Domain & Hosting News
August 25, 2011 — Telecommunications provider Verizon Communications announced on Thursday it has acquired cloud software developer CloudSwitch in a deal that will simplify the move to the enterprise cloud and help to increase industry adoption. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Flexiant Releases IPv6 Ready Cloud Platform Web Hosting – Livingston, UK – Flexiant, an independent cloud platform provider and software and services company, today announced a major upgrade release with the launch of its production ready cloud platform Extility 1.3. Today’s release includes the launch of IPv6 support marking Flexiant as the first cloud software provider in Europe to announce full commercial support for IPv6. Extility 1.3’s small foot-print install feature means data centre operators can pilot a cloud offering with relatively little investment in time or capital before developing this deployment into a fully-fledged cloud platform for their customers
Web Hosting – SANTA CLARA, CA – Vantage Data Centers, an innovative wholesale data center operator backed by the largest U.S. technology-based private equity firm, today announced the start of construction on V2 Santa Clara. V2 is the second building housed within the Vantage Santa Clara Campus and will provide data center modules designed to scale the facility from 9 to 18 MWs, allowing customers to immediately request more power without any additional construction, moving of equipment or service disruption
Inside BendBroadband’s data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Web hosting provider BendBroadband ( www.bendbroadband.com ) announced on Monday it has launched the Vault, a 30,000 square foot Tier III enterprise-class green data center in Bend, Oregon.
A map from AboveNet’s website shows its connectivity in the New Jersey area (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Connectivity solutions provider AboveNet ( www.above.net ) announced on Wednesday that it has provided fiber connectivity into DuPont Fabros Technology ( www.dft.com ) wholesale data center in New Jersey. AboveNet is already connected to its facilities in Northern Virgnia and Chicago, and is currently in the process of building out to its latest development in Santa Clara, California. According to the press release, AboveNet used DFT’s “underground and secure 3-level conduit bank system” to deploy equipment at DFT’s NJ1 data center, establishing an IP and Metro Ethernet POP.
