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ICANN Recommends Domain Name Server Redundancy - 📅 - ICANN (http://www.icann.org) has recommended that top level domains run redundant DNS servers to answer domain name queries.



The recommendations call for servers to be placed in different locations and on separate networks for the purpose of better security and redundancy.

According to ICANN, "In addition to using different hardware, the servers ideally should be on different networks and in different physical locations."

ICANN also said that "at least two" independent ...
FiberNet says Colocation Area 90 Percent Full - 📅 - FiberNet Telecom Group (http://www.ftgx.com), an operator of fiber-optic networks for telecommunications service providers, announced yesterday that the colocation area of the "Meet-Me Room" in its carrier hotel facility located at 60 Hudson Street is approximately 90 percent sold out.



The Meet-Me Room, operating on a carrier-neutral basis, provides service providers with colocation facilities and optical and electrical cross-connection and transport services.

"FiberNet ...
verio.euHamilton Rentals, Verio Partner for Web Hosting - 📅 - Hamilton Rentals, a UK-based supplier of IT rental equipment, will offer its customers managed hosting services through its newly established relationship with hosting firm Verio Europe (http://www.verio.co.uk).



Under the agreement, Hamilton Rentals' hosting infrastructure will be housed in Verio Europe's data center facilities.

"Hamilton Rentals recognized the market requirement for hosting amongst its prospects and customers and that it needed a partner with established ...
Digital River to Host Site for Chicago Paper - 📅 - E-commerce outsourcer Digital River (http://www.digitalriver.com) announced today that it has signed an agreement to provide Web hosting and e-commerce services to Digital Chicago, Inc., the parent of the Chicago Sun Times Online.



Under the agreement, Digital River will build and host an online store of try-before-you-buy software titles for Chicago Sun-Times' readers. In addition, Digital River will provide payment processing, fraud, customer service, reporting and digital downloads.
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Content Management AG Enhances T-Online Hosting - 📅 - Content Management AG (http://www.cm4all.com), a German content management solution developer, announced today that it has augmented the Web hosting service offerings of German telecommunications carrier T-Online (http://www.t-online.de) with several technological enhancements.



The enhancements include server technology developed by CM-AG that allows the use of perl and PHP scripts, MySQL databases and Microsoft server extensions.

Content Management AG has also developed SSL-encrypted ...
CyberGuard Upgrades Firewall Appliance With IDS - 📅 - Security solution provider CyberGuard (http://www.cyberguard.com) announced today that it has released SME575, a SnapGear (http://www.snapgear.com) by CyberGuard VPN/firewall appliance that includes intrusion detection system (IDS) features and Web proxy cache technology.



The company said the new appliance, first shipped in August 2003, is designed to improve network security and performance.

"The SME575 brings best of breed open source security and networking technologies used by ...
C&W Sale Challenged by Potential Buyers - 📅 - The deal to sell Cable & Wireless USA to Gores Technolgy Group is in danger as several potential buyers appear to be interested in purchasing the US Web hosting and IP solutions arm of C&W, according to several sources quoted in a report published yesterday by Reuters.



Cable & Wireless USA, the US Web hosting division of the UK telecommunications carrier, agreed in early December to sell its assets to Gores Technology Group, a private investment firm based in Los Angeles.
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fasthosts.co.uk logoFasthosts Introduces New Scripting Support Line - 📅 - UK Web Hosting provider Fasthosts (fasthosts.co.uk 👉 Total Reviews: 11
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) introduced a new dedicated Web scripting support line today. The company said the new service, open seven days a week from 9:00 am till 9:00 pm, is available only to Fasthosts customers.



According to the company, the services offered include server side scripting for ASP/VBScript, PHP and Perl; client side scripting for HTML, CSS and JavaScript; script debugging; error diagnosis; and remedy, code simplification, resource ...
Keynote Measuring Political Site Transactions - 📅 - Web performance measurement, testing and management company Keynote Systems (http://www.keynote.com) said on Tuesday that it is measuring the transaction performances of the Web sites for George Bush, Howard Dean, the GOP and the Democratic National Committee. Keynote defines a transaction as a Web site's ability to allow a visitor to click through a number of pages on a site and make a contribution.



The Web sites being measured are www.georgebush.com, www.deanforamerica.com, ...
Korea, US Hold Most International Domains Names - 📅 - Of the 380,039 multilingual, also known as internationalized, .com and .net domain names registered, Korea accounts for 141,447 of the them, the United States for 84,402 and Japan for 72,193, according to research by Webhosting.Info (webhosting.info), a Web hosting research portal operated by domain registrar Directi.



According to Webhosting.Info, Germany, China and Denmark followed, holding positions 4-6, with Hong Kong, Sweden, Spain and Australia rounding out the top ten. ...