Did you know? More and more OnApp customers are getting at least one of their staff officially certified for OnApp, through our OnApp Certified Administrator (OCA) course – and now, your OnApp Certified Administrators can use our new ‘advanced...
We talked in a recent blog post about the importance of friction, as well as features, for cloud service providers. Well, I’d like to talk about an OnApp feature that definitely makes your cloud more frictionless… AKA, easier to buy for your customers....
Industry events are often a bit predictable; same old suppliers, same old faces, same old stands. These aren’t judgements I would make of CloudFest 2018. This was evidenced by a freshness around the event that’s clearly driven by an industry in a state of...
This article is supplemental to a previous tech blog – How to create bonded interfaces on OnApp cloudboot compute nodes. I wanted to offer additional information that will be useful if you plan to migrate your existing CentOS 6 cloudboot compute nodes to CentOS...
Recently we saw how Dropbox saved nearly $75 million over 2 years, undergoing what it called an “infrastructure optimization” project — including migrating off of AWS, and primarily into their own datacenters. This process allowed them to see an increase in their...
This week the OnApp team has been at Intel Partner Connect – a fantastic place to catch up with Intel partners and hear their experiences first hand, as well as hearing the latest news from Intel. This year, Intel has been clear about their focus to transform...
MSPs: what can you do to stop revenue falling – is there a simple answer? Actually, the answer is simplicity. Pricing matters, of course, but it’s not usually the primary driver for customers being tempted elsewhere. Many races to the bottom have begun...
This week the OnApp team is at CloudFest at the Europa Park, in Rust, Germany. This is the first year of the show’s new CloudFest identity, having enjoyed years of success as the World Hosting Days conference. It’s not just the name that has changed though...
Each year, flooding causes billions of dollars of property damage and loss of life all over the world. Being able to accurately predict where a flood will occur can help governments and residents prepare, and minimize the damage – and that’s a speciality...
More than 60% of companies will have their IT environment in some sort of cloud — public, private or hybrid cloud – according to a survey by IDG. In the same survey, 43% of respondents were concerned about where their company’s data is stored, and 41% were...