September 2, 2011 — Internet backbone and colocation provider Hurricane Electric announced on Friday that it is partnering with Internet Society Hong Kong to launch the first IPv6 Certification Program in Asia. According to the press release, it will be the first non-English global IPv6 certification program since it will be conducted in Chinese.

August 25, 2011 — UK-based cloud infrastructure provider Flexiant announced on Thursday that it has partnered with platform as a service provider Standing Cloud to launch “Standing Cloud powered by Flexiant.” The integration of Flexiant’s Extility cloud platform with Standing Cloud’s application layer will simplify the deployment and management of cloud applications, according to the press release.

August 23, 2011 — Web hosting control panel developer cPanel announced on Thursday that it has named Ben Fisher director of marketing. Fisher is the first person to fill this role, according to the press release. Fisher owns TheHostingNews.com, where he is responsible for marketing and business development for the news website as well.

August 17, 2011 — Cloud hosting and colocation provider ScaleMatrix announced on Tuesday that it has opened a 50,000 square foot data center in San Diego, California. ScaleMatrix has access to 11 additional data centers throughout the country through a partnership with Forsythe. According to the press release, the facility will create more than a hundred new jobs in the region.

August 16, 2011 — Web hosting provider PEER 1 Hosting announced on Tuesday that it has opened an office in Bulgaria to improve its EMEA customer service. According to the press release, PEER 1’s location in Bulgaria has ten monitoring and quality assurance professionals to provide 24×7 customer service.

July 29, 2011 — Management software and solutions provider CA Technologies announced on Friday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held SaaS-based monitoring firm WatchMouse. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to the press release, WatchMouse uses a globally-distributed infrastructure of more than 60 monitoring stations in more than 40 countries.

July 22, 2011 — Connectivity solutions provider AboveNet announced on Thursday that it has connected to Provdotnet data centers located in Providence, Rhode Island. AboveNet completed the installation of a diverse 432 strand fiber connection, according to the press release.