[December 02, 2010] : PEER 1 Hosting partners with bluegfx to bring GPU cloud to media and entertainment Tweet Southampton, Dec 02, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- PEER 1 Hosting, the global online IT hosting provider, today announces bluegfx, who offer leading edge technologies in the fast-paced industry of 3D and video, as the newest partner for its graphics processing unit (GPU) Cloud technology. bluegfx's customers in the fast-paced games, design, architectural, film, broadcast and education industries will benefit from the hosted RealityServer platform, which is a powerful combination of NVIDIA Tesla GPU Computing Server and 3D web services software. It delivers a 3D rendering and animation package that works remotely over the Internet, onto the GPU Cloud to demonstrate the concept of remote hybrid computing making the consumer experience on the Internet even more interactive. Matt Allen, Managing Director at bluegfx comments: "We pride ourselves on delivering not only technologically innovative and future proof solutions, but we back this up with a single-minded focus on delivering a service level and support infrastructure that is second to none. The hosted GPU from PEER 1 Hosting offers a unique, cost-effective solution that will have significant benefit for our customers." Hosting the GPUs and software within the cloud simplifies customer implementation and provides an inexpensive entry point for new users. It also minimises internal IT pressures so businesses can focus their resources on core business operations. Amanda Dunn, Cloud GPU Manager EMEA, PEER 1 Hosting adds: "We have the only hosted NVIDIA GPU service, which brings simple, cost-effective graphical processing power to the media industry on a pay-as-you-use basis. bluegfx has excellent experience in rich media, and working together we can offer high performance computing in a variety of areas such as rendering, transcoding and modeling." NVIDIA's Tesla S1070 and Tesla M2050 (Fermi architecture-based) GPU's, as well as RealityServer, are now being offered as managed hosting at PEER 1 Hosting's data centers globally. 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-in-breed technology, founded on a high performance 10Gb SuperNetwork 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. PEER 1 Hosting'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. About bluegfx bluegfx is a leading technology company, supplying 3D, video, storage, workstation, render management, digital signage and stereoscopic solutions to the digital media industry. We work with clients to deliver technically innovative, future proof services encompassing training, support and cloud services. For more information, go to www.bluegfx.com. Tel: + 44 (0)1483 467200 # # # 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. Media Contact: For European media inquiries please contact Champion Communications +44 (0)207 268 3439 [email protected] ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]