By going redundant at the hardware level with the Intel Modular Multi-Flex server, we’re above to maximize uptime, and paired with the fantastic cluster scalability of InterWorx, we’ve prepared to host the most successful of websites.

Official Press Release: Ubiquity Adopts Intel’s Modular Multi-Flex Server Platform

Tags: multi-flex, modular, server, intel

Who Cares?

If your site works it works right? Unfortunately no. Some browsers overlook css and html problems, while others don’t - which means your awesome website might not look so awesome to some people if the code isn’t squeaky clean. To go even further, Google’s webmaster guidelines makes it pretty clear the things that they look at when deciding what sites are high quality for their search results.

But Don’t Worry

As big a deal as valid code is - you’re not the only one that’s slacking. Most websites on the Internet aren’t valid, and even being mostly valid will put your site above most. Writing HTML is easy - writing a totally valid website is pretty hard (hey - not even Google lives up to their own standards). I did it for us - but I’m not going to lie - that’s a week of my life I want back. So anyway, the next time your website looks awesome in FireFox and your visitors using Internet Explorer v. 0.1.2 beta start complaining - it’s time to validate.

A lot of cool stuff happens behind the scenes at Ubiquity which no one ever gets the chance to see. Historically, that’s included UbiquityNOC, our renowned in-house software that’s long boasted many, many more features than most providers in the industry, and has helped us keep up on growing fleet of servers increasingly well. At the start of the year, saw the release of a completely revitalized, UbiquityNOC 2.0.

This month, we’ve finally admitted defeat, bringing Ubersmith Datacenter Edition’s powerful list of data center management features to our arsenal. Don’t worry- our programmers aren’t going anywhere, and custom server toys will still be showing their faces in the form of special Ubersmtih modules. The new client-side Ubersmtih DE interface can be expected by our dedicated server and colocation customers with the next few months the coming months, in the meantime, rest easy knowing that we’ve redoubled our attention and monitoring capabilities on the uptime of each of our customer’s servers.

Awards

Ubiquity has been awarded the overall best of service award from Web Hosting Search, which we’re proud to sport here. We’re very happy that Ubiquity’s triumphant plunge into a revitalized hosting platform this past June has been well-received, by web hosting search and so many others. And it hasn’t helped our egos one bit. In an industry amassed with desperate business models spewing absurdly oversold servers and absent customer service by the cut-throat economics of having 100’s of thousands of web hosting competitors, these awards and a stream of happy customers growing with each day, really provides us that reassuring reminder that in the end it’s just about treating customers the way they deserve to be treated.

Fish

People tend to remember things in 3’s, so we may be reaching now. For lack of a more awful pun- fishing. As anyone in any line of tech support knows- it can be pretty stressful. Keeping a low stress office means keeping friendly customer service people. This is why anyone that visits our corporate offices in Bloomington will now find our new office pets; our new salt-water fish tank display!! Excited? We are too.

]]> http://blog.ubiquityhosting.com/2007/09/18/september-advancements-awards-and-fish/feed/ http://blog.ubiquityhosting.com/2007/08/22/were-hiring/ http://blog.ubiquityhosting.com/2007/08/22/were-hiring/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:08:55 +0000 Corey Northcutt Random Bin http://blog.ubiquityhosting.com/2007/08/22/were-hiring/ Ubiquity is looking to hire four new full-time staff members to work out of our main office in Bloomington, Illinois- fitting various roles. If you enjoy figuring out computer problems, Chuck Norris jokes, and helping people remember their passwords, you might have what it takes: send an email to sales [at] ubiquityhosting (dot) com with your resume!

It’s small, black, and shiny. It’s a phone, and it plays music. And it looks really, really cool with our website on it.

It goes without saying that we’re a company full of technology dorks, but, no one at Ubiquity actually owns an iPhone (at least, none that I’m aware at the time of writing this). Clint came really close to winning one from a long string of embarrassing acts at this year’s HostingCon, but just couldn’t take the CDGCommerce competition.

But back to the iPhone. Everyone thinks it’s going to dominate the market, and, well right now our staff are keeping their Treo’s. Apple’s done very well to marginalize Microsoft as simply a business-focused company in the desktop world lately, and the iPhone seems to be different.

Even though we’re split between Palm and Microsoft phones over here, some toys you just can’t do without. Like beaming spreadsheet files from one phone to another - or secretly changing the channel on a TV at the local pub. The iPhone is no doubt cool, but if they’re ever going to make sense for the business sector, they’ll have a lot of catching up to do in getting usable software on this thing.

