June 28, 2011 — The data center market in Manchester is growing, and two separate announcements from UK colocation providers have confirmed this increased demand. Network solutions and connectivity provider SSE Telecoms announced on Tuesday that it will provide connectivity to TelecityGroup’s Manchester 3 facility when it opens later this year. Colocation firm UK Grid announced on Monday that it has expanded its Manchester One data center.

With this partnership, the company will provide a bundle of SmarterTools software to customers. Physivert Solutions Pvt

A screenshot from a demo of SingleHop’s Tandem Reseller control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web host SingleHop ( www.singlehop.com ) announced on Thursday that it has partnered with credit card processing firm Host Merchant Services ( www.hostmerchantservices.com ) to provide enhanced payment processing services to its customers. In December, Host Merchant Services formed a strategic partnership with hosting company imSMB. “Our agreement with Host Merchant Services is another step in our effort to offer a wide range of best-in-class services to our customers,” SingleHop CEO Zak Boca said in a statement.

NORMAL — Cybernautic, a provider of custom web design, web hosting, and search engine services, recently acquired CSM Hosting of Normal, a company that specialized in web hosting for small business websites. The acquisition of CSM Hosting increases Cybernautic’s share in the website hosting market. Cybernautic is headquartered at 900 W

ICANN will be holding a third consultation on the new gTLD registry agreement issues at 18:30 UTC on 8 September. On the ICANN Blog, Craig Schwartz writes that “ICANN has consulted with an open drafting consultation group on several issues relating to implementation of the new gTLD program. Earlier this year the “Temporary Drafting Group” group met twice to discuss the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Process and the process for future amendments to the registry agreement for new gTLDs

Google Helps Patent Office Put Data Online The Patent Office said yesterday that it has signed a two-year deal with Google to provide bulk downloads of patent and copyright data to the public.

This morning, Rodney Giles, founder of Eleven2, a Texas based web hosting company, announced that the company will provide free web hosting services to the Haiti Help Live website http://helphaitilive.com Haiti Help Live stands for the newest charity concert and auction for the victims of the recent earthquake. The Eleven2 founder told us today: “We feel honored to be in a position that allows us to support this fantastic inspirational event.” Eleven2 is the web hosting home to artists, business men/women, charity organizations, photographers, schools etc