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October 14, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Software giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday it has released Silverlight 2, the latest version of its cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering rich media experiences.

October 14, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Virtualization and automation software developer Parallels has launched Parallels Plesk Control Panel 9.0 beta with new features to increase usability and functionality for service providers, resellers and end-users.

October 14, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting announced on Friday it has drawn an additional $150 million on its revolving line of credit in response to recent economic uncertainities in the credit and bank markets.

October 14, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Texas-based IT host The Planet has expanded its enterprise-class network with new nodes on the US East and West Coasts, which The Planet expects will significantly enhance network performance and latency for its customers.

October 14, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Giving regular people more reason to create a web site, economy Web host and domain registrar Go Daddy has launched a new service that quickly converts an empty domain into a sophisticated website with Web 2.0 features.

October 14, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Pittsburgh-based real estate firm McKnight Development announced last week it has launched H5 Colo, a new company that will develop data centers in the North Texas region, according to reports by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Manchester, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - October 14, 2008 - Web hosting provider, 34SP.com is celebrating its 8th year in the hosting business, by offering free web site hosting. The company's offerings include a range of accounts, as well as upgrades with additional plan features. Stuart Melling, Business Director at 34SP.com offered, ''A lot has changed over those 8 years. We started out on humble Cobalt RaQ servers, which is a far cry from the Quad core systems we use today. We have evolved so much over those years.'' Mr. Melling added, '' What hasn'st changed at 34SP.com is our commitment to reliable web site hosting coupled with professional support. That was our main goal way back when we started in the year 2000. Over those years we have built a solid support team. Everyone on the team has a wealth of experience, everyone has been a webmaster at some stage, even myself. We know the challenges and demands of running a successful web site,

Atlanta, Georgia - (The Hosting News) - October 14, 2008 - internet performance network services company, Internap Network Services Corporation, has expanded its presence in both of Interxion's London and Amsterdam data centers. As a US-based provider of end-to-end business solutions, since becoming a customer less than a year ago, Internap has doubled its footprint in the Interxion London facility in response to a sharp rise in customer demand. Greg McCulloch, Managing Director at Interxion UK noted, ''Our relationship with Internap is growing fast in London because we are uniquely located on the edge of the City, and house a vibrant and interactive customer community. Add to this high availability and high power density, and the data centre becomes an extremely attractive European gateway for Internap customers.'' Daniel Beazer, General Manager, Internap UK remarked, ''Interxion brings all the ingredients our customers need together under one roof in Londo

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) - October 14, 2008 - internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc., and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, has restructured its management team, including Martin Leclair, iWeb co-founder, as President of Products and Technology. Marc Guindon has become Executive Vice-President of Resources, and Philip Tousignant was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, a function previously occupied by Marc Guindon. Mr. Leclair, who is actively involved in the evolution and development of new technologies within the Company, becomes President of Products and Technology ? a role which will enable him to further strengthen iWeb's position as a leader in the IP infrastructure hosting industry. By becoming Executive Vice-President of Resources, Marc Guindon will be responsible for material, financial and human resources; the three elements whose recent and future growth will be directly linked to the success of the Comp

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - October 14, 2008 - A new drag-and-drop hosting cloud service has been developed and launched by cloudAPPy, designed for easier deployment of applications in a load-balanced high availability environment. The service cuts down deployment time by providing an advanced easy-to-use web control, that with a drag of the mouse, enables users to quickly deploy applications to load-balanced clusters of application servers. The way the service works is that users upload an application and drag-and-drop to deploy it via the Control Panel. The application gets automatically propagated to various nodes in a load-balanced cluster in the cloud. The number of load-balanced nodes can be increased or decreased on demand. Gabriel Wong, Chief Architect/Founder, cloudAPPy noted, ''We have created an affordable cloud environment for developers requiring high-availability, for their applications, through an expandable-automated load-balancing system. W