August 23, 2011 — Web hosting control panel developer cPanel announced on Thursday that it has named Ben Fisher director of marketing. Fisher is the first person to fill this role, according to the press release. Fisher owns TheHostingNews.com, where he is responsible for marketing and business development for the news website as well.

As it approaches the one million mark for .XXX domain name expressions of interest, ICM Registry has announced it will be extending its Sunrise period, running for 50 days from 7 September, due to the volume of prelaunch interest in the domain. ICM Registry has received nearly 900,000 expressions of interest for .XXX domain names during its pre-reservation process. The “Sunrise” period, due to commence in fifty days time, has been designed to both permit domain registration from members in the adult entertainment business, and to assist brand managers from other industries who want to protect their trademarks ahead of wider availability. The new Sunrise period will now run for 50 days commencing 7 September 2011 and finishing on 28 October 2011. The extended period will enable ICM Registry to receive and process all applications from existing domain name and trademark owners who have applied to either opt their brand in or out of the .XXX registry. While ICM Registry holds responsibility for administering the .XXX domain name, it is working closely with individual domain registrars – the vendors handling the registration and exemption process for .XXX. The one-off fee to exempt, set by individual registrars, provides businesses with a cost-effective solution which to permanently safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) within the .XXX registry. This service, which ensures web addresses are not registered by others at a later date, is without annual fees, and will only be available to rights owners during the restricted Sunrise period. “We believe the Sunrise period offers businesses a comprehensive rights protection mechanism where they can protect their brands and trademarks,” said Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry. “We are advising businesses to either opt-in or opt-out and want to give them the best opportunity to do so at the launch of our new TLD. Given the high level of interest in the domain, we see that many businesses wish to be proactive in avoiding any brand conflicts.” After the close of Sunrise, a Landrush period will run for 18 days where businesses from the adult entertainment industry will have premium access to remaining .XXX domains, following which general availability will ensue. Sunrise applicants using registered marks to qualify will be required to own a subsisting trade or service mark registration of national effect. “Although the .XXX extension is targeted at the adult entertainment industry, brand owners from any industry will need to be aware of its launch,” said Jonathan Robinson, Director, IPRota. “The Sunrise period offers brand managers a unique opportunity to secure relevant trademarked terms ahead of wider availability, effectively safeguarding them.” “We wanted to take an innovative approach to the launch of .XXX and show best practice at all stages including investing in a global awareness campaign,” said Lawley. “ICM Registry believes in consumer choice, and while we believe the .XXX will satisfy the needs of the sponsored community, we recognise there is also an audience who would like to opt-out and safeguard their IP prior to the domain going live”. The pre-reservation for .XXX is now closed, with on-going enquiries being handled by ICANN-accredited registrars. For more information, please see icmregistry.com or Europe Registry , your ICANN-accredited registrar.

A diagram illustrating the different VMware vCloud components (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Cloud computing company PeakColo ( www.peakcolo.com ) announced on Monday it has achieved the VMware vCloud Powered designation for its cloud service offerings. The move comes a week after PeakColo joined the Partner Program for Service Providers operated by storage solutions vendor NetApp.

One more step along the road to IPv4 depletion happened today when the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) reached the last block of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses in its available pool, activating a major change in regional delegation policy. This event is a key turning point in IPv4 exhaustion for the Asia Pacific, as the remaining IPv4 space will be ‘rationed’ to network operators to be used as essential connectivity with next-generation IPv6 addresses. All new and existing APNIC Members who meet the current allocation criteria will be entitled to a maximum delegation of a /22 (1,024 addresses) of IPv4 space

Hosting Toolbox – Andover, MA – NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVI), a premier provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, managed messaging and managed cloud services, announced today that it will present at Oracle’s COLLABORATE 11: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community, which will be held April 10th – 14th in Orlando, FL.

Hosting Toolbox – Abingdon, UK – Kaspersky Lab has today announced that its Founder and CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, will host a seminar at InfoSecurity Europe 2011 entitled ‘Cloud Security vs Cybercrime Economy: The Kaspersky Vision’. During the seminar, Eugene Kaspersky will describe how modern Cloud security solutions can not only protect users and businesses, but also undermine and outsmart the cybercrime economy. Open to all delegates, the seminar will take place on the 19th April between 15:20-15:45 in the Business Strategy theatre.

Verndale, a leading mid-market digital agency, continues to build on its technology partnership with Sitecore, the leading provider of .NET Web Content Management. As a Sitecore Certified Solutions and Hosting Partner, Verndale has been designing, building and supporting Sitecores entire suite of tools since 2006