SymetriQ Cloud Hosting Review

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Posted on 26th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting Reviews

Overall Rating4.884.884.884.884.88
Price4.134.134.134.134.13
Uptime4.884.884.884.884.88
Support4.254.254.254.254.25
Features4.634.634.634.634.63

Overview:
SymetriQ’s cloud platform has been built from the ground up to meet the needs of users who demand enterprise-level service, so you’ll find it has many features that differentiate it from other cloud providers:

  • Highly secure and robust Data Centres that are fully ISO9000 & ISO27001 compliant
  • Fully redundant power feeds and IP transits
  • Only Tier 1 Hardware is used in the SymetriQ Cloud
  • SymetriQ can guarantee the location of your data
  • Data Centres are on the N3 Network
  • All Data Centre staff are SC cleared
  • Granular Billing Engine allows accurate interdepartmental billing
  • Our GUI allows for the easy provisioning of complex enterprise level networks

Features:

  • Virtual data centre control panel
  • Full programmatic access (XML-RPC, REST, admin shell)
  • Utility based billing
  • Scaling of Virtual Dedicated Server
  • Clone virtual servers or entire virtual data centres
  • Built-in reseller interfaces
  • Detailed job logging & error reporting
  • Built-in KVM access
  • Supports Windows, Linux and OpenSolaris
  • Full 64-bit operating systems support
  • Use of customer own images

    • Summary:
    SymetriQ is a provider of cloud computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).  In essence, they offer virtual server hosting on their UK-based infrastructure, which you can deploy in minutes to create your own virtual data centre. Specifically they provide you with the following services via our virtual servers and all are available on a pay-as-you-go basis, like utility billing:

    • Processing power
    • Memory
    • Storage
    • Bandwidth
    • Operating Systems (Windows, Solaris, Linux)
    With virtual servers offered via IaaS, you pay only for what you use and can scale up and down on demand. There is no minimum contract and you are free to run any application or service on these virtual servers, controlling them from a simple web interface.

    Click here to visit SymetriQ Cloud Hosting

    Reliability and Uptime:
    Build with Sun Hardware, Local and SAN Based Storage, Integrated Backup and Restore, Guarantee of Data Location, Government Level Security Datacentre.

    Customer Support:

    Phone support is available upon request.  CymetriQ cloud hosting offers email support via support@symetriq.com. They endeavour to get back to you within 4 Hours. Customers are also urged to consult the forums for guidance on everyday issues.

    Coupon:
    15 Day Trial for £1.00

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    Cari.net Cloud Hosting Review

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    Posted on 24th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting |Cloud Hosting Reviews

    Overall Rating4.364.364.364.364.36
    Price44444
    Uptime4.554.554.554.554.55
    Support4.644.644.644.644.64
    Features4.184.184.184.184.18

    Overview:
    CariNet will train you on how to use and leverage 3tera’s ® AppLogic ™ Cloud OS to maximize your IT investment. The DEV Cloud Hosting platform enables you to optimize the software test and delivery cycle for greater agility and quality control in an environment of constant change. CariNet’s DEV Cloud Services will help you create a more productive, dynamic yet stable test environment by assessing your requirements and then providing a strategic road map to the scalable cloud solution tailored to exceed your needs.

    Features:
    Your storage volume is automatically mirrored on at least two nodes in the grid at all times. It’s an automatic RAID-1 setup with no configuration or hassle on your part! If your server crashes, AppLogic will automatically restart it on another node, so any downtime is absolutely minimal. There are NO SETUP FEES – just a single fixed monthly cost, which will simply be prorated up or down if you need to change your Cloud Server size at any point during the month.

    Unlike a traditional server, this bandwidth is NOT just for data traffic between your application and the public! Since your hard drives are virtualized, network bandwidth is also used for all disk I/O. The limiting is performed in real time, so if the limit is reached, your application may simply slow down (especially if you are working with large files), but it will not stop working.

    Summary:
    Subscribers get five one-on-one training sessions covering the basic operation of an AppLogic virtual data center. The training will be tailored to and focused on your specific needs and current technology.  The On-Demand public cloud service (powered by AppLogic™) enables utility computing by building applications that are completely self-contained and fully scalable. The exact quantity of resources assigned to each instance of the application is entirely dependent on the users’ needs at any given time. The On-Demand cloud service gives the end user the unique ability to scale in any direction on-the-fly based on their specific needs at the time.

    Click here to visit Cari.net Cloud Hosting

    Reliability and Uptime:
    99.999% uptime guarantee on all dedicated servers each calendar year.

    • 1 or More Hours Downtime = 1 Day Credit
    • 4 or More Hours Downtime = 1 Week Credit

    Customer Support:
    Subscribers get five one-on-one training sessions covering the basic operation of an AppLogic virtual data center. The training will be tailored to and focused on your specific needs and current technology.  CariNet’s in-house technical support staff are ready to help 24×7×365. Our staff carry Cisco, Microsoft (MCSE), CCNA, CCIE, & A+ certifications in addition to years of technical support background and training.

