July 29, 2011 — Reseller hosting provider Gazzin.com announced on Wednesday that it has upgraded its reseller hosting plans and overall service offerings. According to the press release, the changes have been developed over the past several months and take effect with this announcement.

A video still from a WHIR interview with Steve Lesem, Mezeo president and CEO (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Cloud storage solutions provider Mezeo Software ( www.mezeo.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has been named one of Gartner’s “Cool Vendors” in the research firms Storage Technologies report. Gartner ( www.gartner.com ) defines a cool vendor as an enterprise that offers technologies or solutions that are innovative, impactful and intriguing and have caught Gartner’s attention over the past six months. According to the press release, Gartner finds that a storage infrastructure that meets service-level agreements is no longer adequate.

A chart shows the top spam topics in the eleven report (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Email security provider eleven ( www.eleven.de ) announced on Wednesday that overall spam levels in March were 36 percent below spam levels in the previous month.  The eleven email security report found that the shutdown of Rustock botnet by US authorities with Microsoft on March 16, 2011, led to the reduction in spam levels. Within 24 hours of the shutdown, spam levels fell by 60 percent.  Though spam saw a decrease in March, the level of malware sent via email increased significantly

A chart shows the top spam topics in the eleven report (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Email security provider eleven ( www.eleven.de ) announced on Wednesday that overall spam levels in March were 36 percent below spam levels in the previous month.  The eleven email security report found that the shutdown of Rustock botnet by US authorities with Microsoft on March 16, 2011, led to the reduction in spam levels. Within 24 hours of the shutdown, spam levels fell by 60 percent.  Though spam saw a decrease in March, the level of malware sent via email increased significantly. According to eleven, the amount of malware-infected emails doubled in March compared to the previous month.  Apparently, this is an expected “reaction to botnet takedowns, where spammers attempt to make up for lost infrastructures by sending mass quantities of Trojans.” According to eleven, Trojans were primarily camouflaged as notifications from courier services.  eleven says the decline in spam is the first time that it had fallen below the 90 percent mark since 2009.  The report says that the US is the top third spam source country, with India in the lead and Russia in second place.

French Web hosting provider, Online.net issued Dell a challenge it couldn’t refuse: build a unique server to enable low cost dedicated hosting and include enterprise functionality without sacrificing power or density. So the Dell Data Center Solutions Group went to work and came up with the Fortuna server employing the Via Nano CPU delivering an incredibly low-power solution of 20-29 Watts/server at full load and 15 Watts/server at OS idle.

A graph illustrates the top criteria for choosing an email security solution (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Over half of German IT managers say that spam levels have considerably increased over the past year, according to a report by email security provider eleven ( www.eleven.de ). The annual survey of more than 300 industry experts at the CeBIT expo in Germany found that most companies “continue to face increasing strain” due to spam

A graph illustrates the top criteria for choosing an email security solution (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Over half of German IT managers say that spam levels have considerably increased over the past year, according to a report by email security provider eleven ( www.eleven.de ). The annual survey of more than 300 industry experts at the CeBIT expo in Germany found that most companies “continue to face increasing strain” due to spam