These enhanced Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings for cloud services will rapidly bring flexibility and scalability into the business, especially for organisations operating applications in high performance computing environments.
The new services being delivered by COLT will be rolled out in a staged approach during 2010, with introductory services available to beta customers prior to general availability during the second quarter of 2010. Additional upgrades will also be introduced throughout 2010.
Maggy McClelland, Managing Director of COLT Managed Services said: “Our new offerings provide customers with the assurance and security needed for enterprise-class grid services, combined with the benefits of cloud computing. This capability will enable CIOs to deploy cloud services, whether private, hybrid or public, on a strategic rather than tactical basis.”
Jamie Bernardin, Vice President, DataSynapse Product Group, TIBCO Software Inc. said: “We believe these capabilities will provide COLT with a differentiated, first-mover advantage in the emerging cloud services industry. When launched, COLT will have the first platform as a service offering in the European enterprise IT market with these capabilities.”
This announcement enhances COLT’s growing presence in the enterprise cloud arena. In July 2009 COLT introduced its first cloud service, Managed Workspace, and in January 2010 it announced the availability of its Cloud Infrastructure Services.