A screen shot of Heart Internet’s dedicated servers page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- UK Web hosting provider Heart Internet ( http://www.heartinternet.co.uk )  announced on Tuesday it is offering its new dedicated server line, designed for IT professionals and small businesses looking for a cost effective enterprise solution. The move comes a few months after Heart Internet launched an all-in-one domain and social media username search tool called 360 Name Finder

An image of Amazon’s data center in Japan (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – An 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Japan Friday afternoon, causing concern for web hosts who have set up data centers in Tokyo to meet demand for cloud computing services, according to a report by ZDNet .

The Telecom Center in Los Angeles, where Colocation America’s data center is located (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation provider Colocation America ( www.colocationamerica.com ) announced earlier this week that its power status and core network uptime for the entire year of 2010 was 100 percent. In November, Colocation America completed a large scale upgrade to its Telecom Center facility in response to the increase in consumer demand

The last blocks of IPv4 addresses are likely to be allocated to regional registries “within the next few weeks”, Vint Cerf, formerly chair of ICANN and now Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, has said its time to act and adopt IPv6.

An image of Telehouse’s acquired building at 85 10th Avenue in New York City (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation and data center provider Telehouse America ( www.telehouseamerica.com ) announced on Tuesday it has acquired a new 60,000 square foot data center at 85 10th Avenue in New York City, named Telehouse New York “Chelsea.” The carrier neutral facility, opening on January 24, expands Telehouse’s presence in the New York market, and as a subsidiary of KDDI Corporation, brings the company’s total global data center footprint to 39 facilities across 10 countries and territories.   The acquisition of the new facility at 85 10th Avenue is in direct response to the growing demand for diverse carrier neutral, colocation space in Manhattan. Located in the Chelsea-Meat Packing District, the new data center is designed to exceed the demands of all company sizes, while providing proximity convenience to local businesses and access to New York City’s dense telecommunication network.

A diagram representing Interxion Cloud Hubs’ infrastructure and locations (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — European data center operator Interxion ( www.interxion.com ) announced on Thursday it has launched 13 dedicated Cloud Hubs in strategically located data centers in 11 countries across Europe. The announcement comes a week after Interxion partnered with Telx to provide a seamless transatlantic migration path into colocation facilities for both Telx and Interxion customers.

There are many choices that present themselves when businesses look to revamp their existing IT configurations, and many include the employment of new and updated servers. However, several unique characteristics exist between ranges and types of servers, and businesses should be aware of these – specifically between popular dedicated and virtual private servers