If you can believe it or not, all computer guys aren’t dorks:

I am walking into a real Club with real people:

Here is Interworx guys with the Ubiquity crew (other than Socheat who wouldn’t come out and be “social”) EDIT: I guess Socheat was getting drinks for Chris and Paul. . . maybe he was there

Alright last old HostingCon pictures, then I will get back to rambling, here is Corey and the “paid to hang out with dorks chick”:

At that party the Interworx guys said it would be another month or so and we would get our beloved 3.0, well almost a year later we get it. Let me be the first to say it was well worth the wait. Here is the list of the updates:

New Features & Improvements

We have updated all of our systems and can honestly say we haven’t had ANY issues! In the days when Ubiquity ran that one panel (Plesk) we held our breath during updates. Really I did, it was the scariest thing on earth, knowing that updates have broken everything in the past and then having to wait 24 hours plus to hear back from a “Plesk engineer” tell you reboot your machine. With that being said, the only reason with Nobis Tech hasn’t written a panel is because Interworx did it for us

Also with the updates to ScriptWorx (InterWorx version of installatron or fantastico de luxe) it enables live updates to the packages that get deployed. Here is a current list of all the new packages and updated ones: link

I could go on and on about how cool it is, but really you should just signup and see for yourself.

later,

clint

“We found that the needs of companies who support latency-critical applications had for too long been left unmet.” said Ubiquity’s Network Engineer Chris Donnelly. “Through a consistent product in diverse locations with immediate proximity to carriers and peers, we are able to make these systems administrators’ dream come alive.”

The new locations are indeed consistent and directed towards those with strong latency demands. Every Ubiquity data center has been strategically located at the nearest possible geographical location to their carrier partner (Mzima Networks) and peering providers to eliminate added latency incurred by long-haul transit fiber. When paired with the Force10 smart-routing technology utilized by Mzima, as well as the company’s massive list of peers, Ubiquity has formed a specialized service with a unique attention to detail.

In addition to the unveiling of diverse collocation and dedicated server locations, Ubiquity has brought forward a complete managed hosting model, with an extra emphasis on their large clustered hosting solutions. The company’s proprietary online client interface (UbiquityNOC), has also been completely renovated with a long list of new features including a variety of RRD Graphs and online rDNS configuration, to go live later this month.

In order to deliver consistent high-performance services across all locations, Ubiquity has partnered with Mzima Networks (mzima.net), which operates a native 10 Gbps backbone with over 100 Gbps of transit and peering capacity. Mzima connects to multiple Tier-1 network providers and maintains extensive private peering with domestic and international broadband networks. Ubiquity’s recently appointed support engineer Mike Miller commented on the expansion:

“Don’t be fooled, the new locations aren’t really about diversity – they’re about consistency. We want our clients to feel comfortable knowing they can expect the same options, same reliability, and the same friendly support staff everywhere. We want them to expect the same solid, route-optimized network, running from the local technology hub of each major city to guarantee the lowest possible local latency and reliability which squares with our 100% uptime service level agreements.”

In order to pre-empt the expected increase in demand for the company’s newest locations, Ubiquity has stated that they will likely be selective about which customers can receive services in Seattle, Los Angeles and New York until at least the end of January – limiting first availability to early adopters and previous clients before all services are made public.

“We are excited that Ubiquity has selected Mzima to handle their existing and anticipated traffic growth,” stated Michael Dell’Anno, VP of Sales with Mzima Networks. “The resiliency and scalability of the Force10-powered Mzima backbone enhances their value proposition with their prospective and existing clients by incorporating the highest quality IP connectivity available in the marketplace today.”

About Ubiquity Server Solutions

Ubiquity Server Solutions is a brand of Nobis Technology Group, LLC, which joins voice communications provider DarkStar Communications, founded in 2002, with the dedicated hosting and collocation services of Ubiquity Server Solutions, founded in 2004. In meeting the Nobis Group’s needs, Ubiquity has built a server solution for voice and gaming businesses unlike anything the industry has previously seen, to provide consistently reliable and high quality networks throughout major cities in the United States. For more information please visit: www.ubiquityservers.com

About Mzima Networks

Mzima Networks, a privately-held network service provider founded in 2002, is a leading high-performance network service provider. Mzima delivers Internet bandwidth via its proprietary distributed metro NAP architecture and wide-area backbone network. By building metropolitan SONET rings connected to multiple Tier-1 backbone providers, and by having extensive private peering with numerous ISPs and content providers, Mzima Networks offers its customers the fastest, most reliable connectivity currently available. For more information please visit: www.mzima.net

Press Contacts

Corey Northcutt
Ubiquity Server Solutions
(866)438-8247
press@ubiquityservers.com

Kenneth Adams
Mzima Networks
(877) 434-3956
press@mzima.net