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The commercial launch of our cloud hosting last week has been widely covered in the media.

“A new scalable cloud-based service designed to offer highly flexible and easy-to-use web hosting and on-demand burst computing capabilities … offering small to medium sized businesses an interface which even non-IT professionals will be able to use.” wrote Phil Muncaster of V3.co.uk and Computing.

Kevin White of Computer Business Review wrote a detailed article, mentioning our “nice, easy to use interface” which targets “organizations wanting to use cloud services that are simple to use”.

We were also covered in depth by David Hamilton for Web Host Industry Review, Jennifer Scott for IT Pro, Antonio Piraino for Tier1Research and Dan Ilett for Greenbang.

Finally, The Frugal Tech Show on 6 August featured a 30 minute interview with Richard Davies, ElasticHosts CEO, interviewed Ken Hess of DaniWeb and ServerWatch and Jason Perlow of ZDNet. Follow this link to hear a recording of that interview.

User-friendly interface makes cloud hosting simple

August 4, 2009, London: ElasticHosts, the UK based cloud provider, today announced the launch of its cloud server solutions, which provide ultra-flexible and easy-to-use server capacity for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing. Customers benefit from a user-friendly interface that can be managed from any desktop and allows them to create virtual servers instantly and resize their capacity immediately.

ElasticHosts’ cloud servers allow customers the cost-efficiency of buying exactly the capacity they need today, with the peace of mind that they can immediately scale up. Capacity is billed on-demand by the hour, unlike traditional hosting contracts which tie customers to fixed capacity for up to two years. The servers run any PC operating system, are fully configurable and designed to accommodate all forms of web hosting. ElasticHosts offers a 100% SLA with 100x credits for downtime, and offers two independent data centres in Europe, using PEER 1’s high performance 10 Gbps SuperNetwork™ infrastructure to support mission critical hosting needs where business continuity is vital.

Richard Davies, CEO of ElasticHosts, said: “To date, businesses looking for the cost savings and scalability of cloud hosting have had to tackle complex user interfaces and have been limited to a handful of server sizes offered by different vendors. We have designed ElasticHosts so that it can be used by almost anyone and it allows users to configure their servers specifically to suit their requirements.”

“I have used many other cloud and virtual server solutions in the past.” said Andrew Fear of Trana eCommerce Ltd, an ElasticHosts customer. “I was beginning to get frustrated with these providers and had been looking for alternatives for a while. Then I found ElasticHosts and I realized that I would be able to add a lot of flexibility for no extra cost. I now have quite a few servers with ElasticHosts. We can buy exactly the capacity that we need today and then scale it when we need more, which is a huge benefit and saves a lot of money. The best thing about ElasticHosts for me though, is being able to talk technical to someone who can talk technical back — a rare thing these days!”

To mark its launch, ElasticHosts is offering a free four-day trial to allow businesses to experience the power and simplicity of cloud hosting for themselves. Full details are available at www.elastichosts.com.

About ElasticHosts

ElasticHosts provides ultra-flexible and easy-to-use server capacity for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing such as batch processing, development & test, backup & disaster recovery and cloud bursting. ElasticHosts offers competitive pricing for both subscription and burst use, outstanding performance for any PC operating system, fully flexible sizing, two independent UK data centres with fast direct links to the UK/EU internet, and a 100% SLA with 100x credits for downtime. For more information, visit www.elastichosts.com or e-mail sales@elastichosts.com.

Contact:

Champion Communications: +44 (0) 20 7268 3076, elastichosts@championcomms.com.

Our roll-out partnership with Peer1 has attracted considerable media interest, including articles in Data Center Dynamics, Tier1Research, V3, Total Telecom, European Communications and Computer Business Review.

We look forward to launching our new availability zone with Peer1 by the end of July, which will make ElasticHosts the first cloud infrastructure provider to offer dual redundant availability zones in Europe.

