IOMART, the Scottish web-hosting and data storage company, yesterday said it has recently signed four contracts worth £1.8 million on the increasing demand for cloud computing services, writes Mark Smith. AIM-listed Iomart, which has its headquarters in Glasgow, also said it was now closing between 30 and 40 new orders per month from both new and existing customers. Cloud computing is internet-based computing resources – such as storage, email and other services – provided to computers and other devices on demand, much like the electricity grid

A screenshot of GMG Radio’s website, one of iomart’s new customers (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Managed hosting and cloud computing services provider iomart Group ( www.iomart.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has recently won contracts worth $2.9 million.  This announcement comes a month following the company’s migration of over 300,000 customer email accounts to the Open-Xchange platform.

A screen shot of the front page of Hosting.com’s 2011 Cloud Industry Trends and Best Practices Report (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Hosting.com ( www.hosting.com ) announced on Wednesday it has released its 2011 Cloud Industry Trends and Best Practices Report.  The report is based on data Hosting.com collected over a five-week period. The survey targeted company executives and IT professionals, which attracted nearly 600 individual responses. The 2011 Cloud Industry Trends and Best Practices Report introduces significant insight into the cloud marketplace – including consumer expectations of Cloud Computing, intended uses, obstacles, and expected timeframes for implementing cloud-based solutions.  Some of the findings from the report include 44 percent said cloud computing was an executive priority, BCDR services were cited a thes top reason for investment in the cloud and up to 5 times growth in the next 18 months, over 30 percent reported that their cloud services provider must provide integration with their existing services, and 80 percent said they are likely to consider cloud servers to replace physical servers.

An image of the Infomart Dallas data center is where CyberlinkASP’s infrastructure is housed (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed IT services provider CyberlinkASP ( www.cyberlinkasp.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has continued solid growth and performance throughout 2010 and into 2011.

An image of the Infomart Dallas data center is where CyberlinkASP’s infrastructure is housed (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed IT services provider CyberlinkASP ( www.cyberlinkasp.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has continued solid growth and performance throughout 2010 and into 2011. CyberlinkASP has released some highlights of 2010 including strong cash flows, expanded its Virtual Desktop into SoftLayer Technologies cloud, customer wins and PCI DSS and SAS 70 Type II for the second consecutive year. The company hosts and manages virtual desktops and applications for hundreds of small-to-medium-sized businesses in the US.

01|14|2011 4:41 pm EDT GoDaddy Issues Close to 50% of all Net New SSL Certificates by Frank Michlick in Categories: Registrars – 0 Comments According to a report issued by Netcraft Ltd ., a leading industry analyst, Go Daddy now issues approximately 50 percent of net new SSL certificates.  The report also cited “strong progress” for Go Daddy’s Extended Validation SSL certificates, which more than doubled in market share over the past year, rising from 4.2 percent to 9 percent.

An example of one of the templates available for ProStores hosting service (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Customers of eBay’s hosting service ProStores ( www.prostores.com ) have reportedly suffered downtime Tuesday, according to a report by AuctionByes .

An example of one of the templates available for ProStores hosting service (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Customers of eBay’s hosting service ProStores ( www.prostores.com ) have reportedly suffered downtime Tuesday, according to a report by AuctionByes . ProStores sellers reported their sites experienced about two hours starting at 3:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday.

eBay sellers reported an outage at ProStores, eBay’s web-hosting service, on Tuesday. Sellers who host their stores on ProStores reported their sites went down for about two hours beginning at 3:30 pm EST on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the secure pages on a number of ProStores experienced timeout errors.

Fasthosts’ CEO Andy Burton (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A new study finds 71 percent of British Web designers feel insufficient investment is hindering the success of small-and medium-sized enterprises on the web.