Archive for July, 2010

OpSource Partner Ecosystem

Monday, July 19th, 2010

OpSource announced the OpSource Partner Ecosystem, a comprehensive new program designed to enable integrators, developers, ISVs, cloud platform companies and telecom providers to offer integrated solutions for their joint customers. OpSource’s unique offerings address the needs for high security, control, performance and ease of integration.

OpSource said in a statement that more than 50% of its revenue will come from the Partner Ecosystem channel.  The OpSource Partner Ecosystem will speed enterprise adoption of cloud hosting by reducing the burden of integration, shortening time to market for new services, and lowering the total cost of implementation and ownership for both partners and customers. This will help companies thinking of switching to cloud servers to switch faster, and get the best option available to them. Cloud hosting is going to be huge.

“For the enterprise cloud to realize mass adoption, companies must recognize the importance of the channel,” said Antonio Piraino, Vice President and Research Director, Tier1 Research. “The majority of hardware and software is delivered through the channel today as part of larger solutions, but until now very few in the hosting space have acknowledged this simple fact. Companies that recognize the power of the channel and build their businesses around it will gain significant business advantages.”

  • Consulting and Development: OpSource’s Consulting and Development Partners provide professional services, integration and software development services to their enterprise and SaaS ISV customers. Partners include Montclair Advisors, Scio and Surge.
  • Cloud Platform: OpSource’s Cloud Platform Partners provide software, hardware and Platform-as-a-Service solutions that enable end users to more effectively test, develop, integrate, monitor, manage, analyze and secure cloud infrastructure and cloud applications. Partners include Apprenda, AppZero and Zuora.
  • Infrastructure: OpSource’s Infrastructure Partners provide best-in-class solutions that power the OpSource Cloud and Managed Hosting Platforms. Partners include Gomez, Oracle and VMware.
  • Telecom: OpSource’s Telecom Partners provide voice, data, ICT and managed services solutions to enterprise customer. For our Telecom Partners, cloud hosting represents an important component to their overall solutions portfolio. These partners are typically involved at all stages of development and launch and resell OpSource solutions. Partners include NTT America and NTT Europe.
  • Distribution: OpSource’s Distribution Partners resell cloud or managed hosting services as part of their distribution, VAR, agent, systems integration and outsourced solutions. These partners resell OpSource solutions. Partners include Cloud 49 and Healthcare Practice IT.

“As cloud computing continues gaining traction with enterprise customers, cloud services and managed hosting providers like OpSource have quickly responded to customers’ needs for security, portability and web application performance management,” said Tom Meusel, Vice President of Worldwide Channels, Gomez, the Web Performance Division of Compuware. “As innovators in this rapidly growing marketplace, we’re helping to advance cloud performance for companies of all sizes.”

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Who will be at HostingCon?

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Here is a list of companies (some cloud hosting companies) will be at HostingCon 2010.  Below is a list of companies that will be exhibiting and here is the map of HostingCon 2010.  We will be at HostingCon to chat with all our great viewers and hosting companies that we report about.  Send us an email at info@bestcloudserver.com with all your contact info and I’ll give you a call and we can meet up.

HostingCon Registration – On-Site and Online

To register online, visit the HostingCon 2010 Registration page.

To register at the door, simply visit the registration desk within the Austin Convention Center during any of the following registration dates and times:

  • Sunday, July 18: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
  • Monday, July 19: 8:00am – 5:00pm
  • Tuesday, July 20: 7:30am – 6:00pm
  • Wednesday, July 21: 8:00am – 4:00pm

You can register on-site using credit card, cash, or check. All major credit cards and PayPal are accepted if you register online today!

The registration desk is located in the 4th Level Foyer of the Austin Convention Center facility, just outside the keynote and luncheon rooms. You will see signs directing you to the registration desk at multiple points throughout the Austin Convention Center.

Exhibit Hall Hours

The exhibit hall is open during the following times:

  • Tuesday, July 20: 11:00am – 6:30pm
  • Wednesday, July 21: 11:00am – 4:00pm

Twitter at HostingCon 2010

The official Twitter hashtag for HostingCon 2010 is #HostingCon. Be sure to use it! We’ll have a live Twitter feed up on the TV monitors outside the registration/keynote and session areas so you can keep up with the latest commentary from the show.

mbers of the HostingCon event staff will be posting updates to Twitter from the conference, so be sure to follow @HostingCon to keep up with official announcements and useful information. You can also @ or DM HostingCon from the show with anything you’d like the event staff to know.

Exhibitors at HostingCon 2010

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Black Lotus Communications
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Cloudmark
Cloudmark
GOLD SPONSOR
#516
#442
#229
#141
#431
#316
#140
#315
#533
eNom
eNom
GOLD SPONSOR
#133
Equinix
Equinix
GOLD SPONSOR
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#125
GlobalSign
GlobalSign
SILVER SPONSOR
#212
Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard
GOLD SPONSOR
#120
Host Review
Host Review
MEDIA PARTNER
#113
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#527
#117
#435
Mezeo Software
Mezeo Software
SILVER SPONSOR
#337
Microsoft
Microsoft
PLATINUM SPONSOR
#112
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Parallels
Parallels
PLATINUM SPONSOR
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Purity Networks
Purity Networks
SILVER SPONSOR
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#530
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Realtime Register
Realtime Register
SILVER SPONSOR
#234
#419
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#526
#127
SoftLayer
SoftLayer
GOLD SPONSOR
#213
SpamExperts B.V.
SpamExperts B.V.
GOLD SPONSOR
#220
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The Hosting News
The Hosting News
MEDIA PARTNER
#514
The Planet
The Planet
SILVER SPONSOR
#124
Tophosts.com
Tophosts.com
MEDIA PARTNER
#330
Trustwave
Trustwave
GOLD SPONSOR
#301
#317
VeriSign Partner Program
VeriSign Partner Program
PLATINUM SPONSOR
#518
#329
Web Host Industry Review
#600
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Azure Cloud Server Appeals To VARs

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Microsoft announced the Windows Azure cloud computing appliance at this week’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington, D.C. The first iteration of Azure in a box, as some are now calling the appliance, is meant for large companies that aren’t comfortable putting data in a public cloud. But it will be more useful to VARs once it’s scaled down for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

“Over time, we will make it both bigger and smaller,” Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft’s server and tools business, said at the WPC. Microsoft says that there are currently 10,000 customers using Azure, according to SearchITChannel.com. Microsoft did not give details on pricing or a release date for the Azure cloud computing appliance at the WPC.

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