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Web Hosting News – The news that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its’ remit to cover the online realm has been broadly welcomed by the Cloud Industry Forum. It means that online marketing and ads will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media. The Committee of Advertising Practice’s code for non-broadcast advertising, sales promotion and direct mail is to apply to all marketing communication on companies’ websites and via social media platforms.

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: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT management software and solutions provider CA Technologies ( www.ca.com ) has agreed to acquire online fraud prevention, authentication and electronic document security services firm Arcot Systems ( www.arcot.com ) for $200 million in cash. According to CA’s Monday announcement, the acquisition will enable CA to add Arcot’s fraud prevention and advanced authentication technology to its current identity and access management offerings. A recent  Wall Street Journal article notes that this is the latest in a series of software sector acquisitions that are establishing a consolidation trend

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: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Virtual hosting provider Infinitely Virtual ( www.infinitelyvirtual.com ) has moved from software-based solutions to perimeter anti-virus solutions on Juniper ( www.juniper.net ) firewall products, providing another advanced, cost-effective business solution for customers. According to Infinitely Virtual’s Monday announcement, its addition of perimeter anti-virus protection was precipitated by company growth, and the desire to add a high-quality anti-virus solution, which is an important part of any unified threat management suite, and an integral part of any security strategy.

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: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT management software and solutions provider CA Technologies ( www.ca.com ) has agreed to acquire online fraud prevention, authentication and electronic document security services firm Arcot Systems ( www.arcot.com ) for $200 million in cash.

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: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Virtual hosting provider Infinitely Virtual ( www.infinitelyvirtual.com ) has moved from software-based solutions to perimeter anti-virus solutions on Juniper ( www.juniper.net ) firewall products, providing another advanced, cost-effective business solution for customers. According to Infinitely Virtual’s Monday announcement, its addition of perimeter anti-virus protection was precipitated by company growth, and the desire to add a high-quality anti-virus solution, which is an important part of any unified threat management suite, and an integral part of any security strategy. To protect against network-level attacks, Juniper devices use a dynamic packet filtering method known as “stateful inspection” to unmask malicious traffic, enabling firewalls to collect information on various components in a packet header, including source and destination IP addresses, source and destination port numbers, and packet sequence numbers.

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: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Equinix ( www.equinix.com ) announced on Monday it plans to build its second International Business Exchange data center, HK2, in Hong Kong. The new $63 million HK2 IBX data center will provide for a total of more than 1,450 cabinet equivalents. Set to open in the third quarter of 2011, the $20 million first phase of the HK2 IBX center will offer an initial 450 cabinet equivalents

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: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Personal computer software pioneer Paul Allen, one of the founders of technology giant Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ), is suing nearly a dozen major technology companies that have allegedly infringed on patents held by his company Interval Licensing. According to court documents filed Friday , Interval Licensing is suing 11 companies: AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube for violating at least one of four patents

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: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider BurstNET Technologies ( www.burst.net ) announced on Monday it has expanded into the European hosting marketplace by launching its wholly-owned subsidiary, BurstNET Limited ( www.burstnet.eu ). To support its expansion into Europe, BurstNET has selected Manchester, UK for its European base of operations. The headquarters will meet both international customer demand and globally redundant hosted infrastructure needs.

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: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement News: Digital Realty, Real Estate Firm to Develop Data Center in Santa Clara News: Investment Firm SIV Buys Saudi Arabian Web Host Sahara Net (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Personal computer software pioneer Paul Allen, one of the founders of technology giant Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ), is suing nearly a dozen major technology companies that have allegedly infringed on patents held by his company Interval Licensing. According to court documents filed Friday , Interval Licensing is suing 11 companies: AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube for violating at least one of four patents. The four patents are described as follows: “Browser for Use in Navigating a Body of Information, With Particular Application to Browsing Information Represented”, “Attention Manager for Occupying the Peripheral Attention of a Person in the Vicinity of a Display Device”, “Attention Manager for Occupying the Peripheral Attention of a Person in the Vicinity of a Display Device”, and “Alerting Users to Items of Current Interest”.

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: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement News: Digital Realty, Real Estate Firm to Develop Data Center in Santa Clara News: Investment Firm SIV Buys Saudi Arabian Web Host Sahara Net (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator  Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ), and real estate firm Behringer Harvard ( www.behringerhavard.com ) announced on Monday that they have partnered to develop a move-in-ready Turn-Key data center for multiple tenants at Santa Clara Tech Center. The three-building campus is located in Santa Clara, California about 45 miles south of San Francisco in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement News: Digital Realty, Real Estate Firm to Develop Data Center in Santa Clara News: Investment Firm SIV Buys Saudi Arabian Web Host Sahara Net (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Belgian investment firm Sahara International Ventures ( www.sahara.nl ) recently announced it has acquired a majority stake in Saudi Arabian Web hosting provider Sahara Net ( www.sahara.com ). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed

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: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement News: Digital Realty, Real Estate Firm to Develop Data Center in Santa Clara News: Investment Firm SIV Buys Saudi Arabian Web Host Sahara Net (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Technology company HP ( www.hp.com ) has announced an all-in-one solution for deploying an open and flexible private cloud environment in a month’s time.