10 posts and columns on Web-hosting

Rackspace Turns Anso Labs Into a Cloud Services Business Unit

in Enterprise on March 8, 2011 at 4:15 pm PT

Want to build a private cloud? Like OpenStack? Rackspace has a new business unit aimed at helping you.

Rackspace Is Not for Sale, but Thanks for Asking

in Enterprise on February 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Rackspace is one of several companies thought to be likely acquisition targets following the buyouts of Terremark and NaviSite. Ask CEO Lanham Napier about it, and he insists the company is not for sale, but he clearly enjoys being asked.

News Byte

Wikileaks Gets Onboard with the Swedish Pirate Party

in News on August 17, 2010 at 4:08 pm PT

Wikileaks has made new Web-hosting arrangements with the Swedish Pirate Party, which will supply bandwidth and hosting free of charge to the whistleblowing site. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange met with the group over the weekend in Stockholm. The Party, which was founded in 2006 to campaign for more freedom on the Internet, views the partnership as part of its political mission.

The Numbers Behind the World’s Fastest-Growing Web Site: YouTube’s Finances Revealed

in Media on March 19, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Life before Google for Chad Hurley and Steve Chen: Lots of users, not much revenue, and big costs that got bigger every month. Don’t try this at home!

The Case for the Fat Start-Up

in News on March 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT

Much has been written and said about the current economic downturn and the resulting lessons on how to run high-technology companies. Quite famously, Sequoia Capital, the premier venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, held a mandatory all-CEO meeting in fall 2008 during which it advised them to “Cut spending. Cut fat. Preserve capital.”

A 40 Percent Drop in Spam? Too Bad It's Temporary…

in News on November 12, 2008 at 1:35 pm PT

Wow. Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory clients. Denied Internet access by Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, bot hosting network McColo is clearly having trouble spewing out spam and malware. There has been a 41 percent drop in spam volume since the Washington Post story broke.

A 40 Percent Drop in Spam? Too Bad It’s Temporary…

in News on November 12, 2008 at 1:35 pm PT

Wow. Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory clients. Denied Internet access by Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, bot hosting network McColo is clearly having trouble spewing out spam and malware. There has been a 41 percent drop in spam volume since the Washington Post story broke.

75 Percent of All Spam Globally? On Our Backbones? Holy Cow!

in News on November 12, 2008 at 10:29 am PT

According to security experts, Web-hosting outfit McColo is responsible for enabling the broadcast of more than 75 percent of all spam globally. Its client list is a rogues gallery of bad-guy syndicates involved in everything from botnets to counterfeit pharmaceuticals and kiddie porn. So how is it that MoColo’s ISPs, Hurricane Electric and Global Crossing, were unaware of that until notified by a Washington Post reporter?