Monthly Archive for October, 2007

No Go. Co-Lo. @ Web 2.0

Published on October 23, 2007 in Michael's HotSpot (Board). 1 Comment
Posted by Tom Eagle

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I was extremely excited to attend the Web 2.0 event in San Francisco this year, even though I’m just getting around to organizing a few thoughts to share.

Recently while mingling at the Web 2.0 event in San Francisco, I realized just how many extremely tech-savvy folks are still unaware of the benefits, or even the existence, of the Layered Technologies’ Virtual Datacenter platform.  Most are still utilizing colocated or managed dedicated infrastructure, and suffering through the old issues such as expensive hardware costs, inflexible configurations, and lack of scalability.

As a realist I recognize that getting the message out is difficult amidst a sea of other top tier providers who are stuck with their massive investments in non-virtualized infrastructure.  They simply don’t want the Layered Technologies message to reach the market.

Their desire to squeeze profitability out of old-fashioned architecture isn’t going to stop us from evangelizing the message! We are constantly looking for best practices and working hard to find a way to deliver them to our loyal clients. That’s why we created the Grid Layer, why we are introducing a Solaris offering, and why you can expect a VM Ware utility offering this month. We do not see ourselves as a mere host, but rather as an infrastructure partner to our customers.

Please feel free to drop comments here if you have other needs or ideas for ways to remove the barriers to getting your apps connected and scaling the easy way.

And thanks for the business! ~ Micael Platner, CEO, Layered Technologies

LT Offers the Latest in Grid-based Computing Solutions

Published on October 9, 2007 in Grid Computing, Offers and Virtual Private Datacenter. Closed Tags: , , .
Posted by Tom Eagle

Layered Technologies Now Leverages 3Tera’s AppLogic 2.1

New Version of the Grid Operating System Enables Layered Technologies to Offer the Latest in Grid-based Private Servers and Web Hosting Services

Plano, TX (October 9, 2007) – Layered Technologies, a leading provider of reliable, affordable, and scalable on-demand, self-managed utility hosting services, today announced that it has upgraded to 3Tera’s AppLogic 2.1 grid operating system to offer the most advanced grid-based private servers and Web hosting services to its customers. Layered Technologies has implemented the latest version of the easy-to-manage grid infrastructure to provide their customers with affordable, flexible and easy to manage Web hosting without the hassle of managing the infrastructure.

With clients in over 120 countries, Layered Technologies’ custom technology solutions allow both large and small customers to rapidly deploy on-demand hosting and utility computing services, providing all the controls of colocation without the start up costs, capital investments, long term contracts and associated challenges. By partnering with Layered Technologies, companies are able to achieve ROI quickly via reduced capital investment, total cost of ownership (TCO), labor reduction, training, and floor space. Layered Technologies can have a company up and running in days versus months.

“We pride ourselves in offering the latest and greatest technology to our clients to enable them to compete in their industry and grow their business,” said Michael Platner, CEO of Layered Technologies. “AppLogic 2.1 allows for greater scalability and control of the infrastructure, assuring users of their ability to grow.”

The AppLogic grid operating system is the first commercial platform designed specifically to enable true utility computing. The system converts commodity servers into scalable grids on which users can visually deploy, operate and scale transactional Web applications without any modification of code. At the heart of the system is 3Tera’s disposable infrastructure technology that packages applications with the definition of the infrastructure required to run them into self-contained and portable entities, able to run on any grid anywhere in the world. As a result, applications become completely separated from the hardware infrastructure traditionally needed to run them, allowing users to remotely manage their applications through a Web browser and provision resources as needed.

The new 2.1 release of the AppLogic grid operating system adds comprehensive application monitoring and support for multiple CPUs per appliance. SaaS and Web 2.0 companies can benefit from greater scalability, improved resource utilization, unprecedented visibility and control over application performance.

