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Expanding PCI Compliance to Accommodate Security Demand

The importance of security has grown exponentially as sensitive data is passed through more and more digital channels and made more vulnerable by online transactions. Many of our customers in the banking and online payment industries have expressed a marked increase in PCI compliant capabilities…

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New Phishing Threat Revealed

The importance of choosing the right website hosting company has been reiterated by a report that revealed phishers have developed new techniques for their attacks.

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Cloud Hosting: What's it all about?

For years, webmasters have been chained to their desks. If you wanted a web application, you could rent some space on a server, somewhere, or keep one under your desk - either way, a lot of hassle. The advent of cloud hosting - combining cloud computing, cloud servers and cloud storage - has changed all that.

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PEER 1 Hosting Claims ‘Challenger’ Status in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting, North America

PEER 1 Hosting has been positioned as a ‘Challenger’ in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant, focused on Managed Hosting, no doubt due to the outstanding work achieved by our teams across North America and beyond...

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PEER 1 Hosting gets bigger in EMEA

Today we celebrated the official opening of our brand new EMEA headquarters in Southampton, as well as new offices across London, Nice (France) and the anniversary of our Portsmouth data center.

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PEER 1 Hosting Launches Mission Critical Cloud at Cloud Connect

Our primary objective here at PEER 1 Hosting is to provide our customers with choices. That mentality has always applied to services, locations, billing, etc., so it was a natural progression for us to take that same idea and apply it to cloud computing.

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The Perfect Place for Your Next Data Center
Ryan Murphey
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 07:00
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Choosing the perfect data center location is a little more strategic than the "dart and map" method some may think providers use. In fact, there are many different factors that affect the decision-making process...

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PEER 1 Hosting Proudly Supports the CentOS Project’s Raindrop Application
Anthony Taliercio
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 18:12
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At PEER 1 Hosting, we are proud to host organizations, websites and applications that make a difference in the way people work. The Raindrop application for the CentOS Project is no exception.

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PEER 1 Hosting Guarantees High Performance for Sociocast
Robert Miggins
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 07:00
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As big data grows and expands to a number of new industries, more and more companies are asking the same questions about how to store, access and analyze this influx of data. Lucky for them, a PEER 1 Hosting customer, Sociocast, is helping answer these questions...

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"Solution Providers for Retail" Features My Top Tips for eCommerce
Kevin Strawbridge
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 10:54
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I recently became a blogger for UBM’s eCommerce site, Solution Providers for Retail, which brings together technology thought leaders in eCommerce. I’ll be contributing quarterly and my first post, Surviving Peak Traffic Loads: Lessons From Last Month, has just gone live!

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Happy Holidays from PEER 1 Hosting!
Sheila Bouman
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 13:14
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Things are beginning to settle down for the holidays as many of our employees, customers and friends scurry off to their celebrations and get-togethers. It’s the perfect time of the year to reflect on what we accomplished in 2012 and set goals for next year.

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PEER 1 Hosting and Tier 3 Bring Enterprise-Grade Cloud to Canada
Jay Newman
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 03:58
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While Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) have diverged in their evolution, innovative cloud service providers are now working to reunite the two. The goal is to create a unified experience for cloud users that leverages the strongest aspects...

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What Are You Thankful For?
Sheila Bouman
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 10:43
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This week, as the U.S. celebrates Thanksgiving, many will go around the table and share with each other all the things they are thankful for. While many of PEER 1 Hosting’s employees don’t live in the U.S., we do think Thanksgiving serves as a nice reminder to reflect on our good fortune, both personal and professional.

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