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October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed hosting provider Verio announced on Tuesday it has launched its newly revamped viaVerio channel partner program and partner website, ViaVerio.

October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IT manufacturer Hewlett-Packard unveiled on Monday a fairly unique video advertising campaign featuring its data center kit and services in a rather "ghoulish" light, just in time for the Halloween season.

October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- As part of its Project Titan initiative to strengthen and secure its global internet infrastructure, VeriSign has deployed additional infrastructure in Terremark's Madrid facility to keep pace with world Internet growth.

October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hours after Web analytics firm Netcraft announced a flaw on a Yahoo website used to steal users' authentication cookies to gain access to Yahoo accounts, such as Yahoo Mail, the company blocked entry to hackers.

October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Consulting firm BroadGroup has announced two new sponsors for Data Centres Asia 2008, its upcoming, second annual Asia Pacific regional data center conference and expo held November 12 to 13 in Singapore.

October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Thailand's government announced on Tuesday it plans to implement a firewall to block websites that are considered offensive to the country's monarch, as well as others that display inappropriate content.

October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Open source messaging and collaboration software developer Zimbra has announced educational institutions will now have access to its Zimbra Collaboration Suite without having to manage on-premise software and hardware.

October 28, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Peak 10 announced on Tuesday it will host a live webcast entitled "Advanced Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Leveraging Geographic Diversity for Business Survival" on November 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 28, 2008 - Shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting firm, HostGator, has upgraded its plan structure, by offering unlimited space and bandwidth, in its shared hosting plan portfolio. The upgrades affect both new and existing shared hosting customers. With this change, there will be no space and bandwidth restrictions on any shared hosting plans from HostGator. The differentiation between the company's three shared hosting plans will lie in the extra features offered with each plan. Brent Oxley, CEO and Founder of HostGator noted, ''I'm thrilled to see that the disk space and bandwidth arms race is finally coming to an end. We can now focus on what we do best, which is provide a reliable and affordable service with unbeatable customer service.'' HostGator's entry-level shared hosting plan, the Hatchling, allows customers to host one domain name with their account, while the mid-level plan, called the Baby plan, allows

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 28, 2008 - Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft's continuous data Protection Windows CDP 2.0 software, has reached stability and has been downloaded thousands of times since its beta release in August. David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. remarked, ''When it comes to Windows CDP, there are three types of products. The first type is replication-based CDP, such as CommVault and Falconstor. The second type offers near-Continuous backup protection, such as MS DPM and Symantec BackupExec. But only the third type offers true Continuous Protection, and that's R1Soft. Users are telling us that replication-based CDP products are just too expensive and too complicated to deploy widely. The second type of products all rely on MS VSS for Shared Folders API and are very limited in scale and scope. For example, Symantec Ba