Archive for the ‘Cloud Hosting’ Category

Secure Cloud Hosting Now Available in Europe

by FireHost Evangelist on February 8th, 2012

FireHost Expands To Europe

At Cloud Expo Europe last month, FireHost officially announced our expansion into Europe, with our newest data center locations in London and Amsterdam. We’ve taken our unique cloud hosting environment, un-matched security, support and scalability that you have experienced in the US, and made it available in Europe.  See our official press release for more details, or visit our new site at www.firehost.co.uk.

European privacy rules are very specific about how data is protected.  So much so, that large international organizations are already feeling the pressure and reacting by exploring data sovereignty solutions to guarantee consumers’ private information will not leave European soil. We decided to confront this challenge head on, with our strong secure cloud hosting offering, and strategically locating our secure data centers in London and Amsterdam.

We are also pleased to announce a few added features now available from FireHost.

  • Manage US and European secure cloud servers through one customer portal – full server management for all locations in one convenient view
  • Choose your servers geographic location, determine with certainty where your data resides
  • Pay in pounds or dollars, regardless of where your secure cloud servers are located
  • Fully managed support – expert support engineers in US and Europe, available 24x7x365
  • New geographic redundancy, global load balancing, and disaster recovery / business continuity hosting solutions available

For more details on expanding into Europe, or, hosting applications closer to an existing European audience, decreasing latency, and maintaining data sovereignty – contact a FireHost Sales Engineer.

FireHost is committed to providing the most secure, scalable, and high performance cloud hosting solutions in the world. Thank you for your support during this exciting time at FireHost (join us, we’re hiring)!

 

Scheduled Scaling: More Resources When You Need Them, Less When You Don’t

by FireHost Evangelist on December 15th, 2011

FireHost Scheduled ScalingDo you need to adjust your server resources for an event tomorrow, next week, or next month? Expecting a spike in traffic, but just for a few days? Scaling resources up and down on your Secure Cloud Servers just got more convenient. We’re excited to announce that scheduled scaling is available today.

FireHost now offers three ways to adjust your cloud server resources through the customer portal.

  • Manual Scaling: Resources can be adjusted up or down manually, anytime
  • Auto Scaling: Usage thresholds can be set in advance that will automatically add resources to accommodate an increased load should an unexpected spike in activity occur
  • NEW Scheduled Scaling: Resource adjustments, whether up or down, can be scheduled in advance to automatically occur on your predetermined days and times

Startup Weekend is non-profit that is growing quickly in part because of recent media coverage. Every time we have a media hit we see a spike in traffic, which brings both rewards and technical challenges to our business. FireHost’s scheduled scaling feature helps us prepare for these events. Knowing we can schedule our servers to scale up when we need the resources, and back down when we don’t, is great peace of mind.” – Joey Pomerenke, CMO Startup Weekend

Login to MyFireHost.com today to see for yourself and enjoy the added convenience.

It’s our passion to provide the most secure, scalable, and high performance cloud hosting solution available. If you have any additional suggestions, requests, or questions feel free to call 877.262.3473 or open a ticket.

If you’re not a FireHost customer and want to know more about Secure Cloud Hosting, chat with us now or visit FireHost.com to learn more.

Major Storage Upgrade – Improved Speed and Stability

by FireHost Evangelist on November 29th, 2011

Over the past year FireHost’s secure hosting environment has experienced tremendous growth as customers increasingly demand the scalability and control of the cloud in a secure hosting environment. In our effort to continually strive for industry-leading performance, we are excited to announce the official launch of our new enterprise Dell Compellent SAN + Brocade Fibre Channel storage platform. This new platform provides the highest level of stability and performance required by both our customers and ourselves.

FireHost Storage Speed IncreasesHere are a few highlights regarding our latest high performance storage environment:

  • 4X Increase in Speed and Performance
  • 300% increase in IOPS
  • 400% increase in throughput
  • 1250% increase in storage bandwidth
  • Initial writes sent directly to Solid State Drives (SSD)
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New Features in the MyFireHost Customer Portal

by FireHost Evangelist on September 23rd, 2011

MyFireHost PortalWhether it’s a suggestion in a ticket, twitter, chat, email or a phone conversation, we’re constantly soliciting feedback and looking for ways to improve the secure hosting experience for you – our customer. Today, as a result of your great suggestions, several new features are live.

Below highlights some of the new additions we believe will provide greater convenience, transparency and control over your cloud hosting account, the very next time you login:

Faster, Easier Cloud Server & Account Management

  • Condensed, sortable and searchable server, ticket and user list view
  • Efficient management of servers, tickets and users directly from the list
  • Quick visibility into each cloud servers performance and threat level
  • Custom tagging for faster, more granular identification
  • Data Center location displayed for each cloud server
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FireHost Secures Capital Investment To Support Growth

by FireHost Evangelist on September 13th, 2011

Today, we proudly announce that our Series B round of funding has closed. The investment, led by The Stephens Group as well as earlier angel investors, will fuel investments in growth and infrastructure and enable us to make the company mission of becoming the global provider of secure hosting in the cloud a reality. See the official press release for more details.

“This capital investment represents a huge vote of confidence in our secure hosting solutions for SMEs and our ever-growing enterprise customer base, including several Fortune 50 and many Fortune 500 companies,” said Chris Drake, FireHost founder and CEO.

Looking Back

Since day one, our goal has been simple – provide the most secure hosting solution available to businesses of all sizes. Not an easy task, but with a security-minded ethos and dedication to customer support, we’ve met the challenge and opportunity with brute force.

We’ve experienced triple-digit customer growth year-over-year and successfully secured tens of thousands of web applications in the process. Within the last eight months, we’ve made numerous improvements to our MyFireHost customer portal, including Security View, and the gratifying initiative of launching the industry’s first PCI-DSS 2.0 compliant public cloud. Strangely enough, we believe this merely scratches the surface of our capabilities.

Looking Ahead

This infusion of capital enables us to continue investing in secure infrastructure, increasing our market share in the hosting space, and focus on delivering exceptional security to our customers.

In the coming months, you can look forward to improved:

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