HP, Intel, New York Internet, AboveNet

Here’s a roundup of more headlines this week from the hosting and data center industry (it’s been a busy week):

New York Internet selected by ClickBank. New York Internet (JNI) Announced That online retailer ClickBank has selected JNI’s 999 Frontier Road data center in Bridgewater, New Jersey, to support its global expansion. The facility is less than 40 miles from Lower Manhattan for low-latency applications and has connections to several carriers and pipelines to the European market. “999 Frontier offers a unique set of capabilities, especially for e-commerce providers,” said Jeff Leget, senior director of IT operations at ClickBank. “Not only is the facility PCI compliant, but its location on the East Coast of the United States provides a wonderful conduit to the European market, with an impressive list of major connectivity providers.”

AboveNet connects with Terremark. Above Grid (ABVT) Announced which has linked its network to Terremark Worldwide Inc.’s Capital Region NAP located in Culpeper, VA. “AboveNet’s expansion into the Capital Region’s Terremark NAP is the latest step in our plan to provide Washington area customers with near-ubiquitous access to our advanced MAN and WAN services,” said Matt Johns, Director of Atlantic Sales. AboveNet Medium. “AboveNet connects to nearly 50 data centers in the region to meet its customers’ needs for high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity.” AboveNet currently serves Terremark customers in Miami, Florida, Dallas, TX and Santa Clara, CA.

HP acquires Fortify Software. HP and Fortify Software Announced Tuesday that they signed a definitive agreement under which HP will acquire Fortify, a privately held software security company based in San Mateo, California. “Enterprises operate in a world of growing security and compliance challenges, and the applications and services they depend on are critical to the problem and the solution,” said Bill Veghte, executive vice president of Software and Solutions at HP. HP will further integrate the Fortify software as they have introduced the Hybrid 2.0 security analysis technology at the beginning of the year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Intel acquires TI cable modem unit. Intel (INTC) Announced Monday that it signed an agreement to acquire Texas Instruments’ cable modem product line. The move will push Intel further into the consumer electronics segment of the market, where its system-on-chip (SoC) expertise will come into play. Intel said it plans to combine IT product lines with DOCSIS standard and Intel SoC to offer advanced set-top box, residential gateway and modem products for the cable industry. This comes as both Google and Apple are preparing their products for the digital living room as well. apple is speculated will soon renew its underperforming Apple TV. “Intel is focused on offering SoCs that provide the foundation for consumer electronics devices, such as set-top boxes, digital TVs, Blu-ray Disc players, add-on boxes and related devices,” Bob Ferreira, general manager of the home group’s cable segment Intel digital. . “This acquisition specifically strengthens Intel’s product offering for the wired gateway product range and reinforces Intel’s continued commitment to the cable industry.”