Web Hosting Strategies

Analysis and review of the web hosting and managed services industry by Doug Kaye.

HostingTech. This month's issue, as usual, has a number of excellent articles including the Armchair Quarterback's question, Is the [Loudcloud] Opsware launch the last nail in the MSP coffin?. Also, coordinated article by Max Smetannikov and review by Kevin Self of the three leading vendors of server-virtualization software packages: Ensim, Plesk and Sphera. The bad news is that HostingTech doesn't publish articles from their most-recent issue on line. The good news is that hard-copy subscriptions are free. Posted Monday, August 12, 2002 2:43:47 PM

The Hosting Idiot Savant Syndrome. Ever wonder how vendors can be absolutely brilliant in one area, and yet remarkably incompetent in others? Here's my latest column for Internet World. Posted Monday, August 12, 2002 2:18:42 PM

In the News. The widespread problems continue to spread throughout the hosting industry. In the past week: Digex Cuts 20% of Staff. The stock closed Monday below $0.16 per share. $10.3 million market cap. Level 3's Debt Downgraded. The investment by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway wasn't enough to keep the S&P rating up. But they've still got a market cap of $2.225 billion, even with losses of $2.83 per share. Qwest to Close Two-Thirds of It's Data Centers. 11-12 out of 17 colocation facilities will be shut down. $1.88 billion valuation, $1.12 per share, with a loss of $0.41 per share. WorldCom: It Gets Even Worse. The company said Thursday that it had uncovered another $3.3 billion in fraudulent accounting, adding to the $3.85 billion fraud it revealed in June. [Sources include CarrierHotels] Posted Monday, August 12, 2002 1:51:13 PM

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