
The
SWDN Alex Goldman
[November 7, 2006] A major player in the hosting
industry reaches out to service providers and software vendors to make
it easier to provide applications.
Webhost
Adds to Anti-Spam Battery Alex
Goldman
[October 16, 2006] It takes more than one piece
of software to blow away the spam onslaught, especially if you're a
webhost managing thousands of domains.
EasyStreet
Grows, Part 1: Today's ISP Growth is in the Data Center Alex
Goldman
[August 11, 2006] As another Portland ISP grows
its data center, we learn why the business services side of the market
is booming.
Data
Center Grows Alex
Goldman
[July 20, 2006] It's a good time to be offering
business services. We talk to a company that just expanded its data
center.
Anti-Spam
Software for the Webhosting Industry Alex
Goldman
[July 17, 2006] Roaring Penguin Software adds
multilevel rights management to its software, aiming to satisfy the
needs of webhosts who have resellers.
Peril
of Hosting a Popular Website James
C. Cordray
[June 1, 2006] One half of a mom and pop shop
give their side of the story (for background, look here).
Verio's
Channel Program Alex
Goldman
[May 16, 2006] It's no longer enough to have
state of the art data centers. Even the largest webhosts are talking
to their customers and resellers to learn more about who they are and
what they want.
Handling
the Thermodynamics of Webhosting Alex
Goldman
[March 30, 2006] An intuitive, easy to use
website builder reduces friction between the buying of a website, the
building of the website, and that valuable upsell that every webhost
desires.
Book
Review: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability Alex Goldman
[March 20, 2006] Yes, all it takes is common
sense to design a good website, but reading this book will persuade
you that a decade of website consulting experience adds valuable insight.
Server
Colocation VS. Managed Servers John
McKown
[March 15, 2006] Managed servers benefit both
the ISP and the customer, argues this ISP CEO.
VeriSign/ICANN
Deal Worth Over $3 Billion? Sean
Michael Kerner
[February 28, 2006] Registrar alleges that
VeriSign will reap billions in revenue from ICANN deal for the dot com
registry.
GoDaddy
NectarTECH Spat Continues BroadbandReports.com
[January 25, 2006] There's been an ongoing
spat between GoDaddy and a 600-server data center.
Managing
the Data Center Alex
Goldman
[November 28, 2005] Plenty of apps already
control devices remotely, but a new appliance aggregates the apps. Think
of it as a controller of controllers.
This
Registrar Wants to Steal Your Customers Alex
Goldman
[November 11, 2005] It's Veterans' Day, and
one company is wrapping itself in the flag and sending deceptive invoices
to your customers, using the WHOIS list illegally, in a scam familiar
to every ISP.
ISPCON
Keynote: Three Hosts, Three Strategies Alex
Goldman
[October 20, 2005] The ISPCON webhosting keynote
brought together some key players in the industry, each of whom described
a different core strategy.
Hostopia Alex Goldman
[September 26, 2005] This white label webhost
has a key advantage over much of the competition—it doesn't compete
with its ISP customers.
In
Praise of .XXX Alex
Goldman
[September 23, 2005] The proposed domain name
would neither destroy the porn industry, as its porn industry opponents
suggest, nor enrich the porn industry, as its conservative opponents
suggest.
ICANN
Approves .cat, Delays .xxx Jim
Wagner
[September 16, 2005] The board of directors
tables the proposed Internet red-light district and gives final approval
to a domain space for Catalans.
Planning
for a Power Outage Alex
Goldman
[August 1, 2005] Data centers shouldn't just
be prepared for unexpected disasters. Sometimes, problems call you up
and give you the forecast date and time of their occurrence.
The
Pain of Transfer Best
of ISP-Lists
[July 21, 2005] Webhosts learn that the .com
rules don't apply for all TLDs, and any unfamiliar domain can have its
own quirks, making trading in fringe domains difficult.
GoDaddy.com
Tops Registrar Ranking Jim
Wagner
[April 28, 2005] It took nearly five years,
but the domain name registrar has surpassed long-time industry leader
Network Solutions.
Interland's
Online Catalog Suite Sean
Michael Kerner
[March 21, 2005] Like many modern ISPs, Interland
offers a lot more than just webosting. We examine Interland's offering, called
the "Online Catalog Suite."
