OpSource

Cloud Expo Europe

OpSource — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:05:45 +0000

January 25, 2012 (All day) - January 26, 2012 (All day)

Cloud Expo Europe 2012 is the compelling “how to” event for businesses and public sector organisations – big and small – seeking to deliver effective cloud strategies on time and on budget.

Cloud Expo Europe is NOT about yet more abstract theorising. Rather, it offers hundreds of pounds worth of practical content and proven expertise from a stream of fresh-thinking speakers – many of them running IT in organisations just like yours – covering all the major technology and business issues, from security
and governance to virtulization. Encompassing all options from public cloud services to private and hybrid cloud.

OpSource Announces Availability of Cloud Software, Providing Flexible Licensing of Enterprise Software

OpSource — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

November 7, 2011

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Cloud Expo, Santa Clara, Calif. November 7, 2011—OpSource, Inc., Dimension Data’s wholly-owned enterprise cloud and managed hosting business, today announced OpSource Cloud SoftwareTM, a commercial software solution that enables organizations to consume enterprise products such as Microsoft® SQL ServerTM, Microsoft SharePointTM and leading database and middleware platforms on a pay-for-use basis. Available on demand and priced hourly and monthly, OpSource Cloud Software has been tested by OpSource and is enterprise-ready, making it ideal for testing and development as well as production environments. Because this new offering enables organizations to more efficiently consume software, companies are able to realize a level of cost savings previously only attained with cloud-based infrastructure services.

“To date, organizations that want to take advantage of the productivity gains and cost reductions associated with cloud-based services have only benefited from half of the equation,” said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. “Cloud computing infrastructure as a service has made a big impact on reducing IT expense, but the full savings cannot be realized as long as companies are still paying full licensing fees for temporary workloads. With Cloud Software, businesses can consume software the same way they consumer infrastructure – conveniently while paying for only what is needed.”

Cloud Software is ideal for SaaS ISVs and mid-sized businesses that want to reduce software licensing costs for temporary application testing and development as well as launching new application initiatives. Available in two different pricing models, Cloud Software is enterprise-ready, offering organizations the security, flexibility and proven support typically associated with OpSource’s cloud-based offerings.

OpSource’s Cloud Software is available for popular commercial software including, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and leading enterprise database and middleware platforms. OpSource is able to support monthly and hourly pricing models to accommodate software that is priced per server or per CPU:

* Per Server priced Cloud Software incurs a specific rate per hour when a server is running and a specific rate per hour when a server is stopped. This hourly rate is the same regardless of the number of CPUs configured on the server.

* Per CPU priced Cloud Software incurs a specific rate per hour per CPU when a server is running and a specific rate per hour per CPU when a server is stopped. In this case, the overall rate varies based on the number of CPU associated with the server

“OpSource continuing to innovate in Cloud offerings,” said Charlie Burns, vice president, Saugatuck, an IT research and advisory firm specializing in SaaS and cloud infrastructure. “The reality is that not all commercial software is available with ‘on-demand’ licensing and pricing. Conventional software licensing fees can easily exceed the cost of Cloud computing resources. OpSource has recognized this and is striving to better align the economics of software licensing and Cloud infrastructure.” OpSource will continue to add Cloud Software from other vendors based on client demand and successful integration testing.

About OpSource Founded in 2002, OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Headquartered in Santa Clara, with operations in California, Virginia, the UK, Ireland, and India, more than 600 enterprises, service providers and Software-as-a-Service ISVs rely on OpSource's expertise, experience and cloud automation technology to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. OpSource is a Dimension Data company. www.opsource.net.

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OpSource Expands Cloud Footprint, Opens U.S. West Coast Facility

OpSource — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:12:59 +0000

September 21, 2011

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Santa Clara, Calif.—Sept. 21, 2011—OpSource, Inc., Dimension Data’s wholly-owned enterprise cloud and managed hosting business, today announced the opening of a new cloud hosting facility in Santa Clara, California, offering its enterprise, service provider and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) clients a highly-secure, enterprise-class hosting solution for both development and production cloud environments. This new facility lowers the network latency for OpSource’s west coast clients and provides a secondary back-up site for the company’s existing clients.

As is the case with all OpSource managed and cloud hosting engagements, clients and partners are able to provision, access and manage multiple locations through a single, cohesive web-based user interface. The facility is enterprise-ready, offering multiple layers of security, administrative controls, high-performance SLAs and integrated management and billing. Clients using services across multiple hosting locations will be able to receive a single bill integrating the usage across all facilities.

