Domain & Hosting News
TopHosts.com News Brief [10-11-10] — The merger between Web hosting leaders SoftLayer and The Planet is now complete, says GI Partners . The private investment firm which has owned controlling interest in The Planet since 2006 decided to purchase all of the equity in SoftLayer in August 2010 and combine the two companies to create a Web hosting powerhouse.
TopHosts.com News Brief [04-11-10] Telecommunications provider Windstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN) announced it will acquire Web hosting provider, Hosted Solutions for $310 million in an all-cash deal. Hosted Solutions generated $51.7 million in revenue for the year ended Sept.
TopHosts.com News Brief [27-10-10] Web hosting leader Aplus.net is going to help small business owners fix their websites so that customers can find them easier using mobile devices. Aplus.net’s new Mobile Website Service is geared to helping small business owners create easily accessible mobile websites with popular features built in such as click-to call contact information, electronic forms, ecommerce and real-time integration with popular social network sites.
TopHosts.com News Brief [26-10-10]- Dedicated server clients of Web hosting provider, NikanHost will be introduced to a new backup service that employs R1Soft’s Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology. Customers hosting on either Linux or Windows servers will benefit from “reliable, near-continuous backups and bare-metal restores.” The integration with cPanel helps with easy access and self-management thanks to the user-friendly Web interface incorporated by R1Soft. R1Soft’s disk-based software programming helps in recovery times and speedier backups are initiated because data changes are detected after the last backup
TopHosts.com News Brief [Oct. 14, 2010] Montreal-based Web hosting provider iWeb Group Inc
22-09-10 [TopHosts.com News Brief] – Managed Web hosting provider, Webair will plant one tree with American Forests for every new server sold. The Web host’s “WE CARE” initiative aims to reduce its carbon footprint through energy conservation and restoring resources with help from EFT Energy, Inc., a group that tracks and validates energy savings. Webair’s CEO, Michael Christopher Orza notes: “Being a socially conscious company and looking for ways to give back to our community is part of the Webair company philosophy and something we feel passionate about
TopHosts.com News Brief [Sept. 15, 2010] Web hosting and cloud services provider, Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), said its signature enterprise-class cloud computing service, Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Centre (VPDC), is now available to European clients through Savvis U.K.
TopHosts.com News Brief [August 5, 2010] Sitestar Corporation (OTCBB: SYTE) recently completed the purchase of the Internet customer base of Tennessee’s Jellico.Net, which includes Web hosting, Dial-Up, and DSL customers. CEO of Sitestar Frank R. Erhartic, Jr.
