GoGrid

Overview

As said before, the cloud computing market is an evolutionary one. And one reason for that is companies like ServePath, who began life as a internet service provider in 1995. ServePath has taken their experience and expertise with virtualization and grid computing and further refined and expanded it. While they continue to be a successful dedicated hosting provider, ServePaths' GoGrid division represents an advancement on the path of cloud computing and in infrastructure services in particular.

GoGrid is a provider of on-demand, or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), compute and storage resources, as well as cloud management services. Their cloud-based offerings allow customers to build, scale, and manage -- in real-time -- Windows and Linux servers using a Web-based interface. Their on-demand storage solution provides a highly-scalable and available file-level backup service for servers running in the GoGrid cloud.

In addition, GoGrid offers a hybrid infrastructure solution called Cloud Connect that "uses a secure megabit private network to connect your cloud web and application servers (front-end) with customized dedicated database servers (back-end)." The benefit of the hybrid approach is it couples capacity on-demand with the high I/O performance from a dedicated database server.

Value Proposition

GoGrid offers a fast, flexible, and highly scalable way to deploy and manage server infrastructure. Customers pay based on the amount of RAM deployed and data tranfer used; there are no set up fees or long-term contracts. Free real-time f5 load balancing and 10GB of storage are included. They also offer an extensive library of server images.

With GoGrid Cloud Connect, customers get capacity on-demand together with high I/O performance from a dedicated database server. Plus, 24/7 support and a 100% up-time service level agreement.

Products & Services

• GoGrid Cloud Servers "support a variety of Linux and Windows operating systems with pre-installed software, such as IIS, Apache, PHP, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL." Their cloud server images allow for the quick deployment of a single server or the ability to build a load-balanced server network.
• GoGrid Cloud Storage is a highly-scalable and available file-level backup service for servers running in the GoGrid cloud; customers start with 10GB of free storage.
• GoGrid Cloud Connect allows customers to build a hybrid infrastructure consisting of dedicated and cloud-based servers, so the benefits of customization with scalability and flexibility are combined. "Cloud Connect uses a secure megabit private network to connect your cloud web and application servers (front-end) with customized dedicated database servers (back-end)."