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July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed hosting provider Carpathia Hosting announced on Tuesday that private equity firm Spire Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in Carpathia.

July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Aplus.Net was the most reliable hosting company site for June 2008, up from its number two ranking last month according to UK-based internet security and research firm Netcraft.

July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Australian internet service provider Internode announced on Tuesday it plans to build a $3 million 'green' data center for the Adelaide CBD after the previous data center it opened last year filled to capacity twice as fast as expected.

July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Application technology provider Zeus Technology announced on Tuesday it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor for its ZXTM software.

July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting and IT services provider MaximumASP has announced the release of Microsoft Hyper-V technology as a hypervisor-based virtualization system addition to its dedicated server line-up.

July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed IT services provider DataPipe announced today it has secured $75 million dollars in combined credit and equity financing led by Goldman Sachs to immediately begin an expansion of its Somerset, New Jersey campus.

July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Open source software developer Mozilla said this week it is launching a new initiative designed to develop better security measures for Firefox by recording a whole series of metrics over time.

July 8, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Searching for explanations for last month's high-profile hack, a ICANN spokesperson said that the site hijacking of several of its domains was due to a security leak at the registrar that manages those sites - identified as Register.com.

San Jose, California - (The Hosting News) - July 8, 2008 - Dedicated server, colocation and shared web hosting company, 3FN.Net, has appointed Jessica Brunner as the company's new Human Resources Director, heading its HR operations division. Ms. Brunner will be responsible for all aspects of Human Resources for the company's dedicated server and web hosting divisions. This recently created position is now luckily occupied by an outstanding leader and professional that will definitely strengthen 3FN dedicated servers and shared hosting division executive team. Dean McToner, 3FN spokesperson remarked, ''This appointment promises to bring great benefits for our company as Jessica is one of those leaders, who knows what to do in order to get our HR operations on a higher level. Her new appointment as director of Human Resources already begins to influence positively all aspects including our dedicated server and web hosting support team.'' Ms. Brunner remarked,

Irvine, California - (The Hosting News) - July 8, 2008 - Managed data holdings, services, and on-demand company, InteleNet Communications, has been chosen to provide colocation and managed hosting services to Standard Pacific Corp. Carlos Oliveira, General Manager of InteleNet noted, ''We are pleased to provide colocation and data center services to Standard Pacific. Standard Pacific is one of the preeminent home builders in the nation. We know their selection process was rigorous and involved review of other data centers in our region. Their decision to partner with InteleNet has strengthened our goal of ensuring that InteleNet will remain the premier data center in the area, offering multiple bandwidth carriers, redundant power and integrated security infrastructure. InteleNet has continually demonstrated a deep commitment to businesses such as Standard Pacific and their ever-increasing computing demands. InteleNet remains committed to business cus