Posts Tagged ‘infrastructure as a service’
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 by Michael Sheehan 
February 1st, 2012 7:00 amMichael Sheehan
CloudLink, a dedicated, private connection between GoGrid data centers, is GoGrid’s newest product that comes with some exciting new features. After being in private beta for several months, is now available to all GoGrid customers via the GoGrid portal. Customers who purchase it will have the ability to link servers from our US-West-1 Data Center to our US-East-1 Data Center via a dedicated, secure and redundant line. Customers are now be able to easily connect their servers via the private network between our Data Centers.
How do I get it?
The first step is to purchase the product. We have added a link within the GoGrid portal where you can click to order CloudLink. After clicking on the link, you will be presented with a form where you can select the desired bandwidth. It will take at least 2 business days to activate CloudLink on your account – once it is ready, you will get a message from GoGrid with a CloudLink welcome letter.
(more…) «CloudLink Now Available to All GoGrid Customers»
Tags: Big Data, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud Link, CloudLink, data replication, Disaster Recovery, GoGrid, IaaS, infrastructure as a service, Martini Media, private connection, private network
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloudcenter, Datacenter, Features, General, GoGrid, Hosting, Hybrid Hosting, Public Cloud, Security | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 by Michael Sheehan January 31st, 2012 7:00 amMichael Sheehan
As you may have seen, last week we announced the opening of GoGrid’s European Headquarters in Amsterdam. This is an exciting milestone for GoGrid since it means that GoGrid’s cloud infrastructure is now available in even more locations across the globe and with a European data center, sales and account support. Talk is cheap though, so we wanted to provide new and existing GoGrid customers the opportunity to gain “early access” to our European cloud so that it can be experienced first-hand.
Whether you are new to GoGrid or an existing customer, we can grant you early access to the GoGrid Amsterdam data center easily. Choose one of the options below:
- New GoGrid Users – Please visit the GoGrid signup page: https://securesignup.GoGrid.com and use promocode: AMSGG100. The promocode will grant you access to deploy infrastructure within the new Amsterdam data center as well as provide you with a $100 service credit.
- Existing GoGrid Users – Please contact your GoGrid Account Representative about VIP early access and pricing.
Please note, for new users, the promo code can only be used between January 30th, 2012 and February 13th, 2012 and will last through February 29th, 2012 or when the $100 cap is reached, whichever comes first).
(more…) «How To Gain Early Access to GoGrid’s Amsterdam Cloud Infrastructure»
Tags: AMS, Amsterdam, cloud, cloud center, Cloud Computing, Cloud infrastructure, Data Center, data centre, early access, EMEA, Europe, GoGrid, IaaS, infrastructure as a service, promocode, Promotion, UK, United Kingdom
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloudcenter, Datacenter, Features, General, GoGrid, Hosting, How To, Hybrid Hosting, News, Promotion, Public Cloud | No Comments »
Monday, August 1st, 2011 by Michael Sheehan August 1st, 2011 12:38 pmMichael Sheehan
When most people hear the phrase “operating system in the cloud” they usually think of a really cool client-side, Web-based desktop like EyeOS or CloudMe or even Chromium OS. Perhaps that is the future of client operating systems, but when cloud infrastructure providers talk about operating systems, they are making reference to which OS your cloud infrastructure will run on. And, it’s not always limited to just one in many cases.
At GoGrid, we provide a variety of operating systems including:
- Windows Server
- Ubuntu
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Debian
- CentOS
Operating systems in the cloud are very important because they are what your applications and infrastructure are built upon. Whether you’re using the cloud to deploy test & development environments, act as your data center or run your company’s business critical applications, the operating system plays a vital role in cloud infrastructure.
Most IT professionals are pretty passionate about what operating system they prefer. For instance, search for “Windows vs. Linux” on Google – over 109 million results have some sort of opinion on the topic. But, since actions speak louder than words, we wanted to determine which operating system was used more by the IT industry.