“As home to the highest concentration of software and web-based businesses in the world, Silicon Valley is a natural fit for this newest hosting facility,” said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. “In a place this innovative and fast-paced, a secure, low-latency development environment for testing applications and services in the cloud is a necessity. Companies looking for a true enterprise-class public cloud IaaS platform need look no further than OpSource.”

The ability to co-locate data and mitigate risk by backing it up or replicating it on the opposite coast has become a must-have for enterprises considering a move to the cloud. OpSource offers an enterprise-class cloud IaaS platform, which includes hardware-based security and scalability, complete customization and control, easy integration, 24x7 live support and 100 percent availability guaranteed. OpSource has a wide range of flexible and competitive pricing plans to suit every business.

“Migrating our monitoring solution to the OpSource cloud via their hosting facility on the east coast has been extremely beneficial in scaling our business,” said Dovik Nissim, Sr. Operations Manager for Nimsoft on Demand. “We are excited about the possibility of expanding this capability.”

The new Silicon Valley location is another step in OpSource’s integration into the Dimension Data Cloud Solutions Business Unit, which will continue to expand the company’s portfolio of enterprise-class private, public and hybrid cloud capabilities.

About OpSource

Founded in 2002, OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Headquartered in Santa Clara, with operations in California, Virginia, the UK, Ireland, and India, more than 600 enterprises, service providers and Software-as-a-Service ISVs rely on OpSource's expertise, experience and cloud automation technology to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. OpSource is a Dimension Data company. www.opsource.net.

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Dale Legaspi
Engage PR for OpSource
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Astoria Software Teams with OpSource to Scale On-Demand Content Management System

OpSource — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0000

September 14, 2011

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Santa Clara, CA—September 14, 2011—OpSource, Inc., Dimension Data’s wholly-owned enterprise cloud and managed hosting business, today announced that is has been selected by Astoria Software, a division of Transperfect, Inc., to expand the company’s Software as a Service (SaaS) business. When Astoria launched its SaaS offering, Astoria On-Demand™, it required a managed service provider that could provide a highly reliable, 24/7 infrastructure solution that included value-added services such as security, monitoring and branded technical support. After evaluating several managed hosting providers, Astoria selected OpSource because it was the only provider that understood how to run and operationally scale a SaaS business.

“We found that many of the managed service providers out there in the market were just pure hosting,” said Michael Rosinski, president and CEO of Astoria Software. “They wanted to charge us for rack and power but they didn’t offer any of the value-added services that differentiate software-as-a-service from simple hosting. OpSource was different. They had a global footprint and global support, and a flexible pricing model for SaaS companies like ours the others lacked.”

OpSource’s Managed Hosting platform provides Astoria with a complete on-demand infrastructure that includes the flexibility, advanced application support and technical expertise required for mission-critical hosted applications. OpSource oversees everything from provisioning the physical server to securely enabling the on-demand application to conducting testing and validation. Because Astoria On-Demand’s user community is worldwide, OpSource provides 24/7 support to minimize service disruption and ensure that Astoria delivers a highly-available service to its customers.

“Over the course of the last five years, OpSource has become an integral part of Astoria’s operations and a key component of Astoria On-Demand’s success,” continued Rosinski. “OpSource provides the flexibility, global footprint and support we need to make our premier solution the most successful enterprise-wide XML content management system in the market. Without OpSource we wouldn’t have a SaaS business.”

“OpSource’s experience in the SaaS market enables us to deliver the full spectrum of technical capabilities and business services that Astoria requires to expand its business,” said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. “We have partnered with Astoria to transform their company into an on-demand business and have set a foundation that will enable the company to keep pace with growth moving forward."

OpSource’s flexible platform is able to support Astoria On-Demand’s customer base as the company begins to move to a virtual model over the next two years. Astoria Software’s vision is to leverage the public cloud to expand into the Small and Medium-sized Business (SMB) and consumer consultant markets. With OpSource, the company has a partner that can offer the support and flexible pricing models needed for a cost-effective and efficient transition.

About Astoria Software

Astoria Software is the world’s most successful Enterprise solution for XML Component Content Management and the first to deliver both an Enterprise-wide SaaS/On-Demand and an On-Premise approach to structured content management. Cisco Systems, Teradata, ITT Fluid Technology, Siemens Healthcare, Northrop Grumman, Avaya, Citrix, and other Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers rely on Astoria to meet increasingly competitive demands for product documentation — high volume, accelerated time-to-market, and globalized output. Astoria Component Content Management, whether On-Demand or On-Premise, is an enterprise-wide solution for Translation-Enabled Content Management, reducing documentation costs up to 90%, compressing product launch times from months to weeks, and generating productivity and management benefits with its flexible delivery model. Astoria Software, a division of TransPerfect, Inc., is based in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.astoriasoftware.com.

