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Happy Cog Hosting
“Why do you want to offer hosting? Hosting is hard!” We’ve heard quite a bit of that lately from our friends. Hosting is hard, no doubt. And that’s exactly why we want to offer it. 
Happy Cog has relied on external web hosts for well over a decade. We have tried a lot of them, both for our own needs and for those of our clients. Media Temple, a company we have relied on for years, is an example of a company that knows its audience and serves their needs extremely well. They’ve also been (and continue to be) a valued business partner, sponsoring many memorable social events at An Event Apart conferences, as well as historically hosting A List Apart, An Event Apart, happycog.com, and zeldman.com. We love Media Temple and are grateful for the years of great service they’ve provided.
So why exactly are we offering hosting? Why get into a business that requires tremendous patience, extraordinary responsiveness, and technological wizardry? Well, our clients asked us to. And after considering their requests carefully, we came to believe that there was an opportunity to offer something different. Something that serves the needs of a highly specific sliver of the hosting marketplace, and does it in an exemplary way.
So today, we’re thrilled to announce Happy Cog Hosting. Happy Cog Hosting is industrial-strength, LAMP stack hosting for people who don’t want to deal with hosting. It’s VIP service for folks who publish and maintain websites with impressive traffic and high bandwidth demands. We don’t offer feature-rich control panels for self-maintenance, because we do the maintaining for you. Think of it as your hosting concierge service. Want something installed? Call us. Want something optimized? Email us. Want something configured? Text us. However you want to connect, we will accommodate you.
Happy Cog Hosting was designed and built from scratch and is serviced, maintained, and monitored by some of the best people in the business. It’s run by professionals, for professionals. It’s not for everyone, and won’t try to be. It’s not cheap, but it’s worth the price.
We’ll be in public beta through the month of February fine-tuning things. The only way to get on board is to receive an invitation through a friend or colleague, so keep your eyes on Twitter and your email. We also have a nifty incentive program beginning this month that you may be interested in. When you get your invitation code, check the website for all the details.
We hope you like what we have planned.
23 Responses
Want the story of Happy Cog Hosting? Check out #cognition: #hch
Thu, February 03, 2011 2:29:34
Top-tier, concierge-style web hosting. "Just call us." Will be interesting to see how @happycoghosting fares!
Thu, February 03, 2011 2:37:45
Happy Cog entra en el (doloroso) negocio del hosting
Thu, February 03, 2011 2:43:01
Meet @happycoghosting http://cog.gd/fo & for the story read: #hch #cognition
Thu, February 03, 2011 2:43:14
Just launched @happycoghosting: http://cog.gd/fo #Cognition article: I've got magic codes for you. ;) #hch
Thu, February 03, 2011 2:52:17
★ Straight Outa Alpha: The Happy Cog Hosting story.
Thu, February 03, 2011 2:58:02
“VIP service for folks who publish and maintain websites with impressive traffic and high bandwidth demands.” via @zeldman
Thu, February 03, 2011 3:03:46
"It’s not for everyone, and won’t try to be. It’s not cheap, but it’s worth the price". The Happy Cog Hosting story
Thu, February 03, 2011 3:04:30
I'll pay you WHATEVER it costs if it just 'works!
Thu, February 03, 2011 3:13:05
@christianross The backstory is here:
Thu, February 03, 2011 3:22:55
perfect! its like having an admin! cost utilization makes sense for me!
Thu, February 03, 2011 3:24:40
@kempster The backstory is here: Also, check out Cameron Moll's post: http://cog.gd/1l3
Thu, February 03, 2011 3:24:45
@ibuys our backstory may help: Also, sign up for a magic code here: http://cog.gd/1kx #hch
Thu, February 03, 2011 3:45:33
Charging for people's ignorance is all well and good but only when done properly, sadly it's not the case
Thu, February 03, 2011 4:23:23
Industrial-strength hosting from Happy Cog for $799 / month. Strong move, likely formalizing a long-standing hosting policy for existing clients while simultaneously selling their by-products. More →
Thu, February 03, 2011 4:29:26
Happy cog start to do hosting and it's called happy cog hosting
Thu, February 03, 2011 5:49:20
"Hosting is hard, no doubt. And that’s exactly why we want to offer it" Happy Cog Hosting
Fri, February 04, 2011 1:21:25
While so many are ditching client services to make products, @happycog is doing new, harder client services instead
Fri, February 04, 2011 12:03:08
I had issues with @mediatemple. Their mySQL servers are average. Their Twitter support is great though.
Fri, February 04, 2011 1:09:42
"Happy Cog Hosting was designed and built from scratch" So you guys coded your own web servers? Impressive #proveit
Fri, February 04, 2011 1:17:04
So who's the data center partner?? Who's "doing" the support? SW Dev's built world class host/network??? Hmmm...iphouse?
Mon, February 14, 2011 5:37:17
@roberthaverly It's real. And it's not for everyone:
Fri, February 18, 2011 9:11:51
Why do you want to offer hosting?
Sat, April 09, 2011 1:07:44