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Moving up a gear

2010-08-31

The Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) team is picking up the pace ahead of a slated launch of the Vulture 1 aircraft sometime between 16 - 22 October.

Delays in putting together and testing the vital plane release mechanism have knocked back the launch date somewhat, but with the necessary official permissions in place and a bit of luck with the weather, it should be good to go on those dates.

The Vulture 1, meanwhile, is about to sprout wings and a tail ahead of initial flight testing. Constructing an aircraft entirely from paper - and which has to ascend to 20,000 metres - has proved a real challenge.

However, the aircraft is almost ready to roll, and vital balloon and parachute supplies are jetting in from the US as the electronics team tweaks the onboard GPS units, cameras, and all the other bits and pieces which will record the record-breaking launch.

Virtual reality for dedicated servers

2010-08-18

Switch on to running multiple Virtual Servers on a single physical server with VMware virtualisation from PEER 1 Hosting. Run multiple apps and operating systems on your own dedicated hardware, managed by our certified support team or get hands on with VMware vSphere client control panel. Get in touch for more information on what virtualisation can offer your business.

Growing our Channel

2010-08-16

We are really excited to announce Amanda Dunn as Head of Channel at PEER 1 Hosting.

Amanda will be responsible for evolving the channel programme to recruit reseller partners and systems integrators across the UK. She will be instrumental in pushing forward the strategy that rewards service excellence and attracts partners who embody the Ping and People ethos for both managed hosting, dedicated servers and cloud services.

Amanda comments: “PEER 1 is growing rapidly; the channel strategy represents the next step of the expansion into Europe. The company has a great team that is dedicated to providing the best service possible and I know the channel strategy will be no exception.”

See what CRN says about the appointment.

PARIS Update

2010-08-03

Its official: construction has begun on the Vulture 1 aircraft, as the PARIS team wrestles with the biggest box of paper straws east of the Mississippi.

PARIS logoThe challenge has been to keep the Vulture 1 true to the spirit of PARIS, and that means building the thing entirely from paper wherever possible. While the aircraft's fuselage structure is taking shape nicely, there are still plenty of technical challenges ahead as we ponder just how to skin the beast so it really can survive a drop from 20,000 metres.

The Vulture 1 won't, though, be dropping anywhere if we don't perfect the pressure-activated release mechanism. Following an interesting first attempt, we've built a second device, concocted, in typical PARIS Heath Robinson style, from PVC drainpipe, rubber oxygen tine and a few bits of steel rod. We hope to be able to test this soon in Qinetiq's hypobaric chamber, so watch for further updates...

PARIS - Attempting to work out why the syringe plunger won't move

PARIS - the fuselage pretty well done

Business Class Email now available

2010-08-02

Our customers can now outsource all IT infrastructure including email hosting through a partnership with Microsoft Corporate. The fully featured, enterprise-level email services from Microsoft Exchange solution is gives users the ability to easily collaborate without them having to invest in mail servers, software licenses, security, or be involved with ongoing system administration.

Users can share and access calendars, tasks, contacts, public folders, groups and global address books as well as synchronise from their desktop, mobile device, and the WebCustomers want an easy and cost-efficient way of managing their IT infrastructure, inclusive of email services. The packages start from £7.50 per mailbox per month, making it suitable for companies of every size and budget with bulk discounts available.

With our business class email packages, customers no longer need to provide or manage their own mail servers, backups, licensing or security. It is engineered to save customers time, effort and costs whilst offering our service and support.

PEER 1 Hosting launches GPU compute cloud with NVIDIA – industry first!

2010-07-27

We are excited to announce the availability of the first ever GPU Cloud powered by NVIDIA® Tesla™ graphic processor units – an industry first! This new service offers customers high performance, on demand hosted GPUs from NVIDIA to deliver large-scale computing on demand for applications such as graphics rendering, complex quantitative processing, video compression, and large-model 3D web services.

The system runs the RealityServer® 3D web application service platform, developed by mental images, a wholly owned subsidiary of NVIDIA. This platform is a powerful combination of NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and 3D web services software. It delivers interactive and photorealistic applications over the web using the iray® renderer, which enables animators, product designers, architects and consumers to easily visualize 3D scenes with remarkable realism.

