( The Hosting News ) – Competing cloud services could be on the way from two top industry leaders.

Tweet Hosting News – ATLANTA – Cbeyond Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading provider of cloud and network services to small and medium sized businesses, today announced the limited release of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 beta offerings. Working with Microsoft to offer the new Windows Server 2012 – the industry’s first cloud-ready server – Cbeyond is one of the few companies offering beta versions of the new solution.

( The Hosting News ) – Things are about to get a lot more environmentally friendly at Microsoft. On Tuesday, the tech giant revealed its goal to become entirely carbon neutral by implementing a new standard that begins the first of July.

( The Hosting News ) -  IdentityLogix , an innovator in continuous security intelligence and real-time data actualization, announces the release of SpyLogix Enterprise 3.5, providing a state-of-the-art information security middleware designed to address the challenges of efficient continuous visibility and situational awareness to provide critical information for effective troubleshooting, change/performance monitoring, as well as, providing data analysis and detailed reporting for compliance and governance activities.

Tweet Web Hosting News – NEW YORK – NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, today announced the company’s participation in influential industry events during the second quarter of 2012. At the events, NTT America will leverage its deep expertise to help companies understand how to best navigate recent industry changes, technologies and trends

May 1, 2012 — Telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell announced on Monday it has expanded its IT services for businesses with the addition of cloud-based Microsoft Communication and Collaboration Solutions powered by hosted business services provider Apptix and cloud service delivery software provider Parallels.

Tweet Web Host News – LOS ANGELES and BOSTON – NetDNA, a tier 1 content delivery network (CDN) provider, and GlobalSign, a leading provider of online security solutions, announced today that they are partnering to launch EdgeSSL, a one-stop secure sockets layer (SSL) Certificate solution for the NetDNA content delivery network. EdgeSSL provides communication security over the Internet and is critical for e-commerce shopping carts, as well as many other critical applications, to ensure the confidentiality and security of credit card transactions and other personal information. Most online users today will not interact with a website that does not have an SSL Certificate.

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Hey All, It’s time to give you an update on what is happening with the annual Umbraco conference CodeGarden .

( The Hosting News ) – How are the top web browsers stacking up against each other in the fight for web dominance?