(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian Web hosting provider RackForce Networks (www.rackforce.com) announced on Tuesday it has added a high performance storage area network offering to its portfolio of services.
According to the press release, the new service provides “solid performance, flexibility and reliability at a lower price point,” as well as compliments RackForce’s existing high performance SAN offering.
The services are delivered on the NetApp storage platform and supports many storage needs such as mainstream enterprise applications, disaster recovery solutions, and development and test environments.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data center operator i/o (www.iodatacenters.com) announced on Tuesday that it has appointed three new senior executives. Kevin Malik was named chief information officer, David Shaw is i/o’s new chief operating officer and Kathy Kim was named VP of corporate communications.
These appointments come two months after the company secured $105 million of growth capital.
“As the demand for our modular data center solutions continues to exceed expectations, it’s vital that we attract the best people in the industry,” Anthony Wanger, president of i/o said in a statement. “The addition of these talented individuals with their respective subject knowledge, experience and reputation, plays an important role in accelerating i/o’s capabilities as a global technology-based leader.”
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and content management provider SubHub (www.subhub.com) announced on Tuesday it is in the process of changing its business model to become a reseller of Drupal CMS, according to a report by paidContent:UK.
The company currently provides hosted publishing software to small publishers that are looking to charge for their content, for $82 per month.
SubHub will now become a reseller of the Drupal CMS, as well as launch a paid app store for the popular CMS.
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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider BrightHost (www.brighthost.com) announced on Tuesday that it is expanding to Hong Kong by deploying its cloud offering within an Equinix (www.equinix.com) data center.
According to the press release, Australia-based BrightHost will offer its managed private cloud solutions in Hong Kong through Equinix’s Hong Kong International Business Exchange.
Last year, Equinix announced its plans to open a second Hong Kong data center. HK2 will be open in the third quarter of 2011.