Reddit An outage at Amazon’s popular Web hosting service has led to Web-wide outages at such popular sites as Quora, Foursquare and Reddit.
An image from its website shows a 21Vianet data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Chinese data center services provider 21Vianet Group Inc. ( www.21vianet.com ) raised $195 million in its initial public offering on Wednesday, according to a report by Reuters. According to the article, 21Vianet sold more shares than planned for a price $2 above the proposed range
Web Hosting – New measurements for data centre efficiency defined by industry alliance The Green Grid, will feature in a plenary debate at the 7th annual DataCentres 2011 The Green Grid consortium, which developed the widely used PUE metric for measuring energy efficiency in data centres, has launched new metrics to address carbon emissions and water usage. Carbon usage efficiency – CUE – is intended to help managers determine the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated in delivering work from the IT gear in a data centre facility. The event features an in depth assessment of these new tools and includes Mark Monroe, Executive Director of The Green Grid, Andre Rouyer, Chair EMEA Liaison Committee, The Green Grid, Christina Page, Director, Climate and Energy Strategy, Yahoo! Inc, Alain Anglade, Director Data Centre Energy, ADEME [Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie], Dr
Web Hosting – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FusionStorm — “IT Delivered” — a leading provider of IT consulting, technology solutions and cloud/managed services, announced today the company has opened a new enterprise data center presence in Amsterdam, Netherlands. FusionStorm selected Amsterdam because of its central location and access to a large number of communications providers meeting customer needs for low latency, diverse connectivity and high network availability
A screenshot of Datacentres 2011 website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – European data center forum Datacentres 2011 ( www.datacentres.com ) announced on Wednesday that it will host more than 70 international expert speakers at the event in May. The event in Nice, France, on May 5-6, will include debates, panels, workshops and training. According to the press release, the content of the event will include data center and cloud technologies, colocation models, investment, leadership and strategy.
Telnic Limited the registry operator for the .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that Fonecta ,the fastest growing media company in Finland, is to begin registering .tel names. Harri Aho, Vice President Fonecta Oy, said: “We’re constantly looking at technology that can enhance our customers’ visibility regardless of any device that they are searching from. For us, .tel is the important link in providing a service that spans all search and discovery environments at an investment level that is relatively low. We’re looking forward to seeing the results .tel will provide our customers moving forward.” Ian Bowen-Morris, Chief Marketing Officer at Telnic, added: “With the leadership position and brand strength that Fonecta has in the Finnish market, when it comes to providing marketing communications services that work online, we believe that there is no better partner to work within the region and no better service provider for small businesses and professionals to help get their businesses found online.” Fonecta is the market leader in directory services. 110,000 businesses are using Fonecta’s sales enhancement solutions and its comprehensive services are being addressed for information search more than 2.8 million times every day. Fonecta’s services include search engine marketing, customer relationship marketing, digital direct marketing and search media.


