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Oct 24, 2011
October 2011 hasn’t been kind to the fathers of modern computing. The death of Apple front man Steve Jobs spawned a wave of iWakes across the world, but the loss of Dennis Ritchie - the father of the C programming language and unix, was just as sad a day for techies everywhere. Perhaps even worse – as many people didn’t...
Oct 24, 2011
October 2011 hasn’t been kind to the fathers of modern computing. The death of Apple front man Steve Jobs spawned a wave of iWakes across the world, but the loss of Dennis Ritchie - the father of the C programming language and unix, was just as sad a day for techies everywhere. Perhaps even worse – as many people didn’t...
Sep 23, 2011
I once heard someone say that doing a major network upgrade on a live production network is not unlike performing open heart surgery on someone – while they are running a marathon. In the world of The Internet, one bad keystroke can be as dangerous as an unanticipated slip of the scalpel. Over the past...
Sep 23, 2011
I once heard someone say that doing a major network upgrade on a live production network is not unlike performing open heart surgery on someone – while they are running a marathon. In the world of The Internet, one bad keystroke can be as dangerous as an unanticipated slip of the scalpel. Over the past...
Aug 17, 2011
From vacuum tubes and that filled entire basements and required a math degree to program to 8.2 petaflops on demand in the cloud, computing has come a long way over the past 70 years. Our friends over at PEER 1 Hosting made an infographic Created by PEER 1 Cloud Hosting
Aug 17, 2011
From vacuum tubes and that filled entire basements and required a math degree to program to 8.2 petaflops on demand in the cloud, computing has come a long way over the past 70 years. Our friends over at PEER 1 Hosting made an infographic Created by PEER 1 Cloud Hosting
Jul 25, 2011
Being a Systems Administrator can be thankless work. They’re the ones who keep your data flowing, networks pinging and computers booting round the clock, and the cruel hallmark of a great Sysadmin is this: If they’re doing a good job, you don’t even know they’re doing it. So we have SysAdmin Appreciation Day – an...
Jul 25, 2011
Being a Systems Administrator can be thankless work. They’re the ones who keep your data flowing, networks pinging and computers booting round the clock, and the cruel hallmark of a great Sysadmin is this: If they’re doing a good job, you don’t even know they’re doing it. So we have SysAdmin Appreciation Day – an...
Jun 07, 2011
Last month a team of Beachers traded in their geeky glasses for some super stylin’ shoes and headed down to the bowling alley to take part in the annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake Fundraiser. The event is the largest annual fundraiser for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of South Texas, and very close to our...
Jun 07, 2011
Last month a team of Beachers traded in their geeky glasses for some super stylin’ shoes and headed down to the bowling alley to take part in the annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake Fundraiser. The event is the largest annual fundraiser for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of South Texas, and very close to our...
May 27, 2011
Congratulations to our five Geek Pride Day contest winners! 1. Jason enjoyed towel day by reading some Douglas Adams and playing some minecraft 2. Alex hangs out at work with his friend little Cthulhu 3. Jot shows off his customized Nintendo DS project 4. Jennifer is an indisputable Queen of the Geeks (check her full...
May 27, 2011
Congratulations to our five Geek Pride Day contest winners! 1. Jason enjoyed towel day by reading some Douglas Adams and playing some minecraft 2. Alex hangs out at work with his friend little Cthulhu 3. Jot shows off his customized Nintendo DS project 4. Jennifer is an indisputable Queen of the Geeks (check her full...
May 24, 2011
Geek Pride Day is tomorrow - Have you entered our contest yet? Take a look at all the entries so far and let us know which is your favourite. So far we’ve had appearances from an astronaught, Darth Vader, Gordon Freeman and even the Queen of the Geeks herself! You have until 5pm PST tomorrow...
May 24, 2011
Geek Pride Day is tomorrow - Have you entered our contest yet? Take a look at all the entries so far and let us know which is your favourite. So far we’ve had appearances from an astronaught, Darth Vader, Gordon Freeman and even the Queen of the Geeks herself! You have until 5pm PST tomorrow...
May 13, 2011
May 25th is Geek Pride Day – An entire day dedicated to embracing your inner geek! This year we’re celebrating by offering FIVE $100 gift certificates for ThinkGeek.com. To enter all you have to do is like us on facebook and post a picture or video on our wall showing us your geek pride. Entries...
May 13, 2011
May 25th is Geek Pride Day – An entire day dedicated to embracing your inner geek! This year we’re celebrating by offering FIVE $100 gift certificates for ThinkGeek.com. To enter all you have to do is like us on facebook and post a picture or video on our wall showing us your geek pride. Entries...
May 02, 2011
It is with great pleasure today that I officially announce the long anticipated return of the ServerBeach Forums. Need a hand with your server? Have a service you want to share? Want to stay up to date with the latest news and products? Have a suggestion for something you’d like to see at the Beach?...
Apr 25, 2011
LiKE from Switchback Entertainment on Vimeo. Like is a short video that shows us a story of geek love starting with blue smarties and Star Wars. Will they go offline, or end up fully analog? Watch to find out, and see if you can spot our I heart Geeks shirt that makes a cameo partway...
