http://www.fastservers.net/blog2 More than a Server, It's a Solution! Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:03:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello December! In the not so distant past an idea was born to do an online video within the marketing department and the road to production has been one of blood, sweat, and tears.       One of the ongoing debates during the planning sessions was how long it would actually take to ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/layeredtech-tv-episode-1.html Over the past 24 months, the FastServers managed backup product offering has provided our customers an additional layer of protection for their hosted solutions.  As we come to the conclusion of 2008, FastServers is in the process of upgrading its managed backup product offering with a more robust product offering. This ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/new-managed-backup-offering.html This last week the marketing team of LayeredTech (the parent company of FastServers.Net) has been working to establish a new affiliate program, agent program, and reseller strategies for 2009. The first major change was the revamp of the current FastServers.Net Affiliate Program, now called The Agent Program. The History of the Agent ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/affiliate-program-updates.html The most important aspect of this blog post is the "PubCon Discount Code". I happily renamed the blog title from Webhosting Industry Overview at PubCon 2008 to PubCon Discount Code as more important than hearing the self promotion of myself and organization is your opportunity to save 20% on a ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/pubcon-discount-code.html As you know in April of 2008 FastServers.Net was acquired by Layered Tech a leading provider of on-demand IT Infrastructure.   With an expertise and investment in virtualization technologies we are happy to announce the first of it's kind managed grid platform. Managed GRID Hosting takes the features of virtualization and adds ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/managed-grid-hosting.html This post is about a service FastServers.Net has been offering for almost 5 years.    As part of our management service portfolio, we have helped 1000's of dedicated server owners move into their new platform by offering migration services.    In May of 2008 this service was put to test and a ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/enterprise-migration-services-2.html First and foremost a great big thanks to all who attended the show and had a chance to stop by our booth or visit with us at various networking events.   This event provided a venue for us to meet clients, visit with vendors, and of course meet a series of ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/hostingcon-2008-no-time-for-games.html Live GRID/Cloud Computing DEMOS at Booth #301 This year "Booth #301" will be stocked with something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Something OLD, Something NEW... Returning to HostingCon for the 4th year in a row (OLD) will be some familiar faces from FastServers.Net. However, they will have a new-found image and ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/something-old-something-new-at-hostingcon-2008.html Every year the FastServers engineering team conducts major upgrades throughout all of our facilities for ongoing stability, network enhancements, and some consolidation effort. The time has come again for us to make our annual review of all our environments and on the docket: Fremont, CA. Therefore, beginning August 1, 2008, and ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/august-2008-fremont-data-center-maintenance.html The FastServers.Net forums will be unavailable for a period of time Thursday, June 12th beginning at 00:00 CDT, as they are migrated from one server to another. During the migration, the forums will be temporarily inaccessible as a final copy is taken and transported to the new server. ... http://www.fastservers.net/blog2/scheduled-forum-maintenance.html