An image of MICRON RealSSD P300 solid state drives (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies ( www.softlayer.com ) announced on Thursday that it has launched MICRON RealSSD P300 solid state drives.  According to the press release, the new SSDs are available in 50GB, 100GB and 200GB capacities and provide secure enterprise-class storage for high-performance applications. Last week, SoftLayer launched its Technology Partners Marketplace to showcase current SoftLayer SaaS and independent software vendor customers’ products and technologies

The organisation that manages Internet address allocation for the Asia Pacific region has announced that it has no more IPv4 Internet addresses available for general allocation. APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) is now implementing austerity measures, in which its remaining few IPv4 addresses are rationed to its members only

Web Hosting – DENVER – FORTRUST, Colorado’s leading high-availability data center services provider and colocation facility, announced that it has approved the design for an approximate 33,000 square foot expansion project which will bring its raised-floor colocation capacity to more than 80,000 square feet within its 224,000 sq. ft

A map of Colo@’s network infrastructure (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REIVEW) – Colocation provider Colo@ ( www.coloat.com ) announced on Thursday that bandwidth provider Cogent ( www.cogentco.com ) has opened a POP in Colo@’s Atlanta, Georgia, facility at 34 Peachtree St.  According to the press release, this move will enable Colo@ to offer even more options for point to point connectivity between its other data centers in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Clifton, Dallas and Phoenix.  “This new POP will add even more bandwidth to our already substantial collection of providers,” Gary Simat, CEO of Total Server Solutions (www.totalserversolutions.com), Colo@ parent company, said in a statement. “It will open up yet more connectivity options to our customers no matter which one of our facilities they use.” The addition of Cogent to its facility also adds another diverse fiber path to Colo@’s Atlanta location to improve redundancy and connection security. In January, Cogent announced that it is proposing to offer $150 million of secured senior notes due 2018 .

A map of Colo@’s network infrastructure (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REIVEW) – Colocation provider Colo@ ( www.coloat.com ) announced on Thursday that bandwidth provider Cogent ( www.cogentco.com ) has opened a POP in Colo@’s Atlanta, Georgia, facility at 34 Peachtree St.  According to the press release, this move will enable Colo@ to offer even more options for point to point connectivity between its other data centers in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Clifton, Dallas and Phoenix.  “This new POP will add even more bandwidth to our already substantial collection of providers,” Gary Simat, CEO of Total Server Solutions (www.totalserversolutions.com), Colo@ parent company, said in a statement. “It will open up yet more connectivity options to our customers no matter which one of our facilities they use.” The addition of Cogent to its facility also adds another diverse fiber path to Colo@’s Atlanta location to improve redundancy and connection security. In January, Cogent announced that it is proposing to offer $150 million of secured senior notes due 2018

A screenshot of A2 Hosting’s My A2 Hosting login page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider A2 Hosting ( www.a2hosting.com ) announced on Thursday that it has launched a new integrated portal for customers to submit support requests and manage billing.  Previously, A2 Hosting customers were required to use two separate portals different login information for each task. The new portal is called My A2 Hosting, according to the press release.

A screenshot of A2 Hosting’s My A2 Hosting login page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider A2 Hosting ( www.a2hosting.com ) announced on Thursday that it has launched a new integrated portal for customers to submit support requests and manage billing.  Previously, A2 Hosting customers were required to use two separate portals different login information for each task.

Go Daddy’s CEO Bob Parsons posted a video of him killing an elephant. Now his rivals are trying to poach his customers. By Geoff Williams, contributing writer April 14, 2011: 3:29 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Small web hosting firms are trying to poach customers from industry leader Go Daddy, which continues to suffer fallout after its CEO posted a video showing him kill an African elephant .

A screenshot of a video describing the Mozy service features, at the comapny’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online backup service firm Mozy ( www.mozy.com ) announced this week that it had successfully completed the SAS 70 and ISO 27001 certifications, both of them serving as validations for the company’s standards around data security. The SAS 70 certification is the popular auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, verifying that an organization has been through an audit of its control objectives and activities.

A screenshot of R1Soft’s CDP 3.0 Enterprise Edition (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Portuguese web host and domain registrar PTisp ( www.ptisp.pt ) announced on Thursday that it will now offer routine CDP backups using R1Soft CDP software with all of its shared hosting plans. The company says it will also offer CDP backups as part of its VM solution and as an add-on service to dedicated server plans.  “Backups are a critical component of our type of business,” Luis Inverno, PTisp’s chief technology officer said in a statement