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Monday, April 23rd, 2012 by Michael Sheehan
When you purchase a car, you obviously think a lot about its performance before you buy. How much horsepower does it have? Is the car safe? How does it handle? Is the gas mileage going to break the bank or will you be saving the environment? Is the vehicle flexible enough to meet all your needs or just suitable for one activity like off-roading?
When you think about cloud computing, specifically cloud infrastructure, performance matters as well. And there are many factors to consider when shopping for a cloud provider or partner. How’s their VM performance? Does their network provide multiple high-bandwidth pipes to support your network-hungry application or service? Are there any I/O bottlenecks? If your website comes under heavy load, can you burst to support it and then scale back when demand subsides?
These are important considerations. Would you want a car that has no acceleration when getting on a highway? Probably not. That’s the same reason you wouldn’t want a cloud that is over-subscribed or doesn’t have the architecture to support your business needs.
Speaking of “performance,” this is our third year sponsoring the Under the Radar (UTR) conference and marks the second year that our CMO, Jeffrey Samuels, being a judge there. This year, Jeff will be on the panel for the Performance Monitoring session. Here are the companies presenting in this session:
- Fabric Engine – lets developers write high-performance application using dynamic languages
- Iron.io – provides elastic products for cloud messaging and background processing
- Sumo Logic – gives real-time Big Data and IT insights of log intelligence and analytics
- Tracelytics – provides insights into the performance of web applications
(more…) «Revving Up Your Engines in the Cloud – Performance Counts! GoGrid Judging at Under the Radar 2012»
Tags: cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud infrastructure, conference, event, I/O, IaaS, network, performance, SLA, Under The Radar, UTR
Posted in Cloud Computing, Events, General, GoGrid, Hosting, Hybrid Hosting, Private Cloud, Public Cloud | No Comments »
Friday, March 9th, 2012 by Michael Sheehan
From February 13-16, 2012, in Santa Clara, CA, GoGrid sponsored Cloud Connect 2012, an expo devoted to educating professional seeking to learn more about the benefits of Cloud Computing. We have been a long time sponsor of this show and each year it seems to get better, not only from the caliber of content being presented, but also in terms of the level of expertise on cloud computing that attendees profess.
As I attend many of these conferences as a sponsor, exhibitor and interested party, I have seen a great evolution not only of knowledge and education but also in the cloud services being presented by various companies at the show. A few years ago, it was all about “what is cloud” and how do we define it. The past years have allowed us to really fine-tune the definition and really move beyond this to rolling up the sleeves and implementing cloud solutions. I’m definitely encouraged by the progress of companies with their cloud innovations and the individuals looking to capitalize on this influx of knowledge.
Talking with customers and prospects looking for or implementing cloud infrastructure solutions gives and insight into what is working in the cloud and what people are really looking for. For example, a few years ago, we introduced the concept of Hybrid Hosting – the ability to mix and match virtual and physical servers within the same architecture, all managed through a single pane of glass, so to speak. In fact, many of our recent Case Studies show that hybrid environments are really the reason why these companies turned to GoGrid for their cloud solution.
GoGrid Customer Presentation – Microgroove
(more…) «Thanks to All Who Attended Cloud Connect 2012»
Tags: cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Connect Event, Exchange, expo, Hybrid Hosting, Hybrid Infrastructure, IaaS, Microgroove, Partners, Party, photos, Trade Show
Posted in Cloud Computing, Events, General, GoGrid, Hosting, Hybrid Hosting, Industry, Partners, Presentation, Private Cloud, Public Cloud | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 by Kole Hicks
Every day I talk with customers about the benefits of cloud computing—everything from faster provisioning of resources, to reduced management overhead, to flexible workload management. The benefits are becoming well-known; however, when it comes to managing an IT budget, these benefits can also present a challenge. Unlike virtual compute, network, and storage resources, budgets aren’t elastic. Your company’s CFO doesn’t want to see that your nimble IT organization is spending $100 today and $1,000 tomorrow. He doesn’t care that you’ve matched IT resources to your customer’s demand curve. No my friend, what your CFO wants is predictability. Fortunately for you, that’s a challenge we’ve solved with our improved plan pricing for cloud servers.
To demonstrate how this new plan works, let’s build a simple model where your usage changes from one month to the next. In month 1, you need three servers for 400 hours, one server for 80 hours, and two servers for the entire month. For simplicity’s sake, we’ll assume all servers are 1 GB and 1 core. Using Pay-As-You-Go pricing, this configuration of servers on GoGrid would cost you $0.12 for each hour an individual server is running. The math for the first month’s configuration looks like this:
3 X 1 GB server x 400 hours = 1,200 hours used
1 x 1 GB server x 80 hours = 80 hours used
2 x 1 GB server x 730 hours = 1,460 hours used
The total hours used for all servers = 2,740 hours at a rate of $.12 per hour.
