Monthly Archives: September 2014

Why Acquiring Email Marketing Platforms is the Wrong Move for Hosts

Web hosts acquire for many of the same reasons that other companies acquire, including boosting their bottom line, increasing their subscribers, cutting out competition and extending their reach into new markets. But why acquire email marketing platforms? Continue reading

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Braintree Partners with Coinbase for Mobile Bitcoin Payments

Braintree announced a partnership with Coinbase which will allow mobile payments to be made with bitcoin at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on Monday. Braintree also announced that One Touch mobile payment for iOS is now generally available from PayPal, and is in public beta for Android, while Venmo’s One Touch option is in beta for both. Continue reading

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Digiweb Buys New Zealand Web Host Web Drive

Digiweb Group, an Irish telecom services and hosting provider, has acquired Web Drive, which is among New Zealand’s largest web hosts. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Continue reading

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DDoS Attack Causes Weekend Outages at New Zealand ISP Spark

Customers of New Zealand ISP Spark experienced significant outages over the weekend due to a DDoS attack that sent “extremely high traffic loads” to its Spark DNS servers. Continue reading

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WHIR Events Announces 2015 Schedule

After taking a break over the summer, WHIR Events are back in full-force with a jam-packed networking schedule. We are also thrilled to announce the dates and locations of our 2015 networking events! Continue reading

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