ForLinux Launches its First Cloud Computing Service Based in the UK

ForLinux Launches its First Cloud Computing Service Based in the UK.

Release date: 2nd June 2009.

Nottingham, UK, June 1. ForLinux announced today that it will begin offering Cloud Computing services to its customers, using the Enomaly Elastic Computing Platform (ECP), Service Provider Edition. This will be one of the first ECP Cloud Computing service based in UK.

ForLinux will host the ECP cloud computing platform within its UK based datacenter, enabling ForLinux’s customer to access computing capacity on demand. ForLinux’s Cloud Computing service is expected to be available to customers on 1st August 2009. ForLinux’s Enomaly ECP-based Cloud Computing service can be used to host web sites, to power internal business applications, and to provide burst capacity to meet peak loads for existing systems. ForLinux’s ECP Cloud Computing platform enables customers to access and manage any number of virtual servers, running on any Open Source operating system. Customers access and manage their virtual servers through a web-based dashboard. Customers can also automatically scale up and down their use of cloud servers through a robust web-based API.

“We are delighted to have ForLinux among the select group of Charter Customers for the rollout of the Service Provider Edition of our Elastic Computing Platform”, stated Dr. Richard Reiner, CEO of Enomaly. “We believe customers in the UK will benefit tremendously from having a Cloud Computing service available locally, without trans-border regulatory concerns, and the delays of long-distance Internet access.”

“Customers today demand the power and flexibility of Cloud Computing,” added Steve Nice, Technical Director of ForLinux. “We are delighted to offer this Cloud Computing service, based on Enomaly’s platform, as part of our ongoing commitment to meet our customer’s highest expectations”.

About ForLinux:
ForLinux are leading experts in providing and supporting hosted Open Source applications, delivering first class solutions that are individually tailored for each client.
ForLinux specialise in providing bespoke managed hosting solutions to server and support business critical applications. By expanding the ForLinux portfolio to include the Enomaly’s ECP , the company will be able to offer it’s customers the increased flexibility and power required from a Cloud solution whilst firmly focusing on server security.

About Enomaly, Inc.:
Enomaly is a leading vendor of Cloud Computing platform software. Enomaly’s Elastic Computing Platform (ECP) is the answer for carriers, hosting providers, and enterprises that want to benefit from the power, flexibility, and compelling economics of cloud computing. Organizations around the world use ECP today to deliver Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to their customers and internal users, to seamlessly bridge computing tasks between their datacenters and public cloud providers, and to experience the increased business agility of cloud computing. Enomaly is based in Toronto, Canada, and has operations in Vancouver, Canada, South Korea, and Ukraine. www.enomaly.com

Source: ForLinux Limited, Innovation House, Beacon Hill Office Park, Cafferata Way, Newark, Notts.

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