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August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an attempt to boost its internet search and e-commerce business, Microsoft announced on Friday it has agreed to acquire Greenfield Online, the owner of European price comparison website Ciao.com, for about $486 million.

August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Web has grown by a net 1.3 million sites due to 1.2 million Apache sites and half-a-million Google sites, desite Microsoft IIS losing 60,000 sites, acccording to the latest web server survey by UK research and security firm Netcraft.

August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting provider ServerPoint announced on Friday it has added Integra Telecom as a backbone provider on its network.

August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- One of the interesting trends in this week's hosting news was the issuance of data from a selection of surveys, with some of the more significant news of the week coming from more one-off events.

August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Vistrex, owner and operator of custom web design firm BestSiteDesign.net, announced on Friday it has launched a complete solution that includes both website design and hosting services for a business or individual's website.

August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web research organization Hostexploit has released a report identifying Concord, California-based web host Atrivo as a major, long-time source of fake anti-virus products, spyware, adware and viruses.

August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Emerson Electric announced this week it is building a 35,000-square-foot data center in the company's headquarters of St. Louis, as part of an enormous initiative to consolidate 100 global data centers into four facilities.

August 29, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center services provider n|Frame will be hosting a free Webinar entitled "Complicated Equation: Facility Power + Cooling = Uptime," to help businesses deal with the rising cost of data center energy and cooling.

Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - August 29, 2008 - The Association of internet and Hosting Service Providers (AIHSP), has issued a call for industry professionals, to join five distinguished advisory subcommittees. Paul Hirsch, President of the AIHSP Founding Committee explained, ''Our advisory subcommittees will play an important role in shaping the future of this organization, laying the groundwork for the realization of our goals. Today, we are a small but agile group of dedicated volunteers, and we see these advisory subcommittees as an opportunity to involve the greater community and benefit from the collective wisdom therein. It is crucial that AIHSP be driven by its constituents, and that the energy and founding philosophy be widespread among the vast spectrum that is the web hosting and Internet services industry.'' The AIHSP is the first-ever trade association serving the shared interests of providers and vendors in the W

Phoenix, Arizona - (The Hosting News) - August 29, 2008 - Provider of Windows-based web hosting, and CrystalTech parent company, Newtek Technology Services' i/o Data Centers, has completed a SAS 70 Type II audit. Tony Wanger, Senior Managing Director of i/o Data Centers remarked, ''i/o Data Centers designs, builds and operates best in class data centers. By putting our controls and procedures through the rigorous SAS 70 process, our customers, like CrystalTech Web Hosting, have confidence that they can rely on the services provided by i/o.'' The SAS 70 Type II audit is a rigorous third-party evaluation of internal procedures, policies, and controls in accordance to the standards set by the AICPA. The completion of this audit, which was performed by independent service auditor Deloitte and Touche LLP, provides assurances that Newtek Technology Services' data center space has the necessary controls in place to effectively manage and protect customer data. Robert