Hosting news stories

Hosting
16 reasons why you should move your backup to a NZ-hosted solution
It turns out that our own backyard has plenty of advantages over other international locations.

Cybersecurity
UKCloud Health to provide services for NHS London Procurement Partnership
The company will provide cybersecurity, consultancy, and hosting services on the framework.

Hosting
CaaB hooks into Equinix data centers across the globe
CaaB provides a top-tier global VMware cloud infrastructure network with 13 data centers across four continents. Now Equinix hosts five of those data centers, providing more location choice for MSPs.

Amazon Web Services / AWS
Dropbox invests in hosting data inside Australia
Global collaboration platform Dropbox has announced it will now host Australian customer files onshore to support its growing base in the country.

Colocation
Data growth the growing case for managed colocation
The relentless growth of data could see colocation take on a new importance, says Jon Lucas.

Hosting
Aruba awarded licence to sell .cloud domains in China
Aruba is looking to capitalise on the thriving digital economy in China with its continued Asia expansion.

Colocation
NEXTDC makes strategic investment to drive new data centre solutions
NEXTDC has revealed its plans to accelerate its influence in the field of data-centre-as-a-service in Australia with a new senior appointment.

Hosting
Ensono nearly doubles in size with data centre company acquisition
By acquiring a global hosted data centre services business, Ensono hopes to strengthen its presence in the UK and US, and establish one in India.

Hosting
Wipro's data center hosting business sells for $405 million
The hosted data center business is one of the three businesses that Wipro took over when it acquired Infocrossing in 2007.

Hosting
Pakistani telco inks data center hosting deal with nation's largest ATM network
“PTCL’s customer-centric strategy coupled with its modern & reliable network is the first choice for enterprises to avail one-window ICT solutions.”

Hosting
Customers happy to pay premium for right cloud and hosting enhancements
There are big benefits in providing enhanced hosting and cloud services according to a new report, which found customers willing to pay 30% premiums.

Hosting
Huawei helps French cloud company transform its data centers
With 65 network maintenance employees, Ikoula hosts more than 37,000 websites and maintains more than 8,000 virtual servers for its 25,000 customers.

Hosting
Web Werks launches new business hosting plans for small businesses
It is the best platform for emerging companies to pick up the features and flexibility they require to help their development at a reasonable cost.

Hosting
Kiwi company launches to help others do the same
This company has the goal to make it affordable for entrepreneurs to set up their own business and to give existing small businesses a boost.

WordPress
Managed WordPress hosting: What is it and why use it?
Adding security, performance, upgrades and professional support, Managed WordPress Hosting is gaining popularity. And there’s a Kiwi option too.

Hosting
Kiwi cloud company Psoda expands Australian footprint
Psoda and Macquarie Telecom have entered into a partnership that will help Psoda expand into Australia.

Hosting
People, processes become focus for data centres.
As data centres rapidly evolve, the people, processes and management involved is coming under scrutiny, Gartner tells Heather Wright.

Hosting
Pioneering cloud service provider, looking for new resellers
A pioneer in cloud computing, OneNet has developed into a New Zealand market leader in over a decade, and is now looking to add to its 100-plus resellers across the country.

Hosting
Rackspace datacentre welcomes hybrid cloud
Launch of public cloud powered by OpenStack completes Hybrid Cloud portfolio in Australia.

Hosting
Vocus to invest 'significantly' in Maxnet: CEO
$9.5 million spend on company could be just the start: "We are looking forward to growing Maxnet."

Hosting
Second acquisition for Digiweb
Purchase of Digital Network Ltd continues growth for cloud provider.

Hosting
Deja vu as RimuHosting takes over HostingDirect’s VPS business
Deal mirrors near-identical transaction from three years ago.

Hosting
Maxnet acquired by Aussie telco for $9.5m
Vocus Communications purchases kiwi data centre & cloud company.

Hosting
Case study: solving quake experts' availability challenge
Web hosting providers Webdrive provide round-the-clock reliability for EQC monitoring project.