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PEER 1 Hosting Delivers Industry's First Large-Scale Hosted NVIDIA GPU Cloud
Cloud-hosted NVIDIA Tesla GPUs offer high performance and flexibility for
complex computations and video compression
LOS ANGELES, July 26 /CNW/ - PEER 1 Hosting (TSX:PIX), a global online IT
hosting provider, today announced the availability of the industry's first,
large-scale, hosted graphics processing unit (GPU) cloud at the 37th Annual
Siggraph International Conference.
The system is running the RealityServer(R) 3D web application service
platform, developed by mental images, a wholly owned subsidiary of NVIDIA. The
RealityServer platform is a powerful combination of NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and 3D
web services software that delivers interactive, photorealistic applications
over the web using the iray(R) renderer, enabling animators, product
designers, architects and consumers to easily visualize 3D scenes with
remarkable realism.
With the use of massively parallel NVIDIA Tesla GPUs PEER 1 Hosting can
now offer customers flexible and reliable access to a system capable of
delivering high computational performance across demanding applications such
as graphics rendering, complex quantitative processing, video compression and
large-model 3D web services for access by mobile clients.
Hosting the GPUs and software within the cloud simplifies customer
implementation, provides an inexpensive entry point for new users and
minimizes internal IT pressures so businesses can focus talent on core
business operations.
"With their commitment to best-of-breed technology and state-of-the-art
data centers, PEER 1 Hosting has all the skills to deliver a service of this
kind and make the power of the GPU more accessible than ever before," says
Sumit Gupta, product line manager of Tesla products at NVIDIA. "RealityServer
running on PEER 1's Tesla GPU cloud will enable software developers of Web 2.0
websites to offer 3D web applications, making the consumer experience on the
internet even more interactive."
NVIDIA's Tesla S1070 and Tesla M2050 (Fermi architecture-based) hosted
GPUs as well as RealityServer are now available for purchase worldwide and
will be hosted as a managed hosting offering at PEER 1 data centers in
Toronto, Canada and London, UK. As part of the launch at the Siggraph
International Conference, PEER 1, mental images and NVIDIA are offering trials
and proof of concepts for new customers to see first-hand how well GPUs
perform when hosted by PEER 1 Hosting.
"We're excited to support and deliver high-performance GPUs from NVIDIA
to our customers," says Robert Miggins, PEER 1's Senior Vice President
Business Development. "The combination of the high performing GPUs, running on
the robust PEER 1 SuperNetwork and with the 'on demand' flexibility of the
cloud is truly an industry first."
About PEER 1 Hosting
PEER 1 Hosting is one of the world's leading IT hosting providers. The
company is built on two obsessions: Ping & People. Ping, represents its
commitment to best-of-breed technology, founded on a high performance 10GB
SuperNetwork(TM) connected by 17 state-of-the-art data centres, 21
points-of-presence and 10 colocation facilities throughout North America and
Europe. People, represents its commitment to delivering outstanding customer
service to its more than 10,000 customers worldwide, backed by a 100 percent
uptime guarantee and 24x7x365 FirstCall Support(TM). PEER 1's portfolio
includes Managed Hosting, Dedicated Servers under the ServerBeach brand,
Colocation and Cloud Services. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered
in Vancouver, Canada, with European operations headquartered in Southampton,
UK. PEER 1 Hosting shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX. For more
information visit: www.peer1.com or www.peer1hosting.co.uk.
Forward Looking Statements:
Statements in this release relating to matters that are not historical
fact are forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts
and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
outcomes and results to differ materially. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, general
economic conditions, changes in technology, reliance on third party
manufacturing, managing rapid growth, global sales risks, limited intellectual
property protection and other risks and uncertainties described in PEER 1
Hosting's public filings with securities regulatory authorities.
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