A video still from a demo of Minicom’s AccessIT remote access control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Remote access and KVM solutions developer Minicom Advanced Systems (www.minicom.com) announced last week that it has appointed Moti Shulak to associate vice president of sales for APAC and Israel. In this position, Shulak will be responsible for all sales and business development in the region. “Having Moti on board adds great power to our sales leadership,” Eli Sasson, CEO of Minicom said in a statement on December 22

An image of the pricing chart from the Webhosting.uk.com website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Shared, reseller and VPS web hosting provider Webhosting.uk.com ( www.webhosting.uk.com ) announced this week that it had introduced a new product it calls “cloud hosting on shared servers,” which it says will complement its existing dedicated and private cloud hosting servers. The company says its cloud server hosting environment makes use of a combination of servers and SAN storage in a cluster that ensures availability in the face of excessive load or a server crash.

A screenshot of Mozilla’s add-on website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A database of 44,000 inactive Mozilla usernames and passwords was publicly disclosed on December 17, a report by Computerworld said on Tuesday . According to the report, the database containing information of user accounts for the addons.mozilla.org site was accidentally placed on a public server

Racks inside of ColoHouse’s Miami data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data center operator and colocation provider ColoHouse (www.colohouse.com) announced Wednesday that it has appointed Felipe Rodriguez to chief operating officer.  Prior to his appointment, Rogriguez led Vitas Healthcare Corporation’s data center operations and information technology engineering division. “Felipe brings a wealth of data center experience to ColoHouse, having worked exclusively in the data center industry for the last eleven years,” Paul Blint, CEO of ColoHouse said in a statement. “As we expand our service offerings to our customers, including the launch of our cloud computing services, I am confident that the team now assembled will deliver excellent services to all of our valued customers.” According to ColoHouse, Rodriguez has previous knowledge of HIPAA compliance and Sarbanes Oxley regulations.

A screenshot from the homepage of the new Cloud Jolt website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports posted this week, recently launched web hosting provider Cloud Jolt ( www.cloudjolt.com ) is taking an uncommon approach to marketing its services by emphasizing involvement in charitable organizations, and helping customers to place their funds with charities.

Inside the Pionen data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Australian Web hosting provider OzeVision Web Hosting ( www.ozevision.com ) announced Tuesday it has recently expanded into the Pionen Data Center in Bahnhof Stockholm, Sweden through its hosting infrastructure provider ResellersPanel ( www.resellerspanel.com ). ResellersPanel expanded into Pionen in September . OzeVision has already established a presence in Europe through access to Bluesquare data center in Birkshire, UK.

Racks inside of ColoHouse’s Miami data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data center operator and colocation provider ColoHouse (www.colohouse.com) announced Wednesday that it has appointed Felipe Rodriguez to chief operating officer.  Prior to his appointment, Rogriguez led Vitas Healthcare Corporation’s data center operations and information technology engineering division. “Felipe brings a wealth of data center experience to ColoHouse, having worked exclusively in the data center industry for the last eleven years,” Paul Blint, CEO of ColoHouse said in a statement.

Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels appears in an ad posted on the Go Daddy website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an informal notice sent out on December 27, web hosting and domain registration giant Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) announced that it had passed the 45 million mark for domain names under management. The company said that December 26 at 6:02 p.m. mountain time, it received the registration for the 45 millionth domain

Inside the Pionen data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Australian Web hosting provider OzeVision Web Hosting ( www.ozevision.com ) announced Tuesday it has recently expanded into the Pionen Data Center in Bahnhof Stockholm, Sweden through its hosting infrastructure provider ResellersPanel ( www.resellerspanel.com ).

A screenshot from the homepage of the new Cloud Jolt website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports posted this week, recently launched web hosting provider Cloud Jolt ( www.cloudjolt.com ) is taking an uncommon approach to marketing its services by emphasizing involvement in charitable organizations, and helping customers to place their funds with charities. The company says customers signing up for its web hosting services will see 25 percent of their payment given to the non-profit organization of their choice, from among eight charities chosen by the company. It also provides opportunities for customers to give to other organizations