The London Trip

We have been quiet for a while, so I thought you might be interested in what’s new at SiteGround. Well, Reneta and I went to London at the end of last week for a business meeting with the CEO of The Planet (our main datacenter located in Texas, USA). It was only a two-day trip, very short but also interesting.

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On one hand we had a productive meeting with a major partner of ours and on the other, we enjoyed one of the most amazing restaurants we’ve ever been to. It’s called Nobu and as it turned out it is a very popular place in London. Maybe due to the fact that Robert De Niro owns the place and once in a while, you might see a movie star dining there. Well, we didn’t see any stars, but we were totally amazed by the food. I hate sushi, honestly, and when I entered the restaurant, I was hoping I won’t have to eat any raw fish out of courtesy. But everything we ate there was superb! The chef is incredibly good in mixing the spices and achieving extraordinary combinations. We tried several types of Sake too, which was a terrific experience. So, take this as a referral – if you are willing to spend some quality money in London, go to Nobu 🙂

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Now, you would say, a two-day trip (even a day and a half) is not a long time to be away from office. But, we are full of surprises. When we came back, we found out that we have a new member of our team. Well it’s a kitten, but you know, we are very tolerant…and it’s so cute, so irresistible! Actually, we are now looking for a respectable home for the kitty. Anyone interested, be quick – applications are piling up 🙂 Also, the little boy doesn’t  have a name yet, so feel free to share with us your suggestions.

So, don’t think we are just losing time around here. We are also working very hard on a few new projects that are to be launched shortly. But, I won’t say a word now, just wait and see what’s coming next…

In the meantime, you might want to see the kitty’s pics on Facebook.

Tenko

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Trips continued – Rome, Italy

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You remember that I told you about the awards 35 people from our team won on our 2008 Christmas party? Good!

Well, trips continue! Last Friday, 14 people from our team went to Rome, Italy.  I was there too. Not only it was a great opportunity for a mini team building, but also we were able to visit remarkable landmarks such as the Colosseum – the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire; the Roman forum – the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed; the Vatican City – the smallest country in the world by both population and area; the Trevi Fountain – the largest and most impressive Baroque fountain in the city, and many, many more.

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Web Hosting Day 2009 Overview

Hello! Some of you may remember my last post about the Web Hosting Day conference in Germany, which a few people from our team (including myself) attended last week. The Web Hosting Day (WHD for short), although organized only for a second time, turned out to be a big event so I would like to make a quick overview of what happened there.

The topic of the event was “cloud computing”**  and “software as a service”. So initially, our team expected that we were going to learn about the latest developments of such platforms and that the information flow would be significant as the topic is quite hot in the industry. Unfortunately, most of the people who spoke at the conference were too busy selling their products (products that were not necessarily new), instead of trying to educate the public. Selling is of course a normal part of such events, but it shouldn’t really be the only focus of a web hosting cloud computing conference.

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Work – life balance at SiteGround

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Do we work hard? Yes, definitely! Do we care about work-life balance? Yes, definitely!

Really?! How?

The answer goes back to our 2008 Christmas Party. Traditionally, each year we have Annual Awards for MVPs, distinguished achievements, and significant contribution for the overall SiteGround development. Usually at least 10 people from the whole team go home with an award. Last year, however made a difference – at the 2008 Xmas Party almost 35 SiteGrounders (out of 70, hey this is half of the whole team) were awarded for their work and unceasing devotion to SiteGround development.

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Happy Birthday SiteGround!

Siteground.com turned 5 yesterday! I was thinking for a while what to write in this birthday post – thought about presenting numbers of employees, customers, achievements during the years. However, I believe that what matters here are the people who have ever contributed to what SiteGround.com is today. Without the people, neither the number of customers would be that impressive, nor would the achievements be that significant.

So this post is to say a big “Thank you” to everyone who ever contributed to what SiteGround.com is today. Special thanks to our customers without which SiteGround could barely exists – thank you for trusting us host your websites, for your continued support and valuable feedback!

Last but not least, a huge thank you all SiteGround employees for the dedicated work and effort for making our customers grow, our services improve, and our features excel!

Time to celebrate now! Happy Birthday, SiteGround!

Tenko

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Meet our people Cont’d

In the previous post, we have already met the leaders of our technical team. Today I am pleased to introduce to you the people responsible for the management of other key aspects of the SiteGround hosting service. 

Reneta – VP, Marketing and Product Development

reniWe call her just Reni. She joined SiteGround in 2004 and started her work here as part of the Marketing Team. Today she is our Vice President, Marketing and Product Development, and is responsible primarily for SiteGround marketing, advertising, public relations, sales, accounting, and billing efforts. Oops, that gives her a bit more responsibilities than her title implies 🙂 

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Meet our people

I’ve been thinking that presenting our team is a good topic for our second blog post. It is quite impossible to introduce to our readers the whole SiteGround team within a single post (currently we are more than 70 people), so I will start today with a short presentation of the people who are in charge of that part of the critical aspects of our service such as uptime, server stability, technical support, etc.

Tenko – SiteGround Mastermind

tenkoTenko is the person who always knows everything! He has been with the company since 2004, almost since its beginning. Tenko started his work here as a support team rep and shortly his management skills, profound knowledge and expertise in technical operations proved that he deserves to take a leading post in the company. Apart from being an excellent leader and expert in the technical field, Tenko is one of the passionate photographers in our team.

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SiteGround provides one of the richest collections of free website resources on the web

SiteGround Web Hosting announced that it starts the year 2009 with one of the widest collections of free resources on the web. The company has a great variety of free templates, tutorials and articles about diverse open source scripts, all supported on its servers and used by both SiteGround customers and website visitors.
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