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October 16, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting provider Aplus.net announced on Thursday it has launched the Aplus.net Forum, a new service that offers blogging, networking and online chat and communication for the company's customer base.

October 15, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Diversified development company Rancho Santa Monica Developments has reached a tentative agreement to acquire social media host AptHost.com Communications USA.

October 16, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- European network-neutral data center operator TelecityGroup will open a new, 4 megawatt, 2,800 square meter (9,186 sq.ft) data center in Stockholm to meet growing customer requirements and wider market demand to open in early 2009.

October 16, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- As part of a $400 million investment into new facilities around the world, IT infrastructure service provider SAVVIS announced on Thursday it has opened the doors of its new UK data center in Slough, Berkshire.

October 16, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- On-demand IT infrastructure provider Layered Technologies has extended its DEFCON managed services to include virtual machines, giving Grid Layer customers the same advanced services available to dedicated server clients.

October 16, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Go Daddy announced on Wednesday that President George W. Bush signed into law bi-partisan legislation that gives web hosts like Go Daddy the proper tools to shutdown illegitimate online pharmacies.

October 16, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- web hosting provider AIT announced on Wednesday it has released Email Marketer Pro, a new Web-based tool to manage email marketing campaigns.

October 16, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hosting control panel developer, DotNetPanel has unveiled its new Hyper-V supporting control panel that gives hosting companies a complete virtualization and virtual private server solution, making it the first of its kind.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 16, 2008 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has expanded its enterprise class network, by adding new nodes on the East and West Coasts of the United States. Will Charnock, Vice President of technology for The Planet noted, ''Our international business continues to grow substantially, based on the quality of our world-class network and SAS 70 Type II-compliant data centers, and on the favorable exchange rate. By establishing nodes on both coasts, we'll be able to interconnect with international carriers directly, bypassing third-party networks, which results in increased performance and reduced latency. Customers rely on us for managing their mission-critical IT infrastructures around the clock, and we offer them the widest range of options in the industry, from dedicated or managed hosting to colocation services.'' The nodes are located in Equinix colocation facilities in San Jose, Calif.,

Walnut, California - (The Hosting News) - October 16, 2008 - Reseller hosting provider, Gazzin.com, has upgraded hosting plan allotments after successfully relocating to a new datacenter facility, for its over 37,000 domain names. Located in an XO Communications private data facility, Gazzin.com has significantly increased control over the hardware environment of its servers and the network infrastructure used to support them. Gazzin.com now controls its own Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes and can offer a wider variety of resources to its clients, including enhanced remote reboot capabilities. Deepak Kandhare, Chief Technical Officer at Gazzin.com noted, ''Today's announcement is a step forward for Gazzin.com as a web hosting company and a business that serves other businesses. Our capacity for growth is larger, our services are more robust, and we are in a better position to compete in the marketplace.'' The relocation took just over a week to move mo