Most people are familiar with email viruses and the need for protecting a personal computer against infection. But what are you doing to ensure the safety and security of your website

Leaving one web hosting company and moving on to a new and better one that suits your needs more needn’t be a long and drawn out nightmare. But it can be, particularly if you haven’t taken care of some basic necessities to allow you to control the situation, instead of a web host who feels they are somehow being wronged, whether that is true or not. Let’s examine how to keep the ball decidedly in your court when saying goodbye to your web host! Is It Really the Hosting?

The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Working published its Initial Report on 29 May 2010. Today a public comment forum opens for a twenty-day period as prescribed by the ICANN by-laws.

ICANN terminated its accreditation agreement with 123 Registration, Inc. (“123 Registration”) for failure to comply with the requirements of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the contract between ICANN and registrars that governs the registration of domain names under generic top-level domains such as dot-com and dot-org. icann.org/correspondence/burnette-to-wolverton-25jun10-en.pdf [PDF, 64 KB] To ensure continuing resolution of domain names and renewal of name registrations, ICANN has initiated a process to identify a qualified accredited registrar to take over management of the domain names formerly managed by 123 Registration through a bulk transfer.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Hosted Solutions Releases Stratus Cloud Storage News: Zayo Colocation Names New President News: SoftLayer Adds Mail-In Data Transfer Service for Mass Transfers News: Inside the Newly-Launched Phoenix NAP Data Center News: Data Center Alliance to Host Energy Efficiency Event (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — On-demand data center services provider SoftLayer Technologies ( www.softlayer.com ) has announced a new service that enables customers to transfer large amounts of data using a USB-compatible device such as a USB hard drive, CD, or DVD.  According to SoftLayer’s Monday announcement, Data Transfer is ideal for customers who want to transfer large amounts of data very efficiently, or for those who have data that they prefer to not transmit over the network. This service is also available to all SoftLayer customers at no additional charge, and SoftLayer will provide free return shipping on all equipment received. To use the service, SoftLayer customers fill out a request form via the SoftLayer Customer Portal and then send their USB device or optical disk to the SoftLayer data center of their choice.

One of the scarier elements for beginning webmasters is being faced with the dreaded acronym FTP in regards to their web hosting accounts.

Ipswitch Acquires MessageWay In Merger Of Managed File Transfer Vendors Ipswitch, a maker of secure, managed file transfer products and services, on Tuesday will announce it has acquired MessageWay Solutions, a provider of managed file transfer and business integration solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed

A web hosting service is a great way to get your website out on the internet. But if you decide that you web hosting service just isn’t working, you do have the option to take your site somewhere else where you can get better services. Don’t get sucked into paying more for mediocre service when you can easily trade your old hosting service for a new one.

The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group has published its Initial Report today.

I want to transfer my existing domain name to another host provider, what is the easiest way i can do this?

Breaking up with your web host may be a totally necessary and profitable thing to do, but it’s still a very large hassle, and can be a tricky proposition in many aspects. While the technical aspects seem straightforward enough, there’s always something that gets overlooked or forgotten. Let’s take a quick look at several of the things you’ll want to make sure you’ve taken care of before dumping your web host! • Secure A New Hosting Partner – While this should go without saying, I’m going to say it anyway

As part of the ongoing review of .nz policies, three policies are now being reviewed. The policies being reviewed are: Process on de-authorisation of a Registrar – Consultation, Transfer to another Registrar – Consultation and Roles and Responsibilities – Consultation.

Do I just transfer the domain to godaddy and they can assign it to my dedicated server IP address, or how does it work? Thanks.