Office Tour
Written by Jay Weissman on May 28, 2007 – 9:53 pm -As some of you may or may not know, back in September of 2006 HostGator made the big move from a small 2000 square-foot office in Boca Raton, Florida, to a four-story 25,000 square-foot building in Houston, Texas. With it went 40 of the 50 HostGator employees, including myself! This was a huge change for HostGator and since then we’ve expanded to over 100 employees in-house. Imagine only 2 and a half years ago, HostGator had 6 in-house employees and an outsourced support team!
Unless you are currently in the Houston Area, you likely have not seen the office yet. So as I promised a hundred times on the forums, here are some pictures of the new office. (Finally!)
Pictures courtesy of our System Admin/Photographer extraordinaire Adam Dunin.
Yep, that is one BIG gator up there. The sign took days to assemble, and caused our ears much grief as they drilled and hammered. Of course, no office is complete without its fair share of cubicles. And we have that covered.
Not everything is about work, and after a hard day of keeping our servers from reaching meltdown status we head over to the game room to relax. Check out that pool table!
Hope you all enjoyed the tour, there is much more to come!
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Special offer on HostGator Dedicated Servers
Written by Jay Weissman on May 7, 2007 – 3:04 pm -I have just been informed by Brent that there are some big Dedicated Server promotions going on right now, and I thought this would be a great time to start letting you guys know about these things!
As seen on http://www.hostgator.com/dedicated.shtml there are a few changes!
First, starting today any new BASIC server will receive two free months of service on top of the first month of payment. That is three months of service, for the price of one!
That means if you sign up for a BASIC dedicated server today, you would not have to pay again until August 4th of 2007. That is three months of service, for the price of one. If you can find any other host in the industry that would offer something like this please let me know.
* Note that this is applicable to new servers only. Existing customers must sign up for a new server for this offer to apply. This offer does not apply to upgrades. This offer expires on 5/10/07. This offer has been extended!
Second, our PRO server now comes with a choice of two configurations at signup. This will apply to all new servers, or servers that have not yet been set up and turned online. Your two options are;
At signup you can choose which setup you want in the server details. If you specify neither, you will be given 4 gigs of RAM and 4×500GIG Hard Drives by default.
This is a really great chance for any of you who are on the edge about getting a Dedicated Server, and should give you plenty of time to get things running smooth and bring in enough income to cover the cost. If you already have a Dedicated Server with us, you may want to look into moving to one of our powerhouse PRO’s. They’ll likely last you a very long time!
Hope you all enjoy the new setups, feel free to comment here or see our discussion at… the HostGator Forums.
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Welcome to Gator Crossing
Written by Jay Weissman on May 4, 2007 – 9:19 pm -Hello everyone, first and foremost welcome to the HostGator Company Blog. This blog is a work in progress, but we hope it can bring everyone closer to HostGator on a personal and professional level. We will be providing important news, updates, and even special offers through this blog. Our industry famous admins, will also be providing webhosting articles, tips, and tricks for all of our readers!
My name is Jay, and some of you may know me as the Team Lead on the Forums, or may have seen me in some of your sales tickets. I’ll be here to bring you some of the news from inside HostGator as soon as it happens, things like special offers, plan changes, and even office politics! I know you would all like an inside look at how HostGator operates, and I plan on bringing you that. You’ll also be hearing from names such as Chad Bean, our Affiliate Manager. Dave Collins, our highly acclaimed CTO. And even Brent Oxley, the owner of HostGator.
Again, the blog is a work in progress so many changes are planned. As always we would love to hear your feedback, feel free to register on the blog and make a comment. And stay tuned for some great things heading your way. (Maybe even some special offers and contests!) Be sure to subscribe to any of our feeds, or bookmark the page for future reference.
Thank you all, and welcome to Gator Crossing! Watch out for Crocs in the road!
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