We’ll be heading to San Francisco to take part in Structure 2010. Structure is back for its third year, and as the industry has grown, so has this amazing conference. This year, Structure 2010 introduces a two-day format to accommodate demand for more content and networking time.

The Service Provider industry has some of the most mammoth and demanding requirements for provisioning cloud-based storage. Current innovations and practices will become the common place practices for tomorrow’s F500 corporation and their data storage solutions.

This year, PEER 1 Hosting will be taking part in the following workshops:

Day 1 – 3:15pm Wednesday, June 23

Peer 1 Hosting Workshop – Room 1

Location Matters: How Geography Impacts Your Cloud Infrastructure

Robert Miggins, SVP Business Development PEER 1 Hosting will discuss how it is becoming clear to early cloud pioneers that where you store your data and where your compute is vastly affects your performance. With data approaching the Petabyte scale the costs of in network and out of network transfers can end up creating cost shock when the bill arrives. In this panel of customers, practitioners and technologists we delve into the issues facing wide area deployments and the strategies they are using to defeat limitations and cost.

Day 2 – 12:20pm Thursday, June 24

Tim Varma, VP of Product Management at PEER 1 Hosting will involved in the EMC Workshop (Room 1) discussing Super-massive Storage: Cutting Edge Practices from the Service Provider industry.

Our industry has some of the most mammoth and demanding requirements for provisioning cloud-based storage. The Service Provider Industry’s current innovations and practices will become the common place practices for tomorrow’s F500 corporation and their data storage solutions. In this workshop we examine how EMC’s innovative Atmos solution is being used by the biggest service providers to solve their extreme storage needs and how they cope with policy management, multi-tenancy, network intrusion prevention and data federation when serving global-sized cloud customers.

Join us June 23–24, 2010, in San Francisco, as we shape the future of the cloud industry.

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CloudOne, powered by EMC Atmos

When we talk to customers or attend conferences representing ServerBeach or PEER 1 Hosting, the most common question asked is, “When are you going to release Cloud-based services?” Sometimes we’re asked about storage offerings like Amazon’s S3, or compute offerings like EC2, and while the definition of “cloud” varies, the idea of highly available and scalable services is something we have been working on. PEER 1 Hosting is committed to providing solutions using best-of-breed partners to address these needs.

A few months ago, we announced that we have partnered with EMC to develop a Cloud Storage offering based on their Atmos solution and we’re happy to provide you with an update on this. We are currently in beta and plan to launch the first Cloud Service, called CloudOne Storage, powered by EMC Atmos, in the coming weeks.

What does this mean to you?

In preparation for this product launch, we will be adding a “Cloud Services” tab in the MyPeer1.com customer portal. The tab is a preview of how this section will look and provide links to additional documentation. Over the next few weeks, we will be filling the menu links and preparing for the launch.

Why are we showing this tab to you now?

We are revealing this change to the portal in advance of the product launch to solicit feedback from you. There will be a section in the forums soon that will give you the opportunity to tell us what you like and what you dislike.

Be sure to keep an eye out for more updates and information regarding CloudOne Storage. Questions? Please e-mail: adam[at]peer1.com

ServerBeach forum

PEER 1 Hosting forum

Adam Weissmuller

Sr. Product Manager

What is the perfect hosting environment for early stage entrepreneurs?

FutureHosting brings together leading industry strategists and technologists to debate the perfect hosting environment for early stage entrepreneurs as the hosting market evolves towards an on-demand model. The discussion follows on from our PEER 1 sponsored panel at Structure 09. It will feature industry thought-leaders debating direction for customers and providers within the fast-moving hosting environment, delivery of platform-as-a-service, and optimizing scalable hosting and cost-effectiveness for start-up businesses.

Moderator:

Om Malik
Founder
The GigaOM Network

Panelists:

Byron Sebastian
CEO
Heroku

Jason Hoffman
CTO
Joyent

Sebastian Stadil
Founder
Scalr

Robert Miggins
SVP BizDev
PEER 1

Don’t miss your chance to watch the free live webstream on December 3, 2009 as these panelists discuss and debate one of the hottest topics on the Internet today – http://www.peer1.com/hosting/futurehosting.php

PEER 1 Launches CloudXcelerator™ Program

PEER 1 has launched its CloudXcelerator™ program, which enables PEER 1 partners to develop, test and run their cloud applications on PEER 1’s IT hosting infrastructure. Apprenda, the creators of SaaSGrid, a powerful Cloud Application Server for rapidly building and commercializing Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, joins PEER 1 as its first CloudXcelerator partner.

In launching the CloudXcelerator program, PEER 1 helps to enable qualified cloud computing companies to achieve early success. Any company developing cloud technology that requires hosting is eligible to apply for the CloudXcelerator program. Benefits of the program include deeply subsidized hosting, co-marketing funds, exposure on PEER 1’s website and to the company’s 10,000 customers, as well as public relations exposure. The PEER 1 sales team will also support partners by learning about their applications and referring qualified leads whenever possible. With these features and the use of PEER 1’s high performance infrastructure partners can take innovations one step further.

Full Press Release.

For the second straight year, PEER 1 is the proud headline sponsor of GigaOM’s Structure 09 event taking place on June 25. Structure 09 will bring industry experts together at San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center to explore the Cloud Computing model and innovations of Internet infrastructure. PEER 1 is also hosting a workshop that focuses on the role of hardware within the cloud and the benefits of testing and incubation of technologies through our new CloudXcelerator Program.

The founder of Structure 09 and GigaOM networks, Om Malik, had this to say about our involvement:

“I am so very pleased to have PEER 1 with us again as a lead sponsor. PEER 1 espouses the same core values we have at Structure, thus making them an ideal partner for our flagship event. The last year has seen much progress in Cloud Computing and PEER 1 has become a vital part of that industry.”

