Hosting Toolbox – Singapore – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and VMware today announced the launch of SingTel PowerON Compute enabled by VMware vCloud® Datacenter Services.

Hosting Reviews – Cupertino, CA – Cloud.com, a provider of open source cloud computing software, today announced that KT, Korea’s largest landline operator and mobile service provider, has selected its flagship technology, CloudStack™, as the foundation for its new public cloud offering, KT ucloud.

Hosting Reviews – Englewood, CO – To meet a growing need for data center power, cooling and space in the market, Latisys today announced a significant expansion to its Ashburn, Virginia data center campus that includes 14 megawatts of additional power and 26,000 square feet of new, available raised floor space. The company also announced a new data center-as-a-service offering optimized specifically for large enterprises, public sector organizations and service providers throughout Greater Washington that have significant requirements for high-density (HD) data center power, cooling and capacity.

The proposal to run a .AFRICA generic Top Level Domain is getting competitive with the African Top Level Domain Organization (AfTLD) becoming the second organisation seeking to apply for the .AFRICA gTLD once ICANN begins accepting applications according to a Computerworld Kenya report. Seeking to boost their credentials, AfTLD believes they are better placed than their competitor. “AfTLD is an association of TLD managers in Africa; we know what it takes to run a registry,” Vika Mpisane, AfTLD’s president, told Computerworld Kenya.

A map of Equinix’s data centers across the Asia Pacific, including Japan facilities (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Equinix ( www.equinix.com ) announced on Tuesday that its two data centers in Tokyo, TY1 and TY2, are operating under normal conditions, following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last Friday. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami has reportedly affected some data centers in the region.

An image of IBM’s LEED Gold-certified cloud data center in Raleigh, North Carolina (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM ( www.ibm.com ) announced on Monday it has invested $38 million in a new IBM Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Data Center in Singapore. The announcement comes a couple months after IBM revealed it would be collaborating with China-based Range Technology Development to build the largest cloud computing data center in Asia, located in China’s Hebei province. The new facility will extend IBM’s globally via its integrated cloud delivery network with centers in Germany, Canada and the United States.

An image of IBM’s LEED Gold-certified cloud data center in Raleigh, North Carolina (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM ( www.ibm.com ) announced on Monday it has invested $38 million in a new IBM Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Data Center in Singapore. The announcement comes a couple months after IBM revealed it would be collaborating with China-based Range Technology Development to build the largest cloud computing data center in Asia, located in China’s Hebei province. The new facility will extend IBM’s globally via its integrated cloud delivery network with centers in Germany, Canada and the United States.

Web Hosting News – SINGAPORE – To meet increasing demand in the Asia Pacific region for enterprise-class cloud computing solutions, Savvis, Inc.

A diagram illustrating Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Center’s topology designer (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider Savvis ( www.savvis.net ) announced on Tuesday that it has launched its Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Center will be available in its Singapore data center in the second quarter of 2011. This move comes a week after Savvis announced it will partner with Indian telecommunications provider Bharti airtel Limited ( www.airtel.in ) to offer managed hosting and cloud computing in India. Savvis’ Symphony VPDC is currently available from clients in data centers in the US and UK

An image of David Nishball, chief strategic officer at Sify (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Indian Web hosting provider Sify Technologies ( www.sifycorp.com )announced on Monday it has named David Nishball its chief strategic officer. In his new role, Nishball will work closely with chairman and managing director Raju Vegesna. Together, they will drive the strategy to maximize Sify’s global market opportunity and delivery footprint, expand the current portfolio of products and services and drive momentum to become a major global ICT player, says Sify.