Hostway Corporation (www.hostway.com), a leading Web hosting and managed services provider, announced on June 4 that it has been chosen by TopHosts (www.tophosts.com) as the number one Web hosting provider for their Top 25 Web hosts rankings. This highly influential Web hosting industry observer selected Hostway as the top provider based on the company's exceptional dedication to service and technology and its continued commitment to its customers. There are numerous factors considered for the award, such as the company's competitive advantages, technological offerings, pricing, value-added services, usability, uptime guarantee, customer and technical support and average response time. This is combined with user feedback from the thousands of Webmasters that visit TopHosts.com and serve as the basis for granting the awards.
The infrastructure provider Peer 1 Network (www.peer1.net) announced on June 3 that it has added three game-server providers to its base of 900 customers. LeetServers.com (www.leetservers.com), UltimateGameServer.com (www.ultimategameserver.com) and FatpipeServers.net (www.fatpipeservers.net) have all moved their equipment into Peer 1's New York data center.
The software giant Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) announced on June 3 that the next version of Internet Information Services Web Server 7 will integrate solutions for developing ASP.NET components and convert many basic functions into optional modules. The solution's administrative console has been restructured, giving users a greater amount of control.
Sun Microsystems (www.sun.com) announced on June 3 that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the storage solution developer StorageTek (www.storagetek.com) for $4.1 billion. The merger will create a network computing and data management giant capable of offering a complete range of products, services and solutions for securely managing data assets. Sun will also be well positioned to help customers better manage their privacy, security, compliance and policy requirements. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval, StorageTek shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.
The data center operator and property manager Digital Realty Trust (www.digitalrealtytrust.com) announced on June 3 that it has entered into contracts to acquire five data center facilities and an office building totaling 642,000 square feet. Digital Realty Trust will pay a total of $109 million for the assets. One of the facilities, covering 82,000 square feet, is based in Denver, Colorado and is leased to AmeriQuest Mortgage Company (www.ameriquestmortgage.com) through February 2012. The remaining four data centers and office building are leased to SAVVIS (www.savvis.net) through February 2019. Three of the data centers and the office building are located in Santa Clara, California and the fourth data center is in El Segundo, California.
The Web hosting provider Globix Corporation (www.globix.com) announced on June 3 that it has expanded and integrated a suite of new technology services following its recent merger with NEON Communications (www.neoninc.com). Among Globix's new services is a new networking services category based on NEON's sophisticated optical networking capabilities. Globix also introduced Digital Exchange, a comprehensive digital asset management platform that is now part of its Media Services solution. Globix's other services include managed services, media services and IP infrastructure services.
Digital River, Inc. (www.digitalriver.com), a provider of Web hosting and e-commerce outsourcing, announced on June 4 that Joel Ronning, Digital River's chief executive officer, and Tom Donnelly, Digital River's treasurer and vice president of finance, will present at the Deutsche Bank 13th Annual Media & Telecommunications Conference.
Comodo (www.comodogroup.com) and its Web hosting and server automation division PSOFT (www.psoft.net) announced on June 3 the new version of the leading Web hosting control panel H-Sphere. H-Sphere is a scalable multi-server Web hosting control panel that automates and simplifies most Web hosting related tasks. It comes with complete client control panel, admin interface, private label reselling, virtual private servers, integrated billing and trouble ticket system. It allows the management of multiple Linux, FreeBSD & Win200x servers as one centralized cluster.
Clicksee Network Co., Ltd. (www.clicksee.net), a Bangkok, Thailand-based Web hosting company, announced on June 3 the launch of HostBizTools.com (www.hostbiztools.com), a complete online resource for Web hosting providers and webmasters that includes Web hosting tools, software, servers, scripts, products, Web promotion and various other services related to the Web hosting industry.
The Web hosting provider AIT (www.ait.com) announced on June 2 that it has expanded its reseller program to include domain registration services, Internet access, merchant banks, software development and Web design. AIT has approximately 8000 resellers.
