The web hosting provider - Eleven2 Hosting - participated in the Klein ISD FFA Project Show and Auction. This is one of the many ways that they are using to try to give something back to the community. The Co-founder and CEO of Eleven2 - Rodney Giles - stated, ”We’ve always attempted to be selfless in all that we do as a company and as individuals. We just feel its better when we give something back to the community and back to those who have given us so much.”
VeriSign released a statement this week stating that all registry fees for both .net and .com domain names will be increased this year. This new change is due to the new agreements they have been making with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and will begin October 1st. VeriSign said the registry fees for .com and .net domain names will increase to $6.86 and $4.23, from $6.42 and $3.85, respectively.
Pipex Business – a web hosting provider – has decided to rebrand themselves as the new Vialtus Solutions and will be focusing on offering their mid-market and large companied customers an integrated communications solution.
The managing director – Maria Cappella – stated, ”We’re delighted with our refreshed image, which reflects our decision to move away from access-based telecoms services to a solution-focused approach. We have a track record over the last 10 years, deploying complex solutions in a variety of sectors, including government, charities, retail, financial services and media, and look forward to making further enhancements to our service portfolio in coming months.”
Hosting.com – one of the top web hosting sites – is making everything easier by revealing its new its free Microsoft Beta Web hosting plans. They have stated that they are allowing their customers the chance to test out the new Beta versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and also Windows Server 2008 before the February 27, 2008 official release.
GreatDomains will be hosting their first premium domain auction event on Thursday, July 19th at 2:00pm EST. At the auction you will be able to purcahse top quality domains. Sedo, who has recently taken over GreatDomains, is the leading online marketplace when it comes to buying and selling domain names.
Small businesses have been finding it difficult to afford decent web hosting services, something that is hurting their business. That is why SMB Livehost Managed Hosting Series created The Launch Pad.
It seems that an unknown number of Australian companies and consumers that were hosted by a U.S. based company have lost their Web sites and renewal fees. Yet, this is not the first incident with this company. Web sites hosted by US-based Web host RegisterFly have been disappearing in dribs and drabs over the past year. The domains are “parked”, generally when they have expired, but attempts to renew the domain by paying the fee mysteriously fail.
For anyone who is looking to save some money while building up their dream website then you are in luck. Free Rider Web Hosting has just announced that they will be selling domains for only $1.99, until April 30, 2007.
Windows web hosting provider, Easy CGI, has decided to upgrad its shared hosting servers, to the new managed code programming model for Windows, .Net Framework 3.0. The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly WinFX) is going to allow developers to take full advantage of the .Net Framework by mixing the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
Web hosting provider WireNine.com is a company that is firmly against overselling as a practice. They have decided to enhance its hosting plans. The Linux-based shared, reseller and dedicated host has upgraded its shared and reseller web hosting plans, doubling disk space and bandwidth and adding additional features. No additional costs have been passed to customers.