Sacramento, CA — June 2, 2009 — StrataScale, Inc. (www.stratascale.com), the only managed hosting company that provides an Instant Physical InfrastructureTM with cloud capabilities, today announced the rapid adoption by SMB and enterprise customers of IronScale, StrataScale’s flagship service. IronScaleSM is the first automated, fully managed server hosting service that enables customers to build, manage, and scale entire physical infrastructures in minutes from a secure Web portal. Apptera, Doctor Dispense, Ignite ST, Lobue Associates, Photronics, Resources Global Professionals, Square D, VeraSprite, Video Integrity, WhichBox Media, and White Sky are among the businesses that are using the IronScale service.
Built to deliver the efficiency and agility of cloud computing within the secure framework of a bare metal server, IronScale enables customers to provision and manage physical servers, allocate storage, install preferred operating systems, and configure network and security infrastructure—in minutes as opposed to hours, days, or weeks. Similar to ‘pure’ cloud computing, IronScale also provides a centralized portal that extends direct control to customers allowing them to instantly change server configurations, add storage, change firewall rules, and even switch networks dynamically, all from a secure Web browser on their laptop or mobile phone.
“Using the IronScale portal allowed us to migrate our data quickly and seamlessly, so our customers wouldn’t experience any downtime,” said Keith Waldorf, vice president of operations for Doctor Dispense, a medications and medical services dispenser for physicians. “From performance and reliability to customer service, the implementation of IronScale has exceeded our expectations.”
IronScale’s cloud-like technology and ability to deliver physical servers instantly not only enables businesses to gain significant time efficiencies in development and production schedules, it also allows customers to scale cost effectively by only paying for the exact capacity and infrastructure they need.
“The day I called StrataScale, I had my server,” said CEO Jonathan Haswell of Ignite ST, a skill technologies company in beta phase. “With IronScale, we can expand and contract our infrastructure as our business demands, and not a minute sooner. This level of flexibility and control allows our team to focus on developing the applications that drive our business instead of spending time building our infrastructure.”
While the simplicity, cost efficiency, and agility of the IronScale solution make it an ideal choice for small and growing companies, enterprise customers have also found it highly effective for meeting their needs.
“We were looking to better manage our long-term costs, without sacrificing the quality of our infrastructure,” said Dave Hoerster, director of technology for policyIQ® at Resources Global Professionals. “With IronScale, we saved money, didn’t compromise on quality, and gained incredible time efficiencies with the quick turn-around of server provisioning. Instead of waiting up to six weeks for a policyIQ server to be production ready, we can now have it up and running in a matter of hours.”
“Companies are being asked to do more with less in the current economic climate. While they may be experiencing reductions in IT staff and budgets, their workload is growing,” said Robert Vincent, general manager and chief operating officer of StrataScale. “IronScale gives our customers an innovative way to grow their business as needed and still meet their production deadlines and operational budget goals without leaving their desk.”
About StrataScale, Inc.
StrataScale creates next-generation, best-in-class hosting solutions that offer customers the efficiencies of cloud computing on physical infrastructure through its flagship service IronScale. IronScale is the only automated, fully managed server hosting service that enables customers to build and manage physical servers in minutes from a secure Web portal using patent-pending technologies. IronScale’s unique interface gives customers direct, anytime, anywhere control over their hosted infrastructure and a single point of administration to make changes, manage applications, and add to their server environment on demand. StrataScale is a wholly owned subsidiary of RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a world- class colocation and managed services provider. For more information, please visit www.stratascale.com.
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