StrataScale, Inc., a provider of productivity enhancing managed hosting solutions, today revealed that its clients are demanding greater flexibility and control in their IT infrastructure. Faced with stretched resources, many small and mid-tier businesses are migrating to outsourced IT solutions that can deliver improved efficiency and flexibility. StrataScale’s server hosting product, IronScaleSM, features on-demand control of servers, security, storage, and network management from anywhere at anytime in a single, turnkey solution. This new level of flexibility and control allows clients to do more with less by dynamically managing infrastructure and scaling based on business requirements – eliminating the need for capital expenditures and to continually over-commit by purchasing and over-provisioning resources.

“The ability to cost-efficiently scale your IT infrastructure with the requirements of your business as it grows, is critical to the health and success of small to mid-sized companies,” said Bob Laliberte, analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “IronScale offers the flexibility to buy only what is needed today, while delivering the features and performance of an enterprise-class solution.”

“Since launching IronScale in December, we’ve had strong interest from companies looking for help to increase their operational efficiency and performance through our IronScale managed hosting solution,” said Yatish Mishra, president and CTO of StrataScale. “Especially in light of a down economy, they are more pressed than ever to streamline resources while improving their productivity. These are huge drivers for solutions such as IronScale, which enables companies to dynamically build, manage, and scale their IT environments as needed.”

StrataScale’s IronScale Infrastructure Fosters SaaS Growth, Helps Mid-Tier Companies

Companies are looking at the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model more seriously than ever as a way to maximize capital efficiencies and streamline IT resources. According to a CMS Watch 2009 IT predictions report, companies will “look more to their SaaS solution providers to offer a full suite of tools and capabilities.” In turn, SaaS providers will require infrastructure platforms like IronScale. According to Tier1 Research senior analyst Antonio Piraino in his “Fall 2008 Managed Hosting & Cloud Computing II” report, Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers “should be seen as fostering the SaaS ecosystem, bringing more SaaS plays to market quicker. As these SaaS providers mature there is value to moving infrastructure over to a managed hoster: higher levels of support, consulting, control over deployment, security and network.”

As small and mid-sized companies build out their IT infrastructures with servers, PCs, networking products, and software, they are often not equipped with the resources to manage it all. Add to this the fact that businesses are increasingly forced to be quicker to market and to rapidly adopt new technologies to maintain competitive advantages. IronScale addresses these challenges through a flexible, dynamic solution with the reliability, security, and performance of its enterprise-class IT environment.

About StrataScale
StrataScale, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc. IronScale automated managed hosting is a product of StrataScale, Inc. With IronScale, you control your entire IT infrastructure from anywhere at anytime via an advanced web portal. IronScale offers instant provisioning and dynamic management of physical servers, security, storage, and networks on-demand in real-time. What clients get is a cost effective enterprise-class managed hosting solution that delivers resource efficiency, flexibility, and performance.

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UltraHosting
Founded in 1983. No Compromise Servers starting from $55. Over 200 IT certifications including VMware, Microsoft (42 Certified staff), Unix with 150 full time staff to help you. SAS70/ITIL/CICA5900. Windows, Linux, cPanel, Plesk, more. Our own Best and large Data Centres in Toronto. 100% Uptime Guarantee

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BTInet
BTInet does more than just host servers. Using the latest Dell and Sun servers running Windows, Solaris or Linux, and technologies from Juniper/NetScreen, Oracle, Veritas, EMC, Legato and Cisco, we provide your company a complete IT infrastructure solution. BTInet provides all this for less than you’d expect. Call 800.287.2810 for your customized solution.

Canada Web Hosting
eMax Enterprise Class Managed Hosting in Toronto and Vancouver – ITIL Certified Technical Account Teams – Operational Excellence – Partnership Approach – Microsoft Gold Certified Partner – Red Hat Hosting Partner – Oracle Partner – When you mean business … speak with a Service Consultant @ (866) 297-0853

Data393
Data393 delivers the expertise and technology that ensures that businesses and organizations get the most from their managed hosting service. With 23 Gigabit of Internet connectivity, 24/7/365 live on site support and a suite of managed services, Data393 makes managed hosting happen. Visit us at www.data393.com or email us at sales@data393.com

DataPipe
DataPipe delivers managed services based on predictable costs, reliable results & guaranteed service levels. We help you realize the value of your technology assets, enhancing your ROI by enabling you to extend your IT resources on demand.

Hostway
Ranked the Most Reliable Hosting Provider eight times from 2004 – 2007 by Netcraft, Hostway offers the best value on managed hosting solutions. With plans starting at $199/month, you can manage your account with our legendary user friendly interface and get the protection with firewall, backup and additional security features you deserve.

INetU
INetU Managed Hosting works with businesses, governments and organizations to ensure a fast, reliable and secure hosting environment for their critical Web applications.
• Client-empowering Consulting Services • 100% Uptime • Expert 24X7 Live Support • Advanced Monitoring Suite • Compliancy Solutions • Call 888-664-6388 or email info@inetu.net.

Navisite
Applications expertise and managed hosting technology allow NaviSite to deliver customized, scalable solutions for mid-market companies. More than 1400 customers depend on NaviSite’s 700 professionals and 16 data centers for application services, and a full suite of web-hosting solutions including managed, dedicated, and shared hosting.

Peer 1 Network
leading IT infrastructure provider delivering highly scalable hosting solutions that allow customers to focus on the possibilities of the Internet, not the problems.
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Rackspace
Hosting Solutions That Bring Peace to Your IT World
• Full Managed Support for Microsoft and Linux
• Zero-Downtime Network™ (Money-Back Guarantee)
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• Support Team Dedicated to Your Account
• Immediate Response to Emergency Support Tickets

The Planet

24 x 7 Certified Technical Support; Network Engineers
Cisco; Juniper Fully Redundant Network with 8 Premium bandwidth providers
Choose from multiple versions of Linux, UNIX ; Windows

Netcraft.Com has named INetU at the most reliable hosting company for March 2008. The ranking is based on uptime, DNS time, connect time, and time to first byte. Currently INetU offers a 100% uptime guarantee and based on the chart they have meet that uptime goal. More information her at Netcraft.com.