A screenshot of the letter sent to New Hampshire’s Attorney General (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The breach of private information belonging to more than 100,000 Massachusetts residents could test the state’s new data privacy law, according to a report by Threat Post . New York City bus tour company CitySights NY was hit with a SQL injection attack on its servers, which contained the financial information of 1,850 Massachusetts residents was stolen

This figure from the California EPA shows the state’s emissions per person, which have been in decline. Some tech companies in California worry that a proposed bill will inhibit this positive development. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A proposition designed to create jobs in California at the expense of the state greenhouse gas emission goals, has several technology companies pleeding with voters to oppose the legislation, which will go to ballot Tuesday

Sioux Falls is largest city in South Dakota, and, according to consultancy The Boyd Company, is the cheapest place in the US for building a data center. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is the least expensive city in America in which to operate a data center, according to a study by independent site selection consulting services provider The Boyd Company ( www.theboydcompany.com ). The report, released last week by the Princeton, NJ-based consultancy, found that based on cost criteria such as labor, power, land, and taxes, Sioux Falls was the least expensive city in which to operate a data center.

Sioux Falls is largest city in South Dakota, and, according to consultancy The Boyd Company, is the cheapest place in the US for building a data center. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is the least expensive city in America in which to operate a data center, according to a study by independent site selection consulting services provider The Boyd Company ( www.theboydcompany.com )

ISOC-IL, the registry for .IL (Israel), has announced they will soon be making available domain names containing Hebrew characters, like איגוד-האינטרנט.org.il. Prior to general availability, ISOC-IL is launching a Sunrise process. There will be four phases in the lead up to making Hebrew .IL domain names available to the general public

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – August 27, 2010 News: Web Host LeaseWeb Launches Community Outreach Project News: VoxDomains.com Offers Grid-Powered Web Hosting News: Virginia Data Center Experiences Massive Outage News: NYSE Euronext Completes NYSE and NYSE Amex Equities Migration (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A massive outage at the state of Virginia’s data center in Chesterfield brought many critical services to a halt, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge . More than 220 servers at the facility went offline Thursday, left at least 24 state agencies stranded without IT support, reported local media.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement News: Digital Realty, Real Estate Firm to Develop Data Center in Santa Clara News: Investment Firm SIV Buys Saudi Arabian Web Host Sahara Net (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A massive outage at the state of Virginia’s data center in Chesterfield brought many critical services to a halt, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge .

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: CoreLink Data Centers Relocates HQ, Opens New Facility News: Peer 1 Completes SAS70 Type II and CICA 5970 Audits News: Swedish Pirate Party to Host Wikileaks Servers News: Texas Seeks Help on IBM Data Center Contract News: Consonus Gets First Commercial Data Center Energy Star Seal (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The state of Texas has began searching for new companies to complete a massive data center consolidation project that IBM ( www.ibm.com ) is currently the lead contractor for, in the midst of an ongoing dispute between the two sides. The move could potentially bring an end to the seven-year deal IBM and Texas’ Department of Information Resources signed in 2006, which aimed to consolidate 28 state agencies into two data centers

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Swedish Pirate Party to Host Wikileaks Servers News: Texas Seeks Help on IBM Data Center Contract News: Consonus Gets First Commercial Data Center Energy Star Seal Articles: The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet Articles: Guide to server hosting and colocation (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The state of Texas has began searching for new companies to complete a massive data center consolidation project that IBM ( www.ibm.com ) is currently the lead contractor for, in the midst of an ongoing dispute between the two sides

Massachusetts Data Breach Exposes 139,000 Records The Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office became the latest data breach victim when an employee accidentally released confidential information of 139,000 state-registered investment advisers to a business publication. The breach occurred when personal information of tens of thousands of investment professionals contained on a CD-ROM was sent to IA Week, an investment industry publication, in response to a request for public information