NewsHosting news - 31 Mar 2004 - Listing Page: 2657

C I Host Battling Witty Worm by Karen Snider - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - After suffering the damaging effects of the Witty worm last week, Texas-based C I Host (cihost.com 👉 Total Reviews: 17
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
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"This is a proactive move to prepare our systems today for the attacks of 2006," said C I Host CEO Christopher Faulkner. "Since January of this year, the attacks have increased dramatically and for the most part we have been untouched. But the latest attack, the ...

Cogent Buys Carrier1 Network Assets - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - Cogent Communications (cogentco.com) announced on Wednesday that it has acquired the dark fiber and other network assets formerly belonging to Carrier1 International S.A. Cogent said the assets were acquired through a merger with Symposium Omega, Inc., who acquired the network from GLH GmbH, a German company who acquired the Carrier1 assets after it filed for bankruptcy. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.



Cogent said the acquisition adds 14 German markets to its ...

Custom.net Opens Indiana IDC - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - CustomDotNet LLC (http://www.custom.net) announced Wednesday that it has completed construction of its new data center, built to accomodate an increasing need for colocation services. The data center has been built with non-rack mounted equipment, and has more than 40 new cabinets available for customer's rack mounted equipment.



Investment group Kramer, Ceilley and Associates, along with Cyberlink Technologies formed CustomDotNet last year to meet the demands of a hosting trend it ...

IBM Asks for Dismissal of SCO Suit - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - According to a News.com report, IBM (ibm.com) filed a counterclaim against the SCO Group (http://www.sco.com) on Tuesday, requesting that the court absolve it of any claims the Utah-based has made against it for alleged intellectual copyright infringements. IBM filed the counterclaim in US district court in Salt Lake City, requesting a judgment that "IBM does not infringe, induce the infringement of or contribute to the infringement of any SCO copyright through its Linux activities, including its use, ...

Excedent Says Spam Volume Growing - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - Excedent Technologies (http://www.excedent.com), a provider of managed email hosting, reported on Wednesday that 80 percent of the emails attempting to enter its email hosting network are unsolicited spam. The Virginia-based company said the volume of junk mail detected by its anti-spam filters has increased for 18 consecutive months while the number of emails infected with viruses increased three fold in the past six months, rising from 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent.



In order to respond ...

Host Rocket Sponsors Competition - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - Web hosting provider HostRocket.com (hostrocket.com 👉 Total Reviews: 11
🙌 Average Rating: 3.7 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 3
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Brendan Brader and John Reyes, co-founders of HostRocket.com, are both graduates of Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, New York.

"US FIRST gave us invaluable ...

Sun, MLB Extend Technology Alliance - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - Sun Microsystems (http://www.sun.com) and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) have extended their technology alliance for an additional two years, the companies announced on Tuesday. Under the extended deal, Sun will continue as Major League Baseball's official technology provider, building the infrastructure for its New York-based data center which includes Sun's servers, storage systems, Digital Asset Management Reference Architecture and the Java Enterprise System.



"We were ...

Voyence Integrates Opsware Software - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - Network software developer Voyence (http://www.voyence.com) will integrate VoyenceControl, its flagship network configuration management solution, with Opsware's (http://www.opsware.com) data center automation software, the company announced on Tuesday.



VoyenceControl automates network planning, design, deployment and change management processes, while the Opsware System automates a broad range of server and software operations including system provisioning, software provisioning, change ...

Rackspace Hosting for WebtrafficIQ - 📅 Mar 31, 2004 - Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe (rackspace.co.uk) announced on Wednesday that it plans to deliver dedicated servers and hosting services for WebtraffIQ (http://www.webtrafficiq.com), a provider of Web metrics services.



The partnership, according to the announcement, was prompted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) renewal of its Web analytics contract with WebtrafficIQ. RICS said its high levels of traffic necessitated a dedicated and flexible service.
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The Planet Offers Users Total Control - 📅 Mar 30, 2004 - The Planet Internet Services (theplanet.com 👉 Total Reviews: 3
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
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According to the company, Total Control Server is designed for customers who require hosting services beyond a dedicated server, but do not want to purchase non-essential equipment ...