Cloud broker
RightScale [1] has launched more than 1 million servers on the cloud through its RightScale Cloud Management Platform, the company
announced today [2]. RightScale, a three-year old cloud specialist, has helped deploy cloud installations for clients ranging from social gaming company Zynga to entertainment conglomerate Sony Music.
“One million is a big number and testifies to the enormous traction that cloud computing – and automated cloud management – has achieved,” said Michael Crandell, RightScale CEO. “It also presents more undeniable evidence that it’s no longer a question of whether or not cloud computing will become a major force for change in IT – it’s only a question of how fast.”
The announcement underscores the ease and speed with which companies are deploying virtual servers on cloud computing platforms. RightScale has worked closely with the
social gaming sector [3], but its growth also suggests the potentially large role for companies serving as
cloud brokers [4]to help companies deploy apps on cloud platforms.
Google is rumored to have deployed more than 1 million physical servers. And any number of companies may have deployed at least 1 million virtual servers in their operations. But the RightScale announcement – which accompanied its rollout of
new enterprise-focused features [5] for its management platform – provides a big, shiny data point to reflect on the growth of cloud computing as a trend.
To celebrate the milestone, RightScale announced a ”
1 Million+ Servers Launched [6]” contest in which participants guess how many servers the company will have launched in the cloud by the date of the
RightScale User Meetup [7] on April 21 in New York.
To learn more about RightScale, here’s our June 2009
video conversation with Crandell [8], who talked about his company’s niche in “managing clouds” on multiple platforms (including Amazon Web Services, Google App Engine and FlexiScale), as well as trends in enterprise interest in cloud computing. This video runs about 9 minutes, 30 seconds.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] RightScale: http://www.rightscale.com/
[2] announced today: http://www.rightscale.com/news_events/press_releases/2010/RightScale-Launches-One-Million-Servers-in-the-Cloud.php
[3] social gaming sector: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/02/17/rightscale-powering-social-games-on-ec2/
[4] cloud brokers : http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/01/22/cloud-computing-brokers-a-resource-guide/
[5] new enterprise-focused features: http://www.rightscale.com/news_events/press_releases/2010/RightScale-Boosts-Enterprise-Capabilities-in-its-Leading-Cloud-Management-Platform.php
[6] 1 Million+ Servers Launched: http://www.rightscale.com/contest
[7] RightScale User Meetup: http://www.rightscale.com/meetup
[8] video conversation with Crandell: http://www.rightscale.com
[9] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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