In addition to AppLogic 2.1, Layered Technologies is announcing new pricing for the Virtual Private Servers (VPS). Layered Technologies’ VPS enables your site or application to no longer be tied to an individual hardware server, rather it is spread across many nodes, allowing users to take advantage of true grid-cluster computing. The VPS runs in a Virtual Private Datacenter managed by Layered Technologies, allowing for universal high availability and the ability to increase CPU, memory and storage as needed.

Pricing for the VPS Silver Layer starts at $49 per month and a $19 set up charge. Base System configuration includes: – 20% of the Node’s CPU resources – 40 GB disk space – 256 MB RAM allocation – Bandwidth: 1500 GB transfer – IP Addresses: 4 – High Availability – Enterprise Grade  Learn more >>

Pricing for the VPS Gold Layer starts at $59 per month and a $19 set up charge. Base System configuration includes: – 20 % of the Node’s CPU resources – 80 GB disk space – 512 MB RAM Allocation – Bandwidth: 2500 GB Transfer – IP Addresses: 4 – High Availability – Enterprise Grade  Learn more >>

For additional information on Layered Technologies, please visit www.layeredtechnologies.com. For additional information on The Grid Layer, please visit www.thegridlayer.com.

Announcing: DynaVol (Web-based Storage & Serving Solution)

Published on October 3, 2007 in LT News, LT's The GRID Layer, Layered Technologies, PR Bites and Utility Computing. Closed
Posted by Tom Eagle

Grid-based scalable and flexible storage & serving solution from Layered Technologies enables companies to store and serve data securely 

Plano, TX (October 2, 2007) – Layered Technologies, a leading provider of reliable, affordable, and scalable on-demand, self-managed utility hosting services, today announces DynaVol, a grid-based scalable and flexible data management solution. Whether storing data or serving static content, DynaVol offers a highly-available, reliable and secure environment for data management needs.With clients in over 120 countries, Layered Technologies’ custom technology solutions allow both large and small customers to rapidly deploy on-demand hosting and utility computing services, providing all the controls of co-location without the start up costs, capital investments, long term contracts and associated challenges. By partnering with Layered Technologies, companies are able to achieve ROI quickly via reduced capital investment, total cost of ownership (TCO), labor reduction, training, and floor space. Layered Technologies can have a company up and running in days versus months.

“DynaVol gives our customers peace of mind,” said Michael Platner, CEO of Layered Technologies. “Data is securely stored and served off-site in our world-class, top tier data centers and is part of our fully redundant backup network. DynaVol’s functionality is simple and robust, ensuring our customers’ data is always available when they need it — as well as scalable, as needed.”

DynaVol is a web-based storage solution that offers a reliable and secure environment for either storing data or serving static content. DynaVol safeguards valuable data at on-site and off-site locations using a highly-available data storage model that utilizes the transparent data mirroring of Layered Technologies grid hosting infrastructure. All data is mirrored to a different server at a different location as backup, with nearly instant automated backup recovery. All data is stored on a network RAID1 pair.

With DynaVol all data is stored in “virtualized containers,” allowing for complete user control of the storage environment, including the ability to upload, download, store and serve data from one convenient location to another. The DynaVol package is housed in a virtual private server (VPS) environment, enabling access to the supported protocols and services using either built-in VPN server support or public IP-based access systems.

“DynaVol is a perfect solution for those that need to store and serve static content,” said Todd Abrams, COO and President of Layered Technologies, “As well as for system administrators and developers that need an easy to use and flexible data storage solution that will support all of their in-house systems.”

Pricing for DynaVol packages starts at $14.99 per month (with a Layered Technologies’ server) and includes free allocations of data storage and bandwidth. Additional bandwidth is available at discounted rates to support customers’ specific bandwidth needs.

For additional information on Layered Technologies, please visit www.layeredtechnologies.com >>

For additional information on the DynaVol, please visit http://www.layeredtech.com/services/storage/ >>