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April 2, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed hosting provider ServePath (servepath.com) announced on Wednesday it has launched the GoGrid (gogrid.com) commercial beta, the first server hosting provider to deliver static IP addresses, full root and administrator access, private networks and web-controlled load balancing.
The launch of GoGrid invites any system administrator with a credit card to sign up for free. In return, they will receive rapid access to the first ever, Web-based system for purchasing, deploying, managing, load-balancing and instantly expanding complex, multi-server Internet architectures.
GoGrid, which is based on a per-hour RAM-based usage billing model, is a new approach to rapid vertical and horizontal server scalability. GoGrid customers can migrate their server infrastructure within ServePath's managed and hosted server network to gain the kind of flexibility, economies and security that so many companies cannot otherwise achieve, says the company.
With seven years of server and colocation experience, ServePath says it delivers the ideal environment for GoGrid's innovative servers as a service product. Powered by an AJAX-based Web GUI, GoGrid enables customers to deploy new Web and database servers, add and configure load balancers and monitor memory and transfer charges in real-time.
Combined with its grid and Xen-based virtualized infrastructure, GoGrid delivers true on-demand scalability with its high-performance hosting services, says the company. The flexible and cost-effective solution is designed for start-ups, development sites, Web 2.0 and e-commerce companies.
Customers can customize the number of servers deployed on their GoGrid with pre-packaged data transfer plans and RAM-based utility billing. This separation of RAM and data transfer plans enables GoGrid customers to choose the best combination of hosting services in terms of cost-effectiveness and scalability.
"Today's rapidly growing sites need easy scalability without over-buying infrastructure," says John Keagy, president of ServePath. "GoGrid allows you to deploy and pay for only what you need without sacrificing the ability to quickly scale."
GoGrid's pricing ranges from a free, pay-as-you go package with unlimited inbound traffic and no setup to the GoGrid Enterprise-level offering which includes 30,000 Server RAM hours and 6,000GB of transfer. The metered service enables customers to only pay for what they use.
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October 2009 - Web Hosting's All Star Team
This has been, for us, one of the most interesting, exciting and challenging build-ups to an issue of the magazine yet, Web Hosting's All Star Team. The balloting process was our first experiment with a kind of user participation we're planning to do a lot more with in the months to come. We had thousands of ballots submitted, with hundreds of write-in suggestions and a demonstration of user engagement that has us feeling super positive about the project.
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One of the interesting luxuries of working on a project like the printed WHIR magazine is that it allows us to play with things like our point of view from one issue to the next. In recent months we've been giving added attention to the kind of practical and applicable advice aimed at smaller hosts and resellers. This issue carries on with that point of view, asking, in our cover story, "what am I worth?" It's a complicated question without a clear-cut answer.
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