SoftLayer Technologies Presents Pure Cloud-Based Resources to Game Developers

Gaming companies like Broken Bulb Game Studios, East Side Games, KIXEYE, Hothead Games and Storm8 have credited SoftLayer (News - Alert) for providing them with a rapidly scalable platform from where they can seamlessly develop, test, launch and run their latest games.

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer Technologies is a provider of a global cloud infrastructure platform built for Internet scale. SoftLayer gives the gaming companies the ability to roll out cloud computing instances very quickly and turn up dedicated servers within a few hours providing the capacity required by them via an easy consumptive billing model. This helps game developers to place their constant focus on game development and control costs.

SoftLayer explained that gamers require a high-performance, always on, graphically attractive and quick-responding experience and if developers fail to provide them that experience, they will simply move on to the other available options. With its core strengths of automation and extensive network reach, it can help game developers easily enable that experience.

Because SoftLayer makes it easy to rapidly provision resources such as deploy dedicated servers in less than two hours and cloud servers in as few as five minutes in an automated way, developers as well have started to integrate cloud-like functions into their games and apps and let the app acquire dedicated resources only when on-demand.

“Game developers do not have the time, operational expertise or resources to manage their own complex data centers because they need to focus on their core business – developing new games, launching before the competition and keeping players engaged. Because we understand the high stakes of their operations, we’ve tailored our infrastructure-as-a-service offerings to meet gaming companies' changing demands – from initial game release and explosive, overnight growth, to the variables that come with everyday play”, stated George Karidis, chief strategy officer at SoftLayer, in a press release.