Web Host News

Vocus, Inc (NASDAQ: VOCS and Bluehost, Inc. formed a partnership to enable Bluehost subscribers to distribute press releases via Vocus’ PRWeb.

Web hosting provider Crucial Paradigm (crucialp.com) has dropped celebrity blogger Perez Hilton’s Web site (perezhilton.com), after the Web host sent numerous warnings to the site’s administrator claiming that the site was in violation of copyrighted celebrity images.

Managed web hosting company, Impulse Web Solutions, has launched new offerings, including various pre-configured managed dedicated servers, housed at its VSNL Datacenter. The dedicated servers may be categorized as dedicated web, database and email servers.

Server virtualization firm, SWsoft, has been chosen by web hosting provider, FORPSI, in the Czech Republic, to power its new Virtual Server offerings. Using SWsoft’s Virtuozzo virtualization software, the company will create multiple, isolated virtual private server environments.

Web hosting provider CrystalTech (http://www.crystaltech.com) is offering free hosting until 2008, it was announced yesterday. The offer is part of the company’s Summer Spectacular Sale promotion, which offers customers “significant savings and free website hosting options”.

Web hosting provider Network Solutions (http://www.networksolutions.com) is offering more web site design options, the company announced yesterday. The company is re-launching its “Do-It-For-Me Web Site Design” services and increasing the number of premium and standard packages available through the service. According to the company, “Do-It-For-Me Web Site Design” allows small- and medium-sized businesses to “effectively [...]

NameMedia reached a strategic marketing partnership with Tucows.
The agreement allows Tucows to integrate and promote NameMedia’s Domain Listing Service (AfternicDLS) into their wholesale domain name service. The DLS for domain names features the a comprehensive list of available domain names for sale from current domain owners. AfternicDLS – operated exclusively by NameMedia – currently has [...]

Web host and national provider of integrated voice and data communications firm, Covad Communications Group, Inc., has debuted its ADSL2+ service, designed for small businesses and home offices, with a next-generation broadband service providing data speeds of up to 15.0 Mbps.