Blue Box, a leading managed
cloud infrastructure provider, today announced the
kickoff of its early adopter program for OpenStack Hosted Private Cloud. This
latest offering from Blue Box will enable customers to focus on building and
deploying their applications, while Blue Box manages the underlying OpenStack
infrastructure, providing unequaled security, control and performance of
dedicated hardware.
"Even for the most advanced IT
teams, OpenStack can be a challenge to deploy and a burden to manage and
operate. Because of these hurdles, we've experienced a rapid rise in interest
from companies looking for a smoother path to an open source private cloud,"
said Jesse Proudman, founder and CEO of Blue Box. "Companies adopting OpenStack
can empower both developers and IT teams to spend more time innovating and less
time managing their IT resources."
Big Fish, the world's largest
producer of casual games, turned to Blue Box to assist in building out a cloud
infrastructure built on OpenStack. Blue Box quickly delivered the gaming giant
an OpenStack Hosted Private Cloud, which is used by over five hundred worldwide
developer partners.
"Big Fish Games had a unique set of requirements with our
first OpenStack deployment. We needed a vendor who demonstrated technical
expertise in building and supporting cloud infrastructures on OpenStack, while
keeping pace with our often changing technical requirements," said Paul Farrall,
Vice President of Operations at Big Fish. "We selected Blue Box because they
consistently demonstrated their expertise in these areas and their ability to
quickly adapt to our requirements. We are delighted with the experience so far
and expect much success in the future with Blue Box."
Participants in the Early
Adopter Program will be in the company of Big Fish Games and other enterprises
as one of the first to experience Blue Box's OpenStack Hosted Private Cloud,
with key benefits including:
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A
platform that manages OpenStack orchestration, including monitoring and release
management
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Powerful
compute, storage, and networking APIs with self-service
tools
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A
secure, web-based, OpenStack Dashboard
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Enterprise
security for compliance oriented workloads including HIPAA and
PCI
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Hands
on, managed support to ensure applications are up and running
24/7/365
To learn more about the
OpenStack Hosted Private Cloud Early Adopter Program, visit
www.bluebox.net/products/openstack-private-cloud/openstack-early-adopters-program.