Data centre as a service is next generation cloud computing

Designed for service providers, the objective is to enable them to create, deliver and manage low cost and flexible cloud computing services based on Sun Microsystems hardware. "DAAS.com is now available for deployment by service providers either from their own data centres or as a managed installation within the DAAS.com European data centre" explains Arvid Fossen, director of product management at the company. "We are also in the final stages of deploying our first major external service provider sites and we expect commercial availability from our service provider partners to commence in the second quarter of this year." He makes a distinction between traditional hosting services and DAAS.com, stating that the latter allows service providers to create private data centre designs suitable for scalable cloud computing services. Based on price comparisons with similar services from, for example, Amazon, Fossen estimates a cost reduction of approximately 60%, "due to its powerful provisioning and management system" and "efficient utilisation techniques".