Go Daddy’s CEO Bob Parsons posted a video of him killing an elephant. Now his rivals are trying to poach his customers. By Geoff Williams, contributing writer April 14, 2011: 3:29 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Small web hosting firms are trying to poach customers from industry leader Go Daddy, which continues to suffer fallout after its CEO posted a video showing him kill an African elephant .

Website Hosting News – NEW YORK, NY — NYI, a New York City-based, mission-critical data services provider, today announced IPv6 corporate compliance, the company’s latest milestone in its aggressive campaign to support World IPv6 Day, June 8, 2011.

Carrier’s Top Marketer Porter Gale: ‘Other Airlines Should Recognize That Social Media Is Not Going Away’ by Michael Bush Published: February 09, 2011 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — While discussing the rewards that Twitter and Facebook have delivered to 4-year-old Virgin America, Porter Gale, the airline’s top marketer, took to its Twitter stream to validate her point. “Further proof that Virgin America is incredible, it just sent me a $200 credit because my flight was delayed,” one excited traveler had just posted. “There’s a perfect example of using Twitter as a guest-service/customer retention tool,” Ms.

NEW YORK & ANDOVER, Ma.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC) and NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAVI ) today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Time Warner Cable will acquire NaviSite, a premier provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, messaging and cloud services, for $5.50 per share in cash, or a total equity value of approximately $230 million.

Hosting News – NEW YORK and MIAMI – In a move that will decisively reshape the rapidly evolving global business technology solutions market, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Terremark Worldwide Inc.(NASDAQ: TMRK) today announced a definitive agreement under which Verizon will acquire Terremark, a global provider of managed IT infrastructure and cloudservices, for $19.00 per share in cash, or a total equity value of $1.4 billion

Hosting News – NEW YORK, NY — NYI, a New York City-based mission-critical data services provider, today announced that it has achieved compliance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16 (SSAE 16) at its two main data centers, located at 100 William Street in Lower Manhattan and 999 Frontier Road in Bridgewater, New Jersey. SSAE 16 is a statement on controls at service providers that assures customers their data is protected by the most current international industry standards, as put forth by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Zeus Technology, the only pure software-based application traffic management (Application Delivery Controller) company, announces today a new Cloud and Hosting Service Provider Partner Program designed to help remove barriers to enterprise cloud adoption. The Program gives Cloud and Hosting Service Providers access to a range of software-based load balancing and application delivery solutions that allow their customers to deliver fast, secure and available web applications