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Technological and Ecological Change: Five Stages of Reaction

Industry Perspectives — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:38:40 PDT

June 17, 2013 -- That people often avoid change - even when doing so is detrimental - is evident in our response to two very different situations facing us today. The first is the growth of the Internet beyond the addressing capacity of the widely-utilized second Internet Protocol (IP version 4) and our progress toward deploying the third Internet Protocol (IP version 6)

HostingCon – My Money Trail

Tom Millitzer — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:00:34 PDT

June 13, 2013 -- Even before I got three keystrokes into my HostingCon education review it occurred to me that this blog could be about great customer service, wizard inspired marketing ideas augmented with sessions that will time-warp your business into the future.

Allison’s Top 5 Favorite HostingCon Schwag

Allison Heather — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:37:00 PDT

June 12, 2013 -- Schwag. Tschotskes. Take-aways. Whatever you call them, these little items can bring trade shows to a whole new level of fun.

Turning Cloud Sense into Dollars

Joshua Beil — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:27:50 PDT

June 10, 2013 -- As small and medium businesses (SMBs) continue to increase their use of cloud services, web hosters have been asking, “How can I leverage this opportunity to better serve my customers’ needs and grow my business?”

SoftLayer – The Water Fountains are Overflowing

Tom Millitzer — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:50:50 PDT

June 7, 2013 -- We have all read that IBM purchased SoftLayer, which is almost correct. They have a deal, it has been announced. It has not closed, but for all intents and purposes should close.

The Options for Blocking Outbound Spam: The Status Quo

Avi Turiel — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:09:26 PDT

June 6, 2013 -- In my previous post I discussed some of the problems that outbound spam causes for service providers, such as blacklisting and the related efforts to unblock mail queues and calm upset customers.

Data Center Catharsis: Relax, There’s Enough Cloud for Everyone

Phillip Koblence — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:13:42 PDT

June 5, 2013 -- Let me go on the record as stating that the Wal-Mart fears AWS has put into everyone doesn't matter one bit for data center operators. That's right, even though Jeff Bezos and facilities operators offer similar services, we could not be in more different businesses.

How IBM’s Acquisition of SoftLayer Fits into its Enterprise Cloud Strategy

Justin Lee — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:09:12 PDT

In an IBM teleconference held this afternoon, Clementi was joined by VP of IBM cloud services Ric Telford, and SoftLayer CEO Lance Crosby, where the three senior executives discussed the significance of the acquisition and how SoftLayer's solutions will fit into the company's overall cloud strategy.

The IaaS Merry-Go-Round

Stacy Griggs — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:46:43 PDT

June 3, 2013 -- The Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) marketplace is rapidly evolving to be a clash of four titans plus a number of other companies trying to differentiate themselves based on price, service, compliance or sales models.

Cloudmark Shares Strategies to Avoid Email Blacklisting, Improve Deliverability

Nicole Henderson — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:53:07 PDT

May 31, 2013 -- In a WHIR webinar on Tuesday, Cloudmark senior director of technical services Mike Reading will share strategies and best practices to help web hosts defend against outbound email spam, avoid email blacklisting and improve email deliverability.