IOMART, the Scottish web-hosting and data storage company, yesterday said it has recently signed four contracts worth £1.8 million on the increasing demand for cloud computing services, writes Mark Smith. AIM-listed Iomart, which has its headquarters in Glasgow, also said it was now closing between 30 and 40 new orders per month from both new and existing customers. Cloud computing is internet-based computing resources – such as storage, email and other services – provided to computers and other devices on demand, much like the electricity grid

A screenshot from Get Green’s website describing its Gone Green badge (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – South African Web host and domain registrar Get Green ( www.getgreen.co.za ) announced on Monday that it is offering a new carbon-neutral web hosting solution. According to the press release, Get Green powers and cools its servers with renewable wind and solar energy enabling the comapny to offer a web hosting plan for businesses and organizations interested in eliminating their carbon footprint.

Iomart, the Scottish web-hosting and data storage company, has more than doubled its interim pre-tax profits on the back of what it described as shift in customer behaviour towards cloud computing networks. AIM-listed Iomart, which has its headquarters in Glasgow, also said it had grown both the “size and quality” of its customer base and said that it had experienced a “paradigm shift … to the cloud”

Web Hosting News – Spain – The leading Internet presence, managed hosting and cloud computing service company Arsys has reduced its energy consumption by 20% in the past year, since its new Data Center came online in July 2009.

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For the last decade, the web hosting industry has evolved slowly. With the arrival of cloud hosting though, the last couple of years have changed that.

GSS America Infotech Limited, a Hyderabad-based enterprise application integration (EAI) and infrastructure management services (IMS) company, is planning to raise up to $75 million (approximately Rs 350 crore) through various instruments like qualified institutional placement, foreign currency convertible bonds, global and American depositary receipts to fuel its inorganic growth plans. “We have identified some companies of different sizes, which make strategic sense and increase our depth in the same line of business.