Yahoo! Fires Back at Icahn / According to reports released Friday, Roy Bostock, the chairman of Yahoo! (yahoo.com), has released an open letter responding to Carl Icahn's efforts to launch a proxy battle and "seek control of Yahoo!'s board of directors."
Yesterday, billionaire investor Icahn told Bostock he would fight to replace Yahoo!'s current group of directors to reopen buyout talks with software giant Microsoft (mi ...
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The Web Host Industry Week in Review / The discussion of this week's most significant news would probably do best to start with the multi-billion dollar acquisition, as this week HP announced that it would be acquiring EDS.On Tuesday, shortly after the rumors began circulating, it was reported on Tuesday that HP had agreed to pay $12.6 billion for EDS, doubling the size of its IT services business and creating a strong challenger to ...
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Peak 10 to Build New Data Center / Data center operator and managed service provider Peak 10 (peak10.com) announced on Friday it is expanding its Louisville operations by adding a third data center to support the "high demand for the company's services in the region."
The company says the new facility will include over 10,000 square feet of data center space, making Peak 10's Louisville footprint close to 24,000 square feet. T ...
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TelecityGroup to Open Paris Facility / TelecityGroup (telecitygroup.com), a company that calls itself "the leading pan-European operator or network independent data centers," announced on Thursday it is building a new data center in Paris for around $74.3 million.
The company says it decided to expand its footprint it Paris to meet ongoing customer demand and to help ensure TelecityGroup continues to have growth capacity "in one o ...
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Social Network Adds China Data Center / Netherlands-based social networking service GyPSii (gypsii.com), which gives itself the rather precise distinction of "the leading geo-location and mobile social networking service provider," said this week that it has opened a new data center in China.
The company announced on Thursday that it has opened the facility in Shanghai to provide localized content and enhance user experience in Chi ...
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LogicBoxes Offers Reseller Promo Engine / Domain registrar and web hosting software provider LogicBoxes (logicboxes.com) reported on Wednesday that it has built a promo engine for its registrar business automation platform.
The company's software operates the back ends of the domain registration systems for more than 60 registrars and thousands of web service providers.According to the release, the promo engine will enable them to au ...
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