[news release] EURid, the registry for the .eu top-level domain, successfully tested its disaster recovery plan yesterday during a business continuity exercise. During the exercise, the .eu registration systems were transferred from the registry’s data centre in Brussels, Belgium, to an alternative data centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. “As the custodian of the .eu top-level domain, we take our duty of maintaining the .eu registration systems very seriously. This year’s business continuity exercise showed that our back-up systems are robust,” said Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager of EURid. “We took this exercise beyond roll-playing and by doing so, actually tested EURid’s real-time capacity for disaster recovery.” It is good business practice to anticipate worst-case scenarios. Yesterday’s exercise prepared registry staff for what to do in the event of a real disaster and so reduced operational risk, allowing EURid to maintain a high level of service to its .eu accredited registrars. Registrars are crucial to the .eu registry’s core business – the registration of .eu domain names. The exercise ran from 10.02 until 12.22 CEST. Following the completion of the exercise, all .eu systems came back online and registrars were able to register .eu domain names once again, proving that should disaster strike, EURid can continue its operations in a sustainable manner. EURid’s 2011 business continuity exercise was externally audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. This EURid news release was sourced from: www.eurid.eu/en/content/eu-passes-disaster-tests To register your .EU domain name, check out Europe Registry here .

04.15.2011– BREA, California—April 15, 2011—DreamHost is one of 52 organizations named on the “WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2011”, a global certification given by WorldBlu, a company specializing in organizational democracy. The announcement came as part of the fifth annual “Democracy in the Workplace Day” on April 12th

Brea, CA (PRWEB) April 15, 2011 DreamHost is one of 52 organizations named on the “WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2011”, a global certification given by WorldBlu, a company specializing in organizational democracy.

Hosting Reviews – REDMOND, WA — Microsoft Corp. today released its global “SMB Cloud Adoption Study 2011,” which investigates how cloud computing will impact small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the next three years. The research finds that 39 percent of SMBs expect to be paying for one or more cloud services within three years, an increase of 34 percent from the current 29 percent.

GoDaddy Greatresponder.com -2011-03-08 – G o Daddy , a premiere web host provider and domain registration, is seeking 350 more employees to add to their current count of 3,000 people.  More people are needed in the Customer Care Department but Go Daddy are welcoming job seekers who wanted to try for the job positions in the area of Linux, .NET engineers, IT development, marketing, accounting and facilities

Website Hosting News – ALLENTOWN, PA – Leading managed hosting and cloud provider INetU has gone international. Just weeks after passing a third-party independent audit to meet ISAE 3402 international accounting compliance standards, INetU has launched hosting services in a state-of-the-art data center facility in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for its international clients. “Operating our services abroad was the logical next step in our efforts to meet the needs of our ever-expanding international clientele,” said Dev Chanchani, president, INetU.

A screen shot of Go Daddy’s jobs page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Go Daddy ( www.godaddy.com ) announced on Wednesday it now has more than 3,000 people and is looking to hire at least 350 more in the weeks ahead. A majority of Go Daddy’s employees work in the company’s Customer Care centers, all based in the US