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November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IBM denied Friday that the technology giant had violated its $863 million outsourcing contract with the State of Texas to consolidate the 27 agencies' data centers into its Austin and San Angelo facilities.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- A new study has found that the underground, online economy that trades in stolen goods and fraud-related services has matured into an efficient, global marketplace where criminals sell more than $276 million worth of ill-gotten wares.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Dedicated and managed hosting provider The Planet announced on Monday it has opened the latest addition to is D6 data center in Dallas.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center operator Interxion announced on Monday that the first 3,937 square feet of its new 22,966 square foot Amsterdam data center is now operational.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IBM made a number of announcements Monday, introducting new cloud computing consulting and implementation services, and a new program to validate the resiliency of companies delivering applications or services to clients in a cloud environment.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center operator Equinix announced on Monday it has appointed Jarrett Appleby its chief marketing officer, effective December 8.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- To better track the origins of web traffic, online user behaviour and availability analysis provider WiredMinds has integrated Quova's GeoPoint IP geolocation data into its web analytics software.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Peak 10 announced on Monday it has signed a partnership agreement with global solutions provider ServIT to deliver the company's IT solutions to organizations in key markets throughout the US.

November 24, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- French hosting and data center solutions provider Ikoula has added R1Soft's continuous data Protection to its service offerings to provide an upscale backup solution for its self-managed dedicated servers and managed hosting.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 24, 2008 - The Planet privately held dedicated hosting company, has made enhancements to feature energy-efficient design, and accommodate up to 10,000 servers, in its newly upgraded Dallas D6 data center. The new phase adds 12,000 square feet to the company's operations, bringing The Planet's total data center footprint to 167,000 square feet. With an enhanced design that completely separates hold and cold air, the company estimates the data center's coefficient of efficiency will be approximately 1.5, which is below the 1.6 ideal ranking. The coefficient of efficiency is an EPA- and Uptime Institute-recognized measurement of the total power necessary to operate a data center divided by its critical power, which is the energy required to operate its servers. Jeff Lowenberg, Vice President of Facilities at The Planet noted, ''We continue to experience solid customer demand, so this new space enables us to ac