A screen shot of Go Daddy’s jobs page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) announced on Wednesday it now has more than 3,000 people and is looking to hire at least 350 more in the weeks ahead. A majority of Go Daddy’s employees work in the company’s Customer Care centers, all based in the US.

Laurel Burton, vice president of marketing at ViaWest (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and colocation provider ViaWest ( www.viawest.com ) announced on Tuesday it has named Laurel Burton vice president of marketing.  The appointment comes a month after ViaWest named Daren Castain the company’s regional vice president and general manager for the Utah market. In this role, Burton will spearhead marketing, lead generation, and branding for the company’s five state footprint, including major markets such as Denver, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Portland, Austin, and Las Vegas.  ViaWest says it is “aggressively growing both organically and through strategic acquisitions.” Since 2008, the company has added 12 data center facilities.  The hiring of Burton to lead ViaWest’s marketing efforts signals the company’s focus on continued market share expansion.

Web Hosting News – Ann Arbor, Michigan – CloudLinux, a Linux OS that improves the stability of Web hosting, and Site5, a leader in Web hosting for individuals and businesses, announced today an infrastructure partnership aimed at improving the stability of Site5 Web hosting.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 10th, 2011 CloudLinux, a Linux OS that improves the stability of Web hosting, and Site5, a leader in Web hosting for individuals and businesses, announced today an infrastructure partnership aimed at improving the stability of Site5 Web hosting. As part of the partnership, Site5 will deploy CloudLinux on its hosting environment, migrating its CentOS 4.x servers to CloudLinux 5.x. The company has already switched its existing CentOS 5.x to CloudLinux, and already experienced an increase in stability on the servers with CloudLinux OS compared to CentOS

Hosting News – Lenexa, Kan. – In a drive to support expansion, performance, and network redundancy, Codero consolidated servers from its San Diego, California facility to its premier data center in Phoenix, Arizona this summer. Codero currently hosts thousands of websites around the world

Denver, CO (PRWEB) January 24, 2011 Hosting.com , the leading provider of Always On infrastructure services for mission-critical applications, today announced its inclusion in the Gartner 2010 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting. Gartner Inc. , the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, published the 2010 Magic Quadrant as a comprehensive assessment of 20 industry-leading service providers

Web Hosting News – TEMPE, AZ – The Arizona Internet Exchange (AZIX) today announced it is open for business, backed by Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW).

Web Hosting News – Austin, TX – In just under two months, when over 30,000 attendees come to Austin for the Interactive portion of the famous SXSW conference, there will be a new event to watch: Das IronGeek. To be held Tuesday, March 15, 2011, Das IronGeek puts competitors through a series of challenges. But in this case, the competitors are among the 1,500 press and bloggers influencers who attend SXSW, and the challenges come from a few of the 200+ companies exhibiting at the SXSW tradeshow

Inside i/o’s Phoenix data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Content delivery network provider Limelight Networks ( www.limelightnetworks.com ) announced on Monday that it has launched its Arizona Internet Exchange located at i/o Data Centers’ Phoenix facility. According to the press release, the company hopes to decrease the cost of streaming video in-state and regionally with this partnership. The Tier III data center has access to more than a dozen telecommunications carriers including AboveNet, AT&T, Level 3, Qwest, Verizon Business and Telia Sonera.

Inside i/o’s Phoenix data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Content delivery network provider Limelight Networks ( www.limelightnetworks.com ) announced on Monday that it has launched its Arizona Internet Exchange located at i/o Data Centers’ Phoenix facility. According to the press release, the company hopes to decrease the cost of streaming video in-state and regionally with this partnership. The Tier III data center has access to more than a dozen telecommunications carriers including AboveNet, AT&T, Level 3, Qwest, Verizon Business and Telia Sonera