Hosting the GPUs and software within the cloud simplifies customer implementation and provides an inexpensive entry point for new users. It also minimises internal IT pressures so businesses can focus their talent on core business operations.

NVIDIA’s Tesla S1070 and Tesla M2050 hosted GPUs, as well as RealityServer are now available for purchase worldwide and will be hosted as a managed hosting offering at our data centers in. As part of the launch we are offering free trials and proof of concepts for new customers to see first-hand how well the GPU Cloud performs.

Check out The Register for more info.

PEER 1 Hosting Supports OpenStack Open Source Cloud Platform

2010-07-26

Last week a consortium including PEER 1 Hosting and Dell, Citrix and Rackspace launched OpenStack™. The goal of OpenStack is to allow any organisation to create and offer cloud computing capabilities, using open source software running on standard hardware. We believe that this will drive industry standards and prevent vendor lock-in, which in turn should speed up the pace of cloud innovation.
 
You can get involved as well. To download or contribute code, visit OpenStack.org. Follow the conversation on twitter.

PEER 1 Hosting is Finalist for the 2010 American Business Award for Customer Service Customer Team of the Year

2010-07-06

PEER 1 Hosting has been announced as a finalist for the 2010 American Business Awards (The Stevies). The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the USA are eligible to submit entries to The ABAs — public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and business people worldwide. In short order the Stevie has become one of the world's most coveted awards.

“The American Business Awards describes excellent customer service as an unparalleled level of support and 100 percent responsiveness to customer needs and emergencies, comments Fabio Banducci, CEO, PEER 1 Hosting. At PEER 1 Hosting, we pride ourselves in going above and beyond for our customers – customers are number 1 with us. Our support team enthusiastically delivers exceptional customer service day in and day out and we are honored to be recognized for our achievements.”

Stevie Awards are presented in over 40 categories including Best Overall Company, Best Executive, and Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program. More than 2,700 entries were submitted for The 2010 American Business Awards and more than 200 executives nationwide participated in judging to determine this year's Finalists and Stevie Award winners.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/aba/

PEER 1 Hosting Awarded Best New Entrant to the European Data Centre Market

2010-06-30

The prestigious Data Centres Europe Awards took place last week in Sophia Antipolis near Nice and we are proud to announce that they have awarded us ‘Best New Entrant to the European Data Centre Market’. The Sixth Annual Data Centres Europe Awards 2010 included a special focus on customers and their evolving outsourcing needs as cloud computing and new technologies impact the sector. The Data Centres Europe event is an ideal arena in which to share best practice and build consensus in the sector.

PEER 1 Best New Entrant - European Data Centre Market 
 

Dom Monkhouse, MD, PEER 1 Hosting said “PEER 1 Hosting is determined to be the best hosting services provider in the world. We have the best technology delivered by the best people, and this award is a brilliant endorsement of the success we have achieved in expanding into Europe in 2009.”

“Many congratulations to PEER 1 Hosting” said Philip Low, Managing Director, BroadGroup (organizers of the Data Centres Europe Awards) “In the company's short life, they have been able to demonstrate excellence by offering a unique blend of best of breed technology and superior customer service. I wish them great success and look forward to seeing continued growth and prosperity in the years to come." It is fantastic to win an award that is recognised by the industry and we will hold it close to our hearts.

Finding big hitters

2010-06-23

As many of you know, here at PEER 1 we do things a little differently. As we grow, it’s critical that we maintain the brilliant quality of our people and hire the best talent there is to find.

Important as hiring is, we think there’s nothing worse than sitting in a sweaty meeting room trying to get the measure of a potential colleague, and nothing shows a candidate’s true colours better than getting competitive.

Golf, or rather, mini golf is our new secret weapon. There’s nothing like a putting green to help reveal a candidate’s true colours. It’s not about how good you are at golf of course (no pun intended); we’re looking to see if candidates come up to par on characteristics we know make the difference between good and great. Decision-making, strategy, winning mentality (who knows – should they let Dom win!?) and of course, how they accept defeat, all reveal the inner psyche in a way normal interviews can’t. The golf scorecard has some serious psychology behind it and we’ll be checking out whether candidates pick risky hole-in-one strategies, or prefer to take more shorter shots, how well they multi-task (speak, play and think at once) and how they adapt their game-plan when best-laid plans go wrong.

We think it’s is a hole-in-one idea. And so does Management Today.

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