Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – April 30, 2010 News: Oracle Continues Construction on Utah Data Center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Bill Weihl, head of Google Energy, revealed on Friday at the Earth2Tech Green.Net ( events.earth2tech.com/greennet ) event that the subsidiary might help the search engine giant access renewable energy to power its massive data centers, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge . Google formed the new subsidiary to purchase and sell power on the wholesale market. Weihl tried to put an end to the recent speculation surrounding the subsidiary, joking that Google was not looking to be the next Enron as an energy trading power broker.

Steve Jobs trashes Adobe’s Flash Adobe’s Flash is slow, drains batteries, isn’t suitable for touchscreen devices and poses security problems, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in an unusual missive today. In a lengthy open letter titled “Thoughts on Flash,” Jobs spelled out why Apple doesn’t allow Adobe’s popular technology on its iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. Jobs’ epistle is the latest in the quarrel between Apple and Adobe over Flash, bickering that reached new heights two weeks ago when an Adobe evangelist told Apple to “Go screw yourself.” ..

Engaging Your Staff in Data Protection As security experts know all too well, staff knowingly and intentionally circumvent your carefully designed security protocols. In particular, Microsoft researcher Cormac Herley has stirred up the waters with his report about the marginal value of frequent password changes.

Google: Crank up the heat in your data center Google’s top energy executive has offered some simple steps for making data centers more energy-efficient, including raising the thermostat to 80 degrees Fahrenheit — or 27 degrees Celsius — to cut down on cooling costs.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: DNSSEC Rollout May Cause Internet Slowdowns: Melbourne IT Exec News: Irish Telecom Digiweb Buys TalkTalk News: Symantec to Acquire PGP and GuardianEdge for $370M (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Security firm Symantec ( www.symantec.com ) announced on Thursday it will acquire two data encryption companies for $370 million. Symantec will pay $300 million in cash for PGP and $70 million in cash for GuardianEdge. The agreements for the companies — which both provide technology for standards-based encryption of full-disks, removable media, files, folders and smartphones — are expected to close this quarter.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: DNSSEC Rollout May Cause Internet Slowdowns: Melbourne IT Exec News: Irish Telecom Digiweb Buys TalkTalk News: Symantec to Acquire PGP and GuardianEdge for $370M (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Early next month, the world’s top domain authorities, headed by ICANN, the US Government and Verisign, will complete the first phase of the rollout of Domain Name System Security Extensions across the entirety of the 13 root servers that translate user requests to corresponding websites. These larger requests, however, may not sit well with older networking equipment

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: DNSSEC Rollout May Cause Internet Slowdowns: Melbourne IT Exec News: Irish Telecom Digiweb Buys TalkTalk News: Symantec to Acquire PGP and GuardianEdge for $370M (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Early next month, the world’s top domain authorities, headed by ICANN, the US Government and Verisign, will complete the first phase of the rollout of Domain Name System Security Extensions across the entirety of the 13 root servers that translate user requests to corresponding websites. These larger requests, however, may not sit well with older networking equipment. According to Dr Bruce Tonkin, Chief Strategy Officer for Melbourne IT Limited, in a Twitter post at the ICANN meeting in Seoul, Korea , he noted that “adding DNSSEC at the root will be the biggest and most dynamic change to the root system.” And while it will provide major benefits in terms of security, it appears that this change is too much for some hardware