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(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced its inclusion in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 list. The company was ranked 155th overall, and 12th in the IT Services industry, based on revenue growth from 2006 to 2009.
Issued annually, the Inc. 500|5000 list ranks the fastest growing companies in the U.S. Companies were required to have minimum revenues of $80,000 in 2006 and minimum revenues of $2 million in 2009 to qualify for the 2010 list, and must be privately held, for profit, and independent as of December 31, 2009.
“We are very pleased to be included in the Inc. 500. It is an honor to be listed among America’s top private companies and leading entrepreneurs,” said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. “We have seen strong revenue growth and remarkable success since our founding in 2005, even through a challenging, turbulent economic climate.”
SoftLayer’s growth has been enabled by its strategic position to address the dynamic needs of businesses in an unstable economy. SoftLayer’s IT solutions offers an option for enterprises of any size, from any industry, to outsource their data center infrastructure needs and focus their resources on operational needs rather than capital expenditures.
For more information on SoftLayer’s inclusion in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 and the complete list, please visit http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2010/index.html.
Source: SoftLayer Named on Inc. 500/5000 List
(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced its inclusion in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 list. The company was ranked 155th overall, and 12th in the IT Services industry, based on revenue growth from 2006 to 2009.
Issued annually, the Inc. 500|5000 list ranks the fastest growing companies in the U.S. Companies were required to have minimum revenues of $80,000 in 2006 and minimum revenues of $2 million in 2009 to qualify for the 2010 list, and must be privately held, for profit, and independent as of December 31, 2009.
“We are very pleased to be included in the Inc. 500. It is an honor to be listed among America’s top private companies and leading entrepreneurs,” said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. “We have seen strong revenue growth and remarkable success since our founding in 2005, even through a challenging, turbulent economic climate.”
SoftLayer’s growth has been enabled by its strategic position to address the dynamic needs of businesses in an unstable economy. SoftLayer’s IT solutions offers an option for enterprises of any size, from any industry, to outsource their data center infrastructure needs and focus their resources on operational needs rather than capital expenditures.
For more information on SoftLayer’s inclusion in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 and the complete list, please visit http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2010/index.html.
(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies recently announced its participation in this year’s Game Developer Conference™ (GDC) Europe in Cologne, Germany, August 16-18 at the Cologne Congress Center East. GDC Europe, the premier conference for video game and computer developers in Europe, brings together established studios as well as emerging start-ups. GDC Europe is on pace to set records for attendance and exhibitor participation over previous years.
The Game Developers Conference attracts attendees from all facets of the gaming industry to explore business development strategies and best practices. In 2010 SoftLayer will be a multi-event sponsor of Game Development Conferences in locations including:
San Francisco, CA
Vancouver, B.C.
Austin, TX
Cologne, Germany
“GDC Europe is a great event for SoftLayer,” said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. “It gives us the opportunity to connect with a thriving community of developers and programmers. SoftLayer’s robust hardware and network resources create ideal solutions for the gaming industry, whether it be for application development or web hosting.”
For more information on SoftLayer’s game hosting and infrastructure solutions, GDC Europe attendees can visit booth #139 during the event.
(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies recently announced its participation in this year’s Game Developer Conference™ (GDC) Europe in Cologne, Germany, August 16-18 at the Cologne Congress Center East. GDC Europe, the premier conference for video game and computer developers in Europe, brings together established studios as well as emerging start-ups. GDC Europe is on pace to set records for attendance and exhibitor participation over previous years.
The Game Developers Conference attracts attendees from all facets of the gaming industry to explore business development strategies and best practices. In 2010 SoftLayer will be a multi-event sponsor of Game Development Conferences in locations including:
San Francisco, CA
Vancouver, B.C.
Austin, TX
Cologne, Germany
“GDC Europe is a great event for SoftLayer,” said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. “It gives us the opportunity to connect with a thriving community of developers and programmers. SoftLayer’s robust hardware and network resources create ideal solutions for the gaming industry, whether it be for application development or web hosting.”
For more information on SoftLayer’s game hosting and infrastructure solutions, GDC Europe attendees can visit booth #139 during the event.
Source: SoftLayer to Participate in GDC Europe 2010
(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced a transaction in which its management team and GI Partners, a private trans-Atlantic investment firm, have acquired all of the equity in SoftLayer.
Since its founding, SoftLayer has revolutionized hosting through its unswerving commitment to innovation and automation. At a pivotal time in the industry, as increased connectivity, virtualization advances, and cloud service innovations dramatically reshape the landscape, SoftLayer is poised to continue playing a significant role in the industry’s transformation.
“I’m extremely proud of how much SoftLayer has grown and accomplished in its history. GI Partners’ investment and partnership enables us to take our unparalleled approach to the next stage,” said Lance Crosby, Chief Executive Officer of SoftLayer. “It’s gratifying that a firm with GI Partners’ insight and success sees such value in SoftLayer’s past growth and future opportunities.”
“SoftLayer has taken a visionary model and created a company for the future of hosting,” said Rick Magnuson, Executive Managing Director of GI Partners. “We are excited to bring additional resources and experience to help SoftLayer leverage its strategic position in the expanding global data center services market.”
DH Capital served as exclusive financial advisor to SoftLayer in connection with the transaction.
Source: SoftLayer Acquired by GI Partners and Management
(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced a transaction in which its management team and GI Partners, a private trans-Atlantic investment firm, have acquired all of the equity in SoftLayer.
Since its founding, SoftLayer has revolutionized hosting through its unswerving commitment to innovation and automation. At a pivotal time in the industry, as increased connectivity, virtualization advances, and cloud service innovations dramatically reshape the landscape, SoftLayer is poised to continue playing a significant role in the industry’s transformation.
