Of late, marketing solutions company Oversee (oversee.net) announced that its DomainSponsor service has introduced a new product designed to serve hosts, registrars, registries and internet service providers, offering companies a way to produce revenue from the entire domain name life cycle using the kind of monetization technology used to match users with advertisers. The product creates unique...
Networking hardware developer Cisco Systems (cisco.com) recently declared that it had acquired a $150 million stake in virtualization software developer VMware (vmware.com), buying shares of the company's common stock currently owned by VMware parent company EMC.
Following the purchase, Cisco will own approximately 1.6 percent of the total outstanding VMware stock, which amounts to less than 1...
Web hosting provider Supanet Hosting (supanethosting.com) newly pronounced it is rolling out its range of high-speed dedicated servers, offering four different packages that will meet the needs of every business. The high-speed servers are designed for high-traffic sites, e-commerce, storing secure data, database applications and online gaming. All of the packages use either Supermicro or...
On July 30, 2007, software-as-a-service provider OpSource (opsource.net) and SaaS-related software development and consulting services Scio Consulting (scioconsulting.co.uk) have formed a partnership designed to accelerate the adoption of the on-demand delivery model by software companies. Under the terms of this non-exclusive agreement, Scio will provide the software development and consulting...
Advanced Internet Technologies (ait.com), a web hosting provider, has newly developed what it calls the industry’s most profitable and most flexible reseller program. The reseller plans (ait.com/reseller-hosting.php) start from $17.97 per month, and provide complete anonymity so users can brand name each product and service with their desired name.
Each hosting plan includes a...
Peak 10 (peak10.com), a data center operator and managed services provider, not long ago announced that it plans to further invest in its technology infrastructure by building a second data center in Nashville, Tennessee. Once complete, the facility will occupy more than 40,000 square feet.
The two Nashville facilities will offer secure and robust options with state-of-the-art redundant...
MaximumASP (maximumasp.com), a Windows-based Web hosting provider, has recently selected telecommunications carrier Global Crossing (globalcrossing.com) as a third Tier 1 bandwidth provider to deliver high bandwidth availability and rapid response times, which enables MaximumASP customers to leverage multiple high speed Internet connections through fully redundant OC-12 SONET-based connections...
Lately, domain name buyer and seller NameMedia (namemedia.com) has partnered with China-based online media services provider China Springboard (chinaspringboard.com). Through the partnership, NameMedia's AfternicDLS domain sales platform will provide China Springboard's customers with access to more than two million premium domain names for purchase.
"China Springboard is uniquely...
On July 27, 2007, Managed hosting and data center operator Quality Technology Services (qualitytech.com) has signed a three-year strategic partnership with Internet business solutions provider Internap (internap.com).
"This partnership offers QualityTech’s Media Services Division a strategic advantage in the marketplace by providing customers with state-of-the-art technology...
A US-based podcaster lost the right to operate thesimpsonsmovie.com domain name after a UN agency ruled that the ownership of the domain should be handed back to Twentieth Century Fox (foxmovies.com), which owns the Simpsons trademark.
According to reports, the movie studio complained to the World Intellectual Property Organization (wipo.int) over the Internet address registered by Keith Mally...