You can run Atomia on your own infrastructure, but you may remember that we recently partnered with Canonical to give you the option to also have a fully managed OpenStack cloud to run your hosting business on. It can be a very convenient alternative for many companies.
Now on February 17 it’s time for an OpenStack webinar.
One of our stated goals is that Atomia’s hosting software should evolve with the times. We keep on top of industry trends, listen to our customers, and create our roadmap based on these things and our vision for Atomia as a powerful, modular platform for offering hosting services.
We sent out our holiday greeting cards to customers and partners yesterday. It’s always fun to also give away some cool gifts, but we decided this year to instead make a good-sized donation to Doctors Without Borders (a.k.a. Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF). We are in awe of their selfless, humanitarian efforts. They make a real difference in the world and we are more than happy to support them.
We would like to encourage other companies to do the same. Pick your charity of choice and lend them a hand by making a donation. They can always use your help.
Since this past summer, five excellent individuals have joined our ranks here at Atomia’s Swedish HQ. Above, from left to right, you have Ross, Andreas, Niclas, Jean-Francois, and Ivan.
So who are these gentlemen?
The tenth version of OpenStack, called Juno, was released on October 16. Starting today, the Atomia cloud hosting platform officially supports Juno.
In other words, Atomia just got even better.
Starting today, Atomia customers can choose to have their OpenStack clouds fully built and managed by Canonical (via their BootStack service).
The Atomia cloud hosting platform has embraced OpenStack to enable our customers, usually hosting companies and telcos, to provide state-of-the-art cloud services. The OpenStack project is open source at its best; a well-supported, powerful, modular software platform for creating both private and public clouds. It has become a de facto industry standard.
Atomia customers normally manage their own OpenStack environment and servers. However, not everyone will have in-house OpenStack expertise, or wish to allocate the staff needed for ongoing maintenance. That is why we are very pleased to announce this partnership with Canonical. It significantly lowers the barrier of entry.
Next week it’s time for the OpenStack Summit in Paris. Several of us from Atomia will be attending, so don’t hesitate to track us down and have a chat. We’ll be there Monday–Wednesday, i.e. November 3–5, enjoying the company of our industry peers.
October has been a busy month full of hosting industry events, and it’s not over yet. WorldHostingDays have just a couple of WHD.local events left before the month is over, and Atomia will be present at both.
There are several interesting hosting industry events coming up this month. We will have people on the ground, so if you see anyone from Atomia, don’t hesitate to say hello. We’re a friendly bunch and would love to meet you.
As you may recall, last month Swebby launched their hosting service in Sweden, running on Atomia software. This month we would like to congratulate our friends over at ServeTheWorld, who just took their Atomia-powered hosting service online. ServeTheWorld has been around for quite some time and is one of the leading hosting companies in Norway. We’re very happy to have them on board.