ElasticHosts first EMEA partner in accelerated cloud innovation delivery through PEER 1

Southampton, UK — June 25, 2009 — PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX:PIX), a global online IT business hosting provider, has today launched its CloudXcelerator(TM) program at Structure 09 in San Francisco. The program will enable selected PEER 1 partners to hothouse innovative cloud applications on PEER 1’s IT hosting infrastructure.

UK-based ElasticHosts is the first partner to join the EMEA CloudXcelerator program, enabling it to speed up roll-out of its cloud infrastructure products, which provide ultimately flexible server capacity in the UK for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing. ElasticHosts’ new capacity with PEER 1 will make the company the first cloud infrastructure provider to offer dual redundant availability zones in Europe.

“Being fast to scale and demonstrating reliability and security at competitive prices are mission-critical to our cloud computing proposition,” said Richard Davies, founder and CEO at ElasticHosts. “Partnering with PEER 1 through its CloudXcelerator program will give us rapid access to managed hardware and network to help us realise our growth plans and stay ahead of the market. PEER 1 is one of the most progressive hosting providers we’ve come across, and we’re excited about the opportunity to exploit their strengths to deliver even more of our own.”

The CloudXcelerator program allows qualifying partners to develop, test and run cloud applications on PEER 1’s high performance 10GB SuperNetwork(TM) infrastructure, helping them to bring cloud innovations to fruition faster, more reliably and more cost-effectively. Program partners also receive added benefits through discounted hosting, discounted storage, co-marketing funds, publicity and lead generation and exposure on PEER 1’s website and to its 3,000 customers across EMEA.

“Innovation is right at the heart of PEER 1. We know what it takes to deliver innovative services and what businesses need to allow their vision to become reality,” said Dominic Monkhouse, UK MD at PEER 1. “Cloud technology and cloud-based IT service providers are a hotbed of innovation in the industry right now and we are in a unique position to apply the strength of our SuperNetwork(TM) and global infrastructure to maximising their development. The CloudXcelerator program offers a win-win for CloudXcelerator program partners, like ElasticHosts. They get the comfort and reliability of a robust, global infrastructure and PEER 1 succeeds through helping our partners to focus on their customers and bring the latest cloud innovations to market.”

Dominic Monkhouse, will introduce a panel discussion on `the use of commodity hardware within the cloud’ at Structure 09, in San Francisco at 10:15am PST. The panel features Abraham Sultan, VP of engineering at Apprenda, North American CloudXcelerator Program partner and creators of SaaSGrid, a powerful Cloud Application Server for rapidly building and commercialising Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, alongside Robert Miggins, VP of business development at PEER 1 with Bernard Golden of CIO magazine as moderator.

For further information or to apply for the PEER 1 CloudXcelerator program, visit www.peer1hosting.co.uk/cloud.

About ElasticHosts

ElasticHosts is the second European cloud infrastructure provider and the world’s first public cloud based upon KVM, the native Linux virtualization platform. The company provides flexible server capacity in the UK for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing such as batch processing, dev/test, disaster recovery and cloud bursting. ElasticHosts offers competitive pricing for both subscription and burst use, fast direct links to the UK/EU internet, data storage within EU jurisdiction, dual redundant availability zones and outstanding performance for any PC operating system with fully flexible sizing. For more information, visit www.elastichosts.com or e-mail sales@elastichosts.com.

About PEER 1

PEER 1 believes in the limitless opportunity of the Internet, and the business growth potential it provides for its more than 10,000 customers. As a global online IT hosting provider, PEER 1 offers a reliable high performance Internet network supporting scalable managed hosting, dedicated hosting through the ServerBeach brand, and colocation solutions. Backed by its 100 percent uptime guarantee and 24x7x365 FirstCall Support(TM), PEER 1 ensures customers’ online presence is always fast, always available. Since 1999, PEER 1 has grown to include 16 state-of-the-art data centres and points-of-presence throughout North America and Europe. The company’s headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada, with European operations headquartered in Southampton, UK. PEER 1 shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX. For more information visit: www.peer1.com or www.peer1hosting.co.uk.