Total Pay-As-You-Go cost for month 1 = $328.80.
(more…) «How to Predict Elastic Cloud Computing Costs for Your Organization»
Tags: cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud hosting, Cloud infrastructure, cloud server pricing, GoGrid, hourly, IaaS, infrastructure as a service, Pricing, Pricing Plans, RAM, understand, Volume Pricing
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Server, FAQs, Features, General, GoGrid, Hosting, Public Cloud | No Comments »
Thursday, March 1st, 2012 by Michael Sheehan
GoGrid CEO, John Keagy, recently spent some time overseas visiting the new GoGrid European Headquarters and data center in Amsterdam. I caught up with John upon his return in order to find out his thoughts and visions of a global GoGrid cloud, how Equinix has enabled GoGrid’s expansion and why it is important to the GoGrid customer.
Michael Sheehan: Why is opening a new overseas data center important?
John Keagy: It’s part of our global expansion plan. Europe is a logical next step.
MS: Why Amsterdam and not somewhere else?
JK: My favorite reason on why we selected Amsterdam as the first part of our overseas expansion is AMS-IX. AMS-IX is an Internet exchange that has resulted in Amsterdam being the place for Internet transit. Bandwidth is affordable and comparable to Silicon Valley. It means that customers are in the spot where most Internet traffic originates and terminates. If you are going to locate a web server in one location in Europe, Amsterdam is the most connected city. It’s the best place to locate your Internet infrastructure. It’s got the most connections and because it has the most connections, it is the most affordable – the highest performance at the lowest cost.
MS: Why was having a European presence critical?
JK: We have a strong European customer base that has been demanding a localized presence and when we examined that marketplace, we determined that it was critical to enable those European customers to have a cloud infrastructure deployable in their backyard.
MS: What are your impressions of the data center facility having visited it?
JK: The data center facility is incredible. It’s a combination of GoGrid doing a nice job with its installation – the racking and stacking, cabling and design of the installation. But it is also Equinix’s implementation of its cold aisle technology. It’s like walking into a refrigerator. It’s sealed. It doesn’t have a cage door, it has a glass door. They pump cold air into the interior of the cage and it’s vented through the equipment. Where there is no equipment, the slots are filled with baffles so that the cold air is forced through the equipment. It’s sort of like a refrigerator within a cage. It’s not just us doing a good job, it’s Equinix pursing a better utility efficiency score through sophisticated cold aisle containment technology.
(more…) «Interview: CEO, John Keagy on GoGrid’s Global Cloud Expansion»
Tags: AMS, AMS-IX, Amsterdam, bandwidth, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud infrastructure, Data Center, EMEA, Equinix, Europe, Global, GoGrid, Hosting, IaaS, Internet Exchange
Posted in CEO, Cloud Computing, Cloudcenter, Datacenter, General, GoGrid, Hosting, Private Cloud, Public Cloud | No Comments »
Monday, February 13th, 2012 by Bobby Brown
Today is very important milestone for all of us here at GoGrid. While we have always considered ourselves an international company, with over 35% of our customers located outside the US, expanding to our first international location is an exciting step for GoGrid and marks the beginning of many great things to come. And today is that day that we are “throwing open the doors” of our new data center in Europe. I am extremely pleased to announce the general availability of our newest data center in Amsterdam, which represents the culmination of our team’s hard work and big dreams.
Our Amsterdam data center is housed in a state-of-the-art Equinix facility which has proven to be a perfect fit for GoGrid. My team and I had a great time working with the Equinix team while we were getting things up and running. Particularly impressive is the Internet connectivity from our Amsterdam data center to the rest of Europe which makes this location the best choice for us.
When I wasn’t at the Equinix facility supervising the installation and rollout, I was also visiting our new European headquarters in Amstelveen. Just minutes from Amsterdam and our data center, Amstelveen is a prime location for GoGrid’s EMEA headquarters and is also home to major offices for companies like HP, Agilent, Cannon, and Ricoh.
While this expansion is clearly an important step for GoGrid, it is also an incredible personal accomplishment for me. When I started working at GoGrid seven years ago, I asked founder John Keagy if he could foresee an opportunity for eventual international expansion. His answer? Absolutely. You can imagine how amazing it was for me to take on the role of lead executive for this expansion and see our vision become a reality.
I’ve spent countless hours in data centers throughout my career, but being in our data center in Amsterdam in the middle of the night when we first flipped the switch to allow some initial beta customers test the environment out, and then seeing those green lights flashing away was an experience I’ll never forget.
(more…) «GoGrid Amsterdam Data Center Now Open – An Important Milestone for GoGrid & Me Personally»
Tags: Amsterdam, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud infrastructure, Data Center, EMEA, Equinix, Europe, Global, GoGrid, IaaS, infrastructure as a service
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloudcenter, Datacenter, General, GoGrid, Hosting, Release | No Comments »
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