    Call now for a price

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    Cloud.bg Cloud Hosting Review

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    Posted on 14th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting |Cloud Hosting Reviews

    Overall Rating4.144.144.144.144.14
    Price44444
    Uptime4.434.434.434.434.43
    Support44444
    Features44444

    Overview:
    Cloud.bg hosting platform creates competitive advantage for you. Cloud.bg cloud hosting can not compare their cloud hosting solution to other similar services, because at the time it was launched (January 20, 2010) there were no other providers on the European hosting market to run fully automated cPanel/WHM enabled cloud hosting service.

    Cloud Hosting

    Features:
    Cloud.bg customers can move their websites and applications on the cloud risk-free, without any need to learn new technologies and to adapt to the Fuscan Linux Cloud andcPanel/WHM.  You always have enough disc space, data transfer and power in your Cloud.bg hosting account and all the resources are guaranteed. Cloud.bg cloud professionals can always allocate more SAN space, bandwidth or processor time if you need them.

    Summary:
    Cloud.bg is not just a provider of Cloud Hosting, but is the only one on the market to offer cPanel/WHM enabled Cloud hosting. This does not mean separate virtual instances (vps), but a large load-balanced infrastructure that runs cPanel on top.

    Click here to visit Cloud.bg Cloud Hosting

    Reliability and Uptime:
    When you host your websites on the the Cloud.bg you can welcome hundred thousands or even millions of daily visitors on your websites. You will not have a service outage and Cloud.bg will handle the load.

    Customer Support:
    24/7 Phone and ticket support.

    Get  FREE Cloud Hosting SSL Certificate (coupon code “FREECLOUDSSL”)

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    AirVM Cloud Hosting Review

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    Posted on 6th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting |Cloud Hosting Reviews

    Overall Rating44444
    Price4.334.334.334.334.33
    Uptime3.673.673.673.673.67
    Support4.674.674.674.674.67
    Features3.333.333.333.333.33

    Overview:
    AirVm is a leader in hosted VMware cloud services. Their equipment is in a state-of-the-art SAS 70 type II certified data center, with redundant power and network connectivity. Live on-demand snapshots

    Features:
    With SAN storage, flexible RAM and CPUs plus your choice of OS, VMs that are tailored to your needs. Preconfigured VMs are supported and are deployed directly into their cloud environment. Clients can trade performance for capacity. Switch from Tier-1 to Tier-2 storage on the fly and receive triple the amount of space at no additional cost or have both a Tier-1 and Tier-2 virtual disk in a single VM.

    Summary:
    Tier-1 hardware, software and network.  Basic package comes with CentOS, Ubuntu, or Debian for your Operating System.  32 bit or 64bit, 25 GB Tier-1 Storage, 1 GB Memory, 1 500 MHz Processor, 500 GB/mo Bandwidth, along with 1 Daily Snapshot.  If you would like c-panel on your cloud server it will cost you an additional $17.00/month

    Click here to visit AirVM Cloud Hosting

    Reliability and Uptime:
    AirVM Cloud Hosting use the finest quality servers and hosting equipment with 24/7 monitoring & UPS power backup. Reliability has always been a good selling point for AirVM and we have always received great results and feedback. They have redundant power and network connectivity to always keep your cloud server up.

    Control Panel:
    AirVM cloud hosting use cPanel control panel at an additional cost of $17/month per server.  You can have Plesk 9 on your cloud server for $15.oo/month

    Customer Support:
    AirVm Cloud Hosting has a very interesting support section using primarily a ticket system although they have a emergency ticket system.

    Click here to visit AirVM Cloud Hosting

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    Buying Social Media Followers

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    Posted on 30th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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    I will have to say, I am one of the most skeptical people there is, but I decided to step out of my boundaries and buy social media followers.  I have tried a couple “Buy Facebook Followers and “Buy YouTube Views” sites and have been sorely disappointed.  I came across a site called BuyAFollower and tried them out.

    To my surprise they did what they said they were going to do.  I ordered 15,000 You Tube views on all of my videos (15) and they delivered more than I ordered.  So I tried out Facebook, 1000 Facebook followers. They delivered more than was purchased.    I have since told everyone about the service and have loved them.  They are one of the best companies out there for getting me social media followers that I wanted.  I love BuyAFollower!

    My BuyAFollower Review is an A+.  Here is everything they offer:

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    Apple TV rumored to be Cloud-Based

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    Posted on 28th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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    Engadget reports on the potential next iteration of the Apple TV that may move it from a back burner hobby to the front lines.

    The Website is reporting on tips that the next generation Apple TV could be an impressive upgrade. With the rumors, the system would move to the iPhone OS platform. This isn’t too shocking as we’ve ponder as such just last week. (Google TV implies competition with Apple TV, but not really) Along with the iPhone goodness would be 1080p output, which would seem a given if it were to be a serious contender for the living room. Furthermore, the device would run on Apple’s A4 processor and come equipped with 16 GB of storage. The storage needs would be minimal as Apple would also offer up cloud-based media serving. Such has been rumored with the purchase of music streaming company LaLa and the company building a giant new server farm on the east coast. Beyond the cloud and built-in drive, the device would also reportedly pull content from local network storage such as TimeMachine.

