Monthly Archives: December 2013

Poor Website Performance Influences Online Purchasing Decisions: PEER 1 Study

US online shoppers have little tolerance for poor navigation, slow website load times, and interruptions and timeouts, with 65 percent ditching an online shopping cart after experiencing these issues, according to a new study by Peer 1 Hosting. Continue reading

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WebHosting.coop Set to Prove a Democratically-Run, Shared Web Hosting Cooperative Can Work

With the intent on providing transparent, honest, and reliable hosting services, a non-profit, democratically-run web hosting cooperative called WebHosting.coop has launched today with a focus on providing quality shared hosting with an emphasis on member participation. Continue reading

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Currency Miners Cause Spot Shortages of Dedicated Servers

A number of dedicated hosting providers are running short of servers to lease, and attributing the shortages to heavy buying by customers mining for digital currencies. The surge in leasing of cheap servers appears to be tied to the soaring profile of Bitcoin, the flagship digital currency, which is driving interest in lesser known currencies. Continue reading

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CloudFlare Quietly Raises $50M to Fund International Expansions

CloudFlare, a San Francisco-based provider of security and website optimization services, announced on Tuesday that it has surpassed 1.5 million customers, and revealed a $50 million Series C funding round that it quietly closed a year ago. Continue reading

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Politicians Aim to Ensure US Cloud Firms can Compete in Foreign Markets in Wake of NSA Scandal

A letter from the “High Tech Caucus”, a bipartisan group of US House Representatives, is calling on US Trade Representative Michael Froman to make international data transmission a part of pending trade pacts with foreign nations. Continue reading

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