| This Week's Web Host Industry Review Blogs Last night theWHIR hosted its fourth annual networking event in Washington, DC. This is one of the cities we always love returning to, with a solid and diverse crowd rich with data centers, and hosting and cloud providers, but also an interesting mix of service providers, developers, designers, media and government representation. Christian Dawson, COO …Read More Next Thursday, we’ll be returning to the politically powered and delicately manicured metropolis of Washington, DC, for our annual WHIR Networking Event. We will, however, be at a different venue this year, Current Sushi at 1215 Connecticut Ave. NW. Another thing that will be different about this year’s DC event is the addition of a …Read More Since implementation of Directive 95/46, U.S. companies receiving data about EU nationals have been required by their customers to comply with the U.S. Safe Harbor standards, or, more recently, to agree to binding contract principles if they had not qualified under the standards. In January 2012 a new draft privacy regulation was presented for discussion …Read More As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product. - Jef Raskin So, who’s Jef Raskin and why should we pay attention to him? Jef is the human-computer interface expert who started the Macintosh project for Apple in the late 70’s. This visionary was a pioneer when it came to the structure and design of the interactive parts of what was, at that time, the start of the personal computer revolution. I started writing a blog thanking UK’s Six Degrees Group for completing two acquisitions. If you have not noticed, M&A activity in the hosting sector has been sluggish this year. Before I stick my toe in the water and stating “There really is no excuse.”, I decided to do some research. London based international law …Read More Building a team that truly cares about the clients and can consistently deliver excellent customer experience is not an easy task. To make things worst research found that more than 50% of managers received no training or mentorship before starting the job. I was one of those managers just eight years ago when I transitioned …Read More WHIR tv Video Features & Interviews WHIR TV: Networking Event, Denver, April 2012: Back in April, the WHIR went down to Denver, Colorado to host another of our WHIR Networking events at the slick lounge Chloe. We had a great turnout, and a great crowd, and by all accounts the attendees had a great time. At the event, WHIR editor Liam Eagle pulled aside each of our sponsors, …Read More Video Demo: Yola Website Building Software: For this week’s Monday WHIR video demo, Mada Seghete of website building tool developer (and consequently mass-market hosting provider) Yola takes us through the ultra-simple website building technology that has led to the company having more than 6 million users around the world. Along with a simple website building tool that can also be used …Read More WHIR Demo: Ecwid Shopping Cart Software: In the last few months, shopping cart software has focused its attention on the hosting space – a shift probably due at least in part to the investment in the company by Runa Capital, an investment firm with a lot of hosting industry expertise that seems focused on software that could be effectively distributed via …Read More Joseph B. George Discusses Dell’s OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution: May 3, 2012 - In Texas, back in February, WHIR TV had the opportunity to Speak to Joseph B. George, director of cloud and big data solutions at Dell, abut the company’s work with OpenStack. George offered some insight into Dell’s day-one involvement with the OpenStack project, as well as its vision surrounding the open-source …Read More WHIR Networking Event – March 2012 – Chicago: April 19, 2012 - On Thursday, March 15, the WHIR was in Chicago for its fourth annual networking event in the city. Held at the Rockit Bar & Grill, the event was made possible by sponsors Parallels, e-onlinedata, Black Lotus, CA Technologies, Arbor Networks and WiredTree. |  | | | | | | | | | | | | Exclusive WHIR Special Offers WHIR Networking Event
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