August 26, 2011 — If you’re shopping for VPS hosting or SSL products in the week ending August 26, 2011, there are a few deals ready to cater to your needs. The SSL Store is confronting bad customer service with its new no purchase necessary program, Namesco SSL certificates are 40 percent off, ASPnix.com is offering double dedicated memory on VPS accounts, Hostdime is offering its VPS hosting plans for $20 off and BritBytes.com is giving away a year of free hosting.
Updates from August, 2011
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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - August 26 2011
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Colocation Provider zColo Opens Pittsburgh Data Center
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August 26, 2011 – Colocation provider zColo announced on Wednesday it has opened a new data center in Pittsburgh, which brings its footprint to 11 colocation data centers nationally. The Pittsburgh Meet-Me-Room provides multiple connection options for enterprise, carrier and technology providers to interconnect in a single, secure and reliable environment.
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TDS Completes Data Center Relocation for University of Texas
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August 26, 2011 — Transitional Data Services announced on Friday it has successfully completed a multi-phased data center relocation project for The University of Texas at Austin. This relocation effort included the complete de-installation, transport, and re-installation of all IT infrastructure components and departmental servers into the new University Data Center.
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Web Host CFDynamics Partners with Website Panel for Control Panel
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August 26, 2011 — Web hosting provider CFDynamics announced on Friday that it has partnered with WebsitePanel to offer the control panel to its customers. Built exclusively for a Windows platform, WebsitePanel is ideal for customers that want to easily manage multiple servers at once, according to the press release. The control panel will be available to its hosting customers within the next three months once the partnership is finalized, CFDynamics says.
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Equinixs New Business Data Center Suites to Fall Between Retail and Wholesale
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August 26, 2011 — Colocation provider Equinix will soon introduce a new set of data center services that offer enclosed data center suites for customers that are looking for larger footprints, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.
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Web Hosting Program We Stop Badware Starts Adding New Participants
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August 26, 2011 — We Stop Badware, the program for web hosts launched by non-profit security organization StopBadware, has picked up momentum after only being live for a week, according to an announcement on Friday. Irish domain registrar Blacknight Solutions joined the program to educate users on the dangers of malicious software, according to the press release.
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Dell Completes Acquisition of Data Center Networking Firm Force10
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August 26, 2011 — Dell announced on Friday it has completed its acquisition of data center networking provider Force10. First announced last month, the Force10 acquisition is Dell’s latest investment to broaden its networking portfolio to deliver its Virtual Network Services Infrastructure.
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E-Commerce Firm Savtira Partners with Data Sales for Equipment Leasing
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August 26, 2011 — Cloud e-commerce solutions provider Savtira announced this week that it has expanded its network infrastructure via a multi-million dollar lease facility increase with its partner Data Sales. According to the press release, the asset-backed lease line will allow Savtira to regain equity while growing its business.
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Patch Released for Apache Software DDoS Vulnerability
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August 26, 2011 — The Apache Software Foundation is expected to release a patch within the next couple of days for a vulnerability found in the server software that could be used to send a denial of service attack.
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VMware vSphere 5 Cloud Infrastructure Suite Now Available
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August 26, 2011 — Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware announced on Thursday that VMware vSphere 5 is now generally available. The cloud infrastructure suite delivers about 200 new and enhanced capabilities, according to the press release. This release comes almost a month after the WHIR spoke to group manager, product marketing for VMware, Mike Adams, about vSphere 5.