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ARIN Names John Curran President, CEO

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:21:32 -0400

July 6, 2009 -- The American Registry for Internet Numbers announced on Monday that, as of July 1, 2009, John Curran had been appointed its president and chief executive officer.

Superb Opens Second Virginia Data Center

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:01:24 -0400

July 6, 2009 -- Web hosting provider Superb Internet announced on Monday it has opened its new data center, DCA3 in Springfield, Virginia.

Fire Knocks PEER 1 Toronto Facility Offline

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:51:56 -0400

July 6, 2009 -- A fire erupted at web hosting provider PEER 1's colocation facilities, Toronto 151 Front Street data center, early Sunday morning, temporarily knocking the facility offline.

Seattle Data Center Fire Hits Web Host, Others

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:21:34 -0400

July 6, 2009 -- An electrical fire late Thursday at Seattle’s Fisher Plaza, a “business community” providing data center space along with office and retail space, caused a power outage that resulted in extended periods of downtime Friday for several high profile customers, including payment processor Authorize.net, Microsoft’s Bing Travel service, domain registrar Dotster and hosting provider AdHost.

3FN Shutdown Costs Adult Affiliate Operator $5K a Day

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:54:56 -0400

July 2, 2009 -- After the US Federal Trade Commission effectively pulled the plug on web host 3FN in early June for alleged distributor of spam, child pornography, and other illegal content, a mid-size Spanish pornography company that operates affiliate programs said the shutdown has cost its legitimate business $5,000 a day.

Data Center Pulse Reaches 1,000 Members

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:28:06 -0400

July 2, 2009 -- Non-profit data center organization Data Center Pulse announced on Thursday it has enrolled its 1,000th member.

Web Host Value Reseller Acquires LogicSupport

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:49:57 -0400

July 2, 2009 -- Little more than a week following its acquisition of Javascript Zoom, private-label reseller web hosting services provider Value Reseller has added another key piece to its reseller hosting offering by buying LogicSupport, which provides white-label, outsourced technical support, administration and management services exclusively for web hosts.

NTT America Names Two Executives

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:06:44 -0400

July 2, 2009 -- Telecommunications provider NTT America announced on Thursday it has appointed Michael Wheeler the company's vice president of the global IP network business unit.

Datapipe Tops Netcraft's June Hosting Site Uptime List

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:49:40 -0400

July 2, 2009 -- Responding to each and every request from Netcraft's performance collector without fail for the entire month, managed services provider DataPipe had the most reliable hosting company site in the Internet security and analytics provider's monthly survey.

Web Host Fasthosts Names New CEO

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:47:49 -0400

July 2, 2009 -- UK web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet announced on Wednesday it has named Andy Burton the company's new CEO of Fasthosts Internet, as well as of the company's subsidiary in the US.