Posts Tagged ‘cloud servers’

Hostway Names Gordon Henry Executive Vice President and General Manager

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Gordon Henry has joined Hostway as executive vice president and general manager.  Hostway is a leader in the global Web and cloud hosting services.  They are one of the driving factors behind cloud servers and cloud security.  Henry is a veteran of the online search and local advertising industry.

“We are excited to have Gordon join the Hostway team,” said Lucas Roh, CEO and co-founder of Hostway Corporation. “His experience in marketing to, selling to and understanding the needs of the small- and medium-sized business customer is unparalleled. He is a great fit to help lead our efforts in this area. We expect that he will expand our penetration among SMBs, grow the variety of Web hosting and online services we provide and further build our brand.”

Read New Hostway Member Article

VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: 0 (from 0 votes)

William Toll thoughts on CLOUD EXPO 2010

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Cloud Expo 2010 was held at the Javits convention center in NYC earlier this week.  The event was attended with vendors and enterprise corporate IT teams coming from around the world to talk about cloud servers, cloud computing, and cloud hosting.

Toll stated” I had great conversations with many corporate IT personnel that were either just starting their cloud research or just wrapping it up and writing recommendations for their path forward.  It struck me that there seems to be several categories that predict an enterprises current propensity to move to the cloud.”

He talks all about the rapidly maturing and solidifying cloud space and how it’s going to affect all of us.  Cloud servers will make it cheaper for enterprise businesses to go out and get cheaper cloud hosting.  This cheap enterprise cloud hosting will help save the earth and save large enterprise business host their websites and not spend as much.

“While the big public clouds – ie. clouds that anyone with a credit card can signup for, have done a wonderful job at demonstrating the power, flexibility and appropriateness of the cloud – these public clouds are not seen as a good home or final resting place for enterprise IT applications” stated Toll about IT cloud infestructure.  Later stating “Corporate IT understands the complexity of the cloud service provider’s infrastructure – and is looking for a cloud provider that can guarantee a level of security, reliability and customization that a full managed cloud services environment can provide.  A single VM or cloud server is not what corporate IT is looking for.”

Read his Full Cloud Expo Recap Here

VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: 0 (from 0 votes)

Opportunity In The Cloud

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

“MSPs that have already adjusted from the big pops they used to get on projects and products are ready and willing to leverage the cloud; they are used to the recurring revenue model,” says Jason Beal. “But for those VARs that are still selling on projects and products, there is going to be some short-term pain as they move to the recurring revenue model that comes with the cloud. But they have to adjust. And in the long run, they will make more money.”

Beal adds that many VARs are still struggling with the sales pitch for cloud because they don’t know how to talk about it in terms of solutions rather than “cloud computing.”  Cloud servers will help in the long run.

“If anything, these solutions can be more complex and more confusing, and there is a lot of heavy lifting involved in fully utilizing the solutions. That is the role of the VAR,” says Justin Crotty, VP of services at Ingram Micro.

Listen to Jason Beal’s advice on selling cloud-delivered solutions.

Listen to Justin Crotty talk about successfully adding cloud-based solutions to your IT line card.

Read Full Cloud Opportunity Article

VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
VN:F [1.9.22_1171]
Rating: 0 (from 0 votes)

Call us at 801.384.0032