The managed hosting provider internet4YOU opened its cloud marketplace today, leveraging the ScaleUp Cloud Management Platform. Customers have access to cloud resources that can be retrieved from the provider’s data centers as required via a new web portal which is integrated into their website www.internet4you.com. Virtual servers and complete business applications can be activated via the portal within minutes and are billed by the hour according to actual usage.
Not only can an individual cloud server be powered up with just a few mouse clicks, but the cloud marketplace also makes it possible to create entire server infrastructures for complex applications including firewall, load balancing, and automatic scaling. This is possible through the IaaP functionality in the ScaleUp software. internet4YOU expects that especially web developers will appreciate these features. A selection of open source business applications can also be accessed. The provider is open to partnerships with software vendors in this area in particular who would like to sell their products through the cloud marketplace. Contracts with Microsoft have already been negotiated. Soon Windows servers will be added to the marketplace to complement the existing Linux distributions.
The key to internet4YOU’s success is the portal’s user-friendliness. “While many offers require considerable technical expertise on the part of the user in order to set up a cloud server or a business application in the cloud, the key to our success is that the marketplace is easy to use,” says CEO Gihan Behrmann.
If you are interested, just give it a try. Pricing starts at just 6 cents per hour. cloud.internet4you.com
