Limelight Reworks CDN for Microsoft / Content delivery network provider Limelight Networks (limelightnetworks.com) is reworking its CDN software for Microsoft (microsoft.com), following its February patent lawsuit loss to competing CDN provider Akamai (akamai.com).
Limelight has had considerable troubles with patent infringment on its CDN products. In December 2007, Level 3 filed a lawsuit against Limelight Networks for infringin ...
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Microsoft Lawsuit Stirs up Alpha Red / According to a flurry of posts on a variety of message boards over the weekend, the web hosting provider Alpha Red (www.alphared.com) stirred up fears of a shutdown this weekend, after the company's CEO was named in a lawsuit by Microsoft last week.UPDATE: On Monday, CWIE Holdings Company confirmed that it had agreed to buy Alpha Red, which will continue operating without McCreary's involvement.
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PEER 1 Helps Launch SiteMasher / Web hosting provider PEER 1 Network Enterprises (peer1.com) announced on Monday it has partnered with website development service provider Sitemasher (sitemasher.com) to enable the full launch of Sitemasher's services.
PEER 1 has provided the company with a fully managed, hosted website solution that seamlessly integrates the website building and publishing environment, content management sys ...
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Host Gator Paints Itself Green / More than a month after announcing its environmental initiative, Host Gator (www.hostgator.com) has responded to user suggestions by designing labels for clients that assure end-users that the host is environmentally responsible.
In September, a user identified as Michael suggested Host Gator create an icon hosting clients could place on their sites to signify the green status. Host Gator ran ...
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CWIE Buys Embattled Alpha Red / CWIE Holdings Company Inc. (www.cwie.com), the parent company of CCBill (www.ccbill.com) and CaveCreek Web Hosting (www.cavecreek.com) confirmed on Monday that it had agreed to acquire hosting company Alpha Red (www.alphared.com), a deal that has reportedly been in discussion since Friday.
The company issued a press release late Monday saying it had acquired all of Alpha Red's hosting assets, ...
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