EveryCitys New On-Demand Scalable Hosting Platform

March 10th, 2009

It’s very rare that I talk about my work on this blog and indeed I think it might be the first time ever. We have launched a new on-demand managed hosting platform, so below is a quick pitch of what it is.

Why do I need scalable on-demand hosting?

If you are running a campaign/website/application that could get very busy then you face two challenges, unpredictability of visitors & cost.

Currently most agencies plan for busy sites by paying for lots of
servers to be set-up which costs lots of money.

The way to avoid this problem is to use a scalable on-demand platform.

What does this mean?

Simply said we are able to scale your websites & applications very easily and in a large number of cases, without you even having to change any code.  The most important part to you is that you don’t have to do anything as this is a fully managed service.

What we are offering

The solution to agencies, applications & businesses who want to harness on-demand computing and make use of flexible contracts to help their businesses save costs & improve service.

Classic vs On-Demand

Under a classic model if you had a 3-month campaign or busy period then you might have to buy a full load balanced infrastructure.

Cost Comparison

What it looks like - Classic vs. New

Our on-demand service works just the same as a normal dedicated server with additional benefits.
In the On-demand diagram the two extra servers are whited out as you can use them as needed.

Advantages

Flexibility

• If you need to upgrade you let us know and restart your server
• You can change your infrastructure on a month-by-month basis
• Add zones/instances to scale whenever you need

Cost & Time Reduction

• Pay for what you need when you need it rather than x-times more
• Rather than having to plan months in advance, decide on the day

Zero-Hassle

• We offer a fully managed service, set-up, monitoring backups..
• A team of experts are available to help you with your app/site

Disadvantages

• You won’t get to sign off those huge hosting budgets anymore

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