Dedicated server hosting provider, Hivelocity, announced this week they have further enhanced their multi-homed network by enabling intelligent route optimization technology. Offered as a subscription service from Internap, the route optimization technology allows Hivelocity to take full advantage of the routing paths and peering of all four of its upstream providers, which include Level 3, Global Crossing, Time Warner Telecom and Cogent. Since early March when the technology was deployed, data has been flowing from the Hivelocity network faster than ever before.
Most hosting providers that can tout having a multi-homed network typically utilize only Border Gateway Protocol (BGP4) routing when choosing data paths. What makes Hivelocity’s optimized routing abilities superior from simple BGP4 is the route optimization technology’s consideration of historical traffic routing data, real time Internet congestion and real time provider outages when choosing a final route for the data to flow. If any problems are detected on the initial path, the route optimization technology will simply reroute the traffic to the upstream network that provides the best performance and availability at that point in time.
“In laymen’s terms, our routers will always utilize the quickest path available among our four carriers to pass traffic to its final destination,” says Hivelocity General Manager Steve Eschweiler. “Right now our customers should notice traffic from their servers and web sites moving faster than ever. Downloads from their sites and servers should be faster than ever. Most importantly, Hivelocity network end users should be more impressed than ever with our customers’ online presence.”
Dedicated Server Hosting Provider, Hivelocity, is proud to announce the addition of Dell to its list of server hardware partners. Dell is known for producing some of the most soundly built and innovative server chassis in the industry. Customers of Hivelocity now have the option of choosing between both Dell and SuperMicro dedicated servers. To celebrate the new server line, Hivelocity has run promotions on its new Dell Quad-Core Xeon x3430 ( 4GB Ram, 500GB SAS) server line, offering them for only $199. For only $25 more customers are able to double the ram and add SAS Raid 1.
Dell and Supermicro represent 2 of the 3 largest server manufactures in the world. Both companies are recognized for producing very solid and reliable servers.. These servers are built to run cool and run forever. Both our Dell and Supermicro chassis have hot swap hard drives and on board IPMI capabilities. All of our Dell and Supermicro servers are outfitted with Quad-Core chips which only improve these machines ability to run cool, efficient and trouble free.
Hivelocity announced this week that is has completed the replacement of every battery in its power backup UPS system. The Hivelocity battery backup system consists of 3 battery banks. The first battery bank is the primary with the other two being redundant banks. The old battery banks were nearing end of life and the time had come for them all to be replaced with new 12 volts. The new backup system is configured to allow for a handful of batteries to fail on any or all banks without any interruption in power.
“We will be posting some pictures of the new battery setup on our site within the data center tour very soon” says Hivelocity GM Steve Eschweiler. "We are happy to have this task completed. Reliable power is paramount for us, and these new batteries certainly give us peace of mind."
Hivelocity has added both Level 3 and Time Warner Telecom to its list of bandwidth carriers this week. The addition of these two carriers further enhances the global reach of Hivelocity’s network. By adding these 2 carriers Hivelocity now boasts a network consisting of four of the largest and most recognized transit carriers in the world. The inclusion of Level 3, Time Warner, Global Crossing and Cogent will equate to great ping times and tracerts to the Hivelocity network across the globe. With customers from nearly 100 countries, having a strong and diverse network is imperative.
“Our goal is to build a network that limits no person from any country, state or province around the world from starting a relationship with Hivelocity. By bringing on Level 3 and TWTC this week, we took a major step towards completing that goal,” says Hivelocity GM Steve Eschweiler. “Once we turn up our FCP routing module in early 2010, we will have accomplished our goal of having one of the premier networks in the business.”
With Level 3 and Time Warner online, Hivelocity now has 28 Gbps of total bandwidth capacity. Hivelocity offers customers port speeds up to 1Gbps and specializes in unmetered bandwidth.
Dedicated Server provider Hivelocity (www.hivelocity.net) announced in late August the launch of their much anticipated new website. Customers have been buzzing for months about the new site after Hivelocity’s monthly newsletter hinted about the upcoming launch back in March. After several revisions the new site has finally made its way to customers and the general public.
The new site features a cleaner look and more intuitive navigation as well as additional features. In addition to the cosmetic improvements, the new site also includes an in-depth knowledge base and customer training center. “Our goal is to empower our customers with as much information and as many tools as possible to simplify and streamline their hosting experience”, says Hivelocity General Manager Steve Eschweiler.
Within the next 3 months, Hivelocity intends to launch phase 2 of its new customer portal called SPEED. Based on early reports, SPEED is said to revolutionize how web hosts enable their customers and resellers. “Phase 2 of Speed is going to set the new standard for client portals. Our customers are going to flip out when they see it.”