(more…) «GoGrid Cloud Survey Report – Operating Systems in the Cloud (Part 6)»
Tags: CentOS, Debian, GoGrid, IaaS, infrastructure, infrastructure as a service, Linux, Operating System, OS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Results, server, survey, Ubuntu, Windows, Windows Server
Posted in Cloud Computing, General, GoGrid, Images, Industry, Linux, Operating System, Public Cloud, Windows | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 13th, 2011 by Michael Sheehan June 13th, 2011 10:54 amMichael Sheehan
Managing your own infrastructure isn’t an easy thing. You have to spend hours, days or weeks planning your specific needs, deploying the right hardware for your use cases (which you also have to pay for), and hiring a team to manage the hardware and operations. Making those types of projections or even “predictions” is kind of like gazing into a crystal ball at times. But what if your infrastructure needs change? Your business is hopefully growing and your infrastructure needs to match your success. Well, as you grow, you have to run through that whole process all over again. You have to plan, deploy and manage; and each of these tasks has a significant cost, not only from a monetary standpoint, but also in terms of project management, human capital and your sanity as a whole.
The main principle behind Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is to develop a simpler process to address your IT needs and ensure that it takes less time to plan, manage and deploy – saving you time and money in the end. The question isn’t, “Can cloud computing save you time or money?” because we all know the answer to that. Yes. Of course it can! The real question is, “How much time and money can you save with cloud computing?”
In order to find that answer, you need to have a clear understanding of the benefits of cloud computing and where the real savings come into play. I go over this in great detail in my white paper, Skydiving Through The Clouds. Below are some of the ways companies benefit from transitioning to cloud based infrastructure.
- Economies of Scale – underutilization and misappropriated hardware become a thing of the past. The cloud enables compute, storage and RAM resources to be more efficiently managed, provisioned and scaled, all within a shared environment.
- Cost Control – knowing exactly what you are using and how much that usage will cost you allows for a much stricter control over expenditures.
- “Disposable IT” – companies have the ability to create, use and destroy infrastructure based on their business needs.
- Burstable Workloads– scaling based on demand allows organizations to efficiently use infrastructure in a timely basis.
- Avoiding Capital Expenditure – with cloud computing, infrastructure becomes an operating expense with no need to amortize hardware costs over time.
(more…) «How Much Time and Money Could You Save with Cloud Computing?»
Tags: cloud, Cloud Computing, deployment, GoGrid, IaaS, infrastructure as a service, Skydiving, White Paper
Posted in Cloud Computing, FAQs, General, GoGrid, Hosting, How To, Public Cloud, Whitepaper | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 by Michael Sheehan January 14th, 2009 7:08 amMichael Sheehan
Last week, my colleague Randy Bias, introduced the concept of the “cloudcenter” and it has gotten some good commentary, traction and feedback. Most basically put, a cloudcenter (e.g., GoGrid) is a “datacenter in the Cloud” with features, systems, processes and functionality that sysadmins and IT Operations folks are accustomed to. But I feel that the concept needs to be explored a bit more as well as from some different angles.
I attended a technology meetup on Tuesday night in San Francisco where GoGrid is a sponsor. People were packed elbow-to-elbow in the space and I had lots of time to talk about GoGrid and our vision of Cloud Computing to many. A few times, I was asked the common questions “How do you compare to Amazon EC2?” as well as “Are you a competitor to Amazon Web Services (AWS)?” To those people who asked, I gave the following answer (probably not as well articulated though):
Both Amazon and GoGrid are Cloud Infrastructure or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers. We both reside within the bottom layer of the Cloud Pyramid, a term I coined last year to help explain Cloud Computing in an “over simplified” way. Both of our companies do essentially the same thing: providing elastic and dynamically scalable computing resources and infrastructure that is consumed on a self-service basis billed by usage. But how this infrastructure is provided is nuanced differently.
This broad definition warrants further explanation. First, my answer to the “competition” question. Personally, I don’t view AWS exactly as a competitor. They have provided incredible space validation as well as attracted new users to the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model. In fact, I would almost go as far as to categorize them as a “soft partner.” Here are a few reasons why I think this:
- we share the same generalized space of Cloud Computing,
- we offer similar feature-sets and functionality within the Cloud, and,
- we are driving towards a common goal of moving IT infrastructure into a “greener,” more cost-effective and much more efficient environment.
(more…) «Building a House in the Cloud – Cloudcenters vs. Infrastructure Web Services»
Tags: AWS, cloud center, Cloud Computing, Cloudcenter, EC2, GoGrid, infrastructure as a service, Infrastructure Web Services
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloudcenter, Features, General, GoGrid, Hosting, Industry | 13 Comments »
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