Aug 3, 2004 : Home Depot Moves Data Center to Austin

📅 August 3, 2004 - Home Depot (homedepot.com) confirmed last week that it is moving its data center operations from Atlanta, Georgia to Austin, Texas, according to the Austin Business Journal. Company executives say the facility will house $250 million of equipment and employ 500 people within 18 months. The data center will link more than 1,700 Home Depot stores.

Bob DeRodes, executive vice president and chief information officer for Home Depot, said in the report that the company decided to relocate to Austin because of the business-friendly environment of the state of Texas. He added that proximity to a major university and access to a skilled talent pool were other favorable factors.
Austin has been trying to lure Home Depot to the city for several months. In June, Austin City Council approved a 10-year property tax exemption worth $7.2 million as part of its efforts.

Reads: 1894 | Category: General | Source: TheWHIR : Web Host Industry Reviews
URL source: http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/hom080304.cfm
Want to add a website news or press release ? Just do it, it's free! Use add web hosting news!

Other news

📅 Jul 30, 2004 - Russian Cyber-extortion Gang Arrested - A Russian policy agency said that a Russian cyber-extortion gang arrested last week was responsible for British bookmakers losing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, according to a report in The Register. The hackers reportedly targeted nine online bookmakers based in England, attacking them with crippling denial of service attacks that effectively shut down their operations. They demanded payments of $50,000 to stop, and according to the report, two companies who were experiencing severe losses agreed to pay. The three-man gang allegedly responsible for the cyber-extortion racket was picked up in a series of raids in southwest Russia and face up to 15 years i

📅 Jul 30, 2004 - Red Hat Selling Java App Server Support - Red Hat (redhat.com) plans to begin selling a subscription service supporting Jonas, an open source java application server built by France-based ObjectWeb, according to a report by Cnet. Jonas is based on the prevailing Java server standard, Java 2 Enterprise Edition. The report said Red Hat plans to charge $999 a year for the service. The latest move by North Carolina-based Red Hat, which has focused on selling support and services for the Linux operating system, would put it in competition with JBoss and other Java vendors such as IBM, BEA Systems, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. According to the report, Red Hat plans to support open source application Java develop

📅 Jul 30, 2004 - Yankee Group Points to Hosting Promise - According to reports, a recent survey of the Web hosting industry conducted by research and analysis firm Yankee Group (yankeegroup.com) suggests that the small and medium-sized business hosting market remains ripe with potential. The Yankee Group's survey finds that 36 to 60 percent of small and medium-sized businesses with Internet access have a Web site, leaving a potential market of at least 40 percent. The report said this promise was even greater because hosting providers could also sell additional services to the 36 to 60 percent of the market that need to overhaul or enhance their Web sites. The survey also found that more than 20 percent acknowledged the

📅 Aug 4, 2004 - Red Hat Adds Java Application Server - Red Hat (redhat.com) announced the availability of its Java 2 Enterprise Edition application server this week, marking the first time a major Linux operating system vendor has released its own J2EE application server. Red Hat's application server is built on a number of open source projects, including Enterprise Java Beans from ObjectWeb's Jonas and the Tomcat application server from the Apache Software Foundation. According to eWeek, Red Hat said it will be testing the application server to ensure interoperability with BEA, IBM and Oracle's J2EE application platforms. Red Hat said it is also working to integrate BEA, IBM and Oracle's contributions to the open sour

📅 Aug 4, 2004 - Novell Unveils New Suse Linux Platform - Novell (novell.com) announced on Wednesday that it has released Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9. The company said the latest release extends the company's lead in the Linux market by offering the first enterprise-class Linux server built on the new Linux 2.6 kernel and supported by hardware and software vendors, including AMD, Computer Associates, HP, IBM, Intel, Oracle and others. Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 features integrated management capabilities, including support for ZENworks Linux Management, which allows IT professionals to more easily deploy, configure and update Linux servers. The system also comes with enhanced security and an indemnification program that pro

📅 Aug 4, 2004 - Verio, ATS Hosting Law Library Site - Web host and IP solutions provider Verio (verio.com ) announced on Tuesday that the General Services Adminstration for the U.S. Law Library of Congress has selected the company to host the Global Legal Information Network. The agreement is part of a larger $5.7 million contract awarded to Advanced Technology Systems Inc. The GLIN Web site will comprise of a multilingual database of laws, judicial decisions, legal writings and legislative records from countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. In an effort to meet the demands for online international legal research resources, Verio and ATS were contracted to expand the existing GLIN system. Verio will provide