Peak 10, Inc., the leading independent data center operator and managed services provider, announced the deployment of VMware’s vSphere 4 platform as an enhancement to its robust virtualization services infrastructure. vSphere 4 further enables Peak 10 customers to implement internal cloud computing environments with access to external cloud resources, while maintaining a high level of security and integrity.
The platform solidifies Peak 10’s end-to-end infrastructure, offering customers pools of virtualized resources that federate between on and off-premise environments on-demand and with ease. Both large and small organizations can achieve the primary benefits of cloud computing, as vSphere delivers high levels of application availability, lowered cost per application workload, and increased management tools.
“IT teams face increasing pressure to implement more cost-effective solutions for their IT infrastructures, and because we have always offered technology solutions for business problems, vSphere 4 helps us better support their goal,” said Monty Blight, the vice president of managed services at Peak 10. “Our strong focus on the security and availability of customers’ IT environments makes the vSphere 4 platform a complement to our virtualization portfolio. Many customers have strongly expressed their reluctance to re-develop their applications for the cloud, and vSphere 4 eliminates that issue. They can begin utilizing our secure, private cloud to cost-effectively leverage virtualized resources, while maintaining the integrity of their mission-critical data and applications.”
Peak 10’s deployment of VMware’s vSphere 4 platform, provides its customers with enhanced physical features for operational efficiency including twice as many virtual processors per virtual machine (VM), four times the memory, three-times increase in network throughput, and additional SAN tiers available for high-end databases. In addition, Peak 10 private cloud customers will be able to utilize vSphere upgrade checks, virtualization health checks, capacity planning, dedicated resource pools, integrated VirtualDR services, dedicated and managed clusters, and hosted VMs.
Peak 10's managed IT and data center services improve performance, reliability, lower costs and maximize internal resources for customers while keeping their valuable information technology assets close to the business. The company combines its secure, private network and enterprise-class data centers with world-class engineering and support to serve market-leading companies nationwide. As a managed services leader, Peak 10 offers a wide range of technology services including virtualization, full service hosting, and cloud-based services in a cost-efficient and reliable platform for its customers. The company owns and operates data centers in nine key markets that include Cincinnati, Ohio; Atlanta, Ga.; Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C.; Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla.; Nashville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; and Richmond, Va.