Joyent Releases Reference Architecture for Intel® Cloud Builders

San Francisco, CA—October 27, 2010—Joyent, a leading global provider of cloud computing solutions, today announced its participation in Intel® Cloud Builders, which publishes best practices, hardware blueprints and software architectures on how to deploy cloud infrastructures. Among the other program participants, Joyent is the only company that brings the experience of running a major public cloud service, develops the full software stack that runs that service, and markets a complete cloud software solution for service providers and enterprise customers.

“The Intel® Cloud Builders demonstrates how to build clouds on Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers and helps to accelerate the deployment of secure and efficient cloud computing infrastructures” said Jason Waxman, General Manager, Data Center Group at Intel. “The Joyent reference architecture published by Intel® Cloud Builders demonstrates use cases for building a complete cloud infrastructure.”

By working with Intel® Cloud Builders reference architecture, Joyent’s and Intel’s shared customers will be able to reduce the learning curve for provisioning, administering, operating and maintaining their own cloud. They will also gain a foundation for building more complex, scalable, and resilient cloud computing architectures adapted to the specific needs of public, private or hybrid cloud deployments.

“For service providers and enterprise customers interested in rapidly standing up high-performance, high-ROI cloud computing solutions that are backed by the operational experience of a leading public cloud provider, the Intel® Cloud Builders reference architecture for Joyent Smart Computing is a perfect solution,” said Jonathan King, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Joyent. “We are pleased to provide our proven cloud infrastructure solution, which has been hardened by over 5 years of production-level operations of the Joyent public cloud service, to Intel®’s innovative Cloud Builders.”

Joyent provides a complete software solution, professional services and operational support for delivering high-performance cloud computing services. SmartOS provides a level of hardware utilization, virtual machine density and application performance unmatched by hypervisor-based virtualization solutions. SmartDataCenter software provides GUI and API-based fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security management for ease of use and power to the administrative user. A complete user environment with Windows and Linux options and an extensive collection of additional software systems and applications are also included. These capabilities help service providers and enterprise customers achieve higher gross margins, accelerate growth and reduce execution risks.

For more information about the Intel® Cloud Builders and to access the Joyent best practices reference architecture, please visit www.intel.com /cloudbuilders

About Joyent
Joyent is the premier Infrastructure-as-a-Service (Iaas) and Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) provider offering cloud computing solutions worldwide since 2004. Delivering billions of page views per month, Joyent’s Smart Technologies improve performance, scalability, manageability and security for thousands of web and mobile applications. Serving a network of service providers and thousands of customers, Joyent is the only company that runs a major public cloud infrastructure, builds the technologies that power that infrastructure, and uses those technologies to enable multiple third-party public, private, and hybrid clouds. For more information, visit: http://www.joyent.com

Joyent is a leading infrastructure provider for some of the fastest growing businesses on the Web, including:

  • Kabam, which supports millions of users every day on Joyent architecture.
  • LinkedIn, which delivers billions of pages each month using Joyent infrastructure services.
  • Country Life, which has used Joyent’s high performance infrastructure to scale quickly to over 8 million monthly active users on Facebook with great gameplay.
  • Gilt Groupe, one of the world’s fastest growing eCommerce businesses, which has been able to reduce costs significantly by building on Joyent infrastructure.
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