We hope you will attend and participate.

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Today marks the official launch of another great PEER 1 customer, Sitemasher. This new SaaS solution is a Web site development service that allows the everyday person to create their own professional and comprehensive Web site. The service integrates Web site building and publishing, content management system (CMS), analytics and search engine optimization (SEO), all within single platform.

Sitemasher went with PEER 1 because it provided the customized hosting solution that Sitemasher needed to power its service.

So if you haven’t yet, check out Sitemasher and let us know if you like them as much as we do.

Sitemasher Demo

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

I was invited by Techvibes to write a blog post about the first ever Structure 08 conference hosted by GigaOM, which I attended and my company PEER 1 sponsored. It was held on June 25th in San Francisco at the Mission Bay Conference Center:

Just got back from the Structure 08 conference hosted by GigaOM and headline sponsored by my company, Vancouver-based PEER 1. The sold out event was a tremendous success with over 600 people in attendance representing companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and VMWare. A third of the conference room was allocated to media alone.

Making the decision to sponsor Structure 08 was an easy one. It is so rare to have a room full of the brightest minds discussing and debating the latest technology impacting IT infrastructure. “Cloud Computing” was by far the topic of the day, a buzz term that seems to encompass anything related to virtualization or on-demand scalable web hosting, which is sometimes, well, cloudy.

The line up of speakers included Jonathan Yarmis of AMR Research, Mendel Rosenblum of VMWare, and a heated discussion that included panelists from Google, AT&T, GigaSpaces, Mosso, Joyent, and XCalibre. Read more

PEER 1 will host a free webinar with partners OnDemand Solutions and Mural Ventures, Tuesday, June 24 at 2 p.m. EDT. In this first-time event, industry experts will share their extensive experience and innovative methodologies that have helped ISVs build successful and profitable Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. Attendees will learn how to escape pitfalls that have hobbled other ISVs, potentially saving their businesses thousands of dollars.

SaaS is here to stay, with an estimated 25 percent of all software delivered in the next few years expected to be SaaS, according to Gartner projections. As successful SaaS companies know, in order to take advantage of the considerable benefits of this delivery method you must run your company in a completely new and different way rather than rely on the traditional methods. This webinar will help companies avoid many of the more common mistakes.

What: Free webinar on “The Seven Deadly Mistakes of ISV SaaS Offerings,” which include:

• Cannibalizing your current revenue by providing your existing offering to the same customers
• Underestimating the power of and need for customer service in the SaaS model
• Offering free trials that don’t convert prospects to customers
• Underestimating the importance of web-centricity for marketing, sales and support

Who: Featured speakers

• Mike Jalonen, CEO, OnDemand Solutions
• Jeff Hagins, Partner and CTO, Mural Ventures
• Robert Miggins, Vice President of Business Development, PEER 1

When: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern

To Attend: For more information and registration visit http://www.bulldogsolutions.net/Peer1/PER06242008/frmRegistration.aspx?bdls=15176

“We are very pleased to be offering this valuable webinar along with our partners,” said Robert Miggins, vice president of business development for PEER 1. “Through our experiences we have found there are many reoccurring key issues that business owners and developers alike are unaware of. Through this presentation we will give listeners practical steps and insight to address these issues and in turn increase customer reach and satisfaction.”

About PEER 1
PEER 1, a leading online IT infrastructure provider, believes in the limitless opportunity of the Internet and the business growth and continuity it provides for its more than 10,000 customers. PEER 1 delivers highly scalable managed hosting and co-location solutions to ensure customers’ online presence is always fast, always available. Since 1999, PEER 1 has grown to include data centers and network points of presence in 17 major cities across North America and Europe. Serving a variety of companies, PEER 1 offers solutions that grow through every stage of web commerce, regardless of company size. The company’s headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada and the stock is traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX. For more information visit: http://www.peer1.com.

About ODS
OnDemand Solutions provides business and technical services to established and startup organizations who are already using, or who are looking to use, the OnDemand or “Software as a Service” (SaaS) delivery model. Our services and best practices are designed to rapidly develop and launch new OnDemand and SaaS businesses, accelerate growth for organizations with a current SaaS offering, and assist independent software vendors (ISVs) to convert from a perpetual license model to a subscription revenue model.

About Mural Ventures
Mural Consulting is a specialized team of Software-as-a-Service experts. We work with ISVs and Service Providers to create SaaS strategies that drive real actions, and then execute those actions side-by-side with our clients. We deliver business success in the fast-changing, competitive SaaS environment. Mural has conducted over 300 executive SaaS business design sessions globally. From that experience, we’ve assembled 8 Key Success Factors for SaaS success. These KSFs form the foundation for all of our strategy and execution services.

Om Malik is reporting today that the Structure 08 event on June 25th is almost sold out… in fact at the time of his post, there are only 25 tickets remaining. PEER 1 is the proud headline sponsor and we’re ecstatic with the enthusiasm in this event. Om is right, the lineup of speakers and panelists is simply outstanding and we expect the discussion to be lively and very, very informative. Panel topics include:

• Working the Clouds: NextGen Infrastructure for New Entrepreneurs
• The New New Stack: Re-examining the Internet Platform Chain
• The Race to the Next Database: Overclocking and Analytics Augment Your Data Layer
• Harnessing Explosive Growth: Infrastructure Strategies and Tactics
• Infrastructure On Demand: Should You Build Your Future on Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)?
• Eyes Wide Shut: Why is the VC Community Keeping Its Wallet Shut to Infrastructure?

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