The Company
SuperBuild is the new breed of Software as a Service. It is used by contractors nationwide for real-time project management and cost estimating. SuperBuild's sophisticated software has up-to-the-minute material costs and integrated vender sources.
The Story
In the spring of 2006, Gerald Baltrusch of SuperBuild was ready to move their innovative online cost estimating system from development to production. He knew that choosing the right Internet Service Provider was critical to the success of his online business. SuperBuild needed great national Internet connectivity and robust, reliable servers. The servers needed to easily handle the constant updating of project and material costs as contractors across the nation used the system.
After investigating local and national providers, Gerald chose ipHouse. The ipHouse data center impressed him. "It is connected with redundancy, and has great cooling, a backup generator and dual zone fire suppression so I don't have to worry. With ipHouse the hosting environment is safe. If you drive over your PC, your project isn't lost. It's still there on the SuperBuild servers managed by ipHouse."
Gerald recognizes the engineering expertise and planning that went into configuring the SuperBuild managed server array. "ipHouse engineered a server solution that can handle the high volume of traffic to our site and the large numbers of projects in our system. When we saw a 10% increase in the number of contractors using SuperBuild in just the first few months of this year, we knew the ipHouse managed servers could easily handle the load."
One of the bonuses Gerald found working with ipHouse was the company's extensive experience working with emerging companies. "You guys understand and know startups. That is your heart." ipHouse engineers have been providing Internet solutions for over 10 years to both new and established companies. Using this experience, ipHouse produced a solution for SuperBuild that was affordable and provided a growth path for future business expansion.
In the last two years, SuperBuild has gone from a software program that needed servers and a data center home to the online Software as a Service business that powers both HGTV's and Home Depot's construction operating systems
Gerald describes his ipHouse services as "a brick house. If people ask me where we're hosted, I refer them to ipHouse."