Make
It As Easy As Possible Alex
Goldman
[February 28, 2005] After you've sold a customer
their own web space, try making it as easy as possible for them to build the
site they want, a vendor suggests.
Menu
of Services Keeps Webhosts Smiling Jim
Thompson
[February 25, 2005] As we all know, there is 'no
free lunch.' Instead, by offering a smorgasbord of services, webhosts can
bring a lot more customers to the table.
The
Most Aggressive Webhost Alex
Goldman
[February 17, 2005] It's offered free accounts to
thousands, run bigger ads than anyone else, and grown very rapidly. Other
webhosts are wondering where 1&1 came from and whether the cash will run out.
We asked, and learned the answer.
To
Live in LA Jim Thompson
[January 27, 2005] Thinking about using a data center
to ensure that you have optimal security? You might want to think again. A
visit to a data center in Los Angeles reveals that physical security is marginal
at best.
Webhost
Offers More ISP-Planet
Staff
[January 26, 2005] A webhost has found several value-added
services that its business customers might like—and is offering most of them
for free.
Daredevils
With a Net Jim Thompson
[November 19, 2004] They deal with every problem
imaginable on the Internet, so we called up webhosts large and small to ask
them how they do it.
Webhosting
Business Rises from Ashes of Dot-Com Bust Alex
Goldman
[September 13, 2004] Former contract Web programmer
changes roles, turning entrepreneur and building a facilities-based webhosting
business with the help of a few other good contractors.
Publishing
Prepared Her For Webhosting Alex
Goldman
[August 30, 2004] Linda Miksch found her publishing
company background gave her some unusual insights into webhosting, enabling
her to build a business that really differs from its competition.
It's
Very Personal Alex
Goldman
[August 20, 2004] You don't want to change
your name, so why do you have to change your e-mail address? A company
that operates out of Boston and the Pacific Ocean island of Palau has
built a completely new kind of top level domain that's designed to give
individuals an e-mail address they'll never have to ditch.
On
the Fast Track Alex Goldman
[July 15, 2004] Founded by a duo who were still in
high school, a small town webhost has grown rapidly without compromise even
as times got tougher.
Fifty
New Features for Plesk Alex
Goldman
[June 28, 2004] In a massive upgrade, the software
engineers from SWsoft have piled on the goodies. Now they're looking for beta
testers like you.
Building
Trust in an Age of Phishy E-Mails Alex
Goldman
[May 13, 2004] Neal Creighton says that surfers cannot
distinguish between fraudulent and legitimate websites, but he has a solution
that involves trust, which is what the company he runs is all about.
A
Frequently E-Mailed Question Best
of ISP-Lists
[April 21, 2004] It's a question so nice, they asked
it twice. What Windows mail server do you like?
New
Features for Hosting Software Vet Alex
Goldman
[January 26, 2004] ShopSite, an e-commerce software
veteran, has released version 7.0 of its ShopSite package, with several new
features aimed at improving its ISP market share.
Ensim
Extends Itself for HSPs Dan
Muse
[November 5, 2003] The California-based application-hosting
software provider announces Ensim Extend, a service-provider grade platform
designed to help HSPs manage large-scale hosting environments with hundreds
or thousands of servers.
Hosting
Software Company's Affiliate Program ISP-Planet
Staff
[September 22, 2003] Whatever the size of your hosting
operation, you can sign up for SWsoft's affiliate program.
DNS
Load Balancing for Gigabit Networks ISP-Planet
Staff
[September 15, 2003] The latest version of a load
balancer with special DNS traffic features operates at gigabit speeds for
advanced networks.
C
I Host Wants AOL to Stop E-mail Block Brian
Morrissey
[August 29, 2003] A Texas webhosting company says
AOL, in the name of fighting spam, is breaking a judge's order to stop blocking
its e-mail.
Plesk
Adds Anti-Spam Alex Goldman
[July 24, 2003] Plesk, now owned by SWsoft, adds
anti-spam and security features to version 6 of its control panel.
Spam
Shuts Down Legitimate Websites Alex Goldman
[July 14, 2003] Legislative "solutions" to spam,
proactive blacklists, and reactionary backbone providers only harm legitimate
ISPs and their customers as the problem continues to grow.
