Inside a CoreSite data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Colocation firm CoreSite Realty ( www.coresite.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has named Jeff Finnin as its new chief financial officer. Finnin will succeed Deedee Beckman starting January 24, 2011. “We are pleased to have Jeff join our leadership team,”Tom Ray, chief executive officer of CoreSite said in a statement.

Web Hosting News – DENVER, CO – CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR), a national provider of powerful, network-rich data centers, today announced that Jeff Finnin has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Finnin will succeed Deedee Beckman effective January 24, 2011.

Inside CoreLink Data Centers’ colocation facility (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation provider CoreLink Data Centers ( www.corelink.com ) announced on Friday that founding CEO Geoff Hampson has resigned from his position to pursue other opportunities. The board of directors has appointed Charles Picasso as the interim CEO and executive chairman of CoreLink’s board of directors

An image from the IceWEB site, illustrating a storage management interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Unified data storage and cloud storage hardware components maker IceWEB ( www.iceweb.com ) announced on Wednesday that it had won a contract to provide a data storage appliance for the city of Balitmore. The company says it received the order for the IceWEB storage appliance from the City of Baltimore, Mayor’s office for Information Technology.

An image from the IceWEB site, illustrating a storage management interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Unified data storage and cloud storage hardware components maker IceWEB ( www.iceweb.com ) announced on Wednesday that it had won a contract to provide a data storage appliance for the city of Balitmore. The company says it received the order for the IceWEB storage appliance from the City of Baltimore, Mayor’s office for Information Technology. The storage appliacen will be used to support the city’s geographic information system, and will enhance the functions for the input, processing and distribution of GIS information throughout the city in support of efforts related to public safety, utility maintenance, planning, economic development and other agencies and stakeholders

As part of its newly merged operations under the SoftLayer name, The Planet website now shows a message from SoftLayer’s chief executive officer and directs visitors to SoftLayer.com. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Days following the completion of their merger , on-demand data center services provider SoftLayer Technologies ( www.softlayer.com ) and The Planet ( www.theplanet.com ) have officially launched their merged operations under the SoftLayer name. Existing customers of The Planet can continue managing their systems and their account through Orbit ( https://orbit.theplanet.com/ ) or the Managed Hosting Portal ( https://mhportal.theplanet.com/ ), which they have used previously

Smart Grids Offer Cyber Attack Opportunities Is your home electricity meter the next device you have to worry about getting hacked? Researchers at last week’s IEEE SmartGridComm2010 conference in Gaithersburg, Md., warned that as utilities transition to greater use of smart grids, their increased two-way communication would leave consumers and suppliers open to more forms of cyber attack. In fact, by 2015, they estimated, the smart grid will offer up to 440 million potential points to be hacked.

The three-day conference and “Automation Bootcamp” will provide attendees technical education, dialogue, and expert advice on tapping the full potential of cPanel and WebHost Manager, as well as Enkompass for Windows Server. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — This year’s cPanel “Automation Bootcamp” conference is set to begin next week, featuring sessions and other opportunities to help hosting professionals maximize their business’ profitability, achieve total automation, and vastly expand their knowledge base.

Beverly Hills, CA (Vocus) September 29, 2010 WebHostingBuzz, a leading web hosting provider with UK and US-based data centers, is offering 50% off for new reseller hosting account transfers.

Taken from a Netezza white paper, an illustration showing the architecture of the comapny’s TwinFin system (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an effort to expand its business analytics initiatives, IBM ( www.ibm.com ) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Netezza Corporation ( www.netezza.com ) for a net price of approximately $1.7 billion. According to IBM’s Monday announcement, the addition of Netezza technologies will help IBM clients gain faster insights into their business information at a lower cost