4 Cloud Hosting Options to Consider

July 7th, 2011 By: Tavis J. Hampton

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It is difficult to read any technology news or visit a web hosting news website and not see articles about cloud computing, cloud hosting, or simply “the cloud”.  All are essentially referring to the same phenomenon, and all highlight the growing trend in the server world toward cloud hosting.

There are many reasons why a business, government organization, or non-profit might decide to aim for the cloud, the least of which is because it is popular.  It has financial and technical benefits that make it appealing, but even after you decide to enter the cloud, there are many options you should consider.

1. SaaS (Software as a Service) – Like the term “cloud”, SaaS gets thrown around a lot in hosting discussions.  As the name implies, the customer pays a subscription fee to use software hosted by the service provider.  The server hardware and the software itself remain the property of the host.

2. Cloud Application Platform – In this scenario, the service provider lays the foundation for the software but does not provide the software itself.  This is very similar to traditional managed server hosting models.  The key difference is that the service provider will often cater the platform to meet the specific development needs of the customer.

3. Open Cloud – Using free and open source software, this option allows the customer to build his own cloud or develop his application framework within the open source cloud offered by the service provider.  In some ways, the service is no different from option 1 and 2, but the main difference is that the customer maintains control, even if the contract is terminated, because the platform is completely open.

4. Private Cloud – This option is difficult to distinguish from traditional hosting since the customer is essentially running a dedicated server.  The software and services offered are usually on par with other cloud services, and in some cases, the service provider may manage the server, even if it is located locally on the customer’s premises.

 
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Top 50 Cloud Computing Services Highlighted in New Report

By Justin Lee,June 15, 2011

A screenshot of the Talkin' Cloud 50 Report page

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Nine Lives Media (http://www.ninelivesmediainc.com/) announced on Tuesday it has released the Talkin' Cloud 50 report, which recognizes the top companies building and offering cloud services for their customers.

The Talkin' Cloud 50's top 10 companies are OpSource, Apptix, mindSHIFT Technologies, iland Internet Solutions, Alliance Technology Group, Anittel Group Limited, HEIT, NetBoundary, MySecureCloud, and Excel Micro.

The report also profiles cloud aggregators, cloud brokers and cloud services providers. The report is based on data from Talkin' Cloud’s online survey, conducted in March.

The Talkin' Cloud report recognizes top VARs and MSPs in the cloud based on cloud-centric revenues, applications offered, users supported, and additional variables.

Nine Lives Media said it hopes that the "Talkin' Cloud 50 results and company profiles will convince skeptics that cloud computing is more than hype."

The survey says that Talkin' Cloud 50 companies generated $321 million in annual cloud revenues for 2010, up 47 percent from $218 million in 2009.

The average annual cloud revenues among the Talkin' Cloud 50 increased by 47 percent from 2009 to 2010 to generate more than $6 million.

Sixty-eight percent of the companies offer infrastructure as a service, 42 percent offer platform as a service, and 74 percent offer software as a service.

The report also covers specific segment areas such as hosted/SaaS email, virtual servers in the cloud, storage as a service, security as a service, and hosted unified communications.

The most popular cloud partners included VMware, Microsoft BPOS/Office 365, Google Apps, Zenith Infotech, Amazon Simple Storage Service, Rackspace, Intermedia and Ingram Micro Services.

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IX Web Hosting Launches New Cloud Hosting Services

By Justin Lee, January 27, 2011

A diagram on IX Web Hosting's website that describes the nature of the cloud

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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider IX Web Hosting (www.ixwebhosting.com) announced on Thursday it has officially launched its cloud platform to the market with the introduction of both public and private cloud hosting plans.

These plans introduce greater scalability and reliability for IX Web Hosting by using a true cloud infrastructure.
IX Web Hosting says it hopes the new cloud plans will help to significantly grow this sector of its business within the next six months.
The cloud plans have been designed for a number of different infrastructural environments and use-intents, but the same goals are met globally.
The company placed particular emphasis on the customer's ability to completely customize plan in its design, from the operating system to the amount of memory.
IX Web Hosting offers its public cloud with a comparatively affordable, highly scalable, user-friendly approach that appears more focused on bringing the cloud down to users new to the technology without any sacrifice.
"This is a the next generation of the old-faithful dedicated server," says Rick Gideon, IX Web Hosting's VP of system operations. "Powered by the same enterprise-grade equipment and software as our private cloud products, our public cloud solution is an 'out of the box' virtual server with dedicated resources that is able to host all sorts of applications including web servers, email and exchange servers, game applications, merchant processing and more. It has all of the core functionality of a traditional dedicated server, but without the downfalls of a stand-alone box because it benefits from the integrity and redundancy aspects inherit with the cloud. It's the best option for anyone who wants a self-administered, enterprise-grade solution on the web."
Instead of taking its current infrastructure and virtualizing it, IX purchased entirely new hardware optimized for virtualized environments which comprised of a multi-million dollar blade and SAN setup powered by Citrix.
Its lineup now includes two customizable cloud plans with features suitable for Small Businesses all the way up to enterprise level. Both plans are 100 percent scalable and include a user-friendly "slider" approach to all features.
IX's private cloud is designed for organizations that can benefit from both inter- and intranet cloud services, providing a development environment for an IT team on the cloud.
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