(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Peer 1 Hosting (www.peer1.com) announced on Tuesday it has joined the VMware Service Provider Program to offer customers private cloud solutions.
The partnership will provide customers with access and visibility of their hosted VMware environments enhanced by Peer 1 Hosting’s managed services.
VMware Service Provider Program launched in the fourth quarter of 2008. Since then, the program has seen considerable growth with an enrollment of more than 700 service providers as of July 2009.
Peer 1′s hosted private cloud will let companies of all sizes run their Web applications, protect their data, systems, and services using virtualization technology.
Companies will be given increased business continuity and disaster recovery options, while customers will be able to manage and monitor their private cloud using VMware vSphere.
Customers will be able to run multiple workloads on fewer physical servers, use virtualization for development, testing, staging, and production environments, and reduce downtime.
There are three VMware vSphere license options available, including Standard, Advanced and Enterprise Plus.
Peer 1′s private cloud powered by VMware are hosted on the company’s 10GB SuperNetwork backbone to offer faster performance, low latency and no single point of failure.
In addition, customers will benefit from in-house VMware certified professionals and 24-hour FirstCall support.
“Peer 1 Hosting is a leading provider with a global footprint and a proven track record in delivering excellent customer service,” says Tim Varma, vice president of product development at Peer 1 Hosting. “It was critical that we joined the leading virtualization service provider program – and that’s VMware. We look forward to offering the very best virtualization solution in the market with our private cloud powered by VMware’s solutions.”
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