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October 2008 - Big Money and Web Hosting
The October 2008 issue of WHIR magazine focuses on the growing influence of outside investment in the hosting business - how recent acquisitions and investments are affecting the operations of the companies that benefited from them, and how the potential for acquisition is affecting the operations of hosts looking to be acquired. We also examine the changing role of Rackspace following its recent IPO.
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July 2008 - Physical Security, SaaS
The July 2008 issue of WHIR includes a cover story on the recently re-established significance of the physical security issue at data centers, as well as a long feature covering the evolving attitude toward the software as a service model in the hosting space. It also includes a guide to this year’s HostingCon event, as well as a series of event-related notes throughout the issue.
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May 2008 - The Green Issue
With our May 2008 green issue we look at the green hosting discussion from every angle - covering the regulatory and policy work going on among industry associations and government groups; data center design, where energy efficiency is not just good for the planet, but good for the bottom line; and the marketing challenge, where customers aren't necessarily quick to accept offers of "green" services.
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March 2008 - The Marketing Issue
With the March 2008 issue returns the WHIR marketing issue. Rather than practical how-to type advice, this time around we offer up several examples of businesses building new messages that should serve as practical advice for hosts looking to refine their own marketing messages. In this issue we cover the process of hosting software firm SWsoft re-branding as Parallels, and we look at the new environment at merger-produced hosting giant The Planet.
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January 2008 - Hottest Hosts Buyer's Guide
The first of what we intend to be an annual exercise, the Hottest Hosts guide to Web hosting services. This particular directory is unique to the printed medium, and an interesting extension of the hosting directory ecosystem into a new format. We'll be going to great lengths to put this issue in the hands of new users, particularly those who might be unfamiliar with theWHIR's work.
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October 2007 - Web Hosting Who's Who
Departing somewhat from our more common coverage of Web hosting events and trends, with this issue, we set out to profile some of the most notable characters in the hosting business, representing some of its biggest personalities, its brightest ideas and its most compelling stories. In doing so, we paint a portrait of the business from an unusual point of view.
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July 2007 - Maximizing Customer Relationships
The subject has been discussed, but the notion of the value-added service has never been more critical to the hosting model than it is now. In a market where competing on price is all but impossible, Web hosts are faced with finding new ways to maximize their relationships with customers by adding value around the basic hosting product.
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May 2007 - Building Blocks
With our building blocks issue we look at the ways that Web hosts can build their platform to accommodate the software as a service application delivery model, as well as the hosting provider's role in the new Web 2.0 world, in which users assemble their experiences out of hosted parts.
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February 2007 - The Web Host's Marketing Toolbox
Our marketing toolbox includes four parts: a guide to designing your Web site for search engine optimization; a guide to using adCenter, Microsoft's offering in the pay-per-click ad network space; a guide to designing your Web site to increase its performance in converting sales; and a guide to promoting your hosting company with banner advertising and listing in paid directories. The goal of this issue is to help you start making improvements to your online marketing efforts today, and to begin seeing returns immediately.
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October 2006 - Back to School
In this issue, we examine hosting's relationship with the education business, looking at hosting
for online education, hosting in the classroom and training your employees. We also offer a look
at third-party tutorials, and an interview with hosting CEO Douglas J. Erwin.
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July 2006 - Game Hosting
In this issue, we look into the hosting market behind the massively popular world of online gaming. We also offer a look inside the game server; strategy on beating the summer slowdown; tips for encouraging referrals; and an interview with hosting expert Isabel Wang.
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April / May 2006 - The Integration Issue
Our integration issue. In two separate features we attempt to combat the epidemic of sloppy back-end integration in Web hosting. This issue also includes a feature on offshore Web hosting; an interview with Web.com's Jeffrey Stibel; and business blogging tools.
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December 2005 - Your 2006 Marketing Plan
We help get you prepared for your 2006 marketing plan. This issue also features offering SSL security; adult and Christian hosting; an interview with Elliott Noss of Tucows; new management at WebHosting Talk; and telcos adding new hosting capabilities.
