Today, we see Graduate School USA selecting Latisys for hybrid cloud and datacenter services in Ashburn, United Capital choosing ScaleMatrix for private cloud services in San Diego and DataHotel selecting SoftLayer from multiple facilities.
The 451 Take
This round of wins demonstrates an increased comfort level in trusting mission-critical applications like SaaS tools and ERP platforms to hosting providers. These providers must demonstrate an ability to deliver flexible products and performance improvements along with providing necessary security for applications that fall under federal regulations. Organizations also continue to look for service offerings that include flexible consumption and billing.
Latisys' win demonstrates growing demand for hybrid services that meet multiple needs, including primary deployment with secondary and disaster-recovery options to support business continuity through all situations. ScaleMatrix continues to attract customers looking for compliant services to support growing businesses. SoftLayer's win reflects the company's ability to support customers seeking global options for expansion of services. We expect to continue seeing steady wins for global infrastructure service providers throughout the year.
Graduate School USA selects Latisys
Graduate School USA has selected Latisys for a hybrid cloud and datacenter service offering. Under the agreement, Latisys will provide a combination of private cloud and dedicated hosting services to support a technology refresh and deployment of Graduate School's new ERP system. Graduate School USA reported that it selected Latisys based on the company's technical knowledge, innovation and cost-effectiveness, as well as its ability to provide a hybrid offering tailored to unique requirements.
Denver-based Latisys was founded in June 2007 and acquired its first datacenter in October of that year. Today, the company operates more than 343,000 operational square feet across each of North America's time zones, including in Chicago; Irvine, California; Denver and Ashburn, Virginia. Latisys serves midsized businesses, enterprise customers and government agencies with colocation, cloud and disaster-recovery services.
Graduate School USA was founded in 1921 and provides learning opportunities in public service in the Washington DC metro area. The organization is an independent non-profit that offers more than 300 courses for more than 200,000 students annually. Graduate School USA services include individual assessments, career-related courses, certificates and degree programs, continuing education, and distance learning.
Educational organizations continue to find the increased value in migrating to cloud and hosting services, which includes a cost-effective alternative to technology refreshes while improving quality of service. In this instance, Latisys was able to deploy a specifically designed hybrid cloud and hosting service package to support Graduate School USA's need for flexible services that allow the addition and removal of components without interrupting the deployment of the new offering.
United Capital chooses ScaleMatrix
United Capital wealth management has selected ScaleMatrix in San Diego for private cloud services. ScaleMatrix will provide a Microsoft Dynamics GP private cloud environment via its partner, FMT Consultants, to support United Capital's growth plans. ScaleMatrix reported that it was selected based on security and compliance, as well as a reputation for quality of services and facilities.
ScaleMatrix was founded in 2010 and provides colocation and dedicated server technology. The company designs, deploys and manages private cloud and colocation services, with other services including public and hybrid cloud. The company operates its 'Green Giant' datacenter in Kearny Mesa, a San Diego suburb, along with its new business-continuity facility at the same campus.
United Capital is a financial planning firm with 47 offices throughout the US. The company provides services and resources to assist with the development of a financial plan. United Capital and its financial and investment adviser affiliates provide guidance on more than $9.3bn of client assets.
We continue to see strong demand for private cloud services from financial service organizations that are governed by increasingly stringent legislation. Providers such as ScaleMatrix that focus on data security and compliance with standards and regulations will continue to attract these customers as they seek out cost-effective technologically advanced options to support growing business opportunities.
DataHotel selects SoftLayer
DataHotel has selected multiple SoftLayer locations for cloud infrastructure services. These services will support DataHotel's overseas expansion of its 'DataHotel for App' platform. SoftLayer reported that it was selected based on its geographically diverse locations across multiple countries, which will support DataHotel's global expansion plans.
SoftLayer operates 13 datacenters in the US, Asia and Europe, along with global points of presence to provide IaaS. The company's customers include Web startups and global enterprises. SoftLayer is an IBM company.
DataHotel is a Japan-based managed hosting provider for mobile and smartphone application developers. The company's application platform is designed to provide IT infrastructure to support application development and delivery for global customers.
Leveraging an infrastructure services provider that operates global facilities allows customers to provide 'follow the sun' services. This model also supports global expansion of services by allowing the strategic placement of applications in locations that provide both optimal connectivity and geographic redundancy.
