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FlexiScale 2.0 open for public beta

Flexiant, the software and services company, today announces the that its public cloud product, FlexiScale 2.0, has entered open beta-test.

FlexiScale 2.0 is a complete, bottom-up re-write of market leading FlexiScale, a dominant player in public cloud platforms since 2007. FlexiScale 2.0’s leading-edge technology enables start-ups and SMEs to grow from one server to one thousand servers in seconds – critical for organisations offering streaming video, social networking or SaaS, and ideal for a wealth of other applications.FlexiScale 2.0’s pay-as-you-go virtual dedicated servers can be up and running, or taken down in less than 60 seconds, ensuring businesses can rapidly shape their IT resources in response to dynamic market conditions. With no long-term commitment or capital expenditure, FlexiScale 2.0 facilitates clear focus on core business activities by reducing time, energy and effort spent on IT provisioning and investment.

Powered by Flexiant’s flagship technology “Extility”, FlexiScale 2.0 has a very user-friendly look and feel making operating the functionally enriched FlexiScale 2.0 an empowering experience. Current users of FlexiScale will see immediately that Flexiant has responded to market demand and remain clear leaders in provisioning viable, business enabling technology.

Key new features include:

  • A completely revised graphical user interface;
  • A richer API for programmatic server control;
  • Substantially reduced charges;
  • Highly accelerated initial boot times;
  • Virtual Data Centers to enable customers to organise their own array of servers;
  • Ability for customers to attach, detach, resize, snapshot, image and clone virtual disks;
  • Ability for customers to create their own servers from uploaded images; and
  • VNC console support to diagnose boot or connectivity issues.

To sign up, visit http://www.flexiant.com/products/flexiscale/signup

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Extility provides the web hosting market with leading edge capability to compete and grow market share

Hosting companies can now compete in the cloud virtualisation sector on an even playing field with global market leaders with proprietary rapid provisioning infrastructures.

Forming the basis of Flexiant’s pioneering FlexiScale cloud service, Extility offers a proven, credible and visionary alternative to the cost of developing a cloud computing platform in-house.

Launched today by Flexiant, the software and services company, Extility is a licensed virtualised cloud platform delivering all the benefits of real-time server estate management to end-users through its unique user interface and API. Central to these end-user benefits is the ability to shape server requirements to meet and exceed the demands of a perpetually shifting market landscape, allowing provisioning and reconfiguration of servers in seconds or minutes rather than hours or days.

Licensees of Extility will not only enjoy the competitive edge of providing world class scalable services to existing or new business the savings springing from Extility’s unified platform mean that they will be able to do so at realistic prices in a market projected to comprise of over 20% of corporate IT infrastructure within five years.

Extility’s licensees will see substantial capital expenditure savings, streamlining of technical resource and progressive efficiencies in server utilisation, allowing them more effectively to achieve business acquisition and profitability targets.

Reduced energy consumption will slash operating costs and significantly shrink carbon footprint – a central consideration in an increasingly environmentally conscious business ecosystem.

Importantly, in these times of challenging margins and market fluidity, sales gestation periods will be shortened dramatically through accelerated delivery timescales, in turn reducing time to invoice and to attain positive, profitable cash flow. Extility will significantly enhance licensee profiles and product offerings through seamless branding and bringing real commercial gains to their customers.

Software guru and founder of Flexiant, Tony Lucas, explains: “We have pioneered cloud computing for six years and worked in the web hosting sector for twelve years. We know this industry inside out and we believe Extility will transform internet hosting technology by enabling affordable scalable services that reduce both operating costs and carbon footprint”.

Today’s launch of Extility is an important milestone in the evolution of cloud computing; ease of use, leading edge, platform independence, reliability and leveraged investment are all cornerstone concepts of this exciting technology

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