Cloud in a Box™ brings power and simplicity to the Private Cloud
ScaleMatrix Cloud in a Box™
When companies make their first inquiry into the cloud, they are trying to solve some common problems with traditional IT. Traditional IT is complex; both in terms of management and in terms of procurement. Traditional IT is slow. It can take months to take a product to market. Traditional IT is also expensive in terms of project turn around time, power, cooling and the plethora of hardware devices (from servers to load balancers) needed to remain operational. Every CIO and IT manager will tell you that traditional IT can be a huge headache.
In discussions I have had with many CIOs and IT Managers, solutions that offer a turn-key package that can deployed into service quickly and efficiently are always favored over piece meal solutions. Businesses today want a vertically integrated solution that will achieve all of the benefits discussed above at a reasonable price point. With respect to the Cloud Computing market, a Cloud in a Box™ solution that simplifies the deployment of a Private Cloud hits the spot in terms of rapid deployment and reduced management. This saves cost on all fronts and improves efficiency as well.
ScaleMatrix offers a true Cloud in a Box™ solution, architected from best of breed components, that will bring all of the benefits of Private Cloud in a package that is easy to manage and quick to deploy. Tried and true components such as CA AppLogic, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Brocade Switches, FireTrace Fire Suppression and even a ScaleMatrix Self Contained Rack deliver the performance and stability that is expected industry wide.
The ScaleMatrix Cloud in a Box™ Solution Components
- CA AppLogic is a turnkey cloud computing platform that enables you to quickly provision, deploy, and manage cloud applications and supporting infrastructure. There are even pre-configured AppLogic templates for applications such as Microsoft Sharepoint 2010, Exchange 2010, Server 2003 and 2008, SQL Server, osCommerce, SugarCRM and many more.
- The ScaleMatrix self-contained rack is a self-cooled unit able to be utilized as your entire business infrastructure. It even holds up to 40 servers.
- Dell PowerEdge R410 rack servers offer a powerful two-socket 1U platform that is ideal for compute-intense applications.
- Brocade FCX-624/648 gigabit switches offer enterprise class stackable L2/L3 edge switching with 24 or 48 GbE ports and optional 10 GbE uplinks.
- FireTrace Fire Suppression provides cabinet and machine level fire protection for high value and/or mission critical machinery.
There are three different configurations for the ScaleMatrix Cloud in a Box™ Solution ranging from a dual-socket quad core server with 1TB of hard drive and 16 GB of RAM up to a dual-socket hex-core server with 2x2TB hard drive and 64GB of RAM. These configurations meet even the most demanding of application loads.
Additional options include a 5 year service plan (which extends the standard 3 year service play offered with the Dell Servers), a backup AC Unit for high-availability cooling, Training for the entire platform and even Migration Assistance to the AppLogic platform.
The Private Cloud sector heats up with ScaleMatrix and AppLogic
As mainstream cloud adoption picks up pace, concerns such as security and compliance have spurred growth in the private cloud sector. New offerings in this sector seek to balance the economies of scale that a public cloud can offer with the security and control that a private cloud offers. Whereas the original offerings in the public cloud space were cloud-washed hardware and software products haphazardly thrown together, several firms have introduced well-executed complete solutions that integrate all aspects of cloud infrastructure and scale with the needs of the end-user.
San Diego based ScaleMatrix is one such company that provides a revolutionary new private cloud solution. Built on top of AppLogic technology, the ScaleMatrix private cloud solution takes the virtual private data center concept to the next level, allowing you to deploy cloud services (and their underlying virtual infrastructure) as a single object. This ‘Virtualized Business Service’ approach to private cloud deployment has immense value to end-users in that you can deploy these services in a manner that is fast, redundant, repeatable and scalable.
Instead of a traditional IaaS deployment by components, ScaleMatrix allows you to drag and drop virtual appliances on a ‘grid’, link them together for connectivity and configure auto-scaling of resources. The system also auto-configures the virtual routing, firewalling and load balancing components ensuring that no mistakes are made. Better yet, since the entire Virtualized Business Service is an object, it can be copied and replicated to data centers across the US all within the same GUI. It doesn’t get any easier or more powerful than this.
ScaleMatrix provides you with the infrastructure and hardware and develops a complete solution “from cradle to grave.” ScaleMatrix also offers business continuity by providing grids in any of their data centers. Aside from the many pre-built application objects, you can ‘wrap’ your existing applications and deploy them to the ScaleMatrix private cloud solution for ease of scalability and replication. ScaleMatrix has a private 50,000 sq. ft. main data center in San Diego and 11 other data centers across the US. The proprietary rack design has a 1.3 PUE at a 12kW load. ScaleMatrix can even provide AppLogic training courses in their data center or onsite at your location. Because this is a true private cloud solution, only one customer uses physical resources allocated to them all the way to the switching level.
The ScaleMatrix private cloud solution is an excellent fit for SMBs up through Enterprises, MSPs, VPDCs and any company looking to eliminate capital expenditure in their IT budget and reduce operating expense.
Some of ScaleMatrix’s customers include:
- A large financial firm needing a platform to test a new service that requires high levels of scalability and elasticity without spending millions on hardware and infrastructure related costs. Due to compliance regulations, no resources could be shared with other tenants. This is where a true private cloud solution shines.
- A local MSP needing a complete solution to monetize their AppLogic grid and provide invaluable business and technology services without large hardware and infrastructure acquisition costs. ScaleMatrix is even developing an ‘App Store’ that MSPs can deploy with on-demand applications ready to be dragged and dropped into their clients’ AppLogic environments. This is cutting edge.
- A telco provider needing a scalable and elastic solution for providing value added services like backup and webmail to their customers.
- A local business wanting to do away with a server room and move to a solution where they could deploy their applications and scale as needed.
Head on over to the ScaleMatrix site (http://www.scalematrix.com/private-cloudinfluence/)to learn more about this revolutionary new Public Cloud Solution.
The VMware Guy – VMware’s 5 Steps to Cloud Computing
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Recently, VMware’s Channel Chief shared how VMware will bring solution providers into the fold to deliver and deploy Cloud Computing solutions for their clients. He outlined a 5 step process to get solution providers immersed in the technologies behind Cloud computing and transform their businesses in the process.
Step 1: Deploy a private cloud that allows a business to deliver IT as a service to internal users.
Step 2: Deploy a public cloud that allows a company to deliver IT as a services to external customers.
Step 3: Bridge the gap between enterprise users’ private cloud and public clouds offered by large providers such as Amazon.
Step 4: Get into the business of providing public clouds to existing customers.
Step 5: Build SaaS infrastructures that can be sold to Data Center customers.
VMware will be engaging solution providers to build competencies that allow them to deliver more cloud based services to their customers. All in all, the idea is to bridge the gap between solution providers and the large-scale public cloud providers. In what appears to be a play for only a few huge cloud vendors (such as Amazon), solution providers hold the key to developing infrastructures that will solve customer issues and ride on the backbone of the large cloud providers.
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