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 6, 2011 — Open source cloud computing software developer Cloud.com announced on Wednesday that it has named Christian Reilly vice president of enterprise solutions.

Neustar will apply for .Neustar Brand-specific gTLD to Further Promote its Brand, Products and Services [news release] Following today’s approval of the new gTLD guidebook by ICANN, Neustar, a leader in Internet and telecommunications information and analysis, will be joining the ranks of Canon®, Hitachi® and  other global brands in applying for a new gTLD. Applying for the .NEUSTAR brand-specific gTLD will provide Neustar with an opportunity to further promote its brand, products and services by owning both sides of the dot, ultimately bolstering its online presence and brand visibility. “Having a brand-specific gTLD gives companies an infinite universe of branded domains that can be used to promote products and services,’ said Mark Pilipczuk, vice president of Marketing for Neustar.  “One of the many benefits of owning the .NEUSTAR gTLD is the flexibility it provides in creating shorter, more intuitive and easy to remember domains for our marketing campaigns.” For the first time ever, ICANN is allowing applications for brand-specific (dot-brand) gTLDs.  With today’s announcement of the approved ICANN new gTLD guidelines, companies, like Neustar, now have the official guidelines and process needed to create formal applications and submit them to ICANN for review beginning January 2012 through April 2012. The new gTLDs give companies the ability to own both sides of the dot; replacing mycompany.com with dot.mycompany, which helps to establish a more robust online presence.  Neustar is not only applying for its own brand-specific gTLD, but it also is helping companies, organizations, geographic locations and others to apply for and manage their own gTLDs.  Neustar has more than a decade of experience in being a trusted authoritative registry for Internet domains names for the .biz, .us, .tel and .travel top-level domains. It also is the technical services provider for Colombia’s .co and the gateway services provider for China’s .cn, and Taiwan’s .tw country-code top-level domains. This Neustar news release was sourced from here .

A screenshot from StillSecure’s website shows its new PCI compliance solution, PCI Complete (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Managed network security solutions provider StillSecure ( www.stillsecure.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with colocation firm Continuum Data Centers ( www.continuumdatacenters.com ) to deliver a complete suite of managed network security and certified compliance solutions for Continuum customers. This announcement comes two days after the WHIR did a Q&A interview with StillSecure’s vice president of business development Steve Harper where he discussed StillSecure’s recent partnership with XO Communications.  “Since its founding, Continuum has taken a proactive position with data security standards,” Thomas Chaffin, managing partner at Continuum said in a statement. “By partnering with StillSecure, Continuum’s offerings are moving to a new level.

An image of Chris Latterell, vice president of marketing at Open-Xchange (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Open-source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange ( www.open-xchange.com ) announced on Monday it has named Chris Latterell the company’s vice president of marketing.

An image of Chris Latterell, vice president of marketing at Open-Xchange (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Open-source collaboration software provider Open-Xchange ( www.open-xchange.com ) announced on Monday it has named Chris Latterell the company’s vice president of marketing. He specializes in the areas of communication and marketing strategy, direct marketing, online platform/tools, interactive/new media, key account planning, marketing, operations and process optimization and key relationship development. Latterell joins Open-Xchange from Munich, Germany-based frog design where he served as a senior manager.

Hosting Toolbox – ST. LOUIS – Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced details about its cloud-focused global Savvis Alliances Program for channel partners