Web.com and Go Daddy in Patent Cross-License Agreement
Web hosts Web.com and Go Daddy have entered into a settlement and patent cross-license agreement, it was reported recently. The move is in response to a lawsuit Web.com filed against Go Daddy in 2006 for alleged infringement of U.S. patents.
According to the companies, the move “fully resolves” the lawsuit with each company granting each other a “non-exclusive cross-license covering the parties’ respective patent portfolios, including all patents that may in the future issue from pending applications.”
Web Host 1&1 Offers Managed Online Advertising
Web host 1&1 is offering managed online advertising for web hosting customers, it was reported recently. According to the company, its advertising package “delivers guaranteed click-rates for a flat fee” and is a “cost-effective way to access online advertising for smaller enterprises”.
1&1, which bills itself as “the world’s largest web host by known servers”, is offering what it calls a “unique point-and-click solution for online marketing that generates predetermined levels of traffic to a website” at a fixed monthly rate. Through its 1&1 Advertising Package, the company “creates and manages sponsored links on Google” for its customers, designing campaigns that are “developed to address the online marketing ambitions of smaller enterprises with limited experience and resources”. The company’s “highly skilled, trained and experienced marketing agents” manage a campaign until “all clicks have been achieved.”
Offshore hosting firm HavenCo lost at sea • The Register
Controversial hosting provider HavenCo – which operated from the ‘nation’ of Sealand, an old naval fort off the coast of Suffolk which was declared a ’sovereign principality’ by its quirky owner Roy Bates – has finally gone offline.
As of last week, the HavenCo website is gone and the domain is now hosted outside the Sealand subnet.
Founded in 2000 by Bates’ son and Michael with $1m in seed money, the company initially offered an everything goes-policy along with an offshore fat-pipe data haven. Child pornography, spamming and malicious hacking were strictly prohibited, but with no restrictions on copyright or intellectual property for data hosted on its servers, file-sharing certainly looked like a possibility.
2ip Rolls Out ‘Pay to Own’ Web Hosting Sales Model, Drops Subscription Payments
2ip, a shared hosting leader serving more than 310,000 Web sites since 1999, today announced the launch of its ‘Pay to Own’ sales model, allowing customers to pay a one-time fee for the Web hosting they need, without any recurring subscription costs.
The new payment model is ideal for small businesses or individuals seeking a simple, ad-free, and reliable Web presence without a continual cost. Customers can even use a free 2ip sub-domain to eliminate domain name registry fees and use 2ip’s free Web site builder tools to avoid costs associated with creating the site.
Hosting firm shutdown forces botnets to relocate
The shutdown Tuesday of a California-based hosting company not only knocked down spam volumes but has also put a dent in malware-spreading botnets and other criminal activity, researchers said today.
While cybercriminals will face some short-term difficulties as they are forced to relocate their operations, the relief will be only temporary for the world’s Internet users, the researchers added.
Hotmail users revolt against new interface
As Microsoft Corp. continues to roll out its redesigned Windows Live Hotmail, angry users are pushing back by complaining online that the new interface is a step backward and the Web-based e-mail service runs slower than before.
Most of the complaints stem from the revamped look and feel of Windows Live Hotmail, which Microsoft started to unveil Sept. 22. The new interface does away with what had been two options: the years-old “classic” interface and a newer “full” interface that was first offered in 2006. Instead, Microsoft tossed those choices in favor of an interface that merged elements of both, and that the company claimed was much faster to render in a browser.
Web hosting Application, Ensim Unify Enterprise 2.5, Presented at Microsoft Tech
November 4, 2008 – Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application firm, Ensim Corporation, will be demonstrating the latest release of its Unify Enterprise platform at Microsoft’s Tech Ed EMEA IT Professionals Conference.
NETCOM .CM Domain Registry Begins Sunrise Period
NETCOM.cm Sarl (NETCOM), the .CM Registry, will start accepting Sunrise applications for 2nd-level .CM domain names from 10 a.m. UTC, Oct. 15, 2008. In Sunrise Phase, domain name registrations, permitted in the COM.CM, NET.CM and CO.CM name spaces, will be open to trademark holders worldwide.
Mr. Moustapha Saya Kaigama (Saya), President of NETCOM, said, “During the past weeks, preparations have been being finalized to ensure that the highly anticipated .CM domain launch is a success. This is a very exciting time for NETCOM, as we now finally have the opportunity to promote our name space to the world. With absolute delight, NETCOM is pleased to have the CM domain name space launch into a new era.”
Windows Is Preferred Cloud Operating System States GoGrid
Cloud Server Hosting provider, GoGrid, which has been providing Windows 2003 Servers in the Cloud since March 2008, confirms strong demand for Windows in the Cloud.
Windows, With 8 Months of Cloud Server Delivery Data, Is Selected More Often in the GoGrid “Control in the Cloud™” cloud computing platform. Windows Cloud Servers accounts for approximately two-thirds of all Cloud servers deployed by customers within the GoGrid infrastructure.
Host Gator Paints Itself Green
More than a month after announcing its environmental initiative, Host Gator (www.hostgator.com) has responded to user suggestions by designing labels for clients that assure end-users that the host is environmentally responsible.
In September, a user identified as Michael suggested Host Gator create an icon hosting clients could place on their sites to signify the green status. Host Gator ran with it, creating small images with slogans like “This site is green” and “Powered by Texas wind.” This quickly caused resellers to ask for non-branded-specific green labeling, which the company has plans to release shortly.