http://www.peer1.com/blog Online Business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:59:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many are familiar with PEER 1's hosting services - Dedicated Hosting, Managed Hosting, and Colocation. But many are not as aware about some of the key advantages of using us. Service First We are a service-first driven company. Period. We measure how well we are serving our customers through a Net Promoter ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/06/peer-1-is-much-more-than-just-hosting/ 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) ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/06/carve-your-space-in-the-cloud-with-cloudxcelerator/ After six years with our dedicated hosting division ServerBeach, PEER 1 was recently chosen by Serotek Corporation, to provide them with a fully managed hosting solution. Along with text-to-speech screen reader services and remote access solutions for tech professionals who are blind or suffer from low vision, Serotek operates a ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/06/serotek-corporation-grows-significantly-and-transitions-to-peer-1-managed-hosting/ Charnell Pugsley, Rob Kinkaid, Dave Sherman, Kevin Lee, Jim Park Wow! We've returned home from the 24 Hours of Lemons event at the No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana. I can honestly say that we got a true taste of this race this past weekend. In my last post, I ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/06/peer-1-finishes-24-hours-of-lemons/ PEER 1's 1981 Turbo Mercedes Diesel Race Car If you're following us on Twitter, you'll know that some of our staff from our Atlanta and San Antonio offices hit the road this past Friday for the 24 Hours of Lemons. I flew in from San Antonio to Atlanta the night before to ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/06/peer-1-and-the-24-hours-of-lemons/ We've mentioned previously on our blog that we're headed to the track again for the 24 Hours of Lemons and we've challenged you to a race. Will we see you there? Last year PEER 1 participated in the 24 Hours of Lemons event that took place in PEER 1 at 24 Hours ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/06/peer-1-takes-it-to-the-track-again-for-24-hours-of-lemons/ We've partnered with Lisa Sabin-Wilson, celebrity blogger and author of “WordPress for Dummies”, to offer free premium blog templates, valued at $1,200 each, designed exclusively for PEER 1 and ServerBeach. With an estimated 133 million blogs worldwide and growing, social networking and blogging has become the fourth most popular activity on ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/05/free-wordpress-themes-give-your-blog-a-facelift/ We've just recently launched SmartMonitoringTM, a full suite of advanced monitoring solutions now available for our managed hosting customers. Utilizing the platform of partner, Absolute Performance Inc., SmartMonitoring provides in-depth data and analysis to better anticipate IT needs for business success. This offering, which will be expanded to all product ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/05/peer-1-launches-smartmonitoring/ PEER 1 announced today that we are building out on a 41,000 square foot green data center in the Toronto area. Our new facility will implement some of the most efficient products and technologies on the market, including the use of a local well for primary water supply with redundant ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/05/peer-1-expands-in-toronto-area-with-green-data-center/ 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 ... http://www.peer1.com/blog/2009/05/gigaom-welcomes-peer-1-as-structure-09-headline-sponsor/