Monthly Archives: August 2014

Hosting and Cloud Conference Launches First European Event

HostingCon, the premier industry conference and trade show for hosting and cloud providers, along with their partner ResellerClub, Asia’s largest domain name registrar, announced that registrations are now open for ResellerClub Presents HostingCon Europe. The event will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on October 14th and 15th at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. Continue reading

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SoftLayer’s Toronto Data Center Gives Canadians More Cloud Hosting Options, CTO Says

Toronto is North America’s fourth largest city, and Canada’s largest technology hub with a technology sector that employs more than a quarter of all tech workers in Canada. And with countless startups on their way, it’s no wonder there’s demand in the Toronto market for IT services. Continue reading

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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – August 15, 2014

In the week ending August 15, 2014, a couple of service providers are capitalizing on Google’s announcement last week that sites secured with HTTPS will rank higher in search results. Both A Small Orange and Nexcess are offering discounts on SSL certificates. Continue reading

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Hacker Steals $83K in Bitcoins by Hijacking Traffic Directed at Large Hosting Companies

A hacker repeatedly hijacked traffic headed for networks belonging to large hosting companies including Amazon, Digital Ocean, and OVH, redirecting cryptocurrency miners’ connections to collect $83,000 over four months this year. Continue reading

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Rackspace’s ObjectRocket Launches Managed Redis Service

Rackspace-owned ObjectRocket, known for providing managed MongoDB services, is now helping customers manage Redis at scale. The company is providing full automation, support and management of Redis — a service now available out of Rackspace’s northern Virginia data center, with Dallas, Chicago and London locations expected to come online by the end of the month. Continue reading

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