[May 22, 2012] Marine Resources Group Deploys Virtustream xStream Tweet May 22, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Virtustream, Inc., a cloud solutions provider, announced that Marine Resources Group (MRG), a maritime service company in the United States, has deployed Virtustream's xStream enterprise cloud solution to drive profitability and maintain its competitive edge in the marine services market. MRG, located in Seattle, Wash., was established by Saltchuk Resources, a global transportation, real estate and energy firm, as a holding company for investments in tug, barge and ancillary marine service companies. MRG has a coastal tug and barge fleet in the United States offering the broadest range of services including contract towing, harbor services, liner and barge operations and vessel repair and construction. According to a release, Marine Resources Group sought a cloud service provider with operational experience in both SAP and non-SAP specific applications that could provide the cloud managed services required to run their mission critical enterprise systems. MRG has moved their production SAP systems onto Virtustream's xStream platform, as well as additional back office applications including Taxware, for sales tax calculations, Markview, a digital imaging solution and Mowego, a mobile app server amongst others. "We knew we needed to take advantage of the cloud in order to effectively deliver our enterprise business applications around the world and we found the xStream platform was the only solution available today that provided us with the right combination of performance, security and service worthy of our enterprise class requirements," said Bob Hoover, Director of Enterprise Information Systems at MRG. "We can now gain the benefits of the cloud, both in our infrastructure and applications, which in turn helps us meet the high standards our internal and external customers require. In addition we can keep a lid on growing sustainment costs and re-direct those dollars to delivering value to the business." xStream is a cloud solution which uses VM (Micro-VM) technology to provide efficiency that extends significantly beyond traditional virtualization and enables a truly consumption based pricing model. The xStream platform supports complex enterprise IT systems, providing companies with a secure cloud environment built from the ground up for enterprise applications. Marine Resources Group owns and manages tug, barge and ancillary marine service companies with worldwide operations. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]