Sometimes less can be more. There are types of web scale workloads that don’t require a lot of single threaded CPU performance, such as static web content delivery or low-end dedicated hosting. In those cases, using microservers based on multiple low-cost, low-power server processors can be an interesting prospect.
Have you seen our latest video? In late December last year, we finally completed the relocation into our new data center space in Northern Virginia. While prepping for the work, we decided to film the whole process, showing how we migrated 3000 servers in 3 days: One of our company values is transparency, so there […]
It has been another busy month for the teams working on Leaseweb Cloud. After toasting to the go-live of the U.S Cloud platform, we didn’t take a break. Instead we prepared for another expansion. I’m proud to announce that all the hard work has resulted in a new Cloud PoP for Leaseweb Germany in their […]
In my previous blog post, I gave an overview of public and private peering, discussing the pros and cons of each. Today we’ll take a closer look at the most cost-effective form: public peering.
Many of you probably know about our Cloud services in the Netherlands. In fact, since our new platform was launched, we’ve seen thousands of customers using our Express Cloud to host their applications. I’ve talked to quite a few of them and when I ask what they would like us to add, the answer is […]
I can’t believe it’s already been 1.5 years since the birth of Leaseweb USA, Inc! Strategically, for the Leaseweb brand, it was the obvious step after strongly leading the European hosting market – the US was what our customers were continuously asking us for. So Leaseweb USA, Inc. was established specifically for targeting and supporting […]
In the last few days an FBI raid on a data center in Virginia, targeting one malware server put offline many legitimate companies, with many servers down for days after the seizure. Failure to enforce good security policies and operations can be expensive for hosts and their clients. Successful hosts must deal with a wide […]
Recently, Leaseweb announced the launch of 100TB hosting service provisioned from our Netherlands data centers. With Leaseweb 100TB packages, customers received a Dell or HP server, available in multiple configurations with 100TB of bandwidth connectivity a month, from a 1 Gbps dedicated port.The packages are available without setup fee, with generous discounts for quarterly, semi-annual, […]
Leaseweb started life at humble beginnings, with one server and two enthusiastic founders in Utrecht, the Netherlands. We are now really proud that, since our inception 14 years ago, we have grown into a quality hosting provider for customers in 177 countries worldwide.
We’re proud of it, Heineken.nl is live. A brand new portal about music, sports and entertainment of Heineken The Netherlands, hosted by…Leaseweb. What’s more, I see a trend in our customer portfolio towards more and more Enterprises choosing to host their websites in Leaseweb’s professional hosting network environment. To name just a few Enterprise hosting […]