For now we will have to wait for SPEED and be content with just playing around on the new site. Updates on SPEED will be trickle out as its expected launch date of January 1st approaches.
Dedicated server provider  Hivelocity (www.Hivelocity.net) has been named Best Unix Dedicated Host by    DedicatedServerDir.comfor April 2009. This is the third hosting award Hivelocity has received in 3 months for its dedicated servers. DedicatedServerDir collects thousands of votes each month on a range of hosting services. Each month a winner is announced based on the sum of votes in each category. In February of this year Hivelocity achieved the Best Windows Dedicated Host at WebHostDir and was voted a Top 25 overall host by Tophosts in March . In addition to the numerous awards Hivelocity has racked up this year, they were also named Web Host Magazine’s Editor’s Choice for Best Dedicated Host in 2008.
Hivelocity attributes its recent run on awards to its focus on customer service and value. “Too many of our competitors have forgotten what it means to be a service oriented business. In many ways computers have made it easy to forget personal service and customer care. With email, tweets and chat some companies may never even speak to their customers. We at Hivelocity believe you can be a leader in cutting edge technology and still make customer service paramount. When a customer or potential customer deals with a Hivelocity representative, we want them to feel like they are a guest at a five-star hotel,” says General Manager Steve Eschweiler.
Since its inception in 2001, Hivelocity has earned a reputation for being one of the best values in the dedicated hosting sector. With Core2Duo dedicated servers starting at $75, Core2Quads at $99 and Quad-Core Xeon dedicated servers starting at $165 they seem to have some of the most competitive pricing around. Considering Hivelocity uses SuperMicro hardware and boasts a 99.98% uptime track record over the last 3 years    (stats by Webhostingstuff)while maintaining this great pricing point, these awards seem to be very well deserved.
Dedicated server host,  Hivelocity,   announced this week it will be promoting exclusive server deals to its Twitter.com followers. Since March 27th Hivelocity has been sending out daily and sometimes hourly tweets announcing short term server promotions. Since their first tweet just 2 weeks ago Hivelocity has attracted over 900 followers. The Twitter phenomenon has taken the world by storm and Hivelocity is more than happy to capitalize on its success. From free secondary hard drives to $99 Core2Quad server offers, Hivelocity is making these offers exclusive to only people who have found them through www.twitter.com/hivelocity. Each of Hivelocity’s tweets to this point has been one day only and sometimes one hour only offers.
“Twitter is a wonderful way to not only introduce non-customers to Hivelocity but to let existing customers know of company and network news. We plan on sending out at least one tweet every day announcing a great deal on a new server or cheap way to upgrade an old server. Everyone needs to know, these promotions are exclusive to our Twitter followers and the only way to know about them is to join our tweet,†says Hivelocity’s General Manager, Steve Eschweiler.
Twitter is a free social networking site that allows its users to send short bursts of information to anyone who signs up as a follower of someone else. Each Tweet is limited to 140 characters and is meant to keep each follower up to speed with user’s day to day activities. Companies like Hivelocity using Twitter to keeps its followers up to speed with the company’s day to day activity is becoming more and more common.
Tophosts announced this week that Hivelocity (www.hivelocity.net) has been given the mark of distinction of being voted a top 25 best host in the industry. According to their web site the TopHosts panel determines the best web hosting providers based on breadth of service and product offerings, exceptional customer care practices, innovative marketing approaches and technology adoption. Additionally, thousands of Webmasters provide feedback for validation purposes and then the Top 25 Web Hosts are named each month.
Hivelocity specializes in dedicated server and VPS hosting services with customers from over 75 countries worldwide. Since their inception in 2001 Hivelocity has made a name for itself with clever advertising campaigns pitching their exceptionally low priced hosting services.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In its latest philanthropic effort, dedicated hosting provider Hivelocity (www.hivelocity.net) will be providing the world's largest open-source software development and distribution environment, SourceForge (www.sourceforge.net), with mirror site services.
According to the company's Monday announcement, Hivelocity's global network infrastructure will help support more than 180,000 projects and more than 1.9 million registered users. SourceForge and its network of sites helps provide a central place for technology enthusiasts from around the world to connect, develop and share open-source software.
In late January, content delivery network provider CDNetworks (www.cdnetworks.com) began providing SourceForge.net with state-of-the-art mirror sites in the US and Asia, improving its speed and reliability at no charge to SourceForge.net as part of its support of the free development and exchange of software in the Open Source community.
Specializing in dedicated server hosting and unmetered bandwidth, Hivelocity has a wide global network reach, making it a naturally strong provider of mirror services, not unlike CDNetworks. Ideologically, Hivelocity is also supportive of open-source software, having provided mirrors to community-created enterprise operating system CentOS.org. Hivelocity's mirror will give SourceForge users access the Hivelocity network for uploading and downloading data for these development projects.
