Monthly Archives: May 2014

Join Us Thursday at Pravda Vodka House in Toronto for our WHIR Networking Event

The WHIR is excited to return to Toronto, ON, Canada on May 15th for a free WHIR Networking Event. This is an opportunity for you to meet face-to-face with local like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers of small to medium size companies with an interest in the Web hosting… Continue reading

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OpenStack Cloud Startup Metacloud Raises $15M

Metacloud, a Pasadena, Calif.-based enterprise cloud startup whose technology is based on OpenStack, has closed a $15 million Series B funding round. The company, whose backers include Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures, said it will use the funding to expanding its team and speed up development of its product. Continue reading

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New EU Cloud Computing Marketplace Targets Scientific Community

The Helix Nebula Initiative (HNX) is a collaboration between the European scientific community and businesses to provide a sustainable cloud. Its new cloud marketplace is designed specifically to serve the needs of data intensive science and will begin operations this month. Cloud marketplaces are becoming quite popular. The WHIR recently… Continue reading

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Indie Box One is a Personal Web Server, But Home-based Hosting Has Drawbacks

Many people are understandably concerned over outside companies handling their data, and a new crowdfunding campaign is hoping to make it easier for them to take their text, images and videos into their own hands with personal web hosting. Continue reading

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Rumored Peak 10 Acquisition Could Reach $900 Million: Reuters

Private equity firm GI Partners is in talks to acquire cloud and infrastructure provider Peak 10 in a deal that could top $900 million, according to a report by Reuters on Wednesday. Continue reading

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