Web Hosting News – RICHMOND, VA – Peak 10 Inc., a managed services company with world-class data centers, today announced the opening of its second enterprise-class facility contiguous with current operations in Richmond.

A screenshot of VMware’s vSphere control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – HP ( www.hp.com ) and virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware ( www.vmware.com ) announced on Tuesday its plans to collectively develop and market intrusion prevention system solutions for VMware vSphere virtual and cloud environments. According to the press release, the collaboration will build on the existing HP TippingPoint IPS for vSphere deployments and integrate vShield and vCloud Director with TippingPoint.

Bodhost UK has reduced the price of Q8300 server.

Hosting News – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – DataCore Software, the industry’s premier provider of storage virtualization software, today announced the availability of SANsymphony™-V, the next-generation storage virtualization software solution that enables IT organizations to eliminate storage-related barriers preventing them from realizing the financial and operational goals of their virtualization initiatives. The “Big Problem” Stalling Desktop and Server Virtualization Projects: Storage “Unanticipated storage hardware investments and inefficient storage use are often the most critical factors that bring server consolidation and desktop virtualization projects to a screeching halt,” said Richard Villars, vice president of storage and IT executive strategies at IDC.  “Storage virtualization software solutions like DataCore’s SANsymphony-V allow IT teams to maximize the use of existing storage assets while also dramatically reducing administrative burdens. They frequently play the key role in ensuring the success of organizations’ server and desktop virtualization efforts.” Two years in development, SANsymphony-V software enables datacenters to use existing equipment and conventional storage devices to achieve the robust and responsive shared storage environment necessary to support highly dynamic virtual IT environments.

A screenshot of the Go Pro control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware ( www.vmware.com ) announced on Thursday the general availability of its VMware Go Pro, a cloud service for SMBs to consolidate, control and secure their physical and virtual infrastructure. “With VMware Go Pro, we will bring ease-of-use to IT infrastructure management for SMBs with affordable patch management, help desk, hardware asset management and software licence management,” Manoj Jayadevan, director of emerging business and products of VMware said in a statement. According to the press release, VMware Go Pro was developed in an extended partnership with Shavlik Technologies to patch management for SaaS and on-premise solutions

A screenshot of the Go Pro control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware ( www.vmware.com ) announced on Thursday the general availability of its VMware Go Pro, a cloud service for SMBs to consolidate, control and secure their physical and virtual infrastructure. “With VMware Go Pro, we will bring ease-of-use to IT infrastructure management for SMBs with affordable patch management, help desk, hardware asset management and software licence management,” Manoj Jayadevan, director of emerging business and products of VMware said in a statement

Screenshots of Open-Xchange’s email hosting platform (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Open-source collaboration software developer Open-Xchange ( www.open-xchange.com ) announced on Thursday that it has established partnerships with Web hosting providers Lunarpages ( www.lunarpages.com ) and Cirrus Tech Ltd. ( www.cirrushosting.com ), where both companies will make Open-Xchange email and groupware available to customers. Open-Xchange says its solution integrates email, calendar, contact and task management with groupware features like information management, document sharing and social network integration.

Screenshots of Open-Xchange’s email hosting platform (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Open-source collaboration software developer Open-Xchange ( www.open-xchange.com ) announced on Thursday that it has established partnerships with Web hosting providers Lunarpages ( www.lunarpages.com ) and Cirrus Tech Ltd.

With this partnership, the company will provide a bundle of SmarterTools software to customers. Physivert Solutions Pvt

A screen shot of CWCS’ site, which features the Microsoft Certified logo at the bottom left (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK Web hosting provider CWCS Managed Hosting ( www.cwcs.co.uk ) announced on Friday it has achieved two silver competencies for hosting and midmarket solution provider from Microsoft. The hosting provider previously announced in October that it achieved Microsoft Certified Status with an initial competency as a mid-market solution provider.