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📅 - DellHost Deal Sets Off Customer Concerns - Sprint's announcement on Monday that it had sold its DellHost (http://www.dellhost.com) Web hosting operation has some customers complaining that they should have been notified sooner, according to a report by CNet's News.com. The company issued a memo to customers Monday, informing them that the DellHost business, which Sprint acquired from Dell in 2001, had been sold to managed hosting provider VeriCenter (http://www.vericenter.com). According to CNet, the memo informed customers of Sprint's intention to exit the data center hosting business. "As a result, Sprint will no longer continue to offer or operate the DellHost portfolio of services," said the letter. Customers were ...
📅 - C&W Announces Third Quarter Contract Wins - Cable & Wireless America (http://www.cwusa.com) said on Monday that it continues to see strong demand for its Web hosting and IP services as it announced more than 800 new and expanded customer service orders in the third quarter. "Our customers and prospects are both loyal and savvy," said Clint Heiden, executive vice president of sales for Cable & Wireless America (CWA). "The steady stream of new service orders during times of uncertainty and change is a testament to the strength of our products and technology. It also says a lot about customer confidence in our ability to execute a successful sale that is in their best interest." Cable & Wireless America first ...
📅 - Hosting Controller Releases Chinese Version - Advanced Communications (http://www.advcomm.net), a developer of Web hosting automation software, announced today that it has released a Chinese language version of Hosting Controller (http://www.hostingcontroller.com) version 6.0, a multi-server Windows-based hosting automation platform. The company said the solution allows hosts to build and manage Windows hosting environments quickly and easily. Hosting Controller version 6.0 was released in late October. At the time version 6.0 was released, it was available in seven languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Turkish and Persian. Advanced Communications said it handles tech support for Web hosts ...
📅 - Cogent Acquires LambdaNet France, Spain - Washington-based telecommunications carrier Cogent Communications (cogentco.com) said today that it has acquired the operating entities of pan-European carrier LambdaNet Communications (http://www.lambdanet.net) based in France and Spain. According to Cogent, it did not pay for the LambdaNet France and LambdaNet Spain assets, but the two entities, which will become a combined company, both received new equity investments from a group of private equity investors based in Europe and the United States. "Cogent plans to create one of the largest pan-European operations in existence and intends to offer some of the highest quality transit services available in the world to ...
📅 - USAA Picks BladeLogic Automation Software - BladeLogic (http://www.bladelogic.com), a developer of data center automation software, announced today that USAA, a Fortune 500 insurance and financial services company, has selected BladeLogic's Operations Manager to help manage its data center operations. According to BladeLogic, Operations Manager allows IT organizations to provision and configure their UNIX, Linux and Windows servers, and automate all ongoing changes required for application release management, patch management, and configuration repair. Bladelogic said its software increases operational efficiencies while helping reduce overall costs. Totality recently deployed Bladelogic's Operations ...
📅 - Equinix Adds Ticketmaster, Citysearch - Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced on Tuesday that Ticketmaster and Citysearch are moving their online operations to an Equinix Internet Business Exchange (IBX) center. The company did not reveal which data center the two clients would be colocating in. "Ticketmaster and Citysearch join a large number of online businesses, including eight of the top ten Web properties, that have selected Equinix to host their e-commerce operations," said Peter Van Camp, CEO of Equinix. According to Equinix, the move gives both clients access to the aggregation of carriers and managed service providers ...