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CohesiveFT Adds ElasticHosts as a Cloud Deployment Option to Its Elastic Server(R) Platform
Custom Virtual Servers Can Be Dynamically Assembled and Delivered to ElasticHosts Cloud Infrastructure
| Source: CohesiveFT
CHICAGO, IL and LONDON--(Marketwire - January 22, 2009) - CohesiveFT
(http://www.cohesiveft.com), the leader in automated software assembly,
today announced it has partnered with ElasticHosts Ltd.
(http://www.elastichosts.com), the second European cloud infrastructure and
the world's first public cloud based upon KVM (the native Linux
virtualization platform). As a result, users are now able to deploy
virtual servers to ElasticHosts' cloud infrastructure via CohesiveFT's
Elastic Server on-demand service. Elastic Server is an automated "factory"
that allows IT professionals to assemble, deploy, and manage virtual
servers using a simple point-and-click interface. Beginning today,
customers can assemble custom Enterprise-class servers for deployment to
ElasticHosts' European cloud computing infrastructure. Free trials are
available for both ElasticHosts cloud infrastructure and CohesiveFT's
Elastic Server factory, allowing customers to test drive the joint
solution.
"Installing and configuring software components and operating systems on
virtual servers from scratch is extremely time consuming and expensive,"
said Richard Davies, Founder and CEO of ElasticHosts. "CohesiveFT's
Elastic Server automates this process, allowing our users to concentrate on
the benefits of our highly scalable, flexible, and cost effective KVM-based
UK cloud. The combination of ElasticHosts and Elastic Server is a fast
track to realizing returns from cloud computing -- ElasticHosts customers
can immediately deploy well over five thousand custom server images."
"Configuring a server has always been time-consuming and complex," said
Sujay Jayaram, CEO of WeddingPath. "We have been a satisfied customer of
the ElasticHosts team for years and are very excited by the scalability,
flexibility and ease of use that the ElasticHosts cloud offers.
CohesiveFT's Elastic Server Factory can get us up and running on this
platform quickly."
The Elastic Server platform is a complement to virtualization and cloud
offerings. Users assemble custom servers by choosing from a library of
popular components. Once assembled, these custom application stacks can be
configured to a variety of virtualization and cloud-ready formats,
downloaded and deployed in real-time. There are over two thousand users of
the service who have assembled more than five thousand Elastic Server
images for public and private use. The addition of ElasticHosts highlights
CohesiveFT's platform momentum following recently introduced support for
Virtual Iron, Amazon EC2 in Europe, and the Ubuntu operating system.
"We are very excited to add the ElasticHosts cloud deployment option to our
on-demand service," said Patrick Kerpan, CTO at CohesiveFT. "Users can now
deploy their custom, dynamically assembled Elastic Servers to multiple
clouds in multiple geographic regions setting the foundation for
initiatives requiring cloud failover and cross-cloud security."
Custom virtual servers for the ElasticHosts cloud are available now via
Elastic Server (http://elasticserver.com).
About ElasticHosts - Flexible Servers in the Cloud
ElasticHosts is the second European cloud infrastructure provider and the
world's first public cloud based upon KVM, the native Linux virtualization
platform. For more information, visit www.elastichosts.com.
About CohesiveFT
CohesiveFT is a leader providing customer capabilities for cloud and
virtual infrastructure and was listed among InformationWeek's "top cloud
computing startups you should know." For more information, visit
www.cohesiveft.com.
About WeddingPath
WeddingPath is a UK based community for brides and grooms planning their
weddings. For more information, visit www.weddingpath.co.uk.
Elastic Server is a registered trademark of CohesiveFT. ElasticHosts is a
trademark of ElasticHosts Ltd. WeddingPath is a trademark of Singlebass
Ltd. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their
respective companies.