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Cloud Storage Provider Box Adds More Mobile Security Features

Nicole Henderson — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:21:34 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Enterprise cloud storage provider Box unveiled some new features on Thursday, including more mobile security features for Android, and centralized management view for IT admins.

Hackers Target European Web Host 123-reg in DDoS Attack

Nicole Henderson — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:41:38 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Web host 123-reg announced via its status blog that it was hit by a large scale DDoS attack on Wednesday morning. This news comes a day after web hosting control panel WHMCS was hit by a DDoS and social engineering attack.

New Relic, SOASTA Run Performance Management Tool on Cloud Testing Platform

Justin Lee — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:32:42 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Cloud and mobile testing provider SOASTA and cloud application performance management provider New Relic announced on Thursday they have partnered and integrated New Relic's application performance management solution on SOASTA's CloudTest platform.

Web Host Go Daddy Sponsors Indianapolis 500 Broadcast

Nicole Henderson — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:43:38 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Thursday that it is sponsoring the Indianapolis 500 broadcast on Sunday. This will be the sixth consecutive Indy 500 that Go Daddy has sponsored.

Cloud9 Real Time to Host Cloud Summit 2012 in San Diego

Justin Lee — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:15:13 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Cloud hosting provider Cloud9 Real Time announced on Thursday it will host Cloud Summit 2012 at San Diego's Paradise Point on November 8th and 9th.

Lessons Learned from the Microsoft OLSB to Office 365 Transition

Nicole Henderson — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:50:54 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Microsoft has flooded the newswires recently with success stories of how its cloud productivity suite Office 365 has helped organizations from Catholic school boards to electronic equipment manufacturers share and communicate in the cloud.

Cloud Host Cbeyond Names VP of Cloud Engineering and Development

Justin Lee — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:02:56 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Cloud hosting and managed hosting provider Cbeyond announced on Thursday it has named Tim Myers its vice president of cloud engineering and development, a role in which he lead the design, architecture, engineering and development of Cbeyond cloud solutions including cloud PBX, cloud servers and applications.

Web Host Loopia Pulls Parody Site Offline After Copyright Infringment Complaints

Nicole Henderson — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:49:29 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Swedish web hosting provider Loopia has shutdown a parody site created by Greenpeace, mocking a website of the Finnish oil company Neste Oil.

Cloud Provider USA Launches SSD On-Demand Cloud Storage Solution

Justin Lee — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:48:21 +0000

May 24, 2012 -- Cloud infrastructure provider Cloud Provider USA announced on Thursday it has launched an all solid state drives on-demand cloud solution, which provides high performance cloud solutions and gives users the ability to quickly create their own all SSD server.

Web Hosts, Internet Industry Prepare for World IPv6 Launch

Justin Lee — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:16:15 +0000

May 23, 2012 -- With just two weeks until the World IPv6 Launch, organizations and individuals from all sectors of the Internet industry are announcing plans to add permanent IPv6 support in time for the launch.