Top Hosting Companies World Wide

Rank	Hosting Company	Country	Market Share	Total Domains
1	WILDWESTDOMAINS.COM		20.6398 %	21,472,398
2	ENOM.COM		4.1407 %	4,307,682
3	NETWORKSOLUTIONS.COM		2.6597 %	2,766,986
4	ONEANDONE.COM		2.3949 %	2,491,508
5	YAHOO.COM		2.3286 %	2,422,551
6	SEDOPARKING.COM		1.7643 %	1,835,467
7	REGISTER.COM		1.565 %	1,628,095
8	DSREDIRECTION.COM		1.5457 %	1,607,998
9	DOMAINDELUXE.COM		1.0959 %	1,140,065
10	FABULOUS.COM		1.035 %	1,076,700
11	BUYDOMAINS.COM		0.8465 %	880,600
12	DREAMHOST.COM		0.7734 %	804,627
13	PARKED.COM		0.7169 %	745,785
14	BLUEHOST.COM		0.6495 %	675,730
15	XINNET.COM		0.6385 %	664,242

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Country-wise Web Hosting Companies Data as of 02/16/09.

Country	Rank	Hosting Companies	Gain	Loss	Net Gain/Loss
United States	1	25,553	139	158	(19)
Canada	2	2,862	14	18	(4)
United Kingdom	3	2,761	13	14	(1)
Germany	4	2,314	6	4	2
Spain	5	1,653	8	10	(2)
Netherlands,The	6	1,594	16	8	8
Turkey	7	1,587	25	25	0
India	8	1,164	13	14	(1)
France	9	1,161	10	5	5
Italy	10	1,112	4	4	0

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Razorfish is working with Rackspace’s cloud hosting division, Mosso®, to build consumer-facing websites and web applications that can handle large traffic spikes during major promotions and product launches of brands. In particular, Razorfish develops microsites, community platforms, blogs, and web video for its clients using Rackspace’s Cloud Sites™ and Cloud Files™ hosting services.

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Software as a Service is a term that is widely used today in business and IT circles, but just what is Software as a Service – SaaS? Like anything there are a number of different views and opinions, but there are a number of common features which I outline here.

Hosted Software Accessed through the Internet

Traditionally software was purchased and installed on Computers or servers at the place of use. An example of this is Microsoft Word or Microsoft Outlook, the application is purchased and installed on the computer for which it is to be used. On an Enterprise scale, applications such as SAP’s ERP solution or Siebel’s CRM solution are purchased and installed on servers at the customer site and accessed within the customers IT networks and infrastructure. The SaaS model differs in that software is not purchased and installed on the customer’s premises but is already installed and housed at the premises of the SaaS provider. Access to this software is provided through the internet via browser based clients (custom clients may be used in some installations). The key difference is that no software is installed at the customers premises and the solution can be accessed from any geographic location where there is internet access. Visit the very useful SaaSlist for a full explanation.

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List of Internet Lawyers: The ISP-Planet List of Internet Lawyers is a small list of attorneys organized by state. While operating an ISP business is often a do-it-yourself venture, it pays to know where to turn when you need legal counsel and advice.

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