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* In January, 2006, Hostway announced a plan to build a new data center in the Boeing building, along the west bank of the Chicago River.<ref>[http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2006/01/18/hostway-plans-new-chicago-data-center/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref> Hostway was later headquartered in that location. | * In January, 2006, Hostway announced a plan to build a new data center in the Boeing building, along the west bank of the Chicago River.<ref>[http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2006/01/18/hostway-plans-new-chicago-data-center/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref> Hostway was later headquartered in that location. | ||
* In April, 2007, Hostway acquired [[Affinity Internet Inc.]], a web hosting company founded in 1996 | * In April, 2007, Hostway acquired [[Affinity Internet Inc.]], a web hosting company founded in 1996 from Florida, with almost 300 employees and 200,000 customers at that time. <ref> [http://www.hostreview.com/news/070405hostwaycorporation.html Host Review]</ref> | ||
* In July, 2007, Hostway moved the Affinity Miami data center, which at that time had clients such as [[ValueWeb]] and [[Gate.com]]. The migration had a disastrous affect, especially on [[ValueWeb]], leaving thousands of sites offline for almost three days.<ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/07/31/data-center-migration-goes-awry-at-valueweb/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. This incident was ranked #2 of the top 8 Data center Disasters of 2007 by IT Management Magazine.<ref> [http://www.itmanagement.com/features/top-8-012808/ It Management.com]</ref> | * In July, 2007, Hostway moved the Affinity Miami data center, which at that time had clients such as [[ValueWeb]] and [[Gate.com]]. The migration had a disastrous affect, especially on [[ValueWeb]], leaving thousands of sites offline for almost three days.<ref> [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/07/31/data-center-migration-goes-awry-at-valueweb/ Data Center Knowledge]</ref>. This incident was ranked #2 of the top 8 Data center Disasters of 2007 by IT Management Magazine.<ref> [http://www.itmanagement.com/features/top-8-012808/ It Management.com]</ref> |