Many research institutions already host industry-funded programs.
For Exodus, the transaction would have allowed it to enlarge its leading role in the hosting industry, in which companies provide services like security and high-speed connections for other companies' Web sites.
The alleged effect on making youth leap off their sofas and on to sports fields was a chimera: a study quoted in the vital text on the whole Games-hosting industry, Circus Maximus by Andrew Zimbalist, showed that no Olympics has ever achieved that.
While most traditional cloud services (IBM, Savvis, AT&T, Terremark, etc) require multi-year commitments, the hosting industry has seemed to embrace commitments on a monthly basis.
Some ten, now well-known, U.S.-based companies, offering up their expertise on everything from advice on IT implementation to tracking market trends to predicting the size of specific product categories to hosting industry conferences, should generate some $3 billion this year.
Viddler remains a niche player in the online video hosting industry, but it's never taken VC money and seems to be carving out a nice little business for itself.
Both avid gamers and mobile games developers, the co-founders told us that they want their service to make it simple for users to start playing private multiplayer games with their friends, without having to worry about the technical details that plague the current game hosting industry.
The announcement could create huge ripples throughout the web-hosting industry.
Given that Microsoft is second only to Amazon in the lucrative web-hosting industry, purchasing wind power gives the Xbox maker a leg up. .
The two-day event hosted industry leaders and emerging brands within the vegan and vegetarian food industry, but also showcased local non-profits, environmentally friendly organizations, and notable speakers from the vegan community.
