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Blue Box Cloud Steps Closer to Public Cloud Pricing Granularity for Private Cloud as a Service











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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (PRWEB) September 16, 2014

Blue Box—a Seattle-based provider of on-demand private cloud as a service (PCaaS) on dedicated hardware—today announced the availability of month-to-month pricing on Blue Box Cloud at the OpenStack Silicon Valley event in Mountain View, Calif.

Blue Box Cloud, which is already known for making OpenStack Private Cloud easy to deploy, scale and maintain, now comes with a pricing structure that offers clients low cost of entry, low risk, and maximum flexibility.

Key News Facts

1. Blue Box now offers its customers the option to purchase a Blue Box Cloud initial cluster or add-on nodes on a month-to-month basis.

2. Initial pricing is $ 5,000 a month. See below for details regarding what this includes.

3. The month-to-month fee is paid monthly in advance and can be canceled before the end of 30 days.

4. An existing stack can be converted to 12-month term pricing at any time, effective at the end of the current monthly term, saving customers 20% or more

5. Customers opting to start with 12-month term pricing can still purchase additional nodes month-to-month.

Learn more about Blue Box Cloud and month-to-month pricing at our website.

What Blue Box Cloud Month to Month Pricing Delivers

Base pricing of $ 5,000 per month includes:

– Three physical nodes

– 96 cores

– 384GB RAM

– 3.6TB disk

– 14 public IPV4 addresses

– 3 TB of Bandwidth

“Since we went into general availability in May, Blue Box Cloud has rapidly advanced on its technology roadmap, and today’s news is the next big step in delivering private cloud as a service under pricing and delivery models that rival the agility and flexibility of public cloud,” said said Bob Desantis, chief revenue officer at Blue Box. “With a month-to-month pricing option, Blue Box Cloud gives customers the ultimate on-demand performance and operational flexibility as well as economic elasticity and cost certainty. In other words, it gives customers the best of private cloud performance and security, paired with the economics and agility they need.”

About Blue Box

Blue Box is a pioneering Private Cloud as a Service (PCaaS) provider with a worldwide customer base. Blue Box’s technology platform leverages decades of operational expertise in cloud and distributed systems to deliver Blue Box Cloud—a managed, hosted private cloud on dedicated hardware, powered by OpenStack and available and scalable on demand. Blue Box Cloud delivers core benefits of both public and private clouds in one offering. Blue Box meets the control, performance, and security needs of customers in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, digital media, gaming, technology and retail. Learn more about Seattle-based Blue Box at bluebox.net or find Blue Box on Twitter at @bluebox.


























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Focusing on Fixed Price Office 365 Migration to the Cloud, Agile IT recognized as a Microsoft Southwest Area Cloud Partner of the Year










San Diego, California (PRWEB) August 09, 2012

Agile IT proudly announced it was recognized by Microsoft for winning a 2012 West Region SMB Partner Award for Southwest Area Cloud Partner of the Year. These awards highlight and recognize the excellence and achievement of West Region SMB Microsoft partners who have worked innovatively to produce exceptional results in the technology industry. Focusing on Office 365 Migration services and other innovative cloud solutions, Agile IT has been a leader in extending business productivity systems with the benefits cloud computing.

During the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Microsoft’s West Region General Manager Neal Potter was onsite to congratulate the award winners including Agile IT for their achievements.

“The Microsoft Partner Awards honors Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year,” said Neal Potter. “Agile IT demonstrates a commitment to serving its customers, and providing innovative thinking and technology solutions to meet business needs.”

“Agile IT is pleased to receive this honor,” said John Gilham, founder and Principal of Agile IT. “It recognizes, and demonstrates to our customers, that Agile IT provides unrivalled customer service and expertise, making Agile IT the absolute best choice for businesses looking for a smooth ascension into the cloud.”

Southwest Cloud Partner of the Year is the second award that Microsoft Tier 3 Cloud Champion member Agile IT has received from Microsoft in three months. In April 2012, Agile IT was awarded Microsoft Victory Lap Partner of the Month, celebrating their success in increasing user productivity with Office 365 and providing a new secure business desktop experience with Windows Intune.

Agile IT’s success in cloud computing as a leading Microsoft Office 365 partner is also good news for the local economy, with 100% growth in the number of jobs in the San Diego area each year for the past three years.

“We currently employ ten San Diego residents, along with staff at other locations,” John said, “and we‘re looking forward to continuing to create local jobs as more businesses switch to using the cloud to improve how they work with their customers and partners.”

Agile IT also exercises its social conscience, by volunteering at local organizations and through donations to numerous good causes, including the Arc of San Diego, San Diego Center for Children and Access to Independence San Diego.

Founded in 2007 by a former Business Technology consultant from Microsoft, San Diego-based Agile IT was one of the first service providers to deliver Office 365 solutions. Agile IT’s advanced expertise in Microsoft technologies such as SharePoint, System Center, CRM, SQL, Active Directory, and Exchange Server – along with a more broad focus of IT support, cloud computing, Office 365 migrations, and VOIP – is helping its clients maximize their investment in technology systems and solutions. Agile IT is the agile technology partner for your agile business.























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