E-commerce platform provider ChannelAdvisor, a software provider that helps retailers manage sales (through product catalog feed distribution) within channels such as marketplaces, paid search and comparison shopping engines, is on the move.The company brought on 320 new customers in the past quarter alone including top retailers like Motorola, Deckers Europe, Misco and Cloggs. This brings ChannelAdvisor’s client roster to more than 3,000 retailers globally. Other retail brands … [Read more...]
April 28, 2011 By
Storage Firm TwinStrata Launches CloudArray V25
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Data storage provider TwinStrata (www.twinstrata.com) announced on Thursday it has launched CloudArray Version 2.5 (www.twinstrata.com/CloudArray-software).This latest release includes new features and performance improvements including volume expansion, bandwidth throttling and scheduling, and automatic metadata backup to the CloudArray portal.Additionally, CloudArray now has two new physical appliances to meet the increasingly stringent performance and … [Read more...]
April 27, 2011 By
Web Host Site5 Adds New Option to Host in Australia
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Web hosting provider Site5 (www.site5.com) announced on Tuesday via its company blog that it has added a new data center location of Sydney, Australia.The move comes a couple months after Site5 partnered with hosting software provider CloudLinux to improve the stability of Site5's servers.The company said it decided to honor the "countless requests for an Australian option" from customers for the Australian location. … [Read more...]
April 27, 2011 By
Web Host Iomart Acquires Switch Media for 2 Million
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- UK Web hosting provider iomart Group (www.iomart.com) announced on Wednesday it has acquired Liverpool-based Switch Media (www.switchmedia.co.uk) for $2 million as it continues to expand its hosting offering to the UK market.This is the second acquisition made by iomart Group plc in the last six months, following November's purchase of UK hosting firm Titan Internet for nearly $7 million.Switch Media provides domain name and shared hosting services to … [Read more...]
April 26, 2011 By
Web Host SoftLayer Opens its First California Data Center
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies (www.softlayer.com) announced on Monday it has opened its first California data center data center, located in San Jose.The move comes a week after SoftLayer launched its managed hosting services.Coined SJC01, the new facility has a capacity for more than 12,000 servers in three data center pods. … [Read more...]
April 25, 2011 By
eCC Mobile for Magento from Webgility
Can you manage your online storefront from your mobile device? Webgility (a provider of eCommerce and QuickBooks integration software) is making that task possible with eCC Mobile, an iphone application that enables merchants to manage their online store through their mobile device.eCC Mobile currently supports the Magento eCommerce platform (Community, Professional and Enterprise editions) and will be integrating with other shopping cart platforms this year, including X-Cart, Ubercart, Open … [Read more...]
April 25, 2011 By
Web Host Perigee Global Includes Voxel CDN in Hosting Plans
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Cloud and managed hosting provider Voxel (www.voxel.net) announced last week that its VoxCAST On-Demand CDN platform (www.voxel.net/voxcast-cdn) is now available for free for all Perigee Global's (www.perigeeglobal.com) hosting customers.The partnership announcement comes a month after Voxel completed a Series A $5.5 million capital raise led by Seaport Capital, providing the company with capital to support increased sales activities and accelerate the … [Read more...]
April 25, 2011 By
Daily Deal Sites Bursting With StrongMail
Marketing solution provider StrongMail announced that daily deal sites including FamilyFinds, Joss & Main , HauteLook and Privalia are now leveraging its burst email delivery technology. When you need to deliver millions of dynamically personalized sales event emails, you need to do so in minutes, not hours.With the influx of daily deal sites competing for consumer attention, there is simply no room for error today – particularly when it comes to email (which for many accounts for a … [Read more...]