About OpSource
Founded in 2002, OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Headquartered in Santa Clara, with operations in California, Virginia, the UK, Ireland, and India, more than 600 enterprises, service providers and Software-as-a-Service ISVs rely on OpSource's expertise, experience and cloud automation technology to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. OpSource is a Dimension Data company. www.opsource.net

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For additional information, please contact:

Dale Legaspi Engage PR for OpSource
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Eric Kuhnen Astoria Software
650-357-7477
Eric.Kuhnen@AstoriaSoftware.com

Informatica Cloud Selects OpSource to Scale Its SaaS Data Integration Platform

OpSource — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:20:00 +0000

September 12, 2011

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Santa Clara, CA—September 12, 2011—OpSource, Inc., Dimension Data’s wholly-owned enterprise cloud and managed hosting business, today announced that Informatica Cloud has chosen OpSource to host and deliver its multi-tenant cloud integration service to leading enterprises throughout the world. With the explosion of cloud computing and the adoption of on-demand applications such as Salesforce CRM, enterprises and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have turned to Informatica’s best-in-class SaaS data integration solution to move millions of records between systems and run thousands of data integration jobs a day. To keep pace with the growth, Informatica needed a reliable hosting solution that could seamlessly manage the workload while proactively identifying and resolving any issues before they impact customers. With more than 1,000 organizations relying on Informatica’s cloud data integration services, the company turned to OpSource’s Managed Hosting and enterprise-class cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions.

“We needed a partner that understood cloud and the mission-critical nature of working with our ISV customers to ensure their applications and systems were up and running,” said Ron Papas, general manager, Informatica Cloud. “Using OpSource’s cloud hosting services, we can provide our customers a reliable and consistent experience in a cost effective manner.”

Informatica evaluated several vendors before selecting OpSource’s Managed Hosting and Application Operations™ solution. Because customer service is the cornerstone of Informatica’s business, they needed a solution that could help them guarantee uptime for their integration services. OpSource was the only company evaluated that could provide the reliability, operational expertise and 100 percent service level guarantees needed to ensure that Informatica’s services would be up and running smoothly. OpSource has provided the responsiveness and accountability needed to keep customers happy and address issues in real-time.

“Informatica has made it easier and more cost-effective for organizations to integrate fragmented data systems and cloud-based applications,” said Keao Caindec, CMO of OpSource. “At OpSource, we understand that SaaS applications need to be up 24x7, and our systems, processes and technology are engineered to deliver just that.”

Informatica plans to leverage OpSource moving forward as it expands its embedded integration service strategy: “When we selected OpSource, we knew we were investing in our future,” added Papas. “Integration is something all SaaS vendors will have to address, and we wanted a partner that would enable us to be at the forefront of cloud integration. With OpSource, we can put the right infrastructure in place for integrating with our partners so that signing up new clients is automated, fast and easy.”

About OpSource
Founded in 2002, OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Headquartered in Santa Clara, with operations in California, Virginia, the UK, Ireland, and India, more than 600 enterprises, service providers and Software-as-a-Service ISVs rely on OpSource's expertise, experience and cloud automation technology to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. OpSource is a Dimension Data company. www.opsource.net.

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Engage PR for OpSource

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Oracle OpenWorld 2011

OpSource — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:27:17 +0000

October 2, 2011 (All day) - October 6, 2011 (All day)

Oracle OpenWorld—October 2-6, 2011—is the most important educational and networking event of the year for Oracle technologists, customers, and partners. It's also the most cost-effective and efficient way to stay ahead of the technology curve, with thousands of sessions and hundreds of demos geared toward helping your company get better results with the technology it has—and plan strategically for the technology it will need to stay ahead of the competition.

Cloud Computing Expo 2011

OpSource — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:36:20 +0000

November 7, 2011 (All day) - November 10, 2011 (All day)

Delegates will leave 9th Cloud Expo with dramatically increased understanding of the entire scope of the cloud computing spectrum, from storage to security. Whether you're an enterprise or small to medium business, you'll soon be benefiting from the Cloud. Join your peers in Silicon Valley, November 7-10, and maximize those benefits right away. See you in Santa Clara!

