An image of Chris Latterell, vice president of marketing at Open-Xchange (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Open-source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange ( www.open-xchange.com ) announced on Monday it has named Chris Latterell the company’s vice president of marketing.

An image of Chris Latterell, vice president of marketing at Open-Xchange (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Open-source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange ( www.open-xchange.com ) announced on Monday it has named Chris Latterell the company’s vice president of marketing. He specializes in the areas of communication and marketing strategy, direct marketing, online platform/tools, interactive/new media, key account planning, marketing, operations and process optimization and key relationship development. Latterell joins Open-Xchange from Munich, Germany-based frog design where he served as a senior manager.

A screen shot of Elastic Detector for Amazon EC2 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT security solutions provider SecludIT ( www.secludit.com ) announced on Wednesday it has partnered with Amazon to release Elastic Detector for Amazon EC2 ( aws.amazon.com/ec ), a fully automated security event detection tool for Amazon EC2. The SaaS-based security tool helps administrators and users of Amazon EC2-based infrastructures to continuously detect flaws on security groups and applications, significantly reducing the risk of external and internal attacks with no management overhead. Dynamic infrastructures, as opposed to classic static ones, rise the risk of external and internal attacks and increase the cost of security administration, due to manual management of the continuously changing security perimeter of the elastic set of servers

API 3.0 uses SoftLayer’s network-within-a-network topology (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies ( www.softlayer.com ) announced on Wednesday it has recently released sample code for Windows 7 and Mac OS X apps for monitoring SoftLayer server information. According to the press release, the sample code “showcases the versatility and robustness of the company’s open application protocol interface.” The Windows 7 Desktop Gadget and Mac OS X Dashboard Widget are great examples of the creative solutions that are possible with our comprehensive API,” says Stephen Johnson, director of interface development for SoftLayer.

A promotional graphic on NaviSite’s website promoting the NaviCloud Node ribbon cutting ceremony (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider NaviSite ( www.navisite.com ) announced last week it plans to unveil its newest SAS 70 San Jose data center.

A screenshot from Telehouse’s website showing the building process of its new solution (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – IT infrastructure services provider Telehouse America ( www.telehouse.com ) announced on Monday it has launched its new custom built data center product, Data Center Anywhere, in partnership with IT solutions provider Future Tech Enterprises Inc. ( www.ftei.com ). Telehouse America says its new solution is built to Structural Security standards, is self contained, air and water tight, energy efficient and can be built within weeks.

A screenshot from Telehouse’s website showing the building process of its new solution (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – IT infrastructure services provider Telehouse America ( www.telehouse.com ) announced on Monday it has launched its new custom built data center product, Data Center Anywhere, in partnership with IT solutions provider Future Tech Enterprises Inc. ( www.ftei.com ). Telehouse America says its new solution is built to Structural Security standards, is self contained, air and water tight, energy efficient and can be built within weeks