IBM Power 750 servers IBM Launches New Private Cloud Service Platforms (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM ( www.ibm.com ) announced on Wednesday it has expanded its CloudBurst family of pre-integrated cloud service delivery platforms with the release of its POWER7-based hardware. The company is also offering the appliance separately in software format to run on currently installed IBM and non-IBM systems. Based on IBM’s own corporate cloud installations and hosting engagements with clients, IBM CloudBurst appliances are workload-optimized solutions that integrate hardware, storage, networking, virtualization and its service management software to create a private cloud environment.

UPM’s Renforsin Ranta business park in Kajaani, the site of the future CSC – IT Center for Science data center. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — CSC – IT Center for Science ( www.csc.fi/english ) announced on Tuesday is will build one of the world’s most ecologically-efficient data centers in the Renforsin Ranta ( www.renforsinranta.fi ) business park in Kajaani, on the site of the former paper mill of UPM ( www.upm.com/en ) in northern Finland

John Zanni was general manager of Microsoft’s worldwide Software + Services division before joining Parallels as vice president of alliances. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Known as a fixture in the hosting industry, John Zanni, who has led the Microsoft’s ( www.microsoft.com ) hosted Software + Services business initiatives, has now joined virtualization and automation software developer Parallels ( www.parallels.com ) as vice president of alliances.

CHICAGO , Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Steadfast Networks , a leading Chicago based data center and dedicated server hosting provider, announced today its #1359 ranking on the Inc

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: EuroDNS to Provide Open-Xchange Webmail to More Than 250,000 Customers News: GoGrid Opens Virginia Data Center Articles: What IT Can Expect with Internet Explorer 9 Articles: Flex Development Eases Business Intelligence Through RIAs News: Q&A: David Link CEO of Cloud Management Solutions Firm ScienceLogic (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud Infrastructure and hybrid hosting provider GoGrid ( www.gogrid.com ) announced on Wednesday it has opened a new data center in Ashburn, Virginia run by data center operator Equinix ( www.equinix.com ). As part of ServePath, GoGrid operates its own data center in San Francisco. By adding the new East Coast data center, GoGrid is able to give more options for customers who require out-of-region failover and disaster recovery services

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Q&A: David Link CEO of Cloud Management Solutions Firm ScienceLogic Blogs: New on WHIR TV – Peer 1’s Toronto Data Center, Part 7 News: DigiCert Launches Free SSL Certificate Management Application News: Nirvanix Unveils Hybrid Cloud Storage Service “hNode” News: Upgrades to Oracle Oracle Sun Storage 7000 Family Include Built-in Data De-duplication (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Authentication and encryption services provider DigiCert ( www.digicert.com ) has created a free tool designed to diagnose and repair SSL certificates, making managing and troubleshooting certificate installations virtually painless, regardless of whom issued the certificate. According to the Tuesday announcement from DigiCert, the SSL Certificate Management and Troubleshooting Tool (or DigiCertUtil.exe) is designed to simplify the lives of server administrators who manage SSL certificates, giving them the ability to view all the certificates on a server in one central location, allowing for easy management and troubleshooting. SSL certificates ensure the safe transfer of sensitive information online in a variety of applications from online shopping to secure email messages or even private health records.

Web Hosting News – DALLAS, TX – In response to its rapid national growth and customer demands, Horizon Data Center Solutions has promoted Jeff Crawford to national vice president of sales. Operating out of the data center solution provider’s national headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Crawford will be responsible for leading the company’s sales efforts and strategy as well as expanding the company’s customer base as Horizon continues its tri-coastal expansion. Crawford originally joined Horizon Data Center Solutions in 2009

Web Hosting News – Reading, UK – With Cloud positioned as the next logical step to optimise hosting infrastructure and reduce operational costs, DediPower Managed Hosting aims to help CIOs and CFOs cut through the hype and clarify how ‘Cloud can work for them’.  It is holding a special user event called Demystifying the Cloud, at the Science Museum at 10am on 20th May 2010, as part of its campaign to champion intelligent Cloud development and migration. Spencer Kelly, television personality and anchor-man, will act as MC for event which will feature an industry address by Gareth Cadwallader, business entrepreneur and Chair of the IT DDP; and a keynote presentation from Spencer Gallagher, CEO of Bluhalo, outlining his experience going-live with Private Cloud.   Various Cloud options will be explored by Robert Belgrave, solutions architect, DediPower, who will also reveal how to begin the audit process and select the best solution for your business

Reading, UK 17th May 2010: With Cloud positioned as the next logical step to optimise hosting infrastructure and reduce operational costs, DediPower Managed Hosting aims to help CIOs and CFOs cut through the hype and clarify how Cloud can work for them.

05|15|2010 3:28 pm EDT Cryptographer Whitfield ‘Whit’ Diffie Joins ICANN as VP for Information Security & Cryptography by Frank Michlick in Categories: News – 0 Comments Whitfield Diffie from Wikipedia/en:Infosecpedia As ICANN announced in a Press Release last night (PDF), the famous Cryptographer Whitefield ‘Whit’ Diffie has been hired by ICANN as Vice President for Information Security and Cryptography. With Stanford University electrical engineering professor Martin Hellman, Diffie created and published (1976, “ New Directions in Cryptography “, PDF) the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Protocol, which solved one of the fundamental problems of cryptography – key distribution. The process increased security through use of a secret key that is exchanged between parties prior to encryption