Monthly Archives: March 2014

AWS Leads Public Cloud Price Reductions in 2013: RightScale Report

Amazon Web Services is a leader in public cloud in a lot of ways, one of them being cloud pricing. According to a report by RightScale released on Monday, AWS set the standard in 2013 in terms of frequency and size of cloud price reductions. Continue reading

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BurstNET Sued for Not Making Equipment Lease Payments: Court Documents

Susquehanna Commercial Finance, a company that financed BurstNET’s equipment purchases, has filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania court against BurstNET for failing to make payments totaling $205,858, according to a court document filed in early February. Continue reading

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Cisco to Invest $1 Billion in Global Cloud Network to Accelerate the Internet Of Things

Cisco announced on Monday that it will invest $1 billion over the next two years to create the “world’s largest cloud network.” The investment will go towards building data centers to support its expanded Cisco Cloud Services, including Cisco Intercloud. Continue reading

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PlusServer Acquires synergetic Hosting Division to Strengthen Position in German Market

Web hosting company PlusServer AG announced on Monday that it has acquired the hosting portfolio of synergetic AG in order to strengthen its position in the German managed hosting market. Continue reading

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HostGator Proudly Sponsors 2014 Tour Du Rouge

The post HostGator Proudly Sponsors 2014 Tour Du Rouge appeared first on HostGator Web Hosting Blog | Gator Crossing . The Tour du Rogue is a 533 mile bicycle ride, from Houston to New Orleans, benefiting The American Red Cross. HostGator is proudly celebrating it’s fifth year sponsoring the ride. From March 4th – 9th this year, the riders (including some HostGator employees) will brave the elements, and possibly even some real alligators throughout the swamps of Louisiana, in order to raise money for the Red Cross. The Tour du Rouge is something that is very close to HostGator’s collective heart. From disaster relief to blood donation, and a myriad of services in-between, The American Red Cross provides valuable service to our friends and neighbors in the Gulf Coast region and beyond. Many HostGator employees are cycling enthusiasts and enjoy the challenge of this annual ride, you may have seen our past coverage of the event: http://blog.hostgator.com/2012/06/11/tour-du-rouge-2012/ We are doing something extra special this year in support of the cause as well, and we wanted to go ahead and make the announcement here on our blog. For one day only, tomorrow March 25th, not only are we having a special sale on all new hosting accounts and domains, but we’re also donating an additional $1 from every account signed up for via this promotion to The American Red Cross. Full details will be announced at midnight tonight, but if you’ve been thinking about signing up for a new hosting account, or registering a new domain, then you can do so while also helping out a great cause all day tomorrow! web hosting Continue reading

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