For UK media enquiries please contact Champion Communications: +44 (0) 207 665 4063, peer1@championcomms.com.

For North American media enquiries please contact Abigail Faylor, Weber Shandwick: +1-425-452-5497, afaylor@webershandwick.com.

For investor enquiries please contact Thomas McMillan, Equicom Group: +1-403-536-5903, tmcmillan@equicomgroup.com.

CohesiveFT Adds ElasticHosts as a cloud deployment option to its Elastic Server® Platform

Custom virtual servers can be dynamically assembled and delivered to ElasticHosts cloud infrastructure

CHICAGO, IL and LONDON, UK — January 22, 2009 — CohesiveFT (http://www.cohesiveft.com), the leader in automated software assembly, today announced it has partnered with ElasticHosts Ltd. (http://www.elastichosts.com), the second European cloud infrastructure and the world’s first public cloud based upon KVM (the native Linux virtualization platform). As a result, users are now able to deploy virtual servers to the ElasticHosts cloud infrastructure via CohesiveFT’s Elastic Server on-demand service. Elastic Server is an automated “factory” that allows IT professionals to assemble, deploy, and manage virtual servers using a simple point-and-click interface. Beginning today, customers can assemble custom Enterprise-class servers for deployment to ElasticHosts’ European cloud computing infrastructure. Free trials are available of both ElasticHosts cloud infrastructure and CohesiveFT’s Elastic Server factory, allowing customers to test drive the joint solution.

“Installing and configuring software components and operating systems on virtual servers from scratch is extremely time consuming and expensive,” said Richard Davies, Founder and CEO of ElasticHosts. “CohesiveFT’s Elastic Server automates this process allowing our users to concentrate on the benefits of our highly scalable, flexible, and cost effective KVM-based UK cloud. The combination of ElasticHosts and Elastic Server is a fast track to realizing returns from cloud computing — ElasticHosts customers can immediately deploy well over five thousand custom server images.”

“Configuring a server has always been time-consuming and complex.” said Sujay Jayaram, CEO of WeddingPath. “We have been a satisfied customer of the ElasticHosts team for almost 10 years and are very excited by the scalability, flexibility and ease of use that the ElasticHosts cloud offers. CohesiveFT’s pre-built Elastic Server images can get us up and running on this platform quickly.”

The Elastic Server platform is a complement to virtualization and cloud offerings. Users assemble custom servers by choosing from a library of popular components. Once assembled, these custom application stacks can be configured to a variety of virtualization and cloud-ready formats, downloaded and deployed in real-time. There are more than two thousand users of the service who have assembled more than five thousand Elastic Server images to the market for public and private use. The addition of ElasticHosts highlights CohesiveFT’s platform momentum following recently introduced support for Virtual Iron, Amazon EC2 in Europe, and the Ubuntu operating system.

“We are very excited to add the ElasticHosts cloud deployment option to our on-demand service,” said Patrick Kerpan, CTO at CohesiveFT. “Users can now deploy their custom, dynamically assembled Elastic Servers to multiple clouds in multiple geographic regions setting the foundation for initiatives requiring cloud failover and cross-cloud security.”

Custom virtual servers for the ElasticHosts cloud are available now via Elastic Server (http://elasticserver.com).

About ElasticHosts

ElasticHosts is the second European cloud infrastructure provider and the world’s first public cloud based upon KVM, the native Linux virtualization platform. The company provides flexible server capacity in the UK for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing such as batch processing, dev/test, disaster recovery and cloud bursting. ElasticHosts offers competitive pricing for both subscription and burst use, fast direct links to the UK/EU internet, data storage within EU jurisdiction and outstanding performance for any PC operating system with fully flexible sizing. For more information, visit www.elastichosts.com or e-mail sales@elastichosts.com.

