We’re excited to launch our newest product line, the Secure, Isolated Platforms (SIP). Each SIP is a tightly integrated combination of top of the line hardware and software optimized for speed, security and stability. Each SIP will be focused around a third-party web application, with the goal of providing a “one stop shop” for hosting that software.
For our first SIP we’ve chosen Magento, the popular open-source ecommerce platform created by Varien. We’re proud to be the only platinum level web Magento hosting partner, and we’ve set up Magento stores for literally hundreds of customers over the years.
Our newMagento SIP plans include everything that someone interested in setting up a Magento-based ecommerce site would need – including full PCI compliance, backups every half hour (using R1Soft’s Continuous Data Protection software), SSL certificates, and a laundry list of security and performance optimizations. We’ve spent a lot of time figuring out the best combination of hardware and software to use to host Magento as efficiently as possible, and we’re convinced that our plans offer greater performance and better benefits than anything our competitors offer – at a lower price!
Even better, our SIP plans offer greater scalability than any other web hosting company – your SIP plan can grow with your store! While it’s been claimed that Magento can’t be hosted on server clusters – it can be done, and we’ve done it. This means that the sky is the limit for your SIP-based ecommerce website – we can keep it up and running, no matter how much traffic it receives!
We’ve recently signed a licensing agreement with R1soft to bring their great CDP (Continuous Data Protection) technology to our hosting services. It has been added to our current backup systems for Windows-based dedicated servers. We’re evaluating adding it as an add-on for Linux-based dedicated servers as well. It will also be used in an upcoming eCommerce product.
R1soft’s CDP is centralized backup software that allows us to efficiently backup your data whether it’s located on a Windows or Linux-based server. In our testing we found that it could make frequent backups of data with little or no impact on server performance, making it a great addition to our already redundant backup systems.
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We’ve simplified and significantly improved our VPS hosting plans over at MaxVPS. Our starter plan now includes 20 GB of storage, 256 MB of RAM and 500 GB of bandwidth, and a range of options for both OS and control panel - for less than $30 a month!
Our latest shipment of APC NetShelter cabinets has just arrived to accommodate our growing colocation needs. We chose to use APC NetShelters because of their high quality design and standard square hole mountings to accommodate both rapid style rails and standard mounting rails. Each cabinet is individually locked and features steel mesh front and rear doors for excellent ventilation.
We are happy to announce that Cogent Communications is now part of our BGP mix along with Level(3), Savvis, and Global Crossing. Peering with Cogent provides our customers with more possible routes and redundancy. Cogent’s end-to-end optical network consists of multiple metropolitan IP-over-WDM fiber rings located in Cogent’s major markets throughout the United States and Europe. Cogent currently has a presence in over 110 markets throughout North America and Europe.
We have finished the install of our second Liebert UPS system providing an additional 150KVA of power to our facility. This new UPS will more than double our datacenters power capacity allowing us to utilize our 3200 square feet of floor space. This new UPS feeds two additional power distribution units that we have just installed as well, providing hundreds of new circuits.
