A screen shot of OnApp cloud management software (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud software provider OnApp ( www.onapp.com ) announced on Wednesday it has launched version 2.1 of its cloud management software. The move follows the official launch of OnApp in September , at which time it was being offered by 30 hosting providers on more than 50 clouds and 35,000 virtual servers. OnApp software increases cloud hosting adoption by providing Web hosts with the ability to offer fully-featured cloud services without the large up-front investment in software, infrastructure and integration

A screen capture of SunGard’s data center video tour. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider SunGard Availability Services ( www.sungard.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has launched its Enterprise Cloud Services for its North American customers.

A screen capture of SunGard’s data center video tour. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider SunGard Availability Services ( www.sungard.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has launched its Enterprise Cloud Services for its North American customers. According to the press release, SunGard’s enterprise cloud services are built on Vblock technology from VMware, Cisco and EMC

Hosting News – Santa Clara, CA — Ensim Corporation, the leading provider of provisioning and IDM automation management for Enterprises and Service Providers, announced today that it has ceased negotiations to combine with NetConnect ASA.  Ensim and NetConnect had signed a letter of intent to combine the two companies in early November of 2010.

An image from the IceWEB site, illustrating a storage management interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Unified data storage and cloud storage hardware components maker IceWEB ( www.iceweb.com ) announced on Friday that Web hosting provider InfoRelay ( www.inforelay.com ) is deploying IceWEB Unified Data Storage to power its enterprise cloud infrastructure. According to the press release, InfoRelay has begun to consolidate all of its file-based cloud operations onto a single storage infrastructure.

A screen shot of EuroCloud’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud companies across Europe will attend the first-ever UK-hosted board meeting of trade network EuroCloud ( http://eurocloud.org ) in London, UK. Now entering its second year of operations, EuroCloud is active in more than two dozen European countries, providing a venue for cloud industry collaboration and advocacy. EuroCloud UK has invited speakers from Microsoft and NTRglobal to discuss the future of cross-border cloud services in Europe at its member meeting.

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A map of zColo’s national data center footprint (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation provider zColo ( www.zcolo.com ) announced on Tuesday that it is expanding into five strategic markets, doubling its number of colocation facilities. Bandwidth and telecom services provider Zayo Group launched zColo in September 2009

A map of zColo’s national data center footprint (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation provider zColo ( www.zcolo.com ) announced on Tuesday that it is expanding into five strategic markets, doubling its number of colocation facilities. Bandwidth and telecom services provider Zayo Group launched zColo in September 2009 .

A basic screen grab of the interactive Cloud Hosting Blueprint graphic on the Parallels website. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and cloud software provider Parallels ( www.parallels.com ) announced on Thursday that it has launched its free Cloud Service Provider Blueprint – a kind of theoretical map of cloud hosting services, and a collection of directions and best practices for service providers on how to best offer cloud services – accompanied a free white paper. Located on the Parallels website , the Cloud Hosting Blueprint includes an interactive graphic that lays out the company’s vision for cloud services – how it sees them as being divided, and what systems it considers critical to supporting them.