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Monthly Archive for July, 2008

24 Hours of LeMons and PEER 1 Employee Kevin Lee

Thursday, July 17th, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

PEER 1’s very own Kevin Lee will be taking part in the endurance automobile race known as “24 Hours of LeMons” this year. Kevin and his team, including Elson Rodriguez – another PEER 1 employee in our Atlanta office, will be sponsored by PEER 1 to put the pedal to the metal. They have spent countless hours preparing their 1982 Mercedes 300 Turbo Diesel, enjoying long days of being covered in grease and oil, pinched fingers, and tossing a few choice words around.

Nasty. Brutish. Not Short Enough.

The crowd. The spectacle. The pall of blue smoke and roasted clutch discs. In all motorsport, no event captures the universal human need to whale on old crapcans and hoover down greasy barbecue like the 24 Hours of LeMons. “

The race takes place July 26-27 at the Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina and the website for the event is http://24hoursoflemons.com.

“Each LeMons race is for cars purchased, fixed up, and track-prepped for a total of 500 dollars or less. But before reaching the grid, you’ll have to survive trials like the Personal-Injury-Lawyer Anti-Slalom, the Marxist-Valet Parking Challenge, and the Wide Open Throttle Rodthrowapalooza. Twelve hours into the race, the car voted People’s Choice is called in and awarded a cash prize; simultaneously, the car voted People’s Curse is called in and summarily destroyed. At the end of 24 hours, a gala awards ceremony plies the survivors with trophies, plaques, and four-figure purses in canvas bags full of nickels. What’s not to like?”

To take a peek of what Kevin and his Team are faced with, click here.
To view pictures of Kevin and Team working on their uh…”work in progress”, click here.

Stay tuned for more pictures, videos, and interviews when the event takes place!


Vancouver Power Outage

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   4 Comments

PEER 1 service was disrupted yesterday, July 14th due to an underground fire in downtown Vancouver, BC. A series of unprecedented events came into play as an entire BC Hydro substation was put out of service for approximately 2200 customers; water pressure was reduced, impacting the building’s main generator cooling system.

We are taking yesterday’s outage very seriously, as we know our customers depend on us as their trusted IT infrastructure provider. We are conducting a full review of our key efficiencies and fail safe measures to ensure that this type of unlikely series of events does not occur again. We are working with our Vancouver building management and looking at corrective action in that regard, as well as research and review the best practice methods in the days ahead.

In the meantime, our customers remain our most important asset and we will fully honor our service level agreements. Our policy as a company is to maintain open communication and to be transparent in updating our customers on what is going on within the company whether we are reporting good news or bad. In this situation, our PEER 1 team across North America pulled together to offer customer and technical support during and after the disruption.

PEER 1 President’s Message and Timeline of Events


Watch Structure 08 Conference Highlights Here

Monday, July 7th, 2008  |  by Rajan Sodhi  |   No Comments

If you were not able to attend the Structure 08 conference in San Francisco on June 25th, you can watch it here: