An image from the website for Microsoft’s Mix 2011 developer’s conference (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a report posted by The Register yesterday, and originating from the Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ) Mix 2011 conference currently taking place in Las Vegas, the software giant has launched an update to its Windows Azure software developers kit , providing improved functions for migration and management of applications and servers based on IIS to the company’s PaaS cloud environment.

An image from the website for Microsoft’s Mix 2011 developer’s conference (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a report posted by The Register yesterday, and originating from the Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ) Mix 2011 conference currently taking place in Las Vegas, the software giant has launched an update to its Windows Azure software developers kit , providing improved functions for migration and management of applications and servers based on IIS to the company’s PaaS cloud environment.

A screen shot of EdgeCast’s Application Delivery Network interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — CDN provider EdgeCast Networks ( www.edgecast.com ) announced on Thursday it has launched the beta of its Application Delivery Network, a delivery service that optimizes performance of sites running applications and serving content that changes in real time. Built on the company’s distributed global content delivery network, EdgeCast Networks claims the Application Delivery Network will improve the speed and availability of dynamic content and web applications. The beta testing shows performance improvements in the 200 percent to 400 percent range “for applications that would not have benefitted from traditional edge caching.” EdgeCast Networks says it is testing the platform with several customers and expects the service to be widely available by the first quarter of 2011

A screen shot of EdgeCast’s Application Delivery Network interface (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — CDN provider EdgeCast Networks ( www.edgecast.com ) announced on Thursday it has launched the beta of its Application Delivery Network, a delivery service that optimizes performance of sites running applications and serving content that changes in real time.

Attenda’s cloud platform is designed to deliver the availability, agility and security of multi-site cloud platform architectures to enterprise applications.

There are many choices that present themselves when businesses look to revamp their existing IT configurations, and many include the employment of new and updated servers. However, several unique characteristics exist between ranges and types of servers, and businesses should be aware of these – specifically between popular dedicated and virtual private servers

French net filtering plan moves forward French lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve a draft law to filter Internet traffic, a measure the government says is intended to catch child pornographers. The bill will now go on for a second and final reading. Critics of the catch-all “Bill on direction and planning for the performance of domestic security” say that filtering won’t stop the spread of child pornography — but could allow the government to censor other materials.