•February 12, 2012 • Leave a Comment
We ar Peer 1 Hosting notice some time ago that for many the “flexibility” of hosting in the cloud with AWS actually meant spending more. In our experience 80% of customers have static requirements. Read what GigaOM have to say.
•February 12, 2012 • Leave a Comment
We at Peer 1 Hosting have known for some time that self-hosting was in most cases less expensive than Amazon cloud. Check out the results of this study from GigaOM.
Amazing map of the internet from PEER 1 Hosting
•April 1, 2011 • Leave a Comment
The Marketing Communication team at PEER 1 Hosting has pulled together a project to create a Map of the Internet based on real data available at CAIDA.
Map of the Internet – Project Background
Raj Sodhi (VP Marketing at PEER 1 Hosting told me, “Five months ago, I was having a conversation with Jose Santos, who brought up the idea of giving customers something geeky, like a poster that showed a “map of the Internet”. Huh? I found this audacious, incredibly intriguing and very, very geeky. We did some research and found that no one has yet created a really well thought out interpretation of the Internet based on real data that was also visually compelling, something you would want to hang up on your wall (with our logo branded on it). We decided that if we were to do this, it would have to be rooted in real data, be informative, unbiased to PEER 1 Hosting, and used mathematical computations of the data to have any real geek-cred. The end result would be incredibly intricate, detailed and hopefully compelling. Kyle and Victor sourced a talented infographic designer by the name of Jeff Johnston to help make this project a reality.”
Methodology
Non-Geek Version – The Map of the Internet is a visual representation of all the networks around the world that are interconnected to form the Internet as we know it today. These include small and large Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet exchange points, university networks, and organization networks such as Facebook and Google. The size of the nodes and the thickness of the lines speak to the size of those particular providers and the network connections in relation to one another.
Geek Version – You’re looking at all the autonomous systems that make up the Internet. Each autonomous system is a network operated by a single organization, and has routing connections to some number of neighbouring autonomous systems. The image depicts a graph of 19,869 autonomous system nodes, joined by 44,344 connections. The sizing and layout of the autonomous systems are based on their eigenvector centrality, which is a measure of how central to the network each autonomous system is: an autonomous system is central if it is connected to other autonomous systems that are central. This is the same graph-theoretical concept that forms the basis of Google’s PageRank algorithm.
The Map of the Internet image layout begins with the most central nodes and proceeds to the least, positioning them on a grid that subdivides after each order of magnitude of centrality. Within the constraints of the current subdivision level, nodes are placed as near as possible to previously-placed nodes that they are connected to.
Is PEER 1 Hosting on the Map?
It is indeed, PEER 1 Hosting’s internally fully managed network is on the Map of The Internet, grid position N10.
Free Map of The Internet Downloads
Top 5 Business Apps for the iPad
•March 17, 2011 • Leave a CommentBy Dominic Monkhouse, published on Real Business 17/03/2011
An iPad not only makes you look like you mean business, but it can revolutionise your IT consumption and productivity.
When you’re on the move, an iPad is a lightweight lifeline to your business: unlike many laptops, it has a brilliant battery life and it’s much faster.
With the right apps, you can become even more productive than you are when sitting behind your desk at the office. Gone are the days when you need to scribble notes down in your notepad in meetings – which, let’s be honest, it’s not like you would ever write them up. Gone are the days of you appearing rude, hiding behind your laptop.
The iPad is the ultimate out-of-office companion and can really change the way your business works.
Here are the top five iPad apps that any business owner should have:
GoDocs – This is a really useful app that allows you to download and access Google Documents effortlessly from your iPad. For those not familiar with Google Documents, it’s a Google service that allows you to create and share your work online, and store your files on Google’s secure servers. Basically it allows you to move your documents to the cloud, which in turn enables you to access them quickly and easily without access to your server, relieving you of any IT headaches.
iWorks – This is a must-have app if you want to edit documents on your iPad. This document-editing suite is comprised of three individual Apple apps: Keynote, Pages and Numbers. It allows you to create new documents, or edit existing ones. Pages is a word processing app: it supports Microsoft Word files, so you can read and create documents, compatibility is not an issue. Keynote enables you to create presentations from scratch – including animated charts – which means you don’t have to worry about USBs, and you can work on presentations while on the way to meetings. Numbers says what it does on the tin – it’s an application for managing numbers (but is the weakest of the three applications). The iWorks package is a must for any business iPad user, allowing you to work remotely and with ease. However, you can buy each app separately.
Skype – This brilliant app turns your iPad into a phone, so you don’t miss those all-important conference calls. The new iPad 2 also has a camera, which will allow video conference calls too. It works over 3G as well as WiFi, and allows you to make free calls to other Skype users. If you want to call landlines or mobiles, you simply purchase credit and away you go. I would advise investing in some earphones with a microphone, so if you’re on a busy train or in a restaurant, you can give the call your full attention.
Evernote – If you don’t have this app already, you can thank me later. Evernote allows you to note down any inspirational, or not so inspirational, ideas you may have (or anything that’s noteworthy, to be honest). Evernote also organises your notes so you can access them quickly and easily. And get this, you can search for text in images too!
Feeddler – Another fantastic app which I use every day is Feeddler. It allows you to reed RSS feeds offline, which is brilliant when you’re constantly going through tunnels on the train. The 3G on the line from Southampton to Waterloo is patchy so this is a favourite app of mine when I’m commuting into London.
An iPad really can change how you run your business. It can transform your productivity, making your business technological processes modern, efficient and fun, rather than a painful headache.
Google couldn’t find Paris–still cant!
•January 11, 2011 • 1 CommentI couldn’t resist republishing this article
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-cant-find-paris.html
I just checked and PARIS (the paper plane) is still the top search result. Go to here to see the story told by Lester Haines on this world record attempt – PEER 1 Hosting played its part by being the sponsor for the event.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Google Can’t Find Paris
If you use Google to search for [Paris], the top search result is a Wikipedia page for PARIS (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space), “a privately-organised endeavour undertaken by various staff members of the information technology web site The Register to design, build, test, and launch a lightweight aerospace vehicle, constructed mostly of paper and similar structural materials, into the mid-stratosphere and recover it intact”.
Most likely, the top search result should have been the Wikipedia page for the capital of France, but a bug replaced it with a page about a curious project.
Is climate change the only hope for East London?
•November 13, 2010 • Leave a Comment
By Nick Booth on November 12, 2010 5:23 PM | http://www.microscope.co.uk/blogs/it-in-context/2010/11/camerons-plan-for-silicon-end-at-olympic-park-is-doomed-says-monkhouse.html
Why East London Can Never Be a Silicon Valley
David Cameron’s attempt to emulate silicon valley in London’s Olympic Park will be a disaster, says Dominic Monkhouse, MD of Peer1 Hosting.
Unlike California, London’s East End is not a magnet for creatives wanting to live the good life, said Monkhouse. “The thing about Los Angeles is it’s a nice place to live. I don’t think people will say that about a bunch of bleak industrial estates,” he said.
If the climate wasn’t enough of an advantage, California also has one of the world’s greatest universities on its doorstep, Stanford. You can’t become a hotbed of technical innovation without a great university as your foundation, said Monkhouse.
Silicon Fen has Cambridge University. Silicon Glen is fed by Glasgow and Edinburgh universities. “What has east London got? East London polytechnic? I don’t think you’re to attract the top talent there. Even if you did they’re not going to meet anyone inspiring and they won’t want to stay in the area afterwards,” said Monkhouse.
“It’s a total waste of money,” he concluded.
