A diagram of the many functions of OpSource’s new hybrid services, App Ops and Tech Ops (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider OpSource ( www.opsource.net ) announced on Tuesday it has launched managed services for the cloud, a full suite of application and system management services that provides businesses and developers with a “more operationally-efficient model” for migrating and scaling applications in the public cloud.

Rackspace’s new Cloud Connect service lets users seamlessly link cloud hosting and dedicated hosting (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Tuesday it has launched two new cloud services to better serve the enterprise market. Released in Beta last month, Cloud Connect offers customers a seamless integration of The Rackspace Cloud and dedicated hosting. Meanwhile, the new Critical Sites service level provides advanced monitoring for customers who rely on their websites and applications as mission critical components of their business.

The updated Cloud Access Suite, which includes CloudAFS (shown in the diagram above), now simplifies the deployment of Rackspace Cloud Files, OpenStack and Caringo CAStor cloud storage platforms.

The code for OpenStack Object Storage was made available as a developer preview in July. The initial release, “Austin”, makes the highly available cloud storage platform easier to install and deploy. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In its continuing effort to provide a viable open-source alternative to other clouds, open-source cloud computing platform OpenStack ( www.openstack.org ) has released its first OpenStack Compute and Object Storage release.

A screen shot of Cybernautic’s front page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting, Web design and search engine optimization services provider Cybernautic ( www.cybernauticdesign.com ) announced on Thursday it is acquiring hosting provider CSM Hosting. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Web Hosting News – SAN ANTONIO, TX – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in hosting and cloud computing, today announced the general availability of its Cloud Servers™ for Windows offering. The new service delivers a highly scalable environment ideal for Windows-based hosting, testing and developing applications and supporting the high levels of traffic required for launching online gaming platforms or the next social networking phenomenon. Designed for small to medium businesses, .NET developers, system administrators, IT Pros, and current Rackspace customers, Cloud Servers for Windows features include: • Custom configurations with full administrator access • Ability to upgrade server size on-demand • Add or delete servers on the fly • Rescue mode • Management via the Rackspace Cloud Control Panel and the Cloud Servers API • Ability to add additional IP addresses • Pay only for what you use with a utility payment model with hourly billing; no contracts or upfront costs • Backups and Snapshots to Cloud Files™ (coming soon) • Enterprise-class SLAs • Support for a broad array of the latest Microsoft Windows Server Images including: * Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit * Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit * Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 32-bit * Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2       Enterprise Edition 32-bit “Microsoft is committed to delivering a broad set of enterprise-ready products and services that build on the existing capabilities and skill sets of service providers like Rackspace,” said John Zanni, general manager of Worldwide Hosting for the Communications Sector at Microsoft Corp.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: VMware Unveils Virtual Email and Collaboration Appliance News: American Eagle Site Suffers Unusual Multi-Day Outage News: Cloud Firm Voxel Expands Service Across Equinix Data Centers News: Bobcares Unveils On-the-Go Server Monitoring App for iPhone OS News: Rackspace Offers Cloud Servers for Windows (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Tuesday it has begun general availability of its Cloud Servers for Windows offering.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Bobcares Unveils On-the-Go Server Monitoring Service for iPhone OS News: Rackspace Offers Cloud Servers for Windows News: i365 Expands EVault Remote Disaster Recovery Service For Multi-Platform Cloud Environments News: Datapipe Names VP of Cloud Strategy and Architecture News: Q&A: Nicholas Tanzi, President and CEO, GPX Global Systems (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Tuesday it has begun general availability of its Cloud Servers for Windows offering. The announcement comes less than a month after Rackspace launched its open-source cloud platform OpenStack , where it revealed it is donating the code that powers its Cloud Files and Cloud Servers public-cloud offerings to the OpenStack project.  The new service “delivers a highly scalable environment ideal for Windows-based hosting, testing and developing applications and supporting the high levels of traffic required for launching online gaming platforms or the next social networking phenomenon,” says Rackspace

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Defining Cloud Valuations, with NCC International Blogs: Posted Some Exhibit Hall Setup Shots on Flickr News: The Challenges of International Business, with Usman Arshad of HostDime News: Hartland Ross on Using Marketing Best Practices to Increase Profits and Prospects News: The Evolution of Hosting – Where We Are Going, with Equinix (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and cloud provider Rackspace ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Monday it has launched OpenStack, an open-source cloud platform designed to foster the emergence of technology standards and cloud interoperability. Rackspace is donating the code that powers its Cloud Files and Cloud Servers public-cloud offerings to the OpenStack project.  The project will also incorporate technology that powers the NASA Nebula Cloud Platform ( http://nebula.nasa.gov ).  Rackspace and NASA plan to actively partner on joint technology development and leverage the efforts of open-source software developers worldwide

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts Blogs: Viacom v. YouTube News: CentriLogic Signs First Customer to US-Based IaaS Cloud News: Trustwave Unveils Planned End-to-End Encryption Solution to Help Merchant Mitigate Risk News: Oracle Application Express Release 4.0 Streamlines Database-Centric Web App Development News: Nimsoft Unified Monitoring Provides Insight into Power, Google Apps, Google AppEngine and the Rackspace Cloud (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Further streamlining the development of database-centric Web applications, longtime business software and hardware systems provider Oracle ( www.oracle.com ) has introduced Oracle Application Express version 4.0, which is designed to reduce the time and complexity of building Web 2.0 applications and reports. According to Oracle’s Wednesday announcement, Oracle Application Express Release 4.0 is available for download from the Oracle Technology Network ( www.oracle.com/technetwork ), and is included in all editions and releases of Oracle Database 11g at no additional cost