velocity group launches Cloud on Demand

Many Internet service providers have been trying to adapt their legacy hosting and telecommunications businesses to adopt the new philosophy of cloud computing. The approach has typically been to put in the lowest-cost infrastructure, with a low-cost software solution to power it.

Cloud On Demand is a cloud company built from the ground up that has seen the gap to provide best-of-breed software-defined data centre and cloud software solutions to companies and partners who want to take advantage of the inherent benefits of utilising a solid platform to extend their IT strategies to incorporate cloud computing.

"By standardising on HP and VMware as our platforms, we can move beyond just offering a public cloud service and move to creating hybrid cloud infrastructures for our customers, and logically extend and integrate their IT infrastructure to make use of cloud capability," said Jonathan Kropf - Group Managing Director.

Although a separate brand, as part of the velocity group, the company has immediate access to back-office administration functions, and marketing and management guidance. This allows Cloud On Demand to focus on the business of building hybrid clouds and driving customer strategy.