Since a report by the WODC (see Filtering The Internet) stated that it is unclear whether filtering is effective or not, we have been in contact with the Ministry of Justice and Meldpunt Kinderporno (Hotline combating Child Pornography) and discussed ways of reducing child pornography on the Internet. Although we, as a Service Provider, are […]
LeaseWeb, one of Europe
More and more clients of LeaseWeb, mainly Corporate and higher SME, decide to go for a hosting environment in which virtualization software plays an important role. Still the discussion remains whether virtualization is a good investment.
The number of international employees within Leaseweb has increased substantially during the last 12 months. New people from the UK, Germany, Poland, Italy and Greece joined the support, business development, sales and networking departments. A nice feature of this development is that gradually a new culture is emerging as new nationalities make their contribution to […]
Is it important for a hosting provider to grow significantly? Leaseweb is the largest business hosting provider in the Netherlands as well as ranked in the worldwide top 20, and it just so happens that we are growing very quickly which makes that question easier to answer in the affirmative. But believe us when we […]
During the last year there have been several discussions about filtering content on the internet. Should this be dealt with by the government (creating better legislation) or should ISPs come with a solution? Last week the WODC (Research and Documentation Centre) published an interesting report (Dutch with English summary) about the technical and legal possibilities […]
Dedicated hosting provider Leaseweb, among the global top 20 hosting providers, expands its Network & Support Department and appoints four new network engineers. Their responsibilities cover operational services, including monitoring the hosting network, providing customers with hosting services and support, and providing sales support.
Recently we have started a small honeypot project within our network to monitor and analyze malicious requests. With this information we can make our network more secure.
Platform will enable Leaseweb hosting customers to consolidate their storage Hosting provider Leaseweb has decided to use a FAS 3040HA mid-range platform by NetApp so that it will be able to offer its customers a complete storage-on-demand (SOD) solution. The platform will enable Leaseweb to offer managed back-up and disaster recovery services.
Dr. Paans: “Is Leaseweb’s worldwide growth being managed properly?” Leaseweb, the biggest corporate hosting provider in the Netherlands, has been granted ISO 27001 certification for information security by Dr. Ronald Paans of Noordbeek IT Audit. This gives Leaseweb’s customers a firm guarantee that their websites are hosted in a secure and well-managed environment.