Web Host News

Easyspace, a webhosting company, declared that the “worst website” competition which they held recevied over 500 entries. The company states that it was a tough task narrowing down finalists who would be open for the public to vote for 2 weeks. having gone through all entries, along with their creative reasoning sent in, it picked [...]

Web hosting provider The Planet (http://www.theplanet.com/) has re-launched its “Double Down” promotion, the company announced recently. The promotion offers consumers choice of a “select range of servers” and “twice the RAM, hard-drive space or bandwidth at no additional cost”.

Canadian Web Hosting Provider Cirrus Tech Ltd. has announced reductions of “up to 30%” on Virtual Private Server (VPS) and dedicated hosting options. The company’s strong relationships with providers such as Dell and SWSoft have resulted in cost savings that the company is passing on to customers.

Outsourced managed IT and infrastructure services to the mid market in Canada, Fusepoint Managed Services, has reported record financial results for the 2007 fiscal year.

Rackspace Managed Hosting, has revealed a new corporate strategy, based upon a reconfiguration of its identity, to reflect its intention to shift into IT hosting, while transforming traditional IT functions into consumable services via the web.

Web host Hosted Solutions (http://www.hostedsolutions.com) has acquired a new data facility, its second in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The company’s “Enterprise Data Center” will add an additional 7,600 square feet of floor space, “increasing Hosted Solutions’ data center capabilities to serve clients and provide a world class hosting environment”. The new facility will offer “secure [...]

Business-class email hosting specialist and the mail division of Rackspace, Webmail.us, LLC, has issued a corporate brand change from Webmail to Mailtrust, as it continues to provide business-class email hosting for over 85,000 businesses worldwide.

AptHost (http://www.apthost.com/) has redesigned its shared and reseller web hosting plans and launched new semi-dedicated hosting services, the company announced recently.