A screenshot of Aventure Host’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – European web hosting provider Spiral Hosting ( www.spiralhosting.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired domain registration and shared hosting provider Aventure Host ( www.aventurehost.com ).

The January 2011 issue of WHIR magazine; the annual Hottest Hosts directory The WHIR joins Web Hosting Talk and HostingCon to Form Three Complementary Media Properties under a Single Umbrella (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — iNET Interactive ( www.inetinteractive.com ) has announced today the acquisition of the Web Host Industry Review ( www.thewhir.com ), the leading news and analysis source for the hosted services industry. For more than ten years, theWHIR.com has provided its readers with daily industry news, feature coverage, expert opinion and analysis.

The January 2011 issue of WHIR magazine; the annual Hottest Hosts directory The WHIR joins Web Hosting Talk and HostingCon to Form Three Complementary Media Properties under a Single Umbrella (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — iNET Interactive ( www.inetinteractive.com ) has announced today the acquisition of the Web Host Industry Review ( www.thewhir.com ), the leading news and analysis source for the hosted services industry. For more than ten years, theWHIR.com has provided its readers with daily industry news, feature coverage, expert opinion and analysis.

A screen shot of BitGravity’s HD video conferencing application (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Tata Communications ( www.tata.com ) announced on Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of content delivery network provider BitGravity ( www.bitgravity.com ). The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. First announced last month , the acquisition complements Tata Communications’ global media and enterprise strategy

An image from the website of Terremark’s under-construction NAP of Amsterdam (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a post this week on Data Center Dynamics , Verizon ( www.verizon.com ) has already revealed big plans for its role in the cloud computing space, and plans to pursue those objectives aggressively, following the recent news that it would acquire Terremark for $1.4 billion , though that deal has yet to close. In an interview with Data Center Dynamics, Verizon regional VP of Enterprise, Cloud and IT Services for Europe, David Howorth, said the company is already laying out plans to capitalize on the scale – in data center space and networking – that the acquisition will bring to the company. Verizon’s cloud computing capabilities applied to Terremark’s data center infrastructure, he says, will enable the company to introduce a full set of cloud computing services.

A screen shot of Anso Labs’ partnering companies page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace ( www.rackspace.com ) announced last week it acquired cloud computing developer Anso Labs ( www.ansolabs.com ), the developer of NASA Nebula Cloud and a main contributor to OpenStack.

A screen shot of Go Daddy’s promotional video for its premium DNS service (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and domain services provider Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) announced on Monday it has introduced Premium DNS service , providing a faster, more reliable and more secure DNS resolution. Through Go Daddy’s DNS routing, global Anycast network, traffic is balanced across multiple Go Daddy data centers throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, to eliminate a single point of failure and to route DNS activities for maximized performance.  “Go Daddy customers not only take pride in their online presence, but many also depend on it for their business,” says Go Daddy CEO and founder Bob Parsons.

A screen shot of XETA Technologies’ website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation and data center operator PAETEC Holding ( www.paetec.com )  announced on Wednesday it will acquire XETA Technologies ( www.xeta.com ) for about $61 million.

A screen shot of ORBIT Systems’ services page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud hosting provider mindSHIFT Technologies ( wwwm.mindshift.com ) announced on Tuesday it has acquired managed services provider ORBIT Systems ( www.orbits.net ). The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed

A screen shot of ORBIT Systems’ services page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud hosting provider mindSHIFT Technologies ( wwwm.mindshift.com ) announced on Tuesday it has acquired managed services provider ORBIT Systems ( www.orbits.net ). The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. This marks the second acquisition for mindSHIFT this year, following last month’s purchase of healthcare managed services provider Alpheon .