August 25, 2011 — – IT infrastructure services provider NTT America announced Thursday it has extended its suite of private cloud services to support hybrid cloud requirements after achieving VMware vCloud Powered status for the NTT Communications private cloud service offering.

August 25, 2011 — Telecommunications provider Verizon Communications announced on Thursday it has acquired cloud software developer CloudSwitch in a deal that will simplify the move to the enterprise cloud and help to increase industry adoption. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

August 25. 2011 — Website building service Webs.com announced on Thursday that it has integrated its mobile site app in its site builder. Originally part of its App Store, the Webs mobile application is now fully integrated the site builder. The mobile site in “maintenance free,” Webs.com says, because it automatically synchs with the primary website.

August 25, 2011 — Data center operator Quality Technology Services announced on Thursday it has appointed Rick Henson to serve as the company’s vice president of security and Matt Tyndall as executive vice president of development.

July 29. 2011 — ata center monitoring solutions provider Modius announced on Thursday that its OpenData Enterprise Edition will integrate with Intel Data Center Manager, a real-time data center power and thermal management solution that captures power and temperature data from a broad range of IT equipment.

July 29, 2011 — Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign announced on Thursday via its quarterly earnings report that CEO Mark McLaughlin is resigning and company founder will return to CEO duties. McLaughlin joined the company in 2000 and has served in the position of CEO for the past two years. VeriSign said that McLaughlin is leaving the company to become CEO of an unnamed private company.

July 29, 2011 — Cloud computing software developer 4PSA announced on Thursday it has released Business Zone API, a REST based web service that partners can use to access and automatically provision cloud services and software licenses. The move comes just a few weeks after 4PSA launched its new developer resource website.

July 14, 2011 — Web hosting provider Dotpulse announced on Thursday it has launched Dotpulse Affiliate program, with commissions starting from $25 per referral. The announcement comes just one after fellow hosting provider, HostDime, launched its own affiliate program.

July 14, 2011 — Managed backup and data recovery provider SecurStore announced on Thursday that it will use OpenStack and Rackspace Cloud Builders deployment for its cloud storage offerings.

July 14, 2011 — Cloud hosting provider mindSHIFT Technologies announced on Thursday it has expanded its suite of cloud-based managed desktop services with cloudSHIFT Desktop: Premium. Expanding on cloudSHIFT’s cloud services, which were launched last month, cloudSHIFT Desktop: Premium provides SMBs with desktop virtualization capabilities.