Hosting News – RENTON, Wash.

Hosting News – RENTON, Wash. – Parallels today announced that Go Daddy, the world’s largest Web hosting provider, will discuss its perspectives on the future of Web hosting in a keynote speech at the Parallels Summit 2011.

Go Daddy president and COO Warren Adelman in a WHIR TV interview (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud services provider Parallels ( www.parallels.com ) announced on Tuesday that Web hosting provider Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) will discuss its perspectives on the future of Web hosting in a keynote speech at the Parallels Summit 2011 . The announcement comes a week after Parallels unveiled its speaker line-up for the cloud conference, which will be held February 22 to 24 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida

Brew pub hosts winter broomball league Milwaukee-based Horny Goat Hideaway has transformed the volleyball courts on its property into an ice rink.

Jillian Michaels meets the Go Daddy team in an ad posted on the company’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) announced on Monday it will partner with .CO Internet S.A.S. ( www.cointernet.co ) to promotes the new domain name extension, .CO, in a 30-second during Super Bowl XLV. The two companies will to share the cost of the ad, whose exact terms have not yet been disclosed.

Jillian Michaels meets the Go Daddy team in an ad posted on the company’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) announced on Monday it will partner with .CO Internet S.A.S. ( www.cointernet.co ) to promotes the new domain name extension, .CO, in a 30-second during Super Bowl XLV. The two companies will to share the cost of the ad, whose exact terms have not yet been disclosed.

Over the course of the 2010 year, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with many owners of web hosting companies around the world.  There are a few things (topics) that keep on popping up, one of which is cloud computing and how a hosting company can harness that to make it an actual viable solution for their current client base.  Most of us, if not all, have heard of cloud computing, but from what I have gathered is that very few have a clear  understanding as to what that is, what it can do for the company, for the customers and above all, does the hosting company actually need it.  Usually, large corporations are early adopters of new technologies because of the larger budgets and the human resources to make a case for it.  This helps the firm know in which direction to proceed technologically speaking.  If you are running a smooth operation and overhead is low with not so many employees, you’re ahead of the game.  Why break it?  Why fix it, if it ain’t broke? Here is why you should at least take a look at what is out there and understand why this would be a very solid investment into the future of your hosting business.  Sure, at this point, no, you won’t need it and if you run a tight ship with top service so the support issues are limited, there may not be a reason at this point to invest into new technologies.  FYI, Cloud computing is for your future, not for the present.  Already, you see new pricing features for cloud based on “utility” charges which are hourly costs for resources instead of a flat rate billing option.  The message I received from other owners is that, “I don’t charge per hour, why do I need it?”.  Now, you may not need it, but this is a gradual implementation into the industry and has a few very positive points to it.  Resources based on the customers needs and not limited to a predefined hosting package.  The applications of this business model are still being defined and I suggest that you, as a hosting company, not ignore this.  You may be successful now, but the industry is changing, especially now, by more than leaps and bounds.  It’s changing so much so that a whole new set of computing jargon is being invented and in my case (old guy), sometimes they are the same as age old acronyms and buzz words, so I’m learning a new language (almost). A hosting company stepping into the cloud computing world needs to evaluate their business model and apply a new way to run a business.  I’ll be adding more business oriented blogs later on, but I wanted to cover a few points of things to think about

Servers are power-hungry and expensive. If not well-maintained, they can be temperamental.

Web Hosting News – McLean, VA — ServInt, a pioneering provider of managed hosting services worldwide, will be sponsoring the 4th annual Desert Bus for Hope charity event beginning November 19th, 2010. All proceeds from the event will go to Child’s Play, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of sick children in Children’s Hospitals all over the world. The Desert Bus for Hope marathon will be streamed live online by Canadian sketch comedy troupe LoadingReadyRun

Jillian Michaels meets the Go Daddy team in an ad posted on the company’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting giant Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) announced this week that it plans to advertise in the Super Bowl for the seventh consecutive year, having purchased two 30-second spots during the game, and another 30-second spot during FOX’s pre-game show. The company says the ads have not yet been approved – the controversy associated with the content of the company’s ads being almost as much of an annual tradition as the ads themselves – and, in fact, that they have yet to be shot