{"id":1866,"date":"2012-05-31T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=dc3f65da9407ee72f14983d3d43d4ec6"},"modified":"2012-05-31T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T14:33:00","slug":"drfortress-pay-as-you-use-cloud-computing-service-for-hawaii-pacific-rim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/drfortress-pay-as-you-use-cloud-computing-service-for-hawaii-pacific-rim\/","title":{"rendered":"DRFortress Pay-As-You-Use Cloud Computing Service for Hawaii, Pacific Rim"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

DRFortress, a Hawain colocation and cloud services provider, today announced that it has launched DRF<\/strong>cloud<\/em>, a local, pay-as-you-use, cloud computing services based in the State and available throughout the Pacific Rim. This new service, offered in partnership with IaaS pioneer, Appcore<\/strong>, follows the successful start of the Nirvanix<\/strong> cloud storage service. Continuing to demonstrate leadership in the shift to the cloud in Hawaii, both the DRF<\/strong>cloud<\/em> and the Nirvanix cloud storage hybrid node<\/strong> are maintained at the DRFortress datacenter in Hawaii with redundant mainland nodes for disaster recovery purposes. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDRFortress has demonstrated extraordinary vision in delivering the first \u2018On-Demand, Pay-by-the-Drink\u2019 Cloud Storage and now the same for Cloud Computing Services to Hawaii,\u201d said Marc Staimer, president of Dragon Slayer Consulting. \u201cHawaii IT organizations are now able to cost effectively take advantage of the cloud services revolution knowing their data and applications will be always be available regardless of local conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPreviously, Hawaii organizations interested in pay-as-you-use cloud computing were forced to use a Mainland provider, buy hardware boxes and pay maintenance fees or commit to a long term contract with a local virtualization firm,\u201d said Fred Rodi, President, DRFortress. \u201cWith our new DRF<\/strong>cloud<\/em> computing service, we have revolutionized Hawaii\u2019s cloud market by introducing no contract, pay-as-you-need, on-demand utility computing. Clients only pay for the computing power they actually use. In this time of tight budgets businesses and government agencies are increasingly turning to cloud computing as a means of providing flexible computing resources while lowering capital expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cloud computing is the most significant advancement in information technology today. According to leading industry analysts, the size of the cloud computing market is expected to be $150 billion by 2013. To gain significant share in this market, DRFortress is employing industry-leading technologies in the new DRF<\/strong>cloud <\/em>service. With this service, entities of all sizes can implement their own private networks using virtual servers with nothing more than a few mouse-clicks. Companies can self-provision this new service instantaneously online through the DRFortress secure management portal at www.drfcloud.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to partner with DRFortress to bring local speed, turn-key cloud solutions to Hawaii and the Pacific Rim,\u201d commented Brian Donaghy, Appcore CEO. \u201cNow service providers and IT departments will be able to use Appcore Onsite\u2122 to launch applications and cloud servers on demand with the click of a single button.\u201d<\/p>\n

While security is often mentioned as the number one issue holding businesses back from moving to the cloud, DRFortress addresses this concern by selecting technologies and partners who are able to deliver enterprise-class security and reliability proven in real-world production environments. In addition to DRFortress\u2019 world-class secured datacenter, the company\u2019s partners\u2014Nirvanix and Appcore\u2014have extensive processes and architectures in place to meet customers\u2019 regulatory and business needs.<\/p>\n

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