A view from inside one of CoreLinks data centers (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Chicago-based data center operator CoreLink Data Centers ( www.corelink.com ) announced on Wednesday that its suburban Chicago data center will play host to a day-long advanced training event for the Business Resumption Planners Association ( www.brpa-chicago.org ) on April 26. The event will be led by crisis communications expert Robert C. Chandler, who will provide “critical proactive and reactive information” on how to handle a range of business emergencies and disasters

Dot VN,has recently announced that its partner ,the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) agreed to help the Laotian Internet Network Information Center (LANIC) to reclaim and relaunch the Laos ccTLD .LA .

A screenshot from the online demo of the LM-Exchange product’s interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Load balancing technology developer KEMP Technologies ( www.kemptechnologies.com ) said on Tuesday that its new LoadMaster Exchange product is the first server load balancing appliance designed specifically for Microsoft Exchange 2010 implementations. The new product – which joins a long line of existing KEMP load balancing gear – is designed to address the high-availability and scalability demands of Microsoft Exchange 2010 deployments for businesses with up to 250 users

ICANN has announced their 42nd meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, from 24 to 28 October 2011. The meeting, the third and final of their scheduled meetings for 2011 has been announced quite late given that they have already confirmed their third and final meeting in October 2012 meeting will be held in Toronto, Canada.

Peruvian domain name expert and general manager of Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD), Erick Iriarte Ahón, is seeking election to parliament. Iriarte, a regular at ICANN and domain name meetings in Latin America, is a candidate for the Peruvian Congress in the upcoming election representing the Partido Aprista Peruano (Aprista Party).

Data Center Pulse named Paul Sun the Asia Pacific regional director (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Non-profit data center community Data Center Pulse ( http://datacenterpulse.org ) announced on Tuesday it has named Paul Sun to the board of directors as the Asia Pacific regional director. The move comes eight months after DCP announced that Eddie Schutter joined its board of directors as the local chapter strategy and operational director. Sun is the director of the cloud computing center for mobile applications at Industrial Technology Research Institute (www.itri.org.tw), a national research organization that serves to strengthen the technological competitiveness of Taiwan.

Data Center Pulse named Paul Sun the Asia Pacific regional director (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Non-profit data center community Data Center Pulse ( http://datacenterpulse.org ) announced on Tuesday it has named Paul Sun to the board of directors as the Asia Pacific regional director. The move comes eight months after DCP announced that Eddie Schutter joined its board of directors as the local chapter strategy and operational director. Sun is the director of the cloud computing center for mobile applications at Industrial Technology Research Institute (www.itri.org.tw), a national research organization that serves to strengthen the technological competitiveness of Taiwan