Mayor Bloomberg at new consolidated data center in downtown Brooklyn (Photo Credit: Edward Reed) (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A new 18,000 square-foot data center in downtown Brooklyn opened Monday, which is designed to consolidate the technology infrastructure of 19 agencies over the next year and that of more than 40 agencies over the next five years. The facility’s opening comes just a couples weeks after the Obama administration issued its 2012 federal budget proposa l where it asserted that data center consolidation and cloud computing will play a significant role in curbing IT costs.

Visitors to the seized domains were met with an image saying the domain had been taken by Homeland Security (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( www.ice.gov ) announced this week it has made a significant error in the act of seizing several domains in connection with counterfeit products and child pornography. But according to a report by TorrentFreak.com , one of the seized domains belongs to a free DNS provider, and that 84,000 websites were inaccurately accused of containing links to child pornography material.

Web Hosting News – DENVER, CO – Secure64 Software Corporation today announced the latest release of its popular caching software appliance — Secure64 DNS Cache v2.5 — the most secure caching name server software available.

An image of NASDAQ trading wall (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — NASDAQ OMX Group ( www.nasdaqomx.com ), the company that owns the NASDAQ stock market system confirmed on Saturday that its network was repeatedly breached by hackers.

An image of the Department of Justice seal (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Department of Justice is looking to pass a new law that would require all Internet service providers to hold on to customer data for investigative purposes, according to a report by CNET . In a testimony held this week, DOJ told Congress that ISP’s ought to have a policy that requires them to retain data.

An image of the Department of Justice seal (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Department of Justice is looking to pass a new law that would require all Internet service providers to hold on to customer data for investigative purposes, according to a report by CNET . In a testimony held this week, DOJ told Congress that ISP’s ought to have a policy that requires them to retain data. The department explained that many of its criminal investigations — such as cases involving child pornography, online fraud, and hacking — are being hindered by the fact that it is unable to monitor and store users’ online activity

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