A screenshot of VoipNow’s control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud solutions provider 4PSA ( www.4psa.com ) announced last week it has released VoipNow Cloud Instance, a solution that bundles high-performance infrastructure with the company’s VoipNow Unified Communications Platform. VoipNow Cloud Instance is designed for service providers that choose to deploy Unified Communications and want to base their offering on flexible services. The release comes the same week as the introduction of the licensing program for its VoipNow Platform

Business web hosting can make or break an Internet-based business. When a company depends on its website for sales, downtime or slow loading web pages can seriously affect profits.

A screen shot of OnApp’s control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud management software firm OnApp ( www.onapp.com ) announced on Wednesday it has certified Web hosting provider DedicatedNOW ( www.dedicatednow.com ) as an OnApp cloud service provider, as well as partnered with the company to offer cloud hosting infrastructure as a service to web hosting providers. The move comes a month after the release of version 2.1 of OnApp’s cloud management software

Summit signage in the surreal surroundings of the Gaylord Palms With the opening keynote and session tracks set to start this Wednesday, the Parallels Summit 2011 ( www.parallels.com/summit/ ) kicked off Tuesday with a few lead-up events at the Gaylord Palms hotel and conference center in Orlando, Florida. A golf tournament, some special interest sessions and an opening reception were on the schedule for Tuesday, the official kick-off to the three-day event that draws representatives from organizations around the hosting industry. For some, Tuesday’s program began with a  golfing event

A screenshot of VMware’s vSphere control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – HP ( www.hp.com ) and virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware ( www.vmware.com ) announced on Tuesday its plans to collectively develop and market intrusion prevention system solutions for VMware vSphere virtual and cloud environments. According to the press release, the collaboration will build on the existing HP TippingPoint IPS for vSphere deployments and integrate vShield and vCloud Director with TippingPoint.

A screenshot of VMware’s vSphere control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware ( www.vmware.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has introduced its VMware vCloud Connector, and has made its VMware vCloud Datacenter services available from BlueLock ( www.bluelock.com ) and Colt ( www.colt.net ) as well as beta services available from Verizon ( www.verizon.com ). According to the statement, VMware’s cloud connector is a free plug-in that enables administrators immediate deployment and management of virtual machines across its cloud services within the VMware vSphere client. VMware says “users simply enter their cloud credentials and can start viewing and transferring VMs, vApps and templates.” The company says its vCloud Datacenter services are secure, reliable and support application portability

A screen shot of the demo for Parallels Business Automation Standard 4.0 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud services provider Parallels ( www.parallels.com ) announced on Monday its newly launched version of its flagship control panel Parallels Plesk Panel 10.1 and Parallels Business Automation Standard 4.0 , which are compatible with one another. The latest version of Parallels Plesk Panel 10.1  introduces the hosting industry’s “first Web design staging area in a control panel.”   The announcement follows the November release of Parallels Plesk Panel 10.0 , which enables service providers to more easily deliver profitable services to hosting customers

PRLog (Press Release) – Megasoft (Pvt.) Limited, a Pakistan based company, introduces unlimited web hosting package on Linux platform.

A screenshot of the Go Pro control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware ( www.vmware.com ) announced on Thursday the general availability of its VMware Go Pro, a cloud service for SMBs to consolidate, control and secure their physical and virtual infrastructure. “With VMware Go Pro, we will bring ease-of-use to IT infrastructure management for SMBs with affordable patch management, help desk, hardware asset management and software licence management,” Manoj Jayadevan, director of emerging business and products of VMware said in a statement. According to the press release, VMware Go Pro was developed in an extended partnership with Shavlik Technologies to patch management for SaaS and on-premise solutions

A screenshot of the Go Pro control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware ( www.vmware.com ) announced on Thursday the general availability of its VMware Go Pro, a cloud service for SMBs to consolidate, control and secure their physical and virtual infrastructure. “With VMware Go Pro, we will bring ease-of-use to IT infrastructure management for SMBs with affordable patch management, help desk, hardware asset management and software licence management,” Manoj Jayadevan, director of emerging business and products of VMware said in a statement