iNET Interactive Welcomes Josh Ater to the Team
The iNET Interactive team welcomes Josh Ater. Josh has joined iNET as Marketing Manager of AFCOM/Data Center World, the leading association supporting the educational and professional development needs of data center professionals around the globe. He will lead all marketing efforts associated with building AFCOM memberships and growing Data Center World’s attendee base. AFCOM joined the iNET Interactive Family in December 2011. Josh comes to iNET Interactive after spending 12 years in the newspaper and multi-media business working for Cox Media Group Ohio in roles including Research Analyst and Research Manager where he was responsible for 12 daily and weekly newspapers in Ohio along with their corresponding digital and niche products. Most recently, Josh served as Assistant Marketing Director responsible for all research, circulation (B2C) marketing and sales (B2B) marketing for the multimedia portfolio. “iNET Interactive and specifically AFCOM/Data Center World Read more...
Cloud Platform Abiquo Wins Claranet Virtual Data Center
January 27, 2012 -- Cloud services firm Abiquo announced on Tuesday that managed hosting provider Claranet has selected Abiquo's enterprise cloud to power its recently launched virtual data center service. Claranet launched its virtual data center in November 2011. Read more...
Web Host Infinitely Virtual Reports Record Growth in 2011
January 26, 2012 -- Web hosting provider Infinitely Virtual reported this week that the company posted record growth in 2011, with revenue doubling in comparison to 2010, a level of growth the company attributes to entrepreneurs responding to its ability to offer custom hosting with low risk or investment. Read more...
Softaculous Launches AMPPS Installer Version 1.5
January 26, 2012 -- Web hosting software firm Softaculous announced earlier this week that it has launched version 1.5 of its AMPPS platform, a software stack that includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, Python and the Softaculous tool. Read more...
Cloud Storage Firm Mozy Launches Stash File Sync Tool in Beta
January 26, 2012 -- Cloud storage provider Mozy announced on Wednesday that it has launched the beta version of a tool called Stash, an extension of its existing MozyHome online backup service. Read more...
Fujitsu Touts Web Hosting Application of High-Density Server Rack
January 25, 2012 -- Data center hardware manufacturer Fujitsu issued a press release this week saying that the scale-out potential demonstrated in a recent test of its PRIMERGY CX1000 Cloud eXtension server rack illustrated the possible web-hosting and telecommunications application of the technology. Read more...
AWS Storage Gateway Connects On-Premise Appliances to the Cloud
January 25, 2012 -- In a long post on the Amazon Web Services blog Wednesday, Amazon launched the AWS Storage Gateway service, a tool for connecting on-premise software appliances with its cloud storage services, making its cloud products more accessible to users currently dealing entirely (or mostly) with on-premise IT. Read more...
Web Hosting Talk Insider – SOPA & PIPA – The challenge remains
SOPA & PIPA – The challenge remains As many of you are aware, SOPA and PIPA are tabled (for now). The web hosting industry enjoyed a stay when these two bills were put off for consideration. But the fight isn’t over. They’ll likely be back. And when they do come back, we’ll look at them closely and consider them appropriately……(Read More…) Daily Data Center News & Analysis Exclusive WHT HostingCon 2012 Discount Read the entire “SOPA & PIPA – The challenge remains” edition of the Web Hosting Talk Insider. Read more...
Visual Website Optimizer: A Better Way to Perform A/B Testing
Marketing is rough. No matter how you slice it, finding your target demographic, supplying them with advertisements that work, and actually moving products or creating new services is a tough gig. Furthermore, without the right kind of data you might as well be throwing shots into the dark: Gaining valuable marketing and advertising information that’s guaranteed to produce results is often much tricker than actually producing the advertisements and campaigns. Thankfully, though, if you rely on web services, or your website itself to create traffic, you have a unique tool on hand to deal with the marketing conundrum: A/B testing. What is A/B Testing? The best way to think about A/B testing is through ye olden, brick and mortar advertising techniques. Let’s imagine you own a bakery on one end of town, and another branch at the far side of the city. Your advertisements have not been driving as many sales as you might like, so you decide to create a new campaign. However, you’ve Read more...
Data Backup and Recovery Solutions
Since the era of the computer came into full effect in the mid to late 20th century, data is often considered to be one of the most important aspects of running any type of company. Because sensitive data is so valuable to all organizations in the current global marketplace, it has become a necessity from a business perspective for organizations of all shapes, sizes, and forms, to have the ability to use cloud backup services and other types of backup and recovery options, which make it possible to recover data in a timely fashion should disaster strike. Backup and Recovery Basics For many business owners, finding the most suitable backup options for their specific needs and organization can be a nightmare, without first knowing the basics, and inner workings that go in to the various options that are available to them. Thus, it goes without saying, that proper research and homework should be the first step any organization makes when even beginning to consider what type of service Read more...