July 29, 2011 — Management software and solutions provider CA Technologies announced on Friday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held SaaS-based monitoring firm WatchMouse. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to the press release, WatchMouse uses a globally-distributed infrastructure of more than 60 monitoring stations in more than 40 countries.

July 14, 2011 — EMC Corporation announced on Thursday that it has launched its new EMC ProSphere Storage Resource Management solution, designed to meet the needs of cloud computing and virtualized environments. According to the press release, ProSphere delivers an end-to-end view of storage assets no matter the location, allowing single-pane management.

A screen shot of CyberMedia`s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- IT research group CyberMedia Research ( www.cybermedia.co.in ) announced on Thursday it has released a new study that projects that the India data center services market will grow at a CAGR of 23 percent over the three years till 2012 to touch $2.6 billion. Titled “India Data Center Services Market Review 2011″, the study shows that the third party data center services market, which makes-up for 20 percent of the market, is slated to grow at a CAGR of 34 percent to reach $600 million during this period. The data centers that make-up for four-fifths of the market will record slower growth compared to the overall data center services market, according to the study.

An illustration, from the Rackspace website, of Cloud Load Balancers in operation (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed and cloud hosting provider Rackspace ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has introduced its Cloud Load Balancers offering, a software-based, utility-priced load balancing product designed for use with its cloud hosting products, as well as its dedicated and managed server offerings. In private beta since Novmeber of 2010, and public beta since February of this year, Cloud Load Balancers, says Rackspace, is designed to alleviate the barriers to entry and architectural complexity associated with using third-party open source software load balancers. Based on that lengthy beta period, says Jerry Schwartz, enterprise services product manager at Rackspace, in an interview with the WHIR, the company incorporated a great deal of customer feedback into the development of its Cloud Load Balancers

A screenshot from the online demo of 4PSA’s Domain Manager tool (WEB HOST INDSUTRY REVIEW) — Hosting and cloud computing software 4PSA ( www.4psa.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has released the latest version of its DNS Manager software, adding new functions and features to its multitenant tool for delivering DNS services to service providers and businesses.

A screenshot from the online demo of 4PSA’s Domain Manager tool (WEB HOST INDSUTRY REVIEW) — Hosting and cloud computing software 4PSA ( www.4psa.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has released the latest version of its DNS Manager software, adding new functions and features to its multitenant tool for delivering DNS services to service providers and businesses. Version 4.0 of the DNS Manager software, says the company, simplifies the management of DNS zones, and provides more control to system administrators.

Dot VN,has recently announced that its partner ,the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) agreed to help the Laotian Internet Network Information Center (LANIC) to reclaim and relaunch the Laos ccTLD .LA .