November 4th, 2010 By: THN News Maintaining website security has become such a tremendously intricate process as technology seems to be forever evolving. The general perception is that you can protect your online business against current threats through analysis of past attacks, but remain clueless about security loopholes that might come into play as the Internet continues to develop and technology incessantly evolves. It’s like a vicious cycle where attackers and defenders skirmish to get the upper hand – each time a security breach is countered by expensive security measures, attackers dig up new vulnerabilities and/or enhance their tools to sidestep newly developed security systems

Web Hosting News – LOS ANGELES – Streaming Media West – Highwinds, a leader in content delivery, network and IP services, today announced that it has established an operation in Latin America to support the region’s growing content delivery and network services needs.  Highwinds’ foothold is supported by the infrastructure expansion of its RollingThunder® network into Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the hiring of two Brazilian industry veterans.  This move is rooted in Highwinds’ strategic objective to provide fast, reliable CDN, IP Transit, Transport, Peering and Colocation services to and from the region. “Our content delivery and network services business is growing rapidly, and we are keen to invest in emergent markets such as Latin America,” said Steve Liddell, president of Content Delivery and Network Services for Highwinds.  “The hiring of an experienced Brazilian team, coupled with the significant network investment in the region, establishes a strong presence in this high-growth market.” Highwinds’ RollingThunder network consists of a ringed, redundant architecture made up of multiple 10 Gbps connections between its more than 70 points of presence worldwide.  The network boasts more than 1,600 peering sessions and has visibility into 12,000 networks.  Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are connected to North America and Europe by multiple dedicated 10 Gbps waves into Miami.  Highwinds will scale the infrastructure in line with sustained traffic growth in the region

Paetec Holding Corp., a company which provides data, voice and Internet solutions to business-class customers nationwide, opened an expansive, high-tech data center this summer in Andover. This new flagship center is meant to help customers maintain their critical data, server operating applications, network, and communications assets. It also represents a major step forward for the company towards supporting cloud computing, it said

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The Saudi Arabian Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced that the Landrush phase of Arabic domain names registration under السعودية. has officially began. The Landrush phase commenced at 10:00 on Monday 18th Shawwal 1431 H (27 September 2010 for the rest of us).

Web Hosting News – Singapore – Parallels, the global leader in Cloud enablement software will bring together some of the biggest names in the Cloud services industry to discuss the future and profitability of the cloud computing in Asia at the Parallels APAC Summit on 24th – 26th September. Speakers at the Summit include executives from Microsoft, Go Daddy, VeriSign and Open Xchange who will address critical issues surrounding the adoption of public Cloud services in the region, including security, bandwidth costs, service availability and reliability, vendor viability and maturity. In addition, Parallels will host a Cloud services panel that will explore the environmental factors affecting business models, addressing issues such as the automation versus virtualisation debate, applications, competition and industry convergence.  Confirmed participants include Bhavin Turakhia from Directi (India), Daryl Webb from Webvisions (Singapore), Jason Frisch from Tsukaeru.net (Japan), Michael McGoogan from AussieHQ (Australia), and Natalie Kong from PacHosting (Hong Kong)

Web Hosting News – ANDOVER, Mass. – PAETEC Holding Corp. (NASDAQ GS: PAET), a FORTUNE 1000 company which provides data, voice, and Internet solutions to business-class customers nationwide, officially opened an expansive, high-tech data center today in Andover, MA, approximately 24 miles north of Boston

ANDOVER, Mass., Aug 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — PAETEC Holding Corp.

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