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"I have been working with my PEER 1 account manager on our corporate accounts. She is always so helpful and fast with anything I ask of her. It is a pleasure for Nikon to work with her."

Pamela Horn
Nikon Instruments Inc.

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White Papers

Browse the white papers below for tips on securing your dedicated server, discussions of trends and emerging technologies, and most importantly, to find out how to mix your very own Peertini.

  • SaaS Coming of Age

    Software as a Service (SaaS) is finally ready to explode onto the IT scene. SaaS products for the Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) market have been joined by initiatives from Oracle, SAP, Business Objects, and others, directed at large enterprises.

  • PEER 1 leads the hosting industry in storage, backup and recovery solutions

    Anticipating its customers' increasing need for the utmost in storage management, backup and recovery, PEER 1 now provide industry leading storage, backup and recovery solutions from IBM and EMC. PEER 1's new systems, unmatched in the hosting industry, combine IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager software with EMC CX3-80 Disk Storage Array to provide a resilient, robust and complete mission critical data solution for enterprise level storage management.

  • Starting an e-business: A beginner's guide

    Starting an e-business (i.e. a business based entirely upon a website) is not as simple as many people think. The notion that you can come up with an idea, create the website and then sit back and count the cash is, in my experience, pervasive, and yet nothing could be further from the truth. Here are some helpful hints from a guy with 10 years’ experience in building commercial websites.

  • Security Response - Dealing with intrusions

    The website has slowed down to a crawl, your provider wants to charge you for extra bandwidth, and your public relations department is getting complaints of phishing scams and password scanners. How do you determine whether your system has been compromised and what do you do about it?

  • Linux patch management

    Customizing packages is a task that most Linux administrators undertake on a daily basis. In order to properly install customized pre-compiled software on your server, you have a couple of options of how to proceed.

  • Compromise detection and data integrity

    The third in our series of good security practices, this piece discusses compromise detection and data integrity to help you identify when you've been hacked.

  • Computer security today

    This piece discusses some relatively simple local security measures you can take on your server to prevent a hacker from getting in and exploiting your system.

  • Ajax, the future of web design

    AJAX is a combination of web based technologies which enables your web pages to do things you didn't think were possible. AJAX stands for Asynchronous Javascript and XML.

  • PEER 1's load balancing solution

    As online companies and businesses grow there comes a point where it becomes necessary to rethink the design of the server solution. There are several ways to accomplish this, from splitting the different applications onto separate servers, to upgrading hardware and adding additional machines.

  • What is a Peertini and how can I make one?

    Peertini is PEER 1's legendary drink that has enjoyed quite a following since we first launched it at a customer appreciation event back in 2002. We have provided the recipe here for you to enjoy. Cheers!


  • Implementing and managing a firewall

    Just as Internet use by businesses has escalated sharply in recent years, so too has the occurrence of network security breaches. Today's organizations understand the importance of securing external communications to prevent network attacks and ensure privacy.

  • Linux/Unix Security 101

    Network security is a growing concern among server administrators of all kinds. Whether you are a small one-person, one-server operation, or part of an enterprise corporation with hundreds of servers all over North America, you need to ensure that your servers are protected from vulnerabilities.

  • Patch management

    Patch management is a circular process and must be ongoing. The unfortunate reality about software vulnerabilities is that, after you apply a patch today, a new vulnerability must be addressed tomorrow.


  • DNS smurf attacks - the lowdown

    A Smurf attack describes a type of attack in which the attacker exploits a system or service that responds to a small amount of data with a much larger amount of data the bigger the response, the more destructive the attack.

  • Using PHP on your web site

    PHP can be likened to a tool, and a tool in unskilled hands can be misused. Just like a carpenter can use his hammers and saws to make a shoddy building, so too can a PHP programmer write shoddy, insecure code.