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Terremark Cloud Hosting Review

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
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Overview:

Terremark Worldwide  is globally recognized as key player in the cloud hosting industry and boasts the most robust andadvanced cloud operations platform. It has planted data centers in the US, Europe, and South America in addition totapping into the network connectivity of more than 160 carriers. In short, it offers serious IT solutions (managed hosting, colocation, cloud computing, network and security services, etc.) to some serious clientele (e.g. government entities, enterprise companies, etc.).

Company Features:

  • SAS 70 Type II Certified
  • Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
  • Industry Solutions For Enterprise, Government, Interactive Entertainment, and Web 2.0 clients as well as Carriers
  • On-Net Marketplace
  • Investor and Partnership Opportunities

Cloud Features:

  • Product 1: vCloud Express
    • Pay-as-you-go fee structure
    • vCloud API Compatible
    • Rapid Deployment (requiring “a few minutes and a credit card”)
    • Scalable Development Platform
  • Product 2: Enterprise Cloud
    • Dedicated Resource Pools
    • Integration with Private Networks
    • Complete Security Suite
    • Physical Device Integration

Summary: Other Terremark services include:

  • Colocation Services
  • Network/Connectivity Services
  • Interactive Entertainment
  • Security Services
  • Advanced Data Services

Terremark’s products are tested and proven, tailored specifically for demanding clientele. Downside: where are the price tags? Rates aren’t listed in an upfront format, which is initially discouraging, but Terremark does state that its goal is to find a solution that “fits your needs and budget.” Take from that what you will.

Reliability and Uptime:
Promise of continual, uninterrupted uptime. With a total of 12 data centers across the globe, it certainly has the resources to maintain a fail-proof redundant infrastructure.

Customer Support:
All access, knowledgeable support specially assigned to your service.


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HP Cloud Hosting News

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Hewlett-Packard is set Wednesday(today) to announce LoadRunner in the Cloud, a new application performance testing suite running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Rather than deliver an application that performs a specific function, and creates a set of data stored on a server, HP’s pushing the idea of using data already in the cloud as a way to offer IT as a service. So instead of getting the IT department to write an application for human resources, the IT department shows someone in HR the types of data he can access and builds a service around that.

I want to hear more about how HP is helping design software and workloads optimized for the cloud, and how it plans to limit who can access the data that’s stored in the cloud while managing how that data is used.  HP, do you have any answers?

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Music in the Cloud

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Apple is building a $1 billion data center in a 500,000 sq. foot building in North Carolina to house a massive amount of servers. What’s the servers for?  Well, Apple isn’t saying. But cloud storage is a definite possibility. Do you think that this is for cloud storage?

Why 2010 will be the year of  music in the cloud
Dvice reports “Today mSpot launches a private beta of a cloud music service of its own, this one aimed at smartphone users. It’s not as complete an experience as Lala (there’s no way to listen to songs you don’t have), but it’s made to stream to Android (and, later, BlackBerry) phones over 3G networks — a huge step in cloud music. That’s miles ahead of MySpace Music and its rather cumbersome, ad-supported interface or Spotify, which has been limited in the U.S. due to copyright restrictions.”
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