Green Data center EvoSwitch has lowered the average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of its data center from 1.6 in 2008 to 1.5 in 2009. Thus, the energy savings compared to a conventional data center has increased from 40 to 50 percent.

(The Hosting News)-UK website hosting firm 34SP.com has announced that the company has upgraded to the latest version of the SmarterTrack help desk application software created by SmarterTools.

(The Hosting News) – NEW YORK, NY – The New York Internet Company (NYI), an award-winning provider of mission-critical web hosting services, has completed Type I examination in conformity with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) for Service Organizations.

(The Hosting News) – CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that the company began work with Google Inc. to replace the City of Los Angeles’ current email and other applications with Google Apps, Google’s suite of web-based productivity tools. The contract has a three-year base period and two one-year options.

( The Hosting News ) CirtexHosting, a provider of Linux web hosting, today announced that it has added PostgreSQL Hosting, enabling its customers to create and manage PostgreSQL databases through the cPanel control panel.

(The Hosting News)-PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc., a provider of online IT infrastructure announced today its selection of EMC Atmos to implement its new cloud storage service, which will be offered in the first half of 2010.

( The Hosting News ) – Neustar, Inc., a provider of managed authoritative DNS services, and OpenDNS, a recursive DNS service provider, yesterday announced the implementation of a Neustar-sponsored initiative that will provide near-real time updating of the Domain Name System (DNS) across the internet, utilizing its databases to form the DNS Real-time Directory.

( The Hosting News ) Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVVS), a global leader in outsourced Internet infrastructure services for the enterprise, and Cisco today announced an expanded relationship focused on the development of private clouds for the enterprise.

(The Hosting News)- Hosting.com, the leading provider of hosting and colocation solutions and a  strategic VMware vCloud(TM) partner, released information today that clients can upload their own VMware virtual machines or VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk Format) files to Hosting.com’s Cloud Enterprise and Cloud Dedicated solutions.

(The Hosting News)Web hosting specialist, Webfusion, has acquired the hosting assets of XCalibre Communications to bolster it’s managed hosting business.  The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, will enable Webfusion to extend its offering and provide XCalibre customers with access to a variety of products, along with 24×7 support.