Canadian Cartika Launches New Generation of VPS Services

OnApp Ltd announced that Cartika IT Solutions, Inc, a large hosting and managed services companies in Canada, has
chosen the OnApp cloud platform to power a new range of VPS services hosted at
locations in the US and Canada.

Cartika chose OnApp cloud for its rapid time-to-market, ROI,
extensive automation and flexible storage capabilities. Its OnApp install was
completed in seven days, and Cartika achieved ROI from OnApp cloud in
three days.

Cartika is known for its expertise in
server clusters and associated technologies. Its new VPS range includes
self-managed and Cartika-managed VPS services, managed VPS clusters and
complete VPS farms, and is available for new customers from $30 per month. A
migration plan for existing VPS customers will be launched in the near
future, along with packages designed for Cartika’s thousands of shared hosting
and VPS resellers.

"OnApp is
designed for service providers. It’s very easy to deploy, incredibly quick to
set up and has a full range of features ready-to-run, out of the box,"
said Andrew Rouchotas, CEO of Cartika. "Working with the OnApp team we were live and accepting new business in
seven days, and we reached a positive ROI in the first three days. This
time-to-market is basically unbeatable."

"Our
service portfolio is based on a number of different platforms and technologies,
but OnApp gave us capabilities we just couldn’t get from other providers,
particularly in the way it handles VPS storage," Rouchotas continued.
"We looked at customizing our
existing platforms, but it made much more sense to upgrade our VPS service with
OnApp and get the features our customers are demanding almost instantly. With
OnApp we’ve automated our entire VPS service, including Managed VPS servers and
clusters, and IaaS for customers that need fast,
reliable utility billing, and delivery of infrastructure and associated
services in the US or Canada."

Kosten Metreweli, OnApp’s chief commercial officer,
said: "Cartika has shown that
time-to-market is still one of the most important considerations for any
service provider launching cloud, VPS or other infrastructure hosting services.
They’ve also proved that there is still plenty of room for innovation in
established hosting technologies like VPS, by combining OnApp cloud management
features with their own expertise in clustering and managed services, and
focusing on what their customers really need."

Cartika’s new VPS services are configurable with a
range of CPU, RAM, bandwidth and disk options to suit different application
requirements, together with multiple storage options (hardware RAID with SATA,
SSD and SAS drives) and configurable backup. The OnApp cloud platform offers a range of VPS management capabilities for Cartika and its customers,
including auto-scaling, utility and plan billing, VM templates, snapshots and
extensive automation of day-to-day admin tasks for servers and VMs. Cartika is
also making use of the integration the OnApp platform has
with HostBill, a customer portal and billing engine for cloud and other hosted
services.

OnApp replaces Cartika’s existing VPS platform,
which is based on Xenserver. The new VPS services are available.