GoGrid
Encyclopedia
GoGrid is a cloud infrastructure service, hosting Linux
and Windows
virtual machine
s managed by a multi-server control panel
and a RESTful API. GoGrid is privately held and competes in the dedicated hosting space against Rackspace
and in the cloud computing hosting space with those listed in the See also section.
by IDG World Expo and LinuxWorld.com.
In May 2010, GoGrid was named in Lead411's list of the “2010 Hottest San Francisco Companies”.
In June 2010, GoGrid won “Best Channel Incentives” Award at 2010 ASCII
Reseller Success Summit.
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
virtual machine
Virtual machine
A virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...
s managed by a multi-server control panel
Control panel
Control panel may refer to:* Control panel , a flat, often vertical, area where control instrumentation is mounted.* Control panel , the tool in the operating system which allows most or all of the settings to be changed through a user interface** Control panel ** Control Panel ** Web hosting...
and a RESTful API. GoGrid is privately held and competes in the dedicated hosting space against Rackspace
Rackspace
Rackspace US, Inc. is an IT hosting company based in San Antonio, Texas. The company also has offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Hong Kong, and data centers operating in Texas, Illinois, Virginia, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong in late 2008...
and in the cloud computing hosting space with those listed in the See also section.
Awards & recognitions
In July 2008, GoGrid was selected as a Finalist for LinuxWorld 2008 Product Excellence Awardby IDG World Expo and LinuxWorld.com.
In May 2010, GoGrid was named in Lead411's list of the “2010 Hottest San Francisco Companies”.
In June 2010, GoGrid won “Best Channel Incentives” Award at 2010 ASCII
ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text...
Reseller Success Summit.
See also
- Cloud infrastructure
- Cloud computingCloud computingCloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
- Amazon Elastic Compute CloudAmazon Elastic Compute CloudAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud is a central part of Amazon.com's cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services . EC2 allows users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications...
- ElasticHostsElasticHostsElasticHosts Ltd is a London based company, founded in March 2008, which provides an international cloud infrastructure service, currently provided from two data centers near London UK and one in San Antonio TX...
- FlexiScaleFlexiScaleFlexiScale is a utility computing platform launched by XCalibre Communications in the summer of 2007, and subsequently acquired by Flexiant. Launched shortly after Amazon's EC2 service, it was Europe's first and the world's second cloud computing platform. Users are able to create, start, and stop...
- Rackspace Cloud
- RightScaleRightScaleRightScale is a web based cloud computing management platform for managing cloud infrastructure from multiple providers. The RightScale platform enables the management of public, private and hybrid clouds...
- ScalrScalrScalr is an open source web based cloud computing platform for managing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. The project was started in April 2008 by Intridea to provide scalable infrastructure for MediaPlug and is now maintained at Google Code...
- SkytapSkytapSkytap, Inc., founded in 2006, is a cloud computing provider that provides virtual lab automation as a cloud service. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington...