ElasticHosts blog

First two providers already signed up; many further discussions ongoing

June 28, 2010, London: ElasticHosts, the international cloud provider, today announced the launch of the ElasticStack cloud platform (www.elasticstack.com), a powerful platform that enables hosting providers and data centres to offer own-brand cloud servers to their customers swiftly.

Built on the proven platform that underpins ElasticHosts’ own cloud services in the UK and US, ElasticStack is a complete turn-key solution for organisations looking to maximise revenues from cloud hosting services quickly. ElasticStack helps service providers offer their customers ultra-flexible and easy-to-use cloud server capacity, without any upfront investment or development work, and runs entirely on low-cost commodity server hardware.

Commenting on the launch of ElasticStack, Richard Davies, CEO at ElasticHosts, said, “As the use of cloud-based services continues to gain momentum, growing numbers of hosting providers are looking to offer own-brand cloud servers to their customers. Hosting providers and data centre businesses that sense customer demand for cloud can now simply license and deploy our proven technology. This dramatically improves the speed with which they can offer cutting-edge cloud server products to their customers, which is crucial in this fast-expanding market where time to launch is pivotal to success.”

Davies continues, “As we offer a complete turn-key solution, hosting providers and data centre businesses can focus on selling cloud servers to their customers under their own brands; we license our complete software solution and optionally also provide fully managed technical operations. We can run on pre-existing commodity server hardware or provide complete hardware and software solutions with our cloud-in-a-box hardware partners VeryPC.”

A number of service providers have already licensed ElasticStack with further discussions ongoing in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Existing licensees include Dave Cummings at OpenHosting who commented, “Building our cloud services on an existing platform helps us bring cutting-edge products to market swiftly, giving us a significant competitive advantage in our markets.”

Davies concludes, “The introduction of the ElasticStack cloud platform is a significant step in the development of ElasticHosts. We are proud to have recently expanded our own hosting business into the US, but we also understand that there are many service providers across the world that already receive enquiries about cloud every day and would be delighted to have cutting-edge products to offer their loyal customers. By helping these partners to launch own-brand cloud services swiftly, we instantly give them cutting-edge products to sell and leave them free to focus on what they do best and drive their revenues.”

About ElasticHosts

ElasticHosts produces the ElasticStack cloud platform, which enables service provides to swiftly offer ultra-flexible and easy-to-use cloud server capacity for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing such as batch processing, development & test, backup & disaster recovery and cloud bursting. ElasticStack is build on the proven platform that underpins ElasticHosts’ own cloud services in Europe and North America. For more information, visit www.elasticstack.com or e-mail sales@elasticstack.com.

Contact:

Champion Communications E: elastichosts@championcomms.com Tel: +44 (0) 207 268 3076

ElasticHosts are delighted to announce that they are sponsoring the 2010 Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO), which will be held at the Soho Theatre during the last week of August. Anybody can enter — please take a look at the MSO website for more details.

The MSO, now into its 14th year, is an annual event that brings people together from around the world to compete for medals in mental-skill games, such as Chess, Poker, Draughts, Scrabble, Go, Settlers of Catan, Backgammon, Mental Calculations and many more. The original vision was to create an Olympic Games for the mind.

Our Sales and Support Manager, Anna Griffiths, has been a keen Go player for a number of years, and we are keen to support such pursuits.

US businesses can now use cloud servers which have taken Europe by storm

June 1, 2010, London: ElasticHosts, the UK-based cloud provider, today announced the launch of its cloud server solutions in the US. The offering, which will be available from San Antonio Texas from June 1, provides ultra-flexible and easy-to-use server capacity for scalable web hosting and on-demand burst computing. Customers will 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.

The launch into the US follows ElasticHost’s huge success in Europe, which has seen growth of more than one percent every day since August 2009. With the launch, ElasticHosts becomes the second cloud hosting provider in the world to offer cloud servers from data centers in two continents to serve the needs of its customers. With the exception of Amazon, every other provider operates cloud servers in either Europe or North America, but not both.

Commenting on the company’s entry into the US, Richard Davies, CEO of ElasticHosts, said, “Having facilities in both the US and the UK means we can now serve both markets with local cloud servers, offering fast direct network links and data storage within local jurisdiction and data protection regimes to both European and North American customers. We are really excited to be moving into the US and look forward both to helping our European customers expand and to reaching new US customers.”

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 or down as required. 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 percent SLA with 100x credits for downtime, supporting mission critical hosting needs where business continuity is vital.

Davies, continues: “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 – it allows users to configure their servers specifically to suit their requirements. With our expansion into the US we are aiming to capitalize on this ease of use and offer customers on two continents a competitively priced, familiar experience when they move to the cloud. This reduces the need for training and dramatically speeds up deployment, leaving our customers free to focus on what they do best and drive their revenues.”

To mark its launch into the US, ElasticHosts is offering a free five-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 cloud 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, three independent data centers covering both Europe and North America, 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 E: elastichosts@championcomms.com Tel: +44 (0) 20 7268 3076

“How cloud computing should be done” — that’s how Steve O’Donnell describes ElasticHosts on his popular blog, The Hot Aisle.

Writing on his blog, Kurt Van Meerbeeck explains how he started with a dedicated server, considered and rejected Amazon EC2 and found ElasticHosts.

As he says, ElasticHosts cloud servers “have made sure that all interfaces are very simple — a disk is a disk — an static ip really is a static ip. No fuzzy acronyms … it’s just a simple server that is ‘out there’ — it needs cpu, memory, network and electricity — and for me affordable flexible pricing — that’s it!”

As Kurt says “have a look at elastichosts.com — it rocks!” — and sign up for our free trial to test it for yourself!

ElasticHosts has been covered in depth by Liam Eagle of Web Host Industry Review, in follow up to David Hamilton’s article there last month.

As the article says, ElasticHosts is based out of two UK data centres, so will “appeal to European customers with concerns about latency and EU data legislation” when compared to US providers.

The ElasticHosts interface is designed to be easier to use than other cloud hosting: “It is a system that is closer to what a customer that is used to having with a physical server in his office – an IT manager or IT worker at an SMB, who doesn’t spend his time thinking about infrastructure – would be used to knowing how to handle”.

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.