Many hosting users who are new to e-commerce often approach it with the mistaken belief that launching a website will automatically draw in customers. Perhaps they heard a voice calling them in the night, “If you build it, they will come.” Unfortunately, it is not quite that easy, and in recent years, even advertising may ...
More »Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 -- In the week ending May 11, 2012, web hosting company ServInt is offering 20 percent off its VPS Plans, 1&1 Internet is offering discounts on its hosting packages, UK2 is offering a promotion on its business hosting plan, and Hivelocity is offering several new deals on its dedicated servers.
More »Web Hosting Vet Nick Nelson Launches Beta of New Website Backup Tool Comcure
May 18, 2012 -- Web hosting industry veteran and current VP of engineering at UK2Group Nick Nelson has launched the beta of his new website backup venture Comcure. The service provides automated website backups in three steps, and supports any website with FTP or STFP access including websites built on WordPress, Umbraco, Drupal, Windows Linux ...
More »Web Host Cirrus Tech Launches Windows Server Cloud Virtual Hosting
May 18, 2012 -- Web hosting company Cirrus Tech announced on Friday it has launched a range of Windows Server Cloud Virtual Machine Hosting plans, which include guaranteed dedicated resources, a fully redundant infrastructure and the ability to manage, control and customize your environment.
More »CoLoCSX Extends Partnership with StraTech to Offer Backup, Disaster Recovery
May 18, 2012 -- Colocation provider CoLoCSX announced on Friday that it will offer customers data backup and recovery services from managed services provider StraTech.
More »NASA Drops Development for OpenStack Cloud Computing Software
May 18, 2012 -- Space agency NASA is withdrawing its participation with OpenStack, the open source cloud organization it co-founded with Rackspace, according to a report by DatacenterDynamics.
More »Report: Google & Microsoft Ready Cloud Services for Developers
(The Hosting News) – Competing cloud services could be on the way from two top industry leaders. On Thursday, a report from tech site GigaOM signaled that both Microsoft and Google were readying cloud services similar to Amazon’s Elastic Compute, a solution that provides web-scaling to application developers. Both companies have long held cloud investments, but the ...
More »Business Directory Yell Acquires Website and Ecommerce Builder Moonfruit for $29M
May 18, 2012 -- Online business directory Yell announced on Tuesday that it acquired UK website and ecommerce shop builder Moonfruit for $29 million in cash. Yell will pay retention bonuses of up to $8 million to key Moonfruit management after two years, if they remain exclusively employed by Yell.
More »Genious Brings the Cloud to Morocco with OnApp
(The Hosting News) - Genious Communications (www.genious.net) is the first company to bring cloud hosting to Morocco with a new range of cloud and CDN services powered by OnApp software. Genious launched in 2003 and is the only ICANN accredited hosting provider in North Africa. Like many hosts, Genious chose OnApp Cloud to evolve from traditional dedicated servers and ...
More »QTS Commits to Data Center Solar Power
(The Hosting News) - Company announces additional energy efficiency enhancements in compliance with its Green Program. Key Highlights: QTS announces the upcoming construction of solar power installation at its Richmond and Atlanta Data Centers. Anticipated solar power improvements will provide a full megawatt of power generation capacity, in line with QTS’ environmental initiatives. QTS pledges another year ...
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