We Have a Winner!
Posted by Blue Box Group about 2 days ago...
It is hard to see in the group shots, so below is a large view of the artwork that won the contest.
Blue Box brings our first East Coast data center online!
Posted by Blue Box Group about 20 days ago...
For the last twelve months, many customers have been asking Blue Box about a timeline for the implementation of an East Coast data center. Besides providing a site for DR capabilities, an East Coast data center improves our ability to serve customers throughout the United States and Europe with lower latency. As of January 16th, 2012, we are happy to announce the public availability of our new data center facility in Ashburn, VA.
The new data center is housed in the state of the art Latisys facility, just outside Washington, DC. The Latisys facility is an SAS-70 Type II certified, Tier III data center. It offers top of the line fire suppression and cooling systems, as well as redundant power providers, generator and battery backup systems. A full list of Latisys facility specifics can be found within this PDF. We are currently hiring more data center engineers for this location, and you can apply here.
What does the new location mean for our customers? It means better bandwidth throughout, lower latency, and more infrastructure options. Ashburn is a major hub of East Coast Internet connectivity. Latisys is strategically located near Amazon, Facebook, and Google data centers with a two millisecond latency between these facilities. This allows BBG customers to use Amazon services as if they were a part of the local infrastructure. The proximity to Facebookâs infrastructure reduces potential communication failures between sites for our social gaming customers. With multiple data center locations, Blue Box now provides more options for redundancy and off-site back-ups, giving customers additional ways to keep their data secure and allowing for increased disaster preparedness.
Blue Box is excited about the opportunities for better connectivity and creative infrastructure solutions the new data center opens up for our customers. It also comprises another step in our quest for world domination. Seattle, New York, Ashburn/Washington, DC, Slovenia...where will we pop up next? Stay tuned!
Blue Box Has Mugs!
Posted by Blue Box Group about about 1 month ago...
Thank you to everyone who has sent us mugs! Trevor will now be able to drink his coffee out of an appropriate container, but there are a lot of other people in the office who drink coffee so keep the mugs coming! Remember you have till January 31st 2012 to send in your craziest mug in order to win an assortment of Seattle goodies (our address is Blue Box Group 119 Pine St, Suite 200, Seattle WA 98101). Here is a sneak peak at what has been sent in so far.
Mug Emergency
Posted by Blue Box Group about about 1 month ago...
Blue Box is in desperate need of new coffee mugs for our new office. Our COO is too cheap to let us buy any. Poor Trevor has been forced to get creative for his morning coffee fix. So we, the staff at Blue Box, are challenging you, our customers, fans, partners and foes to come up with the goofiest, craziest possible (usable) mug you can. Put the internet to work, visit your local thrift store, brave the nearest tourist trap shop... Please mail it to our offices by January 31st, 2012 (our address is Blue Box Group 119 Pine St, Suite 200, Seattle WA 98101). Whomever sends us the goofiest mug will receive an assortment of Seattle goodies and all the entries will be showcased on our blog. Blue Box keeps the mugs so our staff can have dry hands. Do your worst and help Trevor drink his morning coffee in style!