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October 2005 - In the Shadow of the Big Brands
With some of the biggest names in the Internet business rumored to be looking into Web hosting, smaller hosts are wondering just how they will fit into a new hosting landscape. This issue also features a look at Web hosting and VoIP; moving up the value chain; selling your hosting company; and an interview with Andreas Gauger, CEO of Web host 1&1 Internet.
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August 2005 - Hosting from the Beach
We look at some of the tools that are powering new modes of management in hosting. This issue also features outsourcing support; learning to delegate responsibility; server seizures at Rackspace; and an interview with the Jason Hendeles of the .xxx domain's ICM Registry.
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June 2005 - The Marketing Issue
A surge in interest in online advertising comes just as Web hosts search for the next product opportunity. This issue also features a Web marketing toolbox; taking care of taxes; community service at EV1Servers; and an interview with Travis Hayes, Human Billboard.
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April/May 2005 - Under the Hood at NASCAR
A passionate and technology savvy audience drives NASCAR.com, the online operation of one of America’s most popular sports. This issue also features a spring conference primer; hosting voice over IP services; the FTC and Internet law; and an interview with the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
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March 2005 - Hosting In the Heart of Texas
Our seventh issue featured a cover story on Texas, examining some of the
characteristics that have made the state such fertile ground for Web hosting, with a local business lineup that includes Rackspace, The Planet, VeriCenter, C I Host and EV1 Servers. The issue also features a story on other hosting hotspots around the US; the Internet's role in the tsunami disaster's recovery effort; hosting the Grammys; and tips for insuring your
hosting business.
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January / February 2005 - Hosting the Super Bowl
Our issue six cover story dealt with the Super Bowl, the biggest single
event in sports, and one of the biggest events in media, which drives an enormous flood of traffic to a few key Web sites. This issue also includes features on how Web hosts handle the flood of traffic to Super Bowl advertisers' sites; the impact that the biggest event in betting has on online sportsbooks; and a look at technology for monitoring Web site and Web
hosting performance.
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December 2004 - Getting Up to Code
Another themed issue, our fifth issue featured a cover story in segments - a
guide to getting your hosting business up to code, focused on illustrating the standards being imposed on Web hosts and their customers in the areas of finance, government and medicine. This issue also includes articles on hosting Microsoft Exchange; the new data center technology startups; and the role of the Web hosting company in the world of search engine marketing.
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October / November 2004 - International Opportunities
Our fourth Issue features a cover story deals with the international
opportunities for the expanding Web hosting business in markets like England, China, India, Germany and Northern Island, as well as articles on preventing and dealing with credit card fraud; the Internet's involvement in the 2004 US presidential election; identifying and handling problem customers, and the impending release of the Data Center Markup Language
standard.
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September 2004 - 10 Turning Points in Hosting
For this special issue, we assembled an expert panel of Web hosting
luminaries to help us create and explore a list of ten of the most critical influences on the history of the Web hosting business, including: automation technology; the discount dedicated server model; the rise and fall of Exodus; the dot-com boom and bust; the reseller hosting model; site-building software; affordable bandwidth; the hosting price war; the WebHostingTalk forums; and the free hosting era.
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July / August 2004 - Madcap Marketing
Our second issue featured a cover story dealing with the most outrageous
stunts and guerilla marketing tactics employed by Web hosting companies in an effort to capture attention and customers, and features on organized crime's increasing involvement in the world of cyber-crime; tips on recognizing the possibility that you may already be a reseller; and the development of add-on private label Web hosting solutions for technology companies.
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June 2004 - Birth of a Data Center
Our inaugural issue featured a cover story on the construction and launch of
EV1 Servers' $20,000,000 second data center facility, along with features on SAVVIS's acquisition of Cable & Wireless's US assets in a bankruptcy auction; the Major League Baseball subsidiary created to handle the operation of the league's massive Web operation; and some of the tactics hosts should take in protecting their networks from worms and viruses.
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WEBHOSTING MONTHLY BACK ISSUES
Webhosting Monthly was a monthly pdf published by theWHIR prior to our print publication.
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