A photo of Chris Crosby, Data Center Systems new president and CEO (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Fiber-optic cabling and connectivity solutions provider Data Center Systems ( www.datacentersys.com ) announced on Tuesday that Chris Crosby will join the company as president and CEO. Data Center Systems founder and current CEO Kevin Ehringer will take the role chief technology officer and chairman. Prior to his appointment, Crosby was the senior vice president of corporate development at Digital Realty Trust.  “Chris is one of the most respected people in the data center industry not only because of what he has accomplished in his career but also because of his integrity, passion and intelligence.

A screen shot of OpenSRS’ Trust Service page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Reseller hosting provider Tucows ( www.tucows.com ) announced on Wednesday that its wholesale Internet services division, OpenSRS ( www.opensrs.com ), has added Comodo ( www.comodo.com ) and Trustwave ( www.trustwave.com ) Internet security products to the OpenSRS Trust Service.

A website displaying the Verisign Trust Seal (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Security firm Symantec ( www.symantec.com ) announced on Tuesday that domain registrar Moniker ( www.moniker.com ) now offers VeriSign SSL certificates and VeriSign’s Trust Seal to its customers.  This announcement comes a week following Symantec’s partnership with Adgregate Market s to provide VeriSign’s SSL certificates and trust seal to Facebook storefront service, ShopFans. Symantec says Moniker offers VeriSign SSL and EVSSL products as well as the VeriSign Trust Seal and its Seal-in-Search service that displays “the VeriSign Trust Seal next to a website’s link within search results in participating search engines, partners and security tools.” “We pride ourselves in making domain registrations safe and secure in an easy-to-manage and worry-free environment, and that’s why we’re adding VeriSign SSL, VeriSign Trust Seal and GeoTrust certificates as options for our registrants,” Moniker general manager Craig Snyder said in a statement. “In a marketplace where trust is essential to success, the VeriSign brand is the most recognized trust mark on the Internet.

An artist sketch of Digital Realty Trust’s 365 Main Street property (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud hosting provider GoGrid ( www.gogrid.com ) announced on Monday it has its third data center expansion in six months with the extension of its platform into Digital Realty Trust’s ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ) 365 Main Street property. The move comes a month after GoGrid announced its plans to open its new European data center in the summer

A screenshot of a ShopFans e-commerce site on Facebook (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Security firm Symantec ( www.symantec.com ) announced on Friday that it has partnered with social commerce firm Adgregate Markets ( www.adgregate.com ) to offer SSL certificates and the VeriSign Trust Seal to customers of ShopFans, a Facebook application for creating e-commerce stores within the social networking platform. According to the announcement, stores created with ShopFans can enable transactions in Facebook without sacrificing security and privacy using VeriSign SSL certificates and VeriSign Trust Seal.

An image of Digital Realty Trust’s data center in Phoenix (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ) announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its existing Phoenix-area data center. The company plans to add 226,000 square feet of rentable data center space and 13 megawatts of power to meet customer demand. The company recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 370,500 square foot data center in Singapore’s International Business Park in the Jurong East area

An image of Digital Realty Trust’s data center in Phoenix (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ) announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its existing Phoenix-area data center.