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September 20, 2011

Joyent, MiTAC Announce MiCloud Cloud Service for Taiwanese Customers

By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor

Joyent, a global provider of cloud computing software and services, and MiTAC Information Technology (MiTAC), a systems integrator, announced the launch of MiCloud, a public cloud service and a cloud solution bundle for enterprises and service providers in Taiwan.

"Since announcing our strategic alliance with Joyent this past April, we've seen a strong interest among Taiwanese service providers and end users in offering and using public cloud services," said Simon Chiang, president of MiTAC, in a statement.

"This initiative meets the needs of enterprises, small- and medium-sized businesses and service providers who want to save on infrastructure cost while enjoying high performance and power savings using the services MiCloud will provide," Chiang added.

The combination of MiCloud, a fully integrated hardware and software solution consisting of TYAN servers; Joyent's cloud software solution; SmartDataCenter; and Arista Networks’ OS, a network operating system will provide users with a single rack solution.

With the launch of MiTAC, Joyent and MiTAC are targeting enterprises, small and medium sized businesses, and startups in Taiwan. Companies wishing to focus on their core business and entrust their IT infrastructure to a competent cloud service provider can leverage MiTAC.

"As the leading systems integrator in Greater China, MiTAC is ideally positioned to offer and use cloud services based on Joyent's cloud software," said Jason Hoffman (News - Alert), founder and chief scientist of Joyent. "Taiwanese businesses that use MiCloud will be using the most advanced cloud solution available."

The company also plans to use MiCloud internally as a private cloud to run its IT projects, such as those for clients in the government, public transportation, education, health care, gaming and ecommerce industries.

Recently, Joyent announced that it has ported KVM to its operating system, SmartOS. SmartOS turns any server into an efficient, multi-tenant application hosting platform. The open source project offers tools for application developers looking for resilient storage and efficient virtualization efforts.


Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Carrie Schmelkin
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