OnApp v4.2 for Cloud Hosting Industry

OnApp Ltd. has launched the latest version of its cloud management platform for service providers.

OnApp v4.2 introduces one-click DR and content accelerator products to the OnApp Cloud platform, enabling cloud providers to bring enterprise DR and CDN to the mass market.

The capabilities join the growing range of products that service providers can sell with the company’s solution, enabling them to switch focus away from basic infrastructure management to selling value-added services that help them compete.

OnApp configure virtual-server screen
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Ditlev Bredahl, CEO, OnApp, said: “We’ve already automated the core orchestration, manageent, provisioning and billing functions that cloud services depend on. If those basic infrastructure management functions aren’t already fully automated, you’re doing them with the wrong platform. What service providers need to focus on now is the value-added services they can offer on top of their infrastructure – the services their customers need, which help them compete.“

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Highlights include:

• DRaaS (DR as a Service), a real-time replication and restore product for mission-critical workloads hosted in firm’ clouds. Using OnApp’s distributed storage technology it makes enterprise DR affordable for cloud providers and SME customers, for the first time.

• Accelerator, a way for cloud users to accelerate web applications and content hosted in firm’ clouds with a single click. Using a patent-pending content acceleration method, it automatically optimizes OnApp virtual servers and distributes them across company’s global network of premium CDN locations, with no configuration or CDN management needed.

“In the last version of OnApp, we introduced application servers, a way for providers to sell one-click SaaS and PaaS to their clients,” added Bredahl.”Today we’re adding one-click DR and one-click content acceleration – breaking down the entry barriers to technologies that have always been too complex or expensive for most providers to deliver, and most customers to buy.“

This version is available, and is a free upgrade for existing firm’s customers.