A screen shot of Rackspace’s partner program page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Tuesday it has improved its Rackspace Partner Program ( www.rackspace.com/partners ), which combines its four channel programs into one global partner experience. Rackspace’s newly structured partner channel program comes a year after it launched its partner program for resellers and affiliates . The program now provides partners with a range of additional hosted services, a centralized portal for relationship management, an integrated compensation structure and tiered benefits for different program levels.

A diagram of the infrastructure behind DynamicOps Virtual Resource Manager software for virtual desktops (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud automation software provider DynamicOps ( www.dynamicops.com ) announced on Monday it has closed $11 million in venture funding.  The Series B round was led by Sierra Ventures. Next World Capital participated, joining Credit Suisse’s Next II venture group in ownership.

An artist rendering of CyrusOne West Houston data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation provider CyrusOne ( www.cyrusone.com ) announced on Thursday its West Houston data center recently earned LEED Silver Certification established by the US Green Building Council ( www.usgbc.org ) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute for its environmentally friendly design. Located along the North West Beltway between Interstate I-10 and Highway 290, the CyrusOne West Houston data center is the first core and shell to be certified in Houston and the second data center to be certified in Houston. The LEED certification of CyrusOne’s West Houston campus can be attributed to many green design and construction features.

How cloud hosting is the latest technology to revolutionize how you use the web and your business. So you’ve been hearing a lot of talk about this thing called “Cloud Hosting”, the next intangible, ambiguous new entity poised to “revolutionize” the Internet yet again.

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Web hosting pioneer, AIS Network has convincingly demonstrated it has the expertise to deliver Microsoft [NASDAQ: MSFT] products and technology. So it’s no surprise that it was awarded Silver Competency Status in the Microsoft Partner Program in early February

A screen shot of CWCS’ site, which features the Microsoft Certified logo at the bottom left (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK Web hosting provider CWCS Managed Hosting ( www.cwcs.co.uk ) announced on Friday it has achieved two silver competencies for hosting and midmarket solution provider from Microsoft. The hosting provider previously announced in October that it achieved Microsoft Certified Status with an initial competency as a mid-market solution provider.

A screen shot of CWCS’ site, which features the Microsoft Certified logo at the bottom left (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK Web hosting provider CWCS Managed Hosting ( www.cwcs.co.uk ) announced on Friday it has achieved two silver competencies for hosting and midmarket solution provider from Microsoft. The hosting provider previously announced in October that it achieved Microsoft Certified Status with an initial competency as a mid-market solution provider. To earn silver certification, CWCS had to adhere to standards set by Microsoft which enable partners to better serve customer requirements.

The logo and rating system for BCS’ The Certified Energy Efficiency Datacenter Award (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Chartered Institute for IT, formerly known as British Computer Society ( www.bcs.org ), launched a new certification last month that aims to give European data center owners a new own green IT standard for facilities. The new standard for green data centers follows in the footsteps of The US Green Building Council’s LEED standard.

An artist rendering of the Santa Clara data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center developer Server Farm Realty ( www.serverfarmrealty.com ) announced on Thursday it is reaching completion of its new 26,900 square foot data center in Santa Clara, California.  The facility has an average of 1.3 PUE, and is on target to meet LEED Silver requirements by the time it is ready for tenant occupancy in April 2011.  “While Silicon Valley is home for most of the data centers in the world, there remains a high level of unmet demand,” said Avner Papouchado, president and chief executive officer of Server Farm Realty. “By offering LEED Silver certification and top-of-the-line energy efficiency, our data center delivers a level of reliability, sustainability and cost-savings that hasn’t been readily available.” The computing floor in the data center is 13,000 square feet and is designed to be maintainable with Tier III infrastructure and N+1 redundancy, according to the company.  Server Farm Realty says its facility is protected by Hi-Fog ( www.marioff.com ), a water misting system designed to prevent excessive damage in the case of a fire