2P - UK Internet service provider Virgin Media (http://www.virginmedia.com) is reportedly in talks with the British Phonographic Industry (http://www.bpi.co.uk) to implement a new 'three strikes' system against illegal file sharers, which would make the second major ISP to offer the system, as reported today by The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk). The trial system, targeted at the most persistent copyright infringers, would give offenders three warnings before disconnecting their service.British broadband provider Tiscali (http://www.tiscali.co.uk) implemented this same system last summer with the BPI, which led to four customers being disconnected after they allegedly ignored the warnings. However, ...