January 13th, 2011 : Rich Miller Cloud computing startup NephoScale has launched a new infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform, and says its architecture and management tools offer new capabilities not readily available from existing platforms.

eUKhost Ltd. Christmas Web Hosting Specials Thursday, December 23, 2010, 12:05:56 PM eUKhost Ltd; one of UK’s leading web hosting providers, is all set to celebrate this festive season with the launch of some of the best web hosting discounts during Christmas and New Year. The company has announced attractive discounts and offers on their Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Cloud Servers and Dedicated Servers such as 20% off, free domain names, two months free hosting and free space and bandwidth upgrades

Hosting Solutions Powerhouse launches industrial-grade, massively scalable, secure and robust cloud computing platform! Thursday, December 16, 2010, 11:56:28 AM Today, Atlantic.Net (www.atlantic.net), a privately held hosting solutions provider, announced the launch of “Atlantic.Net Cloud Servers,” an industrial-grade, massively scalable, secure and robust cloud computing platform. Atlantic.Net offers several variations of its easy-to-set up cloud product, including public cloud for self-serve provisioning, private cloud for individual companies, and hybrid solutions, mixing cloud with an array of the latest web technologies. Cloud Servers put an end to constant upgrade cycles and reduce capital expenditures for corporations, allowing computing resources to scale up and down with demand

A screen shot of Rackspace Cloud Servers interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Tuesday it is offering its Cloud Servers with a managed service level, providing businesses with monitoring, troubleshooting and guidance on how to leverage cloud computing.  Rackspace is expanding its Fanatical Support into the cloud, combining its 24-hour managed service level with its highly scalable on-demand Cloud Servers offering.

On December 2, 2010, Hostway launched a redesigned website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting company Hostway Corporation ( www.hostway.com ) announced on Thursday it has launched the new design of its corporate website. This announcement comes two weeks after the release of FlexCloud Servers , Hostway’s scalable, on-demand cloud solution. Hostway says the new design reflects the quality of its products and focuses on positioning its product portfolio with infrastructure, platform and application centric clouds.

A screen shot of FlexCloud Servers’ management console (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Hostway ( www.hostway.com ) announced on Thursday it has released FlexCloud Servers , a scalable, on-demand cloud solution that combines the flexibility of a public cloud with the reliability and performance of an enterprise grade virtual environment. The pay-as-you-grow, enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure can be self-provisioned and administered 24 hours a day, giving the customer full administrator access and complete control to scale individual computing resources. FlexCloud Servers says its “intuitive Web-based management console” lets users create and self manage multiple clouds, allowing them to automate the administration of resources including server instances, CPU/RAM/Disk, IP addresses, security, and load balancing.  Public and private image libraries let users save and copy images, where user initiated snapshots are saved in multiple states, and backups are automatically scheduled and performed.  Provisioning can be performed within minutes with FlexCloud, enabling near real time availability of resources to meet growth and variability requirements

In Q3 2010, Rackspace recorded a net income of $11.8 million: 5.5 percent up from Q2 2010, and 55 percent year-over-year. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In its financial results for the quarter that ended September 30, 2010, Web host and cloud computing firm Rackspace Hosting ( www.rackspace.com ) recorded a net income of $11.8 million, a growth of 5.5 percent from Q2 2010, and 55 percent year-over-year. According to Rackspace’s announcement, net revenue for the third quarter of 2010 was $199.7 million, up 6.6 percent from the previous quarter (which was positively impacted by currency exchange rates) and 23 percent from the third quarter of 2009 (which was negatively impacted exchange rates)

CloudSigma Launches Ubuntu 10.10 Cloud Servers Web Host News – Zürich – CloudSigma AG, a leading European provider of cloud servers is pleased to announce the launch of a new range of pre-installed Ubuntu 10.10 servers in its cloud. CloudSigma customers can now enjoy the new features of Ubuntu’s new ‘Maverick Meerkat’ release in the form of instantly deployable high performing cloud servers. Patrick Baillie, CEO commented ‘We are committed to providing the widest range of choice to our customers and we work to rapidly incorporate popular software releases into our cloud servers.

Leeds, Yorkshire (PRWEB) October 1, 2010 eUKhost Ltd. , UK’s leading Web hosting provider, is pleased to announce its renewal partnership with Smartertools Inc

Web Hosting News – SAN ANTONIO, TX – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in hosting and cloud computing, today announced the general availability of its Cloud Servers™ for Windows offering. The new service delivers a highly scalable environment ideal for Windows-based hosting, testing and developing applications and supporting the high levels of traffic required for launching online gaming platforms or the next social networking phenomenon. Designed for small to medium businesses, .NET developers, system administrators, IT Pros, and current Rackspace customers, Cloud Servers for Windows features include: • Custom configurations with full administrator access • Ability to upgrade server size on-demand • Add or delete servers on the fly • Rescue mode • Management via the Rackspace Cloud Control Panel and the Cloud Servers API • Ability to add additional IP addresses • Pay only for what you use with a utility payment model with hourly billing; no contracts or upfront costs • Backups and Snapshots to Cloud Files™ (coming soon) • Enterprise-class SLAs • Support for a broad array of the latest Microsoft Windows Server Images including: * Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit * Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit * Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 32-bit * Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2       Enterprise Edition 32-bit “Microsoft is committed to delivering a broad set of enterprise-ready products and services that build on the existing capabilities and skill sets of service providers like Rackspace,” said John Zanni, general manager of Worldwide Hosting for the Communications Sector at Microsoft Corp.