| Web Hosting Industry News News December 12, 2011 -- Cloud storage provider Nasuni announced on Monday it has released the results of a 26-month intensive stress test of 16 major cloud storage providers. Only six of the 16 CSPs tested provided the minimum level of performance, stability, availability and scalability that organizations can benefit from the cloud for primary storage, data protection and disaster recovery. News December 12, 2011 -- Cloud platform and social media developer PersonalWeb is suing industry giants including Google, Amazon, VMware, and Dropbox, for cloud patent infringement, according to a report by the Sydney Morning Herald. The cases allege the companies infringe eight PersonalWeb patents in their cloud products including content addressable storage and/or distributed search engine technologies. News December 12, 2011 -- Data center operator Infinity announced on Monday it has named Nigel Stevens in the newly created role of chief marketing officer. 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News December 9, 2011 -- Web hosting provider Qube announced on Friday that it has implemented R1Soft Continuous Data Protection as a full replacement of its previous backup software. Qube will offer R1Soft CDP to provide backup and recovery services for managed dedicated and managed virtual servers customers. News December 9, 2011 -- Google announced on Thursday it will invest $300 million to build a new 300,000-square-foot data center in Hong Kong. The company said the investment represents a new commitment to the region. The data center will help increase user access speed for the company's different online services in Asia. News December 9, 2011 -- Security provider Gemnet has been hacked and its website is down, but the breach has no connection to the issuance and management of government PKI certificates, according to a press release by the Dutch-based security firm. 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