Month of January, 2009
Fresh from the Google Labs comes a new experimental feature for Gmail--the ability to use the application in offline mode and then transfer messages when an internet connection is available. This latest addition to the company's email service is certain to make life easier for people who communicate online on the move.
Ever looking for insightful views on the topics of internet technology and business, HostReview conducted an exclusive head-to-head interview with executives from two major web hosting companies. Our topic was web hosting trends 2009: what does the year hold for the web hosting industry and its clients? We talk to John Lee, Senior Vice President of Small Business Hosting, with Hostway, and Urvish Vashi, General Manager, Dedicated Hosting, with The Planet. Both companies have strong, and well deserved, presence in our Annual Web Hosting Awards listings.
Windows 7 Beta-based and Windows Server 2008 R2-based computers cannot join domains with names longer than 15 characters, according to a Microsoft advisory page. A hotfix for the issue is available for download from the linked page.
Forty percent of developers working on open source projects intend to provide their applications as web services offerings using Cloud providers, according to the latest Evans Data Open Source Development survey. Of those who plan to use the cloud, the largest plurality, 28%, plan to use Google’s App Engine, while 15% plan to use Amazon's services. Cloud services by other vendors, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Salesforce are not nearly as popular.
HostReview is letting the readers vote for selecting their favorite web hosting company as the winner of the site's first annual Readers' Choice Award. The poll closes on January 15th, so the results we are presenting below are not final. If you wish to cast your vote for the best web hosting company, click here, and you will be eligible for winning a 8GB black iPod.
One third of online shoppers experienced glitches during this holiday season, according to research from eCommerce solutions provider Guidance. The nationwide survey found that 36% of people looking for the perfect gift online met technical difficulties. Web hosting related issues included crashed websites and inability to complete purchases.
The web hosting industry is in a very interesting position in the beginning of 2009, heavily influenced by two opposing trends. The first trend is the continuing growth in IT infrastructure and innovation in the sphere of web-related technologies, while the second one is decreased consumer spending in the face of what everyone expects to be a lengthy, unpleasant recession.
McKinsey & Company, a management consulting company, has released a report entitled "Data centers: How to cut carbon emissions and costs." The report provides a detailed overview of data center trends, complete with interesting facts: the carbon footprint of global data center operations equals that of the Netherlands or Argentina; and data center costs are rising almost four times faster than overall IT costs. A bit on the technical side, but a good read nonetheless.
