NewsHosting news - 27 Jul 2004 - Listing Page: 2578

Redbus Joins Amsterdam Internet Exchange - 📅 Jul 27, 2004 - Redbus Interhouse Netherlands B.V. (http://www.redbus.nl), the Netherlands division of Europe's colocation and managed services provider, announced on Tuesday that it has extended the connectivity options available to its customers by becoming an authorized partner of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange.



The partnership is just a part of the growth strategy of Redbus Interhouse Netherlands, which has seen a year-on-year growth of 83 percent in revenues. After meeting the requirements ...

Opt4 Picks Verio for Web Hosting - 📅 Jul 27, 2004 - Web hosting and IP solutions provider Verio (verio.com 👉 Total Reviews: 28
🙌 Average Rating: 2.2 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 4
👎 Bad Reviews: 24
👈 Official Responses: 0) announced on Tuesday it will manage a complete range of NTT/VERIO enterprise hosting solutions for Opt4, a software solutions provider for financial markets.



Verio says it will support Opt4's Web-based platform with managed network, security, storage, monitoring and application solutions.

Opt4's software platform allows businesses in the commodities trading, media financing, food distribution and financial ...

NeoSpire Doubles Data Center Space - 📅 Jul 27, 2004 - Managed Web hosting provider NeoSpire (neospire.com 👉 Total Reviews: 3
🙌 Average Rating: 4 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 1
👎 Bad Reviews: 2
👈 Official Responses: 1) announced on Monday that it has doubled the size of its data center facility, moving from its 9,000 square foot space on North Lamar Street to a new 20,000 square foot facility at 1807 Ross Avenue in Dallas, Texas.



Mitch Gervis, chief executive officer and president of NeoSpire, said the company's growth, which amounted to 35 percent last year, made the move to the new data center possible.

"Our outstanding ...

MyDoom Disrupts Google Search Engine - 📅 Jul 27, 2004 - In an event that severely hampered the performance of Google's search engine, the Google (http://www.google.com) Web site was hit by the MyDoom virus on Monday, seriously disrupting service for several hours. Users who attempted searches during the disruption received a server error page.



The problem began late on Monday morning and appeared to have been fixed by about 3:00 pm EST. Several countries were affected.

According to Internet performance measurement and management ...

Star Appoints Chief Operating Officer - 📅 Jul 26, 2004 - Star Internet (http://www.star.net.uk), a UK Internet solutions provider, said Monday that it has appointed Bill Henry to the newly created role of chief operating officer. Henry, who was previously the VP of marketing and strategy at PeopleSoft Global Services, will direct Star's delivery of innovative, enterprise-level technologies to the small and medium enterprise market.



Henry will champion Star's portfolio of service offerings, designed to enable SMEs to take advantage of ...

WebCentral Founders Selling Shares - 📅 Jul 26, 2004 - The founders and three largest shareholders of Australian Web hosting provider WebCentral (http://www.webcentral.com.au) will sell their shares, worth AU $18 million, to technology company FTR Holdings (http://www.ftrholdings.com.au), according to a report by ZDNet.



The sale is part of FTR Holdings acquisition of the 50.6 stake in WebCentral it does not already own, at a total cost of $19.6 million.

The three founders are Lloyd Ernst, Byron Newton and Joe Altoff. The trio has been ...

Zend Launches PHP Certification Program - 📅 Jul 26, 2004 - Zend Technologies (http://www.zend.com), which released PHP 5 last week, announced on Monday that it has launched the Zend PHP certification program, to be offered through the mobile testing facility it is hosting at The O'Reilly Open Source Convention on July 26-30 in Portland, Oregon.



The program covers curriculum criteria specified by the Zend PHP Education Advisory Board, an organization established by PHP experts to create a certification program that will set industry standards ...

XO Adds PayPal to Web Hosting Tools - 📅 Jul 26, 2004 - XO Communications Inc. (xo.com 👉 Total Reviews: 5
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 5
👈 Official Responses: 0), announced on Monday that it has formed a co-marketing agreement with payment processor PayPal to incorporate e-commerce capabilities provided by PayPal into its Web Builder tool, allowing customers of XO Web hosting and Concentric hosting services to securely and easily send and receive payments online.



As part of the agreement, PayPal will feature the services of Concentric, the XO small and medium-sized business hosting services brand, on its ...

SWsoft Releases Plesk 7 for Windows - 📅 Jul 26, 2004 - Web hosting automation software developer SWsoft (http://www.sw-soft.com) announced the full production release of Plesk 7 for Windows on Monday. The company said the latest update of its flagship control panel incorporates feedback from customers, partners and beta testers.



Plesk 7 for Windows features a Windows XP-like interface and includes all the functionality of Plesk for Unix and Linux in addition to features exclusive to the Windows version - anti-virus integration, firewall ...

Google Sets IPO Price Range - 📅 Jul 26, 2004 - Search engine Google (http://www.google.com) said on Monday that it plans to sell approximately 24.6 million shares in its initial public offering priced for between $108 and $135 per share, according to a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Based on the estimated share price range, Google is expected to have an initial market cap of over $30 billion, significantly higher than the earlier estimates of analysts.



Mountain View, California-based Google's IPO ...