Posted on June 9th, 2011A well known hosting provider, based in Chicago, Steadfast Networks, focusing mainly on colocation services and dedicated server hosting, made a statement announcing the release of their latest cloud hosting service, the Steadfast Cloud Platform. This cloud platform service can be very easily personalized and provides most of the main powers used to upload your applications “in the cloud” giving you the option to increase or decrease the system resources given to you whenever you want.
“Everybody here at Steadfast Networks is incredibly proud to finally offer the Steadfast Cloud Platform to the industry,” says Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. “We understand that our customers need the flexibility of cloud hosting with the control of dedicated hardware. With this new service, we are able to provide a reliable cloud hosting solution that scales all the way from hobbyists to enterprise-grade solutions.”
The Steadfast Cloud Platform makes use of Xen based Virtual Machines that use the OnApp platform to provide an operating system which can be utilized for businesses, cloud web hosting, software development of working through applications. Steadfast provides a safe cloud hosting service giving 500 MHZ CPU and 512 MB RAM of system resources for every Virtual Machine initially.
“In essence, we are today launching a hybrid platform, allowing customers to use Virtual Machines within a public or private cloud and as part of an existing dedicated server or colocation solution. We provide businesses with a range of options to tailor the cloud hosting solution they have been looking for, fully compatible with their existing network setup,” says Zimmerman. “In addition, we offer a large, diverse range of software and a simple, hassle-free resource allocation process, which gives our customers the control over their servers that they have been craving. We are not in the business of charging people for what they don’t use, or might only use for one hour a month – our mission here is simply to give people what they want, when they want it.”
The cloud platform that develops can be personalized in a second. To meet the changing needs of hosted client businesses, more hardware assets can be included in the platform. This enables users to make the most of the service they purchase according to their needs. The Steadfast Cloud Platform makes use of the complete potential of cloud web hosting: hardware assets and software choices are presented when the need arises, and can be increased or decreased according to need, taking money only if or when used.
“We firmly believe that the Steadfast Cloud Platform is the customizable solution that the industry has been looking for,” says Zimmerman. “With our hourly billing process, we are able to offer a product that we are extremely proud of at a price point that is extremely competitive. We hope that this gives customers the freedom to expand their network scale without dramatically increasing their overhead and try new ways of conducting their business without the risk of wasted resources.”
About Steadfast Networks:
Founded in the year 1998, Steadfast Networks is a hosting company based in Chicago. It promises optimum quality, high power servers via trustworthy dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, dedicated game server hosting and a recently released cloud platform. The services provided by Steadfast have won numerous awards for their high quality and are backed by a highly skillful technical staff that works 24/7/365 to help customers from across the world. Customers have the option of selecting basic hosting or a personalized ones, completely managed dedicated server hosting, or cloud hosting which can be tuned up or down according to requirement. Steadfast Networks provides an eco friendly environment with 100% carbon neutral hosting services.
For more information on Steadfast Networks visit http://www.steadfast.net.