June 28, 2010 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) –
SoftLayer Technologies, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced the launch of Build Your Own Cloud, a new addition to its leading CloudLayerTM family of cloud services. Build Your Own Cloud lets customers create customized cloud servers to gain greater application performance, cost efficiency, and availability.
Key benefits include:
- Customized CPU, RAM, and storage configurations
- No fixed resource packages
- Increased flexibility for scaling or modifying solution
- Simple, easy-to-use ordering through web or portal
"Build Your Own Cloud exemplifies our vision for giving customers control over every aspect of their computing environment,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer for SoftLayer. “We are leading the industry with this level of customization for cloud computing. It brings to market the advantages of a cloud server with the opportunity to tailor system architecture and design like you would a dedicated server."
"Customers can then connect the device or disk as an iSCSI target to any server or computing instance in their network, and remotely control their own data transfer," said Brad Lewis, Hardware Solutions Manager for SoftLayer. "They can move the volume between the computing units in their environment without the downtime that would come from physically moving the device or disk from server to server."
Previously, service providers have only offered fixed cloud server sizes or configurations. This made cloud solutions less efficient options for administrators wanting to optimize a server for the applications it would run (every application requires a different ratio of CPU power, memory, or storage for best performance).
"This potent mix of attributes - customizable cloud instances within a hybrid, highly automated public cloud environment - proves SoftLayer unique across the industry," said Paul Burns, President of IT analyst firm Neovise. "CloudLayer has been an extremely compelling offering for enterprise IT, SaaS vendors, online gaming providers, and anyone else that wants to go beyond test and development. This new ability to personalize the size and price of cloud servers can benefit every SoftLayer customer."
Neovise’s full report on Build Your Own Cloud can be downloaded at www.softlayer.com/byoc.
About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution.
