Internap Expands IT Infrastructure Services Offering With Enterprise Cloud Storage
Internap Expands IT Infrastructure Services Offering With Enterprise Cloud
Storage
High-performance public cloud storage service leverages OpenStack open source
platform
ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Internap Network Services
Corporation (INAP), a leading provider of high-performance IT infrastructure
services, today announced the launch of Internap XIPCloud(TM) Storage, a new
public cloud storage service in its beta stage. A natural evolution of Internap's
existing colocation, connectivity, CDN and managed hosting services, Internap
XIPCloud Storage extends the range of outsourced IT services the company provides
to global enterprises - from small businesses to multi-national corporations.
Internap XIPCloud Storage relies on the company's proven Performance IP(TM)
technology and provides a high-availability solution backed by a 100% Service
Level Agreement (SLA).
"Internap XIPCloud Storage takes our performance offering to the next level. We
can now deliver reliable, scalable storage that can be provisioned in an instant,
operating at the speed of business," said Scott Hrastar, senior vice president of
technology at Internap. "Our public cloud storage service will leverage the
proven benefits of the OpenStack platform combined with our own global footprint
and high-performance connectivity."
Internap XIPCloud Storage is based on OpenStack(TM), an open technology platform
developed by an international community to promote interoperability and eliminate
vendor "lock-in." The new service will utilize OpenStack's Object Storage
software, designed to enable a highly- scalable and redundant public cloud
solution that can store petabytes of data. Customers can also leverage
third-party tools that allow them to move content in and out of storage without
requiring any development work on their end.
"Internap's adoption of OpenStack Object Storage is a key win for the community
and brings OpenStack one step closer to becoming the de-facto industry standard,"
said Jonathan Bryce, chairman of the OpenStack Project Oversight Committee. "The
vision of federation across public clouds, enabled by a common platform, will
give cloud providers running OpenStack a competitive advantage and greatly
benefit the end users of cloud computing by ending cloud lock-in."
Internap XIPCloud Storage features self-provisioning capabilities that allow
customers to log into a web portal and purchase storage capacity and network
bandwidth as needed, with the ability to quickly and easily scale services up or
down. Information about Internap XIPCloud Storage and the beta offering is
available at internap.com.
About Internap
Internap provides high-performance IT infrastructure services that enable our
customers to focus on their core business, improve service levels and lower the
cost of IT operations. Our colocation, connectivity and managed hosting solutions
are differentiated by unparalleled levels of performance, availability and
support. Since 1996, thousands of enterprises have entrusted Internap to deliver
their business-critical IT infrastructure needs. For more information, visit
internap.com. |
