Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Media Lab Launches SiteGrinder-Optimized Hosting Powered by UK2 Group News: euNetworks Launches Low Latency Route from London to Frankfurt News: Amazon Lowers Price on High-Memory EC2 Instances News: AT&T Completes Sale of Japan Domestic Network Unit News: Red Hat Names VP of APAC, Chairman of Board (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider AT&T ( www.att.com ) announced on Thursday it has completed the sale of its domestic Japanese outsourcing services operations for $109 million to network solutions provider Internet Initiative Japan ( www.iij.ad.jp/en ). The transaction involved the transfer of 1,600 domestic Japanese business customers and 245 employees. The company first revealed in June that it was selling its Japan-based outsourcing services unit to Internet Initiative Japan

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Media Lab Launches SiteGrinder-Optimized Hosting Powered by UK2 Group News: euNetworks Launches Low Latency Route from London to Frankfurt News: Amazon Lowers Price on High-Memory EC2 Instances News: AT&T Completes Sale of Japan Domestic Network Unit News: Red Hat Names VP of APAC, Chairman of Board (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider AT&T ( www.att.com ) announced on Thursday it has completed the sale of its domestic Japanese outsourcing services operations for $109 million to network solutions provider Internet Initiative Japan ( www.iij.ad.jp/en ).

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Kaspersky Lab Names ANZ Business Development Manager News: UNH-IOL Offers Third-Party Energy Efficient Ethernet Interoperability Testing News: Steadfast Opens New Data Center in Chicago Blogs: Mastering the SMB via the Cloud News: Hitachi Data Systems Eases Companies into the Cloud with Low-Risk Deployments (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT solutions provider Hitachi Data Systems Corporation ( www.hds.com ) has announced new advancements to help customers safely tap storage resources in the cloud at their own pace with its Hitachi Data Systems for Private File Tiering solution. According to HDS, a subsidiary of Japanese technology and services provider Hitachi ( www.hitachi.com ), in its Tuesday announcement, the Hitachi Cloud Service for Private File Tiering is a key element of the Hitachi Cloud Services suite, enabling enterprise customers to move legacy or lower value file data into a cloud storage environment on a per-per-use basis. “The Hitachi Data Systems integrated portfolio of cloud technologies, solutions and services simplifies and accelerates the adoption of private, hybrid and public cloud environments,” HDS file and content chief strategist Miki Sandorfi said in a statement

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: LabTech Launches Integrated Backup and Recovery Solution with Bare Metal Restore Capabilities News: The Planet Launches New Server Cloud News: Feature: Inside Varonis’ Data Governance Software News: NYI X-Connect Offers Financial Exchange Connectivity Between 20 Markets News: NIIT, Hitachi Asia Launch New Cloud Service (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT solutions provider NIIT Technologies Limited ( www.niit.com ) and IT services provider Hitachi Asia ( www.hitachi.com.sg ) announced on Monday they have partnered to launch a high-reliability cloud computing service. The cloud computing hub will be hosted in NIIT Technologies’ data center in Bangkok and will initially only serve local Japanese corporations. Both companies drew on their expertise in data center management to launch the first phase of its cloud computing services

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: VeriSign Leads SSL Market with 44-Percent Unit Share: Netcraft Survey News: OpSource Names Senior VP and CMO News: NESIC Chooses Vyatta for the Virtual Foundation of its Consolidated Network Services Offering News: Verizon Business to Buy Colo Space from Terremark News: Web Host INetU Uses Tripwire Solution to Automate PCI Compliance (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Japanese network system integrator NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation ( www.nesic.co.jp/english/ ) has chosen virtual routing and security software from open networking and network virtualization provider Vyatta ( www.vyatta.com ) as the foundation network level of its Consolidated Network Services. According to its Tuesday announcement, the CNS combines high-performance x86 servers, a VMware-based virtualization platform, and network virtual appliances from Vyatta, Citrix and Checkpoint to deliver best-of-breed networking solutions on a single virtual server

