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earthlink.net logoEarthLink Appoints New CFO - 📅 - Internet service and Web hosting provider EarthLink (earthlink.net 👉 Total Reviews: 6
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) has named Kevin M. Dotts as chief financial officer, replacing the outgoing Lee Adrean. Dotts is currently Atlanta-based EarthLink's vice president of finance and principal accounting officer.



Dotts previously held a number of senior finance positions at General Electric. Since joining EarthLink, Dotts has reported directly to Adrean, working on financial and management reporting, financial planning and ...
DSL.net to Appeal De-Listing Notice - 📅 - Web hosting and Internet service provider DSL.net (dsl.net) confirmed on Thursday that it has been notified by Nasdaq of its failure to comply with the requirements of the Nasdaq Smallcap Market's minimum bid price rule, making it subject to de-listing.



The minimum bid price rule requires all Nasdaq listed companies to close at a minimum bid price of $1.00 for 10 consecutive days in order to continue being listed.

DSL.net said it intends to appeal the decision or ...
Inflow Deploys Patches for iServerCare - 📅 - Data center operator Inflow's (inflow.com) deployment of its iServerCare server management solution is equipped with security patches that remedy recently discovered security vulnerabilities in Microsoft platforms, the company announced on Thursday.



Inflow deployed the patches across 600 of its managed servers. The company said the managed service saves customers the significant man-hours required to find and install the patches.

"With iServerCare, customers don't ...
equinix.com logoEquinix Expands Washington Data Center - 📅 - Equinix (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced on Thursday that it had signed a long-term lease for an additional 95,000 square feet of data center space adjacent to its Washington, DC Internet Business Exchange (IBX) center. The company said it plans to house customers in the newly expanded facility beginning November 1, 2004.



According to Equinix, the newly signed lease increases its data center footprint in ...
HelmTastic Offering URL Protector - 📅 - HelmTastic (helmtastic.com), an online portal offering the Helm (helm.webhostautomation.com) control panel and related hosting software, has entered into a partnership with IT Web Solutions (it-web-solutions.com) to jointly market URL Protector, a software product developed by IT Web Solutions that protects directories on Microsoft IIS.



URL Protector, designed for Windows hosting operations, uses htaccess files to provide a recognizable way of protecting Windows ...
Globix, Venaca Partner for Content - 📅 - Venaca, a media asset management company, will outsource its content delivery and management platform to Globix (globix.com), a provider of managed Internet applications and infrastructure services, the companies announced this week.



"Very few providers have the capability to handle broadcast quality media assets. Globix is already trusted by its customers to encode and distribute live content and we see this as a natural extension of the services we offer," says Ed Warner, ...
Webhosting Marketplace Debuts Services - 📅 - Web hosting and Internet services provider Webhosting Marketplace (webhostingmarketplace.com) has released a new set of low-cost Web hosting, domain registration and online promotion services, the company announced on Thursday.



The Web hosting packages are priced starting at $3.95 per month and domain registration starts at a monthly rate of $7.75.

The company also announced the release of a number of other Internet services, including DomainAlert, a service that ...
Phishing Attacks on Rise Netcraft Says - 📅 - A report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com) that cites data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (antiphishing.org) says "Phishing" attacks jumped 43 percent in March with 402 unique scams being perpetrated. The total was the highest ever recorded, topping February's total of 282.



Phishing attacks involve the mass distribution of "spoofed" or forged email messages with return addresses, links, and branding which appear to come from legitimate financial ...
peak10.comPeak 10 Unveils New Managed Services - 📅 - Managed hosting and data center services provider Peak 10 (peak10.com 👉 Total Reviews: 2
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) has expanded its managed services portfolio to include managed virtual private network (VPN), remote monitoring and management, and exchange management, the company announced on Thursday.



The North Carolina-based company said the additions to its portfolio will help it deliver cost-effective services for companies that support and deliver storage, monitoring, hosting and disaster recovery solutions. Peak ...
Security Flaw Warning Prompts Fixes - 📅 - According to a report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), a more advanced way of exploiting an old transmission control protocol (TCP) security hole has emerged, developed by Paul Watson, a security professional. The flaw would allow an attacker to reset an existing TCP session using specially crafted TCP packets.



Netcraft says most TCP sessions are short-lived, so the vulnerability had little impact, though certain critical protocols, such as Border ...