About CohesiveFT

CohesiveFT enables customers to dynamically define and deploy servers for virtual environments and clouds. The company’s flagship platform, Elastic Server®, is a web-based “factory” for creating, deploying and managing custom, multi-sourced assemblies comprised of horizontal, open source and third-party software components. Elastic Servers can be saved as templates, updated, augmented, or redeployed in minutes. In addition to the self-service platform, the company offers packaged solutions for custom cloud implementations. CohesiveFT was founded in 2006 by principals with deep backgrounds in Enterprise IT, Commercial ISVs and multiple successful startups. CohesiveFT was listed among InformationWeek’s “top cloud computing startups you should know.” The company has offices in London, Chicago and Palo Alto. For more information, visit www.cohesiveft.com or www.cohesiveft.com/elastichosts.

About WeddingPath

WeddingPath is a UK based community for brides and grooms planning their weddings. The company’s USP is their Free Wedding Website concept — they are essentially a small technology company. Working with trusted, reliable and friendly backup is something has made everyone’s lives easier in running this community site. For more information, visit www.weddingpath.co.uk.

Elastic Server is a registered trademark of CohesiveFT. ElasticHosts is a trademark of ElasticHosts Ltd. WeddingPath is a trademark of SingleBass Ltd. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Contact:

Ryan Koop, CohesiveFT, marketing(at)cohesiveft.com, +1 312 924 1055

Richard Davies, ElasticHosts, sales@elastichosts.com, +44 845 686 8642

ElasticHosts, the second European cloud infrastructure and the world’s first public cloud based upon KVM, today released its API and remote management tool. These enable users to automatically upload server images and control servers running within ElasticHosts’ flexible infrastructure, supplementing the existing web management interface.

ElasticHosts provides flexible server capacity in the UK for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing uses such as development/test, batch compute, overflow capacity and disaster recovery.

The ElasticHosts HTTP API is described in detail at: http://www.elastichosts.com/products/api

The API is implemented in a straightforward ReST style, and is accompanied by a simple command line tool enabling Unix users to control ElasticHosts infrastructure from their own scripts without writing any code.

Chris Webb, ElasticHosts CTO, said:

“Since our launch, ElasticHosts’ cutting-edge virtualization platform has attracted great interest. Our API allows our customers and partners to instantly provision and use our capacity on-demand from within their applications and tools.”

ElasticHosts offers free trials at http://www.elastichosts.com/. Contact us on sales@elastichosts.com or try our services yourself.

Note: KVM is the modern virtualization platform which is built into mainline Linux, with strong backing from major Linux vendors such as Red Hat. KVM gives ElasticHosts’ customers a free choice of unmodified PC operating systems with full access during boot/install, fully flexible server sizing and best-in-class virtualization performance.

The public beta release of our cloud infrastructure has been well received, with particular interest in the fact that we are the world’s first KVM-based cloud. KVM is a modern virtualization platform which is built into mainline Linux, has strong backing from major Linux vendors such as Red Hat and is a key component of our advanced infrastructure. KVM enables us to support a wider range of x86 and x64 PC operating systems with high performance and to offer our customers access right down to BIOS level for ultimate control of their servers.

Coverage of our launch includes Reuven Cohen writing on ElasticVapor and Antonio Piraino writing for Tier 1 Research.

ElasticHosts has released the first wave of capacity on its cloud infrastructure as a public beta.

ElasticHosts provides flexible server capacity in the UK to our customers for scalable web hosting, on-demand burst computing and other uses. We are the second publically-available cloud infrastructure to launch outside the US.

Our customers benefit from:

• Instantly scalable on-demand server capacity, with a free selection of CPU, memory and disk sizes to suit any application.

• UK data centre, offering fast direct links to the UK/EU internet and ensuring that your data stays within EU jurisdiction and data protection laws.

• Competitive prices for both subscription and burst use. Buy exactly the capacity you need, when you need it.

• Advanced KVM virtualization technology, delivering the full power of our infrastructure to your servers, and supporting any PC operating system.

Our free trial allows you to test our powerful products, and you can now purchase capacity on the first wave of our infrastructure roll-out.

Find out more, and sign up for a trial or account at www.elastichosts.com.