Amazon Web Services (AWS) earlier this month pulled the plug on the WikiLeaks web site, forcing the latter to find a new web hosting company.

KEMP Tachnologies Load Master 1500 appliance (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Load balancing solutions provider KEMP Technologies ( www.kemptechnologies.com ) announced on Tuesday it has expanded its European sales and marketing headquarters in Limerick, Ireland. The company previously expanded into Europe, opening its headquarters in Hanover, Germany. The opening of the new office is supported by the Irish Government with the aid of Industrial Development Agency Ireland.

An illustration of Dediserve’s cloud hosting and storage services (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Irish cloud hosting provider Dediserve ( www.dediserve.com ) announced last week via its blog it has acquired Belfast-based hosting firm AventureHost ( www.aventurehost.com ) for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is predicted to bring Dediserve’s annual revenue to $1.4 million by 2011.

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A diagram that explains how Digiweb’s cloud service works (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Irish hosting provider Digiweb ( www.digiweb.ie ) announced on Tuesday it has launched its utility based cloud computing platform. Launched at the 17th Annual Telecommunications and Internet Federation conference in Dublin Castle, Digiweb’s new platform provides reliable cloud servers in seconds. The solution has the added the ability to upload “own user” templates to offer greater flexibility

A company operating under the name “Internet Register Ireland” is contacting Irish businesses with .IE domain names by post and fax soliciting domain holders to register their domain name with them the registry for .IE domain names, IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has warned. The notice from “Internet Register Ireland” requests you to fill out their form and return it to them signed. It should be noted that they charge an excessive fee of approx €958 for the registration of your domain name in their database.

Servecentric CEO Aidan Donnelly and sales and marketing manager Helga Muir pose for a photo (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed data center services provider Servecentric ( www.servecentric.com ) announced Thursday it is planning a phased investment of about $1.4 million in its new cloud computing platform KloudCentric.

Servecentric CEO Aidan Donnelly and sales and marketing manager Helga Muir pose for a photo (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed data center services provider Servecentric ( www.servecentric.com ) announced Thursday it is planning a phased investment of about $1.4 million in its new cloud computing platform KloudCentric. In partnership with cloud management company Fort Technologies ( www.forttechnologies.com ), Servecentric took eighteen months to develop KloudCentric.

Over 100 proposals have been publicly announced for when ICANN begins taking applications for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) according to statistics compiled by Adrenaline TLD, themselves likely applicants for a number of sporting-related gTLDs such as .SKI, .BIKE and .SURF. The proposals are dominated by geographical and specialty strings and these make up 87 of the 104 possibilities and do not include internationalise domain name extensions. There are also duplicates with more than one applicant at this stage for several gTLDs including .GAY, .SPORT and .ECO.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts Blogs: Check out Pictures from our Toronto Networking Event News: Servecentric Wins Three-Year Managed Hosting Deal with Tesco Diets News: Telehouse Celebrates Opening of Docklands Data Center News: Hosting.com Launches Private Cloud Service News: SMBs Interested In, But Lack Understanding of Cloud Solutions: Verio Study (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed data center services provider Servecentric ( www.servecentric.com ) has won a three year, €140,000 (more than $172,000) managed hosting deal with Tesco Diets ( www.tescodiets.com ), an online subscription-based weight loss service that receives more than a million visits per week. Servecentric’s virtualized server environment is expected to slim Tesco Diets’ hosting costs by more than an third, and reduce its power consumption by 70 percent. According to Servecentric’s announcement this week, Tesco Diets made the decision to review its entire ICT strategy as its membership rapidly grows across Ireland and the UK, as more and more individuals use the company’s personalized, online diet plans and fitness programs.