Affinity Internet, a provider of web-based services, has appointed Jim
Collins, the company's current president, to the position of CEO, effective
immediately.
Jim Collins has been with Affinity in various executive roles for more than
five years and has helped reshape the company. Under his leadership Affinity
Internet has evolved from a web hosting provider to a full-service web based
services firm, dedicated to helping businesses create, deploy, market,
maintain and secure their online presence.
According to Sanjeev Aggarwal, Senior Analyst Small and Medium Business
Strategies, Yankee Group, ''In modern business, the traditional definition of
web based services has evolved to encompass search engine optimization,
e-commerce and online advertising technologies. Affinity Internet has been a
driving force in this transition, adjusting its business model and offering a... (more)
Dedicated server hosting company, Peer 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. has named
its board of directors for the coming year. At its annual general meeting,
its shareholders elected Mark Benham, Michael Cytrynbaum, Werner K. Paulus,
Scott Shaw, Chris Theodoropoulos and Lance Tracey as directors of the company
for the coming year.
The directors will guide the company forward after a year which has seen Peer
1 Network acquire approximately 8,300 servers, as well as operating
facilities in Atlanta, GA, Miami, FL, and Fremont, CA from Interland. Peer 1
had also previously purchased all of... (more)
SYS-CON Media today launched a new Web Hosting news and content site at
webhosting.sys-con.com. The new SYS-CON portal will be the central news and
information resource for global Web Hosting solution providers and their
customers.
WebHosting.sys-con.com will publish breaking news stories from the wires,
exclusive interviews with leading hosting companies, as well as case studies
and success stories from the Web Hosting industry.
Also this week SYS-CON introduced a new portal, AJAX.sys-con.com, a leading
Ajax information and news resource for its i-technology readers.
... (more)
Alienware has announced the release of its new Alienware Hivemind 5520 5U
rack server – the most powerful addition to its Hivemind rack server
line. Powered by dual Intel Xeon processors with dual-core technology and
with 3TB of hard drive storage and up to 16GB of memory, the Hivemind 5520
represents a complete solution for a range of businesses.
"Corporate customers needing an extremely powerful, reliable solution for
databases, storage area networks, web hosting, multiple workloads, or other
large-scale applications will find the answer they have been looking for with
th... (more)
Covad and Verizon have announced an agreed settlement that “resolves
all pending litigation and disputes” between them, including the
dismissal of Covad’s upcoming antitrust case against Verizon, dismissal
of a suit Verizon filed against Covad, and resolution of all billing
disputes.
Another agreement also enables Covad to provide xDSL services over lines
being used Verizon’s voice services resellers.
"We are pleased to be able to expand our existing wholesale relationship with
this highly valued customer," said Virginia Ruesterholz, President of
Verizon&r... (more)
Oleg Chunikhin
Andrew Siegmund
Amit Gupta
Tim Ober
Stefano Bellasio
Ben Johnson
Ben McCormack
Colin Ritchie
Vaibhaw Pandey
