At any rate (^^), before letting it all out, let me speak to you about the quality of our hosting. And yes, I must profit from the title of this entry :D

First, the quality of our equipment. The most common hosting solutions rely on profiting as much as possible from each server. The best way to do this is to go as cheap as possible - both in rates, and in equipment - by buying large quantities.

You've guessed it, I'm talking about discount hosts. Gandi does not want to go in that direction because that is not a position that is based on the long term, and the durability of our solutions is an integral part of our reputation. We have therefore purchased our hardware from a major global supplier, with whom we have worked for years, and have established as-hoc guarantees that meet our criteria in terms of quality: pay a bit more, but with the knowledge that this give us a bit more guarantees "just in case".

The quality of our platform and our infrastructure is also part of this chain of operation. It has now been 18 (long) months that we have spent working at several sites in order to bring every bit of quality possible to our network and to our hardware. Yes, several mirror sites are in the process of being completed that allow us to protect you against as many incidents as possible, since our technology allows it. We are already in a closed loop on 4 sites, and 2 are done being equipped with servers. Our objective is to have at least 4 access points completed before June 2008.

Finally, the principle quality in our eyes, the service, must be stressed. Even if it has been long-established with regards to domain names, from the word-of-mouth of our clients alone, we have yet to prove ourselves to you with regards to hosting.

You can be assured that our work ethic will remain the same, our spirit identical, and our investment policy will continue to spurn all advertisements and marketing. Our viral force is YOU. It is therefore up to us to exceed your expectations.

This choice is not insignificant: to engaging in advertisements allows us to keep our mojo (sorry, I meant "attention") focused during the period directly AFTER the purchase, and not just BEFORE, which consists of trying to convince you that we are the best choice. A company can rarely do everything: recruit new customers and provide them with an irreproachable level of service. We have made a clear choice, against the current trend of the sectors of activity, and which comes at a cost, notably in terms of rapidity of development. But we believe that we are making the right decision for the long term, which is clearly our objective.

And here we are: Gandi hosting will be released in version BETA, and as a nice surprise, the opening rates will be lower than the final version.

This is because:

- not all the services will be available,

- some processing latencies are still present,

- some servers are still being installed at the various sites.

In addition, we remind you that our hosting service is without engagement of any time, you are free to test and stop your account if you want - the minimum billing period (for the moment) is one day. We have also put in a system to avoid abuse and avoid problems before they occur.

There are only a few days to wait now, we'll let new year's pass, and I promise, we will open the great gates of our new hosting service.

Happy new year!