Web Hosting Industry Feature Reports
theWHIR's web hosting industry feature reports offers in-depth analysis of the web hosting industry and comprehensive interviews
Inside FalconStor’s “TOTALLY Open” Data Protection Solutions
September 3, 2010 -- Encouraged by its second quarter results, “TOTALLY Open” data protection solutions provider FalconStor Software anticipates strong sales of its data deduplication and replication solutions, as well as growing brand recognition in the channel.
Q&A: Verne Global's Lisa Rhodes on Iceland Data Centers
September 2, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Lisa Rhodes, marketing and sales vice president of wholesale data center developer Verne Global, explains why its operations in Keflavik, Iceland offer advantages over local options.
Inside Horizon Data Center Solutions' Growth Strategy
August 26, 2010 -- The past year has been a whirlwind of activity for Horizon Data Center Solutions. The Plano, Texas-based data center operator is currently in midst of implementing several major steps in a growth strategy that will secure a presence in all three major power-grids of the United States.
Q&A: Eirikur Hrafnsson, CEO and Founder, Greenqloud
August 23, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Greeqloud CEO Eirikur Hrafnsson discussed the green cloud service and how it differentiates itself from other hosting providers using clean energy.
Q&A: Eric Woods, Industry Analyst, Pike Research
August 20, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Pike Research analyst Eric Woods, discussed the results of the Green Data Centers report and what it means for the future of ecologically-friendly data centers.
Q&A: Rebecca Steinberg Herson of Commtouch, on Outbound Spam
August 19, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Commtouch VP of marketing Rebecca Steinberg Herson discusses the severity of outbound spam and how service providers can be more proactive in defending their networks from this growing problem.
Q&A: Rani Osnat of Storage Hardware firm CTERA
August 19, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, CTERA VP of marketing Rani Osnat discusses the CloudPlug solution, the company's recent partnership with Mezeo, and how the solution can ultimately benefit CTERA, Mezeo and end users.
Q&A: Fran Rosch of VeriSign, on Malware Scanning
August 17, 2010 -- VeriSign recently began offering two new trust enhancements, free of charge, to its existing SSL certificate customers.
Q&A: Imad Mouline, CTO of Compuware Division Gomez
August 13, 2010 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Gomez CTO Imad Mouline discusses the theory around monitoring application performance from the end-user perspective; how the evolving influence of cloud computing technology is impacting application performance and the way it is measured; and he discusses how his company creates opportunities for web hosting providers to partner and distribute its products to their customers.
Q&A: Christian Dawson, ServInt
August 12, 2010 -- In an interview with the WHIR, ServInt COO Christian Dawson discussed the benefits of the Kickstart Program and why it will help to differentiate ServInt from other web hosting providers.
Q&A: Alert Logic Co-Founder and CTO Misha Govshteyn
August 11, 2010 -- In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Misha Govshteyn, co-founder and CTO, responsible for security strategy, security research and operations at security firm Alert Logic, explains the dangers of today's cloud and what organizations can do to create secure clouds.
Q&A: Nicholas Tanzi, President and CEO, GPX Global Systems
August 10, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, GPX Global Systems president and CEO Nicholas Tanzi, GPX discusses these two data centers and their respective range of services.
Q&A: Armorize CEO Caleb Sima on Malware Threats to Web Hosts
August 9, 2010 -- In an email Interview with the WHIR, Armorize chief executive officer Caleb Sima explains the latest malware threats and the dangers they pose to Web hosts, as well as some steps that can help prevent their services from being hijacked.
Q&A: Dan Ephraim, Digital Realty Trust
August 6, 2010 -- In an email interview with The WHIR, Digital Realty Trust's Dan Ephraim discusses the some of the key points addressed in the HostingCon presentation, along with some practices web hosting providers and what practices Web hosts can follow in order to maximize their revenue.
Web Hosts SoftLayer, The Planet Reveal Merger Plans
August 5, 2010 -- After revealing this week that investment fund GI Partners had acquired a majority stake in the hosting provider SoftLayer, the latter company revealed that it is in discussions for a merger with another of GI’s hosting properties, The Planet.
GI Partners Acquires Majority Stake in SoftLayer
August, 3, 2010 -- In a deal that has been the topic of much speculation around the hosting industry for at least several weeks, investment firm GI Partners and hosting company SoftLayer revealed on Tuesday that GI had acquired a major equity interest in SoftLayer.
SIPD Customizes Acumatica Cloud ERP for French Canada
August 3, 2010 -- Cloud enterprise resource planning software provider Acumatica and Les Services SIPD, a cloud ERP solutions distributor in French Canada, recently announced the availability of a French language pack and system configurations for Acumatica's ERP software for the Quebec market.
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