VMworld Cannes, France, 26th of February 2008. PINS, a leading Dutch Hosting Provider, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Q-layer. The partnership will allow PINS to launch a Virtual Private DataCenter solution, based on the datacenter virtualization technology from Q-layer and using the ESX server virtualization technology from VMware.
With the Virtual Private DataCenter (VPDC) software from Q-layer, customers of the service provider are able to build and manage a virtual environment including virtual servers, virtual firewalls, virtual switches, virtual storage and virtual software appliances. The virtual private datacenter is built with an easy-to-use "drag & drop" web interface. The Q-layer datacenter abstraction layer translates this environment into actual resources in the datacenter and executes instant provisioning using customizable workflows.
PINS already offers web and application hosting based on VMware ESX. The VPDC offering based on Q-layer is the next step in the evolution and overcomes the complexity of automating the provisioning of the whole hosting stack including servers, network and storage. This is needed to build a real-time infrastructure.
"PINS is renowned for being the first to launch winning new technology.", said Jan Willem des Tombe, CEO of PINS, "The Q-layer Virtual Private DataCenter concept allows us to provide a new level of flexibility to our customers and partners, while leveraging the performance and stability of VMware ESX."
PINS will bring the VPDC model to market for three different target groups: one for end-users that require full self-service provisioning of servers and other services, one for resellers enabling them to setup server environments with the click of a button and one for managed customers where PINS engineers will build the environment for the customer.
"We are proud to have been chosen by PINS for its next-generation hosting platform.", said Niko Nelissen, VP Business Development of Q-layer. "Both companies share a vision on how datacenter services will be operated in the future and how virtualization helps in building a real-time infrastructure with instant availability of all services".
"With the Q-layer VPDC model, we will offer our customers virtual capacity with a straight forward billing model similar to the electricity bill.", said Tjarko Kwee, Director and founder of PINS. "A VPDC environment is dynamic and changes based on the business needs of our customers. This billing model allows for flexibility and provides transparency to our customers".
About PINS
PINS is a managed services provider that delivers mission critical services to its customers. PINS specializes in web and application hosting with core competencies on connectivity, security, uptime and scalability. The company was founded in 1996 and is today one of the largest service providers in its segment. PINS operates from its headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and it has sales offices in The Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. For more information, please check
www.pins.nl About Q-layer
Q-layer provides datacenter and storage virtualization software for service providers, enabling them to generate new revenues by providing more value-added services, while reducing total cost of ownership per server. The company was founded in 2005 by a group of datacenter veterans, who also built the success of DataCenter Technologies (acquired by Veritas in 2005, now Symantec) and Dedigate (acquired by Terremark in 2005). The development team is responsible for patent-pending innovations such as strategically positioning primary and secondary data on disks. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Partech International, Wellington Partners and Big Bang Ventures. Q-layer has its European headquarters in Belgium and its U.S. headquarters are located in Sillicon Valley. More information about Q-layer is available at
www.q-layer.com or by calling +32 9 324 20 53.
For more information:
PINS
Jan Willem des Tombe
CEO
tel: +31622602432