Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Elastra Corporation, the leading provider of software for designing,
deploying, and managing application infrastructure in public and private
compute clouds, today announced it will showcase the ELASTRA CLOUD
SERVER at the Web 2.0 Expo, April 23-25 at Moscone West, San Francisco.
The ELASTRA CLOUD SERVER enables web-based businesses, SaaS/ISVs and
Enterprise IT organizations to launch and manage sophisticated,
clustered database and application infrastructure systems quickly and
easily in on-demand computing environments such as the Amazon Elastic
Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Companies building applications focus their
resources and time on their core competencies of developing applications
and serving customers – not on infrastructure.
Elastic Computing, powered by ELASTRA’s CLOUD
SERVER On-Demand, allows these businesses to:
Speed time-to-market — design, deploy, scale
and manage clustered, highly-scalable application infrastructure
systems in the cloud in minutes
Lower barriers to entry into new market segments —
segments previously requiring large upfront investments in
infrastructure software and data centers are now more cost-effective
to enter
Better manage cash flow — zero upfront
investment and meter-based pricing means capital expenditures are
replaced by operational expenses, improving cash flow and freeing up
working capital
Handle surges in application demand with ease —
no more wasting resources from over-provisioning infrastructure in
anticipation of spikes in demand or missing revenue opportunities due
to under-provisioning
The ELASTRA CLOUD SERVER revolutionizes the way applications are
designed, deployed and managed in the cloud. Currently available in
controlled production release, the ELASTRA CLOUD SERVER On-Demand will
be made generally available on April 28, 2008.
For additional information, please contact Katie Watson (415/848-2589).
Please visit Elastra at Booth #127 to register for an Apple MacBook Air
give away.
WHEN/WHERE:
Event: 2008 Web 2.0 Expo
Location: Moscone West, San Francisco
Date: April 23-25, 2008
Booth #: 127
About ELASTRA
ELASTRA provides infrastructure software for designing, deploying, and
managing sophisticated application infrastructure in public and private
cloud computing environments. Our products simplify and automate the
complex processes associated with database and application
infrastructure design, deployment and management, while
elastically-scaling complete application systems up and down based on
computing need. For companies building applications ELASTRA removes the
cost, complexity and resource-drain of owning, scaling and managing
databases and the underlying infrastructure, and allows our customers to
realize the true value of cloud computing. For more about ELASTRA, visit
us on the Web at www.elastra.com.