    The gadget blog says that a tip they’ve since confirmed with “a source very close to Apple” suggests that Apple has been working on the next version of the Apple TV. The goods according to them: it will be a very small box (smaller than the current one) with perhaps only outputs for power and TV-out cables. It will run on Apple’s new A4 chip (the one found in the iPad and soon the new iPhone). It will still do 1080p video, but may have as little as 16GB of flash memory. That’s because the thing will be based around streaming over the cloud (or from other computers in your home) rather than local storage. Most significantly, it will run the iPhone OS.

    Basically, it’s an “iPhone without a screen,” is how Engadget hears it. Oh — and it will cost only $99, supposedly.

    Engadget notes that there’s no word on if apps will be included with the product or not. But it makes little sense to use the iPhone OS for this device and not includes apps (at least eventually). As I noted, the reason Apple hasn’t been taking the Apple TV seriously up until now is because they hadn’t figured out the best way to make money from it. That’s largely because Apple makes money off of hardware sales, and for devices like the iPod, those are driven by the availability of content at a good price. That’s the reason the Apple TV has failed to catch on: not enough content at a good price.

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    City of Washington D.C. To Launch Private Cloud

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    Posted on 28th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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    The city of Washington, D.C. is now building a private cloud infrastructure, launching a startup incubation effort, and pushing new community involvement in developing applications and leveraging government data.  As we have already seen the City of Washington D.C. is a very strong  innovative user of technology when federal CIO Vivek Kundra was CTO there before he moved to the White House.

    Information Week reported “While that’s not revolutionary for the world, it’s pretty big for cities and government agencies,” Sivak said. “Here, it takes a long time to procure hardware, but now, a guy wants to go buy a server, it’s click-click-click and then it’s done.” In addition to building a private cloud, Sivak has embarked on the journey toward creating what he calls the “GIS model city” of Washington, D.C. The city is already a heavy supplier of mapping applications, having 26 apps that mash maps up with data on crimes, evacuation routes, school data, emergency facilities, addresses of notaries public, leaf collection, and much more.”

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    Greenqloud, the Clean Cloud Computing Power in Iceland

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    Posted on 28th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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    As many of you may remember Best Cloud Server reported about the Volcano in Iceland and how this would affect data centers in the surrounding areas.  Greenqloud, which is one of the startups that will present at the cloud computing event Structure on June 23 and 24 in San Francisco, was created by Internet innovator Eirikur Hrafnsson.  The concept that Eirikur told us about is to rent space in data centers based in Iceland and sell cloud computing services to web companies and individuals all over the world that want to manage their carbon footprint cloud hosting and embrace clean power cloud hosting. The cloud computing services include virtual server hosting, data storage, scientific data processing and software as a service infrastructure.

    Hrafnsson told Earth2Tech during an interview on Thursday that Greenqloud plans to launch its beta service by the fourth quarter of this year on a small scale. After that, Greenqloud wants to launch on a much larger, public scale in 2011. The company plans to hit break-even by year two of operation and become profitable by year three. It’s raised about a half a million dollars from angel investors in Iceland and is looking to raise another round of funding to launch its service on a wider scale.

    They later reported that “A large data center operator in Iceland like Verne Global (which Greenqloud is in discussions with) is able to offer a competitive 20-year fixed electricity rate, which protects the customer from volatile energy prices, and that is 100 percent clean power. Greenqloud plans to work with several data center operators, and Hrafnsson says there has been a recent “gold rush” in data center construction in Iceland — a combination of the devalued Kronor, the IT history of the country, and the emission-free power grid.”

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    CouchDB with new Cloud Hosting Initiative

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    Posted on 27th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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    In an effort to accelerate open source CouchDB efforts, Couchio, a commercial entity led by the founder of Apache’s CouchDB project, is rolling out a cloud-hosting initiative.

    With a new cloud-hosting service, Couchio is trying to lower the entry barriers for developers to deploy open source CouchDB projects as it looks to fuel the momentum of the NoSQL database movement. And Couchio’s not content just to make it easier, but is intent on the process being “dead simple,” according to its founder.

    Take a look at Couchio’s new cloud-based hosting service for CouchDB projects.

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    Hosting.com Launches Cloud Private

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    Posted on 27th May 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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    Cloud Private, now offered by Hosting.com addresses a previous gap in Hosting.com’s Cloud Portfolio.  A private cloud solution that is fully managed through Hosting.com’s Customer Portal and Entourage Support team, and is capable of connecting to Hosting.com’s Hybrid Hosting solutions. Hybrid Hosting allows standalone cloud, dedicated and colocation components to run independently or as part of a network.

    Download Hosting.com’s recently released Cloud Security Executive Report – How Real Are Cloud Security Concerns – which addresses the concerns associated with Cloud Security and how cloud hosting providers can work with clients to address their concerns and needs.

    Read Full Hosting.com Private Cloud Article

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