Monthly Archives: May 2014

Flexiant Acquires Multi-Cloud Management Technology Tapp

Flexiant announced on Monday that it has acquired the Tapp multi-cloud management technology and business from Spanish cloud company Besol Sl. Flexiant will integrate the Tapp technology into its cloud management platform. Continue reading

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Confirmed: Peak 10 Acquired By GI Partners

Private Equity firm GI Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IT infrastructure and cloud provider Peak 10, Inc., the companies said today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a report from Reuters last week said market rumors valued the deal at between $800 million and $900 million. Continue reading

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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – May 9, 2014

In the week ending May 9, 2014, there are several deals on web hosting including a 50 percent discount from Media Temple on its Premium WordPress Hosting. Continue reading

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Media Temple, Pagely Introduce New Features to WordPress Hosting Plans

The managed WordPress hosting space saw some improvements this week from two WordPress hosting providers: Media Temple and Pagely. Continue reading

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Rush to Patch Heartbleed Infects Previously Unaffected Servers

Security researcher and Opera developer Yngve Nysaeter Pettersen released a blog post Wednesday discussing the implications of quick reaction to patch the Heartbleed vulnerability. Rather than best practices and critical thinking prevailing, patches may have been installed that infected previously unaffected servers. Pettersen said, “It is difficult to definitely say… Continue reading

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