"We are so happy to promote the free flow of thought and development along the Internet," Hivelocity general manager Steve Eschweiler said in a statement. "SourceForge helps inspire and produce brilliant ideas and applications that improve the way people run their businesses and lives. What a great product to support."
Tampa, Florida - (The Hosting News) - December 4, 2008 - Dedicated hosting provider, Hivelocity.net, is offering a new promotion that allows new customers to upgrade several aspects of their server purchase for one price.
The new Server Stud promotion allows you to make your server bigger, stronger and last longer. For $20 per month each new server will get double the ram (stronger), 10Mbps unmetered bandwidth (faster) and a 16-32MB cache raid specific server grade sata hard drive (last longer).
Compared to standard pricing, this promotion equates to a savings of up to $75 per month. The Server Stud upgrade promotion is available for every new server Hivelocity offers with the lone exception being their dual-six core xeon server which already includes 8GB ram and SAS hard drives.
Steve Eschweiler, General Manager at Hivelocity noted, ''There are so many different options these days available for a new server. With all the new types of hard drives, memory, metered bandwidth, unmetered bandwidth and different nuances within each of those it can be downright confusing. Sometimes you just need to make it nice and easy for the consumer and say, for a little bit more we are going to upgrade everything and give you very good server at a very good price.''
Recently, Hivelocity garnered placement on Inc. Magazine's annual list of fastest growing companies in America. With a three year growth rate of nearly 200% Hivelocity came in at #1834, which ranks as the 6th fastest growing IT Company in Florida. Hivelocity attributes its growth and success to its ability to provide the latest in server technology at a fraction of what the competition charges while consistently remaining atop their 99.9% network uptime guarantee. Hivelocity's most recent server line includes Intel's latest generation of Quad-Core Xeon Harpertown processors. According to WebHostingStuff's objective network uptime tracker, Hivelocity has been very reliable with a 99.98% uptime record over several years. With its new line of energy efficient and cooler running servers Hivelocity's operating costs are sure to decrease which should result in even lower server pricing down the road.
Since 2001, Hivelocity has offered 99.9 percent network uptime, specializing in dedicated web hosting and co-location, providing services to thousands of customers from all over the world.
To learn more about Hivelocity, please visit: www.hivelocity.net.
March 28, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web host Hivelocity (http://www.hivelocity.net) has announced the launch of Dedicated KVM-over-IP units to “all of its dedicated server accounts”, it was reported yesterday. From this point forward, Lantronix SecureLinx Spider KVM can be fitted to any of Hivelocity’s servers for a monthly fee. The company is promoting the new option by canceling server setup fees until April 15, 2008.
KVM-over-IP enables up to 8 users to have full simultaneous BIOS-level control of a server through keyboard, video, and mouse - hence the name, KVM. Each connects directly to a server and allows full access from a web browser.
“Some people rely on our support team for everything, some people like the idea of relying only on themselves,” explained Steve Eschweiler, General Manager of Hivelocity. “Allowing any server to have permanent KVM-over-IP access will satisfy those customers who crave 100% control of their server.”
Florida-based Web host has reached Gold Partner status with SWsoft by leveraging its offerings.
September 28, 2007 (TopHosts Newswire) - Hivelocity, a Tampa-based Web host, has reached Gold Partner status with SWsoft.
It achieved this status by offering SWsoft Plesk and Virtuozzo hosting solutions as part of its dedicated server offerings. The company presently has thousands of servers online and plans to launch thousands more in the future that will include both Plesk and Virtuozzo in several customer offerings.
“Hivelocity has always strived to be the best value in the hosting industry,” Steve Eschweiler, general manger for Hivelocity, said in a statement issued by the company. “This new status with SWsoft gives us more flexibility to create new competitive offerings.”
The plans to offer highly-competitive VPS that will provide customers with new levels of value. It will launch VPS hosting solutions based on Virtuozzo within the next few weeks.
“We are pleased to see Hivelocity reach the Gold Partner level and continue their track record of differentiation with competitive SWsoft Plesk and Virtuozzo software solutions,” Kurt Daniel, vice president of marketing and alliances for SWsoft, said in the news release. “With these solutions and through our OPEN FUSION initiative, Hivelocity will be able to optimize the delivery of software as a service (SaaS) and traditional hosting services to take advantage of emerging market opportunities.”
For more information, visit: www.hivelocity.net
Tampa, Florida - (Website Hosting Directory) - February 12, 2007 - Web hosting provider, Hivelocity.net, has won Webhost Magazine’s Editors Choice Award for Dedicated Servers. Webhost Magazine has been independently reviewing and rating hosting providers for over 10 years.
