e-ternity Announces Revolutionary New Cloud Computing Initiative
e-ternity Partners With Infrastructure-as-a-Service Leader 6fusion to Provide the First Utility Computing Model of its Kind to Companies in Canada
Mississauga, Ontario - June 1, 2010
e-ternity Business Continuity Consultants Inc. a Mississauga, Ontario based organization that provides monthly managed services that guarantee business continuance to customers in Canada, has announced a new cloud computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) initiative. Together with IaaS enablement leader 6fusion, e-ternity will provide companies with the ability to access computing resources on-demand via the internet. The IaaS service will enable organizations to move various software applications from their own in-house IT environment to the 'cloud', and access these applications over the internet in a pure utility pay-as-you-go model. This offering represents the first model of its kind in Canada.
6fusion's software platform, called UC6, takes control of virtualized hardware in the data centre and converts it into a compute utility. UC6 leverages 6fusion's unique, patent-pending algorithm called a Workload Allocation Cube (WAC), which creates a single unit of measurement for metering and billing computing consumption for any software application running on any hardware platform.
"The WAC succeeds where other utility computing, cloud computing, and managed hosting systems fail in that we give customers a simple and precise consumption metric," said 6fusion CTO Delano Seymour. "Paying for Infrastructure-as-a-Service using the WAC is like paying for electricity by the kilowatt," he added.
6fusion has many infrastructure nodes operating globally. Under the terms of the partnership, e-ternity will provide the technology infrastructure layer and associated management to support the 6fusion infrastructure node in Canada. e-ternity is branding this offering e-ternity SkyScape.
"This joint service offering represents an enormous opportunity for customers in Canada in 2010," said Michael Aaron, e-ternity's Managing Director of Sales. "We are bringing together some of the most advanced cloud computing technology and respected IT service faculties in the region in order to create a truly unique offering," he added.
Greg Onoprijenko, e-ternity's Managing Director of Business Strategy, was excited about the market potential in Canada. "The attraction to store information in the 'cloud' is very appealing to many businesses for different reasons, but the one question that persists is 'just exactly where is my software application and associated data located?'" began Onoprijenko. "Those customers leveraging the 6fusion 'cloud' that prefer that their data reside in Ontario will actually access the e-ternity infrastructure."
The infrastructure node will be housed in a state-of-the-art data centre with guaranteed service levels, scalability, and is specifically designed to mitigate the risk of service disruption. The data centre is also PCI DSS, SAS70 and CICA 5970 (Type II) audited, ensuring the highest operating levels within the industry.
"Cloud computing represents an exponential growth opportunity for e-ternity and 6fusion," said Guy Netaneli, e-ternity's Managing Director of Services. "This initiative moves e-ternity into the pole position on this technology adoption curve."
"e-ternity is a solid organization run by proven winners. We are excited to be working with their team to bring new cloud services to the Canadian marketplace," said John Cowan, 6fuson's Managing Director.
About 6fusion
6fusion is a new venture created by a group of IT professionals to help other IT and telecommunications service providers enter and adapt to the new and profitable world of managed or hosted technology services by co-creating value and providing a single Utility Computing platform from which they can build, launch and license profitable long-term revenue initiatives. 6fusion's unique, patent-pending technology creates a single unit of measurement for calculating and billing x86 computing consumption for any software application run on any hardware platform. Through a combination of technology, investments and partnerships with world class data centers, 6fusion provides unprecedented ROI and time to market for VARs, MSPs, SaaS Providers, ISPs, ISVs and end customers.
About e-ternity
e-ternity Business Continuity Consultants Inc. provides services to companies in Canada that guarantee business continuance despite any disaster or threat. With its innovative monthly managed services model, e-ternity utilizes cloud computing technologies combined with a comprehensive service program that will allow organizations to optimize their business processes and maximize efficiency and productivity. More information about e-ternity can be found at www.e-ternity.ca.