Comments on: How credible is EC2′s competition? http://blog.sharevm.com/2009/03/08/how-credible-is-ec2s-competition/ Simplify the use of virtualization in everyday life Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: paule1s http://blog.sharevm.com/2009/03/08/how-credible-is-ec2s-competition/#comment-93 paule1s Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:57:02 +0000 http://sharevm.wordpress.com/?p=957#comment-93 Hi Rob, Thank you for visiting and providing more detail. Mosso may have been founded in Feb 2006 for web developers who wanted a reliable platform for their applications and email - without being the ones responsible for all the technology. However, as far as I have been able to establish, it seems to have become a a cloud services provider using virtualization only last year. The first reference to the use of virtualization by Rackspace appears in the following press release in jan 2008 http://ir.rackspace.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=221673&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1181652&highlight= followed by this announcement on TechCrunch on Feb 19, 2008 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/19/rackspace-offers-cloud-computing-with-mosso/ Paul Hi Rob,

Thank you for visiting and providing more detail. Mosso may have been founded in Feb 2006 for web developers who wanted a reliable platform for their applications and email – without being the ones responsible for all the technology. However, as far as I have been able to establish, it seems to have become a a cloud services provider using virtualization only last year.

The first reference to the use of virtualization by Rackspace appears in the following press release in jan 2008

http://ir.rackspace.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=221673&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1181652&highlight=

followed by this announcement on TechCrunch on Feb 19, 2008

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/19/rackspace-offers-cloud-computing-with-mosso/

Paul

]]> By: Rob La Gesse http://blog.sharevm.com/2009/03/08/how-credible-is-ec2s-competition/#comment-92 Rob La Gesse Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:05:20 +0000 http://sharevm.wordpress.com/?p=957#comment-92 Nice post. One correction - Mosso started in February 2006, not 2008. Our (now called Cloud Sites) offering has been online and available for over three years :) Thanks, Rob Nice post. One correction – Mosso started in February 2006, not 2008. Our (now called Cloud Sites) offering has been online and available for over three years :)

Thanks,

Rob

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