Qwest Communications announced the opening of its 17th data center nationwide and third center in the Washington, D.C., metro area, in response to continued customer demand for hosting and cloud-based infrastructure services. The new Qwest-owned and operated CyberCenter currently is supporting one federal government customer. The new 129,000 square foot facility will be equipped with redundant state-of-the-art network and hosting capabilities. Today’s businesses struggle to support ... Read the Full Story

Research In Motion (RIM) introduced BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server Express – free new server software that wirelessly and securely synchronizes BlackBerry(R) smartphones with Microsoft(R) Exchange or Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Small Business Server. The new BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software will be provided free of charge in order to address two key market opportunities. First, the software offers economical advantages to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that desire ... Read the Full Story

C7 Data Centers, Inc., a leading regional data center operator and managed services provider has signed a multi-year colocation agreement with Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine Answers.com(R) which includes the properties WikiAnswers(R) and ReferenceAnswers(TM). Answers selected C7 Data Centers to be its production site for services to the Midwest and West of the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. “We are delighted to welcome another dynamic and innovative ... Read the Full Story

BounceWeb, leading provider of web hosting services is now 100% green. The socially responsible company has improved its server energy efficiency resulting in 43% less electric power consumption. Thus they are providers of green wind powered web hosting. The wind powered hosting is completely carbon neutral & the company also purchases REC (Renewable Energy Credit) to offset its carbon footprint. BounceWeb is part of the 3% of web hosting companies that offer green web hosting. ... Read the Full Story

The leading web hosting service provider in India WebHostingJack.com has partnered with CCavenue.com to accept online payments through all major credit cards, debit cards, internet banking, Its Cash Card and Mobile payment. This of its association with CCavenue will puts website owners, resellers, and online businesses at ease to deal with the company without any hassle now. As the world is shrinking into PCs, internet technology has become the axis on which online community is revolving ... Read the Full Story

Escalating electricity costs in the datacenter, and concerns about energy efficiency, get to pole position in Gartner’s list of the most important IT topics. Armarac leads the field with a revolution in equipment mounting and enclosure which reduces costs by increasing efficiency. Armarac enclosures are compact, wall-mounted rack systems which provide a secure, damage-resistant environment for computer, networking, and communications equipment. Equipment is housed vertically in ... Read the Full Story

Entries from across the UK have flooded in for the DediPower Digital Awards, aiming to claim the first prize worth over £50,000. The closing date for entries has now passed and the judges have a tough task choosing a short list from the range of high calibre entries. The short list of three finalists will be announced on Monday 15th February. There is also a judges’ special “Digital Innovation Award” for an excellent entry, displaying inventiveness and creativity, but which did ... Read the Full Story

Equinox Software, Inc, announces new hosting and support services for the Koha open source ILS to libraries. Two different packages will be available for libraries to choose from based on their needs and resources. Koha on Demand is aimed at libraries looking for quick provisioning of new Koha databases. This service provides a modern, full-featured ILS with system administration managed by Equinox. Koha Dedicated Hosting provides a virtual private server (VPS) with Koha installed. This ... Read the Full Story

Webhostuk Limited (http://www.webhost.uk.net), one of the UK’s leading web hosting companies, has today unveiled a new range of dedicated servers. The new servers which are managed Dell servers, use Intel Dual Core and Quad Core processors. The servers are designed for excellent and robust performance, faster response times and improved scalability. With the new Quad Core Xeon processors, powerful RAM and high capacity SATA hard drives, a user can run the most complex ... Read the Full Story

After thorough testing, UK web hosting provider eUKhost has launched its new Cloud VPS Hosting service, powered by its new cloud environment that is based on VMware virtualization platform. According to its Monday announcement, eUKhost’s Cloud VPS Hosting offers one of the best solutions available for delivering 100 percent uptime in a virtual server environment. VMware’s Fault Tolerance and High Availability features help eliminates even the smallest disruptions in the event ... Read the Full Story

The Planet, a global leader in IT hosting, has outlined plans to spend more than $7 million to enhance the network infrastructure in Houston and Dallas, its core operating cities. The company plans capital investments in network capacity upgrades, expanded infrastructure for its Private and Virtual Rack solutions, new routers and switches, and robust test platforms to evaluate custom solutions. To increase network resilience and capacity, the company plans to double the number of 10 ... Read the Full Story

The OpenDNSSEC project group today announces the availability of its open source software that will make it easier for Internet service providers, web hosting companies and name service operators to enhance Internet security. OpenDNSSEC is available to download at: http://www.OpenDNSSEC.org. Developed by industry leaders including .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation), NLNetLabs, Nominet, Kirei, SURFnet, SIDN and John Dickinson, OpenDNSSEC will seamlessly integrate domain name ... Read the Full Story

HostGator.com, a leading provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting, announced on Monday that it had renewed its commitment to providing its customers with sustainable and environmentally friendly web hosting services. Last week, the company renewed its agreement with 3Degrees, one of the nation’s leading renewable energy sales, trading and advisory firms, to purchase Renewal Energy Certificates (RECs) for 130% of the electricity used to power and cool HostGator’s more ... Read the Full Story

Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced its sponsorship of the third TradeTech Architecture Conference, taking place from the 9th to 11th of February 2010 at the America Square Conference Centre in London. This year’s conference will bring Europe’s largest meeting of CIOs and CTOs from the capital markets together to take part in a series of interactive panel discussions and roundtables on the infrastructure behind high-frequency ... Read the Full Story

Silver Stream announced the release of its new website. They have revamped its appearance and services to keep up with the latest technological web developments. Here’s what this reputed Vancouver Web Design company has got to offer - Ecommerce and CMS Solutions: They deliver custom e-commerce solutions based on third party as well as open source shopping cart systems. They’re also experts in customizing existing ecommerce set-ups and fine tuning it as per the current ... Read the Full Story