Monthly Archives: November 2013

Verizon Argues Against Net Neutrality in US Court of Appeal

November 5, 2013 — Verizon argued against the Federal Communication Commission’s Net Neutrality law, which prevents ISPs from selectively blocking or slowing traffic, in the United States Court of Appeal on Monday. Keep on reading: Verizon Argues Against Net Neutrality in US Court of Appeal Continue reading

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Internap Acquires iWeb – The Why and Valuation

November 5, 2013 — It only took just a few minutes after the news of the sale of iWeb to Internap was released for Mark Price, CEO of Tranquil Hosting, to question me on Facebook, “Tom, what do you think about those multiples?” Mark, I think you will be surprised how I believe they got to a lofty 13x EBITDA. Keep on reading: Internap Acquires iWeb – The Why and Valuation Continue reading

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Demand Media Plans Domain Name Services Spinoff Rightside Group

November 5, 2013 — Demand Media announced on Tuesday a proposed spinoff domain name services business, Rightside Group, to be led by Taryn Naidu, who is currently Demand Media’s executive VP of domain services. Keep on reading: Demand Media Plans Domain Name Services Spinoff Rightside Group Continue reading

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New IBM Cloud Ad Campaign Targets Competitor Amazon

November 5, 2013 — IBM wants to remind the public that its cloud hosts 270,000 more websites than Amazon Web Services including “more of the most highly trafficked websites than Amazon and every other cloud provider.” This is part of IBM’s new online and print campaign that singles out AWS as its competition. Keep on reading: New IBM Cloud Ad Campaign Targets Competitor Amazon Continue reading

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Rackspace Updates Public Cloud Servers for Speedy Application Performance

November 5, 2013 — Rackspace announced on Tuesday the launch of its redesigned public cloud that offers better application performance through new Performance Cloud Servers. Keep on reading: Rackspace Updates Public Cloud Servers for Speedy Application Performance Continue reading

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