Saturday, August 25, 2012

Weekend Reading: Top Web Hosting News from August 20 – 24, 2012

Cloud hosting provider Rackspace announced on Wednesday that it will open a data center in Sydney, Australia by the end of the year

This week’s top web hosting industry news include Go Daddy launching VPS reseller hosting, Sprint launching hosted Microsoft 365, enabled by Parallels Automation, and Rackspace announcing a Sydney data center.

Web Host ResellerClub to Hold Inaugural RC Hosting Summit in India

Indian web hosting provider ResellerClub announced earlier this month that it will host the first-ever The RC Hosting Summit, a dedicated conference for the web hosting community in India, on November 1st and 2nd in Mumbai, India.

Web Host Go Daddy Launches VPS Reseller Hosting

Web hosting provider Go Daddy launched reseller hosting on Monday for web designers and developers to develop a new revenue channel. While Go Daddy has been offering reseller hosting through its reseller subsidiary, Wild West Domains, this new program marks the first time Go Daddy has offered reseller hosting directly.

Amazon Web Services Launches Glacier Archive Cloud Storage

Cloud services provider Amazon announced on Tuesday that it has launched Glacier archive cloud storage. The hardware-agnostic service aims to replace tape-based archival storage. Glacier is priced lower than Amazon S3, at $0.01 per gigabyte, per month, and like other Amazon services it is pay as you go.

Sprint Launches Hosted Microsoft Office 365 with Parallels Automation

Web hosting software provider Parallels announced on Tuesday that Sprint has launched hosted Microsoft Office 365, which was brought to market quickly with Parallels Automation.

Cloud Hosting Firm Rackspace to Open Sydney Data Center in December

Cloud hosting provider Rackspace announced on Wednesday that it will open a data center in Sydney, Australia by the end of the year. This announcement comes two months after Amazon launched an edge location in Sydney.

US Govt Seizes Domain Names of Sites Offering Pirated Android Mobile Apps

According to a report appearing this week on the Wired Threat Level blog, the US government seized the domain names of a group of websites accused of selling pirated Android mobile phone apps.

Dell Launches Private Cloud IaaS Solutions, Cloud Services Portal

Technology giant Dell announced on Thursday it has launched Dell Cloud Dedicated Services, the company’s new and expanded cloud services that enable customers to select solutions that will help drive business results.

Piston Cloud Releases Free OpenStack Distribution for Private Cloud

Enterprise OpenStack company Piston Cloud Computing announced on Wednesday it has released Airframe, which it calls a “slimmed-down version” of its flagship cloud management platform, Piston Enterprise OpenStack.

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Source : http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/weekend-reading-top-web-hosting-news-from-august-20-24-2012

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