WordCamp San Francisco 2010 » hosting

Are You Ready to Party?

wordcamp — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:43:39 +0000

(mt) Media Temple was an early adopter in supporting WordPress as the world’s best blogging platform, and is proud to be a returning sponsor at the 2010 WordCamp in San Francisco!

We’re returning this year in a more suitable role for the (mt) brand as the Closing Party Sponsor… and we love to party. In the spirit of the community, we’ll giving out some extra special treats at the party!! This is not your usual shwag; we’re talking an iPad or two and several lifetime hosting packages so come early and stay late!

We’re looking forward to seeing you at WordCamp!

Party Down with Media Temple!

Jane Wells — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:05:42 +0000

Media Temple has been a sponsor of WordCamp San Francisco before, but this year they chose to focus their sponsorship on the afterparty. Their generous platinum sponsorship will provide for the open bar and a dancetastic DJ, and I fully expect it to live up the parties they’ve sponsored at other industry events. Frankly, the afterparty alone is probably worth the cost of a WordCamp ticket (seriously, with drink prices in this town?). And it does look like there might be a couple of iPads getting raffled off, so keep your eyes and ears open for more information about that.

Media Temple is a solid hosting company that offers a one-click install for WordPress sites, as well as more advanced WordPress hosting options. They sponsored the newbie track at WordCamp NYC last year, and I’ve used them for hosting myself. I hear they’re branching out into the cloud hosting space, so check out their site for their range of WordPress hosting products. A handful of Media Temple folks will be attending WordCamp SF, so if you see one them, say hello, and be sure to thank them in advance for the party. Because let’s face it, after taking advantage of the open bar and riding the high of the social wave that will be in effect, you might forget later on in the night. :)

Note: the afterparty will require a name badge for entry.

Thank You, Layered Tech!

Jane Wells — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:51:11 +0000

Layered Tech, one of the companies that provides hosting for WordPress.com, signed on as a platinum sponsor to show their support for WordPress and the WordPress community. Located in Texas, the same state in which WordPress was born, Layered Tech helps thousands of businesses with hosted infrastructure in secure, top-tier data centers. The official spiel, since I’m not all that technical: “By providing high-quality technology, infrastructure and relentless support, Layered Tech enables its customers to reduce capital expenses, save on operating costs and focus on their core business issues. From advanced virtualization and cloud computing to managed dedicated servers, Layered Tech delivers superior hosting value so you can manage your success.”

Also? I think they’re going to raffle off an iPad at the afterparty. :)

Thanks, Page.ly!

Jane Wells — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:20:19 +0000

The very first person who said he wanted to sponsor WordCamp SF this year was Josh Strebel of Page.ly. I met him at WordCamp Boston when we were on a panel together, and then met his wife and business partner Sally Strebel at South by Southwest, where she helped out at the WordPress BBQ event. Unlike our other hosting sponsors, Page.ly only hosts WordPress sites, and they have partnerships with a number of commercially supported themes and plugins to make it easy to have a fully customized site. Coming in as a silver sponsor, Page.ly has some groovy stickers that you’ll find in your shwag bag, and I would not be surprised if they wind up surreptitiously handing out some t-shirts to enthusiastic attendees. They even bought a couple of extra tickets to give away to their customers. That’s loyalty. Thanks, Page.ly!

Thank You: InMotion Hosting

Jane Wells — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:53:50 +0000

When we first put out the call for WordCamp San Francisco sponsorship earlier this year, a lot of companies were interested, but the first one to show us the money was InMotion Hosting. InMotion sponsored WordCamps in Los Angeles and Huntsville (AL) in 2009, so they are no stranger to the WordPress community. As a Silver sponsor, InMotion Hosting is helping to cover the expenses of what promises to be the best WordCamp of the year. They’ll be sending representatives to the event, so if you see anyone from InMotion (you’ll see it on their name badge), be sure to say hello and thanks for their support. Without the support of companies like InMotion, your ticket prices would have been much higher. So why are they sponsoring us? Because they host WordPress sites, and want you to know how awesome they are, of course.

The official stuff:
InMotion Hosting has been offering business class web hosting services since 2001. From its inception, InMotion Hosting has focused on providing industry-leading technical support and quality of service. InMotion Hosting offers 24×7 U.S. based technical support, automated WordPress installation through Fantastico, a choice of datacenter locations and a 90-day money back guarantee. InMotion Hosting operates two office locations; Los Angeles, CA and Virginia Beach, VA.

So, thank you, InMotion Hosting, for stepping up early to sponsor WordCamp SF and be part of our community’s flagship WordCamp this May!

Are you interested in sponsoring WordCamp SF? It’s not too late; check out the details.