PEER
1 Hosting, the global web infrastructure and cloud hosting provider,
announced today that it is launching its recently released
enterprise-class VMware public cloud solution, Mission
Critical Cloud, in New York City,
Seattle, Chicago and Salt Lake City. These new locations add to existing
Mission Critical Cloud availability in Canada, the UK and Germany. PEER
1 is also introducing Magento-Optimized
Build Blueprints for Mission Critical Cloud eCommerce customers.
Blueprints are cloud environment templates selected from the Blueprints
Marketplace or custom built, which automatically deploy complex
applications. Once a solution is saved as a Blueprint, customers can
launch that same configuration in a new deployment again and again – in
every detail. Even the most advanced environments can be replicated with
a single click, from the OS, to the database, to the application, as
well as any needed custom scripts.
Developed in close collaboration with Magento’s engineering team, the
new Magento-Optimized Build Blueprints allow Mission Critical Cloud
customers to deploy the same optimized solution that PEER 1 Hosting
offers on managed hosting, but in a completely automated fashion in the
public cloud. The result is a turnkey solution that delivers
infrastructure honed to meet Magento's rigorous requirements with
minimal chance of human error. By leveraging these new Blueprints,
customers are able to deploy Magento-optimized hosting environments in
less than an hour, saving time and money.
Additional new features of Mission Critical Cloud include:
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Autoscaling – Allows users to automatically add or subtract CPUs for
virtual servers based on usage
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Additional self-service features – Customers can create and manage
advanced network configurations in Mission Critical Cloud with load
balancers and site-to-site VPNs
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Server resource addition support – Enables customers to add additional
CPU and memory without a server reboot
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Improved credit card processing – Helps reduce fraud, simplify billing
and support PCI compliance
“We saw an existing gap in the market for a true enterprise-class
solution, and believe the expansion of this offering to four additional
datacenters is indicative of the strong interest in Mission Critical
Cloud,” said Robert Miggins, SVP business development at PEER 1 Hosting.
“This product isn’t just useful for our existing private cloud VMware
customers that want to move to a public cloud, but also new SMB and
enterprise customers that have been waiting for an enterprise-level
public cloud environment. In fact, a majority of Mission Critical Cloud
users are new to PEER 1 Hosting. By bringing Mission Critical Cloud to
four additional datacenter locations, we hope to further the promise of
choice for our customers, which, in the end, means a better result for
them.”
“While concerns over security and reliability have prevented enterprises
from moving production workloads to the cloud, the growing availability
of technologies in areas of security, quality of service, and
manageability has helped cloud providers build trust in the public cloud
environment,” said Agatha Poon, research manager, global cloud computing
at 451 Research. “Offerings like PEER 1 Hosting’s Mission Critical
Cloud, designed to ensure the optimal performance of applications and
services running in the cloud, are instrumental in leading public clouds
to mainstream corporate culture.”
Resources
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Read how Mission
Critical Cloud is delivering a truly enterprise-grade cloud
experience for customers with features like high availability,
built-in disaster recovery and automation, and high-performing
security.
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Learn more about PEER
1 Hosting’s solutions, including colocation and managed, dedicated
and cloud hosting.
About PEER 1 Hosting
PEER 1 Hosting, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSX: CCA), is one of the world's
leading Web hosting providers, specializing in Managed Hosting,
Dedicated Servers, Colocation and Cloud Services. Based in Vancouver,
Canada, and founded in 1999 with European operations headquartered in
Southampton, UK. PEER1 has 19 datacenters and 21 points of presence
worldwide. PEER 1 Hosting is built on two obsessions: Ping & People.
‘Ping’ represents its commitment to best-in-breed technology, founded on
a high performance 10Gbps FastFiber Network(tm) connected by 20
state-of-the-art datacenters. ‘People’ represents its commitment to
delivering outstanding customer service to its more than 13,000
customers worldwide, backed by a 100 per cent uptime guarantee. For more
information visit: http://www.PEER1.com.
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