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Hybrid Cloud Solution Unveiled By StratoGen

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VMware hosting company StratoGen today announced the launch of its eagerly awaited hybrid cloud solution. Working with VMware, StratoGen are once again first to market with a solution that enables organisations to seamlessly move virtual machines from their own infrastructure into the StratoGen cloud.

For the first time organisations can integrate their in-house VMware infrastructure with that of their virtual datacentre hosted in the StratoGen public cloud. Moving virtual machines back and forth between both environments can be achieved in a single click. By complementing their own virtualised servers with on demand capacity from the StratoGen cloud, organisations can add significant performance and resilience benefits to their IT operations.

The solution is based on technology from VMware including vCloud Director and vCloud Connector.

Mark Lewis, Business Development Manager said “StratoGen have been working with VMware for some time with vCloud Connector and are hugely excited to be the first to offer these features. We are seeing a new generation of cloud user that is fully leveraging cloud capacity and this service is what they have been crying out for. The ability to take a virtual machine running on local hardware and seamlessly push it out onto the StratoGen cloud is amazing.”

Hosted VMware environments from StratoGen take the form of a virtual datacentre with a pool of available resources such as CPU, RAM, storage and firewalls. Organisations can easily build and deploy configurations that mirror their in-house platform, opening up a whole host of possibilities including disaster recovery and load balancing.

Karl Robinson, Managing Director commented “What we are now seeing is the next wave of innovation that will ensure cloud computing is dominant in the coming years. The ability to push workloads between clouds is a reality today and I’m delighted to say that StratoGen have been at the forefront of its development.”

For further information on VMware hosting from StratoGen visit http://www.stratogen.net/products/vmware-hosting.html

StratoGen is a leading VMware hosting company with a worldwide client base and award winning cloud platform. StratoGen hosted VMware products include a 100% uptime service level guarantee.

Next Generation Cloud Hosting Service Launched

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Leading VMware hosting provider StratoGen today announced the launch of a new generation of cloud hosting service based on VMware vCloud Director.  SHARP™ empowers users to create entire virtual datacentres in the cloud complete with firewalls, networks and virtual machines from a simple web based portal.

Karl Robinson, Managing Director said “This is a stunning new service that turns the cloud hosting market upside down. Whilst first generation cloud hosting services have enabled users to build and configure simple virtual machines, the StratoGen SHARP™ platform hands the full power of our cloud infrastructure over to the user in the form of a virtual datacentre. Within their datacentre customers can build routed networks, deploy and configure firewalls with NAT and DHCP, build vApps and of course deploy highly resilient virtual machines on the VMware hypervisor.”

StratoGen are the first major hosting provider to offer services based on VMware vCloud Director.

David Elliott, Technical Director commented “As a VMware partner, StratoGen were lucky enough to be part of the vCloud Director beta program so we have been working with this software for many months. After our own extensive testing program, we have been hugely impressed with the reliability and sheer power of the product. Advanced features include the ability to create VPNs and load balancing solutions using vShield, which you simply can’t do with any other cloud hosting solution.”

Virtual machines built on the platform can scale to 8 CPUs with 96GB RAM and run virtually any operating system. In addition, pre-built virtual appliances from the VMware virtual appliance marketplace are supported.

The StratoGen service also includes the ability to import virtual machines from existing VMware environments, allowing for a seamless migration from private clouds or other hosting services.

For further information on VMware hosting from StratoGen visit http://www.stratogen.net/prodcucts/vmware-hosting.html

To mark its launch, StratoGen are offering a free 15 day trial of the service.

StratoGen is a leading VMware hosting company with a worldwide client base and award winning cloud platform. StratoGen hosted VMware products include a 100% uptime service level guarantee.

Webinar Series: Build Your Own Cloud with VMware vCloud Director

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UK VMware hosting experts StratoGen have announced a series of free Webinar sessions where attendees will be amongst the first to preview VMware vCloud Director in a Public Cloud environment.

vCloud Director enables organisations to build their own virtual datacentre using the infrastructure of the StratoGen VMware hosting platform. Customers can easily deploy the processor, RAM and SAN storage for their applications using a simple web portal. For more complex requirements vCloud director allows clients to build internal networks, VPNs and other network resources with ease.

David Elliott, Technical Director said “vCloud director takes cloud hosting to a new level by empowering organisations to create exactly the virtual data centre they need. By then offering a full suite of tools to create virtual machines, networks and firewalls with a single click, this new platform looks set to revolutionise the market”

The twice weekly webinar sessions will be hosted by StratoGen managing director Karl Robinson (one of CloudHosting.co.uk’s contributing authors), and run throughout December. Organisations can learn how to:

  • Create & secure public cloud networks
  • Deploy & manage cloud servers
  • Turn capex into opex by leveraging StratoGen’s platform

The Webinar Agenda will cover:

  • StratoGen VMware Platform Overview
  • vCloud Director Introduction
  • vCloud Director live demonstration
  • Commercial Model
  • Reseller opportunity
  • Questions

Dates and times for the webinar are:

  • Wednesday, 8 December at 4.00pm (GMT)
  • Thursday, 9 December at 10.00am (GMT)
  • Wednesday, 15 December at 4.00pm (GMT)
  • Thursday, 16 December at 10.00am (GMT)

Space is limited and anyone wishing to attend is advised to reserve their webinar seat now at: http://www.stratogen.net/products/vcdwebinar.html

StratoGen is a leading VMware hosting company offering a range of VMware hosting products with a 100% uptime service level agreement.

StratoGen have invested significant capital into building out a true enterprise class infrastructure that offers clients real business benefits whilst reducing their costs. High uptime, high throughput websites and online applications require resilient & scalable hosting solutions and this is where StratoGen is a market leader.

Further information on StratoGen VMware hosting can be found at http://www.stratogen.net/products/vmware-hosting.html