That’s Not All Folks!

ServInt LA was a huge undertaking, the time, energy, and resources required to replicate the very complex and efficient series of East Coast data centers in the West can’t be discounted. ServInt LA is a new milestone in the history of one of the best and most experienced webhosting companies in the world. I can’t express just how proud I am of everyone here and all the hard work they’ve done.

However, that’s not all that happened on November 10th. Our West Coast expansion in Los Angeles also enabled us to begin work on what we hope will be the foundation of an entirely new series of products and services that ServInt can embark on in the future.

So…What else is new?

I’m referring to two things specifically. The first is a new cross-country pipe that augments a network directly connecting all of our data centers with one another, both those in LA and our existing data centers in Virginia and the District of Columbia (ServInt DC). The second is a brand new control panel from our friends at Parallels that we are helping them launch, and it looks very compelling.

What does that mean for ServInt customers and potential clients? It means that soon, from an infrastructural standpoint, we’ll be prepared to launch a myriad of services designed to help you run your business more efficiently. Some of the projects we’re investigating are cross-country VPS back-ups, a form of near-realtime cross-country mirroring between servers, and a new take on the traditional cloud storage solution.

Our goal, in no uncertain terms, is to further prove that ServInt is the only host you’ll ever need.

Opening the door to the Newbies Among Us

On Tuesday, Parallels also released a brand new control panel, Parallels Small Business Panel, out into the wild. We have a long history of partnership with Parallels and are excited to be one of the very first providers to offer Small Business Panel.

The idea behind the product is simple, existing control panels are not novice-friendly. There’s a tremendous learning curve, but Small Business Panel is designed to have all of the power and flexibility of a traditional control panel such as cPanel or Parallels Plesk and remove as much unnecessary complexity as possible.

By using best use case scenarios and by hiding rarely used advanced settings, Small Business Panel is designed to make running a site considerably easier for those who aren’t used to the intricacies of a traditional control panel. It also incorporates a sophisticated user profile system that allows the webmaster to delegate certain tasks to certain users and keep sensitive access and information accessible to authorized users only.

I had the chance to check out a beta of Small Business Panel earlier this year and I came away impressed. While it’s still early in it’s lifespan, I’m happy we’ve included it as an entry level option to our other terrific control panel selections, namely cPanel and Plesk.

With that being said, we’d love to hear what you guys think? Talk to us in the comments, in our customer forums, on Twitter, or on Facebook!