Mar 14, 2011
Hello SXSW! It’s crazy over here at the Serverbeach Booth! We’ve got Maps of the internet, brand new I [heart] geeks shirts, VIP passes to tomorrow night’s GeekyBeach Bash and a big surprise at 3pm – the first taste tests of our new Surf Lager - custom brewed by the Big Kahuna Brewing Company. Don’t...
Mar 11, 2011
Music Mavens, Film Fanatics and Techie Types of all persuasion will decend upon Austin, TX today to kick off yet another year of great shows, movies and new media at South by South West 2011. If you haven’t heard of the festival (often referred to as SXSW), you’re likely not very into music. Or film....
Mar 04, 2011
Happy Friday everyone! Today is the last day of GDC here in San Fran. We’ve been having a blast here at the ServerBeach booth – chatting, tattooing and swagifying all our favourite geeks. I even managed to get a couple guys to let me tattoo their forehead! Check out some of the pics we’ve taken...
Mar 01, 2011
It’s that time again! This week we’re heading to San Fransisco to check in with the who’s who and what’s what in the game developer community at the 25th iteration of the Game Developers Conference. This year’s keynote address is entitled Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future and will...
Feb 24, 2011
Calling all geeks. Looking for your 15 seconds of fame on the intertubes? Look no further – we want to tell the world your story! Serverbeach’s GEEK of the WEEK features the stories of our awesome clients alongside those of our own beloved in house geeks. Sarcastic sysadmins, dynamic developers, network macguyvers, wicked webmasters, ethical...
Feb 11, 2011
Our infamous ‘I [Heart] Geeks’ ladies tshirts have been a big hit. Every man seems to want to bring one home for the geek-friendly lady in their life, including Jamie Lynch of Encinitas, California. We met Jamie earlier this week at the Magento Imagine Conference in Los Angeles, and this morning he sent us these...
Feb 03, 2011
Nice to meet you. My name is Serra Boten and I am PEER 1 Hosting and ServerBeach’s new Community Evangelist. A little bit about me – I spent the last two years learning the ins and outs of the internet while working as a Network Analyst in PEER 1 Hosting’s Network Operations Center (NOC). I...
Jan 12, 2011
The most infamous beach party by geeks for geeks is back! Join ServerBeach and friends during South by Southwest–SXSW 2011 in Austin, Texas for outrageous fun with free drinks, swag and more! Doors open at Aces Lounge on 6th Street, Tuesday, March 15th at 9pm. Get your geek on. See pictures from last year’s party. Register...
Jan 04, 2011
Found on ReadWrite Hack – thanks! Senko Raši? has created a list of tips for MongoDB beginners called MongoDB Gotchas for the Unaware User.Here are some of his helpful tips when working with MongoDB: Use the 64-bit version. The 32-bit version is limited to about 2.5GB of data, and you can’t switch to the 64-bit...
Dec 17, 2010
We bring you behind the scenes of ServerBeach’s newest datacenter through this video tour. Our 41,000 square foot flagship datacenter is located in Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario and supports over 30,000 servers for ServerBeach and our parent company, PEER 1 Hosting. Our latest facility is able to support 30,000 servers for Dedicated Hosting, Colocation, Managed Hosting, and Cloud Services. Geoff Ois, Senior Account...
Oct 15, 2010
Account manager and part-time Sushi chef Richard Lopez showed up to the ServerBeach office today with pounds of white sticky rice, stacks of seaweed, and barrels of avocados to make sushi for the entire staff. Domo arigato!
Jul 02, 2010
San Antonio-based tech startup and ServerBeach customer, Pear Analytics, is releasing a private beta of their re-engineered search engine optimization software, SiteJuice, sometime after the July 4th holiday. SiteJuice is a simple and fast way to analyze each page of your website to ensure that it is search friendly. The software is not feature-overload, but...
Jul 02, 2010
USB devices are increasingly becoming the most frequent means to carry sensitive information, but many are not aware of the hidden security risks. If you lose your USB device that is carrying your private or company’s vital data, well we can all pretty much guess the damage that could happen. We should all be concerned...
Jun 29, 2010
We’re proud to announce the launch of our dedicated servers in Canada! Customers now have the option to host their servers in our newest flagship data center in Toronto – http://www.serverbeachhosting.ca/
Jun 29, 2010
Atmos iSafe is an easy-to-use iPhone app that lets you securely store, manage and protect your information in the EMC Atmos Online Cloud. Atmos iSafe enables you to seamlessly upload and download your photos and contact lists to and from your Atmos Online account. Once you’ve uploaded your content to Atmos Online, you can share...
Jun 25, 2010
Sandals, shorts and Hawaiian shirts. Add caffeine, more Geeks, and a lot of geek-speak and you’ve got what we call a “Beacher”. That is how our days begin here at ServerBeach. ServerBeach is growing and hiring. Every employee contributes directly to our results. As such, we are picky about who we select. Our atmosphere is...
Jun 23, 2010
by Kevin Blalock, Quality Assurance In today’s world, everyone has an mp3 collection. I do, and it is pretty ridiculous. I have been storing my music in digital format as long as the technology to do so has been around. Currently, I have close to 250gb of music. Now what is more ridiculous than having...
Jun 21, 2010
Many people use screenshots in one way or another. A screenshot is a powerful tool for visual demonstrations and help users tremendously. Today’s tip for quick and easy screenshot sharing, we’d like to introduce you to Gyazo. Gyazo is a simplistic program that anyone can use. Simply launch the application, drag your mouse to grab...