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: New LabTech Release Boasts Easier Installation, Setup, More Features News: Amazon, Yahoo Ready Cloud-Computing Services for Japanese Market: Report News: Viridity Software Names President and CEO News: Real Estate Trust Siren Data SC-3 Buys Data Center from Intel News: Infraco Becomes Latest Major Carrier at Teraco Facilities in South Africa (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Remote monitoring and management, and automation solution developer LabTech Software ( www.labtechsoftware.com ) has released LabTech 2010, which features new capabilities, as well as improvements to existing features, enabling greater profitability with automation capabilities for the managed service provider community.  According to LabTech’s Monday announcement, the new LabTech 2010 software features an all-new installer for easier, faster configuration and agent deployment.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: New LabTech Release Boasts Easier Installation, Setup, More Features News: Amazon, Yahoo Ready Cloud-Computing Services for Japanese Market: Report News: Viridity Software Names President and CEO News: Real Estate Trust Siren Data SC-3 Buys Data Center from Intel News: Infraco Becomes Latest Major Carrier at Teraco Facilities in South Africa (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Chip manufacturer Intel ( www.intel.com ) announced on Friday it has sold its data center in Santa Clara to newly formed real estate trust firm Siren Data SC-3, according to a report by Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal . Chris Sumter, who is handling sales and marketing for Siren Data SC-3, said the real estate trust plans to construct 221,000 square feet of data storage space on the Walsh Avenue site. Though the exact price of the property was not disclosed, it was offered at $91.8 million in late 2007.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: New LabTech Release Boasts Easier Installation, Setup, More Features News: Amazon, Yahoo Ready Cloud-Computing Services for Japanese Market: Report News: Viridity Software Names President and CEO News: Real Estate Trust Siren Data SC-3 Buys Data Center from Intel News: Infraco Becomes Latest Major Carrier at Teraco Facilities in South Africa (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center energy resource management firm Viridity Software ( www.viridity.com ) announced on Monday it has named Robert Steinkrauss to president and CEO. Steinkrauss has extensive chief executive leadership experience in bringing early-to-mid stage companies to success, including dramatic organic growth, acquisition and IPO.  “We are very fortunate to have an industry luminary of Bob’s caliber join the Viridity Software team,” said Mike Rowan, co-founder and CTO of Viridity Software

Kazuhiro Gomi, president and CEO of NTT America. Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Total Domain Name Registrations Surpass 193 Million in First Quarter of 2010: VeriSign Report News: Verio Expands with New European Subsidiary News: Microsoft Opens Its Office Web Apps Suite in Four Countries News: NTT America Names New President and CEO Blogs: Could BP learn from our industry

NEW YORK, Jun 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — NTT America, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, today announced the appointment of Kazuhiro Gomi as the company’s president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board of Directors

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Mezeo Launches Program to Expand Mezeo-Based Cloud Storage Solutions News: PowerDNN Expands into UK with Manchester Data Center News: AT&T to Sell Japanese Unit to IIJ for $100M News: Flexiant Launches Version 2 of Cloud Platform FlexiScale News: CSC Names VP of Technology and Consumer Group (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud storage platform developer Mezeo Software ( www.mezeo.com ) has introduced the Mezeo Ready program, offering a comprehensive portfolio of technologies to simplify Mezeo-based cloud storage solutions. The Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform enables IT service providers offer branded cloud storage services, and large enterprises to implement a secure, private cloud, all featuring end-to-end encryption, advanced file sharing and collaboration, content tagging and access anywhere. According to its Wednesday announcement, the Mezeo Ready ecosystem offers a complete portfolio of proven, integrated solutions that are seamlessly integrated with the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Mezeo Launches Program to Expand Mezeo-Based Cloud Storage Solutions News: PowerDNN Expands into UK with Manchester Data Center News: AT&T to Sell Japanese Unit to IIJ for $100M News: Flexiant Launches Version 2 of Cloud Platform FlexiScale News: CSC Names VP of Technology and Consumer Group (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Software developer Flexiant ( www.flexiant.com ) has completed the bottom-up re-write of its public cloud platform with the launch of FlexiScale 2.0, which lets users grow their installations from one server to a thousand servers in just seconds. According to Flexiant’s Wednesday announcement, FlexiScale 2.0 gives start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses the flexibility to manage streaming video, social networking, Software as a Service, and a wealth of other applications.  Supporting Windows Server and all common versions of Linux, FlexiScale 2.0 lets customers run as many virtual dedicated servers as they want on a pay-as-you-go basis, and they can be based upon either an OS or appliance images from Flexiant’s own library, a custom image, or a clone of an existing customer server

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Mezeo Launches Program to Expand Mezeo-Based Cloud Storage Solutions News: PowerDNN Expands into UK with Manchester Data Center News: AT&T to Sell Japanese Unit to IIJ for $100M News: Flexiant Launches Version 2 of Cloud Platform FlexiScale News: CSC Names VP of Technology and Consumer Group (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications giant AT&T ( www.att.com ) announced on Tuesday it is selling its Japan-based outsourcing services unit to network solutions provider Internet Initiative Japan ( www.iij.ad.jp/en ) for $100 million. The Japanese unit currently has 1,600 Japanese customers and about 250 employees.