Hosting Toolbox – REDWOOD CITY, CA – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), a provider of global data center services, announced the opening of its fifth International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Dallas, Texas.

PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 06, 2011 – Berlin, April 5, 2011. In a race for new customers web space provider Bitpalast makes additional improvements to its service by doubling RAM power for PHP-scripts

Hosting Toolbox – New York, NY – TELEHOUSE America, the United States’ leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, announces to our US Clients and partners the grand opening of our latest facility addition, TELEHOUSE Istanbul, Turkey, providing secure, carrier neutral data center services to support critical infrastructures utilizing our global reliability standards. The opening of the Istanbul facility represents TELEHOUSE’s first partnership with local telecommunications and system integrator, Teknotel Telekomünikasyon

The 2011 Nominating Committee application period closes today, Monday, April 4 at 23:59 UTC. The 2011 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is seeking qualified candidates for the following key positions within ICANN: Two members of the Board of Directors of ICANN Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Latin America/Caribbean regions) Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) A few hours before the deadline, the NomCom has received 77 Statements of Interest. 12 candidates are from Europe, 22 are from Asia/Pacific, 11 are from Latin America, 14 are from North America, and 18 are from Africa.

A screenshot from Future Hosting’s website shows its colocation offerings (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web host Future Hosting ( www.futurehosting.com ) announced on Tuesday that has self-certified under the United States Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor framework to allow its clients to operate freely in the European Union and the US. This announcement follows the company’s upgrade to its hardware in its London data center last month . The European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection was established in 1998, and prohibits “the data transfer of personal data to non-European Union countries” that don’t meet the privacy protection standards.

A screencap from the Canada Get Your Business Online website, launched by Google (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Is this the big Google push into shared hosting that web hosts have feared for years? According to several reports surfacing Tuesday, the search engine giant has launched a new program called “Canada Get Your Business Online,” offering small businesses a free domain name, web hosting space and a coupon for $100 worth of AdWords credit. The company announced similar programs in Australia and in the UK.

Hosting Reviews – Englewood, CO – To meet a growing need for data center power, cooling and space in the market, Latisys today announced a significant expansion to its Ashburn, Virginia data center campus that includes 14 megawatts of additional power and 26,000 square feet of new, available raised floor space. The company also announced a new data center-as-a-service offering optimized specifically for large enterprises, public sector organizations and service providers throughout Greater Washington that have significant requirements for high-density (HD) data center power, cooling and capacity.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Roger Cleveland Golf Company, Inc. (“Cleveland® Golf/Srixon®”) won a landmark legal victory with a jury verdict last week and entry of judgment in South Carolina federal district court in a first-of-its kind trademark infringement case

President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, praised the success of ICANN’s multi-stakeholder model by pointing out that when he took office in 1992, there were about 50 Internet web sites. When he left office eight years later, there were roughly 36 million

[news release] ICANN has announced that two seasoned professionals have been hired to bolster its contractual compliance team. Maguy Serad, an experienced technology and business manager, has been named Senior Director of Contractual compliance. Ms.