Visitors to the seized domains were met with an image saying the domain had been taken by Homeland Security (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( www.ice.gov ) announced this week it has made a significant error in the act of seizing several domains in connection with counterfeit products and child pornography. But according to a report by TorrentFreak.com , one of the seized domains belongs to a free DNS provider, and that 84,000 websites were inaccurately accused of containing links to child pornography material.

Visitors to the seized domains were met with an image saying the domain had been taken by Homeland Security (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( www.ice.gov ) announced this week it has made a significant error in the act of seizing several domains in connection with counterfeit products and child pornography. But according to a report by TorrentFreak.com , one of the seized domains belongs to a free DNS provider, and that 84,000 websites were inaccurately accused of containing links to child pornography material.

Laurel Burton, vice president of marketing at ViaWest (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and colocation provider ViaWest ( www.viawest.com ) announced on Tuesday it has named Laurel Burton vice president of marketing.  The appointment comes a month after ViaWest named Daren Castain the company’s regional vice president and general manager for the Utah market. In this role, Burton will spearhead marketing, lead generation, and branding for the company’s five state footprint, including major markets such as Denver, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Portland, Austin, and Las Vegas.  ViaWest says it is “aggressively growing both organically and through strategic acquisitions.” Since 2008, the company has added 12 data center facilities.  The hiring of Burton to lead ViaWest’s marketing efforts signals the company’s focus on continued market share expansion.

Laurel Burton, vice president of marketing at ViaWest (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and colocation provider ViaWest ( www.viawest.com ) announced on Tuesday it has named Laurel Burton vice president of marketing.  The appointment comes a month after ViaWest named Daren Castain the company’s regional vice president and general manager for the Utah market. In this role, Burton will spearhead marketing, lead generation, and branding for the company’s five state footprint, including major markets such as Denver, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Portland, Austin, and Las Vegas.  ViaWest says it is “aggressively growing both organically and through strategic acquisitions.” Since 2008, the company has added 12 data center facilities.  The hiring of Burton to lead ViaWest’s marketing efforts signals the company’s focus on continued market share expansion. “We are very excited to welcome Laurel to the team,” says Paul Gerrard, ViaWest’s EVP of sales and marketing.

Renesys’ graph of globally reachable Egyptian Networks for February 2011 Every Friday, WHIR editor in chief Liam Eagle assembles some notes on stories from the web hosting industry this week that you might have missed or that might, for one reason or another, be worth revisiting. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Just like last week, this week’s biggest news was a mixture of political and policy news from both North America and abroad, and acquisition news from within the hosting industry. And, like last week, much of that news came later in the week.

Company builds on expertise and success in the travel and financial services categories, providing contextual search results to help consumers make purchase decisions [news release] LOS ANGELES (January 13) — Oversee.net® has named Scott Morrow as Senior Vice President / GM of its Vertical Markets division, the company said today. Morrow will lead Oversee’s effort to rapidly build on its contextual search and comparative results capability, expanding on its success in financial services and travel to move into new marketplaces. The company, which operates well-established comparison sites like LowFares.com™ and CreditCards.org, is focusing development efforts on creating site experiences that help consumers make purchase decisions.

Canvas Dreams places its sustainable hosting practices front and center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Two “green” web hosting firms based in Portland, Oregon became one at the end of 2010, with the acquisition of Taproot Hosting by Canvas Dreams ( www.canvasdreams.com ), according to a post on the Sustainable Business Oregon website . Financial details of the deal, announced on December 30, were not revealed.

Canvas Dreams places its sustainable hosting practices front and center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Two “green” web hosting firms based in Portland, Oregon became one at the end of 2010, with the acquisition of Taproot Hosting by Canvas Dreams ( www.canvasdreams.com ), according to a post on the Sustainable Business Oregon website . Financial details of the deal, announced on December 30, were not revealed.

Monday, January 3, 2011, 11:16am PST | Modified: January 3, 2011, 11:16 AM Canvas Dreams acquires Taproot Hosting by Christina Williams Sustainable Business Oregon Email Reprints RSS Feeds Share Comments Two of Portland’s “green” Web hosting companies became one at the end of 2010, when Canvas Dreams LLC acquired Taproot Hosting for an undisclosed amount. The deal was announced Dec. 30.

The carrier hotel at 111 8th Ave in New York, acquired by Google from Digital Realty Trust (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center construction was in full swing throughout 2010, as companies scrambled to meet the rapidly growing infrastructure demands of enterprises around the world. There was a noticeable increase in data center buildouts and expansions, particularly when compared to 2009 — the year the recession really started taking its toll across all industry sectors, bringing many data center projects to a standstill