Amazon, Microsoft and Google targeted by cloud provider Joyent
November 8, 2012
Grazed from Network Computing. Author: Brandon Butler.
Joyent may be the biggest cloud provider you haven’t heard of. According to the pure-play infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider — which was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco — it is a top 5 vendor of cloud-based virtual machines in the world, a stat that’s backed up by Gartner. That means it’s rubbing elbows with the big names of cloud computing — Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, Microsoft and Google.
"They’re the most interesting cloud company that few people talk about," says George Reese, CTO of enStratus, a company that consults with enterprises on cloud strategies and helps business deploy applications to the cloud. "When we talk to people we get questions about AWS, Rackspace, HP, and when we mention Joyent, they’re like, ‘Who?’"…
Perhaps users should start paying attention, though. The company this week released Joyent7, the latest version of its cloud management platform named SmartOS, which it says enhances capabilities for hybrid cloud deployments between a customer data center and Joyent’s cloud. Company founder and CTO Jason Hoffman is aiming for the fences with his company, openly stating that he’s looking to take on the Amazons, Googles and Microsofts of the world. Does he have a shot?…
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