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Phoenix WordCamp to Satisfy Both Local and Online Users

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:33:32 -0500

November 12, 2009 -- More than 350 bloggers, web developers and other technology enthusiasts are signed up to attend the Phoenix WordCamp, the first instance of the popular conference on the open-source blog publishing application WordPress to take place in Phoenix, and also the first to be streamed live by a full-scale production crew for anyone who cannot attend thanks to local sponsor Go Daddy.

Rackspace Earnings Winning Over Wall Street

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:20 -0500

November 11, 2009 -- When Rackspace nnounced its third quarter earnings earlier this week, it demonstrated growth in both its cloud business and its managed hosting business – meeting and exceeding projections for revenue – and it excited some of the Wall Street analysts following the web hosting company.

Q&A: Max Roosenbrand, MachSol

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:11:57 -0500

November 6, 2009 -- An email Q&A with Max Roosenbrand, CEO and president of MachSol, in which he discusses the latest release of MachPanel 4.0 and how it is remarkably different than the competing control panels available on the market today.

Q&A: ARIN President and CEO John Curran

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:34:00 -0400

October 30, 2009 -- An email Q&A with John Curran, president and CEO of regional Internet registry ARIN, in which he discusses the content of the just-concluded ARIN XXIV public policy meeting, held October 22-23 in Dearborn, Michigan.

Noise Filter: Microsoft's Cloud Fails T-Mobile/Sidekick Users

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:13:40 -0400

October 15, 2009 -- In what could prove to be one of the biggest cloud computing failures since the coining of the term, customers of Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA using the Sidekick handset were hit starting in early October by a major outage for several days leaving many without access to either the web or their address books.

GooMe's "Over The Top" Solution Packages TV for ISPs

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:59:18 -0400

October 8, 2009 -- Furthering its goal of perfecting the media experience, GooMe Interactive, which provides media solutions for operators, has recently launched the M Cube content management solution, providing a turnkey solution for managing any content - TV, online video, music, websites, social networking, widgets and more - which can be experienced by users on any screen - TV, PC or mobile.

Inside Microsoft's WebsiteSpark Program

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:46:16 -0400

October 5, 2009 -- Last week, Microsoft introduced its new WebsiteSpark program, designed to help Web professionals succeed by giving them access to design and development software licenses, server production licenses and free training and support.

What Web Hosts Can Do With Windows Azure

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:28:31 -0400

October 1, 2009 -- In an interview with the WHIR, Microsoft’s industry director for SaaS ISVs in the communications sector Dave Wright acknowledged that there’s a bit of confusion in the hosting market around the message Microsoft has put out on Azure. In some sectors, the product is being interpreted as a move into the hosting business, which, Wright says, it is not.

ElasticHosts Aims at European Cloud Market

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:22:06 -0400

September 29, 2009 -- With the launch of its services in mid-August, cloud hosting provider ElasticHosts staked an early claim in what may one day become a competitive European cloud computing landscape.

Q&A With Raphael Laguna of Open-Xchange

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:41:11 -0400

September 29, 2009 -- An email Q&A with Raphael Laguna, CEO of open source groupware company Open-Xchange, in which he discusses the plans for the conference and some new projects the company plans to unveil at the event.