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Monthly Archive for January, 2008

Reject Alpha Characters in a SQL Server Character Column

Thursday, January 31st, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

Enforcing your data’s integrity is probably the single most important issue you face when designing a database, right?

Validating user input is one way of keeping bad data from making its way into your analysis and reports. However, it only takes one piece of bad data to create a mess.  Mistakes, such as typos happen (which we all find ourselves doing from time to time).  Granted, you can’t stop every single mistake at the input stage, but it’s the best place to start.

Check out this great how-to here.


More Experiments with Google

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

Google is always experimenting with new features aimed at improving the search experience and so far, it’s been pretty obvious that they know what they’re doing. I don’t know about you guys, but I use Google every day, multiple times a day. One of my favorite things about Google is that they’re always improving the user experience with enhancements or expanding on new ideas.

It looks like they’re at it again and allowing us, the users to join their experiments:

  • Alternate views for search results
  • Keyword suggestions
  • Keyboard shortcuts (which I use for anything and everything)
  • Left-hand search navigation
  • Right-hand contextual search navigation

Check them out and if you’ve got the time, join one of the experiments and share your experience.


Virgin America is truly a techie’s Airline

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

Virgin America, the airline with an electrical socket and Ethernet port at every seat will be offering episodes of Diggnation and other Web shows produced by Revision3. Some of the other offerings to be shown are

One of the more popular shows, the GigaOm Show will not be included.

So if you’re traveling anywhere to or from New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, San Diego and Seattle and enjoy such shows, flights with Virgin America will be even better. For those who aren’t really interested in shows such as these, hey…after 5 hours of flying, you’re pretty much ready to watch anything right?


A ServerBeach Farewell to YouTube.

Friday, January 25th, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

Many of you know (or may not know) that YouTube‘s beginning days were with ServerBeach, a PEER 1 company. In a short period of time, YouTube experienced rapid growth and relied on ServerBeach and the PEER 1 network to help them every step of the way. It was sheer success!
YouTube outgrew ServerBeach in November of 2007 and has moved forward with much success. We’ll miss them! Really. No seriously, we will….

Check out the YouTube Farewell from ServerBeach video here.


Refer PEER 1 and Earn Up To $2000.00

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

Spread the word about PEER 1 and earn up to $2000 for your efforts each time! The Refer PEER 1 program is simple – just tell your peers about PEER 1′s managed hosting solutions. When they decide to purchase, instruct them to provide your name, user name or URL in the online form or over the phone. After they have been a customer for 60 days, you will receive a check. That’s it! Amounts range up to $2,000 for each new account.

PEER 1 has some pretty great deals happening:

* Get up to 40% off the monthly fee + setup


* Reseller packages beginning at $499/mo


* Order a PEER 1 co-location package in our Los Angeles data center and receive our BONUS PACK of NO Installation Fee, FREE Reboots, and FREE Content Delivery Network (CDN) for 3 months!


* Double your bandwidth and RAM


* CDN free for 30 days


* LK Game Pro Gaming Plans

Learn more about these great deals here!


PEER 1 Adds Fibre with New FAS Solution for Managed SAN

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

FAS Network Provides Enterprise Class Infrastructure Options at Low-cost for Businesses of All Sizes

VANCOUVER, BC – January 17, 2008 – PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX-V: PIX), a leading provider of online IT infrastructure, now offers Fibre Attached Storage (FAS) system options on its managed Storage-Area-Network (SAN) to deliver high performance and customizable data sharing and storage capability. The service will provide customers of all sizes, fast, high performing Storage Area Network at an affordable price point.

“As online infrastructure and data storage needs continue to multiply at amazing rates, our customers rely on us to ensure the availability, flexibility and safety of their data.” said Robert Miggins, vice president of business development for PEER 1. “Offering this service means that the best benefits of a FAS network are available to all our customers, especially to SMB’s that traditionally cannot afford or do not have the IT resources to manage a more extensive network.”

PEER 1’s FAS solution is ideal for both fast growing businesses and established companies, such as SaaS, data warehousing or high transactional e-commerce environments, that require limitless amounts of storage, scalability and performance capabilities. The system uses the EMC SAN infrastructure, based in PEER 1’s Atlanta, Miami and Fremont, Calif. data centers, which provides customers diverse geographic options. It is also fully customizable depending on the business requirements and growth structure of the customer.

EMC is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology solutions. The CLARiiON family is the market-share leader in the midrange storage market. With more than 15 years of experience in delivering proven midrange storage solutions, CLARiiON was the first storage solution to bring Fibre Channel systems to the midrange. CLARiiON’s modular and high-availability features are built on its award winning UltraScale architecture. The combination of CLARiiON’s point-to-point hardware design, unique software features, and configuration best practices deliver the highest reliability and availability of all midrange storage platforms, measuring up to five 9s (99.999%) availability across all CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series installed systems.

PEER 1’s FAS offering is fully supported by internal PEER 1 Storage experts and support professionals to ensure that customers receive the best support and expertise possible. The service can be used in conjunction with all types of hosting, allowing for a great range of advantages.

“Building our solution on a SAN has been beneficial to our business, ensuring that data is delivered at the quickest, most reliable speeds,” said Sorin Brabete, chief of support and development for Softpedia. “PEER 1 continues to stay abreast of our hosting requirements and the industry trends with services at affordable prices that match our company growth and needs.”

Visit http://www.peer1.com/managed/san.php for more information.


Automation is the Way to Go

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

Markus Frind

A recent article published in the New York Times has shown just how much automation can be successful for your business. The article, titled “From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year” speaks of a PEER 1 customer Markus Frind founder of online dating site, Plenty of Fish.

Markus created software for Plenty of Fish that relies heavily on automation which leaves him with plenty of free time. The article mentions that on average, he puts in about a 10-hour workweek.

For anyone inclined to daydream about a Web business that would all but run itself, two other details may be of interest: Mr. Frind operates the business out of his apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia, and he says he has net profits of about $10 million a year.

Check out the rest of the New York Times article here and see why automation is the way to go.