Web Host News

Clustered hosting provider, and Rackspace Hosting’s cloud division, Mosso, has named technology industry and operations veteran, Bruce Runyan, as its new Chief Uptime Officer.

Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has launched new promotions that offer discounts on a selection of dedicated servers and new technologies.

Web hosting tutorial provider DemoWolf (http://www.demowolf.com) has expanded its “tutorial development program” by adding four new developers, the company announced recently. According to the company, this will allow it to “release more new tutorials for the hosting industry at a much faster rate”.

British web host 123-reg (http://www.123-reg.co.uk) is offering cut-price hosting, the company announced recently. The cost of the company’s Starter Pro shared hosting package has been reduced to £1 ($2) a month “for the first six months of a 12 month package”. Terms and conditions that apply to the promotion are available at the company’s website.

Web host Cirrus Tech has updated its dedicated hosting offerings, the company announced yesterday. According to the company, the move is “in keeping with its commitment to offer the latest web hosting technologies” and includes each of the company’s dedicated server offerings, which have been given “newer processors”.

Web hosting server cooling facilitator, CoolIT, has released its Dual Drive Bay VGA Cooler, designed to cool AMD’s new ATI RadeonTM HD 4870 X2 Graphics card.

Global leaders in IT dedicated hosting, The Planet have added big discounts on web servers optimized for customers who require technology test beds for examining new programs.

Shared and dedicated web hosting services firm, Alentus Corporation, has been awarded the #1 Dedicated Server placement for the month of August, in 2008, by the Dedicated Server Directory.