Hosting.com Partners with VMware to Deliver Cloud Trial Offer

Hosting.com has announced it partnered with VMware to deliver a Cloud trial offer.

 

Hosting.com provides enterprise colocation, cloud computing, dedicated hosting, managed hosting, disaster recovery and business continuance services to a global customer base demanding a high level of security, reliability and responsiveness.

 

Hosting.com officials said that thanks to the pact CloudNine will now be available as a free trial following the launch of VMware vSphere 4.

Officials pointed out that VMware vSphere 4 is the industry's first operating system for building the internal cloud, complementing the robust CloudNine solution, which is built on a standards-based architecture that includes the VMware platform.

CloudNine provides cloud hosting and Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions to companies and organizations across all verticals and segments. CloudNine delivers virtually unlimited computing resources, a redundant infrastructure, outstanding flexibility and easy expandability on the reliable VMware platform.

As part of the VMware vCloud initiative, developers, IT professionals, SMBs and enterprises are invited to experience Cloud Computing firsthand with 30 days of complimentary cloud infrastructure from CloudNine. The cloud environment includes a dedicated pool of unlimited processing, memory, storage and networking resources with server root access, online customer management portal, Windows and Linux OS options and 24x7 technical support. 

"VMware vSphere 4 is not only an exciting launch for VMware, but also for the entire virtualization and cloud computing communities," said Jonathan Erwin, VP of sales and marketing for Hosting.com.

Erwin said that as part of the VMware vCloud initiative, the CloudNine trial offer will increase accessibility to cloud computing and hosting for companies of all sizes.

Hosting.com, as a VMware vCloud service provider, works closely with VMware and other manufacturers to deliver enterprise-level performance and reliability to every customer.

Leveraging the VMware vSphere 4 platform, CloudNine is enterprise-ready and compatible with the applications that matter to businesses of all sizes.

"As part of the VMware vCloud initiative, we are excited to work with Hosting.com to bring cloud services solutions to our customers, and to enable users to easily test drive the cloud with this new free trial," said Dan Chu, vice president, emerging products and solutions, VMware.

Chu said that VMware and Hosting.com will continue to work closely together to deliver private cloud solutions to business customers looking to leverage the cloud while maintaining the service levels, security, and manageability of their internal IT environments.