Forrester Report Recognizes OpSource for Unparalleled IaaS Cloud Offerings

Cloud computing is not just a trend that might happen someday. It's now a reality that typical Web users use cloud services daily whether they know it or not. Popular Web applications such as Facebook (News - Alert), Flickr, and LinkedIn are cloud services. This particular computing layer is probably the most visible part of cloud computing. It emphasizes the benefits that can be seen by customers. This application layer contains applications that are offered as services. The bottom layer is the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), or platform virtualization. Here, users get the kind of server environment they need.

Recently, in a Forrester (News - Alert) Research, Inc November 2011 report entitled "Market Overview: Public IaaS Clouds, Q4 2011 Part 2," the study of public IaaS clouds highlighted OpSource's (News - Alert) SLAs and disaster recovery solutions for its IaaS services. The report found that OpSource is "the only vendor…that offers 100% uptime, 30-minute support response, and sub-1 ms latency SLAs." The company was also highlighted as "one of the few providers to offer a Disaster Recovery (DR) solution atop its IaaS service." This is significant because DR is a key determining factor for business viability in today’s 24/7 competitive global marketplace.

According to Treb Ryan (News - Alert), CEO of OpSource, "We feel being recognized by Forrester for OpSource's public IaaS cloud offering validates a key portion of our portfolio of enterprise-class cloud solutions. As companies continue to examine the potential benefits of transitioning to cloud infrastructures, OpSource offers services that enhance their computing and storage agility, identify cost-savings and minimize risk."

Due diligence and follow-through on SLA commitments are necessary to determine which provider can meet a company’s service, support and scalability needs.

Some of the areas that Forrester recognized included OpSource's abilities across a variety of criteria, including: self-service controls, support capabilities, network configuration options, network monitoring and analytics, and SLAs. A consultant with experience in cloud computing can provide important information on cloud-based services, from application hosting to storage services to infrastructure redundancy as well as help to transition a company’s IT infrastructure into an elastic cloud environment— all key elements for effective business responsiveness.

A long-standing leader in the IaaS market, OpSource is the only enterprise-class cloud IaaS offering that includes hardware-based security and scalability. The company also offers complete customization and integration, cloud management systems, 24x7 live support and 100 percent availability.