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May 24, 2013 -- For the week ending May 24, 2013, several web hosts are offering Memorial Day weekend sales. KVC Hosting is offering unlimited hosting for one year, Milesweb is offering a discount of up to 15 percent on its Windows VPS hosting plans, Dreamhost is offering a risk-free trial of a one-year hosting plan, and LowHop NETWorks is offering an additional 10 percent off on its Minecraft servers. Keep on reading: Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – May 24, 2013 - theWHIR

May 24, 2013 -- As the Memorial Day long weekend approaches for our readers in the US, and our UK readers kick off Bank Holiday weekend, I thought it would be a good time to share some links on burgers, binge TV watching and cloud. Keep on reading: Burgers, Binge TV Watching and Cloud - theWHIR

WHIR Networking Events hosted its first event in Frankfurt, Germany last night, at Cafe Hauptwache, a very historic building that was once a prison in the center of town. And prisoners we were not at the very friendly and social event, made up of German locals plus a few “out of towners” at the launch [...] Keep on reading: Fun times at WHIR Event Frankfurt - theWHIR

May 24, 2013 -- UK cloud services provider Outsourcery made its debut on London Alternative Investment Market Friday morning under the ticker symbol AIM:OUT. Keep on reading: UK Cloud Services Firm Outsourcery Goes Public on London AIM - theWHIR

May 24, 2013 -- Broadband services provider TeraGo announced on Thursday it has acquired data center services provider Data Centers Canada for about $9.5 million. Keep on reading: TeraGo Acquires Data Centers Canada for $9.5 Million - theWHIR

May 24, 2013 -- Cloud infrastructure company Joyent announced on Thursday an expansion of its product line as well as reserved pricing plans. Keep on reading: Joyent IaaS Adds Instance Types, Reserved Pricing Plans - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Web hosting provider Netmagic Solutions announced on Friday it is building a massive, 1 million square foot data center in Bangalore, which marks the first data center in India to have benefitted from the collaborative engineering and operational expertise of Netmagic and its parent company. Keep on reading: Netmagic to Build 1 Million Square Foot Data Center in Bangalore - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Runa Capital has named Oleg Melnikov chief technical officer, and he will remain senior vice president of automation at Parallels. Keep on reading: Parallels SVP Automation Oleg Melnikov Joins Runa Capital as Part-Time CTO - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Data center operator Stream Data Centers announced it has been awarded LEED Gold Certification for its Private Data Center facility in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Keep on reading: Stream Data Centers Achieves LEED Gold Certification for Dallas Facility - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Liquid Web announced on Thursday that it has updated its Liquid Web Mobile interface to give customers the ability to launch new servers and make payments through the mobile management site. Keep on reading: Liquid Web Updates Mobile Management Interface with Bill Payment Feature - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Web hosting and cloud hosting provider Rackspace announced on Wednesday via its blog that it has integrated Mailgun directly into the cloud control panel, following Rackspace's acquisition of the email automation engine last August. Keep on reading: Rackspace Integrates Mailgun into Cloud Control Panel - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Cloud storage software provider Cloudian announced on Thursday it has introduced Cloudian Connector for Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager 2.0, which enables users to more effectively manage storage-as-a-service solutions. Keep on reading: Cloudian Releases Connector for Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager 2.0 - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- UK web hosting provider ControlCircle announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Skyscape Cloud Services to offer managed cloud services to organizations in the public sector. Keep on reading: ControlCircle Partners with Skyscape on Managed Cloud Service for Public UK Organizations - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Colocation provider ViaWest announced on Thursday that its newest data center will be built in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 150,000 square foot facility will be available in the first quarter of 2014. Keep on reading: ViaWest to Open 150,000 Square Foot Minneapolis Data Center in Q1 2014 - theWHIR

May 23, 2013 -- Canadian managed hosting provider Tenzing Managed IT Services announced on Thursday it has opened its first US data center in Dallas, Texas to support the company’s growing number of cross-border e-commerce customers. Keep on reading: Tenzing Managed IT Services Expands to US with Dallas Data Center - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- Cloud infrastructure service Amazon Web Services announced it will open a new multi-million dollar office in North Virginia's Fairfax County to support the business and mission information technology requirements for the public sector and commercial customers of AWS cloud services. Keep on reading: Amazon Web Services to Open Virginia Office, Meets FedRAMP Compliance - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- Infrastructure as a service provider Latisys announced on Wednesday that it has launched its disaster recovery as a service offering. Keep on reading: Latisys Launches Disaster Recovery as a Service Offering - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- cPanel has addressed customer concerns around its security model used by the transfer and backup restore system in a forum post on Tuesday. Keep on reading: cPanel Addresses User Concerns of Transfer and Backup Restore System Security - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- Cloud storage company TwinStrata announced on Tuesday it has released version 4.5 of its CloudArray software, which streamlines management, increases control and reduces the need for separate backup software or disaster recovery strategies. Keep on reading: TwinStrata Releases Cloud Storage Software CloudArray 4.5 - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- Data center operator Telx announced on Wednesday it is set to open NJR3, the company's new 215,000 square foot, three-story flagship data center in Clifton, New Jersey. Keep on reading: Telx Set to Open Flagship Data Center in New Jersey - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- Go Daddy announced on Wednesday that it has launched a new campaign in three Indian cities to show small businesses how to create a web presence in the time it takes to finish a cup of coffee. Keep on reading: Go Daddy Aims to Get Indian Small Businesses Online with New Hands-on Campaign - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- Content delivery network EdgeCast Networks announced on Wednesday it has launched EdgeCast Transact, a complete PCI-compliant acceleration and optimization solution designed for large online retailers. Keep on reading: EdgeCast Networks Launches PCI-Compliant Acceleration Solution for Online Retailers - theWHIR

May 22, 2013 -- In the last few years, Asia has become a hotbed for many tech startups. With a population of 4.1 billion, it is clearly a lucrative market for companies. Keep on reading: Is Singapore Asia’s Hosting Hub? - theWHIR

May 21, 2013 -- UK web hosting provider Tsohost announced on Tuesday its plans to build its first multi-million, Tier 3+ 2N data center in Slough, Berkshire. Keep on reading: Tsohost to Build 20,000 Square Foot Data Center in Slough - theWHIR

May 21, 2013 -- VMware launched on Tuesday its vCloud Hybrid Service, an infrastructure as a service offering based on VMware vSphere. Keep on reading: VMware Launches IaaS with Focus on Virtual Networking, Hybrid Cloud - theWHIR

May 21, 2013 -- Data center holdings group Fortress International Group announced on Tuesday it has acquired the data center integration services business from arvato digital services for approximately $1.5 million in cash. Keep on reading: Fortress Acquires Data Center Integration Services Unit from arvato - theWHIR

May 21, 2013 -- Cloud computing startup Orchestrate.io announced on Tuesday that it has raised $3 million in venture capital to help grow its data API, currently in beta, which eliminates the need for developers to deploy databases in application development. Keep on reading: Cloud Startup Orchestrate.io Raises $3M to Grow Developer Database API - theWHIR