OpSource Launches Validated Cloud Solutions Program and Certifies Fourteen Cloud Applications

OpSource — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:00 +0000

August 30, 2011

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Santa Clara, Calif.—Aug. 30, 2011—OpSource, Inc., the leader in enterprise cloud and managed hosting, today announced its Validated Cloud Solutions Program, naming an initial set of 14 partners that are leveraging the OpSource platform to deliver enterprise-class cloud-based services. With this certification, enterprise customers are assured that an OpSource-validated solution has been tested on the OpSource Cloud. Validated partners gain access to a secure cloud platform and expand their market reach.

The initial Validated Cloud Solutions partners participating in the program include:

ANX – secure cloud access

aPersona – anonymous 2^nd factor login confirmation

AppDynamics – application performance management

AppFirst – application problem resolution

Aryaka – WAN optimization and application acceleration

Compuware – web application load and performance testing

CTERA Networks – cloud storage appliance

Evolven – cloud configuration management

Librato – virtual server resource monitoring and management

NRG Global – application load testing

nSolutions – visibility and control for cloud compliance

Standing Cloud – application deployment and management

Transverse – metering, billing and analytics

Vasco – secure authentication solutions

“The OpSource Cloud gives us Infrastructure on demand and offers the scalability and location diversity we need to perform web load testing to meet customer needs,” said Steve Tack, Chief Technology Officer for Compuware’s APM business unit. “Not having to worry about the capacity of our cloud platform enables us to focus solely on providing our customers with reliable performance solutions to deploy new web and mobile initiatives with confidence.”

“The Validated Cloud Solutions program provides our cloud partners with a solid proof point that the application or platform they are taking to their customers is truly enterprise-class,” said Jon Beck, SVP of Worldwide Channels and Alliances for OpSource.” This validation enables our partners to integrate their solutions with other products and services from the OpSource Partner Ecosystem, providing our partners with new market opportunities while enabling our enterprise customers to experience the cost benefits of having a complete solution from the onset.”

To become OpSource-validated, potential partners apply online to provide key information about the solution, focusing on the specific value the offering brings to the OpSource Partner Ecosystem. Once the submission has been accepted, partners work with OpSource to test their application or platform.

The OpSource Partner Ecosystem is designed to enable integrators, ISVs, developers, development platform vendors and service providers to deliver integrated solutions for their joint customers. Designed to offer the flexibility that eases the burden of integrations for these different types of vendors, enabling them to speed time to market and lower the total cost of implementation and ownership for their customers. Offering more than traditional cloud and hosting services, OpSource provides the integration, engineering, marketing and sales support required to launch and scale cloud-based solutions.

OpSource’s award-winning suite of Cloud Hosting services provides an easy-to-use, secure, multi-tenant public cloud solution that enables organizations to experience the cost benefits of the public cloud while mitigating the ease of use, security, control and integration issues that have inhibited the adoption of cloud services in the past. The solution is architected to provide high performance and high availability, backed with 100% platform and network availability guarantees.

About OpSource

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Engage PR
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Dimension Data Names CEO of Cloud Business

OpSource — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:47:37 +0000

July 21, 2011

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Johannesburg, South Africa – 21 July 2011 - Dimension Data today named Steve Nola, CEO of Dimension Data in Australia since 2001, as CEO of its newly-formed Cloud Solutions business unit. This follows the announcement last month that Dimension Data had acquired the Santa-Clara based enterprise cloud company, OpSource.

Commenting on Nola’s appointment, Brett Dawson Dimension Data’s Group CEO said, “Steve has been nominated to accelerate the Group’s cloud strategy based on his strong 22-year track record with Dimension Data as an executive and a leader with proven execution skills, and ability to drive value. Under Steve’s leadership, the Australian business has grown from revenues of US$365 million in 2002 to over US$1 billion today. Steve has also successfully transformed the Australian business from a reseller into an IT outsourcing and managed services focused business. In addition, his experience with cloud architecture, telecommunications, services, and IT outsourcing stands him in good stead to establish and grow Dimension Data’s global Cloud Solutions business.”

Added Nola: “I am excited about my new role leading the Group’s cloud initiatives. We’ve already seen success in the Australian market on this front through our cloud asset, BlueFire. Our clients are increasingly expressing more and more interest in starting their own journey to cloud services. As a Group, we believe the time is right to place greater focus on this fast-developing space, and significantly increase our offerings and activities.”

