Article posted on Jan 27
It seems that nearly ever other email I get, or article I read lately is all about “How to survive in a down economy.” I’ve seen lots of tips, but I read an article this morning that captures one I really like:
Be freaking awesome at what you do!
I read an article this morning on PRWEB, talking about a local company called Westhost. I was shocked that I didn’t know more about these guys. I know several other hosting providers in the valley intimately, but as the article states:
“While other hosting companies may use massive advertising budgets and catchy branding to build recognition and customer loyalty, Utah-based WestHost has quietly used its own secret weapon to become a world leader in hosting reliability.”
In fact, in a recent report by Netcraft, it was shown that: “no hosting company on the planet beats WestHost for reliability – the single most important hosting metric… WestHost has topped such industry giants as GoDaddy, Rackspace, web.com, Verio, and others.”
This morning I gave WestHost a call, and found that what is covered in the press release is only the tip of the iceberg for exciting new on these folks:
In speaking with Brian Chambers, I was excited to learn that WestHost really is proving salmon-like success as it swims counter to the flow of current economic trends. WestHost is growing… and fast. They increased headcount by over 30% jsut last month! Additionally, they are scheduled to more than double their current staff in 2009 (planned headcount for end of 2009 is 100 people.)
As if that we’re cool enough, they are bringing the US headquarters for a global entity here to Utah. In October of 2008 WestHost was acquired by UK2 Goup out of London. UK2 Group has gone on to make several other key data center and hosting acquisitions around the US. Their intention is to us Utah as their US headquarters for this quickly growing entity.
Keys to their success: customer service, knowledgable people, and access to great talent by being right next to USU.
Nice job WestHost. I look forward to tracking your success.
Best skiing, best hosting, what’s next? Utah is a powerhouse.
Robert, let us not forget: Youngest state, healthiest state (not sure on that one, but definitely up there
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Utah is great! I was there one time and I’ll never forget the mountains. Sorry to get off topic but with regards to the most reliable hosting I would recommend GDI, a company not too far from Utah in CA. They provide excellent service and products but the best part is they also compensate. Their payments are always on time and at the end of the month I always get back more than I’m actually putting towards my hosting… And that’s what I call reliable!