Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: BurstNET CTO Joe Marr Comments on Blogetery Shutdown News: Dell’s Andy Rhodes on What Hosters Need to Know About TCO News: Getting to Yes in the Cloud: Creating Contracts that Work, with David Snead News: Practical Acquisitions Advice: Process, Pricing, and Trends: Panel Discussion Blogs: Easy Strategies to minimize litigation in the Cloud (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — After building out huge data centers around the world, Dell has gained a considerable knowledge of how companies are using IT. In his Tuesday HostingCon keynote, “TCO From the Cloud – What Hosters Need to Know,” Dell global marketing director Andy Rhodes presented a list of lessons Dell has learned about total cost of ownership by working with a new category of customers that have been emerging over the past few years

Microsoft offers security guidance for Azure cloud Microsoft began offering on Monday guidance intended to help developers make secure applications for the company’s Windows Azure cloud platform.

Microsoft says Azure still not up to par Due to an early emphasis on getting the right architecture for its Azure cloud platform, which went live in February, Microsoft’s cloud service is still missing key features that are available in the company’s standalone products, said Microsoft executives at the company’s 2010 Tech Ed conference, being held this week in New Orleans. “Even though Windows Azure is being used in a wide variety of applications, there are still features missing,” admitted Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft’s servers and tools division, in an interview.

In-Depth Reaching for the Cloud As hosting providers are squeezed, could Microsoft cloud services offer a safe haven? By Jeffrey Schwartz June 01, 2010 When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made his “we’re all in” the cloud proclamation back in March, he wasn’t just aiming at the largest of enterprises. Microsoft wants its small and midsize customers to start shifting their IT functions to the cloud as well

Web Hosting News – BERGEN, Norway — At the fourth annual Microsoft Worldwide Government Solutions Forum in Bergen, Norway, Joel Cherkis, general manager for Applied Innovation in Public Sector at Microsoft Corp., outlined how the company’s Citizen Services Platform (CSP) and partner ecosystem will take advantage of Microsoft’s cloud-based solutions to give citizens — digital natives and newcomers — broad choices in how, where and when they access government services and to boost government efficiency.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: CompTIA Adds New VAR Membership Package with Monthly Payment Plan News: QTS to Convert Virginia Plant into Massive Data Center News: ServInt to Giveaway iPad in Expanded Affiliate Rewards Program News: BizCom Adds Instant Messaging Functionality to Hosted Microsoft OCS R2 Offering (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — With the vision of ensuring that those using open-source blogging platform WordPress ( www.wordpress.org ) for blogs and sites are “always completely secure, regardless of what happens,” the company behind it has announced a private beta of its WordPress backup service, VaultPress ( www.vaultpress.com ). “I’m very excited about this service because it is the first step toward my dream of every WordPress, regardless of where it’s hosted, to have best-in-the-world network (cloud? ) services that take all the worry and hassle away,” Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of the popular WordPress, wrote in his blog

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: BizCom Adds Instant Messaging Functionality to Hosted Microsoft OCS R2 Offering News: Infinera Appoints Vice President of Architecture News: Green House Data, Wyoming Offer Data Center Tax Breaks (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — With the vision of ensuring that those using open-source blogging platform WordPress ( www.wordpress.org ) for blogs and sites are “always completely secure, regardless of what happens,” the company behind it has announced a private beta of its WordPress backup service, VaultPress ( www.vaultpress.com ). “I’m very excited about this service because it is the first step toward my dream of every WordPress, regardless of where it’s hosted, to have best-in-the-world network (cloud

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: New York City – March 25, 2010 Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Dell Launches New Cloud Servers and Solutions News: Web Host SoftLayer Gets $10m in New Financing to Fund Growth News: 4PSA Expands into US, Names Head of Operations News: Layered Tech Debuts Cloud Storage Solution Powered by Mezeo Cloud Platform (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dell ( www.dell.com ) announced on Wednesday it launched a range of  products and services, including new cloud servers, at the company’s “Solutions for the Virtual Era” product launch in San Francisco.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: New York City – March 25, 2010 Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Dell Launches New Cloud Servers and Solutions News: Web Host SoftLayer Gets $10m in New Financing to Fund Growth News: 4PSA Expands into US, Names Head of Operations News: Layered Tech Debuts Cloud Storage Solution Powered by Mezeo Cloud Platform (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dell ( www.dell.com ) announced on Wednesday it launched a range of  products and services, including new cloud servers, at the company’s “Solutions for the Virtual Era” product launch in San Francisco. The new solutions build on the company’s three years of offering cloud solutions via its Data Center Solutions group . The new integrated solution stacks, services and hardware will help customers deploy and manage cloud environments, says Dell

Web Host News – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Building on years of customer collaboration as the infrastructure partner for some of the world’s largest cloud service providers and hyperscale data center operators, Dell today announced new solutions, systems and services designed to help more customers build efficient and affordable cloud computing and hyperscale data center installations. * New integrated cloud infrastructure solutions comprised of pre-tested, pre-assembled and fully-supported hardware, software and services enabling public and private cloud builders to easily and quickly deploy and manage cloud infrastructures with confidence * New Dell Cloud Partner Program works with leading independent software vendors (ISVs) to offer customers easy-to-buy and deploy cloud solutions and blueprints optimized for Dell platforms * New Dell PowerEdge C-series servers with hyperscale-inspired design for high-density compute performance with efficient energy consumption and low operational costs * New Dell Cloud Services including consulting, deployment and support help customers plan, manage and reduce complexity when adopting cloud computing models Dell Powers the World’s Clouds For years, the Dell Data Center Solutions (DCS) team has developed customized computing solutions for some of the world’s largest cloud-service providers. Through a direct relationship with its customers, Dell has developed a keen understanding of the unique needs of hyperscale cloud environments.