Belgium Start-Up Cloudfounders Offering Private Cloud and Converged Infrastructure

Cloudfounders, developer of advanced private cloud technologies for IT-as-a-Service solutions, celebrates its second anniversary as the first private cloud platform with the release of CloudFrames.

CloudFrames is a software platform that converts commodity x86 hardware into a multi-function, ultra-reliable and high performance private cloud.

"Simply saying that you have a private cloud does not make it true," explains Joost Metten, CEO for Cloudfounders. "Almost every vendor is now claiming to have an on premise private cloud offering but many offer little more than basic virtualisation capabilities. With CloudFrames, we have an offering that combines all the elements needed to build a complete private cloud that can be installed on any standard x86 hardware."

CloudFrames is an integrated solution built
over six years of engineering that combines:

• Cloud automation and management engine offering a single pane of glass for server, network and storage virtualization
• Scale out, redundant SAN with performance at 20,000 IOPS per box
• 15 minute snapshots zero copy cloning and replication
• Built in continuous backup and DR
• Multiple hypervisor support across VMware, Hyper-V, Xen and VirtualBox
• Flexible deployment options – either at the customer office or a data center
• Uses commodity x86 hardware

In terms of cost, many ‘new’ private cloud solutions start at a $100,000 plus initial investment whereas Cloudfounders offers a modular grow as you need pricing structure.

"With CloudFrames a customer can start with a total investment that includes hardware, software and networking for less than $10,000 and then add capacity when needed," Metten adds.

The private cloud technology developed by Cloudfounders has been deployed at over 2,000 customers over the last two two years through a previous OEM agreement.

Cloudfounders showcased its Private Cloud technologies and platforms at the VMworld 2012 San Francisco, CA.