Oct 19, 2010 (Jordan Times – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Pigeon becomes general manager for IHG Jordan resorts-Dead Sea properties InterContinental Hotels Group ( IHG | PowerRating ) announced on Sunday the appointment of Jean-Baptiste Pigeon to the position of area general manager for Crowne Plaza Jordan Dead Sea Resort & Spa and Holiday Inn Resort Dead Sea. Pigeon, who officially started his new role October 15, brings with himaEUREUR over 27aEUREUR years experience in the hospitality industry at the IHG group and has held several aEUREURgeneral manager positions across a number of continents and cities including Bahrain, Beirut, Tunisia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Africa and France. The last of which was the general manager of InterContinental Yokohama in Japan for the last two and a half years

As from 4 October .be domain names can be signed with DNSSEC Through their registrar, all .BE registrants can attach DNSSEC key material to their .BE domain names, thereby completing the chain of trust all the way up to the root zone. Anyone visiting a website using a DNSSEC signed domain name can be confident to reach the requested website. As of now DNS.be will encourage .BE domain name holders and their registrars to sign .BE domain names with DNSSEC.

A screen shot of Verizon Business’ Computing as a Service control panel. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed services provider Verizon Business ( www.verizonbusiness.com ) announced on Thursday is enhancing its data centers around the globe, in an effort to meet the increasing demand for the full range of cloud services

Westcon CEO Dean Douglas discusses the LEAP Center in a YouTube clip (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Network technology solution distributer Westcon Group ( www.westcongroup.com ) launched its first global LEAP (Learn, Experience, Architect and Plan) center in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Host The Planet Enables Dallas Data Center to Deliver “Colo By The U” Blogs: Interview with John Kane of Afilias and Jeffrey Lyon of Black Lotus News: Email Host Intermedia Launches UK Affiliate Program News: European Police Raid Targets File Sharing Sites, ISPs News: Google Hires Data Center Design Veteran Daniel Costello (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Police in as many as 14 European countries are involved in an operation targeting high-ranking members of a “Piracy Pyramid”, and the servers used to deliver that copyrighted content, including those of BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay ( www.thepiratebay.org ), according to reports from p2p news site TorrentFreak .

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Media Lab Launches SiteGrinder-Optimized Hosting Powered by UK2 Group News: euNetworks Launches Low Latency Route from London to Frankfurt News: Amazon Lowers Price on High-Memory EC2 Instances News: AT&T Completes Sale of Japan Domestic Network Unit News: Red Hat Names VP of APAC, Chairman of Board (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Open source software developer Red Hat ( www.redhat.com ) announced this week it has named Dirk Peter van Leeuwen as vice president of Red Hat Asia Pacific and General Hugh Shelton as the chairman of the board. Van Leeuwen will lead the company’s sales, marketing and services efforts in the region. He joined Red Hat in 2004 and was responsible for establishing Red Hat’s operations in Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.  In 2006 he assumed responsibility for Central Europe and in 2008 added Eastern Europe.  In Europe Van Leeuwen was responsible for the general management of 47 countries with a primary focus on sales management.  Under the sales leadership of Van Leeuwen, Red Hat saw its European customer base grow.

Web Hosting News – London, UK – GMO GlobalSign Ltd. one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialists in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that Ultraspeed UK Limited, one of the UK’s top webhosts and specialists in managed hosting solutions has joined GlobalSign’s Partner Program

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Red Hat Names VP of APAC, Chairman of Board News: Consonus Data Center Reports 1.35 PUE Rating Following Renovation News: Open Hosting Opens Data Center in Miami News: Q&A: Verne Global’s Lisa Rhodes on Iceland Data Centers News: Canadian Regulator Assures Telecoms Don’t Degrade Wholesale Customers’ Network Speed (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Open source software developer Red Hat ( www.redhat.com ) announced this week it has named Dirk Peter van Leeuwen as vice president of Red Hat Asia Pacific and General Hugh Shelton as the chairman of the board. Van Leeuwen will lead the company’s sales, marketing and services efforts in the region. He joined Red Hat in 2004 and was responsible for establishing Red Hat’s operations in Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.  In 2006 he assumed responsibility for Central Europe and in 2008 added Eastern Europe.  In Europe Van Leeuwen was responsible for the general management of 47 countries with a primary focus on sales management.  Under the sales leadership of Van Leeuwen, Red Hat saw its European customer base grow

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Host 1&1 Internet Adds Tools For Creating Mobile-Optimized Websites News: GlobalSign Launches Online Security Solutions for the Netherlands News: Private Equity Firm and Peak 10 Management to Buy Peak 10 News: Web Host Cool Handle Doubles Size of Data Center News: Ksplice Uptrack for Fedora Instantly Updates Kernel Without Having to Reboot (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Bringing its trusted Secure Sockets Layer, Extended Validation SSL, S/MIME and code signing services to a larger audience, GlobalSign ( www.globalsign.com ) has announced that its digital certificate solutions and other security products are now more accessible to Netherlands customers with the introduction of a Dutch-language website ( www.globalsign.nl ), sales, support and customer services.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Host 1&1 Internet Adds Tools For Creating Mobile-Optimized Websites News: GlobalSign Launches Online Security Solutions for the Netherlands News: Private Equity Firm and Peak 10 Management to Buy Peak 10 News: Web Host Cool Handle Doubles Size of Data Center News: Ksplice Uptrack for Fedora Instantly Updates Kernel Without Having to Reboot (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Bringing its trusted Secure Sockets Layer, Extended Validation SSL, S/MIME and code signing services to a larger audience, GlobalSign ( www.globalsign.com ) has announced that its digital certificate solutions and other security products are now more accessible to Netherlands customers with the introduction of a Dutch-language website ( www.globalsign.nl ), sales, support and customer services. According to GlobalSign’s announcement this week, by expanding the GlobalSign brand further into the Dutch market with a fully localised Web presence, and dedicated sales and support services in the local language. This will enable enterprises and channel partners in the Netherlands to source security products from the GlobalSign range online, quickly, effectively and with minimal hassle