Softcloud Platform

Now one of the most important criteria of success of business is speed of a response, reaction to external and internal changes both in the activity market in general, and in the company in particular. It is necessary to have flexibility, dynamism, ability to expect all possible options on several steps forward. Implementation of these characteristics, along with reliability and security were a priority during creation of a cloud platform of Softcloud.

Softcloud Platform is the innovation offer of Softline company based on use of modern "cloud computing" in the form of dynamically adaptable set of computing resources.

"Cloud platform" gives really boundless opportunities in the form of computing powers, memories, data warehouses and communication channels. Use of technology of VMware allows to provide full compatibility with any existing corporate IT infrastructure of the company. The solution is constructed on open standards, and additional support of VMware vCloud API provides data exchange between "clouds" using the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) format which saves properties of applications, a network configuration and other parameters.

Advantages of use of Softcloud Platform

• Easy and fast changing of quantity of the involved resources. Softcloud Platform in the general concept of "cloud computing" falls under category "IaaS" ("Infrastructure as service"). It allows to manage easily work of IT services, if necessary reducing or increasing the field of their use. Moreover, to correct quantity of the involved computing resources only several minutes are required. You can make at any time it even if you initially assumed to apply their opportunities differently.

• Significant savings on acquisition and service of the server hardware. Thus, Softcloud Platform implementation with guarantee will provide significant cutting of costs for maintenance, monitoring and administration of IT resources of the company. "Cloud platform" saves from need of acquisition of selected (Dedicated) of the physical server or lease of the virtual (VDS/VPS) server. At the same time it ensures absolute safety, fault tolerance and reliability which to reach by own forces of the company always is problematic and is expensive. Service of computing resources is carried out by specialists of 24/7 Softline with own monitoring systems. The platform is built only on modern hardware solutions of the leading world brands: IBM, HP, Citrix, NetApp.

• Dynamic and convenient resource management. "Cloud platform" Softcloud allows to create and manage the resources quickly. It contains the directory of the opened and private templates of virtual machines thanks to which you can create new virtual machines in a few minutes or load own which already work in your environment. Besides, the vCloud control panel gives the chance to create virtual applications (vApps) which are used when you start the application expected application more than one virtual the machine. In vApp you will be able to integrate virtual machines in groups with the security policies, network settings and the user parameters of access.

• Freedom of your solutions. In other words, applying Softcloud Platform to business, you receive the flexible, dynamic, adapting under your tasks tool for effective and successful management IT infrasturkturoy. Besides, you become independent of changes in requirements to computing resources at the moments of peak activity, when testing workloads, at implementation of new applications, at emergency and unforeseen situations in work. And the main thing, you gain essential financial independence and pay only those resources which were actually used by you.

The technologies applied in Softcloud Platform

At the heart of the "cloud" Softcloud platform the principle of dynamic distribution of the used computing resources is underlain. At any moment irrespective of the location, having only Internet access, users of Softcloud Platform can manage and change IT infrastructure, having involved completely or having reduced the used capacities, volumes of data warehouses, quantity of communication channels. Such approach allows to optimize significantly charges of IT services, paying only actually used resources.

Being the universal ready-made solution Softcloud Platform it is completely compatible to any existing IT infrastructure. It is implemented on application of open standards of interaction and use of the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) format for data exchange. Thanks to it transfer of the operating infrastructure or its any part in "cloud" will not demand a lot of time. If necessary specialists of Softline can execute it, enabling the realization of any projects in "turnkey" information technology field.

Being VMware Premier Partner and having the status VSPP Aggregator, for creation of the "cloud" platform our company used the environment of virtualization vSphere 5.0 of world famous VMware corporation. Including the solutions VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCloud API, VMware vCenter and VMware vShield directed to achievement were involved:

• ease and availability of management of computing resources;
• automation and the centralized administration of DPC, processes of setup of a configuration of virtual infrastructure and all VM from the single console;
• opportunities to scale the platform of management according to change of architecture of network and requirements of the organization;
• the highest degree of security and antivirus protection of storage and data transmission at all levels;
• possibilities of creation of safe private "clouds" and use of the integrated computing resources several infrastructures.

The Softline company used a modern hardware complex of leading manufacturers of the server and communication hardware of IBM, HP, Cisco, NetApp for support of permanent operability of a "cloud" hosting. It allows us to provide absolute guarantees of fault tolerance, reliability and safe use of computing resources of the "cloud" platform.

In Russia hundreds of the companies giving preference to modern technologies and the innovation management tools business successfully use this platform.

Distinctive features of a cloud platform of Softcloud Platform

Softcloud Platform in the general concept of cloud computing is included into category "Infrastructure as a Service" (IaaS). It the modern alternative of outdated model of the organization of IT infrastructure defines a main objective of application of the platform. Softcloud Platform will allow to receive computing resources as service, in that volume in which they are necessary for the organization in specific timepoint.

We consider that value of "Infrastructure as service" not only in its capability to extend and be narrowed, but also in an opportunity to overcome those aspects which to it seem not clear together with the company. Most the companies understand over time that they insufficiently well know and not completely use possibilities of modern IT technologies for the solution of the business challenges. Business to become dynamic. Need to reduce costs and costs for competitive struggle in the market is a need. However it is already impossible to refuse or underestimate influence of new technologies on efficiency business processes. Softcloud Platform allows to redistribute dynamically necessary capacities Payment for use of a "cloud" hosting is made only for actually involved resources.

• Difference from selected (Dedicated) of the physical server: The solution to use the physical server attracts fixed costs on its contents, service and a software update. Besides, the round-the-clock monitoring and providing the high level of security up to standard can not always be provided with own forces of the company. The "cloud" hosting has all potential of a dedicated server, but at the same time considerably is ahead of him by parameters of flexibility, fault tolerance and cost.

• Difference from the virtual server (VDS/VPS): The model of a virtual hosting assumes placement of data of one user on one server in the neighbourhood with hundreds of others, under one operating system. Such approach not always allows to reach the due security level, reliability and fault tolerance of service by own forces of the company. Softcloud Platform is serviced by a professional team of specialists of 24/7 Softline, using automated systems of monitoring and management. Application of a "cloud" hosting will allow to reduce significantly costs for IT infrastructure and to repeatedly increase the level of its reliability.