Articles in Cloud
Savvis Wins European Cloud Services Award
Savvis, Inc. has won the Cloud Services Award from BroadGroup at the Data Centres Europe 2011 Awards, held in London. An independent panel of experts in the data centre industry selected Savvis for this prestigious award for its Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Centre cloud service. The award recognises Savvis’ leadership and achievement within the enterprise market by providing a viable platform for mission-critical enterprise ... Read More
StratoGen Hosting Sees Growth Accelerate In Private Cloud Deployments
StratoGen has reported an 82% growth in private cloud deployments in the 2nd quarter as organisations focused on moving their entire IT infrastructure to the cloud. Despite the recent high profile outages of some cloud providers, IT managers are pushing forward with ever more ambitious migration projects. Mark Lewis, Business Development Manager said “Business confidence in the cloud has far exceeded our expectations in recent months. ... Read More
GlowHost Announces Cloud Services
GlowHost has announced it has started a line of cloud based web hosting servers oriented for small to mid-sized businesses. GlowHost branded new solution as Cloud Virtual Dedicated Services. New company’s cloud web hosting solutions offer several noticeable benefits over traditional VPS or dedicated servers, including affordable price. GlowHost new hybrid technology converts a typical VPS server into a high availability, cloud based, ... Read More
StratoGen Sees Growth Accelerate In Private Cloud Deployments
Leading cloud hosting company StratoGen reports huge 2nd quarter growth in private cloud deployments. Is the cloud changing the way we view IT? StratoGen today reported an 82% growth in private cloud deployments in the 2nd quarter as organisations focused on moving their entire IT infrastructure to the cloud. Despite the recent high profile outages of some cloud providers, IT managers are pushing forward with ever more ambitious migration ... Read More
Titan Internet hosts website for BBC Strictly Come Dancing Stars
Tango tour lifts website for Strictly stars Vincent & Flavia The company that hosts the for Strictly Come Dancing stars Vincent & Flavia, has reported a big rise in traffic coinciding with the dancers’ hugely popular Midnight Tango live tour. Up to 15,000 people have been visiting www.vincentandflavia.com each week since the tour was announced. Almost 20,000 visited when the tickets for the tour first went on sale – a 30% ... Read More
2011 Cloud Computing World Series Award Winners Announced
The winners of the Cloud Computing World Series Awards have been announced this week, at the 3rd annual Cloud Computing World Forum in London. Among the companies recognised for their achievements are Microsoft, awarded the Best Cloud Service prize, Rackspace (Best SMB Product), Savvis (Best Enterprise Solution) and a host of other distinguishable names. Now in its second year, the Cloud Computing World Series Awards are widely regarded ... Read More
Record Numbers Attend Cloud Computing World Forum
Over 3,000 people attended the 3rd annual Cloud Computing World Forum in London this week, cementing the show’s position as the largest Cloud Computing event in Europe. Held on 21st and 22nd June at Olympia, the forum hosted some of the biggest names and organisations from the IT industry, with over 70 global companies exhibiting, around 130 keynote presentations being delivered in four different theatres, and a host of vital ... Read More
A2 Launches CloudLinux OS Hosting Plans
Linux hosting company A2 Hosting (http://www.a2hosting.com) has announced that they are now offering CloudLinux™ (http://www.cloudlinux.com/) on each of their Web Hosting (http://www.a2hosting.com/server-software/cloudlinux-hosting) packages. CloudLinux™ is the only commercial-supported server operating system which is fully CentOS and RHEL compatible and designed for shared hosting. CloudLinux has made a name for itself by increasing ... Read More
iomart named Scottish Digital IT Company of the Year
iomart Group plc named Scottish Digital Company of the Year The Glasgow-based managed hosting and cloud computing services company, which was recently named as one of the top 25 cloud companies in the world, scooped top prize at the Digital Technology Awards 2011 hosted by ScotlandIS, the trade body for the information and communications technologies (ICT) industry. Angus MacSween, CEO of iomart Group plc, said: “We’re delighted with ... Read More
NovaStor Announces New Cloud Backup Platform for Managed Service Providers
Data protection specialist NovaStor announces the availability of NovaBACKUP xSP 12.1, a new cloud backup platform for managed services providers. The platform features 30 times faster data transfers, a massive reduction of cache load during online backup, an innovative cloud restore functionality, Microsoft Exchange 2010 support for single mailbox availability, and a full set of features that allow service providers to offer ... Read More
PacificHost moves dedicated hosting to Peer1′s FastFiber Network
Los Angeles, CA – June 15th, 2011 – PacificHost, a leading provider of Linux-based, cPanel hosting solutions, announced earlier today a strategic move to the FastFiber Network™ owned and managed by dedicated hosting provider ServerBeach and its parents company, PEER 1 Hosting. The move intends to increase PacificHost’s position in the market and expand for future growth. PacificHost recently moved all of its outsourced ... Read More
HP Enables LeaseWeb to Expand Capacity to Meet Growing Customer Demands
HP today announced that LeaseWeb, one of Europe’s largest internet hosting providers, has implemented HP ProLiant server technology in its data centres in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, as well as at its newest facility in Virginia. The new servers deliver increased performance and capacity to support rapid business growth. Based in the Netherlands and founded in the attic of a house in 1997 with just a single server, today ... Read More
Westcoastcloud security software makes pupils using iPads safer online
Children using iPads at school can be better protected online after UK cloud computing company Westcoastcloud adapted its award-winning esecurity product to work on the Apple tablet. Westcoastcloud has developed its cloud based security service Netintelligence to give education officials the ability to block harmful content and control what websites pupils are able to access on iPads issued by their school. Bill Strain, director of ... Read More
NovaStor Speeds Cloud Backup 30 Times
Data protection specialist NovaStor has introduced its fastest cloud backup platform technology to date. NovaStor’s new file differencing algorithm for its cloud backup platforms, FastBIT 3, makes data transfer time during cloud backup 30 times faster and notably decreases cache load. FastBIT 3 Technology Allows for Quicker Backups FastBIT is a patching process, and the core technology behind NovaStor’s technology to power speedy ... Read More
AISO.net Announces SolarCloud VPS Hosting
AISO.net, the world’s most responsible, green web hosting company, announces their SolarCloud VPS Hosting, cloud based servers powered by on-site solar energy. This service comes from a proven pioneer in green hosting solutions powered by sun, water and air; along with being dedicated to service, value and sustainability. Sustainability considerations aside, AISO’s SolarCloud solution allows for the kind of flexibility and ease ... Read More