“I’m extremely proud of how much SoftLayer has grown and accomplished in its history. GI Partners’ investment and partnership enables us to take our unparalleled approach to the next stage,” said Lance Crosby, Chief Executive Officer of SoftLayer. “It’s gratifying that a firm with GI Partners’ insight and success sees such value in SoftLayer’s past growth and future opportunities.”
“SoftLayer has taken a visionary model and created a company for the future of hosting,” said Rick Magnuson, Executive Managing Director of GI Partners. “We are excited to bring additional resources and experience to help SoftLayer leverage its strategic position in the expanding global data center services market.”
DH Capital served as exclusive financial advisor to SoftLayer in connection with the transaction.
(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies has launched Build Your Own Cloud, a new addition to its leading CloudLayer family of cloud services. Build Your Own Cloud lets customers create customized cloud servers to gain greater application performance, cost efficiency, and availability.
Key benefits include:
Customized CPU, RAM, and storage configurations
No fixed resource packages
Increased flexibility for scaling or modifying solution
Simple, easy-to-use ordering through web or portal
“Build Your Own Cloud exemplifies our vision for giving customers control over every aspect of their computing environment,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer for SoftLayer. “We are leading the industry with this level of customization for cloud computing. It brings to market the advantages of a cloud server with the opportunity to tailor system architecture and design like you would a dedicated server.”
Previously, service providers have only offered fixed cloud server sizes or configurations. This made cloud solutions less efficient options for administrators wanting to optimize a server for the applications it would run (every application requires a different ratio of CPU power, memory, or storage for best performance).
“This potent mix of attributes—customizable cloud instances within a hybrid, highly automated public cloud environment—proves SoftLayer unique across the industry,” said Paul Burns, President of IT analyst firm Neovise. “CloudLayer has been an extremely compelling offering for enterprise IT, SaaS vendors, online gaming providers, and anyone else that wants to go beyond test and development. This new ability to personalize the size and price of cloud servers can benefit every SoftLayer customer.”
Neovise’s full report on Build Your Own Cloud can be downloaded at www.softlayer.com/byoc.
About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.
(Gawkwire.com) – SoftLayer Technologies has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s North America 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the world North American business region.
The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across North America. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.
This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.
“This year was especially difficult,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. SoftLayer shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we’re faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners of Red Herring North America award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far.”
“We’re excited to be selected as a Finalist for this award,” said Lance Crosby, SoftLayer Chief Executive Officer. “Our commitment to innovation continues to drive the development of our products and services; being recognized for this commitment is truly an honor.”
Finalists for the 2010 edition of the Red Herring 100 North America award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.
The Finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring North America Conference in San Diego, June 22-24, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on June 24 at the event.
(Gawkwire.com) – SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced the release of its Mobile Client application for the iPhone® OS. The new app brings SoftLayer customers robust server and account management tools for iPhone, iPod touch®, and iPad™.
SoftLayer was early to market with a mobile version of its leading Customer Portal suited for various cellular phone web browsers. The new Mobile Client application goes even farther, leveraging recent advances in smart phone hardware and software paradigms to deliver a native application with capabilities including:
Tickets: Allows the creation and viewing of tickets for support questions or requests.
Servers: Provides details about Dedicated Servers, Virtual Servers, and CloudLayer™ Computing Instances, as well as the ability to manage system startup, shutdown, pinging, and reboot.
Bandwidth: Delivers bandwidth usage information for Dedicated Servers, CloudLayer Computing Instances, and Virtual Racks.
“We’re excited to take the ease of use and control that our Customer Portal has provided and pair it with the convenience of a native mobile application,” said Nathan Day, SoftLayer Chief Technology Officer. “At SoftLayer, we try to put our customers first; this new application allows customers to access the management portal from any location, any time at all.”
SoftLayer Mobile Client for iPhone OS is available for free download through the iTunes® Store. Native Mobile Client applications will be available for additional mobile devices soon.
About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638..
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(The Hosting News) – SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative infrastructure-as-a-service provider, today announced that it recently released Stratos, an open-source, brandable implementation of the SoftLayer Customer Portal built upon SoftLayer’s leading open API. SoftLayer resellers and customers can now create a customized user interface featuring their unique corporate identity, providing end users a singly branded user experience.
Stratos is currently supported when locally-installed on a PHP-enabled web server within a SoftLayer data center; support for external access will be available soon. When end users log in, they immediately see a brief summary of their hardware status according to SoftLayer’s monitoring systems, as well as an overview of servers that are approaching their bandwidth allocations. Additional features include:
User configuration with a username and SoftLayer API key
Language pack creation and configuration
Per-user customization of user interface, language, and access level
Hardware list retrieval with:
o Hardware, software, public network, private network, maintenance network, and service details
o Hardware temperature and fan sensor graphs
o Server reboot via IPMI card, powerstrip, or by IPMI with powerstrip failover
“We’re excited about giving our customers this opportunity to customize their own, feature-rich portal,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer for SoftLayer. “We developed Stratos to engage our developer and reseller community. Even for those who don’t want a customized portal, Stratos provides a tangible example of what can be done with the SoftLayer API by anyone. We hope it inspires even greater ideas.”
Stratos is available for free download at www.github.com/softlayer/stratos.
SoftLayer’s Reseller Program lets participants offer standard SoftLayer services as well as products not sold directly under the SoftLayer name brand. Resellers receive volume discounts on purchases, setup fees, exclusive services, and more. For more information, visit www.softlayer.com/reseller.
SoftLayer Introduces Stratos White Label Portal
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