Webhost Magazine stated, ”Since their inception in 2001, Hivelocity has been there for their customers and it shows. Customers of Hivelocity rave about their high uptimes and prompt support.”
Hivelocity attributes its growth and success to its ability to provide the latest in server technology at a fraction of what the competition charges while consistently remaining atop their 99.9% network uptime guarantee. Hivelocity’s most recent server line includes Intel’s latest generation of Quad-Core Xeon Harpertown processors. According to WebHostingStuff’s objective network uptime tracker, Hivelocity has been very reliable with a 99.98% uptime record over several years. With its new line of energy efficient and cooler running servers Hivelocity’s operating costs are sure to decrease which should result in even lower server pricing down the road.
Steve Eschweiler, General Manager at Hivelocity noted, ”Hivelocity is committed to its goal of being the best value in the dedicated hosting sector. The industry demands strong servers and strong support. As long as we continue to provide consistency in our customer service, reliability in our network and generosity in our pricing, we will continue to rack up the awards.”
Recently, Hivelocity garnered placement on Inc. Magazine’s annual list of fastest growing companies in America. With a three year growth rate of nearly 200% Hivelocity came in at #1834, which ranks as the 6th fastest growing IT Company in Florida.
Since 2001, Hivelocity has offered 99.9 percent network uptime, specializing in dedicated web hosting and colocation, providing services to thousands of customers from all over the world. Hivelocity has over 100 hardware and bandwidth combinations available, with flexible options in hardware, software and bandwidth. Hivelocity’s servers can be used for online gaming, credit card processing, video and audio streaming, web hosting, software development, email, and data storage, among other businesses. The company offers 24/7 tech support with live reps on site at all times, to service its thousands of customers. Hivelocity currently maintains an 8 Gbps connection to the internet with multiple tier 1 carriers. Hivelocity is privately held and carries zero debt.
To learn more about Hivelocity, please visit: www.hivelocity.net.
Tampa, Florida - (The Hosting News) - February 8, 2007 - Dedicated hosting provider, Hivelocity.net, recently garnered placement on Inc. Magazine's annual list of fastest growing companies in America. With a three year growth rate of nearly 200%, Hivelocity registered at #1834, which ranks as the 6th fastest growing IT Company in Florida.
Steve Eschweiler, General Manager at Hivelocity noted, ''Hivelocity is committed to its goal of being the best value in the dedicated hosting sector. The industry demands strong servers and strong support. As long as we continue to provide consistency in our customer service, reliability in our network and generosity in our pricing, we will continue to climb that Inc.com list each and every year.''
Hivelocity attributes its growth and success to its ability to provide the latest in server technology at a fraction of what the competition charges while consistently remaining atop their 99.9% network uptime guarantee. Hivelocity's most recent server line includes Intel's latest generation of Quad-Core Xeon Harpertown processors. According to WebHostingStuff's objective network uptime tracker, Hivelocity has been very reliable with a 99.98% uptime record over several years. With its new line of energy efficient and cooler running servers Hivelocity's operating costs are sure to decrease which should result in even lower server pricing down the road.
Since 2001, Hivelocity has offered 99.9 percent network uptime, specializing in dedicated web hosting and co-location, providing services to thousands of customers from all over the world.
To learn more about Hivelocity, please visit: www.hivelocity.net.
Dedicated server hosting provider, Hivelocity, announced this week they have further enhanced their multi-homed network by enabling intelligent route optimization technology. Offered as a subscription service from Internap, the route optimization technology allows Hivelocity to take full advantage of the routing paths and peering of all four of its upstream providers, which include Level 3, Global Crossing, Time Warner Telecom and Cogent. Since early March when the technology was deployed, data has been flowing from the Hivelocity network faster than ever before.
Most hosting providers that can tout having a multi-homed network typically utilize only Border Gateway Protocol (BGP4) routing when choosing data paths. What makes Hivelocity’s optimized routing abilities superior from simple BGP4 is the route optimization technology’s consideration of historical traffic routing data, real time Internet congestion and real time provider outages when choosing a final route for the data to flow. If any problems are detected on the initial path, the route optimization technology will simply reroute the traffic to the upstream network that provides the best performance and availability at that point in time.
“In laymen’s terms, our routers will always utilize the quickest path available among our four carriers to pass traffic to its final destination,” says Hivelocity General Manager Steve Eschweiler. “Right now our customers should notice traffic from their servers and web sites moving faster than ever. Downloads from their sites and servers should be faster than ever. Most importantly, Hivelocity network end users should be more impressed than ever with our customers’ online presence.”