Go IP, Dell unveils Public Cloud Infrastructure For Indian SMBs
Go IP has announced a Public Cloud Infrastructure for SMB customers in India that will be built in technology partnership with Dell. This state-of-the art infrastructure will be built on Dell's products and technologies. The Cloud Services to be offered by Go IP will be based on Dell's 11th Generation PowerEdge Blade Servers, Dell Force 10 Switches and Dell EqualLogic and Dell Compellent Storage Arrays, all deployed in a High Availability Mode. In the first phase, the services will be rolled out in the first quarter of 2012 from Go IP's Global Managed Services Centre at Noida.
Go IP also announced its Cloud's Ubiquitous Service Partner (CUSP) programme, where it intends to leverage its 500-plus Channel Partners to jointly address the ever-demanding needs growing SMB customers in India. Go IP will jointly work with and through its Channel Partners to deploy and support its Cloud-Based Services.
Rahul Swarup, Managing Director & CEO, Go IP, said, "We found that Dell's portfolio of technology products and its strategic roadmap in integrating its enterprise products like servers and storage is ideal for building a resilient and scalable Public Cloud Infrastructure. It concurs with the business vision of Go IP to establish Thought Leadership in the space and create a Total Cost of Ownership-based "IT as a Service" framework for the SMB customers to address their entire ecosystem, including their internal IT needs and the needs of their Community and Vertical. We intend to traverse the learning curve of the Cloud-based Services along with our Channel Partners and continuously empower them to create the first-of-its-kind knowledge- based partnership in the emerging space of Cloud Computing."
Mahesh Bhalla, Executive Director & General Manager, Consumer & SMB, Dell India, said, "We are pleased that innovative companies like Go IP continue to prefer Dell as a partner for critical IT infrastructure. As more and more SMBs move towards cloud adoption, it is essential for them to make sure their applications are hosted on a stable platform. Go IP's infrastructure is powered by Dell servers and storage solutions; as their technology partner our endeavour is to help them build such a stable platform and address their customers' pain points so that they in turn can focus on their business needs. We bring the combined force of our own IP (Intellectual Property) offerings and the partner ecosystem of open and capable platforms that allows customers to apply technology in heterogeneous environments, without getting locked into proprietary systems."
Suresh Reddy, General Manager, Global Commercial Channel, Dell India, said, "In our continued focus to build a robust partner ecosystem in the enterprise technology space, partnering with Go IP definitely puts us in a high vantage point to deliver high-value solutions to our customers. This partnership with Go IP leverages the best of their cloud infrastructure and also their network of channel partners to address the ever-growing needs of SMBs in India."
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