Nola will also continue to retain executive oversight for Dimension Data’s businesses in the Australian region. Rodd Cunico, Dimension Data’s Southern Region Manager for the past decade, succeeds Nola as CEO Dimension Data Australia, with specific responsibility for Dimension Data’s Systems Integration business within the region. Nola and Cunico assume their new responsibilities with immediate effect.

About Dimension Data

Founded in 1983, Dimension Data plc is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data is a member of the NTT Group. www.dimensiondata.com

For further information

Hilary King, Global PR Manager
Dimension Data
Tel: +27 11 575 6728
Mobile: +27 82 414 9623

Wireless LAN Leader Aerohive Networks Reaches New Customers by Moving Network Management System to the OpSource Cloud

OpSource — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:00 +0000

June 13, 2011

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Santa Clara, Calif. - June 13, 2011 - OpSource, Inc., the leader in enterprise cloud and managed hosting, today announced that Aerohive Networks, the pioneer in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled networking, has selected OpSource to augment the hosting of its HiveManager Online, a cloud-based WLAN network management system. OpSource Cloud Hosting offers the security, performance, SLA assurances and ease of use necessary to enable Aerohive to scale HiveManager Online, enabling the company to reduce management overhead without any service degradation.

“Moving HiveManager to the cloud allowed Aerohive to reach a broader audience of mid-sized enterprises looking for a more scalable and cost-effective way to manage their wireless network. Network management has gone the way of the rest of the enterprise—to the cloud,” said Stephen Philip, vice president of corporate and product marketing for Aerohive. “When success dictated that we expand our HiveManager Online solution, we found OpSource’s Cloud provided the security, performance and diversity that we needed from a cloud hosting provider.”

Aerohive delivers a differentiated WLAN architecture that extends intelligence to the access point, eliminating the need for expensive controllers or on-premise management. Aerohive leveraged the software architecture of HiveManager and moved it to the cloud. HiveManager Online is a multi-tenant, on-demand, software-as-a-service (SaaS) application that more effectively addresses mid-sized enterprise requirements by eliminating the CapEx and complexity associated with enterprise Wi-Fi management. Customers can simply log into HiveManager Online and manage their network via a secure and highly-available cloud platform.

“OpSource was consistently at the top of the cloud comparison reports with the fastest cloud. We chose OpSource because it provided both low latency and high security at a great value,” said Lin Jiang vice president of technical operations for Aerohive. “Implementation on the OpSource Cloud was easy. OpSource’s team was helpful when we were getting started. Once we got it up and running, we didn’t need much assistance.”

“Aerohive is a pioneer and innovator in Wireless LAN architecture. They were the first to eliminate WLAN controllers and distribute control functions to the access points, reducing cost and complexity of the WLAN. Then, they moved the network management system into the cloud to further improve the cost-effectiveness of its wireless LAN solution,” said Keao Caindec, SVP and chief marketing officer of OpSource. “Aerohive is a great example of how the cloud is changing the way companies reach new customers, improve efficiency and stay ahead of the competition.”

This solution is part of OpSource’s award-winning suite of Cloud Hosting services that enable organizations to experience the cost benefits of the public cloud while mitigating the ease of use, security, control and integration issues that have inhibited the adoption of cloud services in the past.

For more information or to find out how to purchase OpSource Managed Services for the Cloud, please visit www.opsource.net.

About Aerohive Networks

Aerohive Networks reduces the cost and complexity of today’s networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing solutions for enterprises and medium sized companies including branch offices and teleworkers. Aerohive’s award-winning cooperative control Wi-Fi architecture, public or private cloud-enabled network management, routing and VPN solutions eliminate costly controllers and single points of failure. This gives its customers mission critical reliability with granular security and policy enforcement and the ability to start small and expand without limitations. Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. The company's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northern Light Venture Capital and New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA). For more information, please visit https://www.aerohive.com, call us at 408-510-6100, follow us on Twitter @Aerohive, subscribe to our blog or become a fan on our Facebook page.

About OpSource

OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses of all sizes to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. More than four hundred Software-as-a-Service ISVs, cloud platform providers, carriers and enterprises rely on OpSource's expertise, experience and agility to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. Our industry-leading Application Operations service goes beyond traditional hosting by providing application management, change management, performance management and application optimization. OpSource Cloud™ is the first cloud to bring together the flexibility, availability and community of the public cloud with the security, performance and control the enterprise demands. Founded in 2002, OpSource is SAS 70 Type II, PCI DSS Level 1 and European Safe Harbor certified and has operations in California, Virginia, UK, Ireland, and India. For more information, please visit www.opsource.net.

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