An image from the ConnectWise website, illustrating some of the functions of the platform UK-based cloud hosting provider ThinkGrid ( www.thinkgrid.com ) announced on Tuesday that it had partnered with ConnectWise ( www.connectwise.com ), developer of a business management solution for IT service providers, integrating their solutions in an effort to drive adoption of cloud services by managed service providers. The partnership and integration will give MSPs the opportunity to provision and bill customers for ThinkGrid cloud services via the ConnectWise platform, which includes a pretty specialized and highly developed system for billing and provisioning. In January if this year, ThinkGrid announced a partnership with MigrationWiz , a deal similarly designed to accelerate adoption of its services, in this case by simplifying the process of migrating in-house services into the cloud

A screen shot of the Savvis Alliances Program page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Web hosting provider Savvis ( www.savvis.com ) announced details about its cloud-focused global Savvis Alliances Program ( www.savvis.com/alliances ) for channel partners. The move comes more than a month after the company launched its Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Center , which will be available in its Singapore data center in the second quarter of 2011. The multi-level program allows Savvis alliance partners to offer Savvis cloud services, as well as managed hosting, colocation, network services and managed security services, to their customers.

OneClickSSL is compatible with cPanel’s platform (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – SSL certificate provider GlobalSign ( www.globalsign.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has launched OneClickSSL plug-ins. According to the press release, the announcement was made at the World Hosting Days 2011 held in Germany. To follow the WHIR’s coverage of the event, click here

A web-design company that ranked No. 22 on the Inc. 500 just four years ago shut its doors this week, leaving customers wondering why

Outgoing Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov presents his successor Birger Steen (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In his keynote address Wednesday morning at the Parallels Partner Summit ( www.parallels.com/summit/ ), founder and chief executive Serguei Beloussov announced his plans to step down as CEO and appointed the company’s current president Birger Steen to the CEO role. Steen will take over as CEO in April, taking on responsibility for all of the company’s functions, says Beloussov, including engineering and finance.

Outgoing Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov presents his successor Birger Steen (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In his keynote address Wednesday morning at the Parallels Partner Summit ( www.parallels.com/summit/ ), founder and chief executive Serguei Beloussov announced his plans to step down as CEO and appointed the company’s current president Birger Steen to the CEO role. Steen will take over as CEO in April, taking on responsibility for all of the company’s functions, says Beloussov, including engineering and finance. Beloussov says he’ll stay on in a full-time capacity at the company as executive chairman

12|17|2010 11:03 am EDT Afternic DLS Enables New Partners for Premium Promotion Level by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Sales – 0 Comments What some Afternic members may have already noticed yesterday, when they logged into their interfaces and were prompted to enable some domains registered at the newly supported registrars for the highest promotion level, has become official today: Moniker and eNom can now fully integrated, meaning that you can now list domains registered there on the DLS Premium level and can be instantly transferred to the buyer. Share Tags: Tags: Afternic , Afternic DLS , buydomains , enom , Moniker , namemedia .