SWsoft's
Moscow Edge Max Smetannikov
[June 20, 2003] SWsoft's hosting automation secret
is that the company is part of an Eastern conglomerate that sells software,
Korean televisions, and consumer electronics through a variety of subsidiaries
around the world.
Even
Deliquent Customers Have Rights Best of ISP-Lists
[May 21, 2003] Members of the ISP-Webhosting list
wrestle with the legal problems of punishing clients who don't pay without
breaking the law.
Hidden
Heroes of Autonomic Computing Phil Wainewright
[April 25, 2003] It sounds futuristic—and the way
people talk, you'd think IBM had just invented it—but autonomic computing
is already a practical reality for webhosts around the world.
No
Equity in Credit Card Processing Best of ISP-Lists
[April 24, 2003] Members of the ISP-Webhosting list
say it's tough to get a fair deal when asking credit card processors or local
banks for a merchant account.
Shared
Hosting Automation for Big Data Centers ISP-Planet Staff
[April 9, 2003] Sitepak's new software plugs
into an existing network, providing a layer of automation to any data
center that already has all of the Internet functions (such as mail,
billing, and DNS).
Ensim
Aims to Improve Shared Hosting Dan Muse
[April 7, 2003] WEBappliance Pro for Linux is designed
to improve security, reporting, and extensibility for hosting service providers
that focus on small businesses customers.
Charging
Professionals a Professional Fee Best of ISP-Lists
[March 31, 2003] Members of the ISP-Webhosting list
complain that some people have found a way to put professional websites in
their free webspace, avoiding the fees associated with business hosting.
Another
Fee From Network Solutions Best of ISP-Lists
[March 24, 2003] Members of the ISP-Webhosting list
have learned the hard way about a new policy that will cost some of your customers
$150 this year.
Branding
the Cow Alex Goldman
[March 20, 2003] FatCow's memorable website and service
plan have given this local webhost a global customer base. A woman, a brand,
and a simple plan made it all happen.
Examining
the Black Hole Best of
ISP-Lists
[February 27, 2003] Members of the ISP-Webhosting
list discuss the ever-thorny problem of blocking spam and disputemostly
politelythe relative merits of the various solutions.
Updated
Hosting Automation System ISP-Planet Staff
[February 20, 2003] SWsoft has added several new
feautres in HSP Complete 2.1, including an anti-fraud algorithm for webhosting
companies.
Name
Server Rules Best of ISP-Lists
[February 3, 2003] Members of the ISP-Webhosting
list find that there are a wide variety of myths, understandings, and assumed
procedures when setting up name servers.
The
Big Kahuna Hits the Beach Alex Goldman
[January 23, 2003] A cofounder of high-end webhost
Rackspace has founded a new company courting the other end of the market.
Richard Yoo's ServerBeach will offer fully-functional personal website hosting
for $99 per month.
VeriSign
Inititative Displeases ICANN Mark Berniker
[January 15, 2003] ICANN objects to VeriSign's i-Nav
plug-ins, which enable Internet users across the globe to navigate the Web
in a variety of different languages.
Prices
in a World Without DSL Best of ISP-Lists
[January 10, 2003] If DSL in not available in your
area, and a client wants to host a large website, you're talking about T-1
lines. Here's how the members of the ISP-Webhosting list break down the bandwidth
costs.
BT
Ready to Ignite Its ASP Business Paul Rubens
[January 6, 2003] Application Service Providers have
promised to deliver applications over the Internet. When they succeed, they
will be a boon for the ISP business as they will increase demand for bandwidth.
Here's how the UK ILEC hopes to dominate the ASP business.
Finding a Better Control Panel Best of ISP-Lists
[January 6, 2003] Members of the ISP-Webhosting list
examine a much-discussed and rapidly changing area of the webhosting business.
PIR
Takes Over .org Domain Ryan Naraine
[January 6, 2003] A massive transfer of data is underway
as the .org domain passes out of the control of VeriSign Global Registry
Services.
Iceland's
Best DNS Software Alex
Goldman
[January 3, 2003] Although free is cheaper, most
folks looking for DNS management and diagnostic software will find it difficult
to find a better price than that offered by Men & Mice.